Mo Dun was not afraid, and said calmly: "Although Mo is a child of the Mo family, today he is also here to discuss the affairs of the Buddhist family on behalf of the court. As we all know, the Buddhist family has suffered repeated disasters, His Majesty and the Buddhist family have a fate, and he can't bear the dilemma between the Buddhist family and the imperial court, so he specially ordered Mo to come to negotiate the affairs of the Buddhist family.

"Thank you, Your Majesty is concerned, and the old man is grateful!" Master Huiyuan said with a grateful face.

The other monks couldn't help but pout, in their opinion, Buddhism is the best and purest, compassion for the heart, the two martial arts to destroy the Buddha is the Northern Wei Dynasty Taiwu Emperor and the Northern Zhou Emperor Wu Emperor fierce and cruel, plus Confucianism and Taoism two families to add fuel to the fire, this will have two disasters for the Buddhists, the Buddhists can say that there is no fault at all.

Merton's eyes swept away, and he immediately took in the faces of the monks of the Buddhist family, and couldn't help but say aloud: "The Buddhist family pays attention to cause and effect, and it just so happens that the ancestors of the Mo family also had a proverb, and I would like to ask you for some advice." ”

"I'm waiting to listen to the Mo family's high theory!" Master Huiyuan said solemnly.

Mo Sheng summed up countless grievances and hatreds, and sighed: There is no hatred for no reason in this world, and there is no love for no reason. Merton said loudly.

"There is no hate for no reason, and there is no love for no reason!" Master Fa Lin couldn't help frowning, he naturally heard the voice of Mo Jiazi's words, how could the two martial arts destroy the Buddha for no reason, there must be cause and effect.

"My Buddhist family purifies all sentient beings, loves the world, and never asks for ......anything in return," Master Huichang on the side couldn't help but retort.

Merton sneered, "Really don't ask for anything in return? Why do the Buddhist families collect incense money, and why do they have temple properties? ”

"This is a voluntary offering by believers, and we have not forced it!" Master Huichang retorted.

"Then why didn't the believer give me the Mo family's incense money for no reason?" Merton pressed as he spoke.

"Huh!" Master Huichang was speechless and paused for a moment.

"Believers offer incense money for the Buddhist family, but for peace, for the blessing of the Buddha, and for the ascension to the Western Heaven Elysium after death, this is the reason, my Mo family does not have these, he naturally will not voluntarily give me the Mo family money." Merton himself explained.

"Mo Sheng is indeed a man of great wisdom, and he concisely interprets the essence of the way of cause and effect." Master Huiyuan said with emotion.

The other monks were silent, since Master Huiyuan admitted that there was no love for no reason, he naturally admitted that there was no hatred for no reason, so that there must be a reason for the destruction of the Buddha by the two martial arts, rather than the fact that the Buddhists have always considered themselves innocent victims.

"Since you all agree with Mo's words, then I will carefully calculate with you below, the reason between the Buddhist family and the court." Morton breathed a heavy sigh of relief, he was afraid that these monks would stick to their beliefs, and it would not make sense at all.

"I'll hear you." The monks snorted coldly.

"The kid thinks that the reason why the Buddhist family has been robbed repeatedly, one of the biggest causes and consequences is that they have not fulfilled their responsibilities for the country, although you are monks, but you are also my Chinese people, the people of the Tang Dynasty, and you must also consider the world,............," Morton said loudly.

Before Merton finished speaking, the debater standing behind Master Huichang couldn't help but retort: "Our Buddhists are monks, the four major ones are empty, the six roots are pure, and they don't care about the mundane things in the world. ”

Merton's face suddenly turned cold, and he stared at the debate machine and said, "Whose land are you standing on, whose clothes are you wearing, and whose food you are growing,.................."

As Merton asked rhetorically one by one, the debate machine couldn't help but blush, and he couldn't say anything.

"At the time of the military parade last year, the people of Chang'an City shouted, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, whether it is the sons of the hundred families, or the common people, they need to bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the world, this point, Buddhism is no exception, otherwise why do you think that Huaxia will give Buddhism love for no reason." Merton said solemnly.

"What Lord Mo Shi said is very true, if the world needs Buddhism, we will not hesitate even if we give up this body!" Master Huiyuan said solemnly.

"Buddhism purifies all sentient beings, and is naturally willing to sacrifice for the country." Master Falin said solemnly.

Fa Lin is a concurrent cultivator of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and knows that the purpose of the hundred schools of thought is to rise for the stability of the world, and if the Buddhists want to integrate into the Tang Dynasty, they must be on par with the concept of the hundred schools of thought.

"Debate, you must step back and don't talk nonsense!" Master Huichang scolded, the debate machine is an elite carefully cultivated by Buddhism, although the wisdom is extraordinary, but it is still far from the world-famous Mo family, and now is not the time for him to face the Mo family.

