I'm an immortal in heaven

Chapter 269
"Chen Fang Jian, pay homage to the chief envoy." Fang Jian entered the Taixuan Hall and bowed to the Nine Heavens Xuannv.

Nine Heavens Profound Girl flicked the whisk in her hand, looked at Fang Jian and said, "Fang Jian, you just came back from Guanjiangkou?"

Fang Jian said: "Return to the chief envoy, that's right."

Nine Heavens Xuannv said: "How is the matter going?"

"Chen Te came to ask the chief envoy for an order." Fang Jian bowed and said: "I also ask the chief envoy to issue an order to order the Xiaotian dog to come to the Thunder Department of the Heavenly Court to be punished."

Nine Heavens Profound Girl nodded slightly, then tapped her jade hand, and saw a golden light falling, which turned into a Tai Xuan Talisman and landed in front of Fang Jian.

"You take this talisman and go to Guanjiangkou, and leave it to Erlang God." Nine Heavens Xuannv said.

Fang Jian immediately accepted the imperial edict, and bowed respectfully, "Thank you for the imperial envoy."

Nine Heavens Profound Girl smiled slightly, and said, "As soon as Erlang God mentioned poverty, you knew it?"

It's not surprising that Nine Heavens Profound Girls would know about this. They are so powerful, even if you think about it in your heart, they will feel it.

Fang Jian smiled, and then replied: "I was talking about how Xiaotiangou hurt the golden girl in Yaochi, but Erlang God suddenly mentioned you as the Lord's envoy. At first, I was a little confused, but later I understood , he wanted the chief envoy to appear in person

It's not just a few days of judges who can take Xiaotian dog away and punish him by issuing an edict. "

Nine Heavens Profound Girl nodded and said, "Go ahead and settle this matter as soon as possible."

"Respect the decree of the law." Fang Jian bowed and bowed, and then took the order to leave.

After Fang Jian left, Nine Heavens Profound Girl said to the little boy beside her, "Xun Qing, the head of the Xuantian Court."

The boy was ordered to leave, and not long after, he led Abbot Xunqing to the main hall.

"Your Excellency, Xun Kuang, the head of the Heavenly Court, pays homage to the Chief Envoy." Qing is the character, and Kuang is the name, so names are used for this kind of formal audience.

Nine Heavens Xuannv looked at Xun Kuang and said, "Master Xunqing, how many other Tian judges are still idle in the Tian Court?"

Upon hearing the words, Principal Xunqing made a careful calculation, and then reported: "Return to the envoy of the Great Master, there are seven people in total."

Nine Heavens Profound Girl flicked the dust and said, "Fang Jian is not counted."

Upon hearing the words, Head Xunqing said again, "That's six people."

Nine Heavens Profound Girl said: "Send all six of them to Nanzhan Buzhou."

Master Xunqing took the order, and immediately asked: "Dare to ask the chief ambassador, what is the duty of these six people to go to Nanzhan Buzhou?"

Nine Heavens Xuannv said: "There will be turmoil in the Tang Dynasty in Nanzhan Buzhou and Dongtu. The current Tang King Li Hong has been planning for three years to conquer Nanzhao, Siam, Jiaozhi and other sixteen countries. There is still a shortage of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of millions of money, food and grass, and a huge shortage of titles and rewards."

Master Xunqing was startled when he heard the words, and Nine Heavens Xuannv said that of course this was not to intervene in the war between mortals.

But once this happened to the eastern countries of Nanzhan Buzhou, it meant that another thing might happen: the extermination of Buddha.

As early as in the vast history of Dongtu, there have been three incidents of extermination of Buddha, known as the "three martial arts" in history, and the most recent one was Tang Wuzong, the No.3000 emperor of the Tang Dynasty 16 years ago.

The root cause is the particularity of Buddhist temples.

Because temples do not need to pay taxes, a large amount of land is registered under Buddhist temples to avoid court taxation.

The second is that Buddhist disciples do not need to perform corvee or military service, and the title of "escaping into Buddhism" can avoid all worldly responsibilities.

So this has two consequences. On the imperial court account books, it is clearly recorded that there are [-] million mu of cultivated land in the country, but [-] million mu of them are registered under Buddhist temples in various places, and there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court.

Over time, it is clear that there is a lot of private arable land and a lot of grain harvest, but the imperial court cannot collect taxes, which leads to the emptiness of the national treasury.

The second is that a large number of young people join Buddhism, because the Buddhist precepts prohibit marriage, which in the long run will lead to a decrease in population, especially the decrease in young adults.

