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Under the guidance of Faqing Zen Master, Qin Muyi visited the Great Ci'en Temple, and went to the main hall in front of the Buddha statue to offer incense.

Great Qin Dingding has only been in place for a year, and before that, the four realms were not quiet, and wars were frequent, and most of Qin Mu's energy was spent on war. But as the external enemy is gradually eliminated, his energy naturally shifts more to the inside.

In addition to running a new type of enlightenment education, running a college of mathematics, physics and chemistry, developing people's livelihood, science and technology, commerce and trade, and adjusting the military system, we must not ignore the attitude we should adopt toward the issue of religion and how we should manage and guide it.

If we only see that Buddhist monks do not produce but possess a large amount of wealth and enjoy the support of believers free of charge, then our understanding of Buddhism is undoubtedly relatively superficial.

Compared with Taoism, Buddhism has a wider range of followers throughout Asia, and its influence is much greater, especially through Buddhism, which integrates traditional Chinese culture, and has a great influence on Korea, Japan and other countries.

Western colonization is not simply colonization by force, and history has proved that it is difficult to last long. The relatively successful colonial method like the British is actually based on force as the forerunner and religious beliefs, economy and culture as the backing, and it is a kind of colonization in all directions.

Strictly speaking, the export of Chinese Confucianism is only a purely cultural export that has little to do with faith.

Moreover, Buddhism, which integrates traditional Chinese culture, and Confucianism actually have many complementary points.

Therefore, in history, many scholars such as Su Dongpo have formed an indissoluble bond with Buddhism.

And many eminent monks, in the Confucian cultivation, has also reached a very high level, their poems and articles, not only deep Chinese traditional culture, but also through the Zen of Buddhism.

It is an indisputable fact that Chinese Buddhism can no longer simply be called a foreign culture, it has actually been localized.

The expansion of Great Qin. It is certainly not possible to rely on military expansion alone, but it would be great if the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism could be combined as a successor to military expansion and digest the antagonism and contradictions of military expansion in a civilized and gentle way.

To put it bluntly, military expansion only eats things into the stomach, but it cannot really digest what is eaten into the stomach, so it needs to use religious beliefs, economic and cultural means to help digest.

Without the help of these means, the more you will eat in your stomach. The more likely it is to cause physical discomfort.

Back in the meditation room, Qin Mu enjoyed the meal carefully prepared for him by the Great Ci'en Temple, and then sat with Zen Master Faqing under the window of the meditation room to drink tea and play chess.

Outside the window, the snow is flying, and two pulsatillas are cowering on the branches bent by the snow; In the meditation room, sandalwood is curling, a few putuans, a cup of fragrant tea, and the heart is pure.

On the chessboard, Qin Mu holds black, and Faqing Zen Master holds white. Gu Junen watched the chess on the side.

Click! A son fell gently.

Qin Mu took a sip of tea and said casually: "As far as I know, during the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Western Regions believed in Buddhism, and they reached the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The warlords of the Central Plains were divided, the beacons were full of fires, and the people were struggling to make a living. Unable to take care of the Western Regions anymore, the Western Regions fell into the hands of the Uighurs. The Uighur Khan forced 200,000 people in the Western Regions to abandon Buddhism and convert to Heavenly Religion. ”

The solemn treasure of the Faqing Zen Master was not shocked on the surface. also dropped a piece on the chessboard casually, and then stroked Bai Xu and replied: "What His Majesty said is extremely true, so it can be seen that the fate of Buddhism is actually closely linked to the fate of the country. The poor monk thought that although the disciples of Buddhism were outsiders, they could not but love the country, but in fact, loving the country is loving the religion. ”

Fa Qing's words changed his previous Zen meaning, and he said it very bluntly, not even as if it came from his mouth. But there is no doubt that this is in favor of the Son of God.

"The reason why I chose to come to the Great Mercy and Grace Temple today is because of the monk Xuanzang. To hide from the old Zen master, I didn't worship Buddha before, and in my memory, there were only two eminent monks who impressed me.

Xuanzang traveled thousands of miles to the west, went through a lot of hardships to retrieve the true scriptures, and made indelible contributions to Buddhism in Middle-earth. Jianzhen crossed to the east, opened a thousand-year-old Buddha foundation in Japan, and spread my Chinese culture, which is also infinitely admirable. ”

When Qin Mu mentioned Xuanzang and Jianzhen, Zen Master Faqing was naturally in awe and echoed in unison.

