Chapter 442: Use Buddhism against Buddhism, use faith to defeat faith
"Abbott, those Shaolin monks are wandering outside again!"
"Alas, senior brother is confused. It is only in this peaceful place of Buddhism that we have caused such trouble!"
In the Shengqing Temple, a group of monks poked their heads and looked out in fear. Enzang, the new abbot wearing a merit cassock, sighed deeply and walked to the Buddhist hall.
As the junior disciple of Master Yuan Guang, he was the one who restrained the corpse with its brains bursting out. The miserable appearance still frightens me, and I am even more secretly annoyed by Yuan Guang's actions.
In fact, since the King of Silla took the initiative to open the city and surrender, the Tang army did not experience fierce and difficult battles. In addition, Liu Rengui had strict military laws and the death threat of Duke Zhou was still there. After entering the city, it was still very peaceful. The most unfortunate thing was that they were killed by Shaolin monks.
Why bother coming to the monastery we are targeting...
Just as he sighed, returned to the Buddhist hall, and sighed again, a young voice suddenly sounded: "Do you regret it?"
Enzo was shocked: "Who?"
The young voice had a teasing tone: "Master, as a Buddhist eminent monk, doesn't he have the cultivation of meditation and nourishing Qi? You and I have met before, think about it carefully!"
Yuan Zang recalled it, his fear subsided slightly, and he clasped his hands together: "It turned out to be Guo...the donor!"
The young voice laughed and said: "I came here uninvited because I heard an interesting story. I heard that the former abbot of your temple inspected and found out that Patriarch Bodhidharma was from Silla?"
Whichever pot was left unopened, Enzang felt as if he had eaten a fly, and hurriedly said: "That's a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!"
The young voice said: "I think it's a misunderstanding. It's just that the Shaolin Monk Patriarch was insulted for no reason. I'm afraid he won't be able to get rid of his anger!"
Yuan Zang's eyes moved: "I wonder if the donor has come, what orders do you have?"
The young voice said: "What do you think, Master?"
Yuanzang thought of the Shaolin monks who wandered outside from time to time, and coupled with this person's status as an internal guard in the Tang Dynasty, he suddenly realized: "I have a small amount of money in the temple, and I hope the benefactor will accept it, turn the war into jade, and calm the anger of Shaolin."
The young voice laughed and said: "You are very direct, but if you call me a donor, I should give you gifts and donations. How can I ask for your property in return?"
Yuan Zang said dryly: "I don't dare... I don't dare..."
After these days of getting along, the monks of Silla have discovered with great regret that although Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty is also widely believed, it cannot be compared with the secular imperial power. The leadership of each temple must be appointed by Honglu Temple.
, Buddhism simply cannot afford to offend real powerful figures, especially beings like Neiwei who are deeply trusted by saints.
Even though the group of Shaolin monks showed off their power outside, they were like thugs. When the internal guards gave the order, they did not dare to act arrogantly. Since the monks of the Tang Dynasty were like this, let alone their Silla monks who had perished.
Yuanzang immediately sent these plague gods away with the idea of losing money and avoiding disaster. With the people of Silla's respect for Buddhism, they could continue to live the good life before. He gritted his teeth again and said: "Please wait a moment, poor donor."
If the monk goes to collect the property, he will definitely satisfy the donor!"
The young voice suddenly turned cold: "Do you really think I'm here to blackmail you for money?"
Yuanzang hurriedly bowed and said bitterly: "Please forgive the ignorance of this poor monk. I don't know what the donor wants. As long as I can do it in the temple, I will try my best to do it!"
The young voice said calmly: "As the head of Silla Buddhism, your temple is actually here to show you a clear path and also contribute to the stability of the Jilin Road Governor's Mansion."
Enzo frowned slightly, he really wanted to participate in the comfort work.
It is a pity that after the pro-Tang concept promoted by the two generations of kings Jin Chunqiu and Jin Famin, Silla already advocated the Tang culture. Many people can speak Tang dialect, and even if the accent is serious, it is not very difficult to communicate.
This strong pro-Tang atmosphere made the work of appeasing the survivors after the fall of the country greatly reduced. All aspects were carried out in an orderly manner, and it was not the turn of monks like them to come forward at all.
Of course, the current stability is only for now. After the main army of the Tang Dynasty returns, there will still be more or less rebels who want to restore the country, but that is not something that the monk can appease. This man really thinks highly of them...
The young voice smiled: "Master, don't be surprised. What you have to do is actually not difficult. You just have to take the initiative to bear the taxes and corvee."
Yuan Zang was stunned: "Please forgive the ignorance of this poor monk, what is the donor's intention?"
The young voice said: "You take the initiative and propose that the various Buddhist temples here are willing to pay taxes to the Jilin Road Governor's Mansion."
Enzo was completely stunned.
Pay taxes?
This word is so unfamiliar that it is almost no concept.
But the next moment, Yuan Zang came to his senses and flatly refused: "I hope the donor will forgive me. I, a member of the Shengqing Temple, may not listen to my words. I am afraid that the major temples will not listen! What's more, we monks are outsiders, far away from the world of mortals, and we worship the Buddha. How can we
Can you bear the troubles of the world?"
His tone was tough, and he was quite determined even if he killed me, because he wanted to disturb their Buddhist roots!
