Yuan Ziyan's matter also gave Yang Tong a wake-up call, under the current rule of the Great Sui, the pattern of a hundred schools of thought has quietly bloomed, this is the scene that Yang Tong is willing to see, but everything is too much, whether it is religion or various schools, they cannot get rid of the shackles of the law, let alone enjoy any special rights, and of course the privileges cannot be completely eliminated, but they must be controlled within a controllable range.

When the Silk Road was officially opened, there would inevitably be more foreign doctrines and sects pouring into the Great Sui. The imperial court must have an equal attitude towards the essence of these sects of doctrine, and as for whether the local sects will be crushed by foreign sects, Yang Tong has no choice.

All he could say now was that no one in the damned sect could save him. Those who are eliminated under the big waves are not competitive in themselves, and there is no need to exist, only those who survive through cruel competition are real gold. What Yang Dong needs is a spiritual culture that can lead the nation to continuous progress, rather than sticking to stereotypes and clinging to defects, and will not regard the essence of foreign races as a flood of beasts. Nations can only progress if they are in trouble, and this is true of merchants, and so are sects. The most important thing is that Yang Tong does not believe in the large and small, thousands of schools born from the hundred schools of thought, and he can't do the doctrine of different races.

However, before many ideas poured into the Great Sui, what the imperial court had to do was to set the rules of development.

And the rules need to be discussed with the elites of the times.

Although many of Yang Tong's views seem to be understood, everyone fully agrees with the use of laws to restrict religious rights.

The main reason is that the excessive development of Buddhism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the period of the two emperors of Wenwu has brought many hidden dangers and problems to the whole society and people's livelihood.

Yang Gongren said: "Whether it is a temple or a Taoist temple, they use the name of asking the Buddha to ask for Taoism, and widely collect the hard-earned money of the believers to worship and collect the believers!" This is not only that, there are countless industries under the name of various temples and Taoist temples, connecting various industries across the country, and the most important thing is that these monks have countless fields, but they don't have to pay taxes! ”

"In all dynasties before the Holy Lord, the monks enjoyed the right of tax exemption and exemption from servitude, resulting in the monastery becoming a place outside the law, ordinary people only need to transfer their real estate to the monastery in the form of almsgiving, etc., as long as they pay a considerable amount of land rent, they can be exchanged for the monastery's inscriptions, thus exempting them from taxation and labor. But behind this deal, the monastic monks did not have to pay any price, they were able to get land out of thin air, and a large number of free laborers. During the period of the Second Emperor of Wenwu, the temple in Guanzhong was extremely magnificent, and there were more than 100,000 monks and nuns. These monks, instead of reciting the Dharma and guiding people to do good, spend all day driving the fields to make a living, farming and weaving, appreciating and selling businesses, and doing some business of buying and selling land and property, and lending money and pawns. ”

"It is precisely because of the laissez-faire attitude adopted by successive dynasties that some temples and Taoist temples are extravagant and corrupt. They usually have nothing to do, and they have hundreds of people in their hands who can't spend their sesame oil money. This extravagance naturally followed... The minister thought that we should strictly control it, regardless of Buddhism and Taoism, all of them should be included in the legal system, and the land endowment should be collected, and the sesame oil money should be collected in the form of commercial taxes, and then used as a donation to build a place. ”

"Holy Lord, the minister completely agrees with the opinion of the left servant!" Wei Zheng stood up and said: "Regardless of Buddhism and Taoism, they are all part of the world, and as long as they are still in the world, they will inevitably be contaminated with worldly vices. They were never pure land. Maybe there are really lay people and monks who can come out of the world, but 9999 out of 10,000 people are members of the rolling world, fantasizing about being peerless and independent, but it is just wishful thinking. ”

"The minister thought that it was not only necessary to abolish their privileges, but also to limit the number and scale of monasteries and Taoist temples. In this way, the monks can be gathered in one place, and it is easier to control. All surplus temples were taken over to the imperial court. ”

"Reconsideration!" Yang Shidao, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, took up the conversation and said: "These pseudo-monks collect the hard-earned money of the people, and the people have the right to know the ins and outs of these money. The minister proposed to set up good books and account books in all temples and Taoist temples for the people to consult at any time. The government has to check the account books in detail every quarter, and if there is any abnormality in the expenditure income, it will be severely punished. In this way, people are not enriched. ”

"In addition, many monks are not sincere to the Tao and Buddha, most of them are lazy and lazy ruffians, this must be taken seriously, it is better to follow the imperial examination, all the monks will be given a big assessment, as long as they are not qualified, they will be sent home." Kong Yingda's move is the most ruthless.

