Emperor Liu Hong

Now that the overall framework of the religious reform has been determined, it is easy to formulate the specific content of the religious reform, and the ministers of the Government Affairs Council will definitely do it well.Liu Hong was not worried about this at all.However, compared to the management methods of religion, the choice of the Pope of Buddhism and Taoism is not so simple.This requires Liu Hong, who was slowly selected among those suzerains or famous religious figures.

Liu Hong attached great importance to this matter.So he asked people to invite the leaders of those sects, and went to Beijing with those famous religious figures to discuss matters of religious reform.He also arranged for Zhang Jun, his intelligence chief, to investigate the details of those people.

Since Liu Hong ordered Zhang Jun to pay attention to Taiping Dao and Wu Dou Mi Dao, he investigated all other famous religious figures by the way.So with Liu Hong's order, he directly sent the materials into the palace.

"Ah, why is that so little?"

Looking at the three pieces of paper sent by Zhang Jun, Liu Hong was a little surprised.But then I thought about it, at this time, Buddhism has just been introduced to the Han Dynasty, and Taoism is still in its infancy.Under such circumstances, it is not easy for a famous religious figure to scrape together two or three pieces of paper.

Liu Hong unfolded the information and saw that Zhang Jiao and his Taipingdao were at the top of the list.This guy is the most powerful, with followers all over five states.But Zhang Jiao is the guy that Liu Hongnei is determined to get rid of.Therefore, it is definitely impossible to give him the seat of the Pope of Taoism.Therefore, Liu Hong could only continue to read.

"The Five Dou Rice Sect is now renamed Tianshi Dao, and the patriarch advocates Heng." Liu Hong looked at this and was quite curious, and asked Zhang Jun: "The suzerain of the Five Dou Rice Sect is not Zhang Xiu. How did it become this Zhang Heng? "

"Your Majesty, we have secretly eliminated Zhang Xiu!"

"Well, what's going on here?"

"Your Majesty, didn't you ask Weichen to place our own people in Taipingdao and Wudoumijiao? That's why we have been working hard. And this Zhang Heng is our own people who were ordered by Weichen to put in." After listening to Liu Hong's questioning , Zhang Jun quickly explained, "After Zhang Heng was inserted by Weichen, Zhang Heng easily occupied a high position in Wudou Rice Sect by virtue of his background. And by chance, we killed Zhang Xiu. The position of the leader of Wudou Rice Sect , and it fell into Zhang Heng's hands."

"Oh, Zhang Xiu will die if he dies!" Liu Hong didn't feel sorry for Zhang Xiu at all, and then asked: "Although this Zhang Heng is the person we installed, but the position of the leader of a sect is too important, we must Just make sure he's reliable."

Hear Liu Hong's words.Zhang Jun said: "Your Majesty, this Zhang Heng is somewhat distantly related to this minister, so he knows everything and is absolutely reliable."

"Oh, he's still relative to you." Now Liu Hong was interested, so he checked his profile directly, "Zhang Heng. He is 35 years old. He has followed his father Zhang Ling to practice Taoism in Heming Mountain since he was a child. He has four sons and a daughter. For Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei, Zhang Yu, Zhang Hui and Zhang Yulan..."

"Zhang Ling, Zhang Lu. Heavenly Master!" Seeing these names, Liu Hong finally knew who Zhang Heng was. "My day, I still wonder who he is, isn't this Zhang Lu's father who ruled Hanzhong in the Three Kingdoms, and the second generation of heavenly masters of Longhu Mountain!"

Knowing the details of Zhang Heng, Liu Hong looked down again.Of this Taoism, the only one who founded the sect was Yu Ji, who was the leader of the Taiping Qing Dynasty.Yu Ji's Taiping Qing leader said that he is a sect, which is completely flattering him. There are no more than five members in the entire sect.

Liu Hong continued to look down, and there were quite a few other famous people.The famous fortune teller Zhu Jianping, the great alchemist Wei Boyang, Zuo Ci, Nanhua, etc., add up to seven or eight.

"These other people are either fortune tellers or alchemists. They are definitely not the material to be the pope. Now it seems that this Zhang Heng is suitable." After reading the Taoism, Liu Hong has counted, "Okay, wait When this Zhang Heng comes, I will meet him. If he is really sensible, the Pope of Taoism will let him sit."

As for the Taoism, the conclusion has been reached, and Liu Hong began to look at the Buddhism again.

"Damn it, this is too little!"

Liu Hong looked at the Buddhist paper, and recorded three in total.Moreover, An Qing and An Xuan among these three people are both from Anxi Kingdom.There is only one real Han Chinese, and that is Yan Fodiao, who is famous all over the world for being the earliest monk recorded in the literature.

"Why are there so few people in the Buddha Sect? Could it be a mistake?"

"Your Majesty, the Buddha Sect is just a small sect, and most of its believers are lay monks practicing at home. And there are only three famous monks who become monks."

"Damn, there are only three people, and two foreigners, how can the Pope choose?!"

