Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 1724 Buddhism and Taoism II

"So how can it be painful to worship one's faith?" Bai Shan said: "I heard that the monks in Huguo Temple leased the Buddhist fields to the people to cultivate. In other words, when they drink and peck, they are all provided by the believers. Whatever they eat and wear to reduce suffering, those things are not for them, but for the Bodhisattva behind them."

  The emperor was stunned, and said: "Aren't they the incarnation of Bodhisattvas in this world?"

"Then there are too many incarnations, is it not necessarily?" Bai Shan asked: "Your Majesty still can't tell whether they are incarnations. Then there are so many dull people in the world, how can they tell? If it's not an incarnation , How does your majesty know that they are doing the decree of a bodhisattva?"

  The emperor came back to his senses, and looked at the two with suspicion, "You don't like Buddha, you are more pleased?"

  Bai Shan and Man Bao shook their heads together.

  Man Baodao: "Although I read Taoism a lot, it's not that I don't read Buddhist scriptures."

It is even more impossible for Bai Shan to admit that, otherwise it will become a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism. This is not his original intention. He said: "Your Majesty, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, they are the same as Confucianism, Legalism, and Mohism, but they are against the world. , It’s just a kind of cognition of the reason why people are human. Ordinary people can be the language of the family, such as Kong Jijiu, although they have read the words of a hundred schools of thought, they admire Confucianism; another example is the old Tang Shangshu, which is also learned by all schools. , But he believes more in Legalism; and our husband is more inclined to Taoism."

  "But your Majesty is different. You are the head of the people. The people of the world will only follow your beliefs. You believe in Buddhism. Therefore, the Buddhist temple is flourishing, and Huguo Temple has become the world's largest temple. This should not be the case."

  The emperor said angrily: "I didn't even have any favorites when working with me in the end?"

  Bai Shan knew that he would not do anything to him, so he bluntly said: "Who makes you the emperor and still wants to be the emperor of the ages? If you want to get something, you must give something."

The emperor frowned.

Man Bao looked puzzled, "What's the embarrassment? Anyway, there are no gods and Buddhas in this world. If someone tells me that I will be the first doctor in the ages, I can't go and worship the old man with great fanfare. You must go to worship without knowing it, Your Majesty, if you really like the Bodhisattva, you can worship quietly in your own room."

  Everyone:...

  The emperor asked angrily: "How do you know that there are no gods and Buddhas in the world?"

  Man Bao asked: "Even if there is, what can Gods and Buddhas help us?"

She said: "The suffering in this world has never stopped. The roads require people to walk one foot and one foot. Gods and Buddhas cannot go forward for us, so there is or is no difference? We just don’t forget our ancestors’ aspirations. Can."

  Man Bao has seen the history books of that world from the encyclopedia. The development of history has never relied on theology, but has to be developed bit by bit.

  It may be developing in the form of war or in other competitive ways. No miracle has ever been seen anyway.

  Man Bao brought out most of the books that Bai Shan had read. He used to treat those books as strange talks, but the more he reads, the more he thinks.

  Sometimes he couldn’t help but quietly ask Man Bao, “Why the book Uncle Zhou brought us to stop us from believing in ghosts and gods?”

  Man Bao was entangled, and Bai Shan found out the reason for himself, "because there are few ghosts and gods in the world, or is it because ghosts and gods can't affect mortals?"

   "Yes," Bai Shan said to himself: "If ghosts and gods can affect our world, why did the King of Yizhou remain safe after harming so many people, and we have to sue the imperial law before it is revealed."

  Furthermore, he has grown up so big, except for Uncle Zhou, he has never seen a second ghost.

   And as such a powerful ghost, Uncle Zhou, apart from being able to talk to Man Bao, seems to have no influence on the third person, let alone him, even other people in the old Zhou family can't see him or feel him.

  So Bai Shan was still very confident in his words at this time. He hoped that the emperor would not show his likes and dislikes, and would not pursue Buddhism.

  The emperor was not very happy, so he turned his head and said to the prince: "Have you heard, as a king, don’t have your own likes and dislikes. You have nothing to do with hunting. I heard people say that you still want the southern kingdom to offer you elephants?"

The crown prince suffered a disaster, turned his head and glanced at Bai Shan and Zhou Man before saying: "I heard that Nanban's elephant soldiers are very powerful, so I want to see how magnificent elephants are and how they compare to Chollima." The emperor snorted. Said: "It costs a lot to get an elephant from Nanban to Beijing. As a prince, how can you do such an extravagant thing? You are not allowed to send someone there."

   Zhao Guogong and the others immediately started talking, "Aren’t we talking about disaster relief?"

The emperor didn’t want to go to Huguo Temple anymore. He lost his temper and said, “Let the magistrates of Chang'an County and Wannian County do it. Pray for the little emperor and grandson."

  He is a bit depressed now, and doesn't want to see those ministers again for the time being.

  Zhao Guogong and Pi Guogong quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said that they were willing to follow His Majesty, and they directly promised nine hundred shi to come out to pray for the little emperor's grandson. Naturally, they had to take an auspicious number.

  The prince quietly breathed a sigh of relief when the topic was torn apart, and then secretly glared at Bai Shan and Zhou Man. What kind of Buddhism did he talk about in a good day?

  Man Bao and Bai Shan thought that the two state princes were really rich.

  The emperor felt so too, so he exhaled and became happy again.

  Full of food and drink, the princess had already carried the child back to the house, and the prince sent his uncle and father-in-law’s family out, only then came back and wanted to send his father away.

  The emperor did not move, but let the five princes lead Mingda Changyu to send the empress back to the Taiji Hall first.

  Man Bao and Bai Shan, who were also left, stood in the corner with their heads down, as if they had done something serious wrong.

  The emperor sat at the desk writing and drawing, and after writing a picture for his newborn grandson, he looked up at the two of them. He felt that they were enough to dry them, so he put down his pen and said, "Come on."

  The two came forward together.

The emperor asked, "Do you know what's wrong?"

  Man Bao grabbed his fingers and said, “I know, we shouldn’t bring up these things at this time. Today, it’s for the little emperor and grandson to cleanse the three, which is disappointing.”

The emperor nodded slightly.

  Bai Shan added: "We shouldn't not give your majesty a son. Even if you are admonishing, we should talk about it privately afterwards. We shouldn't say your majesty in front of everyone."

  The emperor nodded slightly, satisfied, and conscious that he had enough face, he turned his head and asked the prince who returned after sending people back, "I heard that there were no two people in your palace last night?"

  The prince smiled on his face and then lowered his head to report: "Yes, there are no two servants."

  He explained: “The night when the princess was launched, Zhou Man’s needle bag was moved.”

  The expression on the emperor’s face was also put away, and he asked: "Can you find the main envoy behind the scenes?"

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  The emperor pondered for a moment and said: "Bring this to Yin Li to investigate. Investigate the case. Jingzhao Mansion is better than you."

  　See you at nine in the evening

  (End of this chapter)