Using Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to plot against Buddhism was a trick that Chen Jingke had long thought of and decided upon after discussing it with Sun Simiao several times.
The significance of the Six Paths of Reincarnation to religion is so great that Buddhism must either come up with a new system that exceeds the Six Paths of Reincarnation or join in.
Chen Jingke's reincarnation system was perfected over a thousand years in previous lives, and has become deeply rooted in people's hearts in just over a year.
Nowadays, even the beggars on the street know that black and white are impermanent, go to Huangquan Road, Naihe Bridge, drink Meng Po soup, and be judged by the judge to enter the six paths of reincarnation.
If Buddhism wants to create a new system beyond it, it can be said to be as difficult as climbing to heaven. If it fails, the best way is to join and take a piece of meat from the underworld system as a Buddhist dojo.
Chen Jingke was waiting for them to take action.
No matter which Buddha Buddhism finally allows to go to the underworld, as soon as they release the news, he will immediately use the influence of "Wang Yue Tan" to name this Buddha "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva".
He also came up with the great ambition of "I will never become a Buddha until hell is empty". He has even compiled the "Ksitigarbha Ten Wheel Sutra" and will send it out together when the time comes.
I guarantee that Buddhism will be left dumb and suffer unspeakable suffering.
Are you opposed to "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva"? First ask the people if they agree. People don't care so much, they will believe in whoever sets up a more powerful deity.
Chen Jingke does not believe that Buddhism can create a new Buddha that surpasses Ksitigarbha in a short period of time. By then, the new Buddha created by Buddhism will inevitably be replaced by Ksitigarbha.
But for them to accept Ksitigarbha - a Bodhisattva created by Taoism - they would be more uncomfortable than eating a fly.
Going to war with Taoism? They can't bear it, and they don't have the courage.
Everyone knows that the Six Paths of Reincarnation is a new system created by Zixiaoguan. You, Buddhism, stole it without saying a word. You deserve to be plotted against.
Don't be afraid even if the lawsuit goes to Li Shimin. You Buddhism started the war first, so you can't help but let us fight back, right?
Although Li Shimin believes in Buddhism, power is the most important thing for people like him.
Now he wants to wipe out the barbarians and build an unprecedented empire. He will hit anyone who dares to cause trouble internally, even the Buddhism he believes in is no exception.
"In short, the hole has been dug, and we are just waiting for Buddhism to jump out. The day they announce the new Buddha is when we launch a counterattack."
“It was not only the launch of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Ksitigarbha Ten Wheel Sutra, it was also the day when my Journey to the West was published.”
Tian Shiwen said excitedly: "Okay, when the time comes, I, Lou Guandao, will be the first to stand up and support the real person."
Chen Jingke said gratefully: "Master Xie Tian, I will definitely inform you when the time comes. But for now, it is best to open up the situation in the south first, so that Your Majesty can see the positive role of our Taoism."
Tian Shiwen said without hesitation: "Okay, I will supervise everyone to step up their actions."
After thinking for a while, Chen Jingke said again: "Don't be deadly in war with Buddhism in the future. Keep your points to a minimum, so as not to arouse His Majesty's resentment."
Tian Shiwen nodded and said: "I know, why don't you accept it as soon as you see fit? After talking to Zhenren Chen last time, I went into the palace to see the saint and saw the map of Tianzhu."
"Afterwards, I convened a meeting with colleagues from Lou Guan Dao and re-determined the plan after consultation on number theory."
"We are no longer obsessed with eradicating Buddhism, but instead turning Buddhism into Taoism. This time we sent all our forces to Nanzhong, hoping to explore the road to Tianzhu."
As for the purpose of opening the road to Tianzhu, it goes without saying.
In fact, Chen Jingke knew that this road was impassable. It would be difficult to reach India by land even in the 21st century, let alone now.
However, he did not tell Tian Shiwen the truth.
It is much better for them to explore the southwest border with hope and prepare for the Tang Dynasty's next use of troops than to use their strength for internal friction.