"In my opinion, no matter which Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are the same, no matter how fanciful you say, it is better to put it into practice, the reason why I remember the two eminent monks Xuanzang and Jianzhen is not because of how profound their Buddhism is, but because of the spirit of their bodies.

This Great Ci'en Temple is magnificent, but do you say that Daci Temple has made Xuanzang a monk, or has Xuanzang a monk has achieved a Great Ci'en Temple? The old Zen master, from the deeds of the two eminent monks, it is not difficult to see that the promotion of Buddhism and personal cultivation. It's not about how magnificent the temple is or how much property it has.

However, since the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism has lost its original pioneering spirit, and has become trivial, rigid and formal. Lost in the magnificent temple and the idle cigarettes, thousands of years have passed, and there has never been a monk like Xuanzang and Jianzhen.

Every time I think of this, I can't help but ask myself, is this kind of Buddhism still worth believing in? Sighing at the feats of the two eminent monks Xuanzang and Jianzhen thousands of years ago, I really hope that there will be some characters like the two eminent monks in my great Qin, and only such characters are worthy of my worship and admiration. ”

After the emperor finished speaking, the Faqing Zen Master, whose eyebrows were white, trembled slightly, and the white piece in his hand could no longer be pinched tightly, and fell onto the chessboard with a click.

He wanted to speak, but he couldn't say a word, and his long silver-white beard trembled slightly.

Qin Mu immediately stood up and walked out of the meditation room, and the light breeze drove the cigarettes in the meditation room into a mess.

Gu Junen followed Qin Mu away, and his heart was also full of emotion, looking at Qin Mu's back, he didn't know what to say for a while, and his mind was a little trance-like.

It turned out that the Son of Heaven's trip was far from being as simple as he imagined, and a grand national strategy emerged little by little in the seemingly casual words and deeds of the Son of Heaven.

I believe that the words of the Son of Heaven will soon be known throughout the Buddhist world, and then it will make it difficult for all monks to sleep, and that translation reveals too much information.

The Son of Heaven has made it clear that he does not believe in Buddhism, so you don't have to try to change it. At the same time, the Son of Heaven was obviously dissatisfied with the fact that the temple occupied a large amount of temple property, which angered him, and no one dared to guarantee that there would not be a nationwide action to exterminate the Buddha in Daqin.

However, while putting pressure on the Buddhist family, the Son of Heaven has left room for it, and it can even be said that it has pointed out the way out.

In the Great Ci'en Temple by the Qujiang River, there was a faint sound of bells, echoing in the fluttering snowflakes, some hasty, some hectic.

And the car of the Son of Heaven has already gone far in the wind and snow, and the falling snowflakes quickly covered the traces left by the ruts, and there was no trace in sight.

After Qin Mu came out of the Great Ci'en Temple, he did not immediately return to the palace, but walked outside the city, and when he arrived at the south gate, he called Li Shi to the car and asked, "Did the officials of Sinong Temple come out?" ”

Li Shi clasped his fists on the horse and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, they are already waiting for Your Majesty in the greenhouse in the south of the city." ”

"Hmm."

Qin Mu put down the curtain, put his hand on the hand stove of the silver potpourri incense burner and cloisonné enamel, baked it, rubbed it twice, and said to Gu Junen: "Sinong Temple cooperated with the rich people to build a winter vegetable greenhouse, Gu Qing had heard about it before. ”

Gu Junen replied: "The minister heard a little, and thought that this was what His Majesty asked Sinong Temple to do, so he didn't pay too much attention to it, Your Majesty, you" Gu Junen is a squire of the military department, regardless of agricultural matters, he couldn't understand for a while, the emperor personally came to see what winter vegetable greenhouse on a cold day, is this vegetable greenhouse really worthy of such a big attention?

Qin Mu laughed and said, "I want to see if the officials of Sinong Temple have any collusion between officials and businessmen. ”

Gu Junen also smiled lightly and said: "I heard that this vegetable greenhouse seems to be quite profitable, if Your Majesty finds out the stolen money, during the New Year, you can give more winter clothes to the minister." ”

"Haha, Gu Qing has to wear a little more, I'm afraid it will be very cold this winter."

Gu Junen's heart chuckled, and his heart hung again.

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