Land ceding and compensation?
Zhunti was stunned for a moment, and Buddha's eyebrows wrinkled slightly. He and Jieyin looked at each other, and both could see the confusion in the other's expression.
Kyushu in the human world is prosperous and healthy, and every piece of land naturally has extremely high value, but other places are very different from Kyushu. Whether it is the Western Continent or the Nether Sea of Blood, they are both barren and harsh places.
Even if these places are ceded to the big merchants, what can the human race do?
Could it be possible to migrate?
The current Kyushu people have always lived in the prosperous and prosperous East. How could they come to the harsh Western Continent to survive?
Not to mention the Nether Blood Sea and Beiming, these two places are not even suitable for human race to survive.
Even if Di Xin cuts off thousands of miles of territory from these places, what's the point?
Zhunti pondered for a moment, frowned, and said, "Could it be that Emperor Xin wanted to use the method of dividing the territory to separate the destiny? Just like how he treated Xiqi."
Jie Yin shook his head and said: "Although the cession of territory will lead to the division of luck, Netherworld Blood Sea and Beiming have no luck at all, even if they are cut into pieces, it will have no impact."
"As for our Western Territory, our Buddhist destiny is all within the Kingdom of God. The territory in other places does not matter, let alone thousands of miles apart."
Zhunti was silent. Although he could not see through the purpose of Zishou's move, ceding territory for peace after all symbolized submission and weakness.
No matter what, this move can damage the prestige of Buddhism.
Or, is this the real purpose of Di Xin? "
However, Di Xin is too elusive. Maybe what he wants is this name.
Zhunti's eyes gradually turned cold, and he spoke calmly, and his voice reached the world, saying: "Di Xin, it is absolutely impossible to cede land as compensation."
"This matter is related to the dignity of the great religion. Not only our Buddhist sect, but even Minghe and Kunpeng will definitely not agree to it."
"What's more, the Western Continent is the foundation of our Buddhist sect. How can our Buddhist sect lack these hundreds of millions of worldly things? How can we cede territory to seek peace because of this?"
After Saint Zhunti finished speaking, he was already very energetic and prepared to start a verbal debate with Di Xin.
He knows Di Xin's character better than anyone else.
This time Di Xin took advantage of him, how could the other party let him go so easily?
At this moment, not only the two Western saints, but also the other immortals and gods were all pumping up their spirits, waiting for the Human King Di Xin to speak.
Kunpeng, the demon master in the Sea of the North Ming Dynasty, has already thought up several excuses. No matter how the Western Saint and the Human King Di Xin bring problems to him, he can handle it.
The storm in the North Sea gradually rose, forming overlapping waves like billions of fish scales, just like the mood of the demon master at this moment.
He looked at Chaoge and Jizhou at the same time as a demon boy, sneering in his heart.
If this is a big deal, I can just send one of my descendants.
As long as you finally get the luck of traveling to the west, Beiming Demon Palace will not suffer any loss.
No matter how you say it, I will not waver in the slightest. No matter how much land is ceded or what compensation is paid, I won’t pay even a cent.
If you achieve great things, why should you care about these trivial details?
…
Just when the gods and gods all over the sky thought that Di Xin would insist on cutting off the territory and try to make excuses despite being unreasonable.
In the direction of the song, Zi Shou's calm laughter could be heard.
"Although I said we would cede the land, it doesn't actually matter whether we cede the land or not. What matters is your sincerity in redeeming people."
All the immortals and gods in the sky were stunned.
Why did Di Xin suddenly become soft? It shouldn't be.
In the Daleiyin Temple in Lingshan, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas all looked in the direction of Chaoge with puzzled looks.
What kind of medicine is sold in Di Xin's gourd?
Medicine Master Tathagata is surrounded by waves of medicinal fragrance, and an immortal Yao grass is looming in the Buddha's light above his head. He looks in the direction of Chao Ge and slowly shakes his head.
"He hasn't finished what he said. There must be a sequel, and after that is his real purpose. Don't be careless."
I said this not only to myself, but also to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Daleiyin Temple in Lingshan.
The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were reminded by Medicine Master Tathagata and quickly cheered up, fearing that they might miss a word.
really.
