Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 175 The upcoming battle between Buddhism and Taoism
In a clean courtyard in the Shanshiyuan, a group of monks gathered here at this moment, each one with extremely dignified expressions.

The current deputy seal of the Senglusi, Monk Huili, looked at Liuhuai and Huiqi who were sitting upright, and couldn't help saying:

"Great Master Liuhuai, and Huiqi Zhengyin, you two must make up your mind!"

Another deputy seal of the Senglusi, the monk Zhimi, also said:
"The Taoist group has already entered the palace. If there is no further action, wouldn't it be even more difficult for my Buddhist sect to be in Yunguo from now on?"

At this time, the reason why all the monks gathered here was because of the Taoists who had already entered the palace at this time.

You must know that compared with other schools of thought, Buddhism was more wary of this Central Plains Taoism.

Hundreds of schools of thought entered Yunguo and formally publicized their own school's knowledge concepts, which made a very small number of young people in Yunguo no longer need gods and Buddhas to entrust their beliefs.

However, believers who originally enshrined Buddhism, people who struggled at the bottom of Yunguo, and people who have done things with guilt, and people with troubled consciences, still cannot do without a faith sustenance, so it cannot be regarded as hurting the foundation of Buddhism.

But Taoism, which is also a religion, came to Yunguo, which has a different meaning.

Everyone is a religion, and they all know the routines that the other party will play.Let Taoism grow in Yunguo, that is the real root of Buddhism!

That's it, these monks are so anxious and worried.

When Monk Liuhuai heard the inquiries from the monks, his heart moved, and then he sighed softly, looked at Monk Huiqi, and said:

"Master Huiqi, you are now the official seal of the Senglu Division, and you are the head of the Buddhist sect recognized by the court. I am afraid that only you can come forward for this kind of thing!"

When Hui Qi heard this, he gave Monk Liuhuai a meaningful look.

Others don't know Liuhuai's mind, and they have the filter of the great Buddhist master, they only think that Liuhuai monk is just asking Huiqi for advice.But Hui Qi knew that Liu Huai was just a sham, and his xinxing cultivation was really not good enough.

The reason why he asked Hui Qi at this time was probably because he still wanted to play a trick to divert trouble.

Your monk recording department is now in charge of my Buddhist affairs, and you have made me a great Buddhist master. Do you want to come forward at this time?
Hearing what Monk Liuhuai said, all the monks in the hall nodded and turned to look at Huiqi.

Hui Qi heard the words, first sighed insignificantly, then clasped his hands together, bowed his head and said in a deep voice:

"This Senglusi has now been placed under the imperial court. It is the official office under Li Cao. The old monk, younger brother Huili and his nephew Zhimi have now become monk officials and belong to the imperial court. Come out at this time , The name is not right! But you, Archmage, are the nominal leader of my Buddhist sect. You are respected by His Majesty, and you don’t have the status of a monk official, so you are the most suitable status to come forward!"

Monk officials, monk officials, have already carried the word "official". Even though they are in charge of many Buddhist affairs, they have lost their previous detached status as monks and become officials under the jurisdiction of the court.

Since they are court officials who are paid by the court and ruled by the emperor, how can they have the qualifications to dictate which religion the emperor summons?
So Hui Qi's words are indeed good.He, including Huili and Zhimi, is indeed not a good candidate to come forward at this time.

On the contrary, you, the Great Master of Buddhism, have a detached status and are not involved in the world. It would be bad if you don't show up at this time!
When all the monks heard the words, they also thought it was very reasonable, they nodded again and again, then turned to look at Monk Liuhuai again.

Monk Liuhuai couldn't help but froze when he saw the eyes of the monks Qiqi was looking at him.

Damn it, you Huiqi can't say it, do I dare to persuade the emperor not to respect Taoism?I'm afraid Feng Bao and Dugong Feng will ask me if I'm teaching His Majesty how to do things just now, and then turn around and throw myself into the East Factory...

Thinking of Dongchang's tactics that he had seen before, Monk Liuhuai shuddered involuntarily.

But at this moment, all the monks looked at Liu Huai together, as if they were waiting for his attention.

Staring at the eyes of the monks, Monk Liuhuai felt his scalp go numb.

Hui Qi, you bad old man, very bad!
After pondering for a moment, Monk Liuhuai could only look at Huili and Zhimi, and winked slightly.

Zhimi narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed slightly.Huili frowned, but also gave him a wink.

Liuhuai: What should I do?
Zhi Fan: Your Majesty clearly intends to weaken Buddhism, what can I do?
Huili: Who dares to say it?Anyway, I'm not going!It was only then that he became the deputy seal of the Senglu Department, and he was still thinking about the day when Hui Qi would be pulled down, and he would be the official seal for a few days...

In fact, the four leading monks in the Buddhist sect now know that Xiao Cheng has already begun to use the method of boiling frogs in warm water on the Buddhist sect.

But Hui Qi has long been involved in too many mundane affairs of Buddhism, causing Buddhist disciples to be unable to practice meditation and feel dissatisfied.Xiao Cheng's act of weakening the Buddhism, on the one hand, can make the Buddhism no longer involve too much mundane affairs, and secondly, spending so much thought and energy, it also proves that Xiao Cheng has no intention of killing the Buddhism.Monk Huiqi is naturally happy to see the results.

