Comprehensive martial arts: Summon Li Chungang and ask Wu Zetian for advice

Chapter 40 My Ming Dynasty does not need Buddhism
"Da Tang?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the change?"

"Your Majesty, Cihang Jingzhai of the Tang Dynasty appeared in the Forbidden City to preach and recite scriptures."

"Cihang Jingzhai?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao sneered, and his eyes suddenly became stern.

"Buddhist? Preach? Save sentient beings?"

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, his expression was indifferent, and his tone was extremely cold: "Without my permission, who allowed them to preach in the Ming Dynasty?"

"My Ming Dynasty does not need Buddhism."

In his opinion.

Buddhism only talks empty words and deceives believers to live on alms and external charity, without any sense of self-reliance and self-improvement. It is really shameful.

These Buddhist schools not only do not engage in childbirth, but also advocate that all living beings stay away from the world and take refuge in Buddhism and do not engage in childbirth.

If everyone in the world believed in Buddhism, there would still be people engaged in various activities such as production.

that time.

If the country is no longer a country, will the Ming Dynasty still be the Ming Dynasty?

Moreover, those Buddhist disciples often talk about the suffering of all sentient beings, but they advocate leaving the world and severing desires and paying attention to the purity of the six roots.

Even if something really happened, I would just recite the Rebirth Mantra silently for peace of mind.

but.

What use would that have to all living beings?

As for the so-called clear rules and precepts, the Six Precepts of Buddhism are even more ridiculous.

Those so-called enlightened monks only pretend to be pious on the surface, but in fact they are a group of greedy people who are greedy for power and wealth.

There are countless temples springing up all over the world, and behind each temple there are hundreds of acres of mansions and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

In every monastery, people live a life that is far richer than that of the poor people.

After these people became wealthy, they began to purchase large amounts of nearby fields and enclose the land. They were no different from those of aristocratic families.

But even so, they still collect incense money from poor people in the name of worshiping the Buddha.

What made Zhu Houzhao even more angry was that he could not tolerate Buddhist sects such as Cihang Jingzhai and others. There was another more important reason.

That is, even though they occupy an area of ​​thousands of acres, they do not engage in production and at the same time they do not have to pay taxes or serve in the military.

The decline of national power in the Ming Dynasty in recent years is certainly related to the monopoly of all resources by aristocratic families.

Among them, Buddhism played a role in fueling the flames.

Those aristocratic families usually collude with temples and attribute their wealth to the name of the temple, so that they are exempt from taxes.

This also led to the Ming Dynasty's treasury becoming increasingly empty year by year, and its national power becoming extremely weak.

It can be said.

The entire Ming Dynasty may be poor, but those aristocratic families and Buddhist temples must not be poor.

He could allow religions to exist within the Ming Dynasty, and even hundreds of schools of thought, and the situation in which a hundred schools of thought contended was what he wanted to see.

But this definitely does not include Buddhism.

Whether it is Buddhism or those aristocratic families, they are parasites to the Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming Dynasty really wanted to be rich and powerful, it would really want to dominate the world in the future.

These parasites must be eradicated.

Although these are things he will do in the future.

But now Cihang Jingzhai is openly preaching in the Ming Dynasty, which has touched his bottom line.

"Werecat!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly became cold and stern, his tone was extremely cold, and he ordered: "There are no Buddhas allowed in the Ming Dynasty. Arrest Cihang Jingzhai and bring him to justice!"

"After today, Buddhism is not allowed to preach or recite sutras without my permission. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed!"

now.

He was already angry.

He had no sympathy for Buddhism.

"In addition, order those grandmaster armies to dispatch. It's time for them to see the details of my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Houzhao put his hands behind his back, his eyes were extremely sharp, and his tone was extremely domineering.

After all, the summit of the Forbidden City was so powerful that even Cihang Jingzhai of the Tang Dynasty appeared.Nowadays, there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons in the Forbidden City, and the various political forces are extremely complicated.

He didn't care about the palace, but the common people in the city were trembling with fear.

We can also take this opportunity to beat those charlatans.

Since the water at the top of the Forbidden City is already deep enough, he doesn't mind making the water muddied.

Maybe a few unexpected big fish will pop out.

after all.

From beginning to end, Great Qin, the most powerful country in the world, remained silent.

He did not believe that the ambitious Ying Zheng would let go of this excellent opportunity to weaken the Ming Dynasty's national power.

I'm afraid Daming had already made a plan, but the people in Dongchang and Hulong Villa didn't discover it.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The human cat took a step forward and said respectfully, feeling awe-inspiring in his heart.

He had never seen Zhu Houzhao so angry, which made him very surprised and disturbed.

At the same time, a strong doubt arose in his heart.

But after following Zhu Houzhao for so many days, he also understood that Zhu Houzhao had a one-size-fits-all character.

So he didn't ask any more questions and just retreated.

After the human cat retreats.

Zhu Houzhao's anger was still not gone, and he asked Wu Meiniang on the side: "Do you think I went too far by doing this?"

Go too far?

Wu Meiniang's heart sank. Maybe she thought it was too hasty before.

But after seeing the strength of the old Heavenly Master, all this became natural.

"I don't think so. Since your Majesty is targeting Buddhism, he must have his own deep intentions."

Wu Meiniang's eyes flashed, she pondered for a moment and then said: "I just think that the Cihang Jingzhai sect can be destroyed easily. But it will be difficult to destroy Buddhism in the world."

after all.

There are so many Buddhist monks spread all over the world that they cannot be destroyed by simply destroying them.

"Not bad." Zhu Houzhao nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

"It's just that I never thought of using the power of the Ming Dynasty to destroy Buddhism."

"You don't need the Ming Dynasty court? What do you do?"

Wu Meiniang looked at Zhu Houzhao suspiciously, and was even more puzzled by Zhu Houzhao's words.

In his opinion.

The only forces Zhu Houzhao can rely on now are the Heavenly Master and the Ming Dynasty.

Just at this time.

She suddenly thought of Wanwan and the Demon Sect in her mind.

Since it is not the power of the Ming Dynasty, then it is only the Demon Sect.

The demon sect and the Buddhist sect have always had an intractable feud and are irreconcilable.

If we support the Demon Sect, we can really destroy the Demon Sect with the power of the sect.

at this time.

She just felt that her thoughts were too shallow and stupid.

She never thought that Zhu Houzhao had such foresight and started planning all this from the day Wanwan entered the palace.

"Your Majesty, I really admire your foresight and foresight."

Wu Meiniang said this, her voice full of respect and admiration.

"I never thought that Jianghu and the imperial court were far apart. They were two things that were out of reach."

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, turned his eyes and looked into the distance, his voice full of confidence and determination.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

Wu Meiniang looked at Zhu Houzhao in surprise, her voice full of doubts and confusion.

(End of this chapter)