Zi Shou's voice continued to sound in the direction of Chao Ge, with a somewhat unscrupulous flavor.
"Since Buddhists are rich and don't care about these money and things at all, then please ask the saint to prepare more. However, the saint seems to have forgotten that this is the second difficulty."
"This difficulty is 400 million taels, and there are seventy-nine more difficulties to come. If you don't prepare at least 30 billion taels, do you think you can survive?"
Thirty billion!
These three words rolled across the nine heavens and ten places, echoing endlessly. But he was so shocked that the jaws of countless gods directly smashed through the mountains, rivers and caves.
In Lingshan.
Medicine Master Tathagata almost crushed the rosary beads in his hand. The compassionate look on his face could not be maintained at all, and he was left in shock. The Buddha's light in the entire Lingshan roared, rising and falling like ocean waves.
Above the sea of blood.
Styx crushed the three-thousand-mile sea of blood with one foot, and the blood mist steamed for thousands of meters. Countless Shura were so frightened by this scene that they trembled, and instantly fled into the depths of the sea of blood, not daring to show their heads.
The three blood sea demon kings looked at each other, opened their mouths but could not say a word.
The ferocious waves were rolling in Styx's bloody eyes. Despite his concentration, he really couldn't maintain his indifferent attitude at this moment, and he almost cursed.
What they are angry about is not the amount of 30 billion. To them, no matter how much money there is, it is just a common thing in the world.
What they were angry about was Di Xin's attitude.
This is the second difficulty. Already so unscrupulous, so arrogant and domineering, you don't even have to pretend?
Is this a robbery?
This is worse than robbery!
…
The West, the pure land of bliss.
The seven treasures of the Buddha pave the ground. Gold, silver, white jade, colored glaze, emerald, pearls, and agate sparkle and decorate the pavilions. Everywhere is full of pearls and precious stones, and the atmosphere is extraordinary.
Rays of golden light swept through the void, and the entire universe shone in it. The light was misty, and countless golden flowers were in full bloom, swaying gracefully and gracefully.
However, this boundless beauty, the paradise of Buddha, and the whirling glass realm are completely stagnant at this time, and everything is frozen.
The Buddha's light shines like the sun, but there is no warmth at all, leaving only the biting chill.
Even though Zhunti prepared repeatedly and worried about the manuscript, he never expected that Zishou would say such a thing.
Nine-nine and eighty-one difficulties, every difficulty is designed to create an injustice, falsehood, and mistake. They are afraid that it will be difficult for them to reach Lingshan alive!
Even saints can't stand it.
Zhunti's eyes were blazing with anger, and the thunderous sound rolled around him, and he almost blurted out an angry rebuke.
But in the end, the saint extinguished the thunder and Buddha's anger. He took a deep breath and spoke in a deep voice.
"Di Xin, it is an agreement between you and me to discuss scriptures between the East and West. What is the difference between your current barbaric behavior and overturning the chessboard?"
The saint felt quite helpless at this time.
The current situation was completely different from the nine-nine-nine-eighty-one difficulties he imagined in the game between immortals and gods.
What kind of saint uses heaven and earth as a chessboard and all living beings as chess pieces?
What is laid out before time and space, walking among the pale and yellow, chatting and laughing, determining destiny, and strategizing to determine the general trend.
No.
Everything you imagined was gone.
How is this different from extortion in the mortal world?
Zhunti's face was filled with anger, but he felt helpless in his heart.
He had previously ridiculed Yuan Shi, saying between the lines that Journey to the West was a level higher than Fengshen. Now that he had a real face-to-face confrontation with the human king Di Xin, he realized that the ways inside were so unbearable to look at.
In the direction of the song, Zi Shou's chuckle sounded, which was indescribably relaxed and carefree.
"Zhunti, the chessboard is in my Dachang, so I can lift it at will. Of course, if you are not convinced, you can also go to my seeker to settle the accounts."
"However, all rules are constantly being improved as they change. Since you are so poor and can't pay the ransom, I can give you a chance."
Zhunti:......
His eyes couldn't help but pause.
Want to give another chance?
Why did Zishou suddenly become so talkative? What did he mean?
