After Becoming a Taoist - Chapter 893

   Chapter 893 Support Buddhism

  Li Dandao entered the palace with his own painting of the Tiangong painting.

   Li Shimin was criticizing the writing at this time, and as expected, the news of the death of the Emperor Taishang had already spread.

   At this moment, his brows furrowed: “Those two temptresses!”

  On the Turkic side, Princess Yicheng and Empress Xiao once again formed an alliance, a former Empress of Sui, an old grandmother who has gone through four generations of Turkic Khans.

   Hearing the news that the Emperor Taishang had passed away, he immediately passed on the letter, saying that Li Shimin killed his brother a year ago, and killed his own father this year.

   In addition, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong’s old troops also started to rebel.

  Other aristocratic families are also watching, wanting to see if Li Tang is going to die like the former Sui Dynasty.

   Seeing Li Dandao at this time, this made me feel better: “Has Aiqing found a clue to the assassination of the Emperor Taishang?”

“It was done by Buddhism.” Li Dandao said, “Emperor Taishang once presided over Buddhist and Taoist debates three times, and he ruled that Taoism won. He also demolished a lot of Buddhist temples and dismissed thousands of monks. Before he was in power, Buddhism did not have this kind of karma. , Now that he has become the Supreme Emperor, in order to promote the Dharma, Buddhism will end this koan case.”

   “As for Emperor Taishang’s destiny, it has also flowed into the hands of Buddhism.”

   “Besides, the former princes supported by Buddhism were all shot and killed by one arrow, so Buddhism naturally wants to support a new emperor, who can “according to the affairs of the state and preserving Buddhism””.

   “Although the Hu people are brutal, the monks have a high status. Although the Han people are generous, they are disrespectful to the monks and treasures.” Li Dan said.

   “So the Emperor Taishang was suppressed by Buddhism?” Li Shimin obviously had the idea of ​​”I believe you are a ghost”.

  Li Shimin even wanted to support the forces of Buddhism to fight against the Taoism that was gradually contaminated with imperial power.

   But now is not the time, Li Shimin himself has not fully developed yet, so he still needs to rely on Taoism.

   “Can Aiqing have evidence?” Li Shimin asked.

  Li Dandao shook his head: “The saint should be clear in his heart.”

  Li Shimin thought that 80% of the court was Buddhist, but his own emperor recognized “Laojun” as his ancestor.

  The natural opposition between imperial power and ministerial power is now added to the opposition between Buddhism and Taoism.

   “Zhang Changming also went to investigate this matter, but he wanted to ask him what the investigation came up with.” Li Shimin said, “If it is really what Buddhism did, then I don’t mind learning from Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty to destroy the Buddha, and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to destroy the Buddha.”

   “Emperor Taiwu destroyed the Buddha because he considered himself the Han family, so he banned the Hu scriptures and destroyed the Hu religion.”

   “The Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Buddha, but also to show that he was not one of the Five Husbands.”

   “The root cause is that Buddhism has a lot of “barbarian roots”, which does not conform to the morality of my Han family. If you enter an empty door, you will not bow down to your parents.”

   “Furthermore, Buddhism interfered with imperial power, and even some emperors wanted to become a monk, dedicating the entire country to Buddhism as a Buddhist country, such as Xiao Yan.”

   “In order to redeem it from the temple, the minister spent 400 million yuan, the wealth of the whole country, into the hands of the monks.”

  Li Dandao opened his mouth and said: “The former Sui Dynasty also respected Buddha, but he died for 14 years. Emperor Wen of Sui was raised by monks since childhood, and the queen even claimed to be a bodhisattva. Emperor Yang divided a large number of famous mountains as various Bodhisattva temples.”

   “That’s why the Emperor Taishang recognized Laojun as his ancestor, promoted my style of Taoism, and used the foundation of the Han family to fight against the Hu people and the Hu religion.”

   “If Your Majesty wants to destroy the Buddha, although the poor Daoist supports it, he always thinks it is the last resort.”

   “The foundation of Buddhism still exists, and even today, 80% of the people in the courthouse believe in Buddhism, and some even have privately worshipped teachers and practiced Buddhism.

   “Your Majesty wants to destroy the Buddha, and there will definitely be a counterattack from the Buddhists.”

