God, the Buddha Emperor!

There are so many emperors who worshiped Buddhism in history. How many of them ended up well? Let’s take Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, who sacrificed his life as a slave in a temple four times -

In the early days when he first became emperor, he had to get up at five o'clock in the middle of the winter to correct memorials. He also received extensive advice, reused talented people, and at the same time advocated frugality. History books say that he "was crowned for three years,

"One quilt for two years" is really frugal to the point of being stingy.

In contrast, he often went out of the palace to hang out when he had something to do. Every meal he had was four dishes and one soup. Everything he wore was exquisite and luxurious, although it was not as good as Daming Lakeside.

Send a girl with a pussy, but in the harem, even the palace maids can be regarded as school beauties in future generations, Zhao Huan should feel blushing!

But it should not be done at all. Maybe he has been an emperor for too long and worked too hard that he was exhausted. Xiao Yan didn't know what went crazy, but he became interested in Buddhism inexplicably. In his later years, he even established a lot of things.

The temple, developed a monk, even became a monk four times, went to the temple to work as a temple slave, and the civil and military officials had to spend a lot of money to redeem him from the temple.

What's even more damning is that Xiao Yan not only believes in Buddhism, he is also more pious than ordinary monks - he is abstinent and vegetarian, does not approach women, is generous to others, and puts down the butcher knife.

Basically, he doesn't do anything that an emperor should do.

Under the example of Xiao Yan, who sold himself into temple slavery four times, the people donated their property and fields to the monks one after another. As a result, the Liang Empire was rich not in the court but in the temples, and the national power of the Liang Dynasty gradually declined.

, and finally ended up with "four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, and many towers in the mist and rain".

With such an example in front of us, Zhao Huan, who had been emperor for two lifetimes, naturally could not believe in Buddhism. Not only did he not believe in Buddhism, he also planned to borrow some money from Buddha.

"Isn't your household department short of copper?"

Zhao Huan snorted coldly and said: "Zhou Shizong once said: The Buddha said that using one's body is delusional, and he is eager to benefit others. His true body is still there, just to benefit the world, but he still wants to cut it off. How about this bronze statue?

What a pity."

Zhuang Chengyi immediately understood what Zhao Huan meant by borrowing money from the Buddha.

To be honest, Zhuang Chengyi also wished that Zhao Huanlai would stage a good show of killing the Buddha, so that those who had become monks and thieves could be driven back to work in the fields. But then again, destroying the Buddha...

Is it nice to say it or not?

The two so-called Wuzongs, Emperor Taiwu of the Wei Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, destroyed Buddhism in order to prove that they were not "Hu", so they turned Buddhism into the "Hu religion", and then suppressed the "Hu religion" and favored "Confucianism and Taoism".

This is used to prove that one is not a "barbarian".

The reason why Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty destroyed Buddhism had nothing to do with "Hu" or not. And the reason why Zhou Shizong destroyed Buddhism was the same as that of Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty. Everyone was doing it for money - if you have copper, you will have money, and in temples there are

Quite a lot of copper.

However, the crux of the problem is, what does this have to do with you, an official of the Song Dynasty? Do you need to prove that you are not a Hu? Or are you short of money?

So Zhuang Chengyi asked with a confused face: "The official is the emperor of the Han Dynasty. He doesn't need to prove that he is not a Hu, and there is no shortage of money in the internal funds. How can he prepare to destroy the Buddha?"

When asked by Zhuang Chengyi, Zhao Huan was immediately confused.

How does this old man's head grow? What are the grooves in his head like?

Who said we would destroy the Buddha?

Bullshit!

I am planning to borrow money from the Buddha, how can I possibly destroy the Buddha?

"I never said I wanted to destroy the Buddha."

Zhao Huan glared at Zhuang Chengyi, and then said with a smile: "I just heard that body poison Buddhism is not very powerful, and remembered that Master Tripitaka once poisoned himself to retrieve Buddhist scriptures, so I thought about whether some eminent monks from the Song Dynasty could help me

Heading to the Western Regions to spread the Dharma through poison? Isn’t that a good story?”

Now, not only Zhuang Chengyi came to understand, but also Fang Zian, the Minister of Rites, also came to understand - I asked him how to properly call me, the Minister of Rites, into the palace. The co-author is to allocate a group of bald donkeys to me.

Will the Ministry of Rites issue a document?

Then Fang Zian bowed and said: "The Ministry of Rites can give you an ultimatum for customs clearance."

Fang Zian has even thought about what to write on the customs clearance document - these bald donkeys belong to the Song Dynasty, either let them pass, or I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, will lead troops.

Of course, these words must be written in an elegant manner and appear to be cultured. They cannot be so straightforward. After all, you have a knife in your hand, so you must pay attention to your skills when speaking. You cannot sharpen the knife and put it on someone's neck as soon as you start.

Then Zhuang Chengyi put it all together and felt that this matter should be done.

After all, those bald donkeys are not engaged in production, and they don't pay taxes. The treasury is so empty that they can run away with horses. Now that the officials want to get rid of these bald donkeys, can the land they get be distributed to the people?

People have to pay taxes for farming. Even if the tax money is small, they can probably buy a few cats and let them catch mice in the treasury.

Then, Zhuang Chengyi and Fang Zian set their sights on He Ji together.

As soon as He Ji saw the eyes of Zhuang Chengyi and Fang Zian, he secretly yelled that it was bad - I have worked so hard to play the role of a fool, but I am still being targeted by you two!

As expected by He Ji, after Zhuang Chengyi and Fang Zian looked at each other, Zhuang Chengyi bowed to Zhao Huan and said: "I'm telling the official, I thought it would be okay to borrow copper from the Buddha.

Leave it to Commander He to handle."

He Ji naturally heard the subtext of Zhuang Chengyi's words - the reputation of the Imperial City Division is bad enough anyway. As the saying goes, if you have too many debts, you don't have to worry about too many lice. Now I ask you to borrow money from the Buddha.

The officials, other senior citizens, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households picked it out together. It can be regarded as a meritorious deed by you.

Then He Ji bowed and said: "I'm going to tell the official family, I'm willing to go."

However, Zhao Huan shook his head and said, "Why bother?"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Huan turned to Wu Xin and ordered while He Ji, Zhuang Chengyi and others were confused: "Draw up the edict, I heard that Zhou Shizong once said: The Buddha said that the body is deceitful, and the

I am anxious to benefit people. I deeply believe that the real body is still there, just to benefit the world, but still wants to cut it off.

It decrees that all Buddhist temples, temples, nunneries, etc. in the world are not allowed to accept contributions, are not allowed to rent land, and are not allowed to cast golden bodies of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas out of bronze. They must pay taxes like the common people. Anyone who violates this will be charged with disrespecting the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

Argument."

"In addition, all the Buddhist monasteries, temples, nunneries, etc. in the world can choose eminent monks to go to Bianjing. I want to select those with profound Buddhist teachings to serve as envoys to spread Buddhism in the Western Regions."
Chapter completed!