Song Gexing

Chapter 96 Shaolin Abbot
Zhao Fang really had no choice. After several attempts to persuade him failed, he had no choice but to hint at Yao Lin, but this guy acted stupid and pretended not to notice his wink.

After a few rounds, Zhao Fang came to his senses: "No, Xiao Yao, does Jing Wen know about our affairs? You told him, right?"

Seeing that he had spoken, without waiting for Yao Lin's reply, Liu Jisun immediately took it over and said, "It was Junrui who asked me to come back. Your Majesty, there is no need to be upset. I have decided to follow you anyway. Junrui has been very anxious these days. He I’m not good at the ghosts in people’s minds, so I wouldn’t dare to go crazy with you alone.”

When Zhao Fang heard this, it was true. He glared at Yao Lin angrily, then looked at Liu Jisun and said, "Tell me, what have you planned? Don't tell me that you didn't tell others about this secretly."

"It's really not true. Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, think about it for yourself. If others really knew about it, would they remain silent like this?"

Zhao Fang was stunned, "It's true," and couldn't help but asked in confusion, "But it doesn't make sense?"

Liu Jisun laughed and said, "It doesn't make sense? Your Majesty forgot how he threatened Junrui. I don't dare to take that risk. If your Majesty really sneaks away by himself, no one can stop him. Why bother? Why don't you just accompany me?" It's better to go crazy once."

"That's it!"

Zhao Fang thought it was really possible, hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Didn't you tell Xiaoyan?"

Liu Jisun smiled and said: "No! Yan Xiang of the Shuyuan family is very careful and dare not tell him, otherwise his temper will never be hidden from Yan Xiang."

Zhao Fang stared at him seriously and felt relieved when he saw what he said. He sighed in relief and nodded: "That's good. I know that Jing Wen you are doing things safely, so when should we leave?"

Liu Jisun immediately replied that he could do it at any time. Now Zhao Fang was happy, and said happily, "Then let's make preparations today and leave tomorrow morning, and run faster on horseback until they find out that they have already left the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion."

"Your Majesty, you are wise! If you leave in the afternoon, you will not be able to leave the Kaifeng Mansion unless you drive at night."

Liu Jisun flattered Zhao Fang with a gentle flattery, which made Zhao Fang smile happily. He immediately asked Yao Lin to prepare, and he called the two sisters Li Qingyu to explain it quietly.

That night, like a little bee, he went to the houses of several wives and concubines to make love, and then left quietly the next day. He told the wives and concubines that he would not come back for lunch today and would go to the Taoist temple for a ritual ceremony.

From the Liu family in Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhao Fang and his entourage came here after a long journey. After washing and resting, they set off on the road again. There were four more burly men in the team.

It turned out that since Liu Jisun had been exposed, he simply went home and brought four guards. Liu's family is a general and has its own utilitarians, who were prepared to follow him to the post.

As for Lu Yin, he was not needed. He had been appointed as an official by the imperial court and had a series of formalities such as appointment documents and official uniforms. He was just on his way in advance.

Now Liu Jisun and Yao Lin felt much more at ease, but Zhao Fang was muttering uneasy all the way. Also, these four people were not accustomed to him, and they knew his identity, so they couldn't let go of each other.

The most miserable ones are the Li sisters. Zhao Fang has been practicing royal secrets for the past two years, and basically has no daughter-in-law. It doesn't matter if he has many wives, concubines, and concubines at home.

But how could her two sisters resist the attack of tigers and wolves along the way.

Seven days later, a group of people arrived at the Shaolin Temple. Zhao Fang originally didn't want to come here, but Liu Jisun and Yao Lin persuaded him that the world's martial arts is best known from Shaolin. Since he was going to join the martial arts world, how could he not come here to see it.

This idea is correct. There is no Wudang Sect yet, Sanfeng Zhenren has not been born yet, and Shaolin Temple is indeed unique.

The martial monk system allowed by the imperial court since the Tang Dynasty has made Shaolin Temple prosperous forever, and the Song-Tang system also allowed the existence of martial monks in Shaolin.Although the state religion of the Song Dynasty was Taoism, it did not suppress Buddhism. The Song Dynasty was a dynasty in which Buddhism flourished and Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism were integrated into one dynasty.

The prosperity of Neo-Confucianism is due to this, integrating too many Buddhist philosophies, and also influencing the Chinese translation of Buddhism into a local religion.

That is to say, starting from the Song Dynasty, Buddhism was completely separated from Indian Buddhism. Except for Tantra, which still retains some of its original elements, Zen Buddhism can almost be said to be Chinese Buddhism and has nothing to do with India.

And this is not the Central Plains court trying to suppress it and let it change. It is completely a spontaneous change of Buddhism, because Buddhism cannot spread without Chinese culture.

Han culture's stubborn persistence and tolerance of its own traditions leaves all foreign cultures with no choice but to integrate.

Even the later Tibetan Buddhism, the dominant Yellow Sect, also had this problem. Among the five major sects of Tantric Buddhism, the Yellow Sect is the closest to Han Buddhism.

Tsongkhapa refined Sutra and then studied Esoteric Buddhism, and then founded the Gelug Sect. Moreover, the practice method of the Gelug Sect is precisely the process from Sutra to Esoteric Buddhism that he set.

Gelug is a Tibetan word, translated into Chinese it means precepts, so the Gelug Sect should be called the Precepts School.

This is also the main reason why the Gelug Sect rose rapidly, defeating the then number one Red Sect, and becoming the number one school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Precisely because the precepts stipulate that religion cannot participate in secular political power, it has the absolute support of the ruler and is used to suppress other factions.

As for the later integration of politics and religion, that was the reason why later generations of monks violated the precepts. After all, people are selfish, and not everyone can be strict with themselves.

This is the so-called rule that the butt determines the head. Those who usually curse the rich for being unkind, once they become rich themselves, they will immediately become the same as the people they once cursed.

Very few people can maintain their original aspirations. This is the essence of human nature and has nothing to do with wealth, poverty, nobility, good or evil.

"Excellent! Excellent! The visit of King Wei to our temple is a great honor for Shaolin. I heard that King Wei is fond of learning and the temple has a rich collection of books, which can be read by King Wei. It should be a worthwhile trip."

Zen Master Zhiqing, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, personally welcomed him out of the mountain gate. Zhao Fang was so panicked that he hurriedly whispered: "Farewell, Master, please keep your voice down. Xiao Wang is paying a private visit incognito, low-key, low-key!"

Zen Master Zhiqing smiled, clasped his hands and said: "Low-key, low-key, I know this, the poor monk, King Wei invites you!"

After walking quickly into the mountain gate, Zhao Fang breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and complained: "Master, you are not kind. In such a big battle, my secret has been revealed."

Without waiting for Zen Master Zhiqing to answer, he was startled: "No! Old monk, how do you know that I belong to King Wei?"

Zen Master Zhiqing's eyes flashed, and he laughed and said: "After the poor monk entered samadhi last night, he received a revelation from the Buddha, saying that a noble person came to the door today, and the dragon's energy came from the east. When he woke up, he went out to watch the stars, and found that the purple star was shining brightly, and the light was shining. Shaoshi Mountain is like daylight, and I calculate with my fingers that it is impossible for our Emperor Song to come without disturbing the place, so he must be King Wei. King Wei is the Crown Prince of our Song Dynasty, and everyone in the world knows it..."

Zhao Fang stared at the old monk in stunned silence, and what he said was true. He had always thought that the magic stick must have been done by a Taoist priest, but he did not expect that the person he saw today was a monk, and he was also a generation famous all over the world. Eminent monk.

(End of this chapter)