"I heard that the people in the world are greedy for sexual pleasure and enjoy misfortunes, and they kill more and fight more... They are a place of murderous words and a sea of right and wrong..."
As soon as Lu Yigong's words came out of his mouth, Li Shimin subconsciously looked at Changsun Wugao...
It turns out that the Emperor of Heaven said that Buddhism wanted to interfere with his decision. Was that aristocratic family all of a sudden?
Li Shimin's eyes instantly became obscure... The Emperor of Heaven and the Heavenly Court wanted to find someone to do something, so they knew to look for him Li Shimin; Buddhism was okay, they didn't even try to test their intentions, and they directly approached the noble family?
Why, are you trying to tell me Li Shimin that Li Tang really has the final say, not their royal family, but the aristocratic family?
Changsun Wugou obviously noticed this, and asked with a cold face: "I wonder what Mr. Lu means when he talks about being greedy for sex, enjoying misfortunes, and killing more and fighting more?"
"Don't you think that the people of the Tang Dynasty are all like this? Otherwise, how could they be just the head of Guizhou?"
"joke!"
Queen Changsun sneered and retorted: "As for greed, how can you say that your Lu family has tens of thousands of hectares of land south of the Yangtze River? How many people in the Lu family have only one-tenth of the available land? If you are not greedy, how can you get so many fields?" "
"When it comes to prostitution, ordinary people have at most one wife... But in your Lu family, which man doesn't have a group of wives and concubines, and the backyard is full of people?"
"Talk about the murderous field of words and the sea of right and wrong. Is it possible that Mr. Lu wants to tell me that no one in the Erlu family has ever had a casual conversation? Has he ever commented on the rights and wrongs of others?"
Lu Yigong never expected that the moment he put forward an argument, he would be pointed at and scolded by Queen Changsun, which almost blew away the foundation of the Lu family!
"Queen, be careful!"
Lu Yigong gritted his teeth and stared at Queen Changsun: "My Lu family is a thousand-year-old family, and everyone knows that I am a kind family. How can it be like what the queen said..."
"Ha! This is acceptable to Lu Zhi, the ancestor of the Rulu family... you..."
Queen Changsun sneered, her eyes full of sarcasm...
At the scene, Changsun Wuji was completely shocked. The queen in front of him, who was so sharp-tongued and could point his finger at the Lu family, was really his sister? What about that virtuous, virtuous, gentle sister who once said in front of him, "It is virtue for a woman to have no talent"?
Why is it that after just one day of absence, your whole person seems to have changed?
What he didn't know was that Queen Changsun actually admired the female war goddess Fuhao and the queen Jiang Zhen the most... She even worshiped Li Xiuning more than him!
In the past, it was just to maintain Li Shimin's image and to conform to the general trend... Now, with Concubine Tian's affirmation, how could she still feel that it was wrong for a woman to show off?
Now she has completely let herself go! Fight, you must fight hard!
"Queen!"
At this time, the head of the Cui family in Qinghe couldn't stand it anymore and went out to salute and said: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. This is the ancestral teaching! What the empress said is disrespectful to the mother and the world!"
"Ancestor's instruction? Who gave it to us?"
Changsun Wugou sneered and retorted: "In this dynasty, there is a princess, Li Xiuning, who imitated Queen Jiang of the Shang Dynasty and established a women's army to conquer the world and establish unification for this dynasty. Currently, Li Jing's wife, Hong Funu, is in charge of a town. The army is overwhelming everywhere! In this dynasty, has there ever been a reprimand that the harem should not interfere with politics? Or, should I invite the Supreme Emperor to come out to confront you?"
The head of the Cui family choked instantly... please come out of the Supreme Emperor? Who doesn't know that the Supreme Emperor valued his daughter Li Xiuning the most at that time. Because of some reasons, his daughter died, and he always felt guilty... If he asked him to come out and say these words, he would probably be chased and beaten by the Supreme Emperor with a bench!
Bite the bullet, the head of the Cui family said: "This has never happened since ancient times..."
"Are you sure? Do you want me to give you a few examples? Or is it that today there is a Zhongshu Province established by the Emperor of Heaven's harem, responsible for assisting the various gods, and you have eaten it?"
"Or do you want to say that the heavenly concubines cannot be regarded as human women?"
Another sentence, after completely blocking the head of the Cui family... For a moment, he didn't know. No, he probably didn't dare to refute?
Li Shimin felt a headache when he saw it... He knew that his queen had changed since she came back yesterday!
"Ahem, queen, please sit down and let's talk about business now."
After coughing twice, Li Shimin gave Queen Changsun a look. Some things have not yet been determined... Don't panic yet!
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Queen Changsun understood and sat back down... Li Shimin then turned his attention to Lu Yigong, who looked embarrassed: "What you just said, Mr. Lu, is biased, but it is also true... The saint also once said As I said, food and sex are the same! Saints are no exception, let alone common people?"
