Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

The reason why Concubine Zhou is worried is that the reason why these popular Taoist temples do not have as many fat-headed monks as those temples is probably because most of the benefits are taken by her son!

After having such thoughts in her mind, Concubine Zhou naturally started to think wildly!

Concubine Zhou is quite sensitive when it comes to these religious issues!

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew these things, wouldn't he have a bad opinion of Zhu Yue again?

With this thought in her mind, Concubine Zhou would inevitably have to have a serious talk with Zhu Li over this matter!

Zhu Li is still very concerned about the development of Taoism in the northwest region!

And these Taoist priests also know that as long as they hold on to the thigh of Han King Zhu Li, Taoism will definitely be able to stabilize Buddhism, not to mention flourishing in the Ming Dynasty, at least in the northwest!

Therefore, the exchanges between various Taoist temples and Zhu Yue are naturally very frequent on weekdays!

More importantly, Zhu Li's understanding of Taoism has long surpassed that of Taoist disciples, and they even need Zhu Li to teach them some Taoist concepts!

To put it simply, Zhu Li, the king of Han, is now the leader of Taoism in the northwest!

Zhu Yue is also happy to deal with these Taoist priests, because he still needs these Taoist people to help him unite the hearts of the people!

The people in the northwest all believe in Taoism, and the Taoism in the northwest is completely controlled by Zhu Yue, the king of Han. This is equivalent to Zhu Yue, the king of Han, indirectly controlling the thoughts of the people in the entire northwest region!

If there is a need, he can raise his arms and call out, and he will naturally get a response from thousands of people!

The power of this belief cannot be underestimated!

However, among the Taoist temples built or supported by Zhu Yue, Taoist priests are indeed very rare. Even if the number of Taoist temples is declining, these old Taoists have never thought of recruiting disciples on a large scale!

On this day, after meeting a few Taoist priests, Zhu Li saw that it was almost time for lunch, so he simply crossed his legs in the pavilion in the yard and basked in the sun!

Every time when it's almost time for dinner, Zhu Yue will have some snacks in advance in the pavilion in the yard and wait!

Concubine Zhou looked at the leaving figures of the Taoist priests, and then walked towards Zhu Li, who was feeding the birds in the cage from time to time.

"Yue'er, my mother has something I want to talk to you about!"

Concubine Zhou didn’t waste any time and got straight to the point!

"If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it!"

Zhu Li glanced at Concubine Zhou in surprise, then smiled and nodded.

"Quie'er, my mother has discovered that you have opened so many Taoist temples and the incense is very prosperous, but why are the number of people in these Taoist temples so withered, and there are not many Taoist priests and Taoist boys at all?"

"You have never thought about letting these Taoist priests recruit more disciples to preach. Wouldn't this be more conducive to the development of Taoism in the northwest?"

Concubine Zhou directly asked the doubts in her mind!

In fact, she wanted to ask directly whether her son had built so many Taoist temples just to make money and defraud the people, right?

But there is no evidence, and Concubine Zhou is also afraid of causing trouble, and she feels that she should trust her son, so she is not willing to think about the worst, and the worry is still unavoidable!

Zhu Yue is so smart!

After hearing Concubine Zhou's question, he probably understood what his mother was thinking!

"I'm afraid my mother may have misunderstood!"

"Taoist priests and monks are completely different, and neither can anyone become one if they want to!"

"These Taoist temples in the northwest, at least the Taoist temples built or supported by my son, are different from those Taoist temples that only think about expansion!"

Zhu Li didn't take it seriously and explained it directly to his mother.

"Why?"

"Is the threshold for becoming a Taoist priest so high?"

After hearing this, Concubine Zhou asked in surprise.

"Let's put it this way, Taoist thought is essentially different from what Buddhism calls the salvation of all sentient beings!"

"Those bald donkeys in Buddhism are just using the guise of saving all sentient beings. Naturally, the more believers and disciples they can bring in, the better. It will be more conducive to the spread of their teachings!"

"But Taoism is different!"

"The true Taoist inheritance will not be taught to others easily!"

"Many old Taoist priests will only accept a few apprentices throughout their lives. As for how they accept apprentices and the standards for accepting apprentices, I have no control over them. I guess those old guys just accept whoever they like, right?"

Zhu Yue took a sip of tea and slowly explained.

Zhu Li did not explain some things clearly to Concubine Zhou. In fact, Taoism's emphasis on accepting disciples is inheritance!

Not everyone has the wisdom to accept the Taoist inheritance mastered by these old Taoist priests!

These old Taoist priests don't even bother to do things like cheating!

The biggest difference between Taoist priests and monks is here!

Monks will want to make the temple more prosperous, and then preach and recruit disciples. Most of the monks are actually ordinary people. They may not even understand a few Buddhist scriptures. On weekdays, they He just relied on his attire and bald head to shout the name of Amitabha to deceive others!

Of course, Zhu Li does not deny that there may be a few eminent monks in Buddhism who are truly compassionate, but they are only a minority after all!

There are even more sanctimonious great monks in Buddhism, and the entire Buddhism has long been made a mess by these great monks!

But the real Taoist priests are different. These sophisticated Taoists regard their own Taoism as more important than anything else!

In their opinion, as long as they can eat enough, and then find a few disciples with relatively reliable moral character and understanding to pass on their Taoism, that's it!

As for these traditions, they would not easily pass them on to the outside world, and would only pass them on to their direct disciples, for fear that some people with evil intentions would learn from them, and then they would spend all day long thinking about how to harm the people!

And these are all pretty good, at least they are willing to teach their own traditions to disciples who have good conduct and understanding!

Zhu Li has even seen some Taoist priests who are even more exaggerated. They still pay attention to a single line of Taoism, the kind that only accepts one disciple to teach the Taoism in a lifetime!

Even Zhu Yue couldn't help but be curious. Aren't they afraid that their apprentice would suddenly burp unexpectedly one day, and that their own orthodoxy would also be lost?

Not to mention, from ancient times to the present, so many Taoist inheritances seem to have been discontinued because of such problems!

Fortunately, these Taoist temples controlled by Zhu Li do not have such a single lineage.

An old Taoist priest can at least accept two or three disciples as his disciples. If one dies, at least the other one or two will be alive, right?

In this case, the tradition can be ensured to be passed on forever, and it will not be cut off midway!

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