“……”

Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, from the very beginning of the restriction of the hundred schools of thought, the temple has been criticized and criticized.

I don't blame everyone for pointing it out, it's because this group of bald guys is so hateful.

The earliest pawn industry appeared in the Buddhist temples of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the pledge of the temple can be mortgaged and redeemed, and the contract relationship can be inherited through relatives, and the process is quite complete.

Human greed is endless, and the six unpurified pseudo-monastics are no exception.

Gradually, they were not satisfied with pawns, so they ran the usury business in full swing, and they borrowed everything, and some monasteries even lent their cattle to farmers for interest.

The usury interest rates of the monasteries were usually higher than those of the world, and they often used the power of the Buddha to intimidate the borrowers in order to obtain higher interest rates. For those who could not repay, the monastery unceremoniously filed a lawsuit with the government, using legal means to protect their legitimate rights and interests, and even forcing them to serve to repay their debts.

If buying and selling land and property, lending money and pawning were still legal businesses in feudal times, some monks who misbehaved even committed illegal acts. There are even some monks who openly buy and sell, rob and steal, and cheat, and lend money is nothing compared to this.

And the warrior monks composed of criminals who 'put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha' are actually personal soldiers, guards, and dead soldiers who serve the temple!

Therefore, stripped of the noble and mysterious armor of "worldly masters", the vast majority of monks are not fundamentally different from businessmen, rich people, and bullies.

Listening to everyone's words, Yang Tong nodded.

Now is a chaotic time when the population is declining sharply, but as long as the world is unified, the population will increase, and the land available will become less and less, and the crisis will arise as a result.

Buddhism, on the other hand, is an outlier among all sects, and they admit believers, occupy mountains as kings, and enclose land as fields. At the same time, the temple did not have to pay any taxes, which led to the monks becoming richer and richer, and the fields increasing, and finally shaking the country's capital.

Yang Tong remembered that decades later in history, the monastery owned a large amount of real estate in the world, and there was a "ten wealth in the world, and the Buddha has seven or eight".

Historically, these extralegal places have been places of concentration of privilege. As a result of their vicious expansion and arrogance, their followers are mixed, and the good and the bad are mixed, with the result that one after another religious organizations that should be indisputable and operate benignly have become cancers of the state.

It eventually led to the destruction of Buddha by Tang Wuzong.

Since the monks like to mobilize their followers to build temples on famous mountains and then take them for themselves, they should not let them build temples indiscriminately. If they occupy good land, they are not allowed to own it, and even if they do, they are taxed according to the tax law; If they are arrogant and extravagant, then limit their income, so that they have no money to earn and no money to use; They are full of disciples, so raise the requirements for them to get started......

In this way, the monks cannot escape responsibility, eat meat, marry wives, be exempt from taxes, make money, be extravagant, break the vows, and finally be uneducated......

If in such an environment, there are still people who sincerely follow the path of the Buddha, it means that the other party is truly committed to the Buddha and is a real monk, and he will definitely not do anything that harms the country and the people.

As long as these terms are implemented as scheduled, all the false thieves and false ways in the world can be wiped out.

What's even more powerful is that these methods are set up completely according to their teachings, and the believers have no reason not to support them, because in their opinion, the monks should be so detached, that they should be so empty, and these rules and regulations are as good as nothing for the enlightened people, and if you don't follow these terms, then you are fake, so why should I believe in you?

However, it is easy to set laws to limit the unbridled growth of monastics, but it is quite difficult to synchronize their rules and teachings with the law.

Because of the setting of many laws, it is necessary to check and fill in the gaps according to the rules of each hundred factions, so as to make up for the loopholes in the law in this regard, this is a very huge project, and the schools may not be willing to let the imperial court put their hands into them, and the legislative department of the imperial court to do this, must sort out the internal rules of each school, as well as their doctrines, so that they can be compared with the laws and regulations one by one, this is a huge siege war, which can not be completed overnight, therefore, Yang Tong did not ask everyone to give a deadlineBut it must be on the agenda as a major item for the legislature to focus on for a decade.

Sending off many important ministers, Yang Tong ascended to the Gundam Chaotian Palace.

Chaotian Hall is very similar to Wu Zetian's Ming Hall, with a total of three floors and a square ground floor, symbolizing the four seasons. The middle layer of the twelve-sided shape, imitating the twelve hours, on it is a round cover, and the nine dragons hold it. The upper layer is 24 sides, and the law is 24 solar terms. The top floor is placed with a golden phoenix, one zhang high. The overall building is more than 300 feet high, it is the tallest building in Yecheng, standing at the highest place, the whole Yecheng has a panoramic view.

