Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 1168 I have a predestined relationship with Buddha, so I should vigorously rectify Buddhism!
"In my opinion, how credible is Luang Po's words?"

Outside the iron gate, the two sides met again. After hearing what Luang Po said, Lu Bing was dubious.

Li Yandao: "Dragon Po is very sophisticated, even under the pressure of the interrogation, she will not confess rashly. This move is a conspiracy, using magic weapons to lure us to find the envoy of the altar."

Lu Bing suddenly came to his senses: "Princess Wansheng's two conditions, one is the ghost ticket, which is related to the situation in the underworld after death, and the other is to destroy the Buddha, in order to force the envoy of the altar to show up..."

"However, the prohibition of Buddhist believers from entering the temple to offer sacrifices will not be effective for a while. Now that Luang Po can't hold on anymore, she simply revealed the news of the magic weapon and used the hands of the master to find it. It is really painstaking planning to target it like this!"

"But what I'm most curious about is, does the magic weapon really have such a miraculous effect?"

Li Yan was also very curious about which magical weapon it was, and made a lot of guesses in his mind, but he didn't think it looked like it.

There is too little information, and he will not make a judgment rashly: "According to my current observation, the world is so filthy, and it is too exaggerated to change the world and restore the old view with only one magic weapon..."

"However, in today's world, it is indeed impossible to judge with common sense. Maybe there is such a miraculous effect, and it is still unknown. This matter is extremely critical, and there is no room for carelessness!"

After all, Lu Bing is not a practitioner, and he threatened to return to the canal: "The dragon mother told the secret of the messenger of the altar, and told Princess Wansheng that she should be completely desperate. Let's find out the nine-leaf ganoderma first. , Let’s talk about other things!”

Li Yan didn't think it could be a trick: "If Princess Wansheng doesn't know the exact location of the Nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum?"

Lu Bing frowned: "That's troublesome!"

Li Yandao: "In any case, it is a big gain to completely break through Princess Wansheng's spiritual defense. Long Po can't hide everything. If you ask her for more details, I will leave it to Governor Lu."

Lu Bingle interrogated a lot: "Of course there is no problem with me, sir, do you want to...?"

Li Yandao: "I'm going to learn more about the suppression of Buddhism since Tao Zhongwen became a heavenly master. Let's take a look at the Buddhist temples in the capital."

Lu Bing admired him very much: "Only by not letting go of the slightest detail can we see the details clearly and clearly. Mr.'s investigation is worthy of my study... Bring the Jinyiwei, it will be more convenient."

"Thank you."

If he became a celestial master, Taoism, Buddhism, and religious matters should be fully under his jurisdiction, but now that Li Yan is still a real person, it is really not good to come forward directly, so he accepted this kindness and brought Zhu Zhong and Zhu Si with him.

After leaving the Imperial Prison, Li Yan began to ask: "Dao Zhongwen has been a celestial master all these years, has there been any changes compared to Yifo in the early days of this dynasty?"

Zhu Zhong thought for a while, and replied: "Indeed, it is mainly because of his tolerance for the monks."

"At the beginning of His Majesty's ascension to the throne, he ordered that the Tibetan monks of the previous dynasty 'Chuansheng' and 'Qisheng' be thoroughly punished and deported to the army in the smoky areas of Guangdong and Guangxi. Significantly less."

"After Tao Zhongwen became a celestial master, he was quite tolerant towards these foreign monks and very harsh towards the local monks. At first we didn't think much about it, we just thought it was a strategy of division and governance. Now it seems that there are other plans..."

Li Yan asked again: "Where do the monks in the capital gather?"

Zhu Zhongdao: "The Da Ci'en Temple outside the city."

Li Yan frowned: "The royal temple in the Tang Dynasty has the same name, and it was lived by foreign monks, which really tarnished the name of the temple..."

When it comes to the Daci'en Temple, the first one that comes to mind is naturally the one in Chang'an. Li Zhi built it to pay tribute to Empress Changsun. Later, Master Xuanzang also created the Weishi sect in the temple.

Today's one is the Da Ci'en Temple in Beijing. Historically, it was demolished by Jiajing to the point that "not a single inch of rafters or tiles remained", and all of it was exchanged for money.

There are three reasons why Jiajing suppressed Buddhism. Later generations concluded that there are three reasons: the first is that the great emperor himself believed in Taoism. Of course there is a preference for likes and dislikes;
The second is that the past dynasties worshiped and believed in Buddhism, especially during the Zhengde period, when the eunuchs lured the emperor to worship Tibetan monks, evil things happened frequently, and Jiajing learned from them;

The third is that the financial crisis in the middle and late period of Jiajing was serious, and it was really impossible to support a large number of monks.

The latter two points can also be combined into one. The expenditure of Buddhism is too large. During the Zhengde period, the number of foreign monks living in the capital alone reached tens of thousands, and they were all supported by the inner library. These monks still eat meat However, food subsidies for wine and meat are provided by Guanglu Temple. "Someone who comes to receive it twice or three times a day." .

So personal likes and dislikes are one thing. From an economic point of view, Taoism is indeed cheaper than Buddhism, so you can imagine what you choose.

Now the monks can still openly gather in the capital, Li Yan thought for a while, and said to Zhu Si: "You take people first, go to the Da Ci'en Temple to check the situation, and we will arrive later."

"Yes!"

