On Shaomuro Mountain, the monks rang the bronze bell.

The melodious sound of the bell spreads all over the mountain gate.

The monks, the pure people, and the hired workers and tenants in the temple were all ordered to assemble, and many good men and women who were burning incense and worshiping the Buddha in the temple also gathered to watch when they saw such a big move.

The abbot of Daoxin specially changed into a purple and gold robe given by the emperor.

In front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, all the monks were a little nervous, the monk Wuxin was only twelve years old, but his eyes were more focused on Senior Brother Xu who was wearing a flying fish suit and wearing a thousand cattle knives.

The abbot spoke on it, read out the emperor's will, and then announced the examination, which was presided over by Zhao Tongshishe.

Zhao Sheren's exam is also simple, first announce the registration, everyone in turn to register the name, age, place of origin, and whether the parents are still alive, how many brothers are in the family, how old to come to the mountain to become a monk, why to become a monk, and so on.

Unintentionally, he was a little uneasy and lined up to the front, sitting in front of the desk and answering questions.

"Name?"

"Unintentional."

"A common name?"

"Wang Bao Gun."

"Where is the place of origin, at what age did you become a monk, why did you become a monk, your parents are still alive at home, and there are several brothers·······" A litany of questions were thrown.

Wuxin scratched his hair, "My hometown is Xiangguo County, Hebei Province, my parents are still there, and there are two brothers." When I was six years old, I came to apprentice and became a lay disciple to learn martial arts, and I have been studying art here for six years, but I have not been able to play out of Muren Alley and pass the Eighteen Arhat Formation, so I can't go down the mountain. ”

Lay disciples are also a feature of Shaolin Temple, Shaolin pays attention to Zen, for young monks, in addition to sitting meditation, but also practice martial arts, in order to collect the mind, hold the mind into the concentration, but also can strengthen the body, prolong life, but the practice of martial arts is only the last skill.

Because Shaolin also has a large industry, so there are many lay disciples specially called, they do not need to be like formal monks to lose their hair as monks, but can accumulate hair to practice, these people practice martial arts, become warrior monks, and after the martial arts are successful, open up the wooden alley, through the eighteen Arhat array to calculate the teacher.

Then some of the monks would go down to the mountain to go home, and more would stay on the mountain or go down the mountain to manage the temple's grange storehouse, etc.

Every year, the temple sends the monks of the Dharma Academy to various places to find children with good qualifications and strong talents, and bring them back to the temple. Bao Gun was favored when he was six years old, when his family was poor, with six or seven children, and the family could not support so many children, so his parents took a few dollars from the monks and took the children to Shaolin.

That's six years.

Although they are lay disciples, they are actually no different from monks, that is, they don't have to shave their hair, but they still have the same Dharma name and must abide by the precepts.

A scribe walked the dragon and snake and recorded these, and Zhao Sheren also held a pen next to him, and he wrote a line on his scroll, "Wuxin, commonly known as Wang Baogun, twelve years old, lay disciple, parents are still alive at home, two brothers." After writing, he added a sentence at the end, although the family has three dings, but he is not yet fourteen years old, and he does not meet the conditions for shaving in the exam, so he is directly ordered to return to his hometown and return home. ”

"Abbot, if you don't meet the conditions, you need to arrange to go home directly."

According to the latest monastic management laws of the imperial court, not everyone can become a monk, first of all, no one under the age of 14 or over the age of 21 is allowed to become a monk. Gai because, the imperial court believes that under the age of fourteen, too young, he does not have the ability to make decisions, and over twenty-one years old, he is a Ding, if he becomes a monk, it will make the court lose a young and strong laborer.

For this reason, in the new decree, the age of ordination is limited to between 14 and 21 years old, regardless of the monk's path, and only at this age is it allowed to become a monk.

As for nuns and women, it is even more stipulated that women under the age of 40 are forbidden to become monks, regardless of the circumstances. This is actually the same as the Han Dynasty letting teenage girls get married, all for the sake of the population, and at the same time to avoid too many women from becoming monks, resulting in a bad social atmosphere.

The abbot stretched out his hand and patted Wuxin's shoulder, "Wuxin, from today onwards, you can go out of the mountain." ”

"Next!"

Wuxin stood up a little dazed and stepped aside.

Behind him, a thin bald head stepped forward, he called himself Huizhi, a disciple who had been officially shaved, and was Chinese New Year's Eve two years old today.

Zhao Sheren looked through the files in the temple and found that this Huizhi had been a monk in Shaolin for three years, and had been a thief before, and later went up to the mountain to become a monk.

Noting down his name and other information, Zhao Sheren said to his abbot, "This person was a bandit, according to the law, soldiers, craftsmen, and criminals are forbidden to become monks, he needs to return to the vulgar, and he is not qualified to participate in the examination and shaving!" ”

The abbot nodded, "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot, Huizhi has no relatives and family members in the world, how about letting him stay?" ”

"The law of the king shall not be violated!"

Daoxin was still a little hesitant, and then Zhao Sheren told him that although Huizhi no longer had relatives, the imperial court would not pursue his previous crimes of bandits, but would let him re-register for naturalization and grant land and land.

Huizhi sat there a little uneasy, and even his legs were shaking.

During the Sui Rebellion, he was forced to be a thief, his hands were stained with blood, and he did a lot of evil things.

Now I want to go down the mountain, full of unknown and fearful about the future.

"Please take this and wait for His Highness over there." The scribe handed him a wooden card.

Another person came forward, and after routine questioning, it was still not suitable for the monk, because through the inquiry, he learned that there was an old mother in his family, and he originally had two brothers, but the elder brother also died in the war, and now the old mother has no one to support at home.

"The abbot still decrees that although the monks are monks, they also need to worship their parents, and they have the responsibility of supporting their relatives and keeping filial piety. Therefore, there are regulations for the family to be allowed to become a monk, and now this Hui'an's father and brother are not in the war, and there is only one old mother in the family, who needs him to go back to support him, so he needs to return to the mountain. ”

Hui'an has been on the mountain for more than ten years, and she is used to being here, and she feels very scared when she hears that she wants to let herself go down the mountain.

"Abbot, I don't want to go down the mountain."

The abbot comforted him and said, "There is a Buddha in my heart, there are Buddhist temples everywhere, and I honor my parents, and my parents are the greatest Buddha." Daoxin said something completely different from many Buddhist sects nowadays, other sects pay attention to birth, is to abandon the original and everything that is, but Daoxin believes that the Buddha sees the original heart.

That's why there are Shaolin warrior monks and lay disciples, and now he also supports the imperial court to let Hui'an go home to support his mother.

"Parents are the greatest Buddhas! This sentence is good, I will definitely show your majesty when I return to Beijing! Zhao Sheren was amazed, this sentence is really great wisdom.

After the first round of registration and inquiry, half of the hundreds of monks did not meet the requirements for ordination and were directly asked to go down the mountain and return to their hometowns. The other hundreds of warrior monks and lay disciples were directly asked to go down the mountain.

More than 300 monks who passed the first round had to pass a formal scripture exam.

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