Being exempted from taxes and corvee is the source of all the privileges of Buddhism. In this way, the ultimatum can be valuable, the occupation of land can be meaningful, and the status of monks can be high and separated from ordinary people, but can be worshiped by the world.
Just imagine if monks also work hard, how can there be a prosperous scene where "from the powerful to the common people, they all turn their family property into the public property of the temple, and compete to donate their fields to the temple" and "it is difficult for a monk to pay five cents for the fee"?
The young voice was no longer angry this time and chuckled: "Master, does he know about Gao Changguo?"
Yuan Zang shook his head.
The young voice said: "Gaochang is similar to your Silla. They worship Buddhism very much. However, due to the large number of monks, monks must also pay taxes, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain. The situation in Silla is somewhat similar to Gaochang. The monks in Gaochang are also respectful.
Buddha, why can they pay taxes?"
Yuanzang clasped his hands together: "Namo Maitreya Buddha!"
No matter Gaochang, let us pay taxes, there is no way!
The young voice said: "It seems that the master is not willing to do it?"
"I'm sorry, but I obey!"
Yuanzang's attitude was firm, but he was afraid of the other party's power, and hoped to give him a step down: "If the donor wants us and other temples to pay respect to the governor's house, it can be discussed, but it can't be used to disturb my Buddhist purity in the form of taxes.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In Enzang's view, this is still an excuse for the other party to rob Silla Buddhism's property, but these Tang people are clever and prepared to take a detour.
They would rather lose a lot of money because they can earn it back from believers in the future. Once their privileges are gone, the lives of monks will change drastically, which is absolutely unacceptable!
"Donor? Donor?"
However, there was no response to Yuan Zang's words. The Buddhist hall became quiet and the speaker had left.
Leaving the newly-appointed abbot with a changeable expression, Guo Yuanzhen left Shengqing Temple, used Qi Qi to perform Qinggong all the way, and felt the pleasure of the scenery on both sides constantly receding, and rushed back to the Dudu Mansion.
When he arrived at his house, he immediately walked to the martial arts training ground and heard excited shouts from a distance.
The monks are competing with each other, using the method of moving the true energy.
Compared with Guo Yuanzhen and An Zhongjing who made rapid progress under the method of refining qi, some of these Shaolin monks turned to practicing qi and some refined their strength. They also summarized many tricks and improved them with Li Yan.
, have become many unique skills, and continue to practice hard.
Seeing this bystander at this time, the leader Zhijian immediately came over to salute: "Guo Jiyi!"
The imperial edict conferring rewards from the former generals had just arrived the day before yesterday. Guo Yuanzhen successfully crossed the fifth rank and was promoted to the rank of Internal Guard Machine Yiyi. At the age of more than 20 years old, Fei Fei has a bright future. He was inevitably excited, but on the surface he was not as strong as Qiu Shenji.
He grinned like that, nodded with a smile and said, "Hello, Master!"
Zhijian hurriedly said: "I would never dare to call myself a master!"
After the two exchanged pleasantries, the monk asked with some anxiety: "Does Guo Jiyi know where Li Ge led him? We haven't seen him today..."
Guo Yuanzhen said: "The ship from Japan has returned. Liulang went to work on things over there. After the processing is completed, he will come back and continue to give you guidance."
Zhijian breathed a sigh of relief, with admiration unconsciously revealed in his tone. He clasped his hands together as if to salute the Buddha: "This is our great fortune!"
Guo Yuanzhen smiled: "That's true."
During this period of teaching, Li Yan was able to teach each person according to their different basic qualifications, as if he could empathize with any situation and come up with the best way to deal with it and solve the problems in cultivation.
Such heavenly beings as teachers make people desperate. Not to mention the Shaolin monks, even he and An Zhongjing have become more and more respectful.
In this way, it was time to leave it to business, Guo Yuanzhen said: "I just passed by Shengqing Temple, and I seemed to see some Shaolin monks wandering outside?"
Zhijian's face changed slightly: "I hope Guo Jiyi will forgive me. The monks in this temple once slandered me, Patriarch Bodhidharma, and my fellow disciples were very angry. The poor monk will restrain them now..."
Guo Yuanzhen waved his hand: "Master, I have misunderstood. I have also heard about this. These thieves and monks have blasphemed our ancestors and committed such evil deeds. How can we not give them retribution? You don't have to worry about what you do. Don't limit it to saints."
Gyeongsa Temple and all the temples in Silla should be punished!"
Zhijian was overjoyed: "Please rest assured Guo Jiyi, this matter will be left to us!"
They are already full of energy and have nowhere to vent. They pick up weak persimmons. The famous Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty have a wide network of contacts. They have contacts with some high-ranking sects. They don't dare to touch them. What are the monks in this place?
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Watching Zhijian leave with high morale, Guo Yuanzhen smiled slightly.
Buddhist beliefs are deep-rooted in the hearts of ordinary people. To give a particularly realistic example, two murderers are also guilty of capital crimes. One is an ordinary person without faith. He is sentenced to death. The people watching will applaud and praise the government's impartiality in law enforcement.
The other is a monk who was ordained and became a monk. The monk was sentenced to death, but the people watching were terrified, fearing retribution for offending the Buddha.
Therefore, if soldiers of the Tang Dynasty broke into a temple, even if the temple was guilty, it would cause panic. But if a group of monks broke into the temple, the nature would be different.
"What Rokuro said is truly a wise saying..."
"Use Buddhism to fight Buddhism, use faith to defeat faith!"