Chapter 331 Maybe, Daqin is very strong?
Another senior official of the Yuechang Department asked, "Empress, since Buddhism has such a flaw, why can it still develop in the Peacock Kingdom?"
People in the Peacock Kingdom cannot see the flaws of Buddhism at all, but if they can see them, why should Buddhism develop and prosper in its country?
Gan Yu smiled and said, "This is related to the situation of the Peacock Country. First, Gan said just now that the Peacock Country's products are indeed rich, and the land is fertile. You can get a good harvest with just a little farming. Therefore, even if there are Buddhist monks who do not do production, they do not think there is too much harm."
"In both, Buddhism advocates equality of all beings and advocates benevolence and compassion, which is conducive to the people's calmness and stability;"
Educating the people to be gentle and kind, and not advocating violence is naturally conducive to stability and high-level rule. After all, managing a group of sheep is much easier and easier than a group of wolves.
"The third one lies in the royal family of the Peacock Kingdom. The ancestors of their ancestors do not seem to be from the high caste peacock Kingdom, but from the lower caste. Although they have been promoted to the high caste after their ancestors became kings, their families know their own affairs and know that their families are not real high castes, and they are naturally afraid of other high castes in the original caste system."
"Under the Buddha's teachings, sentient beings are equal and cannot be born in caste theory. Of course, they will be favored by Ashoka. This will help weaken the influence of the caste system and help them stabilize the throne."
Ye Zhuo and others nodded, thinking that this was the right thing to do. How could a king with a life-long iron-blooded life suddenly realize it? It would be reasonable for Ashoka to have his own conspiracy.
Another senior official of the Yuechang Department asked, "Empress, since Buddhism is prosperous in the Peacock Kingdom, why should they follow us... Wherever we wait? From my perspective, the monks of the Peacock Kingdom seem to spread Buddhism to us."
Gan Yu shook his head and said, "It's not that there is 'seemingly', but that they do have the intention of preaching to you and others. Because the situation in the domestic situation of peacocks has changed, it is no longer conducive to Buddhism, so they want to spread it outside. When preaching to the outside, they can find another place to facilitate their hiding from disasters and difficulties."
The relationship is almost impossible to survive in the Peacock Kingdom, so I came here to preach!
But this also made Ye Zhuo and others even more dissatisfied. They couldn't even make it in their own country, so they were embarrassed to go to their place to be the people of the Celestial Empire? Do you really treat them as ignorant barbarians?
Gan Yu was quite satisfied with the dissatisfaction expressed by Ye Zhuo and others. Although the Yue Shang tribe was a little off the position among the Baiyue tribes, it is now under the influence of the Great Qin and is regarded as its own territory by the Great Qin. Naturally, it does not want it to be influenced by the Peacock Kingdom.
In fact, in Gan Yu's opinion, it would be not necessary for Buddhism to help the Qin Dynasty govern these Baiyue tribes and spread them to Baiyue tribes, but then it must be decided by Your Majesty!
On the other hand, Master Moye summoned the monks who went with him this time, and more than a dozen monks made the small room seem a little crowded.
This is a kind of building they had never lived in before, and the whole was made of wood and bamboo, but no monks focused on the room itself at this time.
After observing the monks in the room, Master Moye asked, "My junior brothers, how do you observe the Yueshang tribe?"
A tall and strong monk commented: "A ignorant country and a barbarian tribe, do not know the true education of the superior country, but only knows the ruling of barbarians!"
They are not stupid, so naturally they can see the attitude of Yezhuo and others towards them. Today, Moye was disdainful when talking about Buddha and Ashoka, as if he thought they were talking big.
This made them think they were being despised. They came from the Peacock Kingdom and were despised by tribes that were not even considered as states?
Another monk smiled and said, "He has no knowledge, does not know the strength of our country, does not know the wisdom of the Buddha, and does not know the greatness of Ashoka. It is normal to have this reaction, just like how can fish swimming in the well know the greatness of the elephant? Don't worry about it!"
The monk continued, "It is precisely because of his ignorance that we need to educate others to eliminate ignorance and let them listen to the wisdom of our Buddha."
This made many monks in the room nod their heads: Yes, this is exactly the meaning of their missionary, to save people in the world, especially these foolish people. This is also a kind of practice that can accumulate a lot of merit.
Therefore, not only should we not dislike them or care about them, but we should also be tolerant and patiently guide them to help them understand the wisdom of the Buddha.
