Chapter 23 Restricts Religion, and the King is Ruthless "Your Highness has won the award, and the poor monk is ashamed."
Xuanzang hurriedly refused, he knew too well what Li Zhen meant when he said this, it was nothing more than to promote himself, and then let himself be the head of this Buddhist Society, but to be honest, he was really a little worried about this position - the Buddhist Society is a department that supervises and manages Buddhism, and it is estimated that it will be attached to the imperial court department in the future.
Not to mention whether holding this position will delay his time and disturb his translation of Buddhist scriptures, let's just say that the seat of the head of this council is burning below, and he may burn himself alive at any time - this is destined to offend all Buddhist colleagues, even if he returns from the scriptures to bring him endless prestige, but it is a matter of life and death for Buddhism, I am afraid that many people will want to kill themselves.
"Don't you dare, master?"
Li Zhen provoked Xuanzang slightly.
Xuanzang nodded, admitted it honestly, and said with a wry smile: "Amitabha, don't hide it from Your Highness, the poor monk is indeed a little daring, this offends people's work, even the poor monk does not dare to sit."
What's more, although the poor monk took the scriptures back from Tianzhu, but still needs the poor monk to sort out and translate, this work alone is enough for the poor monk to do a lifetime, for the management of a Buddhist society, the poor monk is really powerless. ” "In that case, forget it."
Li Zhen's tone became indifferent: "If there is no Buddhist Society, then you can only let the court come by itself, but this king wants to apologize to the master in advance, the court officials are not monks after all, and there is a lack of understanding of the Buddhist scriptures. ” "......"
Xuanzang only heard the hairs behind his back explode, and cold sweat instantly covered his back.
Li Zhen's meaning couldn't be more obvious, if he didn't agree to take the position of the head of the association, then he would avoid Buddhism and prepare to let the court do it himself, Buddhism did not have acquaintances to take care of it in the Buddhist Society, then if the imperial court issued an order that was unfavorable to Buddhism, Buddhism could really only be captured, and there would be no more resistance - after the power of Buddhism was greatly attacked, if such a thing was done again, then Buddhism would really become a slave of the imperial court.
"That's it......
Amitabha, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?
Xuanzang was silent for a long time, and smiled bitterly: "Since His Royal Highness looks down on the poor monk, if the poor monk refuses to excuse himself, it seems that the poor monk does not know how to raise it."
It's okay to just ask the poor monk to serve as the head of this meeting, but there is a small request - that is, I hope that His Royal Highness will not make this proposal to His Majesty for the time being, and after the poor monk returns to Chang'an, the poor monk will propose it to the Holy Lord, I don't know what His Highness wants?
” "Of course there's no problem with that."
Li Zhen thought for a while, nodded and agreed: "It's just right, in two months, the Nanyang Prisoner Sacrifice Ceremony organized by my father is coming, and the king's affairs in Lingnan have just had some gains, and I am preparing to take this opportunity to go back to Beijing to report to my father, and the master can go back with this king." ” This was originally Li Zhen's plan, Xuanzang's current reputation has not yet spread all over the Tang Dynasty, if the Buddhist Society is formed at this time, he will sit in the position of the head of the association, and it is inevitable that some people will not be convinced.
So before that, I had to help him promote his reputation and raise his reputation to the highest in the shortest possible time, preferably more sensational than in history - these two months are just enough.
"Thank you, Your Highness." “……” Sending Xuanzang away, a person came out from behind the screen, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, bullying an honest man like this is too ungentlemanly." ” "Honest man?"
Li Zhen was obviously in a good mood, and said with a smile when she heard this: "Sir, do you think that a person who dares to smuggle out of the country and travel more than 50,000 miles alone, just to seek the true scriptures, will be an honest person?"
” "Hehe, it's the old minister who wants to go wrong......
Cen Wenwen sneered: "But this Xuanzang is indeed a masterpiece, if he can return to Chang'an smoothly this time, it will definitely be famous, and even the Buddhism that will fall into decline will also be revived - His Royal Highness took the lead in bringing him under his command today, this step is really wonderful." ” "This king thinks so too."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Zhen's mouth: "This king wants to see what kind of expression those so-called Buddhist masters will have when they see the people they highly respect personally put forward the idea of the Buddhist Society." ” "Hahaha......
