Chapter 18 Chapter 5 Heresy

Wuyi Lane, Wanghuai Pavilion, East Courtyard of Xie Mansion. Xie An and Zhi Dun leaned on the railing side by side, overlooking the Qinhuai River slowly flowing into the river below.The sun is shining all over the sky, the river is shining brightly, the houses on both sides of the river are lined up, and the scenery is beautiful. After Zhi Dun listened to the matter of Maitreya's teaching, this eminent monk who was always chic and unrestrained, showed a serious expression never seen before, after meditating for a while, he said to Xie An: "Brother Xie, what's your plan for this?"

Xie An smiled wryly: What plans can I have?Dao Yun told me about this matter, hoping that I could stop it in time.The only feasible way now is to go to the emperor together with Tan Zhi, and persuade him to give up his mind while he is still relying on me, Xie An.You know more about the ins and outs of Maitreya teaching than I do, so I ask you to see if you can refute the crookedness of Maitreya teaching from the scriptures of Buddhism itself. Zhi Dun said slowly: This has to be divided into two aspects, that is, Maitreya Buddha himself and Zhu Faqing, and the former does have the basis of scriptures, the question is whether Zhu Faqing is a new Buddha who came to the world.

Xie An felt a headache. Under such circumstances, as long as Sima Yao insisted that Zhu Faqing was the new Maitreya Buddha, he would not be able to deny him from the perspective of Buddhism itself. Zhi Dun sighed softly, and said slowly: "The Chang'A Han Sutra" says: In the past ninety-one kalpas, a Buddha was born, named Viposhi, with a lifespan of 80,000 years.In the past thirty-one kalpas, a Buddha was born, his name was abandoned, and his lifespan was 70,000 years.In the past, there was a Buddha named Vishejing, whose lifespan was sixty thousand years. In the past, in this virtuous kalpa, a Buddha was born in the world, named Kulousun, whose lifespan was fifty thousand years.In another eon, a Buddha was born, named Kunasha, whose lifespan was forty thousand years.In another eon, another Buddha was born, named Kasyapa, with a lifespan of twenty thousand years.These are the six Buddhas before Sakyamuni. According to this, Sakyamuni is only the seventh generation of Buddha.Now that Sakyamuni has passed into extinction, Maitreya's new Buddha is about to come into being. In Buddhism itself, there are also many people who firmly believe in it.In fact, in the center of the front hall of the Buddhist temple is the statue of Maitreya Buddha with the crown of heaven, and on both sides are the four heavenly kings. This arrangement shows that Maitreya will succeed Sakyamuni, so Maitreya religion has a solid foundation and arguments in Buddhist scriptures.

Xie An said: Then what kind of person is Zhu Faqing? Zhi Dun replied: He is the initiator of the Maitreya religion. He held high the banner of the birth of a new Buddha and the removal of the old demons in the north. The so-called birth of a new Buddha means the birth of Maitreya. In order to fulfill his ambition to dominate the Samana. Xie An was puzzled and said: "There are many people in your Buddhist school who are proficient in meditation and martial arts. How can you sit and watch this man's power spread? Could it be that he is really Maitreya who came to the world and has the ability to reach heaven and earth?"

Zhi Tun showed a bit of bitterness and helplessness, staring at the passing sailboats, and said lightly: "The recluses are not as united as you imagined. Simply speaking, the north and south recluses have great differences. The south emphasizes righteousness, and the north emphasizes meditation." , go to extremes.The monks in the south where we teach the scriptures will be severely punished in the north where we don’t ask the scriptures.The so-called north focuses on meditation, stressing the cessation of all realms; the south focuses on wisdom, and the wise see also, distinguishing the birth and death of causes and conditions.

Xie An frowned when he heard this, and asked, "In my opinion, both are methods of practice, and there is no conflict between them. They can be combined with concentration and wisdom, and stop and contemplate changes in luck. Why do you say it is true?" serious problem? Zhi Dun smiled wryly and said, "It's hard for outsiders to understand this kind of thing. Since the north emphasizes Zen and doesn't care about preaching scriptures, it is bound to stick to the original meaning of Buddhist scriptures, and even don't understand the original meaning. They only know how to sit in meditation and chant scriptures."If you explain the meaning of Prajna Paramita to you like me, or say that everyone can become a Buddha suddenly, you will be thrown into the eighteen hells in the north.Therefore, it is very difficult to practice Buddhism in the north. All follow the dead law and all kinds of complicated commandments, so that practitioners gradually get tired of Sakyamuni, and then pin their hopes on the new Buddha, making the north a hotbed of heresy.