But Huili and Zhimi didn't take Buddhism seriously.Otherwise, they wouldn't have hooked up with Feng Bao's East Factory back then.In order to secure his current position as the Deputy Seal of the Senglu Division, how could he oppose Xiao Cheng.

As for Liu Huai, let alone, this is simply a parallel puppet created by Xiao Cheng.

It is true that all the senior members of the Buddhist sect are undercover.

The reason why Huili and Zhimi lead a group of monks to gather here now, asking them to make a decision, is actually just to make a show for the rest of the Buddhist disciples to appease them.

When Monk Liuhuai saw the expressions of the two, he knew that the two had decided to pretend to be dead this time and would not show up.Not to mention, there is also the meaning of taking myself as the blame, and letting myself bear the anger of Buddhist disciples.

That's not okay!I also think that one day I will gain the trust of His Majesty, and as the Great Master, I will also serve as the official seal of the Senglu Division!

Monk Liuhuai's brains turned sharply, and he suddenly remembered that when he was in a hurry at the Debate Conference, he made a joke, and an inspiration suddenly came to his heart.

He glanced around slightly, only to see that there was only a teacup in Hui Qi's hand.

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Huai really couldn't resist the eyes of the monks, his heart was hardened, he gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand, picking up the teacup from Hui Qi's hand.

But maybe because he was a little flustered, and thinking about what to say next, Liu Huai couldn't help being a little distracted.

It wasn't until he picked it up that he felt the scalding pain in his hand, and only then did he realize that the teacup in his hand was filled with freshly boiled tea.

Unable to bear the pain, he loosened his hand, and the teacup fell back to the table, knocked over with a bang, and sprinkled the tea all over the table.

Liu Huai stared at the puzzled eyes of the monks, and his heart skipped a beat.

He coughed lightly, quickly picked up the teacup again, and showed a slightly embarrassed smile to everyone.

Just when Liuhuai was about to explain, the Zhimi monk at the side saw this scene, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, stood up abruptly, bowed to Monk Liuhuai, and interrupted excitedly:
"The poor monk is enlightened, thank you Archmage for your advice!"

All the monks at the scene looked at the excited Zhi Fan with doubts on their faces.

What did you realize?
Huili rubbed his hands, hesitated for a while, then stood up immediately, echoing:
"So it is, so it is!"

Seeing this situation, Hui Qi couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but think of the classic debate meeting back then.At that time, it was also thanks to the nonsense made up by Zhimi that Monk Liuhuai was fooled and secured the position of Great Master.

He looked at the two, couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and said:

"I don't have enough comprehension, so I ask the two of you to give me some pointers."

Huili opened his mouth, and subconsciously glanced at Zhimi.

What did I realize?You said it, otherwise I don't know what I realized!
Zhimi coughed lightly, pointed to the teacup Liuhuai was holding in his hand, and said:
"The Great Master just snatched the teacup from Hui Qizhengyin's hand, but it slipped from his hand because the tea was boiling hot. This is to use this teacup to guide us!"

Zhimi paused, and then said:

"I only saw Taoism coming to Yunguo to preach, and my Buddhist sect should go to compete for the believers. As everyone knows, it is the greed among the three poisons that makes us want to compete. I only saw The benefits of competing, but the archmage has seen the disadvantages of competing, and it will damage the practice of my Buddhist disciples!"

Huili blinked, nodded and said:

"That's right, I also realized the deep meaning of the Archmage!"

Monk Liuhuai looked at the Zhimi monk who stood up and looked at him with respect and admiration on his face, he was so moved that he almost cried out!

There is a feeling of being led by a divine teammate, just right!
The monks were stunned for a moment when they heard the words, and after pondering for a long time, someone finally said with hesitation:
"The Great Master means that I should not bother with it? But the matter of Taoism preaching, I'm afraid..."

"Yeah, if you let it go, I'm afraid that the influence of my Buddhism will be greatly reduced in the future!"

Hui Qi shook his head slightly, and said against his will:

"What Master Liuhuai said, um, it's true...it really has a deep sense of Zen, and it makes people feel deeply enlightened!"

He paused, sorted out his mood, spoke again, and said solemnly:
"My Buddhist sect is a sect of out-of-the-world practice. Disciples should pay more attention to the state of mind in practice. The rest of the affairs are not beneficial to practice, so why care so much!"

Monk Liuhuai was a little surprised to see Hui Qi cooperating with him so much.At the Debating Conference back then, he also backed down like this.But even though he had doubts in his heart, he didn't bother to think about it at this time, and immediately put on a dignified appearance of the treasure, and solemnly said:

"What Hui Qizhengyin said is very reasonable! As long as my Buddhist disciples have profound virtues and perfect merits, they will be respected sincerely by believers. You must know that the pursuit of things outside the body is the result of insufficient practice and the three poisons in the heart!"

Originally, according to the Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist disciples should not get too involved in worldly affairs.

