After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

Temple of the Emerald Buddha.

The person who came to greet Li Chenan was Master Pukong, the abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple.

Master Pukong, holding a Zen staff, was quite surprised by Li Chenan's arrival, "Amitabha!"

"The emperor came to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha...could it be that he wanted to burn a stick of incense?"

Li Chenan smiled slightly:
"I burned this incense in my heart when I arrived in the front yard. I came here to find someone."

"who?"

"Scar Liu!"

Master Pukong was slightly startled and stretched out his hand:
"Your Majesty, please!"

Master Pukong led a group of people inside. Li Chenan looked around at the temple buildings and suddenly asked:
"I haven't been to Yue State yet. I wonder how the incense is in the temples of Yue State?"

Master Pukong saluted with one hand:
"Back to the Emperor, the Yue Kingdom...Zen is the guardian religion of the Yue Kingdom. Buddhism has a huge audience in the Yue Kingdom, so the temples in the Yue Kingdom have good incense all year round."

"Oh... several great masters in red clothes died this time in the Zen sect. I wonder if the abbot knows about it?"

Master Pukong pondered for three breaths, "The poor monk already knows."

Li Chenan stopped, turned around, looked at Master Pukong, and asked:
"What does the abbot think of this?"

Master Pukong bowed slightly and muttered for three breaths:

"Poor monk... sit and watch."

Li Chenan laughed loudly and walked again:

"Wonderful abbot!"

"The Emperor's brilliant move!"

Li Chenan waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with me, it's just that those great masters in red of the Zen Sect have been practicing Buddhism all their lives, but they haven't understood it clearly..."

"Chanting sutras and serving the Buddha, guarding the pure land of Bodhi, and finding a way out of the three realms. I think this is what people outside the world should pursue."

"If you can't let it go, why bother entering this Buddhist sect?"

"So, their death can be said to be their own fault, or it can be said to be karma."

Master Pukong looked at Li Chenan's back and was slightly startled, then replied:

"What the emperor said makes sense!"

"I heard that the Jade Buddha Temple was originally built by the eminent monks of the Yue State Zen Sect who came to Yujing City. The Jade Buddha Temple and the current Yue State Zen Sect have the same roots."

"If...I mean, if the Zen Sect of Yue State is destroyed,"

Li Chenan stopped again and turned to look at Master Pukong. This time he asked seriously:
"Then besides the abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple, are there any eminent monks who can go to the Yue Kingdom to rebuild Zen Buddhism, establish new trends in Buddhism, and promote the authentic teachings of Buddhism?"

Master Pukong was immediately stunned.

When our ancestors had been begging for alms in Yujing City for more than ten years, they built the Jade Buddha Temple in order to promote Buddhism in Ningguo and compete with Taoism in Ningguo.

Over the past few hundred years, the development of Buddhism in Ningguo has not gone as expected. Instead, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Zen Buddhism in Yueguo have gone further and further apart.

It was not until thirty years ago that Xilin Temple became the state religion of Yue that the Jade Buddha Temple and Xilin Temple were connected.

This connection comes from the great monk Jiemie from Xilin Zen Temple, who is also He Xishan, who entered the palace and became a eunuch!

Later, the great monk Jiudeng died in the hands of the contemporary abbot of the Donglin Zen Temple, the great monk Jijue. The two major Zen monasteries in the east and west were reunited, and the great monk Jijue became the great protector of the Yue Kingdom.

Xilin Zen Temple does not recognize the Jade Buddha Temple as the orthodox Zen sect, and there is nothing the Jade Buddha Temple can do about it.

I can only watch.

When the news came that the six great masters in red clothes of the Zen sect had died under the Mountain of Swords, Master Pukong was neither happy nor sad as before.

But that day he sat on a futon and recited the Ksitigarbha Sutra all day long.

Master Pukong never thought that the Jade Buddha Temple could return to the Yue Kingdom and replace the Zen sect.

At this moment, Li Chenan suddenly asked...