"It's just that when you talk about this in the court, do you want to legislate and restrain the people?"
Li Shimin pretended not to know and asked deliberately.
Lu Yigong forcibly calmed down and said: "No, if it is just a legislative restriction, it can only cure the injury, not the root cause! If we want to completely change this situation, we still need to fundamentally solve the ideological problems of the people."
"I once learned from businessmen in the Western Regions that there is a spiritual mountain above Niuhezhou in Xiniu, and there is a Buddhist sect that is the best in the three realms. The Buddha Tathagata has three collections of sutras in his hands: one collection of "Dharma" and one collection of "Talk about Heaven"; one collection of "Lunacle" , speaking of the earth; a collection of sutras can save ghosts. The three collections have a total of thirty-five volumes, with 15,144 volumes. They are the sutras of cultivation and the door to righteousness and goodness."
"If the Tripitaka can be introduced into our country, the Tang Dynasty, it will certainly be able to persuade all sentient beings and make people do good to others. This is the fundamental way to cure it!"
Lu Yigong saluted and said... He was not worried at all that King Tang would disagree. Isn’t it just sending someone to get the scriptures? King Tang was not allowed to go there in person.
It’s just sending someone. No matter how you look at it, King Tang has no reason to refuse!
"How can Buddhist scriptures be so useful?"
King Tang pretended to be surprised and asked in disbelief.
"Indeed."
Lu Yigong nodded and said: "I suggest that in order to bring peace to the Tang Dynasty for all generations and to provide a happy life for the people, the Tang Dynasty should carefully select one person, grant him the title of Imperial Brother, issue an imperial edict, grant the Tang Dynasty Guan Dish, and obtain scriptures for the Tang Dynasty's Western Heaven! "
"joke!"
The eldest grandson Wugou scolded: "Brother Feng Yu, go to the West to learn scriptures. Don't you want to worship Buddha in the Tang Dynasty?"
"If you can change people's minds and guide them to do good things, what's wrong with worshiping Buddha with such good teachings?"
The head of the Cui family spoke.
"good!"
"To be able to become the largest religion in the three realms, Buddhism must have its own advantages!"
"If we can get help from Buddhism, our Tang Dynasty will surely last for thousands of years and have a long history!"
The representatives of the five surnames and seven sects in the court, and even the heads of the families, all spoke in agreement and expressed their agreement.
Queen Changsun and Li Shimin looked at each other. They didn't know that Buddhism not only sought out aristocratic families, but also wiped out all the thousand-year-old aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty! The only thing is that the royal family is missing!
Li Shimin's eyes darkened, he was worthy of being a human king... Not only did he not be as consistent as the Emperor of Heaven, but even his decisions were controlled by the family. It’s really, really frustrating!
Turning his eyes, Li Shimin looked at his uncle, his eldest grandson Wuji!
"Uncle Guo, what do you think of Minister Lu's proposal?"
What kind of person is Changsun Wuji? He was optimistic about Li Shimin from the beginning, and was the one who helped him rise to the top! It can be said that no one can guess Li Shimin's heart better than him!
Now, he can fully feel that his brother-in-law is probably angry! The furious kind!
However, on the one hand, he is the emperor and his brother-in-law; on the other hand, he can become a Buddha and become an ancestor and live forever!
"Chen...chen..."
Changsun Wuji hesitated, and out of the corner of his eye he caught the slightly warning eyes of Lu Yigong and the other five surnames and seven sects.
In the end, he chose profit!
"I agree!"
"Okay, what a great uncle, what a great aristocratic family, what a Buddhist! Hahaha!"
Li Shimin raised his head and laughed wildly, as if he was crazy!
All the heads of the aristocratic families realized that something was wrong, and they were thinking of making threats... Li Shimin's generals finally couldn't sit still!
First of all, it was Kong Yingda, a Confucian leader and a direct descendant of Confucius, who took the lead!
"Respect Buddhism? Respect religion? You, the heads of aristocratic families, have simply forgotten the scriptures of your ancestors!"
Kong Yingda excitedly pointed at the officials who were out of the queue, spitting and sputtering: "You family heads, have you ever remembered what the Fourth Human Emperor said: Human race, worship heaven and earth and worship ancestors, but don't worship religion! Human race , God is on the move, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement! How many years have passed, have you forgotten the teachings of your ancestors? "
"Master's words are wrong!"
The Wang family of Taiyuan came out: "Buddhism is good for the people and good for the world. If you just worship Buddhism, what's wrong? Even the great merchant emperor at that time worshiped Jiejiao as the state religion in order to defeat the Xiqi rebels and the Heavenly Court. Become the Supreme Emperor?"
"Worship Jiejiao as the state religion? I wonder if you've learned history from a dog's belly?"
Kong Yingda sneered and said sarcastically: "Jie Jiao is just a collaborator of the Great Shang! After the Great Shang, there is no more Jie Jiao, only a hundred schools! All of them are to help the human race to advance knowledge!"
