Chapter 792

With the sound of the bell, the Mao hour arrived, and the great court meeting officially began.

The ministers entered the Tai Chi hall in turn, found their own position and sat down. Merton didn't often go to court and had no fixed position. He naturally chose his old position.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" with Pound's sharp voice, Li Shimin appeared in front of the Dragon chair.

"Please see your majesty!" all the ministers bowed down and shouted in unison.

"You Aiqing, keep your body flat." Li Shimin lifted his right hand falsely, and the ministers got up.

"If you have something to start, leave the court." pound shouted in accordance with the usual practice when he saw that the court etiquette had been completed.

However, as soon as Pound's voice fell, he saw an old figure emerge from the crowd and suddenly shouted, "minister Fu Yi asked his majesty to destroy the Buddha!"

"Kill the Buddha!"

All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were stunned at Fu Yi. No one thought that Fu Yi was unwilling to wait for a moment. He went straight to the theme. His proposition was even more radical. He directly destroyed the Buddha from the original Buddha.

"Kill the Buddha!" even Li Shimin was startled. Naturally, he knew that Buddhism was a little fishy. He just wanted to beat it. He never thought of killing the Buddha.

"Fu Yi, are you not afraid to offend the gods because you are so bold?" Yu Zhining shouted angrily.

Regardless of the public's eyes, Fu Yisi proudly said, "Buddha, the law of barbarians! It was only introduced to China in the Eastern Han Dynasty. If there are gods, they are also barbarian gods. Can they manage the land of the Central Plains?"

Many ministers who did not believe in Buddhism could not help laughing. Buddhism has been introduced into the Central Plains for only a few hundred years. It can be said that its foundation is not stable. Moreover, some people who can rank in the court really believe in gods.

Yan shigu nodded and said: "according to the history secretary, in the 10th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming of Han sent envoys to the western regions to seek Buddhist statues and classics, and invited monks such as Kaye moteng and Zhu flange to Luoyang. When Yu Zhining was established in Luoyang, he couldn't help taking a deep breath: "Although Buddhism is a foreign religion, it is good for us in the Tang Dynasty to attract people to be good and persuade the world. If we destroy it rashly, it will not only be in danger of offending the gods, but if it will damage the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty, aren't you Fu Yi a sinner in the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin's eyes shrunk when he heard the speech. Although he vigorously advocated the elimination of superstition and the Mohist School cracked many fairy legends, the fear of ghosts and gods can not be eliminated for a while. Especially for emperors, they think they are ordered by heaven, and they are taboo about ghosts and gods.

Fu Yi sniffed at the speech and said, "there was no Buddhism before the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, in the past, the three emperors and five emperors reigned, the world was peaceful, and the people had a happy birthday test. However, there was no Buddha in China. Yin Tang was also 100 years old, King Wen of Zhou was 97 years old, and King Wu was 93 years old. At this time, Buddhism had not entered China, so it can be seen that it was not because of Buddhism."

Fu Yi cited scriptures and cited the examples of Ming Jun before Buddhism was introduced into the Central Plains. Suddenly, his words changed:

"However, Buddhism began to exist in the Central Plains only after the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. However, the reign of Emperor Ming was only 18 years. During the northern and Southern Dynasties, more and more people worshipped Buddha in the imperial court, but the age was shorter and shorter. Only emperor Liang Wu reigned for 48 years and worshipped Buddha many times before he died, but he was starved to death in Taicheng and died. It can be seen that the fate of the imperial court and the country has nothing to do with whether to worship Buddha or not."

It has to be said that Fu Yi was indeed well prepared, sharp in words, quoted scriptures, compared the regime changes before and after the introduction of Buddhism, and refuted the theory of affecting the national movement.

Yu Zhining couldn't help humming and argued: "although it is still late for Buddhism to be introduced into the Central Plains, it can spread so quickly in the Central Plains and be respected by all dynasties, which is enough to prove that it is beneficial to the imperial court."

Li Shimin couldn't help nodding. Although Buddhism has its shortcomings, its biggest role is to persuade people to bear it, which is of great benefit to the rule of the court. This is also why Li Shimin still took tolerant measures to Buddhism despite the worship of Taoism in the Tang Dynasty.

"There may be some benefits, but the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Please count the crimes of Buddhism!" Fu Yi said proudly.

"Accurate playing!" Li Shimin said expressionless.

"First, Buddhism doesn't work, monks don't cultivate, don't work, sit and chant scriptures all day, which is not beneficial to the government and the public." Fu Yi solemnly said.

Almost all courtiers subconsciously nodded at this point. Among the hundreds of schools, Confucianism is engaged in politics, Legalists solve cases, doctors cure patients and save people, Mohists are skilled craftsmen, and even the previous Taoists who cultivate immortality and seek Tao have benefited the world a lot because of the gunpowder, hair dyeing secret skills and cement of waidan, but Buddhism is useless and has made no contribution to the society at all.

"Second, Buddhism encroaches on land and does not pay taxes on the land under its name. In the long run, the land tax of chaotang is becoming less and less."

"Third, if you want to enter Buddhism, you must abandon your family, abandon your children and abstain from human desires. There are three kinds of unfilial, and no offspring is great. This is the sin of Buddhism."

"Fourth, Confucius said: respect ghosts and gods and stay away. Buddhism intimidates the secular people with the things of ghosts and gods in the name of eighteen layers of hell."

"Fifthly, shielding criminals......"

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Fu Yi counted the sins of Buddhism one by one in the court hall. Finally, he proudly said, "if the Buddha really shows his spirit and can lower the disaster, it will be added to the minister. The minister has no regrets."

In an instant, all the courtiers were silent. What Fu Yi said was justified. If he had not been worried about the supernatural of Buddhism, I'm afraid many people would have nodded in agreement.

For a moment, the situation was extremely unfavorable to Buddhism.

"I object. As far as I know, Fu Yi is so resolute against Buddhism, not for public interests, but for personal resentment." suddenly Yu Zhining shouted.

"Private resentment?" chaotang was not only in an uproar, but also looked at Yu Zhining puzzled.

Yu Zhining showed an expression of wisdom and said, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the reason why Lord Fu attacked the Buddhist family is because he lacked money on his way to Beijing for the exam and was not ready to borrow from the Buddhist temple. Only then did he feel resentment and attack the Buddhist family many times."

"Is there such a thing?" Li Shimin couldn't help staring at Fu Yi with suspicious eyes.

Fu Yi couldn't help blushing and said, "back to your majesty, Weichen really failed to borrow money from the Buddhist temple. However, this is not Weichen's selfish intention to impeach the Buddha, and the several charges of Weichen's impeachment are well-documented."

Merton could not help sighing. He had to say that Fu Yi's attack was indeed lethal. However, he was interrupted by Yu Zhining and immediately lost his momentum. It was impossible to win the Buddhism in one go.

"In addition, during the imperial examination, the Capital Inn is full, a room is hard to find, and the price is quite high. Many Buddhist temples let scholars stay for free, and even choose their excellent subsidies. There is no suspicion of buying scholars' heart. As far as I know, adult Yu has stayed in Buddhist temples."

Fu Yi suddenly gritted his teeth and burst out a fierce message.

Li Shimin's face sank when he heard the speech. Other Li Shimin could not care, but he was very sensitive to officials. If officials got the interests of Buddhism, they would naturally favor Buddhism.