Chapter 1007: Destroy the False and Preserve the Truth
Probably these monks were fed up with this kind of suffering, so soon after Li Tai summoned the two old monks, the eminent monks wrote letters one after another, hoping that the court could eliminate the filth and evil practices of ascetics.
Of course, Li Tai would not turn a blind eye to such a voice of justice. He immediately ordered Wang Songnian, the Minister of Sacrifice who had just completed the construction of the family temple for Duke Tang and returned to Chang'an, to discuss with the monks and work out a plan to rectify the monks.
Plan, thus serving as a standard to carry out sanctions management for various current situations of Salmon.
The monks are eager to get out of trouble. In addition, Li Tai already has a complete set of control plans here. Now he is trying out some of the terms according to the affordability of these monks. Naturally, a consensus can be reached soon.
After ten days of discussion, a "Sacrifice Ministry Protector's Style" was drawn up for the management of temples and nunneries. There are four legal provisions in the format of laws and regulations, and the style is the regulations and standards for the court departments to deal with specific personnel matters, and
This standard can be added, deleted, and adjusted as the situation develops, making it the most flexible type of regulations.
"The Dharma Protector Style of the Sacrifice Department" first confirms that the Sacrifice Department has the power to supervise and manage various affairs of the ascetics. Of course, considering that there is no precedent for the court to directly manage the personnel of the ascetics temples before, the management of the affairs of the ascetics by the worship department is not directly through the administration.
The power is realized through the Dharma Protector Hall of the Sacrifice Department.
In this Dharma Protector Hall, in addition to the court officials dispatched by the Ministry of Worship, there are also eminent monks awarded by the imperial court. In other words, it is not only the administrative power that manages the development of the Buddhist industry, but also the leading figures in their industry. "Dharma Protector"
The drafting of the provisions of the Formula was also the result of joint consultations.
The reason why Li Tai reserves a certain right to speak for these eminent monks is that only the elites within the industry know how to recruit talents most effectively. The second reason is that those who are targeted also need to have a specific goal or a group of people who are most effective.
The object of emotional venting.
After the Dharma-protecting Form signed by all the eminent monks was written, the Bafu army took these articles and spread out in all directions with Chang'an as the center, and began to check whether the temples in various places complied with the Dharma-protecting Form's provisions.
According to the regulations of the Dharma Protector, the temple is roughly divided into four levels.
The lowest level is the small temple temple for private worship. Temples of this level are not qualified to teach the Dharma, nor can they openly accept worship. There are also strict regulations on the Buddhist rituals that can be held. If you want to strive for relaxation,
Due to restrictions, you must go to a higher-level temple to request sutras and invite sutra masters to live in the temple and practice.
Temples at the next higher level have sutra masters as abbots, and sutra masters must pass the examination of the Ministry of Sacrifice, which tests whether they are proficient in certain Buddhist scriptures before they can be granted the qualification of sutra masters and abbot a temple. This
Temples at this level can have sutra pavilions and can preach sutras and Dharma, accept offerings from believers, and hold some Buddhist ceremonies.
Temples at a higher level need to have a Zheng Dharma Master. The Zheng Dharma Master does not pass the sacrificial examination. Instead, the Jing Dharma Master has to follow a great virtuous monk to learn the Dharma, and obtain the recommendation of three virtuous and eminent monks.
This status can only be obtained after obtaining certification from the Ministry of Sacrifice.
A temple at the highest level must naturally have a virtuous monk in charge. Any temple without a virtuous monk in charge will have various restrictions and rules. Only a virtuous monk in charge can avoid many troubles. This
It also directly elevated the transcendent status of eminent monks from the administrative level.
Buddhism, as a Tibetan religion, has entered China for a long time and has grown wildly for many years. There have also been many attempts at localization, and its size and influence cannot be underestimated.
Such a behemoth is difficult to kill from the outside. Historically, it has also experienced the blows of three martial arts and one sect that destroyed Buddhism, but it often revives quickly and develops better than before. Compared with the destruction of violence, its internal
The impact of improvement and self-correction can be more long-term.
Li Tai now does not want to completely obliterate Buddhism, but to use the head effect of these so-called virtuous monks to tame the entire Samana. Even if it cannot be tamed in a short time, it must be tamed through its internal shocks.
The controlled social resources are gradually released.
As the "Dharma Protector Style" was officially implemented, the temples around Gyeonggi Province were the first to bear the brunt.
Buddhism in Guanzhong is also relatively prosperous, especially as the society has gradually stabilized in recent years. There have been many good years, and many ordinary people's families have little savings. Therefore, many ascetics took the opportunity to spread the word that good weather and good weather are the result of the blessing of the Buddha, and called on
The people wanted to worship the Buddha more sincerely in exchange for the Buddha's continued protection, so many believers enthusiastically donated money and donations, and the number of donors increased sharply.
According to preliminary statistics from the government, there are nearly a thousand temples and nunneries in Jingzhao County alone! Although nearly half of them are private temples that do not solicit believers, such as those belonging to some clans.
