Prehistoric: A steady life, starting from Journey to the West

After seeing this test question, Chen Qi couldn't help showing a confident smile.

This topic is really the same as what Uncle Cheap Yang Xuan said, but it is a little bit reserved.

At the same time, Chen Qi was not at all surprised by this question.

As a traveler of later generations, Chen Qi certainly understood how short of money this Emperor Zhenguan was.

From the establishment of the country by virtue of martial arts to the unification of the world by the Li family, it can be said that the Tang Dynasty has been fighting for years.

In addition, after Emperor Zhenguan Li Shimin ascended the throne, droughts, frosts, and locust plagues occurred year after year, and the imperial court had to provide disaster relief and rent-free everywhere.

In the first year of Zhenguan, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and many people sold their children in exchange for food and clothing.

In the second year of Zhenguan, the Turks invaded, and the Weishui alliance, to put it bluntly, was that Tang Taizong Li Shimin drove back 30 Turkic cavalry alone.Everyone understands what is actually going on.It was nothing more than spending money to avoid disasters, which almost emptied Datang's treasury.

In the same year, there was a plague of locusts all over the world. Because there was no money and food to relieve the disaster, he had to issue an imperial edict.

In the third year of Zhenguan, there was another flood.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, there were floods in southern Henan and other states.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, more than forty prefectures in Shandong and Henan were flooded.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Shandong, Henan, Huaihai and other places suffered floods again.

According to historical records, until the 13th year of Zhenguan, which is now, Wei Zheng still said "Frequent years of drought" in "Zhenguan Political Leaders"!

This is the situation, it is no wonder that the Datang treasury is not short of money.

Therefore, even without the reminder from his cheap uncle Yang Xuan, Chen Qi could more or less guess the topic of the discussion.

However, with the reminder from his cheap uncle Yang Xuan, Chen Qi became more confident about the strategy of this palace examination.

Therefore, after seeing the topic, Chen Qi showed a slight smile, and wrote five big characters with a brush:

The theory of destroying Buddha and getting rich!

As for the method of "enriching the country", Chen Qi has many methods, but at present, the method that is the easiest to implement and the fastest to see results is the method of destroying Buddha and getting rich.

Other methods of enriching the country are either slow to take effect, or will encroach on the interests of the aristocratic family, or the results are easily seized by the aristocratic family.

Before the foundation is unstable, it is definitely not possible to fight against the aristocratic family, otherwise even Li Shimin can't keep him.

Compared with the aristocratic family, he is still a Buddhist monk, so he is easier to bully.

Similarly, the only way to get rid of the Buddha will be the fastest.

Of course, these are not the point, the point is that he doesn't like Buddhism.

In ancient times, Buddhism basically did not help the society except to fool the common people.

Taoism, descending from the mountain to save the world in troubled times, self-cultivation in prosperous times and passed on to the world.

In Buddhism, in troubled times, mountains are closed to avoid the world, and in prosperous times, mountains are opened to welcome wealth. These words are not just words.

Throughout the past and present, the ancient Buddhist monks, in addition to eating fast and reciting the Buddha, working and resting in the morning and evening, carried out the so-called promotion of Buddhism and universal salvation of all beings.

I really don't know what useful contributions they have really made for the people.

Not only did it make no contribution, but it also caused considerable harm to society.

Monks in ancient times did not pay taxes, not only did they not pay taxes, but they also did not have to perform corvee and military service.

Monks are not engaged in production, and the basic source of life is to rely on pilgrims to worship.

A monk who is ordained and becomes a monk supports the Buddha and Bodhisattva, not his biological parents who brought him up after being conceived in October.

The most inhumane thing is that Buddhist monks also stipulate that they should not approach women!

The population of ancient dynasties was small, and there was no male and female reproduction, so how could the family and country be inherited!

If all the people in the world believed in Buddhism, the human race would perish!

It's no wonder Chen Qi has a good impression of such a sect.

Moreover, destroying such a sect will benefit Datang not so much!

