Yunxi set out from the capital on May 11, arrived in Yangzhou in the early morning of the second day, and went north along the canal without stopping at all, passing through Xuzhou, Zhengxian and even Kaifeng and other places, stopping only in two cities, and the other cities flashed by, including Kaifeng, where the king of Zhou was located. The urgent reports from the northwest were one after another, although the news that the troops of Samarkand had captured Urumqi had not yet arrived, but Yun Xi was also very worried, so he hurried to the northwest.

But there are two cities that must be stopped. One of them is Xuyi County. Xuyi County has the ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather, great-grandfather and great-grandfather, that is, Yunxi's great-grandfather, heavenly grandfather and Lie's grandfather are buried here, not to mention that Shang Bing is only in danger, even if Zhu Yuanzhang is critically ill, Yunxi has to pay homage. Yun Xi also took a person on the boat by the way.

The second is Luoyang. Of course, there is no ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family in Luoyang, but there is Songshan Shaolin Temple in Luoyang. Although Master Fangzheng, the presiding officer of Shaolin Temple, did not know why the emperor wanted to take him to the northwest with him, the emperor summoned him, unless he was sick and couldn't get up, he could only obey his fate.

Fang Zheng also brought more than a dozen young monks with him by the way. According to the rules defined by Yunxi to religion, it is Buddhism that spreads to the northwest, and Shaolin Temple is the first major temple of Buddhism in the Central Plains, although it is reluctant, but it can only be obligated to contribute money and efforts. Now Yiwu's Thousand Buddha Temple was funded and built by Shaolin Temple, and Fang Sheng, the temple host, is also a junior disciple of Shaolin Temple and Founder. Every year, Founder sent monks to the northwest to support, and this year he took the imperial court's tailwind boat to go together.

After that, Yunxi passed through Yuncheng, Weinan, and Xi'an, and came to Baoji. When I arrived in Baoji, I couldn't take a boat, so I changed to a horse-drawn carriage and continued to travel.

Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief. From the capital to Baoji, it took more than ten days to travel day and night to the northwest, but the twists and turns of this period of time have not been reported that the soldiers of Samarkand have arrived under the city of Yiwu, Yunxi also relaxed a little, and has the heart to think about other things.

"Lijie, go and invite Master Fangzheng, the presiding officer of Shaolin Temple." Yun Xi sat in the spacious carriage and instructed the guard Chen Lijie.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Lijie agreed, and he was about to step back.

"Slow." Yun Xi suddenly stopped him again, and said with a smile: "Lijie, I was very busy during the Chinese New Year, and I forgot to ask, can you participate in the selection of the martial arts hall?" ”

"The minister participated in the selection of the lecture hall, but he was not selected." Chen Lijie replied.

"You haven't selected it yet?" Although Chen Lijie standing here at this moment was enough to show that he had not been selected, Yun Xi was still a little surprised.

"The minister participated in the selection in the capital guard, and after the selection, the minister also went to inquire, and learned that the minister was ranked twenty-first, and he happened to be not admitted." Chen Lijie said with a look of regret.

Yun Xi heard this ranking, but his heart was bright: he must have been topped by someone in a relationship.

The admission method for students in Jiangwutang formulated by Yun Xi is very similar to the admission method of modern Western universities, with corresponding competitions, but because many items are difficult to quantify, the final decision on who to admit or who not to admit is still decided by the responsible Wu Future.

This leaves some room to maneuver. Although they didn't dare to send crooked melons and cracked dates to the lecture hall, under the same conditions, they would admit people who were related. It's like a modern person who wants to go to a famous university in the West, and you throw a lot of dollars in front of the school trustees, or like George W. Bush, who has been a congressman for two generations, as long as it's not too bad. Chen Lijie was obviously topped by someone with a background.

"After I go back, I have to ask who took Chen Lijie's place. That's ridiculous. Yun Xi thought to himself.

While thinking about it, Yun Xi also said to him: "I look at your ability to go to the martial arts hall, maybe there are too many outstanding people this year." Next year, if you participate in the selection again next year, you will definitely be selected! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your good words." Chen Lijie bowed.

Yun Xi said a few more words and let him go down.

