Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in hlnovel.com -> Historic -> The world is well and healthy

Chapter 1125: Regulating Buddhism and Taoism

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    You can search "ÌìÏ°²¿µ" on Baidu to find the latest chapters!

    When Yang Guang received the memorial about the Huairong rebellion, his mentality immediately collapsed.

    Yang Guang has always been a favored believer in Buddhism, and the monks he associates with are all masters of outstanding morals. It is really difficult to imagine a monk rebelling and becoming the emperor.

    "This monk proclaimed himself emperor and became emperor, and also married a nun to become queen. It is really a strange thing in the world.  Are these monks full of food? Isn¡¯t it enough to chant sutras, burn incense and meditate every day?

    Yang Guang believes in Buddhism, but he believes in Buddhism that can help him stabilize the hearts of the people and stabilize his rule, not the Buddhism that wants to rebel.  He was an emperor first, and then a Buddhist.

    There was a stir both inside and outside the imperial court. This matter was really unbelievable and shocking.

    "How is it appropriate for a monk to marry a nun?"

    "First there is Maitreya Sect, and then there is the Mahayana Kingdom. This Buddhist thing is probably really out of order."

    ¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤

    As a prime minister, he doesn¡¯t have much real power, but in fact, Huang Mingyuan has a lot of power if he leaks a little bit between his fingers.  In these days, Huang Mingyuan ordered people to prepare many things about the monks' rebellion and report them to the emperor, and constantly gave Yang Guang and others psychological hints, making Yang Guang feel that Buddhism had gone too far in recent years.  But this time, first the Dingdingmen Rebellion, and then the Gao Tansheng Rebellion, finally aroused the majority of people's antipathy towards religion.

    All the ministers came forward one after another.

    "The sage knows clearly that among these monks, there are many good and bad ones. Many of them use the name of Buddhism and Taoism to do evil, fool the people, and cause harm to the countryside. Today, it has reached the point where it has to be rectified."

    Yang Guang still hesitated, and then Huang Mingyuan took the opportunity to add another word: "The sage clearly knows that today's rectification of all the ugliness and ugliness of Buddha and Tao, which is dirty and obscure, is actually the truth and goodness of the vast Buddha and Tao. If the two go hand in hand, then truth and goodness will inevitably  It is polluted by ugliness. If Buddhism and Taoism do not rectify it, it may be taken over by evil cults."

    Yang Guang actually doesn¡¯t know how far Buddhism and Taoism have developed.  But when there are differences between what he sees and his previous understanding, he will instinctively become suspicious and seek answers.  When Huang Mingyuan puts the evil deeds of Buddhism and Taoism in front of Yang Guang one by one, he will think that Buddhism and Taoism deliberately deceived him, and that everything he thought before was false.

    The deep the love, the deep the hatred.

    Although Yang Guang was worried that there would be setbacks in vain, Yang Guang was ultimately unwilling to cause serious hidden dangers to his rule, so he decided to rectify the Buddhist and Taoist families.

    On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, Yang Guang ordered that all monks and Taoists must have an official certificate of ultimatum, and those who failed to do so would all return to secular life. The imperial court would conduct an assessment every three years on monks who held ultimatums, and those who failed the assessment would have their certificates revoked. The imperial court  A limited number of ultimatums are issued every year. Those who want to become monks and Taoists must be familiar with Buddhist and Taoist classics. Those who fail the literary test are not allowed to apply for ultimatums. Monks and Taoists from all over the country uniformly enter officially designated temples and Taoist temples for practice. If the temples and Taoist temples are in dilapidated condition, they will  All were destroyed; temples, bronze statues, and bells were demolished in various places, and the gold, silver, and copper obtained were handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be cast into money, and the iron was delivered to the county to be cast into agricultural implements, and the monks who returned to secular life were returned to their hometowns to serve as taxpayers of the country.  ; The temple fields of temples and Taoist temples are not allowed to exceed ten acres per capita, and any excess will be taken over by the government; slaves are not allowed in temples and Taoist temples

    Huang Mingyuan proposed the restriction of land and the prohibition of slaves, and his attitude was very firm.  Huang Mingyuan thought that since he became a monk or a Taoist priest, it was for practice and to find the great road.  Practitioners don't value money or food and drink. What's the point of collecting rent and keeping slaves?  Do you think being a monk or a Taoist priest requires someone to serve you?