For a moment, Zhunti couldn't understand Zi Shou's thoughts at all.
But he had already developed a strong fear of Zi Shou.
I don't know why, but I am very vigilant at this time.
The saint Buddha frowned and looked at Jieyin, "Senior brother, this Emperor Xin is so arrogant and ruthless, and designed this difficulty by means of robbery. If it is not to divide our Buddhist land and split our destiny, what else is it for? Is it just to suppress the prestige of my Buddhist sect?"
"That's not his nature."
Zhunti looked in the direction of Chaoge and asked with confusion on his face: "Why has it changed again now?"
Jie Yin said nothing because he couldn't understand it either.
Although Zhunti had thousands of doubts, he couldn't express them. He could only follow Zi Shou's words for the time being and said: "What chance?"
As he finished speaking, he heard Zi Shou's words faintly echoing from Chao Ge.
"The saint does not need to cede the land. He only needs to choose a land at the foot of Lingshan Mountain and lease it to a large merchant. The lease money can be used as money to redeem the person."
"In this lease world, Dashang can exercise all jurisdictional powers and implement Dashang laws. As for the lease period, how about ninety-nine thousand years?"
"After the lease, I promise you that I will not deliberately embarrass them in the future."
At this moment, clouds were gathering on Zhunti and Jieyin's foreheads.
Zi Shou actually admitted that this difficulty was caused by deliberate embarrassment.
How abominable!
Upon hearing this, Zhunti and Jieyin looked at each other, frowned in thought, and said, "So, you want to insert the human hand into our Buddhist holy land."
Zi Shou chuckled: "This is just a suggestion from me. As for whether to cede land, or carve out a large commercial concession at the foot of Lingshan Mountain, the saint makes his own choice."
After Zhunti pondered for a moment, he suddenly said: "Must it be in Lingshan? Beiming?"
It's just a concession. Of course he would be happy if Di Xin could stop it completely from now on.
Of course, it would be best if this concession was not located in Lingshan.
This incident was originally caused by Xu Kun, so it was natural for Beiming Demon Palace to pay the price.
Zi Shou shook his head and said: "I don't care about the calculations between your Buddhist monks. But this time, whoever wants to redeem someone will have to pay for the guarantee. The cause and effect are clear, so we can't mess with it."
"Since Buddhism wants to redeem people, then Buddhism will be the guarantee. I only recognize you, Buddhism. Naturally, this leased land must be in Buddhism."
"This Buddhist gate is at the foot of Lingshan Mountain."
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at this time.
On the sea of the North Ming Dynasty, thousands of waves raised thousands of heavy waves, and the crashing sound was endless.
In the demon palace.
The demon master Kunpeng couldn't help laughing when he heard the Human King's words.
You Buddhists want the reputation of spreading Buddhism to the world, and you also want the reputation of traveling to the west, so it is natural to pay the price.
The demon master was in a good mood and spoke in a deep voice, "Sage Zhunti, this difficulty is indeed caused by Xu Kun's fault. I will not shirk responsibility. The saint does not need to redeem Xu Kun, just let him obey the laws of the world."
"As for the guardian, I, Beiming Demon Palace, will send a mature and stable one."
Having said that, I really stopped caring about Jizhou's affairs and started to select new candidates to protect the scriptures.
The fact that he could agree to Zhunti's participation in Buddhist scriptures meant that Zhunti would discuss it in person.
In addition, the Yuanshi Saint, who he had already taken refuge with, was not willing to be left alone and wanted to participate in the journey to the west, so he pretended to agree.
Zhunti naturally knew that he had a close relationship with Yuanshi Saint, but when he came to find him, he must have the purpose of dragging Yuanshi Tianzun into the water.
Therefore, he did not particularly care about this journey to the west.
Kunpeng's voice spread throughout the nine heavens and ten lands, making Styx roll his eyes above the sea of blood.
"Kunpeng is really good at calculating. He has so many descendants that he can't even count them, but he is pretending to be generous here."
Although Minghe despised Kunpeng's actions, he couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart.
Alas, if I had been like Kunpeng at the beginning and chosen someone who was not so important to be the guardian of the sutra, I wouldn't have been constrained by the King of Humans everywhere.
