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Chapter 109 Burning the scriptures and debating

Wen Fei smiled and said, "During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming of Han dreamed of Jin people at night and sent people to the Western Regions to welcome two eminent monks Kashyapa Moteng and Zhu Falan to China. The Camel passes through the White Horse Temple was the beginning of the Buddhist teachings in the Han area.

Kashyapa Moteng and Zhu Falan came to Mount Wutai from Luoyang. They wanted to build a temple here, but because Mount Wutai was a Taoist base at that time, they were quite excluded, so they reported to Emperor Ming of Han. In order to distinguish the pros and cons of Buddhism and Taoism, the Han court asked monks and Taoist priests to perform, explain and verify, so the two parties reached an agreement to burn the sutras. In order to distinguish the authenticity of the sutras, all the Taoist sutras were burned, but the Buddhist sutras were intact... Hehe, today is a grand event, and so many monks from Mount Wutai are there. Why don't we burn the sutras again and see who is the false Dharma and who is the true Dharma!"

Lin Lingsu shouted loudly. He just found that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and he felt a little regretful, and insisted on forcing Monk Congyue to death. However, Wen Fei's move was like a sudden rise of a strange peak, which immediately attracted everyone's attention!

What Wen Fei said was the history of Buddhism flowing into China. These people were familiar with history books and naturally knew. Now Wen Fei was going to burn scriptures with the monks from Mount Wutai to repeat the scene of the East-spreading of Buddhism in the Han Dynasty, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Even some books read a lot, they were thinking in their hearts that it is said that Kashyapa Moteng and Zhu Falan brought fire cloth from the Western Regions and wrote scriptures with them, so they were burned into the fire and burned. During the Han Dynasty, people had not seen much of this thing, so they could naturally fool people.

But during the Zhezong Dynasty, I first got seven inches of fire-washing cloth... It is probably like the kapok cloth that is now slightly green. It is white in the fire and is not a rat hair! If you want to fool people with this, it may not be easy.

Seeing Wen Fei's words so sure, these monks knew that Wen Fei had prepared for a long time, and they were all unsure and did not dare to agree.

When Zhao Ji heard this, he was overjoyed and smiled and said, "Okay, okay. Father Shang said this is exactly what I want!" He was the emperor, and as soon as the words of the monks opened, no matter how unwilling the monks could only respond.

At this moment, Wen Fei asked someone to take the scriptures from Shangfu's house and flip them around them casually. Then he handed them to Song Huizong to see. It was just a very ordinary scripture such as "Tao Te Ching", "Southern Hua Sutra" and "Sacrifice of People". But I don't know what paper to print it out. It was white and smooth, and it felt very good to touch. It was lighter and softer than the best Chengxintang paper recognized by the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chengxintang paper made in Shezhou has always been recognized as the best paper. This paper is "slim as spring water, as fine as silkworm cocoons, tougher than Shu paper, brighter than Yancun". This kind of paper can be made of fifty feet per piece, and it is as thin as one from the head to the end.

This is the minimum standard for making paper in modern times. You can buy some paper on the street at this level. Zhao Ji is a person who loves calligraphy and painting, so he naturally has research on paper. When he saw this scripture, he sighed and said, "This is what Shangfu brought from heaven. If you think of these immortal scriptures, you will naturally not be afraid of fire!"

The fire cloth is made of asbestos fibers, and it goes without saying that it naturally cannot achieve this feel and lightness...

A large copper furnace had long been born and ignited the raging flames. Song Huizong directly threw the scriptures into the fire. Although he was hesitant to prepare mentally, he saw that the scriptures in the flames did not change at all.

Wen Fei took the glass lightly and took a sip of the wine from Xixia Royal, seemingly not caring. In fact, he was very proud of it. Wen Fei had been planning this scene for a long time. He specially found a manufacturer that produced special paper and customized some paper made of new nanomaterials. He was really invincible. For these few books, Wen Fei spent at least millions.

As expected, the monks were thrown into the copper furnace and were immediately lit by a raging fire. In an instant, they were burned to black and gray. Are the monks' faces extremely pale as paper!

Wen Fei stood up: "I'm tired, Your Majesty, I'm going back to rest!"

Zhao Ji quickly stood up and said, "Father Shang walked slowly!"

Those ministers were all changing their ways when they saw the wind. Wen Fei walked away with the might of great victory. The ministers quickly stood up and said, "Greatly send him off to Shangfu!"

Wen Fei shook his sleeves, feeling proud. Sure enough, he heard Zhao Ji behind him and shouted: "These monks are really useless except for cheating. They are all of them. Take them down, tattoo them on their faces, parade in the streets, and order the destruction of the Buddha Temple in the world..."

Lin Lingsu and others chased after him and said with a smile: "Junior brother, I admire you more and more. The skill of seizing the opportunity is really great. When you wave your sleeves like this, the official will naturally give you an explanation!"

Chen Niwan said, "This matter is not that simple, and the Buddhist sect has a great power. This time they were just caught off guard. After a few days of reaction, they will definitely not be so easy to deal with. Looking at history, the Three Martial Arts and One Sect destroyed the Buddha in the end, but they still supported it. On the other hand, the several dynasties that destroyed the Buddha were all backfired by the Buddhist sect, and in the end... alas!"

Chen Niwan also said: "Yes, these monks have great potential. When they become really troublesome, they can't bear it even today. Besides, the empress dowagers and concubines in the palace also believe in Buddhism!" Chen Niwan didn't understand it very clearly, but everyone understands that if the pillows are blown for a long time, I'm afraid the government will change its mind.

In short, what Chen Niwan was worried about was that the potential power of Buddhism was too great to be able to compete with, and offending them was quite unwise.

In history, Lin Lingsu destroyed Buddhism for less than a year, and was ordered to recover by Zhao Ji. Lin Lingsu was also driven back to his hometown!

Wen Fei smiled and said, "I have considered these things for a long time. The potential power of Buddhism is naturally extremely great. It is difficult to eliminate their power. However, in fact, I have never thought about destroying Buddhism, which is unlikely!"

Lin Lingsu frowned and said, "Junior brother, what do you mean?"

There are hundreds of thousands of Buddhist monks, but there are probably no less than tens of millions of believers. Such a huge force is simply impossible to eliminate.

Wen Fei said: "In fact, Mahayana Buddhism has been introduced to our Middle Earth for thousands of years and has been integrated into Middle Earth, which is very different from the Indian Buddhism. Especially Zen Buddhism, it has a great relationship with our Taoist sect, and it can be said that it has been completely Middle Earth!"

So what happens? There are so many believers in the world. With more Buddhists, fewer believers. To put it bluntly, the contradiction between Buddhism and Taoism, or the contradiction in interests, developed into the Northern Song Dynasty, the contradiction in faith has become smaller and smaller. Almost all schools advocate the unity of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism!

The normal state of a certain dynasty in later generations was independent missionary preaching, and the people of their own country believed in their own religion.
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