Chapter 266 Buddhism’s last hope

In the past few months, there have been many Buddhist and Taoist temples in the capital, as well as some nondescript and various obscene rituals.

The imperial court seems to have taken a laissez-faire attitude towards this, and as long as enough money is given, it can be built at will.

It happened that money was needed for disaster relief in various places, so the emperor did not hesitate to cut up the capital and sell it.

The old emperor was over sixty years old. His decades as a prince made him not very fond of pleasure. He only wanted to leave a mark as a wise king in the history of the Zhou Dynasty before his death.

I have to say, this trick works very well.

During these months of intensive construction, the imperial court made a huge amount of money. Those practitioners were really rich, so much that even the emperor was shocked.

With money, it is much easier to implement various policies. A large amount of food is sent out, and disasters all over the world are alleviated.

Feeling that this trick was effective, the emperor even asked Taishi Pang to find a way to attract more practitioners to engage in real estate in the capital.

Anyway, there is a lot of wasteland near the capital. No one wants those low hills and rotten land that cannot be cultivated. And those practitioners who build temples and Taoist temples are not picky, so they should be willing to sell it. After selling the land, not only can they gain a lot

A pen of silver, the consumption of burning incense and worshiping gods can also give the court a lot of tax money.

In the short term, this is an absolutely positive operation.

It's just that when he went to court today, Master Pang did not happily announce how much land he had sold and how much money he had earned for the court. Instead, he gave a memorial very solemnly.

The emperor opened it, looked at it, frowned and said, "Grand Master, you actually want to re-establish the position of Imperial Master? How long did it take for the Qiansu Demon Dao issue to be resolved? Have you forgotten?"

Taishi Pang's memorial stated that because the number of practitioners in the capital was increasing, various chaos began to occur, and the court needed to strengthen supervision. He suggested that the position of national preceptor be reestablished and that the national preceptor should specifically manage the practitioners.

However, this proposal was rejected by the emperor with almost no room for negotiation. Even the civil servant group, which usually blindly followed the grand master, did not fully support it and chose to remain silent.

Grand Master Pang's proposal was rejected, but he did not show any dissatisfaction. He changed his mind and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is indeed inappropriate to re-establish Grand Master. It is because of my lack of consideration. The gathering of those who dare not practice in the capital has indeed reached the point where supervision is needed."

The old minister suggested that a new guard station be established based on the Golden Ox Guard to be responsible for the management of practitioners."

This time, no one expressed any objection to the proposal.

People are always willing to compromise. Between demolishing a house and opening a window, they often choose to open a window. Taishi Pang did the same thing. He first threw out the Chongli Imperial Guard, and after being rejected, he proposed to establish a new guard station. This time he received

The resistance is very small.

There are indeed too many practitioners, and all the civil and military officials present have been "harassed" by these practitioners to some extent, and many officials have actually been defrauded of a lot of money. Now that I hear Master Pang say this, I agree very much.

The only question is, who can control the practitioners?

Even those charlatans have a few tricks up their sleeves. How can ordinary people deal with them?

The old emperor still remembered very clearly when Daoran forced his way into the palace and killed his father again and again in front of all the civil and military officials.

None of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty or the imperial guards could help.

Even if they are willing to set up this health center, but they can't control the practitioners, what's the point?

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already made arrangements. The practitioners are unruly and have magical means. It is true that mortals cannot deal with them. But what if the practitioners are allowed to control the practitioners?"

The old emperor asked unexpectedly: "Oh, are they willing to be driven by the court?"

"Even the Qiansu Demon Dao wants the authority of the National Preceptor, which shows that the official position in our court is still useful to them. The old minister has also contacted some practitioners recently, and they are all very interested in the position of the National Preceptor. Although they cannot re-establish the country

division, but setting up a guard station and giving a few generals the vacant title may allow these practitioners to be used by the court."

Master Pang's words were approved by many people. The practitioners who the court officials had met recently were more or less interested in seeking official positions from them. In this way, Master Pang's idea was correct, but how to avoid learning from past mistakes?

This needs to be discussed carefully.

The new guardhouse was soon discussed in the court, and Master Pang was very confident. He pretended to have just thought of it and told him all the details that he had been thinking about for several months.

Everyone began to praise Taishi Pang for his foresight and foresight, and he was indeed the pillar of the country.

