My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 158 His Majesty's intention to kill

   This is the little monk who is empty and thoughtful.

  He pondered for a moment, and said: "Master, isn't the money in the temple enough? Why do you need to ask for alms?"

  Yao Guangxiao looked at Kong Kong, hating iron for nothing, and said: "It is the duty of monks to ask for money, just like officers and soldiers need to catch thieves. Do you give up your duty just because you have a little money?"

   "If this is the case, it is equivalent to putting the swords and guns of the officers and soldiers into the warehouse, which will cause great disaster."

   After listening to Kong Kong, he seemed to be enlightened.

  So he said: "Where does the master plan to go for alms?"

  Yao Guangxiao said, "If you were a teacher, where would you go?"

  Kongkong raised his eyes and looked: "Whoever has more money, he will go to whichever family. I heard that there is a big family here..."

  Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "I didn't expect... even you know these things, so it can be seen that this big family... is really famous."

  Kong Kong said: "The monks in the temple are talking about him, saying that he is so rich that he gave the temple a lot of money."

  Yao Guangxiao sighed and said, "Hey... let's go."

   "Master, where are you going?"

   "Go to beg for vegetarian food." Yao Guangxiao said: "What do you think of that family?"

  He pointed to... a small shop in the distant market place.

  Kongkong was puzzled: "Master isn't going to the big family?"

  Yao Guangxiao said: "My Buddha is merciful. Alms for alms is to form a good relationship. The most important thing is a word of fate."

   Kong Kong touched his bare head, but still couldn't figure it out.

Yao Guangxiao said: "Hey, you are so stupid, I don't know how to inherit the mantle of the poor monk in the future. You see, if we go straight to the rich family, how will they treat us? Doesn't this mean that we are beggars? We are monks, aren't we? Beggar."

  Kongkong seems to understand but not understand.

Yao Guangxiao said again: "But if we start begging from ordinary people here, no, start begging from here, since you and I are sincere, not to mention the word fate, it is wonderful. These things will sooner or later spread to the big families In my ears, this big family... can I just sit back and ignore it?"

   Kongkong finally realized: "My little monk understands that the essence of almsgiving lies in fate. We can't go to him, but he has to come to us."

  Yao Guangxiao smiled again: "Amitabha, you are enlightened."

  Then, Yao Guangxiao led Kong Kong to the small shop.

  Yao Guangxiao didn't say anything, just gave Kong Kong a wink.

  Kongkong went forward to ask for alms.

  The people in the store were not happy, and said: "You monk, bad luck, bad luck,"

   Kong Kong blushed, and wanted to leave, so he turned to look at Yao Guangxiao behind him, Yao Guangxiao smiled at him and encouraged him.

   Kong Kong had no choice but to move forward.

  The shopkeeper couldn't take it anymore, took a few pennies, threw them into the empty wooden bowl, and said annoyedly: "Go, go."

   Kong Kong blushed and said: "Thank you, the benefactor, the benefactor is safe and happy."

  The shopkeeper looked very displeased.

  Yao Guangxiao stood up at this time and said: "The benefactor will have a prosperous fortune."

  The shopkeeper's expression softened a little, and he said happily, "Thank you for your good words."

  Yao Guangxiao began to walk around the streets with this Kongkong.

  The copper coins in the wooden bowl are full.

   "Master, why hasn't the big family come to form a good relationship?"

  Yao Guangxiao's face darkened: "This person has a dark heart, and it is shameless to ask for money."

  empty: "..."

After a while, Yao Guangxiao regained his composure: "Amitabha, quit anger, quit anger. I brought you out as a teacher, not just for money, but just to teach you to come out to practice, to see the suffering of the people, let's go, this Qixia is not interesting , let's go far away."

  At the moment, I took another boat and led Kong Kong to Zhenjiang.

   Here in Zhenjiang, it is quite prosperous. After all, it is a thoroughfare connecting the north and the south, but at this time... there are quite a lot of barefoot and ragged people.

