At this time, the voices of people on Luoyang Street were already noisy, but countless Luoyang officials were seen on the streets and entered the various markets where the people lived.

Countless officials' homes have also been mobilized. I saw that people were boiling everywhere, and the streets were crowded, and in less than an hour, everyone knew about the selection of Buddha in Luoyang.

In ancient times, when the official moved his mouth and broke his leg below, the mobilization power of the yamen was still very high, and the people also trusted the officials in the yamen.

At this time, Han Yue was still staying on the streets of Luoyang.

He ate two brown cakes at a cake stall in the morning, and then wandered to a tea stall selling earth tea, this tea stall was set up by an old woman, and the tea had a local smell of a farmer's house, Han Yue did not dislike the cheap tea, and took out five big coins and asked for two whole pots.

He drank tea and basked in the sun, indescribably leisurely, during which he and a group of peddlers and pawns bragabout the sea, and even took off his shoes when he was in high spirits, and laughed loudly while buttoning his feet.

Big men who pick their feet can be seen everywhere.

No one would have thought that this was the supreme prince of the dynasty.

The pawns of the tea vendors drinking tea at the tea stall chatted happily, and even patted Han Yue on the shoulder when they were excited, if they knew that this young man was the king of Xifu Zhao, I am afraid that they would fall to their knees in an instant.

The sun is getting up three shots, sprinkling the mighty golden light.

As Luoyang officials made up their minds to take the initiative to choose the Buddha, there were gradually more and more family servants shuttling back and forth on the street.

Han Yue seemed to be drinking tea and chatting, but in fact, he had been paying attention to the movement on the street, and when he saw countless servants walking on the street, a slight smile finally appeared on his face.

At this time, a group of peddlers and pawns at the tea stall also discovered the officials, and a middle-aged man seemed to be very familiar with a certain officer, so he grabbed him and asked curiously: "Don't leave the old Sun family, tell the uncle what this is for?" ”

The official was a little boy, and at first glance he was from a peasant family, and he was not angry when he was dragged by a middle-aged man, but simply shouted an uncle, and then explained: "The lord in the yamen has an order to carry out the major event of selecting the Buddha in the whole Luoyang, and I heard that it is the meaning of the King of Zhao in Xifu, and he wants to choose the Buddha to go to Tianzhu to learn scriptures." ”

"Choose the Buddha and go to Tianzhu?"

The pawns of the peddlers present were interested.

Luoyang is indeed very strong in Buddhism, although every family may not believe in Buddhism, but they are very concerned about Buddhism.

The man's face was obviously a little eager, and he dragged the little servant and asked urgently: "What do you say about choosing the Buddha, do you have to choose the masters in the temple?" What did you say after you were chosen, will you be sent to the Tianzhu Buddha Country? ”

He asked two questions in a row, and he seemed very concerned, Han Yue sat on the tea stall and watched coldly, and he had a better understanding of the degree of belief in Buddhism among the people of Luoyang.

It's a pity that the level of the little official is too low, and he can't answer the middle-aged man's question, so he can only touch his head with embarrassment, and said: "Uncle Liu, don't ask, even if you ask me, you don't know how to answer, the adults just let the official go to the street to inform, and I don't know what the details are for the time being." ”

"Oh, it's just a notice......" The middle-aged man was a little disappointed, and let the little servant leave.

Han Yue suddenly came over with a tea bowl and said with a smile: "Uncle Liu cares a lot about choosing Buddha? I see you're asking very carefully, could it be that someone in your family is a monk in a temple, or is it that you yourself believe in Buddhism? ”

The middle-aged man laughed and opened his mouth to say, "I believe in a fart, not for the sake of children." ”

"The child is in the temple?" Han Yue's eyes flashed.

"Yes, in the temple!" The middle-aged man exhaled, his face obviously a little longing.

Han Yue moved a stool and sat on the side, pretending to be curious and asked, "Uncle, you don't believe in Buddhism, why do you still send your child to the temple?" You must know that once you become a monk, you have to isolate yourself from your parents, and you will not be able to pass on the family lineage in the future......"

The middle-aged man was a little bored, suddenly reached out and pushed Han Yue, and said stupidly: "You kid is so curious, where do you have so many questions to ask?" ”

Han Yue was pushed by him, his face changed unchanged, he chuckled lightly with the tea bowl, and said: "Ask, just ask, the kid is not from Luoyang, I am a small trader from Chang'an, you have also seen it in the past few days, and the transaction has not been completed, and I have been messing around in the tea stall all day long......

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and pretended to sigh: "Alas, I can't make money on this trip anyway, so I have to listen to some customs and bring it back to show off, otherwise when I go home, maybe the family will suspect that I haven't gone out." When the time comes, you will be furious, and you will be counted down. ”

The middle-aged man was stunned, and the peddlers and pawns next to him laughed, and a bronze-skinned porter came over, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Little brother, listen to what you mean, aren't your ladies very tough?" Don't be shy, so is I, brother, ahahaha, every time I go out and can't make money, I have to ask for a long time to go to bed when I get home......"

Han Yue touched his nose and said in his heart that my daughter-in-law would not be like this. But he deliberately wanted to blend in with this group of low-level people, so there was a look on his face that you understand.

Sure enough, this look made everyone laugh and laugh, and they all felt that this young brother was very easy-going.

