59 Set an example

The day after the emperor returned to the palace, the early dynasty.

Yuwenshen stepped forward to play: "Your Majesty, Tsukasa Zai, Chen Yuwenshen has something to play!" ”

Seeing the second brother step forward to play, the corners of the eldest brother Yu Wenxun's mouth twitched, but before he could scold in his heart, the emperor had already spoken: "Say it." ”

"Yes!" Yuwen Shen nodded, then looked up at his father Yuwen Hu, and only after receiving a slight signal from his father did he say, "Your Majesty, Tsukasa!" The day before yesterday, the matter of rectifying the chaos of Buddhism and monks, since the imperial court has passed it, should it be implemented? ”

"If you have any ideas, just say it." Yuwen Wu said.

"Yes, the minister thinks that Buddhism has deep roots in my Great Zhou, and it may be difficult to clear it for a while, so the minister suggested that Chang'an and Jingzhou should be selected first, take the lead in rectification, and set an example for all localities, and then all localities will slowly implement it, so as to ensure that my Great Zhou is not chaotic. It can also achieve the purpose of cleaning up the Buddhist monks! "Yuwen Hu said,

Just when everyone was silently calculating, the eldest brother Yu Wenxun couldn't stand still, and asked directly: "There are so many places in Dazhou, why is it only Chang'an and Jingzhou?" ”

Yu Wenshen paced two steps in the direction of the eldest brother, and said with a smile that made the eldest brother look hideous: "Chang'an is the national capital, so it should naturally take the lead, and Jingzhou, the Buddhist temple has the most monks, and the lawless things are also the most, of course, the serious illness should be treated first, and then the minor illness should be treated." ”

Yu Wenxun stopped doing it on the spot, you pouted your ass, I don't know what you pulled, you just stared at Jingzhou! He opened his mouth and said, "What is your reasoning?" Chang'an and Jingzhou are both important places in the Great Zhou Dynasty, aren't you Hu Lai? ”

Yu Wenshen ignored him, and turned upwards and said: "What the minister played just now, whether it is reasonable, please ask Your Majesty and Tsukasa to decide!" ”

The emperor still didn't say a word, but Yuwen Hu squinted his eyes, and then opened them all of a sudden, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Yuwen Shen is reasonable, so he sent an edict to Chang'an and Jingzhou, let them carry it out." At present, there is a vacancy in Jingzhou's assassin history, and the minister thinks that he will wait for the court to have a reasonable and suitable candidate, and then let him do it, what does Your Majesty think? ”

The emperor nodded and said to Yuwen Go, "Since Tsukazai thinks this is good, let the following do it." ”

"Yes!" Yuwen Hu nodded, and then said to the following: "Heavenly Palace, let's first draft the decree according to the meaning just now!" ”

Hearing this, Yu Wenshen now thought that he had been poured a basin of cold water, and stood there, sneering. But he quickly adjusted his state and asked, "Then ...... Jingzhou Thorn History?"

"Second brother, don't worry, didn't the intention say that after the arrival of Jingzhou Thorn Shi, the rectification will be carried out." Yu Wenxun gloated, and his father's sudden decision made him very proud.

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The decree was soon given!

The decree said: "King Wen of the Great Zhou, Shenwen Shengwu, blood sprinkled on rivers and mountains, so that the blessing of thousands of miles, the rain moistens the world." After following the Zhou ceremony, cherishing benevolence and righteousness, looking up to the holy, and respecting Confucianism to educate the people, he finally got the river and the sea clear, the four directions were peaceful, and the people lived in peace, and the immortal merit of this saint was also. Look up to the high, drill the strong, look ahead, suddenly behind. Today, there are temples and Taoist temples in Chang'an and other places in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the monks are indiscriminate, and the temples have many coins, which harm the people, encroach on people's land, evade rent and taxes, avoid forced labor, and harm the country and the people, and endanger one party. Today, the palace is in line with the will of heaven, the people are obedient, and the Confucianism reprimands the Buddha, and the special order is from now on: the Chang'an government must strictly and thoroughly investigate, and the forbidden army will be dispatched to cooperate. And all obscenities are forbidden, and those that are not contained in the rituals are all removed! Chin this! ”

Tuguan, the Chang'an assassin who was in charge of the inventory of the Chang'an temple, recently received greetings from more than a dozen princes and ministers, and the parent official of Chang'an has been cautious and walking on thin ice since he took over, but he did not expect to be pushed directly to the edge of the cliff this time, and he was in a dilemma. The capital of Chang'an is surrounded by many temples, but the monks of these temples are not so simple, and the errands of the government officials are not easy to do!

The splendid temples, the Buddha of these temples can overturn their own little Chang'an thorn history if they come out casually, not to mention the future. After the imperial court's will was issued, Tsukasa Zaiyu Wenhu said that he would first set an example for all places in Chang'an, and ordered the transfer of 1,000 soldiers and horses from each of the three battalions of the Royal Forest Army to Chang'an Assassin History.

Now Xiao Ke, the deputy general of the Longwu Battalion of the Royal Forest Army, Hou Mo Chen Rui, the deputy general of the Huwei Battalion, and Xiong Sanbao, the deputy general of the Leopard Chong Battalion, are each standing outside the yamen with 1,000 people, waiting for Tu Guan to give an order. Looking at Tu Guan again, he is now in a hurry in the back hall, because he knows that he can no longer delay, but until now, he still doesn't know which temple to take first. At this time, a chief of the Assassin's Mansion surnamed Zhang came over and said: "Assassin Shiguan, now the three generals have been waiting outside the door, and the lower officials have refused to invite them in for tea, so you have an idea, check which one today?" ”

Tu Guan became angry all of a sudden: "If this official knows who to check first, he still needs to sit here and listen to your nagging?" Who dares to enter this assassination yamen now? Who's coming in isn't a bunch of trouble? ”

"Shangguan is angry, since Shangguan can't make up his mind, Xiaguan has an idea, I don't know ......," Zhang Zhusi said.

