My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 243 Released a Group of Demons

"Duke, are you really planning to expropriate temples to run schools?" Huang Yunfang asked in a low voice.

Xu Jingchang said seriously: "Why would I do such a thing? It's clearly the thoughts of the clan kings! The imperial court confiscated all their palaces, and it is reasonable for them to confiscate temples... You know, I am the most pious person Yes, I also worshiped the master of the Buddhist sect, so I can be regarded as Yao Shaoshi's nephew!"

Said Xu Jingchang clasped his hands together, "Amitabha, so good!"

Huang Yunfang sighed helplessly, it is really a big loss for Buddhism to accept you.She also finally understood her father's worry, Xu Jingchang really didn't do much good.

"I heard that since ancient times, destroying the Buddha and destroying the Dao has never ended well."

Xu Jingchang nodded, "That's right, so I'll get married first!"

This reason was so powerful that Huang Yunfang was speechless again.

What else can I say, who makes me willing!
Marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog!
But to be honest, such a dog as Xu Jingchang is really rare.

On the third day, a shocking practical topic was announced, requiring all students to go to the village of the guard to set up a school... In order to facilitate the work of the big guys, two hundred soldiers were assigned to each of them.

The king of Qi, Zhu Yu, looked at the brightly armored and menacing team, and his eyes were flushed... This king can enjoy power again!

This taste is really wonderful.

He closed his eyes, carefully comprehended, then opened them abruptly, and with an order, he led the people and rushed towards Tianjin Wei at lightning speed.

That's right, according to the distribution agreement of the kings, King Qi was assigned to Tianjin.

He rushed over with the momentum of a thunderbolt.

My palace is gone, do you still think about it?
Isn't that a dream?

Qi Wang Zhu Yu took people directly to the most famous Yaowang Temple in Tianjin Wei... This temple has existed since the Yuan Dynasty. It is large in scale and has dozens of houses. There are over a hundred monks.

And because it is next to the canal, merchants from south to north often come to pay incense and wish, so it is very lively.

Zhu Yu suddenly appeared, and there was a panic in the temple, and the presiding monk came out to greet him in person.

Zhu Yu smiled all over his face, "Master, Xiao Wang has no other intentions, but to visit your temple, you will not object?"

The presiding monk hurriedly clasped his palms together and saluted, "How dare you, how dare you, the king of Qi is here, and it is really luxuriant."

Zhu Yu walked in with a smile all over his face. They passed through the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Hall of Maitreya, and arrived at the main hall, where the Medicine Buddha is enshrined.

Looking at it with a blink of an eye, the eight-foot golden body is sitting on the shrine. On the left and right are the two Bodhisattvas, Sunlight and Moonlight.

Zhu Yu looked around with great interest, and then said: "Master, is it effective?"

The presiding monk hurriedly said: "It is effective, it is very effective, and it will respond to every request, cure diseases and eliminate disasters, and everything will be granted."

Zhu Yu nodded, "Sure enough, it is the merciful Medicine Buddha! By the way, is this golden body made of pure gold, or is it?"

The presiding monk was puzzled, and said honestly: "If you go back to the king of Qi, it was originally a bronze statue, and the outside is covered with gold paint, which has been painted over the years."

Zhu Yu nodded repeatedly, "It's quite thick... Come here!"

He suddenly yelled, and the soldiers rushed over, and Zhu Yu shouted sharply: "Go up, and scrape off the gold paint for me!"

The presiding monk was stunned, and hurriedly stretched out his arms to stop him, "King Qi, what are you?"

Zhu Yu laughed loudly, "I'm here to ask for money, didn't you say that you will do whatever you ask for! Presumably you will agree to my request."

The presiding monk suddenly felt the absurdity, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, if you ask for money, you should also leave the monastery. How can you scrape off the golden paint of the Buddha statue?"

Zhu Yu said seriously: "Master, what you said is wrong. I left the temple, and then let me pick up the money. What if someone else lost it? I worship the Buddha, and the Buddha gives me money. If others don't worship the Buddha, they will lose it." How can it be considered as compassionate to help the world? You must ask the Buddha himself to reward him, and that is a matter of course. I took the gold lacquer from the Buddha statue, what's wrong?"

The presiding monk was dumbfounded by what he said, and suddenly burst into tears, "His Royal Highness, the old monk would rather die than destroy the Buddha statue. If the king insists on this, then the only thing to do is to kill the old monk first!"

Zhu Yu laughed loudly, "You think too much, seeing that your body is still healthy, and the school still needs a janitor in the future, how can I be willing to kill someone?"

Saying that, Zhu Yu shouted angrily, "Escort everyone to the barracks and lock them up."

With an order, the soldiers started together, tied up the big and small monks with ropes, escorted them out of the temple, and headed for the barracks...

The same thing happened in Shanhaiguan, Xifengkou, Yingzhou, Qingzhou... These princes are not kind, and with the loss of the palace, everyone is suffocating.

It's a good opportunity to vent, how can I miss it?

They kept closing temples and detaining monks. All around Beiping suffered disasters, and almost no temple was spared.

There are so many temples, some of them were worshiped by Zhu Di and Empress Xu, especially some monks have had contacts with Yao Guangxiao, facing this situation, they can't sit still.

More than a dozen monks, including the famous gentry in Beiping, ran to Yan Wang's mansion and came to cry.

