While Cui Dunli was writing the seal, Li Yuanxing took out another dossier: "By the way, this matter has also been dealt with. The Buddhist disciples are too mixed and cannot meet this standard. You can decide whether to return to secular life, become a slave, or be exiled to the army. Female Daoist
In addition to understanding medicine, the nuns will become slaves if they don't return to secular life."
The standard Li Yuanxing came up with was naturally the handwriting of Master Ci Ku.
Wei Zheng nodded after reading it.
Female Taoists and nuns, unlike ordinary Taoists and monks, do not have the problem of homelessness. They only need to accept the government's arrangement to marry, and if they don't want to, they can become slaves.
If Li Yuanxing had just come to Datang, he would never do this. It seemed too cruel.
But now he doesn't think so, and I believe Wei Zheng will never think so either. Instead, he will say that King Qin is benevolent.
It would be kind to at least give these people a choice.
Cui Dunli seemed to have planned the seal long ago, and wrote hundreds of words in one breath. As for the wording, Li Yuanxing didn't want to read it, but the handwriting was definitely good.
After writing the seal, Cui Dunli said: "Your Highness, what should I do with that compassionate monk?"
"The Buddha is not indestructible, so he will naturally be used by the Tang Dynasty. I asked him to write a confession and then voluntarily stay in the Da Ci'en Temple. I donated 20,000 yuan and planned to build a thirty-three-story pagoda to serve the Great Tang Dynasty.
The souls of the soldiers who died in the Tang Dynasty are prayed for. This pagoda is planned to be built within three years. Master Ciku prays in front of the pagoda every day for me, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"
After listening to Li Yuanxing's words, the two chief ministers stood up and bowed.
They did this because the King of Qin was wise. They knew very well that if Buddhism was destroyed, Taoism would dominate, and within ten years there would be another Buddhism. A balance between Buddhism and Taoism was the best strategy.
And it is even better to pray for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
"I'm waiting, I'll do it today!"
In the afternoon of that day, the seal on the door of Daci'en Temple was lifted, allowing Tang Dynasty people to enter freely, but those who destroyed any flowers or grass were severely punished.
A stone tablet is erected in the Great Mercy, with the inscription "Ying Ling Pagoda" written by Emperor Li Er of the Tang Dynasty. Next to the stone tablet are two pieces of gold, which were donated by Emperor Li Er of the Tang Dynasty in his own name.
There is a piece of paper next to the gold, which says that His Highness the King of Qin donated 20,000 yuan.
The first person to see this stele was Yuchi Gong. After hearing the meaning of this stele, Yuchi Gong took his soldiers home, brought a cart of copper coins, and placed them in front of the stele. Then he led his troops to evacuate Daci'en Temple.
, including the Daxingshan Temple five miles away, officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Security Department of the Datang Empire began to audit the accounts.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites began to test the monks according to the standards originally written by Ci Ku, and the Ministry of War was responsible for arresting people.
Xuanzang, who was packing his luggage in Daxingshan Temple, was stunned.
Naturally, he could definitely pass the test, and even get the title of master. He was shocked that the Shura was so ruthless. After taking the initiative to pay the tax, he would come to check the accounts, and also check all the monks in the temple. Those who resisted were directly made slaves.
, if you are not qualified, you will either return to secular life or be sent to the army.
Daxingshan Temple took the initiative to hand over 18,000 Dan of grain tax, 1,000 guan of money, and 800 bolts of silk.
But the account given by the Ministry of Household Affairs is that the amount of money is 150,000 yuan. The reason is very simple. It is based on the land registered by Daxingshan Temple. How much tax will be paid as much as the land is owned. Daxingshan Temple is responsible for changing the land, and there are 100,000 yuan.
More than 10,000 acres. In fact, these are exchanges, but in the formal records, these are donations.
More than one million acres, calculated based on five measures of grain per mu, was discounted by 70 coppers. However, the Ministry of Household Affairs gave a discount of 100 coppers based on the highest market price. This more than one million acres alone is worth more than 100,000 coppers, plus
The land originally owned by Uehara was designated as the capitation tax for the fake monk.
The abbot of Daxingshan Temple fell unconscious after spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The entire Daxingshan Temple is in chaos!
After several resisting stick monks were killed by random arrows, the monks who were doing great deeds were really scared.
Xuanzang bit his finger, wrote a letter on his monk's robe, and gave it to a monk in Daxingshan Temple, instructing him to sneak out of the temple and go straight to Luoyang, otherwise Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty would be gone.
"Asura, Asura!" Xuanzang kept chanting the Buddha's name, praying to God to save Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, a military commander said to the surrounded monks: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin is kind, and Master Ciku, the host of Da Ci'en Temple, knows that he has sinned deeply and feels remorseful. His Highness allows him to go back to the temple to chant sutras for the Great Ci En Temple."
The soldiers who died in the Tang Dynasty were saved, and many eminent monks in Ci'en Temple have returned to the temple."
"It is my Buddhist honor to save heroic spirits!" An old monk said the Buddha's name.
"Master, if you are very advanced in cultivation, if you are willing to do your part, please temporarily invite me to join Da Ci'en Temple!" The attitude of the commander of the army immediately changed.
Not all monks want to promote Buddhism and have a desire to win.
Many people enter Buddhism because they are truly tired of the world and just want a quiet place.
There are also some monks who are very smart and know that a hard confrontation like Xuanzang's will not end well.
At present, hundreds of monks who were defined as eminent monks from Daxingshan Temple followed the sergeant to Daci'en Temple.
