Eight Hills in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Yu Yue sighed: "Actually, to be honest, it's not that the head of our aristocratic family is concerned that there are more and more descendants of this kind, and everyone needs to take care of them. The land of the family is constantly divided, and the things that are getting less and less are turned a blind eye, but the fact is not as simple as you think, because most of these children themselves are often the product of political marriages, not only the land and resources of the father's family, but also the mother's family. Yes, it must also be taken into account, if you want to send them to become monks, even if the father is determined to do so, how can the mother, the mother's family, let it go?"

The black robe nodded: "It has always been the case that it is difficult for an upright official to decide on family affairs. However, even if there is no such thing as sending a son into the temple, there are still few insidious and cruel methods in the family to fight for the heir. Is it? The more you have a big family, the less you have the feeling of brotherhood, and even your own brothers are the most terrible enemies. Yugong, you are in the process of sitting on the head of this family. There are not a few things.”

A trace of helplessness and fear flashed in Yu Yue's eyes, and she lowered her head and murmured: "You are right. Behind every successful head of a family, there are tragic things that cannot be explained to outsiders. I have hurt my uncle. , killed my younger brother, abolished my son, and killed several wives and concubines, all in order to have my status today, and also for the succession of the Yu family. The reason why I can sacrifice my position and put away my childhood Zhang Kuang, I’m cooperating with Liu Yu today, trying to curry favor with Liu Yi tomorrow, and now I’m going to work with you again, isn’t it just for this?”

"Sometimes, when I dream back at midnight, I will be awakened by various nightmares. The most frequent of these nightmares is not how Liu Yi harmed me, but that I will die at the hands of my own brother, or even my own son. Sometimes I I would also think, don’t fight, don’t fight, just become a monk and practice Taoism, stay away from these disputes, don’t care about world affairs, and live a free life, but I sat like this for a while, and at dawn, in the courtyard next door, my Son, the voices of my nephews getting up early to study can be heard again, and I have to return to reality and face this endless round of disputes again.”

The black robe laughed: "So, people in the world don't know the troubles of you children of aristocratic families. To solve these troubles, maybe Buddhism is the best way. If there are not so many sons vying for power, why are there these disputes?" ? If we only maintain the size of the current family, and let only the eldest son inherit the family business in the form of title inheritance, then there is no need to plunder and plunder and create countless grievances in order to arrange countless descendants."

"Actually, most of the time these children don't want to fight for themselves, but for their mothers and the people around them. This, after all, relying on a son of a family means that a large number of people can follow him to get rich. However, if the world knows that this kind of non-eldest son will also occupy similar resources as the eldest son, after a few generations, the world will be There is no land to divide, and it is all in the hands of dozens, hundreds of descendants of noble families."

"But the number of people in the world is also endless. Even the descendants of the dilapidated gentry will become farmers. If there are thousands or tens of thousands of descendants of the family, they will occupy all the land in the world and enslave countless people. There are millions, tens of millions of people, sooner or later someone will rise up."

"You children of aristocratic families always think that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are far away from you, but after experiencing Sun En's rebellion and Liu Yu's Qiu Ba, do you still think so now? You occupy the land and control the tenants, but because of I like leisure and hate work, I don’t want to sweat and bleed, and I lost my military power, and I put myself in the position of a lamb to be slaughtered. Not to mention the days before, even the current situation cannot be maintained forever. Rather than when the time comes It’s better to think of another way to avoid this kind of thing from happening again.”

Yu Yue shook her head, her face full of unwillingness: "Is there really no other way, is it just to become a monk? Even if I agree, most people in the family, especially the child's mother, will not agree. .”

The black robe said indifferently: "Don't act too hastily, take it step by step, if it is a lady from a family who married into the door, and it is also the child of your wives, don't rush to do this, let those concubines with low status The concubine born to the Buddha, you must know that these children have no status in the family, and they have been bullied all the time.

If they can become a monk in exchange for their mother to live a relatively better life at home and no longer be beaten, scolded and bullied like slaves, it may not be a bad thing for their mother and son. "

Yu Yue nodded thoughtfully and said: "Yes, mothers are more expensive than their sons, but they are often implicated in the opposite way. There are not many sons, or even a family with only one son. The sons of these concubines will also become a threat, so Hitting his mother is the best way to get rid of this bastard, I have experienced this kind of thing several times myself, family disturbances~www.readwn.com~ are really no more difficult than Liu Yu for people to worry about."

The black robe smiled slightly: "That's it, let these **** become monks first, and then they can be clean and inactive, and no longer become the party fighting for interests in the family. They are in a weak position and want to seize the throne as bastards. Those who are difficult to reach the blue sky will have the risk of being kicked out or even losing their lives in the battle. Therefore, if they can escape into Buddhism, give them a sum of incense money every year to ensure that they can live a good life in the temple. Then let his mother live out her life at home, and most people will accept it.”

"This is the case here in the post-Qin period, including other Hu people's countries. At the beginning, I definitely couldn't bear to be separated like this. But if we can meet each other often, for example, the mother often visits her son in the name of burning incense and worshiping Buddha, and gradually accept these Buddhist teachings. , see through the world of mortals, and feel relieved. Now even some fierce barbarian tribes on the grassland, after accepting Buddhism, are the eldest son succeeding, and the younger brothers become monks. After believing in this set, they will fight and kill. Instincts have weakened a lot.”

Yu Yue frowned slightly: "But in this way, many people will become monks, from the concubine to their guards and servants. This means that many Buddhist temples will be built. How can this place be guaranteed?"

The black robe laughed: "Yugong, don't you know that after Sakyamuni enlightened to the Dharma, the first batch of people who preached extradition were his five guards?"