Li Congjing felt very aggrieved, he had never had such a thought, although he discussed with his ministers all day long, it was all righteous and awe-inspiring words, and there may not be no dangerous means in private, but governing the country with the right way, from the perspective of King Qin, is really from the heart. The country is rich and the people are strong, and the vicissitudes of the world are only the right way, and what he has done should be worthy of the judgment of the right way.

However, at this time, it is conceivable that this person in front of him must be a high-ranking monk on weekdays, and he was so heartbroken and righteous that Li Congjing felt that he had indeed made a terrible mistake, so that the Buddha was angry, and even people outside the party could not tolerate him.

This kind of understanding made Li Congjing very angry, and they all said that the Son of Heaven was angry and ambushed millions of corpses, he was the King of Qin, not the Son of Heaven, and he couldn't ambush millions of corpses in a fit of anger, and it was always easy to kill a few people. So Li Congjing didn't say much, just waved his hand and gave Lin Ying an order: "Drag this monk down and cut off his head." ”

Lin Ying naturally did not hesitate to accept the order, personally got off the horse, dragged the monk holding the Zen staff and left, the movements were clean and neat, without dragging mud and water. In the eyes of that high monk, Lin Ying must also be a heinous person, who has been devoured by the evil ghost's qi and has no cure.

Sang Weihan was shocked, his lips trembled, he wanted to say something to dissuade, hesitated, and finally did not act rashly.

Those monks didn't expect the Tang Dynasty King Qin to be so brutal, and he would kill people if he didn't agree with him, which was unheard of, and he was really a rare vicious person in the world, but the people in Buddhism were not afraid of death, and at that moment these monks all sat on the ground and died generously: "King Qin kills one person is killing, killing ten people is killing, this skin bag is asked to be taken by King Qin, so as not to wait for us to see the world suffer a great evil!" ”

These monks are right, in the eyes of King Qin, there is indeed no difference between killing one person and killing ten people, he has killed ten thousand people, and he has never been soft. The only thing that makes people unhappy is that these monks can't die if they want to die, but they pretend to be in front of the army, which is really annoying.

If these monks shouldn't be killed, then let the horizontal knife collapse, so King Qin still waved his hand, "Drag them all down and cut them down." ”

Sang Weihan's facial muscles twitched, and he wanted to say something to dissuade him, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Seeing that the King of Qin was violent, the old monk really couldn't stand it, it was estimated that he would live for a long time, and his compassion was heavier, he shouted "King Qin and slow down", seeing that it didn't work, he hurriedly put his hands together and said bitterly to King Qin: "King Qin doesn't ask the reason, he kills people at every turn, even if King Qin is not a person in Buddhism, the poor monk thinks that this is not the way to be a king, please think twice!" ”

Li Congjing looked at the old monk in front of him, "The master is finally willing to say that the world is the way of king, instead of saying that Buddhism is hell?" ”

The old monk was stunned, probably because he had an understanding, but he didn't fully understand what Li Congjing meant. This is a sincere old monk, so he said: "What does King Qin mean, please make it clear." ”

Li Congjing still didn't mean to get off the horse, so he said on horseback: "Since you have gone out of the mountain gate and stepped into the red dust, you are here for mundane things, and since you are here for mundane things, you should act according to the rules of the world, and stop the prince's car from driving in a grand manner, what do you want?" Since they have come for mundane things, they speak with common sayings, and they will never recover, and they will not recover, and who will they threaten? Could it be that the master thinks that the huge world is all the land of Buddhism, and the people of the world are all the children of Buddhism? ”

The old monk should not have deep roots, and he was stunned for a while before he understood what Li Congjing really meant, "It turns out that King Qin blames us for losing courtesy, this is indeed our offense, please forgive King Qin." ”

After speaking, the old monk added: "However, human lives are at stake, and I also ask King Qin's subordinates to show mercy and spare the lives of more than a dozen of my nephews." ”

Li Congjing was unmoved, and said lightly: "Pretending to be shocking in order to seek the attention and attention of the person in the dialogue, this is a secular lobbyist's method, and it has always been evil." If the master comes, if it is not for the interests of Buddhism, but for the suffering of the people, he can not care about it, but if he really comes for the interests of Buddhism, and he uses the common people in the world as an excuse, and he is so disrespectful, it is no wonder that he is ruthless! ”

Li Congjing's words are not groundless.

Since the beginning of Huazhou, the Qin Wangfu found that many monasteries in the local area had encroached on the land of the people, colluded with the families of the rich and officials, and the exploitation was still fierce, so it was dealt with accordingly. Now that the Tang Dynasty has implemented a new policy, its land policy includes a thorough investigation of the monastic land, and it is conceivable that there must be many monasteries in the Tang Dynasty that have been sealed.

There are three famous mountains in the Qinling Mountains, Taibai, Huashan, Zhongnan Mountain, among which Taibai Mountain is quite famous temple, it is not surprising to meet monks here.

When the old monk heard Li Congjing's words, his face turned red, and he didn't know what to say.

