After chatting with Patriarch Bodhidharma, Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, said to his ministers: "I want to become a monk, who is in favor and who is against?" ”
"I'm against it." Da Sima said.
"I'm against it." The prime minister said.
"I'm against it." The prince said.
"I'm against it." The eunuch beside him said.
"I'm against it." Said the dog at the door.
"The objection is invalid." Emperor Wu of Liang was furious and said, "If I want to be a monk, I will never be a nun, starting tomorrow, I ...... No, it's a poor monk who wants to eat vegetarian food and recite Buddha. ”
Three days later, Emperor Wu of Liang felt bored and wanted to return to the vulgar. So he called the ministers and said, "The poor monks want to return to the world." ”
The ministers cheered.
Emperor Wu of Liang said: "It's okay to let the poor monks return to the laity, and you need to come up with 20,000 yuan to redeem me." ”
The ministers were silent.
No way, ransom. Where does the money come from? The people are there. looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and got 10,000 yuan, which was only half.
Emperor Wu of Liang was furious and said: "If you don't have enough money, the poor monk will continue to be a monk until you have enough money." ”
Then the ministers searched even more intensively for the people's money, but a month passed, and another year passed, and they still could not scrape together enough money. Seeing that the emperor eats vegetarian meals every day, the whole person has yellow muscles and thin muscles. The ministers were also not happy, so they had to rack their brains to take money out of the pockets of the people and pick rice in their mouths. Searching day and night, scraping night and night, but it is not enough.
At this time, the emperor spoke, and saw that he was skinny, trembling, and walked in front of the ministers and said: "The Buddha has a compassionate heart, I believe that even if you don't have enough money, the Buddha will not blame you, and I will fulfill your wishes, and I will return the world now, immediately." ”
So he quickly took off his monk's robe, put on a yellow robe, and ran to the harem.
