A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 383 The Unspeakable Truth
"It's more interesting to talk about it."

Sister-in-law Gao Huitong smiled, intending to show off, Wu Xiaoer was quite happy to be hugged by her sister-in-law, two fat little hands were scratching at the aunt's body, making Gao Huitong's face flushed in front of Huaiyu.

"He may be hungry,"

"I asked the nanny to take her away."

Call the wet nurse to take away the kid who stretched out his hands indiscriminately, and there are only two people left in the hall.

Gao Huitong was still blushing a little, the child was innocent, but it made people blush when his father saw it.

Seeing her embarrassed, Huaiyu got up to make tea.

After the tea was brewed, Gao Huitong adjusted himself, and even raised a veil on his face.

After taking the tea from Huaiyu, she took a sip and didn't hold back.

"Li Chunfeng's loan from Beijing is quite secretive, even his colleagues in the Taishi Bureau don't know about it,"

"His money was borrowed from the Great Chanting Temple."

"It's the Da Zongchi Temple."

The Dazongchi Temple is in Hepingfang. The east of the Nanbei Street in the square is the Dazhuangyan Temple, and the west of the street is the Dazongchi Temple. These two temples were built in the Sui Dynasty. One was built by Yang Guang for his father Yang Jian, and the other was built by Yang Jian for his wife Dugu. Built by the Queen.

The two temples are very famous in Chang'an. They were originally named Chanding Temple and Dachanding Temple, but were renamed Dazongchi Temple and Dazhuangyan Temple in Tang Dynasty. These two temples are not only the royal temples of the Sui Dynasty, but also because they each have a wooden tower with a height of [-] feet. .

The twin towers stand tall and majestic.

Wu Huaiyu and Fan Xuanfu went to see the two wooden pagodas. The seven-storey wooden pagoda is 330 feet high, nearly 120 meters high, and [-] steps in circumference. It was really magnificent in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The barbarians from the Hu tribe of the feudal state came to Beijing not only to see Daxingshan Temple and Xuandu Temple, but also Dazongchi Temple and Dazhuangyan Temple, especially the twin towers, which are also one of the landmarks of Chang'an.

There are many temples in Chang'an.

The big ones, such as Daxingshan Temple, are the royal scripture translation hall. There are not only many famous monks in it, but also many foreign monks from Tianzhu and other places.

Of course, these monasteries in Chang'an not only occupy a large area, such as the Daxingshan Temple directly occupying one square, but they also have many monks and even many pure men, that is, temple slaves.

At the same time, the temple also has many industries, including many fields, even workshops, and even quality warehouses. It also engages in mortgage lending, etc., borrowing food and money, and the interest is not low.

There was an important reason why Li Yuan issued the Edict of Shatai Buddhism and Taoism at the beginning, that is, in the early Tang Dynasty, these temples were very powerful and had a strong temple economy, and even controlled many slaves and tenants attached to them. The economic impact is huge.

Li Yuan once wanted to rectify, so that Chang'an only had three temples and two temples, and all states in the world only had one temple and one temple. Unfortunately, after the edict was issued, it was not implemented in time, so Li Shimin was kicked out of power, and then Li Shimin sat on the throne to stabilize people's hearts. , immediately abolished the edict.

The big temples in Chang'an still have a detached status, owning a large number of manors and fields, and even wantonly lending money to collect rent.

Those who engaged in the financial industry in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty were mainly these monks, and then the princes and nobles, and even many nobles, powerful merchants, directly put their money in the temple for lending.

The monks attract the money to pay some interest, and then lend it out at a higher interest rate.

Empty glove white wolf.

However, monks enjoy many advantages and privileges in doing these things, and ordinary people don't want to rely on them.

On the other hand, whether it is a businessman or a commoner, if there is a need for loans, whether it is to borrow food or borrow money, it is always the most convenient, quick and relatively stable to go to these temple monks directly.

Compared with some profiteers and evil gentry, monks generally put rules on the table when lending money, and play less tricks.

Therefore, the business of the monks’ quality bank has always been booming. Many poor officials and poor scholars come to them. If they can’t afford it, they will copy scriptures to pay off their debts. The demand for scripture copying in monasteries is very huge.

