The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 346 Yang Conspires to Destroy the Country, Turning a Deer into a Horse! (Seek full order)

"Little sister."

Bai Gui gave a Taoist Jishou salute with a smile on his face.

After exchanging salutes, Yang Yuhuan held up her skirt and ran three or four steps in front of Bai Gui, yelling for the second senior brother to hug her or something.

"Little Junior Sister, be good, Master is still here..."

"Pay attention to the rules!"

He had the experience of taking care of Xiao Qiandai, so he tried his best to be patient with Yang Yuhuan, who was five or six years old. Therefore, Yang Yuhuan, who was far away from his father and sister, relied on him a little bit.

"Yuhuan, have you memorized Qingyu Yinfa? If you haven't memorized it, continue to recite the scriptures in your own room. What are you doing here? I'll punish you not to leave the boudoir for a day!"

Hou Shaowei scolded with a stern face.

"Yes! Master!"

Yang Yuhuan was taken away by the two female crowns in the audience, with a sullen expression on her face.

"After the implementation of the new money, at the beginning there were money supervisors who inspected the Quartet, and there was no serious problem. But the crisis did not come from the market or dignitaries, but from Buddhism."

"I heard from my teacher that many Buddhist monks are planning to go to Chang'an to teach the Dharma. The Dharma they teach is false, and they intend to destroy the new money national policy..."

"Buddhists need copper coins to make golden bodies, and we cast copper coins into Dharma money. If a large amount of Dharma money is damaged, there will be prison guards who will notice it and the court will seal it up. As a result, Dharma money is increasing day by day, while copper materials are decreasing day by day. ..."

After Yang Yuhuan walked away, Hou Shaowei began to talk about serious matters with Bai Gui, his words were full of worry.

The two walked in the back garden of Haotian Temple, talking while walking.

"Sanqing only needs a clay body, but the Buddha needs a gold body."

Bai Gui paused, meditated, and sighed when he thought of a sentence that had been passed down for a long time in later generations.

The golden body of Buddha Gate is cast in copper as a whole, and the surface is plated with gold.

However, limited by the ancient mining technology, money shortages occurred in almost every dynasty.Therefore, apart from the private money made by the royal family members, it belongs to the Buddhist sect to hoard money privately, and the most money is cast into golden bodies.

"That's a very good statement."

After hearing this, Hou Shaowei nodded in satisfaction, and couldn't help asking: "I don't know how Meihe can solve this matter."

"It's not difficult to solve this matter, the law of defense is..."

……

The debate mentioned by Bai Gui is not the debate between Taoism and Buddhism, but the debate between many scholars who were appointed by the Imperial Academy and these Buddhist eminent monks.

This is conspiracy!

If the Buddhist sect wins, it is equivalent to offending the scholars represented by the Confucian sect, and if the Buddhist sect loses, the abolition of the new money will naturally be out of the question.

But in fact, regardless of victory or defeat, Buddhism has already lost.

In other words, Bai Gui regards the implementation of Taoism's talisman money and five emperor money as the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, and the implementation of the national policy depends on the court officials, the entire bureaucratic system, and the entire ruling class.

If Buddhism wants to fight against the entire ruling class, it must lose!
But... the scholars who know how to make appointments are not yet able to represent the entire scholarly society.

Therefore, Hanyuan Hall, the Great Court Meeting.

Bai Gui stood in the hall, turned around, and looked down at the court officials, "The new money has been in effect for almost half a year, and the benefits must be worthless. Now that the truth has been heard, some people want to secretly encourage the court officials to abolish the new money. Qian Zhice, I really don't believe that someone dares to do such a thing..."

"I have been in the army for many years, and I have always spoken straightforwardly. What I admire is the upright husband, and what I despise is the insidious villain. Now if you want to have a court official who tells His Majesty how to abolish the new money, please come out. The truth will not be hostile." , On the contrary, I will admire you, but if you refuse to stand up..."

He didn't explain what he said later, but the implication was clear.

