Chapter 811: "Mirror" Legend
The drastic reform of the Southwest Branch was completely unexpected by me.
All of this was persuaded by Cai Jun to do this, and after this incident, I have a new understanding of Cai Jun, and his ability is far stronger than I imagined.
However, the system reform in the southwest is not an overnight thing, it will take a long time to implement, and I am a person who can't stand the constraints, so in the first few days, I can patiently help Cai Jun solve the problem together, but I am really not interested in the future.
Cai Jun probably also saw my thoughts, so he said to me: "Holy Monarch, I know that you are impatient, so you can appoint someone you think you can trust to co-organize this matter with me,"
I thought about it and said: "Didn't you start to do it over there, in this way, you call Su Yue over, you and her, and then call Penglai Ancestor, as well as Hai Yi and Xu Jingyang, by the way, call Hai Ruoying too,"
Hearing me say this, Cai Jun smiled and said: "Okay, Shengjun, don't worry, since I, Cai Jun, want to be Mingxiang, then I will help you keep an eye on the things here, if something goes wrong, you can dispose of me at will,"
I patted Cai Jun on the shoulder and said, "I believe in you,"
These days are the most tiring days for me, I have never tried to deal with so many things in a day, which hall uses which person, I have thousands of documents on hand, I want to read them one by one, one by one screening,
In short, I can't do this job, so I'll do it: hey||Words ||Grid can be viewed free of charge
Next, Cai Jun was in charge of those jobs, and I was asking around if there were any suitable cases for me to take.
At present, I can't receive high-priced cases in the southwest, because the southwest branch collapsed, and a lot of the funds of the previous southwest branch all flowed into East China, North China and Northwest China, resulting in the southwest being poor.
But fortunately, a lot of the business of the original Southwest Branch is still there, and after we take over, there is still income.
And then there is the strong assistance of the Mingjing faction Cai, Hai and Liang,
Of course, it is also indispensable to drive away the corpse of Suyue's generosity and Penglai's faction, to help,
As for me, it must be like an iron rooster, and if you want to get benefits from me, it's simply not "hairy".
Well, it doesn't seem like much to be happy about,
Time in a flash, it was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter of this year, the situation in the southwest was very good, there was no turmoil as I imagined, everything was under the control of Cai Jun, and the most gratifying thing was that the financial deficit problem that plagued the southwest branch was finally solved.
The income and expenditure of the southwest have finally leveled off, and there is no longer a need to live on the old capital of the original families.
And in these times, I have also taken on a lot of small cases, of course, all in the southwest, and the bounty for small cases is not high, but fortunately, I have a little income.
Every time I go to the organization to receive a commission, Cai Jun will joke and say that it is really strange for the ancestor to earn his own money.
Although the finances of the Southwest Branch are nominally assigned to my name, I know in my heart that this Southwest is not my private property, and this money is for maintaining the normal expenses and future development of the Southwest.
As for my goal of 10 million, I still have to earn it by myself,
In November of the lunar calendar, Tang Erye called me and said that it was the first snow in North China.
I asked Second Master Tang with a smile: "You called, didn't you tell me this, what's wrong, Second Master Tang, you can just say anything directly,"
Tang Erye said at this time: "Didn't I see that you have become the Five Ghost Saint Monarch in the southwest, I'm afraid that you are not available, I really have something to do here recently, of course, if you are not available, I will push this case away,"
I first asked Tang Erye what the case was, and then asked him if he took it from Xiao's family.
Second Master Tang said: "No, this case is what we heard about ourselves, so we don't have any income, if we can't handle it ourselves, then this case will have to be told to the Xiao family, this case can't be delayed,"
I asked Second Master Tang to talk about the situation of the case, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "This case was discovered by chance when I went to deal with a small case with Shaojie last week, in a village called Longquan Temple in the middle of Taihang Mountain,"
Hearing the name Longquan Temple, I am no stranger to it, and there are dozens of places called Longquan Temple in the whole country, not to mention hundreds.
However, the legends of each place are the same, there are dragons, springs, temples, and they are all stories of positive images.
Some preach the spiritual light of the temple, and some preach that the spring water has a wonderful use,
So when I heard Second Master Tang say this, I smiled and said, "Second Master Tang, is there any news of a real dragon?"
Second Master Tang said: "No, you listen to me first, don't interject,"
I said, OK,
Second Master Tang was stunned for a while before telling me the story carefully,
Speaking of this story, Tang Erye first started from a place in Xihua County, Henan, where there is also a Longquan Temple, but there is not a village, but a temple.
The ancient temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and developed to Sheng, covering an area of more than 100 acres and more than 300 houses.
But during the Huichang period of the Tang Dynasty, it was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty court.
