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Five more and two points.

With the first morning drum sounded on the Chengtian Gate of Taiji Palace, the street drums on the opposite street gates of Chang'an City responded in unison, which was the dust of the Sixth Street.

A new day has begun.

A new day in Chang'an City begins with the sound of street drums, and then is awakened by the sound of newspaper boys selling newspapers and the weather forecast of monks.

When the morning light was still flashing in front of the city, there was already the sound of the hammering of iron signs and the crisp cry of the newsboy.

Knocking on the iron sign is the monks of Chang'an City, these people are also called walkers, Toutuo, they hold the iron sign in one hand, beat with utensils in the other, and shout along the street to save all living beings to save the suffering and save the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and other Buddhist language.

Since the beginning of summer, for the monks of the world's Buddhist temples, it seems that the world has suddenly swept into the sky, rushing towards them. Every issue of the newspaper reported on various evil monks and evil temples, and the reputation of the Buddhist family plummeted. The attitude of the common people towards them is also changing.

The imperial court took the opportunity to carry out an inventory and rectification of the temples and nunnery, and then promulgated the law on the management of Buddhism and Taoism, promulgating laws to strictly control the number and number of temples, prohibiting the private construction of temples and temples, and limiting the number of temples and temples occupying land, so as not to over-expand their economy and harm the state's finances and people's livelihood. And the temple as a unit, rectify the temple and view of the corrupt atmosphere, tolerate criminals or shave the behavior of the degree, and at the central, provincial, state, and county levels, the high monks and Taoist yamen and monks and Taoist officials as a special management body.

The imperial court no longer allowed the wanton expansion and development of Buddhism, but laid a large net and strictly controlled it.

Nowadays, the imperial court has strict control over the monks, not only gender, age, family and other conditions, but also stipulates the number of monks, nuns in each province, state and county, and it is strictly forbidden to exceed the limit.

And stipulate the strict examination procedures for monks to become monks, a monk to become a monk, not only must be willing, but also have the consent of parents, and must have a neighbor as a guarantee, and then can go to the temple to view the teacher to study, after a certain period of time to go to the capital to participate in the imperial court presided over the degree examination, after passing the examination, but also in the capital of the monastic institute for one year, the results can be obtained only after passing the degree.

And in the capital, it costs a lot to take exams, study in Beijing, and get a disc.

And the imperial court is now also restricting the monks and the world, the monks must return to the temple, not allowed to mix with the people, the monks go out, must first go to the county to get the place, go out to ask the question is not allowed to stay in the people's house, the relationship between the monks and the monks and the monks and the apprentices is also drawn up by the court law ethical relationship, the master and apprentice are equivalent to the world's sons and nephews and uncles.

In addition, it is also strictly forbidden for monks to marry wives and concubines, prohibit illegitimate children, prohibit temples from engaging in economic industries, and rent, lend, and mortgage are strictly prohibited.

Monks are not allowed to violate laws and disciplines, and if there is an illegal act, it must be handed over to the imperial court to deal with it in accordance with the law.

In each temple, there must be a monk and Taoist temple stationed in the temple for management.

For temples other than the number of temples stipulated by the imperial court, they were changed to other uses.

If you dare to build a temple privately, you will be punished. The temple that is built will be destroyed, and the craftsmen and workers who build the temple will be punished, and the law is extremely strict.

All the properties of the temples that are reserved must be registered and reported to the government, and then the government will issue a contract. However, it is subject to 10% deed tax, and if there is no tax, it will not be included in the official ranks. It also stipulates that the limit of 20 acres of land for each monk is stipulated, and if the existing land exceeds the limit, all of them are unofficial.

Originally, those who lent money in the temple were transferred to the government, and the government reduced rent and exempted interest, and the temple was prohibited from engaging in economic and commercial activities such as mortgages, loans, and leases in the future.

In addition, the color of the monks' clothing, as well as the scale and specifications of the temple, are also strictly regulated, not to build bucket arches and painted beams, Buddha statues are only allowed to use mud and wood, not to use copper, not to use gold, iron, etc.

