Chapter 335 This religion cannot be spread in our Daqin
On the other side, the Great Qin Palace, the Zhangtai Palace, the Shihuang, Li Nian and others were meeting Gan Yu and listening to them talk about the mission on the way.
In fact, before I returned to Xianyang, the data recorded by Gan Yu and others were sent back to Xianyang one step in advance, along with the various things they obtained along the way, such as Peacock National Cotton Seeds, novel crops found on the road, etc.
However, there may be some omissions in the data record, and the data will not answer questions or explain doubts. Who can tell me in person and then ask in person?
Gan Yu was talking about the change in Master Moye and others' attitude towards them, and smiled and said, "The Peacock people are quite arrogant. Although they did not directly speak to us in person, their attitude was like 'I am the country of the Heavenly Kingdom, you are a small barbarian country'. He believed that we were from barbarians and foreign countries and looked down on us. He also felt arrogant and contemptuous when he was with us on weekdays."
"I think what we say is to deceive the country. The country is the strongest in the world. How can one compare with it? I think that the country is advanced and strong, and our Qin Dynasty is backward and ignorant. Therefore, because he comes, he goes from a strong country to a weak country, and then he goes backward by advancement."
"So, in his heart, he believed that they came to Daqin this time to support a barbarian and weak country, and help us escape from the wilderness and ignorance, and thus be proud and superior!"
When Li Nian heard this, he smiled and said, "They think they are powerful and advanced people from the Supreme Kingdom of the Heavenly Kingdom. It is our blessing to help us ignorant and backward barbarians. We should be particularly grateful to them. This is in line with the temperament of the Peacock people, who are often so arrogant!"
Not to mention this era, even in later generations, the third brother was a little arrogant, otherwise he would not have done anything to provoke the neighbors in the east, and then he was beaten violently. However, even after being beaten, the third brother still felt that he was quite awesome and not weak.
The third brother always has a very strange confusing self-confidence. The third brother is not bad at strength, but his confusing self-confidence lies in his strength. As the saying goes, the rain stops and the sky is clear. The third brother feels that he is OK again!
In addition, the work that the third brother sometimes carries is very confusing. Why is the third brother so confident? Is the third brother already so powerful?
Gan Yu nodded and smiled, "As the young master said, he obviously thinks so, so he feels proud and superior in the face of us. However, when he leaves Danmoli and enters the land of Baiyue, he gradually understands the strength of my Great Qin..."
Gan Yu smiled and explained in detail the attitude of Master Moye and others, which made Zhangtai Palace full of joy for a while.
"After knowing that my Great Qin is strong above their Peacock Kingdom, he will no longer dare to show his 'Celestial Kingdom' to us, and he will be more respectful to us. It is quite interesting..."
Li Nian then continued, "At first, but then respectful, can you laugh when you think about it?"
Gan Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this. Sure enough, he had to be the young master. He accurately described their mood at that time with one sentence. He nodded and smiled, "Yes, the young master said what we thought at that time. At that time, his attitude changed, and I was still a little uncomfortable..."
Li Nian smiled and said, "You still like their original unruly appearance. I hope they will recover?"
How did the young master accurately describe their thoughts at that time?
Gan Yu said a little embarrassedly, "But don't say it. I really thought about talking to them like this."
But the joy ended here, Gan Yu's expression became serious. He said, "Your Majesty, your son, and all the masters, although the Peacock people are arrogant, their country is indeed somewhat capable and should not be underestimated."
Yes, even if you can establish a country and develop your own culture, even if you are not as good as the Qin Dynasty, you cannot be treated as ignorant and barbarians, and you should pay certain attention to it.
This is no longer an ordinary barbarian country, and you must take a heavy blow!
"It is reported that more than a hundred years ago, a king led his army from the west to attack the boundary of Yangzhou (India). Some people took the opportunity to establish an army to defeat the army left by the Western king. Then this man defeated all enemies and established a country. The country he established was the current Peacock Kingdom. This man was the first king of the Peacock Kingdom, the Moon Guard King."
After Gan Yu finished speaking, the other ministers in the palace looked at Li Nian. This matched Li Nian with something they had told before. It was not Li Nian who made up stories to deceive them.
Today, I heard Gan Yu say that it was not only Shi Huang and Li Nian who were on the mission, but also confidential officials such as Wang Wan, Wang Jian, Wei Liao, and Li Si.
Gan Yu continued: "The King of Yuehu was considered by the Peacock people to be a wise and powerful king, but compared with Ashoka, it is still much worse in the hearts of the Peacock people."
