"Nani?" Miho Takada was so shocked by Emperor Zhu's words that she even spoke in Japanese. The little girl stared at Zhu Cixiang stupidly with her big eyes.

"What?" Zhu Cixiang's face darkened, "Am I not qualified to make Monk Jianzhen a successor?"

Yes! How could the Emperor of Heaven be unqualified? With so many truths in the hands of the Emperor, as well as the truth that can be used to open flower bombs, how could the Emperor be unqualified to seal a Japanese monk?

Takada Miho was frightened by the suddenly serious-faced emperor and broke out in a cold sweat. Although she was 100% willing to sacrifice herself and would commit hara-kiri even if she was ordered to do so, she was still afraid of death!

"No, it's not my fault!" Takada prostrated on the ground, "Your Majesty, please punish me severely."

Zhu Cixi showed a gentle smile again: "There is no need for punishment. Just raise your head and speak."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Miss Takada breathed a sigh of relief. When she was in Japan, she heard that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was no more powerful than the Emperor of Japan. If he offended him, he would die!

"Your Majesty, who is this Master Jianzhen?" Kong Yinzheng, Duke of Yansheng, asked, "Why do you want to canonize him?"

Really? What does this master do? Why was he canonized?

All the ministers looked at Emperor Zhu, and everyone was confused. No one, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grand Duke Luo, had heard of the name of Master Jianzhen.

Zhu Cixiang said: "He is a Japanese monk with both loyalty and filial piety!"

"Is there such a monk?"

“How can a monk be both loyal and filial?”

"Yes, monks are most loyal to their emperor and patriotic. How can they be filial?"

"Perhaps this monk became a monk after his parents died."

"There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the worst is not having an heir!"

"Maybe he gave birth to a son first and then became a monk."

The ministers and scholars all started making wild guesses. Zhu Cihong coughed, and everyone immediately fell silent. He looked at Takada Miho again, "Miho, come and tell everyone who Master Jianzhen is? And why did I say that?"

Is he a monk who has both loyalty and filial piety?"

"Hai." Miho Takada was a little confused by Emperor Zhu. She didn't know where to start. She was stunned for a while before she stammered, "The real name of Master Jianzhen is Hino Fan Yan.

His real name is Shinran, and his other name is Shinran. He is the founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect in Japan. He is an ancient man hundreds of years ago. The first Buddhist sect in Japan today is the Honganji Temple derived from the Jodo Shinshu sect he founded.

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As for the slaves who have both loyalty and filial piety, I really don’t know what to say?”

The little girl is really pitiful. She didn't read much, so she didn't know much about Zinluan, an ancient man from hundreds of years ago. How could she know how this old monk could be both loyal and filial?

Zhu Cixiang reminded: "Then do you know who founded Honganji Temple?"

"It was created by Jinluan's daughter Juexinni."

"The monk also has a daughter?" Kong Yinzheng asked, "Was she born before he became a monk?"

"It seems that the master who is not a monk became a monk at a young age. I don't know if he was 6 years old or 7 years old."

"Then this daughter is"

"The Master was born to him after he suffered a life-and-death crisis and then remarried," Takada said. "The Master not only had a wife, but he also ate meat, and he had a son and a daughter with his wife. His son founded the Yunru Temple.

My daughter founded Honganji Temple. Later, Honganji Temple did not grow in size, and Honganji Temple developed into the first sect of Japanese Buddhism, and the successive Dharma masters of Honganji Temple are all descendants of the Master’s daughter Kyoshinni.”

Zhu Cixiang smiled: "How about it? All the monks in this family are filial sons, right?"

It’s true! If a monk from another family becomes a monk and has no home, he has nothing, no wife and children, he must be unfilial!

The great monk of Honganji Temple is so good. He runs the temple as a family business and has passed it down from generation to generation!

Zhu Cixiang added: "Before the Tokugawa shogunate unified Japan, the Japanese king had no power, and the local lords were unwilling to contribute money. The king had to sit in the palace, even food was a problem, and he did not know how to plant crops.

Even though he was doing business on the land, he was too embarrassed to beg for food. Fortunately, the great monk of Honganji Temple had a conscience and donated a lot of his incense money to the King of Japan, so that the King of Japan was saved from starving to death. What do you think of this great monk of Honganji Temple?

But a loyal minister?"

That’s right!

