Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 285 The Rich Monk

On the third day after Li Wenqian committed suicide, Zhang Zhao moved into the yamen behind Hexi Jiedu.

As for Li Wenqian's family, after Zhang Zhao gave five thousand guan, the group left Liangzhou City and went to live in Guzang County.

It is estimated that they are afraid of reprisals, so staying in Guzang County where the Li family accounts for the majority in Guzang is more or less guaranteed.

As for why Li Wenqian committed suicide, besides the fact that this person had a relatively weak brain, Zhang Zhao could barely guess because of the comprehensive information from various sources.

The main reason is that Zhang Zhao lacks a clear understanding of the bloody degree of power change in this era.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, when the Jiedushi and even the emperor were replaced, it was popular that the winner took all, and the loser would be better off dying.

The Jiedu envoys who were forced to step down in the past dynasties had only one ending, that is, the whole family was killed, and the chickens and dogs were spared. If they could leave a few wives, concubines and daughters to be raped and humiliated, it was considered a favor.

Take Sun Chao for example. After he was killed by Li Wenqian, his old wife and three sons were all killed in the resistance, and his two concubines and daughter were taken over by Li Wenqian.

So in Li Wenqian's view, Zhang Zhao would definitely use the same means to deal with him, so when Zhang Zhao sent Guo Tiance to express his kindness, it made Li Wenqian even more terrified.

Because he didn't know what Zhang Zhao was holding back?Mr. Sun Chao also has a beautiful daughter and a concubine. His two daughters are big and rough, and Zhang Zhao is definitely not the one who has taken a fancy to his daughter.

So this desperate Li Liuhou was afraid that Zhang Zhao wanted to keep him, and then humiliate him in some unknown way. In addition, Guo Tiance's yin and yang, somewhat sinister and perverted expression proved Li Wenqian's judgment.

This man was prone to extremes. Historically, the Gamo people invaded Liangzhou City and caused riots. The Han people in Liangzhou were also disappointed in him and did not come to help. Li Wenqian simply locked his whole family in the Jiedu Yamen in Hexi. , and then set himself on fire with his family.

In fact, Li Wenqian also wanted to set himself on fire the day before yesterday, but his dental soldiers had been ordered by Pei Yuan to take him a little seriously, so Li Wenqian had no choice but to use a long dagger to end his own life.

"Military envoy, the investigation has been found!" Guo Tiance, who had cooperated with Zhang Zhao in a perfect performance yesterday, walked in with a roster.

On the roster, Zhang Zhao sent people to secretly investigate the owners of hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land near Liangzhou these days.

Of course, this is just a very rough survey, and Zhang Zhao has not yet carried out the real measurement of the field.

As for such a rough investigation report, Zhang Zhao mainly relied on the Sogdians in Liangzhou to complete it.

These small Sogdian traders walked around the streets and alleys, and they would not be so conspicuous when they went to the fields.

"The Buddhist temple in Liangzhou occupies so much land?" Zhang Zhaogang was a little shocked after looking at it for a while.

According to the information provided by the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce, and Guo Tiance’s report after roughly confirming it, there are about 36 mu of cultivated land in the counties around Liangzhou, and as a result, Buddhist temples account for as much as 140,000 mu.

This ratio is quite astonishing. You must know that among these fields, Li Wenqian alone occupied more than 23 mu, which adds up to 130,000 mu. The remaining [-] mu is shared by tens of thousands of Han people in Liangzhou.

And among the 130,000 mu, several big families accounted for more than [-]%.

The real Liangzhou Han'er, with more than [-] people, actually only has [-] to [-] mu of land. Many of them simply work as tenant farmers with their whole family or even the whole clan, without a piece of land.

Damn it, no wonder Li Wenqian is so focused on running away!

Under this model, the Han people in Liangzhou are worse off than the Yanmo people. All the land is in the hands of the rich and powerful. If there is something to do, let alone helpers, they might join forces with Yanmo.

From Li Wenqian's point of view, there is really no way to solve this problem. Even if he divides the [-] mu he owns, he won't be able to win many people's hearts, so he might as well grab it and run away.

