Emperor Liu Hong

"Your Majesty, where did you start!" An Qing was really anxious now, "Your Majesty, our Buddha Sect only prohibits lust, not marriage and childbirth."

"Ah, marriage is not forbidden?!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, our Buddha Sect has never prohibited monks from getting married!"

"Damn it, monks in the Han Dynasty were able to get married!" Liu Hong immediately understood that he was misled by later generations.However, Liu Hong is also a person who cares about face. Even if he is wrong, he can't bow his head to a monk, "Even if you can't help but get married, your attitude towards life is quite negative. If you don't change, I will definitely not allow you to preach. "

"Your Majesty, I don't know what point you are referring to?"

"Which point, of course killing is prohibited!" Liu Hong said: "Of course it is wrong to kill without reason, but it would be too much to prohibit even self-defense. Let's not talk about anything else, what if a foreign country calls? What if we all If we can't defend ourselves, aren't we directly destroyed by others?!"

"Your Majesty, who said that? Our Buddha Sect doesn't prohibit followers from self-defense at all!" An Qing almost burst into tears, "Your Majesty, the Buddha said that a layman can carry a sword to protect the Three Treasures, and a layman can carry a sword to protect the Dharma. Layman To eradicate heresies, you can use a knife. For these murderers, the Buddha called them good men. You said that we forbid self-defense, that is really unfair!"

"Damn it, you've been wronged, and I've been wronged!"

Liu Hong now feels quite humiliated, but this way let him know.In fact, Buddhism is not much different from Confucianism. Things that were good at first were ruined by those crooked guys in later generations.

"So, I have wronged you Futu Sect?"

Seeing that Liu Hong's tone softened, An Qing breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, it is too serious to say that you have been wronged. The main reason is that you misheard the slander and misunderstood our Futu Sect."

"As expected of a person who has been a prince, what he said is quite pleasant." Now that Liu Hong has learned his lesson, he has to figure out what he is talking about, so he said: "Since my understanding is wrong, then let me Please, Master An, explain to me the teachings of your Buddha Sect."

Liu Hong's words were exactly what An Qing wanted.Now that Liu Hong said this, he would talk about the teachings of their Buddha Sect for Liu Hong.

In fact, without An Qing's specific explanation, Liu Hong can already confirm the current teachings of Buddhism.There is almost no conflict of interest with him.Of course, maybe the current Buddhism still has a lot of negative things.For example, people believe in cause and effect, accept the status quo and so on.These things may be a bit negative for a nation.But for Liu Hong's rule, there are excellent benefits.so.After discussing a few small points with An Qing, he had a showdown with An Qing.

"Master An! After listening to your explanation, I think that your Buddha Sect is pretty good."

Hearing Liu Hong's words, An Qing became excited and said, "Your Majesty, so you plan to promote our Buddha Sect?!"

"Master An, it doesn't matter if I promote your Buddha Sect." Liu Hong looked at An Qing excitedly.He continued: "But we big men have always respected Taoism. It's not a big deal for your Buddha Sect to be small. But once your sect grows bigger, are you sure you can withstand the suppression of Taoism?"

"Your Majesty, the process of promoting Buddhism is inherently difficult. I have the confidence to accept any challenge."

Hearing An Qing's words, Liu Hong felt relieved, the opponent of Taoism was established.Looking at the elated An Qing, Liu Hong sighed.Strictly speaking, Liu Hong doesn't have much affection for Buddhism, a foreign religion.Even though many teachings in Buddhism are indeed good and have the function of guiding people to be good, they have not changed Liu Hong's opinion.

But the reason why Liu Hong wants to erect Buddhism even if he violates his original intention.The main reason is that he knows that a single sect is not a good thing for the country or their royal family.Especially for their royal family, the threat is almost fatal.This kind of thing is not without "precedent". After all, Liu Hong, who knows the history, is quite clear that in Europe, when religion is powerful, the pope can depose the king at will.Like this kind of thing that religion overrides imperial power, Liu Hong absolutely does not allow it to happen in Dahan.Therefore, at the beginning of the religious reform, he had to find a strong opponent for Taoism and let them fall into infighting, so as to avoid the threat of the royal family in the future.

"Since Master An has this confidence, I will take the opportunity of this religious reform to support your Buddha Sect."

"Your Majesty, this is really great, the Buddha will definitely bless you."

"Master An, let's put aside the blessings of the Buddha. I don't know if you have thought about it, but now your Buddha Sect only exists as a branch of Taoism, and the people also regard you as Taoism. If this is the case, even if I support you again, You are also under Taoism, it is absolutely impossible to develop!"

"Your Majesty, what should we do? You know that our Buddha Sect doesn't actually have much to do with Taoism."

"Master An, the problem is, you know about this matter, but the common people don't."

Since An Qing can learn Buddhism and succeed, how can he be a fool.At the beginning, he only cared about the chaos, but now that the matter has come to this point, he already knew that Liu Hong had plans, so he said directly: "Your Majesty said so, there must be a solution, and the monk is here to listen carefully. .”

"There is a way." Liu Hong paused and said, "You can change the name of Futu Sect to separate it from Taoism. I will set up a pope for your sect to be side by side with Taoism, and this problem can be solved. gone."

"Your Majesty, this method is really good, the Buddha will definitely bless you!" Then An Qing said: "Your Majesty can be said to be the great benefactor of our Buddha Sect, so please give us a name directly for your Majesty."

Hearing this, Liu Hong was not polite, and said: "The Buddha is the Buddha, and what you worship is also the Buddha. Why don't you call your sect Buddhism."

"Buddhism, Buddhism." An Qing read it twice, and said happily: "Your Majesty, this name is very good, thank you Your Majesty for giving it the name."

"Master An, don't be happy, there is still a problem here."

"There are still problems?"

"Yes, Master An, the Pope of your sect must be difficult to choose!" Liu Hong said: "Master An, you are a good candidate for the Pope. But as a foreigner, Master An, if you become Pope , It will definitely cause an uproar. This is definitely not a good thing for your sect. But if you find a big man to be the Pope, this person will not be very easy to find." (To be continued...)