Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 489 I will not embarrass you alone......

After the four-day debate on Buddhism and Taoism ended, all the monks and priests were "escorted" by Jin Yiwei and returned to the post house under the banner of Honglu Temple.

In order to repay their refutation of the White Lotus Sect, Zhu Yunxi ordered Guanyi to increase their treatment.

Although Buddhist eminent monks don’t eat meat, it’s a bit unreasonable to always eat pickled vegetables and rice. You still have to order cabbage and tofu.

A group of monks and Taoists were moved to tears when they saw the cabbage tofu that dogs would not eat on weekdays.

It's been almost a month, and I finally had some serious meals!

Because of his relationship with Zhang Sloppy, Heavenly Master Zhang Yuchu of Longhushan received much better treatment than those monks, but he didn't want to eat it, and he only dealt with it with vegetarian dishes every day.

Now that the debate is over, and the next step is for the court to attack them, he is even less in the mood to eat.

He just looked out the door helplessly, waiting for the little apprentice to return.

After a while, the little apprentice came back in a hurry.

"Master!"

"Zhang Sloppy has entered the palace!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yuchu hurriedly got up and asked.

"Which palace did you enter?"

"North...the North Palace of the emperor's grandson!"

"Huh!"

"It's finally time to eat!"

From Zhang Yuchu's point of view, the relationship between Zhang Sloppy and the emperor's grandson must be very good. As long as Zhang Sloppy gets involved, at least half of the matter will be achieved.

Therefore, in a good mood, Zhang Yuchu's appetite improved a lot.

When Zhang Yuchu was eating with a large bowl, Zhang Sloppy, whom Zhang Yuchu had placed high hopes on, was eating dry pastries and drinking weak tea in the waiting courtyard, waiting for the emperor's grandson to summon him.

In fact, Zhu Yunxi knew that Zhang Sloppy was here, and the reason why he didn't summon him was not because he was really busy, and he really didn't want to see this old man.

Because tomorrow he is going to attack the world's Buddhist and Taoist sects, and this old man came to visit today, and everyone knows what his plan is.

If the old man really knelt down and continued his mentorship with him with snot and tears, he would really be embarrassed.

Zhang Sloppy drank three more pots of tea, and his bladder finally couldn't take it anymore.After inquiring about the location of the toilet with the little eunuch, he hurried in and poured himself out.

Coming out of the toilet again, Zhang Sloppy was as energetic as a different person.

He called the little eunuch again and gave the little eunuch a note.

"Please, this little father-in-law, go and see me again for the poor..."

The little eunuch looked at the note with doubts all over his face.

"Zhang Shenxian, it's not that slaves don't help you, it's because there are rules in the palace. If the emperor's grandson doesn't want to see you, it's useless for you to see him a few times..."

Hearing this, Zhang Sloppy took out another old man's coin from his sleeve and stuffed it into the young eunuch's hand.

"Please trouble little eunuch, no matter whether you succeed or not, the poor will accept your love!"

The little eunuch weighed the weight of the silver coin in his hand, and knew that it was two old man's money, so he said with a smile.

"Go with me, Immortal Zhang, and this servant will go pass it on for you!"

"Come here, hurry up and serve good tea to Zhang Shenxian!"

As the little eunuch left, another eunuch soon entered the waiting room, and replaced the cakes and tea in front of Zhang's sloppy table with soft osmanthus cake and Longjing.

Looking at the cakes and Longjing in front of him, Zhang Sloppy sighed secretly.

If I had known that there were so many rules in the palace, I would not have suffered this crime just now!

Zhu Yunxi hid in the government affairs hall and was busy, when he saw Wang De rushing in, he immediately reprimanded him.

"You can't learn from your godfather. If you mess around all day long, when will you have the temperament of a big boss!"

Wang De hurriedly put on a smiling face and came forward.

"Your Highness, forgive me, this servant has encountered a big problem!"

"Little Fuzi, who was waiting in the courtyard just now, handed over a note to the servant. The servant looked at it and thought it was a serious matter, so she hurriedly sent it to His Highness."

Zhu Yunxi reached out to take the note, glanced at it, and was stunned on the spot.

"Where is Sloppy Zhang?"

"Return to Your Highness, Master Zhang Xian is still waiting for you to summon him..."

"Go see him now!"

After Zhu Yunxi said this, he ran out in a hurry, and went straight to the waiting courtyard dozens of feet away.