If there is no court official to stand up and express his heart now, but in the future he will secretly play it, then there is no need to doubt that such people are insidious villains.

Seeing this, all the officials whispered constantly.

Although Li Longji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, faintly felt that Bai Gui's words were wrong, but Bai Gui had already told him what happened today, and in addition, Bai Gui was always loyal, so he was not a mediocre emperor who would be manipulated, so Out of self-confidence, he never interrupted these words.

One, two, three courtiers came out.

Fifteen court officials successively renewed their contracts and held objections to the new money.

"The truth respects you all!"

Bai Gui bowed deeply to these courtiers.

Then dispersed.

All the courtiers were a little bit suspicious, Bai Gui put up such a battle today, they thought it was some kind of big battle, but they didn't expect that there was loud thunder and little rain.

But then, for more than ten days in a row.

Scholars discussed whether these ten courtiers were too pedantic, or whether these courtiers were related to private money business in private.

Li Longji saw that these dozen courtiers had become "treacherous ministers" who were shouted and beaten by everyone, and determined to be a virtuous son of heaven, he immediately delivered an order to return these dozen courtiers with gold.

"Bai Xiang's scheme is seamless, and Lin Fu's heart is drawn to it..."

In the Imperial Palace, Zhongshu Provincial Government Office, Li Linfu flattered and said with admiration.

"There is no perfect strategy."

"It's just the principle of 'the son of heaven who listens to both will be bright, and if he listens to one side, he will be dark'."

Bai Gui took a sip of tea, calmed down and said leisurely.

He deliberately let the courtiers stand up, that is to say, to erect his prestige.But it would be too obvious if he was referring to a deer as a horse like Zhao Gao. Li Longji was not the second emperor of Qin, so he wouldn't be so stupid.

But his pointing a deer into a horse is different. Zhao Gao’s pointing a deer into a horse is to turn the wrong into the right, so as to divide the courtiers, and the new money policy is originally a strategy that benefits the country and the people, so he "points the deer into the horse" to divide the courtiers. People can guess it, but they can't say it, because it's out of public interest, and no one can make a mistake if they are dedicated to the country.

And the dozens of courtiers who were excluded from the court may not be all dissatisfied with them and criticized them.

It's just that the scholars in Chang'an are dissatisfied with them!
This is a bad message!

The scholars in Chang'an are mainly scholars who participated in the Imperial Academy. They regard Bai Gui as the leader of the party. They are also the youngest and most receptive to Bai Gui's new money policy.

Shilin in remote places other than Chang'an might choose to support the dozen or so courtiers who support the abolition of the new money...

If you listen to both, it will be bright, and if you listen to one, it will be dark.

But the emperor had already listened to all the scholars in Chang'an, and didn't listen to one or two favored ministers. Who... can say that Bai Gui is wrong, and the dozen or so courtiers are right? !
Even if they listen to the words of the favorites, these favorites are inextricably linked with Bai Gui, and they will not slander Li Longji about Bai Gui.

"Now all court officials have agreed to the new money policy, and are starting to prepare for the Buddhist monks to have a discussion with the scholars who have made an appointment with the Imperial Academy..."

Bai Gui put down the teacup and said with a smile.

"Yes!"

"Your officer will arrange it!"

Li Linfu subconsciously agreed, but after making the promise, he felt that it was too fast for Shilin students to discuss the Tao with Buddhist eminent monks.

But after he thought about it for a while, he immediately admired Bai Gui.

What is a brilliant strategy!

Bai Gui first used Chang'an Shilin's heated discussions to drive out more than a dozen courtiers who opposed the new money from the court, but then took the opportunity of all officials in the court agreeing to the new money, and then asked the Tai Xue to invite scholars Discuss the Tao with these eminent Buddhist monks.

In this way, those who discuss the Tao with Buddhist eminent monks... are not just the scholars of the Taixue Academy, but the scholars of the entire Tang Dynasty.

If we say who is most qualified to represent Tang Shilin, it is undoubtedly the officials of the imperial court.

Left hand to right hand...,
Terrible!
(End of this chapter)