Tales of Herding Gods - 267. Chapter 258 Emperor, Taoist, Tathagata
“Many people don’t understand, what law to change, what life is to revolution? It’s not good before. Everyone is living well and enjoying themselves. Now that you’re reforming and revolutionizing, isn’t it just for your emperor’s ambitions? Offended the celebrity The noble family, offended those sects, isn’t it just to make Yankang’s country bigger? Now that it has caused natural and man-made disasters for years, I blame you and all the reforms. This is a fallacy!”
In Bazhou Prefecture, Emperor Yanfeng and the ministers of civil and military affairs were walking on the street, watching the people queuing up in front of the official porridge stalls to pick up the food. Emperor Yanfeng walked over and came to a porridge stall where they were distributing justice. The porridge officer was about to kneel, Emperor Yanfeng waved his hand, and said, “It’s freezing cold, there are not so many rules. How much does one send?”
“His Majesty, an adult has a bowl of rice porridge, two steamed buns, and a spoonful of dried vegetables.”
Emperor Yanfeng nodded, let him go down, and serve the victims by himself. Behind him were the civil and military officials of the imperial court. Emperor Yanfeng continued to say, “The people who lived well in the past have never been ordinary people! Sinong, you come and tell them that one mu of fertile land can feed a few people before the reform of the national teacher.”
The Minister of Agriculture hurriedly said: “Before the law reform, one mu of fertile land produced 330 kilograms of coarse grains per year. However, the fields at that time were concentrated in the hands of aristocratic families, monasteries, and Taoist temples, and the farmers had no fields. A farmhouse was seven or eight. People, planting 80 acres of land, with food, fruits, vegetables, and medicinal materials. After working for a year, planting for two seasons, there is no surplus for a year, barely enough to eat one or two meals a month, but when encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters They would starve to death. Many elderly people took the initiative to throw themselves into the river or go up the mountain during the disaster years to avoid hurting their families. At that time, there were countless food and money in aristocratic families, temples, and Taoist temples.”
Emperor Yanfeng said: “80 mu of land, to feed a family of seven or eight people. After a year of painstakingly planting grain, where did the grain go? Come and tell them how many people can one mu of land feed after the reform?”
The Minister of Agriculture continued: “Your Majesty ordered the National Teachers to reform the law and take the land under the world public. Noble families, monasteries and Taoist temples will not be allowed to own land. Ding Nan has 80 acres of land and 20 acres of fertile land. The population has increased several times in recent years. The land has also grown a lot, and the rules have been changed. Ding Nan has 40 acres of land and 10 acres of fertile land. The national teacher allows warriors and supernatural powers to work on farming. There has been no famine in ten years. Today, the yield is 820 catties per mu, and the land is rich with two stones. The farmers don’t think it is costly to eat meat.”
“Three hundred and thirty catties, eight hundred and twenty catties.”
Emperor Yanfeng pinched two steamed buns and placed them in the bowls of the hungry people, and spooned dried vegetables, and said with emotion: “What is a Buddha? This is a Buddha, a living Buddha, a living Buddha, the Buddha of all the people! It’s not like you have a Tathagata on your head. The name of the Taoist master, saying something like chicken soup to soothe the soul, is that the Buddha is the Taoist! Sinong, let me ask you again, since the national teacher reform is very good, and there is more food, why should there be famine when a natural disaster breaks out? ”
The Minister of Agriculture, with a distressed expression, hesitated: “This…”
“Say!”
“Yes. In addition to the increase in the population, there are also reasons for eating meat and fighting. Feeding animals requires food, and feeding foreign animals in the army, training and fighting, all need food and grass. The most important thing is the circulation of farmland. Some farmland was bought by aristocratic families and monasteries and became landlords.”
The Minister of Agriculture said: “The grain is back in their hands. The last sectarian rebellion was because they had money and grain in their hands, so they were so bold. And this famine shouldn’t have been so big, and it wasn’t because it was fought. After the war, the treasury was empty, and these aristocratic big sect temples were unwilling to release food? The last sectarian rebellion had too much impact…”
Emperor Yanfeng turned his head and glanced at the officials, and said: “The Taoist temples of the family’s big sect were sitting high in the sky, eating delicacies from mountains and seas, delicacies, talking about the wind, flowers, snow and moon, talking about Taoism and supernatural powers, and about gods. Longevity, if there are farmers to support them, who will give them a hand? The farmers will directly bring disasters and disasters if they refuse to accept it! Is this snow disaster strange? Not surprising. When the sects ruled the country, this kind of snow disaster was not rare! But it is not a god Disasters are brought down from heaven, but sects bring disasters and disasters. These people are required to surrender and dare not make chaos!”
