Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 667 No matter how hard it is for Pei Yuan, you can forget about the infamy
What is the most expensive in the 21st century?Talent is the most expensive!
But Zhang Ting felt that the words 21st century in front of this sentence should be deleted.

In any era, talents are the most expensive.

Just like now, Zhang Ting really wanted to launch a big counterattack that shook the world but did not harm the foundation, but when he looked at the civil servants and generals around him, there was no one suitable for it.

He has famous marshals guarding one side, and he has no shortage of incomparably brave generals.

There are Feng Dao, Lu Yan, and Sun Guangxian in literature, Zhang Xichong, Fan Zhi, and Xue Juzheng in governance, and Guo Tiance in military affairs.

The only thing he lacks is a confidant poisoner who will do this kind of thing for him.

The adopted son, Zhang Liecheng, is said to be the head of the secret service, but he is only good at being loyal, good at buying, splitting up, assassinating, and playing politics.

So, Zhang Zhouchao, is there such a qualified person?
Have!And there are people from all three generations, old, middle-aged and young.

The older generation is the founding minister of Zhang Zhou, the confidant of Zhang Shengren, the 39-year-old Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Pingzhang and Defense Envoy of Hexi Province, Xijing Left Behind, Chengtian Liangzhou Governor, Hedong County Duke Pei Yuan.

The middle generation is the 25-year-old Zhao Pu, a doctor of Zhongshu Shengzhangtai and a native of Duzhishe.

The younger generation is my second brother Zhao, the car god of the Song Dynasty, who has just turned eight years old.

These three people are all the type who are good at engaging in politics, playing tricks, and plotting tricks.

Of course, at the same time, these three people are also very good at setting up a framework for national construction. Pei Yuan is the weakest of the three in this regard, but he is better at governing the local area.

It's just that Brother Zhao is still too young, Zhao Pu hasn't grown up yet, Pei Yuan...

Zhang Tie touched his chin and turned around, he was really embarrassed!

As his confidant and important minister, Pei Yuan was first thrown in Shuofang to fill the hole left by Zhang Xichong, and then he was left in Chengtian Liangzhou Mansion to guard. Even the important event of Zhang Shengren's ascension to the throne, Pei Yuan was not able to participate.

Now let him be a cruel official, to stand up to the thunder that suppresses Buddhism, it seems a bit too ruthless!
And if Zhang Tie, like Guo Rong, directly took action to destroy the Buddha, would it be feasible?

Obviously not.

First of all, after the fall of Zhang Chengfeng's Jinshan Kingdom in the past, Zhang Ting succeeded in dispelling the Cao family's idea of ​​cutting grass and roots by relying on his devout faith in the Buddha.

Although he is a time traveler, it is impossible for outsiders to know!

Therefore, in the eyes of people in this era, Zhang Tie should be a very devout follower of Buddha, and Buddhism has saved his life.

Secondly, after making a fortune in Tianzhu, Zhang Tie forced the Buddhist sect of Tianzhu to promote him as the Yinlun sage king. After he came back, he created the supreme and powerful Hexi Six Dharma School.

There is no problem with this, and many Buddhist believers really believe that Zhang Tie did receive the teachings of the Buddha and then became enlightened.

Although the Central Plains people are not as devout as the Hexi people who believe that he is the spokesman of the Buddha in the secular world, they still believe that Zhang Ting is from the lower realm of the gods and Buddhas.

With such an identity, if Zhang Tie personally went into battle to destroy the Buddha statue like Guo Rong, it would definitely cause an uproar, and people all over the world might rise up to oppose it.

Because people in the world will not think that Zhang Ting is destroying Buddhism, but that he wants to destroy Buddhism in the Central Plains and promote the Six Dharma Schools in Hexi.

On this land, first of all, the Buddhist sects in the Central Plains must desperately resist.

Because the extermination of the Buddha before was not to eliminate completely, but to eliminate those who went too far.

There are six Dharma sects behind Zhang Tie, and his extermination of Buddha can easily be understood by the Central Plains Buddhism as the complete extermination of them.

Secondly, Confucianism and theories such as Huang Lao and Legalism, which still have some vitality, will never accept the establishment of a theocracy.

They do not have force in their hands, but they still have the courage to fan the flames and engage in non-violent non-cooperation.

