When the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and his party arrived in Lanzhou, Wang Jianping also prepared the army to protect the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha. This time, he sent the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and his party to Qingdao, and the Northwest Military Region decided to let them travel by car.

Although there is no railway in the northwest yet, the East China Government has repaired the Qing government’s official roads in the past, re-compacted and filled the uneven places on the official roads, and widened them. The sections of roads with severe damage were rebuilt and bridges on the rivers were reinforced. Therefore, cars can basically pass between major cities in the northwest region. At this time, more than 30% of the northwest material transportation was completed by cars, which not only improved the efficiency of transportation, but also saved a lot of transportation costs.

This time, the Northwest Military Region arranged a total of 16 cars to transport the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha, one of which was arranged separately for the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha. The car was arranged in the style of the old time and space RV, with bathrooms, bedrooms, and living rooms. Although the area is not large, it has complete functions. In addition to the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha, there are two beds for the waiting people to serve the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha. The other monks and waiters took 4 cars and one car was shipped to transport the large luggage items they accompanied.

The army responsible for escorting the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and his troop was a motorcycle company with 4 soldier transport vehicles, and was equipped with two light-wheeled armored vehicles, one Buji and one repair tool vehicle. This is considered that the performance of the car is not stable enough and the logistics support capacity along the way is insufficient, so a repair tool vehicle must be brought.

Finally, there were two dining carts, one for the escort army, and the other for the preparation of the seventh generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and his party, because they were all monks and could only eat vegetarian food, so they had to be separated.

This arrangement is very comprehensive. Although there is only one company of military guards, the journey of this journey is within the jurisdiction of the East China Government, and the public security situation is generally good. There are also two light armored vehicles to press the formation, so the safety is absolutely guaranteed.

The Northwest Military Region's arrangements naturally had no objection to the Seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia, so he rested in Lanzhou for two days, and the group got into a car and headed east.

The seventh-generation Living Buddha and the monks were all the first time to ride a car, so they were all very novel. Because they were the seventh-generation Living Buddha. Because they had a separate special car, they looked around and touched everything after getting on the car, and felt everything was fresh. Only when the driver reminded him to sit down, he was buckled with his seat belt, and then he sat down honestly. After the car started, the seventh-generation Living Buddha was even more amazed. Although the car was not fast at this time, the high speed was only 30 kilometers per hour, and the average speed was only about 20 kilometers per hour, it was better than long force. No matter how long the car drove, it could basically keep the speed unchanged. Not only was it much faster than the carriage, but it was not even comparable to riding a horse. After all, horses could not run at high speed for a long time. Although the car was very turbulent when driving, the degree of the wave was not as good as the carriage or the horse, so this was nothing.

In order to take care of the 7th-generation Living Buddha and his group, the car usually drives for about 2 hours and will stop and rest for a while to get off the car and make it easier. After all, only the 7th-generation Living Buddha has a bathroom on the car, and other vehicles do not have such good conditions.

Although the car is not fast, it can drive for at least 10 hours a day, and sometimes even 12 hours a day. Therefore, it can travel at least 150 kilometers at a day. In this era, this speed is quite fast, just a little slower than a train. If it is to ride a car or ride a horse, it will not be able to even walk 50 kilometers at a day.

The group set off from Lanzhou and arrived in Xi'an in just 4 days. In the past, this trip usually took about 15 days.

Xi'an is also a place where Buddhism flourishes. The famous temples include Qinglong Temple, Xingjiao Temple, Dacien Temple, Daxingshan Temple, Sanyang Temple, etc., as well as Guangren Temple, which belongs to Tibetan Buddhism. This also includes several living Buddhas, as well as the great lamas in the northwest and Kangzang area who came to Beijing to worship and passed by the palaces in Shaanxi. Therefore, after the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha and his group arrived in Xi'an, they did not make any statement and lived in Guangren Temple.

Although the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha was very low-key, and after arriving in Xi'an, there was no publicity or stage to preach and interpret the scriptures, the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha went east to worship the court, which is not a trivial matter in the religious circle. After all, the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha was different. He was not only one of the four major living Buddhas conferred by the Qing court, but also the title of a great master. Therefore, the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha defected to the East China Government, which is itself a major event in the religious world. Therefore, the host monks from major temples in Xi'an came to Guangren Temple to visit the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha.

