A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 455

"Fortunate to be young, suddenly pay homage to the prime minister, eager to make contributions, act too hastily, use too much force, after all, you are still too young."

"Well, a monk certificate for one hundred guan, thanks to him thinking of it."

"It's really scraping the ground, even the holy places of Buddhism."

Under the high pagoda of Da Zongchi Temple, Xiao Yu, the official censor of the Duke of Song Dynasty, came to offer incense today, and happened to meet Yang Shidao, the Duke of Guande County in Biejia, Yongzhou.

The two played chess in the pavilion in the temple.

When it comes to some of Wu Huaiyu's tricks, both of them can't help being a little contemptuous.

However, it was unexpected news for the two of them that seven temples would be established on the battlefield. There were even rumors that Wu Huaiyu asked the saint for an order to become a monk with three thousand monks.

Each monk has a monk's card and sells a hundred guan.

crazy for money.

Xiao Yu was quite optimistic about Wu Huaiyu, a young man, but now he can only shake his head and sigh, "No matter what, Wu Huaiyu will fall heavily soon."

"Xiao Xiang thinks he will quit?"

"It's easy to lose sight."

Xiao Yu has been prime minister for ten years, coming in and out, and knows Li Yuan and Li Shimin very well. Now the emperor reuses the young Wu Huaiyu as a prime minister, and also specializes in finance. the righteous granary,
It is still a monopoly of salt and iron tea and wine.

Now what kind of method is he going to do to open the middle salt method, plus his heavy-handed inspection of the Dharma of the third-tier sect, and now he still needs to sell a certiorari,

These are bold.

The interests of too many people have been touched.

No matter whether it is a powerful family, aristocrats, relatives, or temples, Wu Huaiyu will not have good results if he messes with any of them.

The emperor is so amazing, wouldn't he know this?
But he didn't use his more trusted elder brother, eldest grandson Wuji, or the mature Dai Zhou to do these things, but instead used the young Wu Huaiyu to do these things.

Xiao Yu had already seen through the emperor's thoughts, Wu Huaiyu had no foundation, and his current status in the court was only due to the emperor's special rewards. If he wanted to stabilize his position, he could only fight for the emperor.

If it were Changsun Wuji, with his cunning, he would definitely not be so risky and desperate.

Even Dai Zhou, who is over 50, has to look forward and backward, and only a stunned young man like Wu Huaiyu will be desperate.

Xiao Yu felt that, in fact, any minister, as long as his mind is still normal, would not dare to act like this.

The emperor used Wu Huaiyu, which is the best, if things fail, the last thing is to release Wu Huaiyu, saying that he is young, saying that he confuses the monarch, etc. Anyway, he is released to deal with it.

Smart emperors know how to do this. If they really want to do anything, they will not charge forward by themselves. In that case, there will be no room for half a point.

Xiao Yu didn't think that Wu Huaiyu would be able to accomplish anything. Maybe he could come up with something with his hard work, but he would fail in the end. The emperor must be aware of it, but still letting Wu Huaiyu worship the prime minister and take charge of the finances obviously had a deeper plan , such as using his hands to disrupt the situation.

Grasp the initiative, advance and retreat freely, and even if Wu Huaiyu is introduced as a scapegoat at that time, there must be something in exchange for a compromise to be reached.

The truth is cruel, but Xiao Yu understands it, and so does Yang Shidao.

"The last time Wu Huaiyu took the exam at Huadu Temple, it was too sudden. Only 2000% of the more than [-] monks and nuns passed the exam.

With this result, many things are passive and difficult to handle. "

The San Tier Sect is also working hard during this period, hoping to reverse some situations, such as keeping the farm, the mansion, etc., and hoping to keep more monks and nuns.

Xiao Yu and Yang Shidao, as dignitaries among Buddhist worshipers in Beijing, naturally also received the entrustment.

"If it doesn't work, the only way to do it is to spend money to buy a monk certificate first."

Yang Shidao dropped a pawn and barely caught up with Xiao Yu.

One careless move, the whole game will be lost, one step missed, and one step behind.

For people like Yang Shidao, things that can be done with money have never been a problem.Even if a monk certificate cost a hundred guan, he didn't pay attention to it.

If the Endless Zang of the Third Tier Sect was not "trusted" by the imperial court, it would not be a big deal for the Third Tier Sect to buy a monk certificate for all monks and nuns.

But now the imperial court only leaves [-] mu for each of them, and they are not allowed to engage in business, lending, etc., and all their savings over the years have been taken away.

A monk certificate of one hundred guan is not a small number for them now.

There are five major temples in Gyeonggi, and there are still more than forty temples with third-tier courtyards. Although the temples are still there today, they are very grand, but we can’t tear down the wood in the temples to exchange for money, or give the gold leaf and gold powder on the Buddha statues. Scrape it off and sell it.

"I had a talk with Wu Huaiyu that day, and I felt that some of his words were actually reasonable. Having a monk like Fa Ya who doesn't follow the precepts is actually not a good thing for the entire Samana.

If Faya hadn't committed such a serious crime this time, even with his two thousand monks and soldiers and thousands of private armors, the third-rank sect could have been manipulated so tightly by the court? "

"It's good to clean it up."

Yang Shidao felt that he couldn't clean it up so ruthlessly, "There are more than 2000 monks and nuns, and only less than [-]% of them have been cleaned up. How can this be done, not to mention that this is only a place in Gyeonggi, and now the third-tier religion is developing rapidly, and both secluded and beneficial There are so many temples, how can such a cleansing method work?

Furthermore, once this opening is opened, then other temples and sects will also be unable to escape, even Daxingshan Temple, Dazhuangyan Temple, and Dazongchi Temple may be like this. "

Xiao Yu held a chess piece for a long time but did not drop it.

