Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 712: Preoccupation with dangers ahead, discussion of law and heresy

Regarding this result, Li Shi felt even more gratified and even a little happy.

Because in this way, Li Shike doesn't have to show his face, and at the same time he can fulfill Henry Zhang's request. This Taoist priest is not afraid of showing up, so he can kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, there were some risks involved. Chen Zhi might have deliberately said something to appease them and then took action.

But then I thought about it, all the traces of his group were in Chen Zhi's hands. Whether it was them or the ambushes outside the city, if Chen Zhi really wanted to move, he only needed to give an order to those who could defeat Ruan Zhi. Leopard and Duan Wenyang's warriors swarmed in, enough to capture them all.

In this case, there seems to be no need to use tactics to appease.

After thinking about this, Li Shi felt even more relieved. After all, the current environment can be said to be the best situation.

At the same time, the young Taoist priest Zhang Xuan suddenly asked: "It is certainly a happy event to meet with all my Taoist friends to discuss Taoism, but I know their movements, but I heard about them on the road. This time In addition to a few ordinary nobles, there were also Buddhist eminent monks attending the dinner. I wonder what happened? As far as I know, there are not many Buddhist temples in Youzhou in the north, and the limited ones are concentrated around Jixian County. , at least Daijun has never heard of it, I wonder when these Buddhists came?"

This question made Li Shi pay attention, but instead of waiting for Chen Zhi's answer, he thought of some words that his brothers had said to him in the past, one of which mentioned that although Fan Changsheng, the leader of Shu, also studied Buddhism, he He was somewhat disgusted with Buddhism and Buddhist people. Because of this relationship, Li Xiong also specifically asked his brothers and clan members to mention Buddhism as little as possible in front of Fan Changsheng. When facing the old leader's disciples, Li Shi Also pay attention to speaking.

Although he could meet monks and hear news about Buddhism along the way, Li Shi always behaved as if it went in with his left ear and out with the right ear, and did not mention it to Zhang Xuan at all. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xuan did not mention it all the way and met Chen Zhi. , but took the initiative to mention it.

Chen Zhi said with a smile: "Why does the Taoist care so much about Samana? Several eminent monks came from the south and only arrived in the past few days. There is a reason why the Taoist has not heard about them, because they are following some The children of the big families in the south came together. When these children of the big families go out, they will inevitably shout in front of and behind them. One person is on horseback, ten chariots protect each other, and there are many servants to support them. Wherever they go, there are rumors about them, and the eminent monk Shaman Act low-key, don't show your face in public, sit in the car, but get overshadowed by the news of the children of the aristocratic family."

In fact, these eminent monks came here with Gu En and others.

Due to a mistake in judgment, Gu En and the others left early. When the news of Chen Zhi's victory came, they immediately came under tremendous pressure in the family. Now that they are shouldering heavy responsibilities and returning, no matter how carefree they appear, they feel the same in their hearts. heavy.

But when he came back, the configuration was also different. In addition to the family itself, there were also monks and monasteries who came here, hoping to accompany their motorcade to the east to spread Buddhism.

When Zhang Xuan heard this narrative, he sighed and shook his head and said: "Nowadays, ascetics are gradually prospering in the south. Many monks have gained power and wealth, and the people they associate with are all big people. Relying on the influence of these powerful people to spread Buddhism, it is no wonder that when they see the north Once the situation changes, it will come.”

"That's right, but why does the little Taoist sigh?" Seeing this, Chen Zhi asked with a smile, "Didn't all the Taoist masters come here with the intention of preaching?" "Taoist preaching is different from that of a monk." Upon hearing this, Zhang Xuan said, He responded sternly, "Since you have had contact with people from the Ge family and Li family, and even Pindao heard that there are descendants of the Bo family here, you should know that Taoism has its own inheritance, and it is often the Taoist heart. When the master comes to look for disciples, he spreads the word, maybe three or two people, maybe five or six people. Apart from public sermons, they are actually invisible. However, the monks are different. If they want to spread the word, they have to pass on the many inheritances in their place. Cutting off, more importantly, severing a person’s ancestral line, cutting off his hair and skin, imprisoning him and destroying his heart, cutting off his sacrifice and cutting off his blood, paying homage to the Hu God, is really an example of forgetting one’s ancestors!”

Li Shi, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air as he listened. He was from Di and was born in the military. If not forced by the situation, he could only think about leading his people to settle down. How could this be involved, let alone the Buddhist tradition? When I heard this, I felt frightened and thought to myself, "Hey, no wonder the leader Fan Changsheng is disgusted with ascetics. Is being a monk such a terrifying thing?"
With this understanding, this person thought about how to talk to his tribe after returning to see if he could drive away the influence of Buddhism in Shu.

In comparison, Chen Zhi was much calmer.

As a person who has lived for three generations, Chen Zhi is undoubtedly much calmer when it comes to this issue. After all, in later generations, even reincarnation must be approved by documents. Secularization is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There is no reverence for religion, but more research. Naturally feel different.

What's more, science can be falsified, but religion cannot, which itself has shaped Chen Zhi's thinking pattern.

However, the existence of the lottery box in his heart and the matter of time travel between body and death also made him think more broadly, and he became much more relaxed about issues in this area.

Moreover, no matter how he views Buddhism in his heart, with so many Taoist priests suddenly visiting, from the perspective of checks and balances, a few monks must be brought in to balance it. After all, the current social atmosphere cannot eradicate feudal superstition. , even Chen Zhi, in order to further understand the mystery of the lotus tube, could not help but study towards feudal ideas, let alone others?

If there are monks teaching the Dharma in this county, there will be hidden dangers, but if you believe in Taoism, it will not be a good situation. After all, the Yellow Turban Rebellion has only just passed.

None of this involves Chen Zhi’s tendencies and ideology, and is purely from a governance perspective.

"The Taoist master has learned the skills of a political strategist." At this point, Chen Zhi smiled lightly, "I don't know what Buddhism is like, but there are also eminent Buddhist monks who translate classics and talk about Taoism , more importantly, Buddhist temples are spread all over the place nowadays, and many people believe in them. I am just a prefect of one place, and I can’t control many of them. When Buddhist monks come, it’s just a visit. Everyone, that is all voluntary..."

Speaking of this, he gave Henry Zhang and Li Shi a meaningful look.

The former looked normal, but the latter was frightened.

Chen Zhi didn't care about anything else and continued: "Besides, you live in Shu and are good at Taoism. You may have a biased view of things. You regard what one person or one temple does as the intention of the world's ascetics. Moreover, when this eminent Buddhist monk comes here, I Let them use Buddhism to debate and discuss with others. This Buddhism is inherently sinless, and has been translated, summarized, and adapted by many sages before and after it, but Buddhism is different from that Buddhism."

(End of this chapter)