After dealing with diplomacy and deciding on the policies and strategies for the Song Dynasty, Dali and Jiaozhi.
Zhao Xu began to act as a hands-off shopkeeper and entrusted all matters to Xing Shu to be responsible for negotiations.
He himself devoted his energy to dealing with the great monks.
On Renwu (27th), the seventh month of the first year of Yuanyou, he issued an edict to Cai Jing: I heard Master Tang Huineng’s revelation: Bodhi has no tree, and a bright mirror is not a stand. The nature of the Buddha is always peaceful, so where is the dust?
However, many monks today do not practice the precepts and brush away distracting thoughts. There are monks who regard themselves as "hairless prodigals". This is a quiet place in Buddhism. Because of this, I feel very sad!
He ordered Kaifeng Prefecture to preside over the temples in Beijing and lead monks to practice Buddhism.
Select those who are good and record them, and those who are not good should be deposed by the law to strictly enforce the strict rules of Buddhism!
Although it is said that the monks of the Song Dynasty did not abide by the precepts and the Taoists cheated, it was not a day's work.
Moreover, the Zhao officials played a huge role in this - Dudu has almost become a money printing machine for the Zhao officials.
If something goes wrong, the ultimatum will be used as funds and distributed to local states and counties.
Therefore, in this world, true monks do not have ultimatums, but fake monks all have officially recognized ultimatums.
But this did not prevent Zhao Xu from standing on the moral high ground. He was deeply saddened by the current situation of the Buddhist community in the Song Dynasty, especially in Bianjing, and then asked the Kaifeng government to examine the Buddhist practice of the monks who presided over the temples in Beijing.
After Cai Jing received the edict, he immediately established the Office of Monks and Records, the Court of Translation, the Institute of Translation, the Office of Temple Affairs in the capital, and the Ancestral Department in charge of religious affairs in the Song Dynasty.
According to the imperial edict, the relevant departments named are required to immediately start organizing manpower and notify the temples in Beijing.
The host and monk leaders are required to come to Kaibao Temple at the designated time to participate in the examination.
With this punch, all the great monks in the temples in Bianjing jumped up like cats whose tails were stepped on!
Many people don't even know how to perform Buddhist rituals, let alone recite sutras.
Otherwise, there would not have been the Huixin monk v. Kaifeng Prefecture Shouqiu case last year (see Chapter 268).
Now I'm fine, facing the heavy blow from the government.
There were so many people who were just pretending to be fake, and they suddenly panicked.
Even those abbots and monk leaders who had practiced Buddhism when they were young were somewhat panicked.
no way!
Over the years, they have become more familiar with abacus and accounting than Buddhism and scriptures, and their belief in Brother Kong Fang has long overtaken their belief in Buddha.
Now, the government suddenly wants to test their Buddhist practice, which makes these people very anxious.
One by one, they were like headless flies, scurrying around everywhere.
Some are trying every possible way to smoothen the relationship; some are scratching their heads and thinking of various ways to cheat.
The "hairless libertines" and "lay Buddhist Tathagata" who were usually very dashing in the Goulan tiles in Bianjing City also fell silent instantly.
I started to stay behind closed doors and no longer dared to go out at will.
They were afraid that they would be caught by the Kaifeng Mansion and directly ordered to return to secular life, which would even affect the abbot behind them, the head of the monks.
Without the participation of these people in the economy, the GDP of major cities in Bianjing City dropped by several points in an instant.
Of course, the great monks will not sit still and wait for death.
These guys have been operating in Beijing for decades, and have a network of relationships both inside and outside the government. At the same time, they control hundreds of families remotely through the quality library.
Then undercurrents began to surge beneath the calm surface.
The activities of the great monks cannot be hidden from the Detective Department.
In the seventh month of Guiwei (28th), the Detective Department reported that rumors began to appear in the tile houses in Bianjing, saying that there was a demon coming to slander the governor of the capital, and that it would harm Buddhism.
This is a typical method of sinking together, and it is also a method that has been tried and tested by great monks since ancient times. When encountering trouble, they will first drag the bulls into the water and muddy the water first.
If the bull-nosed people can't stand the excitement and jump out on their own, that will be exactly what they want.
Controversies between Buddhism and Taoism and religious conflicts will instantly replace their troubles and become the troubles of the world.
But the bull-nosed guys have already learned a lot.
