Yunxi saw them coming and said to them: "Masters, please sit down."
Master Fang Zheng of Shaolin hurriedly said: "I don't dare to take His Majesty's word for 'please'." Then he bowed and sat on the futon. Others also pushed him one after another before sitting down.
Yunxi chatted with Master Fangzheng, Master Guangyuan and others for a while, and Quan made the opening remarks.
Then Yunxi cleared his throat. Yunxi has now become a habit of clearing his throat, indicating that he wants to get down to business. These people also found out about this habit of his, so they all straightened up and listened carefully.
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Yunxi said: "Several eminent monks and Taoist priests are here today, mainly because they have a big happy event to tell you."
"I know that the lands thousands of miles away in the Western Region were originally Buddhist countries, but now many of them have become countries of the True God Religion."
"I want to support the temples in the Central Plains, go to the Western Regions to promote Buddhism, and rebuild the Buddhist Kingdom. Master Fangzheng, you are one of the most famous monks in the world, what do you think of this?"
What else could Fang Zheng think? This is of course a great thing for Buddhism! Fang Zheng said the Buddha's name and said: "Your Majesty has done this, and from now on all the monks in the world will praise your Majesty's kindness!" If we were forced to replace Zhu Yuanzhang yesterday,
There will still be some opposition to its promotion, but today no one will oppose it.
Yunxi said: "Well, do the masters have other opinions?"
No one dared to have other opinions, so they all supported it. And they were indeed very supportive.
Yunxi then said: "That's good. I think it's better for you to handle the missionary matters yourself. I want to make Lanzhou the fundamental place for missionary work to the west. Shaolin is the largest temple in the world today. If Master Fangzheng doesn't do it himself,
If it is convenient, please send other eminent monks from Shaolin to Lanzhou to preside over it."
"Huacheng Temple, Guangji Temple, and Huazang Temple are also major temples in the world, and they will all send people to participate in this missionary event."
"Ganzhou is located in the northwest and has the friendship of landlords. The abbots of the two great Buddhist temples in Ganzhou will also participate in this missionary event. In my opinion, your two temples are both called great Buddhist temples. It is better to merge them into one and serve together.
A grand event." The abbots of the two major Buddhist temples forced out smiles. When word came out that Yunxi supported missionary work, Buddhists all over the world would praise Yunxi. How dare they not agree? They were not regarded as a typical example of those who opposed missionary work to the west.
Done.
The abbot of Shaolin has reached the pinnacle of Buddhism in the Central Plains in this life. If he can leave a mark in the missionary work to the west, his reputation will rise again, so he is very enthusiastic about it. But he also knows the difficulties of missionary work.
So he asked: "Your Majesty, what is the cost of this missionary work?"
Yunxi looked at him strangely and said: "Since it is a grand Buddhist event, as the largest temple in the Central Plains, doesn't Shaolin Temple have to pay something?"
Fang Zheng choked him up, but he still said: "Your Majesty, although Shaolin is big, it can't afford the expenses of preaching?"
Yunxi had long known that asking them to pay would be difficult, so he said, "When Master Bodhidharma came from India, did he come to the Central Plains with cart after cart of gold and silver?"
Yunxi glanced at the young monks present, and then said: "Is it possible that in our great temple in the Central Plains, there are no people like Master Bodhidharma who are willing to devote themselves to the glory of our Buddha?"
Different from the mature monks, young monks are still very idealistic. Many people suddenly said: "Without a penny, as long as Your Majesty gives you the customs clearance documents, the poor monks (poor nuns) are willing to go all the way west to promote Buddhism."
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The presiding officers were immediately surprised. There were not many young monks present today, only two or three in each temple, but there were many similar young monks in the temple. During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the assessment of monks and Taoist priests was very strict, and the ultimatums were also given.
There are very few, so the only ones who can get real ultimatums are the best of the best monks.
However, these monks often also believe in Buddhism, so they are easily deceived by things that promote Buddhism.
The several hosts were helpless. Yunxi was cutting people off with a soft knife! Compared with directly confiscating the temple's land, it was more mixed, but it could also consume the temple's property, and the monks would not protest.