What's even more frightening is that the 140,000 acres occupied by the temple cannot receive a copper coin of Spring and Autumn Tax, and there is a high probability that those acres of land occupied by the rich will not receive any money.

Just relying on the exploitation of the remaining tens of thousands of acres of land, it is impossible to maintain the daily expenses of the Hexi Jiedu Yamen, let alone support the army.

And a so-called Jiedu Yamen with only more than [-] soldiers has no chance of winning in the face of hundreds of thousands of Gamo people who have long been greedy for the assets of the Han people in Liangzhou. best choice.

"Go and inform Master Sanshanyuan that a certain person is going to personally send the sitting statue of Sakyamuni Buddha to Dayun Temple for worship tomorrow, and then bring Cao Wantong to me by the way."

Zhang Zhao told Guo Tiance with some worries that the settlement of the land issue still had to start with these great monks.

Zhang Zhao now had to acquire at least [-] mu of land, otherwise he would not be able to guarantee the supplies of his thousands of troops, and he would definitely not be able to support them with the dispensable land tax of the Jiedu Yamen in Hexi.

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Dayun Temple in Liangzhou, also known as Dayun Temple in Wuwei later, was originally the palace of the Zhang family of the former Liang King during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Later, the Liang King Zhang Tianxishe Palace became a temple, which was called Hongzang Temple. It was changed to the present day during the Wu Zhou Dynasty Dayun Temple.

However, the original Dayun Temple was severely damaged in the Wuwei Earthquake in 1927, and the current Dayun Temple was rebuilt around 1980.

Zhang Zhao worked hard all morning, and finally sent the full-length statue of Sakyamuni to the left hall of Dayun Temple for enshrining.

Afterwards, he sat down with the presiding master Shanyuan and other eminent monks of Dayun Temple, and several leaders of the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce headed by Cao Wantongxi.

The relationship between the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce and the Dayun Temple is actually very close. Buddhism, especially Buddhism before the Ming Dynasty has a very bad thing, that is, it likes to collect money and lend usury.

This is also related to the environment of the times. Although there were three martial arts and one sect to destroy Buddhism before the Ming Dynasty, Buddhism was already very powerful.

They occupy a lot of land and don't pay taxes. Local thieves, rapers, and even big households often put their fields in the name of temples.

Coupled with the donations of believers, some temples have accumulated a large amount of honeysuckle all year round, so lending has become a means for them to use spare money and make money with money.

Of course, Dayun Temple in Liangzhou was no exception. They not only lent loans to farmers who encountered difficulties, but also lent loans to Jiedu Yamen.

However, their biggest client is actually the Sogdia Chamber of Commerce. Only these merchants need a large amount of money for turnover.

Moreover, Dayun Temple has more than [-] mu of land, and the grain, rice, cloth and other goods collected every year are piled up like mountains.

This thing will rot if left for a long time, so every year they have to rely on the Sogdians to collect it and sell it everywhere. The economic relationship between the two sides is very close.

"Today I invite all the masters, Cao Wandutou and Kang Dutou to come here, and I want everyone to give me some advice.

When a certain man was in Anxi, he was also very concerned about the business route, and even raised an army in person, just to make the trade route smooth.

Even entering Tianzhu, in addition to promoting Buddhism and protecting my monks, I also inspected Tianzhu's products.

There are a lot of sugar cane in the land, all of which are top grade. The syrup produced is far better than that in the Central Plains. There are also various fragrant leaves, pepper, nutmeg, etc., which are also the best-selling products in the Central Plains.

And the silks, satins, porcelain, cotton cloth, and tea I have are also in urgent need of him. Some merchants should come back from Tianzhu this winter.

Since the Swallow Thief brought disasters to the world, the occasional interruption of the Hexi trade route should be alleviated. "

Zhang Zhao wasn't bragging, he was telling the truth, the Sogdian man surnamed Kang was ahead of Cao Wantong, and bowed to Zhang Zhao.

"The military envoy is really my reborn parent! Just to keep the commercial roads open, I don't know how many people will live, so that things can communicate with each other. I, Kang Jinshan, have been serving as the military envoy's minions since then!"

Hold!Dog slave is so brave!Cao Wantong's eyes turned red immediately after washing, and he stared at Kang Jinshan fiercely.

