Baoyun Temple is an ancient temple built in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It was originally a Dayun Guangming Temple, which is the Manichaeism temple. It was abolished in the Huichang Dharma Disaster. Although it was restored later, it could no longer be used as the Manichaeism sign. Therefore, it was renamed Baoyun Temple, also known as Dayun Temple. It was an appearance of a Buddhist temple, but in fact it was a mutated Manichaeism temple.

The reason why it is called "mutation" is because the Ming Zun Light Buddha worshipped in this Baoyun Temple is half Buddha and half Mani, and it combines Confucian factors and has become a hodgepodge.

Of course, the incense of such a strange temple in ancient times has always been unhealthy. Today it is even more deserted and can't even hear the sound of ringing bells and chanting scriptures.

Ji Yi and Cheng Gui followed Fang Jie, who became a monk here, into the temple through a side door, passed through several temples, several porches, and passed another corridor, and finally arrived at a simple and vicissitudes of the side hall.

Unlike the coldness of other places in the temple, this side hall is full of monks and pilgrims at this time. Oh, it cannot be considered a pilgrim. It should be believers or listeners. The more authentic Manichaeism in Mo Niangzi's school is called "listeners", while the Jingming and Fang La are called "believers".

There was a little noise in the hall, and it seemed that someone was arguing about something loudly?

Ji Yi stopped and asked Fang Jie next to her strangely, "What's going on? Is anyone defending the law?"

Unlike later generations who saw the demons of the Demon Sect often compete with the martial arts world, in reality, the Manichae monks of the Song Dynasty did not compete with others and did not have any good martial arts world. Especially in Jiangnan, where literary style was prosperous, the upright people generally did not practice martial arts, and they all studied and took the imperial examinations.

Some of the scholars believed in Manichi! This situation was unlikely to happen after the rise of the Ming and Qing dynasties, because Neo-Confucianism absorbed nutrients from Buddhism and Taoism and constructed a false Confucian worldview system. Putting the law of heaven at the top of the worldview is equivalent to the Buddha in Buddhism and God in Christianity, and is equivalent to a virtual god who is not called god.

But it is still the Northern Song Dynasty, and Neo-Confucianism has just emerged. The mainstream of Confucianism is still seeking scriptures from Buddhism and Taoism, hoping to make up for the shortcomings of Confucianism.

Under this trend of thought, some Confucian scholars learned from Manichaeism, and it was nothing strange to use the dualism of light and darkness to make up for the shortcomings of Confucianism.

Therefore, in Mingzhou where various thoughts collide with each other, there are common places where Confucianism is the Confucianism, Confucianism burns incense and worships Buddhism, and Confucianism who asks divination and divination to discuss the Tao and debate the law.

Martial arts and other things... Haha, scholars should convince people with reason.

"It was the monk Yuanjue from Baoguang Temple who brought a few masters from Shezhou to ask the master for advice."

"Yuanjue?" Ji Yi vaguely remembered that this monk was a vicious monk with a big waist and a chaotic beard. However, he was quite famous in Shezhou and had friendship with many local Confucian scholars and officials.

"Master Jingming is here?" Cheng Gui stood outside the side hall at this time and shouted, "Mr. Wu Jiangji asked for a meeting."

"Mr. Wujiang" is Ji Yi's name. He is the first in the Ministry of Rites exam and is also the grandson-in-law of Prime Minister Zhang Dun. He is also a famous scholar.

Therefore, the title of "Mr. Wujiang" is quite influential among Jiangnan Shilin!

"So it's Mr. Wu Jiang, please, please."

An old man's voice came from inside, and then a rough voice sounded: "Master, don't you say anything if you invite Mr. Wu Jiang?"

"Yuanjue, the old monk didn't know that Mr. Wu Jiang would come..."

As he spoke, the gate of the side hall had been pushed open, and he saw the already a little old monk walking slowly out of the hall with the help of a large monk. Behind the two monks were a group of believers in Confucian uniforms.

"I have met Master Jingming." Ji Yi did not use their Manichi etiquette, but put his hands together to perform a Buddhist ritual. Because he didn't know where those Confucian scholars came from? Even if they were "listeners", it would not be convenient for them to know that Ji Yi was a Manichiist.

"Master," Ji Yi asked again after performing the Buddhist ritual, "It's so lively in Baoyun Temple today."

Jingming sighed softly when he heard Ji Yi's words, turned to Yuanjue and the Confucian scholars and said, "Mr. Wujiang is a good friend of the old monk when he was at Guangming Temple in Dayun, Jiehe River. Today he came from afar... You might as well go to the woodshed to rest. Yuanjue, Wuming (Fang Jue's Dharma name), sends the donors to rest for the old monk."

Yuanjue and Fang Jie both performed a Buddhist ceremony, and led a group of Confucian scholars who wanted to make friends with Ji Yi.

Ji Yize and Jingming entered the side hall together, leaving Cheng Gui to stay outside.

"Master, what's wrong?" Ji Yi had already seen the sad face on the old monk's face, so he asked as soon as he sat down on the cushion.

"Isn't it that Wu Chongdao hurt?" The old monk sighed again.