It seems that there is no chance of asking for money, but policies are still needed. Master Du'e of Huazang Temple said: "Since Your Majesty is the one who promotes Buddhism and supports the spread of Legalism to the west, can you make a public decree and ask the local government to support it?"
Yunxi said: "Although I support the spread of Buddhism to the west, this world is a Confucian world after all, and I still dare not be too explicit. Therefore, I cannot issue an order publicly."
"However, the King of Qin in Xi'an also likes Buddhism very much and is willing to openly support Buddhism." Yunxi clapped his hands and Shang Bing came out from the side and said: "I like Buddhism and am willing to support the spread of Buddhism to the west. The government of the Three Qin Dynasties
, I will give orders to support the grand event of the spread of Buddhism to the west."
Yunxi added: "Moreover, all temples that are willing to support the spread of Buddhism to the west will give monks under the age of forty years old, and monks who spread Buddhism to the west will not be counted among the number of monks who should be allowed to do so in this temple."
Of course, the conditions given by Yunxi were also good. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that people under the age of forty were not allowed to become monks and were not given status, and the number of monks in each temple was limited to a very small number.
However, when King Shang Bing of Qin came out and expressed his public support for Buddhism, these eminent monks had already decided to devote themselves to the spread of Buddhism to the west. They were not stupid, and they knew that Shang Bing had already decided to be the king of the Western Regions. Now that Shang Bing supports Buddhism, in the future Buddhism will
It is possible to become the state religion of the country in the Western Regions. How could they not support missionary work?
Next is the protagonist Shang Bing. After talking for a while, the general matter was settled.
At this time Yunxi said to Jueyuan: "Master Jueyuan."
Jue Yuan immediately saluted and said, "A poor monk dare not be called a master."
Yunxi said: "Master Jueyuan is extremely devout in his belief in Buddha, which I have to admire. Master Jueyuan, would you like to be the first person in China to spread Buddhism to the West?"
When Jue Yuan heard the honor of being the 'first person', he immediately became excited and said, "I'm willing to do it, little monk!"
Yunxi said: "Okay! I will immediately give the order to give Master Jueyuan the customs clearance documents." Jueyuan won the important task, and both parties were very happy.
Monk Yunxi and Shang Bing stood up again to escort these monks out of the temple.
When the monks all went out, Yunxi said to Shang Bing: "I was really wrong. You should have come forward from the beginning. I don't have to come forward."
Shang Bing said: "No, Brother Huang, Brother Huang can calm their hearts by coming forward. This is something that younger brother can't do."
Yunxi then went to another side hall, called King Zhu Song of Han, and explained what he wanted to say, focusing on using the Quanzhen Tao to 'civilize' the barbarians in the northeast. Then he sent someone to call all the Taoist priests and started again.
Went to deal with political matters.
Because Yunxi was resentful of Quanzhen Taoism, he planned to focus on supporting Zhengyiyi. However, Yunxi later remembered that Zhengyiyi could get married and have children, so it would be easy for a family of Taoist priests to control Taoist temples for generations. If the whole country was Zhengyiyi
The Taoist temple may threaten the power of the emperor/king.
However, the high-level Taoist priests of Quanzhen Religion are not allowed to get married and have children. This makes it impossible to form a family that has controlled Taoist temples for generations, and it is difficult to threaten the power of the emperor/king.
Although it is possible for couples like Ma Yu and Sun Buer to get married and have children first, and then divorce and become monks, they are in the minority after all; and Wang Chongyang founded a new sect, so his disciples are all famous. Under normal circumstances, they all have to
Only those who have become monks since childhood will inherit Taoism and become famous real people, so there is basically no need to worry.
So Yunxi changed his mind and still maintained Quanzhen Taoism in the north.
Moreover, Quanzhen Taoism is now more powerful, and by using Quanzhen Taoism, Taoism can be popularized in the Northeast more quickly.
After Yunxi finished explaining, he felt uneasy again, so he left Shang Bing here to help Zhu Song. Then Yunxi went to deal with political affairs.
When Wang Xi came over and reminded Yunxi: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Han, it is about to end." Yunxi went back, walked into the palace, showed his appearance, said a few words of support, and then turned them away.
They were all sent away. That’s all for today’s important matters.