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Chapter 264 Zhou and Buddha

"Teacher, you have to save me."

Fang Weihan sat down on the chair opposite Shi Dangliu, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

He did not consider himself an outsider at all.

"What's wrong? Are you having a conflict with your fiancée again?"

Shi Dangliu spoke slowly and leisurely.

"It's not that... Teacher You knows about me, how could I have a conflict with her."

Fang Weihan laughed.

Although Fang Weihan and Xie Lingwan had officially terminated their engagement, Shi Dangliu did not call Xie Lingwan Miss Xie, but still called her his fiancée.

Sure enough, the play between himself and Xie Lingwan still couldn't deceive this old gentleman.

The old man didn't even look at Fang Weihan, he was still writing his handwriting.

Written horizontally on the scroll-shaped rice paper:

"All conditioned dharmas are like dream bubbles, dew and electricity, and should be viewed in this way."

Yue Zhi Yuan Ting is like a cone painted on sand. The meaning is as smooth as flowing water flowing through the clouds, and as grand as the energy soaring into the sky. It is estimated that Fang Weihan will never be able to catch up with the height in his life.

Shi Dangliu's calligraphy is the best in the world, and his original calligraphy can even fetch a sky-high price of thousands of taels of silver in the market.

Fang Weihan seemed to have heard these words somewhere, but he couldn't remember clearly.

"This is the Diamond Sutra."

Yun Shu appeared next to him, looking at Shi Dangliu's words with admiration.

"The calligraphy of Shi Dangliu is really good. I actually saw some Taoist rhyme in it. That is a power that can only be mastered by Five Elements monks after they break through to the eighth level."

"If his destiny were not limited, he would almost certainly be able to reach the eighth level. Unfortunately... he was born at the wrong time."

Fang Weihan agreed with this sentence.

"Of course, this is my teacher. If he is not great, how can he teach students like me?"

Yun Shu: "..."

She snorted softly, not wanting to talk to Fang Weihan.

"Why does the teacher still understand Buddhism? I remember that this thing was almost extinct when the country was founded?"

Fang Weihan asked.

"Yeah...most of them are extinct."

Shi Dangxian put down the brush, and a weak air flow blew from his palm across the surface of the rice paper scroll, drying the wet ink on the calligraphy and painting.

"A thousand years ago, the power of Buddhism in China reached its peak. Thousands of temples provided shelter and a place for the people in war-torn China."

"It can be said that if it weren't for them, I'm afraid more people would have died in the chaos. To a certain extent, Buddhism can be regarded as being kind to the Great Zhou... It's a pity..."

Shi Dangliu stopped talking and shook his head regretfully.

He resumed drying the scroll instead.

Fang Weihan knew what he was regretting.

In the seventh year of the Kaiwu period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Fang Qianyi launched the largest-scale extermination of Buddhism in history, which was known in history as the Kaiwu Extermination of Buddhism.

This extermination of Buddhism resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of monks throughout the Zhou Dynasty, and all temples were demolished, including those hidden in the mountains.

All Buddhist influence in the entire country was wiped out, everyone's expression changed when they talked about Buddhism, and the bald people were panicked.

From then on, Buddhism completely disappeared in the Great Zhou Dynasty, leaving only a few written records hidden in the corners of history.

"Yunshu? Do you know about this?"

Fang Weihan asked.

"I know the official record."

Yun Shu said.

A heavy book appeared in the girl's hand, and the pages were turned quickly and automatically without any wind.

"At the time of Fang Qianyi, there was a scholar named Liu Luyang. He was a descendant of the former King of Jiaodong and a remnant of the previous generation. In order to ensure his magnanimous image in the hearts of the world, Fang Qianyi was very tolerant of these clan members of the previous dynasty."

"The same is true for Liu Luyang. He even reached the official position of Chief Secretary of History and was specifically responsible for compiling the "Taizu Benlu"."

Fang Weihan suddenly interrupted Yun Shu when he heard this.

"What the hell? Taizu Benlu? Why haven't I heard of this book?"

He looked confused.

"Do you still remember the famous sword manual I told you?"

Yun Shu reminded.

"Are you talking about the sword manual that was lost because the editor did not rank Xuan Yao first?"

Fang Weihan remembered.

At that time, he and Yun Shu were discussing which sword was better among Wen Zhexue's Mingxiao, Tao Yunjiang's Qi Cang, and Xiao Jin's Candle Night.

"That book is a sub-volume of Taizu's Benlu. A more complete name should be "The Divine Weapons of the World", which contains a famous sword manual."

Fang Weihan suddenly realized.

So when publishing this kind of article, you must not say anything that is not conducive to unity.

"The disappearance of Taizu's original records is not entirely due to this reason, there are also some other reasons."

Yun Shu added.