It would be exciting.
Cen Wenwen also laughed.
"But Your Highness, this light attack on the Buddha family is probably not all your plans, Your Highness, right?"
"Of course not."
Li Zhen shook his head and said: "Not only Buddhism, but also Confucianism, families, those hidden forces, and even the Daomen, I have no intention of letting go." ” "What?
Door?
Cen Wenwen's eyes widened: "The Taoist has always been on His Highness's side, not only has he contributed a lot to the fight against Buddhism, but he has even named His Highness the Holy Son of Zhenyuan, raising His Highness's status to the point of second only to Daozun - you have to restrict them now......
This......
That's a bit unreasonable, right?
” "Sir, I want to say that this move is a bit of a donkey, right?"
Li Zhen smiled faintly and explained softly: "Of course, this king has no intention of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, Daomen saved the life of this king when this king was in the most danger, this king is grateful and tight, and he will give them enough rewards afterwards, how can he do such a thing."
However, it is necessary to distinguish between kindness and state affairs.
Taoism is kind to this king, and this king naturally remembers, but religion needs to be restricted, there is no doubt about it.
Otherwise, in the name of the imperial court, let their unscrupulous and unrestricted development continue, tomorrow's Daomen will sooner or later become what today's Buddhism will look like - Mr.
I don't want one day in the future, our Datang will restrict the Dao again, right?
” "Your Highness is far-sighted and admired."
Cen Wenwen listened to Li Zhen's analysis and was convinced.
But then the question came again: "It's just that His Highness wants to reward the Daomen and restrict their development, and the balance between this is not good."
The reward is light, the restriction is heavy, and His Highness will inevitably be said to be thin and cold by nature, but if the reward is too heavy and the restriction is too light, it will not have the corresponding effect......
I wonder what His Highness is going to do?
” "This matter is easier said than done."
Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "Let's just reward and limit it." ” "Heavy rewards and heavy limits?
What does this mean?
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” Li Zhen said lightly: "When this king returns to Beijing this time, he will ask his father to canonize Taoism as the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, canonize the Taoist sect masters as heavenly masters, and promise a huge amount of gold and silver." ” "I'm afraid, they don't care much about that."
Cen Wenwen said: "Taoist people are self-cultivation, like to live in seclusion in the mountains and wilderness, and escape from the world, although the court's reward for them is rich, but for them they are all things outside the body. ” "Don't worry, sir, the king's words are not finished yet."
Li Zhen said: "This is only part of the reward, the most important thing is that when the king returns to Beijing this time, he is ready to make a statement to his father, ask the imperial court to fund, gather Taoist sages, collect the world's Taoist classics, and use this as a basis to help them cultivate a collection of Taoist theories and the essence of each family "Ten Thousand Volumes of Taoism", and carry forward the Taoist heritage." ” "That's good."
Cen Wenwen's face was happy: "Taoist people are pure-hearted and have few desires, and they don't have too many requirements for material things, but the "Ten Thousand Volumes of Taoism" is a collection of the essence of Taoist classics, which is a treasure related to inheritance, and I think Taoism should be satisfied with this reward." ” "It's natural, they had this plan."
Li Zhen said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I also want to thank Li Chunfeng, when he visited this king, he once inadvertently mentioned that several Taoist masters had this proposal at a party.
But later after their research found that there are many difficulties, Taoism since ancient times, to the Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling founded Taoism, and now there are many factions, thousands of years of sages, celebrities, each of them has a work to pass down, to this day, the whole Taoism still has how many classics, they themselves do not know.
Just counting these classics, if you only rely on the power of Taoism, not to mention how much money it costs, just say that this time will take at least three years.
After the statistics, the philosophies of each faction are different, and how to integrate them together to form a reasonable outline is another difficult job, and it is estimated that it will take them three or five years to quarrel.
Combining the ideas together, this can be regarded as the initial completion of the preliminary preparations, and only then can the compilation begin, but this step is also the most difficult, even if all the power of Taoism is gathered, it is not a simple matter.
According to Li Chunfeng's statistics to this king, from the beginning to the end of the whole book, if it is edited by the Taoists themselves, it will take at least thirty years, and the amount of money required is even greater.