"Didn't Wu Huaiyu say that you can still buy monk's certificates with money? There are so many good men and women in the third-order sect. If you donate a little, it shouldn't be difficult to buy hundreds of monk's certificates."

"But hasn't the imperial court issued an edict prohibiting ladies and gentlemen from donating money and silk to temples?"

"With Wu Huaiyu's crazy way of accumulating money, if the third-tier sect can get tens of thousands of coins to buy monk certificates, would he not be willing?"

"Can't the imperial court return the temple property?" Yang Shidao asked.

Xiao Yu shook his head, "After all, His Majesty has already issued an edict, and it is impossible to change this matter temporarily, otherwise, what is the majesty of the court?"

He reminded Yang Shidao that if he had to make an effort now, he would first try to get the court not to take over the property of other temple sects for the time being.

As for the third-order teaching, it can only be put aside.

Tens of thousands of coins is a lot of money for the imperial court, but it is really not worth mentioning to the Buddhist families, gentry, nobles, and relatives in Chang'an.

Yang Shidao told the method taught by Xiao Yu to Hui Le of the Third Rank Sect. He is now the new abbot of Huadu Temple appointed by the imperial court.

Although Huadu Temple does not rank in the top three among the temples in Chang'an, the third-order religion is very good at giving. In the past, the endless storage of the third-order religion far surpassed the longevity library of the three major temples.

Now that Hui Liao knew the way, he immediately sent deacon monks around to contact the powerful and noble families. Not only did the families actively donate, but they even took the initiative to exchange money and silk into gold according to Hui Liao's request.

The follow-up matters of the Three Tier Sect are mainly done by the Yongzhou Yamen, but Wu Huaiyu still has the task of reviewing Buddhism and eliminating non-indiscriminate practices, so he is still the leader of the special team.

Recently, under the leadership of Yang Shidao, the progress has been slow.

However, he was not in a hurry to urge the following, Master Yang is dignified in Yongzhou, and he is the emperor's brother-in-law, not his subordinate, so there must be room for it.

But when he was concentrating on the development of Zhongyan Fa, Yang Shidao took the initiative to bring Hui Liao, the abbot of Huadu Temple, to the Yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"A lot of people didn't prepare well last time, so they didn't pass the exam. Do you want to take the exam again?"

Wu Huaiyu just smiled at Abbot Hui's request.

Then Hui Liao took out a piece of white linen paper from the cassock.

Monks also learned to give gifts and bribes?
But when he saw the content on it, he was quite surprised.

5000 taels of gold.

It couldn't be a gift.

Although they were once stolen 3 taels of gold by a sweeping monk.

But Wu Huaiyu also knew about the third-tier sect in Gyeonggi, so he took it out of nothing.

It is impossible to have 5000 taels of gold.

"We hope to arrange for [-] devout monks and nuns to take the exam again. They were just not ready last time."

5000 taels of gold, [-] monks and nuns.

A monk's certificate is one hundred guan, and four hundred is 5000 guan, which is exactly [-] taels of gold.

Big client.

Originally, Wu Huaiyu discussed with the emperor that if the third-tier sect wanted to win some monks and nuns to retain their monastic status, they would open a door of convenience and buy monk certificates with money from the endless collection in custody.

Who knew, they actually got 5000 taels of gold directly and wanted to buy [-] monk certificates themselves.

It is indeed the sect with the most momentum in these years.

This level of making money is unmatched.

Wu Huaiyu was surprised and didn't immediately agree, but Yang Shidao's next words made him even more surprised.

"The 5000 taels of gold were specially donated by many devout people in Chang'an to help. The Supreme Emperor rewarded a hundred taels of gold, the Empress Changsun also gave a hundred taels of gold, and Prime Minister Xiao and Duke Yang also donated a hundred taels of gold."

Empress Changsun actually donated 100 taels of gold?

The eldest grandson Wuji probably also paid some money.

The third-order teaching has a strong ability to raise donations.

Getting them to donate money is not just a matter of money, but also represents the strong support behind it.

Wu Huaiyu chuckled lightly.

He could see that there was some pressure from the third-order sect in it.

After laughing a few times, he also said directly, "There are more than [-] monasteries of the third-level religion in Gyeonggi, and there are more than [-] monks and nuns. There were too many unqualified last time. Maybe it was really too late.

Since they are all so pious and wish to continue practicing,

Then I will give you a chance,
I will leave you with [-] degree certificates. All third-tier monks and nuns who have not passed the test last time can take the test again. The top [-] are eligible to buy monk certificates and continue to practice. "

Since you have super fundraising ability, you can't waste it.

5000 taels of gold to buy 1 monk certificates, and I will give you [-] taels of gold in exchange for [-] taels of gold.

Since the money was paid by the nobles of the gentry, Wu Huaiyu would not be too polite. If it came from the endless treasure house managed by the imperial court, he would actually be quite reluctant to part with it.

Eight hundred monk certificates, in exchange for eighty thousand coins, this is a good deal.

Anyway, there are more than 40 temples in Gyeonggi, the third-tier religion, and about a thousand monks will be retained by then, and there will only be an average of more than [-] people in one temple.

As soon as Wu Huaiyu's words came out, Yang Shidao was stunned.

Then Hui Liao, the abbot, was also stunned.

"It's okay if you don't want to, just exchange for four hundred."

Hui gritted his teeth, "Thank you, Mr. Wu, for your help. We all want [-] copies."

"Current money is required, whether it is gold or silver or silk, but you will not be owed on credit until you see the money."

Hui Liao gritted her teeth helplessly and said that she would go back to raise funds immediately.

(End of this chapter)