The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1106 Illegal Monk
"Your way, although mother can understand it, but the people in Zhuangzi may not understand it." Wang sighed.

"I don't expect them to understand." Xuan Shijing smiled: "And those people from Yushitai in Chang'an City, let them jump around. After a few days, I guess they won't be able to jump up again."

"You." Facing Xuan Shijing like this, Wang didn't know what to say. His son has grown up and has his own opinions, so he doesn't say much. Anyway, the way forward is his. walk on my own.

What does it mean to stare coldly at thousands of people, bow your head and be willing to be a ox, Xuan Shijing praised her noble sentiments in her heart.

"Did Sizi not accompany you today?" Xuan Shijing asked, usually Jinyang should be by Wang's side at this time.

"Sizi said she was sorting out something in the study, so she let her go. Jing'er, you are busy with these things all day long, and Sizi is also busy. After all, she is a princess. After marrying into our house, she just let her go." You." Wang said with a smile.

"After all, she is from the Li family, so I can't be free. My son will go to the study to see her first." Xuan Shijing said.

"Well, let's go." Wang nodded.

Xuan Shijing came to the study, opened the door and went in, and saw Jin Yang was writing something on the desk.

"What are you busy with?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Most of the temples in Chang'an City have been investigated. The news sent by Jin Yiwei has been sorted out. Now I am going to write letters to the prince." Jin Yang looked up at Xuan Shijing and said.

Xuan Shijing's eyes fell on the ledger and various letter materials placed on the desk in front of Jinyang.

"These are these?" Xuan Shijing stepped forward, picked up a sorted booklet and started to look through it.

"Well, when I was in Daozhengfang, I sorted it out at night." Jin Yang responded.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xuan Shijing smiled: "This matter should not have been done by you."

"Although I am married to my husband, I am still a princess of the Tang Dynasty after all. If my husband understands what I do, I am already very happy." Jin Yang laughed.

"Let me help you." Xuan Shijing said.

"Why did my husband change his temper today, so he's not afraid of trouble?" Jin Yang was curious.

Regarding Buddhism and Taoism, my husband always said that there are too many involved, and it is inconvenient for him to come forward, but today he wants to make a move abnormally, which has to make people curious.

"Today, those monks from Fahua Temple returned to Zhuangzi, and they were very unhappy. Before they left, they threatened me with words. If this is the case, let's have fun with them and see who can play better than whom." Xuan Shijing Said: "Look at that bald donkey's attitude. If you treat him well, he will smile and look like a reclining Buddha. If you treat him badly, it's like smashing the Buddha statue in his temple. In an instant, people become It is not too much to say that such a monk is a disaster."

If you don't eat fast and recite scriptures well, you go to Xuan Shijing's fief to threaten Xuan Shijing, is this a Buddha?This is Chi Guoguo's local ruffian, right?
For those who pay the "protection fee", they are friends, so why don't they pay?Is that the enemy?
"Did your husband clash with the people from Fahua Temple today?" Jin Yang asked.

From morning until now, Jin Yang has been in the study except for going to Wang's to pay his respects, so she doesn't know any news outside.

"En." Xuan Shijing responded, although he told Jinyang everything about the conflict with the monks of Fahua Temple today and what the people on Zhuangzi said about him.

"My husband doesn't need to appreciate it. The fact that my husband built a school on Zhuangzi to recruit students from Zhuangzi has not yet spread among the common people, so those village families naturally don't know that my husband is doing it for their own good." Jin Yang comforted. .

"This is the so-called good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles?" Xuan Shijing smiled helplessly: "Forget it, let's work."

Xuan Shijing stood beside Jinyang, and began to help Jinyang sort out those things together. Jinyang was writing a letter to Li Chengqian, and Xuan Shijing looked through all the collected materials, and some places were changed. Change, there are still some things that need evidence and further investigation, Xuan Shijing sorted them out, and sent someone to send a letter to the Shenhou Mansion to investigate these things in depth.

When talking about things in the court, one must pay attention to definite evidence, especially when it comes to Buddhism. If there is no evidence that they have indeed occupied the fertile land, illegally sheltered wild monks and amassed money, then everything they are doing now is useless. They have all become thankless.

"According to the information from the Shenhou Mansion, the number of monks recruited by these temples is ten times more than that issued by the imperial court. This is only around Chang'an City." Xuan Shijing said: "So many people are Going to become a monk, if there is no benefit in it, anyway, I don’t believe it, if you want to know what a real temple looks like, you only need to search a temple to find out.”

"Confiscating the temple? I'm afraid it's impossible." Jin Yang said: "Not to mention how lively and popular the temple is in Chang'an City because of the matter of Master Xuanzang. Even in ordinary times, if you want to search the temple, Unless there is a definite reason, father would not issue such an order."

"Then come up with a definite reason." Xuan Shijing said, "Isn't there one?" Xuan Shijing pointed to the information on the table.

It is precisely the matter of saying that there are only one out of ten legal monks in temples.

"Since the imperial court has issued a formal document to recruit monks to temples, it means that the status of monks must be certified by the government, and the government is controlling the temples, but these temples do not obey the government's control and recruit so many monks privately. Entering a temple is a crime." Xuan Shijing said: "Besides, if the officials want to clean up a temple, what crimes can't be listed? Especially the ministers of the three provinces are even better at it."

"However you listen to my husband's words, it's as if the officials of the three provinces often snare people for crimes." Jin Yang said with a smile: "But... if you really want to say that there are no flaws in the temple, unless the temple is really flawless , otherwise, as my husband said, it is not difficult to give a definite reason."

"That's right." Xuan Shijing smiled.

There are many temples in Chang'an City, and the news that Jinyiwei came back from the investigation is also very mottled. Before Jinyang, due to time constraints, it was relatively rough. The ledger of this temple property is shocking.

I believe that as long as His Majesty Li Er sees this account book, it is impossible to remain indifferent.

How much tax revenue has been lost to the treasury just for the temples in Chang'an City?
After all, there is no need to pay taxes for monk temples, which is clearly stipulated by the government.
(End of this chapter)