Empress Dowager Li and Empress Cao rushed to Zhao Zhen and grabbed Zhao Zhen's palm to see if he was injured.

Zhao Zhen's palm was punctured by a wooden thorn, and blood oozed out, but he didn't realize it.

Empress Dowager Li and Empress Cao were startled, and hurriedly called the imperial doctor to come over to help Zhao Zhen heal his injuries.

After the imperial doctor helped Zhao Zhen pick out the wooden thorns and bandage the wounds, Empress Dowager Li asked with a heartfelt face: "Why are the officials annoyed?" ”

Zhao Zhen had a gloomy face and said: "A small temple has accumulated more than 20 million yuan, and I didn't have so much money when I ascended the throne. I, the emperor, is not as good as a monk. ”

Empress Dowager Li was also shocked when she heard this number.

You must know that her annual pocket money is only 200,000 yuan.

The money collected by a temple has exceeded her pocket money for a lifetime, how can she not be surprised.

You know, she is the current queen mother.

"So rich, is it still a temple?"

Empress Dowager Li asked in disbelief.

Empress Cao roughly guessed which temple it was, so she didn't speak.

Zhao Zhen looked at the Empress Dowager Li and said, "It's the Daxiangguo Temple that you often go to." ”

"Daxiangkokuji Temple?!"

Empress Dowager Li was shocked.

It was hard for Empress Dowager Li to imagine that the old monk who was kind and kind in front of her and had a high-ranking image actually held such a large sum of money in his hand.

The image of the old monk collapsed in her heart in an instant.

In Empress Dowager Li's cognition, in addition to the imperial court, people who can hold so much money in their hands must not be good people.

Because if you don't commit adultery, it is difficult for anyone to amass so much wealth if you only rely on serious means to accumulate wealth.

Empress Dowager Li was shocked and asked, "How did Daxiangguo Temple collect so much money?" ”

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Since the collapse of several palaces, Daxiangguo Temple is the largest Yinzi Qian family in Bianjing City. ”

"Daxiangguo Temple put the seal money? Is it the kind of money that forced people to sell their sons and daughters and may not be able to afford it? ”

Empress Dowager Li asked quickly.

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Li said angrily: "They do such a thing that has lost their conscience, they are still some kind of monks." Daxiangguo Temple is still a pure place.

The most infuriating thing is that they actually deceived the mourning family.

Every time the mourning family went to the Great Xiangguo Temple, they coaxed the mourning family to donate a lot of sesame oil money.

The officials should punish them well.

Their sin of deceiving the mourning family should also be reckoned with. ”

Although Empress Dowager Li believed in Buddhism, she hated being bullied by others.

She has been bullied for most of her life, and she has no good feelings for the people who bully her.

Even if the person who deceived her was very favored in front of her before, after she learned that she had been deceived, her favor for her would instantly drop to the freezing point.

Empress Dowager Li felt that the Buddha was good.

It's just that those monks who serve the Buddha have a black heart.

Not only deceived her, but also defiled the Buddha.

It must be punished severely.

Zhao Zhen heard Empress Dowager Li's words, nodded slowly, and said, "Naturally, I won't let them go." I have already decreed that I have taken away the name of the Great Xiangguo Temple.

Since I have been in the Song Dynasty, there should be no more national temples and national teachers in my Great Song Dynasty.

I have already handed over the affairs of the Great Xiangguo Temple to the fourth brother.

I believe that the fourth brother will severely punish those villains. ”

“……”

Just when Zhao Zhen and Empress Dowager Li were discussing the severe punishment of the monks of Daxiangguo Temple.

The magnates and civil and military ministers in Bianjing City have already arrived at the Daxiangguo Temple in a carriage.

When they saw the list posted at the entrance of the Great Xiangguo Temple, as well as the money piled up in the courtyard of the Great Xiangguo Temple, they were all shocked.

After Lu Yijian, Zhang Zhibai, and Wang Zeng arrived, they almost didn't drop their jaws.

"The old man really didn't expect that a small temple would collect so much money."

"The pure place of Buddhism has actually become the largest Yinzi Qian family in Bianjing City......"

