In the summer of the second year of Wuping, a group of monks led by Master Zhiling in Buddhism went to Jinyang to persuade the emperor to take back Cheng's orders. Hundreds and thousands of monks meditated in Ganye Temple, chanting scriptures on empty stomachs for three days and three nights, and the sound of the Buddha continued for several days, and people's hearts were floating. The emperor did not pay attention to it. Until mid-July, Zhiling and others published the book again. This time they gathered hundreds of monks to jointly sign, and even strange voices were heard among the people. The love between the court and the country was clamoring, and many ministers wrote to eliminate the bold and arbitrary monks! The opposition between the two voices was already very fierce, and the smoke was about to break out. Gao Wei watched coldly. Things had developed to this point, and it was time to take action.

On July 23, 2018, the second year of Wuping, the Taiji Hall was shrouded in the setting sun of the morning sun, and was magnificent. The Censor, Minister of Rites, Minister of Revenue, and Minister of Personnel jointly submitted a letter to the emperor to issue an edict to mobilize a large army to eliminate the foundation of Buddhism by force and to permanently eliminate the Buddhist teachings. However, the emperor showed a compassionate expression. After a long time, he shook his head: "The Buddhas are also people of my Great Qi. They suddenly used swords and weapons to overthrow them. I will not do it..."

The ministers were stunned. The emperor stepped down from the imperial stairs and stood with his hands behind his back, saying, "Buddhist is self-reasonable and wants to argue with me. I am not a fool. Since they want to argue with me, let me tell you well... I will pass on my will to let the three Confucian, Buddhism and Taoism all send people with profound practices to gather in Jinyang. I will leave a place in Guozi Temple to argue well. If Buddhism wins, Zhiling and others do everything, I will not blame you! If you lose... not only will the farmers in the land and acres of farmers be taken back, but the temples where they are located will also be unprotected. Don't say I... I will not say that I am not prepared for it..." After saying that, he left.

When the news spread, not only the people who were waiting to see the fall of Buddhism were stunned, but even the monks themselves were stunned. All the civil and military officials in the court were shocked, thinking that the emperor, who had always been wise, was confused? He actually came up with such an idea...

According to their impression, the emperor of the Gao family was so arrogant that he would crush him if he was not convinced. Those who could solve it with a knife would never talk nonsense to others. Even if they were a giant, even if they had great influence in the whole world, how could the emperor take them seriously? They were just monks, not the nobles in the six towns who were powerful and shaking their feet. The emperor actually planned to reason with them?

When everyone found it difficult to understand, some important officials who were informed such as Zu Qiong were dissatisfied with it.

"...Your Majesty may find it difficult for many people to understand the reasoning of those monks, but if you can't understand it, it just means that you have not practiced the methods in the court yet. If you think about it carefully, there is actually nothing difficult to understand...

"There are many believers in the world. If Your Majesty suddenly overtakes the top, it may cause the people to discuss. If someone comes out to stir up the situation at that time... What will the people in the world think of Your Majesty? How will the people of the dynasty think of this dynasty who has implemented the new policy in the world?

"People's words are terrifying. Even if His Majesty is like a wise Majesty, they may be attacked and smeared. Before the new policy has been implemented in the world, it will suddenly become an evil policy that oppresses the weak. Will the people in the world still support it?"

"What should I do next? What if Buddhism wins? Can they continue to wander outside the law?"

"Win? Haha... how could they win? Even if the monks and nuns are sharp-tongued, can they withstand siege? If the Tao does not work, there are those great scholars who are famous all over the world... My Confucian school tolerate everything, integrates the theories of hundreds of schools, and takes the essence into one. How can a few books of Huangting or a few volumes of scriptures shake it? It will definitely defeat them!

"But the monks are good at eloquence, and if this is the case, they will not be at a disadvantage..."

"How can Buddhism establish itself? It emphasizes great wisdom, great cause and effect, and...it is that good and evil will be rewarded.

"But there are more than a few thousand evildoers hiding in Buddhism over the years? Even some great monks with great reputations and great people who have a high reputation among the people may not be able to get better private morals in their behind the scenes...

"If these things are put on the surface, they will break the foundation of Buddhism!

"If you don't move, you're done, you're the key... This is an open conspiracy. It's even more powerful than a conspiracy. It accumulates momentum step by step. Even if the monks have realized it now, they can't turn back.

"Its power is that it does not show the mountains and does not show off, but it will feel like a mountain collapse when it moves.

"Your Majesty once said that this is like solving a math problem. Even if there are ten thousand steps, as long as you are right in every step and control every link well, and ensure that there is absolutely no mistakes, that is one ten thousand out of ten thousand. How could there be any statement?

"If you want to achieve something diligently and have a career, you must have this attitude."

Zhao Yanshen, who was far away in Yecheng, said earnestly. In his lower head, there were more than a dozen official rookies who passed the exam this year, including Gao Yang. He blushed and his fists were clenched from time to time. Now, every idea of ​​his new policy is gradually implemented, which shows that his memorial has been remembered by His Majesty and adopted. How many people can do so in history?

