Chapter 240 The King of Qin made his move, ask for a monthly ticket]
"You must move. But some things must be done first!" Li Yuanxing knew clearly in his heart that he could no longer wait to fight against Buddhism. He would be getting married in less than ten days, and after the wedding, it would be cold.
It’s frozen, it’s the New Year next time, and Li Yuanxing hopes he can have a relaxing New Year.
Seeing Li Yuanxing's serious expression, Qin Qiong stood up and took three steps back.
This is Qin Qiong waiting for orders, waiting for Li Yuanxing's orders as a general.
Seeing Qin Qiong stand up, Niu Jinda and other three generals also stood up.
"General Niu, you are in charge. Take Su Dingfang and Xi Junmai, and the three of you will go to the Twelve Guards to select soldiers for the king. I already have an imperial decree in hand, and the Qin Palace will set up four guards and eight armies. I think soldiers are valuable.
The essence is not the quantity, so each army first selects a thousand men." After Li Yuanxing finished his instructions, the three generals performed a military salute.
Li Yuanxing further explained: "Don't force selection, come to the Qin Palace voluntarily and then accept it. This is a long army. After joining the army, you don't have to work anymore. The Qin Palace will issue military pay and food. The training is extremely intensive, so we don't want to weaken the troops. We would rather have insufficient numbers."
, we also need elite soldiers!”
"Take your orders!" Niu Jinda performed a military salute again.
"In ten days, I will use these soldiers, so go ahead!" After Li Yuanxing gave his instructions, Niu Jinda withdrew.
Qin Qiong was a little confused: "Your Highness, your Highness's wedding will be held in ten days!"
"So what?" Li Yuanxing asked back, Qin Qiong nodded silently and said nothing more!
"Secretly collect some materials. It doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not. I need those people in the temple who have committed crimes and were taken in by the temple. This is the Tang Dynasty. The national laws of the Tang Dynasty are fundamental. What Buddhist precepts must
They first abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty and then talk about their Buddhist rules!"
Qin Qiong understood that when His Highness the King of Qin does things, it must be a conspiracy, and it must be done so openly that people in Buddhism will be speechless.
Qin Qiong also said: "Is it necessary for the monk to do evil?"
"Yes, why not?"
Qin Qiong silently wrote down this request.
Li Yuanxing added: "What happened next has the smell of conspiracy. I don't know whether the taxes on the donated land have been paid. I will check it secretly. Then I will secretly send people to the homes of those who donated the land.
.Destroy the evidence that they paid taxes. I don’t believe that they donated land and would give the receipts issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs to the temple as well!"
"Your Highness is clever! Counting the time, the account books compiled by each county have not been handed over to the Ministry of Accounts. Why not also destroy the archive of receipts?" Qin Qiong was more ruthless than Li Yuanxing.
Li Yuanxing shook his head: "I wonder if this will bring trouble to the various government agencies?"
"Of course there will be trouble. However, after each county stores grain and then transports money, grain, and silk to the household department in Chang'an, the account books are destroyed, and the grain handed over by each county is actually more. The better ones will be judged as good, and the worse ones will also be considered merits and demerits.
It’s just an equal match!”
Qin Qiong began to encourage Li Yuanxing. Since he was going to take action, he had to be ruthless.
Li Yuanxing was still hesitant and did not nod immediately.
Qin Qiong added: "Your Highness, what if there is a family that donates land without paying taxes?"
Li Yuanxing finally nodded: "You go ahead and make arrangements. This will make them do it again for the first time, and let them go out again in the temple. Anyone who dares to play tricks on food taxes must be severely punished. Select one family for surgery, and let everyone see it.
Look, everyone knows the consequences of not paying the grain tax. I don’t like killing people, but it’s okay to surrender to the army!”
"I understand!" Qin Qiong breathed a sigh of relief because he had convinced Li Yuanxing.
Li Yuanxing added: "This is not over yet. The leader of the Chang'an Temple family will find out and find enough charges to seal the temple."
"Take the order!" Qin Qiong's answer was full of momentum. This order was his favorite.
But Qin Qiong was a little unhappy with Li Yuanxing's next order. Li Yuanxing said: "Find another one that is safe and has a good reputation. If you persuade them to give in at the critical moment, I will praise them as the number one temple in Chang'an!"
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"Your Highness, there's nothing wrong with the bald donkeys!" Qin Qiong immediately retorted.
"Brother Shubao, for the sake of His Majesty's face, to stabilize the countless followers of Buddhism, and to stabilize the countries in the Western Region, we must do this!" Li Yuanxing's tone was deliberation, but he was also giving an order.
Qin Qiong nodded heavily: "I understand that Your Highness has worked so hard, so I will go back and make arrangements right now!"
"On the day of my wedding, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Department of Security. The states and counties five hundred miles around Chang'an City will jointly conduct tax inspections. If necessary, eight thousand sergeants will raid and raid temples that dare to resist with force, in order to rebel.
The crime will be punished! If you are willing to pay the tax, you must pay it in full within three days."
Li Yuanxing made the final decision.
Qin Qiong asked again: "Your Highness, what if all the temples surrender and pay taxes?"
"Then you go and ask, is the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue sufficient?" Li Yuanxing smiled: "Brother Shubao, when does this king take action, there is only the first move. You can handle this first step with peace of mind, and the next thing will happen.
Please allow me to think about it in detail!"
Qin Qiong performed a military salute: "I'll do it now!"