"There is such a cancer hidden in Bianjing City, the three of us didn't even notice it before......

“……”

Lu Yijian and the three exchanged glances and walked to Kou Ji.

"The old man originally thought that after checking the temples in the world, at most he would find out millions of dirty money and tens of thousands of acres of land. But I didn't expect that just a big Xiangguo Temple exceeded the old man's expectations.

The richness of the temples in the world far exceeds that of the imperial court. ”

After Lu Yijian walked in front of Kou Ji, he sighed.

When Kou Ji heard this, he said indifferently: "How about handing over the important task of checking other temples in the world to Duke Lu?" ”

Lu Yijian was stunned when he heard this, and shook his head decisively.

Checking the temples in the world can certainly establish many merits, but there are also many people who are offended.

Kou Ji was able to inventory the Great Xiangguo Temple, but he also relied on heavy soldiers.

If there are no heavy troops, it is definitely not so easy to check the Great Xiangguo Temple.

Kou Ji led a heavy army to break into the Great Xiangguo Temple, and after the monks of the temples in the world knew about it, they would definitely hold a grudge against Kou Ji.

And the way the monks do things is different from the world.

As long as they hold a grudge, they will definitely take revenge.

And the revenge is endless.

Lu Yijian looked at the merits of the temples in the world, but he was unwilling to preside over the matter.

Seeing that Lu Yijian flinched, Kou Ji pursed his lips slightly.

But he didn't open his mouth to ask Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai.

Wang Zeng is different from Zhang Zhibai, they also know how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, but both of them are the kind of people who can give up everything for the court and the people.

So once Kou Ji spoke, the two of them would inevitably agree to it.

Kou Ji has enough strength and means to protect himself, but Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai do not.

Take the previous recital to investigate the temples in the world.

After Zhang Zhibai asked for this matter, he was repeatedly targeted.

Zhang Zhibai didn't have enough strength to protect himself, so the maid in his house died, there were more golden gold glazed tiles on the roof, and the domestic dog also had horns on his head.

If this matter had been played by Kou Ji, such a thing would never have happened in Kou Mansion.

Those who want to go to Koufu to make trouble, it is estimated that before they enter the door, they will be hung on the flagpole with their legs broken.

The reason why Kou Ji did not come forward to ask for this matter was mainly because it was not appropriate for him to open this matter, and he would not be taken seriously by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world.

Because he is now a privy envoy, he belongs to the military ministers, not the civil ministers.

There is a big difference between the functions of military ministers and civil ministers.

There is also a difference between Wuchen and Wenchen when they talk about political affairs.

As far as military affairs are concerned.

If Kou Ji came forward to ask for troops to attack anyone, the opposition from the government and the opposition would be very small.

Because the government and the opposition all know Kou Ji's skills, and they also know that Kou Ji is in charge of the army, it is natural to propose to send troops to attack whom.

However, if Wang Zeng and others came forward to ask for troops to attack anyone, the opposition from the government and the opposition would be very loud.

First of all, there will be a strong sense of resistance among the warriors.

The ministers will question whether they have ulterior motives, and they will also question whether the things they ask are reliable.

Therefore, to investigate the affairs of the temples in the world, Zhang Zhibai came forward to ask for it, which was far more effective than Kou Ji's invitation.

Even if Kou Ji came forward to ask for this matter, he would pass the test.

But the resistance encountered will definitely be greater than Zhang Zhibai's invitation.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen have a lot to do, but they don't have much time, so they must reduce the resistance as much as possible and shorten the time.

"Previously, when the Vertical Arch Hall was discussing politics, the official family had decided to use all the money obtained from the inventory of temples in the world to promote Mongolian learning. Don't worry about the money. ”

Kou Ji looked at the eyes of Lu Yijian and the three of them staring at the money in the courtyard of the Great Xiangguo Temple, and couldn't help but remind him.

Lu Yijian's faces were not very good-looking.

Because just one Daxiangguo Temple, such money has been checked, and after the inventory of the temples in the world is completed, the money found out is probably an unimaginable number.

Such money is only used for the promotion of Mongolian learning, which is too extravagant.

