Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 643 The Fall of the Pagoda of Mercy Temple
The abbot of Ci'en Temple was a skinny monk with a long beard. He was naturally a top figure in Chang'an City if he could be the abbot of a temple like Ci'en Temple.

The abbot didn't reprimand En, he held the prayer beads in his hand and said:

"Well, are all those who know the inside story of this matter in the hall?"

Liao En raised his head and looked around.

Helping the crown prince deal with fake money is of great importance, so naturally it must be kept strictly confidential.

The people in Ci'en Temple knew about this, apart from the high-level officials in the temple, it was a few laymen who were in charge of lending money, and then the monks who managed the warehouse of Ci'en Temple.

Liao En looked around, and sure enough, all the monks who knew about it had gathered in the main hall.

Then the abbot said:
"The relevant account books and the fake money sent by the prince are all in the Mercy Pagoda, right?"

Liao En continued to nod, the loan book, the borrower's IOU, and the fake money sent by the prince were all hidden in the Ci'en Pagoda.

The abbot chanted a Buddha's name and said, "Amitabha, then go to the Ci'en Pagoda to have a look."

Destroy the gate of Ci'en Temple and cancel the qualification of the Royal Monastery of Ci'en Temple; all guilty monks will be imprisoned and punished, and the crimes of these monks will be announced in Chang'an.

All the monks said that they would never disclose the matter of colluding with the prince, and Liao En once again had an ominous premonition.

When things got to this point, it was already hard evidence that Ci'en Temple lent fake money.

Ci'en Temple is a monastery conferred by the royal family. In the past, the officials surrounded the Ci'en Temple and dared not enter. Now that the officials rushed into the Ci'en Temple, they must have obtained the emperor's will.

The prince who got the news said that he smashed several precious antique vases on the spot. This time, the East Palace suffered heavy losses!
Wang Chengwei, the magistrate of Wannian County, was once again rewarded by the emperor, and a part of the temple property of Ci'en Temple was rewarded to the Wannian County Yamen.

The abbot didn't look at the account book and the IOU, nor did he look at the treasure of Qianyuan, but sat on the ground and said:

Some monks and female pilgrims had an affair.

In the face of the real violent institutions of the imperial court, these monks who often oppressed the people on weekdays were simply vulnerable.

According to the confessions of several monks, the secret account books in the Ci'en Temple are all stored in the Ci'en Temple Pagoda. Judging from the remaining bones in the Ci'en Temple, it should be the abbot of the Ci'en Temple who led many monks to burn themselves in the Ci'en Temple Pagoda.

Only then did I realize that the sound just now was the sound of the temple tower being locked.

A group of monks walked into the pagoda of Ci'en Temple. At this time, En had already heard the shout of killing outside the door, and his heart thumped again.

However, the imperial court still failed to stop the continued rise in prices. Now the food prices in Chang'an have risen by [-]%, but the people still exchange their money for food.

And confessing the crown prince would definitely offend the East Palace, and if the crown prince succeeds in the future, he will be the first one not to let Ci En Temple go.

After saying this, the abbot took off the oil lamp on the wall, smashed the lampshade and threw it into the account book.

"This time is a catastrophe for my Mercy Temple."

This secret can only be kept if all the monks who know about it are dead.

Some ominous premonitions welled up in Liao En's heart, but this matter happened because of him, if he was caught in the government, he must be the unlucky one.

Coupled with other cases in the Ci'en Temple, the emperor's decree was quickly sent to the Wannian County Government.

I only heard the abbot say: "Please also go to see the Buddha with the poor monk, so that we can keep the secret."

But although the matter of lending fake money is kept secret, many people in the monastery still know about it, and Liao En is not sure whether he can withstand the torture of the government, let alone so many monks.

Wang Chengwei sighed, this time the prince was about to hide from him again.

The remaining innocent monks were allowed to continue practicing in Ci'en Temple, but all the temple property and fields of Ci'en Temple were confiscated.

The Ci'en Temple has paid such a high price for death. Even if the crown prince succeeds in the future, he will only think of the good of the Ci'en Temple.

All the windows were sealed, and Liaoen lowered his head in despair. This was indeed the only way out for Ci'en Temple.