   Kongkong showed some pity, and sighed: "Are there so many people without a livelihood?"

  Yao Guangxiao's face was calm: "I'm afraid there will be no good harvest this year, and many people will find it hard to survive."

   After finishing speaking, he led Kong Kong to a Zhuangzi.

  There seemed to be many people at Zhuangzikou.

  But I saw a man who looked like a housekeeper wearing a lun scarf, leading several servants, and taught people to pick rice.

   Immediately there were mobs of common people surrounding him.

  Yao Guangxiao mixed in the crowd and saw the people carrying bamboo baskets to fetch rice.

   Then he signed something with the housekeeper face to face.

  Kongkong was puzzled: "What is this?"

  Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "You don't know this? The harvest is not good this year, and many people will not be able to survive, so I came to borrow rice."

   "Borrowing rice?" Kong Kong's eyes showed doubts.

Yao Guangxiao knew the inside story well, and said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, there are tens of millions of people in this world who don't have enough to eat. If they don't ask for a loan, they won't survive the New Year's Eve. You see, they borrow five liters of rice, but they sign the contract Eight liters."

   "Borrow five liters, and return eight liters?" Kong Kong exclaimed, "Isn't this a huge profit?"

  Yao Guangxiao said again: "This is just a payment. When you pay it back, there will still be interest! I'm afraid you have to pay at least ten liters, or twelve liters."

   Kong Kong exclaimed again: "Take one to get two, isn't it a huge profit?"

   "Who said the creditor expects these people to pay back?" Yao Guangxiao looked at Kong Kong strangely.

   Kong Kong was puzzled again and said: "Don't creditors also want to form a good relationship? Don't you just expect them to return it after borrowing it?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "Borrowing five dou, you can only get ten dou. Although it is a huge profit, if you only want this little profit, how can you satisfy people's greed? If you are really cruel, you can only hope that these people will not pay for the rice. It's time...to take away the last bit of Susukita from these people's homes."

"Even if these people have no land at home, they still have some property. If they don't have property, they still have children. If they don't have children, don't they even have a wife? If they don't even have a wife, such a person can't borrow rice. "

  Kong Kong was shocked: "The country should rule the world with etiquette and law. These people are so unvirtuous, how can the country's discipline exist?"

  Yao Guangxiao smiled: "Etiquette? Who do you think is behind this butler?"

   Empty and empty words.

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Those Confucian scholars who followed you back then... are the people behind this housekeeper."

   "How is this possible!" Kong Kong flatly denied: "Although they may not all have great abilities, but their virtues... the monk knows it."

  Yao Guangxiao said: "What is virtue?"

  empty: "..."

Yao Guangxiao said: "It is a virtue to have friends who come from afar. Being sincere with friends is a virtue. Loyalty to the monarch is also a virtue. Of course, being filial to one's parents is also a virtue. But... why no one said that occupying a large amount of land is immoral? Has anyone said Is it immoral to keep a large number of servants and treat them harshly? Or... some women in the clan violated taboos and immersed them in pig cages, and some servants contradicted the master and killed the servants. Is it immoral? Since these are not Immorality can even be said to be innocuous, so...how can it be immoral to lend food in a disaster year?"

  empty: "..."

Yao Guangxiao sighed: "People's morality... is measured by people who have a mouth to speak, just like in that temple, the poor monk is in charge, so the poor monk has the final say on how to recite the Buddhist scriptures. Wrong, you are right and you are wrong."

  Kongkong seemed a bit unacceptable, opened his eyes wide and said: "If this continues, wouldn't it be harming the people? The people lost their fields and children because of a disaster, and the whole family is slaves, how should they survive?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "How to live is their business. As long as someone gains benefits, those who gain benefits will maintain this discipline and whitewash it with articles. You see it! But you don't have to be discouraged, This world has always been like this, and it hasn’t changed since Confucius, so there’s nothing wrong with it. If you have a conscience, don’t look into the details.”