If you ask Zhu Yunxi why he is in such a hurry, it is only because Zhang Sloppy wrote a sentence on the note.

"The poor have a plan, ask His Royal Highness Yucheng and Miss Xu Jiasan about it!"

Although Zhu Yunxi has been busy gathering wool from Buddhism and Taoism recently, he has always kept Xu Miaojin's promise in mind.

It's just that he couldn't think of a suitable way to break his head.

If you obey Lao Zhu's words, you will disappoint the beauty.But if he kills first and plays later, even if he can get rid of this face, Xu Miaojin may not be able to get rid of it.

Therefore, this matter has been stuck, and he was even embarrassed to have a private meeting with Xu Miaojin.

Zhang Sloppy had just eaten half a piece of pastry when he saw Zhu Yunxie appearing at the door, thinking to himself that the grandson of the emperor is really a passionate seed.

"Pindao has met His Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager!"

"Master Zhang Xian is free!"

"Don't dare to be called His Highness's Immortal Master."

"Pindao came here today to ask His Highness, and I hope His Highness will forgive you..."

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he stopped immediately, then silently stepped back a few steps, standing with one foot inside the door and the other outside the door.

"Zhang Sloppy, we both agreed in advance that if the conditions you put forward are too big and exceed Gu's psychological expectations, Gu will not care about your so-called tricks!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Sloppy started to slander again. When he first entered the door, he was still Zhang Xianshi, but when he heard the conditions, Zhang Sloppy became sloppy. This is too realistic!
It's not so difficult for the poor to fool the old emperor!
Although Zhang Sloppy was 1 unhappy, he managed to squeeze out a smile.

"Your Highness, don't worry. I have the same opinion as Your Highness on the matter of tax collection. It's time for them to pay some taxes to the court!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunxi took back the foot outside the door.

"Master Zhang Xian loves to hear these words!"

"Why are they pretending to be outsiders while grabbing land and food from the people of Daming?"

"I don't make things difficult for them, as long as they pay taxes obediently, I don't have to divide their incense money..."

Zhang Sloppy was dumbfounded when he heard this. How dare he love the grandson of the emperor and want to share the incense money?
"Your Highness, it is fine to collect taxes, but incense money...is this a bit too lowly, it is tantamount to stealing money from gods and Buddhas..."

Zhu Yunxue winked at Zhang Sloppy upon hearing the words.

"If you have the ability, would you invite Sanqing down to let Gu have a look?"

"It's really not possible, I can send you to see Sanqing alone!"

When Zhang Sloppy heard this, he quickly changed his words.

"Your Highness, Shengming, where do the gods and Buddhas need money? Isn't it used by monks and priests..."

"The old Taoist only asks His Highness to give Longhushan a grace. After all, Longhushan has been passed down for thousands of years, and the celestial master has a long history."

"If His Highness suppresses Longhu Mountain too hard, there will be no Daomen in the Central Plains that can resist Buddhism."

"Therefore, Pindao suggests that Your Highness leave half of Longhushan's face, and let them block the backlash from Buddhism for you."

Hearing what Zhang Sloppy said, Zhu Yunxi immediately made up his mind.

It is true that religion cannot be suppressed blindly. No matter how hard you suppress it, the demand for this thing among the people is huge.

If the proof sects are suppressed, the cults will take advantage of the vacancy and seize folk beliefs.

Therefore, it is necessary to preserve the existing pattern of disputes between Buddhism and Taoism, and let them help the imperial court suppress cults like the White Lotus Sect...

"Half..."

"But it can only be mountainous, poor land, and good land with flat terrain must be dedicated to the court!"

"Gu can classify the mountainous land, forest land, tea land and other land that cannot grow food in Longhu Mountain as the scenic spot of Longhu Mountain. Only a certain amount of management fee is charged every year, and other fees are not levied!"

Hearing the words, Zhang Sloppy also thought about it secretly. He had been to Longhu Mountain. The most valuable things in Longhu Mountain were forests, tea gardens, shops, inns and other industries.In fact, the land for growing grain is really not much, and many of them are named under the name of Longhu Mountain to exempt the imperial court from corvee.

Therefore, there is a high probability that Zhang Yuchu will agree to the conditions given by the emperor's grandson.

"The poor man will thank His Highness on behalf of Junior Brother Zhang!"

Zhu Yunxi agreed to Zhang Sloppy's request, and then looked at Zhang Sloppy with a smile.

