I studied in modern times

Chapter 589: Killing
After entering the Kaifeng Mansion, I took a look at all the government affairs, and then met with and heard from several departments as usual.

Zhao Xu then asked Feng Jing to invite President Jin to the Plum Blossom Hall.

"Amitabha, the Master of the Tripitaka of the West, Samana Chen Jinzongzhi, pays homage to Your Majesty." Jinzhi solemnly bowed with his hands together.

"Master, please take a seat without any courtesy." Zhao Xu said.

Someone then brought a chair and placed it behind Mr. Jin.

President Jin paid homage to Jishou again to express his gratitude, and then sat down.

"Mage came to see me this time, is there something wrong?" Zhao Xu asked, pretending to be confused.

"I would like to inform Your Majesty that I, together with the eminent monks from various temples in Bianjing, plan to leave Beijing in a few days and go to Huainan to pray for the victims of the Huainan disaster." President Jin said in a chorus.

Zhao Xu listened, nodded and said: "Master is merciful!"

The look in Mr. Jin’s eyes showed a little more appreciation.

Because the Prime Minister no longer served as the translator and envoy of Buddhist scriptures, the importance of translation and Dharma transmission in the Song Dynasty plummeted.

The second one is the incidental impact.

Zhao Xu asked Feng Jing to take it, then hold it in his hand and look at it.

Especially for an eminent monk in purple like Mr. Jin, he is willing to take the initiative to travel, and he can also call on and lead a group of people to follow him to Huainan. It is so rare!
Therefore, Zhao Xu could not help but take the initiative to ask: "I wonder, which eminent monks are there who will go with the master?"

Although it is said that monks walking is their duty and part of their practice.

But the great monk in Bianjing was too rich.

Moreover, you must stay in a hotel and sleep on a soft bed.

Just the tone, a little cold.

In other words, in the entire Bianjing city, there were dozens and hundreds of imperial temples, but not a single abbot or monk leader was willing to follow President Jin to go south.

General Secretary Jin seemed to know this. He looked a little ashamed and said: "I, together with Tian Jixiang, Zhi Jixiang, Mingyuan, Hui Xun and other monks, have held a meeting with the abbots of various temples in Beijing, and the first one is in Kaibao Temple. ”

and so……

Even when I go out, the scene is always grand.

The minimum is three thousand strings.

The Translation Institute can no longer engrave and print Buddhist scriptures at will.

There are even people who hug each other everywhere they go, euphemistically saying: This is also cultivation!
Therefore, today, in the city of Bianjing, it has become a commendable thing for monks to travel around.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites immediately took back the printing rights of the Translation Institute.

It seemed that those sticks really hurt them.

President Kim knew that His Majesty was probably very dissatisfied with Buddhism.

When he came to the Song Dynasty, two major events happened in the Song Dynasty that affected Buddhism.

But he has no choice!

As we all know, although the emperor of the current dynasty is young, he has a very good memory, especially in terms of holding grudges.

President Kim knows that this is probably related to the fact that last time the temples promised to donate money, only 30% or 50% was finally received.

But there was no other way. He could only try his best to help smooth things over and said: "To be honest with your Majesty, the abbots and heads of all the temples have said that within three to five days, the relevant money and silk will be sent to Kaifeng Mansion for the imperial court to provide relief to Huainan."

"At the Dharma Assembly, the presiding officers and chiefs of the temples in Bianjing, because they were impressed by His Majesty's holy virtue, destroyed the temples one after another for the sake of the country, and used all the incense and money provided by believers in the temples for many years to benefit Huainan."

This directly disabled the Translation Court and turned the Translation Court almost into a decoration.

From then on, the Translation Institute no longer had an independent printing agency.

Master Guangfan, Master Chongfan, etc., as soon as you hear it, you will know that they are monks trained when the Japanese presided over the court.

It is also the pillar of Chuan Court today.

As for Xian Chao, Xian Neng, etc., they were monks of the Song Dynasty trained by Jin Zongzhi.

