Fu Qin starts with a plan

"Monk?"

Zhao Kun frowned as he looked at the strangely dressed people in front of him.

This was brought back by Jiang Chao's snare.

Looking at their appearance, they look a bit like the monks Zhao Kun is familiar with.

But a creature like a monk, unless it is some crazy brain, anyone in power will not have a good impression of it.

This religion originated 400 years ago.

Since Gautama Siddhartha, the Sakyamuni worshiped by Buddhism, it has developed rapidly in South Asia.

50 years ago.

Ashoka, who almost unified the Indian peninsula, converted to Buddhism because he confessed that he had killed too much, and made Buddhism the state religion.

Since then, the ruler of the Indian peninsula has been obsessed with promoting Buddhism.

It is said that at its craziest time, [-] Buddhist temples were built overnight.

Ashoka was not only a believer in Buddhism, but even his children were sent out by him to preach.

After the crazy Amway of this obviously brain-twitching Maurya monarch, Buddhism has become the main belief in many small countries in South Asia.

After the death of King Ashoka, a bunch of princes and princesses of the Mauryan Dynasty inherited their father's behest and preached everywhere.

Unexpectedly, they actually went to Daqin to preach.

The monks in front of them all have hair less than a finger long on the top of their heads.

Everyone's face is as smooth as an egg, without beards, or even eyebrows, and they look extremely weird at first glance.

Huang Shigong, who was sitting opposite Zhao Kun and playing chess, took a closer look and couldn't help laughing.

"The old man knows these people?" Zhao Kun asked curiously.

As far as he knows, it should be several hundred years after Buddhism was introduced to the land of China.

However, looking at Huang Shigong's appearance, it seems that he is no stranger to these people.

Huang Shigong narrowed his eyes slightly, and said as if recalling: "More than ten years ago, 18 people including Shamen Shilifang from the Western Regions brought Buddhist scriptures to the capital of Xianyang, and declared to the first emperor that they would not implement the law in Daqin."

Mr. Huang Shi has always been mysterious, and he knows many secrets. Zhao Kun has known it for a long time, so he is not too surprised.

But for such a trivial matter, he actually remembered it so clearly, which aroused Zhao Kun's interest.

Zhao Kun knew that something special must have happened.

It turned out that Ying Zheng had just unified the six countries, and it was the time when he was in high spirits.

Because of what Lu Sheng and others said, during that time, I was very obsessed with the way of longevity.

He once ordered to recruit talented people from all over the world.

It was at that time that Shi Lifang and others came to Xianyang.

Because of their weird accents, it was quite difficult for them to communicate with the Qin people.

The people of Qin only know that they call themselves monks and came to Daqin to preach lawlessness.

The so-called not following the law is actually the transliteration of Buddhism by the people of Guanzhong.

According to these people, Samana is in another big country, which is the state religion, and even the king is their follower.

Moreover, they promoted Buddhism to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng was very interested when he heard about the background of these people.

But after some exchange, Ying Zheng was furious.

Yingzheng fought in the world all his life, and claimed to be the first emperor. His heart and spirit are naturally beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

He seeks longevity in order to spread the great Qin foundation for thousands of years.

But the Dharma preached by these monks was completely contrary to what Ying Zheng wanted.

These people told Ying Zheng that Buddhism pays attention to karma.

If you committed too many sins during your lifetime, you will have to pay for your sins after death.

Therefore, it is necessary to observe precepts during life in order to escape after death.

After hearing these words, Ying Zheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Lao Tzu dominated the world all his life, and became the supreme being in the world, just to eat fast, chant Buddha, and worship Buddhism, in order to achieve detachment after death?
I'm afraid you're not thinking about eating peaches!

No matter how strong the brainwashing ability of Buddhism is, it is also for ordinary people.

For people like Ying Zheng, there are only two possibilities: useful and useless.

Useful, he may still be interested in learning more.

But no matter from which point of view, Buddhism was useless to Daqin at that time.

However, Ying Zheng is the Ninth Five-Year Sovereign after all, so he still has the basic stomach.

He patiently listened to the nonsense of Shi Lifang and others, and then he was sent out.

No, these bald donkeys don't know what is good or bad at all, and they are not afraid of life and death.

Shi Lifang was set up by the iron eagle swordsman, and he tried to brainwash Ying Zheng.

He used the example of Ashoka.

This move completely annoyed Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng ordered them to be imprisoned, and then thrown to Yunzhong County, and Meng Tian drove them out of the border.

After listening to Huang Shigong's narration, Zhao Kun gave the eighteen monks a thumbs-up in his heart.

