On Shaoshi Mountain, the monks rang the bronze bell.

The bells were melodious and spread throughout the mountain gate.

The monks, the purses and the tenants in the temple were ordered to gather, and many good men and women who were burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the temple, saw such great actions, they all gathered to watch.

Abbot Daoxin specially changed into a purple gold cassock given by the emperor.

In front of the Main Hall, the monks were a little nervous. The monk Wuxin was only twelve years old, but his eyes were more focused on Senior Brother Xu who was wearing a flying fish suit and wearing a thousand-magic sword.

The abbot spoke on it, read out the emperor's decree, and then announced the exam, which was handed over to the presidency of Zhao Tongshi's housekeeper.

Zhao Sheren's exam is also simple. First, the registration is announced. Each person goes forward to register his name, age, hometown, and whether his parents are still there, how many brothers there are at home, how old are they from the mountain to become a monk, why do they become a monk, etc.

Wuxin lined up in front of him with some anxiety and sat in front of the case to answer the questions.

"Name?"

"Not mind."

"Strange name?"

"Wang Bao Spear."

"Where is my hometown, how old is I to become a monk, why did I become a monk? My parents are still alive, and how many brothers are there?" A series of questions were thrown out.

Wuxin scratched his hair, "My hometown is Xiangguo County, Hebei. My parents are still here, and there are two brothers. When I was six years old, I came to become a lay disciple and learned martial arts. I have been studying here for six years. I have not yet been able to make a wooden lane and pass the Eighteen Arhat Formation, so I cannot go down the mountain."

Leslie disciples are also a feature of Shaolin Temple. Shaolin emphasizes Zen. For young monks, in addition to meditation, they also practice martial arts to calm their minds and nature, and to enter into meditation. At the same time, they can strengthen their bodies and prolong their lives. However, practicing martial arts is only a last skill.

Because Shaolin also has a large industry, there are many lay disciples who are specially summoned. They do not need to be monks like formal monks, but can cultivate their hair and practice. These people practice martial arts and become monks. After their martial arts are successful, they will open up the Wooden Lane and calculate their masters through the Eighteen Arhat Formation.

Then some monks would go down the mountain to go home, and more would stay on the mountain or go down the mountain to manage the temple's farmland quality warehouse, etc.

Every year, the temple will send monks from the DAMO Academy to various places to find children with good qualifications and talents, and take them back to the temple. Baojian was attracted to when he was six years old. At that time, his family was poor and had six or seven children. The family could not raise so many children, so the parents collected a few stagnant of the monks and took the children to Shaolin.

This has been six years.

Although he is a lay disciple, he is actually no different from a monk. He doesn’t have to shave his hair, but he still has a Dharma name and must abide by the precepts.

A clerk wrote down these words while writing a pen, while Zhao Sheren also held a pen next to him. He wrote a line of words on his scroll, "Wuxin, commonly known as Wang Baoshang, twelve years old, lay disciple, his parents are still there, and two brothers. After writing, he added a sentence later, although there are three children in the family, but they are under fourteen years old and do not meet the orphanage conditions for the exam, so he directly ordered him to return to his hometown and return home."

"Abbot, Wuxin does not meet the conditions and needs to arrange for him to go home directly."

According to the latest monks and Taoist management rules of the court, not everyone can become a monk. First of all, those under the age of fourteen and over the age of twenty-one are not allowed to become monks. Because the court believes that under the age of fourteen and are too young, they do not have the ability to make decisions at all, and over the age of twenty-one are born, and if they become monks, the court will lose a young and strong labor.

In this case, in the newly issued laws, whether monks or Taoists, the age of becoming a monk is limited to between fourteen and twenty-one years old, and only at this age can one be allowed to become a monk.

As for nuns and female doctrines, it is even more stipulated that women under the age of 40 are prohibited from becoming monks, and no matter what the situation is, it is actually the same as the Han Dynasty letting girls in their teens get married. They are all for the sake of population, and at the same time, they also avoid too many women becoming monks, resulting in bad social atmosphere.

The abbot reached out and patted Wuxin's shoulder, "Wuxin, from today on, you can come out of the mountain."

"Next!"

Wuxin stood up in a daze and walked aside.

A thin bald head came forward behind him. He called himself Huizhi, a formal disciple who had been ordained. He was 32 years old this year.

Zhao Sheren looked through the files in the temple and found that Huizhi had been a monk in Shaolin for three years. He was a bandit before and later went up the mountain to become a monk.

After writing down his name and other information, Zhao Sheren said to the abbot, "This person was once a bandit. He was prohibited from becoming a monk by following the laws and regulations. He had to return to secular life and was not qualified to participate in the exam ordination!"

The abbot nodded, "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot. Huizhi has no relatives in the world. How about letting him stay?"

"The law and the king's law cannot be violated!"

Daoxin was still a little hesitant. At this time, Zhao Sheren told him that although Huizhi had no relatives, the court would no longer pursue his previous crimes of bandits, but would ask him to re-register and grant land and divide land.

Huizhi sat there uneasyly, even her legs trembling.

During the Sui Dynasty, he was forced to be a thief, his hands were stained with blood, and he did many sins. It was because he felt deeply guilty and after his defeat and fleeing, he chose to go up the mountain to become a monk.

Now I have to go down the mountain and be full of unknowns and fears about the future.

"Please take this and wait for Your Highness over there." The clerk handed him a wooden sign.

Another person came up and after routine inquiry, he still did not meet the requirements of becoming a monk, because through the inquiry, he learned that there was an old mother in his family. He originally had two brothers, but the elder brother also died during the war. Now his mother is at home without anyone to support him.

"The abbot still has the rules and regulations. Although monks and Taoists are monks and Taoists, they also need to worship their parents and have the responsibility of supporting their relatives and filial piety. They must not abandon etiquette for paganism and abandon their relatives and destroy their ties. Therefore, there is a regulation that only three family members can choose to become monks. Now Hui'an's father and brother are not in the war. There is only one old mother in the family, and he needs to go back to support him, so he needs to return to secular life and go down the mountain."

Hui'an has been on the mountain for more than ten years and has become accustomed to it. I heard that I wanted to let myself go down the mountain, and I felt very frightened.

"Abbot, I don't want to go down the mountain."

The abbot comforted him and said, "There is a Buddha in his heart, and there are Buddhist temples everywhere. If you respect your parents, your parents are the greatest Buddhas." Daoxin said something completely different from many Buddhist sects nowadays. Other sects emphasize being born, and they want to abandon everything from the original ones, but Daoxin believes that the Buddha sees the original heart.

Therefore, there are Shaolin monks and lay disciples. Now he also supports the court to let Hui'an go home to support his mother.

"My parents are the greatest Buddhas! This sentence is well said, and I will definitely report to Your Majesty after I return to the capital!" Zhao Sheren praised it very much. This sentence is really great wisdom.

After the first round of registration and inquiries, half of the hundreds of monks did not meet the requirements for becoming a monk and were directly asked to go down the mountain to return home. Hundreds of other monks and lay disciples were directly asked to go down the mountain.
Chapter completed!