Wentang

Chapter 439 Restrictions on Religion
"Saint, the Buddhist and Taoist families have really taken the bait, and the Lingnan medical team has made it." After meeting representatives of the Buddhist and Taoist schools, Yue Shan took time to visit the palace to meet Li Shimin.

"Oh, how many people are they willing to send?" Li Shimin nodded as expected, and then asked.

"In the early stage, one hundred male doctors and ten female doctors were sent out, and a large amount of supplies were donated," Yue Shan said.

"Hey." Unexpectedly, Li Shimin was not happy, but sighed with a heavy heart.

Yue Shan could guess why he sighed, the power of Buddhism and Taoism is too great.The key is that this force occupies a large population without producing or paying taxes. This is what Li Shimin does not want to see.

The solution to this problem has long been given by the predecessors, which is to destroy Buddha.

However, for Datang at this time, the turmoil brought about by the extermination of Buddha is a bit big, which will slow down the progress of the country. If you want to exterminate Buddha, you will have to wait at least another ten or eight years.

In his heart, Yue Shan was opposed to using drastic methods to destroy the Buddha. It was best to take a few steps to slowly weaken the power of Buddhism and Taoism, and guide this power in a direction that is beneficial to Datang.

Obviously Li Shimin also understood this, so he made a plan to lure the Buddhist and Taoist families to Lingnan.

The news that the emperor ordered Yueshan to form a medical team to go to Lingnan was deliberately leaked to the Buddhist and Taoist families by the imperial court, and they really took the bait.

There are three reasons for this. One is to use the power of Buddhism and Taoism to integrate Lingnan. Sometimes religion is more effective than any preaching for ordinary people.The second is to use Buddhism and Taoism to contribute to national construction.

The third is that it is not a problem to form a medical team. The problem is that taking away a doctor means that a large number of people are sick and have nowhere to go to treat them.

The background of the imperial court is still not enough. Li Tang established the country in his early ten years and there are too few talents in his pocket.The medical school has only been established for two or three years, and the first batch of full-study students have not even completed half of their studies.

The crash course has already finished four or five sessions, but these people will also look at simple colds, fevers and diarrhea, and follow the fixed prescriptions to give people medicines, and sending them to Lingnan is a waste of life.

The key is that 90.00% of the graduates from the crash course are Taoist disciples, and they have been scattered to Taoist temples all over the country to open medical clinics. Can't they all be recruited back?

So borrowing the power of Buddhism and Taoism has become the best way.

In fact, the Buddhism and Taoism did not disappoint Yue Shan, and there were hundreds of monks and Taoists who were good at medicine. It can be seen how many talents they recruited during the wars in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties.

As for why Buddhism and Taoism are so active, of course it is to compete for favor.

Buddhism and Taoism have been competing for hundreds of years, and Buddhism has always had the upper hand. Li Tang recognized Lao Tzu as his ancestor and began to elevate Taoism. Taoism naturally wanted to take this opportunity to overwhelm Buddhism.

In addition, Li Shimin has begun to suppress Buddhism with practical actions, and sent Falin to prison some time ago, and Buddhism is also anxious to find an opportunity to curry favor with Li Shimin.

Going to Lingnan for development now is a good opportunity to perform, and they naturally don't want to miss it.

Besides, if the country wants to develop Lingnan, it will inevitably become a fertile land in the future, and now filming the past of the medical team is also conducive to spreading faith.

Why not do double wins with one stone.

For the court...

"I'm afraid the two families will use this to grow stronger." Li Shimin said unwillingly.

"The handle of the knife is in your hands. They are just meat on the felt board. Besides, Buddhist monks are also citizens of the Tang Dynasty, and it is my Tang Dynasty's interests to use the knife directly on them. The best way is to restrict They, and use them to serve Datang." Yue Shan said.

"Restricting them is not easy. In the past, there were many wise emperors who restricted Buddhism, but once they relaxed, they would resume. Moreover, Buddhism has grown so large that it may not be curbed without heavy medicine." Li Shimin shook his head.

