Chapter 399: Only believing in Buddhism cannot save the people of the world
Huo Qingchen was quick-witted and immediately stepped forward to support Zhai Heming, thus preventing him from falling to the ground.
"Are you okay? Don't be so nervous! Even though Youning said there's no way now, it doesn't mean there will always be no way! Right, Youning?"
Yu Youning nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Huo Qingchen is right. I didn't say there will never be a solution. Don't let your imagination run wild. As long as you're alive, there's hope, don't you think?"
Zhai Heming was just excited for a moment.
Now hearing what Yu Youning said, he nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Youning, you are right! I won't give up! Father will definitely be saved!"
Seeing that Zhai Heming had calmed down a bit, Yu Youning nodded and said, "You're right. Let's go back first!"
Several people went back to the city directly.
But halfway, they met Yu Tingwan and Wen Shiyan who came to look for them.
Both of them looked a little solemn.
"Mother! Father!"
Yu Youning shouted happily and immediately let the horse go towards the two of them.
Yu Tingwan looked at Yu Youning, and the solemnity on his face became less and more smiling.
"Youning! How's things going today?"
"no!"
Yu Youning sighed, "Nianyi said I didn't want to be a nun, so she didn't want to keep me and drove me away."
Although I feel a little lost and my emotions are a bit complicated.
But she really couldn't become a nun!
Seeing Yu Youning's lost look, Yu Tingwan felt a little distressed. "Youning, don't think too much about it. Your father and I have found some information. This is not the place to talk. When I came here just now, I saw a pavilion. Let's go there to talk!"
"OK!"
Everyone rushed towards the pavilion that Yu Tingwan mentioned, and soon arrived at the pavilion.
There is open space all around, so there is no need to worry about anyone eavesdropping.
As soon as he entered the pavilion, Yu Tingwan told everyone what he had found out without anyone asking.
From Yu Tingwan's narration, Yu Youning and the others finally understood what Nian Yi had been through in the past few years.
A few years ago, after leaving the capital, Nian Yi began to preach Buddhism in various places.
Wherever we go, we are welcomed and the preaching goes smoothly.
But Nian Yi was not very satisfied with this.
The reason was very simple. He felt that these people did not really want to listen to the Dharma and did not take it to heart at all.
These people only came for his title as a Buddhist.
After realizing this, Nian Yi separated from the other monks.
People in the world only know him as a Buddhist disciple, but do not know Nian Yi’s name.
Nian Yi was wearing a simple monk's robe, without luxury cars or a crowd of people following him.
When he went to another place to preach the Dharma, no one listened.
Not only did no one listen to him, but many people bullied him and took pleasure in teasing him.
He visited many temples and found that many of them were places of filth and corruption.
The monks inside are all hypocritical and greedy.
Nian Yi wanted to use his own abilities to change all this, but found that it was useless.
Whether in Dayong, Xiliang or Nanzhao, monks had a very high status.
Monks are not required to pay taxes on their income.
Even the temple's fields were exempt from taxes.
Therefore, many people would choose to establish good relations with temples and register their land under the name of the temples to avoid taxes.
The government is not unaware of this kind of thing, but it continues to happen despite repeated bans.
Sometimes, there is no evidence and no way to impose punishment.
As a result, some temples began to blatantly embezzle land.
What we said to the people was that they would be given a nominal status and be exempted from taxes.
But after the place was turned into a temple, they turned their backs on us.
For the common people, land is the foundation of their livelihood, so they naturally do not want to lose their land.
They first went to the temple to ask for an explanation and to get the land back.
But they were outnumbered and weak. In the temple, the monks who used to look kind and benevolent now had ferocious expressions and arrogant attitudes. These people had no ability to resist at all.
Some people simply reported to the authorities.
But when it came to the government, they didn't care.
The officials said that the people donated their land to the temple voluntarily, so how could they give it away and then ask for it back?
The people cried out to heaven and earth, but no one answered them. They had no land of their own, and in order to have enough food to eat and survive, they had no choice but to rent land from temples.
The fields are still being cultivated, but the income is less than one-fifth of what it used to be.
Such things are common.
Nian Yi had initially tried to persuade the monks in the temple, saying that what they were doing was against morality, and asked them not to say so, but it was of no use.
Later, Nian Yi chose to persuade the people not to trust the monks in the temple and not to believe in things like pie falling from the sky. He told them that they would eventually lose everything because they had greed in their hearts.
