Chapter Twenty-Six: Rooted

Standing at the bow of the boat, looking at Jianzhen showing his might on the sea, Yun Canghai secretly sighed: Strength, every qiē is the reason for strength! Without strength, Jianzhen is just an ordinary old monk, where can he be worshiped by so many people; without strength, he may have died in the process of subduing demons and subduing demons, where will he become famous in his actions again and again, and finally become a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty?

Yun Canghai's eyes looked at the dragon attached to Jianzhen's robe again, without strength and encountered a more powerful enemy, the end was just like this dragon, being subdued by others, driven by others, or even worse, it would be scattered and destroyed. Thinking of this, Yun Canghai's eyes became firm, with strength, he had the ability to gain greater freedom and realize his ideals!

It seems that after arriving in Japan, it is necessary to speed up the development of his own power, with subordinates who can do things, and he doesn't have to worry about everything, so that he can free up his hands to cultivate, and there is less than a Jiazi time, and he will carry out the second millennium transformation, and when the time comes, he will evolve into a dragon, and I don't know how much progress has been made in his strength?

Thinking of this, Yun Canghai also felt that Japan was really a good place, why? Because some time ago, he had secretly used his divine thoughts to probe the entire Japanese island, and it could be said that the current Japan was just right for what he was going to do. The population here is relatively dense compared to its small area, but it is barbaric and backward, and demons are rampant, but most of them are small monsters that do not pose a threat to him.

And most of the cities, withered grass, black fog shrouded, fishy wind and hot dust on the vermilion city towers, rustling. Incense and cypress fans swaying gently, the nobles did their best to walk the way of elegance. But the red plum hanging clothes and the bright brocade can't hide the lamentation of the dry bones, ghosts, demons, and resentful spirits are stored in the world and residing in everyone's hearts.

Today, Japan is in the Heian period, an era that once faced the Tang Empire across the sea. It has given birth to a splendid culture that has been admired by future generations and is incomparably gorgeous, but it also hides a lot of darkness that is not known.

From Kyoto, Japan, from Nagagato to Heian, the Heian era, which had been ruled for more than 400 years, slowly kicked off. But the peace of the capital is not a happy land, with shadows and resentful spirits - demons and monsters do not stay in the forests or deep mountains far away from the water, but live with bated breath with humans in the capital, even under the same roof. Heiankyo was eaten away by demons and became a lair for ghosts, monks, demon slayers, and a stage for onmyoji to be active in the future.

In such a chaotic and turbulent era, intervening in it, soothing the people, clearing away the demonic atmosphere, and returning peace to one side can gain great merit;

It can be said that Jianzhen and his party came at the right time. Due to the miraculous scene on the pier before, and Akashi Yutoku's strong respect for Jianzhen and Yuncangkai, after Jianzhen and Yuncangkai arrived in Japan, they were ceremoniously courteously treated by Emperor Xiaoken and Emperor Seimutai.

On February 1, 754, the important minister Fujiwara Nakamaro personally greeted him in Hanoi, and on February 4, Jianzhen and his entourage arrived in Nara, and led the affairs of Japanese Buddhism with another local Huayan monk, "Young Monk Du", and was given the title of "Lamp Transmission ** Master".

Yun Canghai said that he was "loose in temperament and not accustomed to restraint" and rejected the emperor's request for him to serve as a full-time mage of the imperial family, and finally, because "the people have been repeatedly harassed by demons, and the demons and evil in the world are rampant", he said that he was willing to contribute to the people and Japan, "subduing demons and eliminating demons, and returning the world to purity".

Since this is also in line with the interests of Japan and the imperial family, the Japanese imperial family also expressed understanding and regret for his words, and awarded Yun Canghai the title of "Demon Killer", and assigned Akashi Youde to lead a group of people to be its subordinates, and selected children with excellent qualifications to teach Yin and Yang Arts.

What kind of character Yun Canghai is, it is not difficult for him to train some people with excellent qualifications to learn Yin-Yang Arts, and after all, he has the memory of the afterlife in his soul, knows more reasonable and effective management and education methods, and then combines some spells with the function of deepening memory and the formation and elixir that change the physique, and has made a lot of effort, and in a very short period of time, he has cultivated a group of junior Onmyoji, and then appointed Akashi Youde as the Onmyoji, leading this group of Onmyoji to remove demons, the effect is actually good, and he has won a lot.

The emperor was overjoyed, and issued a decree to reward Yun Canghai and Akashi Youde, and increased support for the onmyoji, and the new profession of onmyoji flourished, and Yun Canghai was also honored as the "Yin and Yang God".

Yuncanghai also took advantage of the situation to establish the Yin-Yang Sect, serving as the head of the sect, and Akashi Youde was the great elder, which was divided into elders, protectors, deacons, and sectarians. After the establishment of the Yin-Yang Sect, due to the support of the imperial court and the strong support of Yun Canghai, it did some things to subdue demons and subdue demons, seek good fortune and avoid evil, so its prestige continued to increase, and it became the largest sect in Japan in just 15 years.