Therefore, as soon as the relevant rumors came out, the Niubi people all quieted down and quietly watched the performance of the great monks.
On Jiashen (29), among the tile houses, criticisms began to appear against Cai Jing, Yang Wenyuan and other officials in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture.
It is said that these people are all treacherous ministers and have no reverence for the Buddha, and are likely to cause trouble for the Buddha.
The evidence is this - Kaifeng Prefecture wants to take the exam to compare the presiding officers and monks of various temples in Bianjing.
The presiding officer and the head of the monks are all eminent monks who practice Buddhism very highly. Do they need to be tested by the government? It is unnecessary!
The traitor has jumped out on his own!
Cai Jing and others clearly want to destroy Buddha!
To imitate Zhou Shizong, he took the opportunity to melt the Buddha statues donated by believers in the temple and cast money.
For a time, Buddhist believers inside and outside Bianjing were panicked.
Zhao Xu just listened to these reports quietly and watched the performances of the great monks silently without giving any instructions.
The reason is simple - in Bianjing, a city where citizens and businesses are mainly engaged in business, the smell of copper is too strong.
Everyone at the top and bottom was looking at Qian. Only Brother Kong Fang was in their eyes, but not the Buddha.
Do you expect the citizens to fight against the government for the sake of Buddha?
That's a dream!
Zhao Xu knew this, and so did the great monk.
Therefore, these are just blinding techniques, performed for outsiders to see.
At the same time, it is also a public opinion offensive, used to build momentum.
Sure enough, on the morning of July 30th, when Zhao Xu was having breakfast, Shi Deyi came.
Shi Deyi approached Zhao Xu and reported in a low voice: "Everyone, Master Mingyi of the Huangjian Academy, today I went to see Mrs. Lu of the State of Qin..."
Zhao Xu suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly as he listened. The great monks finally couldn't help but play their cards!
The Imperial Palace was renovated from the old residence of Zhou Taizu Guo Wei.
It was built by Guo Wei by imperial edict after he founded the country to pray for his wife and children who died in vain.
After entering the Song Dynasty, if the children of the Chai family became monks, they would choose to build a courtyard in the emperor's palace.
Master Mingyi is related to the Chai family - of course, she cannot be a relative of Guo Wei, and she has no relationship with Chai Rong.
It's just a distant branch.
The real Guo Wei, the direct descendant of Chai Rong, has long been neither surnamed Guo nor Chai.
But the surname is Pan! Pan Mei’s Pan!
Today's Chongyi Gong Chai Yongzhu is just a distant branch of Chai Rong.
Chai Yongce had a close relationship with Yingmiao - when Yingmiao was established as a prince, it was also the time when Chai Yongce was granted the title of Chongyi Gong.
Master Mingyi of the Imperial Academy was Chai Yongce's sister.
She became a nun during the Xining period. Later, because of her good Buddhist teachings, she was invited back home by the Gao family and presided over the Gao family's ancestral temple. Therefore, she had a close personal relationship with the biological mother of the Empress Dowager.
"What else?" Zhao Xu asked.
The great monks began to follow the path of the empress dowager.
It is impossible for me to let go of the Empress Dowager's family.
Shi Deyi played in a low voice: "Monks and nuns from Xiaoyan Temple and Hongfu Temple also come in and out of the Xiang Residence to pay homage to the Dowager Lady of Zhao and Korea."
Zhao Xu laughed, as expected!
Xiaoyan Temple is the former residence of Yang Ye. Yang Ye died in the war, so his son asked him to turn it into a temple.
Since Yang Wenguang died of illness, the Yang family has been living in Bianjing.
During this process, the Yang family and the Xiang family became very close.
For this reason, I often go to Xiaoyan Temple to pay homage to my family.
After going back and forth, I got in touch with the monks from Xiaoyan Temple.
As for Hongfu Temple?
The funeral home of Zhang Yi and Empress Dowager Li became the ancestral temple of the Li family.
In the sixth year of Qingli, Hongfu Temple suffered a fire. Renmiao issued an edict to select a site for reconstruction and built the Li family residence on its original site.
The rebuilt Hongfu Temple happens to be adjacent to the Xiang family's ancestral temple.
Therefore, the nuns at Hongfu Chanyuan have a very good relationship with the Xiang family's married woman and can speak well in front of the Xiang family.
"Is there any more?" Zhao Xu continued to ask.
