Chapter 645 How about visiting the temple

Li Xiaogong felt that he should really thank Cheng Biting Jin, this old thing used to make people angry, but this time it really helped him a lot. As soon as Wang Bo fell, all the eyes shifted to Wang Bo, Li Xiaogong was less noisy, and Fang Yiai, a young man, would naturally not be ignored, because everyone knew that no matter how powerful the sue was, it would at most make Fang Yiai's flesh hurt.

In addition to Wang Bo, the most depressed are the eldest grandson Wuji and Hou Junji, who went to Mount Tai, and Fang Yiai went to Li Daozong's daughter, which was really a big loss. The eldest grandson Wuji clearly knows Li Daozong's ability, don't look at Li Daozong all these years, it seems that he doesn't care about anything, but his influence in the army has not decreased much. During the Wude period, the Duke of Luoyang was so simple, and the Jinyang Left Reserve Army at that time also made great achievements, but in the Zhenguan period, the Left Reserve Army was returned to the Left Dragon Xiaowei.

is different from what the eldest grandson Wuji thinks, Hou Junji hates more, he just can't look down on the love of the house, if he has the opportunity, he will definitely put the house and the love to death. There are two sons in total, one is crippled, and one is a eunuch, how can Hou Junji not hold a grudge?

Originally, it was a criticism meeting, but because of Wang Bo's fall, things were hastily done, and when he walked out of the Xuanzheng Palace, Cheng Yanjin stretched out his big hand and hugged Fang Yiai's shoulder, "Virtuous son-in-law, I heard that Changle and Linglong are available, when do you think Ling'er will have it?" When Cheng Yanjin said this, the two of them stared like copper bells, as if Fang Yiai had done something wrong.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, my son-in-law will redouble my efforts!" Fang Yiai saw Cheng Biting Jin's expression, and hurriedly made a package ticket.

"Hehe, virtuous son-in-law, the old man will set a time for you, after the New Year, if there is no movement, don't blame the old man for being unkind to you."

"This" Fang Yiai seems to bite Jin Lao and slap him twice in the face, this old man is still unreasonable, is the pregnancy thing something that can be there if you want to?

Cheng Yanjin doesn't care what Fang Yiai thinks, he can't see Li Shimin's smug face, they all marry their daughters the same, why did Li Shimin report his grandson first?

Fang Yiyi was devastating, Cheng Yanjin glared angrily, "What's the matter, do you still want the old man to stare at it personally, if you can't do this well, are you still a man?" ”

The more Cheng Biting Jin talked, the more unsound he became, and Li Ji next to him couldn't listen to it anymore, he slapped Cheng Biting Jin's shoulder from behind and said angrily, "Old man, what do you say, and I'm not afraid of others hearing it." Hmph, you don't want your old face, Fang Jun still needs a face! ”

"What's so embarrassing about this, the old man wants to hug a grandson, what dare others say?" Cheng Yanjin was not ashamed, but raised his voice and roared, he swept the courtiers passing by, none of these people dared to look at Cheng Yanjin, obviously they were also frightened by Cheng Yanjin's fierceness.

Fang Yiai's face was a little red, this was not ashamed, but angry, thinking that the most unlucky thing in his life was that there was Cheng biting Jin's father-in-law, Li Shimin was a little black-hearted, but he would not say such nonsense in public. Seeing Li Chengqian walking out of the Xuanzheng Palace, Fang Yiai squeezed out a smile like seeing a savior.

"Father-in-law, the son-in-law will leave for a while, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still has something to discuss with the son-in-law!"

Letting go of Fang Yiai, Cheng Yanjin waved his hand very openly, "Go, have a good chat with His Royal Highness the Prince, if you drink, don't forget to call the old man!" ”

Cheng Biting Jin's voice is not small, Li Chengqian heard it really well. Li Ji really couldn't stand it, he was looking forward to Qin Qiong returning to Beijing as soon as possible, and now in the entire court, except for Qin Qiong who could control this old thing, no one else could control him at all.