However, Yun Canghai suddenly announced his retirement in the sixteenth year, and passed the position of sect leader to a young man named An Pei Qingming, and then lived in seclusion overseas, retreat and practice, only when he went out of the customs to search for medicinal materials and spiritual materials, he would occasionally be seen, it can be said that the dragon could not see the end, people said that the god was overseas for the people to resist the invasion of some big devils and monsters, so although Yun Canghai did not show up for decades, but the prestige became more and more noble.

Compared with the smooth sailing of the Yuncanghai cause, the road of Jianzhen to promote Buddhism and purify sentient beings is more tortuous. After he arrived in Japan, he realized that the people of the Pudu world are not so simple, especially the worldly affairs, which cannot be solved by relying on your mana alone.

According to the wishes of Shengwu and Xiaoqian, Jianzhen, as a senior monk of the Vinaya sect, should take the responsibility of regulating the Japanese monks and put an end to the phenomenon of protecting Buddhism in Japanese society at that time in order to avoid labor and taxes.

However, this aroused fierce opposition from the "self-sworn ordination" faction in Japan, especially Xianjing and others at Xinghua Temple. As a result, Jianzhen decided to have a public debate with him at Kofukuji Temple, in which Jianzhen made concessions, admitting that the "self-vows and ordination" could still be preserved, but as a formal recognition of the full ordination, there must be three teachers and seven certificates, and as a result, Xianjing and others were convinced and abandoned the old vows.

Jianzhen then erected an altar in the Dongda Temple and ordained about 5oo people from the royal family and monks under the filial piety of Shengwu, the Empress Dowager of Guangming, and filial piety. In 756, Jianzhen was named the "Great Monk Capital", ruling over all monks and nuns in Japan, and establishing a formal system of precepts in Japan.

However, in 758, Emperor Koken, who was the main supporter of Kanzhen, lost his position in a court struggle and was forced to pass the throne to Emperor Junhito. Correspondingly, Jianzhen has also been ostracized. In 758, Emperor Junhito issued a decree to remove Jianzhen from his position as "the capital of the great monk" in the name of "irritable political affairs and dare not work for the elderly", and gave Jianzhen the official residence of the former crown prince Dojo, who had been defeated in the palace struggle. In the following year, Jianzhen's disciples formed a temple in the official residence, and Chunren gave it the name "Tang Zhaoti Temple", and Jianzhen moved here from Todai Temple. Junhito also decreed that Japanese monks must go to Karashodaiji Temple to study before being ordained, making Karashodaiji Temple the highest institution of learning for Japanese Buddhists at that time.

Since Jianzhen did not care about secular power, he was not disappointed by the dismissal of his position as "Great Sangha", but was excited because he could standardize the ordination system in Japan and promote Buddhism in Japan, so he was always full of energy.

Although his many years of secular experience in Japan have not improved his cultivation of Jianzhen, he has cultivated a pair of discerning eyes to see through the world and perceive people's hearts, and he does not have to rely on "his heart" to probe the inner activities of others every time, as he did before. This made him comprehend the essence of Buddhism closer to a single percent, and comprehended the truth that "color is emptiness, emptiness is color, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color", and his path and realm have been improved.

Buddhism originally paid attention to "seeing through a qiē, seeing through a qiē, and getting rid of a qiē", Jianzhen only then understood that Yun Canghai told him before going to create the Yin-Yang Sect to "see with your heart, think with your heart, don't use your magic power at every turn, there is an opportunity for epiphany in the red dust." "Then, I felt the way of Hongchen with my heart, studied Buddhism, and reformed the Japanese Buddhist system, which was an unprecedentedly stable and standardized Buddhist order in Japan."

Jianzhen also spread knowledge through guò, established poor field temples to help the common people, and established one of the six southern sects of Japanese Buddhism, Vinaya, and continued his cause of promoting Buddhism. As a result, Karashodaiji Temple soon became a sacred place for Buddhism in Japan. Because Buddhism had a great influence in Japan, it in turn affected all social strata, so that the social system was cleared, and because of the growth of the Yin and Yang Sect founded by Yun Canghai, many demons entrenched in the local area were swept away, and large tracts of arable land were freed up for peasants, landlords, and nobles.

The increase in arable land and the natural increase in grain production have also increased substantially, and in addition, these emperors are all kings of the past, with a peaceful temperament, and do not like to fight, while the major feudal towns and nobles in the country do not dare to oppress the people too much and raise troops because of their scruples about the Yin Yang Sect and the Vinaya Sect, of course, it is more accurate to say that Yuncanghai and Jianzhen are deterrents. Therefore, the country is peaceful and stable, and has entered an era of unprecedented prosperity, and people from all walks of life in Japan call one era the "Heian era", and one of the heroes who created this era - Jianzhen's influence in Japan even surpassed that of the emperor.

In 78o, Jianzhen resigned from the imperial court and resigned from the honorific title of "Yamatojo", and in the same year, he resigned as abbot, and the presiding officer was located in Kukai, who was only six years old.

After decades of painstaking management, Jianzhen and Yuncanghai finally established their own power, and took root in Japan, having their own territory and becoming the largest force in Japan.

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