Chapter 1178: The Dead Skin
Among the Buddhists, the two most famous mantras are "this thing has a destiny with my Buddha" and the other is "this person has a destiny with my Buddha". How awesome are these two sentences? It's like occupying a seat in the study room of a university. Others at least put a book on it. He just went to take a picture of the seat in the photo, and just said "this seat is mine" and it was over.
Ye Zan has not only watched "Fengshen Yanyi", but also heard Xuanyuan Daozu say "this group of thieves are bald", so the first sentence after showing up is to "block" the other party's mouth. When he thought about it: I've already dug out your "destiny" stalk, if you still have a little face, you probably won't say such a thing again.
However, in the face of Ye Zan's inquiry, which could even be said to be a questioning, the monk Guangwen smiled lightly, as if he should take it for granted, and said: "Fellow Taoist Wuji seems to understand my Buddhism quite well! Chenxi Church, from the way of preaching to some ideas of the Pope, is very similar to my Buddhism. It can be said that as long as the goddess of Chenxi is replaced by the title of my Buddhist Bodhisattva, Chenxi Church can be with me without any obstacles. Buddhism and Buddhism are integrated."
In fact, we have to admit that the words of Monk Guangwen are not without reason. Dawn Church is a religion based on faith, and all believers believe in the Goddess of Dawn. And Buddhism is also based on faith. Those monks are actually believers, and they believe in the Buddha of Buddhism.
But Taoism is different. Although Taoism also worships Taoist ancestors, it is more of a kind of respect than faith. Therefore, these sects of Taoism accept disciples rather than believers, and they do not require disciples to believe in anyone.
For ascetics, the patriarchs and predecessors of Taoism are just the forerunners on this road, not born to stand at the end. Therefore, they believe that if they go down this road, they have the opportunity to reach the same height as their predecessors, or even surpass them.
It can be said that there is no difference in forms and ideas between the Chenxi Church and Buddhism except for the object of belief. As monk Guangwen said, if Goddess Chenxi is given the Buddhist title of Bodhisattva, the believers of Chenxi Church can become Buddhist believers without any obstacles.
You must know that in the world of Dawn, although the Church of Dawn originally had a low status, it is the only religion after all. Therefore, the number of believers in the Church of Dawn is still very large, and almost everyone can be said to be a follower of the Goddess of Dawn. Of course, this "everyone" does not include descendants of wizards, some nobles, and extraordinary people who have reached a certain level of strength.
Therefore, if Buddhism can "annex" the Chenxi Church, then it will immediately be able to catch up with those monastic sects that came first in "preaching", and become the biggest winner of this "preaching". For Buddhists, this is definitely an irresistible temptation, even if there is a price to pay, it is worth it.
Moreover, what made Monk Guangwen and the others more confident was that Batley and the others who now controlled the Church of Morning Sun did not belong to the Yuqing Sect or a certain sect of monasticism.
Even Batley and others cannot be regarded as cultivators or people in Taoism, and they are clearly the best targets for transformation.
"Hehe, the Great Monk thinks beautifully! But I have my own use for the Church of Dawn, so it's better for you not to think about it." After hearing what Monk Guangwen said, Ye Zan had no intention of arguing with him at all. Instead, he unceremoniously explained the affiliation of Chenxi Church.
Ye Zan knew very well that with this group of Buddhist monks, it is impossible to win by reasoning, so it is better not to reason. If he was on the side of Buddhism, he would indeed think that Monk Guangwen's idea was good, but unfortunately not.
"Fellow Daoist Wuji, although fellow Daoists won the Church of Dawn, it is a church with tens of thousands of believers! Fellow Daoists say that like treating the church as a private property, but it is not done by virtuous people. Seeing that Ye Zan didn't reason with him, although Monk Guangwen didn't see any anger on his face, his tone was obviously a bit more serious.