As for the attack on Tianzhu, there is really no rush. As the saying goes, befriend far away and attack close, the first thing the Tang Dynasty should do is to eliminate the ambitions in the surrounding areas.
Besides, attacking Tianzhu is not that easy. If you want to attack by land or take the route that Xuanzhuang has taken, the prerequisite is to open up the Western Region.
Either we can enter through Nepal via the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is the same route that Wang Xuance took to borrow troops from Tubo. The prerequisite is to defeat Songtsen Gampo and conquer Tubo.
The third way is to take the sea, which requires Datang to have a strong navy.
At present, none of these three roads are accessible to the Tang Dynasty, so even if you want to conquer Tianzhu, you can't do anything about it. It's better to do the things in front of you first.
The three of them talked like this for more than an hour before master and apprentice Tian Shiwen said goodbye. Chen Jingke sent them out of the gate before returning.
Tian Shiwen looked back at Zixiao Temple and praised: "Famous teachers give birth to great disciples. With Master Chen in Zixiao Temple, he can still lead the Taoist sect for at least fifty years."
Yin Wenchao shook his head and said: "He is still too young. I'm afraid many people will not accept him."
Tian Shiwen had been observing his disciple to make sure that he was not jealous. He was very satisfied and said: "Things are not as bad as you think."
"There are many Taoist sects, but to be honest, there are only a few influential sects. Longhushan gave away all his daughters, so it is impossible not to support Chen Zhenren."
"The Chongxuan Sect is too influenced by the imperial court. No matter what they think, they must support him. The same is true for Li Chunfeng's sect."
"Master Pan Shizheng of the Maoshan Sect also supports him very much. He has expressed support for him several times as the next leader of the Taoist sect..."
"Including other small sects, there are quite a lot of people supporting him. This is still the case now, and in ten years there will only be more people supporting him."
Yin Wenchao was also a little surprised. This Chen Zhenren was indeed extraordinary. He was so humble, but he had already received the support of so many people.
Then he asked a core question: "Who does our Zongshenguan support?"
Tian Shiwen did not answer directly, but asked: "Who do you think we should support?"
Yin Wenchao thought for a while and said, "I understand."
It's very simple, support whoever attacks Louguan Buddhism.
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On the other side, after sending Master Tian Shiwen away, Chen Jingke returned to his yard.
At this point, he also canceled his plan to go to Baiqisi. It was nothing serious anyway, and he was too lazy to bother anymore.
However, he did not read the book, but asked the maid to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and he planned to write out the entire process of drying salt.
While Yuzhu was studying ink for him, she said, "Is that the Master Tian of Zongsheng Temple? He looks like a fairy, but he didn't expect that he is an old man."
"Haha..." Looking at the angry little maid, Chen Jingke couldn't help laughing and teased:
"I think what he said is right. You two are like wolves and tigers. I'm really afraid that I won't be able to handle it."
Two blushes suddenly appeared on the jade-white face, and she said reluctantly: "Really, man, you are not allowed to say that...it only happens once every half month."
The girl who had tasted the relationship between men and women for the first time matured very quickly, and there was a hint of charm that was incompatible with her age in her eyebrows. Chen Jingke's mouth went dry when he saw it.
But counting the days, he could only recite the Heart-Cleaning Mantra silently, and then he would never dare to tease the other person again, otherwise he would still be the one who would suffer.
The salt-drying method is not complicated. It is to introduce seawater or brine into the salt field and expose it to the sun to precipitate salt crystals.
At this time, it is coarse salt, which contains various toxic elements and will kill you if you eat too much.
But it’s good to have salt. Poor people among the common people mostly eat this kind of salt, and even the army basically eats this kind of salt.
Ancient people didn't know that if you could purify table salt, Chen Jingke knew that it could be solved with knowledge of middle and high school chemistry.
Activated carbon filtration can be used, but this method wastes too much wood. There is a simpler method, which is the saturated salt washing method.
Melt coarse salt into clean water and use water's different solubility characteristics of various elements to wash out refined salt.