Once the country is about to break out of war, the imperial court will have no soldiers to use.

At this time, the best way is to "destroy the Buddha", destroy the temples, force the monks to return to the vulgar and get married, and include all the cultivated land under the famous Buddhist temples into the scope of taxation
However, only the mortals in the eastern part of Nanzhan Buzhou in the entire Jambudha world dare to do such things as destroying Buddhas, and they have done it many times.

There is still no sign of the Tang Dynasty's extermination of Buddhism, but who is the Nine Heavens Xuannv?You can see the clue at a glance.

"Is the purpose of sending Judge Tian over to prevent the monks from being unrest?" asked Principal Xunqing.

Nine Heavens Profound Girl nodded and said, "Yes, regardless of whether the Great Tang Dynasty destroys Taoism or Buddha, monks are not allowed to interfere with mortal affairs without authorization."

"My lord understands." Headmaster Xunqing looked dignified, and immediately took the order to leave.

Let's say that after Fang Jian received the edict, he immediately flew to Guanjiangkou without stopping.

When Fang Jian came to the Erlang Temple in Guanjiangkou again, he did not go down to meet the Erlang God first, but stood above the Erlang Temple in Guanjiangkou, took out the Nine Heavens Xuannv Talisman and said: "Here is the amulet of the great master, and Erlang will show his sage and listen to the emperor! "

This sound first called out the six Meishan brothers, followed by those immortal officials and Caotou God.

These people stood on the square outside Erlang Temple, looking at Fang Jian in the sky with puzzled expressions.

"Didn't this Daoist Hongqing go back a few days ago? Why is he here again?" Kang Taiwei said in a low voice.

Yao Taiwei said: "I also brought the chief envoy's talisman, it seems that the second master can't be said, so go back and invite the chief envoy's talisman."

Li Taiwei frowned and said: "But does he think that he can take away the Xiaotian dog by inviting the chief envoy Fu Zhao?"

"Too naive!" Taiwei Zhang shook his head.

At this time, a golden light suddenly lit up inside Erlang Temple, and then Erlang God and Xiaotian Dog flew out of Erlang Temple slowly.

Outside, the six Meishan brothers and a group of immortal officials and Caotou gods saluted one after another, saying, "Greetings to Zhenjun."

At this moment Erlang Shen was wearing a set of cloud-ink corset Taoist robes, a light yellow cloak, and a purple gold flat sky crown on his head. He flew to the square with golden light on his feet.

Xiao Tiangou also followed Erlang God, and after Erlang God landed, he said to the crowd behind him, "Get up."

After everyone stood up, they saw Erlang God cupped his hands and said to the sky: "Erlang God accepts the order!"

Fang Jian looked at Erlang God who received the order from below, and then unfolded the talisman and said: "The roaring dog trespassed in Yaochi and hurt people indiscriminately. The Queen Mother of the West has an order. The Tian court will immediately arrest him and bring it to the Ministry of Lei for punishment. Taixuandu Provincial University The Lord envoys the order of the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress!"

At this point, the six Meishan brothers below were startled and looked up at Erlangshen.

But Erlang God made a decision that surprised everyone at this moment, and he clasped his fists in response and said, "Erlang God accepts the edict."

After finishing speaking, Erlang Shen glanced at Xiao Tiangou, and said: "You evil animal, why don't you go to Leibu with Daoist Hongqing to receive punishment."

"Second master! No!" The six Meishan brothers immediately stepped forward and said.

But before they could say anything, Erlang Shen shouted: "Stop talking, step back!"

The six Meishan brothers frowned, but they didn't dare to disobey Erlang God's order, so they retreated resentfully.

And Xiaotiangou didn't resist, just looked up at Erlangshen, then jumped up and ran to Fang Jian's feet on the golden cloud.

At this moment, on a small mountain dozens of miles away from Guanjiang Estuary, a fairy in multicolored robes flew anxiously into the clouds, and then turned into a ray of light and flew towards the west.

God Erlang just glanced at the direction where Xiaguang left, and then said to Fang Jian: "Master Hongqing, I will leave this evil animal to you. It is up to Master Hongqing to decide how to punish him."

Fang Jianji first saluted and said: "Please rest assured, Zhenjun, I will enforce the law impartially, and I will return to the Heavenly Court to report to my life, so I will leave."

Erlangshen said with a smile: "Master Hongqing, please go ahead." After finishing speaking, he glared at Xiao Tiangou again: "obediently follow Master Hongqing to receive the punishment, don't mess around again."

Xiaotiangou nodded, and then quietly lay at Fang Jian's feet.

(End of this chapter)