Approaching Li Chengqian's side, the two of them left the Xuanzheng Hall quickly, and after leaving Cheng Lao's goods, Fang Yiai patted his chest and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Hey, this old thing, it really killed someone!" ”

"Now that you know, you dare to marry the daughter of the old Cheng family?" Li Chengqian smiled with some disdain.

"Brother Prince, you have no conscience when you say that, that old man dares to pinch his father in order to marry his daughter, and Fang can resist again?"

Li Chengqian shook his hand and patted Fang Yiai, this Fang Erlang is shameless, he got someone's daughter, and he arranged people like this, as if Cheng Linger couldn't get married.

Out of the Taiji Palace, Li Chengqian got on the horse, after a few years of conditioning, Li Chengqian's feet have also recovered a lot, which is also thanks to Sun Simiao's help, if there is no him, Li Chengqian's feet will not have good signs.

"Fang Jun, if it's okay the day after tomorrow, accompany me to Huichang Temple!" When he was about to leave, Li Chengqian suddenly smiled.

"Uh, Brother Prince, what are you going to make trouble about, this Chinese New Year is running to the monk's temple, is it possible that you also believe in Buddhism!"

"Don't be, it's not you who made trouble, don't you often say that this temple sucks blood, just right, I also want to see how this temple makes money!"

Li Chengqian knows a little about the temples of the Tang Dynasty, since the former Sui Dynasty, the status of Buddhism has been very high, and the imperial court has not paid much attention to this aspect. Since the last time Fang Yiai said that the temple was too harmful to the surname, Li Chengqian planned to take care of this matter, but this kind of thing must not be rushed, otherwise it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the people.

Since Li Chengqian has this thought, Fang Yiai will not refuse, anyway, he doesn't have a good impression of the monk temple, and there are those old monks, who either chant scriptures all day long, or persuade people to be kind, which makes the people of the Tang Dynasty a little soft.

After separating from Li Chengqian, Fang Yiai returned home early, because it was almost the New Year, Changle sent Haitang to take Youlan over, after all, she was already married, and Youlan couldn't live in the princess's mansion all the time. With Youlan in the West Cross Courtyard, Changle is also a lot easier, and Youlan is very easy to deal with trivial matters, after all, after being a female official for so many years, these things have long been used to it.

Changle didn't expect Fang Yiai to come back so soon, according to her thoughts, if the old masters didn't nagging for an hour or two, they would never stop.

Taking over the cloak of Fang Yiai, Changle Waner smiled and said, "Husband, are things going well?" ”

"Haha, it's going so well, the old man Wang has fallen in the Xuanzheng Palace" As soon as Fang Yiai said casually, the woman in the house was stunned, and Changle frowned and asked puzzledly, "Husband, what's going on, but tell the concubine!" ”

Seeing the curious eyes of the women, Fang Yiai took a sip of tea and told the things in the Xuanzheng Palace, and after listening to his narration, the women couldn't help laughing one by one, even Cheng Ling'er was no exception.

Fang Yiai admired the bloodline of the old Cheng family a little, Cheng Biting Jin lost such a big face, Cheng Linger was stunned and didn't react, this is really weird.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and on the twentieth day of the lunar month, Fang Yiai changed into civilian clothes and Li Chengqian came to Huichang Temple. Look at the bull's nose outside the temple to see the sign, Fang Yiai smiled and shook his head, it has only been less than a month, and the number of people who set up stalls to see the sign has doubled, it seems that this Huichang Temple is really prosperous.

With the dense flow of people, Fang Yiai and Li Chengqian walked slowly towards the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and now it is close to the end of the year, and there are so many people who come to offer incense. Feeling the crowded crowd, Fang Yiai found the taste of climbing the Great Wall on the National Day of later generations, people from person to person, hand to hand.