Li Chunfeng stayed in Chang'an for eight years, and the more he became an official, the smaller he became. He devoted himself to studying arithmetic and astronomy, etc., which could not make him rich.

Then, if the debt is not repaid, the interest rate will continue, and the old debt will not be repaid, and a new debt will be borrowed.

Da Zongchisi, who lent him money, is relatively powerful in Chang'an, so he didn't force him too much. Anyway, he kept the account, and if he didn't pay the first installment, he continued to keep the account again. Of course, Li Chunfeng would also pay back some money.

Da Zongchi Temple sometimes asks Li Chunfeng to help, but of course it doesn't ask him to copy scriptures.

"Li Chunfeng is a Taoist priest. He borrows money from the great monks in the temple, and the more he owes, the more he owes. He often has to do some Fengshui work for the monks?"

Wu Huaiyu felt that he had heard a big joke.

Li Chunfeng, that is a famous Taoist priest in history, a master.

Gao Huitong told him that this is indeed the case, anyway, Li Chunfeng's debts to Da Zongchisi have already rolled to several hundred guan.

A few hundred guan is not worth mentioning to an upstart like Wu Huaiyu.

But for a small official like Li Chunfeng, the annual salary is only fifty shi, and the monthly subsidy for food and miscellaneous utilities is only a thousand dollars. The life of the whole family is not enough, so they have to borrow money to survive.

For him, the debt of hundreds of pens may never be repaid.

Although most of it is interest, the rules are like this, and it is only natural to pay back the debt.

Therefore, Li Chunfeng, a young Taoist official, often had to do some outside work for Da Zongchi Temple, and this outside work was even free.

"Could it be that Da Zongji Temple wants to mess with my Wu family?"

Although it sounds normal for a monk to be a Taoist priest, Wu Huaiyu still feels that things should not be so simple.

"We found out that Li Chunfeng owed nearly five hundred debts to Da Zongchi Temple, and this debt was repaid not long ago."

"Who?" Huaiyu thought, it couldn't be Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang was also a Taoist priest. When he was young, he was lonely and poor. He liked to practice the art of longevity and was good at physiognomy.

During the Daye period, he served as the county magistrate of Ziguan in Sichuan. During the early Wu period, he was requisitioned as the county magistrate of Huojing. His official career was not much different from that of Li Chunfeng.

However, I heard that Yuan Tiangang has no post now, and has been in Sichuan. He is a very famous master of physiognomy, even Chang'an is very famous.

Yuan Tiangang showed pictures of Du Yan, Wei Ting, Wang Gui, Dou Gui and many others, even before they made their fortunes. It was predicted that they would be very rich.

"A Taoist priest named Yuan Tiangang, he is very proficient in physiognomy." Gao Hui said.

Wu Huaiyu was completely shocked.

"I heard that Yuan Tiangang has been in Shu, when did he come to Chang'an, and how could he pay Li Chunfeng's debt?"

"Yuan Tiangang is indeed in Sichuan. Someone fraudulently used his name to repay Li Chunfeng's debt to the Dazong Temple. I found out that the person who actually repaid Li Chunfeng's debt was actually Du Yan."

A very surprising name.

Du Yan, a dead man.

The prime minister of the Zhenguan Dynasty, once served as the official censor and official secretary, was Li Shimin's confidant, and also the uncle and enemy of Prime Minister Du Ruhui.

Du Yan suddenly became seriously ill this year, and then resigned from the prime minister. He has not survived the winter and died of illness not long ago.

Du Yan's second son-in-law, Wei Siqi, had joined the army as a seventh-rank officer in Yongzhou before, but because of Yuan's case, he was directly promoted to the fifth-rank magistrate of Chang'an County.

Du Yan, Wei Siqi, Yuan Shi, Li Chunfeng, and Wu Huaiyu felt as if they had caught some clues.

Du Yan once asked Yuan Tiangang to look at the physiognomy, and he went to Luoyang to look at him during the Daye period. Yuan Tiangang said that Du Yan's position in Lantai is already full, and the school is spacious, so he will definitely be the censor.Later, he even said that after 20 years, he would be relegated.

