In the Political Consultation Hall, Li Er was walking back and forth. Since Bai Fan took action today, Li Er has been paying attention to the wind direction in Chang'an, because Buddhism has had too much influence among the people. If it is not good, the people in Chang'an City can make a fuss.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Lantian has arrived."

Lao Gao opened the door and reminded him, and then he quit.

"You want to destroy the Buddha?" Li Er asked in a deep voice.

Bai Fan looked up at Li Er, not understanding what the purpose of his question was at this time. Whether he supported the destruction of Buddha or not.

Shaking his head, Bai Fan said helplessly: "There is nothing. The Buddhist tree has a deep roots and no one can destroy it. It can only maximize the suppression and change."

"But it is rumored that you, Bai Fan, destroyed Wulu Temple and threatened to destroy Buddhism and promote Taoism."

When Bai Fan heard this, he was surprised. He was busy running around and did not pay attention to public opinion in the city. How could this happen?

Doufa Wulu Temple is widely publicized. When did you say that you destroyed the Buddha? Then what happened to accept disciples?

"Your Majesty, this is a rumor. Could it be that someone who is interested deliberately provokes right and wrong?"

Li Er nodded, "Since there isn't, then it must be the person behind him who took action. Humph, good means, and he is always entangled step by step. It's just a good opportunity to check who is doing it."

The two sat down aside, Bai Fan poured two cups of tea, and then asked, "I wonder what Your Majesty thinks about Buddhism? If Fan really destroys Buddhism, will Your Majesty support it?"

Li Erruo glanced at Bai Fan with a deep meaning, then smiled heartily and said, "Boy, are you worried that I will protect Buddhism?

There is nothing I have considered imitating my predecessors, such as the former Emperor Wen of Sui and the balanced governance of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. However, over the years, I have come into contact with you more and more things, and the classics I have seen also involve the three religions.

Tubo governed the country with religion, and they achieved great success in fooling the people, but their national strength was weak and they could only be settled in a corner.

During the Southern Dynasties, what was the end? Temples were everywhere, everyone recited Buddhas, and people flocked to become monks, and all places spent a lot of money to build temples. In the end, even the fields were deserted and the national strength was greatly declining. Therefore, the way to govern the country, ignorant people and religion, could only bring temporary stability. For the entire country, it was a poison that slugged the development of the country.

Therefore, I have never planned to promote Buddhism.”

Bai Fan looked at Li Er with a ray of wisdom in his eyes and couldn't help but cheer him loudly. Unexpectedly, before he knew it, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had already grown up like this, and his concerns turned out to be nothing more than worrying about it.

"Your Majesty can say this, the country is fortunate, the people are fortunate, and the minister Bai Fan is fortunate!"

"Okay, boy, I keep learning to read books every day. I don't want you to praise and flatter you, but I don't want to slander everything, and rely on others to guide you in everything.

If not, today you will tell me about the dangers of Buddhism again, and then I will take people to execute according to your analysis. This greatly delays the efficiency of the execution of the government. I do not want to be such an incompetent monarch.

Let’s talk about Buddhism. I won’t say anything if you want to destroy Buddhism. However, Buddhism is powerful and should not be moved easily. Do you understand the pros and cons?"

"I understand that I need the support of the court's policies, otherwise my methods can only deal with the unvirtuous monks who make mistakes. For those Buddhist monks, it may not work very well. Only by regulating Buddhism as a state affairs can we truly limit it."

Bai Fan said seriously, and couldn't help but think of the Dharma that appeared in history. Monks need to have Dharma to be considered serious monks, otherwise they would have been designated as fake monks or wild monks by people.

This certificate of sect is distributed by the court for a limited period of year, and the certificate of sect must be carefully verified. The monk must also receive the certificate of sect after his death. This method effectively limits the development of Buddhism, so Bai Fan is also preparing to implement it in the Tang Dynasty. However, the rules prepared by Bai Fan for Buddhism can be said to be more harsh than that, and it is more difficult to implement.

Li Er listened carefully to Bai Fan's method, pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "This method is indeed effective, and it is not afraid of difficulty. Buddhism has not yet flourished. The Taoist sect has been stably suppressing Buddhism in recent years. Moreover, after the gathering of chaotic times, three of them are gathered by bandits and bandits. It is easier to break them up. Take this opportunity to exercise the harsh method properly.

Don't worry, I and the court will help you with everything.

Where are you going next?”

Bai Fan stood up and bowed to Li Er, "Thank you for your support. Wulu Temple is just a small character. The next step is to pull out your teeth from the tiger's mouth and go to Shaolin Temple in Songshan!"

"Okay, bring all the people. Shaolin Temple is a green forest sect, so you have to be prepared."

Bai Fan laughed and said, "If they are forced to rebel, I still want to ask for anything. I am not afraid of them taking action, but I am afraid that they will be turtles.

However, I have heard a folk rumor. When His Majesty quelled the troubled times, was there any story about the thirteen-stick monk in Shaolin who saved the King of Qin?"

After hearing this, Li Er frowned, as if he had remembered something irritating.

I couldn't help but stand up and flick my sleeves, "Hmph, folk rumors?

It is true, but it is not the rescue of Shaolin Yizhi, which is rumored by the people. Shaolin Temple was extremely powerful back then and had a large number of monks. Later, many bandits were gathered to become monks. Within the Henan Road, Shaolin was obviously the largest copycat.

When I fought with Luoyang Wang Shichong for nine months, and it was about to decide the outcome, the Shaolin Temple's fence-leading gang came forward to help me. It is conceivable that if I was at a disadvantage with the Tang Dynasty, they would have turned to Wang Shichong without hesitation.

So don’t care about it this time, just take all your strength.”

After getting Li Er's correct words, Bai Fan had no worries and was about to say goodbye and left. Before leaving, he was stopped by Li Er.

"Boy, you can open your mind about the Taoist affairs."

Bai Fan did not look back, smiled and bowed to Li Er, and strode out of the hall gate, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Just when Bai Fan and his army first left Chang'an City, a decree in Chang'an City was spread from the palace. Buddhist rumors were misleading the country and fooling the people. The court ordered the rectification of Buddhism. All large and small temples in Chang'an were banned, waiting for the court to review one by one.

With the matter of Wulu Temple in front of it, there were no ministers in the court to support the temple. These monks were just a group of mortals and common people. They had no resistance when facing the court's army. No, those who resisted strongly were killed on the spot.

Bai Fan held the imperial edicts and decrees all the way from Chang'an to Luoyang, all Buddhist temples of all sizes were pushed over and rushed towards Shaolin Temple in Songshan with great momentum.

Other surrounding temples fled to the wind and fled to various places and went to famous large temples for protection. Shaolin Temple originally had only a few thousand monks, but when Bai Fan led the crowd to the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, the entire Shaolin Temple had already exceeded more than ten thousand monks.

Master Tanzhi, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, was urgently discussing countermeasures with the elders of Shaolin. Many monks and monks who came elsewhere suggested that they go out to protect the monks and soldiers to take revenge. After all, the Lantian Hou slaughtered Buddhist monks and the Buddhists also had the Vajra.

But Abbot Tanzhi's heart is clear. Bai Fan is leading a large army. Even if he doesn't talk about the outcome of the battle, once he moves troops, the meaning will be different. That is, opposing the court is equivalent to rebellion. Now it is the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Although Shaolin is strong, he cannot withstand the power of a country and can only seek other methods.

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