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Chapter 635: Help Buddha clean up the house

To believe in Buddhism, you must believe in Buddhism. I rob your land, demolish your house, and charge more taxes. You cannot resist, let alone use violence. This will reduce your cultivation, and you will not be reincarnated into a good family in your next life.

Just endure it, endure it in this life, and it will be fine in the next life. Grit your teeth, it will only take a few decades.

In addition, it is difficult to cultivate Taoism. To become an immortal, one needs to learn various knowledge, such as fortune-telling, geomantic omen, astronomy and geography, and martial arts. For ordinary people, they don’t have that much time and money, nor that high IQ and talent.

But it’s very simple to believe in Buddhism. Even if you don’t know a word of Chinese characters, you don’t have to delay worshiping Buddha, burning incense, and donating some incense money. As long as you do these things, especially the last one, the more the better, you will be ranked higher when you are reincarnated in the next life.

Sometimes Hong Tao feels that the Buddhist theory of reincarnation is very similar to the traffic control bureau's motor vehicle license plate system. If you don't pay a penny, you can't even think about picking a satisfactory number. Whatever comes out randomly is what it is. Don't worry, there will be absolutely nothing in the random collection. Liang.

Those numbers that are a bit particular have long been picked out and placed in another collection alone. It depends on how much money you donate for incense. It is divided into several levels. With the amount of yuan, the fate will be different.

In fact, from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the present, emperors like Taoism with the implicit intention of using Legalist thought to rule. Legalist thought originated from Taoism, or it is a specific operation of Taoist thought. The two are inseparable. of.

The ruling class uses Legalism to establish rules, and uses Buddhism and Confucianism as weapons to educate the people. This is the core structure of the centralized system, and it is also the experience and lessons summed up with blood by the kings of the past dynasties. It cannot be easily changed.

"My new policy is to change, and change the laws of our ancestors beyond recognition. As you all have seen, if you change, you will live, if you don't change, you will die. There is nothing in this world that cannot be changed, including the rules I have set.

This year, it is said that factories are a new policy and must be promoted and promoted. The more factories are built, the better. Maybe in ten years, I will change my words and say that factories must be restrained, not waste resources excessively, avoid overproduction, and need to make overall arrangements.

It is not up to any ancestor to decide whether to change or not. They have never seen what a factory is. It’s not up to me, and I don’t know what the situation will be like ten years from now.

Everything should be based on actual results. As long as any regulation hinders the development of the country and causes hardship to the majority of people, it must be changed!
Since the laws of our ancestors can be changed, why can't we change whether we believe in Buddhism or Taoism? I think none of you here think that the next life is very important, and that statement is all nonsense. If anyone disagrees, I will kill him immediately and reincarnate as soon as possible to avoid wasting this great opportunity.

Likewise, I don’t think people can become immortals. Although the emperor claims to be the Son of Heaven, it is just a lie to deceive the people. Who has ever heard that the son of God can be drowned? Can someone die suddenly because of sleeping with too many concubines? Could it be possible that they are all illegitimate children!

Let me make it clear to you, I don’t believe in any ghosts or gods, let alone the afterlife. Please don’t waste any more words on this issue with me in the future.

Regardless of whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, it is just a set of rhetoric that we use to deceive the people in order to secure our throne. You can pretend to be convinced externally, but there is no need to pretend to be confused with each other.

The reason why I don’t agree with replacing Christianity with Buddhism in the Luzon Special Administrative Region is because there is another concern besides doctrine. If you were not blind, you would have seen the fake monks in the streets and the dirty things in the temples.

Is it reasonable for those monks who do not work and only chant sutras every day to take away their hard-earned money from the believers?

More work, more reward is the slogan and core idea of ​​the New Deal. I can't see how they are in line with more work and more gain. On the contrary, they run counter to it.

There are nearly a thousand temples near the capital and more in the country. They occupy a lot of fertile land but do not pay taxes to the emperor. I want to ask you, who is more powerful, God or the gods and Buddhas? Who should control whom? "Is Yuan Yingtai right? Based on the starting point of maintaining the rule of this dynasty, he is right. However, he only saw a moment from a certain point in this era. He cannot stay away from the world like Hong Tao and watch several scenes like watching a movie. After reading thousands of years of history, the conclusion drawn is wrong.

Buddhism and Confucianism have greatly consolidated the stability of centralized rule. This is an undeniable contribution. At the same time, it also greatly restricts people’s thinking and creativity, which is an undeniable side effect.

Now the question arises, whether to stabilize the throne or plan for hundreds of years later. Most people who stand at this fork in the road will probably choose the former, because they have vested interests and there is no need to take such big risks for future generations.

Hong Tao happens to belong to a very small number of people. He does not have these concerns, so what is a big risk to others is an exciting stimulus to him.

Since a trip cannot be in vain, no matter whether it is right or not, you must try as many possibilities as possible that have not been tried in history before your trip is worthwhile.

The reason... is too easy to find. Hong Youli is never afraid of being reasonable. Come on, whether it is from the perspective of the ruler, the development of the country, or the benefit of the people, as long as anyone can point out the advantages of Buddhism, we will recognize it.

"...Your Majesty wants to destroy the Buddha!" ​​The emperor burst out and even told the truth, and he said it so straightforwardly that the ministers couldn't argue with him for a while.

At this time, the old scholar Weng Zhengchun stood up and saluted, and tremblingly proposed a possibility, with panic in his eyes.

"No, University Scholar Weng is overly worried. I don't need to kill Buddha to secure the throne. It's not that unbearable." Hong Tao smiled when he heard this and gently waved his hand for Weng Zhengchun to sit down.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed. Although the other important ministers did not speak, they all thought the same thing as Weng Zhengchun. If the emperor really wants to have his own way, this matter will be too big and may lead to civil strife.

"But I am not that generous. I would rather live frugally and watch the temple amass money wantonly. Wang An and Ye Xianggao drafted a decree for me. From now on, Jinyiwei and Dongchang will join the Sun and Moon Bank to control Shuntian Mansion. Inventory of accounts of temple lands under jurisdiction.

Anyone who violates the precepts will be arrested, more than 20% of the entire hospital will be confiscated, and all monks will be sent to the Orbital Company for hard labor without pardon. By the way, there were also fake monks on the street who were holding ultimatums and doing nothing all day long to cause trouble. They were also arrested and sent to hard labor.

From now on, temple monks in the Ming Dynasty must abide by the rules and precepts, eat one meal a day, and ask for food without paying.

If Buddha statues or temples need to be repaired, donations can be raised from believers, but they must be approved by Honglu Temple, and a notice must be published in a newspaper stating the reason for the repairs and the amount of money required.

My dear friends, I am not trying to destroy the Buddha, but I am helping him clean up his family. I will not interfere with whatever the people want to believe, but temple monks cannot use the guise of Buddha to deceive and harm my people. What do you think? "

Unfortunately, the heart and soul in his throat had not fully recovered before the emperor spoke again. This time, he did not ask the ministers for their opinions, but made a final decision, not only to not destroy the Buddha, but also to help him work.

(End of this chapter)