Zhu Si nodded and smiled, and asked Huiyuan and Hongzhi again: "They all said that the family wanted to break the dust and see through life and death, and the Buddha nature master saved the Taizu Emperor, but the Taizu Emperor destroyed the Great Yuan." If this cause arises and dies, doesn't it be retribution for sin? Huiyuan and Hongzhi glanced at each other, Hongzhi gestured to Huiyuan monk but said that it was okay, with his understanding of Zhu Si, Zhu Si was just solving his own doubts, not making problems for the monk in an unconventional way.

So Hui Yuan solemnly folded his palms and replied: "Amitabha, Buddhism talks about the four noble truths and ten commandments, the four noble truths are suffering, concentration, extinction, and the way, and the true meaning of the Tao is divided into seven sections, all of which are the Bodhi path of practicing precepts and wisdom, and the Eightfold Path in the seven disciplines is all self-cultivation, but if you see that living beings are dying and do not help, how can you talk about self-cultivation?" Save others with the heart of crossing yourself, save yourself with the heart of others, my Bodhi is the Bodhi of others, and the sinful karma of others is also my sinful karma, what is the difference between you, me and him? As long as the six roots are cultivated with correct knowledge and correct views, what is there to fear about the karmic retribution of sin? ”

Zhu Si comprehended Huiyuan's words, so he respectfully folded his palms and bowed deeply to Huiyuan monk and said: "What the master said, is it the truth that the Bodhisattva is afraid of the cause and the mortal is afraid of the effect?" Mortals think that the six realms of reincarnation in this world are terrible, and karma makes people unable to play the game of life and death, good and evil. And the bodhisattva, as the guardian of the world, is sad because of the crying and fear of people in this game. Bodhisattvas are sad because mortals are afraid, and mortals cry because they are afraid of repercussions, but as Master Huiyuan said, a person who upholds correct knowledge and correct views, how can he be afraid of the retribution of life and death? ”

The great monk Huiyuan explained why the Buddha nature master deliberately intervened in the affairs of the mortal world, but Zhu Si realized more than that. He also comprehended Taizu in Master Huiyuan's words, but this realization was what Zhu Si really wanted.

Taizu has killed countless people in his life, military enemies, political enemies, and even his lifelong friends and relatives. If Taizu's approach is just because of brutality and murder, then he should undoubtedly go to hell, and it is natural for the enemy on the battlefield to be killed, but whether it is the four major cases of Hongwu, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Lan Yu, and even Concubine Li Shufei and Concubine Guo Ning, who have been in love with him all his life, he will kill him. He can cry to death after Concubine Li Shufei and Concubine Guo Ning are forced to die, does this mean that when he kills, his hands and blood are not cold?

Zhu Si had asked countless times in his heart, asking why Taizu had killed so many people. It is true that Taizu killing these people may not change the cycle of history, if the biological mother of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Concubine Li Shufei, and Concubine Guo Ning, who is both civil and military, were not forced to hang themselves; If the twenty-four generals had not withered away because of the Hu Weiyong case and the Lanyu case, Emperor Xun Zhu Yunwen might not have been defeated in the Battle of Jingjing. There is no need to mention Lan Yu, a fierce general who is respected as Wei Qing and Li Jing. A group of super strong generals and two old concubines with super political skills and military strategies, what else does Zhu Di use to fight with others? If that's the case, then the history of the Ming Dynasty, whether good or bad, will be different. 12345

Taizu killed people because he was afraid of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, worried that the military generals would abuse power, the civil officials would form a party, the children and young mothers would interfere in the harem, the system of the dynasty was not perfect, and there were too many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, which were all his motives for killing. Although Concubine Li Shufei and Concubine Guo Ning, who had been married to him at the beginning of the incident, were killed by him, this does not mean that he is cold-blooded, and it does not mean that he does not love them. Killing these people, his heart is also extremely sad. It's just that those lovers who advance and retreat with him, the comrades-in-arms who fight the world together, and even his own lives are not as important as a great dynasty, and they are not as important as the people of the world.

In order to return the vast land to a clean place, in order to give the poor people in the world a way to live, he killed Tartars, warlords, rich households, corrupt officials, and even comrades-in-arms, relatives, and himself.

Zhu Si's doubts in his heart for many years finally had an answer today, so he boldly said the doubts he had always had in his heart: "Ji Kangzi asked Confucius and said: 'If there is no way to kill, there is a way, how so?' Confucius said, 'The son is the government, and he kills? The son wants to be good, and the people are good. The virtue of the gentleman, the virtue of the villain, and the wind on the grass will die. After saying the words in this Analect, Zhu Si mentioned himself again. I have always adhered to the Confucian Taoist system, and I have always been unable to let go of the old things of Taizu because of the maxim of the master's use of killing, but today I seem to understand the truth and suffering. ”

After hearing this, Master Hongzhi recited the Buddha's name for a long time, and then closed his eyes and was silent. Fu Shan continued the topic of Zhu Si and expounded his opinion, he said: "The holy house is benevolent, and self-denial is really a blessing for the people of the Ming Dynasty. However, Zechen is a Confucian student, and today he abandoned his pen and followed Rong, and he had been entangled in the three words "Yan Yong killing" for many years. At that time, the minister was probably also afraid of retribution. However, although the minister had doubts, he still relied on his intuition to embark on the road of throwing a pen from Rong, until later the minister read "Xunzi", which said that the master was the seventh day of the dynasty, and he killed Shaozheng Mao in the name of the five evils, and the minister realized the truth. ”

Master Hongzhi, who closed his eyes, finally spoke: "There are five evil people, and theft is not the same: one is to reach the heart and be dangerous, the second is to be firm and strong, the third is to argue falsely, the fourth is to remember the ugly and broad, and the fifth is to be obedient and unreasonable." At that time, Shao Zheng Mao and the master lectured together, and Shao Zheng Mao was no less famous than the master, so that the three thousand disciples of Confucius also switched to Shao Zheng Mao's door many times, and Confucius experienced 'three profits and three voids', and only Yan Yuan was unmoved among the seventy-two sages, so the master was the doctor for seven days, that is, he was killed. Zhu Xi, a great Confucian in the Song Dynasty, even doubted the authenticity of this allusion, and scholars of all dynasties kept silent about this matter, and they all agreed in their hearts that if the master really did this, then what the master did was wrong. ”

Zhu Si raised his head and sighed: "That's it, the saint takes the rise and fall of the world as his own responsibility, and the puppet takes Mingzhe to protect himself and not do well as his motto." This is the way of heaven is greater than humanity, this is the side of the master and the emperor Taizu. Zi said: 'Clever words and morality, small and unbearable, then chaos and big schemes. The word "forbearance" in this, in addition to tolerance and patience, also has the meaning of perseverance and decisiveness. If you don't have the tenacity to make a decision on some issues that seem to be small but actually have a big impact, you will be appeased and nurtured. The choice is responsibility, wisdom, and righteousness. It's all for the world, if I had a choice, I wouldn't have killed my own Concubine Li Shu, Concubine Guo Ning and my comrades-in-arms; If you don't have a choice, you will never bear to see the country fall into the hands of traitors, even if you regain the old things of Taizu, even if you kill yourself. ”