"The great monk is right. I have never said that I am a virtuous person! Besides, as early as when we first met, I was almost a demon in your eyes. So, if the great monk I still want to preach in this world of Chenxi safely, so it’s best not to think about me, the Church of Chenxi, otherwise don’t blame me for not being a part of the ‘Shidao family’.” Ye Zan didn’t reason with the other party at all, but was very arrogant warned.
There is a saying that "a scholar meets a soldier, and it is difficult to explain why." Ye Zan now just wants to play the role of that "soldier", and doesn't want to give those monks a chance to reason. Some people may think that Ye Zan has a guilty conscience and weakened his own momentum. However, it would be even more foolish to argue with your opponent even though you know you can't win the debate.
"Fellow Daoist Wuji, what the poor monk said was not purely for the sake of my Buddhism. I waited for Buddhism and Taoism to come to preach, and they all came with the same purpose, to restore our world as soon as possible. The origin of my teaching. With my ability to teach, once the Dawn Church gains a foothold in this world, it will definitely give a huge boost to preaching. I also ask Fellow Daoist Wuji to put aside personal likes and dislikes for the time being, and focus on the overall situation!" Guang Monk Wen did not give up because of Ye Zan's arrogance, but talked about his own reasons on his own.
Again, what Monk Guangwen said is of course reasonable. If Chenxi Church is acquired by Buddhism, it will definitely be another leap forward in the process of "preaching the Word". Just imagine, so many believers of Chenxi Church have suddenly become Buddhist believers. Even if they didn't practice anything, it would definitely be a great victory for the cultural invasion.
But the problem is, Buddhism and Taoism are different after all! Not to mention that Ye Zan didn't want to cut off his interests. Even if he really made such a sacrifice for the sake of the overall situation. Will Xianting really recognize him?
The Buddhists came here so late and said that there is no fairy court inside, no one would believe that. Xianting deliberately delayed the arrival of the Buddhists, isn't it just to let the Buddhists not gain too much benefit in the matter of preaching? Now, if Ye Zan gave the Chenxi Church to Buddhism for the sake of the "overall situation", and Buddhism used the Chenxi Church to reverse the current situation, would Xianting be happy?
It might not be good for Xianting to turn against Buddhism. After all, it is not very kind to let the Buddhists come to the world of dawn after so long. Therefore, even if Xianting has any dissatisfaction with Buddhism, I am afraid that he will have to vent his anger on Ye Zan in the end. Anyway, Ye Zan is just a small cultivator in the Yuanshen realm.
Therefore, Ye Zan would not hand over the Chenxi Church to Buddhism even in order not to offend Xianting.
"Although talk about the overall situation! Especially, don't talk about the overall situation with me! The preaching of the Dawn World can have the current situation. I think I am very grateful to you. I have repeatedly said that the Dawn Church has other uses. Yes, and the effect is definitely not worse than what you called the overall situation, the monk should give up on it." Ye Zan was still very unreasonable, clearly expressing his refusal, and his tone was much more resolute.
Ye Zan's words are not perfunctory for Buddhists, nor are they saying that even if it is useless in his own hands, he will never let others benefit from it. You know, after overthrowing the ruling class dominated by descendants of wizards, the Church of Dawn is already the largest "regime" in the world today. Therefore, today's Chenxi Church is not only about promoting prehistoric civilization, not only endorsing those monastic sects, but also has the responsibility of managing the world itself.
And Ye Zan just wanted to use Chenxi Church's current management responsibilities to realize some of his plans to transform the Chenxi world. For example, in terms of the government system, if people want to change from a feudal system to a centralized system, it will be easier for people to accept the guidance and help of the church. In addition, Ye Zan also plans to build some technological infrastructure in the morning world, such as rail transit and communication networks, and also needs the assistance of the church.
When it comes to technological infrastructure, rail transit and communication networks, although they seem to be just some things that affect people's lives, they don't seem to have much connection with evangelism. However, regardless of the rail transit, communication network, and the voice transmission and transmission used for communication, they can all help the civilization of cultivating Taoism to be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
After all, the equipment used by Ye Zan will more or less have magic tools in it, and will not directly use pure technological products. Then, everyone who uses Qianli vivid, everyone who rides rail transit will attribute these to "prehistoric civilization", that is, to "cultivation civilization". In this way, the influence of "cultivation civilization" on people will naturally penetrate more deeply.