The first was the restructuring of Yuanfeng, which removed the prime minister from concurrently serving as translator and envoy of translators and writers.

With that said, he took out a piece of paper from his arms, stood up and knelt in front of Zhao Xu, holding the paper in his hand.

Therefore, these great monks will not easily go out to travel and suffer the hardships of eating in the wind and sleeping in the open.

If you can ride a horse, you will never walk; if you can ride a boat, you will never go ashore.

President Jin put his hands together and saluted: "Amitabha, please report back to Your Majesty. I have sent the court to the thirteen monks including Master Guangfan Tianjixiang, Master Chongfan Mingyuan, and Master Fancai Huixun, as well as my two disciples Xianchao and Xianchao. All will be with you.”

But Zhao Xu only glanced at it, put it aside, and said: "I am very pleased that the masters of the temples are so compassionate."

Zhao Xu still just smiled, looking like he didn't believe it at all. In line with his immature age, this made President Jin extremely ashamed, and even felt like he was committing a crime in his heart.

When Zhao Xu heard this, he chuckled in his heart.

It is precisely because of the cooperation and assistance of these eminent monks who are proficient in Sanskrit that Mr. Kim can continue the work of translating scriptures.

The whole thing sucks!

And big temples with a long history, such as Xianjing Temple and Tiefo Temple, which run treasuries, are even more "incomparably generous" and are willing to donate tens of thousands of dollars.

This time, the monks were much more sincere than last time.

For more than ten years, President Kim has been working hard to persuade the Song Dynasty to restore the tradition of the prime minister also serving as a translator and a literary envoy.

At the very least, the printing rights of the Translation Institute should be restored.

Unfortunately, little success was achieved.

And now, President Kim feels an even more terrifying threat.

Samana, if you continue like this, you will be punished by heaven.

Forget about restoring tradition, let the Bible translation project regain the support of the Song Dynasty court at the national level.

I am afraid that even the Translation Institute and the Translation Court may be abolished.

In this way, he will become the last Buddhist translator of the Western Tibet Tripitaka to be granted the imperial title.

He will become the sinner of the entire Samana!
President Jin could only forcefully suppress the guilt in his heart and said: "I am willing to pledge my head as a guarantee. If the temples fail to deliver the donations to the official within three to five days, your Majesty, please behead me in Kaifeng." Outside the government office.”

Zhao Xu finally spoke: "Master's words are serious, his words are serious!"

"That's not all!"

"Besides, is there any reason to let the mage suffer on behalf of others?" He smiled and asked someone to help Mr. Jin stand up: "I am not the kind of person who can't even distinguish right from wrong!"

"Is the Master right?"

President Jin listened and said yes, filled with emotion in his heart.

The various performances of this young emperor since he came to the throne, even if placed in Buddhist scriptures, are classified as legends and myths.

In addition, there is a legend in the palace that when the Crown Princess Zhu was pregnant with His Majesty, she dreamed that a red sun fell into her belly, and when she woke up, she found that she was pregnant.

And the royal family acquiesced in this.

Crown Princess Zhu even implicitly acknowledged this legend.

So now Samanas and Taoists are fighting fiercely on this matter.

The ascetic said that the red sun entering his arms was a sign that the Great Sun Tathagata was born in the human world.

The bull-nosed people sneered - since ancient times, gods and humans have appeared, God has blessed us, and emperors have descended to earth. How can we, monks like you, do this?
With this in mind, President Jin said: "I don't know how your Majesty will deal with it?"

Zhao Xu smiled and held up the piece of paper sent by President Yang Jin.

"Since ancient times, a promise has been worth a thousand dollars, let alone a promise to me."

"I heard that the Buddha had more precepts and ordered monks not to speak lies, so there is a saying that monks do not gossip."

"If they break their promise, they will be guilty of a great crime!"

"For the crime of deceiving the emperor, Ai Shi will be cut off from the waist!"

"For those who slander the Buddha, they will be tortured in the tongue-pulling hell, and even more, they will be cast into the animal realm, where they will remain animals forever for all the generations to come!"

