The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1115 Spreads
"The temple is a good place." Xuan Shijing smiled: "It's comparable to the national treasury."

The few monks standing beside Xuan Shijing looked at each other in blank dismay, the wealth in the temple was beyond their imagination.
"All property in Fahua Temple is sealed up, including warehouses and land title deeds. As for these monks, they all reside in Fahua Temple. No one is allowed to go out without the order of the court!" Xuan Shijing said loudly: "Gao Jun Chang Le !"

"The subordinate is here!" The two stepped forward and clapped their hands in response.

"The two of you stay in Fahua Temple with Jin Yiwei, guarding it. Until His Majesty makes an order, Fahua Temple will not be open to the public. People outside are not allowed to enter, and people inside are not allowed to go out." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes!" The two clapped their hands together.

"Second brother Fang, I'm going to trouble you here, I'll take the account book and enter the palace immediately." Xuan Shijing said.

Fang Yiai nodded.

The results of the inspection of Fahua Temple were shocking. It was just a temple, but it occupied so much land. Thinking about so many temples around Chang'an City, it makes people shudder.

Xuan Shijing hurried to the palace, and the fact that Fahua Temple was confiscated by the Shenhou Mansion quickly passed through the mouths of many pilgrims in Chang'an City. For now, Xuan Shijing is in Chang'an City. The reputation in the mouths of the people is even more embarrassing. Isn't the master of the Shenhou Mansion the Dongshan Hou Xuan Shijing?

The common people have a heart of gossip, think about it, the eminent monk of Fahua Temple had a dispute with Dongshanhou in Dongshan County yesterday, and today Dongshanhou led people to search Fahua Temple, what is this not revenge?
Many people went to Fahua Temple to look inside to see if it was true that Fahua Temple was sealed up by the people of Shenhou Mansion as rumored. When they saw a man standing at the door When the Jinyiwei in Feiyu suit confirmed the news, Chang'an City was in a state of panic all of a sudden.

In fact, the only ones who are uneasy are the people in the temple, plus some believers in Chang'an City.
Fahua Temple was tightly sealed by Jinyiwei, isolating everything outside, so there was nowhere for other temples or believers in Chang'an City to inquire about.

Just want to know why Fahua Temple was closed?If it was only because of a little friction with Dongshanhou, there would be no need for such a big battle. Dongshanhou is just a lord, and there is the Emperor of Heaven above him. Now that there is such a big commotion in Chang'an City, Does His Majesty know?

Up to now, there has been no movement in the imperial court, and the people from Yushitai have not lined up to go to the palace to play Dongshan Hou. What does this mean?It shows that Dongshanhou's behavior was acquiesced by the court and approved by His Majesty.

What kind of mistake did this Fahua Temple make?
The news that Fahua Temple was seized spread, and at this moment Xuan Shijing was in Ganlu Hall, telling His Majesty Li Er about the process of confiscating Fahua Temple.

His Majesty Li Er was listening to Xuan Shijing's narration, while looking at the account books recorded by Marshal Zhao in the Fahua Temple, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Your Majesty, the news of the Fahua Temple raid has probably spread throughout Chang'an. Jin Yiwei is still guarding Fahua Temple. Even people and property are under strict guard. Your Majesty, please make a decision." Xuan Shijing bowed his hands road.

"Deyi." His Majesty Li Er called out.

"exist."

"Let the three provinces strictly investigate all the temples around Chang'an one by one, and all monks without identity documents will return to vulgarity. The land confiscated by the temples will be reported one by one by the Chang'an government. In recent years, the temples have illegally recruited monks, and all the taxes owed to the court are all If not, don't blame the imperial court for being rude." His Majesty Li Er said: "From now on, every year when monks are recruited in the temple, they must report to the government. The quantity can be based on the number of identity documents issued by the government in previous years."

"No." Deyi responded.

"Your Majesty, Fahua Temple is now." Xuan Shijing looked at His Majesty Li Er.

"All those who did not have an identity certificate were dismissed from Fahua Temple, and those who had an identity certificate were allowed to stay. All property in the temple was confiscated, and the three provinces strictly investigated other temples, as did the same." His Majesty Li Er said with a cold face.

It's no wonder that the tax revenue of Chang'an Mansion is not as good as every year. The land is taken up by these monk temples. Where can I collect the tax!
For example, there are nearly 1 illegal monks in Fahua Temple. Where did their land go?Under the name of Fahua Temple, there is a total of [-] mu of land, among which there are also donated to the temple by noble and wealthy merchants in Chang'an City, and the [-] monks, Yongye Tian plus Koufen, [-] mu of land, With all the calculations, there is only one temple, and the land that has been annexed is at least [-] mu.

How big is this land?So many lands have been confiscated by several noble merchants in Chang'an City?
It is said in the temple that some tenants are hired to farm the land, but how much land is actually planted?How many are wasted?How many were sold by the temple?
These are no longer known.

"Yes." Xuan Shijing replied.

In this way, the Jinyiwei at Fahua Temple only needs to wait until the three provinces coordinate the military department to send someone to take over, and then they can withdraw from the temple, and then return to Zhuangzi in peace and stability for the New Year. He is irrelevant.

As for fame?Heh, once the details of the property in the temple are announced, who will have a bad reputation?It wasn't him, Xuan Shijing, but those monks who were dignified.

Everyone is dressed in plain clothes, but there is such a large amount of wealth hidden in the temple. The golden body of the Buddha statue has never been seen to be so golden. Isn't the common people donating sesame oil money just to build a golden body for the Buddha statue?If I knew the temple was so rich, I hid it all, so I donated it
Xuan Shijing left the palace, returned to Fahua Temple, briefly explained His Majesty Li Er's will to Jin Yiwei, and brought Qin Bingyue back to Zhuangzi.

After all, Jinyang was also worried about the matter of Buddhism. It would be better to go back and tell her the result earlier, so as not to worry about it at home. Moreover, Chang'an has nothing to do with him.

The carriage left Fahua Temple and went out of the city gate, but I saw Yuan Tiangang on the side of the road. Judging by his style, it was hard to believe that it was a chance encounter.

Xuan Shijing lifted the curtain of the carriage window and poked his head out.

"Daoist Yuan is here specially waiting for Ben Hou?"

Yuan Tiangang nodded: "That's right, Master Hou has made such a big commotion in Chang'an City, even if I don't want to know about it, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"I don't know why Daoist Yuan met Benhou?" Xuan Shijing asked: "This Marquis also went to Daoist Sun for you and said that Daoist Sun also intends to help the Taoist sect, so Benhou feels that Benhou and Daoist Daoist Yuan has nothing to say."

(End of this chapter)