Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1959, rectifying temples and Taoist temples
"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper!"

"Big news, big news!"

"Temple monks wantonly amassed money, and some temples amassed millions of taels of silver a year."

"The imperial court decided to thoroughly investigate all temples and Taoist temples, thoroughly investigate the matter of monasteries accumulating money, impose heavy taxes on temples, strictly limit the number of temples and monks, and severely punish temples and monks who commit crimes."

Along with the rising sun, in the streets and alleys of cities in Daming, the yelling of newsboys broke the tranquility of the morning. When they heard the newsboy's voice, countless people immediately regained their spirits.

In a blink of an eye, a large number of buyers gathered around each newsboy, and people couldn't wait to start reading the contents of the newspaper.

"Oh!"

"Okay, I'm not used to seeing those monks for a long time. Now I go in and burn incense, and they are divided into three or six grades. If you don't spend a few taels of silver, you won't have a good face for you."

"Those monks are fat-headed and full-bodied. They are monks during the day, and eat meat, drink wine and go shopping in kilns at night. What kind of monks are they?"

"It's time to rectify these temples and monks. Let's see what kind of monks these monks are now, and those temples don't look like a quiet place."

"I only have money in my eyes, and I will try my best to make money every month."

"It's still good to say in the newspapers that my Ming Dynasty can have today's prosperous age. fruit."

"These monks don't do anything, they just collect money wantonly. Let's see, this temple can collect millions of taels of silver a year. These are the people's anointing of our people!"

"Yes, the newspaper said it well. It is better to ask God than to ask oneself. Only by working hard can you make your family and yourself live a better life. What use are these gods and Buddhas?"

"That's right, all of what Daming is able to do today is because of our own diligence and frugality, and it has nothing to do with those monks."

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Accompanied by the newspaper's propaganda, everyone in Daming was dumbfounded.

Who would have thought that this monk could make so much money? It is unbelievable that a temple can rake in millions of taels of silver a year. It is no wonder that all the monks are very rich.

The newspapers have stated the ways and methods of temples to collect money, and they also pointed out that the current temples have completely changed. They only know how to collect money and try various methods, which has already deviated from their original intention.

The people of Daming are also a little unbelievable. How much money do you earn in a year for your hard work?
This is not even a fraction of the monks. A temple is more profitable than a large factory. It is crazy to collect millions of taels of silver a year.

Countless people are discussing this matter, and the many things about the monk are constantly being exposed by everyone.

The eminent monk of a certain temple actually secretly had several wives and concubines, and also gave birth to a lot of children. The family property was huge, and the small life was not to mention how comfortable it was.

Some people also said that they often saw those monks go out to eat meat, drink wine and visit kilns at night, and they were very happy in their childhood.

All of a sudden, everyone was discussing about monks and temples.

Before this, everyone still believed in these temples and monks, and felt that although they were a little greedy for money, they still had some effect in persuading people to be good. Now it seems that they are all fake monks, without the appearance of monks. Set up, covertly set up.

Fahua Temple.

Wuchen, the abbot of Fahua Temple, is convening the monks to discuss the next month's Dharma meeting as usual.

"The results of this month's Fa Conference have been counted, and they are not bad. The total income of various items exceeds 30 taels of silver. Everyone has done a good job, and we must continue to maintain it."

"However, several important guests have not arrived, and it is still not enough. These important guests must be invited next month."

"Jueyuan, Juexin, and Jueming, the three of you should be responsible for this matter, and invite as many dignitaries as possible to come over. Their actions are generous, and they can also demonstrate the importance and status of this temple."

The three monks Jueyuan, Juexin, and Jueming immediately agreed.

However, at this moment, there was a commotion outside, and a group of policemen and officials rushed in. The monks at the door couldn't stop them. As soon as these policemen and officials came in, they quickly began to block the entire Fahua Temple.

"Seal the entire temple for me, not even a single fly can be released."

The leading official ordered with a dark face.

"It's not good, it's not good~"

"Something happened, something happened!"

"Someone from the government suddenly came to seal up our Fahua Temple."

The little novice hurriedly reported to Wuchen.

"what?"

"Why do you want to seal up this temple when it's so good?"

When Wu Chen and the others heard this, they were shocked immediately, and they were also silently thinking in their hearts whether the things they did were known to others, so they came to seal up the temple.

Before they could go out to have a look, the leading officials rushed into the Daxiong Palace aggressively with many yamen servants and officials.

