Soul Ferry: My master is Uncle Jiu

Chapter 375 Asking the Grandmaster to Come Out
The Tang Dynasty Palace, which was originally shrouded in an atmosphere of unrest, finally calmed down with Li Shimin's return.

Several days passed.

Li Shimin, who had regained his energy and spirit, was dressed in a golden dragon robe. His face was glowing red, just like the scorching sun at noon. He was full of energy and vigor.

In the Golden Palace, all the civil and military officials had already been divided into groups and stood in line according to their ranks.

However, Li Shimin did not forget what Cui Yu said about the water and land conference.

Naturally, he was very angry about the Buddhist practices. Fortunately, during his few days of rest, Taoist An appeared in his dream and taught him a method that could both vent his anger and prevent Buddhism from dominating the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

For Emperor Li Shimin, he naturally did not want to see a Buddhist sect that was above the imperial power. Otherwise, the people would only respect the Buddha and not the Tang Emperor, and his great Tang dynasty would be defeated in his hands.

Therefore, the Taoist sect behind Master An is a good check and balance.

He could allow the existence of Buddhism within the Tang Dynasty, but it absolutely could not allow one sect to dominate.

Therefore, when he learned about Master An's method, he agreed without hesitation.

After waking up from his memories, Li Shimin looked at the civil and military officials below and said in a loud voice: "I intend to issue an imperial decree to recruit eminent monks from all over the world to build a 'Water and Land Assembly' to save the lonely souls in the underworld. I wonder what you think?"

Fu Yi, who had been secretly instructed by Li Shimin, immediately stood up. He disliked Buddhism from the bottom of his heart, and he said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, please think twice. I think the water and land conference can be held, but we must not hire Buddhists. We should hire people from our native Taoist sect."

“There are three reasons for this.”

As he spoke, Fu Yi even listed the three major sins of Buddhism.

"First, when Buddhism was introduced to the Western Regions, it disregarded the relationship between ruler and subject, father and son, and taught that the rich and the poor, noble and humble were determined by Buddha, and that it was disloyal to the ruler and unfilial to the father."

"Second, if they do not engage in production, shave their heads and change their clothes to avoid taxes and labor service, if everyone worships Buddhism and becomes a monk, how can the country survive?"

"Third, Buddhist monks and nuns do not marry, which goes against the will of heaven and earth and the principles of yin and yang. If this is not prohibited, in a hundred years, our Tang Dynasty will be in a situation where there is no one available."

When Fu Yi's three major crimes were revealed, all the civil and military officials in the court were in an uproar.

Most military generals do not worship Buddha, but they did not expect that the harm caused by Buddhism would be so great, especially the third one, which is simply a plan to wipe out the entire family, and they must not sit idly by.

Without people, where would the soldiers come from?

Among the civil officials, many were Buddhists, and they all criticized Fu Yi for making alarmist remarks and exaggerating the facts.

Looking at the chaos in the Golden Palace, Li Shimin's face looked very ugly.

He was originally just angry at the despicable things done by the Buddhist community, and he also heard that Fu Yi was a staunch anti-Buddhist party, so he deliberately allowed him to speak freely in the court.

But after listening to Fu Yi's words, Li Shimin was shocked to realize how terrible Buddhism was.

Gradually, all the civil and military officials noticed Li Shimin's ugly expression, and the noises of quarreling gradually died down until they disappeared, as if everyone was as silent as a cicada.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and asked, "Do you have any objections, my dear ministers?"

As soon as these words came out, Prime Minister Xiao Yu, who advocated Buddhism, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Fu Yi's words are exaggerated and biased."

"Since Buddhism was introduced to the East from the Western Regions, it has promoted good and suppressed evil, and guided the people to be good. This is indeed beneficial to national management. There is no reason to generalize and throw the baby out with the bathwater."

"Ridiculous!" Facing Xiao Yu's words, Fu Yi, who was already over 80 years old, was so angry that his face turned red. He angrily retorted: "In the past, Bao Si alone caused the great Zhou Dynasty to fall apart. And the number of monks and nuns spread all over the world, the harm is even greater!"

How could Xiao Yu, a Buddhist believer, tolerate Fu Yi linking Buddhism with the evil woman Bao Si who brought disaster to the country and the people?