   "Don't look into the details?" Kong Kong said: "My Buddha is merciful, so..."

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "My Buddha is merciful, but if the real people in this world can live and work in peace and contentment, then what's the use of asking for a Buddha? It is precisely because of these successive years of famines that those people who have lost everything have nothing. Holding the thigh of the Buddha, hoping to use the Buddha to alleviate the suffering of the world. There are also these creditors who rely on this to make a fortune, and their conscience is uneasy, so they are willing to send a lot of money to the temple as sesame oil money , to exchange for a peace of mind."

   "Without the suffering in the world, where did the Buddha come from, where did the poor monk come from, and where did you come from today?"

  Kongkong looked restless and fearful: "Then I also made a mistake in practicing Buddhism?"

Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "The poor monk brought you to see what the world is like, not to smash the poor monk's job, how could it make you enlightened to the uselessness of practicing Buddhism? The poor monk just wanted to tell you that there are too many difficulties in the world. Instead of struggling in this secular world, it is better to truly escape into Buddhism and find a pure land!"

"Since you entered the temple, you have been restless because of this reason. If you want to calm yourself down, you should do 'not seeing', 'not hearing', 'no thinking', 'no thoughts', if not, the world So many troubles will bring you nothing but endless pain."

   Kongkong listened and sighed.

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Is your heart pure now?"

   Kong Kong shook his head and said, "No."

  Yao Guangxiao looked into his gloomy gaze, and asked, "Is there anything unfinished in this world?"

  Kong Kong said: "I have hidden hatred in my heart."

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "That's right, it's because you don't know much. In fact... Zhenjiang is already a rich place. The poorest people here live much better than the vast majority of people. This year Although it is considered a disaster year, it is still far from a real catastrophe."

   "What you are seeing at this moment is not the loss of life, but just a little bit of sorrow and joy in the world. No problem, no problem. In the future, the poor monk will take you around more. If you see more, you won't take it seriously."

   "How could it be possible to be disapproving?" Kong Kong said blankly: "Could it be... these things can't be solved? You told me day and night that the fourth uncle is a holy king..."

   "He is already a sage." Yao Guangxiao said: "When you were in power, these people were even more miserable."

  empty: "..."

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Go back, go back to the temple, you can't calm down, you need to settle down slowly."

   After finishing speaking, he took Kong Kong back by boat the same way.

   Along the way, Kong Kong frowned, with a pained look on his face.

   When approaching the temple, Yao Guangxiao looked at him, smiled and said: "It seems that you haven't let go of things outside of you."

Kong Kong asked another question: "The master said that the richer you are, the more people who have done bad things will give us sesame oil money. In our temple... the person who gave the most sesame oil money is surnamed Zhang. This person surnamed Zhang , as the master has heard, isn’t it the most guilty of all?”

   "The poor monk doesn't allow you to scold him." Yao Guangxiao actually spoke righteously this time.

   Immediately, Yao Guangxiao's face softened a little, and he said again: "He is our food and clothing parent, how can we scold him?"

   Kongkong said bluntly: "The little monk has also heard a lot of his deeds, and they all say that he is the best at making money. I'm afraid he killed many people."

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Calm your mind, calm your mind, don't think about it, what do you think about things outside your body? You should learn to be a teacher, everything is empty, there is no happiness or worry."

   As soon as the two of them entered the temple, a young novice greeted them in a hurry: "Master, master..."

  Yao Guangxiao said: "What's the matter?"

   "It's terrible, many people at the foot of the mountain are saying, go to the bank to deposit silver, and if you deposit silver...there is an interest of 2% per year."

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Two cents... ten thousand taels of silver is only four hundred taels, one hundred thousand taels... eh? Four thousand taels?"

  Seeing Yao Guangxiao standing still.

  Kong Kong said: "Master...Master..."