Xie Anyu said earnestly: Then what the north needs is another Zhidun. Zhi Dun sighed: The further evil law of the commandments is despotism and class distinctions. Under the long-established authority, innovative ideas are absolutely not tolerated, let alone people like me.In northern Buddhism, people are divided into primary roots, middle roots, and upper roots. The first root can only practice the Hinayana, the middle root is the middle vehicle, and the upper root is the Mahayana.Distinguishing practitioners in such a fixed way is itself a class distinction.The ordinary sramana who was beaten as the next root is of course dissatisfied, but Zhu Faqing is just a traitor who rose from the low-level sramana. He has received a lot of support and has his own extraordinary skills.

Xie An said with a sigh of relief: I finally understand!I can also imagine the reasons for interests, power and wealth, being concentrated in the hands of a small group of high-ranking monks whose lives are corrupt, but they are oppressed by discipline all day long, just like the relationship between serf owners and serfs, Zhu Faqing is A successful power grabber, so he can set himself apart and use the dissatisfaction of the lower monks to establish the Maitreya religion. Zhi Dun nodded and said: "The situation is probably like this. Zhu Faqing calls himself Mahayana, calls himself the new Buddha, and advocates that only those who follow the new Buddha are worthy of the title of Mahayana."He completely broke the ten precepts of northern Buddhism, and married Ni Huihui himself, which is called breaking the precepts of sexual intercourse.When the northern Buddhist sect gathered eminent monks to suppress him, and his wife jointly killed him and caused heavy casualties, he used this as an excuse to destroy temples, slaughter monks and nuns, burn scriptures and statues, and boast that a new Buddha was born to get rid of the old demons.Now that his influence has expanded to the south, the southern Buddhism may be doomed.

Xie An's heart sank. He thought to himself, Sima Yao and Sima Daozi were addicted to wine and sex on the one hand and lived extravagantly, on the other hand they believed in Buddhism. The behaviors of the two sides contradicted each other.Nowadays, the Maitreya sect, which has broken all the forbidden rules and laws, is naturally in the favor of the two, and has the meaning of threatening Buddhism.I just don't know who is threading the needle, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. Zhi Dun's voice continued to ring in his ears: Since Zhu Faqing and his wife and Zhu Bugui had a large number of recluses and people supporting them, Fu Jian did not dare to act rashly towards them, for fear of stirring up ethnic conflicts between Han and Hu, which would be very detrimental to the Southern Expedition. It made Zhu Faqing and others unscrupulous.Zhu Faqing is also a person who understands power and schemes. Because he is afraid of being jealous of those in power, he only gradually erodes the power and wealth of northern Buddhism and draws a clear line with politics. Of course, his ambition does not stop there.

Xie Andao: How does Buddhism evaluate his martial arts now? Zhi Dun replied: Regardless of good or evil, Zhu Faqing is indeed a martial arts talent that has never been born in Buddhism. He not only gathered the great achievements of northern Buddhist martial arts, but also has no opponent in his own ten-dwelling Mahayana. They all failed and returned, which shows the tyranny of his martial arts.As for Zhu Bugui, his martial arts are only inferior to Zhu Faqing's, and he is as famous as Ni Huihui. Xie An looked up at the sky, exhaled a long breath, and said calmly: As long as I, Xie An, still breathe, I will definitely not teach Maitreya to succeed, master can rest assured.Maitreya teaching is to Buddhism, similar to Taiping and Tianshi Taoism to Taoism, it must be stopped.