Immediately, the two of them started a verbal battle, neither of them giving in.

"Enough! Look at you, how can you be like officials of the Tang Dynasty? You are just ordinary people quarreling on the street." Li Shimin slapped the dragon chair and said angrily. Li Shimin's impression of Buddhism was extremely bad.

Fu Yi's remarks may be exaggerated, but for an emperor, even if there is such a possibility, it has already touched his reverse scale.

Xiao Yu and Fu Yi, who had been arguing fiercely, had to shut up when they saw the emperor was furious, but there was a look of dissatisfaction in their eyes when they looked at each other.

"Since you can't come up with an agenda, let me decide it myself," Li Shimin made the decision.

Seeing Li Shimin speak, and with a cold look on his face, the civil and military officials naturally would not be upset at this time and responded one after another.

Xiao Yu and Fu Yi looked at Li Shimin eagerly.

Li Shimin said, "You two ministers are both unconvinced by what you said. So let Buddhism and Taoism jointly host the water and land conference to see who is better."

After hearing that the two religions were to compete with each other, Xiao Yu and Fu Yi understood that this was already the best outcome and did not dare to have any other opinions.

The same goes for other civil and military ministers.

Therefore, when the imperial edict was issued, both Buddhism and Taoism in the world were shocked.

Guanyin, who was observing secretly, frowned, but then relaxed. Master Xuanzang, the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, had such a profound knowledge of Buddhism that even she was amazed.

As for the Taoist side, everyone is naturally ready to go. If they can make a big splash at the Water and Land Conference, it will undoubtedly be a good opportunity to promote their own sect and gain more followers.

Moreover, there are many people in the Taoist sect who are not happy with these foreign Buddhist sects, and they also want to give the Buddhist sect a warning so that they can understand whose territory this is.

heaven.

The Temple of the Three Mao True Lords.

An Yan, knowing that the master had returned from visiting friends, came up to him immediately.

The ancestor Mao Ying, who had already read the note left by An Yan, laughed heartily, "Good boy, you really brought honor to our Maoshan. To be noticed by the Supreme Lord Laojun, this is something that many people would only wish for."

An Yan hurried back, looking at the laughing Grandmaster, he also smiled, then he did not forget the purpose of his trip was to get reinforcements, he asked mysteriously: "Grandmaster, do you want to take the Maoshan Sect to a higher level?"

"Go to the next level?" Grandmaster Mao Ying's eyes lit up, and seeing An Yan's suspenseful look, he couldn't help but reach out and pat An Yan on the head, saying unhappily, "Stinky boy, if you have something to say, just say it quickly, don't keep us in suspense here."

An Yan was not annoyed after being patted on the head, and said directly: "Look, the Tang Emperor is going to hold a water and land conference, and I received news that the Buddhist sect will send Master Xuanzang, so I want to ask you, the ancestor, to come out."

"Just to deal with Master Xuanzang? Who is he?" Grandmaster Mao Ying frowned. The Water and Land Assembly, Master Xuanzang, he couldn't help but think of one person. Only that person could make this brat so cautious, so he asked for confirmation.

"He is the man appointed by Buddhism to obtain Buddhist scriptures. He is the reincarnation of the second disciple of Buddha, Jin Chanzi." An Yan told the origin of Master Xuanzang.

If An Yan wanted to defeat Master Xuanzang in the Water and Land Assembly, he knew he did not have the ability to debate, so he had to ask the Grand Master for help.

Moreover, this is also a good opportunity to make the Maoshan Sect famous, and at the same time allow the founder to share some of the merits and power in the Journey to the West.

As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family, so An Yan will definitely give priority to his own family.

When he heard that it was really the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the appointed person to obtain Buddhist scriptures on the Journey to the West, the founder Mao Ying was shocked and understood why An Yan came to find him.

This is a way to get a piece of the pie from Journey to the West!
Grandmaster Mao Ying looked at the young man in front of him who was no worse than himself and couldn't help but sigh. The small sapling at the beginning finally grew into a towering tree that could shelter the sect from wind and rain.

"Okay, let this old bone of mine meet the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi!"

A strong fighting spirit emerged from the founder Mao Ying.

(End of this chapter)