Merton unexpectedly looked at the decisive Master Huiyuan, and said: "Buddhism has made a wise choice, the reason why we and other hundred schools of thought can be passed down for thousands of years, in addition to our doctrine, that is, our self-discipline, rationality, now the doctor has a number of doctors to cooperate, form a hospital, solve the shortcomings of Langzhong, Taoism will be divided into a faction of Waidan, its theory is no longer flawed, Mojia abandons political ideas, specializing in ink skills, in comparison, Buddhism made this sacrifice is nothing?" ”

What Merton said was unceremonious, but the monks couldn't refute it, yes, now all families are seeking development, compared to the decisiveness of the hundred schools of thought, the Buddhists are indeed a little unable to see the situation.

The most criticized part of Buddhism is that it does not produce, if the number of Buddhists can be limited and controlled within the range that the imperial court can bear, then Buddhism will have no shortcomings and truly carry forward.

"In addition, there is a short board that needs to be solved in order to ensure worry-free!" Merton said again.

"Please also ask Lord Mo for advice!" Master Huiyuan said solemnly, at this moment, he no longer had the slightest contempt for Merton.

"Terada!" Merton said word by word.

"Terada!" The monks looked at each other, they thought that Merton would talk about the gilding of the Buddha statue, but they did not expect to mention Terada.

"At the time of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the world was divided and the people lived in misery, but some shrewd people found a way to avoid the heavy conscription and land rent. ”

The faces of the monks suddenly became unnatural, they naturally knew that this method was to become monks, because monks could be exempted from forced labor and land rent, and the Buddhists used this method to swell sharply, and the number of monks and nuns reached three million at once, and finally attracted the crazy counterattack of the Northern Zhou.

"The people are suffering, how can the Buddhists see death and not save them!" Master Huichang said righteously.

"Yes, you have become the savior of the people, the people only need to meditate and chant the Buddha, they don't have to serve the conscription, they don't have to pay the rent, the Buddhist family can easily get a lot of terada, and what about the court? There is no soldier when fighting, there is no silver when the salary is paid, under the nest, there are eggs, once the world is in chaos, how can the Buddhists be alone, how many Buddhas are scraped when the golden body is scraped, the bronze statue is robbed, and the Buddhist temple is destroyed in one fell swoop. Merton said.

"The Buddha said: If I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell will have this calamity for the Buddhist family." Master Huiyuan said with a sad face.

"One catastrophe and two catastrophes are not enough, do you want to come a third time, now many temples are re-taking the old way, wantonly accepting the believers' land, and even allowing the people to attach the land to the temple field, and many temples put the money to the people, whenever the people can't afford it, they can only take the land to offset the account."

Morton sneered, his eyes swept over the faces of the monks, many monks couldn't help lowering their heads, they naturally knew the situation in their temples, and couldn't help lowering their heads.

"As far as I know, the Buddhists are not short of money, not to mention the Terata under the name of Er, that is, the incense money offered by believers in ordinary times, there are not a few, so it seems that the Buddhists are too greedy and insufficient." The children of the Mo family under the name of Morton are constantly collecting information for the ink magazine, and Morton can be said to know the situation of the Buddhist family well.

Master Huichang said with a proud face: "Although we have collected a lot of money, it is not for selfish desires, but to revive the Buddhist family and serve the Buddha in the future. ”

Other monks couldn't help but nodded, the revival of Buddhism is the belief of a group of monks, but the construction of temples to cast Buddha statues, gilded bodies, which are not all costly, monks are vegetarian, weekdays do not spend much, most of the temple's money is used in these places.

"It is precisely the Buddhists who have chosen such a wrong path that has the catastrophe of destroying the Buddha with two martial arts." Merton affirmed.

"The wrong way, do you allow the Mo family to earn countless money, but you don't allow the Buddhists to collect money and build temples." Once again, the debater couldn't help but retort.

The monks couldn't help nodding, anyone knows that the Mo family's ink skills are unique in the world, and every ink skill reality will bring huge benefits to the Mo family, the first village in the world in Mojia Village, every village is on the household, even if it is a Buddhist family, it has been heard for a long time, but when they heard that the Mo family only allowed the Mo family to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light the lamps, the monks couldn't help but be displeased.

Mo Dun glanced at the debate machine coldly, and retorted: "All the money and wealth of the Mo family are earned by the children of the Mo family, and every article is innocent, and as early as the rise of the Mo family, Mo Mou has already foreseen today's situation, and has already given up the privilege of tax exemption, and the taxes paid for the court every year are as much as tens of thousands of yuan, which also blocks everyone's mouths." And what about Buddhism in comparison? ”

Mojia ink skills are useful in the country and the people, and contributed a huge amount of taxes to the imperial court, Buddhism not only does not produce, but also occupies the privilege of tax exemption, crazy digging the corner of the court, the original tax field into the temple's tax-free temple field, so that the court suffered huge losses, such a comparison, the judgment was made, and the last layer of the fig leaf of Buddhism was completely lifted.