After a while, Fang Zheng, the host of Shaolin Temple, came to Yun Xi's carriage and bowed and saluted: "The poor monk Fang Zheng has seen Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live, long live!" ”

"Master, please." Yun Xi reached out to help.

Fang Zheng didn't dare to let him help, kowtowed a few more times and got up by himself, standing respectfully in front of Yun Xi.

"Master, sit." Yun Xi sat down again, pointed to the chair in front of him, and said to him. Fang Zheng folded his hands and bowed, and half sat on the chair.

"Master, since the thirty-first year of Hongwu, I haven't seen a master for six years. But when I saw it today, the master's demeanor was the same as in previous years, and he didn't get old at all. ”

"Your Majesty is falsely praised. The poor monk's body in the past two years is not as good as in the past. In the past, I could walk more than ten miles in one breath, but now I am tired and out of breath after walking less than seven or eight miles. It's just like a poor monk, an old man, no matter how old he is, he doesn't show it. ”

"No, it's still the master's health. I am in the capital, and those veterans who are sixty or seventy years old have aged a lot in the past five or six years, which is very obvious. ”

Fang Zheng didn't know whether to admit it or not, so he could only sit on the chair and vaguely agree.

"Isn't this another use of Shaolin Kung Fu? In addition to strengthening your body, you can also maintain your appearance? Yoon-hee continued.

"This, Your Majesty, Shaolin Temple has been founded since the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Bodhidharma Patriarch brought Indian martial arts from India, and combined with the Central Plains martial arts to establish Shaolin Kung Fu, it has been more than 800 years, and I have not heard that my Shaolin Kung Fu still has the effect of rejuvenating the face." If it was Miaojin or Yunzhi in front of him, he would probably have begun to brag about it, but it was the emperor in front of him, and he clearly knew that the emperor did not believe in Buddhism, so he was exempted. But I began to wonder in my heart: 'Do you want to go back and preach to the pilgrims who come to Songshan to offer incense?' ’

"Maybe it's just a result of these years. Although Shaolin martial arts was founded in the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it has not always been self-contained, and it has also made progress. In particular, I heard that around the time of the Song Dynasty, a warrior monk in Shaolin had an epiphany about Shaolin's internal kung fu, which is like the cultivation of Taoism. Perhaps it is the wonderful result of the combination of internal kung fu and a certain external kung fu. Yun Xi smiled.

Hearing this, Fang was just submissive on the front, but he was vigilant in his heart. The emperor doesn't believe in Buddhism, but these few words have been boasting about Shaolin and Buddhism, what is the idea?

Yun Xi continued: "It is rumored that if the Taoist family's inner family true qi kung fu is cultivated to the extreme, it can become an immortal, so if this Buddhist family's kung fu is cultivated to the extreme, can it become a Buddha?" ”

"Your Majesty, my Buddhist family has always paid attention to compassion and good deeds, and only those who do good deeds can truly understand the principles of Buddhism and even become Buddhas, which has nothing to do with what kind of kung fu they cultivate."

"What about those who have never believed in Buddhism, but once they do, they can immediately become Buddhist monks? For example, the six ancestors Huineng. ”

"Your Majesty, Buddhism has an epiphany, and it is only said that even if a person has never believed in Buddhism before and has never heard the teachings of Buddhism, once he has an epiphany, he can surpass eight or nine out of ten monks in the world. Both," Fang Zheng paused and said: "The Buddha or the Bodhisattva sometimes goes down to the earth to spread the Buddha's teachings, and the person the emperor said may be the reincarnation of the Buddha." ”

"I see." Yun Xi said this, bowed his head and pondered. Fang Zheng sat motionless in his chair as he pondered, quietly waiting for Yun Xi's next command.

Yun Xi was thinking about it, and while writing and drawing, Fang Zheng secretly glanced at it, and saw a round ball drawn on the paper, and there were many symbols that he didn't recognize, such as 'v', etc., and he wondered but didn't dare to ask.

After nearly half an hour, Yun Xi put away his pen, folded the paper and put it on his body, and asked about the truth of Buddhism.

