Ada took the order and left. After serving Emperor Jing, the palace maid changed her robes, took a carriage, left the palace and headed to Jingjue Temple.

Jingjue Temple.

More than two months have passed, and the expansion of this temple is still continuing. The construction of the temple is based on years, but the main body of the temple has been repaired.

In the main hall, the Buddha statue symbolizing "Buddha" is heavily gilded. Outside Jingjue Temple, there are endless carriages and horses. Unlike the main quiet Taoist temple, Kyoto is famous for its great officials and nobles, and recently they have frequently visited and worshiped Buddha and burned incense.

People come and go, and it is quite lively. As for the backyard, pilgrims cannot set foot, so they are the residence of Zen monks.

"Abbot." When Kong Ji walked in the temple, all the monks who were facing each other stopped to salute.

"Yeah." Kong Ji nodded and kept walking.

This abbot of Jinguang Temple in the South Kingdom has now taken over as the abbot of Jingjue Temple, similar to the role of the elder of the Collection.

The monk's robe fluttered, and he stepped on the clean and dust-free stone road, passed through the blue brick and black tiles of Buddhist temple, and came to the main hall.

Then he saw that under the huge Buddha statue, the Sixth Patriarch, wearing a red cassock, a green scalp, and a young man, was sitting cross-legged and meditating without moving.

In front of him, the monk Zhige who was as fat as Maitreya, the smiling monk, the thin and rosy-faced monk, and the Bodhisattva Shuiyue who was wearing a black monk's robe, had arrived.

The Sixth Patriarch opened his eyes and said with a clear look: "Let's start."

"Yes." Several people nodded and began to report on the affairs of various departments of Zen. Generally speaking, it was nothing more than a missionary matter.

The preaching conference was destroyed by Qiping, and the prosperous era of Zen Buddhism's hopes was backfired, which really made the expansion pace stagnate for a long time.

At least, missionary experiences have been greatly hindered within Kyoto.

Therefore, the Zen Buddhism temporarily gave up Kyoto and focused on major prefectures in Liang Kingdom, using the practice of the methods and force, and using both kindness and power, gathering up a group of sects in the martial arts world.

Then, monks were sent to the major prefectures to preach Buddhism and to build Buddhist temples. The preliminary plan was to build temples in the capitals of each prefecture.

Take the route to surround Kyoto...

At this time, as Kongji and others told him, the Sixth Patriarch frowned slightly:

“Too slow.”

He refers to the slow preaching speed.

Kong Jihua's white eyebrows trembled and he blamed him:

"If it weren't for the trouble, it would have been more than that."

The expressions of the rest of the people changed. After the preaching meeting, this name almost became a "taboo" in Zen Buddhism and no one was willing to mention it.

Fortunately, after the imperial court declared war, Qi Ping drove north and left Kyoto, and everyone was out of sight and calm.

As for Shuiyue Bodhisattva, Taoist sect tried to contact him, but Shuiyue avoided him. Both sides tacitly believed that the change of sect did not exist.

"In addition, the government is not active in establishing Buddhist temples." Kong Ji once again blamed him:

"I just want to say that now that the war has begun, building Buddhist temples is exhausting and the people are in trouble."

Monk Zhige touched his bald head and muttered:

"Di Jing is suppressing us."

Bodhisattva Shuiyue sneered: "Of course he knows which one should rely more on."

At this time, a monk suddenly came to report to the emperor, saying that the emperor was coming and wanted to meet the Zen ancestor.

Everyone was stunned, with a strange look on their eyes. The Sixth Patriarch smiled and said, "Please."

Soon, Emperor Jing walked into the main hall with a smile on his face. The two sides exchanged greetings. Chen Jing expressed his intention to ask the Zen sect strong men to rush to the northwest to participate in the battle against the barbarians.

"I have only been in charge of Liang Kingdom for half a year and have not yet established a foothold. The barbarians are waiting for the tigers. Only by making a quick decision and taking the initiative can they be the right way." Emperor Jing made a generous speech.

"Zen Buddhism saves suffering and suffering, and it is deeply rooted in people's hearts. I think Zen ancestors can't bear to see the sufferings of creatures and the people are displaced."

The young monk smiled and nodded: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true."

Emperor Jing pretended to be surprised: "Did the Sixth Patriarch agree?"