You must know that many people may not have the opportunity to worship the sect of Taoism at all, and they may not have the opportunity to study "prehistoric civilization" in depth. It's like the world of Taoism. Although it is said to be a world of Taoism civilization, how many of the hundreds of millions of people have truly become Taoists? However, even those mountain and field folks, even if they have never been in touch with Taoism in their lives, still have some concept of "Tao" in their minds.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Ye Zan said that this "preaching" is not just about recruiting disciples, but a kind of cultural aggression. This cultural aggression is not only to occupy the cultural field of the upper class, but also to let the lower class know it. Only then can it be regarded as a real cultural aggression.
No matter how many sects of cultivating Taoism recruit disciples on a large scale, no matter how overloaded they are to teach disciples and preach, is it true that the "Tao" that is "passed" out is also limited. If people in the entire Chenxi world, no matter what class they are in, start to learn "square characters" and start to speak the language of the world of cultivation, then the effect of preaching will definitely be better than how many disciples they have.
Therefore, Ye Zan intends to spread the "culture" of the world of Taoism in terms of infrastructure construction and things that everyone needs to use. When everyone became familiar and felt that life was inseparable from these "prehistoric civilization" products, the cultural invasion of this monastic civilization was successful.
Of course, the construction of transportation and communication facilities will not really include everyone in the final audience. Maybe, there are always some people who just don't use these things at all, and don't have many opportunities to get in touch with them. It's like, some people may never leave the city where they were born, and naturally they may not have the opportunity to take rail transit.
Therefore, in Ye Zan's plan, the transportation and communication infrastructure is only one of the steps of cultural invasion. After completing this step, Ye Zan also plans to use the influence of the Church of Dawn to guide the natives of the world of Dawn to learn the language and characters of "prehistoric civilization". For example, establish church schools in various places to give those indigenous people the opportunity to learn, just like the compulsory education in the technological world.
In terms of establishing a school, only Chenxi Church has the conditions to truly build a school in every corner of the world. If there is no help from Chenxi Church, Ye Zan will organize the manpower, plan and supervise the construction of the school, arrange the teachers in charge of teaching, and solve all kinds of things derived from the school.
Ye Zan didn't intend to engage in charity, nor did he hope to make the people of Chenxi World read well, nor did he want to atone for his previous sins. He only considered doing these things purely out of profit, in order to obtain better evangelism effects and more evangelism merits. If there is no Church of the Morning Sun, then Ye Zan would have to spend tens of millions of times more energy to do these things, and it might not be worth doing.
Therefore, for these follow-up plans, Ye Zan would never allow Chenxi Church to have any problems.
"Fellow Daoist Wuji, I'm afraid the Dawn Church will not be of much use in your hands. After all, Fellow Daoist is not my Buddhist, and it seems that he has not practiced the way of incense and fire. Such a useless thing, Why do you have to hold it in your own hands so tightly and not let it play a greater role?" Monk Guangwen didn't know about Ye Zan's plans, so he couldn't figure out what the church did to Ye Zan Useless.
"If the monk is curious, you might as well be patient and wait to see what I will do with this church." Ye Zan did not reveal his plan. After all, with the ability of Buddhist teachings, it might be theirs when they see it. .
"It seems that fellow daoists are unwilling to be beautiful no matter what! However, fellow daoists should not forget that these fellow daoists who preside over the church are not members of your Yuqing sect. Therefore, if several fellow daoists If you intend to join my Buddhist religion, I hope fellow Taoists won’t block you like this again.” Seeing that he couldn’t find Chenxi Church, Monk Guangwen turned his idea to Batley and others. Anyway, Batley and others are presiding over the Dawn Church. As long as these people are converted to Buddhism, wouldn’t the Dawn Church also become a Buddhist thing?