President Jin shivered.

He was beginning to be afraid now, afraid that the temples would be reluctant to leave him and would not let him go.

If this is really the case, Samana will be hit hard this time.

This majesty has proven that he can indeed strike hard at Samana.

This has been proven by the monk Yuan Cheng who was exiled to Leizhou and the monks from Juezhao Temple who are still in detention.

He had no choice but to bow his head and say: "Amitabha, how good! How good!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The temples will never dare to do such a treasonous and disrespectful act, without a king or a Buddha."

"If this is the case, I should be the first to go to the court and ask His Majesty to expel them from the monks and withdraw their ultimatums."

"Sramana will never tolerate this kind of person!"

This is the attitude he must show, and it is also a timely cut.

Of course, after returning today, he will immediately send people to warn the temples - don't play with fire, no one can save you if you continue to play with fire.

That is, President Jin felt very strange in his heart.

After a while, he finally understood.

The temples were forced to donate money and silk, and they were not very willing. It was really helpless.

However, in the hands of His Majesty, he manipulated it into a situation where the abbots and heads of the temples failed to deliver the promised donations to the government at the designated time.

Then they are not only deceiving the emperor, but also slandering the Buddha.

You will be beheaded in the human world, you will have to go to the tongue-pulling hell after death, and you will be cast into the animal realm.

This this……

Isn't it just a transformation of the Samana's methods?

President Jin was stunned when he wanted to understand this.

Since then, only the great monks of Samana are deceiving others and intimidating and coercing believers with the horror of hell and the fantasy of the afterlife.

Now, in turn, they are being manipulated using the same means.

He took a deep breath and sighed in his heart: "Could it be that your Majesty is really the reincarnation of a certain Buddha or Bodhisattva?"

Otherwise, how could he be so skilled in using Samana's methods to deal with Samana?
Moreover, there was no fear or worry at all.

This has to be it!

Horror!
Thinking like this, President Jin finally felt a little more comfortable.

Being manipulated by the emperor of the world and being manipulated by the reincarnation of Buddha are two different concepts.

The former is a shame, but the latter is a symbol of the ascetic's great power.

This is also the characteristic of Buddhism.

If you can’t beat it, join!
After listening to President Jin's words, Zhao Xu finally laughed happily and praised: "Good!"

"The Master is worthy of the eminent monk."

"If all ascetics are like Dharma masters, why worry about the world being unhappy?"

President Jin's statement is very important to Zhao Xu.

With the attitude held by Mr. Jin, his actions against the great monks are based on the legal principles - even Master Sanzang of Xitian believes that the scum of Samana must be the disciples and grandsons of Bo Xun, the devil in cassock.

The government cleans them up, obeying the will of God and the people's will.

For the inside of the Samana, it can also serve as a good deterrent and comfort.

"Amitabha!" President Jin quickly bowed to the emperor again: "I am ashamed. I dare not accept His Majesty's praise."

"There are many monks in the world who are more loyal to Your Majesty than the ministers and who have cultivated the Dharma more deeply."

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "The Master has given in."

President Jin cooperated with him so much, so he should reciprocate the favor.

"When the matter here is over and Master returns from Huainan, I will definitely have an imperial edict."

According to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, there must be an imperial edict for ascetic leaders.

For example, President Kim's predecessor, the Japanese monk, received the imperial title from Renmiao. He was named Master Xuanfan in the Song Dynasty and was given the official position of a civil servant: Shihongluqing.

This is a symbol of being completely integrated into the system and deeply trusted.

Therefore, when this eminent monk was alive, he enjoyed various benefits that monks today do not have.

For example, every time the emperor or empress meets the Holy Festival, he is allowed to write the "Shu of Merit and Virtue" to pay tribute to the emperor and empress.

For example, Japan also has a quota of ten monks who can legally ordain each year without government approval.

In addition, during the funerals of emperors and empresses, Japanese monks would also appear and preside over Dharma gatherings.

Whenever there is a disaster, it is necessary to host a prayer ceremony for rain or sunshine, which is also called the first day.

