Chapter 321 Zhao Huan's Grievance
The bald donkeys of the Song Dynasty all disliked Zhao Huan.
In the first year after he ascended the throne, he ordained more than 170,000 monks and nuns, built Buddhist temples and monasteries in Mount Wutai, Mount Emei, Mount Tiantai and other places, cast gold and bronze statues of Manjusri and placed them in Zhenrong Temple, and actively sponsored the translation of Buddhist scriptures.
Compared with the River Chariot God, it has been more or less several years since Zhao Huan, the current official, ascended the throne to the present day, but he did not show any sign of it, which is a bit disrespectful to the Buddha.
Of course, no matter how much you don't like Zhao Huan, you can only endure it. After all, the disaster of the Three Martial Arts and One Sect is not far away, and no one wants to offend a cruel and easy-to-kill man like Zhao Huan.
That's right, in the eyes of Buddhists, Zhao Huan is a cruel butcher who likes to kill and build temples for fun.
As for calling him a reckless man, it is because Zhao Huan has never acted according to common sense, and he does not care about the laws of his ancestors. He will change when he is told, and will not listen to advice. The good Song Dynasty court was suddenly turned into a one-word hall by him.
What is such an emperor if he is not a reckless emperor?
But no matter what, these bald donkeys never expected that Zhao Huanhui would suddenly come up with such a trick, and actually issue an edict to the world, requiring all temples in the world to hand over the golden bodies of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and even ask monks to pay taxes!
What the hell, everyone's life has been difficult because many landlords cleared their land and the court recruited people to go to Gansu, Jiaozhi and other places, but now it's happening again?
Who has ever heard of such an emperor?
Anyway, the bald donkeys in Bianjing City have never heard of it, nor have other eminent monks who rushed to Bianjing City after getting the news. Anyway, there has never been such an official family in the Song Dynasty.
As for the talk about the spread of Buddhism to the West, that is even more nonsense - don't you just think that we are an eyesore and want to drive us far away, out of sight and out of mind?
"Nowadays, my life in Shaolin Temple is the most difficult."
Zen Master Xuanzhi half-squinted his eyes and said: "In addition to the thousands of hectares of fertile land granted by the King of Tang Dynasty to the foundation of my Shaolin Temple, it now has almost 20,000 acres. If it is customized according to the imperial court, the promised incense money will not even be enough for taxes. How can I support me?"
There are more than 2,000 monks in the temple? How can we pay homage to the Bodhisattva?"
Master Kuanzhi from Daxiangguo Temple also had an unattractive look on his face.
Your Shaolin Temple has 20,000 acres? Does my Daxiangguo Temple have less? Your Shaolin Temple has to support the monks, but my Daxiangguo Temple has to support the monks. You have to pay taxes... Doesn’t my Daxiangguo Temple also have to pay taxes!
Now this matter is a problem faced by Buddhism all over the world, and it’s not just your Shaolin Temple family!
After a long silence, Master Kuanzhi said: "In addition to these taxes, there is also the spread of Buddhism to the west..."
Before Kuan Zhi could finish his words, a young monk hurriedly ran in from the door, clasping his hands together, he said respectfully: "Abbott, the official sage is about to arrive, and the leading imperial army has arrived outside the Daxiangguo Temple.
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Master Kuanzhi was stunned and asked: "The official saint?"
The young novice said: "Yes, the officials have put on full armor and are coming to the Daxiangguo Temple."
Master Kuanzhi hummed and waved his hand to let the little novice leave. However, after the little novice left the room, Master Kuanzhi's face suddenly darkened.
"Today, I have always preferred to pay private visits incognito but not to go out with a full set of ceremonial guards. Now that I have put on full armor, I'm afraid..."
After finishing speaking, Master Kuanzhi looked at the other eminent monks in the room, then at Zen Master Xuanzhi of Shaolin Temple, and finally set his sights on Zen Master
During the trip, it was the time when the Martyrs' Shrine was completed, and the official family personally led hundreds of civil and military officials from the court to pay homage. This time..."
Zen Master Xuanzhi still had a smile on his face, but in his heart he was cursing Kuanzhi, this old bald donkey, for being such an unworthy son of a man! Just say what the hell, what do you think I am doing? This official is coming to your Daxiangguo Temple.
, why are you not here for me...
Master Kuanzhi saw that there was no change in the expression on Zen Master Xuanzhi's face, so he bowed his head and chanted the Buddha's name and said: "Everyone, why don't you go with me to welcome the Holy Master?"
Zen Master Xuanzhi and others nodded, each chanted the Buddha's name and then joined in: "That's right."
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Every time the emperor's guard of honor was dispatched, Zhao Huan felt like he was wasting his people and wasting his money——
Take a look at all the Ming Jun Holy Masters and Twelve Ming slaves in later movies and TV dramas, and see how well each of them lives. Even in movies and TV dramas, the entire set of honor guards for the emperor to travel is only a hundred or ten people. It doesn’t matter how you look at it.
There is a shabby and shabby atmosphere!
Compared with other Jiannu, as an emperor, I put on a full set of honors for traveling. The leading troops have already arrived at the Daxiangguo Temple, and the final troops are still at the gate of the palace. And I, the emperor, have only just walked halfway.
.That's it, it's just a guard of honor on the surface, and I don't know how many people are accompanying and protecting me secretly.
Even the emperor Zhao Huan only knew that the First Army and the Second Army of the Forbidden Army stationed in Bianjing would set up defenses along the way from the palace to the Daxiangguo Temple, but did not know about the others. In other words, other
Zhao Huan has never cared about his protective power.
Including other aspects as well.
Is the Rolls-Royce Phantom expensive? Compared with the chariot under Zhao Huan, the Rolls-Royce Phantom is not even qualified to be a younger brother. Hermes is expensive? The clothes Zhao Huan wears are all woven with jacquard wood looms
Even in later generations, people can only rely on people to memorize and weave Yun brocade, and there is no way to use machines to replace it.
So, look at this ostentation, look at this enjoyment, isn’t it a waste? Is it a waste of money? Is it a waste of people and money?
But there is no way, Zhao Huan doesn't enjoy it so much, and the people of the Song Dynasty don't want it! The people think that the official family is suffering from poverty, so they want to donate money! And not only the people are unwilling, but also the trolls at Yushitai
They will also find various reasons to impeach Zhao Huan and force him to enjoy it!
It's really too difficult.
Zhao Huan felt that since he was enjoying so much, no one had rebelled yet. Looking at the twelve mites who had built slaves, all the Mingjuns and Holy Masters continued to rebel, and Zhao Huan felt aggrieved for them!
"Let me tell you, the Grand Prime Minister's Temple has arrived."
Just when Zhao Huan thought of the twelve mites of Taqing from Pangu's creation of the world, and from the mites he thought of the Kazhong Hall where Britain has its own national conditions, and when he kept feeling aggrieved for the twelve mites of Jiannu, he was always by his side.
Wu Xin, who was standing behind the poster, finally reminded Zhao Huan that the Daxiangguo Temple had arrived.
"Let Qin Huiwan negotiate with those Jurchens later and ask them to search to the north to see if there are any Sushen Jurchens or wild Jurchens who are similar to them but not the same thing. If there are any, I will tell you.
Chapter completed!