A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 658 Dimensionality Reduction Strike
These officials are very aware of some of the temple's activities. After all, many officials come from powerful families, and they do the same thing locally, but they are not as ruthless as these monks.

Seeing that Wang Xuanjing finally dismissed more than a thousand monks and only gave fifty ultimatums, Xiao Yu immediately said angrily: "Does Wang Neishi understand Buddhist scriptures? There are many eminent monks in Zending Temple, how come only fifty of them passed the examination?"

"I don't understand Buddhist scriptures." Wang Xuanjing said calmly.

"How can you assess the eminent Buddhist monks if you don't understand Buddhist scriptures?" Xiao Yu felt that Wang Xuanjing's destiny had been caught. He immediately said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the internal historian does not understand Buddhist scriptures and is conducting random assessments. I sincerely ask you to find a minister who is proficient in Buddhist scriptures to conduct the assessment again. ”

"Your Majesty, although the internal historian does not understand Buddhist scriptures, I am proficient in Buddhist scriptures. All assessments were conducted by the minister, and the internal historian did not participate." Before Xiao Yu could finish speaking, Fu Yi stood directly next to him.

Seeing that the person who came out was Fu Yi, Xiao Yu's face suddenly darkened. If there was anyone in the court that he hated the most, it was Fu Yi.

When he first learned that Fu Yi was also proficient in Buddhist scriptures, Xiao Yu thought that Fu Yi believed in Buddhism as much as he did and wanted to make him a close friend. However, after only a brief exchange and knowing some of the things he had done, Xiao Yu immediately cut off the relationship. , and regarded him as an enemy, and even wanted Fu Yi to die.

"Your Majesty, Buddhists are unfaithful and unfilial people. They cut off their hair and bow to their kings and relatives; they wander around and eat, and they are willing to accept taxes to escape rent and taxes. They do not pay money and food, but occupy tens of thousands of fertile fields, which is a serious problem for the court!"

"In today's world, there are countless acres of land. If we don't restrict temples and Taoism, I'm afraid that in a few decades, the imperial tax revenue will dry up!"

"If you give one money in charity, you hope to receive ten thousand times the reward; if you fast for one day and hope to have enough food for a hundred days, you are greedy!"

Wang Xuanjing suddenly became furious, his hair and beard spread out, and he stared at Xiao Yu with piercing eyes.

Wang Xuanjing pointed at Xiao Yu and cursed him. Xiao Yu wanted to retaliate several times, but was interrupted by Wang Xuanjing.

"Using temples and Taoist temples as cover, the people did not fear the court's laws and did evil, but went to the temple to worship Buddha and repent in order to be forgiven. They praised a girl and charmed King You. When the Zhou Dynasty fell, King Ping moved eastward. Today, there are more than one hundred thousand monks and nuns in the world. If a monk takes the opportunity to use the name of Buddha to confuse the people, how many more people will there be? This is the source of cholera in the world!"

"They just want to get the people at the bottom to believe in Buddhism, and then patiently obey the oppression of those people without resisting, in order to be reincarnated into wealth and wealth in the next life! And they just want to enjoy it and exploit the people!"

The surrounding officials were forced by Wang Xuanjing's momentum and did not dare to speak. Xiao Yu was so angry that he directly argued with Wang Xuanjing using Buddhist scriptures.

Wang Xuanjing sneered, and then said: "The country of Tianzhu now has hundreds of states. There are not many wars in the place where Buddha was born. The nobles live in drunken dreams and die, and the common people have no place to stand. They can't even govern their own country, and they still preach to the people. "

"Buddha, saint?" Wang Xuanjing suddenly said coldly: "Who gave you the right to canonize a saint?"

"A saint is a person with noble morals, great wisdom, and great achievements in the world. He may be the first Huai disciples or the ancient sage. Only in this way can he be called a saint. How can a Buddha dare to be called a saint?"