Hearing this, Merton looked up at the immature face of the debater, but he didn't expect to meet a famous celebrity in history at this time, and immediately pointed out: "Master Huichang still teaches his disciples well, so as not to bring disaster to Buddhism in the future." ”

Master Huichang's face changed, and he looked at Morton vigilantly and said, "My Buddhist family naturally has a Buddhist family to take care of, so don't worry about Mohou."

Morton smiled, he kindly reminded him, as for the Buddhists who don't take it to heart, then he naturally won't worry too much, at the moment, continued:

"Since the Buddhists are willing to contribute to the country, Mo and the Buddhists have a good account, when the Buddhists were robbed, there were two million monks and nuns in the Northern Wei Dynasty and three million monks and nuns in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. How do we calculate that the minimum of 2 million monks and nuns is the bottom line for the robbery of the Buddhist sect? Merton asked.

"Amitabha!" Master Huiyuan and Master Fa Lin couldn't help but recite a Buddha horn in a sad voice,

"Dr. Shen, how many fields and people do you need to feed two million people!" Merton asked.

Dr. Shen held the calculation chip in his hand, crackled, and said: "Ordinary people need to eat about one pound of grain every day, two million people need to eat two million catties a day, and they need to eat 70,000 catties of grain a year, and the yield per mu during the Northern Wei Dynasty was about 300 catties. ”

"Seven million acres of fertile land!" The monks couldn't help but be shocked, originally they thought they were very innocent, but after Shen Hongcai did this, they found that the Buddhist family was probably not so innocent.

Merton said solemnly: "Seven million acres of fertile land is almost equivalent to a Guanzhong Plain to feed the Buddhist family, not to mention the Buddhist family's clothes, scriptures, and monasteries, which accounts for a lot of manpower and material resources." Isn't that why? ”

The monks were silent, but they did not refute Merton's words, they also knew that 2 million monks and nuns seemed to make Buddhism grow, but the ruler simply did not want to see such a large number of laborers become monks and nuns who meditated without anything.

"Since two million monks and nuns are already in danger of destroying the Buddha, Dr. Shen, the two of you can calculate how many years the number of monks and nuns can reach two million with the current scale of development of the Buddhist family." Merton turned his head to look at Dr. Shen on the side.

Shen Hongcai and Zu Mingjun glanced at each other, silently calculated in their hearts, and blurted out in a moment: "At most, in two hundred years, the number of monks and nuns in the Buddhist family can reach two million." ”

"Two hundred years?" The monks were shocked, if before that, they would have been extremely excited to learn that the Buddhist family would be so prosperous two hundred years later, but at this moment they were all worried, because once the number of monks and nuns reached 2 million, I am afraid that it will be the moment when Buddhism will invite disaster.

Merton nodded, turned his head to the monks and asked: "I don't know if the Buddhist family has a good way to solve the crisis of the Buddhist family in two hundred years, Your Majesty deeply remembers the grace of the Buddhist family, so naturally he will not move the Buddhist family, but who can guarantee that the emperor of the future generations will not move." ”

The monks were silent and shook their heads, they naturally wanted to let the Buddhism develop and grow, but they didn't know how to let the Buddhism go step by step to the abyss.

"Please also ask Lord Mo for advice!" Master Huiyuan bowed his hands.

Merton nodded and said, "The kid thinks that since two million is the bottom line for destroying the Buddha, the number of the Buddha family must be reduced by at least half to ensure safety." ”

"A million monks!"

The monks thought about it and did not raise any objections, after all, compared to the current number of Buddhists, one million is already quite a lot.

Merton looked up to the sky and sighed, "A million monks. Last year, when I waited for the imperial court to conquer Tuyuhun in the west, there were 200,000 troops, by the way, Zu Mingjun, you also participated in the production of trebuchets at that time, do you know how many troops I have in addition to the 200,000 western expeditionary army. ”

Zu Mingjun got up and said loudly: "My Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses, there are sixteen guards and horses, and there are also various departments of the Zhichong Mansion, when the western expedition, the sixteen Wei army went out to fight a part, and then from the world to draw out the soldiers and horses of the Zhichong Mansion, a total of 200,000, and the rest of the garrison is about 140,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Merton suddenly realized: "In this way, my Datang has about thirty-four soldiers and horses, so to speak, the soldiers are worthy of being the best among the hundreds of my sons, and I didn't expect that the money and food provided by my Datang to support the Buddhist family can actually feed three times as many soldiers and horses." ”

The soldiers and the Buddhists are not producing, they are consuming huge amounts of money and food, and now the food consumed by the Buddhists can support three times the number of troops, as rulers, what they will think can be imagined, if the heart is unbalanced, they will definitely find the Buddhists.

A group of monks couldn't help but be in an uproar, they naturally heard the meaning of the Mo family, and even wanted to make the number of Buddhists not more than the soldiers, and suddenly from the number of one million, to three hundred and forty thousand, although compared with the current more than 80,000 monks and nuns, there will be a lot of room for development, but it is far lower than their expectations.