In order to increase internal cohesion and facilitate the tribesmen to worship Buddha and Dharma, a temple was built.
However, before the implementation of the "Sacrificial Ministry of Dharma Protectors", there were no clear boundaries and regulations for whether these temples were profitable. The so-called inability to make profits was just that the temple operators themselves lacked the ability to make profits.
After all, so many sickles suddenly appeared in the faith market, and they were all sharpened, but there were only so many leeks, and who could cut them all depended on their skills.
Even excluding these poorly operating temples, there are still more than half of them, which are more than 500 temples with considerable profitability and considerable scale. Among them, the largest group has several Buddhist halls, hundreds of monks, and many successful people.
There are hundreds of monks and priests in large temples that support people. And temples of this size often have more power to absorb people's power and wealth than local governments.
Mingde Temple is located in the southern suburbs of Chang'an. It is a medium-sized temple among the temples in Jingzhao County. The temple building itself has several buildings, hundreds of Buddhist houses, and nearly a hundred monks and novice monks in the temple.
There are hundreds of people, and they own several farm properties, including weaving mills, kilns, carbon kilns and other industries.
This temple was originally built by a Fan monk from Longyou during the Datong period. He once offered Fan medicine and cured the then emperor Yuan Bao Ju. Therefore, the emperor gave Jingnan Temple a temple and ten hectares of surrounding fields to support Fan.
monk.
As a result, Monk Fan became famous, and more and more local monks gradually came to join him, making the temple grow larger and larger, reaching the scale it is today.
Monk Jōmei, the abbot of Myōtoku Temple, is also considered the number one figure in the Kinei religious circle. Recently, he has been very concerned about the Buddhist and Taoist debates in Beijing. He goes to the city almost every day to follow the progress of the debate.
During this period, I saw that all the eminent monks were becoming more and more weak. Monk Jingming was also in a very bad mood. Occasionally when he couldn't control his temper, he would even curse in the temple. These so-called eminent monks were so incompetent that they had replaced the dogs raised in the temple.
The barking may be more powerful.
Monk Jingming is also an old monk who has been observing the precepts for many years. He started to get so angry that he stopped practicing oral ethics. He was really anxious. In addition to worrying that the ascetics might be hit by this, it was also because he was a certain eminent person participating in the debate.
A sponsor behind the eminent monk collected several thousand husks of rice and other gold and copper materials to promote the eminent monk to the stage. However, the other person's performance was so poor. How could he not feel resentful?
Because he was angry, the eminent monk summoned people several times, but Monk Jingming was too lazy to go see him. But he did not know that this willfulness of his would bring him disaster that he would regret for the rest of his life!
On this day, a group of armored soldiers suddenly poured into Mingde Temple. The monks and soldiers who were supported by the temple were stopped by the armored soldiers before they came in. They were chopped to the ground by the armored soldiers. When the other monks saw this, they fled in panic. The soldiers who led the group into the temple
Only then did the chief shout loudly: "According to the order of the Jingzhao Mansion, we are here to arrest the demon monk Jingming and his followers. You will be captured as soon as possible. If you want to resist, we will not kill you!"
Monk Jingming has been too depressed to sleep recently, so he had a few extra glasses of wine last night. He has not yet woken up. When he heard the novice monk's confession, he was shocked to realize that he had become a monster monk. He hurriedly rushed out of the Buddha's house and shouted: "I'm wronged."
, What an injustice! The old monk is dedicated to worshiping the Buddha and obeying the law. How can he be a demonic monk who violates the law? Master Faming of Guangye Temple, Master Faming can testify, please general..."
"The demon monk is still making sophistry? Your crime was exposed by Master Faming, why don't you catch me quickly!"
Hearing the soldier commander's answer, Monk Jingming was immediately dumbfounded. He must know that Master Faming was the eminent monk who was supported by him. Why did he expose his sins to the government now?
Soon all the monks in Mingde Temple were arrested, and all other people and objects in the temple were also sealed up. However, because of the many buildings in the temple, two skinny novices inevitably escaped through the dog hole and discussed
With nowhere to go, he simply went straight to Jingzhao Mansion to complain, accusing Master Faming of oppressing good people in order to usurp their temple property!
With the picketing of prostitutes in temples in Jingzhao County, various complaints of being wronged have also flooded in to Jingzhao Mansion, because there are too many similar cases. Zheng Daoyong, who serves as Jingzhao Yin, is facing
I don't dare to make a final decision, I can only report the relevant situation to the Bafu.
Such a situation is naturally within Li Tai's expectation. Many so-called inside stories that are kept secret from outsiders are actually open secrets in the industry. As the same saying goes, if something is not worthy of mention, then there is no four.
Two weights, if put on the scale, it can crush someone to death.
However, Li Tai was currently referring to something else, so it was impossible to interrupt him midway, so he ordered the Jingzhao Mansion to properly arrange the complainants, provide them with food and clothing, and store the relevant evidence in separate files.
, don’t miss it, just have it ready for later use!