Yu Yue murmured to himself: "But Liu Yu's idea of equality for everyone sounds much better than being a Buddhist. At least you can drink wine, eat meat, marry a wife and have children, and there is no need to practice hard. Anyway, if If I have to choose, I still want to choose Liu Yu's approach, which will give me the opportunity to achieve meritorious service and win titles, so that my children may study in public schools in the future, be literate, and have better prospects than myself. Why not? Why not?"
The black robe smiled slightly: "But you have overlooked one point. The hopes Liu Yu gave to the people must be military merit, knighthood, and battlefield honors. To achieve this, shouldn't it mean killing people and setting fire to destroy the country and bring peace to the country? Liu Yu said that this was a meritorious service and the people were willing to follow it, but if it is a Buddhist theory, it is a sin. After death, you will go to Avici Hell, and in the next life, you will become animals, flowers and plants, and be slaughtered by others. If everyone If you believe in Buddhism, do you think there are still people who are willing to fight and kill?"
Yu Yue suddenly slapped his head: "High, really high. I finally understand why you said that this Buddhist theory is the best way to break Liu Yu's theory. It does sound impeccable."
At this point, Yu Yue's eyes suddenly lit up, and a look of doubt flashed across his face again. He looked at the black robe and said, "But didn't the Later Qin also send troops to fight, and didn't they also commit murder and commit crimes? Yao Xing believed in Buddhism, The soldiers and civilians of the Later Qin Dynasty believed in Buddhism, so what happened if they picked up swords and guns and came to kill people and fight?"
The black robe smiled slightly: "That is to punish the evil and promote the good. Before the Later Qin sent troops, Kumarajiva, the national advisor of the Later Qin, would perform rituals and pray for the soldiers who went out. You must know that this battle is not to win the war. It is a good deed for the people of the country to either rob the people for slavery, but to help the people of the Jin Dynasty to protect their homes and the country. Tianshi Dao is cruel and brutal, killing people like crazy. This is known to the world, and the Jin army was unable to resist, resulting in These people fell into the hands of the Celestial Master Dao, and they were forced to join the Celestial Master Dao to fight in the war. If they didn't obey, their entire family would be killed. Do you think this is the behavior of demons and monsters as described in Buddhism?"
Yu Yue laughed: "According to Buddhist theory, these people have committed sins in their previous lives, and they have to repay them in this life. All kinds of disasters, misfortunes, pains, especially military disasters, aren't these karma-eliminating behaviors?"
The black robe said calmly: "Buddhist theory is not as simple as you think. Just like Confucianism, the king is the emperor and represents the herdsmen of heaven. Therefore, he can have unlimited power and can kill and kill everyone, but it also leaves a loophole. It is the five elements of destiny, and heaven and man sense these. If the king is tyrannical, he will be abandoned by heaven, and a new son of destiny will appear to replace the old monarch and establish a new dynasty. Therefore, in Confucianism, if it is Jie, Zhou Such a tyrant will eventually be abandoned by heaven. The result of helping the tyrant is to perish together with him. Therefore, the saying in Confucian theory that those who are aware of current affairs are heroes, this is for ministers to abandon the regime that is destined to perish in troubled times. Turning to Mingzhu and creating this theoretical statement is not considered betrayal."
Yu Yue nodded: "Yes, this Confucian theory is indeed powerful. It can perfectly explain the timing of the replacement of the old with the new and how to maintain loyalty to the emperor. Without this theory of destiny and five elements, then all nobles and nobles should, Those who were deprived of the imperial salary had to accompany the old dynasty to its death. Finally, in the process of establishing the new dynasty, those nobles who raised armies and led them were also traitors. In this way, the word loyalty could not be persisted at all, and the world was full of dissatisfaction. established by the faithful."
At this point, Yu Yue laughed: "I have done this kind of talk a lot. When it comes to the evolution of Confucianism, in fact, at the time of Confucius, there was no such thing as being ordered by heaven and having unlimited power, because at that time the Emperor of Zhou He has become a puppet and can hardly command any princes. Even Confucius himself did not serve as an official for the Emperor of Zhou, nor did he serve the Lu State for a long time. Instead, he led his disciples to tour various countries. After all, all countries were nominally vassals of the Emperor of Zhou. From the State of Lu to the State of Wei and the State of Song, it is neither disloyal nor treason."
"So the scholars during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were very free. They could defect to other countries at will and serve the monarchs of other countries without any accusation of disloyalty or betrayal. Like Shang Yang, who was originally a Weiguo, but later He went to the State of Wei and became a disciple of the Communist Party of China, and later went to the State of Qin to achieve great achievements. It was only after he defeated the State of Wei that he achieved his great reputation. If this kind of behavior were changed to today, some of the officials of the Jin State would go to Nanyan or later Qin brought the enemy army back to defeat the Jin army. That was
An act of unquestionable treason and disloyalty. "
"But after Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms, unified the world, and established the Qin Dynasty, the situation changed. The Zhou Emperor, who was previously weak and like a puppet, became Qin Shihuang, who had the power in the world, and the feudal system also became a county. The county system, the guards in various places, and the chiefs are no longer hereditary princes and nobles, but officials appointed by the Emperor of Qin, who can be withdrawn and transferred at any time. So in the Han Dynasty, the great scholar Dong Zhongshu created the idea that the king has unlimited power and is ordered by heaven. This set of theories greatly strengthened the centralization of power, saying that the emperor on earth was the Son of Heaven, acting on behalf of the herdsmen in heaven, emphasizing loyalty and filial piety, and taking Confucius's theory of respecting kings and rejecting barbarians a big step forward."
"But Dong Zhongshu also left behind these theories about the replacement of the Five Elements and the transfer of destiny. Although they were not accepted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at that time, they became emphasized by later Confucians. We, Black Hand Qiankun, want to act under this theory. The method to limit the power of the king is not to allow a tyrant to control the world, kill nobles arbitrarily, and bring harm to the world. If the tyrant brings harm to the world, then get rid of him and prevent him from harming others. This is the most loyal thing to the world, because This world is the world of the people, not the world of an emperor. If the emperor's desires are contrary to the needs of all the people in the world, then he is a *** and should be eliminated!"
The black robe laughed and even clapped softly: "Yes, yes, Yu Gong's free speech and debate skills are really amazing. It seems that you usually discuss these issues with Confucian scholars. In the end, what you discussed The result is that power cannot be concentrated in one person, but has to be governed by a group of people, the monarch and his ministers, and the country is governed collectively. This is the origin of the aristocratic family and the world, right."
Yu Yue nodded proudly: "Yes, that's right. Lord Black Robe, how do you think Buddhism explains this? If all living beings are equal, why do we need kings to rule and manage? Why are there still people in the world? Disasters and wars? By letting the people face these disasters on their own without resisting, isn’t that eliminating karma and accumulating virtue? Why does the Buddha need to save all sentient beings?”
