Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

After dawn, Wannian County returned to its usual tranquility, as if nothing had happened last night.

In today's Taiji Hall, the atmosphere is a bit dignified. Many people know that the imperial court has brought Fu Yi back and deliberately rectified the Buddhist sect.

Now that Buddhism is prevalent, many people from aristocratic families are more or less related to Buddhism. The most typical ones are of course Pei Ji and Fa Ya, who have a particularly close relationship.

Now the imperial court is going to attack Buddhism, and has arrested five monks in Chongren Temple, recovered part of the land occupied by the temple, and confiscated a lot of money.

Those monks who had a good relationship with the officials of the aristocratic family ran over one after another, begging them to call the shots.

The most important person among them is Pei Ji who was shot by the right servant of the Shangshu. Everyone is headed by Pei Ji, and they are also looking at him at this moment.

"The saint is here!"

Following Guo Dong's shout, Li Shimin appeared in the Tai Chi Hall.

After all the ministers finished their ceremony, Pei Ji came out first and said, "Your Majesty, why did the Chongren Administration suddenly suppress Buddhism? As far as I know, the Minister of Shangshu has never received any relevant decrees, and the Ministry of Rites has not received any news. It is said that the Chongren Administration has acted like this. It was ordered by His Majesty, may I ask what is wrong with Buddhism?"

Chongren Department is affiliated to Honglu Temple.

The decree of Honglu Temple also owes its support to the Minister of Shangshu and the Ministry of Rites.

Neither of these two departments had any government orders regarding Buddhism, so Fu Yi took action against Buddhism, which was somewhat against the rules.

After Pei Ji received Fa Ya's appeal, he immediately checked the affairs of the Chongren Department, and continued: "Fu Shaoqing, how do you explain this?"

In Honglu Temple, there are two Shaoqings, and Fu Yi is one of them, who is in charge of the Chongren Administration,

Fu Yi is mainly in charge of rectifying the Buddhist sect, and the Chongren Department's doing so is also Fu Yi's method.

"Fu Qing, come and tell them why I let you do this."

Li Shimin was questioned when he first arrived, but because of the Buddhist affairs, he was displeased and his face was cold.

"Pei Xiang thinks that Buddhism is really not at fault?"

Fu Yi didn't answer directly, but asked Pei Ji instead.

"Buddhism pays attention to guiding people to be good and forming good relationships. What's wrong with this?"

Pei Ji said disapprovingly.

"Isn't it true that some offenders fled to Buddhist temples, and as long as they convert to Buddhism, they are leading people to be good? Even the laws of the Tang Dynasty can't help them?"

Fu Yi immediately refuted.

"Buddhism emphasizes kindness. Since converting to Buddhism, it means that the prisoner has reformed his past and started to be kind. Why not?"

Pei Ji didn't know about the prisoner, and thought it was Fu Yi's metaphor, so he said it casually.

"Okay, let me make an analogy. If I kill Pei Xiang's family and then convert to Buddhism, wouldn't I be able to reform my mistakes and turn a new leaf with my whole heart, and you can't hold me accountable, Pei Xiang?"

Fu Yi sneered and looked at him.

This metaphor is even more daring, and it was said in the Tai Chi Hall, and everyone was shocked.

"If you dare to do this, no matter where you hide, I will never let you go!"

Pei Ju snorted coldly.

Fu Yi just smiled and said: "Pei Xiang, aren't you contradicting yourself? On the surface you want to speak for Buddhism, but in fact you don't understand Buddhism at all."

"You are heresy and heretical, deliberately misleading me. How could a prisoner go to convert to Buddhism, even if there is Buddhism, it is impossible to accept it. What's more, the offender has no official certificate, and no Buddhist temple will accept it."

Pei Ji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Fu Shaoqing dared to speak out to intimidate the minister, please Your Majesty to be the master of the minister."

The ultimatum is the ancient license to become a monk, issued by the government.

Li Shimin said indifferently: "Pei Qing, you really don't know anything about Buddhism. Fu Qing, just tell me what happened to the five people arrested yesterday, and why they entered Buddhism."

Fu Yi cupped his hands and said: "Of the five people I captured yesterday, three of them were wanted by the government for stealing, one of them was a horse thief, and the last one was a criminal who injured others. They only bought a monk's quota for ten guan, and they will be able to go smoothly. Leaving home to escape capture."

