On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 8 Lord Zhou destroys Buddha

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 8 Lord Zhou destroys Buddha

Of course, the Cui family's team returning home was not as grand as the emperor's trip, but because Mrs. Feng wanted to move to Boling, she also had slaves and maidservants, and her followers gathered in large numbers.

The convoy left Xiangzhou and headed northwest through the corner of Zhaozhou, arrived at Dingzhou, passed through Julu County, and finally entered Boling County.

The seat of Boling County has been changed repeatedly in history. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the seat was located in Raoyang (now Raoyang, Hengshui, Hebei Province) County. After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was changed to Cui Che's hometown, Anping County (now Anping County, Hengshui, Hebei Province).

Before entering the city, Cui Che lifted up the door curtain and saw from a distance many well-dressed people gathering at the west gate of Anping.

"Are these people here to greet us?"

Cui Che turned around and asked his grandmother.

Mrs. Feng took a look and said with a smile:

"Not only the third room, but also the other six rooms have people coming."

Even though San Cui has passed away, their contribution to the entire Boling Cui family is seen by everyone.

Among the three Cuisi, Cui Jishu is the leader. Although he is the youngest, he has the highest official position, the highest seniority, and the closest relationship with Gao Cheng. The Boling Cui family rose rapidly during the 14 years when Gao Cheng ruled the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and was able to compete with the Qinghe Cui family.

side by side.

As the leader of the clan, Cui Jishu led the Boling Cui family to rise to the top level. As his only bloodline, it is not surprising that Cui Che received such courtesy when he returned home.

"Che'er, help me get out of the car."

There was still a short distance to the west gate, so Mrs. Feng took Cui Che out of the car and walked.

The old and young people at the gate of the city also came over one after another.

When everyone met, it was a happy scene. Cui Che also paid tribute to the elders under the guidance of his grandmother.

There were also embarrassing moments, such as when a gray-haired old man in the third room actually saluted Cui Che and called him uncle. This left Cui Che at a loss and didn't know how to respond to this old nephew.

Of course, Cui's Seventh House must not only have dozens of people gathered at the city gate. These are just some direct members of the family. Many more people have spread their branches and are serving as officials in various places, and the side branches and concubines are not qualified to come to greet them.

In a clan, if there is a direct lineage, there will naturally be side branches. If it were not for the fact that Mrs. Feng had no legitimate son and something happened, Cui Che and his descendants, as the descendants of the concubine's eldest son Cui Changjun, should also be included in the side branches.

The resources of the family are undoubtedly inclined towards the direct lineage, and this is the same truth all over the world, but top families such as the Bolingcui family value reputation most, and will often help poor branch members of the family and arrange a living for them.

Of course, Cui Che could be warmly accepted by the clan because Cui Jishu's family property was confiscated by the government rather than divided up by the clan. Without disputes over interests, who would not want to welcome him with a smile. After all, although Cui Jishu was a minister of Qi, he was also given a posthumous gift by the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

He took the official position of General Yitong of Kaifu and Governor of Dingzhou.

After dealing with all the clan elders, I finally entered the city. Before I could take a breath, I was escorted to the ancestral hall by my grandmother and all the clan elders.

This is a tall ancestral temple. Mrs. Feng stopped outside the hall, and only Cui Che and the elders came in to worship.

In an era when men were superior to women, ancestral halls were men's temples, where men decided on clan affairs, punished those who violated clan rules, and offered sacrifices to ancestral tablets. The only possibility for women to enter here was to come here to receive punishment for violating clan rules.

Cui Che looked at the densely enshrined spiritual tablets and found the spiritual tablets of his grandfather Cui Jishu, his father Cui Changjun, and his uncle Cui Jingxuan.

My grandfather's tablet is a bit old, but my father's and uncle's tablets are very new.

After thinking for a moment, Cui Che understood.

Although Cui Jishu died for treason, everyone knew that he was slandered, but Cui Changjun and Cui Jingxuan were indeed involved, and the temple originally only enshrined Cui Jishu's spiritual tablet.

When the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Qi Dynasty, the Lord of the Zhou Dynasty pardoned them. Moreover, Cui Changjun and others were responsible for rebelling against the Northern Qi Dynasty, so they were also welcomed into the ancestral hall with a new memorial tablet.

With Cui Changjun's official position as Shangshu Youwai Bing Langzhong, even the eldest son of a concubine is qualified to enter the temple to worship.

After paying homage to his ancestors, Cui Che was finally able to get rid of this group of elders. He followed his grandmother back to his ancestral home in the city. After a long journey, his six-year-old body was already exhausted.

Exhausted.

Mrs. Feng originally planned to patrol the manor and fields outside the city this afternoon, but seeing that Cui Che was really sleepy, she sent someone to pass on the news and patrol outside the city tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Cui Che, who had had a full sleep, was in high spirits. After having breakfast, he and his grandmother went out with a group of servants and maids.

As the seat of the county, Anping is not as prosperous as Yecheng, the largest city in Hebei Province, but the lively scene created by the vendors hawking along the streets and the passing pedestrians is not far behind.

It's really troublesome to meet clan members or elders after just walking a few steps. Cui Che has to salute first, or juniors have to accept their etiquette.

When I walked outside a Buddhist temple, I saw a crowd of people gathered outside. The crowd was so noisy that the county official who was reading the decree in front of the temple had to stop and shout:

"Everyone be silent. Your Majesty personally issued the edict to destroy the law. If you have any objections, you can go to Chang'an to argue with the emperor!"

Outside the crowd, Mrs. Feng lamented:

"The Shi family has been in many difficulties since then."

Cui Che knew that Mrs. Feng had believed in Buddhism since she suffered great changes, and the so-called emperor's edict to destroy Buddhism was the incident of Emperor Yuwen Yong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroying Buddhism among the three martial arts and one sect that destroyed Buddhism.

In troubled times, the people suffered a lot but were unable to change. The reincarnation preached by Buddhism catered to the needs of the people and allowed them to place their hopes in the afterlife. With the strong support of the rulers, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Tao

After the destruction of Buddhism, Buddhism flourished again.

With the prosperity of Buddhism, the monastery economy also prospered. They occupied a large amount of land, and the monks did not bear the labor and tax, which seriously affected the country's fiscal revenue and the source of soldiers.

Yu Wenyong saw this and decided the order of the three religions in the second year of Jiande (573), placing Confucianism first, Taoism second, and Buddhism the lowest. In the following year, he discussed destroying the Dharma and ordered a ban on Buddhism and Taoism.

In addition to destroying Buddhism, Taoism and various folk religions were also banned.

Now that the Northern Zhou Dynasty has merged, the west wind that destroyed Buddhism has also blown to Hebei.

Since the population and wealth of the Northern Qi Dynasty were far greater than those of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the wealth of Buddhism and the number of monks and nuns in the Northern Qi Dynasty were even more astonishing.

The Northern Qi Dynasty, which occupies the sacred land, has a total population of more than 20 million, but there are more than 2 million monks and nuns in the country. In Yecheng alone, there are 47 royal temples built in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, more than 20 royal temples built in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and more than 4,000 small and medium-sized Buddhist temples.

There are more than 80,000 monks and nuns gathered there.

"Luoyang Jialan Ji" records that there were more than 1,300 Buddhist temples in Luoyang during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Compared with the more than 4,000 temples in Yecheng, they can only be said to be small and dwarfed.

Compared with Yuwen Yong who destroyed Buddhism in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and enriched the country's power, the Northern Qi Dynasty allowed one-tenth of the country's population to become monks and nuns. The contrast is really sharp.

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