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Chapter 103 Zhang Jiao: I'm a white worker for the imperial court
"Great virtuous teacher, I heard that the life of Buddhism is quite miserable. Isn't it good for us to establish a religion?"

A slightly honest smile faced Zhang Jiao.

"Our Taiping Tao is different from Buddhism, and the 'Zhonghuang Taiyi' we believe in is the supreme righteous god, not the third-rate Buddhas of Buddhism." Zhang Jiao said about Buddhism with contempt.

Moreover, Buddhism is a foreign sect, which is fundamentally different from their Taiping Dao.

It is normal for the imperial court to suppress things from outside, but their Taipingdao is completely a serious inland religion.

The most important point is that their Taiping Dao is an outlaw religion, and it has no chance of being registered by the court. They don't have to pay the court money at all.

"Isn't that going to pay [-]% of the tax to the court?" the farmer said distressedly.

To grow food, you have to pay [-]% of the tax, and you can't support yourself at all. Peasants feel that religion is a bunch of fools, fools who work for the court.

"As long as we don't report it to the court, wouldn't it be fine?" said another man with thin skin and tender flesh, who looked like a scholar.

"I'm afraid it won't work. The imperial court has been paying attention to us for a long time. If we don't apply to the imperial court, we may be arrested and join the army." Zhang Jiao said with a headache.

Although he was concealed when he preached, he could not completely avoid the court's eyes and ears.

But with Buddhism preaching before him, the imperial court believed that he was just preaching and establishing a religion, and did not think about other places.

"You are welcome!"

When Zhang Jiao came to the government, he received an unprecedented welcome, and many high-ranking officials from the county came.

It made Zhang Jiao and his entourage a little cautious.

"Our imperial court has always attached great importance to religion, and the county guard has taken great care of Buddhism in the county. But Buddhism is not a native religion of the new dynasty after all. Now you are ecstatic to have you as the county guard of Taiping Road!" The reception officials are very friendly.

The New Dynasty's treatment of religion has remained unchanged since Buddhism came to the New Dynasty.

'The treatment is very good'.

"The sheriff decided to give you a thousand acres of fertile land on Taiping Road directly. You can tell me where you like it."

Zhang Jiao's expression changed.

Farming has [-]% of the tax revenue. Farming is a dead end, and those good fields cannot be touched.

"Taiping Dao has just been established, so it can't absorb so many fertile fields." Zhang Jiao shook the official's hand, wanting to reject the sheriff's kindness.

"That's right, I'll give you [-] mu. Don't refuse it, don't refute the face of the county guard. The Buddhist missionary took [-] mu when he was alone." The official said He looked at Zhang Jiao deeply.

"Thank you for the sheriff's kindness and the imperial court's help." Zhang Jiao accepted the sheriff's kindness 'happy'.

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"Abbot, why did you think of becoming a monk?"

Xu Fei touched his big bald head under the moonlight.

It feels smoother than before, and the hair has begun to grow, which is a bit sticky.

"Go, go, don't you know that a man's head can't be touched?" the abbot patted Xu Fei's hand.

The abbot is the abbot of the temple who used the power of the temple to join the army. Now he will naturally use the name of a layman after he returns to the vulgar.

But he disliked the difficulty of "Er Gouzi" being a dignified hall, so he let the people around him continue to call him the abbot.

"Why did you want to become a monk in the first place?"

The abbot looked up at the moon, lost in memory.

"It was the same night as today, the abbot before our temple found me." The abbot sighed.

"He told a lot of stories about Buddhism and Buddha, and he has almost forgotten them by now. But he still clearly remembers the phrase 'you don't have to participate in military service if you join Buddhism, and you don't have to worry about eating'."

"When I was in the village, I often saw the bodies of villagers who died in battle sent back. I was afraid of death and didn't want to be a soldier, so I became a monk as soon as my brain became hot." The abbot said with emotion.

"Then why don't you become a monk and become a soldier now?" Xu Fei was puzzled.

Why did Er Gouzi, who became a monk because he was afraid of dying, come to serve as a soldier again, and he brought all the monks with him.

He will become the abbot at a young age next year, and his future is bleak!

"Because I found out that being a monk is not as good as being a soldier!" the abbot punched the ground angrily.

"Do you know that religion has to pay [-]% of the tax? Do you know that Buddhists can't eat meat and get married? Do you know what time I get up every day to recite scriptures and farm? Do you know how miserable I am?"

"Hiss!" Xu Fei took a mouthful of the Buddha.

Is Buddhism so miserable?How on earth is the imperial court persecuting Buddhism? See how it has persecuted people?

Xu Fei looked at the abbot with bulging veins and felt a little sympathetic.

"Continuing to suffer in Buddhism, it is better to come to the battlefield to fight for life and death. At least there is a possibility to fight for a future on the battlefield. In Buddhism, life is better than death." The abbot had tears in his eyes.

Why can't I quit after joining a religion?
The abbot wanted to cry but had no tears. It is clear that the court does not like religion so much.But it is very strange that there is such a rule that "a person who is a religious person for a day will be a religious person for the rest of his life". The only way to get rid of religion is to join the army.

Those who can stay in Buddhism are probably only those with strong beliefs, right?

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"If you join the Taiping Road, you don't have to do military service?"

"Of course, Taipingdao is a government-recorded religion and the first native religion in the new dynasty. If you join us, you won't have to do military service." People from Taipingdao warmly introduced Taipingdao.

The new dynasty fought countless battles, and naturally countless soldiers died.

Of course, there are some who want to get famous, but most of them are not able to join the army because of military service.

Moreover, there are many people who do not want to serve in the military because of the perennial wars. Taipingdao promotes Taipingdao by grasping the point of "no military service".

"Although Buddhism does not require military service, we in Taiping Dao can drink, eat meat and marry wives!"

"Then I will join Taiping Dao!"

on a field.

After a busy day, Zhang Jiao sat on the head of the field and drank water, while the scholar next to him stared blankly at his tanned skin.

"Great virtuous teacher, we gather together to plan big things, not to plant land for the imperial court!" The scholar said violently.

"Take it step by step, don't be too impatient." Zhang Jiao said calmly.

Although Zhang Jiao was also in a hurry, he couldn't be in a hurry.

Now the most important thing is to plant the land first, and only after the land is planted can we plan for big things, otherwise the taxes to the court will not be paid in full.

"No hurry, no hurry, how can you not be in a hurry!" The scholar hung his head disheveled.

He followed Zhang Jiao to overthrow the new dynasty, not to work for the new dynasty and contribute to the construction of the new dynasty!

(End of this chapter)