Finally, a guard station called Beidou Guard was confirmed to be established to recruit practitioners to serve the country. Beidou Guard has three commanders, one chief and two assistants. The subordinates have the same official positions as the Jinniu Guard, such as the general banner of thousands of households. The only difference is that Beidou Guard

Wei only has jurisdiction over matters related to practitioners and does not overlap with the powers of other departments.

Although Taishi Pang did not hold any position, everyone knew that Beidou Guard was from Taishi Pang, because the emperor gave the recruitment power to Taishi Pang, and everyone from the commander to the flag officer was appointed by Taishi Pang.

In this way, the entire Beidou Guard will belong to Taishi Pang.

When the news was released, the Taishi Mansion was once again crowded, and the practitioners who had come to seek official positions brought more treasures and sent them to the Taishi Mansion.

Master Pang still received everyone cheerfully, accepting all the good things without missing a beat, and also promised several positions for hundreds of thousands of households on the spot. However, Master Pang never let go of the three most important commanders.

Everyone understood that Master Pang had other plans for the positions of these three commanders.

Within a few days, dozens of invitations were sent to all parts of the capital.

In the Mahabodhi Temple, Salisu took the invitation and handed it to Guan Xingyue.

"Senior brother, Grand Master Pang invited us to attend the Dharma Conference. I'm afraid he wants us to compete for the positions of the three commanders."

Guan Xingyue read the content on the invitation and said it very euphemistically, asking the abbot of Mahabodhi Temple to attend the upcoming Dharma conference and ask him to give a lecture on Buddhism.

Guan Xingyue put down the invitation, and then said to Sha Lishu: "Junior brother, if you want to go, go ahead. I want to continue to retreat."

After being deceived by the devil for the second time, Guan Xingyue realized that his practice was insufficient. He once wanted to go to Daoran to express his gratitude, but also hoped to learn from him and help him complete the great cause of revitalizing Buddhism.

However, Daoran stayed behind closed doors.

Guan Xingyue couldn't understand, but he didn't have any resentment.

Being possessed by the devil twice made Guan Xingyue always alert. As long as there was a slight mood swing, he would think twice to ensure that he would not be controlled by the devil again.

After returning to Mahabodhi Temple, Kanxingyue chose to practice in seclusion and made great progress in a few days.

Sha Lishu didn't see it that way. In his eyes, Guan Xingyue was clearly bullied by Dao Ran and was now hiding in the temple to escape reality in despair.

Sha Lishu wanted to ask Dao Ran for an explanation. After all, they were also Buddhist disciples and came to help him revitalize Buddhism. How could they treat him like this?

But after Sha Lishu carefully inquired about what happened that day, he gave up the idea of ​​coming to ask for justice, because the gap between him and Daoran was too big, and coming would only bring humiliation to himself.

I originally thought I had to swallow this breath, but now that the Beidou Wei incident has caused a lot of noise, Shali Shu has changed her mind.

If he could get the position of commander, he might be able to use the power of the Zhou Dynasty to make Dao Ran suffer a little.

Just when Sha Lishu had this idea, a strange voice sounded deep in his heart: "Not for personal grudges, but for the sake of the common people, Beidouwei supervises the world's monks and Taoism. Only those who can hold power can revitalize Buddhism. This time it is the right path. Like Taoism."

However, shutting out people from all over the world will only lead to the decline of Buddhism."

Sha Lishu only felt that the spiritual platform was clear and bright, and the magic power around his body was running uncontrollably, and his power was skyrocketing with every movement.

Sha Lishu understood that he had an epiphany!

"Yes, this is not a personal grudge. I am also working hard to revitalize Buddhism."

Shali Shu's face glowed red, all the previous gloom and resentment were gone, and she felt that her realm had even been elevated.

But he didn't realize that a short blue-skinned demon was standing behind him, it was the Demon Gate Bodhisattva Tirodatta.

Tirodatta looked at the smug Salisu and said with emotion: "Buddhist disciples of this generation have fallen too easily. No wonder the demon lord will look at Daoran differently. As long as he becomes a demon, Buddhism will have no hope at all."

"However, this monk Daoran seems to have all six impure roots and five poisons, but he can always restrain himself at critical moments. How can we make him become a demon?"
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