But they didn't think about some questions, or subconsciously ignored them: Is Buddhism really that good? Do the people here need their missionary?
In their perception, the Peacock Country is strong and the Buddhist wisdom is beautiful. Other places are not as barbaric and backward as theirs. They represent the advanced civilization. They naturally come here to preach to the backward mission, and civilization to preach to the barbaric mission.
Can they be wrong in preaching to these barbaric and ignorant places? What, can people here still need it?
Another monk said, "Are there any Qin people's means?"
This question made many monks think, but soon, a monk shook his head and said, "I think I don't know. Since the Qin people have agreed to let us go to Qin, they will not use this method."
If the Qin people really don’t want them to go to Qin or want to murder them, then there are many opportunities on the road, and there is no need to use this method at all. On the contrary, along the way, the Qin people not only did not murder them, but took good care of them.
Moreover, the performance of the Qin people along the way also made them look at each other with admiration, and their evaluation of Qin also elevated to: Although this country is a barbarian country, it is not as good as the Peacock country, it has advantages, such as the various experiences of the Qin people walking in the mountains and forests, and the methods of the Qin people curing diseases.
At this moment, a monk said, "Have you ever thought that maybe the people from this school saw us... they didn't think that Senior Brother Moye was saying lies at that time, but they thought that Senior Brother Moye was just saying this, and they dared to take it out..."
The monk did not say "show off" or "show off", but the other monks in the room understood the meaning. As soon as he finished speaking, a strange silence fell into the room.
This is a very novel point of view: those local natives do not think they are showing off, but think that they are just showing off, so how can they be embarrassed to show off?
If this view is true, what is the problem?
If you think carefully about what Master Moye said at that time, do you think their Peacock Kingdom is not strong enough, the Buddha is not wise enough, or is Ashoka’s achievements not great enough?
And if this view is true, it also represents another thing: among the knowledge of the natives here, there are countries that are stronger than the Peacock Kingdom, some who are wiser than the Buddha, and some who are more achievements than Ashoka...
Combined at the banquet, the natives here had seen the Qin people, and the answer was obviously about to come out. In the eyes of the natives here, Qin was stronger than them, and the Qin people's achievements were greater than King Ashoka.
Therefore, the reaction of the natives here was so strange at that time. They thought that what Master Moye said could not be compared with the Qin people, but they dared to show off in front of the Qin people, so they disdained and despised.
The ideas of the natives here can also be guessed: that little achievement is far less than that of the Qin people, but it is still showing off in front of the Qin people, which is ridiculous!
There were a few unstable breathing sounds in the room, and it was obvious that more than one monk thought of these.
After a long time, a monk shook his head and retorted: "How is this possible? According to the words of my junior brother, he must be aware that there are those who are stronger than our country, who have wisdom to surpass the Buddha, and who have achievements greater than King Ashoka! The Buddha's wisdom is unpredictable, and King Ashoka's achievements are not as good as King Yuegu and the King of the West. How could anyone beat it?" This remark attracted many monks to agree that the Buddha was the greatest wise man in history, and King Ashoka was the greatest king in history, no doubt about it.
The monk who spoke his opinion did not reply, allowing the other monks to refute it.
Because he knew that his views had already been expressed in the hearts of these senior brothers, but they were unwilling to admit it and could not let go of the pride in their hearts.
After all, they have always believed that they came from the upper country of the Celestial Empire, and were advanced and strong, and other places were not as good as their barbaric countries. Now a country that may be stronger and more advanced than them has appeared. Of course, they do not want to accept it from the bottom of their hearts, even if they pay attention to spiritual practice.
However, monks cannot get rid of greed, anger, ignorance and hatred before they have reached a certain level of practice. Only when the real evidence is presented to them will they be willing to admit it.
However, at this moment, the monk could not come up with conclusive facts to prove his point of view.
Seeing that the monk did not reply, the other monks found that it was meaningless after refuting, and the monk's words had already entered their hearts.
In fact, when the Qin people arrived at Danmolidi, some people were wondering whether Qin was stronger than them and whether the Qin people were more civilized and advanced than them, but at that time, they certainly did not want to admit it, thinking that this was a nonsense.
Although the Qin people once said that their country was large, with a population of tens of millions, and there were even more wise people like the Buddha, they were not very relieved.
I thought that it was a lie that the Qin people were so vain. In order not to let them underestimate them, they deliberately made up, and even if they were not well made up, they were just imitated by their Peacock Kingdom.