"Your Majesty, my Buddhist family pays attention to truthfulness and Buddha nature, and believes that everything in the world has Buddha nature, but I have not learned the Dharma, so I can't become a Buddha. The Great Nirvana Sutra says: "All sentient beings have Buddha nature in their bodies, and when all immeasurable afflictions are eliminated and self-destruction, the Buddha becomes obvious, except for one elaboration." The Great Nirvana Sutra also says: "Although there is a Buddha nature, it is convenient to practice all the virtues, so it has not been achieved, and because it is for the sake of seeing it, it cannot attain the three bodhisattvas." ’”

"From this, as long as sentient beings practice the Dharma, have compassion in their hearts, and do good deeds every day, they will be able to manifest the Buddha-nature in their hearts, and if they have enough merit, they will become Buddhas."

In addition, there is a cloud in the "Northern Nirvana Sutra...... "Fang Zheng is very dedicated to introducing Buddhist scriptures and ideas to Yunxi."

Although Yun Xi did not believe in Buddhism, he was also a little dizzy by his general theory, and secretly said in his heart: "No wonder Buddhism can preach from India to the east by dividing the north and south lines, it is indeed an outstanding point." ’

However, the Heavenly Fang Sect was able to chase the back of Buddhism and preach all the way to the east, turning many of the original Buddhist territories into the territory of the Heavenly Fang Sect. The Cross Sect was able to hold on to the Heavenly Sect in the West, and although it was mostly defeated, it was certainly extraordinary. Let's find out another day. ’

It can also be seen that my plan is very necessary, and Buddhism must be re-strengthened, otherwise even if the Western Regions are occupied, and even the local aborigines are eliminated, they will not be able to resist the infiltration of the Heavenly Sect from the west. ’

Yun Xi, who had made up his mind, decided to find a copy of the "Gulan Sutra" to study and study after going back, and raised his head and said with a smile: "Master Fangzheng has studied the Buddhist scriptures so deeply, there will not be many people in the world who can compare to the master." ”

Speaking of the study of Buddhist scriptures, Fang Zheng twisted his beard complacently: "Your Majesty, the reason why the poor monk can become the host of the Shaolin Temple is because the poor monk has the deepest study of Buddhism among the monks of the whole temple, so the uncles and uncles of the previous generation handed over the Shaolin Temple to the poor monk." ”

"Even if you look at the Ming Dynasty, no one can reach the poor monk." Fang Zheng had a discussion before when he presided over the assembly of the National Temple in the 31st year of Hongwu, so he dared to brag about this at this time.

"However, if you look at the world, the poor monks have only exchanged Buddhism with monks from Uszang, and monks from other places have never interacted with them, so they dare not speak."

"Hey, in my opinion, even in the world, there is no one who can compare to the master of Shangzheng." Yun Xi paused, and suddenly said: "Master Fangzheng's Buddhism is so profound, few people in the world can match it, could it be that the master is the reincarnation of the Buddha?" ”

"How can a poor monk be the reincarnation of the Buddha?" Fang Zheng was stunned and immediately said no.

"What evidence does the master have to prove that you are not the reincarnation of the Buddha?" Yun Xi smiled.

"How can this be proven? Is it the reincarnation of the Buddha, how can the world test it? ”

"In other words, the master can't prove that he is not the reincarnation of the Buddha?"

"Well, the poor monk really doesn't know how to prove that a person is the reincarnation of the Buddha or not." Fang Zheng didn't understand what Yun Xi meant by asking him to be the reincarnation of the Buddha, but he still denied it when the blessings and disasters were unpredictable.

"But I have a way to prove that you are the reincarnation of the Buddha." Yun Xi said: "Come up with your ears." ”

Fang Zheng apprehensively stretched his ears to Yun Xi's mouth, and after only listening to a few words, he said loudly in surprise: "If people do this, how can they still live?" ”

"It is precisely because ordinary people will not be able to live if they do this, so if the master can live, he must be the reincarnation of the Buddha."

"The poor monk is by no means the reincarnation of the Buddha, and please ask Your Majesty to bypass the poor monk. If the poor monk disobeys His Majesty, please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear that the poor monk will die without regrets. Fang Zheng said.