The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1113 Confiscating the Temple
"I'm praising me for taking the right to be Xuanhou, but did Xuanhou remember that if a tree is beautiful in the forest, it will be destroyed by the wind?" Changsun Wuji said.

"Remember, not only do you remember this sentence, but you also remember that you shot the first bird with a gun. How about this sentence? I haven't heard of it." Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "For the matter of Fahua Temple, Master Changsun just wait for the result." , the Marquis has to take a step first, so I bid farewell."

After finishing speaking, Xuan Shijing quickened his pace, left the palace in a hurry, and went straight to Shenhou Mansion.

In the center of the Shenhou Mansion, Xuan Shijing, dressed in the official robe of Jin Yiwei, was the first to ride his horse towards Fahua Temple.

There are more than a thousand monks in Fahua Temple, and martial monks are indispensable among them. Therefore, this time the Shenhou Mansion raided Fahua Temple with all members, not only Gao Jun Changle, but also Qin Bingyue's three thousand households, including the remains of the house. Ai, Marshal Zhao and others also came.

These two people just want to watch the fun
Jin Yiwei Jin Yiwei surrounded the entire Fahua Temple, and then began to expel the people in Fahua Temple.

There were many believers in the temple who came to offer incense and pray for Buddha, and the huge Fahua Temple was also very lively, but seeing the vicious Jin Yiwei in the Shenhou Mansion, I felt a little timid from the bottom of my heart. When Jin Yiwei started to drive people away, the common people Although I was curious about what happened to Fahua Temple, I had to leave quickly. It would not be worthwhile if it affected me.

Xuan Shijing and the people behind him dismounted, walked into Fahua Temple, and came to the open space in front of the main hall of the temple.

Cigarettes are still curling up from the huge incense burner in front of the hall, but the excitement just disappeared for a moment.

When the monks in Fahua Temple saw Jin Yiwei coming in, they kicked them out without saying a word. After driving all the believers out, they immediately pulled out their knives. They were also stunned and didn't know what to do.

Obviously, these Jinyiwei came for Fahua Temple.

Xuan Shijing and others stood in front of the Daxiong Hall, and soon, the abbot of Fahua Temple came out wearing a red cassock.

"Amitabha."

"Abbot, stop shouting the Buddha's name at this time, and please call all the monks of Fahua Temple here, and also, bring their certificates." Xuan Shijing said.

When the abbot heard Xuan Shijing said that he wanted to check the documents of the monks of Fahua Temple, his heart skipped a beat.

This time it's broken.

There are a lot of monks in the temple who don’t have documents. Over the years, Buddhism has gradually spread in Chang’an City. Every year, many people come to the temple to become a monk. There are too many monks, but the government distributes documents to Fahua Temple every year. many
The problem lies in this, even if a person of some status in Chang'an City wants to become a monk, he still needs a document from the government, and the temple does not dare to offend these status people, so they can only turn a blind eye and close one eye. Take people into the temple, but there can't be all such 'special' people in the temple. Who does the work in the temple?
Therefore, in this regard, the temple simply ignored the government's document, and no one would come to check it anyway.

As for those monks with some status, if they become monks, their status will not work, especially at this juncture.

This brocade guard even dared to pull the prince off his horse.
"Gao Jun, Chang Le, lead people to search the entire temple, don't let a single thing go, Marshal Zhao is in charge of recording." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes!" The three responded.

Afterwards, Gao Jun and Chang Le took Jin Yiwei to search in the temple, while Chang Le found a book case and began to record Jin Yiwei's search process and what was found.

All the things recorded here must be handed over to the imperial court, and it must be written clearly that Jin Yiwei is acting according to the order and is searching legally.

"Master Hou, what is the purpose of the Shenhou Mansion?" The abbot looked at Xuan Shijing and asked, "Master Hou can't bring people to Fahua Temple to make trouble just because the monks in the temple had a dispute with Lord Hou in Dongshan County Zhuangzi. .”

"Benhou brought people to Fahua Temple, not to make trouble, but to search according to order!" Xuan Shijing said: "Just now Benhou said, let all the monks in the temple gather here, and Benhou wants to investigate their ultimatum."

"This..." the abbot heard Xuan Shijing say that the search was ordered, could it be His Majesty's imperial order?

"Does Xuanhou have an imperial edict from His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty's word of mouth, and this Marquis is not so courageous to act in His Majesty's name, it is a crime of false transmission of imperial edicts." Xuan Shijing said: "I also ask the abbot to cooperate. As for the matter of the Zhuangzi in Dongshan County, It's two different things, but it's true that you Fahua Temple disregarded Ben Hou's previous warning and offended Ben Hou."

"Amitabha." The abbot put his palms together and recited the Buddha's name.

"Buddhism pays attention to avoiding greed, anger, ignorance and resentment, and pays attention to cultivating the mind. Master doesn't think that many Buddhist temples in Chang'an City are too utilitarian? Or, is this the so-called Buddha?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Xuan Shijing's words made the abbot of Fahua Temple speechless. After all, in Chang'an City, there is no restraint in publicizing Buddhism and holding Dharma meetings. , are all Buddhists, of the same origin, no one can say who else.

As soon as Xuan Shijing was talking to the abbot of Fahua Temple, the monks in the temple gradually gathered in the open area in front of the Daxiong Hall. There were more and more people, and it seemed a bit crowded. Even the monk who was beaten in Dongshan County yesterday All the monks also stood in the field with the support of their companions.

When these people saw Xuan Shijing, who was dressed in a brocade guard robe, standing in front of them, they all wondered in their hearts, is this here for revenge?

Xuan Shijing's notoriety in Chang'an is also due to their credit. After returning, they publicized how cruel Xuan Shijing is and how authoritarian he is in Dongshan County. Seeing Xuan Shijing coming today, he felt a little scared in his heart.

Obviously, this is no longer the fear of things being leaked, but that people have already approached the door and started to take revenge.

"Report to Lord Hou, there are a total of 13 monks in Fahua Temple, and all of them are here."

The square in front of the hall was crowded with too many people, Xuan Shijing and the abbot walked up to the steps, Jin Yiwei reported the number of monks found.

"Now, those who have documents, go forward, stand in front, and line up." Xuan Shijing shouted: "Those who don't have official documents, back off."

The crowd looked at each other for a while, and then the monks with identity certificates began to move forward, while the monks without certificates walked back.

As Xuan Shijing expected, there are many illegal monks.

"Jin Yiwei, check the number of monks in front and their ID documents." Xuan Shijing ordered.

"Yes!" Jin Yiwei's people walked down the steps and began to check the quantity and check the identity documents.

There were no more than 40 or [-] Jinyiwei in front, and the rest were all scattered around the temple, searching the property of the temple and controlling every gate of the temple.

(End of this chapter)