Shi Deyi hesitated for a moment and chose to report truthfully: "In addition, I heard that in Juezhao Temple outside Dongshui Gate, a monk discovered that the tomb of Tao Hub in the temple was open and there was nothing inside."
"Tao Hub?" Zhao Xu didn't quite understand.
"This Taizu is also a Hanlin scholar." Shi Deyi introduced: "He is also the person who wrote the Zen poems of Zhou Zen for Taizu."
"When Tao Hub was alive, he pointed to his head and said: This person must wear a Diao Chan crown."
"Now, there is nothing in his tomb, not even the skeleton..."
"It became a joke among the people!"
Zhao Xu listened and gently clenched his fists: "These great monks are really bold!"
On normal days, this is just a small thing.
It's just a fun conversation.
But now, the door to the tomb of a Hanlin scholar who wrote a letter of acceptance to Taizu was opened.
There was nothing inside, not even the bones.
In addition, he had vowed before his death that I would wear the diao cicada crown.
As a result, not only did he not get the title of Diao Chan, but even his tomb was stolen after his death, and his bones were nowhere to be found.
This incident happened again in the homes of great monks.
In Zhao Xu's view, this is the threat from the great monks.
Shi Deyi quickly lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
"Is there anyone else in the Tao family?" Zhao Xu asked.
Shi Deyi shook his head: "I don't know."
"Go and find the descendants of Tao Hub, and ask them to go to Kaifeng Mansion to sue Juezhao Yuan for failing to protect their ancestors' tombs, which resulted in their tombs being stolen!"
No matter what, what is going on in Juezhao Institute?
Zhao Xu must fight back with thunder!
Otherwise, you will tolerate and support adultery!
…
That afternoon, after Zhao Xu got up from his nap, he saw Meng Qingqing's figure.
"Why is Yanchang County Lord here?" Zhao Xu asked curiously.
"Reporting to the officials, I have come to invite the officials to the Qingshou Palace according to the order of the Empress Dowager." Meng Qingqing answered softly.
"Why did the Empress Dowager invite me over?" Zhao Xu asked.
"The Empress Dowager said that there will be a sutra feast tomorrow, so I would like to invite the officials to the Qingshou Palace to ask about their homework." Meng Qingqing lowered her head and answered.
Zhao Xu laughed, this was a good reason.
"Is the Queen here?" Zhao Xu asked, looking into Meng Qingqing's eyes.
Meng Qingqing replied: "The Queen Mother is here too."
Zhao Xu suddenly laughed and asked suddenly: "Is there a woman who is destined to enter the palace today?"
Meng Qingqing did not dare to hide it and nodded.
"From the Gao family or the Xiang family?"
Meng Qingqing lowered her head and said nothing.
Zhao Xu understands, there are people from the Gao family and the Xiang family!
And this is the palace of the Song Dynasty.
The concubines, who live deep in the palace and are almost isolated from the outside world, have the only way to understand the outside world through the concubines who enter the palace, especially those relatives in their own families.
In this way, the relatives and nobles were given the opportunity to influence the government.
During the Xining Reform, relatives, clan members, and ladies-in-law of noble families spoke ill of Wang Anshi in the ears of Cisheng Guangxian and the Empress Dowager every day.
A pile of sand will make a tower, and three people will become a tiger.
Wang Anshi's image became extremely ferocious in the palace.
Even the Empress Dowager Xiang still believes that Wang Anshi is a traitor.
That is to say, because of Zhao Xu's face, he would follow tradition and send envoys to Jiangning to give gifts and express condolences on every festival and Wang Anshi's birthday.
During the Xining Reform Period, Wang Anshi's Reform was able to advance steadily without being affected by public opinion in the palace.
The biggest reason also comes from the harem - although Cisheng Guangxian didn't like Wang Anshi, he even hated him extremely.
But Cisheng Guangxian always suppressed public opinion in the palace because of Zhao Xu's father.
Although the old queen mother did not support the reform.
But she strictly opposed the harem’s interference in politics!
At that time, the Empress Dowager wanted to raise a few issues at banquets in the palace, but she was suppressed every time.
Nowadays, great monks have also begun to walk this passage.
Want to exert influence in the palace.
Zhao Xu had naturally been prepared for this.
He got up from the bed and told Meng Qingqing: "County Lord, please help me change my clothes."
