Great Tang Dynasty

After Chapter 608
People have jealousy and hatred of riches.

Even though many people are already very noble, when they find out that others are better than themselves and richer than themselves, they still feel somewhat uncomfortable.

For a long time, monks have relied on other people's charity and alms to survive.

For a long time, the common people felt that they were richer than monks.

But when the gold, silver and jewelry from the Great Buddha Temple were brought to the street, they realized that they were wrong. It turned out that the monks were much richer than them.

They have been wrong all along, and they foolishly gave the monk incense money.

This world makes them want to slap themselves twice, they can't afford to eat, and they go to help the rich, it's really stupid.

With this mentality, not only will the people not feel that what the court and Qin Tian did was wrong, but they will feel that what they did is very satisfying.

Even some former believers felt that Qin Tian and the others did a good job.

People in China really don't have any beliefs.

With the Great Buddha Temple opening the way, the other small temples behind will naturally be solved a lot.

In just five or six days, Qin Tian and the others had already intervened in seven monasteries.

However, not all monasteries were searched by them. Not only did they not search one temple, but they even protected it alone.

This temple is called Hongfu Temple.

Hongfu Temple is not big, only about ten acres, and there are not many monks here, about twenty people.

There is no land under their monastery, and no incense money from any believers is accepted in their monastery.

They are the purest monks, and they live by alms.

Generally speaking, at a fixed time every year, they would disperse in all directions, alms for alms and Buddha Dharma at the same time, and along the way, they only needed some meals, and they didn't want any money.

They really have a Buddha in their hearts.

Qin Tian respected such people, so he didn't touch this monastery, and no one else touched it.

In fact, after the Great Buddha Temple was confiscated, the people in Chang'an City didn't have much favor for the temple and monks, so the capital humiliated the monks and temples.

Hongfu Temple is a clean stream, but other people don't know it, so they have to find trouble with Hongfu Temple, so Qin Tian protects them.

From the very beginning, Qin Tian had no intention of exterminating the Buddha, what he really wanted was the money of these monasteries.

After collecting a batch, Datang can become rich immediately, at least in the next few days, the life of Datang will be easier.

The cleaning and interaction of the monasteries near Chang'an City lasted for half a month. After half a month, only one or two monasteries in the vicinity of Chang'an City were spared from the disaster. Almost all other monasteries that used to be rich and oily were looted A clean sheet.

For example, in the Great Buddha Temple, the land is gone, the money is gone, and even the monks, there are only a few dozen people left.

Originally, there were many monks who were unwilling to leave. They were only in their twenties, and thought it was good to be a monk. After all, the days before were very comfortable.

You don't have to work, you have food and so on.

However, they didn’t have to leave if they didn’t want to. It wasn’t forced by the imperial court, but because there wasn’t much food in the monastery, and they didn’t have anything to eat when they stayed. So under the threat of hunger, they had to leave the monastery to find another way of life.

Half a month later, the incident in Chang'an ended, and the matter began to spread to other places in Datang.
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This morning, Qin Tian announced the results of the recent period.

"My lord, after half a month of hard work, we have recovered a total of 50 mu of fertile land, and the recovered money is about [-] yuan. In addition, about [-] monks have been dismissed and returned to secular life..."

Tang Mu was talking in the hall, and every time he said a number, the officials were shocked.

There are [-] mu of fertile land. If this is handed over to the imperial court, the annual tax, or income, can feed tens of thousands of Tang troops for a year.

It's a pity that they didn't ask for it before.

There is also 50 yuan, which is too much. With so much money, the warehouse of the household department must be filled.

In the past, Datang was so poor that he had nothing, but now he has become rich all of a sudden. Although this little money can't last long, it can solve the urgent need.

Everyone was shocked and discussed, and many people suddenly felt that this was done beautifully.

For some people, it is indeed time to tidy up. After tidying up, Datang's treasury will be filled immediately.

After Qin Tian finished speaking, Li Shimin was also happy. Not only did he increase the income of the court, but he also got rid of cancer. What a wonderful thing.

In Li Shimin's view, if the temple grows too big and has too many believers, it will affect the stability of the Tang Dynasty and the rule of their Li family, so the temple is a cancer in his eyes.

"Okay, Qin Aiqing did a good job. You and Wei Aiqing are both heroes of the Tang Dynasty. The money has been confiscated. But how to deal with the land, what good advice do you Aiqings have?"

[-] mu of land is not a small amount, and there is no one to cultivate it in the Tang Dynasty, so it must be disposed of, but the problem is how to deal with it.

Li Shimin opened his mouth to ask, and immediately someone stood up and spoke up in the hall.

"Your Majesty, [-] mu of fertile land is not a small amount. If it is sold, it will bring a lot of money. At that time, the treasury of our Tang Dynasty will be even more full."

After this person stood up and finished speaking, other officials in the court also stood up and echoed.

"That's right, my lord, [-] mu of fertile land, after selling it, it will be a sum of money, and after adding taxes, it will be another sum of money. My Tang Dynasty has become rich again."

"That's right, it's only near Chang'an City. If it spreads across the country, I don't know how much it will cost..."

Everyone was chattering, wanting the imperial court to sell these fertile lands. In fact, the reason is very simple, so many fertile lands, other people must not be able to afford them. It’s different for them, dukes, lords and so on.

They have money in their hands, at least they can afford to buy the land. If these good fields are really sold, they will have to buy them in the end.

In this era, what is most valuable is, of course, land, something that preserves value.

Therefore, if they can enclose land, they will all choose to enclose land.

This was their real purpose, but what they said seemed to be for Datang's sake. Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, listening to these people's words, he couldn't help laughing.

How could he not know the purpose of these people?

"Qin Aiqing, what do you think about these lands?"

Qin Tian also wants to buy land, at least he knows that if these lands are really sold, Tang Rong, their prodigal daughter, will definitely not let them go.

However, these lands are not yet for sale.

"My lord, what I mean is that these lands may be distributed to those poor people so that they can also cultivate land."

(End of this chapter)