   “Since eradicating the Buddha is the best strategy, then Aiqing, you naturally have a middle strategy and a best strategy.”

   “What is the middle strategy? What is the best strategy?”

Li Dandao opened his mouth and said: “Zhong policy is just like the policy of the emperor Taishang, to suppress Buddhism, but not to destroy Buddhism, to support Taoism, and to argue against Buddhism, but unfortunately Emperor Taishang was deceived by evil ways and was convicted of Heaven, lost the mandate of Heaven, His Majesty is the King of Shengming and inherits the great lineage.”

   “Okay, don’t flatter yourself. Since you said that the Supreme Emperor’s support of Taoism is the middle policy, what do you think is the best policy?”

   “Naturally, it is to support Buddhism.” Li Dan opened the corridor.

   “What?” Li Shimin felt that he heard it wrong.

   “Your Majesty can support Buddhism.” Li Dandao said again.

   “Aren’t you a Taoist priest? Why did you tell me about supporting Buddhism?” Li Shimin felt incredible.

   “Saint, this Dharma is not that Dharma.”

  Li Dandao opened his mouth and said, “He wants to reform the teachings of his nonsense, to reform them to persuade goodness, to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, to be filial to his parents, and to love life and protect his life.”

  Li Dandao said: “Suppress other monks and support such monks.”

   “Do not respect the Buddha of the Hu people, but respect the Buddha of the Central Plains. The Buddha’s appearance does not use the faces of the Hu people, but the faces of the Han people.”

   “Furthermore, after Sakyamuni died in silence for more than 1,200 years, why couldn’t he reincarnate in the Middle Earth and attain Buddhahood again?”

  Li Dan said, “It depends on how Your Majesty implements it.”

   “Aiqing is better than Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and he has to be decisive!” Li Shimin did not hesitate to appreciate Li Dandao’s strategy: “It’s a pity that Aiqing is devoted to Taoism, not to the court, not to me.”

   “Your Majesty, isn’t Pindao already a courtier?” Li Dan said with a smile.

   “Okay, Your Majesty, get ready, Pindao is going to take your Majesty to visit the Heavenly Palace.”

   “Really?” Li Shimin asked, “Can I go to the Heavenly Palace?”

  Li Dandao unfolded the scroll: “Your Majesty, please take a look.”

   “This is the Heavenly Palace?”

With a wave of   Li Dandao, a ladder appeared.

  The sky ladder is a white jade railing, and the floor is covered with gold. One end of the ladder is in the painting, but in the painting, the clouds are flying, the phoenix birds are chirping, and the blue dragons are flying.

   Li Shimin saw it, above the ladder, the Zifu Immortal Palace, the White Jade Capital, and the thousand buildings of the Golden Que.

   Li Shimin was fascinated and asked, “Is it possible to enter the fairy palace just by taking this white jade ladder? How to get down?”

  Li Dan said haha: “Pin Dao travel with His Majesty.”

   Li Shimin said again: “I heard that one day in the sky, one year on earth.”

  Li Dandao shook his head: “Isn’t that a **** in the sky who goes down to the realm several times a day?”

   At this time, an imperial chariot pulled by four flying dragons landed in front of Li Shimin from the ladder.

   The driver of this dragon chariot was a tall golden-armored god, and there were two immortals beside the dragon chariot.

   “Please!” Li Dandao smiled slightly.

  Li Shimin got on the dragon carriage, just looking at the four flying dragons, but he thought: “This kind of dragon is definitely not a real dragon, otherwise why would it be used to pull the carriage?”

   As soon as Li Shimin was seated, the flying dragon took off and went down the ladder into the painting.

   “It’s so high!” Li Shimin looked out from the dragon carriage, the dragon carriage had already flown into the sky, and the entire Chang’an was under his gaze, gradually turning into the size of a small box.

   After a while of cloudy sky, you can see the “Golden Gate”, the gate is ten thousand feet high.

   The word “Lang Huan” is written on it.

   Outside the door, there is a fairy man, holding a pot of fine wine and a peach.

  The dragon car stopped on the cloud, and Li Dandao got off straight.

  Li Shimin doubted whether this drifting cloud could bear his weight.

   Will you miss out and fall down?

   (end of this chapter)