This honest appearance amused Li Congjing, and he said: "Buddhism says that saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and people's lives are at stake, and people in Buddhism regard their bodies as skins, thinking that they can be discarded at any time, and they don't care, so they can't help but contradict themselves, but why?" ”

Speaking of Buddhism, the old monk suddenly became articulate and quickly substituted, "The Buddha loves all living beings and does not leave all living beings." I, the Buddha, am compassionate, so I cut the flesh to feed the eagle, and I did not hesitate to go to hell at the expense of all sentient beings. And we monks, entering the Buddha door and practicing the Dharma, are to achieve great liberation, and then help the world to achieve liberation. ”

The appearance of the old monk seriously discussing the law made Li Congjing very recognized, isn't it supposed to be like this in Buddhism, just knock on the scriptures and recite the Buddha to purify all sentient beings, and what is the matter with being mixed into secular interests, he said: "My Buddha is merciful, lonely and early knows, even so, why does Buddhism compete with the people for profit, widely accept the land, so that the people have no food and clothing?" Isn't this contrary to the Buddha's earnest teachings? ”

Speaking of mundane things, the old monk is not good again, debating with Li Congjing is really bitter for him, brewing for a while, the old monk finally held back a sentence that made Li Congjing and others laugh, he said: "People in Buddhism also have to eat!" ”

After laughing, Li Congjing waved his hand and said: "Okay, master, Lone tells you that the imperial court will not let Buddhism go hungry, but it will not let Buddhism wear gold and silver, Lone's answer, I don't know if it satisfies the master?" ”

The old monk sang Amitabha Buddha, and said good, "With the words of King Qin, the poor monk is at ease." ”

"Now that the master is at ease, in this Qinling Mountains, there will be no one to stop the lonely king's car in the future, right? Lonely and blessed by Buddhism, presumably this road will be unimpeded, there will be no evil ghosts to haunt you, and you will disturb the loneliness and purity halfway? When Li Congjing said these words, he didn't mean to joke at all, but his face was solemn and his eyes were cold.

The road in the Qinling Mountains is not easy to walk, and the terrain is quite steep, but the meaning of Li Congjing's words is to warn the Buddhism in the mountains not to make small moves.

The monk's face turned even redder, but he bowed down and promised: "King Qin is noble, naturally no evil spirit dares to be presumptuous." After saying this, his lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't speak.

Li Congjing sneered, "The master wants to revisit the dozen or so monks from before?" Why, if Lone really killed someone, the evil spirits in this mountain would really not open their eyes and come to embarrass my royal car?! ”

The old monk finally became wiser, and sighed: "King Qin has a compassionate heart, why is he acting vicious? The poor monks' teachers and nephews, there is no need for the poor monks to remember them, and the King of Qin would not have harmed them in the first place. ”

The old monk's words suddenly made Li Congjing look at him carefully for a while.

This person seems to be honest, but in fact, the truth is probably not so simple. Li Congjing didn't plan to kill the dozen monks, and he didn't even see that Sang Weihan, a human spirit who had been with him for a while, had only been meeting with him for a long time, and he had seen it thoroughly.

Looking at the previous monks, they rushed to death without fear, and none of the more than a dozen people were cowardly, are they really not afraid of death? I'm afraid that this old monk can protect them, and I have full confidence!

Smart people are actually not terrible, but people who seem to be honest and wooden are terrible, because when the latter is calculating you, you don't know at all, and even if he sells you, you may still help him count the money.

Seeing that the previous monks were brought back intact, the old monk saluted Li Congjing, "The King of Qin is merciful, and my Buddha is related, this place is not far from the temple, dare to ask the King of Qin to move, and the poor monks are also good at the friendship of the landlord." ”

Li Congjing looked the old monk up and down, his eyes were indescribably weird, and the other party accepted it calmly, looking very sincere.

This kind of nonsense is related to my Buddha and my way, Li Congjing will not believe it. This old monk is clearly not well-intentioned, where did he invite Li Congjing to be a guest, obviously to discuss with Li Congjing the details of dealing with the temple property, Li Congjing's sentence "will not make Buddhism hungry", I am afraid that in the eyes of the old monk, it is also a nonsense, he will not believe it so easily.

Where is this still a pure person in Buddhism, it is as slippery as an official, and sure enough, all the smart people in the world are one by one, and no one is willing to believe in others.

The hearts of the people in the troubled world are really bad, and even the monks are so cunning. This can't be blamed on others, after all, as long as you haven't become a Buddha or an immortal, everyone has to eat, as long as you still need to eat, you are a secular person, and you have to go around in mundane things.

Li Congjing has never looked down on Buddhism, he has also been immersed in Buddhism for a long time, there are still monks in this world, but as long as anything has a relationship with the "door" and "teaching", it will inevitably change the taste, you look at Confucianism, Taoism, after becoming Confucianism and Taoism, it will not be pure, and Buddhism is the same.

This is how the matter of the three martial arts to destroy the Buddha came about, not to mention far away, Tang Wuzong and Zhou Shizong have done this, Tang Wuzong does not need to talk about it, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong has done it, it can be seen that there is still reference significance, it has a certain necessity. Li Congjing also planned to do this, and he discussed it with Li Siyuan some time ago.

There are too many monasteries in the world to encroach on the land, the key is that the monks do not produce, the number of monks is too large, the fields will be wasted, this is with the imperial court to rob the labor force, from the perspective of national construction, once the development of Buddhism exceeds a certain limit, it is very bad, anything is too bad is not good.

Li Congjing followed the old monk to the mountain temple, and it was written very clearly on the archway, this temple is called Lotus Temple, a very familiar name, and I don't know if the Lotus Temple is a chain. At this time, Li Congjing remembered that he didn't ask the old monk's legal name, so he asked for advice.

"The poor monks are all together." The old monk folded his hands and said solemnly.