With the supply of a large amount of money in Dali and Jiaozhi, the Mengxue of the Great Song Dynasty has basically been on the right track.

The investment in the early stage of Mongolian school is the largest, because it involves the purchase of land, the construction of school buildings, and the purchase of some due things.

But the later investment is not so large.

In the later stage, it is only necessary to maintain the school building, provide Mr. Mengxue's money, and provide the books of the Mengtongs.

Although the cost is also large, it is not as big as in the early stage.

The money obtained from the inventory of all the temples in the world should be able to support the study of Mengxue and Mengtong in recent years.

The promotion of Mengxue will not cost so much money for a while.

So the money is piled up in the treasury, and some of it is wasted, and they should be put to good use.

Li Di of Hexi and Wang Sui of Xingqing both petitioned the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court could approve some money for them to use to divert water.

There are rivers and deserts in Hexi.

The same is true around Xingqing.

Initial results have been achieved in controlling desertification in Hexi.

With the unremitting efforts of Li Di and the people of Hexi, Hexi has gained 100,000 acres of forest land last year.

Those woodlands are all begged for by the desert and the barren Gobi.

Li Di mentioned in the recital that if the imperial court approved some money for him to open a canal to divert water, the speed of desert and Gobi forestation would definitely be accelerated exponentially.

Because they have already figured out how to control desertification and how to control the Gobi.

After Wang Suizai learned that Li Di had achieved results in controlling sand in Hexi, he specially sent someone to Li Di to learn from him.

Now he wants to follow Li Di's example and govern the desert around Xingqing.

Controlling sand and diverting water is a major project.

Naturally, there is a lot of money needed.

After the two of them were delivered to the imperial court, the imperial court did not agree.

Now that they saw the money obtained from the inventory of the temple, Lu Yijian and the three of them moved their minds.

But before they could open their mouths, Kou Ji choked their words in his stomach.

"You can't ......"

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and spoke.

"Can't!"

Kou Ji didn't wait for him to finish his words, and he flatly refused.

It's not that Kou Ji doesn't know their thoughts, it's just that the money he got from checking the temple is really not good for them.

Why is it not good to give?

Because with the inflow of money on both sides of Dali and Jiaozhi, the prices of the Great Song Dynasty have begun to rise.

It's not obvious at the moment.

Because of the money flowing into the Great Song Dynasty from Dali and Jiaozhi, the first to enter was the word Jiaozi shop.

After the regulation and control of the word Jiaozipu, and then slowly flowing into the people, the impact on prices is not great.

However, if Lu Yijian and others take the money obtained from the inventory of temples in the world to build two huge water canals, a large amount of money will rush into the people at one time, and the prices of the people will definitely rise.

The gap between rich and poor will widen at a rate that is visible to the naked eye.

Prices will also climb to a point where it is difficult for poor people to buy.

When the time comes, it will lead to huge contradictions.

Indoctrination is only now becoming widespread.

Most of the people are still illiterate.

Once there is a huge contradiction, the people will not bother to listen to what you are talking about, and they will decisively pull the flag and rebel.

At that time, the damage to the Great Song Dynasty will inevitably be great.

Therefore, the first task of the Great Song Dynasty is to make the people rich before the price of goods rises to the point where it is difficult for the poor people to buy.

After Wang Zeng was rejected by Kou Ji, his face was not good-looking.

Seeing this, Kou Ji smiled and said, "Although the money and property found out can't be given to you, the land and property found out can be given to you." ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them stared in amazement.

Kou Ji continued to laugh and said, "The three of you may want to think about how to reasonably distribute these fields to the poor people. ”

With the methods of Lu Yijian and the three of them, they will definitely be able to avoid the black hands of a large number of wealthy families, and let the land be distributed to the poor people.

Lu Yijian and the others heard Kou Ji's words and fell into deep thought.

After a long time.

Zhang Zhibai stared at Kou Ji and asked, "What do you think is the production capacity of the fields that have been checked?" ”

Kou Ji thought for a moment, "It should be possible to distribute the fields to those who can't afford to eat." How much can be divided depends on how much can be checked. ”

"How long does it take?"

