At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 352 The Vacuum Hometown
Three days later.

outskirts of Chang'an.

At the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

When a group of people were plowing the fields, they accidentally dug out a stone statue.

This statue is very old.

It seems to be buried in the ground for a long time.

After being dug out this time...

Literate people saw the words "Wu Sheng Lao Mu" behind the stone statue.

but……

I asked everyone around, but no one knew Wu Sheng Lao Mu.

Rather...

A young monk in Xianyou Temple recognized Wusheng's old mother.

"The little monk once listened to the abbot's lecture in the temple. Just the day before, the abbot talked about the old mother of Wusheng. He heard that she was also the mother of Buddha. She once preached in Lingshan. Later, she hated Buddhist teachings and turned to create her own Wusheng religion, calling herself Wusheng. Mother."

"And once pointed to the sky with one hand and pointed to the ground with the other, saying that in the sky and the earth, I am the only one!"

"As long as people in the world believe in her, they don't need to wait for the next life, and they can enjoy blessings in this life!"

Following the novice's explanation, Wu Sheng Lao Mu was gradually recognized by these common people.

In this era, no one knows about the old mother without birth.

I heard that Wusheng Old Mother used to be the mother of Buddha, the true Buddha of Buddhism, these people who originally believed in Buddhism...

Many ideas were born.

He even began to ask: "May I ask if Wusheng Laomu has incense temples?"

If there is an incense temple, they want to burn incense and worship Buddha to see if they can get blessings in this life.

however……

But the novice said: "Because Wusheng was rejected by Buddhism, she was buried in the ground for countless years. She has seen the light of day and has not appeared in other counties. She must have a relationship with Jingzhao County. She has pity on the people of Jingzhao..."

"She was rejected by Buddhism, so there is no temple. She once said that those who want to believe in her can enshrine longevity tablets in every family."

After speaking these teachings, the novice left.

The group of people at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain were left behind. You look at me, I look at you, and they look at each other.

But still no one hastily worshiped the lifeless old mother at home.

Although this is a true Buddha, but...

After all, he is a Buddhist abandoner.

until a day later...

Zhouji sugar figurines in Chang'an City launched a campaign to give sugar figurines away for free.

As long as people at home believe in lifeless old mothers, they can go to Zhouji sugar man to get a sugar man every day.

At the beginning, no one believed Zhouji Tangren.

until……

A commoner around them enshrined the old mother who had no birth, and he really successfully received a sugar figurine every day.

More and more people were driven.

They all went to Zhou Ji sugar man to receive the sugar man.

The people who received the sugar man...

I found that on the sugar figurines, there would always be eight small characters written on it: "No birth mother, a vacuum hometown".

Many people can't help exploring.

Want to know where the vacuum home is.

But no one could answer.

And not long after...

They found that many shops in Chang'an City also released the news that as long as they believed in the Inanimate Mother, they could get gifts.

More and more people know about the birthless old mother and the vacuum hometown.

And Chang'an is only a small part of Jingzhao County.

The situation is similar for people in other states.

One after another, they believed in the Inanimate Mother.

……

Daxing Palace.

Pei Ji is reporting to Li Yuan what is happening in Jingzhao County.

"Your Majesty, a sect called Wu Sheng Lao Mu has already appeared in the various prefectures of Jingzhao County, and now many people have begun to believe in it in private."

Li Yuan frowned after hearing this.

He was not demanding on the beliefs of the people under his rule.

They are free to believe in Taoism or Buddhism.

but……

This lifeless mother was something he had never heard of before.

"What is a lifeless mother?"

Pei Ji smiled wryly: "According to what Chan Master Fa Nan said, Wusheng Laomu is also a branch of Buddhism, but because the teachings are different from Buddhism, they were expelled from the sect."

He asked many eminent Buddhist monks about the lifeless old mother.

But they all expressed that they didn't know what Wu Sheng Lao Mu was.

Only Fa Nan Zen Master...

Known and knowledgeable, he said that he had seen records about Wusheng mother in ancient books.

She was the mother of the Buddha in her early years, but she was at odds with the teachings of the Buddha, so she was expelled from Buddhism.

But it does not recruit believers and does not build ancestral temples.

It's just that the people who believe in her can get blessings and protection.

Li Yuan nodded slightly after listening.

It sounds like this inanimate mother isn't too bad.

He didn't mean to outlaw it.

In fact, as a generation of emperors, he knew very well how to use these religions.

True religion is used to control the people.

Whether it is the Buddhism he believes in, or the previous Taoism, or Confucianism.

All are used to consolidate the rule.

Not only did the Lifeless Sect not shake his rule, but it seemed that it was helping him consolidate his rule.

Not only has no ancestral temple been established, but the morality preached is only a vacuum hometown.

"You should pay close attention to this religion during this period of time to see if it has any developments, and if there is anything that is not conducive to Datang."

Li Yuan pondered for a while, and ordered in a deep voice.

Pei Ji nodded solemnly: "Old minister...obey the order!"

Obviously.

He also understands the danger of this incident.

The main reason is that this lifeless old mother develops too fast.

With the current adherents of Buddhism, it is developing rapidly.

Quite a trend sweeping the county.

It's fine if that's all.

If it's going to do something...

That's a big problem.

So he must strictly supervise and control.

……

With the spread of the birthless mother, the audience is getting bigger and bigger...

Nowadays, almost everyone who believes in Buddhism has a statue of the old mother without life in their homes.

Every morning and evening, the lifeless old mother is worshipped.

And the statue of the lifeless old mother that was dug up the first time...

It was spontaneously organized by the people and enshrined at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

Until one day, on this statue...

A line of words appeared!

"All men in the world are brothers, and all women in the world are sisters"!
As soon as the teachings of these fourteen characters appeared, they were spread wildly by the people who believed in it.

Under the explanation of "people with a heart", it has been continuously expanded.

Tell the common people that as long as they believe in the Inanimate Mother, they are brothers and sisters.

All are family.

This would have been nothing.

Everyone thinks that the teaching of the inanimate mother is to teach everyone in the world to love.

But with the continuous spread of such ideas...

Those who believe in the birthless mother form a whole.

even……

In every state, there is a "personal disciple" of a lifeless old mother.

Every night, with the will of the birthless old mother, he guides the brothers and sisters to start the assembly.

Promote the idea of ​​universal love for the world.

This is the end.

Pei Ji, who has been in charge of inspecting the Wusheng religion, is keenly aware that this religion is abnormal.

Obviously, there are big problems.

Who in a normal religion can organize any gathering?
Still come once a day?
The key is the people he sent to monitor these religions...

He failed to join the meeting of Wushengjiao even once.

They have no idea what the Wusheng Cult is plotting every night.

Their so-called brothers and sisters are very united.

Those who are not devout believers will not be accepted.

(End of this chapter)