Farmer’s Blessed Girl

"So why is it so hard to worship one's own beliefs?" Bai Shan said, "I heard that the monks in Huguo Temple rent the Buddhist fields to the common people to cultivate, but they don't cultivate themselves, and they are monks, so they don't have to pay taxes. That is to say, everything they drink and peck is the offering of the believers, and whatever their own food and clothing reduce suffering, those things are not for them, but for the bodhisattvas behind them."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and said, "Aren't they the incarnation of the Bodhisattva in this world?"

"Then there are too many incarnations, is it not certain?" Bai Shan asked: "Your Majesty can't tell whether they are incarnations or not, then there are so many stupid people in this world, how can they distinguish them? If not incarnations , How does Your Majesty know that they are doing the Bodhisattva's decree?"

The emperor came back to his senses and looked at the two of them suspiciously, "You don't like Buddha, but more like Tao?"

Bai Shan and Man Bao shook their heads together.

Man Bao said: "Although I read a lot of Taoist scriptures, it's not that I don't read Buddhist scriptures."

It is even more impossible for Bai Shan to admit it, otherwise it will become a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, which is not his original intention, he said: "Your Majesty, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, they are the same as Confucianism, Legalism and Mohism, but they are only fighting against the world. It is just a cognition of the reason why people are human. Ordinary people can make a family of words, such as Confucianism, although they read the words of a hundred schools of thought, but they respect Confucianism more; , but he believes more in Legalism; while our husband is more inclined towards Taoism."

"But Your Majesty is different. You are the leader of all people. The people of the world will only follow your beliefs. You believe in Buddhism, so Buddhist temples are flourishing, and Huguo Temple has become the largest temple in the world. This is not right."

The emperor said angrily, "I don't even have my own preferences for co-authoring until the end?"

Bai Shan knew that he would not do anything to him, so he said bluntly: "Who made you an emperor, and you still want to be a Ming Jun for the ages? If you want to gain something, you must give something."

The emperor frowned.

Man Bao looked puzzled, "What's so difficult about this, anyway, there are no gods and Buddhas in this world. If someone tells me that I want to be the number one doctor in the ages, I can't worship Taishang Laojun with great fanfare. You must worship without knowing, Your Majesty, if you really like Bodhisattva, you can worship quietly in your own room."

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The emperor asked angrily, "How do you know that there are no gods and Buddhas in the world?"

Man Bao asked, "Even if there is, what can God and Buddha do for us?"

She said: "The suffering in this world has never stopped. The road requires the common people to walk out one foot at a time. Gods and Buddhas cannot move forward on our behalf, so it makes no difference whether we have or not? As long as we do not forget the aspirations of our ancestors, we will Can."

Man Bao has seen the history books of that world from the Encyclopedia. The development of history never depends on theology, but requires people to develop little by little.

Either in the form of war, or in other forms of competition, no miracles have ever been seen.

Bai Shan has read most of the books that Man Bao brought out of the space. He used to regard those books as bizarre stories, but the more he read, the more he thought about them.

Sometimes he couldn't help but quietly ask Man Bao, "Why does the book that Uncle Zhou brought us tells us not to believe in ghosts and gods?"

Man Bao was entangled, and Bai Shan found out the reason, "Because there are few ghosts and gods in the world, or because ghosts and gods can't actually affect mortals?"

"Yes," Bai Shan said to himself: "If ghosts and gods can affect our world, how could the King of Yizhou still be safe after he has harmed so many people, and we have to report to the imperial court to expose him before he can be punished."

Moreover, he has grown so big, except for Zhou Xiaoshu, he has never seen a second ghost.

Moreover, as such a powerful ghost, Uncle Zhou seems to be unable to affect the third person other than talking to Man Bao, let alone him, even the rest of the old Zhou family can't see or feel him.

Therefore, Bai Shan's words at this time are still very confident. He hopes that the emperor can not show his likes and dislikes, and not pursue Buddhism.

The emperor was not very happy, so he turned his head and said to the prince: "Did you hear that, as a king, don't have your own likes and dislikes. You don't have to go hunting. I heard people say that you still want the southern kingdom to bring you elephants?"

The crown prince suffered a disaster. He turned his head and glanced at Bai Shan and Zhou Man before saying, "I heard that the elephant soldiers of the Nanman are very powerful, so I want to see how majestic the elephant is and how it compares to a thousand miles of horses." The emperor snorted. Said: "It costs a lot to get an elephant from Nanman to Beijing. How can you do such extravagant things as a prince, and you are not allowed to send someone there."

Zhao Guogong and others immediately opened the topic when they saw it, "Aren't we talking about disaster relief?"

The emperor didn't want to go to Huguo Temple anymore, so he lost his temper and said: "Let the magistrates of Chang'an County and Wannian County do it, let the state treasury, forget it, let's get it out of the private treasury, just take it as Pray for the little prince."

He is a little depressed now, and he doesn't want to see those ministers again for the time being.

Zhao Guogong and Pi Guogong breathed a sigh of relief, and then expressed their willingness to follow His Majesty, and directly promised nine hundred stone grains to come out to pray for the little emperor's grandson. Naturally, they had to take an auspicious number.

Seeing that the topic was pulled away, the prince quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then glared at Bai Shan and Zhou Man secretly.

Man Bao and Bai Shan felt that the two princes were really rich.

The emperor felt the same way, so he exhaled and became happy again.

After eating and drinking, the concubine had already carried the child back to the house. The prince sent his uncle and father-in-law's family out, and only then did he come back to send his father away.

The emperor did not move, but asked the fifth prince to lead Mingda Changyu to send the queen back to Taiji Hall first.

Man Bao and Bai Shan, who were also left behind, stood in the corner with their little heads lowered, as if they had done something wrong.

The emperor sat at the desk and wrote and drew. After writing a letter for his newborn grandson, he raised his eyes and looked at the two of them. He felt that they had enough to dry, so he put down his pen and said, "Come forward."

The two stepped forward together.

The emperor asked, "Do you know what's wrong?"

Man Bao grabbed his fingers and said, "I know, we shouldn't mention these things at this time. Today, I'm going to wash up the third for the little emperor's grandson, which will spoil the fun."

The emperor nodded slightly.

Bai Shan added: "We shouldn't deny your majesty. Even if we give advice, we should talk about it privately afterwards, and we shouldn't tell your majesty in front of everyone."

The emperor nodded slightly, satisfied, feeling that his face was enough, he turned his head and asked the prince who had returned after seeing the people, "I heard that there were no two people in your palace last night?"

The smile on the prince's face stopped, and then he lowered his head to report: "Yes, there are no two servants."

He explained: "The night the Crown Princess launched, Zhou Man's needle bag was moved."

The expression on the emperor's face was also put away, and he asked, "Have you found the mastermind behind the scenes?"

"No."

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Let Yin Li investigate the matter. Jingzhao Mansion is better than you."

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