People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 288 Beat all the monks to death! Burn down Longxing Temple! !

The monks were knocked to the ground and then beaten with sticks by the guards using water and fire sticks.

These monks usually live a happy life and have not experienced any hardships. Under the sticks, most of the monks were beaten to death before they could survive twenty sticks.

Most of the remaining ones did not make it to fifty, and were all beaten to death.

After Chen Han saw that all the monks had been beaten to death, he announced on the spot at the gate of the Main Hall: "Fellows, these evil-doing monks have now been put to death. This capital declares that all of your embezzled lands will be returned to you.

The remaining land belonging to Longxing Temple will be distributed to you after measurement.

From now on, as long as you pay taxes in accordance with the requirements of the imperial court's new policies, it will be fine. "

The people couldn't believe their ears when they heard Chen Han's words.

Is this what officials would do today?

Don’t they only know about corruption and bribery?

This is incredible.

Chen Han looked at them.

He said loudly: "I do what I say, Magistrate Lin!"

Magistrate Lin stepped forward: "Sir!"

"When things here are over, you will immediately take the people, measure the land, and then allocate it according to the number of people."

After the county magistrate heard this, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "I obey your orders!"

The people still trust the county magistrate.

After all, this county magistrate has done a lot of things to help the people.

"really?"

"You're not trying to trick us, are you?"

"This is incredible."

Wang Hu and Liu Ting stepped forward and said, "You are confused! If the master is just joking with you, why do you still kill so many monks?"

As soon as these words came out, the people finally understood that they were right.

Then the people suddenly realized and knelt on the ground one after another.

"Long live Master Qingtian!"

"Long live Master Qingtian!!"

"Long live Master Qingtian!!!"

Chen Han didn't feel that the people were slow to respond.

This is called adults not remembering the faults of villains!
Then Chen Han said again: "This temple is so harmful to people. It has not only ruined the pure land of Buddhism, but also ruined the reputation of Taizu. We decided to burn it down with fire."

The county magistrate heard Chen Han's decision and wanted to cheer.

But after all, if you are a scholar and become an official, you can't behave too outrageously.

But the joy in his heart could not be hidden.

He once couldn't stand what these monks did.

But he has no right to deal with these harmful monks.

Now that the imperial envoy has passed through the border and directly destroyed Longxing Temple, it is simply very satisfying.

Chen Han asked Jin Yiwei and the people to move out all the money from Longxing Temple.

I have to say that this Longxing Temple is really rich.

Gold, silver, various precious antique jades, and various rare ingredients, a rough estimate, totals tens of millions of taels of silver.

Chen Han took part of it to compensate the surrounding villagers for the losses they had suffered.

Then they really used kerosene and burned the Longxing Temple, which had been around for nearly two hundred years.

Chen Han not only did not taboo that this temple was rebuilt by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, but he also did not think it was disrespectful to Buddhism. On the contrary, he thought so in his heart,
If Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of the time, had come back to life and seen that because he rebuilt Longxing Temple, the monks here relied on his authority to do evil, he would definitely have done more than Chen Han.

These monks will be tortured to death with ten tortures.

In the same way, if those Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have spirits in heaven.

Believers who knew them used their names to brutally exploit the people.

They squandered the money they earned and broke all kinds of rules, and all the blame fell on them.

It is estimated that these Bodhisattvas and Buddhas will also deal with these monks who do not abide by the rules and precepts.

After cleaning up Longxing Temple, Chen Han carried out renovations on all the temples around Tianfu.

There are more than a hundred temples, large and small, in Yingtian Mansion, occupying most of the civilian land. These temples also need to be cleaned up. Chen Han stayed in Yingtian Mansion for more than a month and directly ordered that the fields occupied by all surrounding temples should not exceed ten acres each.

Chen Han didn't care how many monks were supported in that temple.

Anyway, if the land exceeds ten acres and is discovered, all the monks will be sent to the army.

As for the incense money, it was a voluntary act by the believers, and Chen Han had nothing to do with it.

Anyway, they were not allowed to occupy land and loan sharking was not allowed, which cut off these two main sources of income for the monks. Most of the monks were crying and crying.

Chen Han didn't believe that because he interrupted their two sources of income, their faith would disappear.

On the contrary, it can purify those monks who really want to practice.

Not to mention, in the month after Chen Han left.

There are two to three thousand monks in Yingtian Mansion who have returned to secular life.

It can be seen that most of the monks do not want to be monks, but regard monkhood as a profession.

Without a source of income, the temple could not support these fake monks, so these fake monks were dismissed one after another.

Then Chen Han continued to go north to renovate the monk temple.

Looking along the way, Chen Han discovered that the temple was really in chaos.

There are not many monks who are actually practicing.

On the contrary, there have been a lot of fake monks who used the temples to make money.

Whenever he encountered temples that were doing business in the name of Buddhism, Chen Han would resolutely eliminate them.

If he really encountered a temple like Longxing Temple, Chen Han would kill the monks and burn the temple without mercy.

So along the way, more than 100 temples were burned down by Chen Han alone, and more than 10,000 monks were forced to return to secular life.

Some monks even learned that Chen Han was coming and immediately dispersed on the spot, leaving the buildings empty.

From this we can see how many of them are fake monks.

Chen Han's attack on the temple also caused dissatisfaction among many monks.

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Seng Lu Division of the Capital.

This yamen was the central agency of the imperial court that managed temples all over the world.

At this time, the main official seal and deputy seal had also received information about Chen Han's burning of Longxing Temple in Yingtian Mansion.

They were very angry and very shocked.

So, together with the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they directly found out the emperor's wrongdoing to impeach Chen Han.

Emperor Wanli sat on the dragon chair, looking at the two great monks and officials from the Ministry of Rites below, listening to their words.

Only one of them was heard saying: "Your Majesty, Chen Han is becoming more and more wanton, and even dares to burn down the Longxing Temple built by His Majesty Taizu.

Does he still have His Majesty Taizu in his eyes?
Is there me, Daming?

He is acting so recklessly, setting up private courts, and killing monks. Your Majesty, if you don't take back your rights, you don't know what he will do.

We just hope that Your Majesty can see clearly the thief’s ambition.
He took advantage of the opportunity of suppressing the temple to make a lot of money.

He is said to have placed most of the temple property in his own name.

He is so greedy, not just to combat the temple's abuses, but to enrich his own pockets.

Please make a clear decision, Your Majesty. "

The first and second seals also hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, even though the temple does collect incense money and lend money on occasion, that is the tradition of the temple for thousands of years.

If there were no temples to lend food to the people to tide over the famine years, the people would have to borrow higher usury loans from the wealthy folk.

Although the monks in the temple also earn a little interest from it,
But it plays a considerable role in maintaining civil balance.

Besides, temples all provide relief to the people in times of famine. Chen Han's move is tantamount to attacking our Buddhist pure land and the confidence of believers all over the world.

I also hope that Your Majesty, from the perspective of believers all over the world, will bring Chen Han to justice and return the innocence of the temple to the pure land of Buddhism. "

After listening to the words of the main seal, the deputy seal, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Wanli sneered slightly, "Since you all think there is nothing wrong with the temple, let's make a bet.

I am willing to go with you to select five temples around the capital. If you find that the temples charge high interest rates, which are higher than private interest rates, I will not only burn down the temples, but also chop off your heads.

And if not, then how about I take away Chen Aiqing's power and restore the innocence of your temple as you said? "

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Third update! !

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