Seeing that Guo Kang was obviously unhappy, Zhu Wenkui was even more anxious than Jeanne and her daughter.
Guo Kang turned around and was about to say goodbye to them, saying that he would escort Princess Ma and others in their car to leave first, and asked Jessica and other "big officials from the royal palace" to play with Princess Jeanne for a while, and called Zhu Wenkui to go too.
Zhu Wenkui looked at Jeanna and her daughter, wanting them to apologize to Guo Kang. But Princess Jeanne didn't know whether she didn't react or was unwilling to accept it, so she never spoke.
"Master Guo, please stay!" Zhu Wenkui shouted quickly.
Upon hearing this, Guo Kang quickly quickened his pace.
There is a famous joke in the Purple Horde Khanate. At the beginning, in order to publicize his achievements, Emperor Timur hired people to write many works about his deeds. Some Persians brought these literary works to the Purple Horde Khanate, and after adaptation, many popular historical scripts of this era were produced.
In the storybook, Timur is a diligent and pious figure who devotes himself to calling on believers from all walks of life to join in jihad every day. The church members often had their own reasons for not wanting to participate, so he would seriously persuade everyone to participate.
In various story excerpts, there are often plots where church members do not listen to him and just ride away. At this time, Emperor Timur would shout "Fellow members, please stay" and then go to persuade others.
However, no matter whether the holy war is lost or won, in the end of the story, the church members basically suffer a big loss.
Because this kind of thing happened so many times, the imperial literati hired by Emperor Timur's uncle couldn't tell whether there was any connection here. As time went by, everyone regarded "Friends, please stay" as a fixed meme and joked about it every day. Some people think this is an unlucky word and should be avoided as much as possible.
Seeing him running away, Zhu Wenkui looked around, hesitated for a moment, decisively left his aunt and cheap sister whose identity was unknown, and went after his good brother Guo Kang.
At the side of the motorcade, Guo Kang looked at Zhu Wenkui who was chasing him and was a little surprised: "Why don't you go over there and follow them?"
"Aunt Jeanne is a princess of a country and can protect herself. If my sister stays there for a while, there won't be any problems." Zhu Wenkui explained: "I was afraid that you would have any misunderstandings with everyone, so I told you Come and ask."
"Oh, don't worry about it." Guo Kang shook his head: "This is probably a matter of religious identity. This kind of thing cannot be forced."
Just as she was talking, Princess Ma opened the car window and asked, "What happened?"
"It's nothing, it's just that Aunt Jeana's religious views are somewhat different from ours." Zhu Wenkui walked over quickly and told his mother: "If we continue to talk, I'm afraid it will hurt the peace. It's better to stop here. Let's go home first."
He spoke in a rather cryptic way, as if neither party wanted to offend. But Princess Ma was obviously not stupid, and she understood what he meant in just a few words.
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"Uh...just some political affairs, current affairs and the like." Zhu Wenkui said.
"Oh, this is not good." Princess Ma glanced at Guo Kang, then quickly turned her head and said to Zhu Wenkui: "We are all friends and relatives here, how can we make trouble over a trivial matter? Go and persuade them to come back. .”
"Ah?" Zhu Wenkui hesitated: "They probably don't think it's a trivial matter."
"Then bring Youzhen back. Sister Jeanna, please ask others to follow her first. After she calms down and calms down, we can go and comfort her." Princess Ma followed suit: "How can a child be brought into a quarrel? Woolen cloth?"
"The child was not brought in. She was still in the fire..." Zhu Wenkui was a little dissatisfied.
However, Princess Ma urged him to go quickly. If they didn't agree, tell them that it was her request. Zhu Wenkui couldn't resist his mother, so he had to run errands again.
After a while, he really came back with little Jeanne.
"Come on, Youzhen, get in the car." Princess Ma greeted enthusiastically: "I heard what your brother said. Hey, what are you talking about? Everyone worships Buddha just to have peace and peace of mind. How do you worship Buddha? If you start a fight, isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Even the Buddha would be sad if he knew you were arguing."
"No, mother, we are not talking about Buddha." Little Jeanne explained.
After escaping from France, the princess took care of her personally for a long time. To this day, it's even longer than the time she spent with her biological mother, so she always calls her mother directly. Probably because of this, she was willing to listen to Princess Ma and follow Zhu Wenkui here.
"Yes, they are talking about the God-worshipping religion in Europe." Zhu Wenkui also said helpfully.
"Hey, I've heard about it too. The people's beliefs there are really violent." Princess Ma shook her head and sighed: "If everyone pursues purity like Buddhism, then there will probably be a lot of peace here."
"Buddhism is not really good." Zhu Wenkui reminded: "Mom, don't forget, we have seen it in Nanyang. The Buddhist disciples there are chasing people from the Tianfang Sect to kill them every day."
