The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 628 Give Me Back My Land
What Li Muyun said was exactly what Yuan Tiangang was worried about, but to be honest, he was still riding a tiger, even though he knew that what the young county king in front of him said was right, he couldn't agree with him.

But just when Lao Yuan was about to say something, Li Muyun waved his hand and continued: "Old Yuan, don't deny it in a hurry, I know what you think, and I also met some time ago who was just like you. People who drive ducks to the shelves and ride tigers are hard to get off, so you don't have to put on airs with me, let's open the skylight and speak honestly, you still won't return my land!"

Yuan Tiangang sighed: "Since the lord knows the difficulties of the old man, why should he force others? If the land belongs to the old man, then the old man will give you all the land deeds without saying a word, but the problem is that the land is not from the old man. I'm not the spokesperson of the Daoist sect, so what's the point of you forcing the old Daoist like this?"

"Then let you become the spokesperson of the Taoist sect!" Li Muyun raised his legs and squinted his eyes and said, "Old Taoist Yuan, you should know that there is a religious management quarterly committee in Tang Dynasty, right? I can guarantee you to be a member of it." Vice President, at the same time, you can reserve four permanent director positions for your Taoist sect, what do you think of this condition?"

Yuan Tiangang's eyes flickered slightly, and he seemed a little moved. He didn't know what the religious management committee was, but there had been news from the court that it was related to Buddhism, Taoism and other religions.

Li Muyun observed that Yuan Tiangang was a little moved, and said with a slight smile: "Are you a little moved? To tell you the truth, this religious management committee may not have any practical significance for ordinary people, but for you people who have faith." It’s different for me.”

Yuan Tiangang took the opportunity to ask: "Why? What kind of existence is this religious management committee?"

"Manage and approve new religions, review teachings, and have the power to veto certain religions. Of course, religions rejected by the management committee will be defined as cults, and the government will be responsible for arresting their followers. In addition, the management committee also has Many other functions, such as how many believers can be recruited for each religion each year, etc. In short, the position of vice president is very powerful, after all, the president is the prince, and the prince is too busy, don't you think?"

After listening to Li Muyun's brief introduction, I have to say that Yuan Tiangang was really moved. Not to mention whether he can use his power for personal gain to suppress other religions, just not being suppressed by other religions is already a great benefit.

Thinking of this, Yuan Tiangang's heart also warmed up, and he called a Taoist priest in from the door and said, "Go and make two cups of the tea that my uncle brought in Chunri, remember, use mountain spring water!"

"Yes!" The Taoist priest who came in from the door agreed, ran to a corner of the room, took out a small bag after a long time, and carefully carried it out.

Li Muyun looked at Yuan Tiangang who was sitting next to him and smiled strangely: "Old Taoist Yuan, you are so dishonest. When it's not good for you, you look coldly at me, and when you hear that it's good for you, you immediately serve good tea. If it spreads , let's see where you put your old face."

Yuan Tiangang smiled helplessly: "Your Majesty, there is nothing the old Taoist can do. There are so many Taoist sects in the world, it's impossible for them all to listen to me, right? And this person has many ideas, so he put me, an old Taoist priest, on the fire. Said, old man, what can I do?"

Li Muyun curled her lips: "If you want me to say that you are merciful and soft-hearted. As a Taoist leader, you should have the right to say what you want. What's the matter with the people below? Where is your authority? If you keep doing this, even if you are a deputy The position of president is given to you, and you can't hold back, right?"

Hearing Li Muyun's complaint-like speech, Yuan Tiangang cupped his hands with shame on his face: "What the lord said is true, but no matter what, you can't let this position be given to others, right? Besides, my Daoist patriarch is Lao Tzu, too. The ancestors of the Li clan, the Daoist family and the royal family are more or less a family, and this fat water can't flow to outsiders' fields, right?"

"Hey..." Li Muyun pointed at Yuan Tiangang with his fingers: "You are an old man who is worthy of being a fortune teller. You have already told me the truth anyway, so what else can I say? But let's talk about the ugly things first. You have to send it back to me, otherwise, not to mention the vice president, even the four permanent director positions may not all be given to you."

Yuan Tiangang took up the conversation with a sneer: "That's natural, that's natural, if this matter can't be done, no matter how thick-skinned I am as an old man, I'm too embarrassed to ask the prince for that position."

Seeing that the matter was settled, Li Muyun patted his butt and got up and said, "Okay, since this is the case, then I'm leaving. Remember, after three days, let your people deliver the things."

Yuan Tiangang laughed along with him, got up and asked to stay: "Your Majesty, won't you stay for a while?"

