Emperor of the Tang Dynasty
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This is simply incredible... No, as His Majesty said, it is simply ridiculous!
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Li You was the only one at the scene who didn't fall into shock, because he had known for a long time that there would be such a result!
The objects that will be affected by the law of reshaping the currency are definitely not only those high-ranking officials and nobles. It can be said that as long as the people of the Tang Dynasty cannot live without money, they will definitely be unable to escape the influence of this policy!
No one is exempt!
Among them, it is not only the noble family that is most affected.
As long as people who own more property will definitely be affected more, this one strategy alone will expose them all in front of the world, and there is absolutely nothing to hide!
Therefore, Li You saw that Buddhism would inevitably be affected. When he initially implemented the method of reshaping the currency, part of the purpose was to target this day.
Li You's strategy has always been one step at a time. In the long past, Li You had already calculated everything in advance!
"How could this be? Could there be any misunderstanding?"
After a brief period of surprise, many officials asked questions one after another.
Many of them also worship Buddha at home, so their first reaction is disbelief.
If you are so rich, can you still be considered a monk with no desires?
If this is true, it will completely shatter their beliefs!
"Of course this is true," Tang Jian glanced at them. "After all, those Kaiyuan Tongbao that were turned in for the exchange are all genuine, and they won't fall from the sky out of thin air."
"But... those monks are not engaged in production, how can they have so much money?"
There are still many people who still want to work hard. After all, not everyone can calmly accept that their beliefs have been subverted...
At this time, Li You said leisurely: "It's hard to say... If you don't say anything else, just those good-smelling sandalwoods are not cheap. The price of just a few sticks can be compared to the price. Is it enough for ordinary people's rations for a month?"
All of a sudden, everyone stopped talking, because they often go to worship and know that this is indeed right.
Moreover, the temple's incense is sold for money, this is a well-known thing, and they can't refute it at all.
"You guys are too embarrassed to ask why those monks have so much money?" Li Shimin also suppressed his anger and said, "I still want to ask! If it weren't for this method of reshaping the currency, I wouldn't know that those monks actually looted such a thing. Much wealth!"
This is simply unreasonable!
When Li Shimin thought of this, his teeth itch with anger, thinking of his dignified emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who would quarrel with his ministers and officials every day for so little money, and he would lose his hair every day.
As a result, now Li Shimin suddenly knew that these great monks were even richer than him, and they were bitches who set up a memorial archway, and advertised themselves as monks whose money was nothing else.
Although Li You is also very rich, Li Shimin sees every bit of how Li You got rich.
In the face of the national disaster, Li Youneng took Li's industry to come forward, and the Li's Chamber of Commerce also made great contributions to digesting the treasury of Gaochang State, and many of the transactions Li You made were beneficial to the country and the people, and were practical changed the people's livelihood in Datang.
But why are you monks who don't give birth every day? !
One by one, they don't marry, they don't farm, and they all have fat heads and big ears... Usually, they advertise themselves as compassionate, but when there was a major disaster, they were only willing to give porridge for pretence, and they really needed money. For the disaster relief, no temple will give out a penny! .
Chapter 714 Destroy the Buddha! (third more)
Li Shimin did not expect Buddhism to be so ugly, but Li You had already expected it.
Because there is a lot of evidence for this in history, Li You, who is a transmigrator, is clear about it.And even in the Tang Dynasty, there are historical lessons for reference.
The most famous is the Northern Zhou Emperor Wu, who is not far from the present era, who killed the Buddha.
At that time, Emperor Wu of Zhou destroyed the Buddha, but in one fell swoop he destroyed more than [-] Buddhist temples in the world, and forced [-] million monks and nuns to return to the secular world. There are only [-] million monks and nuns, and it is completely conceivable to imagine the great strength of Buddhism!
That's three million people!
For Datang, which is seriously short of people, what it means is completely self-evident.
You must know that before Li You enforced household registration by relying on staple grain powder, Datang's household registration only showed a population of more than [-] million, which is equivalent to a quarter of the national population!
The role of Emperor Wu of Zhou in destroying the Buddha was also very strong. Historical records record that after the eradication of the Buddha, the civilian service increased year by year, and the army soldiers became stronger and stronger. 14
This allowed Bei Zhou, who was not very strong at the time, to directly march east to pacify Qi, and march west to destroy Yao Rong. The whole Bei Zhou showed the scene of national peace and peace!
In the end, the reason is that the extinction of the Buddha has increased the population by several million, and also seized the countless fields occupied by the temples and confiscated many of their gold and silver treasures.
With more taxpayers, more soldiers, and fewer parasites, why is the country not strong?
Therefore, it can be seen from the precedent of the eradication of the Buddha in the Northern Zhou Dynasty that the effect of eradicating the Buddha is much greater than the effect of conquering a country!
In front of all the officials, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said: "I was thinking before that those monks only need to chant scriptures all day, and they don't know how comfortable their lives are! In this world, the vast majority of ordinary people are , they are far worse than these monks!"
"Why is this? It's clear that those ordinary people are working diligently and diligently every day, and they are the pillars that support the development of the Tang Dynasty! But they are not as good as monks like moths?!"
The civil and military officials were silent when they heard the words. No wonder the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty had twice destroyed the Buddha. It is really a good life for these monks!
As a result, ordinary people would rather come to defect to these monks, either directly shave and make a fortune, or simply rely on the mountain gate to farm their land. Wouldn't the social order collapse even more?
In other words, Buddhism is out of control!
"Report to the emperor," Li You said in a timely manner, "At present, there are more than [-] Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty, at least one million monks and nuns, and there are no less than ten million hidden households hidden under the temples! These are all the people of the Tang Dynasty who are not on the household registration!"
"Besides that, I think that according to the property report received by the Ministry of Household, these temples have at least tens of millions of acres of land? There are tens of millions of temple properties, right?"
Having said that, Li You looked at Tang Jian, and Tang Jian also nodded in front of Li Shimin's eyes with an ugly expression.
Li You's estimate is not wrong at all!
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