Wentang

Chapter 265
In his previous life, Yueshan read the history of the Western Regions, and part of it talked about the religious changes in the Western Regions.Shamanism was prevalent in the Western Regions at first, and later Buddhism replaced shamanism as the main belief.

For nearly 1000 years from the first century AD to the end of the ninth century AD, Buddhism had an absolute advantage in beliefs in the Western Regions.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Datang lost control of the Western Regions, and on the contrary, the influence of the Great Cannibal grew stronger and stronger.At the end of the ninth century, some country leaders began to convert to the Green Church, and it was promoted throughout the country by force.After that, so-called jihads were launched again and again in the Western Regions.

The process of the Green Cult replacing Buddhism was bloody, to be exact, blood flowed like a river.Buddhist temples are destroyed, Buddhists who do not convert will be killed, and the whole family who has any items related to Buddhism in their homes will be killed...

The direct consequence of the violent method is that people's hearts are turbulent, the population is sharply reduced, productivity is destroyed, and the Western Regions are completely sunk in this round of killings.

Before the ninth century, many powerful forces were born in the Western Regions, such as the Uighurs, but after the invasion of the Green Sect, they became younger brothers and younger brothers who could bully anyone.Even Dangxiang Xixia can ride on their heads and shit, why?
The battle of faith exhausted the last bit of their national power, and all the backbones were killed, and the rest were docile sheep.

Buddhism has also been preached in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, especially after the rapid expansion of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it has penetrated into the people. It is not an exaggeration that nine and a half out of ten people believe in Buddhism.

It is a genius idea to separate and eliminate Buddhism under such circumstances.It is estimated that Buddhism has not been much used yet, and the bones of the whole family of the person who did this are already cold.

Some people may say that many people have destroyed Buddhas in history, why is it all right?
Make it clear that the so-called extermination of Buddhism is actually restricting the development of Buddhism, just destroying some Buddhist temples and dismissing some monks, rather than prohibiting everyone from believing in Buddhism.

This extermination of Buddha and the extermination of Buddha that everyone talks about are completely different things.

Maybe some people will say that if only respecting Confucianism successfully wiped out hundreds of schools, why can't Buddha be wiped out.

Knowing all schools of thought are scholars, but what was the literacy rate at that time?Is there one percent?How many common people know what Baijia is?

It doesn't matter who I respect the common people, anyway, it doesn't matter to me, as long as it can make me full.

What's more, the exclusive respect for Confucianism in the Han Dynasty was not to forcibly eliminate a hundred schools of thought, but to not allow scholars from a hundred schools of thought to become officials.If you want to learn the knowledge of hundreds of schools in private, please feel free.

what's the result?Those scholars who claim to be descendants of a hundred schools of thought do not abandon their ancestral theories and turn to Confucianism.

Moreover, it is not absolute to respect Confucianism alone. People from Taoism, military strategists, Legalists and other schools can also become officials.As a result, these schools of thought were handed down differently.

To Buddhism and hundreds of different.Those who learn from hundreds of schools are all scholars. The purpose of their study is to become an official and realize their life ambitions, and has little to do with ordinary people.

But Buddhism is different, it is belief.I don't want to be an official, and I don't want to govern the country. My purpose is to spread the faith.Its goal is not three or two emperors, ten or eight important ministers, but the common people.

Ordinary people also need this kind of thing to pin their pursuit that has nowhere to rest.Therefore, the purpose of the people's belief in Buddhism is more pure, not for getting ahead, but for spiritual sustenance.

That's why Buddhism can go deep among the people, and ordinary people who don't know a single word can recite Amitabha Buddha.

Is it possible to destroy Buddhism under such circumstances?
Even if the hero who exterminated the Buddha had absolute control over the country, even if the blood flowed in the country, even if half of the people in the world were killed, no one would dare to rebel.

But what are the consequences?Things you know when you use your brain.

Yue Shan is not stupid, he knows very well that it is impossible to destroy the Buddha, and he has no such stupid idea from the very beginning.His purpose is clearer, to transform Buddhism.

Turn Indian Buddhism into Chinese Buddhism.

To accomplish this step, the most fundamental way is to start from the Buddhist scriptures.The Buddhist scriptures passed down from Tianzhu are only for reference, and all the scriptures handed down to the people are the works reformed by my eminent monk in China.

The Buddha everyone believes in is no longer Sakyamuni, but Master Daoxin, Master Xuanzang, and Master Huineng... This is Yueshan's plan to transform Buddhism.

Hearing Yue Shan's request, Xuanzang was a little dazed, he didn't understand what Qing Shuihou meant, so naturally he didn't dare to agree.

Besides, with his current status, he is not qualified to agree, so he can only shirk and say that he needs to go back and discuss.

Yue Shan had expected this result a long time ago. At this time, Xuanzang was only a rising star in Buddhism and had no power to make decisions.

But when he goes back, he will definitely tell the people behind him about this request, and it's up to them to choose what to do afterwards.

Don't you want to cooperate with me?All right, do as I say.If you agree, we are good friends. If you disagree, continue to suppress until you agree.

I'm not afraid that you disagree. Suppressing Buddhism was a major event throughout Li Shimin's entire emperor's career. The ministers in the court almost all wore the same trousers as him. It can be said that Yueshan was their only choice.

If you don't agree now, it's not enough to be beaten, let Li Shimin punch them a few more times, and you will be honest.

Anyway, Yue Shan sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, not in a hurry.

However, Yue Shan's request seemed to have a great impact on Xuanzang, and he was a little absent-minded in the subsequent conversation, and he offered to leave after reluctantly speaking for a while.

Yue Shan didn't keep him either, and sent him out of the gate all the way.

It was only halfway that Xuanzang realized that he had forgotten the main purpose of his trip... customs clearance documents.

He wanted to go to Tianzhu to obtain the remaining scriptures, and he also got the support of Buddhism.But he got stuck at this level of the court, and the court said nothing to give him a clearance certificate.

In fact, in this era, it doesn't matter whether a person is a smuggler or not. He can leave Datang without a customs clearance certificate.But with the customs clearance document, he is going abroad as a country. If he encounters danger on the road, he can ask for help from all parties along the way in the name of the country.

The westbound road is too far away, and there is almost no way to reach the destination in an individual capacity.With the customs clearance document, the success rate has greatly increased.

How did Xuanzang reach Tianzhu without customs clearance documents in his previous life?You can know by looking over his history. Everywhere he goes, he has to go to temples in this country to visit and debate scriptures.

Gain respect by making a name for yourself through debating scriptures, and then use the power of local Buddhism to get supplements before continuing on to the next stage of the journey.

When I was reading "Journey to the West", whenever I saw Xuanzang challenging monks from various countries, I would be very excited, and I felt that the eminent monks in China were the most powerful.

However, if you think about it carefully, you will know how much bitterness is hidden behind Tang Seng's actions.

In this life, Xuanzang also went to the Yamen to ask for a certificate of customs clearance, but unfortunately he was rejected time and time again.It was useless for him to visit many important officials in the court, and it was actually for this purpose to visit Yueshan today.

It was just forgotten by Yue Shan's interruption.

I wanted to go back and ask again, but I couldn't help but think of Yue Shan's request again, so I finally gave up this idea.

Let's go back and tell Shide about this matter, and it's not too late to ask him next time.

(End of this chapter)