"To buy a degree certificate in the government, you need two guan, and the money is collected by the court. But after spending ten guan, you can give the money directly to the Buddhist temple, and you can bypass the government to shave and become a monk. Although the name cannot be recorded in the record, you can become a monk. To escape the law, these criminals are willing to spend."

"From my point of view, the ten pennies are not clean, but unfortunately they refuse to say, I haven't traced the source yet."

"Excuse me, Prime Minister Pei, in your opinion, Buddhism guides people to be good. If you kill someone, you can become a monk and be good. Then why can't I kill your family?"

He looked directly at Pei Ji, and continued: "In addition to these, the Buddhist sect has seized the land, fooled the people, only knows to eat fast and chant the Buddha, and does not perform military service or corvee service. Shouldn't it be punished?"

"Sir...Sir..."

Pei Ji was really caught in a conflict, and didn't know how to respond to Fu Yi's questioning.

As for the things hidden inside the Buddhist gate, he didn't know anything about it. At this moment, he felt that he had been cheated by Fa Ya, and Chongren Temple was not clean. How could he question Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I think that no matter how unbearable the Buddhism is, it is just a problem in one or two Buddhist temples."

Xiao Yu finally couldn't help but said: "Fu Shaoqing's actions are aimed at attacking the world's Buddhist sects. Rectifying the Buddhist sects indiscriminately will cause the people to panic. This will make His Majesty lose the hearts of the people!"

He was born in the Xiao family of Lanling. He is famous for his filial piety to the Buddha, and he usually recites the Buddha. That's why he opposed Fu Yi so fiercely in the seventh year of Wude.

"Buddha, even a saint! Fu Shaoqing's suggestion is beyond the reach of anyone who is not a saint. Please punish him severely!"

Xiao Yu continued to speak.

Of course Fu Yi remembered Xiao Yu, who was the person who opposed him the most back then.

Thinking of this, Fu Yi took out a piece of criminal evidence from his body, and said with a smile: "Song Guogong, you said that the Buddha is a saint, so please take a look, what exactly did your so-called saint do!"

Xiao Yu was puzzled and took a look, only to see that it was written in detail about the illegal and disciplined things done by dozens of temples inside and outside Chang'an.

"The Lord Buddha came from a foreign country, but he was called a saint by Song Guogong, and he can also be ranked as a saint with Laozi, Confucius and other saints. How can he be a god of a foreign country?"

"If you join the Buddhist sect, you are doing good. If a treacherous person commits a crime, you only need to pay some money, and you will be pardoned immediately after joining the Buddhist sect. What is the use of the laws of the Tang Dynasty?"

Fu Yi bowed his hands to Li Shimin, and continued: "Your Majesty, that's all I want to say, and I ask Your Majesty to be the master of the matter!"

After he finished speaking, Xiao Yu also read the criminal evidence. The things committed by the Buddhist temple recorded in it were more serious than the last, and they were well-founded and very detailed. He frowned suddenly, and thought of Li Tang's recognition of Lao Tzu as his ancestor. What I said was indeed very unreasonable, my heart was pounding, and I quickly lowered my head and dared not speak again.

Other officials who wanted to question a few words did not dare to die at this time, and they were collectively dumb.

Li Shimin knew that the rectification of Buddhism would be opposed, but he also admired Fu Yi's speed of action. In just a few days, the evidence he obtained completely blocked the mouths of these people.

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"Since you have nothing to say, Fu Qing will continue to be in charge of thoroughly investigating the Buddhist sect!"

Li Shimin's tense expression relaxed, today's goal has been achieved.

"I will do my best to thoroughly investigate those places where the filth is hidden. I will never allow that monk to do evil in the Tang Dynasty."

Fu Yi finally felt that his ambition could be realized.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

Kong Yingda has no interest in Buddhism or not. As a descendant of Confucius, Confucianism is what he cares about. He continued: "His Royal Highness is not in the East Palace for the past two days. He will go to Wannian County just after dawn. It is said that he will continue What are you doing hot air ballooning?"

"I implore Your Majesty to deal with Li Yi'an, otherwise, under his influence, how can Your Highness become the king of a country in the future?"