"I have given Zhang Xianshi my sincerity, now it's Zhang Xianshi's turn to show my sincerity?"

Zhang Sloppy laughed when he heard this.

"It's easy!"

"The poor Taoist can take Miss Xu's family as an apprentice, and give her the name Miaozhen Zhenren!"

Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth wide in surprise when he heard this, and an allusion suddenly came to mind.

"Master Zhang Xian means to follow the example of Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan?"

"Your Highness, Shengming, this is exactly what Pindao means!"

In the Tang Dynasty, in order to occupy his daughter-in-law, Tang Minghuang first asked Yang Yuhuan to become a Taoist priest. As long as he became a monk, he would automatically break off the marriage contract with his son, and there would be no issue of seniority.

Zhu Yunxi slapped his forehead in frustration.

"Ugh!"

"Such a simple method, I never thought of it, let you cheat half of the industry for nothing..."

Zhang Sloppy laughed when he heard the words, and hurriedly made a decision.

"Your Highness, you've opened your mouth. You can't do that fattening thing, right?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head firmly.

"Don't worry, Gu will never break his promise!"

"As for Xu Miaojin becoming a monk, I have to worry about Master Zhang."

Zhang Sloppy laughed complacently when he heard this.

"This matter is on Pindao's shoulders!"

"As long as Xu Miaojin worships under the name of the poor Taoist, she and His Highness are brothers and sisters, so they can naturally form a Taoist couple!"

"Taoist couple..."

Zhu Yunxi smacked these two words, always feeling a strange feeling in his heart.

"it is good!"

"Taoist companion is Taoist companion!"

Zhang Sloppy left after dealing with the matter of Longhu Mountain. As for the entrustment of Master Yuanjue of Mount Wutai, he didn't even think about it.

The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is not just a joke, it is a real endless death.

When the Yuan Dynasty was established, Kublai Khan presided over the debate on Buddhism and Taoism.

This is the great shame and humiliation that the Taoist sect has suffered for thousands of years!
Such humiliation would not be resolved by giving him a copper mountain, not to mention a pure copper hall!

The next day, Zhu Yunxi couldn't wait to invite all the big figures from Buddhism and Taoism to the Beigong where he lived.

After some courteous meeting between the monarch and his ministers, Zhu Yunxie said straight to the point.

"You are all masters of Buddhism and Taoism. Many people should have already guessed the purpose of inviting you here, right?"

Zhang Yuchu, the celestial master of Longhu Mountain, received a letter from Zhang Sloppy a long time ago, knowing that his line of Longhu Mountain was stable, so he was the first to speak out.

"Know!"

"Pindao is here today on behalf of the Longhushan lineage to express our attitude to His Highness the Emperor Taisun. No matter what the Emperor Taisun wants, I, the Longhushan lineage, will fully support it!"

As soon as Zhang Yuchu said this, everyone immediately looked sideways.

There is no idiot who can stand in this room at this time. Hearing this, he knew that Zhang Yuchu must have reached an ulterior deal with the emperor's grandson!
Otherwise, whoever will come out to say this will not be the turn of the rich old Zhang family, right?

After all, their family is the real thousand-year-old family, which is longer than all the Buddhist temples present...

Yuan Jue, the abbot of Xiantong Temple in Mount Wutai, frowned secretly. He didn't receive a reply from Zhang Sloppy yesterday, so it can be seen that Zhang Sloppy didn't speak for himself.

Therefore, today is a very huge challenge for their Wutai Mountain lineage.

"Your Highness, can the poor monk know what your request is first?"

Zhu Yunxi pretended to be relaxed when he heard the words.

"There is no requirement, I just want everyone to pay taxes normally according to the amount of land."

Yuanjue frowned again when he heard this.

"As ordinary people pay two buckets of grain for one mu of land, or equivalent money?"

"Correct!"

When everyone heard Zhu Yunxi's affirmative answer, they immediately buzzed about.

"Your Highness, the taxes in the past dynasties have never been as high as [-]%, even the tyrannical Yuan Dynasty has never collected such a high tax!"

As soon as Yuanjue said this, before everyone in the hall could react, Xu Liuzi who was standing at the door stopped shouting.

"Wu that bald donkey!"

"Do you know that this is a serious crime of attacking His Majesty with the intention of rebelling against the court!"

