Nani?

Hearing Cui Geng's words, everyone was dumbfounded, including Di Guangzhao as the person concerned.

He thought to himself, bitter? What trouble do I have? Could it be that in order to redeem Song Xue'er's money, he blackmailed the people, which is also a bitter matter? As for the sake of the common people in the world, it is completely unbearable!

Yao Shou was also shocked by Cui Geng's words, and said, "Cui Chayu, you make it clear." Could it be that Di Guangzhao is corrupt and perverts the law, and he is still greedy? ”

Cui Geng shook his head and said: "The official didn't say that he was right to do this, but I think this is the innocence of Di Sangongzi, and I really can't bear to be harsh!"

"What...... What the? Why is it involved in the heart of a child? ”

Cui Geng smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "When the official says two things, Yao Changshi will understand what Di San Gongzi means." The first thing is that a year ago, His Majesty wanted to build a big Buddha statue, but the treasury was empty and he couldn't come up with the money. So, her old man was ready to issue an edict to order the monks and nuns in the world to donate one penny each day to build this Buddha. ”

Of course, Yao Shou had heard about this and said, "Later, Di Xiangye wrote and tried his best to oppose this matter. He believes that monks and nuns do not produce, and in the end, the money still comes from the people's fat and people's anointing. Nowadays, disasters are frequent in the Great Zhou, and Your Majesty should be sympathetic to the people's power and not recklessly carry out projects. In the end, His Majesty gladly accepted it. But...... What does this have to do with Di Guangzhao's corruption and perversion of the law? ”

"Yao Changshi, don't worry, there is a second thing. But he said that this year, His Majesty wanted to build a big Buddha statue in Sima Han outside Luoyang on a whim, but the treasury was still insufficient, and he wanted to collect taxes on monks and nuns all over the world. This time, under the persuasion of Prime Minister Li Qiao, His Majesty withdrew his order. Now the question arises, why does His Majesty repeatedly want to order the construction of Buddha statues? ”

Yao Shou groaned, "Uh...... Perhaps His Majesty is high in spring and autumn, and wants to build more Buddha statues to pray for blessings. It's just that the things of ghosts and gods are illusory. It is not wrong for the two ministers to sympathize with the people and advise...... Huh? ”

Suddenly, Yao Shou seemed to be vaguely aware of something, and said, "Could it be that Cui Cha wanted to say that the third prince of Di extorted the money to make a Buddha statue for His Majesty?" This statement is not very clever, so that all corrupt officials in the world can use this as an excuse. ”

Cui Geng said: "Of course Di San Gongzi didn't mean that, in fact, his intention was not money...... It's about paper! ”

As he spoke, Cui Geng suddenly turned his head and announced to the people of Huanhua Town: "These days, the villagers have suffered!" In fact, the reason why Di Xianling insisted on stealing these Chengdu hemp papers was not to extort everyone's money, but to collect enough Chengdu hemp paper. With these hemp papers, 100,000 volumes of Buddhist scriptures can be made and distributed all over the world to pray for His Majesty! Let's think about it, is it the merit of 100,000 Buddhist scriptures, or the merit of a Buddha statue? ”

When it comes to their own money, the eyes of the masses are clear, and some people immediately questioned: "That's not right! If Di Guangzhao is only greedy for paper, why is he still extorting money from us? ”

Cui Geng said confidently: "Nonsense, if you don't blackmail it, can you do your best to raise paper?" In fact, those rich people have not moved the county order at all, and they can be returned tomorrow. ”

Cui Geng is not short of money, but the preparation is really not good, so he will fill this hole for Di Guangzhao. But the actual situation was a little better than he thought, and the money that Di Guangzhao extorted was all saved, ready to be used to redeem Song Xue'er.

Now, Di Guangzhao is blessed to his heart, and he said: "Yes, those Qian officials have not touched anything, they are all in the east wing of the county government's back house, and they even have the account book and the county order." It doesn't have to be tomorrow, I can give it back today! ”

Okay, between Cui Geng and Di Guangzhao's singing and harmony, an ordinary corruption and perversion of the law has become Di Guangzhao's act of enduring humiliation and being willing to infame for the sake of the Great Zhou Emperor.

There is a saying that "the lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates the ministers to death", strictly speaking, what Di Guangzhao did is not a big mistake! How can this make Lin Xiao impeached?

And the most important thing is that the people are shallow-eyed, and when they heard that there was money to be returned, their attention was immediately diverted. At that time, some people were ready to go out, and they didn't care about pursuing Di Guangzhao's extortion.

Seeing that the good situation is about to collapse!

Song Xue'er's mind was racing, and she said anxiously: "That's not right! Wrong! Hemp paper is hemp paper, Buddhist scriptures are Buddhist scriptures, and there is a difference of 108,000 miles between the two! For 100,000 Buddhist scriptures, paper is more than enough, but where did Di Guangzhao find so many people to copy Buddhist scriptures? Can he afford the salary? The money for copying 100,000 Buddhist scriptures is never under the Buddha statue! ”

"Huh?"

Di Guangzhao was originally full of smiles, but when he heard this, his smile suddenly froze, and he said vaguely: "Cui Chayu, this ...... This one...... You can solve the matter of copying Buddhist scriptures, right? ”

"Of course!" Cui Geng said confidently: "In fact, it is not difficult to turn hemp paper into Buddhist scriptures, as for the cost...... Two or three thousand dollars is enough. This is not a burden on the Chengdu County Government. ”

Song Xue'er's eyes widened in surprise and said, "What? Two or three thousand dollars can do this? No way! No way! ”

Cui Geng said: "Hehe, it's impossible for others, but for this official, it's easy." Little lady Song, have you forgotten that this official also has a nickname. Is it called the Golden Holy Hand? ”

"What the hell is that?"

"Actually, this method is not worth anything. The official asks you, did the monks draw the paper with the Buddha statue printed on it to the believers? How is the money ticket of the Jufenglong Silver number made? How did the two newspapers "Da Zhou Huangjia Bao" and "Shendu Times" come about? ”

"Of course, it's engraving...... Yes? ”

Speaking of this, Song Xue'er suddenly covered her mouth, her face was full of disbelief, and muttered: "Engraving printing, yes, it is engraving printing!" The engraving can be used to print money tickets, newspapers, Buddha statues, and of course, Buddhist scriptures. No matter how expensive the engraving of a book is, it won't take a thousand! I was so stupid, I never thought about it. ”

In fact, it was not that Song Xueer was stupid, but that Cui Geng had the memory of later generations and directly pierced this layer of window paper.

No way, the diffusion of technology in these years is so slow. In fact, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the techniques of engraving printing had matured.

However, it was not until after Wu Zetian's death that Li Xian ascended the throne as emperor that the first engraving and printing book appeared - "Diamond Sutra".

As for the use of engraving printing and printing Confucian books, it was only during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period after the fall of the Tang Dynasty that it began at the suggestion of Feng Dao, a generation of Ming ministers.

Arguably. Song Xue'er today is completely a crime of non-war.

But she didn't know it. Song Xue'er was arrogant, admiring Cui Geng's talent in turning decay into magic, and on the other hand, she worked hard to find loopholes in Cui Geng's words, preparing to take back a city.

Pregnant!

Suddenly, Song Xue'er's eyes lit up, she coughed, and asked: "Even if everything is as Cui Chawan said, why should the people of Huanhuaxi be blackmailed with so much hemp paper?" Di Sangongzi is generous to others, how can he have a clear conscience? You Cui Chawan knew about this, but let the interests of the people suffer, I'm afraid you can't live up to the name of this blue sky, right? ”

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