The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 255 The Buddha is the Tao
As the Yongji Canal project began to be established, Zhao An was the first to take action. He was needed to clean up the defeated troops along the way, and at the same time escort Cao Yi and Guo Pu to survey the entire canal.

In addition, when repairing the Youzhou Canal, Cao Yi captured a young man from the Lelang Wang family and started working for him.

The Wang family in Lelang was born in Jimo, Shandong Province. Wang Jing fled to Lelang to settle down in order to avoid the Lu family rebellion.

What he was best at was regulating waterways. After regulating the Yellow River once in history, there were no problems in the entire Yellow River for 800 years. Therefore, there is a saying that Wang Jing governed the river and remained safe for thousands of years.

Especially after the Song Dynasty, people's evaluation of Wang Jing's ability to control the Yellow River continued to increase.

There was no way, Wang Jing managed it once and made the Yellow River peaceful for 800 years. But for the next 800 years, almost every dynasty and every generation had to worry about the Yellow River because of the incompetence of later generations. This not only highlights Wang Jing's ability.

Strictly speaking, the Wang family of Lelang was still under the command of Murong Huang, but as Liu Tai instigated the Duan tribe to continue fighting with the Murong family, the local aristocratic families immediately reacted and felt that Liu Tai had the possibility of unifying the north.

For local aristocratic families, as long as there is a choice, they will not choose foreigners under normal circumstances, but become Han Chinese.

After all, China has never been ruled by foreigners before, so for the aristocratic family, they don't want to be dogs, they want to be human.

Under such circumstances, the Lelang Wang family wanted to send a family member to Liu Tai's place to try and see if there was a future in following Liu Tai.

After all, being able to find the true dragon in troubled times is easier than struggling in peacetime, so I asked Wang Bo to come out and give it a try.

Then when Wang Bo went to Youzhou, he watched Cao Yi build the canal, and relied on his family knowledge to accumulate, so he commented a few words.

He happened to be bumped into by Cao Yi, who knew that this guy was from the Lelang Wang family, and Cao Yi decisively chose not to let him go.

Then Cao Yi did not hesitate to ask for women for women and wealth for wealth. He wanted to keep Wang Bo first.

After all, it’s just like when you build a bridge and meet the descendants of Mao Yisheng, or when you study geology and meet the children of Li Siguang.

Compared with normal engineers who have to work hard to delve into this kind of knowledge, recite literature word for word, and conduct on-the-spot observations. As long as these powerful children want to learn in this area, a lot of knowledge may be useful to their children. An instinct.

Even in modern times, although it is inevitable that elites will continuously combine their impure genes, if more people have so-called family education, they will definitely pass it on to their descendants as soon as possible, hoping that they will continue to follow the path they have taken.

Not to mention ancient times, at least before the Wu Huan Hua, most aristocratic families still played in their own territory and passed on their family knowledge.

At this time, the aristocratic family was not sensitive to the so-called rights. It was not until Sima Yi took the initiative that the five chaos and chaos broke the aristocratic family's dream of dynasty.

Only then did all the aristocratic families react and start to claim their rights. All the aristocratic families, big and small, were directly involved in five families and seven families. No one was going to study engineering anymore, because the aristocratic families understood that they had no rights, and they were So fragile.

Although the current situation is chaotic, it has not yet reached the point where the Jie tribe has unified the north and has killed very few Han people, forcing Ran Min to issue a killing order in order to find his own political foundation.

Once Ran Min was defeated, it would be difficult for the Han people to find a place in the north. Basically, all the surviving aristocratic families took the initiative to marry into foreign races, and at the same time, the pursuit of power was engraved in their bones.

Why are the five families and the seven surnames all from the northern aristocratic families? That's because the northern aristocratic families have really gone through hell.

When Wang Bo came out of the mountain, he only felt that the north was returning to chaos. But Liu Tai had defeated Wang Jun and began to unify the north.

Seeing Cao Yi's invitation, he decisively jumped to work under Cao Yi.

And it has to be said that Wang Jing, a water control expert, is probably a water control figure that is rare to meet in a thousand years. Perhaps only Li Bing and his son who created Dujiangyan can rival him.

Wang Jing's family knowledge passed down, at least in this era, was definitely a high-level suggestion in the management of water conservancy projects. Wang Bo understood many of the principles that Cao Yi had figured out through experience.

At first, Wang Bo was not very familiar with practical work, but as he got used to it, he became an effective general under Cao Yi.

In contrast, Guo Pu is better at determining mountains and rivers, exploring dragons and finding caves, allowing canals to flow smoothly and reducing human intervention.