The fate of the rest of them is known without even thinking about it: they will return to secular life, join the army, and become slaves.
Of course, a monk like Xuanzang would naturally choose to stay at Daxingshan Temple.
In just one afternoon, the Da Ci'en Temple received more than 50,000 yuan in donations. It can be said that the generals in Chang'an will donate more or less, thousands of generals, tens of thousands of captains, hundreds of thousands of sergeants, five
The amount of Wan Guan is not the limit for their donation.
After all, many people are on duty and cannot leave, and many generals are not in Chang'an City.
Cheng Motou was not at home, so Mrs. Lu donated three hundred guan, and then sent someone to send an urgent letter to Cheng Motou, asking him to work for His Highness attentively, and to be ruthless when dealing with the Yaozhou monk, and to donate again when he came back.
Mrs. Lu could see clearly that if his old Cheng died in the future, he would definitely have a place on the two floors above the Tower of Heroes.
For a general, this is an eternal honor that cannot be denied.
Xuanzang was unwilling to give in, and because King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, a Shura, suppressed Buddhism, he could not leave. He had to stay and protect Buddhism. Everything started from the Daxingshan Temple.
The Tang army finally left, and there were less than seventy monks left in Daxingshan Temple.
The big temple with 3,000 people now only has 70 people.
But all this is not over yet. Daxingshan Temple still has no way to cope with the huge food tax debt of 150,000 guan.
No! Xuanzang shook his head vigorously and recited the Buddha's name in his heart. This is a test given by the Buddha. We have to face thousands of difficulties, even if the butcher's knife is already on our head. As a Buddhist disciple, we must be strong-willed!
Xuanzang silently recited the scriptures and prayed to the Buddha to bless his blood letter written on the monk's robe to be sent out smoothly.
Finally, peace returned to Daxingshan Temple, and the Tang sergeant outside the door had also left.
After Xuanzang packed up his cassocks and went out, the first place he visited was the home of Duke Pingli of Yaozhou, because this was the wealthy man who had exchanged the most land in Daxingshan Temple, with a total of 200,000 acres of land.
Several carriages stopped in front of Pingli County Duke's house, with a big word "household" written on them.
"Do you know the biggest flaw in their little tricks?"
At this time, Qin Qiong, the Security Department of the Tang Empire, was giving lessons to his subordinates. Qin Qiong was a fierce general, not a wise general. But he could have many staff members who would formulate plans and analyze plans.
"The donation they made, because it was a donation, there was no purchase and sale procedures, and naturally there was no notarization. After the Chang'an Order approved the donation, it was replaced with a land deed and that was it. The Chang'an Order's files were burned, and the only record was gone.
. Different from the purchase and sale of real estate, whether the buyer or seller still has a real estate receipt, it must be kept for reference at least for the next two years."
According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, land is allowed to be bought and sold. In order to ensure that taxes will not be evaded, both the buyer and the seller will leave a sales contract. The buyer is naturally to protect his own interests, and the seller is ensuring that the taxes have been settled and the tax collectors will not come after them.
trouble.
After all, the Tang Dynasty was no better than modern times, with all computer data processing.
If the property registration is changed, the tax collector may not change it in time, so it must be kept for future reference.
At present, when donating to the temple, there is no proof of the transaction, no middleman, or a guarantor leaving a letter to provide evidence of security.
The only transfer record is in the prefectural and county government offices. Qin Qiong set fire to the archives of the Chang'an Order, so all the records in the entire Chang'an area disappeared. If you have a sales certificate, you can just make a copy of it.
Donable ones are not acceptable.
The Pingli County Duke was unable to defend himself when faced with the Ministry of Household Affairs' audit of his accounts. He said that he had donated money, which was not true. He said that he had paid taxes, but the tax receipts were secretly destroyed by someone sent by Qin Qiong, and the Ministry of Household Affairs insisted.
He refused to admit that he had collected taxes from him. Those who had collected taxes from him had been transferred to places thousands of miles away on official business.
With the transportation in Datang, it would be difficult to return in no more than two or three years.
Pingli County Justice was suffering from the inability to explain. When he heard from his disciples that Daxingshan Temple's request for Master Xuanzang's visit was like grabbing a life-saving straw.
"Quick, call for the master!"
Xuanzang came here for help, not for anything else but for the tax payment certificate from Pingli County Duke. With this certificate, Daxingshan Temple could reduce a lot of grain taxes.
"Master, you are here to testify that your Xingshan Temple has accepted my land donation!"
Xuanzang was stunned, and when he was about to answer, he was roughly pulled away by a sergeant, and then pushed aside: "Come on, let's talk separately, don't let others collude with each other!"
So cruel! Xuanzang almost bit his own teeth into pieces. So Shura was killing two birds with one stone.
"Monk, I'm asking you a question. You must answer truthfully. If you tell a lie, the Ministry of Punishment will serve you in the main hall!" The sergeant had a fierce expression on his face and threatened fiercely.
"Did your Daxingshan Temple accept the land donation from Pingli County Duke?"
"Yes! Monks don't lie!" Xuanzang replied calmly. He believed that he was not afraid of a slanted shadow if he was upright.
But at this moment, two sergeants locked him up with iron chains. The sergeant who asked the question sneered: "The Chang'an News reported that there was a fire in the archives room of the Chang'an Order. There was no evidence of the donation, so I kept talking about it."
The monk who talked nonsense was sent to the Ministry of Punishment." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)