Liu Chan came from Chang'an in the west, located in the west of the city at the moment, although Luoyang City can be seen on the official road, but there are still a few miles away from Luoyang City.

Liu Chan helped Xun Yu into the carriage and continued to drive to Luoyang.

After walking for less than a mile, a cavalryman rode his horse and reported to Liu Chanyu in the carriage: "Your Majesty, General Wei Yan, and General Zhao Yun are in front to greet you!" ”

"Let's stop!" Liu Chan looked out in the carriage, and saw Wei Yan and Zhao Yun in front of him with soldiers and horses on the official road, and on his left hand, there was a faint building, and there was a faint Sanskrit sound in the building, which attracted Liu Chan's attention, and it was this building that decided to let Liu Chan come down and take a look.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

Liu Chan got out of the carriage, and at this time, Wei Yan and Zhao Yun greeted him.

Wei Yan is not uncommon here, Zhao Yun was originally responsible for leading the cavalry back and forth to Luoyang and Baima to transport supplies, and yesterday he got the news that Liu Chan would arrive today, so he did not leave, but stayed in Luoyang to pick up the driver.

In addition, Zhao Yun also needs to report the situation on Baima's side to Liu Chan, after all, there are some things that cannot be explained clearly in the letter.

"The two Aiqing don't have to be polite!"

Liu Chan stepped forward to help the two of them up, looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Uncle Zilong has worked hard, I have mobilized 20,000 cavalry from Liangzhou, Guan Xing." Now you will lead the cavalry to escort the supplies, and Uncle Zilong, you can rest. ”

During this period of war, Liu Chan also roughly knew about it, and Zhao Yun also made a lot of effort, running around with cavalry in winter, which was a very hard thing for Zhao Yun, a man in his fifties.

Even now, Zhao Yun did not rest, and still led the cavalry back and forth between Luoyang and White Horse City, transporting supplies for the people and the army, which was the busiest among the generals.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Zhao Yun and Guan Xing thanked one and received the order.

Wei Yan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has been in Luoyang for a few days, and most of the people in Luoyang City have been moved away by Wei, and the city is very empty.

In order to facilitate management, the last general has moved the people in the city to the east of the city to live, in addition, the people of the villages around Luoyang City have also moved to the east of the city.

In the western part of the city, the last general has prepared a residence for all officials and a place for the council of the government, and the imperial city in the city has also been cleared, and Your Majesty and officials can now enter the city to rest. ”

In fact, there are still many people left in Luoyang City, but they are scattered everywhere. In the surrounding villages, in fact, there are not a few people left in a village, and most of them are old and weak, who have lost the ability to survive independently, and must be helped by the Han to continue to survive.

These people are scattered everywhere, and if the Han wants to take care of them, it will definitely waste excess manpower, and it is not convenient to manage, but centralized and unified management is an effective method.

Whether it's management or relief, it's much simpler.

Liu Chan nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, you did a good job, first arrange for people to assign the officials to live, and you accompany me to take a look inside!" ”

Liu Chan said, pointing to the building on the left.

The scale of this building is not small, outside is a stone square, on the square stands a horse carved from stone, the building is surrounded by a red wall, the gate is closed, and there is a plaque hanging on it, on which the three characters of the White Horse Temple are written.

"This is the White Horse Temple!" At this moment, Xun Yu stepped down from the carriage again, looked at the White Horse Temple and muttered: "More than a hundred years ago, Emperor Ming stayed in Nangong at night, dreaming of a golden man with a height of six zhang and a light on his head came from the west and flew around the palace.

The next day, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty told the ministers about this dream, and Dr. Fu Yi said: There is a god in the West, called Buddha, just like you dreamed.

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed when he heard this, and sent more than ten people, including ministers Cai Yin and Qin Jing, to the Western Regions to pray for Buddhist scriptures and Buddhism. Cai Qin and the two finally met the Indian monks Mori Teng and Zhu Falan in the country of Dayue, saw the Buddhist scriptures and the white felt statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, and implored the two monks to go east to our Han Dynasty to preach.

In the tenth year of Yongping, two senior monks of the Dayue clan were invited to return to Luoyang with the messenger carrying Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues on white horses. In the eleventh year of Yongping, Emperor Ming ordered people to establish this temple, in order to commemorate the White Horse Sutra, named the White Horse Temple. ”

Liu Chan smiled when he heard this: "Master Xun knows so much about the White Horse Temple? ”

Xun Yu smiled and said: "When I came to Luoyang to study, I also came to the White Horse Temple and listened to the monks in the temple preach the scriptures, but the Buddhist principles he preached were not beneficial to governing the country.

I wonder why His Majesty is interested in the White Horse Temple? ”

Liu Chan smiled and said, "I'm just interested in wanting to take a look." ”

Xun Yu nodded, but he didn't say anything, but Liu Chan looked at him, as if he didn't want to have too much contact with the White Horse Temple.

Soon Liu Chan figured out the key to this, first of all, Buddhism and Liu Chan's current concept of the rule of law is in conflict, Liu Chan as the head of a country, if too much contact is likely to be affected by it, which is not conducive to governing the country.

Secondly, at present, the monks of the White Horse Temple have not yet preached in the Central Plains, and Xun Yu is worried that Liu Chan believes in Buddhism and allows the monks of the White Horse Temple to preach. If it spreads among the people, and the people believe in the Dharma and don't produce it, it won't do the country any good.

Later, Buddhism developed and expanded, which really had an impact on the country, which was also the main reason for the destruction of Buddhism by Tang Wuzong and Zhou Shizong in later generations.

Liu Chan was clear about Xun Yu's concerns, but he didn't explain, and sent someone to step forward and knock on the door, ready to go in and have a look.

The soldier knocked on the door, and a monk opened it and walked out.

This monk is about 30 years old, with a western face, wearing monk's robes, and a Mediterranean hairstyle on his head, which is a little different from the impression of a monk, and looks like an Arab in later generations.

Although the White Horse Temple has been settled in Luoyang for more than 100 years, in the past 100 years, no Han people have officially been ordained.

It was not until 260 that a Han man named Zhu Shixing was officially ordained a monk at the White Horse Temple, which opened a precedent for Han monks. And this Zhu Shixing, whose name is Bajie, is the famous Zhu Bajie.

In the more than 100 years that the White Horse Temple has been stationed in Luoyang, due to the language barrier, the monks from Guishan and Kangju have been translating Buddhist scriptures and planning a set of precepts suitable for the Han people.

Buddhism originated in Tianzhu, which is now Guishan, and it has been six or seven hundred years now, and I don't know how many Buddhist scriptures have been published, but if you want to preach, you must first solve the language problem.

Therefore, for more than 100 years, the monks of the White Horse Temple have been translating Buddhist scriptures, and when the translation of Buddhist scriptures is completed, a set of rules and precepts applicable to the Han people will be developed before officially accepting the Han monks.

But now, Buddhism has also begun to slowly spread in the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains is rare, but in the south of Jiaozhou, Jiangdong has many people believe in Buddhism, such as Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Xie, who believes in Buddhism very much, and has a group of sand gates under his hands.