The monks were silent, but no one was willing to give up the benefits they had.

"What about the opinion of the imperial court? My Buddhist family can't have Terada? Master Huiyuan frowned.

Merton shook his head and said: "It's not that you can't have Terada, but you can't swallow land by virtue of the privilege of tax exemption, if the land tax is the foundation of the country, if the national treasury is empty, the imperial court will naturally look for the reason, and when the time comes, .................."

Murton didn't finish speaking, but the monks knew that when the time came, the imperial court would naturally have to attack the Buddhist family that had a large number of temples and was so rich. I am afraid that this is when the third Buddhist catastrophe comes.

"Please also ask Lord Mo for advice." Master Huiyuan bowed solemnly to Merton.

Merton said unceremoniously: "There are two more methods, it depends on how the Buddhists choose, first, the number of tax-exempt temple fields for each monk. ”

The faces of the monks eased at this time, and if each monk was given a certain tax exemption from Terada, then it would not be unacceptable.

"In the old man's opinion, a monk can have fifty acres of tax-free temple land under his name!" Master Huichang said loudly.

The other monks also nodded their heads in agreement.

Merton nodded nondeniably, turned his head to Zu Mingjun and asked, "What is the tax rate of my Chaotian Fu?" ”

"Fifteen taxes one." Zu Mingjun replied without hesitation.

"Now that my Datang has benefited from the promotion of the Mojia experimental field, the yield per mu has reached four quintals, and how much is the fifteenth tax?" Merton said with a puzzled look on his face.

"About thirty-five pounds!" Zu Mingjun replied.

"So the land tax of fifty acres of land is ............."

"One thousand seven hundred and twenty-five pounds."

Morton suddenly realized, looked at Master Huichang with an incredible gaze and said, "The kid didn't expect that a monk's appetite would be so great that he could eat 1,725 catties of grain a year. ”

In an instant, Master Huichang's face was flushed, and he could hear that Morton secretly sarcastically mocked that the Buddhists' appetite was too great, and after Shen Hongcai's calculation of one pound of rations per person, one person could only eat three or four hundred pounds of grain a year, and the cold figures of the ancestor Mingjun made his greed immediately exposed.

"Twenty acres of tax for each monk! In addition to eating, Buddhism also has other expenses, and Buddhism has to develop. Master Fallin said firmly.

The other monks couldn't help but have reluctant expressions on their faces, twenty acres could not satisfy them, but Fa Lin was the Dharma Protector Shamen, and her status was respected, and everyone couldn't say anything?

Merton smiled undeniably, turned his head to look at Master Huiyuan on the side and asked, "What about the master's opinion?" ”

After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, Master Huiyuan suddenly opened his eyes and said firmly: "The Buddhist family gives up the tax-free privilege!" Not a single acre of tax-exempt privileges are not wanted. ”

"What?" Almost all the monks were shocked, puzzled to look at Master Huiyuan, to know that the world's Buddhist temples should talk about the scale of the temple, Shaolin Temple should be the most in the world, not only Shaolin has a long history, and after the Shaolin stick monk saved Li Shimin, Li Shimin also rewarded Shaolin with a rich temple field, adding up nearly 10,000 acres, if all the field tax, it is not a small amount.

"Tax-free 100 acres is wrong in front of the world, tax-free 100 acres is also wrong, in this case, why should my Buddhist family bear this fault, it is better to give up tax exemption, in order to preserve the reputation of my Buddhist family." Master Huiyuan explained.

Today's purpose is to solve the hidden danger of Buddhism, since the tax-free temple field is one of the sources of the robbery of the Buddhist family, rather than twisting and pinching, or the long pain is better than the short pain, once this hidden danger is solved, so that the phenomenon of people avoiding the field tax and hanging the field in the temple can also be eliminated.

Merton looked at Master Huiyuan in surprise, and sincerely admired: "Master is wise, Mo admires." ”

There are nearly 10,000 acres of temple fields in Shaolin Temple, and all of them have given up tax exemption for a year, but it is a loss, which is not a small amount.

Master Huiyuan shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that there is no figure like Mo Shi in my Buddhist family, otherwise I wouldn't have suffered two disasters in a row." ”

The reason why he decided to give up the Terada tax exemption was that the Mo family gave up the tax exemption privilege, the Mo family, like the Buddhists, seems to have the tax exemption privilege can get huge benefits in the short term, but it gives the handle to be attacked, and if it has its own loopholes and shortcomings, it is like an egg with a hole, it will only become more and more broken.

