Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

"So even if the crown prince can win in the end, there will always be tails that can't be handled, and because the imperial court is so naked to destroy the Buddha, it is likely to arouse their revenge! The poor monk is sure that this is for the crown prince. For the court, it is definitely a big problem!"

The host of Dajing Temple couldn't help but ask: "Do you want to use this to coerce the prince?"

"Of course not," Daoyue shook his head and said, "This is just a bargaining chip for us to put the Buddha's extermination on the table - the poor monk intends to let me select a representative from Buddhism to gamble face-to-face with the prince and openly debate the wisdom of Buddhism! "

"If we win, then the crown prince must promise on behalf of the court that we will not continue to fight against my Buddhism, and if we fail, then we will announce on the spot that we accept all the arrangements of the court, and Buddhism will completely admit defeat and give up resistance!"

Daoyue's proposal suddenly silenced the audience, and everyone was shocked beyond words.

This proposal seems really crazy. If you lose by accident, it is equivalent to handing over the entire Buddhism, but if you win, then you will be able to survive!

Combined with the current situation, this is undoubtedly the last chance for Buddhism! .

Chapter 756 Descendants are inexhaustible (fourth more)

"What!? Buddhism asked to openly debate Buddhism with His Royal Highness the Prince?"

On the top of the court, after getting the news, everyone was stunned.

After learning about Buddhism's request, their first reaction was to find it ridiculous.

"What a joke...how can they still be qualified to ask for this now?"

"Also, His Royal Highness is not a Buddhist, so why should you debate Buddhism with them?"

"Yes, are they dreaming? How could His Royal Highness agree to them?"

Immediately, the courtroom was plunged into ridicule, and there were also vulgar words such as Cheng Yaojin and others.

"That is, Buddhism has already been beaten by His Royal Highness Prince, and now there is no need to accept their gambling fight?"

Bu Cheng Yao Jin is so rude and unreasonable, it does tell the most crucial point - you guys who are about to become prodigal underlings, how can you be qualified to ask His Royal Highness, who has been defeated by you, to accept you gamble?

Even if His Royal Highness does not accept this gambling fight, he can still kill you all, so there is no need to add any more to it!

In the entire Tai Chi Palace, only a few people, such as Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling, did not participate in the laughing and sarcasm, but they all pondered.

"Buddhism... I'm not unfamiliar. Among them are several virtuous monks full of great wisdom, so would they make such a mindless request?"

Li Shimin pondered secretly, in fact, this is not completely impossible, after all, everything is possible under the hurry.

However, Li Shimin still felt vaguely that Buddhism had some confidence behind it.

"Reporting to the emperor, my son thinks that Buddhism probably relies on its own profound background to have the confidence to propose this gamble, right?"

At this moment, Li You, who was the focus of the matter, spoke up.

As soon as he spoke, he immediately attracted the attention of the audience, and Wen Yanbo hurriedly asked, "Why did His Royal Highness say this?"

Li You explained: "Please think about it, even the violent suppression of Buddhism by the Northern Zhou Dynasty could not completely eliminate Buddhism, so what is Buddhism relying on to be able to be reborn without a wildfire?"

"There is no doubt that they are relying on those Buddhists who are able to endure humiliation and have the most steadfast beliefs!"

"Even if they were exterminated in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there were still many people who kept their names incognito and continued to be monks in the wilderness, or hidden Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures at home to worship and read." Li You paused, "Once the outside world calms down, they will have a chance. will be back again!"

"And the deepest foundation of Buddhism is that they have a large number of such core believers! Even if the solitary strategy can destroy half of Buddhism, and then use iron and blood to destroy the remaining [-]% of Buddhism, then the most troublesome final [-]% of Buddhism can't solve it no matter what!"

The ministers and officials fell silent when they heard the words. Yes, belief is essentially an invisible and intangible spirit, so how can it be completely eradicated?

It is very likely that on the surface, a person may have nothing to do with Buddhism at all, but as long as he has a Buddha in his heart, one day he will make a comeback!

After all, Buddhism can develop into one of the three major religions in the world.

"That is to say, if you want to completely destroy the Buddha, so that they can never turn over, is it necessary to accept this gamble?"

After a long silence, Wei Zheng asked with a frown.

"It's not..."

Li You shook his head and said: "According to Gu's plan, the power of Buddhism has been weakened to the extreme. If it is purely based on the results of eradicating Buddhism at our stage, it is completely qualified and greatly curbs the development of Buddhism. ."

"But this is only for the time we are in now. What about the time of our descendants? If Buddhism is let go of the threat left by us, then just like the Sui Dynasty vigorously developed Buddhism, they There's always a chance to go big again!"

Xiao Yu said with emotion: "Has your Highness already thought so far? He actually started to think about the descendants of the Tang Dynasty...!"

The rest of the civil and military officials also showed admiration, but Li You shrugged noncommittally.

"Gu Ke doesn't think so just because he has a long-term vision, because in fact, if we can't completely destroy Buddhism, it may even threaten us! Think about it carefully, this attack on Buddhism will at least make it impossible for Buddhism to turn over for ten years, but in the future Who knows what happened?"

Li You sighed and scanned the circle of civil and military affairs.

"It's as if a year ago, no one would have thought that Gu could become a prince, right? No one can tell what will happen in the future. It is very likely that Buddhism has just been weakened for ten years, and it has started to reappear. It seems stubborn. Like a disease, the repeated tossing is enough to seriously damage the vitality of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li You's example is really convincing.

At first glance, the current court battles have made remarkable achievements. To put it simply, Buddhism will not be able to rise for ten years. Maybe it will take longer, so that Buddhism will remain half-dead for twenty or even thirty years!

But on the other hand, it is also possible that Buddhism has just passed ten years, and has secretly accumulated enough power to explode this potentially huge threat like a time bomb!

It can be said that now Li You has forced Buddhism to the point where he has to take the initiative to propose a game of debate and gambling, which is a unique opportunity to solve the problem once and for all!

This time, even those civil servants and military generals who had previously thought that the debate and gambling proposed by Buddhism were simply whimsical, all stopped talking.

Chapter 757 History repeats itself

Then... is it really that the Prince is really allowed to go down and argue with the group of Buddhist monks about Buddhism and Dharma?

Although just now, they have clearly understood the necessity, but there is still a problem in front of them.