In the reserved temples, it is also forbidden to keep slaves, and all temple slaves are exempted as good.

In addition, the land owned by the temple must also be strictly taxed according to the tax rate of the imperial court, and the rent can be converted into payment.

If the temple wants to hold meetings, lecture and other activities, it must also be reported to the government one month in advance, and it must be approved by the government.

In short, in the current situation that the reputation of Buddhist temples is not as good as day by day, the management of Buddhist temples by the imperial court is extremely strict.

Chang'an, the huge capital city, can only preserve three temples and three nunnery, and each temple can only retain fifty monks and nuns.

Originally, many Buddhist temples that covered an area of the entire square and half of the square were banned and changed to other uses. The few that were preserved were demolished and those that exceeded the specifications were demolished, the area of the temple was reduced, the number of people decreased, the slaves were freed, the land property was taken away in excess, and many properties were confiscated.

But under the coercion of the imperial court and public opinion, the monks and nuns of the Buddhist temple had no choice.

A large number of monks and nuns participated in the examinations presided over by the imperial court, and only those who passed were admitted, and there was a prescribed number of people, and only a very small number of those who passed were selected. Then these admitted monks and nuns have to pay a lot of money to obtain a degree plate, and then the imperial court will distribute it to the Buddhist temples reserved in the states and counties of the world.

Instead of leaving a temple in a county, the whole temple will be left in which temple is chosen.

In a temple reserved in a county, the limit of ten monks is no longer the original monks, but the imperial court allocates ten monks from among the monks who have passed the examination.

This completely broke the situation in the temple in the past, and a group of monks who did not know each other were even more difficult to resist the imperial court.

Due to the various evil monks who continue to blow up, as well as the various behaviors of the temple to hide dirt and dirt, greed and lawlessness, the number of believers who donate money to the temple is much smaller.

A lot of the property of the monasteries was confiscated, especially the fields and grain stocks were greatly reduced, even the slaves who worked for them were also released, and a large number of monks and nuns who were not admitted were ordered to return to the world, and were directly sent by the imperial court to the frontier to pioneer, and even married monks and nuns.

The monks who stayed behind did not have a better life than before.

While reciting scriptures and practicing, they also have to work and cultivate their own fields and grow vegetables.

The monks could not lend money or run a quality warehouse, and the money for sesame oil was greatly reduced, so the monks began to look for other methods. For example, in Chang'an City today, there are three Buddhist temples that are retained, and the monks in the temples walk the streets early in the morning every day to tell the time.

The monks reported the dawn early in the morning, and with the voice of chanting the Buddha, they loudly reported the time to the depths of the workshop.

Announcing dawn is to teach people to save sleep, get up and recite the Buddha, and don't lose time. They took the initiative to report the time to everyone, and even reported the weather forecast, just to save the reputation of the Buddhist temple in the hearts of the people, and even in order to be able to come to the door to ask for a little fasting money during the New Year's holiday, after all, it is different now, just sitting in the Buddhist temple and chanting the Buddha, but you have to be hungry.

They also have to go to the fields and grow vegetables, and they also have to go to wait for the time of the households, and even go to the families of happy events to tell these things, just to make a little money.

From the morning to the report of the weather of the day, the monks also kept pace with the times and knew how to strengthen their services.

When it is sunny, the sky is clear, and when it is cloudy, it is cloudy.

The monks went to the streets to report the weather, and the nuns in the nunnery began to spin and embroider their embroidery objects to sell in the market.

When the monks wore clogs and hats to walk in the streets and alleys in the morning to report the dawn, the children who sold newspapers also carried bags full of newspapers and shouted on Chang'an Street.

The gates of Chang'an opened, and countless vendors, carrying salt, vegetables, and firewood, poured into the city from outside the city gates.

Ox carts, wagons, mules, donkeys, camels, carrying grain and coal, entered Chang'an City in groups!

(To be continued.) )