"Those are not serious monks, and the sutras they recite are different to me." Princess Ma decisively denied their status as formal Buddhists:
"I also know that there are always unscrupulous disciples in Buddhism, and all kinds of dirty things are not uncommon. However, our world cannot be perfect. In comparison, our regular temples are at least decent."
"That was forced by the government." Zhu Wenkui knew very well, and he was obviously concerned about his mother's trust in Buddhism: "If the government hadn't intervened several times and forcibly rectified it, Buddhism would have been more greedy than the church."
"According to what you say, it was a good thing to destroy the Buddha back then." Princess Ma said with a bitter smile.
"It depends on how you think about it. From the perspective of Buddhism as a whole, it will definitely be beneficial to Buddhism as a whole if the court demolishes illegal temples and disperses monks. Monks are busy making money, so how can they promote Buddhism?" Zhu Wenkui obviously did the same. Thought: "This is like a tree. Cutting off the branches and leaves that grow randomly will make the whole tree grow better."
"What about Taoism?" Princess Ma questioned: "How come there are no Taoists who destroy Taoism? Don't they need to correct and rectify it?"
"Taoism is much more serious." Zhu Wenkui was unambiguous: "Dealing with Taoism is generally not called destroying Taoism, but suppressing rebellion."
"When the government deals with Buddhism, it sends officials and government officials to ban monasteries, arrest demonic monks, and track down ill-gotten gains. When the government deals with Taoism, it sends officers and soldiers to engage in battle with the Taoist rebels. This has gone beyond 'destroying Taoism'. Category, that’s why there is no such word.”
"You are becoming more and more eloquent." Princess Ma couldn't refute and said with a smile.
Although her son directly contradicted her and questioned her religion, she was still very happy.
"Youzhen, get in the car." She didn't argue, turned around and said, "Let's go home first."
After little Jeanne got in the car, the team set off again. Guo Kang and Zhu Wenkui also mounted their horses and followed them. Princess Ma began to chatter again.
"My mother has never objected to your worshiping God. Which Bodhisattva or deity you worship depends on your preference, and it doesn't make any difference. But you must worship the real God, and don't worship the evil god by mistake."
"Huh?" Little Jeanne didn't seem to realize why she said this: "I have never worshiped other gods."
"You, mother and daughter, are at odds with Mr. Guo over a matter of a few weeks. I already know it." Princess Ma told her: "This is not good. A serious god must educate his believers and persuade people to do good. How can he do that? What’s the reason for encouraging everyone to have disputes?”
"Mom has not read as many scriptures as you, but I also know that Brother Heavenly Brother Yi Mouse Bodhisattva came to earth just to save all sentient beings and free them from the suffering they were born with. He was even willing to sacrifice his own life to influence the Romans. In the end Finally, the Roman Empire was persuaded, and only then did the current God-worshipping religion come into being.”
"What is Brother Tian Bodhisattva trying to do to save the suffering? Is it because he wants you to quarrel in his name?" She sighed: "So, when you want to worship, let Master Wang take you to the Empress Temple. Do a serious prayer. Don’t hang out with those barbarians. Over time, you will lead to bad things. Do you understand?”
She educated little Jeanne like an ordinary mother who earnestly educates her children not to associate with bad people.
"But that's not a barbarian, that's my biological mother." Little Jeanne explained helplessly.
This sounds strange, but there is nothing to be done about it - the Serians were almost as stubborn as the Romans in insisting on distinguishing the barbarians.
Not to mention taking care of other people's feelings, they often don't even take care of their own feelings. Little Jeanne has heard many times that her ancestors were barbarians...
"That's just a classification, not about her." Princess Ma didn't care too much: "Those people believe in religions that my mother can't bear to see. She just doesn't believe in them."
"Which ones are they?" Little Jeanne blinked, still not quite understanding.
"Your brother told me." Princess Ma told her: "The kind of religion that Poles believe in is also a God-worshipping religion, but in fact I don't know which evil spirit tampered with the teachings. It even said that people He sacrificed his own child. Even the Bishop of Rome couldn’t stand it and forced him to change it into a sheep.”
"That one seems to be asking believers to sacrifice their closest people to show their loyalty." Zhu Wenkui added for her.
"Oh, this is really not a human being!" Princess Ma shook her head repeatedly and cursed with the most serious words she could think of: "With people like this gathering together, what kind of serious sect can they be? I think Wen Kui is right. It’s not unreasonable. Some sects just owe the imperial court to suppress them.”
Little Jeanne could not refute, so she could only nod along.
"Although my mother bears the title of princess, she is just an ordinary woman. She doesn't know anything about trivial matters or scriptures. I have no interest in the political and military affairs that you like."
"But mother knows that as a human being, we must at least know good and evil." Princess Ma warned: "So, we must stay away from them. Don't see them as pitiful, just sympathize with them. Don't think that everyone worships them. A Buddha can speak for them - these people are all evil!"
"I know, I know." Little Jeanne continued to nod obediently.
(End of chapter)
