Wang Ben looked at Hu Hai dumbfounded: "You are treasonous. Aren't you afraid of falling into hell in the future?"
Hu Hai shook his head: "Abbott, I will not enter hell, but will achieve enlightenment. If you do as I say, Buddhism will spread throughout the Qin Dynasty, and I don't know how many people will be saved."
"Abbott, are you spreading Buddhism to save people? Or are you doing it for fame? If it is to save people, what difference does it make if the Buddha is Sakyamuni or Laodan?"
Wang Ben was speechless.
He had already experienced Hu Hai's eloquence and knew that he could not argue with him.
But is it really okay to spread Buddhism in this way?
Seeing that Wang Bi was still a little hesitant, Hu Hai continued to say in a bewitching voice: "Abbott, think about it carefully. If one day in the future, Buddhism really flourishes in the Qin Dynasty. At that time, we will tell the world about Buddhism and Taoism. Isn’t it okay if it doesn’t matter?”
Wang Ben looked at Hu Hai in surprise: "This...isn't this going back on his word?"
Hu Hai smiled: "It may take hundreds of years for Buddhism to really prosper. Hundreds of years have passed, who knows what happened before?"
"We can even say that Buddhism was originally transmitted from the Peacock Kingdom. It's just that some shameless Taoists, in order to increase their social status, attached themselves to Buddhism in a far-fetched way."
"Then let's have another big debate and tell the people that Buddhism was actually transmitted from the Peacock Kingdom, and that's it."
Wang Ben was silent.
Hu Hai smiled and said: "If the abbot has no objection, the young monk will do it."
Wang Ben still said nothing.
So Hu Hai strode out.
"No." Wang Ben said softly.
But Hu Hai had already walked out of the door at this time, and he probably couldn't hear the gentle objection.
Wang Ben looked at Hu Hai's back and sighed.
He doesn't know now whether he will achieve positive results in the future by doing this, or whether he will fall into the Abi Hell.
And Hu Hai was very happy, as more than half of his plan had been completed.
Next, Hu Hai will publish a series of articles in newspapers to make his name known to the world again.
In the Peacock Kingdom, the founder of Buddhism is naturally Sakyamuni. But Hu Hai is very sure that in the near future, the founder of Buddhism in Great Qin will be Hu Hai.
Of course, Hu Hai has no interest in becoming a Buddha. What he really wants is prestige. With reputation, many things can be done.
After Hu Hai returned to his room, he found the manuscript that he had prepared long ago, and then asked a vegetable seller to take it to Shangjun Courtyard.
Some of these manuscripts were excerpted by Hu Hai from Buddhist scriptures to teach people to be kind and compassionate.
Some of them were compiled by Hu Hai based on his own understanding of Buddhist scriptures. For example, a cruel and easy-to-kill person is reincarnated into a sheep after his death, and his flesh is cut off piece by piece, etc...
After the handyman arrived at Shangjun's courtyard, he handed these articles to the people in the printing house.
After the people from the printing house saw it, they immediately asked Fu Yao for instructions.
Fu Yao thought there was nothing wrong with it, so he sent it to the publishing room for review.
The publishing room is now divided into two distinct parts.
A relatively small group is responsible for reviewing the publication of books. The other part is large in number and is responsible for reviewing newspapers.
After reading these articles, these people felt that these articles taught people to be kind and there was nothing wrong with them, so they agreed.
As a result, Hu Hai's exposition of Buddhism was quickly put into print.
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"Is this the printing factory? It's really amazing." A group of ministers stood at the door of the printing factory, looking inside.
Ao Fu, Niu Dao and others looked at these courtiers with puzzled faces, wondering what on earth these people were here to do.
Starting from this afternoon, the number of courtiers visiting Shangjun's Courtyard increased suddenly.
People used to come to Shangjun Courtyard to play, but that was just to watch the fun. But today is different. They are extra serious and want to understand the principles of everything.
Cang Fu said to Niu Calf: "Is the imperial examination coming soon?"
Niu Dao thought for a while and said, "It's probably because of this. These courtiers usually don't work hard, but at a critical moment, they want to study suddenly."
Cangfu and Niudu thought that these courtiers were here to learn. In fact... they are here to find a loophole.
They want to find some evidence of rebellion in Shangjun Courtyard.
The easiest way to find evidence is to look for evidence from etiquette.
For example, when enjoying a banquet dance, the number of people exceeds the limit, which is suspected of overstepping.