When Yuanjue heard this, he immediately realized that he had just said something wrong. Comparing the previous dynasty with the present, isn't this giving someone a knife?

"Your Highness forgive me!"

"The poor monk has no intention of criticizing His Majesty, nor does he intend to slander the current policy. It's just that monks and temple properties have been preferentially exempted in all dynasties. Your Highness is not afraid of being ridiculed by the world when he sets a precedent in the world."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi looked coldly at the people standing in the hall.

"Since Master Yuanjue said so, I will ask here..."

"Who among you dares to laugh!"

A group of monks and priests look at me and I look at you. Everyone's face is full of solemnity, how dare they have the slightest smile.

Although the emperor's grandson didn't say the whole thing, anyone with a discerning eye knows that whoever dares to laugh will be dragged out and chopped up!
Zhu Yunxi asked several times again, but still no one dared to laugh, so he looked at Yuanjue with a smile.

"Master Yuanjue, you see no one laughs at Gu..."

Yuanjue closed his eyes in pain when he heard the words, and kept twisting his hands on the rosary beads.

"Under the rule of the ancient Li Wang, the people of the country dare not speak, and the road follows the eyes."

"Does Your Highness want to imitate the ancient tyrants and make people in the world dare not speak?"

Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly when he heard the words.

"Gu Ke didn't say not to let you talk."

"Today, everyone can speak freely and say what they want. Even if you point at Gu's nose and scold him, Gu will not punish him."

"But one thing must be stated, since you want not to pay taxes, you have to give Gu a reason not to pay taxes!"

When Yuanjue heard this, his eyelids twitched abruptly, secretly thinking in his heart whether this guy's words counted, but don't be like the old emperor who killed people when he was in a bad mood.

The others also hesitated secretly, and no one dared to speak for a while.After a while, a monk from the Mount Putuo Dojo spoke.

"Since Your Highness let us speak freely, then the poor monk will show his shame."

"The Buddha said that he left three treasures in the world, one is the Buddha, the other is the Dharma, and the third is the Sangha."

"Although the monastery has a little production, it is all donated by the emperors of the past dynasties and donated by the majority of believers."

"The income generated by the land is not for us to squander, but for offering to the Three Jewels for the monks' daily needs..."

"Your Highness should follow the example of the sages and not ask to pay homage to my Buddha, but at least don't do the act of destroying the temple and destroying the Buddha..."

After the Putuo Mountain monk finished speaking, other people echoed, even some lesser-known Taoists followed suit.

"Your Highness, please think again!"

"Your Highness, please think again!"

Zhu Yunxi called out to everyone three times in a row, and then made a gesture to tell them to shut up.

"Shut up first!"

"This old monk, I'm here to ask you alone. Among the three treasures of Buddhism you mentioned just now, the Buddha and the Dharma need not be mentioned. These two do not need worldly offerings. We only talk about the monk. Since the monk is also one of the three treasures, then you Tell me what kind of virtues a monk should possess to be worthy of being offered by believers?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, a monk is a person who preaches on behalf of the Buddha, a person who protects and upholds the Buddha's teachings, and abides by the precepts."

"The body has Buddha nature, and the heart is toward my Buddha. With compassion, I will save all living beings..."

Zhu Yunxi waited for the old monk to finish playing, and then opened his mouth with a playful face.

"it is good!"

"Since you have praised the monk so highly, I will give you a chance!"

"Come here, provide each master with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, plus a set of tables and chairs!"

Following Zhu Yunxi's order, Jin Yiwei soon brought tables and chairs, and the little eunuch presented pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Masters, please sit down!"

When a group of monks and priests heard the words, they looked at Zhu Yunxi in a daze. No one knew what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's grandson's gourd.

But since the emperor's grandson gave the order, they could only sit on the chairs obediently.

"Since the master said so well about the monk just now, I will test you on behalf of Sanqing and Buddha, and see how well you have mastered the Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures!"

"Buddhists silently wrote the Diamond Sutra, the Diamond Sutra, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra, the Amitabha Sutra, the Heart Sutra, and the Shurangama Sutra..."

"The scriptures of taoism, Taoism, Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao, Chongxu scriptures, Huangting inner scene scriptures, Taishang induction chapter..."

"I won't embarrass you alone, you just need to silently write the three classics of your respective sects!"

"If you can do it, I will consider you to be masters."

"If it can't be done, this sect will be delisted immediately, and all temple properties will be confiscated!"

(End of this chapter)