As long as the Buddha is destroyed, Datang can obtain a large amount of money, population, soldiers and supplies overnight.

The golden bronze statue, this is the most conspicuous money representative in the temple!

It may not be a big deal to put the golden bronze statues in later generations, but in ancient times this was the most valuable thing!

Because the money in ancient times was originally copper coins, especially in the Tang Dynasty, gold and silver were not easy to circulate, and the main currency in circulation was copper coins.

These golden bronze statues are money in themselves!

After the Buddha is extinct, all monks and nuns will return to secular life, which will undoubtedly increase the population, labor force and military resources.

After these monks and nuns returned to lay life and got married, they could continue to reproduce, continue to increase the population of the society, and generate tax revenue for the court.

And all the materials in the vacant temples can be used for military use.

Because of the many disadvantages of Buddhism and the great benefits of exterminating Buddhas, there have been almost many campaigns to exterminate Buddhas in history, the most famous of which is the "Three Wus and One Sect to Exterminate Buddhas" movement.

Emperor Taiwu Tuobatao of the Northern Wei Dynasty exterminated Buddha, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yu Wenyong exterminated Buddha, Tang Wuzong Li Yan exterminated Buddha, and Shizong Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty exterminated Buddha!

It's a pity that these people's methods of destroying Buddhism are not good, so not long after the movement to destroy Buddhism, Buddhism revived again, and continued to poison the people all over the world.

Chen Qi's theory of destroying Buddhism is very simple, he did not tell Li Shimin how to destroy Buddha.

It's just a calculation for Li Shimin. For example, the number of Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty and 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty are all a drop in the bucket.

According to the records in "Southern History, Xunli Biography, Guo Zuchen Biography", there are more than [-] Buddhist temples in the capital (Jinling), which are extremely magnificent.There are more than [-] monks and nuns, with rich assets, and the counties and counties where they are located are indescribable.

However, within one county of Jinling, there are hundreds of temples!

There are more than [-] counties in more than [-] prefectures and [-] counties in the Tang Dynasty, how many temples can there be!

How much wealth and population can these temples add to Datang!

Chen Qi believed that Li Shimin had calculated this account more clearly than himself.

As long as Li Shimin is not stupid, he will be able to see the various benefits of exterminating the Buddha, as well as the massive wealth that can be harvested.

After writing down the benefits that extermination of Buddhism can bring to Datang, Chen Qi wrote some clichéd methods of reducing expenditure and increasing revenue, such as building water conservancy, encouraging breeding, and encouraging merchants.

But one thing is certain, that is, the following suggestions will require a lot of money to implement.

And where does the money come from?

Destroy the Buddha!

Well, no matter how you say it, anyway, as long as the Buddha is exterminated.

Chapter 5 Good guy, where is this troublemaker trying to harm me? (ask for collection, ask for flowers)

When the pen falls, the wind and rain startle, and the ghosts and gods cry!

The tributes in the main hall wrote vigorously, putting their aspirations and good strategies for governing the country and the country into their painstaking efforts, and they hung their pens with their wrists excited and excited.

Learn literary and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, this is the moment we've been waiting for, my lord!

Swish swish!

The writing is flying, and I can't stop at all!

Compared with the tributes who can't stop writing, Chen Qi is much calmer. A theory of destroying Buddha and getting rich, not to mention being the number one, it shouldn't be a problem to get an honor, and the first place in the second list.

Well, as a time traveler, he, Chen, is so confident.

The sun was high and the sun was shining brightly, and the palace examination that had been carried out for a whole morning was officially over.

The palace gate of the Tai Chi Palace opened again, and the Jinshi who had struggled all morning came out of the palace gate in high spirits and complacency.

It will be known in three days who wins the toad palace and who wins the crown.

But all the Jinshi who came out of the palace were completely relaxed, because the ten-year cold window, the imperial examinations, so far, it's all over!

