A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 494 Eight Wind Battalion

When Abbot Huaihai of Dahai Temple received the hundred monk certificates awarded by Wu Huaiyu to the temple, the famous eminent monk's expression was a little tense.

It's all because there are thousands of monks in Dahai Temple now, not including lay disciples monks, Buqu Jingren, etc., but Wu Huaiyu, on behalf of the imperial court, only gave Dahai Temple a hundred monks' foreheads.

But in the face of Wu Huaiyu's title of reviewing Buddhism, even if it is a grand temple built by the emperor, they can't defy it.

A monk's certificate for one hundred guan, as long as cash, gold, silver, money and silk are all acceptable.

Dahai Temple does not lack this ten thousand guan, although it was destroyed once, but it has a profound heritage, but if you spend [-] guan, you can only get a hundred monk foreheads, which is somewhat unacceptable for Huaihai and the others.

However, Wu Huaiyu had already made preparations, and he had already made a secret concert to go to Beijing. The Emperor Chang'an sent an angel to announce the decree, and all the arrangements were made according to Wu Huaiyu's decision.

The Haihai Temple, which is as large as the sea, is still a large temple built by the royal imperial edict. It is the largest temple in Zhengzhou, but there are only [-] monks, which is only a special decree.On the basis of the [-] mu of temple land, [-] mu of land was specially increased. All the rest of the temple land was entrusted to the government, and all of them were permanently leased to non-property customers. The rent per mu ranged from two to six.

The industrial and commercial properties operated by Dahai Temple are all handed over to the government for evaluation, and either sold by the government or operated by the government. The government plans to pay the money in installments for ten years, and it will not be operated again in the future.

Not only the Didian car shop is not allowed to operate, the mill and beam houses are not allowed to operate, let alone the Changsheng Kuzhi shop for lending.

Those who have not obtained the monk's certificate are ordered to return to the vulgar, and each person is directly granted [-] mu of mouth share and [-] mu of permanent employment from the original temple land of Dahai Temple. Rent transfers serve as official service miscellaneous corvees and hand over food for free, and even the government will be responsible for sending official media to them for blind dates and wives.

This can be regarded as a preferential treatment for these monks who have returned to lay life in Haihai Temple.

"Thank you Your Majesty for the gift."

Even though Abbot Huaihai had thousands of words and was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to obey the imperial edict.

Even the remaining [-] monks in Dahai Temple had to be changed according to the new system. Huaihai was still the abbot, but Zhizang was changed to Dusi, and Wei Najingyan was changed to the head, divided into two classes.

The abbot and the 13 deacon monks from the east and west classes were all appointed by the imperial court this time.

Wu Huaiyu personally promulgated the monk's notice issued by the Ministry of Temple and the Ministry of Officials to them.

In the future, each office will be appointed for five years, and the term will be up to three consecutive terms, including the abbot.

There are even special monks in Zhengzhou responsible for supervising the affairs of the temple, completely putting them in shackles, and no longer allowing them to expand wildly.

The third-order religion is in front, and the Haida Temple can only follow it.

Wu Huaiyu not only moved his hands on Dahai Temple, but the four major temples in Zhengzhou are all large temples over a hundred years old. Several departments such as the State Governor's Mansion and the Zhengzhou Yamen jointly took over,
Zhengzhou has added more than 3000 new customers at once, and there are more than 2000 main households who have returned to the monks.

Regardless of the main client, there must be at least one household with a hundred acres of land.

More than 5000 hectares of land were cleared from the temples in Zhengzhou headed by the four major temples. More than 3000 hectares of land still belong to temples, but they have no management rights. More than 2000 hectares of land were directly allocated from the temples to monasteries that returned to vulgarity. monk.

Yang Gongren was startled by this generous gesture, and came to Xingyang from Luoyang.

He was very surprised by the cooperation of the monks in these temples.

Of course, Yang Gongren, like Xiao Yu, was also a well-known worshiper of Buddhism. Before the imperial court checked Buddhism in Chang'an, there was no movement in Luoyang.

Wu Huaiyu passed by this time, and Yang Gongren didn't cooperate much because he was ordered to inspect the school. He thought it was just Wu Huaiyu passing by.

Who knew he would be so effective.

"This client doesn't think it's necessary." Yang Gongren still wanted to make a point.

Wu Huaiyu bluntly said that he had consulted the sage on this matter, and the sage also agreed to give these customers special treatment for those who have no property. !
Now they use the fields in the temple to grant them permanent tenancy rights and let them become customers. Although they do not pay rent transfers, they will also bear the miscellaneous duties of official service. What's more, they can also settle down because men farm and women weave. Do you want to be safe in your own business? "

Yang Gongren never thought of this kind of treatment.

His previous method of dealing with fleeing households was to investigate, and if found, he would be arrested and brought back to his place of origin, and handed over to local officials and Lizheng village chiefs in the village for supervision.

The escaped households captured will not have land to divide, and can only become tenants and helpers. However, the rent levied according to the dime is indispensable for the official service.

