Drinking and Discussing Deviations, Scheming Against Marquis Wu

After discussing it with Ye Dafu for a while, the two joined forces to draft a <White Paper on the Lingyin Temple Development Outline and the First Five-Year Plan for the Deep Development of Zen Buddhism in Great Xuan>.

The plan stated that within five years, relying on Ji Gong's image as an IP, Lingyin Temple would be developed into a new-Buddhism base and model temple renowned throughout Great Xuan. It would be distinguished from Shaolin's martial studies district: Lingyin Temple would focus on cultivating a body of literary monks with solid theoretical foundations and compassionate hearts, completely seizing the market in Great Xuan from the Western Regions False Buddha.

However, as the newly appointed Great Xuan Minister of Law, Chen Luo had not forgotten the Qilin Emperor's reminder. After officially taking office, he would also introduce a <Management Regulation for Those Who Enter the Monastic Life> to avoid the social and temple-management problems that would arise after the number of followers of the new Buddhist faith greatly increased.

Although Shaolin Temple already existed, it was a special case under the direct administration of the Martial Academy. Its rules and regulations were essentially similar to those of the other directly subordinate sects of the Martial Academy, and its expenses were also paid through the Martial Academy's accounts. The other Zen temples naturally could not operate in the same way.

This was also the purpose behind Chen Luo's decision to build another Lingyin Temple separately.

To put it simply, Shaolin Temple was the research and development department, while Lingyin Temple was the marketing department.

Naturally, they needed to adopt different management methods.

Faced with the possibility of Zen Buddhism flourishing, Chen Luo and Ye Dafu reached a high degree of consensus on one issue: temples were not allowed to own temple