“The national teacher’s reform, let the denominations work for farmers and merchants, they are not happy and don’t want to do it. Even more unwilling. To rebel and kill! As everyone knows, the ancestors counted eight generations before, all of them were farmers, and there was nothing special!”
“You have also shown me clearly and heard clearly. This time I killed their heads. Next time you do like them, I will kill your heads too! The officials I want are not these high-ranking sects, some superior people. What Buddha, the officials I want, can do things steadily! Scholars, farmers, commerce and industry, scholars must be able to work for agriculture, commerce and industry, and do things! There are still some scholar-officials in the dynasty who think they are superior, grandma,-historian, let me say something. Dirty words.—Grandma’s, every day I look up and down! I can’t wait to kill their heads!”
The civil and military ministers bowed their heads and dared not speak.
The two historians looked at each other and both showed embarrassment. One of the older historians whispered: “Your Majesty, the emperor speaks carefully.”
Emperor Yanfeng said, “I don’t often use swear words, so I can swear when I’m anxious? The historian will take care of it.”
As he was talking, the line to receive the meal had a big monk’s turn, holding a golden bowl, and said with a smile: “Your Majesty said it really well, but the natural disasters are coming. How to stop the natural disasters and prevent the people from suffering is the right way.”
Emperor Yanfeng glanced at the great monk, called him a bowl of rice, two steamed buns, and a spoonful of food, and said: “I don’t just say it well, I do it better. The great monk eats slowly, don’t disturb To the worldly people.”
The great monk said yes, and went with the golden bowl.
“Tathagata!” The people behind Emperor Yanfeng saw the great monk, and their hearts shook slightly.
After the great monk left, an old Taoist man came from behind, with disheveled clothes and messy hair, holding a bowl, and smiling: “Have you eaten your majesty?”
Emperor Yanfeng looked solemn, served him food, shook his head and said, “I haven’t eaten yet.”
“Your Majesty should eat some, so that you can go on the road when you are full.”
Emperor Yanfeng nodded, squeezed two steamed buns, brought a bowl of porridge, and said to the civil and military officials: “You guys should also eat some, something has happened.”
The ministers of civil and military affairs looked at the monk and Taoist as if they were facing enemies, and saw the two men squatting on the corner of the street with a golden bowl and a bowl, drinking porridge and eating steamed buns while eating dried vegetables.
The ministers stepped forward, each took a meal, and each squatted at the corner of the street. Emperor Yanfeng also squatted there, eating silently.
After eating, Emperor Yanfeng went to press water to wash the dishes before killing the well, and the officials lined up behind him. And the Tathagata and Taoist also went forward to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and said: “It’s been a long time since I have eaten the food in the world, it doesn’t have a flavor.”
“I have eaten with these ministers for several months.”
Emperor Yanfeng said seriously: “The two Dao brothers should eat and eat frequently, and don’t let yourself live too high or far away.”
“Going high is to avoid vulgarity.”
The old Taoist said with a smile: “You are the emperor of the world, and you are in charge of the lay people, but the practice of Taoism and Buddhism is to stay away from the turmoil of the world. If you are disturbed, it will be difficult to get out.”
Emperor Yanfeng smiled and asked, “Tao Master, can you become a true god?”
The Taoist shook his head.
Emperor Yanfeng asked the Tathagata again: “Tathagata, can you become a real Buddha?”
Tathagata shook his head: “The bridge is broken, who can become a real god and Buddha?”
“Then what are you talking about? Stay away from the world, and say that you are very powerful-historian, I have spoken vulgarly again, don’t remember, I know. You go down, you don’t need you here.”
After Emperor Yanfeng said, he walked outside the city, followed by the civil and military officials. Emperor Yanfeng stopped and smiled back: “Although it is in accordance with the rules of the court and not in accordance with the rules of the rivers and lakes, there is no need for so many people. God. When the bridge realm stays, the others retreat.”
Many civil and military ministers stopped, Emperor Yanfeng followed seven people, monk Taiwei Yuankong, Situ Xiu Yueqing, Sikong Wei Pingbo, Tiance General Qin Baoyue, Taishan King Lingxuhua, Hussar General Quan Dingwu, opening the mansion ceremony Su Yunzhi, the third secretary of the same rank, plus the emperor, there are eight people in total.