Wang Bo is good at guiding and utilizing water potential or shipping to irrigate farmland and create irrigable farmland around the canal.

Cao Yi slowly figured out how to use these two people, and basically needed Guo Pu to grasp the general direction.

Because Guo Pu's plan was in line with the mountains and water veins, whether it was building a port or cutting off the water veins, it was in line with Kanyu's principles.

He can ensure that during the dry season, the canal has source tributaries to inject to ensure navigation, and when the water is high, there are river channels that can divert water to avoid flooding.

Wang Bo, on the other hand, is able to detail the construction of specific facilities, as well as water flow interruption, shipping facilities, and water flow dispatching.

The construction of the Yongji Canal from Jijun to Jinkou this time is full of morale for both Guo Pu and Wang Bo.

Because they knew very well that compared to the section from Youzhou to Jinkou, if this section of the canal was successfully built, their names might enter the annals of history, so the two of them were working with great enthusiasm at the moment.

With the establishment of this project, under Liu Tai's order, all resources began to be tilted towards this project.

For example, in order to survey the Grand Canal, Zhao An was asked to first clear the entire section of the road of bandits and defeated troops.

In addition, Liu Tai continued to find Xi Jian. As the founder of the Coal Division, his ability to dispatch human resources was ranked among the top five under Liu Tai.

Now he is asking the prisoners to work and gradually adapt to the future canal corvee project. Of course, it doesn't matter if it snows. After all, it is easy to kill people while doing this.

Liu Tai only wanted them to sell their physical strength, but he didn't want these prisoners to die directly.

Even if they die of exhaustion, at least they have to wait until winter is over so that they die of exhaustion in a valuable way instead of freezing to death in a worthless way.

In order to save food, Xi Jian began to arrange for these prisoners to work in rotation, eating two meals when they were working and one meal when they were not working, as long as they did not starve to death.

Such treatment also allowed these prisoners to quickly accept such appointments after discovering that their protests were ineffective.

After all, the food is hot after the work is done, so why shouldn't they do such work?

Some coal mines and iron ore plants around Yecheng were rediscovered by Xi Jian and allowed the Jie people to work there directly.

Because the Jie tribe cannibalizes people, the Han Chu Hui is more restrained in using it, but Chu Hui is not polite when using the Jie tribe's people.Those who don't work don't get food. Only after they work can they have food. They have to be used as mining workers.

Just because the foreigners represented by the Jie tribe began to work hard, not long after Jie Fei arrived in Yecheng, he began to build a blast furnace near Yecheng. The hardworking foreigners could always squeeze out the resources needed to develop production. .

With the construction of Jie Fei's blast furnace, it is also necessary to produce enough farm tools for the people's reclamation needs next year, as well as the tools needed to build the Yongji Canal. It can be said that the amount of steel used next year may be taken up by the Yongji Canal.

Liu Tai knew that it would definitely not work to use the Jie tribe and other ethnic minorities like Xi Jian did.

As a Han Chinese, I must use Jie in a civilized and correct manner when doing things, so that the Jie people can feel the warmth of the Han people, let the Jie people enjoy the baptism of wisdom, and allow the Jie people to find soul conversion.

Although Xi Jian is very efficient in employing people, it is not right to use them to death. The work is a bit too rough.

Therefore, Liu Tai decisively called Fotucheng over and said amiably, "I have met the master!"

"I have met the king!" Fotucheng faced Liu Tai, but he did not dare to be careless, but saluted cautiously.

Liu Tai smiled slightly and said to Fotu Cheng: "Master, how do you summarize the meaning of Buddhist scriptures and how perfect are the Buddhist precepts?"

When Fotucheng heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help feeling a little confused, but he still said seriously:
"Amitabha, thank you for your concern, the poor monk has little talent and little knowledge, and such an arduous task is still being sorted out!"

When Liu Tai heard Fo Tucheng's words, he said, "The body is like a bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror stand. I always brush it diligently to prevent it from causing dust.

If you want to summarize the words of Buddhism, you can't just rely on your imagination. I suggest that you first go to the Jie tribe to work and try to use the Buddha's heart to transcend the ordinary mind.

They eat human breasts and are constantly disordered. They are evil beasts among humans, with demons in their hearts. If the master transforms them, they will surely be able to master countless Buddhist dharma and gain the right mottos! "

Fotucheng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he heard Liu Tai's words, "The king has the Dharma in his body, and I will strictly abide by the Dharma."

