Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

"So..." Li You said coldly, "My son thinks that this Buddhism has no control, it has become like a huge tumor parasitizing the Great Tang Dynasty, it is deeply endangering the Great Tang Dynasty, and it can no longer be let go. It's developing!"

With Li You's voice, the ministers and officials suddenly took a deep breath.

Although everyone already knew the dangers of Buddhism just now, but how to deal with it, no one has spoken, precisely because no one thinks of it!

But His Royal Highness the King of Chu said it directly at this time without any scruples!

You must know that even Li Shimin himself, in his rage, was unable to say the solution that everyone knows - destroying the Buddha!

It is really too much to do with the extinction of the Buddha, even if it is the honorary of the ninety-five, one must think before and after.

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Li Shimin heard that Li You finally brought it up, and immediately fell silent in thought.

In fact, he urgently convened the court this time, just to discuss this commonplace matter with the civil and military capitals of the Manchu Dynasty.

The extinction of Buddhism - this is not the first time in history, it is a pity that after the extinction of Buddhism in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty began to vigorously support Buddhism, which made Buddhism not only regain its vitality in just a few decades, but also Let the power skyrocket to a new peak!

Li Shimin knew that Li Yuan was planning to destroy the Buddha before, and he was going to issue an edict that only one temple and Taoist temple were allowed to remain in each state, and the rest would be banned, and the number of people in each temple should be strictly limited. To order the vulgar.

It is a pity that even Li Yuan has not been able to truly implement the eradication of Buddha, and Li Shimin is now the emperor, but he is even more unable to promote this policy.

This is because Li Shimin was in the wrong position, and the change of Xuanwu Gate has always been his indelible black history, so if Li Shimin destroys the Buddha again, it will inevitably cause waves again, maybe there will be many people taking the opportunity Make a mess!

For the stability of the regime, Li Shimin never dared to take this risk.

Li You also knew that Li Yuan was already planning to destroy the Buddha, but Li Shimin stopped this plan after he ascended the throne. He also knew the reason behind this.

But now the disaster is coming to an end indefinitely. Datang has not suffered much damage under his full-scale operation, and soon radiates new vitality... Therefore, Li You feels that when the world is at peace, it is completely possible to Get started!

If you don't take the opportunity to get rid of this cancer in Datang, when will you wait?

The sooner this cancer is eliminated, the sooner the common people will be able to live a better life, and the sooner the Tang Dynasty's national strength will be stronger.

The most important thing is... Li You wants to promote the eradication of the Buddha, and because of the eradication of the Buddha, it is closely related to Li You becoming the prince!

It is precisely because the extinction of the Buddha is very important, so according to Li You's plan, in the end, it will meet the last condition of Li Shimin's crowning Li You as the prince! .

Chapter 715 The subjugation of the country is imminent! (fourth more)

However, before Li Shimin opened his mouth, a minister came out to object.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that the time for this policy has not yet come, and it must not be implemented now!"

Li You squinted at the minister, and found that many people also had expressions of approval on their faces.

"Now the Tang Dynasty has just experienced a serious disaster, and people all over the country are fluctuating. It is just when religious support is needed. If you act rashly, it is likely to cause huge turmoil!"

Hearing this, even Li Shimin was shaken again, because what he said really made sense.

In fact, Li Shimin has always had such thoughts on the matter of destroying the Buddha.

When the Tang Dynasty was established, due to the destruction of the peasant war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the national economy was almost on the verge of collapse. Therefore, in order to develop the economy and ease social conflicts, the rulers of the early Tang Dynasty did not support Buddhism, and sometimes even rejected Buddhism.

Li Shimin also showed this sign very early. When he attacked Wang Shichong at the beginning, although he often used Shaolin monk soldiers, after Li Shimin captured Luoyang, he directly abolished the monasteries of the Sui Dynasty and eliminated monks.

In addition, Li Shimin has always advocated Wenzhi, and believed that Buddhism is not beneficial to the world. Eight years ago, Li Shimin told his close officials that the father and son of Emperor Wu of Liang in history were good at Buddhism, but the country was destroyed.

Even later, Li Shimin publicly declared in the court: "What I like now is only in the way of Yao and Shun, and the teaching of Zhou and Confucius."

However, it was precisely because he became the emperor that Li Shimin couldn't abolish Buddhist temples at will as he was so enjoyable.

The change in Xuanwumen is the key to interrupting the plan to destroy the Buddha. Because Li Shimin actually usurped the throne, he was very unjust when he took the throne. Therefore, he was very worried that the eradication of the Buddha during his tenure would allow those who wished to take the opportunity to cause trouble.

Originally because of this reason, Li Shimin had buried the matter of the Buddha's extinction in his heart again, but Li You, with the help of the method of reshaping the currency, directly and nakedly exposed how rich Buddhism was, forcing Li Shimin to face this matter!

After all, before this, although Li Shimin knew that Buddhism was parasitic on the Tang Dynasty like a pest, he never thought that the pest had grown to such a degree!

Now the only thing that still restricts Li Shimin from not daring to do anything is the huge prestige of Buddhism among the people.

It's just that Li You doesn't think so. It's been ten years of Zhenguan now. After ten years of hard work, Li Shimin's rule can be said to be very stable. Of course, there will be no major problems in destroying the Buddha at this time.

As long as the means of eradicating the Buddha were gentler and not as violent as Emperor Wei Wu did, then it would not cause too much social unrest.

Or it can be said that the coercive means of engaging in massacres is the last resort without the wisdom of governance.It only needs to force the monks and nuns to return to the secular world, get them married, assign them land, and let them farm the land honestly, which is basically enough to achieve the goal.

Even if there are so many people in the Central Plains that there are not so many fields to divide, it will be no problem for them to move to the frontier.

As long as we can do a good job of preferential policies and support policies for moving to the frontier, we can play the role of expanding the territory by the way. Why not do it?

At least those states and counties that are on the border have a total population of only a few hundred thousand households. This is really too few. Seriously, the land is vast and sparsely populated. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of households, there is no problem!

As for those monks who are completely disobedient, they can also be distributed directly to the frontier, which can play a role in punishment, which is also a very good choice.

And after eliminating the Buddha, the imperial court will be able to directly increase the population by at least [-] million!

Thinking of this, Li You said in a loud voice, "That's a bad statement! The fact is just the opposite. If you don't quickly destroy the Buddha, it will lead to national turmoil and no social order~〃!"

Hearing what Li You said, many ministers frowned and looked at him.

"What do you mean by this, Your Highness? Is it too serious?"

Today's Li You is no longer the Li You of the past. He who has created countless miracles has a lot of weight in the court. No one will think that Li You is simply a nonsense that doesn't understand anything.

In any case, during the period of regent and supervision of the country, Li You showed a strong administrative ability. If it is said that Li You does not understand the government, then no one dares to say that he understands.

Moreover, Li You was also the official minister at this time, and he was almost the head of the hundred officials. Naturally, all civil servants and military generals must respect Li You's speech, listen carefully to what Li You said, and think carefully!