Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, Ming Dynasty official Hanyuan Hall.
King Li Hong of Tang sat high up in the Hanyuan Hall, and below him were the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, Nanzhao, Siam, Jiaozhi and other countries are inferior to us and bully our superiors. They kill our border people and occupy our cities and land." Li Xiao, the Duke of Weiguo of the Tang Dynasty, reported: "I request Your Majesty to issue an order to send the heavenly soldiers to wipe them out, spread the power of the Tang Dynasty beyond the borders, and spread our prestige and virtue.
, educate the barbaric nations and make them accept the king's rule."
Li Hong said slowly: "But the country has few soldiers, which is not conducive to fighting."
At this time, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yu Jiang, stepped forward and reported: "Your Majesty, I have a report to make."
Li Hong's gaze slowly fell on Yu Jiang and said, "My dear, please speak."
Yu Jiang slowly pulled a book from his sleeve, held it up with both hands, and said, "I have a book called 'Population Memorial' that can solve the dilemma of insufficient military force. I am presenting it to Your Majesty and hope Your Majesty will adopt it."
Li Hong said, "Present it."
"Yes." A eunuch beside Li Hong nodded, then walked down the steps and came to Yu Jiang. He took the book, then quickly returned and presented the book to Li Hong.
Li Hong took the book in his hand and took a look. He saw three big characters "Population Report" written on the first page. Then Li Hong opened the book and read it carefully.
This "Population Memorial" is written in a very simple and clear manner, and it points out the importance of population right from the start.
"Population is the foundation of a country's existence, and population is a country's most important strategic resource..."
"Therefore, the imperial court must not allow large numbers of young and middle-aged people to enter temples and sever their ties of worldly desire..."
"Buddhist temples harbor filth and corruption, concealing populations and land, refusing to pay taxes, tribute, or military service. They are truly the greatest disaster to the nation and its people."
"If we can destroy Buddhist temples, expel the monks, seize their land, and make the monks return to secular life, we will surely prosper our country!"
"...I hope Your Majesty will understand."
Destroying Buddhism is a policy that the Tang Dynasty court has already decided on. Today, a grand court meeting has been specially convened to discuss this matter, and it is just an announcement.
So after reading the Population Memorial, Li Hong immediately nodded and said, "My dear minister, this is a very good plan. I will adopt it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Yu Jiang immediately bowed his head in thanks, and then reported: "Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate funds from the court to order officials in various states, prefectures, and counties to carry out large-scale construction projects, demarcate towns and villages, and build houses to accommodate the return of the secular world.
Monk."
"Okay!" Li Hongna advised.
But Prime Minister Yu Jiang did not stop there. Instead, he continued, "The court must not only provide housing for the monks who have returned to secular life, but also preside over their marriages. Furthermore, the court must issue a decree that any husband whose wife dies must remarry within five years."
When a man dies, his wife must remarry within five years."
"Our Great Tang should build a prosperous and harmonious nation, where the strong can be employed, the elderly can be cared for, the young can be nurtured, and the young can be educated. Men can have virtuous wives and women can have good partners, so as to create prosperity for all generations."
"good!"
Li Hong stood up and said to the civil and military officials, "My lords."
"Your Majesty!" All civil and military officials bowed in unison.
Li Honglang declared, "The Prime Minister's memorial is truly a sound advice that benefits both the country and the people. It should be the national policy of the Tang Dynasty from now on!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" All the civil and military officials rang out in unison, their voices shaking the Hanyuan Hall.
Afterwards, Li Hong said to Prime Minister Yu Jiang, "Prime Minister!"
Yu Jiang immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty is here."
Li Hongdao: "Draft an edict to destroy Buddhism and issue it to the whole country!"
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The Heavenly Court, Taoism, and Buddhism were all closely watching the court meeting taking place in the Hanyuan Hall of the Tang Dynasty.
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Of course, Fang Jian and Nezha also stood in the clouds, opened their heavenly eyes and saw everything clearly.