"Three or five months......"

Lu Yijian and the three of them glared together, looking stunned.

"So fast?!"

Don't look at Kou Ji's ease of cleaning up the Great Xiangguo Temple, that's because Kou Ji is in a high position, has a lot of power that can be mobilized, and a lot of people who can suppress it.

The host of the Great Xiangguo Temple, the things that threatened Kou Ji were taken out.

Kou Ji didn't care at all, and even dared to let some soldiers unload their armor in front of the host of the Great Xiangguo Temple, pretend to be bandits, and make it look like they wanted to wash the Great Xiangguo Temple in blood.

You try it with someone else.

Emperor Taizong's holy decree to canonize the Great Xiangguo Temple alone was enough to deter the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

The ministers of the Great Song Dynasty who dared to mess around in front of Emperor Taizong's will are estimated to be Kou Ji alone.

It is impossible for the people of the local yamen to act as recklessly as Kou Ji, and the number of people who can be mobilized is also limited.

When they check the temples in the world, the speed will naturally be very slow.

At this point, it's all efficient.

Therefore, Kou Ji said that he could complete the inventory of all the temples in the world within three or five months, and Lu Yijian and the three of them naturally couldn't believe it.

Kou Ji said indifferently: "Is this fast?" The official family directly ordered the local soldiers and horses, so that they could directly attack all the temples in the world without going through other local yamen.

Checking all the temples in the world within three or five months is already very slow. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them stared, not knowing what to say.

It is really fast to mobilize soldiers and horses, without going through other local yamen, and directly to the temples in the world.

After all, military orders are like mountains.

Even if Zhao Zhen ordered them to die, they would carry it out.

Zhao Zhen asked them to go out to grab money, food, and land, and if they didn't get dividends, could they still be unhappy?

They don't care about people, and they don't care who is behind you, and they don't care what is life-saving.

Anyway, Zhao Zhen made a will, and Zhao Zhen was also responsible for how big things were.

They have nothing to worry about.

All you need to do is grab a blade and rush into the temple and empty some of it.

The repercussions and consequences of doing so are severe.

First of all, there will be complaints from the local government yamen.

There will also be complaints from the people.

Those soldiers didn't take much care of it, and if they didn't do it, they would kill too much and cause a lot of lives.

There are many monks who are good at demagogy.

If the soldiers cause a lot of trouble, and those who are good at demagoguery among the monks will definitely take the opportunity to deceive the people into making trouble.

At least it will be a civil uprising, and at worst it will be a rebellion.

"It's too mushy!"

Wang Zeng frowned and shouted.

Kou Ji glanced at him and said, "Are you accusing the official family?" ”

Wang Zeng was annoyed, "So what? Even if it is in front of the official, the old man dares to say so. ”

Koji shook his head and smiled, "I know what you're worried about, but your worries are unnecessary. Even if someone makes trouble, it can't be done.

Because from the very beginning, we weren't going to give them a chance to make trouble.

Soldiers and horses from all over the country will check the temples in the world, and they will not go out before they start.

The official family issued an order to kill without mercy for this.

I believe that few people can't get along with their heads.

After entering the temple, soldiers and horses from all over the country will not leave immediately.

Instead, they will control the temple, and then count the money, land and other industries inside, and after the inventory, they will be confiscated together.

I still won't leave after that.

Rather, the monks in the temple will be screened.

Those who are willing to obey the laws of our Great Song Dynasty will stay, register them, and distribute them.

Those who are unwilling to comply with it will be distributed to Dali.

If they want to stir up trouble, then let it go.

As long as they can block the front of the 100,000 forbidden army of our Great Song Dynasty, as well as the soldiers of the newly established Naturalized Army and the Returned Army.

As for some fish that have slipped through the net, there is no need to worry about making trouble among the people.

Since the imperial court has issued degrees to monks in various places.

In the future, no matter where the monks go, they should check the degree.

Those who are unscrupulous will be punished as wild monks and demons, and they will be captured and distributed together. ”

Today, Chong Shiheng, Zhu Neng, and Di Qing are still in Dali, and the elite of the 100,000 forbidden army is also in Dali.