"This is impossible, Lord Mo is simply too deceitful, there are many people in my Buddhist family who want my Buddha, and it is impossible for the Buddhist family to turn them away." Master Huichang said angrily.

"Yes, my Buddhist family has no quarrel with the world, and I am pure and cultivated, but Lord Mo Shi limited the number of us to the soldiers, is it because I suspect that the Buddhism family will not be able to rebel."

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As soon as Merton's words fell, a group of monks were furious and objected, and even Master Huiyuan and Master Fa Lin couldn't help frowning at Mo Jiazi.

Seeing this, Merton couldn't help but show a hesitant look on his face and said, "Since you are all against restricting monks, there is also a compromise suggestion below, I don't know if you can listen to me." ”

"Lord Mo, please speak." Master Huiyuan nodded.

"Since there are many people who are committed to Buddhism, it is naturally inconvenient for us to obstruct it, if we make a rule, the court will establish a monk membership for Buddhism, called Dumu, only those who are proficient in the scriptures and familiar with Sanskrit can obtain it, so that there is a way for people to go to the Buddha, and people who are born with wisdom roots can be selected for the Buddhists, isn't it the best of both worlds, but there is also a bottom line that the number of degrees can not exceed 500,000. Mo is still sure to convince the imperial court at this point. Merton said with a harmless smile.

"This ......" The monks couldn't help but focus on the number of 500,000 degrees, and the Buddhists themselves have to be able to read the scriptures and Sanskrit, and all the monks present here are high-ranking monks, so they naturally think that the monks' mastery of the scriptures is basic common sense, and they can't help but nod their heads subconsciously.

Familiarizing themselves with the scriptures and Sanskrit is naturally not difficult for a group of eminent monks, but they don't know that more monks are in the temple, and only after a few years of exposure to these things, if they let secular people recite Buddhist scriptures, I am afraid that only true devout and dedicated Buddhist believers can do it, and more people have given up halfway.

Among the monks, only Master Huiyuan and Master Fa Lin looked at Mo Dun with sharp eyes, and saw Mo Jiazi's plan thoroughly, but Rao was like this, the two of them glanced at each other, but they did not stop it.

Because this is indeed good for Buddhism, it greatly improves the quality of Buddhism, although the number of Buddhism is limited, but thinking of the tragedy of Erwu destroying Buddha, the two have fallen silent.

"How many people are literate in the world, the hundred schools of thought have almost been occupied, and how many people can be ...... Buddhism." Naturally, the debate machine would not be so kind, and suddenly helped the Buddhists so much, and couldn't help but retort, all the sons and hundreds of schools have finished selecting talents, how can there be talents left for the Buddhists.

Merton sneered: "Now Confucianism has private schools, official schools, medical schools for doctors, and compulsory education for the Mo family, even the soldiers who are usually called big-headed soldiers have begun to require reading and literacy, and established military schools to train officers. ”

Master Fa Lin was silent for a while, Master Huiyuan was far away in Shaolin, and naturally did not know the changes in Chang'an City, but he stretched out Chang'an City but knew that in Chang'an City in recent years, hundreds of schools of thought had contended how brilliant its results were, and in comparison, Buddhism was indeed far inferior.

Some of the Buddhists used to attract believers in the past, in front of the hundred schools of thought there is nothing to hide, the failure of the Great Compassion Temple is the best example, if the Buddhism does not change, compared with the Hundred Schools of Sons who are advancing together, I am afraid that the Buddhism will be behind the entire era.

"Buddhism universalizes sentient beings, but Mo Shi asks Buddhism to set its own threshold, which is against Buddhism's teachings, please forgive Buddhism for not being able to do it." Master Huichang shook his head and retorted.

"Once the imperial court issues the degree, it is to recognize the identity of the Buddhists, enjoy a certain exemption from forced labor, exemption from taxes, Mo is still that, there is no love in this world for no reason, the Buddhists want to enjoy these privileges, but they don't want to pay any price, it is too much to take for granted." Merton retorted mercilessly.

"And Mo reiterated once again that people who do not make a degree of cultivation are because the Dharma is not refined, and they naturally can't complain about others, and it is not impossible to practice, but they have to be like ordinary people, serving the tax of conscription, if the practice is reached, the court will naturally make up the degree, and it is not too late to serve the Buddha at that time." Merton added.

"This is acceptable to the Buddhists, after all, this move is also good for the Buddhists!" Master Huiyuan made the final decision. The destruction of the Buddha by the second martial arts has caused the Buddhists to suffer heavy losses, but among them, the Buddhists have widely accepted believers, regardless of qualifications, resulting in a mixture of fish and dragons, and it is not unrelated to the repeated ruins of the reputation of the Buddhists.