Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 488 It would be kindness not to eradicate them, and it would be a fart to collect some taxes!

Honglu temple post.

As monks and Taoists from all over the Ming Dynasty entered Beijing, the posthouse gradually became lively.

It's just that these people don't seem to be very happy. Even the eminent monks from Wutai Mountain keep a straight face all day long, and they don't have any interest in the people and things around them.

The monks were all so depressed, and Zhang Yuchu of Longhu Mountain was also unhappy.

Because he heard a rumor that it was false that the imperial court invited them to Beijing to discuss Taoism this time, and it was true that they wanted them to hand over the temple property and temple property.

The accumulation of their Longhushan past dynasties may be buried in his hands, how can he not be anxious?
Compared with the worries of these famous families, Zhang Sloppy who stayed in Huimin Medical Center all day is much more comfortable.

When I have time, I lead a group of medical students to the ward rounds, and discuss the latest treatment plan with the most outstanding doctor group in Daming.

As for the reconstruction of the Wudang Mountain Dojo promised by the old emperor and the emperor's grandson, he has long since ignored it.

He figured it out, the grandparents and grandchildren could only coax him with words, and they didn't want them to pay for him to cultivate the monastery.

On this day, he had just led the students to check the ward, and gave some medical advice to a few patients who had just undergone simple operations, when he saw his old buddy Zhang Yuchu waiting at his door.

As soon as Zhang Sloppy saw Zhang Yuchu, he knew why this guy came to him.It was nothing more than wanting to use his status as the emperor's grandson's master to ask him to intercede with the emperor's grandson and not to confiscate their land in Longhushan.

However, Zhang Sloppy's family knew about his family affairs, and the emperor's grandson didn't believe their evil at all, and he didn't have any face at all with the emperor's grandson.

"Senior Brother, Junior Brother is here to pay a visit!"

"Junior Brother Yuchu, Pindao is very busy now, why don't you come to visit me another day?"

Zhang Yuchu shook his head firmly when he heard the words.

"No!"

"Tomorrow is the discussion, and no one knows what will happen after tomorrow, let's come to visit today."

Seeing that Zhang Sloppy couldn't shirk it, he could only send the students away first, and then led Zhang Yuchu to his office.

"Junior Brother Yuchu, Pindao knows why you came here."

"I really can't help you with this matter, you'd better figure it out yourself!"

Zhang Yuchu said with a melancholy face when he heard the words.

"Brother, the Taoist sect in the world is one family, you can't just sit back and ignore it, can you?"

"Brother, no matter what you say, you are taking advantage of Master Huang Taisun's righteousness. As long as you open your mouth, Huang Taisun will sell you some face!"

"Junior brother doesn't ask for more, but only wants to keep half of the property, and the remaining half will be dedicated to the court and the emperor's grandson!"

Hearing what Zhang Yuchu said, Zhang Sloppy's expression softened a little.

"If you can really donate half of it, there may be a chance for this matter."

"It's just that you don't think highly of me as a master. What I told the old emperor was the teaching on behalf of the sky. In principle, I'm just the eldest brother of the emperor's grandson..."

Zhang Yuchu couldn't help but blush when he heard the words, in fact, whether it was the master or the brother, they were all lies pulled out by the two of them.

It's just that the two of them have always been curious, why did the grandson of the emperor never take the initiative to expose them?
"Then there is Senior Brother Lao!"

"As long as senior brother can help me keep half of the property in Longhu Mountain, junior brother is willing to donate 300 million taels of silver to help senior brother build the Wudang Mountain Dojo!"

"300?"

Zhang Sloppy, who lived in a cave for half his life, couldn't roll his eyes when he heard "300 million".

This Longhu Mountain is worthy of being a thousand-year-old dojo. She is so rich that she took out 300 million taels of silver without even blinking an eye!

After Zhang Sloppy sent Zhang Yuchu away, he welcomed Abbot Yuanjue from Daxiantong Temple in Mount Wutai.

"Yuanjue has met the real person protecting the country!"

Zhang Sloppy's official title is Tongwei Xianhua Huguozhen Daoist, which was conferred by Emperor Hongwu of Ming Dynasty himself.

Seeing what Yuanjue said, Zhang Sloppy hurriedly got up to return the salute.

"Pindao met Abbot Yuanjue!"

Abbot Yuanjue was not simple either. The Xiantong Temple where he lived was rebuilt under the order of Emperor Hongwu, and he personally inscribed the plaque of "Daxiantong Temple" to show his admiration.

It can be said that both of them have official endorsements, but in the long run, Zhang Sloppy's endorsement is even greater.

After all, he occupies the title of master of the emperor's grandson, and is also the real person of Tongwei manifesting and protecting the country personally appointed by the emperor.

The words "protecting the country" alone are incomparable to the abbots and abbots of other monasteries.

"You are welcome to protect the country. The poor monk is not here to discuss the Tao, but just to chat with fellow Taoists about common things."

"I don't know what you think about the court's taxation of monasteries and Taoist temples?"