After all, the monks were all the host monks of major temples, and many of them were still Taoist monks. Naturally, the seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia could not refuse, so he received the monks in a side hall in Guangren Temple. He also apologized to the monks repeatedly, saying that he had only passed by Xi'an this time and did not want to alarm everyone, so he kept everything simple and asked the monks to understand.

The monks of other temples were able to understand the reason why the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha did not want to be high-profile. Of course, they visited the seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha, and did not discuss any Buddhist scriptures with him, and also tested the purpose of his trip to the east to the ritual court.

In fact, after thousands of years of baptism of political struggle, China's religions, mainly Buddhism and Taoism, have developed a way of survival. First, do not participate too deeply in politics, but cannot be completely isolated from politics. In politics, we must also maintain the transcendent identity of religion and take root among the people; secondly, we must always stand on the side of the winner, and never take sides easily before the winner is decided. If the winner is divided by oneself, or the overall situation is determined, we must immediately stand on the side of the winner and ignore the identity of the winner.

All Chinese dynasties are generally tolerant of religion. After all, every new dynasty wants to prove that it is the destiny of heaven, and religion is undoubtedly the best tool. Therefore, after the founding of the new dynasty, major religious celebrations will be held, and both Buddhism and Taoism will be closely linked together to stage a good show of the establishment of a new dynasty and being ordered by heaven. Then, in the new dynasty, it will continue to maintain its transcendent status as a foreign person, and rely on the deep foundation of the people to be invincible. Even if it encounters the full entry of foreign churches and the huge impact of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Buddhist and Taoism religions can still stand firm.

However, the East China Government was in power and publicly claimed that it was an atheist, and in terms of education, it focused on natural science. It not only completely abandoned the religious theology of strange powers and chaos, but also used natural scientific knowledge to explain many natural phenomena. This was almost like a blow to the Buddhist and Taoist religions. At the same time, the East China Government issued an office to "Religious Law" to have extremely strict restrictions and management on religion. It registered and issued new documents, and the power to issue certificates was taken to the government. It prohibited the temple and temple temples and temples from purchasing their own properties, and the land was confiscated. The industries of temples and temples could only be restricted within temples and temples, and there were no more industries. At the same time, religious activities were also restricted. All religious behaviors could only be carried out in religious places and were never allowed to exceed the scope.

In fact, Taoism and Buddhism have a deep foundation among the Chinese people. Although it has suffered a significant impact, it can still hold on. However, Christianity, which has been introduced to China from abroad, has been a devastating blow. Although Western churches have relied on the powers of the great powers to develop rapidly in China and expanded rapidly, and the limelight has even surpassed Buddhism and Taoism, but after all, the foundation is not deep. Moreover, after the East China Government came to power, the great powers lost their power, and the Western churches also lost their greatest reliance. The religious policy of the East China Government has made Western churches in China, because they are almost in the ruling area of ​​the East China Government. Therefore, many churches simply gave up the foundation of the East China Government and fled to the south to seek development.

However, although it can still be supported, both Buddhism and Taoism were anxious. After all, there was not an incident in Chinese history that targeted the crackdown on Buddhism and Taoism. The most famous one was that Emperor Wuzong of Tang destroyed Buddhism. What if the East China Government was the same? Because Shaanxi was not ruled by the East China Government for a long time, the religious community in Shaanxi still had some ideas at this time. Of course, they did not dare to resist the East China Government, but just hoped that the East China Government could open up the Internet and relax the restrictions on the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism a little.

At this time, the seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia joined the East China Government and went east to the ritual ceremony and passed through Xi'an. So the monks from all the major temples in Xi'an came to visit, and they could easily explore the mouths of the seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia. Although they also knew that the seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia had just joined the East China Government and could not know much about it, but his identity was different from other monks after all, and the seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia also had a deeper understanding of politics than other monks. Therefore, it is better to listen to the suggestions of the seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia, and you can also ask the seventh-generation Living Buddha Zhangjia to explore the attitude of the East China Government after he arrived in Qingdao.
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