"Wu Chongdao? He..." Ji Yi already understood what was going on. He was the first in the Ministry of Rites test! He was also a smart person with an IQ of at least 130. Will he still wonder what the old monk and Wu Haogu have to celebrate?

It must be the old monk's Tao that made the "Personal Theory" and "Reason" break it!

The "Personal Theory" and "Reason Theory" produced by Wu Haogu are really too in line with the "original" of Confucianism. The so-called "original" is the great way. Confucianism has always been "seeking the great way" but cannot get it, and at the same time, it keeps away from the sayings of ghosts and gods.

This kind of thought was almost passed down from the Zhou Li and had long been engraved into the origin of Chinese culture. Therefore, it is difficult to establish a spirit based on Confucianism, and "Personal Theory" and "Reason Theory" make it possible to "study things and seek the truth" (even Neo-Confucianism advocates studying things and exploring the truth). In this way, the Confucian principles can be justified.

Not only is the Confucian principles perfect, but Confucianism can also use "Personal Theory" and "Rational Theory" to criticize and fight other sects. Empirical tests and rational inferences... Although it cannot destroy religions in this way, it is enough to make all kinds of gods and immortals feel uncomfortable.

Those believers at the bottom are not affected, and they don’t understand Confucian principles very much. However, there are always a group of middle and upper-level intellectual believers who have doubts about various gods after studying the "Personal Theory" and "Reason Theory".

Especially after the Ministry of Rites Competition at the beginning of this year, a group of Confucian scholars from Jiangnan who learned about "Personal Theory" and "Reason" in Kaifeng Prefecture returned home, and actually set off a peak in researching "Personal Theory" and "Reason" in various parts of Jiangnan.

These Confucian scholars may not be able to learn "Mathematical Science", "Bitology", and "Biology", but they can definitely understand "Personal Theory" and "Reason Theory". Although most of them study with a critical spirit, the flaws of Confucianism are clearly there, which is that they cannot resist rationalism and positivism...

So in recent times, many scholars who worship Mingzun have withdrawn. Even if they have not withdrawn, they have used the principles in "Personal Theory" and "Reason Theory" to ask for advice, which really makes Monk Jingming so angry.

Today, the one who followed the monk Yuanjue to ask for advice was a group of Confucian scholars who believed in Manichaeism in Shezhou... They felt that Mingzun was not very effective and they could never bless them to become Jinshi! Is this impossible to resist the test of practice?

If he really annoyed Monk Jingming, if he could become a Jinshi by worshipping Mingzun, then why would Jingming become an old monk? He is the Holy Lord. Mingzun should bless him first, and he would have been a big official long time ago.

"This is something," Ji Yi had nothing to say, and thought for a while, "Master, now the opportunity to prove that Ming Zun is effective!"

If Bai Siwen hears this, he must laugh. Is his faith too unstable?

"How to verify it?" asked the old monk Jingming.

"You can preach to the Southeast and the West," Ji Yi smiled, "and there will be many official positions released!"

"Really?" asked the old monk, "Can you become an official?"

The old monk didn't care about preaching overseas... He just wanted to get a monk's official. When he put on his purple robes, he could also call his brothers and brothers when he saw high-ranking officials in Jiangnan. It was easy to go to rich people's homes to beg for alms. After he had money, he would decorate Baoyun Temple.

By the way, the old monk has two sons, so you have to leave more inheritance for them, right?

"There are officials!" Ji Yi said, "I will carry the blank official edict with you! I have the right to act cheaply, so I will give each of the two men and one official.

By the way, where is Fang La? Be an official for him too!"

Ji Yi is really a loyal minister! He knew that the Manichi religion in Jiangnan was very restless, and gathered too many people, mainly because the illiterate poor people believed it, and there was also content in the doctrine that encouraged rebellion. If it was not controlled, who knew when it would be reversed?

Of course, rebellion is definitely a dead end, but it is not good to cause the Jiangnan decay, right? So Ji Yi thought about sending more official edicts to the leaders of the Manichaeism. If everyone becomes the court hawks, they will naturally not rebel.

"He is not here," said the old monk, "he went to Qingxi County to open a lacquer garden."

The so-called lacquer garden is a handicraft workshop for producing paint. The area around Qingxi County is rich in bamboo and wood lacquer. The Fang family has run lacquer gardens for generations, and Fang La's family is no exception.

Ji Yi said: "Fang Shisan has great ambitions. How can a lacquer garden accommodate him? Master, please hurry up and ask Fang Jie to go to Qingxi and ask Fang Shisan to summon some people who can fight and kill, and follow me to explore overseas."

"Okay," the old monk nodded repeatedly, and said, "The monk Yuanjue here is also a arrogant person, so why not take him out for a break."

"He is also a person in the Holy Church?"

"Yes." Ji Yi said, "Of course I'll take them! I'll take them to Persia to see what the place where Mingzun Dharma originated?"

"Go to Persia?" asked the old monk, "Where is the saint? She's going too?"

"Of course I'm going!" Ji Yi said, "Persia is her hometown...and she can speak Persian language. When she meets the Caliphate in the Great Food Kingdom, she will have to trouble her to be a sensation."

The old monk frowned, "But I heard that the Caliph is against us. There will be no danger in your trip to the Great Food Country, right?"
Chapter completed!