The bronze-skinned porter suddenly patted Han Yue on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I'll tell you the truth, don't blame Brother Liu for being angry with you, in fact, it's not just the children in his family who are sent to the temple, and we also have children who become monks." ”

Han Yue's heart moved, and he pretended to be curious: "You believe in Buddhism so much? ”

"!" The porter snorted and said a little angrily: "It's just begging for a living, and some people are for the lives of their children." ”

He suddenly pointed to the middle-aged man just now, and said: "For example, the child of Brother Liu's family was named in the Buddhist temple when he was born, and he must become a monk in this life, otherwise the whole family will starve to death......

"Starving?" Han Yue was stunned.

The porter gritted his teeth and said: "There are many Buddhist temples in Luoyang, and almost all the surrounding land is Buddha property. If anyone's child is taken alike, he must be sent to the monk immediately, otherwise the land will be recovered and the whole family will starve to death. ”

"That's not right, right?"

Han Yue frowned, and said in a deep voice: "My Datang has Yongye Field, to ensure that every common person has a field to plant, although there are not many Yongye Fields, but it is still possible to barely make ends meet after a year of cultivation, as long as there is no year of famine, where is there a starvation to death." Even if there is a famine, the imperial court will provide relief......"

The porter smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand to pat Han Yue's shoulder, and said with a melancholy face: "Little brother, what you said is Chang'an, and this is Luoyang, the people over there in Chang'an still have Yongye Tian, but where is there Yongye Tian in Luoyang." ”

"Is the ground being detained?"

"Nope!"

"Then why ......"

"Alas, I can't survive, so I sold it to the temple."

Han Yue's face was full of sluggishness, and it took a long time to remember something, and he was stunned: "You actually sold Yongye Field, this kind of land is not allowed to be traded." Even if everyone dares to sell it, they don't dare to buy it in Buddhist temples. Even if the Buddhist temple dares to buy it, will the yamen dare to transfer the ownership? ”

The porter sighed gloomily and said stupidly: "If it was five years ago, naturally no one would dare to buy it, but in these five years, who would dare to care about the affairs of the Buddhist temple?" We also know that land is the root of life, but there is no way to be persecuted, an acre of Yongye field can only be sold for two copper coins, you think about how ruthless those miscellaneous pieces in the Buddhist temple are. ”

Han Yue was stunned for a long time, and gradually understood.

In the past five years, in the past five years, it turned out that Li Ke, the king of Wu, had created a sin, and he wanted to fight for power and profit in the court, so he colluded with Buddhism to use power.

The power of Buddhism is not borrowed in vain, and it is obvious that the bargaining chip that Li Ke took out was to help the Buddhist temple encroach on land.

Han Yue suddenly remembered something again, and couldn't help frowning: "Uncles, I heard your tone, it seems that Luoyang is very resistant to Buddhism, but, but ......"

He pretended to be sneaky, deliberately approached the porter, and whispered: "But a few days ago, on the banks of the Yishui River, more than 100,000 people turned into a mob, and I heard that they were very pious in protecting the Buddha, and even dared to surround the hundred cavalry warriors of the imperial family. I really can't figure it out, obviously everyone hates Buddhism, why are there hundreds of thousands of devout believers? ”

"Phew!" The porter spat viciously, and the faces of the few pawn dealers next to him were also ugly.

The old woman who sold tea suddenly walked over, stretched out her hand to stroke Han Yue's hair, and persuaded with a kind face: "Doll, stop talking nonsense, Luoyang is not Chang'an, you will cause trouble if you talk about Buddhism here." ”

Han Yue pretended to be unconvinced, showing the impulse of a young man, and said loudly: "Why did the old lady say that, isn't Buddhism still forbidden to say it?" ”

He approached the old woman's side, lowered his voice and asked again, "Auntie, is there a reason for those hundreds of thousands of believers?" I saw that several uncles were full of resentment, and they didn't seem to regard those people as compatriots. ”

The old woman seemed to be very fond of Han Yue, and when she heard this, she looked carefully left and right, and this time she bent down and whispered: "Doll, you are not from Luoyang, so it's no wonder that you don't know what is going on here." The people you are talking about, they are the sons of the Buddha in the Buddhist sect......"

"Buddha begotten a son?"

"Yes, the child of the Buddha!"

The old woman nodded and whispered: "From the time of the Great Sui and even more previous dynasties, the monks in the temple secretly played with women, those women gave birth to children, the temple would take care of the fields, they enjoyed the benefits of Buddhism, and their father was a monk in the Buddhist temple, although they were also people, but they were not poor people." These people have families and businesses, and their family businesses are all given by the Buddha, and of course they have to protect the Buddha desperately, because to protect the Buddha is to protect themselves......"

Han Yue was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he muttered, "The child born by the monk? ”

This kind of thing has never been heard of before, and sure enough, people in high positions will never be able to know about the affairs of the people, so they need to bend down and blend in.

Han Yue has done great things over the years, he destroyed the family, suppressed the Confucian sect, swept the surrounding foreign races, and developed the economy strongly, originally thought that the people would slowly become happy, but now he knows that there are so many unknowns hidden among the people.

"I think I know what to do about choosing a Buddha this time......" Han Yue suddenly stood up and waved at the street not far from the tea stall.

Two scribes rushed over there in an instant, fell to their knees with a pop, and said in an eager tone: "King Zhao of Xifu is above, and our Luoyang officials are respectfully listening to the dispatch." ”

As soon as these words came out, the people of the tea stall were shocked, and the old woman who sold tea was trembling, and said with a panicked face: "Xifu Zhao... King Zhao? ”

This is our prince!