"This Liu Luyang has quite a bit of literary talent, but he is too conceited. He always likes to tell the truth and is enterprising. You know some of the words, and I know them too, but I just can't say them out. You should understand this, right?"

"He made a big mistake in this area. Take the extermination of Buddhism as an example. The official reason given by Fang Qianyi is that Buddhist teachings are poisonous to people's hearts and are not conducive to educating the people. They are no different from heresies."

"The True Records of Taizu did quote this sentence, but as the main writer, Liu Luyang later added a few guesses of his own. What is it called 'Si Shili Yue'..."

Fang Weihan: "..."

"According to what he said, the real reason why Fang Ganyi decided to destroy Buddha this time should be the court's shortage of soldiers and money."

Yun Shu said quietly.

"Three years after this incident happened, that is, ten years after the beginning of the war, Fang Ganyi launched the last and largest Northern Expedition, recruiting a total of 800,000 troops from the Five Route Army respectively from Xihai, Guyuan, Yunzhong, Shanggu, and Changli Deployed and launched a large-scale expedition against the foreign tribes with the power of the entire country."

"The foreign race has been in trouble at Changyuan Fortress for ten years, and its strength has been greatly reduced. It is no longer as strong as it was at the Battle of Seven Rivers Bend."

"This ten-year Northern Expedition has indeed achieved a series of results. The most outstanding result is to regain control of the countries in the Western Regions that had been lost for many years, and at the same time occupy a large area at the southern foot of the Yinshan Mountains that had been controlled by foreigners."

"But compared with the huge cost of this Northern Expedition, these results can be said to be a loss of money. The 800,000-strong army was almost completely lost in the wilderness of the Northern Desert, and the vitality of the empire was waiting to be revitalized. Seriously injured, including the civilian husbands accompanying the army, almost all the men of school age in the country died on the way to the Northern Expedition. If it weren't for Chang Yuan's presence, the northern defense line of the Great Zhou Dynasty would have almost completely collapsed due to the foreign counterattack. "

"In order to gather the equipment and troops for the 800,000 people, Fang Qianyi did everything he could. Destroying the Buddha was just one part of it."

"Under the clear threat of death, those monks who were willing to kill were sent to the army; those who were unwilling to kill were sent to serve as civilian servants accompanying the army; those who were unwilling to do both were killed on the spot. As for the treasures accumulated in tens of millions of temples All will be returned to the imperial court and used for military expenses."

Fang Weihan was silent for a moment.

He didn't know any of the things Yun Shu said.

The imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty did a very good job in keeping secrets, and after thousands of years, those old events have been completely erased.

In his own opinion, Fang Ganyi has never been an emperor who loves great achievements.

But if history is really like this, then Fang Weihan must think about this issue.

And the dream I had...

That was the first time he activated the Dragon's Tail-Eating Technique.

In the dream, Fang Ganyi stood in front of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, facing a blood-red sky-reaching formation, and calmly responded to General Xun Ying's angry rebuke.

The world generally believes that Xun Ying died in the wilderness of the Northern Desert.

Could it be that... Fang Ganyi single-handedly destroyed his 800,000-strong army?

Fang Weihan shuddered at his idea.

If Fang Ganyi really did this, what was his purpose?

Will the loyal soldiers who followed him conquer the country be sent to the guillotine with his own hands? Is it really just like Xun Ying said, just to compromise with the aristocratic family?

Fang Weihan couldn't understand.

While he was deep in thought, Shi Dangliu finally finished the work at hand, rolled the calligraphy into a scroll and put it aside.

Fang Weihan noticed that the scrolls there had piled up into a hill.

This is all free money. Fang Weihan looked at it with great greed.

"Tell me, if you have the patience to wait for me for such a long time, it seems that you should be confident."

Shi Dangliu personally made a cup of tea for him and pushed it in front of Fang Weihan.

"Teacher, someone wants to kill me."

Fang Weihan said sadly.

"Uehara Wang?"

Shi Dangliu picked up the teacup, lifted the lid and asked.

"It's the Vulcan Cult."

"Oh, I thought it was Wang Dun who wanted to kill you."

Shi Dangliu glanced at him.

"Since it's a matter about the Vulcan Cult, why don't you go to Xiao Fuwei instead of torturing my old bones?"

Fang Weihan: "..."

Why don't you, old guy, look unhappy?

He knew that his teacher was not a serious person. When he was young, he relied on his good handwriting to spend a period of time in Changming City, and he was still a free prostitute.

But after spending a long time in the court, being able to climb to his current position step by step must have his own philosophy of survival.

This Shi Dangliu's philosophy of life focuses on a mixed word.

Mixing characters is very incisive. Generally speaking, it is the art of mixing mud. No one is offended, no one is favored. The main theme is just a dawdle.