As for the warriors who hold the power, they are even less willing.

Now that there is an extra powerful emperor on their heads, the pressure on them is enough. If there is an immortal riding on their necks, how can they survive?
But can Buddha not be destroyed?

The answer is no.

Prior to this, Zhang Tie had ordered Jinyi's personal guards and the Ministry of Rites to conduct a survey of the entire Zhou Kingdom's Buddhist sects, which surprised Zhang Tie.

There are more than 800 temples in Zhang Zhou's half of the country. There are nearly a thousand monks and nuns in the big ones, and only two or three small ones. There are more than 27 monks and nuns in total.

Good guy, now the entire population of Zhang Zhou is 100 million in Hedong, more than 200 million in Hebei, 350 million in Zhili (Henan plus Shandong), and 180 million in Guanzhong.

There are 150 million people in Longyou, Hexi, 80 in Shuofang and Ningxia, 100 million in Hubei, 85 in Hunan, and 60 in Jianghuai. The total population is less than 300 million.

And there are 10,000+ monks and nuns. If you add the tenants controlled by the temple, it is estimated that there will be about 100 million people, and the number of relatively devout believers will be at least 300 million.

Moreover, among the more than 6000 temples, nearly 600 million mu of temple land are occupied.

Hebei Dongcheng Temple, Hebei Kaiyuan Temple, Zhili (Henan) Shendu Fuxian Temple, Tokyo Daxiangguo Temple and other big temples all have hundreds of monks and nuns, and the temple fields are tens of thousands of acres each.

Moreover, Buddhism at this time, apart from the unspoken rule of destroying the body and giving alms that impacted Chinese ethics and morals, also liked to cast Buddha statues.

There is nothing wrong with Fomen casting Buddha statues, but he prefers to use copper to cast them.

The land of China, whether it is the Republic of later generations or at this time, is very copper-deficient.

Especially now, Zhang Zhou is so short of copper that Zhang Tie has collected more than 20 catties of copper, but he dare not mint coins at all.

Because once coins are minted, they will be collected and disappeared after being put into the market, and folks can only use cloth or other things as currency.

There is still some silver, but Zhang Wei dare not use silver as a currency in this era at all.

One is that the stock cannot support the circulation, and another is that there was a habit in ancient China that silver can be used directly as money.

Cut off a small lump, that is money, and the circulation of silver means that the country loses seigniorage.

But copper is not good. A small piece of copper cannot be used directly as money. Only copper coins are money and can be circulated.

Therefore, before a large amount of silver in America appeared, copper coins were the only reliable and profitable currency in circulation.

He Ning once said to Zhang Tie that [-]% of the bronze in the world today is cast into bronze statues by various Buddhist temples.

If they can all be nationalized, not only will the shortage of money in circulation be greatly alleviated, but the country's finances will also be extremely abundant.

Zhang Tie swallowed, he finally understood why Guo Rong was so anxious to destroy the Buddha in history that he went into battle to smash the Buddha statue himself.

These baldheads have gone too far, occupying millions of acres of good land, controlling hundreds of thousands of tenants, and not paying taxes.

Owning [-]% of the country's precious metals greatly limits the development of a market economy.

Of course, the most important thing is that they are simply unable to protect these properties!

Because although there are monks and soldiers in the temples, among the nearly [-] temples, there are at most two to three thousand monks and soldiers scattered all over the country. They are completely unable to fight against the imperial court. The only thing they can rely on is faith.

This is like a three-year-old child inheriting billions of dollars!But Zhang Tie felt sorry for himself if he made a profit.

"Yuying! Yuying! Then I will suffer you again!" Zhang Shengren made this decision full of guilt.

Naturally, this big piece of fat was to be eaten, and they dared to provoke him, so they couldn't keep it.

Zhang Ting decided that after the deployment of the attack on Shu, he would use the excuse of supporting Cao Yijin to return to his hometown and hide in Longyou, Hexi, and then let Pei Yuan go to Tokyo.

When Zhang Ting left, Zhang Zhou's de facto prime minister, Shang Shuling, and Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Zhang Xichong fell seriously ill, and it happened that Pei Yuan went to the central government to serve as the de facto leader and preside over the plan to exterminate Buddhism.

