"Your Majesty, although Buddhism is not harmful in terms of doctrine, just one point can let Your Majesty and the ministers understand the dangers of Buddhism.”Zhang Liang said.
"First of all, to become a Buddhist, one must sever all ties with the mortal world.”Zhang Liang said.
"Mortal fate?" Eldest Young Master Fu Su asked.
"It's Mortal Destiny." Zhang Liang looked at the gentle and refined Fu Su and said," Buddhism pays attention to jumping out of the mortal world and not being tainted by any worldly fate.”
"The so-called mortal relationships refer to the various complicated interpersonal relationships in society, including parents, wives, children, and so on. Ordinary people were unable to abandon the complicated kinship and other relationships mentioned above. Only when the worldly ties were over could one become a monk. After becoming a monk, there would only be simple and ordinary relationships.”
"Isn't this abandoning his wife and son?" Fu Su said in astonishment.
"Exactly." Zhang Liang said.
"Isn't this disregarding human relations?"
"This is really an animal. No, even animals are better than Buddhism. A lamb knows the kindness of kneeling and feeding, and a crow knows the kindness of feeding back. This Buddhist Sect actually did this. This, this, this was really not a person's son.”The ministers discussed animatedly.
Zhang Liang's reaction to the ministers was still within his expectations. He did not feel anything. In his previous life on Earth, he could not stand some things about Buddhism anymore. Moreover, this was only the beginning.
"That's right. Let's not talk about anything else. Just by joining Buddhism, you will abandon all worldly ties and will not be able to marry and have children. In this way, there will be no more newborns in the entire country.”Zhang Liang continued.
"What? If Buddhism is brought to Great Qin, there might not be anyone left in Great Qin in 20 to 30 years.”Prime Minister Li Si said.
"This is still the least affected.”Zhang Liang said.
"What is it? And this is the least affected?" Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng said.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Because after joining Buddhism, the worldly fate had already dissipated, and the past had already dissipated, so the things in the worldly fate were no longer related to Buddhists.”Zhang Liang explained nervously.
"Wait a minute, Zhang Liang, is there something you haven't said?”Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, asked when he saw Zhang Liang's expression.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I'm afraid that what I'm about to say might anger His Majesty and the ministers, and they might massacre the Buddhists during the expedition to the Peacock Empire.”Zhang Liang lowered his head and said.
"Oh? Massacre? Could it be that this Buddhist Sect had astonishing martial strength? Or are they gathering troops?" Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng said.
"There might be some monks gathered to protect the temple, but there shouldn't be many of them. It's not like they're going to massacre the Buddhist Sect because of this.”Zhang Liang said.
"Then why?" Qin Shi Huang asked.
" I said before that joining Buddhism is to get rid of all worldly ties. In other words, everything before joining Buddhism is no longer related to you. The country's corvee has nothing to do with Buddhists..." Zhang Liang said.
"What is it? It didn't even matter if it was the country's corvee? How could Buddhism have such power?”Prime Minister Li Si said.
"Even though Buddhism says that it's because they've already left the mortal world, it's actually because the founder of Buddhism was a prince of the Peacock Empire. His status is equivalent to Great Qin's Young Master Fusu, so the Buddhists have a lot of power.”Zhang Liang said.
" This…" Prime Minister Li Si did not say anything else after hearing this. After all, it was a sect founded by the heir of the empire. Would a small local official like him dare to investigate it?
" At the same time, joining Buddhism is also to get rid of all worldly ties. Therefore, in order to increase the number of Buddhists, Buddhism has a saying,'Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot.' It was precisely because of this that many robbers and criminals who had killed people joined Buddhism in order to avoid the government's responsibility. However, you have to think about these people who had killed people and committed crimes. If such people joined Buddhism, you can think about what kind of people Buddhists are.”Zhang Liang said.
"At the same time, Buddhism pays attention to golden Buddha statues. The Buddha statues worshiped in the temples are all made of gold.”
"As for why Buddhism has so much gold? A portion of the gold was the believers 'money, but most of it was because each temple had a large amount of land. These lands did not have to pay taxes. Buddhists rented these lands to ordinary people for farming, but the remuneration was extremely low. They even used the believers' belief in Buddhism to let the believers farm for free.”Zhang Liang said.
"Wait a minute, Zhang Liang, you just said that Buddhist land doesn't have to pay taxes. Why is that?”Qin Shi Huang asked.
"Everything is still the same. Join Buddhism and all worldly affairs will be over. The matters of the mortal world have nothing to do with Buddhism.”Zhang Liang said.
"What is it? How could such a thing be treated with the words "mortal fate is over"?”Prime Minister Li Si said.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I have some stories about Buddhism, so you may understand why I say that Buddhism is a place where men steal and women prostitute.”Zhang Liang persuaded.
"Oh, what you said just now doesn't count?”Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng said.
"Yes, it doesn't count. Compared to these, the stories just now were considered light, but this story was a little long. This commoner could only tell some special cases first to let His Majesty and the ministers see Buddhism clearly. In the future, he would write down all the stories and present them to His Majesty.”Zhang Liang said.
"Mm, that's good too. Then tell me. I want to see how Buddhism works.”Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng said.
" Let's talk about the Kingdom of Lion Camel in the story first…" That's right, the story that Zhang Liang was talking about was the later generation's Journey to the West.
When he was young, he only saw the hardships of the Tang Monk and his disciples when he read Journey to the West, but now he understood that Buddhism was a cruel and merciless act.
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