An Yuqing was the last one to sit down. Three men and a woman squeezed together on the seven or eight short stone steps. Everyone was exhausted and only knew how to breathe. After a whole hour of hard work and using all kinds of magic weapons, the dismantled wooden frame and wooden pillars plus the wine jar were finally used to support the wreckage of the stone stove from the exit couch, preventing the bricks and stones from falling into the tunnel, otherwise the exit would be exposed and the Startle the enemy.After more than half an hour, Tuoba Gui and Liu Yu, who supported the collapsed stove with their backs and hands, got out one after another. The miserable situation of being unable to move was really inhumane. An Yuqing leaned against the step wall, glanced at Yan Fei who was sitting on the next step, and said softly, "This is what rewards good people, but I didn't expect it to come true so soon." Tuobagui and Liu Yu looked at each other and smiled wryly. Others might not understand An Yuqing's nonsensical words, but they both knew that An Yuqing was mocking them for being disgusted with her.They couldn't refute it, because in fact, if Yan Fei didn't stop her and kill her, who would help them get out. Tuobagui looked at An Yuqing's charming eyes, looked around and said, "It's unexpected that blocking an exit that is two feet square is more difficult than building the Great Wall." An Yuqing really wanted to brush off the dust on her body, but she knew that this would make the three of them suffer from her dust, so she endured the impulse and snorted coldly: Good!This is now the safest place in Bianhuangji, but it's a pity that the exit can only be used once, what are your plans.For Yan Fei, both of them are unreliable. Tuobagui's eyes could not help falling on her, and he sized her up as if he had discovered her beauty for the first time. He had seen all the beauties, but he had rarely encountered such a vicious, unconvincing, innocent and cunning woman at times. female. An Yuqing gave him a disdainful glance, her eyes still fixed on Yan Fei who was closest to him. Yan Fei smelled the healthy and delicate scent from her body due to excessive fatigue, and said lightly: How many smoke bombs are there on the girl? An Yuqing said dejectedly: "There are only two left. If you want to break through the siege, you will have to use them up before they reach the gate."well!This girl has never been so unlucky in her life. Liu Yu, who was sitting on the lowest stone step, finally regained his strength. He was particularly struggling because of his injury earlier.She smiled and said: Is the girl satisfied with the map we drew?Does it help the girl? An Yuqing wrinkled her cute little nose, made a face at him, and said with lingering anger: "It's none of your business anymore, you'd better forget about the picture. If you dare to tell the fourth person, I will kill you if I have the chance." you. Both Tuoba Gui and Liu Yu could not do anything to her, she made it clear that she would sit there until she left the wine storage, then she could tear down the supporting wooden pillars at any time and let the gravel fall, and the four of them had no choice but to rush escape.And because she has smoke bombs, the chance of breaking out and escaping is naturally much greater. Yan Fei raised his hand and said: I, Yan Fei, swear here that I will never let the fourth person know about the map in any way, otherwise I will die. An Yuqing showed a sweet smile, and the eyes of the three people lit up, and then said happily: "I even said that you are the best person!" Liu Yu protested: Am I a villain?Miss An didn't even think about it, how many times she had bad intentions towards her younger brother, I just kept coming and going! An Yuqing glanced at him with a smile, shrugged her shoulders slightly and said: Are you so fussy?laugh!Good man!How about taking a poisonous oath like your brother? Seeing that her right foot was clinging to one of the key wooden pillars, Liu Yu had no choice but to make an oath, but his teeth were itching with hatred in his heart, but he felt very exciting and interesting. Tuoba Gui suddenly understood why Yan Fei made a poisonous oath not to reveal her young lady's secret for no reason, because she wanted to stop her crooked idea of ​​killing people.You must know that An Yuqing is not a good man and a believer in women. Of course, she can't do anything to the three of them with her own strength, but with the help of Qin Jun, she only needs to stretch her feet to support her. This also shows Yan Fei's quick thinking and sensitive touch. sharp. Unexpectedly, with this light move, An Yuqing immediately reversed her disadvantaged situation and controlled the overall situation. Tuobagui pretended to be casual and said: This place is too close to the ground, we should go down to talk, so as not to alarm our enemies. An Yuqing stretched her waist, showed her charming lines, and said lazily: "I want to rest here, I don't want to move half a finger, you guys go down here!"Don't want to accompany Miss Ben. The three smiled wryly and were speechless, knowing that she would not give up the current advantage, but it was hard to blame her, who taught Tuoba Gui and Liu Yu that they had the intention to kill her earlier. An Yuqing asked in surprise: Are your butts sticking to the stone steps?Isn't there something else to discuss?Hurry up and roll so far away, discuss the plan of escape, after dark, we must leave this ghost place. The three of you look at me, but there is nothing you can do. Liu Yu first stood up with a wry smile, and reminded her: You'd better not sleep, otherwise, if you think of running away in your dream, if you stretch your feet, everyone will walk around endlessly. An Yuqing said happily: "Why tell others about your interests?"Yuqing is a person who understands the general situation, and you are so obedient, people will take care of you!Go to work! The three of them had no choice but to leave under the threat, and hid in a corner of the cellar. Tuoba Gui sat down against the wall and said in a deep voice: Do