Seeing Li Shimin showing signs of rejection, Shen Gongbao said again.
"If the Emperor of the People still feels that it is not enough, then our Buddhist temples in Dongsheng Shenzhou and Beiju Luzhou can also help the Tang army occupy the territory there!"
This directly defeated Li Shimin's hesitation and made Li Shimin completely fall to the side of Buddhism.
Li Shimin had only considered the feelings of his courtiers before. As for Bengbu helping Buddhism, Li Shimin felt the same.
Just like the Sanqing sects that are now preaching in the Tang Dynasty, as long as they don't have policies that interfere with the internal affairs of the human race, Li Shimin is too lazy to pay attention to them.
If it were just that he would not organize the development of Buddhism, Li Shimin would have agreed to any step in Hezhou, Xiniu.
The most difficult thing for Li Shimin was to recognize a Buddhist disciple as his imperial disciple.
However, it now seems that Li Shimin has also abandoned such difficulties. These will help him quickly unify the human race. There is nothing wrong with recognizing an imperial disciple. As long as any Buddhist disciple does not seek death, anything can be said!
"Okay, I can promise you that as long as you do what you said, I will recognize your designated Buddhist disciples!" Li Shimin said solemnly.
"But I hope you will keep your promise when the time comes, otherwise, the consequences will be very serious!"
Li Shimin finally gave a warning to save him from being tricked by Buddhism!
Even though Li Shimin now knows that Buddhism will not fulfill its promise, he is still afraid that Buddhism will mess up and disrupt his unification plan!
"You can rest assured about this Human Emperor. We in Buddhism always keep our word!" Shen Gongbao said with a smile.
"The matter is settled like this. When the time comes, just tell me where he is and who he is. I will really recognize him as my imperial brother." Li Shimin said.
"He will appear soon, and the calamity will begin soon." Shen Gongbao said with a smile.
"Has the plan to measure the calamity of Journey to the West been implemented? No wonder you came to the door at this time. It seems that you are well prepared!" Li Shimin said with a somewhat bad expression.
If he knew that the Journey to the West would begin so soon, he might not necessarily agree to the deal with Buddhism.
If the calamity begins, I believe it will end in less than a hundred years. As for the Yuanhui where Buddhism flourishes next, it has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty.
Even Li Shimin can use a hundred years later to unify the Nanzhan continent after the Tribulation is over, and then there will be enough time to conquer the other three continents!
Now it seems that Li Shimin still let Buddhism get into trouble, and he naturally feels a little resentful.
Shen Gongbao heard the resentment in Li Shimin's mouth, but he pretended not to see it. The transaction between the two parties was beneficial to both parties. He knew that Li Shimin could see it. He did not want to discuss this topic, but said.
"The person who started the journey to the West is already on his way to Chang'an. When the time comes, he will discuss Buddhism in many temples in Chang'an. The one who wins in the end is the Buddhist disciple who went to the West to learn scriptures, and is also your imperial disciple, the Human Emperor!"
"A land and water conference?" Li Shimin thought for a while and said.
"That's right, the people who are most proficient in Buddhism at this water and land conference are those who went to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures!" Shen Gongbao said with a smile.
"I heard that Buddhist disciples who go to the West to learn scriptures must have no cultivation. Is this news confirmed?" Li Shimin asked in confusion.
"Yes, there is such a thing. As long as we look at his sincerity and let the world know that if you want to get the supreme Dharma, you have to go through hardships and go through a lot of hardships to get it." Shen Gongbao was bewildered.
The voice said.
But this did not affect Li Shimin's sanity at all, nor did it have any impact on Li Shimin. Instead, Li Shimin dismissed Shen Gongbao's statement.
Regardless of whether what they said was true, just the first sentence made Li Shimin vomit.
Return to the supreme Dharma!
Everyone knows that most of Buddhism evolved from Taoism, and is even inferior to Taoism.
After all, Buddhism is all side sect, not the great road to heaven!
Anyone with a little knowledge knows this. This is why, except for Xiniu Hezhou, the other three continents have never been keen on Buddhism!
If it weren't for the fact that this calamity was the calamity for the rise of their Buddhism, it would have been basically impossible for Buddhism and its Dharma to spread to the other three continents.
It’s not that Buddhist techniques are not good, but that after using Buddhist techniques, one’s status will always be lower than that of Xuanmen techniques, which will lead to the status in the ancient world being somewhat lower than that of monks from the other three continents.
This is also one of the fundamental reasons why monks from three continents reject Buddhism, and it is also an important reason.
But now is not the time to talk about this. Li Shimin asked Shen Gongbao again.
"The winners in the land and water conferences are usually masters of seventy or eighty years of age. How can such people travel across mountains and rivers to the West to learn scriptures?" Li Shimin asked.
"Human Emperor, Buddhism is a practice that tests one's understanding. As long as the Buddha nature is sufficient, there is no age limit." Shen Gongbao said with a smile.
Hearing this, Li Shimin thought about it carefully and never imagined that a young mage would come to Chang'an to participate in the Land and Water Conference!
Li Shimin paid attention to the Water and Land Conference not long ago, but those were some eminent monks, and they were all the same as what Li Shimin said before.
Most of the mortal eminent monks are in their seventies or eighties, and those who are not mortals are not chosen for this journey to the west.
Li Shimin pays more attention to eminent monks and masters who have achieved cultivation. As for ordinary people, Li Shimin pays little attention to them.
If those mortal monks weren't so famous, Li Shimin wouldn't even know about them.
"I hope you will make the right decision when the time comes. If an old man is asked to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, even if you agree, I will not agree." Li Shimin looked at Shen Gongbao and said.
"Don't worry, the Emperor. If it's really an old man, it won't look good on us, and it won't be in line with the purpose of our Buddhism!" Shen Gongbao said unhappily.
If an old man is really allowed to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, it will not make Buddhism a joke in ancient times.
Buddhism also needs face. No matter how shameless and rogue Buddhism is, it will never do such a thing.
What's more, for such an important matter as measuring tribulations in the journey to the West, Mother Zhunti and the others would not consider an old man to carry out the tribulations in the West!
"Okay, these things are your Buddhist affairs, I don't want to take care of them. Do you have anything else to do?" Li Shimin's meaning became clear.
But Shen Gongbao still had something to say, so he spoke again.
"I still have something I want to ask the Emperor for help with."
"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked warily.
Buddhists have basically no credibility in ancient times and are synonymous with scoundrels and shameless people. He, Li Shimin, was just tricked by a small person.
Now when he heard that Shen Gongbao wanted to ask him for help, he immediately became vigilant, fearing that he would be deceived again.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that when the Emperor signs the credentials for the pilgrims, I hope that the Emperor can let the pilgrims release the Great Sage Qitian and let the Great Sage protect him to go to the West to retrieve the scriptures." Shen Gongbao.
said.
"Are you telling the truth?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.
"The Monk knows about the Monkey King even if he doesn't tell the Emperor. He is one of the people who learned the scriptures. Now that the calamity is about to begin, the Monkey King needs to come out too!" Shen Gongbao knew what Li Shimin was surprised about and said nonchalantly.
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"Aren't you afraid that the first thing he will do when he comes out is find you?" Li Shimin asked in a subtle tone.
"The Emperor doesn't need to worry about this matter." Shen Gongbao said calmly.
"As long as you think it's okay, I promise you that I will mention this matter to him!" Li Shimin said.
"Thank you, Emperor." After saying this, Shen Gongbao left.