"How dare you call me a saint if you are just a bunch of idiots! Have you asked me, King Haotianwen, if I agree?"

Hearing Fu Yi's words, Xiao Yu became even more angry and said immediately: "Buddha is a saint. Yi has proposed this. Anyone who is not a saint can't do it. Please punish him severely."

The Wang family has many people in the Western Regions. Naturally, they have been to Tianzhu and developed trade with Tianzhu. There are often caravans going there, so they naturally know the situation in Tianzhu.

Xiao Yu debated Buddhist scriptures with him, but Wang Xuanjing ignored him and directly pointed out the situation in Tianzhu, the birthplace of Buddhism.

Didn’t you say that the Buddha saves people who are suffering and that the Buddha’s Dharma is boundless? As the birthplace of Buddha, why does it still look like this?
Wang Xuanjing directly overturned their old foundations about things like the Buddha's land on earth, the paradise world, the land of Tianzhu, and the people worshiping goodness. If you say Buddhism is good, then Tianzhu, the birthplace of Buddhism, is also good. Wang Xuanjing directly launched a dimensionality reduction attack. I don’t want to argue with you about the ideas in the Buddhist scriptures or the Zen ideas in the Buddhist scriptures.

Instead, just state the facts, let you talk about golden lotuses, and make wild claims. How do you explain Tianzhu's current behavior?

Xiao Yu argued a lot, but was unable to resist what Wang Xuanjing brought out. This man's face was as pale as paper.

How could Wang Xuanjing be Wang Xuanjing's opponent after such an argument?

After Li Shimin learned that Tianzhu turned out to be such a ghost, he no longer had any respect for Buddhism.

Directly ordered that Guanzhong Buddhism be assessed according to Wang Xuanjing's method, and officials were asked to inspect temples and Taoist temples in various places. If all temples and Taoist temples dared to embezzle land, all temples and Taoist temples would be taken back. All temples and Taoist temples could only leave a maximum of 500 acres of land.

Buddhist and Taoist disciples can be exempted from hard labor only after they obtain an ultimatum. Buddhist and Taoist disciples who do not have an ultimatum must also perform hard labor after they reach the age of eighteen.

As for the land left by the temple, taxes still need to be paid to the court.

Li Shimin originally thought of leaving two to three hundred acres of land for temples and Taoist temples and letting the monks use the land's output to support the gods and Buddhas, but Wang Xuanjing strongly opposed it.

Wang Xuanjing said directly, if His Majesty is exempted from taxation on the land of Buddhist and Taoist temples and Taoist temples, I am afraid that it will not be long before the common people and noble families all over the world will entrust their land to temples and Taoist temples for tax exemption, and then it will once again become This is what it looks like today.

After hearing this, Li Shimin's expression changed slightly. Although he was born into a noble family, he had led troops to fight all year round and knew the sufferings of the people. He knew that if he was exempted from tax, what Wang Xuanjing said would definitely come true.

Therefore, the edict was revised so that all fields belonging to Buddhist and Taoist temples and temples are not exempt from taxes and must also pay taxes.

At the same time, all temple property in various places must be registered. If you dare to hide it, you will be punished with an additional penalty.

Wang Xuanjing continued: "Your Majesty, the acres of land confiscated from Buddhist and Taoist temples in various places should not be distributed to the people yet."

"Why is this?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, these fields can only be distributed to the people, or they can be moved to live here. These people live next to the temple. It won't be long before the monks can use various methods to occupy these fields! "

"Huh?" Li Shimin was a little confused.

"Your Majesty, even if the land is distributed to the people, they will not be able to hold it!" Wang Xuanjing sighed.

"It's not just temples, powerful people, nobles, and aristocratic families from all over the world will invade and occupy them."

"I think that these properties will be used as official land for the imperial court and then rented to people in various places. The properties are not allowed to be bought and sold, and a small tax will be collected every year."

(End of this chapter)