Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Xuanzang was silent there, and Li Ke did not speak, and the atmosphere between the two was a little delicate for a while.

After a while, Xuanzang said: "Your Highness, I admit that Buddhism is not omnipotent. Whether it can save all sentient beings, whether the people can live and work in peace and contentment requires many efforts. The poor monk is not a saint, nor a Buddha. He is just an ordinary monk. Just trying to do the best I can.”

Li Ke nodded: "I believe this statement, but master, you can obviously do better, or simply put, you can do more useful things."

Xuanzang was a little helpless. The Tang Dynasty did not lack famous ministers, nor did it lack those who were more capable than him. He may be relatively excellent in a certain aspect, but in fact he felt that he was just an ordinary monk, and he was not worthy of such an invitation from His Highness.

"The more useful thing His Highness said is to use Buddhism as a tool for rulers?" Xuanzang paused for a moment before directly speaking.

"If necessary, it must be." Li Ke said lightly, "Since the master came to Tianzhu and learned the characters and language of Tianzhu, the master should also know more about the history of Tianzhu, not to mention the history, Buddhism After the birth of the founder Shakyamuni, the master of history, you should know."

"But in fact, from the birth of Sakyamuni to the present, have the people on this land lived and worked in peace and contentment? No, no, they are not even better off than the people in the Central Plains."

"I don't reject Buddhism. To be precise, whether it's Buddhism, Taoism, or Hinduism in the current Shari Dynasty, the true bishops that just appeared in the Arab region are actually just related to philosophy. It's just the continuous development of intelligent creatures like humans. In the process, pursue wisdom, be good at thinking, and then sum up some auxiliary disciplines generated by oneself, that’s all.”

"Sects are just a way for many scholars to yearn for a better life, and then endow it with something that is unattainable in reality, and use gods, Buddhas, and immortals to entrust their beliefs."

"Having faith is a good thing, it can make people more motivated, but if you think that faith can solve everything, it is nonsense."

"Master is a Buddhist. Let me tell you first. I don't understand Buddhism, and I am not proficient in Buddhism. According to hearsay, Buddhism emphasizes no desire and no desire, and all four things are empty. But as an intelligent creature, do you think someone can really do this?" One point? Human beings are a kind of life, and life has absolute basic demands, such as eating, drinking, and sleeping. Eating is not a kind of desire. I will put you in the endless desert for three days and three nights without eating or drinking. Then I will put delicacies and fresh water in front of you, Master, can you bear it?"

"This kind of desire is the instinctive demand of the human body. It is a demand issued by the human body in order to survive. It is the same as the law of the jungle in nature. How difficult is it to eliminate such a desire?"

"Maybe there are people who can do it, but for those who can do it, it's a big deal if only one person comes out in thousands of years. Master, can you still expect Buddhism to make everyone in the world have no desires and no desires, and the four things are all empty?"

Xuanzang was silent. The King of Qin in front of him did not teach him Buddhism, but he told him the almost irrefutable truth from the most fundamental point of view of human nature. In the written history, almost everything His Highness said is correct.

"Let's go back to the fact that the four elements are all empty, and there is no desire or desire. Of course, once again, I don't know if this is a Buddhist idea. But as far as I know, it seems to be. Let's talk about this idea. This idea itself is right. Is it?"

"If it is right, then master, let me ask you, the four elements are all empty, and there is no desire or desire. How can the people grow more food, how to fill their stomachs, how to wear better clothes, and take care of a better life? Whether it is Farmers continue to use various means to increase food production, or to find more spices, more types of food that can be used, or craftsmen to develop better weaving methods and wear better clothes. These are all desires. It’s all asking for something.”

"But their ultimate purpose is indeed good. If everyone really achieves no desires and no desires, and all four things are empty, is this still contradictory? As far as I know, many Buddhist temples want to use gold to build golden bodies for Buddhas. Plating a layer, why not use yellow clay? Is this a desire for expression? Is it a desire?"

"If you have to say that all four things are empty, and you have no desires or desires, I think the most suitable ones are some primitive tribes I found on Nanyang Island. They don't understand anything, have no culture, and have nothing. What they know is to find Food to survive, and then reproduce with the same kind of mother. This is the most basic need, but this is the closest to your Buddhist philosophy, and the least desire."

Li Ke picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea before stopping his words.

After a long time, Xuanzang gave a wry smile, and then he made a Buddhist salute, proclaimed the Buddha's name and said, "Your Highness is wise, even a poor monk has traveled thousands of miles, read thousands of books, and seen thousands of people in the world, but His Highness really The person who lives the most transparently and sees the problems most thoroughly, if His Highness studies Buddhism, he will definitely become a master that has never existed in the ages."

"Well, you are right about this point. If I am willing, after my death, someone in the future will definitely confer Buddha on me." Li Ke was not at all modest, and nodded with a flat expression.

Xuanzang nodded, "What the poor monk has learned is not enough to discuss the principles of the world with His Highness. When the poor monk finishes learning here, he may realize something in the future. It's not certain."

"It's nothing. After all, you have traveled tens of thousands of miles and walked for several years to get here. It seems a bit unreasonable to just give up." Li Ke nodded with a smile.

Xuanzang also gave a wry smile, Your Highness, you are implying that I have an obsession, right?But...he couldn't deny it, because he was human after all.

"Well, since you are studying, Master, you also need to read. I have a book here, why don't you read it together?" Li Ke said with a smile.

Xuanzang was a little curious, telling him what kind of books could be published by so many highnesses? "I don't know what book it is?"

"It's called Das Kapital, master, let's take a look." Li Ke smiled, and then clapped his hands.The maids who had been standing behind them quickly turned around and returned to the cabin, and soon several maids took out a set of twenty thick books from inside.

Xuanzang stood up, and took the twenty books with both hands with a solemn expression. This was not respect for Li Ke, but respect for knowledge.

"This...was written by His Highness?" Xuanzang took the book, which only had the name on it, but no author. He paused, and then asked.

"Just take it as me." Li Ke smiled.

He did not mean to say this, because it certainly cannot be the original version of "Das Kapital", which was carefully improved by him.