The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 283 The Mercy of Buddhism

In the morning, the news that the noble ladies from various prefectures in Chang'an City collected donations for the people and soldiers affected by the disaster in Liaodong spread all over Chang'an and its surrounding areas. endlessly.

Faced with such a situation, the reactions of all parties are also different. Behind these noble ladies are all dignitaries and dignitaries in Chang'an City. They cannot be offended, and the court is very happy to see this kind of scene. Kindness, unite as one, exactly in response to Xuan Shijing's words, when one party is in trouble, all parties support.

Chang'an, the western suburbs, Guiyuan Temple.

Guiyuan Temple was first used as a residence during the Sui Dynasty. Yang Guang once came here to shoot and hunt, and then stayed here. It was changed to a temple during the reign of Tang Wude.

Guiyuan Temple covers an area of ​​more than [-] mu, with hundreds of halls, towering pines and cypresses, magnificent momentum, strong incense, and an endless stream of people worshiping Buddha in a radius of hundreds of miles. Therefore, Guiyuan Temple is also the most famous Buddhist house in dozens of counties around Chang'an. temple.There are three reclining Buddha halls in the main hall. The gates are very tall.There is the Bodhisattva Hall in the east, the Garan Hall in the west, the Hall of Eighteen Arhats, the East and West Wings, and the second floor of the bell and drum.

In the backyard of Guiyuan Temple, Yuanjue, who was in charge of dealing with the affairs of the pilgrims in the front yard, walked to the door of the abbot's room, stretched out his hand, and gently knocked on the door of the abbot's room.

"Come in." An old voice came from the abbot's room.

Yuanjue gently pushed open the door, walked into the abbot's room, clasped his hands together: "Brother abbot."

"What's the matter?" Abbot Yuan Hui half-closed his eyes and asked calmly.

"The great disaster in Liaodong, many officials' wives in Chang'an City set up tents to raise donations in the city, is my temple doing the same?" Yuan Jue looked at Yuan Hui and asked.

"My Buddha is merciful, junior brother just let go and do it."

"Amitabha. If that's the case, then I'll ask the disciples in the temple to pack up the supplies and send them to the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce." Yuan Jue put his hands together, bowed to Yuan Hui, and left the abbot's room.

Yuan Hui came to the front yard and saw that there were still many pilgrims worshiping devoutly, so she waved and called the little novice at the side.

"Uncle Master, what are your orders?" the little novice asked after seeing Yuan Hui, bowing and saluting.

"Order the disciples in the temple to take a thousand copper coins, a hundred grains, and a hundred pieces of linen from the treasury, and send them to the Jinyang Chamber of Commerce to support Liaodong." Yuan Hui ordered.

"Yes."

After hearing Yuan Hui's words, many pilgrims present respected the masters of Guiyuan Temple even more after hearing that Guiyuan Temple wanted to help Liaodong.

Xuan Shijing, who was sitting in Xuanwulou, was stunned for a while when he heard the supplies from Guiyuan Temple, and then turned his head to look at Jinyang: "Si, Guiyuan Temple, is it a Buddhist temple?"

Jin Yang nodded: "Yes, by the way, Brother Jing may not know, this Guiyuan Temple was a residence of Emperor Sui Yang of the former Sui Dynasty, and later it was changed into a Buddhist temple after the emperor's grandfather ascended the throne. After more than 20 years, it has become the top temple in Chang'an and its surrounding areas."

"This took me by surprise. I didn't expect the temple to get mixed up with it." Xuan Shijing said with a smile while rubbing his chin.

"Of course, aiding Liaodong is a good deed, and this kind of thing should be done in Buddhism." Jin Yang said as it should be: "However, I feel that the things that Guiyuan Temple has provided are a bit small. "

"En." Xuan Shijing nodded thoughtfully. As the largest temple in Chang'an and its surrounding areas, Guiyuan Temple naturally has many faithful men and women. Of course, the income is considerable, but the temple does not need to pay taxes. That is to say, these monks There is a lot of oil and water in the pocket.

"I got a fief when I was three years old. I heard from my father that in order to pray for my healthy growth, all the income from my three years of fiefdom was donated to Guiyuan Temple," Jin Yang said, leaning on his chin.

"Three years of income!!" Xuan Shijing was dumbfounded, even the royal family is so generous to the temple, let alone those princes and ministers in Chang'an City.
Xuan Shijing touched his chin, it seems that there is still a lot of room for squeeze in Guiyuan Temple.

"Si, what is the relationship between Buddhism and Taoism in Chang'an City?"

"You don't need to ask, it's like the relationship between two grocery stores facing each other on a street in West Market."

Although Jin Yang's description is a bit vulgar, it is very appropriate.

"That's it. Ah." Xuan Shijing rubbed his chin and pondered, "Since then, shouldn't the Daoist sect have taken action?"

"Brother Jing means that the Daoist sect will compete with the Buddhist sect on this matter, so that we can benefit from the fisherman's advantage." Jin Yang said.

"That's right, even if the two families know this is a trick in the end, they still have to do it. After all, this is related to the image of Buddha and Taoism in the eyes of the people in Chang'an City." Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "Let's go, go down!" Looking for a pile of money, this matter must be explained to him."

"Ah."

When he went downstairs, Qian Duui sat at the counter on the first floor of Xuanwu Chou and looked through the ledger. When he saw Xuan Shijing coming down, he quickly got up to greet him.

"Master Hou."

"Qiandui, are the things sent by Guiyuan Temple just now put in place?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"It's been stored properly, Lord Hou, do you want to find someone to give the Taoist a letter?" Qian Dui asked.

"You are smart. I came here to tell you about this matter. Since you have thought about it, then you can look at the arrangements. Now, the princess and I will go to Yanlai Tower to see how the preparations are going. By the way, let you and Long'er take care of it, be sure to increase the number of people to take care of it, and don't make any omissions."

"Yes." Qiandui replied.

Now all the supplies are collected in Xuanwulou, and the cash alone is not a small amount. Naturally, we must strictly guard against it.

"By the way, Lord Hou, about the matter of medicinal materials." Qian Dui hesitated to ask the question: "Should we send someone to Luoyang to talk to His Royal Highness King Wei?"

"Yes, send people out quickly, hurry up, and the towns along the way from Luoyang to Liaodong, step up the purchase of medicinal materials before the news spreads. As for Chang'an, I think someone in the court must have leaked the news to Chang'an Otherwise, they will never get the news so quickly, since there are people behind them, it would not be worth wasting time in Chang'an." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes, little one understands." Qiandui said.

What my Lord Hou said is correct, since there are people behind them, there is no need to be serious with them at this juncture, the medicinal materials are not only sold by the medicinal materials merchants in Chang'an City, as long as the news does not spread, they will buy medicinal materials from other places Still easy.

Moreover, medicinal materials can also be transported to Liaodong in batches.

(End of this chapter)