At that time, I just wanted to show the face of the Blood Sea Shura Clan, but I didn't expect that I would always be angry.
His 480 million blood drops, even if he died and was paved with corpses, he would still have paved a road to Lingshan.
The River Styx was sulking in the sea of blood, and the saint Zhunti in the Pure Land was even more angry.
Xu Kun committed a crime, and now the Buddhist sect needs to pay the price for what he did.
What made him even more angry was that he couldn't find anything to refute, so he could only hold his nose and admit it.
The saint took a deep look in the direction of Chao Ge, with a cold feeling in his chest and a cold snort in his heart.
"Di Xin, every treasure you swallow, I will let you give back to Buddhism in double."
After suppressing his anger, he returned to his normal holy appearance, and slowly said, "Okay, I will promise you this, poor monk. I also hope that the human king will keep his promise and will not do anything that breaks his promise again."
After Zhunti's words fell, Zi Shou seemed to have been prepared. A golden light rose from the destiny of the world and manifested in the nine heavens and ten places.
The next moment, he only heard Zi Shou Dandan say:
"In this case, let the saint take a look at this Lingshan Treaty."
After his words fell, the golden light manifested into a page of imperial gold paper, and human handwriting slowly appeared on the paper.
Come and try it quickly. 】
"Because the Buddhist scripture collectors committed a serious murder in the territory of Dashang, the merchant king and the Buddhist monks took the overall situation of the journey to the west as their top priority and agreed to establish a peace treaty on the grounds of stopping the turmoil."
"The various articles of this peace treaty are set out below:"
"First, the Buddhist sect will lease the new city [Qinfo City] at the foot of Lingshan Mountain to the great merchants for a period of ninety-nine thousand years, and the rent will be used by the sect to redeem and buy back the sutra collectors."
"Second, within the leased area, Dashang can exercise all jurisdictional powers and implement the laws of Dashang. The people of Dashang can move freely within the leased area, and Buddhism is not allowed to prevent or harm the people of Dashang from entering the leased area."
"Third, the Concession has the right to carry out all reasonable and legal business affairs between the concession and the Eastern Territory merchants, and between the territories in the West. Buddhism should provide convenient access and must not unreasonably obstruct it."
There are thirteen items in total, and they are written clearly and clearly. At first glance, you can tell that you are well prepared.
Zhunti:......
He just agreed, and such a detailed contract has already been drawn up? ?
He gritted his teeth and said, "The Human King is indeed well prepared."
Zi Shou chuckled and said, "I am always prepared for my actions. If the saint thinks there is no problem, then just sign."
Zhunti and Jieyin looked at each other and discussed in secret. They felt that although the treaty was harsh in various aspects, it was not to the point of hurting Buddhism. At least it would allow Zishou not to deliberately embarrass the seventy-nine people who followed. Disaster.
So, under the watchful eyes of the gods and gods, Zhunti and Zishou signed the first unequal treaty in the history with an extremely pale face.
It's called the "Treaty between Qin and Buddha".
After the treaty was signed, there was no need for Zi Shou to explain anything. The Jizhou officials on the other side took out all the bail documents from behind and sent out the team of scripture collectors except Xu Kun.
Seeing this scene, Zhunti felt angry again.
Sure enough, everything was prepared for this.
However, for the sake of the overall situation, I will bear with you for a while.
You have already said it in front of Jiutianshi, as long as you rent a piece of land in Lingshan, you will no longer embarrass people who want to learn the scriptures. If you break your promise, it depends on where you put your face as a human king.
Seeing Sakyamuni being sent out of the Jizhou government, Zhunti finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he sighed and said, "Fellow Taoists, it's up to you to protect the sutras."
Sure enough, when he finished speaking, Styx and Ran Deng felt their hearts skip a beat.
Zi Shou's faint voice came again from Chao Ge's side.
"I heard that deep in the Nether Sea of Blood, there is a Mountain of Two Realms, which together with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, even communicates with the broken ancient continent."
"One of them is Zhen Yuanzi's Immortal Realm."
"I don't know, is there a place like this?"
“Isn’t it a pity that such a good place does not become a concession?”