you think she will betray us? Liu Yu and Yan Fei sat down on the mat between the two rows of wine racks, the former frowned and said: I hope she won't be so stupid, two smoke bombs are not enough to help her escape from Bianhuangji. Yan Fei said dejectedly: I hope she didn't lie about this matter!This woman is full of treachery, I am afraid she is still not satisfied with our oath. Tuobagui said: Fortunately, there are still two hours before dark, if she wants to harm us, she should wait until dark before taking action. Liu Yu was a little relieved, nodded in agreement, and said: Now that we know the passwords used by the Qin army in the set, and we have two sets of Qin army uniforms, how can we make good use of them? Tuobagui said: "All the generals left in the collection are Fu Jian's personal soldiers. The military uniform is different from other Qin soldiers. Does your military uniform work?" Liu Yu said happily: There is no problem in this regard. Yan Fei pondered and said: Fu Jian's place of residence is one of the six altars of the six gangs, and the main altars of the Di gang and the Han gang are the most likely. The former is due to the relationship of the same clan, and the latter is the largest among the six altars. of. Tuobagui said decisively: Ninety percent of them are the general altar of the Han gang. Fu Jian loves ostentation and covets comfort, so he must choose the best house to settle down, and Fu Rong knows his intentions better than anyone else. Liu Yu took a deep breath and said, "Does that mean that the place where we are now is the most heavily guarded?" Yan Fei sighed: It should be so.Because the first floor is within the sphere of influence of the Han Gang, and the main altar of the Han Gang is next to the east gate, the enemy's defense in this area is of course particularly strict. Tuoba Gui smiled and said: "But it also saves us a lot of work, since Fu Jian is here, Zhu Xu should also be nearby."Among Fu Jian's generals, Zhu Xu knew the situation in the Southern Jin Dynasty best, so whenever Fu Jian wanted to formulate a strategy, he would always ask Zhu Xu for questioning. Liu Yu cheered up and said, "Is Murong Chui nearby?"Will he be of help if we get in touch with him? Tuoba Gui shook his head and said: "You don't understand Murong Chui too much. If we go to him like this, he might kill us with his own hands, so as not to arouse Fu Jian's suspicion. We can only figure out a solution by ourselves." Liu Yu fell silent. Yan Fei said: You two pretended to be Fu Jian's personal soldiers and tried to find Zhu Xu.Since I am familiar with the situation in Bianhuangji, I am more sure than you of avoiding the eyes and ears of the enemy.As long as you sneak out of the set after the matter is completed, and try to create some chaos to attract Qin Jun's attention, Miss An and I can take the opportunity to escape with smoke bombs. Liu Yudao: We may seize two sets of military uniforms and bring them back. Tuoba Gui shook his head and said: Don't even think that way.The soldiers of Qin patrols and outposts stipulated that at least ten people should be in groups. Even if you have the ability to subdue ten people at the same time, you will be discovered in less than a moment, and then we will be even more difficult to move forward. Yan Fei smiled and said: Brother Liu, don't worry, I will have a way to protect myself. Liu Yu sighed: Since it is stipulated that ten people should form a group, if the two of us go out in a big way, wouldn't we immediately teach people to recognize that we are pretending? Tuobagui said: As long as we pretend to be Fu Jian's messengers and know the password, we have a great chance of getting away with it. We have to take this risk. He paused and squinted at Liu Yu and said: "Brother Liu is thoughtful and thoughtful, he is indeed an outstanding talent among the generals of the Beifu. If you are willing to cooperate with me, you can break new ground in the north." Liu Yu said in amazement: You came to recruit me, ha!At present, you still have achieved nothing in the north, and if we lose Fu Jian in this battle.The Northern Expedition is imminent, how do you think I will choose? Yan Fei couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and thought to himself, if it weren't for such a special situation, the two of them would never have cooperated. Tuoba Gui said in a leisurely manner: Northern Expedition?well!Your Northern Expedition is hopeless at all.First of all, you lack mules and horses in the south of the Yangtze River. The only way to transport your troops is by water.Secondly, no matter how divided the north is, it is always a situation where the north is strong and the south is weak. In terms of resources and household registration, the north has an overwhelming advantage. Liu Yu refused to accept: "Brother Tuoba's words are hard to agree with. In the final analysis, the Southern Dynasty is the orthodox in the Central Plains. It is the place where the hearts of the Han people in the north belong. Only those who have the hearts of the people can unify the world." Tuobagui said: "Brother Liu is too unaware of the situation in the north. Since Fu Jian ascended the throne, he has vigorously promoted the policy of Sinicization and national integration. The distinction between Hu and Han has gradually blurred."Northern Han people do not yearn for the rotten Southern Jin Dynasty. They have the concept of recognizing temples but not gods. Whoever can determine the land of the Central Plains of Dingsongluo is orthodox.Otherwise, most of Fu Jian's infantry would not be Han Chinese.Fu Jian's failure now lies in the fact that the ethnic issue has not been completely resolved. Once it is resolved, there will be no ethnic conflicts in the north.The potentially powerful economic and military forces in the north will be fully utilized. How can the Jiangzuo regime be able to resist it? Just as Liu Yu was about to refute, there was a strange sound from the exit, followed by the sound of sand and stones rolling down the stone steps, and the three of them immediately lost their minds.