During his lifetime, he translated hundreds of Buddhist scriptures in the Song Dynasty, brought out more than a dozen eminent monks in purple robes, and ordained hundreds of monks. He was a true leader of ascetics.

But unlike him, President Jin, before last year, he could only sit in the Court of Translation and Translation.

It wasn't until the Kaibao Temple caught fire that he finally got the opportunity to preside over the leader's temple.

Therefore, the abbots and heads of major temples did not give him any face.

Therefore, when President Jin heard this, he immediately became excited and thanked you quickly: "I must devote myself to your majesty to thank you for your kindness."

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "I never hesitate to give rewards or titles to loyal ministers." "For example, now in Xizhou, I teach Master Zhiyuan on my behalf. Yesterday, I ordered someone from Shushe to draft an imperial edict and grant him the title of Zhiyuan. Master Yuan is Master Puji Huai'en, and he was given a golden vase and a royal plaque."

President Jin listened and quickly clasped his hands and praised: "How good! How good!"

"Master Puji Huai'en is truly lucky for the ascetics to be granted the title by His Majesty."

But he didn't notice the details in Zhao Xu's words at all.

However, Zhao Xu would not explain to him - that would be too deliberate and inconsistent with his identity.

In the future, President Jin will naturally know the importance of this edict.

That was the beginning of a new Buddhist system.

So, I had to draw another cake and give it to President Jin: "There is another thing that Master may not know yet. Last month, I met Gao Taiming, the envoy of Dali Kingdom, and agreed with him that Dali Kingdom would send monks to the Song Dynasty. To seek Dharma, the Song Dynasty even sent monks to Dali to spread Dharma."

"In addition, the Annan prefectures also begged me to send monks south to spread the Dharma."

"When Master returns from Huainan, perhaps the first batch of Dali monks will enter the capital."

"At that time, I will also entrust the master to select monks from temples all over the world to go to Dali Kingdom, Annan Eight Prefectures and other places to teach and promote the Dharma."

This is a slap in the face and a sweet date.

This is also Zhao Xu’s religious attitude.

Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, as long as you are obedient and cooperative, you will be greatly rewarded.

Those who are uncooperative and disobedient will naturally be cut off.

This time, it was to get the quality library back from the hands of the great monks.

It is also a test of obedience to Buddhism.

Pick out the thorns and cut off the thorns.

Let Buddhism become a card played by the Song Dynasty to the outside world.

Instead of raising a bunch of trash like now that can no longer even chant sutras.

President Jin was very excited when he listened.

Promoting and spreading the Dharma were the goals of his eastward journey.

Back then, he resolutely risked his life and fled from Xixia to the Song Dynasty because he knew that the influence of the Song Dynasty was unparalleled in the entire world.

Only with the support of the Song Dynasty can Samana prosper.

So, he immediately expressed his position: "Your Majesty loves me so much and loves the ascetics so much."

"I should talk to all the monks about this matter, and make your Majesty's holy virtues and generosity of love for ascetics the same as those of ascetics all over the world."

Zhao Xu looked at it, then Tu Qiong saw it, and said: "I have always respected Samana, the compassionate sages of the two palaces, and even worshiped the Buddha morning and night... However, today's Buddhist temples do not follow the rules and regulations very much! What's wrong with me? pain!"

"The temples in Bianjing have extensive quality treasury."

"Wealth and silk confuse people's minds. How can the pure place of Buddhism tolerate the smell of copper?"

"I want to clean up the Zhiku so that the temples in Bianjing will no longer have the noise of the Zhiku and restore peace to Buddhism!"

"I wonder what the Master wants?"

President Kim actually expected this.

After all, these days, people inside and outside Bianjing are shouting and killing Zhiku, and he is not blind.

To be honest, President Kim doesn’t really like it either. The temple has turned into a shopping mall.

However, making offerings to the Buddha requires financial resources.

Monks also need funds to practice.

He had no choice but to bow his head and say: "Your majesty is wise, all temples and treasuries are for the convenience of believers and to help relieve emergencies..."