Mo Dun looked at the reluctant looks of many Buddhist monks, and smiled at the moment: "In the secret works of the Mo family, Mo Sheng has a story, and I invite you to taste it." ”

"I'm waiting to listen to the teachings of the Mo Sheng!" Master Huiyuan said respectfully.

"Mo Sheng once traveled to the state of Chu, and stayed at a shepherd's house, and the next morning, the shepherd found that a sheep was missing from the sheepfold, and after careful inspection, it turned out that the sheepfold was broken, and the wolf came in at night and took one of the sheep away. Mo Sheng persuaded him: "Hurry up and repair the sheepfold and plug the hole!" The man refused to accept the advice, and stubbornly said, "The sheep have been lost, so what are you doing with the sheepfold?" ”

The next morning, the shepherd found that another sheep was missing, and he regretted that he had not listened to the words of the Mo Sheng, so he quickly plugged the hole, repaired the sheepfold, and never lost the sheep again.

This matter was widely spread in the state of Chu, and during the Warring States period, Zhuang Xin, the doctor of the state of Chu, advised the king of Chu Xiang to see the rabbit and take care of the dog, and it was not too late; It's not too late to make amends. ”

"Make amends!" Master Huiyuan was suddenly shocked, his eyes flashed, and he blurted out.

"Yes, now that the Buddhist family has lost their sheep twice, don't you want to make up for the sheepfold?" Merton exclaimed.

The monks suddenly fell silent as if they were dead, and the original dissatisfaction suddenly disappeared, and the Mohists and Taoists abandoned some of their ideas and reached the perfection of their own doctrines, which can be regarded as just losing a sheep and repairing the sheepfold.

And the Buddhists were robbed twice in a row, but they were still obsessed, in comparison, it was too stupid, and in fact, the Buddhists were not only obsessed, until they experienced the misfortune of three martial arts and one sect, and were robbed four times in a row, and after the Song Dynasty, the Buddhists slowly reflected.

"Amitabha, this is certainly safe, but my Buddhist family will be struggling to develop again!" Master Falin sighed.

Merton retorted: "Master Naluo, who deceived on the streets of Chang'an a few days ago, although his purpose is not pure, but he is an ascetic monk in the true meaning of Tianzhu, and I am afraid that the difference between Buddhism and Buddhism is too far!" ”

The life of the Tianzhu ascetic was extremely hard, and his life was dedicated to the Buddha, compared to the days of the Buddhist family in the Tang Dynasty were simply the Western Elysium.

A group of senior monks couldn't help it.

Master Huiyuan said loudly: "It is decided that even if we give up the Terada tax exemption, there will be a lot of surplus food left in Terada, plus the incense money of the believers, if it is really unsustainable, my monks can still go out to make fate, there may be difficulties, but it is just a test for the Buddha to give me." ”

The monks were silent, if they lost their privileges, they could survive, but I am afraid that they would not be as nourishing as they are now.

"My Buddhist family can accept this condition, but the Buddhist family still has a question, ask Lord Mo for advice." Master Falin said solemnly.

Merton said, "Master Falin, please speak!" ”

In addition to the above reasons, there is also a reason to believe that Buddhism is a Hu religion and believes in exotic gods. Master Fallin said indignantly.

The scale and influence of Buddhism have been comparable to that of the Hundred Schools of Thought, but they have been excluded from mainstream thought, which makes Buddhism quite aggrieved.

Mo Dun suddenly groaned, if he couldn't solve the grievances of the Buddhist family, I am afraid that he would return in vain today, and he said with a flash of inspiration: "Do you know Yuwen, Murong, Nangong, Huyan...... The origin of these compound surnames. ”

"Who doesn't know this, this is the period of the Five Hu Rebellion, and the Hu people in the north went south to leave the surnames of their descendants." The debater said proudly.

Merton nodded and said, "You are right, these surnames were indeed introduced to the Central Plains at that time. ”

The debate machine couldn't help but show a smug smile, but he didn't wait long for him to be proud, and he heard Morton ask rhetorically: "However, these surnames were called Hu people three hundred years ago, and now which of these surnames is called Hu people, and Buddhism has been introduced to the Tang Dynasty for six hundred years, and it is still called Hu Sect, don't Buddhists know the reason?" ”

The smile on the debate machine's face suddenly froze, and the other monks were not stunned.

"Sinicization!" Master Falin said word by word.

The reason why these Hu surnames are accustomed to in the Tang Dynasty is because they speak Chinese, wear Hanfu, and write Chinese, except for one more word in the surname, all other customs are no different from those of the Han people, which is not the case with Buddhism, no matter which one is very different from the world, this is the reason why it is called Hujiao.