The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1114 Temple Property
"Lord Hou, for so many years, the government has never asked about the temple's recruitment of monks. Why did they come to the temple to inspect it today?" The mage next to the abbot asked, "Besides, there are so many temples in Chang'an City, not my Fahua Temple family. It's really hard to believe that Master Hou just wanted to seize Fahua Temple."

"The problem of the Buddhist gate in Chang'an City is very complicated. The unlucky one may not necessarily be Fahua Temple, but it may also be Famen Temple, or other temples. Anyway, someone must make this chicken to be killed by the government. It just so happens that you Fahua Temple It's a little selfishness of this Marquis." Xuan Shijing said without hesitation.

There is nothing to hide, who made the monks in your monastery offend others?

Xuan Shijing saw those monks who were on Zhuangzi yesterday, but they did not stand in front, but stood among the crowd behind.

This is a big problem. If the monks who are serious and have a certificate, go to Zhuangzi to hold a Dharma meeting, it is called promoting Buddhism and praying for the people. Fahui, what is this called?This is called illegal enrichment.

In the name of the temple, on the surface it is holding a Dharma meeting, but in fact it is collecting money, just like later generations who shave their heads and put on monk robes and walk around the streets to seek alms.
"Amitabha." The monks in the Fahua Temple, including the abbot, clasped their hands together and recited the Buddha's name. The emotions hidden in this Buddha's name are complex.

"Report to Lord Marquis, the status certificates of these monks standing in front are all fine." Jin Yiwei came to Xuan Shijing and reported: "There are 340 six people in total."

"En." Xuan Shijing responded, and looked at the abbot of Fahua Temple standing beside him: "Master, the current results, that is to say, except for these 340 people, the remaining nearly 700 people cannot be counted as The monk of Fahua Temple."

"As long as they are dedicated to goodness and have a Buddha in their hearts, they are still disciples of Buddhism, and Fahua Temple cannot represent Buddhism." The abbot said.

"It makes sense, come here and check the number of remaining monks." Xuan Shijing ordered.

"Yes!" Jin Yiwei responded and went down to count people.

"The imperial court allows Buddhist disciples not to have to pay taxes. It refers to Buddhist disciples who have identity documents. Take it back and distribute it separately. Those who have identity documents in the temple don’t need to check carefully, but the so-called monks who don’t have documents, the officials will have to investigate carefully.” Xuan Shijing said: “ The laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that one man would be granted 700 mu of Yongye farmland and [-] mu of farmland for the mouth, and the amount would be halved in densely populated areas. The people recruited by Fahua Temple were considered the common people around Chang'an. There are [-] mu of Yongye fields and [-] mu of sub-fields, and there are nearly [-] people in the surplus. The amount of this land is [-] mu of Yongye fields and [-] mu of sub-fields."

Obviously, the people in this temple are definitely not just the people around Chang'an. Even if Xuan Shijing calculated such a large number, there are still a few of them. Naturally, these monks may not all be ordinary farmers. Among the common people, there may be some people with unusual identities, such as robbers in exile, refugees who fled, or black households without household registration.

If it was a robber in exile, the temple would probably be charged with another crime of hiding a robber. Although it is said to teach people to be good, but not reporting to the government, that is a crime.

A good person needs to go through ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships to become a Buddha, but a robber and a bad person only need to put down the butcher knife to become a Buddha?

Once you enter a Buddhist temple, you don't have to take responsibility for past events?

"Abbot, just these people, how much tax evasion?" Xuan Shijing asked: "After entering the Buddhist temple, where did the land under their name go?"

There is no identity document, but he became a monk, and the government of the land under his name naturally did not take it back. So where did these lands go?
Seeing that the abbot didn't speak, Xuan Shijing asked again: "Can the abbot tell me how much land under the name of Fahua Temple is there?"

I'm afraid even the abbot doesn't know how many fields there are under the name of Fahua Temple
"Although Fahua Temple has land, there have always been tenants farming the land." Another elder stepped forward: "The land has not been abandoned."

"But these people really didn't pay taxes, didn't they?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Does the Shenhou Mansion still manage the affairs of the household department now?" the man asked.

"Whether this Marquis is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs, what you say doesn't count, what you say counts, it is His Majesty, today's inspection of Fahua Temple will be written into a specific report and sent to His Majesty, after all, only Fahua Temple It is not known if one family is unlucky, or if the entire temple in Chang'an is also unlucky. In short, starting from Fahua Temple, even if there is a problem in the entire Chang'an Buddhist temple in the future, the first thing people think of is your temple. "Xuan Shijing laughed.

"Does Hou Ye only have such a small heart? Fahua Temple just offended Hou Ye a little, and it has incurred such revenge!" Among the group of monks, there are still some who dare to say such words to Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing took a look and smiled, isn't this the elder who spoke harshly to him on Zhuangzi that day?When things are coming to an end, they are still so arrogant. How arrogant these monks are on weekdays.

"If you make a mistake, you have to admit it. This is the attitude. Is the master really a monk? Why can't you see a little bit of Buddha nature?" Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "Come here, check the master's document .”

This temper, I'm afraid he is a fake monk, right?
The brocade guards scattered all over the Fahua Temple gradually gathered in front of the Daxiong Hall.

"Reporting to Lord Hou, after counting by my subordinates, there are 680 monks in the temple without identity documents."

"Lord Hou." Marshal Zhao and Fang Yiai also came back: "This is the detailed property record that Jin Yiwei seized from Fahua Temple. Please have a look at it, Lord Hou."

What Marshal Zhao was holding in his hand was exactly what Marshal Zhao had recorded while Jin Yiwei was searching behind.

Xuan Shijing already knew the general property, but after taking a look at the things recorded by Marshal Zhao, he was still surprised by the property hidden in Fahua Temple.

There are more than 8000 acres of fertile land alone, and there are countless kinds of antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry and jade, and boxes of copper coins, gold and silver are piled up in the warehouse.
This is just a Fahua Temple, with more than 8000 mu of fertile land under its name. The fertile land is basically from Yongyetian. The Koufen field may not be called fertile land, but it will not be found anywhere, as long as the land can be planted , it will not go there badly.

In addition to the 8000 mu of fertile land, the rest of the various fields have accumulated as many as 5000 mu.
(End of this chapter)