Open the door and walk to the corridor, a cold air swept the world, Yecheng, the royal city built by Yang Tong, quietly entrenched at the feet.

Yang Tong took a deep breath of cold air, feeling that this year's time seemed to pass quickly, in the blink of an eye, it was already the end of the year, and a year passed silently.

He felt as if he had done many, many things, but as if he had done nothing.

"Husband, what are you looking at?" Xiao Wu's voice came from behind, draped a thick cloak on Yang Tong's body, and carefully tied the silk silk tightly.

"Looking at our empire." Yang Tong opened his cloak and hugged Xiao Wu into his arms, and there was an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart, according to the steady development of this momentum, his imperial roots will be very strong, maybe in a few hundred years, in the era of barbarism and ignorance in other countries, the Great Sui Dynasty has taken the lead in entering the most prosperous and glorious historical moment, at that time the Great Sui may die, but the soul of the Great Sui will never be extinguished.

"After watching it for a long time, won't your husband get tired?" Xiao Wu, who was shrunk in his cloak, looked at the scene in front of him in confusion, it was cold and snowy outside, and the thick snow pressed on the magnificent palace, and several crystal sharp icicles hung down. Looking into the distance, you can see the whole picture of Yecheng, and a rustic sense of heaviness comes to your face. She will also be shocked at first, but after a long time, it will be boring.

"How is that possible?" Yang Tong shook his head and smiled, men's romance, women sometimes can't understand, "This is the world I have conquered, and it is also the world that I have built Yecheng from the ground, no matter how you look at it, you will not get tired of it." ”

Xiao Wu asked, "Will we still move?" ”

"Definitely!"

"Daxing?" With the recovery of Guanzhong, Chang'an changed its name back to Daxing.

Yang Tong said without hesitation: "Luoyang! ”

Although it is troublesome to move the capital, if you want to enter the Central Plains in the future, Daxing is not suitable as the capital, whether it is to convey news or control all parts of the world, Daxing is not as convenient as Luoyang, where water and land transportation is developed.

Moreover, the problem that Guanzhong's grain could not support Daxing already existed as early as the time of Emperor Wen, and if the capital was set in Daxing, the population would inevitably soar. The cost of southward grain is not only very high, but the key is that if the Yellow River freezes for a long time, there is also a danger of running out of grain. In addition, the environment of the Loess Plateau is too fragile, and if it is unchecked, it will cause irreparable damage.

Although people often say that Luoyang is not in danger, in fact, Luoyang has been full of majestic passes since ancient times, and the situation is dangerous. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty set up eight passes around Luoyang, Kyoto, Yique, Guangcheng, Otani, Yuyuan, Revolving Gate, Mengjin, and Xiaopingjin.

As long as Henan County is captured in the future and then perfected, Luoyang's defensive effect is no worse than that of Guanzhong, which controls the four stops and looks at the world. In addition, the peripheral Tongguan, Tiger Pass, Tianjing Pass, Yiguan and other fortresses have become the strong gateway of Luoyang, as long as the defense is set up, Luoyang will become a military important place that can be attacked and defended.

Wang Shishi chose Luoyang as the first time to gain a foothold, and he did not have the heart of closing the eight passes and looking at the world, but he competed with Yang Qi internally and fought with Wagang outside, consuming too many materials, troops and energy, and there was no time to lay a solid foundation, so there was a situation of leakage everywhere.

"But this will be the last time we'll move. Shenwu Palace, Linshuo Palace, Zhaowu Palace, Daxing Palace, Jiangdu Palace, and Jinyang Palace are all accompanying capitals. Yang Tong tightened his wife in his arms, and his eyes expressed his ambition clearly.

"As long as our family is safe and sound, it's the same everywhere." Xiao Wu smiled lightly.

"When the world is unified, we will also learn from the emperor's grandfather to tour the world, only by always contacting the people, can we understand the needs of the people, and can we hear the voices of the people."

"Hmmm! All right. Xiao Wu's eyes revealed a strong longing.

Snowflakes swirled around the two, and Xiao Wu hung her fine and dense eyelids, obediently snuggling in her husband's arms, her heart warm.

The wind, the snow!

It seemed to be far away from her at this moment.

There was a soft "crunch" sound, and a gust of fragrant wind came to the face.

Yang Tong tilted his head slightly, and looked at Pei Qinghua who was walking over.

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