Like them, there are more than tens of millions of people in the Peacock Kingdom, and there are more than tens of millions of people in the Qin Kingdom. Like the Buddha, he is a great wise man. In the same period, he also has great wise man. What are he called "Laozi" and "Confucius"...
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
How could such a coincidence be so?
This must have been compiled by the Qin people imitated their Peacock Kingdom!
But today, the reaction of these local natives told them that the Qin people might not have compiled it, and what they said was true, so this turned into a thrilling story!
Being ashamed and being embarrassed is a trivial matter. What’s more important is that if Qin is really stronger than their Peacock Kingdom, then they went to Qin to preach missionary, originally thought that civilization could succeed smoothly and successfully in the advanced missionary, but now it is hard to say that they are sure of it.
Moreover, Qin is strong and their Peacock Country is weak. If Qin has malicious intentions towards them and wants to conquer the Peacock Country, can they resist the current situation of their Peacock Country?
When I thought of these things, the room fell silent again. This time I was silent for a longer time, and the atmosphere in the room was heavier.
A monk asked Master Moye, "Senior Brother Moye, if this matter is true, will we still go to Qin to preach?"
What will happen if you go to a country that may be stronger than their Peacock Kingdom?
Master Moye said, "This matter has not been determined yet. You cannot stop preaching to Qin. However, we are on the way, so we must pay attention to the news of Qin to confirm the matter. At the same time, we must send someone back to the country to inform others."
If Qin is really strong and sending people back, it can also allow others to deal with it in advance so that Qin will not suddenly attack and catch them off guard.
But there is also a problem with this. A monk said, "Senior Brother Moye is very kind, but who is sent back? Not to mention the bottom of Danmoli, it is the golden land, and the mountains are high and the road is far away. If there are not enough people, how can I return? Moreover, I can reach this place all the way, relying on the help of the Qin people. If there is no Qin people leading the way, I am afraid that I will die in the mountains and forests sooner."
"And if we send someone back, the Qin people will know that Senior Brother Mo Ye thinks the Qin people will quietly watch us return and report the letter?"
These are all problems. There are not enough people to form a team in this place, and there is no suitable guidance. It is difficult to walk on the mountain road and it is easy to die. Moreover, the Qin people are neither blind nor deaf. How could they not be able to make people come back?
What's more, the tribes in this place are obviously close to the Qin people, and the Qin people don't even need to do it themselves. They just need to order the tribes here to chase and kill them, which will make it difficult for the personnel they sent back to return.
Master Moye said, "It seems that we can only confirm the situation of Qin State in Qing Dynasty first and then make a decision. The junior brothers are not more worried. Even if Qin State is strong, it will not be so good if they want to dispatch a large army. It is easy for individuals to cross mountains, but difficult for everyone to cross mountains, let alone a large army!"
"If you want to send a large army from Qin to our country, the difficulties are far more difficult than if we go from Danmolidi to Qin."
In fact, the preparations to be made for a large army operation are much more complicated than those to be made for a person and a team operation, and there are more things to pay attention to.
It took them a lot of effort to get here after crossing mountains and ridges. The army would not take less effort, and the Qin people were still on their way back to Qin. The king of Qin still didn't know the accurate news about their Peacock Kingdom, and he would definitely not send troops.
This gives them plenty of time to deal with it!
The monks also recalled the slightest regained their tense hearts, but the sense of crisis still had not yet gone. They couldn't feel at ease without understanding the specific situation of Qin.
Master Moye continued to appease the monks: "I can't say that the king of Qin will also convert to my Buddha like Ashoka and believe in my teachings. Then the natural disasters will disappear and the merits will be endless."
Indeed, even if Qin is really stronger than their Peacock Kingdom, as long as the king of Qin can convert, the problems they are worried about will no longer be a problem, and all disasters will no longer exist. This kind of thing is not impossible, and their Buddhism is also beneficial to the monarch and king.
Master Moye reminded again: "My junior brothers, this matter has not been determined yet. Don't tell others about this matter. If you suspect it, you will be afraid, and if you fear it, you will be in chaos."
The monks nodded and said yes, it is best not to let other monks accompanying him know about this matter. This is not to hide it from it, but not to inform the unconfirmed matters.
After this day, Gan Yu and others discovered that some monks led by Master Moye became more friendly to them. Although they were also friendly, they always felt superiority like "We are the superior country of the Celestial Empire, and you are the small barbarian states". Now this sense of superiority has faded a lot.
(This chapter ends)