"What else did Sister find?"

"Du Yan's eldest son, Du Jing'ai, used Yuan Tiangang's name to repay Li Chunfeng's debt to the Da Zongji Temple. After he got Li Chunfeng's IOU, he handed it to his brother-in-law Zheng Shiji."

"This Zheng Shiji belongs to the Zheng family in Xingyang?"

"Yes, Zheng Shiji is the son of the Zheng family in Xingyang. He is currently the magistrate of Jiyang County. Zheng Shiji married Du Yan's eldest daughter. Their eldest daughter, the Zheng family, is also engaged to the grandson of Master Cui Ren of the Cui family's Anpingfang in Boling."

Wu Huaiyu was not familiar with the name Cui Renshi. Gao Huitong told him that Cui Renshi was admitted to the imperial examination in the early years of Wude. Bachelor.

Cui Gan, the servant of the Yellow Gate in the imperial court, the Duke of Boling County, was formerly called Cui Mingan, and he was the uncle of Master Cui Ren.

Wu Huaiyu became more and more confused when he heard this, why is it getting more and more complicated.

Li Chunfeng, Du Yan, Zheng Shiji, Wei Siqi.

Jingzhao Du, then Jingzhao Wei, then Xingyang Zheng, then Boling Cui, could it be that Wu Huaiyu stabbed this noble family in the ass?
"Du Jingai gave Li Chunfeng's IOU to Zheng Shiji, Zheng Shiji finally gave the IOU to Cui Yuqing, and Cui Yuqing gave the IOU to Chai Zhewei."

"Wait, who is this Cui Yuqing?"

"The son of Cui Dunli, a member of Zhongshushe, Cui Dunli is the younger brother of Cui Renshi, and Cui Mingan, the servant of the Huangmen, is their uncle."

Wu Huaiyu became more and more puzzled.

Are these people playing the game of drumming and passing flowers? An IOU of less than five hundred guan was passed from the hands of Du Yan's son Du Jing'ai to his brother-in-law Zheng Shiji, then to Cui Yuqing, and Cui Yuqing to Chai Zhewei .

Then in Yuan's case, Yang Zuan let Yuan's case due to lack of evidence, Du Yan's second son-in-law Wei Siqi jumped out to refute in front of Huaiyu,

Therefore, Wu Huaiyu intervened in the investigation, and then found out that Li Chunfeng was in charge. He personally sent Li Chunfeng to Li Shimin, and then Li Chunfeng told the emperor the eleven words of three generations of emperors, Li Xing of Wu Dynasty, and heroine Chang, putting himself and the Wu family in a dilemma. danger.

Damn, the more you hear it, the more something is wrong.

He admired Nine-Tailed Fox Gao Huitong's ability to find out these things.

But he didn't understand why so many people were involved in this matter.

The Du family, the Wei family, even the Zheng family, the Cui family, and finally the Chai family?
"Is the IOU in the hands of Chai Zhewei?"

"Yes."

Huaiyu tried hard to clarify his thoughts, "Then, it is possible that Chai Zhewei obtained Li Chunfeng's debt through his dandy friend relationship, and then used it to blackmail Li Chunfeng, and took advantage of the celestial phenomenon that appeared in the daylight to force the son-in-law to memorize the eleventh day. Words, to attack my samurai?"

"So Chai Zhewei is messing with me?"

Gao Huitong reminded Wu Huaiyu, "There is such a possibility. I heard that Chai Zhewei liked Li Sanniang very much and had conflicts with you. Maybe it was just the aristocratic son's revenge on you. He used his noble children and friends to get Li Chunfeng's debts and threatened him to write wrote the seal.

It is possible that Li Chunfeng was just being used, and he didn't know who he was going to attack.

Of course, it is more likely that things are not that simple. Li Chunfeng is very clear that this is to attack you, and it is also possible that not only a group of dudes are playing tricks, but those elites are playing martial arts together. "

Wu Huaiyu took a deep breath.

If Jingzhao Weidu, Shandong Cui Zheng, and the Chai family all secretly join forces to take over the Wu family, then this matter will be serious.

"why?"

Wu Huaiyu couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)