"Master Hou, for so many years, the government has never asked about the temple recruiting monks, why did you come to the temple to inspect it today?" The mage next to the abbot asked: "Moreover, there are so many temples in Chang'an City, it is not my Fahua Temple family, but the Hou Ye just grabbed the Fahua Temple, which is really unconvincing." ”

"The problem of the Buddhist gate in Chang'an City is very complicated, it is not necessarily the Fahua Temple that is unlucky, it may also be the Famen Temple, or other temples, anyway, someone always has to make this chicken to be killed by the government, it just so happens that your Fahua Temple bumped into it, it can be regarded as a little selfishness of Benhou." Xuan Shijing did not shy away from saying it.

There's nothing to hide, who let the monks in your temple offend people?

Xuan Shijing saw the warrior monks who were on the Zhuangzi yesterday, but they did not stand in front, but stood in the crowd behind.

This is a big problem, if there is a monk who has the Eight Classics of Literature, go to Zhuangzi to hold a Dharma meeting, it is called promoting the Dharma and praying for the people, but these monks have not even been recognized, so they run to hold a Dharma meeting, what is this called? This is called illegal enrichment.

In the name of the temple, on the surface, it is to hold a puja, but in fact it is to collect money, just like in later generations, he shaved his head and put on a monk's robe and walked the streets and alleys to seek alms......

The monks in red robes in the "Amitabha Buddha ......" and the abbot of the Fahua Temple have folded their hands and recited the Buddha's name, but the emotions hidden in this Buddha's name are complicated.

"Master Qiqi, these monks standing in front of you are all right." Jin Yiwei came to Xuan Shijing and reported: "There are three hundred and forty-six people in total. ”

"Hmm." Xuan Shijing replied and looked at the abbot of Fahua Temple who was standing beside him: "Master, the current result, that is to say, except for these three hundred and forty-six people, the remaining nearly seven hundred people cannot be regarded as monks of Fahua Temple." ”

"As long as they are dedicated to goodness and have Buddha in their hearts, they are still disciples of Buddhism, and Fahua Temple does not represent Buddhism." The abbot said.

"That's reasonable, come here, check the number of remaining monks." Xuan Shijing commanded.

"Yes!" Jinyiwei answered, and went down to a few people.

"The imperial court allows the children of Buddhism not to have to pay taxes, referring to the children of Buddhism who have identity documents, this is the grace of the court to Buddhism, and the children of Buddhism have the official documents, and the Yongye Tian and Koufentian official mansions under their personal names will also be taken back and distributed separately. Xuan Shijing said: "The laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulate that a man is given 20 acres of Yongye Field, 80 acres of Kou Fen Field, and half of the densely populated places, and these people recruited by Fahua Temple, and they are considered to be the people around Chang'an, the fields are halved, that is, each person Yongye Field is 10 acres, and the mouth is divided into 40 acres, and the surplus of nearly 700 people, the amount of this land is 7,000 acres of Yongye Field, and 28,000 acres of Kou Fen Field......

Obviously, the people in this temple are definitely not only the people around Chang'an, even if Xuan Shijing calculates such a large number, there is still less to say, naturally, these monks are not necessarily all ordinary people, maybe there are some people with unusual identities, such as exiled robbers, refugees who have fled, or black households without household registration.

If it is an exiled robber, this temple may have to be charged with secretly hiding a robber, although it is to teach people to be good, but not to report to the government, that is a crime.

A good person needs to go through 9981 difficulties to become a Buddha, while a robber and a bad person only need to put down the butcher's knife to become a Buddha?

When you enter a Buddhist temple, you don't have to take responsibility for what happened in the past?

"Abbot, just these people, how much tax has they escaped?" Xuan Shijing asked, "After entering the Buddhist temple, where did the land under their name go?" ”

has no identity documents, but became a monk, and the local government under his name naturally did not take it back, so where did all these lands go?

Seeing that the abbot didn't speak, Xuan Shijing replied and asked, "Can the abbot tell Ben Hou how much land is under the name of this Fahua Temple?" ”

I'm afraid that even the abbot doesn't know how many fields are under the name of Fahua Temple.....

"Although there is land in Fahua Temple, there have always been tenants farming...... another elder stood up: "The land is not deserted......

"But it's true that these people aren't taxed, are they?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Does the Shenhou Mansion still have to take care of the affairs of the household department now?" The man asked.

"Whether Ben Hou is in charge of the affairs of the household department, you say it doesn't count, what you say, it's Your Majesty, today's raid on the Fahua Temple, will be written into a specific recital report to Your Majesty's hands, whether it is only the Fahua Temple is unlucky, or the entire temple in Chang'an is unlucky, then it is unknown, in short, starting from the Fahua Temple, even if the entire Buddhist temple in Chang'an has problems in the future, the first thing people think of is your temple." Xuan Shijing said with a smile.

"Does Master Hou only have such a little heart? Fahua Temple just offended Hou Ye a little, and it caused such revenge! Among a group of monks, there are still those who dare to say such things to Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing took a look at it and smiled, isn't this the elder who gave him harsh words at the Zhuangzi that day? When the matter comes to an end, they are still so arrogant, how arrogant these monks are on weekdays.

"If you make a mistake, you have to admit it, this is the attitude, is the master really a monk? Why can't you see the Buddha nature in your body at all? Xuan Shijing smiled and said, "Come on, check this master's documents." ”

This temper, I'm afraid it's a fake monk, right?

The brocade guards scattered in all sides of the Fahua Temple gradually gathered in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

"Master Qiqi, after the inventory of his subordinates, there are a total of 681 monks in the temple who do not have identity documents."

"Master Hou." Marshal Zhao and Fang Yiai also returned: "This is a detailed record of the property copied by Jinyiwei from Fahua Temple, please take a look at it." ”

What Marshal Zhao was holding in his hand was exactly what Fang had just confiscated while the Jinyi Guard in the back was confiscating and Marshal Zhao was recording on the side.

Xuan Shijing had already counted the approximate property in his heart, but after taking the things recorded by Marshal Zhao and looking through it himself, he was still shocked by the property hidden in the Fahua Temple.

The fertile land alone is more than 8,000 acres, and all kinds of antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, and jade are countless, and there are boxes of copper coins, gold and silver stacked in the warehouse.......

This is just a Fahua Temple, under the name is more than 8,000 acres of fertile land, the fertile land is basically Yongye Field, the mouth of the field may not be called good land, but it will not find out where to go, as long as the land can be planted, it will not be bad there.

In addition to more than 8,000 acres of fertile land, the rest of the fields have accumulated to more than 15,000 acres.......