Master Pukong's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the Ning State was going to use troops against the Yue State?
But Ning Guo's current national strength... Even if Yue State has signs of chaos, it may not be easy for Ning Guo to go to Yue State to take advantage.

"Amitabha,"

"Your Majesty, the Buddha will live forever and the Dharma will never be destroyed!"

"Zen Buddhism is just a ray of consciousness of Buddha in the human world."

"Even if Zen ceases to exist, that is, if Buddha abandons that ray of consciousness, another ray of consciousness will come..."

"Of course there will be people who listen to the Buddha's will and come to the world to spread the new trend of Buddhism and spread the authentic Dharma!"

Li Chenan grinned, turned around and continued walking:
"You're right."

"But I think that Buddhism should be a religion, not a cult!" "What is the difference between a religion and a cult?"

"In my opinion, disciplining yourself is a religion, and disciplining others is a cult!"

"Whether you are a monk or a Taoist, I highly recommend you to practice Buddhism and Taoism to cultivate your mind and realize yourself."

"But if you use the name of Buddha, the mysteries of Tao, or other ideas to fool the people, and in the name of great mercy and compassion, you kidnap and threaten the people spiritually..."

"Such people cannot become Buddhas, they are demons!"

"It is a demon that brings disaster to the country and the people, and plunges all people into endless abyss!"

"This is a cult!"

"I will destroy them!"

Master Pukong was shocked and said, "I'm a poor monk, remember this!"

"I don't know much about Zen, but in my opinion, what Zen is doing is no longer a sect that simply practices Buddhism!"

"It interferes in the affairs of the state, and that's all. After all, that is the matter of the emperor of Yue."

"But it should never have sent five red-robed mages to kill Zhao Hanyue!"

Li Chenan stopped again and looked at Master Pukong: "Do you know who Zhao Hanyue is?"

"This...she is Princess Hanyue of Yue Kingdom."

"This is not important. What is important is that she is my sheep Duoduo!"

As soon as these words came out, Master Pukong was stunned for a moment, and then heard Li Chenan say viciously:

"How dare they kill my woman!"

"Zen Sect must be destroyed!"

"Then who...the great monk Jijue,"

"I will cut this bald donkey into pieces with a thousand knives!"

"You have to be prepared."

"The Jade Buddha Temple returns to the Yue Kingdom, takes over the Zen sect, and practices Buddhism with peace of mind, so that the Buddha can feel more at ease in the West."

Master Pukong was shocked again.

He never expected that Princess Hanyue of the Yue Kingdom would have such a relationship with the Emperor of the Ning Kingdom.

He never expected that this emperor, who looked like a scholar, would actually launch a war against the Yue Kingdom for the sake of a woman!
Is it a little too crazy?
It didn't look like he was telling lies.

There are many monks in the Zen sect who sincerely serve the Buddha, but we can’t let him kill them all!

You have to tell He Xishan about this and leave some seeds for Buddhism.

By the way, Princess Hanyue is in a bad situation now.

If He Xishan puts on his cassock again and returns to the country of Yue as the Great Monk of Nirvana, many monks will follow him.

If he could lead those monks to protect Princess Hanyue's safety...

If Li Chenan really destroys Zen Buddhism, these monks in Hexi Mountain will be the sparks of Buddhism in the future.

At this moment Master Pukong thought a lot.

He saluted again with one hand:
"Amitabha,"

"The poor monk also wishes the Buddha peace of mind."

This is what I want to understand.

Li Chenan was very satisfied.

"Go, lead the way."

"Your Majesty, please come with this poor monk."

The group continued to move forward and soon came to a courtyard wall.

There is a vermilion door on the wall.

There is a plaque on the lintel.

There are three words on the plaque:

Bodhidharma Academy!
"The Scar Liu the Emperor is looking for is inside... He has already been ordained, and his Buddhist name is Puji."

"A monk from Bodhidharma Academy?"

"No, Junior Brother Puji is the sweeper of Bodhidharma Academy!" (End of Chapter)