Feng Bao personally led an old man, a young man and a child, three monks in shabby robes, towards the Yangxin Hall.
Along the way, Feng Bao also personally explained a few words.
"Masters, when you see His Majesty in a while, remember the etiquette I told you before and don't be rude in front of His Majesty. That's it!"
These three monks, with disheveled faces and shabby clothes, had different expressions after hearing Feng Bao's words.
The old monk was the most calm, as if he didn't care about anything. The younger one was too young and still looked confused. Only the young man had an anxious look on his face, and was the most uneasy.
Not long after, under the leadership of Feng Bao, several people arrived in front of the Yangxin Hall.
Feng Bao cautiously shouted outside the palace:
"Your Majesty, the eminent monk of Shiyuan Sect invites you!"
In the Yangxin Hall, Xiao Cheng heard Feng Bao's shouting and took his eyes away from the blue card in front of him.
[Blue Ceka, Water Conservancy and Farmland Law
Card effect: After use, agricultural growth rate +30% within one year, court administrative expenses +10%
Card explanation: During the Shenzong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, after Wang Anshi came to power, he promulgated the Farmland Water Conservancy Law and sent Changping officials to various places to supervise this matter. Any officials and people who could propose land cultivation methods and point out the pros and cons of ponds, dikes, and ditches were effective.
Rewards can be given based on utility. In addition, people can be rewarded for building water conservancy projects in various places and reclaiming abandoned fields.]
This card was drawn in a lottery in August. It is a rare strategic card that increases national strength.
For countries with an ancient feudal background, agricultural output is a reflection of national strength and is closely related to taxation, population, corvee, etc.
This card may not be as effective as the Training Card and the Imperial Card. But as long as Xiao Cheng makes good use of this card, he will definitely be able to raise the national strength and foundation of the Yun Kingdom to a higher level within a year.
With a thought in Xiao Cheng's mind, the blue card instantly turned into dots of light and dissipated.
"Come in!" Xiao Cheng looked outside the Yangxin Hall and said in a deep voice.
Feng Bao outside the hall immediately responded respectfully.
Immediately, he led the three of them carefully into the Nourishing Heart Hall.
The three people in front of him were the three people Xiao Cheng asked Feng Bao to search through various temples across the country before finding them in a small temple called Shiyuan Temple in a prefecture on the western border of Yun State.
From the shabby clothes of the three people and their disheveled faces, it can be seen that Shiyuan Temple advocates not caring about the secular world, not receiving offerings, strictly observing the precepts, and making offerings by oneself.
After searching through most of the Yun Kingdom, Dongchang could only find this small temple called Shiyuan Temple, and found the three monks in front of them who were practicing hard and purifying themselves.
Xiao Cheng looked at the three of them with interest.
The old man, who is in his sixties or seventies, is thin and has a peaceful and calm demeanor. He does not seem to be excited at all to see the current emperor. The younger man, who is only six or seven years old this year, has a confused look on his face.
Only the young monk, as soon as he entered the temple, couldn't wait to kneel down on the ground, bowed to the ground, and said respectfully:
"Monk Liuhuai of Shiyuan Temple, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"
The old monk glanced at Liuhuai without any unnecessary expressions. He also took the young monk to salute together and said:
"Monk Wu Rong (Six Angers) of Shiyuan Temple, pays homage to Your Majesty!"
Xiao Cheng nodded and said with a smile:
"Five honors, six bosoms, haha, that's interesting. Ordinary Buddhist characters are arranged in the order of 'Fu, wisdom, wisdom, enlightenment, and the original circle can be enlightened.' You, a character from Shiyuan Temple, are so unusual!"
The young monk named Liu Huai heard this and couldn't wait to explain:
"Back to Your Majesty, I, Shiyuan Temple, have been arranging the character generations by numbers since the 23rd generation of the abbot, and passed it down to our masters and disciples. It happened to be 'five' and 'six', which made Your Majesty laugh!
"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he waved his hand and said with a smile:
"It's funny but not funny. Using numbers as characters gives it a rather simple feeling."
When the old monk Wurong heard this, he was silent for a moment and then said:
"To be honest with you, your Majesty, our Shiyuan Temple has been living in the remote mountains for a long time and has not cared about secular affairs. Previously, we had many contacts with other temples because of the ancient scriptures hidden in the temple. But when the twenty-third generation abbot was in office, a fire broke out
The collection of scriptures in the temple was burned. Since then, he has had little contact with other temples, and has not been sorted according to Buddhist generations."
"Oh, so that's it!" Xiao Cheng gave him an intriguing look.
This old monk seems to be a bit uncooperative with the implicit meaning behind his words!
Xiao Cheng's eyelids twitched and he said directly:
"Do you know why I want you to come to Beijing?"
Monk Liuhuai's face became anxious, and when he was about to reply, he was overtaken by the old monk Wurong. He only heard the old monk speak:
"Your Majesty, this poor monk didn't understand the reason for the moment. After a fire in our Shiyuan Temple, all the scriptures were lost. The existing scriptures are ordinary scriptures copied by disciples of the past generations. There are only three monks left in the temple. Your Majesty, your Majesty
As the emperor, with just one word, countless eminent monks will lecture you, so you really shouldn't have invited us here."
Xiao Cheng heard this and said in a deep voice:
"I sent people to look for you, so of course I have my own intentions...I won't hide it from you and others. Today, it is a common practice in Buddhism to accept donations from the people, and they are also worshiped by the royal court. In the past, they did not pay taxes, did not perform military service, and many other things. It is really difficult for them to do so.
I’m not happy! Your Shiyuan Temple advocates self-reliance, self-confidence in supporting the Buddha, and hardening oneself through hard work, which I like very much!”
Having said this, Xiao Cheng glanced at the three of them and then said:
"Your Shiyuan Temple has since been renamed Shiyuan Sect. It has become one of the sects of Buddhism. It openly promotes its own ideas and reverses the unhealthy trends in Buddhism today. In addition, I have decided that the next great master of Buddhism will be
From your Shiyuan Sect!"
As soon as these words came out, the old monk Wurong and the young monk Liuhuai were stunned.
Shiyuan Temple has little contact with the outside world, but it does not mean that it has no contact with the outside world. Naturally, it understands the status of the great master of Buddhism.
The old monk Wurong pondered for a moment, and then regained his previous energy. He immediately bent down to salute and refused:
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty! It's just that the classics of Shiyuan Temple are scattered all over the place. Naturally, my cultivation level is not as good as the disciples of other big temples who are familiar with the scriptures. My martial arts is also lost. I have no contact with the Buddhist temples. I am a great master.
, Virtue is not worthy!"
As soon as the old monk Wu Rong said these words, Liu Huai's eyes that had just lit up suddenly dimmed.
When Xiao Cheng heard this, his eyebrows stood up and he scolded in a low voice:
"What kind of virtue is not suitable for you! I personally recognize who it is, and who is the new great master of Buddhism!"
Xiao Cheng saw that the old man was really unwilling and did not force himself, so he turned to look at the young monk and said:
"Liu Huai, are you willing to help me?"
A look of surprise flashed across Monk Liuhuai's face. When he looked at his master's cold eyes, he froze slightly and then said:
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you! Liu Huai's cultivation and martial arts are not enough to convince the Buddhist monks!"
Who wants you to surrender? What you want is dissatisfaction! Only when we are divided and dissatisfied with each other can Buddhism decline!
Xiao Cheng sneered and said:
"I said, whoever is the next Archmage, he must be it!"