Faced with this problem, Liu Hong found himself in a difficult situation.It is absolutely impossible for the pope of a big man to choose a foreigner.Don't say that Liu Hong disagrees, even if Liu Hong agrees, the people of the Han Dynasty and those in the sects are unlikely to be willing.But there is also a problem with making this Yan Fodiao the pope, let alone whether he can obey the orders of the court, just because he is An Qing's apprentice, it is not easy to handle.After all, in the Dahan society where teachers are respected, even if he is the emperor, it is not easy to surpass his living master and directly make him the Pope of Buddhism.

"Made, it would have been better if it was a few years later. Mouzi, who was named after Buddhism, is a suitable candidate to be the pope of Buddhism. But the problem is that he is only two years old now. He must not be able to keep up with the selection of the pope this time." trip."

Liu Hong was worried about the candidate for the Pope in the palace, and the religious circles of Dahan were completely lively.Now the emperor is inviting people everywhere, whether it is the leaders of various sects or those famous monks, they are all included in the invitation, and let them go to the capital to discuss the religious reform.

Religious reform, this is a major event related to the future of these people.Especially when they heard that the emperor would take this opportunity to elect a pope in charge of all sects for Taoism.How could people in the religious world not pay attention to such a major event.So even those who were not invited by the emperor took the initiative to go to the capital, wanting to participate in this grand event together.

Speaking of which, the one who is most concerned about this matter is the Anqing of the White Horse Temple.This man is a true Buddhist.He was originally the prince of the Anxi Kingdom. In order to practice Buddhism, he gave up the kingship to his uncle, and he resolutely became a monk.And after he had achieved success in studying Buddhism, in order to promote Buddhism, he traveled all over the world. He is truly a person with great determination and perseverance.

A person like this has dedicated his whole life to Buddhism, and now he has such a good opportunity to promote Buddhism, how could he not be tempted.Therefore, he asked for help everywhere, hoping that he could meet Liu Hong.

An Qing was asking for help everywhere, and Zhang Jiao was also asking for help.Tian Feng beat the Dengwen drum and sued him for demagoguery, which he already knew.And now that the emperor let him go to Beijing, it is definitely not just to discuss the religious reform with him, this case will definitely be closed together.With a guilty conscience, how could he not find someone to help him accommodate.

However, Zhang Jiao seems to be very powerful, with followers spread across five states.But in fact, he really didn't have much contact with the upper echelon of the big man.Therefore, it was really not easy for him to find someone who could accommodate him.But Anqing is different, he is the prince of Anxi Kingdom, so his status is there.In addition, he has been living in the White Horse Temple, and he can be regarded as staying in the political center of Dahan.So it is not difficult for him to find someone to help him.No, the prime minister of the big man helped him find Liu Hong for accommodation.

"An Qing wants to meet me?" Liu Hong was quite puzzled after hearing this, "Why did he see me? The Pope can't fall on him no matter what!"

However, since this matter was led by Liu Shu, it is absolutely impossible for him to refute Liu Shu's face.Therefore, he could only find An Qing and listen to what he had to say.

"Master An, I don't know why you saw me?"

"Your Majesty, this little monk is here to promote Buddhism!" An Qing also knew that Liu Hong couldn't listen to his ramblings, so he cut straight to the point, "Your Majesty, our pagoda teaches people to be kind, which is of great importance to the rule of the country." It is beneficial. Since His Majesty is determined to reform the religion, vigorously promoting our Buddha Sect will make this matter more effective."

Looking at An Qing who was eager to promote Buddhism, Liu Hong pondered, "This guy is now considered a contemporary Buddhist leader. If he wants to modify the teachings of Buddhism, he can't get around it. Since he is now If he took the initiative to come to your door, I'll 'take' him down first."

Liu Hong didn't know how Xiaori made Buddhism change its teachings in later generations.For Buddhists in Xiaori, weddings and funerals are no different from ordinary people.But he knew that these Buddhists couldn't easily change their teachings if he didn't use some extreme measures now.So Liu Hong started threatening, "Futu teaches people to be good, which is beneficial to the country's rule? It's a bunch of nonsense! I just want to take this opportunity to reform religions and completely ban your Buddha religion!"

"Your Majesty, our Buddha Sect has always taught people to be good, and we have never done anything that would harm a big man. Why did you ban our sect?!"

What Liu Hong said really frightened An Qing.He knew that with Liu Hong's current prestige, it would be a matter of one sentence to ban a small sect like him.

"Shouldn't you be banned from sects like yours that make people subjugate the country and exterminate their species?" Liu Hong pretended to be annoyed and said, "Let's not say that your teachings are always negative, which will make the people lose their blood. It's just that you don't allow the sect members to marry and have children. , I will absolutely not tolerate you!"

"Ah, why is this?!"

"Why!" Liu Hong said: "You prohibit believers from marrying and having children, so if our people join your sect, how will our country reproduce? Isn't it just waiting to perish? You say that a sect like yours will perish and destroy the country. Shouldn't it be banned?!" (To be continued...)