"In those days, when human beings faced saints, they did not worship them, but competed with heaven and man... Now in our generation, we have to grovel and worship a so-called Buddha? Are you not afraid of going to the underworld after death and having no face to face your ancestors? no?"
But these family heads all want to become Buddhas and live forever... How can things after death scare them?
"Being able to guide people to do good is the greatest blessing to the human race! I believe our ancestors are not as short-sighted as you!"
"I think it's not that Buddhism is bad, it's that Confucianism is afraid that Buddhism will take away its status, so it will drive them out of the court and the mainstream of the human race, right?"
For their own purposes, all the family heads did not hesitate to slander the Confucian sect...
Kong Yingda was so angry that the corners of his mouth were trembling. He now somewhat understood why Li Shimin was so disgusted with the family after he came to power, and he always wanted to weaken the family... Today's incident can be seen!
Although I don’t know what kind of benefits Buddhism has given to the family, allowing them to help in the charge... Just because they ignore their ancestors and promote Buddhism, it can be seen that the family is a group of cancers who have no world but only profits!
"Your Majesty, Buddhism is not respected!"
At this time, the troll Wei Zheng finally spoke up!
Li Shimin felt relieved... The reason he didn't speak just now and only let Queen Changsun speak was because he was afraid that the Emperor of Heaven would hate him because of yesterday's rejection... Now it's better, Wei Zheng has spoken, and his backer is here!
"Oh? Mr. Wei, please tell me carefully!"
Li Shimin couldn't wait to speak, and his title changed back to Duke Wei!
The five surnames and seven sects, including Changsun Wuji, are all human spirits. When they heard this, they all felt something bad in their hearts... Changsun Wuji even looked at Wei Zheng unkindly, do you know what you are talking about! If you object, you are an enemy of my family!
But Wei Zheng's identity is a heavenly god, and he dares to challenge even a Buddhist, let alone the head of a group of mortal families?
"I have a piece of data in my hand...please take a look at it!"
With that said, Wei Zheng handed the documents he had prepared to the eunuch on the side... and then the eunuch sent them to the Tang Emperor and the ministers...
After everyone got it, Wei Zheng started to explain...
"I won't mention Buddhist teachings or sects... I will only talk about a few realities!"
"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, in order to repay the kindness of the monks sent by the Buddhist Shaolin Temple in those days, His Majesty has greatly renovated the Buddhist temple in Chang'an, the capital, and established many temples such as Baima Temple, Jinshan Temple, and Yanta Temple. The document issued by the minister is about the time before and after the establishment of these temples. the difference."
"1. The number of Buddhists... Before the establishment of many temples, the number of Buddhists in Chang'an was only more than 30,000. After the establishment of the temples, the number of Buddhists in Chang'an increased to more than 500,000!"
"2. For the more than 500,000 Buddhists, before they believed in Buddhism, even if their meals contained meat, they would have no worries about food and clothing... However, after they believed in Buddhism, nearly half of the Buddhists exchanged food for property to contribute to temples, and some Nearly 50,000 Buddhists starve to death... I would like to ask, if the Buddha is not greedy and only needs a wisp of incense, why does he need the property of believers? He even tricks believers into selling their fields to add incense and oil for themselves?"
"3. Compared with other people who do not believe in Buddhism, during the thirteen years of Zhenguan, there were two to five more children and working people in the family... The number of people in the families of 500,000 Buddhists, including those who died of starvation, does not increase. reduce!"
"4. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, people were forced to open up wasteland and farm fields...Other families' tax income doubled, but these five hundred thousand Buddhists not only did not increase, but almost paid no taxes at all!"
"The most critical point, which is the fifth point... there are 500,000 Buddhists, thousands of whom have committed major crimes such as murder and arson. Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment went to arrest them, but they hid in the Buddhist temple. The Buddhist temple said: He put down his butcher knife and became a Buddha immediately, and blocked the law enforcement officials from the temple. I would like to ask, now that we have not yet worshiped Buddhism, but there have been so many criminals who escaped from Buddhism, if the Tang Dynasty worshiped Buddhism as the state religion, then what would the entire Tang Dynasty be like? Does the law have the final say, or does Buddhism have the final say? In the future, wouldn’t those deserters and criminals be able to escape punishment on the grounds that they are Buddhists? Where is the majesty of the law? Where is the majesty of the Tang Dynasty?!"
"As for what you said about persuading people to do good...haha!"
Wei Zheng slapped the information in his hand, looked at Lu Yigong and the heads of the five surnames and seven sects sarcastically and said: "The crime rate of people who believe in Buddhism is one and two, which is more than ten times that of people who do not believe in Buddhism... Excuse me, this is what you are talking about Is it Buddhism that leads people to be good? Is the Buddhism you talk about good or evil?"
After Wei Zheng finished speaking, the whole hall fell silent...
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