I don’t care how much trouble you like to make. Anyway, what I, Shi Dangliu, want is my own reputation. Unless it endangers the safety of the empire, my attitude will definitely be neutral.

However, Shi Dangliu's own talent is quite outstanding. At a young age, he has already broken through the five elements to become a god. After practicing for so many years, his cultivation is unparalleled in the world in the five elements. No one wants to offend him.

Fang Weihan, Xie Lingwan, Xiao Jin and others attended the private school Shi Dangliu was ordered to set up, and had a pretty good relationship with him.

He greatly admired his teacher's dawdling philosophy of life and his attitude in dealing with the struggle between the two camps.

"Teacher, I can't do this without you."

Seeing Shi Dangliu not cooperating, Fang Weihan continued to draw cakes in vain.

"The one the Vulcan Cult took action this time was a rank six."

The old man was stunned for a moment and looked at Fang Weihan with a very strange look.

"Six turns?"

He shook his head rather boredly and looked away from Fang Weihan.

"The Vulcan Church sent people from Level 6 to kill you? What do they see in you?"

Fang Weihan: "?"

What does this old man mean? Are you saying that I am not worthy?

Although he thinks so himself...

"Maybe you are interested in my character and potential?"

Fang Weihan quickly changed the topic.

"Teacher, don't talk about useless things. Just tell me whether you can help me or not, right?"

He knew very well that Shi Dangliu had profound skills in Tai Chi. If he was allowed to practice for a while, he might change his mind.

"For the sake of the students who have always been respectful to you for so many years, don't I deserve a small favor from you?"

Fang Weihan said with tears in his eyes.

The old man looked at him helplessly and raised his hand.

A gentle force lifted Fang Weihan up and forcibly released him from his saluting posture.

"It's such a big deal, you must have called me more than just me, right? Who else?"

Shi Dangliu asked.

Good guy, you discovered this.

"There are also Master Tao and Master Xiao."

Fang Weihan answered truthfully.

"Heh, three against one, it looks like you are quite afraid of death."

Shi Dangliu commented.

"So teacher, you agree?"

Fang Weihan asked tentatively.

Shi Dangliu was noncommittal and continued to pick up the scroll he had just written, as if he wanted to appreciate it again.

Looking at his appearance, Fang Weihan knew that the matter was most likely settled.

After all, the possibility of hearing a completely positive or negative answer from this old guy is almost zero.

Fang Weihan took the lead and took away the Diamond Sutra he had just written from Shi Dangliu's hand.

"Two days later at noon, Shili Village in the south of the city. I will be waiting for the teacher there."

He took a step back with the scroll and bowed respectfully.

"Student resigned."

"Bring me the scroll."

Shi Dangliu shouted in confusion.

But Fang Weihan seemed not to hear it, and disappeared in a flash.

"Oh, this kid..."

The old Emperor Master said to himself somewhat amusingly.

He still remembered the time when he opened a private school seven years ago.

Originally, Shi Dangliu only agreed to take up the post of private tutor in order to cope with the orders of the emperor and the noble family. He did not have any hope that he could teach any good students.

The overall quality of the children of the aristocratic family is there, and it is like rotten wood that cannot be carved.

But after all, this is an opportunity to build a good relationship with the next head of the family, and Shi Dangliu still takes his job seriously.

Things were not much different from what he expected.

He is ruthless but lacks courage, he is wise but lacks courage, he is stupid but does not know himself, he is arrogant and sins against others. There are not many heirs in the thousand-year-old families in Changming City who can stand up to their expectations.

But there are exceptions.

For example, Xie Lingyuan.

Shi Dangliu was full of praise for the eldest lady of the Xie family in Chen County when he first met her. Later, Xie Lingwan's performance further confirmed his judgment.

He is extremely intelligent, knows the gains and losses, has a well-founded approach and retreat, and also has a strong sense of the overall situation and tolerance.

This is definitely the best heir to the Xie family in Chen County in thousands of years. Even her female body cannot stop her from taking charge of the Xie family in Chen County.

Gold will always shine.

As for the relationship between Xie Lingwan and Fang Weihan, Shi Dangliu also noticed it.

Regarding the Guangling King of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shi Dangliu's reserved attitude was more pity than appreciation.

If he was born into a noble family instead of a royal family, he would definitely achieve great things. If he hadn't been so deeply bound to Xie Lingwan, his situation would have been thousands of times better than it is today.

According to his expectation, Fang Weihan will probably disappear quietly one day. This is the inevitable outcome.

But Shi Dangliu was wrong again.

Fang Weihan has recently solved almost all the crises he faced in an incredible way, and even his personal reputation has reached the peak of the sky.

All of this...has already happened a thousand years ago.

"Destiny...is it really possible to revive?"

The old master murmured softly.

(End of this chapter)