Datang broom star

Everyone couldn't help but rejoice, "It's surprising that His Majesty and the prime ministers come here to pay respects to the Buddha. Da Ci'en Temple can't compare to us."

"Stupid." The abbot felt tired, "Why is your majesty plainclothes? This time the bad luck is uncertain, so stay safe these few days."

A monk said with a smile: "Why should the abbot worry about it? The Tang Dynasty treats foreigners preferentially. Every time a temple is built, the court will allocate money and food to help, and it will divide a lot of land."

"Yes! The abbot is worrying too much."

The crowd wanted to persuade for a while, but the abbot sighed, "Buddhism is vast, and it is omnipotent."

"Amitabha!"

The prime ministers returned to their respective places.

But Ren Yaxiang went to Li Ji to talk to him a little out of sorts.

"What is Your Majesty's intention today?" Ren Yaxiang pointed to his eyelids and said, "I have been feeling my eyelids twitching today, and I am a little flustered. I am worried that His Majesty will change his position. Those who give alms are never stingy, and this is not right today."

"Of course not."

As calm as Li Ji was, he was also a little flustered, "Emperor Gaozu and the first emperor also suppressed the support of Buddhism. They all witnessed the consequences of worshiping Buddhism in the previous Sui Dynasty, so they lived in peace. After your majesty ascended the throne, he gave a lot of support to Buddhism, but he forgot the late emperor's support." After more than ten years of such means, Buddhism is prosperous."

Li Ji was cautious, but Ren Yaxiang didn't care, "This is the consequence caused by His Majesty himself."

Li Ji nodded slowly.

"This time the crown prince revealed the big mistake His Majesty made, I'm afraid it will be repeated in the palace!"

Li Ji sat there and sighed slightly, his gray beard and hair swaying slightly.

"I am alone."

Li Zhi refused the queen's company and stood alone in front of the palace.

The autumn wind blows, and the people who blow it feel very comfortable.

The emperor's eyes were calm until Wang Xu Jingzong hurried over.

"His Majesty"

"Say."

"Gaozu had an order from time to time: three temples in the capital and two temples. The rest of the states in the world each keep one, and the rest will be dismissed."

Xu Jingzong took a peek at the emperor, saw that his face was calm, and continued: "When the first emperor broke Luoyang, he ordered: all the Taoist temples were abolished, and 30 monks and nuns in the city were left with virtuous people, and the rest returned to the beginning."

"As soon as the first emperor came to the throne, he decreed that those who had selfishness should be punished with capital punishment. At that time, there were many escaped monks in Yiyang Mountain, and their money was poor."

Li Zhi closed his eyes.

"In the third year of Zhenguan, the whole world embraces Yi Ning privately, and those who don't come out will be cut off. Hearing this, I'm afraid."

Li Zhi clenched his hands into fists.

"Nowadays there are countless temples in the world, countless monks and nuns who have ordained privately, and even more those who pretend to be monks and nuns to evade taxes."

If this continues, the country will be shaken!Li Zhi's body shook a bit.

From the side, Wu Mei came quietly.

She turned around and waved her hand, signaling the servants to avoid it.

Xu Jingzong's forehead was sweating, "In the former Sui Dynasty, there were 980 temples in the world, with more than 23 monks and nuns. At the beginning of Zhenguan, there were 200 million households in the world, and 20 monks and nuns were supported."

He bowed back, turned around and left after a few steps.

"Your Majesty, why should you suffer yourself?"

Wu Mei's voice came.

Li Zhi said indifferently: "From the time I supervised the construction of the Daci'en Temple, I have opened the door to Buddhism. Over the years, I have watched the Buddhism continue to expand. They built countless temples with extreme luxury. spare capacity”

"Last time, Jia Ping'an mentioned Fang Wai's matter."

Wu Mei nodded, "Pingan said that faith can make people peaceful, but Fang Wai must not erode the world. The Buddha is merciful, but it is ordinary people who serve the Buddha. Ordinary people are full of eyes, and how many people can truly detach themselves? Red dust?

Buddhism encroaching on land and population is vying for the world with the secular world.The two previous dharma disasters are not far away, but now that Buddhism is making a comeback again, he privately told his concubine that if everything goes on as usual, future generations will raise the banner of Dharma difficulty again and compete with Buddhism for money, food, land and population. "

Li Zhi nodded, "I feel that there is enough money and food, but I have forgotten that these are all managed by the ancestors and the first emperors. In the former Han Dynasty, there was no rule of Jing, so how could there be Emperor Wu's swaying? But here, the money, the fields, the population, etc. I generously gave it to the Buddhist sect, but I forgot that these were all accumulated by the ancestors and emperors."

Wu Mei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, did you think of Emperor Wu? Although Emperor Wu has great martial arts skills, he is also extravagant. He spends the money and food in the treasury like running water at will, and it is difficult to continue in the future, so he changed his course and became an emperor who made money. Knowing this, why bother?"

Li Zhi turned around, frowning slightly.

Is this shrew implying that I am a dandy emperor who only knows how to waste the accumulation of his ancestors?

"Both Gao Zu and the late emperor used Buddhism to calm people's minds, but they were quite wary of the expansion of Buddhism. I don't think so. It has only been more than ten years since he ascended the throne, and Buddhism has already become too big."

Wu Mei sighed: "The concubine has also donated a lot of money and fields to the Buddhist sect in recent years, and there are also many temples built to pray for princesses and princes. Speaking of which, the concubine is also one of the culprits."

Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "You and my husband and I are asking ourselves today, and I feel very guilty, but what makes me feel even more guilty is that even a young man like Wu Lang has seen the crisis, while you and I are complacent. I don't know if this is planting disaster for our children and grandchildren."

There was a smile in Wu Mei's eyes, "Goro Chunxiao, seeing this crisis, he didn't hide it, but said it out. His vision is so good, let the prince come here. Your Majesty, how about having dinner together today?"

Li Zhi nodded.

A servant hurried over.

Li Hong was being persuaded with a sad face.

Jiang Feng sighed: "Your Highness is kind, and it is a good thing to have the world in your heart, but Buddhism is so vast, why would Your Highness bother to offend them?"

Zhang Song turned around with his hands behind his back, and the corners of his mouth were blistered. He stopped and said, "Does Your Highness know how many powerful and high-ranking officials those monks have made friends with? Your Highness's words have left Fang Wai with a bad reputation, and how much harm will it bring in the future, hey! "

After all, Li Hong couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "But shouldn't Fangwai people be ascetic? Why do they want so many slaves in the fields, so much money and food, and make friends with those high-ranking officials? Is this a man of asceticism?"

"Cough cough!"

Jiang Feng coughed dryly, "Your Highness! You can know such things, but you can't say them."

Zhang Song whispered: "Your Highness, they are all human!"

Li Hong suddenly realized, "Uncle once said that if there is a Buddha in his heart, even a trafficker is an eminent monk. Without a Buddha in his heart, those who practice hard in temples deep in the mountains are just in vain."

"That's a great statement!"

Although they didn't deal with Xinxue, Jiang Feng and Zhang Song praised Jia Pingan's words to the prince.

"But Your Highness has put His Majesty in a dilemma." Jiang Feng was a little tangled, "Buddhism is powerful, and today it has uncovered many disadvantages that affect the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty doesn't care? It just sits and watches the disadvantages expand, and the Buddhism is powerful! Your Highness! Will backfire!"