After Pei Yuan has settled everything, Zhang Shengren will go back and set things right.

Ok!At that time, Pei Yuan will be relegated to stay in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which will be taken down, and he will be called back in a few years.

But there is a problem here. Zhang Ting hasn't seen Pei Yuan for more than two years, and the sense of intimacy between them has been greatly reduced. This is obviously a trap. Is Pei Yuan willing to jump?
And it can't be used lightly!It is always necessary to give some benefits, even for monarchs and ministers like him and Pei Yuan, they must be tied with benefits to be firm.

Zhang Ting stroked his chin and thought for a while. Pei Yuan has two sons and two daughters. The eldest daughter is 14 years old and is about to get married.

As for myself, the eldest son Zhang Xiancun is 15 years old this year, but he has already made an appointment with Princess Yongle and the daughter of Uncle An's family, so he cannot marry Pei Yuan's daughter.

The third son, Zhang Xianzhao, is only six years old this year, and the default prince, Zhang Xianjing, is only four years old this year, so it must be inappropriate.

Then the only suitable one is the second son Zhang Xianyu who just turned 13 this year.

But there is also a problem, that is, Zhang Xianyu's mother, Ayiguli, is too low-status. Not only is she a pure Uyghur, she is not very favored in Zhang Bing's harem, and because of her poor health, after giving birth to Zhang Xianyu, there is no Other offspring.

Zhang Xianyu himself is quite homey, although Zhang Tie tried his best to make himself look like Zhang Xianyu, but everyone can feel that this child is not considered favored, and belongs to the kind of second child that people forget.

The marriage of such a prince with an ordinary family of civil and military officials must be smoke from the grave of the other party's eighth generation of ancestors.

But for Pei Yuan, who was born in Wenxi Pei family of Wendong, a wealthy Han family, and himself a high-ranking man, it was not so perfect.

no!It must be added.

Zhang Ting suddenly thought that Pei Yuan's second son was nine years old this year, and his third daughter Zhang Qinan was seven years old this year.

Moreover, Zhang Qinan's status was not comparable to that of Zhang Xianyu. She was the daughter of Empress Cao Yanxi, and was the first child of Cao Yanxi and Zhang Yu. For non-royal families, Zhang Qinan was the eldest daughter.

This identity is definitely enough!
Thinking of this, Zhang Tie immediately called his second son Zhang Xianyu in.

This time, Zhang Ting brought his eldest son Zhang Xiancun and second son Zhang Xianyu with him because he wanted to carry Cao Yijin's coffin back home.

Fatty Zhang Xianyu was practicing marksmanship with Man Xiong's eldest son Zhang Liechao in the outer courtyard, when he heard his father's personal servant calling urgently, he didn't have time to change clothes at all, so he could only come to see him profusely in sweat.

Like the wild bear, Zhang Liechao, who looks silly but is actually a smart man, also ran over with a shy face, poking his head outside the door.

As soon as Zhang Xianyu came in, Zhang Tie was a little stunned.

He was a little unable to connect the young handsome guy in front of him with black hair, white skin and high nose bridge, who looked somewhat similar to him, but more handsome, with his shy and quiet second son .

For a moment, Zhang Tie thought that the person in front of him was not his son.

Moreover, although he is sweating profusely, he is strong and fat, so he is definitely not a nerd.

Zhang Ting couldn't help reaching out his hand and touching Zhang Xianyu's fat belly.

The result confirmed his judgment even more, it was not the kind of fat of a fat boy, but a layer of firm and elastic fat, this is the standard physique of a battlefield hunk!
Zhang Xianyu was taken aback by his father's action, and was about to jump away when he suddenly remembered that it was his father, so his face turned red and he was at a loss what to do.

"Hee hee hee. Ha ha ha!" There was a gloating laugh outside the door.

Zhang Ting turned his head and saw a small bear, poking his head at the door.

"Little black bear, the one who stole the cassock, get out of here for me."

Zhang Liechao was taken aback when he heard the words, then walked in with his head drooping.

This kid has looked like a bear since he was a child, and his skin is dark, so Zhang Tie often laughed and called him a little black bear and a man who stole cassocks.

Zhang Tie suddenly noticed that Zhang Liechao was also sweating profusely, so he couldn't help but asked in confusion, "What did you two do just now?"

