Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 414 I never targeted Shaolin, but the entire Buddhist sect
Although Qiu Shenji was ready to warmly send the Duke of England back to his residence, he was not in a hurry. He first asked the artist to paint the appearance of Park Jung-eun described by Jin Renwen, and then went to talk with Li Jingye in the cell to learn about the situation in the Duke's residence.

Li Yan looked at the son of Xu Guanshi: "I don't know what is Xu Langjun's dharma name in the temple?"

The monk clasped his hands together: "The little monk's Dharma is called Zhixing."

Li Yan asked: "When did you go down the mountain? What's the situation in Shaolin Temple now?"

Zhixing looked at him carefully, and sighed: "Since Sangang was murdered by thieves, my Shaolin Temple has been devastated, and more and more brothers have come down the mountain..."

Li Yan is very clear that the murder of Shaolin Sangang is not the key point, but that the other three are replaced. The most important thing is that many wanted criminals were found from Shaolin. Made a name once.

The belief in Buddhism was unshakable, and the incense in the temple quickly returned to the past. People selectively forgot about that trivial matter, and continued to pay respects to the Buddha and donate in order to seek blessings, but the reputation of a mere Shaolin Temple was stink.

The Shaolin Temple has its own fault, and Li Yan has no sympathy for it. Seeing that Zhixing is on call, he thinks that he is also one of the descendants, and asks: "Which temple are you going to settle in next?"

Zhixing paused, he was not willing to say anything, but he didn't dare to lie, he said in a low voice: "I don't want to leave my temple, this time I went down the mountain to visit various households and promote my Shaolin faith money."

Li Yan's face darkened: "Shaolin Temple is also ready to lend money?"

The participation of Shaolin Temple in the real estate industry in later generations has shocked many people's attention. In fact, there is no need for it. It is just a return to the original intention, because ancient Buddhist temples were the first places to start lending business.

The monasteries in various places have a foundation of trust among the people. After accumulating a lot of incense money, they saw that the people needed to borrow money, so they showed mercy, took money from the people, and loaned it to the people.

People who need to borrow money can use their houses, cultivated land, etc. as pledges. Because they believe that if the money owed to the monastery is not repaid, they will be punished. As long as they can be repaid, they will try to repay it. Can accept their land with tears.

That's why there are more and more land in temples in various places. From the time when Shaolin Temple received land from Li Shimin to the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the land occupied by Shaolin Temple has almost doubled, which may include the acquisition of loan business.

But when he found that the leader Li Ge was obviously displeased, Zhixing was even more afraid, but he did not waver: "Li Ge leader, there are no more pilgrims in our temple, and those children from rich families no longer worship teachers. If there is no benefit from trusting money, the temple will support it." I can't go down..."

Li Yan is very clear that this is nonsense, Shaolin Temple has a hundred hectares of fertile land and many tenants, why can't it survive?At most, life is not as rich as before!
Of course, it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality. It is the deterioration of the quality of life that makes the remaining monks in the monastery more and more unbearable. More and more people leave, and the rest do not want to leave. Learn and implement the idea of ​​trusting money.

But he really has no right to stop this matter, because it does not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty. After pondering for a moment, he said lightly: "Can the letter money you send be compared to the capital of the public office (xiè)?"

In this era, Buddhism is lending usury, and the government is also lending usury. The government offices of various states prepare capital, select wealthy households to lend to them, and then collect interest, which is used to pay officials’ salaries, dine-in and other expenses. The annual interest is not high, which is [-]% of the principal. , If someone is selected, it will not work without borrowing.

The original purpose was to strive for profits from the rich, but by the time of the Kaiyuan period in history, it had basically been passed on to the common people. It is somewhat similar to the young crop law in Wang Anshi's reform, except that the scholar-bureaucrat class will make a fuss if it is damaged, and it is difficult for the common people to make their voices heard when they are exploited.

Zhixing's face changed drastically when he heard the words: "How can my Shaolin Temple's mere credit money compare with the imperial court's official capital?"

Li Yandao: "This year when the capital distribution of the public house is about to start, the Shaolin Temple sent out trust money, isn't it competing with the imperial court for profit?"

It is ridiculous to say that in order to prevent social turmoil caused by the rapid expansion of monasteries, and to make the people have no other choice, the trend of Buddhist lending in the middle and late Tang Dynasty was suppressed by the government, otherwise it would be even more out of control.

Zhixing also realized this point. The court really couldn't directly stop the Shaolin Temple from lending money, but it couldn't be easier to suppress it, especially the power in front of him. He showed a slightly disgusted attitude, and naturally someone wanted to please him to do things.

He immediately knelt down and begged in a mournful voice: "Leader Li Ge, please give Shaolin Temple a way out. If the trust and money cannot be carried out, our Shaolin will stop even the ritual of fasting, and we will really break up!"

"stand up!"

Li Yan raised his palm, and force came out through his body. He forcibly pulled up the monk's burly body. He didn't want to accept this worship, because he already had a new idea: "I never targeted the Shaolin Temple, but only believed I really don't like money lending and exploiting common people, Shaolin Temple has its own characteristics, why do such things?"

Zhixing was stunned: "I don't understand Li Geling's meaning..."

Li Yandao: "The rise of your Shaolin Temple lies in the fact that the thirteen stick monks helped the Tang Dynasty in the troubled times of the previous dynasty. Now there is also an opportunity to serve the Tang Dynasty and show martial virtues. Are you willing to seize it?"