But those people did not listen to Nian Yi's advice.
Not only did they refuse to listen, they even laughed at, blamed, abused and insulted me.
This kind of thing happened more than once.
As he experienced this more and more times, Nian Yi did not become more numb, but more and more angry.
This may be the reason why he wants everyone to be equal and believe in Buddha.
After listening to Yu Tingwan's story, Yu Youning opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
It's normal to become paranoid after experiencing such a life for a few years!
Now that we know why he became like this, the next step is how to solve this problem.
Wen Shiyan sighed deeply, "Now he must feel that ordinary methods cannot save the world. Only by making everyone the same, letting them listen to Buddhist teachings every day, farming and eating vegetarian food, can we wash away their greed, anger, and ignorance, and make this world a better place!"
I have to say, Wen Shiyan was not wrong to say that.
It is very likely that Nian Yi thinks so now.
Zhai Heming looked anxious, "But my father didn't...didn't do those things!"
Huo Qingchen sighed, "Even I understand it, how come you don't understand it! Nian Yi now thinks that everyone in the world is bad and needs to be reformed by him. It's not about whether your father did those things or not!"
As to why Marquis Chengyi was chosen, it might simply be because of bad luck.
There are so many officials, big and small, in the capital, how come Marquis Chengyi was chosen?
Could it be...that Nian Yi knew Zhai Heming, so he deliberately chose his father?
Start with the people you know!
After this guess came to his mind, Huo Qingchen also felt it was outrageous and did not dare to say it out loud.
Zhai Heming is already anxious enough now. If he tells him this guess, he has no idea what he will think!
But Zhai Heming is not really stupid.
If Huo Qingchen could think of it, how could he not think of it?
Zhai Heming just felt extremely heavy in his heart and didn't know what to say.
Jiang Lingzhou looked at everyone who was silent and asked what he was most concerned about.
"What about the Gu? What's with the Gu in these people's brains? Where did it come from?"
Zhai Heming, who had just lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking, suddenly raised his head when he heard this.
right!
This is the most important thing for him now!
This is what he wants to know most now!
Wen Shiyan shook his head, "I haven't found anything about that."
Nian Yi is a Buddhist, and a Buddhist from Xiliang.
He has some strange things in his hands, which is actually not difficult to understand.
It is normal that it cannot be found at the moment.
Yu Youning thought of another point, "Dad, have you found out if Tuoba Ruoli and Nian Yi are in contact? Have they met?"
If Tuoba Ruoli had met Nian Yi, then this poisonous insect was most likely given by Tuoba Ruoli.
Yu Youning simply couldn't believe that the little monk who was so innocent and so kind back then would one day become like this.
He may have really experienced a lot and endured a lot, but he should not be that kind of person and would not make such a choice.
Wen Shiyan shook his head again, "No, my people have never seen Tuoba Ruoli, nor have they found any connection between the two."
When Yu Youning heard this, he subconsciously didn't believe it.
It’s not that I don’t believe Wen Shiyan, I just think that it’s very likely that he hasn’t found out yet!
Tuoba Ruoli, where is she hiding now?
...
At the Lin family's farm.
In recent years, the Lin family's farm has had good harvests, and nothing earth-shattering has happened.
The tenants who were worried every day a few years ago, after a few years of peace, have relaxed and are working in the fields every day, and their lives are pretty good.
For them, what made them happiest was not the good harvest, but Lin Yu!
A few years ago, Lin Yu cleaned up two large houses on the farm and used them as a school.
He himself became a teacher and allowed all the children in Zhuangzi to go to school to study and learn calligraphy for free.
Not only boys, girls can learn it too!
Not only that, he also promised that if anyone wanted to study medicine, he could send them to the medical school to try.
There are actually two girls in their village who are interested in studying medicine. They were sent to a medical school two years ago and are now doing very well.
Children can read and write, and even study medicine, and become doctors in the future. They no longer have to rely on the weather for their livelihood like others. For many people, this was something they had never dared to imagine before.
But now, it actually happened.
In Zhuangzi, there is laughter and joy every day.
Even Mrs. Lin, who occasionally went crazy, was not so scary to them.
They just felt sorry for Lin Yu in their hearts and treated this young master better.
Lin Yu didn't care what they thought. Every day, he practiced boxing in the morning, taught classes in the morning, accompanied Mrs. Lin in the afternoon, inspected the farm, and read and wrote alone in the evening.
Although life is monotonous, it is stable.
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