"What is the origin of this person?" Fang Jian asked, pointing at Yu Jiang in Hanyuan Hall.
Nezha took a look and immediately laughed, "Oh, this man is called Yu Jiang, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He was poor when he was young, but later he studied hard and became the top scorer in the imperial examination. He rose through the ranks and became the prime minister. He is a disciple of Confucianism."
"Confucianism?" Fang Jian looked at Nezha in surprise.
Nezha nodded and said, "Yes, Confucianism, the Confucianism of Master Kong."
"Master Kong?" Fang Jian asked doubtfully, "Are you talking about Confucius?"
Nezha said, "Yes, it's him. The Human Emperor named him the Great Sage Teacher. The Jade Emperor established the Great Sage Teacher Palace in accordance with this title. Confucius is the master of the palace, and his disciples are fifth-rank 'education officials', who are in charge of the education of the human world."
Fang Jian heard this and said, "If that's the case, why doesn't the Heavenly Court send people from the Supreme Saint Master's Mansion down to earth to teach and enlighten the souls of Dongsheng Shenzhou who have been infected by evil thoughts?"
As soon as Fang Jian finished speaking, Nezha looked at him strangely.
"What? Am I wrong?" Fang Jian asked doubtfully.
Nezha looked very strange, and then said, "You will know this later."
“…”
After saying this, Nezha introduced Fang Jian, "This Yujiang Heavenly Court has already awarded him the fifth-rank Yaoxun, and after his death he will be officially appointed as a fifth-rank immortal official."
This is how it is in heaven. If a mortal has made great contributions, or has great wisdom and knowledge, he will be given remote honors during his lifetime, and will be officially awarded after his death.
For example, Wei Zheng had already received remote honors from the Heavenly Court during his lifetime, so he was qualified to dream of slaying the Dragon King.
But when it came to Wei Zheng, Fang Jian asked, "Where is Wei Zheng serving? Why have I never seen him?"
Upon hearing this, Nezha asked, "The Wei Zheng who dreamed of slaying the Dragon King?"
"Yes." Fang Jian nodded.
"Oh." Nezha looked at Fang Jian and said, "You are the God of Justice of the Heavenly Court, but you don't even know the Supreme Leader of your Taixuan Bureau?"
Fang Jian was shocked when he heard this and asked, "Wei Zheng is the Taixuan Dulu?"
Taixuan Dulu, a super-rank immortal official, is in charge of the Taixuan Bureau.
Taixuan Dulu lives in Yuqing Palace and is in charge of memorials from all over the world, including memorials from the emperor and the records of the immortals' birthplaces. He is also in charge of the records of capital punishment.
After all, this is the Heavenly Court. Fang Jian has been in the Heavenly Court for so long, but he still doesn't know who the highest leader of the Taixuan Bureau is. This is absolutely impossible in the mortal court.
If an immortal official does not have important matters to attend to, there is no need and no need for him to pay a visit to a senior leader who does not directly supervise him.
Following the order from the Tang Dynasty court, a massive campaign to destroy Buddhism was immediately launched throughout the country.
Armed with weapons, the army, yamen runners, and messengers, led by officials at the state, prefecture, and county levels, rushed into Buddhist temples across the country and began to confiscate Buddha statues, expel monks, and force them to return to secular life.
They also closed down temples, confiscated temple property, and liquidated land...
For a time, the entire southern continent of the Tang Dynasty was filled with wailing in Buddhist temples and monasteries, and the Buddha and Bodhisattva statues everywhere shed stone tears one after another.
Even if there are countless believers to stop them, how can they stop the power of the imperial court?
In the Tang Dynasty, where imperial power was supreme, no one could stop it when the destruction of Buddhism was a foregone conclusion.
Of course, Buddhism has to take action at this time. If it doesn’t take action now, there will be no chance at all.
Just as the Tang Dynasty was destroying Buddhism and Buddhist monks were ready to take action, Fang Jian suddenly remembered something and immediately said to Nezha, "You stay here and watch. I have things to do, so I'll be leaving first."
Upon hearing this, Nezha waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
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