The reason is very simple, because in the late Tang Dynasty, the power of Buddhism became greater, and these temples not only did not need to pay taxes, but also owned a large amount of land and monks and nuns, and even some temples also enjoyed the annual appropriation of the imperial court.
These Buddhist temples have seriously affected the stability of the Tang Dynasty, and because of the frequent wars at that time, many people became monks and nuns in order to avoid taxes, which led to a great reduction in productivity in the late Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, some temples relied on their own strength and began to raise some monks, these monks and soldiers because they usually practiced martial arts, each brave and good at fighting, and some large temples even bullied the head of the Tang local government.
In this context, during the Tang Huichang period, the imperial court ordered the start of the Buddha destruction movement.
At that time, more than 44,000 temples, Zhaoti, and Lanruo were demolished across the country, more than 260,000 lay monks were returned, 150,000 slaves and maids were returned, and a large amount of land was confiscated, which greatly reduced the burden on the Tang court.
And the Longquan Temple in Xihua County was destroyed once during this period.
When he said this, Second Master Tang suddenly stopped telling the story and asked me: "First year of junior high school, have you ever heard of Zhao Guizhen?"
ZHAO Guizhen,
I thought about it for a while and felt that I had some impressions, this person was not told to me by my grandfather, nor did I find it there myself, but Jiang Shuihan told me, he told me that Zhao Guizhen was a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty, and the most powerful thing he ever did was to refine the pill for the emperor to eat, and the emperor was poisoned to death.
The emperor he poisoned seemed to be Tang Wuzong, and the era name at that time seemed to be Huichang,
I told what I knew, and Tang Erye said: "That's right, it's that Zhao Guizhen, one of the initiators of the Tang Dynasty's Buddha destruction movement, he is there,"
"And this Zhao Guizhen himself is still a talisman master, it is said that he has painted several golden talismans, of course, his qualifications are still much worse than the current Xu Xuan,"
I asked Second Master Tang curiously: "In other words, the destruction of Longquan Temple has something to do with Zhao Guizhen, is he directly involved?"
Second Master Tang said: "I don't know about this,"
Then Tang Erye returned to the original story, he said that the Longquan Temple has been abandoned later, and it was rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty.
But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because the monks of the temple did something bad and moral, the temple was leveled by the imperial court, but the imperial court Pinglongquan Temple was also wasted, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court attacked the temple for ten days.
It can be seen that the monks of Longquan Temple were strong at that time.
Hearing this, I asked Second Master Tang, what did those monks do to break the morals,
Second Master Tang said: "Those monks went to the bottom of the mountain to buy a large number of combs,"
I subconsciously said, "What's the sin of buying a comb,"
But after saying this, I immediately reacted, what do a group of monks do to buy combs, and a lot of them, is there a woman in that temple,
Tang Erye said: "Exactly, there are a lot of women hidden in the temple, some of them were bought by the temple, some were snatched by the monks, and those women have all become the playthings of the monks in the temple without exception,"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but be shocked: "These monks are too bold,"
Tang Erye continued: "That's right, in ancient times, only Buddhist temples funded by the imperial court could be called temples or temples,"
"And the folk temple can only be called Zhaoti or Lanruo, which is like a state, a private enterprise,"
"There is no doubt that Longquan Temple was repaired by the imperial court in the early Ming Dynasty, but the temple funded by the imperial court did such a depraving thing, which naturally angered the imperial court, and this is why the Ming court sent troops to levy it,"
"Among the several powerful generals who conquered Longquan Temple, two of them were surnamed Wang, and according to legend, their skills were superb, that is, they took the lead in defeating the warrior monks of Longquan Temple, but their specific names are unknown to anyone,"
Speaking of now, Tang Erye has been telling me the story background of the case, and he hasn't said what the case is, and he has always been talking about Longquan Temple in Huaxi County, Henan, and not about Longquan Temple Village in the middle of Taihang Mountain.
So I couldn't help but be curious and asked: "Is there any connection between the Longquan Temple in Huaxi County and the Longquan Temple in the middle of Taihang Mountain?"
Second Master Tang nodded and said, "Indeed, the legend of Longquan Temple in Huaxi County also exists in this village in the middle of Taihang Mountain, and the story is almost the same,"
"And the locals can also tell the approximate location of the destroyed temple and the killing of the monks,"
I was curious: "No, such a mirror thing, how can it happen in two places at the same time in the same period, there must be a legend in one place that is false, but then again, this Longquan Temple matter is not a glorious thing, who will take a big bag on themselves,"
Second Master Tang said: "Indeed, we were also curious about this at the time, so we investigated it deeply, and found a big case, if we complete this case, it can greatly increase the strength of our Pure Ancient Sect,"
Increase our strength, will this case give us any benefit,
I hurriedly went to ask Second Master Tang,