"Your Majesty, you are wronged!"

With so many people gathered outside the palace, weeping loudly, it is naturally impossible not to disturb the people inside.

Zhu Di looked around, and both sons ran to find Xu Jingchang, so he could only let Zhu Zhanji go out to have a look.

Hei boy came back soon, "Grandfather Qi Zuo, it's nothing serious, but someone next door died and was crying."

How can a good grandson lie!
Zhu Di didn't doubt that there was him, but after a long time, the outside was still chaotic, and we could faintly hear crying.

From the looks of it, this family has such a good family style!

As soon as Zhu Di thought that he was his neighbor, he called an eunuch and gave him 100 taels as a reward, and let him go and have a look, which was regarded as a condolence.

Less than an hour later, the eunuch went back and forth, still holding the 100 taels of silver in his hand.

"Your Majesty, he is not dead."

"What is that?" Zhu Di was puzzled, could it be that his grandson could still lie to himself?

The eunuch said bitterly: "It's the abbots of several temples, as well as celebrities from Beiping. They have come one after another. There are already a hundred of them. They are all crying."

"Why are you crying? Why is no one caring?"

"If you go back to the emperor, there are also two younger brothers of the young master. They are crying for the court to seal their temple."

"What?" Zhu Di turned pale with shock, "When did I order to seal the temple?"

Zhu Di was furious, and immediately went to call Zhu Zhanji, what's the matter with you kid?

How dare you lie to Grandpa Huang?

Black boy, this grievance!

"Grandfather, I don't want to lie to you, but I'm afraid."

Zhu Di hummed: "What are you afraid of? Do you know about the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Zhu Zhanji was aggrieved, "I know...but I'm afraid of losing money! Grandpa Huang wants to reward those people when he sees them, and all he spends is my money for governing the country in the future."

Zhu Di was also stunned... We spent money from our grandson running the country?
"You little bastard!" Zhu Di was furious, and punched...Zhu Zhanji saw that Grandpa Huang's face was darker than him, and the little guy turned his head and ran away.

At this time, the only one who can save him is Empress Xu.

"Grandmother, help me!"

Zhu Zhanji escaped, in a hurry, and rode on a steed... The little guy is not very old, but he has learned how to ride.

He hurried to his cousin's side, and no accident, the emperor's grandmother was here.

Empress Xu talked and laughed with Huang Yunfang. She liked this niece and daughter-in-law very much, especially her cooking skills, which made Empress Xu full of praise.

"Grandmother, grandpa wants to beat me."

Empress Xu hugged Zhu Zhanji distressedly, and said with concern: "What's the matter? Did you hit you?"

Hei boy shook his head, "Grandson runs fast...but Grandpa Huang is about to lose his fortune again, Grandmother Huang must take care of him."

Empress Xu was puzzled and asked patiently.

After a while, she finally figured out what was going on.

"The kings seized the temple, who gave them the power?"

Huang Yunfang coughed softly, "Well... the imperial court intends to take back the school to be run by the palace. The princes think that running a school is very important, and they are willing to sell the real estate. But they also hope that the people below can contribute some effort. So temples, ancestral halls, etc., will be confiscated.”

Empress Xu blinked, "Xu Jingchang did this, right?"

Huang Yunfang didn't dare to speak, Empress Xu snorted, "I knew it, no one can do it except him!"

Zhu Zhanji said bitterly: "Grandma, it was so easy to collect it. It belongs to the imperial court, and it will belong to the grandson in the future. You can't let the emperor give it back to those bald donkeys!"

Empress Xu glared at him angrily, "Kids are not allowed to talk nonsense, they must be polite."

After scolding Zhu Zhanji, Empress Xu thought about it for a while, and suddenly smiled again.

"Don't worry, cook two dishes first, let's chat while eating."

Huang Yunfang agreed, and after a while the dishes were ready, and Xu Jingchang, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaosui also came over.

Empress Xu looked at them, and then said with a smile: "Guess all of you, how will His Majesty deal with this matter?"

Zhu Gaoxu sullenly said, "No matter how I deal with it, the temples can't keep so many anyway, and they are not allowed to escape taxes."

Zhu Gaosui said with a smile: "I remember that my cousin arranged exams for monks, and those who failed were not given certificates. Why are there so many temples around Beiping, and there are many monks in the temples? Isn't this the Ming Dynasty?" ?"

Xu Jingchang was not surprised at all, the world is so big, it would take several months for an order from Yingtian to be sent to the frontier, let alone implemented.

Moreover, in the temples here in Beiping, regardless of whether they have seen the emperor or not, anyway, the local yamen dare not touch them.

Zhu Gaosui continued: "The place is too disgraceful. I am going to launch a report to expose their inaction and deal with a group of people severely."

While talking, Zhu Di came from outside, and snorted from quite a distance: "You guys are eating and drinking here, and you didn't tell me, it's disgusting."

As he said that, Zhu Di came over on his own, seeing that Zhu Zhanji still had a place, grabbed the little guy by his collar, lifted him aside, and slapped his butt twice hard.

"I beat you not because you deceived the emperor, but because you underestimated the grandpa." Zhu Di snorted, "Am I such a soft-hearted person? I have already issued an order to King Qi to open a cheap medicine shop... When the common people are sick, they still have to seek medical advice, but praying to gods and Buddhas doesn’t help.”

(End of this chapter)