"It's too easy to restrict Buddhism and Taoism. You only need to be strict in entry and wide in exit." Yue Shan smiled lightly.

"What is strict entry and wide exit?" Li Shimin asked quickly.

"Strict Jin is to issue fewer degree certificates. It is strictly regulated how many degree certificates each state can issue each year. If there are too many degrees, the governor will be accused. If the temple dares to recruit people privately, the temple will be destroyed and the monks will be accused." Yue Shan explained:

"Leniency is to encourage monks to return to the vulgar. For those who are willing to return to the vulgar, the imperial court will distribute Yongye land, build a yard for free, lend them interest-free money to buy seeds, and be tax-free for one to three years... In this way, within ten years, Buddhism and Taoism The number of monks at home can be reduced by half."

"This is the first step. After this step is completed, there may be few monks in some temples with poor incense. Then you can proceed to the second step, merging temples, merging adjacent temples into one...to be merged The property of the temple is owned by the imperial court..."

"The third step is to limit the number of temples and Taoist temples. Each state and county will build a fixed number of temples according to the population, and no more construction is allowed..."

"The fourth step is to limit the temple industry, stipulate the amount of land owned by the temple, and destroy the temple if it exceeds. Restrict their business and stipulate the commercial activities they can engage in..."

"The fifth step is to pay taxes. The temple industry pays taxes together. The reason why temples can attract so many believers and land properties is that they are tax-free. Many people will take the initiative to list their land properties under the name of the temple in order to avoid taxes... There are still many people who cannot pay. Head tax, household tax, only monks..."

"In all dynasties, wise kings have exterminated Buddhas, but their extermination of Buddhas is only based on their own hobbies and has not formed a law. Once the body dies, future generations cannot inherit his ideas, and Buddhism will recover."

"So what my Great Tang needs is not to destroy Buddhism and Taoism, but to have a law that specifically manages Buddhism and Taoism. No matter how powerful Buddhism and Taoism are under the law, they cannot escape the control of the court."

Speaking of this, Yue Shan suddenly showed a sinister smile: "And the sage thinks that only the imperial court wants to destroy the Buddha? No, scholars all over the world want to destroy the Buddha and restrain the Tao, but they have no name."

"Ninety-nine out of ten officials in the world are scholars. With the law, scholars themselves will suppress Buddhism to death."

"Let scholars fight with Buddhism and Taoism, and then saints use the principles of scholars to manage scholars. Hehe..."

Li Shimin's eyes became brighter the more he listened, and he clapped his hands excitedly at the end and said: "Ah, we can even hint to scholars, let them write a letter to restrict Buddhism and Taoism, and propose to establish special laws... In this way..."

In this way, Li Shimin can put himself aside and hide behind the scenes as a referee blowing black whistle.The benefits are all in their own pockets and they are not hated by others, and the bad reputation belongs to others.

Even if Buddha and Tao knew that the emperor was whistling behind his back, it wouldn't matter, he would just work harder to please him.

The two discussed the specific steps and timing of implementation, and they left Yueshan when it was getting dark.

What happened after that had little to do with Yue Shan. The prime ministers of the Lingnan University were worried about it, and the medical team was managed by a leading medical officer from the Tai Hospital... He hid at home and taught students.

Soon New Year's Day came, and several great events happened one after another, and the monarchs and ministers were very happy to have a lively and lively year.Just after the end of the year, everyone plunged into intense work.

First of all, Tan Dian, Feng Xuan and others in Lingnan agreed to surrender unconditionally after meeting the court envoys, as Yue Shan had imagined.Afterwards, Lingnan Development officially entered the preparatory stage.

And at this moment, Yue Shan called together the twenty oldest and most outstanding students of Longshou Mountain Junior College.

　There is a bit of a rush these two days, and it is estimated that it will be finished tomorrow.Excuse me.Only one update today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)