Zhang Sloppy doesn't have much business in Wudang Mountains, so he has never been very interested in this matter.

But since the great abbot of Xiantong Temple has asked, he can only bite the bullet and say a few words.

"Although you and I claim to be people from other places, we live in a chaotic world that belongs to the orthodox dynasty."

"As the saying goes, is it the king's land under the whole world, and is it the king's ministers on the shore of the land."

"If you can't let the Buddha persuade His Majesty, in the opinion of the poor, you should pay the tax you should pay."

"Don't you see Wu Zong destroying Buddha?"

"Your Majesty and the emperor's grandson just want you to pay taxes like the common people in the world. If you haven't destroyed the temple and Buddha, you just have to cooperate..."

This is not the answer Yuan Jue wanted, he came here this time to seek allies.

"Master Zhang, aren't you afraid of the decline of the Taoist sect?"

Zhang Sloppy smiled when he heard this.

"The abbot's words are too funny. Since your Buddhist sect entered Middle Earth, when did my Taoist sect flourish?"

"None of the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties belonged to Taoism!"

When Zhang Sloppy said this, he couldn't help but vomit sourly.

"When it comes to defrauding money, my Taoist sect can't catch up with your Buddhist sect..."

"Therefore, let you Buddhists pay more, Pindao thinks this is in line with the way of heaven."

"The way of heaven is more than enough to make up for what is lacking!"

In fact, the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is no less than the dispute between the imperial court asking them to collect taxes.Even in the face of Yuanjue who came to ask for peace, Zhang Sloppy still couldn't help but sarcasm.

Yuanjue heard Zhang Sloppy's sarcasm, as expected of a contemporary eminent monk, his face did not calm down in the slightest.

"Reverend Zhang is serious. That's just believers worshiping Buddha. We monks are only keeping this gift of worshiping Buddha and worshiping Buddha for good men and women in the world. Those incense money will eventually be given back to the believers and the common people..."

Yuanjue's answer was not unreasonable, but to Zhang Sloppy's ears, it was too funny.

When he was young, he traveled around famous mountains and great rivers, and he heard and saw a lot. How could he believe his nonsense?
As the saying goes, there are many famous mountain monks in the world. If he hadn't been inferior to the group of monks in Songshan, he wouldn't have gone to Wutai Mountain to open up a Taoist temple.

But there is nothing to say about this matter, who made them not live up to their expectations, and can't do this group of monks in terms of fooling people?

Yuanjue talked for a while, seeing that Zhang Sloppy still didn't agree with each other, so he could only use his trump card.

"The poor monk heard that Zhang Zhenzhen has always wanted to build a dojo. If he does not give up, the poor monk will build a pure copper hall for Zhang Zhenren on behalf of the temples in Mount Wutai."

Hearing this, Zhang Sloppy suddenly realized that he had had a wish in his early years, to build a golden temple in Wudang Mountain, to absorb the most true and pure thunder energy from the sky, and to assist himself in his practice.

However, he only mentioned this matter to a few of his apprentices, and never mentioned it to outsiders. How did this old monk know?

"Thank you abbot for your kindness, but the price of the pure copper hall is too high, and I dare not accept such a big gift from you."

"Master Zhang, don't be polite. Didn't the poor monk just say that the incense money of the believers is taken from the people and used for the people."

"Although Buddhism and Taoism have different paths, they do have the same goal in terms of soothing people's hearts and guiding people to be good. The poor monk who built a Taoist temple for Zhang Zhenzhen is also building a Taoist temple for the people of the world."

"This……"

When Zhang Sloppy heard Monk Yuanjue say this, he really didn't know how to refuse him for a while, so he could only reluctantly say it.

"To be honest, Pindao doesn't have much face in the court, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to help Master Yuanjue achieve his wish."

Yuanjue put his palms together and said a Buddha's name.

"How can the poor monk have any wish?"

"The wish of the poor monk is nothing more than that the people live and work in peace and contentment, and that the Ming Dynasty will have good weather!"

Hearing this, Zhang Sloppy shouted in his heart, this old monk's rank is not low, even if it was a private meeting, he would not say a single wrong word!
"What a coincidence!"

"Pimpedao's wish is the same as that of the master!"

After Zhang Sloppy sent Yuanjue away, he met several monks and Taoist priests one after another.

Many of these people were whom he once looked up to, but now they are all looking for him to worship on the top of the mountain, donating money and materials to help him build the dojo, and at the same time flattering him, boasting himself as the leader of the Taoist sect.

Fortunately, Zhang Sloppy has long passed the age of liking to listen to beautiful words, otherwise he really couldn't bear their fooling around.

Even so, after spending another day with a group of monks and Taoists, Zhang Sloppy was still a little drifting. Even when he was dreaming at night, he saw the scene of the thunder and fire refining temple on the top of Wudang Mountain.

The next day, the discussion on Buddhism and Taoism officially began, and Zhang Sloppy was also invited to attend.