After this data, almost ninety percent of the Taoist sect masters gave up their plans.
The words are very regretful. ” Don't think that writing a book is very simple, in ancient times, some large-scale works could often be completed in years, such as "Siku Quanshu" was written for ten years, and "Yongle Dadian" was written for six years - this is still supported by the right of the state, and without the support of the state, this time would have to be extended at least three times.
Moreover, "Ten Thousand Volumes of Daozang" is different from the above two books, and the reason why the above two books can take such a short time is mainly because these two books are not academic works, but an encyclopedia-the books collected are not easy to write word for, and they are compiled according to the whole book, the whole article, or the end of the original work, so as to ensure the literary value of the original work as much as possible.
This is very similar to the modern books such as the Encyclopedia of China and the National University or the Encyclopedia Britannica, at most it is just to add one's own understanding, but this situation rarely occurs.
However, the "Ten Thousand Volumes of Taoism" is different, it is not an encyclopedia, and it is a real academic work, and it is still a big book that brings together the different ideas of the various schools of Taoism, and there must be many difficulties, not to mention the early data collection, it is a very difficult work to integrate the ideas of the various schools without conflict, even if the strength of the entire sect is gathered, it is not easy to complete.
"It's a pity that a book that can be passed down to the world is not published because of the difficulty of compilation."
Cen Wenwen nodded clearly: "So, Your Highness wants to mobilize the power of the country and help them compile a book?"
” "Yes, nothing can stop the power of the country."
Li Zhen said confidently: "It is indeed very difficult to use the power of Taoism to compile the Ten Thousand Scrolls of Daozang, but if it is supported by the state, then things are much simpler. ” "But this is the case, Taoism itself compiles, it takes thirty years, if the imperial court is allowed to preside, at most ten years is enough."
Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "Your Highness has this heavy gift, I believe that Taoism will not say that Your Highness is stingy."
However, what about the heavy limit?
Do we want to use the method of restricting Buddhism and restricting Taoism?
” "It's not a bad idea." "......"
Cen Wenwen was choked: "Your Highness, don't be joking. ” "This king is not joking, this king originally meant this."
Looking at Cen Wenwen's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Li Zhen added with a smile: "Of course, there are definitely not as many restrictions on Taoism as there are Buddhism, after all, Taoism is to be established as the state religion of the Tang Dynasty. ” "How?"
"The specific terms are basically the same as those of Buddhism, but the ones about Taoism are all weakened."
Li Zhen gave an example: "For example, ninety percent of the incense money of Buddhism will be collected, but Taoism will only take seventy percent.
The amount of land distributed to each person in Buddhism is the same as that of ordinary people, but the number of Taoists is two percent higher than that of Buddhism.
Another example is taxation, Buddhism's tax per person is also equal to that of ordinary people, but Taoism is only seventy percent of Buddhism.
Or the specifications of the Taoist temple, how big the temple is, the Taoist temple is three percent larger than them......
In this way, although there are restrictions on Taoism, compared to Buddhism, their lives are much better. ” "......"
Cen Wenwen glanced at Li Zhen deeply and did not speak - the treatment of Taoism is indeed a little more lenient, but Li Zhen has put a rope on Taoism after all, with this rope sleeve, Taoism will be firmly controlled in the hands of the imperial court in the future, and it can only become a sharp sword in the hands of the imperial court, and it is impossible to hurt the Tang Dynasty.
What's more, the treatment of Taoism does seem to be a little stronger than that of Buddhism, but as the saying goes, people are outnumbered and not equal, and Taoism's treatment is better than Buddhism, what do you make people in Buddhism think?
After a long time, will they hate the Taoist people?
This is to stir up a strife between the two factions.
In the future, even if Taoism becomes bigger and there is Buddhism, it can also contain the rope of Taoism one more time, which will be beneficial and harmless.
But as a person who has received the great favor of Taoism, in the blink of an eye, he can turn his face and deny people, and calculate Taoism into account - Cen Wenwen knows that this is Li Zhen is slowly transforming from a prince to a qualified monarch.
Calculating one's own savior, this is indeed a sign of ingratitude to a person, but if this person is the king of a country, it is a good thing for the country.
The king is ruthless, that's the truth.