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Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Su Chen went to Buddhism, and what he wanted to do was to balance Buddhism.
Although he was very optimistic about and trusted Su Chen, Su Chen was too immortal and couldn't be controlled at all.
Then, Buddhism is his support.
Balancing the Buddhist path is his imperial art.
If Su Chen confronts Buddhism and defeats Buddhism, his Tang Dynasty will not be stable.
Li Shimin then asked: "Master Tian, do you have any grudge against Buddhism?"
Su Chen said: "No, poor Taoists are good to people, and Buddhism is among them."
Li Shimin said: "Then why...why do you..."
Su Chen said for him, "You cheated Buddhism?!"
Li Shimin smiled awkwardly.
Su Chen said seriously: "Your Majesty, if you think that my donation of 300,000 dans of grain has defrauded Buddhism, then I will take it back."
Li Shimin quickly said: "No, no, no, I just think that this is a forced donation to Buddhism, but this is excellent."
Three hundred thousand dans of grain, that was enough to feed the soldiers attacking Goguryeo for two months, but it was very expensive.
Su Chen said: "Actually, if you want to force donations, then so be it. But it can't be considered as forcing donations to Buddhism. Your Majesty overestimates their status in my mind."
He said slowly: "Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, all have land in the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need to pay taxes. Your Majesty, other Taoist temples in our Taoist sect are still relatively clean, but an ordinary Taoist temple can also support twenty or thirty people."
Producer.”
"It goes without saying that my daily income from Yunyuan Mountain Hualong Temple is enough to feed thousands of people. The accumulation over the past year, whether it is gold and silver wealth or the food grown in the fields, is enough to feed millions of people.
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Li Shimin took a breath and was extremely shocked.
Su Chen continued: "However, there are only a few hundred thousand people in the Yunyuan Mountain Realm."
Li Shimin couldn't sit still anymore, stood up in shock, and said: "Yunyuan Mountain Hualong Temple actually has so much output?!"
Su Chen shook his head and said: "The output only accounts for part of it, most of it is people's incense money."
Li Shimin's eyes were filled with fear and shock. If this wealth were used to build an army, he might be able to raise an army of hundreds of thousands in an instant!
Yunyuan Mountain has accumulated wealth for several years, and may be as rich as any country!
Su Chen said: "Your Majesty, only Yunyuan Mountain has such terrible wealth, but where is the Buddhist sect in the Tang Dynasty? Haha, I'm afraid it's only a lot more than what I have here!"
Li Shimin originally wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was indeed what Su Chen said.
There were not even one thousand but eight hundred Taoist temples in the Tang Dynasty. Each one was magnificent and covered an extremely large area.
Take Chang'an for example, there are thirty-six ancient temples, each of which covers an area of at least a thousand acres, and can support monks starting from at least two hundred acres!
Li Shimin had not thought carefully about how much wealth they had before, but after Su Chen took the initiative to explain it and compared it, he was shocked.
I am afraid that the temples near Chang'an combined are less than half as rich as Yunyuan Mountain, let alone all the temples in the entire Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin was shocked: "How can they accumulate so much wealth? This is the wealth of the Tang Dynasty!"
Su Chen said: "The common people's incense money and their land output are all pure income. There is no need to pay taxes, so it comes naturally!"
Li Shimin said nothing, "I must let them donate money to fight the war."
He said this through gritted teeth.
Originally, he thought that what Su Chen said was exaggerating, and if he gave too many of those things, it would be bad if it made Buddhism look too ugly.
but.
He just felt that what he wanted from Buddhism was too little.
There must be a little more.
Su Chen smiled. Although he also lost a lot, it was great to be able to trick Buddhism.
In fact, he is not at a loss.
Yunyuan Mountain is a major grain producer, and the grain produced every year is so much that it piles up so much that the warehouse can no longer accommodate it. All they can do is do charity everywhere, or make various foods and send them to be sold throughout the country.
Therefore, the mountain people in Yunyuan Mountain are very wealthy.
Even so, there is still a lot of food produced every year, and it would be a waste just to leave it alone. Otherwise, if it is used to make wine or feed chickens and pigs, there will always be some waste.
Donate it to the Tang Dynasty, make the Tang Dynasty prosperous, earn a reputation, and deceive Buddhism. It's like killing three birds with one stone.
Why not!
Li Shimin couldn't figure it out, "Master Tian, if you do this, you will harm others and not benefit yourself. Why bother?!"
He could tell that Su Chen still wanted to trick Buddhism, otherwise he wouldn't have brought this matter to light.
Su Chen said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I am an immortal and I don't care about money and food. However, I love the Tang Dynasty very much and cannot bear to have so many blood-sucking insects in the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Shimin was so affected by his seriousness that he actually knelt down to Su Chen and kowtowed three times.
Su Chen didn't stop him either.
afterwards.
Li Shimin said: "Master Tian, on behalf of the people of the Tang Dynasty, I thank you for your heroic deeds."
Su Chen smiled and said: "Once the problem of money and food is solved, most of the internal troubles of the Tang Dynasty have been solved. As for the external troubles, your majesty can actually solve them if you know how to use people and make good use of them."
Li Shimin nodded, he understood that the root of everything still lies with him.
If he is good, Datang will be even better.
The more problematic issue of the imperial conquest is internal worries or external worries.
He hugged his fists, thanked him repeatedly, and then stood up. He was going back. There were too many internal worries to solve this time!
but.
