"Monk?"

Zhao Kun frowned as he looked at the people in strange clothes in front of him.

This was brought back by Jiang Chao's snare.

Judging from their appearance, they look a bit like the monks Zhao Kun is familiar with.

But monks, unless they are insane, are not favored by anyone in power.

This religion originated four hundred years ago.

Since Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha worshiped by Buddhism, it has developed rapidly in South Asia.

Fifty years ago.

King Ashoka, who almost unified the Indian peninsula, converted to Buddhism because he regretted killing too many people and made Buddhism the state religion.

From then on, the ruler of the Indian peninsula became obsessed with promoting Buddhism.

It is said that at his peak, he built 84,000 Buddhist temples overnight.

King Asoka was not only a believer in Buddhism, but also his children were sent out to preach.

Through the crazy efforts of this obviously brainless Mauryan monarch, Buddhism became the main belief in many small countries in South Asia.

After Ashoka's death, a bunch of princes and princesses from the Maurya Dynasty inherited their father's legacy and preached everywhere.

Unexpectedly, they actually came to Daqin to preach.

The monks in front of me all have hair less than a finger long on their heads.

Everyone's face is as smooth as an egg, without beards or even eyebrows, making them look extremely weird at first glance.

Huang Shigong, who was sitting opposite Zhao Kun and playing chess, took a closer look and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Does the old gentleman know these people?" Zhao Kun asked curiously.

As far as he knew, it would have been hundreds of years before Buddhism was introduced to China.

However, judging from Huang Shigong's appearance, he seemed to be no stranger to these people.

Huang Shigong narrowed his eyes slightly and said as if reminiscing: "More than ten years ago, eighteen people including the Reverend Salmon from the Western Regions, Li Fang, introduced Buddhist scriptures to the capital of Xianyang, and declared to the First Emperor that they would implement illegal laws in the Qin Dynasty...

..”

Huang Shigong has always been mysterious and knows many secrets. Zhao Kun has known about it for a long time, so he is not too surprised.

But he actually remembered such a small thing so clearly, which aroused Zhao Kun's interest.

Zhao Kun knew that something special must have happened.

It turns out that Yingzheng had just unified the six countries and was in high spirits.

Because after listening to what Lu Sheng and others said, during that time, I was very obsessed with the way to immortality.

He once ordered to recruit talented people from all over the world.

It was at that time that Sri Lanka and others came to Xianyang.

Because of their strange accent, it was quite difficult for them to communicate with Qin people.

The people of Qin only knew that they called themselves Samanas and came to Qin to spread the law.

The so-called "no law" is actually the Guanzhong people's transliteration of Buddhism.

According to these people, Samana is the state religion in another big country, and even the king is their believer.

Moreover, they promoted Buddhism to Ying Zheng.

When Ying Zheng heard about the background of these people, he was originally very interested.

But after the exchange, Ying Zheng became furious.

Ying Zheng fought all over the world throughout his life and called himself the First Emperor. Naturally, his magnanimity and magnanimity are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

He seeks immortality for the sake of the Qin Dynasty's foundation to be passed down for thousands of years.

But the Buddhism preached by these monks was completely contrary to what Ying Zheng wanted.

These people told Ying Zheng that Buddhism emphasizes karma and retribution.

If you have committed too many sins during your lifetime, you must atone for your sins after your death.

Therefore, it is necessary to observe the precepts while alive in order to achieve transcendence after death.

After hearing these words, Ying Zheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Lao Tzu conquered the world all his life and became the supreme being in the world, just to eat fast, chant Buddha's name and worship Buddhism in order to achieve transcendence after death?

I’m afraid you are not thinking about eating peaches!

No matter how powerful the brainwashing ability of Buddhism is, it only applies to ordinary people.

For people like Ying Zheng, there are only two possibilities: useful and useless.

If it's useful, he might be interested in learning more.

But no matter from which perspective, Buddhism was of little use to the Qin Dynasty at that time.

However, Ying Zheng is the 95th Supreme Being after all, and he still has basic tolerance.

He patiently listened to the nonsense of Sri Fang and others, and then had people send him out.

No, these bald donkeys are completely ignorant and fearless of life and death.

Silifang was picked up by the Iron Eagle swordsman, who also tried to brainwash Ying Zheng.

He used the example of King Asoka.

This move completely angered Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng ordered them to be thrown into prison, and then thrown into Yunzhong County, where Meng Tian was asked to drive them out of the border.

After listening to Huang Shigong's narration, Zhao Kun mentally praised the original eighteen monks.

What a big dog!

You must know that during that period, Ying Zheng had just unified the six countries, and it was a time when he was very energetic and self-centered.

How dare anyone dare to persuade him to make offerings to others and to do good deeds during his lifetime?

Tsk, it's very strange that Ying Zheng didn't kill them.

You know, those alchemists in Da Qin were killed by Ying Zheng at every turn, but Ying Zheng never showed mercy.

After listening to Huang Shigong's words, Jiang Chao also said with disdain on his face: "I feel that I have sinned deeply after killing a mere hundred thousand people. How dare such a small country dare to call itself a dynasty? I don't know what it means!"

Zhao Kun couldn't laugh or cry.

The person Jiang Chao disdains is naturally the leader of the Mauryan Dynasty, Ashoka, who died less than thirty years ago.

However, Zhao Kun still could not understand why the Huangshi Guild still remembered this incident so freshly.

Xin Haicheng, who had been standing next to Jiang Chao, seemed to have guessed Zhao Kun's doubts, and took the initiative to explain: "Actually, this matter was quite popular at the time, and I also heard my father mention it;

It is said that after the eighteen ascetics were expelled from the Qin Dynasty, they did not remember His Majesty's kindness of not killing them, but turned to the Huns and made nonsense of them!"

After listening to Xin Haicheng's description, Zhao Kun couldn't help but be stunned.

He looked at the monks dumbfounded.

No wonder those in power throughout the dynasties did not have a favorable impression of monks.

These guys chant sutras all day long, and they may not be studying any Buddhism. I am afraid that all their abilities and temperament are reflected in their mouths.

Shi Lifang ran to the Xiongnu. Not only did he not lament his fate, he also smugly declared that after he was imprisoned by Ying Zheng: "At night, the six-foot gold god broke into the house and came out. The emperor was shocked and thanked him, and sent him out with generous gifts!" .

It was originally a very embarrassing and embarrassing thing, but he made it vivid and vivid.

The man of God rushed into the prison and rescued them, alarming Ying Zheng, and then Ying Zheng sent them out with generous gifts?

Tsk, being so shameless is an incredible skill!

Later, Ying Zheng learned about this incident from the Hun nobles captured by the border troops.

Furious!

He found the historian who recorded his daily life at that time, and found that the historian's record of this matter had only a few words: "The king was so strange that he was arrested, imprisoned, and exiled abroad."

Ying Zheng is quite satisfied with this realistic description.

However, this incident still made him quite angry.

In a rage, Ying Zheng issued a strict order.

No temple is allowed!

Sri Fang did not expect that just because of his arrogant words just to show off, he would completely cut off the hope of spreading Buddhism in the Qin Dynasty.

Now, more than ten years have passed since that incident.

Unexpectedly, I saw a monk in Nanyue City again today.

"Mishaka, the protector of the national religion of the Maurya Dynasty and a disciple of Mahada, pays homage to the respected crown prince of the Qin Empire!"
To be continued...