"Ashoka is the grandson of King Yuegu. If King Yuegu is said to be a powerful king in the minds of the people of Peacock, then King Ashoka is great! The people of the Peacock divided the period when King Ashoka governed the Peacock Kingdom into the era of "Black Ashoka" and "White Ashoka"..."
"In the era of 'Black Ashoka', Ashoka led the army to fight and expanded the territory of the Peacock Kingdom. Because he committed many killings in this era, he was considered to be 'Black Ashoka'."
"After feeling that there were too many killings in the first half of his life, Ashoka felt deeply remorse, so he stopped fighting, turned to Buddhism, and vigorously promoted Buddhism, thus called "Bai Ashoka"!"
Speaking of this, Gan Yu said, "According to the Peacock people, King Ashoka would be transformed into 'Bai Ashoka' because he caused hundreds of thousands of casualties when he conquered a country called 'Jeringjia'. Seeing the scene tragic, he repented."
"However, when those peacocks told us about this, they did not think that Ashoka repented because of this, but instead regarded it as Ashoka's achievements and showed it to us, so that we could know how great Ashoka's achievements are!"
This achievement is actually good, but if it is placed in the history of the Qin Dynasty and China, it is not very good enough. But he even showed off to Gan Yu and others from the Qin Dynasty, which has a kind of arrogance.
Wang Jian didn't care about this. He paid more attention to the Buddhism mentioned in Gan Yu's words and said curiously: "You said that Ashoka believed in Buddhism and vigorously promoted Buddhism. What is this Buddhism?"
Seeing that it was Wang Jian's question, Gan Yu said seriously: "Just want Your Majesty, the Young Master and the Justice to come. This Buddhism is a sect in the country of Peacock..."
Gan Yu was thinking about what words to describe Buddhism so that everyone could understand it more clearly, but he heard Li Nian say on his behalf: "Buddhism is a religious sect, similar to various schools of thought, but it is different. It has its own teachings, that is, doctrines."
"Buddhism talks about cause and effect, reincarnation, doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, and advocates equality of all beings. In its teachings, it believes in the gods as ‘Buddhas’, and is a great wise man and a great enlightened man."
"The so-called 'cause and effect reincarnation' is roughly a record of doing evil and doing good in this life, such as killing people to do evil and saving people to do good. After death, you will be considered for the evil you did and the good you did in your life. If you decide whether to continue to be reborn as a person to enjoy himself or become a pig or a dog to suffer."
After hearing this, Wang Jian was stunned, then pointed at himself and smiled, "According to this Buddhist saying, can I become a pig dog in the next life?"
This Buddhism is obviously terrorizing the world with its illusory afterlife and allowing people to obey their teachings, so as to reduce sin and gain benefits after death. Li Nian said: "What the old general has done to the country and the people is not evil? Moreover, how can he do good and evil deeds be determined by Buddhism?"
"This is a ignorant act of the world. It threatens the world with an uncertain cycle of reincarnation, making the world believe in their own way. But if this is spread, it will really attract some people to believe it."
Even in later generations, many people believe in the Buddhist theory of cause and effect, and then make up some strange events of releasing animals, such as releasing foreign species and releasing sea fish into fresh water.
Li Nian's sentence "Will good and evil deeds be determined by Buddhism?" He went straight into the hearts of the ministers in the palace. This Buddhism is by no means a good thing. If it determines good and evil deeds, how can the law or the court do what the law do?
Gan Yu said: "What the young master said is perfect. Buddhism is the largest religion in the Peacock Kingdom today. The believers are spread throughout the Peacock Kingdom, from the kings and princes of the Peacock Kingdom to the peddlers of the Peacock Kingdom. Their temples are also spread throughout the Peacock Kingdom, occupying a large number of fields and population!"
"The reason why King Ashoka was praised by monks from the Peacock Kingdom was that when he governed the Peacock Kingdom, Buddhism flourished in the Peacock Kingdom, and it spread from the Peacock Kingdom to the foreign countries."
"These peacock people who came to our Great Qin this time are the monks of the Peacock Kingdom. They came to spread Buddhism. They wanted our Great Qin to become another Peacock Kingdom and become their Buddhist paradise!"
Gan Yu looked very serious. He took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, your son, and all the lords, you must not let Buddhism spread in our Great Qin, otherwise there will be endless disasters!"
Seeing that Gan Yu was saying so seriously, Wang Wan asked, "Why do you say this?"
Gan Yu said, "That Buddhism seems to be about doing good deeds and accumulating virtues and leading people to be kind. It is a good teaching, but in fact it is a teaching that harms the country and the people. If it is allowed to preach, the country will decline!"