To be honest, Fotucheng really wanted to refuse, because Fotucheng knew very well that although he didn't know what Liu Tai wanted to do, even if he converted the Jie tribe's corvee workers, Liu Tai would not let them go. Does transition still make sense?

However, Liu Tai said with a smile, "I said that if we let the master transform them, we will naturally give them a chance to survive.

I also hope that Master can achieve perfect merits and deeds. I will give Master three places to those who have Buddha mind that Master values, so that they can become Master's disciples, avoid the pain of hard work, and let them concentrate on practicing with Master!

I wish Master that during this trip, you can learn the Buddhist motto and become a true Buddha in the world! "

"Amitabha, poor monk, thank you for your kindness!" Fotucheng looked at Liu Tai and saluted solemnly,
"In the eyes of the poor monk, the great king is the true Buddha in the world, and every word and deed is in line with Buddhist principles and Tao."

"Master, you are overly praised!" Liu Tai made a gesture of invitation to Fotucheng, asking Fotucheng to leave and prepare to go to the corvee.

Liu Tai knew very well that since there was no way to appease these Jie tribe's corvées in terms of materials.

If you want them to eat grass and milk cows, you can only provide them with spiritual food, and the most powerful spiritual food in this era is naturally Buddhism.

I also want to see how far Fotucheng can pacify these Jie people by conducting human experiments on these corvees and using Buddhist teachings to transform these Jie people.

Since ancient times, Buddhism has been very effective in numbing people's hearts, and it can definitely become a spiritual poppy in this era.

Of course, Liu Tai also understands that his methods are not high-level. The real motivation technique is to give you hope, but it makes you feel difficult to reach.

For example, in a childhood story, if you hang a radish in front of a donkey, the donkey will chase it tirelessly. The harder it is, the faster it will pull the cart, but the donkey just can't eat the radish.

When you grow up and join the society, you will have a profound understanding of what it means to cut with a knife and never reach the end, and what it means to use big data to calculate your limit, so that you can barely reach the passing standard even if you try your best.

When I was young, I laughed at the donkey's stupidity, but when I grew up, I realized that I was the donkey, and I couldn't stop.

Liu Tai felt that it was a pity that as a time traveler, he could not think of a similar system that could make the Jie tribe willing to devote themselves, but they could never climb out of the abyss of slavery.

In the end, only Buddhism can prevail. This is the best spiritual brainwashing method in this era.

Of course, after Liu Tai sent Fotucheng out, he immediately summoned Ge Hong, who had already arrived in Yecheng.

"Buddhist doctrine is extremely confusing. If you listen to it for a long time, it will easily confuse the people. You have also participated in sorting out Buddhist doctrine, localizing Buddhism and Taoism. After all, Buddhism is boundless and ultimately comes down to Tao. Buddha is Tao. , is it right?!
It will be up to you to supervise the Buddhist doctrines compiled by Buddha Tucheng to avoid problems. Do you have the confidence? "

"Please rest assured, sir!" Ge Hong said confidently to Mrs. Liu, "Please allow me to work with Master Fotucheng."

To be honest, Liu Tai felt that a guy like Fotucheng who traveled thousands of miles to spread Buddhism must be a very determined person.

Ordinary people go to supervise Fotucheng, don't think about it, they are afraid that if Fotucheng is used three times, five times divided by two times, they will be transformed.

But leaving this matter to Ge Hong is completely different. As a representative figure of Taoism in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, he is outstanding among Taoism in terms of ambition and talent.

Ge Hong's participation in the sorting out and supervision of Buddhist doctrines will fundamentally allow Buddhism to be integrated into Chinese culture in the early stages of localization, thus preventing the Buddhist maxims summarized by Fo Tucheng from becoming Indian. and class development.

At the same time, it will be easier for Confucianism to adjust to the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism in the future, making it possible to realize the unification of the three religions.

Anyway, Liu Tai knew that he could not destroy Buddhism, so when Buddhism was introduced to China, he would add some ingredients to Buddhism.

As for whether people can dig it out later, it depends on the future generations themselves. After all, we have to believe in the wisdom of future generations!

Of course, there are still many details that need to be arranged for the construction of Yongji Canal.

For example, the aristocratic families along the way need to coordinate. For example, where is the most convenient place to dispatch each section of materials? For example, whether the soldiers should also join in the construction of the canal. As the project is approved, all these aspects must be considered. stand up.

After handling all these matters, Liu Tai returned to his bedroom and lay on the bed tiredly.

Wang Wei came over gently, held up Liu Tai's head and placed it on her snow-white thighs. Her green hands like snow pressed Liu Tai's temples to soothe Liu Tai's spirit.

(End of this chapter)