Normally, believers would not spend thousands of taels of silver if they wanted to enter the Great Hall of Great Heroes, but they would not even be able to enter the gate.

"My lords, I don't know what offended this temple, so that I would like to ask you to mobilize the teachers and mobilize the crowd?"

Wuchen's face was ugly, but he still stepped forward and asked.

"This official is Fengxi, the head of the tax office of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now this official has sealed down Fahua Temple in accordance with the law, and is conducting a thorough investigation into the case of Fahua Temple's wanton enrichment!"

Fengxi looked at Wuchen and the others in front of him, and said with a straight face, this time, Fahua Temple is the place to be thoroughly investigated, and it has been kept in mind by the emperor and the princes in the court, and the court also sent him as a tax office The master came to seize this Fahua Temple, wanting to see how rich the monks of this Fahua Temple are.

"Ah~"

When Wu Chen, Jue Yuan, Jue Xin, Jue Ming and others heard this, they were startled immediately, and they wanted to seal down Fa Hua Temple because of its wanton collection of money.

Immediately, I felt that the doomsday was coming. People didn't pay attention to this matter of making money before, so the monks lived happily and made a lot of money, but now people know about it.
"Master Feng, this must be a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding."

"This is a pure place of Buddhism, how can we disciples of Buddhism wantonly amass wealth, it must be a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

Wuchen quickly explained.

"Misunderstand?"

Feng Xi laughed immediately.

"It will soon be known whether there is a misunderstanding."

"Search for me!"

The arresters and government servants were like wolves and tigers, and drove all the monks in the temple to the Daxiong Palace and the square outside, and then began to dig three feet into the entire temple.

"Adult~Adult~"

"It can't be like this, this is a pure place of Buddhism, how can you be so nonsense."

"This will blaspheme the Buddha, and there will be retribution."

The monks were very panicked, and at the same time they kept wanting to leave.

"Stand still, or don't blame us for arresting you on the spot."

The catchers and government servants will not be harsh on them.

"Master Feng, can you borrow a step to explain."

Wuchen knew very well in his heart that if they were to investigate this further, the Fahua Temple would be finished in the future, and so would he, because there was really a lot of treasure hidden in the temple, the amount was not just a little bit, but as many as thousands Ten thousand taels of silver.

So he wondered if he could bribe Fengxi to let him go, so that he could have time to transfer, and he could also escape to other places.

"Master Wuchen, right?"

"As far as I know, you seem to have six unclean roots. Here in the capital, you have three wives, seven concubines, and more than a dozen children."

Fengxi looked at Wuchen, and a big thunder broke out.

"Ah~"

"You, how do you know?"

Wuchen was stunned, he did this in an extremely secretive way, and never let anyone know about it, but Fengxi knew it clearly.

"Humph!"

"If you want people not to know, you have to do nothing!"

"In the daytime, you are an eminent monk, but in the evening, you eat meat, drink alcohol and play with women. What kind of Buddhist disciples and monks are you?"

"Come here, arrest all the main monks in the temple."

Feng Xi snorted coldly, Jin Yiwei has already checked everything in Fahua Temple clearly, these monks know what they have done.

"My lord, I am wronged, I am wronged!"

Wu Chen and the others were completely panicked immediately, they still didn't know who they had offended and what kind of big things happened, even this kind of things were known.

The monks were no longer as sanctimonious as they used to be, and all of them were terrified.

On the other side, the yamen servants and officials acted very quickly. A large amount of silver, bank notes, gold, silver and jewelry were found in each monk's room, as well as the chic clothes these monks wore when they went out at night. Wait.

At the same time, the treasury of Fahua Temple was quickly found. When the treasury was opened, the officials and officials were dumbfounded. There were many boxes filled with gold, silver and jewelry, as well as all kinds of precious antique calligraphy and paintings. , pearl emerald, agate and so on.

Box after box of gold and silver was carried out continuously and brought to the Daxiong Palace. When they were all opened, the golden light was shining, making people's eyes dazzled.

"Drink~"

"You monks, you are really good at making money, how much money do you get!"

Even Fengxi had seen the big scenes in the national treasury, but he was shocked to see such a huge amount of gold, silver and jewelry being searched out from just one temple.

This amount is probably thousands of taels of silver, which shows how rich this Fahua Temple is, and it is too profitable.

"Tsk tsk, you guys are really good at making money."

"Take them all away and interrogate them carefully."

(End of this chapter)