Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 236: Confucianism takes action, Taoism and Buddhism are both destroyed!
Hongwu Street.

There were three Ming dynasties in total.

Divided into the three capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

The southern capital was Nanjing, the central capital was Fengyang, and the northern capital was Peking.

But without exception, they are all located on the central axis of the capital, which is a treasure land of Feng Shui dragon veins.

It has always been the busiest street in the three capitals.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. After visiting door to door to pay New Year's greetings early in the morning, the people of Beijing gathered here without any prior arrangement.

This is the first time in the 200 years since the founding of our dynasty that the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have gathered together to discuss and determine the order of things. Even if one does not understand some of the principles, everyone is willing to join in the fun.

The imperial court set up four arenas. The great Confucian master and his scholars stood at the position of the White Tiger in the west, the great Buddhist master and his monks stood at the position of the Vermillion Bird in the south, and the great Taoist master and his Taoists stood at the position of the Black Tortoise in the north.

Early in the morning, the Grand Master, the Great Magician, and the Great Immortal arrived, but the officials in charge of the court had not arrived yet.

Fortunately, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism all emphasize self-cultivation, so even though waiting is boring, no one needs to be impatient.

It was almost noon when Gao Gongcai, the Second Minister of the Cabinet, arrived with other officials and appeared at the position of the Eastern Azure Dragon.

This was obviously a well-chosen time, and the reason was soon known to everyone in the three religions.

Gao Gong announced the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Confucian issue: Can we learn to become immortals or not?

Buddhist topics: The Eighty-one Transformations of Laozi.

Taoist issue: Laozi turns nonsense into nonsense.

This immediately caused an uproar among the grand masters, great magicians, and great immortals, but Gao Gong did not care and directly announced the rules of the debate.

When they heard that their attack on their own agenda had failed, they would destroy all academies (temples) (Taoist temples) in the Ming Dynasty. When they heard that their defense of other sects had failed, they would destroy half of the academies (temples) (Taoist temples) in the Ming Dynasty. Both types of failures would disperse their disciples (believers), and the protests of the three religions immediately resounded through the sky.

The voice of stopping the discussion.

It also rang.

Gao Gong looked indifferently at the people from the three religions and pointed at the Jinyiwei outside. The scholars, monks, and Taoists were shocked. They didn't know when, the Jinyiwei drew out the Embroidered Spring Sword and looked at everyone with a fierce look.

This is not a debate, this is clearly forcing people to die.

After being an outcast for a long time, and during the Spring Festival, some Taoists saw this, became angry, and turned around to leave forcibly.

The Jinyiwei did not hesitate and attacked the Taoist priests who wanted to leave. These Taoist priests had practiced martial arts to some extent and did not take the attacking Embroidered Spring Swords seriously at all. They stepped forward and raised their waists to break out of the encirclement.

Suddenly, the Taoists stopped all their movements. With blood oozing out of their mouths, their heads rolled like gourds and fell to the ground.

Sheath the knife and sheath it.

The headless bodies of the Taoists fell to the ground one after another.

Jinyiwei Commander-in-Chief Lu Bing issued an order to take the corpse to a mass grave and feed it to wild dogs.

"No killing on the first day of the first lunar month?"

Facing the angry Taoists, and the vigilant scholars and monks, Lu Bing sneered, "I even killed someone at my birthday banquet."

The Jinyiwei who appeared near the square arena were all selected warriors who were skilled in killing. They had no other skills but killing, and they were almost at the pinnacle of this skill.

He knows the vital parts and bones of the human body very well and can use minimal force to remove a person's head along the bone seams, just like a butcher cutting up an ox.

The dead Taoists are the best proof.

All those skills of cultivating the mind and temper are of no use at all in the face of an absolute killing move.

This murderous look, which was almost condensed into substance, immediately frightened some people in the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism who had made unusual moves, and made them unable to move.

He did nothing, and didn't even dare to curse. He could only curse Lu Bing, the peerless killer (monster), in his heart.

Lu Bing didn't care about this at all. He slowly walked out of the ring and disappeared from everyone's sight.

If looks could kill, Lu Bing would have died tens of thousands of times when he exterminated the Shanxi merchants in Xishan. He was just glaring at the blind.

Domineering and awe-inspiring!

The people of Beijing who were watching the fun were enjoying themselves. In an era when these toys were scarce, these were the two greatest pleasures for the common people.

One is to go to the Bada Hutongs.

The second is to watch the killing.

It costs money to go to the Bada Hutongs to "fight".

By waiting here, you can not only watch the beheading, but also watch the verbal sparring between the usually high and mighty grandmasters, great magicians, and great immortals. Why not do it?

Some common people in Beijing were calling their friends and asking their families to bring some steamed buns, which were wasted by the Taoists just now.

The blood of these barbarians would probably be more effective as medicine.

Bring the steamed buns with you, in case you need them in case you kill someone again later. If you really don’t need them, a couple of bites can fill your stomach when you’re hungry.

The atmosphere on the street became increasingly lively.

However, the atmosphere among the people from the three religions within the arena was so depressing that it was hard to breathe.

The imperial court’s intention was clear: it wanted the three religions to die.

There is no way to escape.

There is only one way to win.

Among the three religions, Confucianism was the most confident, and several great masters were the first to stand on the White Tiger Arena.

The great Buddhist master and the great Taoist master did not hesitate for too long and stepped onto the stage with heavy hearts.

"Let's draw lots!"

Gao Gong asked the three religions to send representatives to draw the first topic, and the way of drawing the topic was also very interesting.

In front of the representatives of the three religions, there was a sandalwood box, each containing a sign for three topics.

If representatives of the three religions draw lots for different topics, they will draw again.

If two or three identical topic signs appear, that topic will be used as the first topic.

Maybe there really are gods in this world.

According to the results of the first draw, the Confucian representatives drew Confucian topics, the Buddhist representatives drew Buddhist topics, and the Taoist representatives drew Taoist topics.

The second draw started and the result was the same, with the three religions drawing their own topics again.

The third and fourth draws finally showed some differences, but the same topic lottery ticket still did not appear.

Just as people from the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism looked at each other in confusion and the court officials seemed a little uneasy, they carried out the fifth draw.

The Confucian school once again seized the destiny in its own hands and took control of its own issues.

Buddhism drew the Confucian topic.

Taoism, drew the Taoist topic.

When two sticks with the same topic appeared, the court officials involved in organizing the debate, including Gao Gong, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

I never thought that such a weird thing would happen. As the senior minister in charge of the three-party debate, Gao Gong couldn't imagine that if there was no result after drawing a few more times, could the debate conference continue.

Fortunately, the sages of Confucianism, the Buddha of Buddhism, and the gods of Taoism did not protect the three religions.

Since it was the main topic, Confucianism simply sent out its most powerful master, Qian Dehong, who was a favorite disciple of Wang Yangming, the sage of the School of Mind, a representative figure of the School of Mind, the author of "Instructions for Practical Living", and later returned to Confucianism.

When the 65-year-old Qian Dehong stood on the stage, the Buddhists and Taoists immediately stood up...

(End of this chapter)