Qin Qiong left, and Li Yuanxing lit a cigarette. He said to himself that there are so many jokes that deceive Buddhas on the Internet in later generations. Just pick a few and have a quarrel with you Xuanzang. Then we will see how witty you are. Your mouth is
Not comparable to Su Qin and Zhang Yi.
bicker!
Li Yuanxing patted his forehead lightly, "I am the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty. It is beneath my status to quarrel with Buddhism."
That night, during dinner, Li Liyuan asked Li Yuanxing: "Why is Your Highness not at the tea party today? The tea party was extremely exciting in the afternoon. Several types of tea brought out by Your Highness were guessed by the tea merchants. One type even had the place of origin and picking."
Time has guessed it right, but the tea merchants don’t know how this tea is made!”
"I have some important things to deal with this afternoon!" Li Yuanxing responded vaguely.
Wu Zhao suddenly said: "That's Tang Monk!"
Tang Monk! Li Yuanxing was shocked. Xuanzang, Tang Monk! This guy returned from his journey to the west, and Buddhism flourished in the Central Plains.
"Kill one Tang Monk, and there will be countless Tang Monks!" Wu Zhao said again.
Wu Zhao said this, but the seven girls couldn't understand it. But Li Yuanxing could clearly feel Wu Zhao's thoughts. He was a little extreme. He had spent too much time with generals like Datang recently, and he had been affected by the idea of killing the whole family.
A lot.
Sometimes when dealing with something, I can't help but think of killing his whole family.
Brutal!
But Wu Zhao is also right. The ideological war must be solved ideologically. The suppression of Buddhism cannot be solved with a steel knife. To truly suppress Buddhism, there must be a better way.
However, it would be fine to suppress it with a steel knife for a few years.
Zheng Xiuyan faced a table of delicious food, but she didn't take a few bites. She looked at Li Yuanxing's face full of anticipation.
When Li Yuanxing noticed her, Zheng Xiuyan said timidly: "Your Highness, I still want to eat the morning cake!"
"I have never eaten anything good!" Wu Zhao smiled, and then said to Li Yuanxing: "I want to eat cake!"
Will the cake be as delicious as the cake? The seven girls are all doubting it.
Li Yuanxing knew that the cake Wu Zhao wanted was not ordinary. He turned around and motioned to Yuan Chun to prepare it.
Soon, several servants carried a large stove into the house, and then put it on a shelf. On the shelf was a cover similar to that of a later generation range hood, and then a very thick bamboo tube was connected to the outside of the house.
A dozen plates were standing in front of the stove, held by maids.
Li Yuanxing first took a book and put it on the table: "Don't talk about me being a chef far away. Read this book. There is a detailed explanation of this sentence. These words of Mencius and King Xuan of Qi refer to benevolence.
Tolerance and intolerance. Don’t talk about the kitchen or anything like that. Your knowledge has gone astray!"
These words are obviously talking about Li Liyuan.
Stir-fry! Li Yuanxing used the stir-fry method. After pouring the oil into the pot, Li Yuanxing said: "This method existed in the Spring and Autumn Period. There were people hundreds of years ago, but it was not popularized."
"Beijing sauce shredded pork!" Wu Zhao suddenly patted the table.
Li Yuanxing smiled and poured a plate of shredded pork cut by the cook into the pot. The meat Li Yuanxing used was not beef or mutton, but pork tenderloin. But Li Yuanxing would never reveal what raw materials he used, at least for now.
It won't be time.
All the ingredients have been prepared, and this cake is far better than modern ones.
First baked and then steamed, the chefs of the Tang Dynasty were absolutely top-notch in making cakes, not to mention the chefs of Qin Wangzhuang.
Shredded green pepper pork, green pepper eggs, shredded potatoes!
It can be said that except for the first dish, the rest are not owned by Datang. The vegetable shed designed by Wu Zhao is still usable, but I don’t know if it can withstand the first snow, so what I eat now is from Li Yuanxing
Brought over from modern times.
Naturally, the seeds of the green peppers have been picked out, but the potatoes are actually eaten one by one.
Burritos! Li Yuanxing didn’t know if this way of eating existed in the Tang Dynasty, but looking at the eyes of the seven girls, they were all surprised. I don’t know whether they were because of King Qin’s handsome posture of flipping the wok, or because they were attracted by the aroma of the stir-frying.
Shocked.
No matter what it was, it couldn't change the fact that Wu Zhao had quickly rolled four pancakes for himself.
Wu Zhao cut off one-third of each rolled cake with a knife. After all, she was still a child. It was impossible for her body to eat too much, and she ate too many spicy foods. Wu Zhao just kept everything for herself.
Put one third of it on a small plate, and originally planned to give the rest to Qiuxiang, but after thinking about it, he cut the remaining four thirds into eight parts.
Li Yuanxing, one for each of the seven quasi-Qin princesses.
This was only given to Wu Zhao, not what was left after eating it, and as the eldest princess, Wu Zhao had a higher status than the seventh daughter.
After dividing the portion, Wu Zhao quickly ate his portion, then made an excuse and left.
After four dishes, Qi Nu was truly surprised.
"Actually, to put it bluntly, this is a skill. Just like cakes, I taught it to the cook. In just ten days, the cook not only learned it completely, but also made it better than me. What satisfies me the most
That is, the cook also designed several tools specifically for making cakes, and I rewarded him!"
"You should be rewarded!" Zheng Xiuyan kept talking with her mouth stuffed with cake. (To be continued...)
ps: This is the third update today.
Continue to code and prepare for tomorrow. I have looked up too much information these days, and the Buddhist principles are too deep.