   "Ah..." Yao Guangxiao said: "150,000 taels is 6,000 taels. How can such a lot of fate be resolved? There is such a good thing in the world. Could it be that the bank is deceiving people."

   "It's the news released by the United Bank, I don't know anything else."

  Yao Guangxiao said: "United Bank? The United Bank that borrowed a lot of money? That's right, the guy surnamed Zhang did it, so it's safe!"

  Yao Guangxiao actually got excited, and hurriedly said: "Come on, come on, come on, what are you all doing blankly, all the people in the temple, put down what you are doing, don't chant scriptures."

  Yao Guangxiao looked very eager: "Don't hurry up, move out all the money... pick seventy nimble ones, and follow them down the mountain as a teacher."

  Yao Guangxiao's face was red and full of energy.

  In this era, there is no interest in depositing silver, and there is also a so-called custody fee. The purpose of the so-called deposit of silver is more like exchanging money orders, which is convenient for withdrawing and exchanging after arriving in a different place.

   This kind of money can make money for nothing... Where else in the world is there such a good thing?

   There is a lot of money for sesame oil in the temple, and I have accumulated 157,329 taels of money.

  So much money...in fact, there is no way to spend it, and I want to do other livelihoods...for the temple...after all, it is not good, it is better to eat interest every year.

  So Yao Guangxiao was full of joy, and ordered the monks to go to the bank to get the silver, and taught the strong monks to take whistle sticks as guards. A group of monks, big and small, followed Yao Guangxiao down the mountain and went to the nearest bank.

   Kong Kong was also among them, he was panting while carrying the silver.

  He still couldn't understand why the master saved so much money.

  Of course, in his opinion, the master is unpredictable, perhaps there are hidden secrets, and it is unknown.

  When I arrived at the bank, I found that it had been completely renovated.

  There are more than a dozen doors in this bank, and there are signs on several doors. There are withdrawals, deposits, and loans.

   and Yao Guangxiao, there are not many people with such wealth and wealth who come to deposit silver, and most of them are ordinary small businessmen who are greedy for these small profits.

   There are also not many people who withdraw money.

   But there was a long queue at the lender.

  Yao Guangxiao was sweating profusely, looking very worried, and said to Kong Kong: "In the temple, you are the most literate and proficient in calculations. Go in and ask if it is a 2% profit. Don't teach people to cheat."

  Nodding empty, he hurried in, asked carefully, and then...he came to see Yao Guangxiao with a strange look.

  Yao Guangxiao looked at him and said, "What's the matter, your heart is dirty again?"

  Kong Kong said: "Isn't Master also restless?"

Yao Guangxiao proclaimed the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, whoever will go to **** if I don't go to hell! The poor monk is the presiding officer, in charge of the family belongings in the temple. The poor monk is restless. He is cutting meat to feed the eagles. I hope you can live in peace. In the temple, escape into the empty door with peace of mind. Alright, what's the matter with you?"

   "It's two percent." Kong Kong said, "They say that no one can deceive you."

  Yao Guangxiao suddenly smiled, and said happily: "The surname Zhang... didn't tell the poor monk a long time ago, it will delay me for an unknown number of days, this guy should be beaten."

  Kong Kong said: "But..."

  Yao Guangxiao paused his smile, seemed to be worried about something wrong, slightly frowned and said, "But what?"

  Kong Kong said: "But...they still lend money."

  Yao Guangxiao's heart suddenly relaxed again, and said: "Don't take it to heart, they see money, what do we do?"

  Kong Kong said: "The interest they lend out is five percent."

  Yao Guangxiao's face changed slightly when he heard this.

  He looked at Kong Kong with strange eyes: "Five per cent?"

   "Yes." Kong Kong said: "I didn't expect the interest rate to be outrageously low. This is equivalent to lending five buckets of rice. After one year, it only teaches people to pay back a handful of rice."

  Yao Guangxiao was also shocked. In this era of terrible interest rates, giving out such low interest rates is basically the same as doing good deeds.

