Lord Moyu was forced to open

The orange-red sunset slowly shines among the mountains and forests in the evening.

Tired birds begin to return to their nests, and so do wild beasts.

But at White Horse Temple, it was exactly the opposite. Master Guangping, the abbot, was sending away the last batch of dismissed monks.

"Amitabha, donor, please take more care of me in the future!"

"Aww, abbot, even if you return home, Chongming will definitely remember the White Horse Temple and will always keep me in mind!"

"Amitabha, fate comes and goes, and there is no banquet in the world that never ends. Now that you have returned to secular life, just live your earthly life well, and Buddhist affairs will have nothing to do with you anymore."

Guang Ping said a few words of comfort, and then sent a group of crying monks who had returned to lay life down the mountain.

"Abbott, will we never see Senior Brother Chongming again?"

Next to Guangping, the little novice monk Chongwu, who was only six or seven years old, asked with a depressed expression.

"Amitabha, we will meet again if we are destined."

Guangping stretched out his hand and gently stroked Chongwu's little head, with a lonely look on his face.

But at this time, Zhang Tang, who had been watching Baima Temple's actions, stepped forward with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, Abbot Guangfang, the number of monks in White Horse Temple is now less than 200, which meets the requirements of the imperial court.

In addition, we have accepted the land deed for the 4,990 hectares of land owned by Baima Temple that exceeds the stipulated share. From then on, Baima Temple can operate normally as usual.

Oh, by the way, from now on, Baima Temple will have to report the number of monks and the number of fields owned by Baima Temple to our Department of Ceremonies every year. In this way, the court will have a record, both for Baima Temple and the court. It's all a good thing, right? "

Guang Ping raised his hand to the height of the Buddha and nodded slightly: "Amitabha, White Horse Temple will definitely implement it in accordance with the court's new policy. Please rest assured."

"That's good. In that case, we won't bother you anymore at White Horse Temple.

White Horse Temple is the head of Northern Buddhism and a thousand-year-old ancient temple. I hope that next time I come, I will come as a private person. I hope you will receive more hospitality then! "

"this is necessary……"

……

Zhang Tang left, and he left with a large number of monks in Baima Temple who were dismissed and a large number of fields confiscated.

On that day, when Zhang Tang and his entourage entered Nanyang City and what they had done during the day was spread, an uproar instantly started.

Only then did everyone realize that this guy was so cunning that he suddenly attacked and captured the White Horse Temple. As a result, officials like them, who had long been requested by the White Horse Temple for help, suddenly had no use for them.

You just got the news after everyone had finished their work. The day lily was already cold.

What made them most regretful was that they heard that all the land in White Horse Temple had been confiscated, and most of the monks had been dismissed. They would even have to be reviewed by the Department of Ceremonies every year in the future, otherwise they would not be able to recruit new monks. , all the fake monks without ultimatum must be expelled from the temple, otherwise if they are caught, the court will have the right to impose heavy penalties on Baima Temple.

In addition, according to the new regulations, temples no longer have the right to lend money to outsiders. Once discovered and all evidence is available, the offending temple can be banned directly, and the debtor does not need to return the money lent.

Everyone who received the news saw the sinister nature of this new rule at a glance. Whenever a temple was found to be lending money to others, it would be fine if the temple was banned. The most important thing is that the money lent by the temple did not have to be repaid!

What will this lead to?

Naturally, people who have borrowed money from the temple will secretly report it to the temple in order to not repay the money. In this way, with the temptation of benefits, no temple dares to take risks and continue to do this business. If it is reported, then wait for nothing!

This rule did not exist originally, but Zhang Tang took the initiative to patch it up when he met Zhao Jun, so that those temples could be restricted from secretly lending money without telling the court.

The risk of lending money to temples is infinitely increased to see if they dare to bet whether people who borrow money will report them.

But Zhang Tang has always believed that human nature is inherently evil, so anyone who dares to bet will definitely lose!

It is naturally impossible for White Horse Temple to offer benefits to them as it did in the past after it has fallen to this level.

They don't have to force Baima Si for those benefits. After all, Baima Si, who has almost nothing, is probably a piece of meat now. Whoever dares to blackmail him again may want to drag people to death.

But for the people of Nanyang City, this is not a big deal, and many people are even very happy.

As the head of the Buddhist sect in the north, doesn’t White Horse Temple have a mortgage business?

Of course it's impossible. Even the Daxiangguo Temple has one, so how can it be possible that the White Horse Temple doesn't?

But when Zhang Tang entered Nanyang City, he announced to the whole city that all the money borrowed from Baima Temple did not need to be repaid. If Baima Temple sent people to collect it, then they could report Baima Temple's loan to the local branch of their Sacrifice Department. !

Such behavior naturally received the approval of many people.

And that night, Zhang Tang immediately wrote a detailed memorial about all the matters related to the White Horse Temple operation and had it sent back to Bianjing for the Holy Emperor's review.

After resting for a night in Nanyang City, he received a visit from some officials from Nanyang County and then headed to other counties in Nanyang County. He was going to start inspecting these temples.

In order to be able to stably win the White Horse Temple, he did not touch the previous savings of the White Horse Temple.

Only the redundant monks were dismissed and the redundant land was recovered.

But next, he will have to send people, take land, and collect ill-gotten gains!

You can give some face to the White Horse Temple. After all, it is the head of the Buddhist sect. But to deal with the Buddhist temples below, Zhang Tang decided how to maximize the benefits.

When he came out, His Majesty had hinted that the inspection of Buddhist temples and asking them to abide by the new rules was only second. The most important thing was to quickly recover a large amount of land and collect a large amount of money collected by the temples. On the one hand, it would fill the emptiness of the imperial government's finances. On the one hand, it is to restore the amount of taxable land owned by the imperial court and avoid further deterioration.

……

Hurrying up, Zhao Jun received Zhang Tang's report in just one day and one night. After reading the content of the report, Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction.

Then he thought that after taking care of the White Horse Temple, the remaining temples would be just minor problems and there would be no way to cause them any more trouble.

The only thing that needs to be considered is, will the five thousand people led by Zhang Tang be unable to cope with suppressing the resistance of the local Buddhists while also confiscating homes and transporting various properties?

Thinking of this, he immediately wrote a letter to Wang Huaien and asked him to send the souvenir out of the palace.

The letter was sent out quickly and finally reached the hands of Cui Wen, the Minister of Revenue. When Cui Wen read the letter written by His Majesty to himself, his face immediately showed joy.

He doesn't care about the fights in the court, who has more power, who takes the lead, and so on.

The only thing he knew was that the treasury was in short supply and needed gold and silver to fill it.

Now that he has the opportunity to collect a lot of money, he will naturally cooperate.

Without any delay, and unwilling to delay even a little bit, the Ministry of Revenue singled out a group of generals that day and led several teams of people and rushed towards where Zhang Tang and the others were!

Collect the money and go to the boss! As the Ministry of Accounts, if you are not proactive, is there something wrong with your brain?

...(End of chapter)