The Sixth Patriarch nodded: "My Zen Buddhism will send disciples to support you, Your Majesty, don't worry."

Emperor Jing left with satisfaction.

When someone left, Kong Ji frowned after holding it in for a long time:

"This Chen Jing is too aggressive and seeking too much. Why should you respond to Zen Zu?"

The Sixth Patriarch smiled and said, "Do you think he is here to borrow troops?"

"Couldn't it?"

The Sixth Patriarch sighed: "Yes, not."

Monk Zhige touched the big bald head, and there was a big confusion in his small eyes: "Zen Zu said it just."

The Sixth Patriarch explained with a smile:

"We share the same kindness and woe with Liang Kingdom, and Buddha saves all living beings is the second. As for the third..., this time, you will take a monk soldier to the northwest."

The monk Hanging Hu was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, understood, and put his hands together:

"According to the principles of Zen ancestors."

The Sixth Patriarch smiled and nodded, his figure disappeared, and when he left, the monk stopped the sword scratched his head:

"What does it mean?"

Bodhisattva Shuiyue showed his idiot's eyes:

"The more war it is, the more people are displaced and injured and sick. The monks of the Hanging Pot are most likely to gain faith. This war is both a national war and a good opportunity for Zen to spread faith? As long as they save enough people, why worry about not many Zen believers?"

War has always been one of the best soils for the spread of faith.

Monk Zhige suddenly realized and muttered:

"Then Chen Jing won't plan."

...

Outside the temple.

Emperor Jing walked out slowly, and Ada said in confusion: "Your Majesty, have those monks agreed?"

Emperor Jing lost his smile, and his tired eyes were shrewd:

"If you want to take it, you must give it first. If you destroy the preaching conference, it may not be a bad thing now. The Zen ancestor wants to preach and will not miss the opportunity of war, but... he will not do his best. It's okay, if there are too many monks, I will still be willing to let the living beings suffer."

Ada couldn't understand it very much, so he pretended to be enlightened and said:

"Next to the prefecture?"

"Yeah." Emperor Jing got on the carriage.

However, he had little expectations for whether the prefecture would lend a helping hand...

These Taoist priests have no need to spread doctrines. If their family and country are in danger, they will take action as they did in the past.

But in the current situation, I don’t have much hope to do my best and take the initiative to join the war.

Sure enough, after Emperor Jing entered the Taoist temple, he could not see the head, so he only talked with the elder of the Collection, who promised to send some disciples, but obviously he was dealing with the matter.

As for the academy, there is no need to go there, because as early as after the declaration of war, the court issued a transfer order and transferred Mr. Da and others to Lincheng to take charge.

Without the five realms of leadership, and the academy students pursued "cultivation and peace of the world", they were the most active in participating in the war.

After walking out of the gate of the Taoist temple, Ada asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to go back to the palace?"

Emperor Jing said "happy", then suddenly remembered something and asked:

“How is the Eternal Life Church…latest?”

Chen Jing was paying attention to this sect that renamed the Bu Lao Lin at first, but he has been too busy recently. In addition, Jiang Huai was injured and went into seclusion after the night banquet. He was extremely low-key, so he didn't care about it for a long time.

Upon hearing this, Ada hesitated and said:

"These people have not received a good reputation."

"oh?"

Ada said:

"The Eternal Life Sect has been recruiting major gangs at the bottom of Kyoto. At first, it was fine. There were not many people. Moreover, the gangs were more obedient and less messed up...

But in the past two months, there have been many believers in the Eternal Life Cult, and they are domineering and arrogant, bullying men and women without any concealment. The lower yamen wants to deal with it, but they cannot avoid the Eternal Life Cult... So..."

Emperor Jing frowned: "Why no one told me?"

Ada said: "After all, it's just a small matter."

Emperor Jing was silent. He knew that the reason why no one reported it was largely because all the officials in the court knew that he was behind the Eternal Life Sect...

As a hero of the coup, Bulao Lin had a halo, and Chen Jing killed many people, but he was just a rash rebellion. Of course, no one wanted to touch the emperor's eyebrows.

In other words, the censor who has this courage has long been thrown into the imperial prison...

"Tell me my order and summon Jiang Huai to the palace." Emperor Jing said with a stern face.

He never intended to stay with these forces in the world, but he was not able to deal with them openly before, and was afraid of the hearts of those who supported him ascending the throne.
To be continued...