"First, Buddhism will make the people lazy and weak, lose their courage and courage. Their religion advocates that non-violence and not killing will be bullied and abused, and do not resist too much."
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This is actually beneficial for the king to rule inwardly. People believe in Buddhism, lose their blood and courage, and become docile little sheep, and naturally they will not jump out to rebel and rebellion, and the country will last for a long time.
This is beneficial to internal rule, but if foreign enemies encounter invasion, expect a group of people who are not bloody and trained to be as gentle as sheep to defend their country? Non-violent cooperation, line up to let the enemy beheaded, and let the enemy cut his sword to the curling blade?
This seems ridiculous and funny, but an unknown Mahatma really proposed to "Baisheng". "Baisheng" thinks this guy is a lunatic.
I can only say that it is a lineage. It has been in the history of the Third Brother, and it is not worth it too strange!
After listening to Gan Yu's words, the First Emperor and the ministers immediately thought of the harm of Buddhism in this regard. This Buddhist idea is indeed useful for internal rule, but it is equivalent to taking the initiative to remove minions. Once a powerful foreign enemy invades, there is only the amount of being slaughtered on the chopping board.
Now Buddhism is the largest religion in the Peacock Kingdom and has many believers. Doesn’t it mean that Peacock Kingdom...
It's so good, so good, as long as the Qin Dynasty itself does not become like that, other countries will become better, and they will lose their blood and become sheep, it will be easier for the Qin Dynasty to hunt.
However, the people of the Qin Dynasty cannot lose their blood, courage and enterprising spirit, and continue to maintain their martial spirit like tigers and wolves, straighten their backs and backs, so that they can continue to flourish and stand among the nations of the world!
With this alone, Buddhism must not be spread in the Qin Dynasty. Gan Yu continued: "Secondly, Buddhist monks do not engage in production. In their doctrine, farming and production is a matter that will cause cause and effect with other people, other creatures, and things, which is not conducive to their accumulation of merits and reincarnation."
The local Buddhism of the Peacock Kingdom in this era really did not advocate monk production, and it did not advocate it after it was introduced to China.
In fact, not only does Buddhism in Peacock Kingdom do not engage in production, but Jains in Peacock Kingdom also advocate not farming and production. They believe that farming and production will kill animals, and Jains are opposed to killing, so most Jains are merchants.
Li Si asked, "Where do they get food if they don't farm or produce?"
Li Si had already thought of the answer to this question, but he still asked, and only heard Gan Yu say, "Of course, begging for food or accepting donations from others. The Buddhist monks in the Peacock Kingdom believe that farming and production will lead to cause and effect, but begging for food and accepting donations from others will lead to very little cause and effect. And..."
Gan Yu changed the subject, "The monks in the Peacock Kingdom have a special idea. They not only think that begging for food and accepting donations from others is shameful, but instead they give donors a chance to do good and accumulate virtue. Donors should thank them."
In short, I am not begging for food from you or asking for offerings from you, but I am merciful to give you the opportunity to provide food to me and make donations.
Therefore, it is not that I should thank you, but that you should take the initiative to thank my great kindness and virtue. We are the disciples of the Buddha. If you donate to me, you will remember the merits in front of the Buddha. How can you compare with some common things?
Wang Ben was amused and shook his head and said, "What a shameless teaching. He begs for food from others. He does not thank those who give food, but instead asks those who give food to thank them!"
None of the various schools of thought has such shameless doctrines and ideas, but what is even more outrageous is that the people of this Peacock Kingdom seem to have accepted this trick.
Gan Yu said, "More than these, the monks in the Peacock Kingdom occupy a lot of land and population. Although they do not farm, they only worship Buddha and recite scriptures in temples, but they can place the land for others to farm."
Li Si keenly heard the question Gan Yu wanted to say and said in a deep voice: "These monks do not need to perform labor service and pay taxes?"
When others heard Li Si's words, they immediately understood that the Buddhist monks in this Peacock Kingdom did not need to perform labor service or pay taxes, but there was still a large amount of land and population, which was equivalent to losing a large amount of manpower and a large amount of taxes.
No, not only that, after learning that the land and people in the name of monks do not need to perform labor service or pay taxes, more people will hang the land in the name of monks and more people will become monks.
This will cause the country to lose more land and population and more taxes. This situation has happened not only in the Peacock Kingdom, but also in China.
After Li Si pointed out this issue, the First Emperor and the ministers truly felt the harm that Buddhism can bring and looked serious.
I originally thought that even if there was a problem with Buddhism in this Peacock Kingdom, it was just like this. But now, the problem can directly affect a country's taxes and labor service. That is a big problem. They understand how important labor service is, and they understand very well!
(This chapter ends)