back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 762
"Your Majesty is right!"

Xu Chongguang has been in the officialdom for so long, so he naturally knows how to stroke the donkey's hair in the direction so as not to be hoofed.

Lu Chengqi knew that he was playing tricks, so he didn't expose it.At this time, there is no one else, so if you recognize it, you will recognize it.If Lu Chengqi decides to "destroy the Buddha" in the future, even if he doesn't express his opinion, Lu Chengqi can't do anything to him.Now that Jiangnan wants him to preside, his waist has become much stiffer, so the little emperor will not change his general because of this, right?
After being emperor for three years, Lu Chengqi could also see Xu Chongguang's thoughts, so naturally he wouldn't point it out.And his original intention was not to "destroy the Buddha", but to suppress the Buddha.The original intention of Buddhism is to persuade people to be kind. This is very good, and you can listen to it or not.But if you don’t eat meat, don’t marry a wife, and don’t have children, that’s not enough.Everyone thinks it is good to be a monk. If you become a monk, can Dashun still develop!If you want to make progress, you must suppress Buddha.Suppressing Buddhism is very simple, control the number of Buddhist monks, do not promote Buddhism, and levy taxes on monks, naturally there will be fewer people.

Of course, it is also possible to "mistakenly hit the auxiliary car", and any Taoist, Zhengyijiao, etc. may be accidentally injured, and that is also impossible.People who believe in religion naturally believe in it, and those who don't believe in it naturally don't believe in it. There is nothing to argue about.Luckily for Lu Chengqi, the scholars in this era are rarely religious, because they read the books of sages and sages. There is a saying in "The Analects of Confucius Shuer": "Zibuyu speaks strange powers and confuses spirits."That is to say, keep a respectful distance from ghosts and gods.How can you believe it if you keep it at a respectful distance?

If they truly believed in God, they only believed in saints.For example, Confucius said: "The ultimate filial piety is connected with the gods, and the light is omnipresent in the world." If you understand this sentence in terms of gods and Buddhas, it will definitely not make sense.So what does it mean to "communicate with the gods and understand everything"?Shenming means that those who know what people don't know are gods, and those who see what people don't see are enlightened. "The Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor, Jingfa, Mingli": "Gods are those who are within the degree and seen outside the degree." To connect with the gods is to pass through the Tao.The sage is connected with the gods, so he is holy.In other words, the purpose of Confucianism has always been to become gods and saints.But this god, this sage, is different from gods and sages in the general sense.He is not a god, but a mortal. He does not have the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, but he can understand the world.There is only one person who truly leads by example and passes on this "Tao" to others, and he is a god who is enlightened and sanctified.What is this "way"? "The Analects of Confucius Shuer": "Zi said: "Speak without writing, believe but love the ancients, and steal from me, Lao Peng", that is to say, Confucius' principles were not invented by him, but the words of the ancient sages.Because this truth was discovered by the ancient sages, not invented and created.China has been able to endure for thousands of years because of the endless emergence of saints!

This is the mystery of Chinese civilization. People can become gods and saints through learning, so Han people only respect their ancestors.Some gods and Buddhas are also incarnations of ancestors.But after Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, all this seemed to have become chaotic, so there was a dispute between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the Jin Dynasty.It was also at this time that Buddhism was truly integrated into the culture of the Central Plains, and it began to promote karma and good fortune, and persuade people to do good for the sake of good retribution in the future.But this has a negative side, and it is mostly accepted by the lower class ordinary people.Especially when the people are struggling to make a living, the people are more willing to rely on it.But this conflicts with Chinese civilization, because Confucianism emphasizes "joining the world", assisting the king, and educating the people, rather than blindly avoiding the world.

Therefore, there has been an interesting phenomenon in China for thousands of years. During the troubled times, Buddhism prospered, but during the prosperous times, Buddhism died down.Think about it too, everyone can live on, life is happy, and there is work to do, how can there be time to believe in Buddhism!

Scholars understand this truth, but some rulers are unwilling to wake up, so they want to pursue longevity.As a master of Confucianism, Xu Chongguang naturally understands this truth.From the bottom of his heart, he also disdains Buddhism.Take Han Yu, a poet of the former Dynasty, for example: "Buddhas who are natives of barbarians and Di, do not understand the Chinese language, and their clothes are specially made. They don't speak the words of the previous kings, and they don't obey the laws of the previous kings. They don't know the righteousness of ministers. Father and son love, so it is not appropriate to worship..."

Han Yu also jokingly said: "If the Buddha has a spirit, it can cause disasters. If there is a disaster, it should be a subject." It shows that the attitude of Confucianism towards Buddhism has always been contemptuous.But disdain is disdain. Buddhism represents the beliefs of the working class. No matter how powerful Confucianism is, it is in vain. It can only be suppressed, but it cannot be truly "eradicated".Lu Chengqi knows that existence is the truth, since Buddhism can have a market in China, it must have its own way.As for why there was no market for Christianity in the future, it is estimated that everyone can't trust foreign monks from outside!
Lu Chengqi told Xu Chongguang some more about Jiangnan, and Xu Chongguang resigned.Xu Chongguang is now entangled in many things, even if he has three heads and six arms, he is not enough, so naturally he will not stay in the Chui Gong Palace.Lu Chengqi was happy to relax, looked at the sky, and found that it was almost noon.

A thought occurred to him: "Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. If you want to have a temple fair, why don't you go out and have a look?" He hadn't been out of the palace for a long time, and wanted to observe the people's sentiments up close, so he called Gao Hao and Wang Yanchen, and brought a few The imperial guards didn't need to change their clothes, and after sending a servant to go to Kunning Hall to tell Zhou Zhiruo whereabouts, they left the palace from Yanfu Palace and went directly to the streets of Chang'an City.

"Today is indeed very lively!"

When he came to the market, Lu Chengqi looked at the various hawkers, and had the illusion that he had returned to a later life.Sellers of snacks, daily necessities, gouache... everything.Lu Chengqi mocked in his heart: "If it was in later generations, the urban management would definitely take care of this place! It's still humane in this era, even Chidao deliberately chooses to avoid the market, so as not to compete with the common people..."

Thinking about those inaction urban management in later generations, Lu Chengqi only ridiculed or ridiculed.Urban planning is unreasonable and flexible.If there is an agglomeration effect like this, and hawkers get together, how can anyone go to other places to do business?Blocking is worse than sparseness, the ancients all understood, but the people of later generations are living more and more going back!

When we arrived in front of Dazhuangyan Temple, there were even more people's voices. Although it was almost noon and the sun was scorching, it couldn't stop the enthusiastic people.

Lu Chengqi noticed that some "tooth men" dressed as monks were contacting buyers and customers to do "business".After watching for a while, he suddenly remembered something, Lu Chengqi squeezed in and asked a peddler, "Brother, how is the business?"

This hawker is 25 years old, but the ancients look old, and he may only look like 21 years old. "Officials, the small ones do some business to support their families. The temple fair is prosperous, and the income is not bad..." The peddler replied heartily.

(End of this chapter)