The attack on the monastery did not encounter much resistance, but it was a pity that when Wang Chengwei arrived, the Pagoda of Ci'en Temple was completely engulfed in flames. Burned by this tower.

Many monks echoed the Tao.

The yamen servants found a box of fake money left in the flames of the Ci'en Temple Pagoda. Wang Chengwei was also helpless and could only present these evidences to the emperor.

The abbot continued: "If you want to survive this calamity, you need to work together."

Liao En hurriedly quickened his pace, but the abbot still walked at a leisurely pace, and a group of monks finally walked into the Pagoda of Mercy.

The Ci'en Temple was stripped of its title of Imperial Monastery, its property and fields were confiscated, and all the wealth accumulated in the temple was filled into the imperial treasury. They were undoubtedly the ones who lost the most in this incident.

And the small loans that players and merchants took from the Temple of Mercy now no longer need to be repaid, and they have become the biggest beneficiaries of this incident.

The abbot continued: "The matter is related to the prince, and there is no way we can avoid this matter."

The millions of fake money minted by the Eastern Palace were all lent by the Temple of Mercy to merchants and players in Longyou. Now that the IOUs and ledgers have been burned along with the Tower of the Temple of Mercy, the loan has been abandoned. The Eastern Palace has consumed so much manpower and material resources , All the money donated to the prison and searched last time was put into it.

Wang Chengwei received the order from the palace, was overjoyed to see the supporting Shence Army, and immediately ordered the government servants and Shence Army to attack the main gate of Ci'en Temple together.

Liao En lowered his head, the matter of lending fake money was instigated by the prince, if the prince was confessed, Ci'en Temple might not be able to get rid of its ties.

However, the monks in Ci'en Temple were really unclean, and Wang Chengwei only interrogated them, and a lot of cases were revealed.

In some places, it has even degenerated to the stage of bartering. People exchange all the money in their hands for food, cloth and other value-preserving things, and then use these things to exchange daily necessities with others.

A total of 20 monks who violated the law were arrested, and many of them were involved in lawsuits related to human life.

That's when Eun heard the sound of a lock being locked, and then he smelled pine light.

There is a pine light under the account book, and it will burn immediately when it meets a spark.

There are monks from Ci'en Temple who rob the common people of their land and embezzle the property of believers.

Sure enough, the results of the interrogation came out, and the remaining monks didn't know about the collusion between the prince and Ci'en Temple, and even these monks didn't know about the lending of fake money.

Their sticks were chopped off by the Shence Army, and their hard-practiced joint attack skills had no effect at all in front of the Shence Army's formation. Soon these tall and burly monks were all knocked down by the Shence Army. land.

After saying this, the abbot took the lead to stand up, and the other monks in the hall also stood up, and all the monks walked towards the tallest building in the Ci'en Temple, the Ci'en Temple Pagoda.

Wang Chengwei, who had just stepped into the monastery's mountain gate, saw the flaming Ci'en Temple Pagoda all at once, and he immediately said to the left and right:

Only then did En discover that the pagoda of Ci'en Temple was full of pine lamps. Several monks in the temple sat cross-legged with the abbot, but most of them started screaming in panic.

The once glorious Ci'en Temple fell to such an end, which aroused the sighs of the people in Chang'an.

"Hurry to the Pagoda of Ci'en Temple! Put out the fire!"

So Liao En felt a little lucky, and hoped that the abbot could find some way to get him out.

By daybreak, the pagoda of Ci'en Temple had been completely burned down. Wang Chengwei took the yamen servants to count the personnel of Ci'en Temple, and found that several key personnel were not caught.

The lay disciples who were in charge of lending money rushed straight to the gate of Ci'en Temple Pagoda, but no matter how hard they slammed on the gate, the gate remained motionless.

This is a huge blow to Chang'an's economy, and the city tax of the East and West cities of Chang'an has been reduced by a large amount.

The only good news is that the matter of the Ci'en Temple has finally frightened those dignitaries who privately minted fake money, and there is less fake money in the Chang'an market.

However, there was a disagreement among the players about how to deal with the fake money borrowed from the Ci'en Temple by the players, and they quarreled on the forum.

　I didn't get home until ten o'clock last night, it was too late, so let's do this first, make up in the evening.

　　Happy New Year!Good luck!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)