But they searched around and found that there was no dancing girl here at all.
These courtiers were all a little disappointed, and shook their heads and thought: Don't these Huaiguzi people watch singing and dancing? Then what's the fun in living?
Then, they began to look for whether Huaiguzi had used any prohibited utensils privately. Such as tripod, such as robe, such as...
As a result, they searched around and found nothing. It was even discovered that Huaiguzi lived a very simple life and did not seem to pay attention to this.
The courtiers were all speechless: This locust millet is really strange. Guarding a mountain of gold and silver, don’t you know how to enjoy it?
These courtiers talked a lot, and their words finally reached the ears of Niu Calf and Cang Fu.
The two people did not guess that the courtier's real purpose was to find evidence of rebellion. They thought that the courtier was still the same as before and simply couldn't stand the banishment of immortals.
Aangfu looked at the backs of the courtiers, shook his head, and said with some disdain: "These people are really ignorant."
The calf nodded: "That's right. Gorgeous robes and beautiful utensils are useless. I don't know why so many people are so keen on those things."
Aang Fu hummed: "Exiled Immortal, he is an immortal after all. He is well-informed and naturally knows what good things are. He is much smarter than these superficial people."
Niu Dao and Cang Fu had seen with their own eyes how the banished immortal played with cameras and gramophones.
How to use a curved mirror to focus sunlight and boil a pot of water...
In their opinion, this is advanced gameplay.
The courtiers walked around the Shangjun Courtyard for most of the time, but still found nothing.
After some discussion, they decided that they had to resort to the last resort: to make false rumors and create trouble.
Low-level rumors will be exposed and then prosecuted.
There is no way to expose high-level rumors, or in other words, it will take hundreds of years to verify them. Such a long time is almost equivalent to not being exposed.
So they visited Shangjun's courtyard together and quietly discussed several charges.
The first crime: the fertilizer used to banish the immortal. Courtiers believed that chemical fertilizers seemed to increase production, but were actually very harmful to the human body.
Crops grown using chemical fertilizers are forcibly ripened by some special means. These grains have been alienated.
After a person eats it, his body will undergo corresponding alienation. You may get the disease and it may be passed on to the next generation.
Therefore, the banishment to immortality was for his own temporary achievements and harmed the Qin Dynasty for generations to come.
The genius of this rumor is that it is difficult to prove it false.
How do you prove it? People eat food every day. Suddenly one day someone falls ill. How can you prove that it was not caused by eating chemically fertilized food?
As for the harmful effects of chemical fertilizers, they will be passed on to the next generation. How to debunk this rumor? Unless you start looking at generations of people.
A generation of twenty or thirty years, if you look at four or five generations like this, hundreds of years have passed.
By then, the rumormongers have turned to dirt and they don’t care.
The courtiers were pleased with this rumor.
Then, they pieced together a second rumor. This second rumor is about witchcraft.
When they visited Shangjun Courtyard, they discovered that there were some houses deep underground. To enter there, you need to pay a special fee.
After the courtiers entered, they found that there were no lights on the ground and it was dark.
Inside, there are many furs.
Xiangli Zhu and his men were rubbing the furs vigorously, and then sparks appeared on the furs, accompanied by a crackling sound.
The courtiers were shocked. Someone blurted out: lightning.
In the darkness, Xiangli Zhu turned his head and said faintly to him: "Yes, this is lightning."
"We have confirmed through experiments that this is essentially the same thing as lightning. It's just that the power of lightning is very huge, but this power is very small."
The courtiers looked shocked.
Xiangli Zhu ordered someone to light the oil lamp, and then said with some pride: "Everyone, please take a look."
Her assistant pulled out something strange-looking. This thing looks like a north compass, but with scales painted on it.
On this needle, two more silver threads stretched out.
Xianglizhu said: "This thing is called an electric needle. These two threads are made of silver. If electricity passes through these silver threads, the electric needle will shake."
Then, Xianglizhu ordered someone to rub the fur.
Sure enough, the electric needle moved. And the higher the frequency of friction, the greater the amplitude of the electric needle shaking.
Xianglizhu said that the amplitude of electroacupuncture represents the size of the current.
Some courtiers couldn't help but said: "Is Mr. Toyota planning to use this thing to... create lightning? Isn't that too labor-intensive?"
Xiangli Zhu laughed loudly: "Using this method to create lightning will probably wear off all the wool in the world."