Zhu Si immediately led the team to the outskirts of the city, while Li Yan took Zhu Zhong to the Tianshi Mansion.

Since Tao Zhongwen was secretly arrested, the ruling and opposition parties have not been announced so far, and the house raids in Tianshi’s Mansion were not well organized. Some crying could be heard in the past two days, but today it has become extremely quiet.

Tao Zhongwen's two sons and their families, who had no talent for cultivation, were driven into several houses to live in, while Jin Yiwei searched for evidence and clues, and sorted out many of them.

So, after Zhu Zhong entered, he quickly ordered someone to come out with a box: "All the utensils related to Buddhism in Tao Mansion are inside."

When Li Yan opened the box, he saw a skull as white as jade at first sight, and frowned again: "Is this the skull bowl?"

Zhu Zhongdao: "It's this thing that real people may not like, but such filthy things are extremely valuable in Beijing, and they are mostly sought after by the rich and powerful. These are also owned by Tao Zhongwen's eldest son, Tao Shitong. They are quite precious on weekdays, and they are often taken out to play with. ..."

This is not an exaggeration at all. Wang Shizhen, the master of the literary world, is suspected of creating "Jin Ping Mei", the Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng who used Ximen Qing to mock Yan Shifan. When Wanli celebrated his birthday in the 14th year of Wanli, he received two gifts from his friends, one One is a white jade cup and plate, and the other is the "skull of a different monk".

The skull of a different monk is the "skull bowl". The skull of an eminent monk is used as a drinking vessel to hold clean water for worshiping the Buddha. It is a good friend who "searches painstakingly, especially rare".

This is exactly the foreign custom brought by the fan monks. For a long time in the Ming Dynasty, parietal bone counting beads, skull bowls and other objects were routine items offered by fan monks as tribute, and gradually became popular among the people.

There are similar descriptions in "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West". Wu Song pretended to be a traveler to seek refuge, and obtained a Toutuo's "one hundred and eight parietal bone counting beads" from Sun Erniang. Skewers, hung around the neck, the Tang and Song monks in the real history would not dress like this, only the Ming Dynasty had this foreign custom.

Of course, some people admire it, and there are also many courtiers of the Ming Dynasty who are not used to it. There is a saying in "Zhifan Monk Shu", "The filthy people from the West pollute my Chinese teaching of etiquette and righteousness. They are rich in clothes and food, and waste money and food. , who is good at being a majestic blessing...offering the number beads of the top bone, the magic bowl of the skull, and the glory of rewarding with filthy things."

Li Yan also disliked this custom very much. Seeing that the filthy things of these foreign monks were searched out, he immediately said: "Check again, are there any magic tools of Chinese Buddhism?"

Jin Yiwei searched carefully, but found nothing.

Those common instruments of Buddhism in Middle-earth disappeared, but the things of foreign monks prevailed.

Li Yan flipped through a few more Buddhist scriptures, and his expression sank: "Many ancient Buddhist scriptures have been tampered with, with vicious intentions."

He has never had a good impression of Buddhist monks with fat heads and big ears, but he still respects Buddhist eminent monks and scriptures.

Whether it is from the perspective of dialectical thinking or spiritual perception, studying Buddhist classics can benefit people a lot, but these classics, just like the remaining pages of "Nirvana Sutra" in the picture of the ghosts at night, are only revised. Just a few words changed the meaning of the language drastically, from nirvana to a cage where one could never be reborn forever, being tampered with maliciously, one's heart can be punished...

"This is not about destroying Buddha, but about evil Buddha."

Li Yan put down the Buddhist scriptures: "Keep the physical evidence well, let's go to Daci'en Temple."

If the news of the Tianshi Mansion is already disgusting, then Zhu Si's report outside the Daci'en Temple made Zhu Zhong's eyes turn cold, and he was furious: "The group of foreign monks sold their beloved as slaves again? "

Zhu Sidao: "That's right, the relevant thieves have been arrested and imprisoned, and are about to be sentenced to death. However, the outside of Da Ci'en Temple is tightly guarded. Obviously, they will do similar business!"

Li Yandao: "Tell me about the specific situation."

Zhu Zhong took a deep breath and explained: "This is not the first time that such a thing has happened. Fan monks paid tribute, and there were many illegal acts. During the orthodox years, some officials said that these thieves 'brought private goods, troubled the courier, and gathered in groups. Party, murder and beating people, extorting property, and raping women', it got even worse during the Zhengde period..."

Zhu Si went on to say: "Although this court does not dare to be blatantly presumptuous, it does all kinds of evil in private. Those who are caught will obey the law and die, and the rest will still take risks. I wait for Jin Yiwei to arrest many evil monks." !"

Li Yan said coldly: "I heard before that there are good and bad Buddhist disciples in Central Earth, but now it seems that these foreign monks are more vicious. We should vigorously rectify them and punish them severely!"

Who told me to have a relationship with Buddhism, this time it will be harder, and before collecting taxes, I will clean up the door first!
Zhu Zhong and Zhu Si relaxed when they heard this, and their eyes showed anticipation.

This celestial master who is about to take office is far from being comparable to Tao Zhongwen. This group of Buddhist scum... is finally going to be completely over!

　I feel a little uncomfortable, I guess I will make up the second update today during the day tomorrow, don't wait

　　
　
(End of this chapter)