"Three of them become tigers." Xuan Shijing sighed with emotion, as Fang Xuanling said, even if it is arranged by idle people, there are many people who believe it, and if there are more people who believe it, it will become a 'fact'.

"Then, according to several Aiqing, the imperial court will continue to let the matter of the Buddhist temple go unchecked?" His Majesty Li Er asked, "This ledger evidence is all in front of you, and you still have to pretend not to see it?" ”

"Your Majesty, now the Buddhist temple is indeed very arrogant, but if there is no way to start, then it is not true, the court wants to rectify the Buddhist temple, then the government can intervene to investigate the monk's documents in the Buddhist temple, there is an identity document, it can be proved that it is a monk who is a monk of the Eight Classics, and that's it, if there is no wild monk with a monk, then you can't let it go, despise the court, despise the government, this is also a crime." Xuan Shijing said: "Buddhist temples can't recruit monks endlessly, endlessly growing, now it's just a small problem, a larger temple in the thousand eight hundred monks, what if it develops?" The balance around Chang'an City is about to be broken, not only the balance between the monks and the common people, but also the imperial court taxes, land annexation, and so on. ”

The monk's matter is not big from a one-sided point of view, but if it is bigger, it will affect the whole body.

The Tang Dynasty is supported by huge national strength, and what is the source of this strong national power accumulation? It is nothing more than the government military system, the uniform land system, and the rent modulation.

The Juntian system was first derived from the reform of Emperor Xiaowen during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and this system was pushed to a peak in the early Tang Dynasty.

According to the Tang law, women are not given land, but men are given 20 acres of Yongye land, 80 acres of land are divided, and the densely populated places are halved, such as the prefectures and counties around Chang'an.

The Juntian system affirmed the ownership and possession of land, effectively restrained local tyrants, and ensured the source of taxes for the Tang treasury.

The monks who are monks in Buddhist temples, not to mention monks who have legal documents, have legal documents, the government recognizes the identity of monks, and the fields they give them should also be taken over by the temple, while the land of those 'illegal' monks is disposed of in two ways, one is taken over by the temple, but it is sold again.

The increase in the number of monks in the temple also undoubtedly accelerated the annexation of the land around Chang'an City.

Why did the late Tang Empire decay so quickly?

In fact, this hidden danger was buried as early as the middle period, and it is also related to the government military system.

The government military system is the integration of soldiers and farmers, originated from the Western Wei Dynasty, up to now, has developed to the peak, the government soldiers are farmers in peacetime, do not have to bear taxes, wartime soldiers, their own food and weapons, to later, because the uniform field system was destroyed, the government soldiers have no land to plant, have fled, and the military power of the Tang Dynasty has become weaker and weaker.

In the final analysis, all dynasties and dynasties could not escape a land issue, and the root cause of the great chaos in the world was that the people could not survive and could not survive, and the world would naturally become turbulent.

It's not that temples can cause turmoil in the land, it's just that small things can be seen from the big.

"Xuanhou said, the minister thinks it is feasible, but what is implicated in this is the Buddhist temples around Chang'an, if it is a large-scale investigation, I am afraid it will cause turmoil, Master Xuanzang has just returned to Chang'an, Buddhism's reputation is now at its peak, if the court wants to make a move, I am afraid that it will go against the wind." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"Xiao Jing, you are involved in this matter, what do you have to propose?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

"Since Lord Changsun said that it can't be done on a large scale, then check a temple first, and the minister thinks that it would be good to copy the Fahua Temple first." Xuan Shijing said lightly.

"Copy?" His Majesty Li Er looked at Xuan Shijing: "You mean you copied Fahua Temple?" ”

"That's right, if a temple is not thoroughly searched, how can the world know how many things are hidden in the temple?" Xuan Shijing said: "Fahua Temple cannot be said to be the first temple in Chang'an, but it is also one of the big temples, and it is the most suitable to raid Fahua Temple." ”

"Xuanhou is this communiqué personal vendetta?" Eldest Sun Wuji asked with lowered eyes.

"If the eldest grandson thinks so, the younger generation has nothing to say." Xuan Shijing spread his hands and smiled.

"Your Majesty, the matter is very high, and I hope to think twice." The eldest grandson Wuji looked at His Majesty Li Er and persuaded him.

His Majesty Li Er doesn't want to go to the Buddha Gate, but anyone who reads the account book will feel uncomfortable, right? A small temple, the property hidden in it is comparable to a year's tax in Chang'an, which makes His Majesty Li Er calm down.

Xuan Shijing sat quietly in his seat, waiting for His Majesty Li Er's response.

The temple is a thing, and can only blame some monks for being too greedy, those who come do not refuse, do not know how to keep a low profile, if the money in the Buddhist temple accumulates a lot, it is also said in the past, but since it is the money that the people worship, it is not in the Buddha statue gold, at least it can be taken from the people to the people, right? What is it to use to buy land, buy land and commercial property?

"Check!" His Majesty Li Er's mouth said a word, but he agreed to Xuan Shijing's statement that he wanted to raid Fahua Temple.

The emperor's heart is unfathomable, just under the emperor's nose, snatching meat from the mouth of the court to eat, His Majesty Li Er's glass heart can't bear it.

"Dongshan Hou, this matter will be handed over to the Shenhou Mansion for investigation, and all the details of the raid on Fahua Temple will be reported to the imperial court, and there must be no omission!" His Majesty Li Er said.

"Yes." Xuan Shijing replied.

Several ministers present saw that His Majesty Li Er had made up his mind, so they didn't say anything more, they had already read the account book, this was only on the surface, how many things did the Buddhist temple in the secret not want the world to see, this is not known, if he objected to it, something really happened to the Buddhist temple in the future, but Chiguoguo slapped himself in the face.

Leaving the Ganlu Palace, Xuan Shijing walked in front, and the eldest grandson Wuji chased after him from behind.

"Xuanhou is a good means." The eldest grandson Wuji seemed to have a deep meaning and said: "The monk of Fahua Temple is just a dispute with Xuanhou in Dongshan County, Xuanhou's move, but it really put the entire Fahua Temple to death." ”

"If there is no flaw in Fahua Temple, will you be afraid that the younger generation will raid it?" Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "The eldest grandson is so biased towards Fahua Temple, but someone in the family worships Buddha in Fahua Temple?" Or is this Fahua Temple, what is the relationship between it and the eldest grandson? ”

"This official does not believe in Buddhism." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"Well, that's what I said, sitting in the seat of the eldest grandson, saying that you don't believe in Buddhism, the younger generation does." Hyun Shijing responded with a smile.

When you become an official to the point where the eldest grandson is Wuji, what you want is your heart, what you want is the means, what you want is resourcefulness, and you want to believe in Buddhism? That kind of single-mindedness is not suitable for the eldest grandson Wuji, as soon as he turns around, it is an abyss.