Tathagata and Taoist didn’t care, and continued to move forward.
Emperor Yanfeng led the crowd to keep up. When everyone came outside the city, they did not stop. When they walked to the field outside the city, Emperor Yanfeng stopped to look at the crops and asked an old farmer, “Can you get a good harvest?”
“Yes!” The old farmer’s voice was loud.
Emperor Yanfeng smiled, turned his head and said to the ministers behind him: “A good harvest!”
The Taoist said: “Your Majesty, I can do this this year, but not the next year. The old Dao has brought a book that records the story of the Daxu. It is called Kaihuangjiejing. Your Majesty will take a look at it first. Let’s go slowly. If you insist on reforming, then this day and the moon will have to change to a new sky.”
Tathagata sighed: “The Taoist Lord is merciful.”
The Taoist master shook his head: “He doesn’t know the danger here, and he will be like us if he knows it.” After that, he sent the Kaihuang Tribulation Scriptures to Emperor Yanfeng’s hands.
“Your Majesty, beware of fraud!” Shangqing Su Yunzhi reminded.
Emperor Yanfeng smiled and said, “It’s okay.”
He took the Open Emperor’s Tribulation Sutra from the Taoist Master and opened it to read it carefully.
They continued to walk forward unhurriedly, Emperor Yanfeng turned page by page, and read the Kaihuang Tribulation Sutra from beginning to end. Taoist and Tathagata did not urge them, but walked forward quietly. NS.
When he walked out of a hundred miles, Emperor Yanfeng would finish reading the Open Emperor’s Tribulation Sutra, settled his mind, looked up at the sky, and was silent.
The old Taoist said: “Your Majesty thinks of sentient beings, should you know how to do it?”
Emperor Yanfeng was stunned, and suddenly said: “When I was young, the Yankang country did not have such a large territory, and the emperor was not so noble. At that time, a family of sects were still domineering, and once I went abroad with envoys. Go, visit a place called Yuanqiguo, which is now Yuanzhou. There is a thunderstorm, the sky is full of dark clouds, covering Yuanqiguo, the thunder is cracking and cracking, and I don’t know how many cattle, sheep and cattle are smashed to death. , I also killed how many people.”
“The emperor of the Yuanqi Kingdom took the civil and military officials and knelt in the thunderstorm and prayed for sin. The people in the country also knelt on the ground and asked God to calm down his anger. In that thunderstorm, the emperor was smashed to death. Later I learned that they were. The god in his mouth is not a god, but Lei Yinzong, a sect. It is probably because the harvest is not good, and there are fewer good things to pay tribute to Lei Yinzong, so the Lei Yinzong succumbs to the robbery. It is the town of the Leiyinzong that caused the thunder tribulation. Teaching Lingbao, Jiuxiao Leiyun. The emperor took the sin on himself, so Lei Yinzong killed him and replaced him with an emperor. At that time, I was thinking…”
He looked at Taoist Master and Tathagata, and said word by word: “I want to overthrow you! Now, I have done it, but I have not done enough with the national teacher, so there will be this snow disaster. Isn’t it a god? Turning my head is!”
The Taoist master couldn’t help saying: “Your Majesty doesn’t think about the common people? Do you want Yankang to be turned into a big market? You and the national teacher reform, you and the national teacher lay down those sects to unify such a large territory. The old way did not stop it. I’ve passed you, right? But if you change the law again, the sky will be angry and endanger the common people!”
Old Tathagata said: “Your Majesty, think twice.”
Emperor Yanfeng said: “You have your beliefs, and I have my beliefs.”
Old Tathagata sighed and said to the Taoist master: “Old Taoist friend, change the emperor.”
The Taoist master took the Dao Sword and nodded: “Finally, the good things have been said, but your Majesty is so obsessed that he has to change to the emperor.”
Emperor Yanfeng looked around and saw an old Taoist, old monk, and poor master coming from all directions, enclosing them in the center, much more than the eight of them.
Admiral Tiance’s face changed drastically while waiting.
Emperor Yanfeng was stunned and said with a laugh: “Tathagata, Taoist master, I thought you would talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, but I didn’t expect you to come to the court to rules.”
Tathagata shook his head and said: “You must be in love, please forgive your Majesty. Dao Master, fellow Daoists, send your Majesty on the road together.”
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