    The imperial court rectified Buddhism and Taoism very quickly, and soon launched a nationwide rectification movement.

    Yang Guang was headed by the imperial censor Pei Yun, who was responsible for the rectification. Huang Mingyuan recommended to him two anti-Buddhist fighters, Fu Yi and his old subordinate Wang Wentong.

    The lethality of these two people is beyond imagination.

    As a cruel official, Wang Wentong really hated Buddhism. If he saw any ascetics fasting and eating vegetables, he thought they were monsters and was imprisoned.  He was ordered to go to Hebei to deal with cult matters. When he arrived in Hejian County, Xindu County and other places, he summoned monks, ascetics, and elders to gather and give lectures, a total of hundreds of Buddhist congregants.  Then Wang Wentong executed all these people on the charge of gathering together to confuse people.  This is truly a master of fishing.

    Then he summoned a large number of local monks and nuns to check their identities and found that there were thousands of people who were not virgins. He killed them all in one breath

    "Poor those who became monks after marriage, they also died in vain.  However, just a few counties have detected so much filth, and the proportion is really too high.

    If Wang Wentong demonstrated the thunderous means of rectification in action, then Fu Yi demonstrated it in theory.Politician actions take things to a higher level.

    As for Fu Yi, as an anti-Buddhist fighter, he constantly advocated the ban on Buddhism from a theoretical level, which also caused great repercussions.

    Soon, the rectification of Buddhism and Taoism began in full swing in various places.  Buddhism occupies a large number of people and land, and local officials have long been miserable.  This time the imperial court struck hard, and the monks suffered a lot.

    Originally protected by two generations of emperors, Yang Jian and Yang Guang, these monks wanted money rather than their lives. One of the most profitable industries in the Sui Dynasty was water-milled noodles, and the temple was the biggest monopoly. In order to make this money, they even cooperated with Qi  Wang Yangjun directly filed a lawsuit to grab business (the Tang Dynasty also fought with Princess Taiping, which was really powerful).  The Zhengbai Canal could originally irrigate 40,000 hectares of fertile farmland, but it was reduced to 10,000 hectares by millers led by temples.  During the reign of Emperor Kaihuang, the monk even started a lawsuit with the prince Yang Yong over a dispute over temple property.  The monks are also involved in various industries such as loan sharking and wine making. They have many disputes with aristocratic families and are simply public enemies.

    And this time the monks who lost their blessing were immediately torn apart by the already angry ruling class.

    ??The improvement of Buddhism and Taoism has resulted in some gains, such as the Sui Dynasty government, while others have suffered losses, such as various Buddhist temples.

    Seeing the Sui Dynasty's heavy blows, the highly respected monks from various schools could not stand it anymore and came to the capital one after another for activities.  Famous people include Zen Master Ji Zang, the founder of the Three Treatises Sect, Zen Master Yancong, "the first person in charge of translation of Buddhist scriptures in China", the Indian master Damagupta, Zen Master Dushun, the founder of the Huayan Sect, Zen Master Daochuo, the actual founder of the Pure Land Sect, Zen Buddhism  The Fourth Patriarch, Zen Master Daoxin, etc

    Almost most of the eight sects of Buddhism in Han Dynasty emerged or founded the Sui Dynasty.

    At this time, all the Buddhist monks arrived, looking like they were asking for punishment.  Because Yang Guang believed in Buddhism, these monks had a very high status.

    Yang Guang himself believed in Buddhism and promised to protect the legal rights of the Buddhists. However, the officials below him were unbearable, causing the Buddhists to suffer misfortune.  Everyone soon discovered that it was useless to plead with the emperor, because the leader of the matter was the Prime Minister Wei Gong Huang Mingyuan.

    Soon many people were looking for ways to Huang Mingyuan.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report