Chapter 39: Another Reason (Part II)
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In the words of His Majesty Li Xu, these opposition officials were confused by the religious cloak of Buddhism and Taoism, and forgot to analyze the essence of their feudal superstition, but what Li Yu did not expect was that some ministers raised it at that time:
"The reason why Taizu won the world is because of the blessing of the old king, when Your Majesty had a stroke, didn't he also wake up by the compassion of the Buddha? The Tang Dynasty now has a prosperous atmosphere, which is caused by the blessing of Buddhism, Li Xiangguo vainly restricts Buddhism, where will this lead Your Majesty? Where to take care of the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty? ”
Hearing what the minister said, Li Yu remembered that in order to get cheap to his son Li Chun, he vainly claimed the story of the Golden Buddha Dream before he woke up, but he didn't expect to be moved out now to refute the national policy formulated by himself and Li Jifu, it was really a stone to shoot himself in the foot, Li Jifu didn't know what to do for a while, in a hurry, Li Yu the Great moved out the most familiar quote in the entire "Water Margin", as soon as this statement came out, it was really full of surprise. Everyone didn't expect His Majesty Li Yu, who had always been considered to be the WeChat Futu Method and was favored by the Golden Buddha, to speak so viciously.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Li Yu coughed and continued:
This is the evaluation of monks in the market. It can be seen that the Buddha is the Buddha, the monk is the monk, the Tao is the Tao, and the Taoist priest is the Taoist. Buddhism and Taoism are compassionate, but the spokesperson of the Buddha and the Emperor of Heaven in the world is not like this. Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, it is necessary to rectify the style. ”
The debate machine was the protagonist of a famous case in the early Tang Dynasty. The debate machine is Xuanzang's high feet, but he hooked up with Tang Taizong's daughter, Fang Xuanling's daughter-in-law, and Fang's beloved wife Princess Gaoyang, and the angry Tang Taizong cut the debate machine in half, and Princess Gaoyang, who lost her lover, resolutely decided to rebel, and sent herself to Huangquan Road at the same time, and all Fang Xuanling's family were pitted. The story of Princess Gaoyang and the debate machine, of course, is interpreted by modern people as a vigorous story of a pair of young men and women who bravely rebelled against feudal arranged marriages, pursued women's liberation and freedom of marriage, and finally broke the net. In this way, it seems that there is some truth in His Majesty's words. But for the debate machine and Princess Gaoyang a hundred and ten years ago, is it necessary to take the world's temple view to kill?
Li Jifu naturally explained from the perspective of Zhongxing, everyone knows how much benefit the court will get if this matter is done, but everyone knows how much pressure it will have to bear and how many people it will offend. At this moment, Li Jifu's popularity fell again. Some people have even collected all of Li Jifu's major policies in the past few years, and found out some cases in which they were not implemented well in some places, which led to public resentment and indignation. Some of the newly run newspapers also began to criticize Li Jifu's evil behavior of turning from a man-made scourge to a god and a Buddha, and although Buddhism and Taoism emphasized that there was no dispute with the world and that there was no inaction, many famous monks and Taoist priests began to write articles on the divinity and divine rights of the gods and Buddhas and the sanctity of the believers of the gods and Buddhas in the world.
Although Li Yu and Li Jifu and the ministers of the court repeatedly explained that this was not disrespectful to the gods and Buddhas, no one was willing to listen to such explanations, and it was strange that some people were willing to listen to them, saying that the Buddha cultivates divinity, what do you want so many worldly land and property for, what do you want to cultivate in your heart, what you want to do with worldly fame and fortune, what does the Buddha not rely on the worship of the world to achieve the Tao, and Lao Jun does not face his own gods all day long, and even says that the gods and Buddhas bless the believers and do not value external objects, but only look at whether the heart is sincere or not. What are you kidding, without these foreign objects, how can so many disciples of the gods and Buddhas in the world eat, dress and live? The disciples have no food and clothing, how can the gods and Buddhas do good deeds and bless the people with peace of mind? Cut!
Some well-informed people finally realized that this must be supported by the emperor, so more severe wording appeared, and some masters were obviously not cultivated enough, and began to preach in the text "I only saw the emperor worship the Buddha, and it can be seen that the Buddha worshiped the emperor" in the text, openly challenging the emperor's authority in the world, but anyone who has a little brain, seeing this article, knows that this monk is going to be unlucky.
However, the emperor and the ruling government seemed to be very calm, and did not appear as violent as everyone imagined, but laughed it off, what should I do, and did not take such a thing to heart at all, and the recognized official publication "Chunming Foreign History" only emphasized that many temples had all kinds of illegal problems and needed to be rectified, and did not organize a large-scale counterattack. This made many people who had a handful of sweat in their palms feel relieved to wipe off the sweat and began to be unscrupulous.
In fact, Li Yu himself really doesn't care, but Li Jifu's temper is much more irritable, and even Pei Tuzi, Li Xun, including Lao Du You and others are full of righteous indignation, wanting to give these so-called outsiders who don't know what to do or bad to see. Li Yu stopped them, and Li Yu said:
"If you want to fight, you have to die. Catching a few small fights will give these restless people a chance to speak, so it's better to be calm and see if you can have a big chance. ”
Then the ministers found that Li Xiaozhong and others, who had been by the emperor's side for a long time, were replaced, and some people inquired, and the reply they got was that they were rotated, and there was no comment on where it was their turn. At most, the ministers guessed that Li Xiaozhong and others were sent to a certain place to carry out secret missions, but where did they think that the emperor would send his personal guards to the temple as undercover agents? The ministers all know that Li Xiaozhong and several of his little brothers all believe in the religion of big food.
Therefore, Li Xiaozhong and Wu Ciyou came to Luoyang, not only for Yuanjing, but also for the current struggle between the government and the opposition. It is obvious that Li Yu intends to use Yuan Jing as a negative example to teach the religion of disobedience and eating more, and using Yuan Jing, a monk who cannot be regarded as a monk at all, to attack the religious world, so it is obvious that the religious world is a little bit of a crime to add, but unfortunately, the world only sees the emperor worshiping the Buddha, and does not see the Buddha and hopes that the emperor will worship the Buddha. The power of religion is never above the power of the world.