What a big dog!
You know, during that period of time, Ying Zheng had just unified the six countries, and it was the time when he was in high spirits, and he was very arrogant.

How dare someone persuade him to worship others, and persuade him to do good deeds during his lifetime?

Tsk, it's very strange that Ying Zheng didn't kill them.

You know, those alchemists in Daqin were killed by Ying Zheng every now and then, but Ying Zheng had never been soft-handed.

Jiang Chao also said with disdain after hearing Huang Shigong's words; "If you kill a mere 10 people, you will feel that you have committed a serious crime. Such a small country dares to call itself a dynasty. It's just unbelievable!"

Zhao Kun couldn't laugh or cry.

What Jiang Chao disdained was naturally the ruler of the Maurya Dynasty, Ashoka, who had just died less than 30 years ago.

However, Zhao Kun still couldn't understand why the Yellowstone Guild had such a fresh memory of this matter.

Xin Haicheng, who had been standing next to Jiang Chao, seemed to have guessed Zhao Kun's doubts, and took the initiative to explain: "Actually, this incident was quite a disturbance at the time, and I also heard my father mention it;

It is said that after the eighteen Samanas were expelled from the Great Qin Dynasty, they did not think of His Majesty's grace of not killing them, so they turned to the Xiongnu and uttered nonsense to the Xiongnu! "

After listening to Xin Haicheng's description, Zhao Kun couldn't help being dumbfounded.

He looked at those monks dumbfounded.

No wonder those in power in all dynasties did not have a good impression of monks.

These guys, chanting scriptures all day long, may not necessarily be studying Buddhism, their ability and temper may all grow in their mouths.

Shi Lifang ran to the Xiongnu, not only did not lament his own experience, but also smugly declared that after he was imprisoned by Yingzheng: "One night, Zhang Liujinshen broke out of his house, and the emperor was surprised and thanked him, and sent him out of the country with a generous gift!" .

It was originally a embarrassing and embarrassing thing, but he said it vividly.

The man of God rushed into the prison to rescue them, alarmed Ying Zheng, and then Ying Zheng sent them out of the country with a generous gift?
Tsk, shameless to such an extent, is also a remarkable skill!
Later, Yingzheng learned about this from the Huns nobles captured by the frontier army.

fly into a rage!
He found the official historian who recorded his daily life at that time, and found that the official historian's record of this matter had only a few words: "The king is strange, he will be arrested and imprisoned, and he will be exiled abroad."

Ying Zheng was quite satisfied with this realistic description.

However, this matter still made him angry.

In a rage, Ying Zheng issued a strict order.

Can't help temple!

Shi Lifang didn't expect that just because of a word he said in order to pretend to be coercive, completely cut off the hope of Buddhism spreading in Daqin.

Today, more than ten years have passed since that incident.

Unexpectedly, today I saw a monk again in Nanyue City.

"The protector of the state religion of the Maurya Dynasty, Mi Sharjah, a disciple of Mahatma, pays homage to the respected Prince of the Great Qin Empire!"

The leading monk saluted Zhao Kun and said loudly.

Ever since Daqin opened up the commercial routes in the Western Regions, the exchanges between the two places have gradually become more frequent.

Mi Sharjah followed Mahatma to preach in northern South Asia and became a famous local monk.

As the connection between Great Qin and the Western Regions deepened, they received more and more news about Great Qin.

In particular, Xun Jia, the envoy of the Maurya Dynasty, also came to Daqin, and they were even more excited about Daqin's attitude towards the Maurya Dynasty.

After all, the Daqin during the reign of the First Emperor treated foreigners like a barbarian.

Today is very different.

Ever since, Mahatma sent his favorite disciple Mi Shajia to Daqin to preach.

Compared with the previous Sri Fang, Mi Sharjah's background is much bigger!

Sri Fang was just an ordinary monk in the Mauryan Dynasty.

But Mishaka was different. Mishaka was one of the four monks who followed Mahatma.

His teacher, Mahatma, is the eldest son of the preaching madman Ashoka, and his secular status is extremely good.

And Mahatma worshiped his teacher Muqianlianzi Dixu, who was recognized as the reincarnation of Brahma in the Maurya Dynasty and was a fierce man who achieved the status of Arhat.

In Buddhism, Mahatma is also the second generation of the Buddha with a strong root!

Mi Sharjah was smart and eager to learn since he was a child.

He first went to the Western Regions and stayed in the Western Regions for half a year with a group of monks.

They didn't set off for Daqin until they got enough information and learned how to use Daqin's language proficiently.

Now Daqin is very open, and Xianyang's alien face is no longer a novelty.

Therefore, Mi Shajia and others entered Xianyang easily.

