Facing Zong's salute, Lao Zhu, who knew what was going on with Zong's situation, smiled and shook his head and sighed: "This is not my great blessing, but your own blessing."
Zong Long did not continue to argue with Lao Zhu. He smiled and told Lao Zhu exactly what he wanted to do today and what happened with Han Du.
After hearing this, Lao Zhu ordered without hesitation: "Come here, announce Handu's entry into the palace!"
Han Du came to the imperial study room, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw monk Zong Li sitting opposite Lao Zhu, chatting and laughing with Lao Zhu.
Huh! What happened to this monk? How come he has aged so much after not seeing him for two days? It's not like you're angry with yourself.
Especially Lao Zhu, who was still chatting and laughing with Zong Li at first. When he saw him coming in, his face suddenly darkened and he stared at him as cold as water. Did Han Du feel that he was really angry with him? Otherwise, Lao Zhu would do something to show his face.
"Han Du, a humble minister, pays homage to the emperor."
"Hmph, look at the good thing you did." Lao Zhu rarely let Han Du stand down, but just made him kneel down and directly scolded him sternly.
I? What did I do?
Although when Han Du saw today's formation, the matter must be related to Zong Lai. But Han Du felt that he could still struggle. After all, although what he did was not a good thing for Buddhism, it was definitely a great thing for Ming Dynasty.
Have a clear conscience.
"Please make it clear, Your Majesty." Han Du stared at Zong Lai, as if he was the villain who was telling the truth behind his back.
Zong Long smiled and said: "Look at what the poor monk is doing, and the poor monk has not complained to you in front of the emperor. Your Majesty, Shengming Zhuzhao, do you think the emperor doesn't know about the things you have done?"
Kneeling on the ground only lasted a moment, but Han Du felt it was too painful. In such a short period of time, Han Du felt as if a dozen needles were pricking his knees at the same time.
Taking this opportunity, he got off the slope and Han Du climbed up from the ground.
When Lao Zhu saw Han Du getting up from the ground without his instructions, he couldn't help but twitch his eyelids. He didn't say anything more and acquiesced to the matter.
Han Du looked at Lao Zhu from the corner of his eye and felt relieved when he saw that he didn't say anything. He rolled his eyes, looked at Zong Yi and said with a smile: "Master, have you figured it out in just two days? In fact, if you haven't figured it out yet, you can still give him a few more days to think about it slowly."
Lao Zhu was obviously very dissatisfied with Han Du just now, but now as soon as Han Du's words came out, he stood quietly aside and kept silent.
Since that day, Zong Lai's whole person seemed to have undergone tremendous changes. Originally, he was always cautious in front of Lao Zhu. But now his words and deeds in front of Lao Zhu are much more casual.
"If you want to abolish the world's temples, then show your ability and let the poor monk see if you have this ability."
When Lao Zhu heard this, his body immediately tensed up, and his right hand was hidden inside his sleeve and he pinched again and again. It was clear that Zong Ming had his back to Lao Zhu just now, but when Zong Lao said those words, Lao Zhu felt that Zong Lao looked back at him. But when I think about it carefully, I feel that it is an illusion.
Han Du was surprised by Zong Lai's straightforwardness. He circled around him twice and still didn't understand why his attitude had changed so much.
Maybe it's because people are getting old and their brains are no longer working well.
Han Du was too lazy to think about this. He clapped his hands and said to Zong Lai: "Although Buddhism is full of talented people and the world's monasteries are dotted with countless numbers, you also have a fatal flaw."
"What's the flaw?" Zong Lai looked at Han Du with interest and asked.
I dare to say that Buddhism has flaws. If it were anyone else, Han Du would have been called out by his big mouth.
As a foreign sect, Buddhism was able to rise in a short period of time, and then quickly swept the world. Now Buddhism has completely marginalized local Taoism. Even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a deep connection with their Buddhism. What flaws does such Buddhism have?
Han Du looked at Zong Lai with a smile and said to the point: "Buddhism is indeed well-known to every household, and there are many believers among the people. But have you noticed a problem, that is, people almost only pray to God when they enter the temple Buddhism is only talked about when worshiping Buddha. Ordinary people hardly talk about Buddhism. Do you know what this means?"
Zong Ai didn't pay much attention to Han Du's words at first. He didn't know how many times he had seen this method of suppressing first and then promoting. This trick of Han Du was naturally not surprising to Zong Lin. But following Han Du's words, Zong Li couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Indeed, as Han Du said, although Tianjie Temple is very popular with incense, there are countless pilgrims who enter Tianjie Temple to offer incense every day. But Zong Lai had almost never heard people talking about Buddhism. Even if they were offering incense, ordinary pilgrims would just leave without any hesitation, let alone talk about Buddhism in their mouths.
Only those high-ranking officials would go to the Zen room to talk with monks they knew well and discuss some scriptures.
"Why is this?" He asked if he didn't understand. Zong Lai's words and deeds now seemed to be arbitrary.
Han Du glanced at Lao Zhu out of the corner of his eye and saw that he was looking directly at him, and then turned back to look at Zong Lai. I thought, I still took the bait.
"The reason is very simple, that is, although Buddhism has a large number of scriptures, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a vast number, but these are all for monks like you. From the beginning to the end, you do not have a scripture for the common people to listen to. . If you have not sincerely entered into the hearts of the people, how can the people take you to heart?"
If you don’t sincerely enter the hearts of the people, how can the people take Buddhism into their hearts?
As if a thunderbolt flashed through Zong's mind, he looked at Han Du blankly and murmured to himself: "If you haven't entered the hearts of the people, is this what you said, to mold the golden body into the hearts of the people?" reason?"
Shape the golden body into the hearts of the people? What the hell is this? Lao Zhu looked at Han Du in surprise. He didn't understand how this kid had such a big brain. How could he come up with so many novel ideas?
After Zong Yi thought for a long time, he looked up at Han Du and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "But it's so difficult to write a sutra that can make the people happy. Anyway, a poor monk can't do it. The road is blocked." Zong Lai's meaning was obvious. Although Han Du's words made sense, they were simply impossible to implement and naturally of no use.
Since it is of no use, Han Du's idea of wanting Buddhism to give up the temple field will naturally not be agreed to by him.