Ever since they knew that the Zhang Junshi who came to Liangzhou was Megatron, Anxi, and Juerhan from Hezhong, these Sogdians had a completely different perception of Zhang Zhao.

Because apart from Ganzhou, Zhang Zhao can be said to have mastered most of the Silk Road in fact.

"What kind of military envoy! You farmer's slave can't speak for a long time, this is the Khan of our Zhaowu Nine surnames.

The Khan regained the Eastern Cao Kingdom, appointed the descendants of the Eastern Cao King to guard it, and also accepted the daughter of my royal family, who is the king of my Eastern Cao people. I, Cao Wantong, see Khan! "

To be thicker-skinned than anyone else, Cao Wantongxi was obviously superior. He never called Zhang Zhao a military envoy, and always called Khan directly.

Kang Jinshan over there didn't notice the loss for a while, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly. He secretly glanced at Zhang Zhao, for fear that Zhang Zhao would be unhappy because of the title.

But Zhang Zhao didn't care about these things for him, but waved his hands at Cao Wantong.

"Whether it's a military envoy, a khan, or a deputy king of the Great Jin Kingdom, just like the wheel-turning saint king and Yinlun Dharma king of Buddhism in Tianzhu, Anxi, Hezhong, and Hexi, they are nothing but false names!

false name!You can call it whatever you want! "

Cao Wantong froze after washing his face, and then he couldn't help giving a thumbs up deep in his heart. If he wanted to talk about the skill and shame of pretending to be beeping, he would have to kneel down and kowtow to Zhang Zhao a few times.

When Master Shanyuan heard that Zhang Zhao mentioned the identities of the Holy Wheel-Turning King and the Yinlun Dharma King, his body immediately felt itchy like lice crawling. These two titles were simply too uncomfortable for him.

With these two identities, Zhang Zhao can justifiably interfere in Buddhist affairs, and he still holds a large number of top-level Buddhist treasures in his hands, and he has his own monk order. If he gets angry, he can really give life to the entire Buddhist sect in Liangzhou. .

Everyone chatted with each other for a while, but it was just chatting, but it was actually Zhang Zhao's personal performance stage, right!There are also Guo Tiance and Huixing Master Yang He who are following along.

The three of them seemed to be telling what they had seen and heard about Tianzhu and the current situation of Buddhism in Tianzhu, but they actually heard it from other people.

How did Zhang Zhao overthrow Saman Persia, Mata Bukhara, which has a population of 6 million.

How to pull King Xiaxi of Tianzhu to the Xindu River, and generously allow him to commit suicide.

How did he beat the king of the Balihar dynasty who disrespected the Buddha to nowhere, and how did he teach the king Polo Lianping who neglected the Buddha severely.

As for enlightenment in the Bamboo Forest Abode in the Buddha’s other courtyard, practicing in the Lingjiu Mountain Grottoes where the Buddha enlightened, traveling in dreams with all the Buddhas under the pagoda of King Ashoka, and the eminent monks of Nalanda Temple and Chaojie Temple chanting Buddhist scriptures to bid him farewell Wait, there are as many Versailles as there are,
After the blowing, the monks in the room and the Sogdians in Liangzhou were numb!

The Zhang Zhao they thought was actually just a small and ruthless man with a few thousand troops, who had conquered a few territories and got the title of King of Dharma.

But now it sounds like Zhang Zhao is a king with a population of several million, a hero who can kill as soon as he says it!

Immediately, I felt a little nervous, and my understanding of Zhang Zhao had improved several levels.

Master Shanyuan also finally knew how Zhang Zhao, the wheel-turning sage king and Yinlun Dharma king, came here. They were not mixed up, they really came from the Dharma protectors!

This is the result of turning the three kingdoms of Tianzhu upside down and killing two of the kings.

This is a real Dharma protector. Even the Brahmin kings have killed two. Who can protect Dharma to such an extent?
Seeing that he was almost frightened, Zhang Zhao asked Guo Tiance to take out a very beautiful painting that was as big as two palms and handed it to everyone.

Nothing else in the painting is very eye-catching, except for the seven black characters in the fatwa, which are particularly attractive to the eye.

(End of this chapter)