Some fleeing households really didn't want to go back, so they were mobilized to immigrate to Kuan Township in the frontier, but this was regarded as exile in the eyes of many people.

Yang Gongren asked the fugitives to surrender to the government within [-] days. Later, the restrictions were relaxed to allow them to be naturalized in their current place of residence, or to return to their original place of residence for naturalization. Even the powerful landlords of the gentry who cover up and conceal them will be punished.

His policies are very strict, but the effect is not great. The people still find ways to flee, or become vagrants, or surrender to the gentry tyrants to become tribes or even slaves, and many fields have also lost their citizenship.

In the final analysis, the people had to bear heavy taxes because they had no property, so they abandoned their residences and fled from households when they could not survive. The imperial court could not solve these fundamental problems, and only asked them to return to their hometowns, who would agree.

The customer Wu Huaiyu is now suggesting to the emperor for trial is aimed at those fleeing households and those proletarians. In the future, the public lands in the hands of the government, such as public land, occupational land, and temple land, will be slowly leased to those proletarians. Perpetual tenancy, let them become customers, and give them some protection.

According to the two standards of industrial households divided into hosts and customers, taxation and service, it is also a practical consideration of affordability.

This kind of tax law that is levied directly according to Ding is itself a personal head tax. Reasonable.

Yang Gongren checked the household registration before, cleared out many escaped households, and cleared out many hidden land properties. He is still responsible for disclosing and dealing with these situations, but he basically only talks about the temple. .

"Wu Xianggong divided one field into two, and separated the fields from the fields. This is something that has never been heard before."

"It's all to solve the problem. Is it useful now?"

Yang Gongren admitted that Wu Huaiyu had an idea. The temple land was taken over by the government. The temple only had property rights, but the management rights were gone.

"The next specific matters will be left to Yang Gong to wait, and I will also waste a lot of time. It is time to hurry to Youzhou."

The emperor has approved Wu Huaiyu's suggestion, and will try out this method in Gyeonggi, Luoyang, and Youzhou. The temple industry and commerce will be handed over to the government, and the temple fields will be paid in installments for ten years. Fields, employment fields, school fields, etc. must also be permanently leased according to this law, and handed over to the proletarians for management and listed as customers.

Yang Gongren reminded Huaiyu, "I think it's better to be more cautious, don't make the shop too big all at once, take your time."

This is not all objection, but also a bit of caring for my own people.

After all, the Yang and Wu families are relatives, and their relationship was okay in the past. Although Yang Gongren did not support many of Wu Huaiyu's policies, such as the current matter, he still reminded Wu Huaiyu a few words.

Now Huaiyu's things are deeply involved, and many people have been offended, not to mention the monastery, just because this hidden household has become a customer forever, it has touched the interests of many wealthy families.

The reason why aristocratic families are so successful is that they have deep roots. This foundation includes that they have a large number of manors and fields, as well as many industrial and commercial industries. Many were fugitives who joined them.

They even sheltered many adherents, and those people even surrendered with their fields, etc., under their name, in order to evade taxation and labor, etc., in fact, they were digging the foot of the imperial court.

Yang Gongren's previous census of land and acres has already touched the deep water area. Knowing how deep the water is here, it is inevitable for Wu Huaiyu to touch this deep water area now.

The counterattack at that time must be very powerful.

If it is not done well, it is easy to capsize.

"Thank you Mr. Yang for the reminder."

"Who asked His Majesty to entrust me to conduct interviews and dispose of customs, I have a mission, and I can't do nothing."

Thanks to Yang Gongren for reminding, Wu Huaiyu is finally leaving.

He not only enlisted Cao Qing to serve as his assistant in the army, but also hired hundreds of veterans. These people were not his personal guards, but he hired them to serve as instructors in Youzhou.

These people followed Zhang Xutuo to conquer all the land, and although they are now crippled, the knife is still sharp after wearing off the rust.

Su Lie and Wei Xiaojie were also very satisfied with these veterans. They all knew that Wu Shaobao's trip to Youzhou was not demoted, but to seize a favorable position in advance, and to make new achievements in the Northern Turkic Expedition next year.

Even this Wu Shaobao might be going for Jieli.

"Why did Erlang hire these people? They are all old, weak, sick, and disabled with missing arms and legs. The roads are not stable, and they have to take cars." Fatty Wu disliked those veterans.

In his eyes, he felt that these people were a waste of food.

"These are all old soldiers who crawled out of the dead. Although they have been away from the battlefield for 12 years, if you look closely at their eyes, you can tell that these people are still thirsty for blood.

They were all veterans who fought together with my adoptive father. They have rich experience and survived many battles. They were brought to Youzhou, just in time to train Youyan soldiers for us.
We only have one year to prepare, time is running out. "

"Are they really that powerful?"

"Do you know which team Zhang Shuai's most powerful troops were back then?"

"I don't know."

"Eight Wind Camp, Eight Wind Camp is named after the Eight Wind Array, the wind blows from the wind, and the wind and rain are impenetrable!"

(End of this chapter)