After the imperial court conquered Dali, it recruited nearly 60,000 people from the original soldiers and horses in Dali to form two armies, naturalization and guiyi.

160,000 soldiers and horses, including 100,000 elite soldiers.

Kou Ji didn't think that those monks would be able to make any trouble under the noses of 160,000 soldiers and horses after they arrived in Dali.

If it does, that's fine.

The imperial court can justifiably suppress and capture the people they bewitched, and then send them to mining.

Of course, it is impossible for 100,000 forbidden troops to be stationed in Dali.

Subsequently, when Chong Shiheng and the others return to the court, they will definitely return to Bianjing, and then return to their respective places.

Therefore, after Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen discussed, another forbidden army was set up, the number of which was initially set at 60,000, some of which were drawn from the forbidden army and the other part was recruited from the people.

It was named Zhenshan.

Previously, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was small and there was no need for so many soldiers and horses, coupled with the chaos of the military system, and the soldiers and horses were erosive, so it was necessary to streamline and dismantle them, save military spending, and improve combat effectiveness.

Now that the territory of the Great Song Dynasty has been expanded again, the number of forbidden troops in the Great Song Dynasty naturally has to increase.

Dali has just returned to the Song Dynasty, and there are countless small tribes in various places that are not subservient, and there are countless people who have surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, but still have ghosts in their hearts.

There are also some who want to secretly accumulate strength to restore the country.

Therefore, the soldiers and horses in the town must be large in number and strong in combat.

Therefore, even if Chong Shiheng and others return to the dynasty, Dali still has heavy troops.

The Guiyi and Naturalization armies, after being educated by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, will also be assigned to the local area and become local soldiers and horses to help the local officials control Dali together.

Therefore, Kou Ji is not afraid that those monks will make trouble after being assigned to Dali.

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Lu Yijian and the three of them glanced at each other, and they all sighed.

After Kou Ji finished speaking, they already understood Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen's intentions.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen took advantage of the situation and threw the people who might make trouble in the Great Song Dynasty to Dali to make trouble.

And then use them to make trouble, and clean up those people with evil intentions in Dali.

By the way, hundreds of new mines were filled with miners for the imperial court.

Obviously two bad things.

But Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen turned it into three good things.

As long as there are no surprises.

The final result was that there were fewer monks who made trouble in the Great Song Dynasty, and they couldn't make any big waves.

Ill-intentioned people in Dali were sent to mine.

The imperial court made a lot of money from beginning to end.

It is the court that benefits, and it is always others who suffer.

Lu Yijian and the three of them can be sure that Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen have been planning this matter for definitely not a day or two.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible to plan so thoroughly, and it would not have been possible to turn two troubles into three good things.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen planned such a big plan behind their backs, and they only told them a little bit from beginning to end.

The three of them felt that their Zai Fu was in vain.

But no one had the idea of abdicating to make way for the virtuous.

They have been in the middle of it for decades before they are where they are now.

Now is the time for the Great Song Dynasty to be brave and diligent, and they don't want to miss it.

"Although you and the official family have handled everything properly, there are still troubles. Before you get rid of the fish that have slipped through the net among the monks, something bad will happen. ”

Lu Yijian thought about it for a long time and slowly spoke.

Kou Ji nodded, "Bleeding is certain...... When the tumor is removed, there is nothing that does not bleed. But the officials and I have done our best to minimize the bloodshed. ”

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "When you and the official family go out in the future, I'm afraid you have to be careful." ”

Zhang Zhibai nodded approvingly.

Those fish who slipped through the net, after all the struggles, could not turn the tables, the final result was to set their eyes on the heads of Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.

There is a possibility that they will directly assassinate them.

It is also possible to be like a poisonous snake, lurking around Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen for ten years, twenty years, or even a lifetime.

After Kou Ji heard the words of the three of them, he smiled indifferently: "A group of ghosts and ghosts, I can't see the light, why am I afraid." ”

If it's because of the fear of assassination, the fear of poisonous snakes lurking around.

Then Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen simply didn't do anything.

Assassination is just a trail after all, and it can't change anything except venting personal anger and revenge.