This is indeed the reason for the emergence of temple treasury.

Believers from all over the world, especially businessmen, travel long distances and carry large amounts of belongings, which is very unsafe and uneconomical.

Therefore, some people began to store property or valuables in temples.

In addition, the lower class among the believers will also choose to go to the temple to pledge some of their production materials for various reasons in exchange for money for medical treatment and emergency relief.

Over time, quality libraries appeared.

The original qiku was indeed a place for temple believers to save money for emergencies.

However, the current quality library has already deteriorated.

I learned all about private loan sharking.

Of course, that's not the point.

For Zhao Xu, the key point is that the quality warehouse is in the temple, which is difficult for the government to supervise, and he can't get any benefits.

On the contrary, because the quality library is monopolized by the great monks.

As a result, a large number of private deposits were controlled by the treasury. The great monks held huge amounts of cash in their hands, but they did not invest, but only used loans or cast bronzes.

It seriously affected the financial security of the Song Dynasty, seriously affected the industrial upgrading of the Song Dynasty, and was one of the reasons for the money shortage of the Song Dynasty.

In addition, the great monks can pass through the treasury and expropriate the entire household - you know, the property of the exterminated household belongs to Zhao Guan's family according to the law.

But what if these properties were stored in a treasury?

Then it won't be in Zhao Xu's hands!
Therefore, do not take the quality library back from the hands of the great monks.

How can he understand his thoughts?

So, he said to Mr. Jin: "Master, don't worry, I am not a reasonable person."

"I just want Zhiku to come out of the temple and into the secular world, under the supervision of the imperial court."

"Let the peaceful place of Buddhism be peaceful."

"It just so happens that I want to buy a pawn shop. The treasuries of various temples can be merged into the pawn shop by fighting with ties, belts, etc. The monks who run the pawn shop can also return to secular life and join the pawn shop."

"In this way, Buddhism can have peace and quiet, and believers can still get emergency relief and other conveniences."

This means swallowing the whole thing, leaving only some soup and water for the great monks, and asking the great monks to cooperate and be grateful.

This is why the thugs raised by the powerful people in Bianjing only smashed the warehouse, but did not damage the account books or rob the property.

In their eyes, these things are their valuable property.

How can it be hurt so easily?

President Jin couldn't help but swallowed as he listened.

Zhao Xu looked at it and did not urge him. He just continued: "Master can convey my will to the abbots and monks of the temples."

"Let them think about it."

"This quiet place of Buddhism is noisy day and night, with three religions and nine currents coming and going. Is it appropriate?"

"besides……"

"Although the quality library is for emergency relief and problem solving, it is also for the convenience of believers."

"However, it is inevitable that there will be a mixture of good and bad in the quality warehouse, and it is also inevitable that those who commit crimes will be mixed in."

"Kaifeng Mansion, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Ancestral Temples, and Dali Temple have all received many complaints from victims in recent days."

"Everything is stained with blood and tears!"

This is a threat and an intimidation.

You have to thank me for giving you face.

Don't be shameless, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!

Of course Mr. Jin understood. He sighed, knowing that he couldn't control it, and he couldn't control it anymore.

For him, it was certain that the Song Dynasty would not destroy Buddha.

He would even vigorously assist the ascetics to spread the Dharma and spread the Dharma. After eating a bunch of cakes, his position had already come to the court's side.

After all, a monk like him, who regards propagating and spreading the Dharma as his life, has never sat together with the monks in the major temples in Bianjing who are more like businessmen than monks.

Besides, he is a Tantra.

The major temples in Bianjing are either Pure Land Sect, Zen Sect or Huayan Sect.

They didn't quite see eye to eye with each other.

Bianji first sang the Buddha's name and said, "I will obey the will of the Buddha."

……

On the same day, after Mr. Jin returned, he sent people to inform the abbots and monk heads of each temple about the various events during the meeting with the Holy Spirit.