If it can be solved, he himself will be a little excited, which means that he can conquer it himself!!
It must be done well!
Li Shimin left, and after he came down the mountain, Su Chen gained five thousand years of magical power.
Today's cultivation level has reached the level of 75,000 years, which is already reaching the heavens and the earth, and the latitudes of the heavens and the earth.
However, Su Chen is still a little short of the breakthrough layer of window paper.
Even Su Chen feels that after the breakthrough, he will be very powerful.
There may be a very big gap compared to the Eight Immortals of the Cave and the Dragon King.
but.
He was still unable to break through, which almost made him depressed.
However, the gods in the Chang'an realm noticed the situation in Yunyuan Mountain.
Although Yunyuan Mountain was protected by formations, Su Chen's improved strength did not leak out.
but.
Being so close, the powerful gods in Chang'an City still sensed some clues.
Following them were Wen Quxing, Li Jing and his son, as well as the Eight Immortals in the Upper Cave, as well as the Barefoot Immortal, Broom Star, and Taibai Jinxing who came down again.
Taibai Jinxing also descended to earth, and the location where he landed not long ago was near Chang'an.
At this time, he looked in the direction of Yunyuan Mountain and was a little shocked.
"What the Barefoot Immortal said is true. There really is a being in Chang'an who knows the world. That breath just now is about to break through to the Da Luo realm, right?!"
"I don't know if his existence will affect the catastrophe of Journey to the West. That's all. I want to go to Shuangcha Ridge as soon as possible to arrange the catastrophe, and then come back for a visit."
Taibai Jinxing went to Shuangcha Ridge of Liangjieshan Mountain, arranged it for a while, and then scratched his head.
"It's strange. There should be a tiger demon here. That tiger demon set out from Chang'an. I appeared in Chang'an before and didn't sense the existence of the tiger demon. I thought it had already arrived."
"Why is there nothing here?!"
Taibai Jinxing was confused. If there was no tiger, would he really be acting here?!
Talk about both ends and the other side.
Su Chen sensed that there were many gods and goddesses in heaven and earth, and felt excited but also a little worried.
At the same time, he is still a little anxious. Although he is very strong now, he has not had much contact with the gods in the sky, so he does not know their depth.
It would be great if there were more methods.
Samadhi Divine Fire is the offensive method he desires very much. With it, he can come into contact with more unknowns.
"I don't know when Li Shimin will be able to handle it. If he can't handle it well, then let him die outside the Great Wall."
The other side.
Li Shimin returned to Daming Palace, but his face never looked good.
Because he had been recalling what Su Chen said, he had already sent someone to investigate Prince Li Chengqian halfway!
Not only Li Chengqian, he also sent people to investigate the Royal Taoist Temple.
Although Su Chen didn't say anything, there must be deep meaning in Su Chen's sudden decision to take over the Taoist temple and let Yuan Tiangang be its master.
Maybe there is something in the Taoist temple that Li Shimin doesn't even know about, which may cause irreparable losses to the Tang Dynasty when he goes on a personal expedition!
As an emperor, Li Shimin must know.
In addition, it is necessary to summon the civil and military officials to discuss who will supervise the country, who will assist the country, and who will manage the court after he is gone.
Of course.
The most important thing is to make a detailed plan to ask Buddhists and Taoists to donate money. Strictly speaking, it means asking Buddhists to donate money and materials.
After all, Taoism is poor.
Su Chen also donated to other Taoist sects, so asking them to donate money and materials would be unreasonable.
Buddhism is so rich that it must find a way to scrape off a piece of flesh.
Li Shimin summoned the ministers and expressed his intention.
really.
When the court heard that it was asking for money from Buddhism and Taoism, half of the people immediately opposed it. Most of them were the spokespersons of the court for Buddhism.
"Your Majesty, it's okay for Taoists to ask for money, but Buddhism is a foreign land. We don't talk about money, only about fate. How can we be so rude?"
"Your Majesty, Buddhism is a pure and poor society, how can we be harsher?!"
"Your Majesty, if you are so disrespectful to my Buddha today, I will kill you in front of you."
Many people objected, but some were silent.
On the contrary, there are only a few people who speak up for the Taoist sect.
Li Shimin said: "Yunyuan Mountain is willing to donate 300,000 dans of grain, but the Buddhist sect has no indication?!"
All the ministers were immediately speechless.
The minister who had been howling like ghosts and wolves just now stopped suddenly like a duck whose neck was stepped on.
Li Shimin hummed: "If the Buddhists are poor, I will send people to check their money and pay taxes to them in the future!"
The civil and military ministers were all shocked.
Even Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others felt that this was not allowed. It was stifling the development of Buddhism and was detrimental to the rule of the Tang Dynasty!
When Li Shimin was in distress, the old eunuch had already reached Li Shimin's ear.
He said softly: "Your Majesty, there are more than ten thousand swords and three thousand armors in the prince's palace. There are also several blacksmith shops..."
Li Shimin closed his eyes and stretched out his hand to stop the old eunuch Wuji from continuing.
Because, it's not necessary anymore.
He had been a rebel before, and he knew very well what these circumstances indicated.
For this reason, Li Shimin shed tears.
When the ministers below saw this, they were stunned.
Emperor, are you crying?
"Your Majesty, I am terrified!"
The civil and military ministers all knelt down.
The old eunuch Wuji turned a blind eye, and other things were nothing compared to the prince's rebellion.
He just whispered: "Your Majesty, do you want to do something?!"