Zhao Yan smiled faintly:

"You should have been famous all over the world now... It's a pity that the new policy has been so disturbed that it has been completely overshadowed.

"But it's good, young people are still more modest. If they make a name for themselves, they will easily develop a sense of pride. It is not conducive to their future career.

"The approval from the Ministry of Personnel has been released. You have all become officials. From now on... let's fight slowly in the local area.

"It is the time when the state of the country is employed. If you work hard, you will have a future."

In the small pavilion, the old man in Zhu Zi's court uniform stood up from his seat and turned around and left.

There was a bright yellow silk book placed in front of each person's desk, which was sinking in their hearts, as if it was a huge weight.

In July, the sky is warm, and the cool breeze in the summer evening passes through the hall, blowing on the faces of every scholar in the row, and brushing on the locust tree in front of the hall. The leaves on the tree move, just like a spring silkworm biting mulberry leaves, making the hall more and more quiet.

Zhao Yanshen used only one example to explain the dangers in the court. On the one hand, he told them that the terrible waters in the court were terrible, and he first fought over the place for the good of these young people. On the other hand, he also revealed the emperor's personality and preferences and people who like to behave properly.

This is quite a bit of advice from the younger generations who love and value, and the meaning of support is in it.

However, this sentence contains too much content and they can't digest it for a while.

Some people recalled carefully and connected the step-by-step actions of the court in half-believingly... the result was so terrifying.

He was shocked and sweated coldly.

"Is what Your Majesty wants to plan is just for the wealth in the hands of Buddhism?"

Gao Yang walked out of the small attic with carved beams and painted buildings absent-mindedly. Some of them greeted him in the same year as him who was taking the exam at the same time, and he didn't care and did it perfunctorily.

I got on the horse in a daze. When I left the gate, the sunset was about to completely set, and the sky to the west was gradually coming from the bloody smell...

After the emperor issued an edict, the three famous Confucian, Buddhism and Taoism families gathered in Guozi Temple and sat under the tree day and night to debate. Taoism talked about Huangting, inaction, and clarity of the mind and few desires. Buddhist monks talked about Buddhist scriptures, cause and effect, retribution, reincarnation in the three lifetimes, and all sentient beings suffer. Confucianism talked about everything, and all of them could not be used to dialectically. The three of them each had the victory, and it was difficult to distinguish the superiority at the moment.

During this debate, Confucianism wanted to maintain its orthodox status, Buddhism had to hold on to prevent the Taoism from dying, while Taoism had the momentum to redeem those suppressed by Buddhism, and all three parties took all their strength. The emperor looked at the fierce debate from afar, turned his head and smiled and asked Pei Shiju beside him: "Who can gain the upper hand when Pei Qing sees this debate?"

Pei Shiju just took a brief look and said, "It is still difficult to distinguish between the superiors and the inferiors for the time being, but according to the ministers, Taoism will undoubtedly be defeated. It will take some time for Confucianism and Buddhism to decide a victory or defeat..."

"These monks are very polite. I underestimated them. It seems that they are not easy to deal with."

Gao Wei smacked his lips with regret, but there was no strange look on his face. No matter how the changes occurred, he could steadily manipulate the situation. In his eyes, the ending had been arranged, and the dialectical intensity is now just to block the mouths of all people in the world and make a move.

"Those great monks not only know how to read Buddhist scriptures, they also study poetry and essays and Confucian scriptures. The cultivation of many people is even some famous scholars. Moreover, they are always good at eloquence, so I just said it, it's hard to say..."

When walking through a small wood, Gao Wei reached out and pushed away some branches and leaves in front of him, stepped over, and said indifferently: "So what? That's just a sophistry. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, Taoism has begun to promote the methods of "sending talismans and water", "eliminating disasters and eliminating disasters", "ascending in the sun, living in the world" to deceive people. The Buddha is not better, and the sayings of immortality of the soul, cause and effect, three lifetimes of reincarnation, heaven and hell, etc., all of which just cater to the psychology of the rulers of the country. It is slightly more intelligent than Taoist methods. The momentum of Buddhism exceeds Taoism, and it is not completely unreasonable..."

"But so what? Their doctrines cannot save lives, nor can they be used to save the world and the country. They just blindly imagined and catered to the psychology of people at all levels, so that those oppressed and painful people can get some psychological comfort, and those extravagant and extremely desires can get fantasy and satisfaction for the future. That's it, that's all, nothing can be done."

Gao Wei pointed to the debate venue in the distance, shook his head and chuckled, "Although existence is reasonable, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have wonderful uses, but if anyone is blocking my way, I don't mind taking some effort to move it away... Buddhism has been raised too much, which seriously restricts the development of Daqi. I must suppress them well. At that time, I have money, people, and land, and I can almost follow up the plan, haha..."

The emperor looked very good and held his hand behind him, which smelled like wine.

"This is called asking soldiers among the monks and taking the land under the pagoda and temple."
Chapter completed!