There is a big wooden box next to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and everyone who passes by will throw some money into it, of course, it is okay not to vote, but in that case, the monk at the door will make a face at you. In order to verify the reaction of the monks, Li Chengqian deliberately did not invest money, so he got a roll of eyes from the monks, as if Li Chengqian had insulted the Buddha by doing so.

After entering the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Li Chengqian looked at the two monks behind him with a dark face, he had always heard that Buddhism was boundless and universal to all sentient beings, but now he finally knew what this Buddhism was. Sighing in his heart, Li Chengqian thought sadly, it seems that this Buddha also likes money.

Standing in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Fang Yiai and Li Chengqian did not burn incense or worship the Buddha, they just stood there and looked at the big box outside, and in half an hour, thousands of people threw money inside. These pilgrims didn't throw much money, but they couldn't stand the crowd, Li Chengqian roughly estimated that there must be at least a few hundred in the box.

After getting this number, Li Chengqian was shocked in his heart, a few hundred guan is not too much, but a month, or even a year, if you calculate carefully, this wooden box alone can make more than 100,000 guan a year. It's really terrible, this group of monks doesn't do anything, they can make a hundred thousand yuan a year, this is just a Huichang Temple, now there are no less than 3,000 temples of all sizes in the Tang Dynasty, if you add up the money and incense money of these temples, it will be tens of millions.

What is the concept of tens of millions of runs, then it can support a big war, take this battle of Gaochang as an example, if there is enough money and food to support, Datang will not stop in Yanqi Town. Before, Li Chengqian didn't believe it just by hearing Fang Yiai say that the temple was dark, but now he finally knows how powerful the monk temple is.

Huichang Temple is not only incense money, many people have asked to sign, and those who come from other places will also buy some souvenirs in the temple, like what jade Buddha opens, that also needs money. In short, the monks are very popular, as long as they put their hands together and recite Amitabha, there will be kind people who will give them money.

The people of the Tang Dynasty have special respect for the Buddha, sometimes they can't afford to send incense money, they will donate some food, anyway, as long as you are a monk in Huichang Temple, you will never starve. Of course, monks don't dare to eat meat, and abstaining from meat is a basic rule.

It's good to be a monk in Datang, they all say that fake monks in the 21st century make money, but they are still too far behind Datang monks.

After browsing several other places in Huichang Temple, Li Chengqian also made a decision, the temple must be strictly controlled, if this temple continues to flood, the imperial court will die, so much grain and taxes flow into the temple, but it is useless.

"Fang Jun, you're right, after the New Year, let's discuss a charter and strive to adjust these temples!" Li Chengqian thought very well, but Fang Yiai shook his head with a wry smile, and adjusted, how should I adjust it, the monks are not stupid. Even if the monks are willing, the common people may not necessarily approve of the practices of the imperial court.

Finding a quiet corner, Fang Yiai whispered, "Brother Prince, don't think too simply, this matter is troublesome, if you really want to restrict the temple, what is the reason, and will the people in the court support you?" ”

"Well, that's a nuisance!" Li Chengqian nodded with some distress, don't look at his dignity as a prince, but he can't care about the thoughts of the court's important ministers. Looking down and thinking about it, he poked Fang Yiai's armpit with his finger, and said with a smile, "Fang Jun, do you have any ideas?" ”

"Brother Prince, I won't tell you, the younger brother has a way, it depends on whether you dare to use it!"

"Tell me, as long as it's not too out of line, I will never object!"

As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, he saw a bad smile on Fang Yiai's face, Li Chengqian was too familiar with this expression, every time Fang Yiai smiled like this, there must be nothing good. Li Chengqian muttered a little in his heart, was he a little too happy to agree?

Fang Yiai didn't speak for a long time, Li Chengqian panicked in his heart, he glared, and urged with some impatience, "What do you do, but let's talk about it!" ”

"Hehe, don't worry, it won't work if you say it, come on, watch my little brother teach you how to play monk!"

Fang Yiai said that he would leave, which made Li Chengqian's stomach angry, will this Fang Jun speak, and play monk, who does he treat Li Chengqian? (To be continued.) )