Because of the historical lessons of the debate on Buddhism and Taoism in the early Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhen Sect, Longhushan and other Taoists did not talk about who came first in Buddhism and Taoism this time, but engaged in all kinds of skinning on the worldview of both sides.

Buddhists ask how the 33 days are divided, while Taoists ask how high Mount Sumeru is.

The Buddhists asked how to give birth, and the Taoists replied what is the world of flowers.

These old-fashioned debates are simply child's play to the real masters, but to the people of the capital, they are happy to hear and see.Especially the scene where the bald monk rolls up his sleeves and yells at the cow-nosed old man makes the common people applaud.

It was not until the joining of the White Lotus Sect that the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism came to an end temporarily, and began to turn into a joint refutation of the White Lotus Sect by Buddhism and Taoism.

The White Lotus Sect has always claimed to be a branch of Buddhism, but to the surprise of the common people, all the monks in the venue uniformly denied this point of view, believing that the White Lotus Sect has nothing to do with Buddhism.

The Daoist sect also came up to step on it, directly disregarding the relationship between the Daoist sect and the White Lotus Sect, claiming that they just stole some daoist spells to bluff.

Then the White Lotus Sect demonstrated the secret methods in various ways, and was then dismantled by the masters of Buddhism and Taoism.

The common people are very addicted to these secret techniques, what kind of talisman paper spontaneously ignites, what kind of talisman paper floats up and so on.

But for a group of high-achieving students led by Zhu Yunxie, these are just small physics experiments.

"Your Highness, did they smear white phosphorus on the paper?"

"And the reason why the villain can float is because the hot air drives it..."

Zhu Yunxi said indifferently when he heard the comments from the students around him.

"Don't underestimate these tricks, the common people really believe it!"

"Therefore, your future task is very important. It is to do everything possible to snatch the people of Ming Dynasty back from such cults as Buddhism, Taoism, and White Lotus Sect, and let them respect reality and believe in the learning of things!"

"Follow the teachings of the emperor's grandson!"

Zhu Yunxi stayed with the students for a while, then ran to chat with Qin Hengbo.

Before Qin Hengbo took refuge in Zhu Yunxi, he was a well-known madman cultivating immortals in the Ming Dynasty. Every day he either went to the famous mountains and rivers, or sought immortals, visited Taoism, made alchemy and took drugs.

At this time, seeing a group of monks and Taoists arguing with the demons of the White Lotus Sect, Qin Hengbo's only little fantasy about immortals was shattered.

What broke Qin Hengbo even more was that the grandson of the emperor slipped over at some point, and even asked him how he felt...

"Master Qin, how do you feel after listening to them for so long? Do you want to go down and have a debate with them?"

"For example, refute them from the perspective of cosmology and world outlook?"

Qin Hengbo stroked his beard in embarrassment when he heard this.

"His Royal Highness, don't come here to punish your heart, the humble minister is already desperate enough..."

"Now Master Qin still thinks it's too much to ask them to collect taxes alone?"

Qin Hengbo shook his head firmly.

"Not too much!"

"They are fooling the people, harming others and themselves. It is kindness not to eradicate them. It is a fart to collect some taxes!"

After Qin Hengbo said this, he shook his sleeves angrily and left.

He didn't fling his sleeves for Zhu Yunxi to see, he was really pissed off by the monks and Taoists on the stage.

Zhu Yunxi didn't care what was said on stage, as long as the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism could refute the Bailian religion.

Although the White Lotus Sect has a lot of influence among the people, their little tricks are not enough in front of the serious Buddhism and Taoism.Whether it is spliced ​​teachings or random scriptures, Buddhism and Taoism can find countless loopholes for attack.

In order to achieve the effect of criticizing the White Lotus Sect, Zhu Yunxi directly announced that the debate would be extended for three days.

This has caused Ma Wencai a lot of trouble. On the first day, he insisted on stalking, and on the second day, he just messed up. You can say whatever you like, anyway, I say what I want, and we don't interfere.On the third day, he didn't even bother to say anything, but he shook his head no matter what the other party said.On the fourth day, he lay flat on his back and said "yes, yes, yes" to the audience.

It wasn't that Ma Wen didn't work hard, it was because the opponent was too strong.Compared with the monks and priests of Wutai Mountain and Longhu Mountain, the White Lotus Sect is really not even as good as a scum.

After the debate on Buddhism and Taoism ended, Zhu Yunxi didn't pay much attention to the part of the debate on Buddhism and Taoism. He just ordered people to focus on extracting the part of Buddhism and Taoism that refuted the White Lotus, and then published it under the title "The Absurd Theory of White Lotus".For the exciting parts, he also highlighted in the book, and ordered the staff of supply and marketing cooperatives, post offices, and medical centers to preach vigorously.

This is just a part of his plan to smash the White Lotus Sect, breaking it down from the perspective of belief, making it lose the ability to fool the people!
However, these are all things for later. He still has one important thing to do right now, which is to discuss with the Buddha and the Taoist Sanqing, whether he can pay some taxes to the court...

(End of this chapter)