  Kongkong looked at Yao Guangxiao again with a puzzled face and said, "Didn't the master say that Zhang is not a good person?"

  Yao Guangxiao said seriously: "You can't just look at people from one direction."

  Kong Kong said: "He did this... countless people are alive, how many people are eager to spend money to tide over the difficulties! If the interest is so low, the common people will not have to suffer such exploitation."

   "The poor monk knows, the poor monk knows." Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "It seems... the master preached the Dharma around him, and he listened a lot."

   At this time, Kongkong was caught in a painful struggle: "Why do virtuous people who have read sage books make huge profits, but it is precisely such a person with such a bad reputation that he has such a kind heart?"

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Don't think too much, help the poor monk to line up. The poor monk is old and has bad legs, so he can't squeeze them."

   Kongkong said with a dull face: "Those common people... If they all come here to ask for loans, wouldn't they suffer less from exploitation?"

  Yao Guangxiao said with a bitter face: "Oh, it's over if it's too late. I'm afraid that the bank will feel a disadvantage and refuse to deposit silver. The interest of the poor monk is six thousand taels a year."

Kongkong seemed to have not heard Yao Guangxiao's words, and murmured: "With this...many people can survive the disaster year safely, and they don't have to sell their fields, land, and children. I have never seen such a person before."

  Yao Guangxiao was so angry that his old face flushed: "You eat and drink from the monastery, you have raised monks for thousands of miles, and you have been employed as monks for a while, what are you still dawdling around?"

   "I..." Kongkong said vaguely, "I have seen the light of Buddha."

  Yao Guangxiao: "..."

  ...

  Zhu Jin excitedly came to see Zhang Anshi, and he told Zhang Anshi about the grand occasion of the bank.

   "A lot of people came. There was a bank that lined up from the street to the end of the street. Today, there are at least one million taels of silver in deposits. The loans issued... The procedures are a bit cumbersome, but there are hundreds of thousands of taels. This is really a good start."

  Zhang Anshi said cheerfully: "I expected this a long time ago. Those local rich people who have hidden silver at home, how can they hold back when they hear that there is interest?"

Zhu Jin looked at Zhang Anshi with great admiration and said, "It's thanks to Lord Hou's credit and our firm's deep family background. Now our firm has seized business opportunities and is rich and powerful, so we have borrowed so many mortgages and boats. Luck, as well as Qixia's many livelihoods, at least among merchants, are well-known. This is mainly due to your management, Lord Hou, you are Lu Buwei of our Ming Dynasty!"

  Zhang Anshi's face turned green: "You can't talk nonsense, I'm not Lu Buwei's guy who kills thousands of knives, and fell into your mother, why are you so innocent?"

   "Ahhhh..."

  Zhu Jin knelt down with a click, slapped himself in the face and said: "The little one will die, you should never say that. Lord Hou, you are Fan Li, and you are Tao Zhugong."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Zhang Anshi is Zhang Anshi, what a mess, okay, you continue to keep an eye on me, if this bank can get up, the water in our business will also be alive."

  Zhu Jin nodded hurriedly, and vowed: "You must take care of the little one, and the villain will do whatever Master Hou tells you."

After a pause, he continued: "However... Marquis, you said... the interest rate we lend out is too low? In this world, where is such a low interest rate? Doesn't this make people take advantage of us? "

Zhang Anshi glanced at him contemptuously and said: "What do you know, you only see the immediate benefits, not the future benefits. There are many kinds of business, some are for big profits, and some are for winning by scale. Okay. Lah, don't be too long-winded, hurry up and do something for me."

  Zhu Jin had no choice but to nod: "Yes, yes."

  …

  Ji Gang entered the palace cautiously.

   These days. He became more careful, especially after the downfall of the King of Han, which made him more aware... His Majesty's mind is unfathomable.

