Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, Hanyuan Hall of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Hong, the king of the Tang Dynasty, sat high in the Hanyuan Hall, and below him were all the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, Nanzhao, Siam, Jiaozhi and other countries from below have invaded the upper state, killed our border residents, and occupied our city territory." Li Xiao, the Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty, reported: "I ask your Majesty to issue an edict and send out troops to sweep away the city. Destroy them, promote the power of our Tang Dynasty outside the territory, and declare our virtue.
, educate the barbarian states and turn them into kings. "
Li Hong said slowly: "However, the country has few soldiers, which is not conducive to fighting."
At this time, Yu Jiang, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, I have this report."
Li Hong's eyes slowly fell on Yu Jiang and said: "Ai Qing, please speak."
Yu Jiang slowly took out a book from his sleeve, held it up in both hands and said, "I have a book titled "Population", which can solve the problem of insufficient troops. I present it to your majesty. I hope your majesty will adopt it."
Li Hong said: "Send it up."
"Yes." A chamberlain beside Li Hong sang, then walked down the stairs to Yu Jiang, took the book, and then quickly returned to present the book to Li Hong.
Li Hong took a look at the book and saw three characters "population sparse" written on the front page of the book. Then Li Hong opened the book and read it carefully.
This article "Population" is very simple and clear, and the importance of population is clearly stated at the beginning.
"Population is the foundation of a country's existence, and population is the most important strategic resource of a country..."
"Therefore, the imperial court must not allow a large number of young and middle-aged people to enter the temple and cut off the world of society..."
“Buddhist temples hide filth and dirt, hide people, land and property, and do not pay taxes, grain, or serve. They are the most harmful to the country and the people.”
"If we can destroy Buddhist temples, drive out the dharma of the monks, harvest the fields, and return the monks to secular life, we will surely be able to prosper the country!"
"...I hope your Majesty will learn from it."
Destroying Buddha was a strategy that the Tang Dynasty court had already decided on. Today, a court meeting was specially held to discuss the matter, just to announce it.
So after reading "Population", Li Hong immediately nodded and said: "Ai Qing's plan is very good, I should accept it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Yu Jiang immediately bowed down and thanked him, and then reported: "Your Majesty, I would also like to ask your Majesty to issue an order for the imperial court to allocate money to order officials in various prefectures, prefectures, and counties to carry out large-scale construction projects, and to designate towns and encircle villages. , build a house to house and return to secular life
Monk. "
"Accurate!" Li Hongna admonished.
But Prime Minister Yu Jiang did not stop, but continued: "The imperial court must not only arrange houses for the monks who have returned to secular life, but also preside over the marriages of these monks who have returned to secular life. In addition, the imperial court must also issue an order that if a wife dies, her husband must Marry again within five years.
When an ordinary husband dies, his wife must remarry within five years. "
"We, the Tang Dynasty, will build a prosperous country of great harmony, so that the strong will be useful, the old will be provided for, the young will be able to grow, the young will be educated, the men will have good wives, and the women will have good matches, so as to create prosperity for all generations."
"good!"
Li Hong stood up and said to the civil and military officials: "My lords."
"Your Majesty!" All civil and military officials bowed in unison.
Just listen to Li Honglang's voice: "The sparseness of the prime minister is actually good advice that benefits the country and the people. From now on, it should be our national policy of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" All civil and military officials sang loudly in unison, and the sound shook Hanyuan Hall.
Afterwards, Li Hong said to Prime Minister Yu Jiang: "Prime Minister!"
Yu Jiang immediately bowed and said, "I am here."
Li Hongdao: "I intend to issue an edict to destroy the Buddha and issue it to the world!"
...
Heaven, Taoism, and Buddhism were all paying close attention to this court meeting that took place in the Hanyuan Hall of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, Fang Jian and Nezha were also standing in the clouds, opening their eyes to see everything clearly.