The ministers of one side of the separatist regime no longer care about the king's food. The monk of Honganji Temple has taken care of the king's food for so many years. If he is not a loyal minister, who is a loyal minister?

Kong Yinzheng nodded and said: "Although these monks of Hongan Temple do not abide by the rules and precepts, they are indeed filial sons and loyal ministers. But is it really necessary to make them successors?"

"Of course it is necessary!" Zhu Cihong said, "Confucianism is weak in Japan, but Buddhism is prosperous. The Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect is the first Buddhist sect in Japan, and this sect does not believe that the four elements are empty, and it does not know how to chant sutras, but it pays attention to loyalty and filial piety.

Yongwu is therefore a sect that combines Buddhism and Confucianism, both Buddhism and Confucianism.”

Kong Yinzheng became curious today and asked again: "Your Majesty, you said that Honganji Temple is loyal, filial and brave? Where does this bravery begin?"

"This minister knows," Grand Duke Luo took the question, "this Honganji Temple is for raising monks and soldiers. In the troubled times of the Warring States Period in Japan before the Tokugawa shogunate unified the world, Honganji Temple was also divided into one side. The monks and soldiers in the temple often participated in wars and once stood firm.

Ishiyama Honganji Temple was built for ten years to compete with Oda Nobunaga, Japan’s greatest tycoon.”

Monk soldier? He fought with Oda Nobunaga for ten years. What kind of monk is this?

The ministers and scholars present didn't know what to say?

However, these people were surprised, but they immediately understood what Emperor Zhu was thinking.

To confer the title of Successor to the ancestor of the first sect of monks in Japan is to win over this group of violent monks who cannot recite sutras. Since they don’t recite sutras anyway, they might as well just use the Confucian Classics!

There is no need to turn the entire Honganji Temple into a "Confucian temple". As long as there is a semi-Confucian temple, the influence of Confucianism in Japan will be greatly increased.

In addition, Emperor Zhu was also planning to send some Nagasaki warriors to fight against Pattani. After that, he would keep them to guard and push them at the front. Only then could Siam and Ca Mau behind become the hinterland. Only when they became the hinterland could they be developed and digested with peace of mind!

However, just having samurai who can kill people is not a guarantee. You also have to have monks from Honganji Temple to do the ideological work. Although these monks cannot chant sutras, they are still very good at discussing Taoism!

At this time, Zhu Cixiang said again: "I am canonizing the Heavenly Law. Under the Heavenly Law, there are not only Confucianism, but also Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, and all the sects and schools in the world. Everything in the world comes from the Heavenly Law!

Therefore, this monk Jianzhen is just one of the heretic saints that I plan to consecrate, and there will be more Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto masters who will be consecrated."

When the great scholars present heard this, they suddenly realized that by conferring Buddhist and Taoist predecessors as saints, they actually put the principles of heaven above Buddhism and Taoism!

In sectarian disputes, whoever is on top is justified!

"Your Majesty," Kong Yinzheng said, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to confer a heretical saint! If you are willing to be consecrated, others may not be willing to be conferred."

Zhu Cixi smiled and said, "That's why I brought the real monk to consecrate him! Miho, do you think Honganji Jiru and Honganji Takuya dare to refuse me to confer the title of their first ancestor?"

The present Hongan-ji Temple is divided into two schools: the Eastern and Western sects. The master of the Western Hongan-ji Temple is Jarago, while the master of the Higashi Hongan-ji Temple is Takuyoshi.

Miho Takada replied: "Don't dare, they will never dare to disobey the Celestial Empire and disobey His Majesty!"

"I knew they didn't dare!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "I am more powerful than Oda Nobunaga. It didn't take me 10 years to attack Ishiyama Honganji Temple, but I won it in 10 days!"

Zhu Cixiang added: "When Galdan left Wuhan and rushed to the Western Regions a few days ago, I also told him about conferring virtuous virtues on the lamas in Chuhe City. I am afraid they are not qualified to be canonized since they were born, but the title of virtuous ones is still there.

It can be sealed.

To be born virtuous, to die to be a saint! Since there are four levels of being a saint in death: Taimiao, loyal, virtuous, and rural virtuous, then to be virtuous in life should also be virtuous of the country, loyal to the country, virtuous of the state, and virtuous of the country.

There are four levels of virtuous people. There should be a few virtuous people in the country who can enjoy the Ancestral Temple after their death in Chuhe City."
Chapter completed!