   When he arrived outside Wenlou, he happened to see Yishiha coming out of it.

  Ji Gang immediately stood still, and silently bowed to Yi Shiha.

  He knows that although Yi Shiha is just an eunuch, he has great energy in the palace, and sometimes... can influence His Majesty's thoughts.

  Yi Shiha said kindly: "Your Majesty is already waiting for you."

  Ji Gang nodded his head, and immediately went into the hall. His steps were very light, and he was afraid of disturbing Zhu Di.

  Zhu Di was sitting high, and saw Ji Gang coming in at a glance, and before he could salute, he said: "I read your memorial...you mean...then Chen Ji...is very proud of himself now?"

  Ji Gang hurriedly said: "Yes, since he resigned from office, he has been giving lectures in the capital. There are so many people who come to listen to his lectures. Everyone respects him and calls him Mr. Chen Da."

  Ji Gang immediately lowered his voice, and continued: "Many ministers have made friends with him, vying to be the first."

  Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "In this way, I have fulfilled him?"

  Ji Gang didn't answer, he only told Zhu Di what happened, but he didn't participate in Zhu Di's judgment.

  Zhu Di closed his eyes, pondered for a moment and asked, "Which ministers have made friends with him?"

   "Most of them are Yushi and Hanlin."

  Zhu Di nodded, and then asked: "Where is Xie Jin, how is Xie Jin with him?"

  Ji Gang looked up at Zhu Di. For Xie Jin, when they were fighting for the reserve, Ji Gang and Xie Jin didn't have a good impression.

   After a pause, Ji Gang said: "I didn't find out that they were moving around."

  Zhu Di put his hands on the imperial case: "What do you think?"

   When Ji Gang heard it, he suddenly felt something keenly.

  Since he didn't move, His Majesty would not continue to ask questions.

   But he didn't move around and asked, so... Obviously His Majesty still wants to know something.

   Want to know something?

  For Ji Gang, the facts are not important, what is important is how to say what His Majesty wants him to say.

  Inadvertently, a different kind of expression flashed across his eyes, and then he said in a very calm voice: "Your Majesty...if you move...you can say that you have a clear conscience, but if you don't move, there must be something strange in it."

  Zhu Di didn't respond, and he didn't even see the joy and anger on his face. He just stared at Ji Gang, which made Ji Gang feel scared.

  Ji Gang said again: "So I thought... maybe there must be something hidden in it, and I will let people... look in this direction to make a good probe."

  Zhu Di said indifferently: "You and Xie Jin...have always had a grudge?"

  Ji Gang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has no enmity with anyone. Whatever Your Majesty likes, Your Majesty likes what Your Majesty likes. Whatever Your Majesty doesn't like, Your Majesty naturally hates."

   Zhu Di did not continue to ask about Xie Jin, but said: "Since Chen Ji is in the limelight, so many people are vying to make friends with him, what did he say?"

   "I said it..." Ji Gang said: "I talked about the matter of competing for profits with the people, and...the commercial banks are making money..."

  Zhu Di raised his head and became interested all of a sudden: "What, the firm is accumulating money again? Why didn't I hear any rumors before?"

   "It is said that commercial banks are lending money everywhere. This year is a disaster year. Many people are ignorant and go to borrow money. If things go on like this, the people will be burdened with debts. Sooner or later... sooner or later..."

  Zhu Di was furious: "This person can't stay anymore! His mother!"

  Ji Gang said: "Your Majesty calm down, I'm so humble, I'll give you a sticker... Take someone!"

  Zhu Di's face was serious, and his eyes flicked murderous intent.

  His complexion became colder, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't be in a hurry, what's the rush? Then Chen Ji said this, and the rest...how did you react?"

  Ji Gang knew in his heart that His Majesty was ready to kill, and the more eager he was, the more His Majesty would not be in a hurry.

  He muttered: "The cheers are thunderous!"

   These four words put the last nail in the coffin lid.

  (end of this chapter)