As Li Muyun walked out, he dropped a sentence: "If I just sit for a while longer, I'm afraid you will cry, and besides, you are an old man who still has the heart to chat with me now, I'm afraid your thoughts have already flown away Bar?"

In fact, no matter who it is, basically they will not have the heart to continue chatting with a guy asking for money when encountering such a thing, and Yuan Tiangang is no exception. After learning about the specific situation of the religious management committee, this The old Taoist priest just wanted to quickly recruit disciples and release the news.

A vice-chairman plus four permanent directors, presumably they have a lot of power to speak in this religious management committee. Since the matter of one-body payment is irreversible for the Taoist sect, it is better to make good use of it and exchange some benefits for yourself .

Of course, in addition to these, who will hold the positions of the four permanent directors also needs to be discussed. After all, there are many factions in the Taoist sect. A quota is also a very headache.

It's just that these things have nothing to do with Li Muyun. He needs to deal with the Taoist sect, but compared with the Taoist sect, those monks are much more difficult to deal with, and they can't achieve their goals through normal channels.

So, the next night, Li Muyun recruited the three fat guys back from the mountains. This guy spent almost half a year building roads and building houses in the mountains, almost isolated from the world. If Li Muyun hadn't sent someone to find him, he wouldn't have Knowing that his promising buddy has returned from the war.

"How is it? Are you comfortable living in the mountains?" Seeing the fat man, Li Muyun patted his belly twice affectionately, making the three fat men tremble.

The fat man simply gave up after hiding for a few times, and allowed Li Muyun to pat him a few times, and said angrily: "It's comfortable, why don't you go to the mountains and stay for half a year."

"Tch, I'm not much better than you. Don't think that you're the only one staying in the mountains. Compared to the forests I've drilled through, your place is heaven." Li Muyun complained, and then asked: "How about the house?" How is it built?"

"What else can I do? The road is very difficult to repair, and the amount of gunpowder is limited, so it can't be repaired very far in a day. As for the house, the road has not been repaired, so you still count on the house?" The third fat man said in a jiggle, Throwing himself into Li Muyun's recliner, the rattan recliner let out an overwhelmed groan.

"Okay, don't complain about it, it doesn't matter what you cultivate, anyway, we are not in a hurry." Li Muyun's reclining chair was occupied by someone, so he could only find an ordinary chair and sit down, staring at him with flickering eyes. Looking at the fat man, I don't know what he was thinking.

The third fat man was a little terrified, he struggled to raise his head, and said to Li Muyun: "Why are you looking at me like this? Are you thinking about something else?"

"Nawful fart, I feel ugly when I look at you." Li Muyun almost turned his nose from the fat man's anger, glared at him and said, "I have a task for you, to help Lao Tzu build cement on the sides of all monk temples tomorrow." There are as many kilns as there are temples, you know?"

"What are you doing? I have money and nowhere to spend it?" The third fat man frowned.

"Bah, can you speak human language?" Li Muyun rolled his eyes and continued: "After the cement kiln is finished, you will burn it for me. Burn it with all your might. I don't believe those monks can bear this."

The three fat men stared at Li Muyun dumbfounded, and choked out a sentence after a long while: "I said, Muyun, you are too cruel, aren't you?"

Li Muyun snorted coldly: "Cruel? It's far away. I haven't repaired the steel factory and coke kiln. I don't believe they don't cry when they are all repaired!"

You know, no matter what kind of kiln it is, as long as it uses fire, pollution will be inevitable. Once the cement kiln is fired, a lot of dust will cover the sky and cover the sky, and people and animals within a five-mile radius will retreat.

This is especially true for coke kilns. A large amount of coal ash and smoke can turn a white European into a black African in one day, which is only stronger than cement kilns.

As for the iron and steel factories, let alone, there is no grass in a radius of [-] miles. Don’t ask me anything. In fact, the technology of the iron and steel factories in later generations has improved many times. The pollution caused by earth kiln ironmaking is definitely more than a hundred times worse than modern .

Of course, this is also because the iron and steel factory requires too many raw materials, and the transportation is really inconvenient. Otherwise, Li Muyun really doesn't mind buying a few more.

But even so, half a month later, those monks finally couldn't take it anymore. The pollution caused by a large amount of dust was unreasonable. The wells in the temple were always floating with a layer of suspended matter, and there were always countless gray balls in their nostrils. , if the shiny bald head is not wiped for half an hour, it will turn black immediately.

Under such conditions, not to mention human beings, even the Buddha has a tendency to go berserk, and the monks gathered together after enduring it for five days, found the three fat men, and wanted to ask him for an explanation.

(End of this chapter)