"Mr. Erlang and the commanding envoy were practicing marksmanship just now. I watched it carefully for a moment. They are very organized!" Before Zhang Liechao could answer, the servant behind him answered with a smile.

Zhang Ting was even more puzzled. Zhang Lie said that he has been working hard since he was a child, and he has followed the path of a fierce general, but why can Zhang Xianyu practice duel with such a small strong man?

"Find them a suit of armor." Zhang Tie said this to the servant behind him, and then he turned his head to look at the two boys.

"You two should practice here and see, I will test and test your martial arts."

Not long after, the servants brought two sets of small leather armor and leather helmets, and the weapons were a wooden sword and a wooden shield.

Even if the spear is made entirely of wood, it is still dangerous, so a sword and shield are used instead.

The two boys stabbed vigorously in the barrel of red paint with their wooden swords, and then they started fighting in front of Zhang Ting.

Hearing the noise, a group of maids also gathered around, and after Zhang Ting's approval, Jiao Didi cheered.

Zhang Ting discovered that these two boys, especially Zhang Xianyu, were definitely not putting on airs, but really had kung fu.

Every stab is quite flexible and powerful, and the use of the shield is also quite in place.

Zhang Shengren himself has been on the battlefield, so he can naturally see the way.

There was a soft snap, followed by an exaggerated scream, and a bunch of exclamations from Yingying Yanyan, the little black bear Zhang Lie hit two swords in the chest, and the red paint immediately covered the leather armor on the chest.

"You cunning little thief, let's see if I beat you to death!" Zhang Tie pulled out the belt with nothing hanging on it, and chased after him in three steps at a time.

Just now Zhang Liechao, who was still pretending to be dead on the ground, enjoying the soft talk of a group of Yingying Yanyan, immediately jumped up, took three steps at a time and started running outside.

This kid, obviously Zhang Xianyu is not an opponent, at least two or three points behind him, but he let the water go at the last moment.

Such a tricky person must be punished.

Teenagers have good physical strength, and I, Zhang Dasheng, haven't led the army in battle for a long time. After chasing him twice, I couldn't catch up.

However, Zhang Liechao knew how to look at his eyes after all. After seeing that his emperor's uncle was losing face, he deliberately staggered and fell to the ground, and then let Zhang Tie slap him hard.

Zhang Ting was also quite speechless. The son of Man Xiong was highly skilled in martial arts and cunning.

It's also different from the wild bear who can't read a hundred characters. Although this guy doesn't have much literary talent, he can still read characters.

Well!I don't know whether Wang Zhongsi or Qi Wuyi was raised in the palace?
It is estimated that the champion Hou must have no hope. With such a slippery personality, he should not be able to be such a hero.

Facing his son Zhang Xianyu, Zhang Tie felt a little ashamed.

Zhang Xianyu in his impression was still the chubby little dull boy when he was seven or eight years old.

But unexpectedly, now he has grown into a small Murong Nobunaga.

However, this also made him feel more at ease to send Zhang Xianyu to look for Pei Yuan, and Pei Yuan would definitely be satisfied.

Fatty Zhang Xianyu also enjoyed the rare intimate moments with Zhang Ting very much.

As long as he can remember, Zhang Tie has been fighting abroad, and he is also busy when he comes back.

However, when he heard that Zhang Ting wanted Pei Yuan to be his father-in-law, Zhang Xianyu tried his best to put on a childlike face, but there was still a surprise that only an adult could have.

Because he is very aware of Pei Yuan's position in Zhang Ting's heart, even though he has not entered the center, even though he has been guarding the border.

But Zhang Xianyu knew that with his father, if he was not a confidant in his confidant, he would not be sent out to sit in Liangzhou.

Although he has no intention of competing for the position of crown prince, it will be of great benefit to his future if Pei Yuan, who is highly influential, can become his father-in-law.

Zhang Ting was quite satisfied with Zhang Xianyu's joy and encouragement.

At least this kid understands what it means to be able to marry Pei Yuan's daughter, so he's not stupid.

At present, Zhang Shengren and his sons are all young, so I really hope that the only two sons who are barely grown up can help him.

Zhang Xianyu's performance was exactly what he wanted.

(End of this chapter)