Chapter 27 Maitreya Cult

Cao Feiliang responded to the promise, touched his chin with his right hand and thought for a while, then he slowly said: "The Maitreya Cult was founded in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was established by the famous monk Fu Dashi, and was worshipped by Maitreya Buddha. When Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the monk Faqing and Huihui of Jizhou revolted, which was known in history as the Mahayana revolt. The uprising lasted for nearly two years, and the troops reached the four counties of Wuyi, Bohai, Changle and Wuyuan in the two prefectures of Ji and Ying. At its peak, the Yi people reached more than 50,000."

Zhao Qian frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "You guy is so stupid, why didn't you say why they revolted? You said this without any end!"

Cao Feiliang was a little embarrassed, and he naturally didn't know it. It was really hard to say this. After all, it was a matter of rebellion, and it was hard to say it thoroughly, because you said it thoroughly. What if someone imitated it? Therefore, all dynasties have said vaguely about the details of rebellion.

Cao Feiliang hesitated for a moment before adding: "I have only seen this matter from some fragments. At that time, the gap between the rich and the poor in Jizhou area should have been huge, which made a large number of people believe in Buddhism. However, the Northern Wei officials discriminated against Buddhism, which made Buddhism have a low status. And there was no explanation for what triggered it, but it was probably the officials who insulted the monk, which caused the uprising to break out."

After a pause, he took a sip of tea and moistened his throat. Cao Feiliang continued: "At that time, Faqing, the monk Faqing of Jizhou, claimed to be the "new Buddha", and used Li Guibo as the "Ten Abroad Bodhisattva", created the "Mahayana Buddha" and fooled believers into rebelling. This so-called "new Buddha" refers to the saying "Mahayana Buddha" in the Buddhist scriptures that "Mahayana Buddha is the generation of Buddha under the Maitreya". Maitreya Buddha replaced Sakyamuni Buddha to save the world, and opposed the Buddhist principle of "fighting people to rebel", and advocated "killing people to rebellion", believing that those who kill one person are the "one Abroad Bodhisattva", and those who kill ten are the "ten Abroad Bodhisattva". The situation at that time is described in "Book of Wei: Yuanyao Biography" describes the situation at that time, "slaughtering temples, killing monks and nuns, burning sutras and statues", and "and also combined with mad medicine to make people accept it, father, son and brother do not know each other, but killing is the cause of killing, which shows the madness of Maitreya's affairs."

Zhao Qian nodded thoughtfully and said, "This book of Wei was written by the winner, and it cannot be all like this. However, from this we can see that the Maitreya Buddhism does have a set of intrigueing people's hearts. As for the medicine..."

Zhao Qian sneered and shook his head, looking disbelieving. Of course, it’s not that Zhao Qian doesn’t think there are no drugs that make people crazy in this era, but are these drugs easy to find? Even in modern times, drugs that make people crazy are relatively expensive, and even more backward in ancient times, even if there is Maitreya Buddhism, at most, it can only be used individually, so how can it be used on a large scale!

Cao Feiliang did not dare to make any comments on this. After a while, he continued: "In addition to the uprising in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it also broke out in the Sui Dynasty. The "Taiping Guangji" compiled during the reign of Emperor Taizong of our dynasty also recorded this..."

Cao Feiliang probably didn't remember it very clearly. After thinking for a long time, he said: "This should be recorded in "Taiping Guangji". In the ninth year of Emperor Yang of Sui, a native of Tang County was good at illusions. Every night, there was light on the building. He could turn into a Buddha form and claimed that he was born in Maitreya Buddha. He had a lot of faith and confusion. He gathered thousands of people, and then he was in chaos. He was punished and sentenced to death."

Zhao Qian said with some regret: "This does not seem to be a big rebellion, it is just a few hundred people!"

Cao Feiliang smiled bitterly and said, "Little Prince, you didn't pay attention to one thing. Where is Tang County? Gaoyang County belongs to all located in ancient Jizhou, and is now in Hebei. This means that the Maitreya religion is like weeds. After it was burned, it emerged again in the spring of the following year. And where is Hebei? The place where the sharp soldiers have emerged from ancient times to the present!"

Zhao Feng's expression also became a little solemn. When things go wrong in Hebei, it is not just as simple as Cao Feiliang said. As the saying goes, one moves the whole body. At present, the most powerful person in the Song Dynasty was not the Western Army, but the soldiers in Hebei. Because they fought with the Khitan for many years, their combat effectiveness can be said to be the greatest in the Song Dynasty. If Hebei is in turmoil, what will the court do?

It is natural to mobilize the Hebei army to quell the rebellion. The question is whether the Khitan will take the opportunity to go south?

Well, if the Hebei army does not adjust to quell the rebellion, will the morale of Hebei be unstable? Not to mention the entire army, 10% of the soldiers in the army are invaded by rebellion, or are at ease to approach the rebels. This is enough to make the morale of the Hebei army unstable.

On the other hand, the Tang County area is close to Bianliang City. What if the rebels go south? Not to mention reaching Bianliang City, just reaching the north bank of the Yellow River is enough to shock the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Jin felt really fucked. This Maitreya Sect was really not his mother's plan to rebel, right?

But this matter is without any evidence, just speaking vernacularly, may Liu E and Song Renzong make a big fight? Besides, is it useful to have a big fight? From the Northern Wei Dynasty to Emperor Yang of Sui, it has been so many years since the Maitreya Cult has revived? If they have poor regeneration and hidden abilities, do you think it is possible?

After looking at Cao Feiliang next to him, Zhao Feng was immediately happy. No wonder people in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms like to find military advisors, and if they have any questions, they will throw them to the military advisors. Zhao Feng coughed and asked, "Cao Feiliang, what do you think of this matter?"

Cao Feiliang immediately felt like he was "shot himself in the foot". He wouldn't have said that if he had known it, after all, something happened, and there was an adult who was holding him over him.

Cao Feiliang smiled helplessly and said, "Little Prince, I have no plans for this. After all, all this is my guess. I should just use calmness to control my movements when I see this matter!"

Zhao Qian disagreed, shook his head and said, "This Song Dynasty country is our surname Zhao, how can we treat it so perfunctorily?"

Cao Feiliang was so depressed that he wanted to give Zhao Sheng a brick. His eyes rolled around a few times, but he still couldn't think of a solution. He asked helplessly: "Then little prince, you can do whatever you want. I'm powerless!"

Zhao Qian was also a little hoarse, stood up and walked to the clothes hanger, and when he saw a brocade robe, his heart moved. Jinyiwei! Zhao Qian's expression changed immediately, and he looked confident, and he wanted to use a goose feather fan to pretend to be B. "Although I don't know if it is the Maitreya Sect, we can send someone to investigate secretly. Even if there is something to come, we can know one or two!"

"That's good!" Cao Feiliang also felt that this method was OK, and it was better than doing nothing, but he soon thought of a key question. He raised his head and looked at Zhao Qian, Cao Feiliang said a few words heavily. "Little Prince, where does the money come from?"

Zhao Qian was silent again, scratching his head in distress and said, "This matter cannot be done for a while. Let's set a framework for the time being! Money matters... Haha! There will always be something in the future!"

Cao Feiliang looked at Zhao Jin speechlessly, and only felt a group of crows flying by above his head.
Chapter completed!