Li Dandao asked Kong Yingda whether he was loyal to the emperor or the people.
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??Be loyal to the people. What the people want is equality and fairness. This is to break the monopoly and destroy their own jobs.
The country is the emperor's country. Without a country, the people are like grass and grass. With a country, the people are like pearls.
"When we talk about the people alone, regardless of the court, or when we talk about the court alone, regardless of the emperor, there is always a bias.
The times are like this, and we cannot criticize from the perspective of omniscience and omnipotence.
But it is true that they have different paths and do not seek each other.
Kong Yingda is from the King of Qin.
He is here to recruit Li Dandao.
Li Dandao intends to cooperate with the King of Qin, but he is definitely not the person to become the King of Qin.
Kong Yingda did not continue to pester, smart people don¡¯t need this.
In addition to feeling the feng shui of this place, Li Dandao also had a vague feeling of another world, the interlayer between the underworld and the human world.
If the Cave Heaven Paradise is one of the entrances to the thirty-sixth heaven, then this is the entrance to the Netherworld.
But there is no change.
Back at Qingniu Temple, Li Dandao asked the old Taoist doctor at the medical hall: "Is there a temple near Mang Mountain?"
The old Taoist doctor is using Hongshengdan. Hongshengdan is a surgical miracle medicine made from mercury, fire saltpetre, alum, cinnabar, realgar and saponin.
Ignoring Li Dandao, Li Dandao saw that the pot he used to refine medicine was sealed with Liuyi clay. The energy of the charcoal fire was slightly insufficient, and the fire curse he recited to bless it was not as effective as his own.
But he didn¡¯t give any instructions, which was not very polite. He was a guest and he pretended to be a slap in the face, which was not good.
Fortunately, after refining the Red Ascension Pill, the old Taoist doctor said, "Why are you looking for a temple? You can't bear to have a pure heart, so you want to cause trouble?"
"Not really." Li Dandao shook his head: "Not that violent."
The old Taoist doctor dipped his finger into it, tasted the lipstick elixir powder, and frowned: "You are also a Taoist doctor, can you refine this elixir?"
Li Dandao nodded: "It's not difficult."
The old Taoist doctor said: "You make a furnace and I'll take a look."
Li Dandao made a furnace of Hongshengdan in a satisfactory manner. It was bright red in color and looked better than the old Taoist doctor.
Li Dandao has already figured out the gold and stone pills.
The old Taoist doctor was really surprised: "Are you from the Alchemy Sect?"
"Not really, he's just a true disciple of the medical master Sun Simiao." He couldn't help but show off.
"No wonder." The old Taoist doctor said: "You can refine the Red Ascending Pill, but what about the White Falling Pill?"
"That's okay." Li Dandao showed his hand again.
While refining, he explained: "
First, the three flavors of Zhu, Xiong, and Boron are studied. "
"Use a Yangcheng jar, put it on a low charcoal fire, slowly pour the medicine into the jar to dissolve it, then use a low fire to force the dryer to pick it up."
"If the fire is too strong, the mercury will escape. If it is not dry, the medicine will fall down and be useless. This is the difficulty. Then use a Yangcheng jar to close it."
"Cut half an inch of tissue paper into pieces, grind the pot mud, straw sandal ash, and light powder into fine pieces, make it very wet with salt and marinade, put one layer of mud on top of the other, and one layer of paper, and paste four or five layers to close the mouth, and paste the medicine jar with it. Go up to the second or third floor.¡±
"Dig a small pool in the ground, use a rice bowl to fill the water and put it at the bottom of the pool. Place the medicine-free jar in the bowl, put tiles against the mouth of the pool, and level the ground on all four sides to prevent charcoal ash from falling into the bowl. Cover the medicine jar with a charcoal fire. , there must be no empty space.¡±
"Take about three sticks of incense, remove the heat, cool it down and open it to see, you will get about 30 grams. If there is green smoke on the jar during refining, quickly dip a pen into the salt mud of the jar to solidify it."