"What is the origin of this person?" Fang Jian asked, pointing to Yu Jiang in Hanyuan Hall.
Nezha took one look at it and immediately said with a smile: "Oh, this man's name is Yu Jiang, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He was poor when he was young. Later he became the number one scholar in his studies and worked his way up to the prime minister. He is a disciple of Confucianism."
"Confucian?" Fang Jian glanced at Nezha in surprise.
Nezha nodded and said, "Yes, Confucianism, the Confucianism of Master Kong."
"Master Kong?" Fang Jian asked doubtfully, "Do you mean Confucius?"
Nezha said: "Yes, that's him. The Human Emperor named him the Most Holy Master of Dacheng. According to this title, the Jade Emperor established the Palace of the Most Holy Master. Confucius was the master of the palace, and his disciples were the fifth-grade teaching officers. ', in charge of the affairs of human education."
Fang Jian heard this and said: "In this case, why doesn't Heaven send people from the Holy Master's Mansion to the earth to teach the creatures in Dongsheng China who are infected by evil thoughts?"
After Fang Jian finished speaking, Nezha looked at him with a strange expression.
"What, am I right?" Fang Jian asked doubtfully.
Nezha looked very strange, and then said: "You will know this later."
"..."
After saying that, Nezha introduced Fang Jian: "This Yujiang Heavenly Court has given him the fifth-grade remote honor, and he will be officially awarded the fifth-grade immortal official after his death."
This is how it is in heaven. Mortals who have great merit, great wisdom, or great knowledge will give you distant honors during their lifetime, and they will be awarded the honor after their death.
For example, Wei Zheng had already received a distant honor from heaven before he was alive, so he was qualified to dream of killing the Dragon King.
But when talking about Wei Zheng, Fang Jian asked: "Where does Wei Zheng serve? Why have I never seen him before?"
Nezha heard this and said, "That Wei Zheng who dreamed of killing the Dragon King?"
"Yes." Fang Jian nodded.
"Oh." Nezha looked at Fang Jian and said, "You are still the judicial god of the Heavenly Court. Don't you even know about the top leader of your Taixuan Bureau?"
When Fang Jian heard this, he was immediately shocked and said: "Wei Zheng is Taixuan Dulu?"
Taixuan Dulu, a super-grade immortal official, is in charge of the Taixuan Bureau.
Taixuan Dulu lived in the Yuqing Palace, and was in charge of the affairs of the world, Tongyu's memorials, the origins of immortals, and the capital punishment, and was in charge of the death penalty records.
After all, this is the Heavenly Court. Fang Jian has been in the Heavenly Court for so long, but he still doesn’t know who the top leader of the Taixuan Bureau is. This is absolutely impossible in the mortal court.
If the Immortal Official has nothing important to do, there is no need or need to visit senior leaders who are not directly in charge of him.
Following the order from the Tang Dynasty court, the entire Tang Dynasty immediately launched a massive campaign to exterminate Buddhism.
The army, government officials, and sergeants armed with military batons, led by officials at the state, prefecture, and county levels, rushed into Buddhist temples everywhere, began to confiscate Buddha statues, drove away monks, and forced them to return to secular life.
And the temples were closed, temple properties were confiscated, and the fields were liquidated...
For a time, the entire Buddhist temples and temples in the Tang Dynasty in Nanzhan were filled with mourning, and the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in various places shed tears of stone one after another.
Even if there are countless believers who block it, how can they withstand the power of the imperial court.
In the Tang Dynasty, where the imperial power was supreme, when the destruction of Buddha was a foregone conclusion, no one could stop it.
Of course, Buddhism will naturally take action at this time. If we don't take action at this time, there will really be no chance at all.
Just when the Tang Dynasty was destroying Buddhism and the Buddhist monks were about to take action, Fang Jian suddenly remembered something and immediately said to Nezha: "Just watch here, I still have something to do, so let's go first."
When Nezha heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
