When Cui Tao requested that the Buddha be destroyed, Jia Sishun just touched his beard and said, "No, no, no."
Li Yan looked at him and asked, "Why not?"
Jia Sishun said: "The people are so ignorant. This Buddhist temple is no better than the powerful landlords. These monks are doing well on the surface. Banning Buddhism rashly may be counterproductive."
Li Yan also fell silent. Jia Sishun was right. All it took to ban the Buddha was a decree. But it was easy to ban the Buddhist temples, but it was difficult to ban the Buddha in the hearts of the people.
Many rebellions are in the name of religion, which shows the ability of religion to gather people's hearts in this era.
If you want to ban the Buddha, you must find a good reason instead of banning the Buddha directly with the overlord's order.
Li Yan also nodded and said: "Chief Governor Jia, these are mature and prudent words. Cui Sima, this matter of banning Buddha must be done slowly."
At this time, Jiang Lun, who was listening, said: "Your Highness, the Governor, if you want to ban the Buddha, you must first start with the economy."
Jia Sishun has had more contact with players recently and understands some of their terms.
Jiang Lun was a salt and iron judge and was responsible for the iron and salt business in Shazhou and Guazhou. According to Jia Sishun's evaluation, Jiang Lun was an expert at amassing wealth.
Although Jia Sishun has not seen the accounts of the Shazhou Governor's Office, relying on the salt and iron franchise and the low-priced and high-quality iron from Guazhou Iron Works, King Jianning quickly reversed the income deficit of the Governor's Office after taking control of Shazhou.
The problem.
The large amount of land and settlements obtained from Da Suo Maung Yue greatly increased the income of the governor's office.
The money from the ironware franchise fell into the hands of King Jianning's tyrants.
The economy that Jiang Lun mentioned was the wealth that Jia Sishun understood. He only heard Jiang Lun say:
"Buddhist temples have three sources of wealth. One is donations from the people, including the money for self-sacrifice mentioned before. This is given voluntarily by the people, and the government has nothing to do with it."
Li Yan nodded. Essentially, things like giving alms are voluntary. People pay money to enter the Buddha's kingdom after death. This is also a kind of transaction. It is the most difficult to prohibit it.
Jiang Lun continued: "The second is the exemption of rent for Buddhist temples. According to the Tang Dynasty Laws and Regulations, Buddhist temples have Buddhist fields and can be exempted from renting. Monks who have an ultimatum and have it registered with the Monk and Taoist Department can be exempted from renting.
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"But this line is getting looser. Originally, Buddhist temples had a fixed number of Buddhist fields, but Buddhist temples gradually usurped the land of bankrupt people nearby, or people hung their land under Buddhist temples in order to avoid land taxes, and some men wanted to avoid Ding Yong and corvee labor.
, shaved their heads and lived in a monastery. These can all be investigated."
Jia Sishun also nodded. Jiang Lun was right. If we could take back some land from these monks and release some fake monks, we could also suppress Buddhism.
Jiang Lun said again: "The third is lending."
Li Yan said curiously: "Lending?"
Jiang Lun nodded and said: "What the common people give away is cash, so the ones with the most cash in various places are not businessmen nor the government, but these Buddhist temples."
This was something Li Yan had never thought of. Jiang Lun said:
"Buddhist temples have a lot of cash in hand and cannot let it grow moldy in their accounts, so lending has become one of the main tasks of Buddhist temples. However, the level of interest depends entirely on the conscience of these great monks."
Jia Sishun nodded and said: "The monks from Leiyin Temple can indeed lend money, and the interest rates are not low. Many families have been ruined and died after borrowing loans from Leiyin Temple."
Unexpectedly, these monks were so evil-minded. Li Yan squeezed the jade pendant in his hand tightly and suddenly heard the sound of drums at the door of the Governor's Mansion.
A clerk hurriedly walked into the courtyard and announced:
"Your Highness, Lord Governor, there are people beating drums outside the Governor's office to complain."
"Beating drums to complain?" Jia Sishun said in confusion: "Someone is beating drums to complain?"
There is a "rumor drum" at the door of the governor's office. When people have grievances, they can beat this drum, and then the governor's office must go to court to deal with it.
But beating this drum is not without cost. According to the Tang Dynasty Laws, regardless of whether the accusation is unfair or not, as long as the drum is beaten, one must strike the cane ten times.
This moss cane is not just a light tap on the buttocks ten times. It uses a bamboo wooden board to hit the prisoner's back, legs and buttocks. If the executioner uses all his strength, then ten blows of this moss cane are enough to weaken the body.
A few people died.
Jia Sishun stood up and said: "Your Highness, let's open the Yamen and raise the hall."
Li Yan still refused Jia Sishun's request to preside over the ceremony, and still asked Jia Sishun to sit in the seat of the chief seal officer. He just sat to the side and listened.
Li Yan saw a familiar face being brought to the lobby. Li Yan saw that this was not a player.
Li Daoyuan is the famous Scenery Party player.
Nowadays, Li Daoyuan is an up owner with 100% fans. His Mogao Grottoes series videos have become the most popular on the website. Countless people watch them over and over again to experience the beauty of Dunhuang during the Tang Dynasty.
What made Li Daoyuan come out of the circle were several history professors, who were authorities on Dunhuang research. They praised Li Daoyuan on the Internet for completely restoring the Tang Dynasty style of Dunhuang in his video and solving many difficult problems in historical research.
This time, Li Daoyuan and the game "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty" were even more popular. Because of Li Daoyuan's promotion, the forum of "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty" was also crowded with netizens who were watching the excitement.
Nowadays, there are as many messages urging updates on Li Daoyuan’s videos as there are messages on game forums urging the unlimited public beta testing of the game.
This guy wasn't filming videos at Mogao Grottoes, so why did he come to the Governor's Mansion to stir up rumors?
Jia Sishun also looked at this man dressed as a scholar. He felt that this guy was just like the strange group of tooth soldiers around King Jianning, and did not look like an ordinary citizen at all.
Originally, Jia Sishun was prepared to torture him first and then interrogate him, but seeing Li Daoyuan in this state, Jia Sishun asked directly: "Who is here, and what is the reason for the rumor?"
Li Daoyuan bowed his hands and said, "I am Li Daoyuan, a tooth soldier under the command of His Highness."
Sure enough, they were the tooth soldiers under King Jianning. Jia Sishun had long known that there were many talented people under the command of King Jianning. The ordinary tooth soldiers were able to compose poems based on chapters and verses, and were proficient in arithmetic and various miscellaneous subjects.
Since it is King Jianning's Yabing, let's ask him clearly before fighting.
Jia Sishun asked: "Do you have any grievance against me?"
"I am not complaining for my own sake. I am complaining for the Twelve Langs of the Shi family, a farmer next to Leiyin Temple."
"Why doesn't Shi Twelve Lang come by himself?"
"Shi Twelve Lang is dead. I am accusing the monk of Leiyin Temple of seeking wealth and murder!"
After hearing Li Daoyuan's complaint, Li Yan and Jia Sishun in the hall looked at each other.
Just now we were discussing how to deal with these monks, and someone came over and handed me a knife?
When he thought that Li Daoyuan was the Yabing of King Jianning, Jia Sishun immediately gave Li Yan a look that said, "His Royal Highness has far-reaching plans."
However, Li Yan, the party involved in the "far-reaching plan", was at a loss. How could such a coincidence happen? Just when he was about to deal with these monks, Li Daoyuan started to file a lawsuit?