They stayed in Xianyang for more than half a month.

After seeing the prosperity of Daqin, Mi Shajia became more determined to preach here.

But the laws of Daqin were strict, and without the permission of the imperial court, they could not preach at all. After several times of asking for a meeting, they found Xunjia, who was here as an envoy in Xianyang.

Xun Jia knew Zhao Kun's role in Daqin, so he recommended them to come to Nanyue to find Zhao Kun.

But Zhao Kun's exact location is not known to everyone. Even when Sunga came to South Vietnam, it was recommended by Aminu.

It is impossible for Xunjia to disclose the specific location of Xunjia for the sake of a few monks, so he can only give a direction and let them find it by themselves.

It is also euphemistically said that if the Buddha has a destiny with this country, he will guide you to meet the people you meet.

As a result, the monk took it seriously and came to Nanyue County without stopping.

However, Nanyue County is so big, and Zhao Kun can keep it secret, so it's no wonder they can find it.

But in this era, those who can be sent to foreign countries to preach are the most fanatical believers.

They have nothing else but perseverance.

Compared with those monks with fat heads and big ears in later generations, these earliest believers of Buddhism can be called true believers.

When they are alive, they strictly abide by the precepts and do not covet worldly enjoyment at all.

In the Maurya Dynasty, there was no saying that the body, hair and skin should not be damaged by the parents.

In the Buddhist precepts, it is stipulated that one must be shaved before entering the religion, and only short hair no more than one finger wide can be worn.

They also asked the monks to shave off all the beards and eyebrows on their faces.

It's just because, according to early Buddhist theory, it's too much trouble to take care of these things, and you can't devote yourself to teaching.

The monks who have really joined the religion and achieved certain achievements have really achieved the ability to stop being grateful to the Buddha all the time.

Misarjah has a high status, right?
But traveling thousands of miles from the Maurya Dynasty, he came to Xianyang, and then from Xianyang to South Vietnam.

Along the way, they have always been begging for a living, and it is common for them to be hungry and full.

In this regard, these people are happy.

Because, since Sakyamuni burned the relics after he sat down, the monks used their own corpses to burn the relics after death as an important criterion for judging whether their Dharma is profound.

After 400 years of exploration, the monks discovered that eating fast and reciting Buddha's name, and suffering during life, the probability of being able to burn relics is extremely high.

Not to mention fat head and big ears, even if you eat a little better, it's impossible.

This coincides with the theory preached by Buddhism.

Isn't this a coincidence?

Therefore, after the death of King Ashoka, the relics were not burned, which caused some controversy within Buddhism.

In the end, everyone gave a final conclusion to Ashoka, who played an important role in the spread of Buddhism.

In the first half of Ashoka's life, he was black Ashoka.

In order to rise to power, he killed 99 of his brothers and caused 10 casualties during the battle.

Even if he was devout to the Buddha for the rest of his life, he could not atone for his sins.

Therefore, he cannot escape in this life.

In the end, Buddhism gave Ashoka the secular title of White Ashoka during his life to Buddha.

Anyway, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is nothing more than that.

However, even so, Ashoka's children are still fanatics of Buddhism.

To give a simple example, King Ashoka's son, Junaro, is a standard handsome man judged by the aesthetics of the Mauryan Dynasty.

He was born on the night when Ashoka built [-] temples. Ashoka believed that he had a relationship with Buddha, so he named him a prince.

After Junaro grew up, Ashoka's wife saw that the young man was handsome, so she became seduced.

As a result, Junaro, who strictly kept the precepts, told Ashoka.

Ashoka listened to his wife's beating, and in a rage, he gouged out Junaro's eyes and exiled him.

Later, when the truth came out, King Ashoka executed his wife and wanted to take his son back.

Unexpectedly, when Junaro heard that the woman who framed him died because of him, he thought it was his own sinful karma, and his old illness relapsed, and he also died.

As the prince of the Peacock Dynasty, he has a respected status, but because of his religious belief, he got such an end.

It can be seen how perverted the Buddhists in this period were.

"My lord, how do we deal with these people?" Jiang Chao said to Zhao Kun.

"Let them go down and have a good rest first, I have other arrangements later."

Zhao Kun waved his hand and watched the monks leave.

It is undeniable that during the farming period when the people's wisdom was relatively ignorant, religion played a certain role in the rule of the dynasty.

But in today's Great Qin, the wisdom of the people has been developed, and there is no room for the development of something like Buddhism.

Not to mention, in the ancient thought of the people of the Xia, there is no belief in a certain person to the extent of worshiping every day.

The reason why Zhao Kun is interested in these monks is because he has other considerations.