People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 751 Hypocrisy
Lu Dongzan glanced at Tang Xuanzang, "Let's talk to Li Zheng about your Buddhism first."

Tang Xuanzang stepped forward and said: "The poor monk Tang Xuanzang has seen the Chang'an order."

Li Zheng looked up and down the monk in front of him, "You are Tang Xuanzang, you have been famous for a long time."

Then he saw a young monk standing beside Tang Xuanzang and asked, "This one looks familiar."

"Little Monk Bianji, I have seen Chang'an Ling before."

Only then did Li Zheng suddenly realize, "It turned out to be a debate, no wonder, it looks familiar."

Bian Ji said again: "The little monk has now worshiped Master Xuanzang as his teacher."

Li Zheng said: "It doesn't matter who you worship as your teacher. Master Xuanzang, you also came to talk about Tubo with Lu Dongzan?"

Tang Xuanzang chanted the Buddha's name and said: "Li Zheng, the poor monk hopes that you can correct your evil and return to righteousness."

Li Zheng said with a sneer, "Master Xuanzang doesn't seem to be in control of what I want to live like."

Tang Xuanzang calmed down and said, "Li Zheng, you know what you have done as a poor monk. The poor monk has even seen what your disciples did in Tubo. You taught people but let Tubo corpses litter the fields. You created new learning but disrespected the gods."

Is this guy brainwashing himself?
Li Zheng looked at Tang Xuanzang's expression.

Tang Xuanzang said devoutly: "Li Zheng, if you can correct your evil ways and return to righteousness, you can enter Buddhism, and the poor monk will recite scriptures day and night to help you get rid of karma."

After speaking, Tang Xuanzang saw the contemptuous expression on Li Zheng's face and said, "Don't you believe in poor monks?"

Li Zheng said: "Master Xuanzang, don't you find it ridiculous?"

"What do you mean?"

Tang Xuanzang stared at Li Zheng.

Li Zheng said: "I think repenting from evil and returning to righteousness is not about escaping into Buddhism, and I don't believe in so-called karma. If I am a bad person who has done too many bad things, I will do some good things to make up for it, or do more good things, not what you say. If you want to get rid of evil and return to righteousness, you have to escape into Buddhism, Tang Xuanzang, don't you think you are hypocritical?"

"hypocritical?"

Tang Xuanzang's expression has calmed down, "Buddhism is merciful, and naturally it is for the sake of the common people."

Li Zheng saw how Tang Xuanzang really looked like a filial piety leader.

"Master Xuanzang, if all the bad people in the world escape into Buddhism to let you get rid of karma, can your Buddhism afford it?"

Tang Xuanzang shook his head and sighed, "Li Zheng, you are hopeless."

"What is hopeless, Master Xuanzang, you think too noble of yourself." Li Zheng looked at Tang Xuanzang and continued: "You Buddhists claim to have pure six senses. I dare to ask you, what are you worshiping? Buddha?"

Seeing that Tang Xuanzang hadn't answered, Li Zheng said again: "The so-called pilgrims are just a business, and I am also in business. It's just a business that you buy and I sell. What I sell are all produced by the people of Jingyang. There is something for sale, something for customers to buy, and the people of Jingyang get something for their work. From top to bottom, we in Jingyang do business openly, but what about you Buddhists? You just use people's inner hopes and desires to earn money. Money, you have nothing to sell, but it is so noble to receive money?"

"Have you ever produced anything from the beginning to the end, and have never created anything. Although I, Li Zheng, don't think I am a perfect person, I sleep soundly. At least my money is magnanimous, and you What about Buddhism? You don’t farm, work, or produce, but you are so grand.”

"What you worship is not Buddha, and what pilgrims worship is not Buddha, but your inner desire!"

Tang Xuanzang wrote: "As long as the heart..."

"You, Tang Xuanzang, keep talking about saving all sentient beings, but it's just your desire. Can you look directly into your own heart?"

"What people worship is nothing more than their own desires." Tang Xuanzang murmured to himself in a daze.

Li Zheng looked at the young monks on the side again, and then at Lu Dongzan, "I know that Songtsan Gampo made friends with you Tang Xuanzang to unite with the Buddhism in the Central Plains, and you Tang Xuanzang is now a star in Buddhism, that's right Bar."

Lu Dongzan didn't speak either.

Tang Xuanzang was also silent.

Li Zheng went on to say: "In fact, whether it is your own Buddhist alliance or Tubo's alliance with Buddhism, I actually don't care, because I never thought of paying attention to you, because you are ridiculous."

Bian Ji took a step forward and said, "Li Zheng, why did you set fire to Da Ci'en Temple? You just want to get rid of our Buddhist sect, right?"

Li Zheng said with a smile: "As for the opponent, I think I am more worried about the five surnames and the big cannibals outside the pass. As for your Buddhism? Sorry, I haven't put you in my eyes yet."

Li Tai looked at Li Zheng's expression and listened to Li Zheng's words. At this moment, he felt that Li Zheng looked like a madman.

"I'm not interested in burning your temples, and I'm even less interested in meddling in your affairs, but you've come to me. I want to make a decision that I wanted to do a few years ago, but didn't make."

Seeing several monks looking at him, Li Zheng said again: "I plan to expand my book printing business, so that more people in the world can read and write, and expand the scope of scholars. More and more people understand the composition of things and how reading changes their lives. When they have a vision for the future, when the imperial examinations are opened, and students who study hard have a way to go up, then more and more people will not believe in Buddhism. .”

"Because reading gives them hope, they can learn skills from books, read more knowledge from books, and see more stories of predecessors and sages."

Li Zheng said to Tang Xuanzang: "Let me show you another way. When your Buddhism is about to close down, I can suggest that you go to those barbarians who have no background. They will believe in Buddhism, because They have no culture, no knowledge, no vision of the future, and are more likely to be fooled by you."

Li Tai was also digesting Li Zheng's words, and understood Li Zheng's meaning. Li Zheng wanted to open up the wisdom, and the smarter people were, the less they believed in Buddhism. This was really a sharp weapon to defeat Buddhism, and Li Zheng With movable type printing in hand, once people believe in science and have knowledge, who will believe in Buddhism from the beginning of enlightenment.

Sometimes I think about what Li Zheng said, it is true that man will conquer the sky, all kinds of disasters, floods, droughts, gods will never show mercy to the world, and people want to live without fighting against the sky.

For Li Zheng to achieve this step, as long as the scale and efficiency are increased, it is only a matter of time, and this time will not be long. Father will be more willing to see Li Zheng do this. With more and more students, there will be more poor students in the world, and the control of the five surnames on the scholars will be broken by itself.

(End of this chapter)