The old Taoist doctor listened, took notes, and asked, "Why use straw sandal ashes?"
"This involves the word "surrender"." As soon as Li Dandao explained, the old Taoist doctor understood.
Qing Niu Guan's elixir refining for high-ranking officials is not a short-term thing, but Li Dandao doesn't know why they still have such a high temperature when refining the elixir.
The old Taoist doctor was very satisfied with Li Dandao's attitude: "There is a temple next to it, called Xixuan Temple, also called Shifang Pure Land Temple. There is a Buddhist cave inside. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty."
"Xixuan, the two words have some meaning to our Taoist sect."
¡°It¡¯s not unusual for most of the Taoist classics to be used in scripture translation.¡±
"This Pure Land of the Ten Directions is a bit too loud."
"Buddhism refers to the immeasurable and boundless world in the ten directions. "The Infinite Life Sutra" says: "The Buddha told Ananda that the Infinite Life Buddha is so majestic that the world in the ten directions is immeasurable, boundless and inconceivable.??. "Li Dandao said eloquently.
"And the ten directions often coincide with each other in the two realms."
"The heart is round and endowed with ten thousand virtues. It does not increase with the Buddha and does not decrease with the sentient beings. According to the principle of Dharma, the original appearance is the realm of the womb."
"The boundless wisdom of the Tathagata merges with the underworld, and the different aspects of this insightful wisdom are the Vajra Realm."
"It seems that Xixuan Temple is the dojo of the Pure Land Sect, and it has many connections with Tantric Buddhism."
"Do you still study Buddhist scriptures?" The old Taoist doctor was surprised: "Are you going to participate in Buddhist scriptures?"
In the fourth year of Wude, the emperor presided over a debate on Buddhism and Taoism. It seems that there are already signs of this.
Li Dandao shook his head: "It's self-evident." But he said in his heart: Monk Bajie has become my master, and he has penetrated into the enemy's territory and conquered the capital.
If I remember correctly, this Shifang Pure Land Temple is where Chen Xuanzang became a monk.
It does correspond, but in history Master Sanzang was born in the Daye year, but here Li Dandao was born in the Wude year.
It doesn¡¯t have to be exact, but Li Dandao is indeed interested in Shifang Pure Land Temple.
The Pure Land Sect originated from the White Lotus Society and has a long history since the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
"Who is the monk in charge here now?" Li Dandao asked the old Taoist doctor.
"He is a monk named Daochuo who is very good at preaching." The old Taoist doctor paused: "He is very diligent in urging people to recite Amitabha's name, and uses Madou to count the number; that is, every time Amitabha's name is recited, a Madou is placed, so The people around me chanted Buddha's name and became a Buddhist custom, and accumulated a lot of beans."
"It is said that through the power of the Buddha's vow, one can be reborn in the Pure Land. If you recite just one sentence, you will have merit. It is incredible and accumulated. A beggar can be reborn as a king, and a woman can be reborn as a man"
Li Dandao heard this and said: "It's true that he can put on a show, but where are there so many beans now?"
"That's why it's a donation." The old Taoist doctor said: "Almsgiving also has immeasurable merit."
Li Dandao sighed: "That's it."
"The merits of rich people are greater than those of poor people. If we want to be reborn in the Pure Land world together, we have to separate them into three, six or nine grades."
"Hahaha, noble people are in the Pure Land now, why do they need to go to that realm of equality? What they enjoy is inequality, and those who are educated are poor people, but one bean is small, one bean a day, save it from the food, and pour it out It¡¯s not that difficult.¡±
Li Dandao reflected: "We only follow high-ranking officials."
The old Taoist doctor said: "You are wrong. It is the dignitaries who follow us. They always take the initiative to seek immortals. I have never seen immortals looking for people to preach."
"Senior is very transparent." Li Dandao gave a thumbs up. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com