"Speak quickly!" Tu Guan grabbed Master Zhang.

"Assassin Shiguan, the will of this abolished Buddha is under the imperial court, but who is the recital of this abolished Buddha?" Mr. Zhang reminded.

"You mean to start with the people around the second son?" Tu Guan seems to understand.

"That's right! The song is on him, so he naturally wants to take the people around him as an example, one is that we are on an errand, and the other is to follow his intentions, even if the second son is dissatisfied, he has to weigh it. Zhang Zhusi said.

After hearing this, Tu Guan sighed and said, "Okay, okay, just according to what you said, anyway, I won't have a long history of assassination." Let's go. ”

When he came to the front of the mansion, he saw that the people and horses were ready, the swords and guns were numerous, and the three generals were majesticly on the tall horses, Tu Guan stepped forward and saluted: "The three generals have worked hard. ”

"I'm waiting to obey the order of the assassin today, and I won't work hard to run errands for the imperial court." Xiao Ke said.

"I don't know if the assassin has decided? Which one are we going to look out for today? Hou Mo Chen Rui asked.

Tu Guan smiled bitterly, did not answer, walked to the horse, was supported by someone to get on the horse, and said: "It is reported that the monks of Fuji Temple in the west of the city forcibly occupied the land, adopted slaves and maids, and violated morals. ”

"Good! Then go to Fukuji Temple. After Xiao Ke finished speaking, he turned his horse and left, and the others followed closely behind. When Hou Mo Chen Rui heard that he was going to Fuji Temple, he glanced at Tu Guan coldly and left without saying anything. It turned out that this Hou Mo Chen Rui was the nephew of Hou Mo Chen Chong, the general of the Zhu State, Hou Mo Chen Chong was the father-in-law of the second son Yu Wenshen, and his daughter Shuyi was Hou Mo Chen Chong's beloved daughter. Therefore, when Hou Mo Chen Rui heard that he was going to Fuji Temple, he was immediately unhappy and glanced at Tu Guan. Tu Guan didn't need to look to know that Hou Mo Chen Rui was looking at him, how dare he look at each other, pretended not to see it, and hurriedly walked away.

Coming to the door of Fuji Temple, Tu Guan first asked Zhang Zhusi to step forward and said: "Order: Thoroughly investigate the Fuji Temple that does not abide by the law of the country, occupies the people's land, adopts slaves and maids, and violates morals. Anyone who refuses to obey will be killed on the spot for the crime of treason! ”

As soon as Zhang's voice fell, the three generals behind waved their hands, and the sergeants behind rushed up with knives and guns, rushed into various halls, Buddhist halls, and meditation rooms, and drove all the monks to the front yard.

The presiding officer of the Fuji Temple stepped forward and said: "Generals, the will of the imperial court is to thoroughly investigate those illegal temples that encroach on the fields, and the monks of my Fuji Temple are all law-abiding disciples of Buddhism, abide by the precepts and keep the rules, and dare not have any trampling on the national law and insulting the Sven, why do you want to detain us here, besides, this Fuji Temple was built with the incense money donated by the nobles in the court, do you want to destroy the merits of several nobles?" "This presiding officer deliberately came out of the people in the court, preparing to let these people retreat.

"The nobles of the court are dedicated to goodness and compassion, so they donate some incense money for you to promote Buddhism and purify all sentient beings, and you are monks of wine and meat, all day long, fine clothes and fine food, greedy for pleasure, but also wantonly annex the people's land, evade national taxes, and even buy and sell maidservants, for you to indulge your selfish desires, and ruin the reputation of Buddhism. It's shameless! Come! Continue to search in the back to see if there is a tunnel secret room, and when I find out the evidence, see what you monks have to say!" Tu Guan ordered.

"You are simply blind to the laws of the country, search the temple without authorization, and do not respect the gods and Buddhas, you will be punished, do you know, who donated this temple?" When the presiding officer saw that these people did not buy it, he continued to intimidate the people in the court.

"Humph! You illegal and filthy bald donkeys still want to ramp up the officials of the imperial court and frame them, it's just bold!" At this time, Xiao Ke is a person who has been in officialdom for a long time after all, and seeing that the host is still talking nonsense, he really wants to shout something, and no one looks good, so he has to stop talking.

At this time, there was a cry of a woman from the backyard, and it turned out that a sergeant had discovered the underground secret room in the backyard and found a lot of powder from it, which was obviously hidden by these monks. These women were scolded by the soldiers with knives and guns, and some of them immediately cried in fright. The Guards chased the women up from below and escorted them to the front yard.

Tu Guan sneered, and was about to speak, but he got another report, which turned out to be that when someone searched, he found many land deeds for buying and selling fields. Tu Guan took these land deeds, came to the front of the host, and said with a smile: "I said that your life as a monk is good, you are a good field and a woman, and you are much more comfortable than me, this is the precepts you abide by, and the rules you hold?" Is it okay to have a face? Tu Guan said as he took these title deeds and slapped the host's face.

The abbot seemed to be a little annoyed and angry after the matter was revealed, so he lowered his face and said: "There are so many temples in Chang'an City, why check our family, I can't wait!" The presiding officer was obviously trying to call on the rest of the people to resist, and someone in the monks immediately chimed in: "Yes, why are you only checking us?" There are more monasteries that have bought land, so why can't we? We are devoted to the Buddha, but we have attracted such a calamity, and you will be punished......" presided over such a provocation, and all of a sudden the monks boiled over, and there were all kinds of people who were noisy and shouting.