No matter what the result is, if you can be on the list anyway, and you don't get caught, finishing the exam is a great event worth celebrating!

It is necessary to celebrate and meet Xiaoxiang Pavilion for a walk.

.......

After the imperial examination, the Jinshi went home to relax.

The 36 test papers they made were accepted, handed, and sealed, and then sealed in a sealed file. After that, Emperor Zhenguan Li Shimin would personally review the papers for three days.

After the emperor finished reviewing the examination papers, he would determine the rankings of No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tan Hua.

This is the legendary champion man hand-picked by the imperial pen!

Late at night, in the Palace of Manna!

Li Shimin picked up the examinee's test papers on the table, most of them just glanced at them, and then threw them aside.

Divide into quarters.

If you feel bored, throw it to the farthest point, wait a second.

You can take a look at it, throw it a little closer, medium.

You can look at it slowly, put it close up, and so on.

Those that need to be pondered over several times should be placed on the throne platform, first class.

These young candidates are too immature, most of them are some naive theories of state governance, he doesn't even bother to take a second look.

"On "Theory of Benevolence and Virtue for the Rich Country", Cui Ming!"

Li Shimin glanced at it indifferently, then sneered disdainfully and threw the test paper to the farthest distance.

Rende Fuguo?

This is the biggest joke in the world. The most speechless thing is that throughout the article, not only does it not think about how to increase taxes for the court, but it makes a lot of comments that the emperor should not compete with the people for profit, and needs to reduce various taxes.

If the imperial court really did this, I am afraid that the civil and military forces of the entire court will have to drink the northwest wind.

It's no wonder Li Shimin likes such remarks.

It's just that he thought about it, finally sighed, and took the test paper back. After hesitating for a moment, he put the test paper back nearby and rated it as the first class.

There's no way, although he doesn't like Cui Ming, he has to consider the influence of the Cui family.

As the eldest son of the Cui family, he was ranked No.2 in the examination.

It would be no wonder that Cui Shi would be willing if he was placed in the lower ranks in the palace examination. If it aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire Cui Shi, there would be another quarrel in the court.

Therefore, for the stability of the court, no matter how displeased Li Shimin was, he could only rate Cui Ming's test paper as the best.

Or, superior.

In all fairness, Cui Ming's literary talents are not bad, and the articles are even more gorgeous in rhetoric. Reading it gives people a feeling of spring breeze.

It's a pity that the buttocks are all crooked, so what's the use of writing a good article.

Li Shimin put down Cui Ming's test paper, rubbed his head with some headaches, and said to the eunuch Wang De beside him, "Give me the article by Huiyuan Chen E."

A policy theory, thousands of words.

Li Shimin, who had finished handling the government affairs during the day, was already exhausted. After reading a few Jinshi's articles at this time, he had no desire to continue reading.

However, thinking of the agreement with the Southern Tang Chen family, he still had patience and asked someone to find out Chen E's test paper, preparing to see how well this young man, who was hailed as a unicorn by the Southern Tang Chen family, was.

"If you want to enrich the country, you must first caress the people", Chen E!"

"Hey, interesting!"

After Li Shimin saw the title of this policy theory, he became slightly interested, and then continued to read.

"Foolish people, caress the people!"

"Interesting, this point of view is similar to the Confucian theory of fooling the people."

After a long time, after Li Shimin finished reading the article, his brows could not help stretching, and a smile appeared on his face.

Chen E's theory of appeasing the people is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is an advanced version of the dynasty's policy of obscuring the people. By promoting the concept of reincarnation, the people at the bottom are willing to work as cows and horses to pay for the dynasty.

Advocating the theory of reincarnation of destiny, the suffering in this life is to atone for the sins of the past life and accumulate virtue for the next life.

If things go on like this, the people of the dynasty will naturally accept the various policies of the court, they will no longer cheat and play tricks, and they will fully cooperate with the court's decrees.

With the full support of the people, the court itself will become stronger and stronger, and then achieve the goal of making the country rich and powerful.