Zhixing was very moved, in this respect they are much more professional than loan sharks: "Of course I am willing, the brothers in the temple practice martial arts all the time, just to wait for such an opportunity."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Do you know anything about Silla?"

Zhixing thought for a while and said, "I heard the host mentioned that that small country is also very Buddhist in me..."

Li Yan said coldly: "Silla is stubborn, His Majesty intends to destroy it!"

Zhixing immediately changed his words: "Although a small country is transformed by my Buddhism, it is mediocre and hard to carve out. It is unrighteous, and it does not change its stubborn nature. Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Yandao: "Go back to the temple and ask Zhijian to choose a group of monks to join our inner guard as patrol soldiers, which will come in handy in the battle of Silla."

Hearing that he was really going to participate in the war of destroying the country, Zhixing became short of breath, but the desperate Shaolin Temple had no choice. He put his hands together and bowed heavily: "Amitabha! Thank you Li Ge for giving me the opportunity to Shaolin!"

Li Yandao: "Go, just like how the Shaolin monks rescued those children who were abducted by the prostitute in the past, it is a merit and virtue. If it can reduce the casualties of my Tang army, I will ask your majesty to reward the Shaolin Temple. It is much more meaningful than lending money to the people."

Zhixing couldn't help feeling a little bit ashamed, and hurriedly saluted again: "Yes!"

Watching this one leave, Li Yan revised the Buddhist plan and raised the premise.

There is a saying that is correct, but only half of what he said, he was never targeting Shaolin Temple, but the entire Buddhist sect.

It's just that in his original plan, letting Buddhists pay taxes is very backward, which is more difficult than other reforms.

There is no way, the power of this religion is really too huge, and belief is unreasonable, so that the influence of Buddhism is so deep-rooted that even the imperial power can only forcibly promote the extermination of Buddhism, and it will revive soon.

But if there are some unique temples in Buddhism, such as this half-abandoned Shaolin Temple, it may be different.

Just thinking about the feasibility, Qiu Shenji led Li Jingye and walked out of the inner prison with a smile: "Liu Lang, I went to the British government to ask for clues."

Li Yan looked at Li Jingye, and found that he had changed from a proud peacock to a defeated rooster in just one day, and he couldn't help shaking his head secretly: "Go!"

Qiu Shenji led Li Jingye out of the inner guard, and found a gorgeous carriage parked not far from the door.

People in the Tang Dynasty mostly rode horses when they traveled, and those who rode in carriages were generally weak and unable to breathe, or were of noble status and should not show their faces.

And this carriage looks like a nobleman's. Not only is it twice as big as an ordinary carriage, the entire tent is sewn with high-quality horse hides, and the stitching is interspersed with gold and silver threads. It is inlaid with various ornaments of colorful feathers and flowers, which is very luxurious, and there are rows of servants standing respectfully at the front and back.

Qiu Shenji seldom saw such a luxury car on the streets of Liangjing, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances, with a sour expression on his face, since he wasn't wearing a scarlet robe, he spat directly on the ground: "Is it so important to be rich? What are you showing off?" !"

After scolding, he pulled Li Jingye even harder, Li Jingye staggered and almost fell, but said weakly: "Qiu Jiyi, that's my carriage, I'm afraid it came from my house people."

Qiu Shenji grumbled: "I was thinking just now, who can have such a magnificent car, so it's the British Duke, no wonder!"

Li Jingye heard the strong displeasure, and his body trembled a bit, secretly blaming his family for causing trouble for him, so why can't he keep a low profile and drive an ordinary carriage instead?
Oh, so there is no low-key carriage at home...

At this moment, the servant found him, and a figure came out of the carriage, calling out with concern: "Brother! Brother, come out!"

When Li Jingye saw his younger brother Li Jingyou rushing over, his eyes were also red, and he couldn't help going over, the two brothers hugged each other.

Seeing his elder brother haggard to such an extent after not seeing him for just a day, Li Jingyou couldn't help being furious: "Has the inner guard tortured you? You are a dignified prince, how dare you take it as you please? That Li Yuanfang is really arrogant. Everyone complained for you, I invited them all!"

Li Jingye didn't cover his brother's mouth in time, his expression changed drastically, and he looked back subconsciously.

Sure enough, Qiu Shenji came behind him and looked at them with a half-smile: "It's okay, you guys continue talking."

Li Jingyou saw a kind fat man approaching, and asked, "Who are you?"

Qiu Shenji said honestly: "My father used to be the deputy of the old Duke, and I was the one who released your brother."

Li Jingyou suddenly snorted arrogantly: "It seems that the inner guards are not all madmen like Li Yuanfang, there are still sensible people..."

In the middle of the conversation, Li Jingye in his arms squeaked and pulled over.

Li Jingyou turned pale with shock: "Brother! Brother, don't leave us!"

Qiu Shenji stretched out his chubby hand and pressed on Li Jingye's body: "He was worried that he didn't sleep well last night. Don't worry, no one will torture him under my protection."

Only then did Li Jingyou feel relieved: "Thank you very much!"

Qiu Shenji showed a smile: "Just now you said that all the people who complained about the British government are in your mansion. It's such a coincidence. I'm going to pay a visit to the mansion!"

Li Jingyou looked at him carefully, looked at the harmless round face, decided to give him a chance to blend into the upper class, and nodded reservedly: "Okay, then come, Your Excellency!"

　Thanks to the book friends "I don't understand culture", "West Wind Aaron" and "Boundless Road" for their rewards.

　　
　
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