"But there are many ways to get electricity."
Later, Xianglizhu showed them that he soaked a dark, unknown object in a pungent solution, and then obtained an electric current.
Xianglizhu said: "Although electricity cannot be seen or touched, we now suspect that it is widespread in the world."
The courtiers asked: "But what is the use of this thing?"
Xianglizhu waved his hand, and someone brought over a plate with a piece of meat on it.
Those with sharp eyes recognized it as a frog leg.
A frog with only one leg left can be said to be dead.
However, when Xiangli Zhu ordered someone to connect electricity to the frog's leg, the leg began to shake rapidly and struggled to jump out of the plate.
The courtiers were so frightened that they howled like ghosts and wolves, swarmed out and crawled to the ground.
Xianglizhu folded his arms, looked at their backs, and said speechlessly: "As for it?"
The courtiers no longer dared to visit the Shangjun Courtyard and fled the place in groups.
After they went out, they suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity.
Shangjun Courtyard actually made such weird things that can make dead frogs move.
Isn't this witchcraft? If this were not witchcraft, there would be no witchcraft in the world.
So the courtiers happily went back to write the memorial.
In the memorial, the three major crimes of Shangjun Courtyard were listed.
First, using chemical fertilizers to harm people in the world.
Second, they intend to create thunder and lightning, obtain the divine power between heaven and earth, and plot evil.
Third, they confuse yin and yang and develop the art of witchcraft. They don’t know who they want to curse or who they want to harm.
Of these three major crimes, except for the first one, it cannot be verified. Articles 2 and 3 were all witnessed by the courtiers.
This time they are very confident that they can definitely defeat Huaiguzi.
Therefore, all courtiers who had some ideas wrote memorials.
Zhou Qingchen and his group were still indifferent and observed quietly.
They did not refute, but quietly wrote down the names of these courtiers.
Li Shui told them before he left that if the courtiers had any ideas, they should ignore them and they would naturally solve them when he came back.
Therefore, Zhou Qingchen and others faithfully carried out this order.
After Ying Zheng received the memorial, he read it for a long time and then called all the people who wrote the memorial.
These people were in high spirits, thinking that the emperor was going to order the confiscation of Shangjun's courtyard and then reward them.
Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng stared at them for a long time, and then said to the little official next to him: "Count them. According to the number of words, one stick for each word. Determine their punishment based on the number of words in their memorial."
Several of the courtiers fainted on the spot.
These people write memorials in a eloquent and eloquent manner, which can easily reach tens of thousands of words. If tens of thousands of sticks were used to hit him, there would probably be no bones left, right?
The young eunuch boldly said: "Your Majesty, in that case, these adults may not be able to survive."
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said, "Then let their families and relatives share the burden."
The young eunuch responded and led the courtiers down.
The courtiers cried: "Your Majesty, why is this?"
Ying Zheng looked like he was too lazy to pay attention to them.
Soon, an execution ground was opened outside the palace. These courtiers, together with their families, totaling nearly tens of thousands of people, were beaten together. The scene was really spectacular.
What's even more amazing is that until now, these courtiers don't know why they were beaten.
They naturally attributed all this to: His Majesty was deceived by Huaiguzi. His Majesty was too fond of Huaiguzi, so he was no longer indiscriminate.
The caning lasted for three days.
On the third day, everyone had been beaten and was carried home on stretchers.
At this time, the courtiers saw Zhou Qingchen and his group.
These people were eating wheat flowers and looking at the embarrassed courtiers, looking very comfortable.
The courtiers all cast resentful glances at Zhou Qingchen, and some even shouted: "Evil prevails over good. Although we were beaten today, we will definitely leave a mark in history in the future."
Zhou Qingchen sighed and said to them: "You still don't know why you were beaten?"
He said quietly: "Toyoda's invention can make dead frogs move. What did you think of?"
The courtiers looked at each other: "Witchcraft?"
Zhou Qingchen looked like he was looking at an idiot and reminded the courtiers: "Longevity."
There was a buzzing sound, and the heads of the courtiers seemed to explode.
Now they finally understood why His Majesty beat them.
This beating was not unfair at all.
Many people began to regret: Why didn’t they think about immortality?
In the end, they thought about it and finally came to a conclusion: Banished Immortal must have been neglecting his duties for too long, and everyone had forgotten that his original duty was to make immortality elixirs.