Even if they have completed their obligations, they will then close the door and gather together Tian Jixiang and other fellow Tianzhu people as well as Mingyuan and other tantric translators to recruit the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who is willing to support the cause of spreading the Dharma and spreading the Dharma. The monks went to Dali, Annan and even Jiaozhi to spread the good news of Dharma and told these people.

Suddenly, all the monks were excited.

Therefore, they no longer wanted to take care of the temples in Bianjing.

Love to death!

As for the temples in Bianjing, after receiving the notice from President Jin, they began to sit on the wax.

On the one hand, the people sent by President Jin clearly told them that the promised money must be delivered to Kaifeng Mansion within the time limit.

Otherwise, it would be the crime of deceiving the emperor and the descendants of Bo Xun who would slander the Buddha.

Not only is it not allowed by national law, it is also not allowed by the Samana precepts.

Dharma Master Tripitaka of the West will not be merciful and will definitely go to the superiors to excommunicate them from the monks and order them to return to secular life, lest 'such people without kings and Buddhas desecrate our Buddhist temple'.

This is enough to explode.

But something even more explosive is yet to come - the emperor wants to pacify the monks.

All temple treasury must be moved out of the temple within a time limit, and must join forces with the "good merchants" who pounce on the pawnshop through methods such as taking money out, fighting for bonds, etc.

otherwise……

Don't say it is unpredictable!

This matter immediately left these guys at a loss as to what to do.

Immediately afterwards, the abbots and monk heads of major temples received invitations.

The person who posted the message was either the leader of a certain guild or the owner of a certain store.

In short, they are all people with great backgrounds.

On the invitation, the words were all polite.

It was the content revealed that made them shudder - I respectfully invite the master to come to my humble residence one day to discuss matters with the Treasury.

It doesn't look like it's a discussion at all, but an order, a notice.

It is something they must do whether they are willing or unwilling!
How can the abbots and monk heads of the temple be willing?

However, with the knife held to their necks, they didn't seem to have any good options.

But, just when they were waiting and hesitating.

The iron fist of the government did not give them a chance to think.

On August Bingshen (11th), the Kaifeng Mansion held a public hearing on the case of Tao Hub's descendants accusing the guards of Juezhao Temple of stealing, resulting in the theft of their ancestors' tombs.

The trial was presided over by Li Shiliang, the official of Kaifeng Prefecture.

After being promoted to the hall, Fayun, the abbot of Juezhao Temple, had just been brought to the hall when the Yushitai sent people to come.

Yushitai said that Dengwen Guyuan received a petition from Zhang San, Li Niu and others from the capital.

He sued Juezhao Yuan Zhiku for infringing upon human life, causing the death of his father, wife and others.

Then, people from Dali Temple also appeared.

Dali Temple said that the Ministry of Punishment forwarded a document to inform Dali Temple that Fayun, the director of Juezhao Temple, and others were involved in the bribery case of subordinate officials of the temple department.

After this combination of punches, Fayun fainted on the spot.

But it's not over yet.

Soon, the matter was reported to the capital hall, and Zhang Hong, who was appointed by the capital hall and temporarily assigned to the ancestral temple, was on duty that day.

After Zhang Hong read Yousi's report, he was furious!
He actually went to the emperor and requested that the imperial plaque of Juezhao Temple be revoked.

This is going to destroy the temple!
The temples in Bianjing trembled.

Fortunately, the emperor Rensheng did not agree - Juezhao Temple was built by our ancestors and I could not bear to destroy it.

However, they didn't have time to rejoice yet.

Another decree came down: I heard that there are many virtuous monks, but now the abbot of Juezhao Temple has lost his virtue and has no monks. My heart is very sad. I have ordered a secretary to post a list in the capital to recruit virtuous eminent monks to preside over it.

Lore!

This decree directly tore apart the last line of defense of the great monks.

At the same time, it also made the monks in the temples in Beijing who did not have the quota for edicts to be ecstatic.

Within a day, dozens of people applied.

The defense lines of the abbots and monk leaders of the Bianjing temples were completely broken.

(End of this chapter)