At this time, the four great monks headed by the Buddhist sect even spoke in unison, and determined the nature of this matter, and asked the Buddhist sect not to intervene in this matter.Therefore, even if the Buddhist disciples present here are dissatisfied with the Taoist teaching, they have no position to refute or oppose it.

Under such circumstances, all the monks could only have their own thoughts, and bowed to the four with heavy hearts, turned around and left.

The four present barely suppressed the somewhat dissatisfied monks, and watched the monks leave with their own thoughts, and couldn't help but look at each other with serious expressions on their faces.

At this time, the four of Huiqi knew very well that this matter involved the interests of various temples and the beliefs of believers, and it was not something that the four of them could just talk about with such a big reason!
After Buddhism, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a split! ——
"In the past, the sages ruled the heaven and the earth because of yin and yang. If the form is born from the formless, then the world will live in peace? Therefore, it is said: There is Taiyi, there is Taichu, there is Taishi, and there is Taisu. The Taiyi does not see Qi: The beginning is the beginning of qi; the beginning is the beginning of form; the beginning of essence is the beginning of quality..."

Outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the solemn sound of Taoist priests chanting scriptures continued to come from the hall.Speaking of which, the sound of chanting scriptures has been ringing for several hours, and the little eunuch on duty outside the hall can be heard groggy, nodding his head continuously.

And in the apse of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xiao Cheng couldn't help yawning amidst the drowsy sound of scriptures, and repeatedly raised his hands, signaling the little eunuch to close the door of the apse.

The apse of the Hall of Mental Cultivation is where Xiao Cheng stays when he is not going to the harem, so the sound insulation is naturally very good.As soon as the door of the hall was closed, the voice of the scriptures in the front hall suddenly weakened, and it was not so clear to hear.

Xiao Cheng looked at several voices in Taoist robes in the apse, and smiled lightly:

"Daoist, let's be honest!"

The Taoist leader among the Taoist priests heard Xiao Cheng's words, bowed slightly to Xiao Cheng, and said:

"People from other places, please listen to His Majesty's orders!"

Xiao Cheng said in a deep voice:
"You and I both know our respective goals, so we don't need to play charades! I will allow you Taoism to preach in Yunguo, and will give you some support. As long as your Taoism is at ease competing for the faith for me and Buddhism, you don't need to worry about anything else!"

Regarding religion, it is not a good thing for any family to be too powerful.The final solution is to establish an opponent for the opponent. From now on, the emperor will mediate and support the weaker side.

There are also institutions such as the Senglu Division and the Daolu Division, which fundamentally limit the two forces.In this way, it will not reproduce the situation where Buddhism was powerful at the beginning.

The Taoist side learned about Xiao Cheng's various methods and policies after he ascended the throne, and guessed his intentions before coming here, so naturally they will not be surprised at this time.

The head Taoist bowed slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Cheng nodded and said with a smile:
"From now on, it will be hard work for Daoist Master!"

Seeing that Xiao Cheng had finished his explanation, the Taoist leader immediately bowed and retired with a wink, leaving only the three Taoists, waiting for Xiao Cheng to ask questions.

"The three of them followed the Taoist priests into the palace, didn't they just want to meet me face to face? Why are they not talking now that they have seen each other?" Xiao Cheng said with a light smile.

The three Taoists, upon hearing what Xiao Cheng said, looked at each other, bowed immediately, and said in a deep voice:
"Taoist Ji Gao (Yu Zhaoqi) (Jiang Lan), pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Yun Kingdom!"

Taoist Qing Leng, the elder brother Ji Gao among the three, took a step forward at this time, cupped his hands and said:
"I'm waiting to meet His Majesty, just to explain my Taoist scriptures..."

When Xiao Cheng heard this, before he could finish speaking, he took out a jade tablet from the desk and threw it over casually.

Ji Gao's words were interrupted, his expression remained calm, and he took the jade tablet casually.

I saw dragons flying and phoenixes dancing on the jade plaque, with four large characters written "Jixia Academy".

Xiao Cheng stood up and said loudly:

"I don't like people who rush away in a race... Go to Jixia Academy and show me the superiority of your Taoist philosophy!"

Young Taoist Yu Zhaoqi and Xiaodao Tong Jianglan's expressions changed slightly when they heard the words.

But Ji Gao still had that indifferent look, as if Xiao Cheng's actions had been expected by him.Wei Wei bowed and saluted, and immediately led the two juniors to the front hall.

Xiao Cheng looked at the figure of the three leaving, with a corner of his mouth, pointing to several jade plaques on the table, and said to Feng Bao beside him:
"Send these things to those families! This Jixia Academy should be born!"

When Feng Bao heard the words, he immediately bowed and said yes.

　Uh, sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to skip the ticket.

　　Because I am worried that something will delay the full attendance one day, so these days I write tomorrow's chapter today and post it in the early morning.

　　Yesterday ended quite early, and I fell asleep when it was cold.The chapter was scheduled to be sent at 28:[-] am, but the date was chosen as the morning of the [-]th.

　　When I was at work, I was still thinking about why the new additions today are only half of the usual ones.

　　Having said that, I seem to have made this mistake several times...

　　This was yesterday, today is still in the early hours of the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)