Hearing that his subordinates were worried about causing trouble, Yuwenwen didn't think so, anyway, now the situation in Huaixi has become a mess, and it doesn't matter if it's messy, it's only after the chaos that there will be great governance, so you have to take advantage of the muddy water and hurry up to fish.

After some explanation, his subordinates retired, and Yu Wenwen sat alone and pondered.

Wubao Haoqiang has been "vacated for birds" by him, but there are still many 'old birds' in the cage that occupy seats and must be emptied, but Yuwenwen does not plan to let the 'new birds' in.

Because his target this time is a Buddhist temple.

Yuwenwen doesn't believe in Buddhism and Taoism, but he doesn't hate Buddhism and Taoism, after all, worldly beings always need to find spiritual sustenance, as long as the monks in the temple and the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple do the right thing, he is too lazy to care.

But today, Buddhism is worshiped everywhere, and it is close to the Buddha, and the temples of all sizes have become the tools of the so-called monks to make a fortune, and they have also become a cancer of the country.

It is said that 'in ancient times' it was a small-scale peasant economy and a pastoral economy, but in this era, there was also a pivotal economy, that is, the temple economy, and the monks of the temples in various places not only recited scriptures, but also did business.

And to do business, there is always no money to lend money, so the temple in the Northern Dynasty has a "monk's house", and the temple in the Southern Dynasty has a "quality storehouse", the monk's house is a loan, and the quality bank is the prototype of the pawnshop.

The original intention of the temple was to help the people, relieve emergencies, and make profits to subsidize the temple's expenses, which was originally a good thing, but it slowly changed its flavor and became the most powerful tool for the expansion of the temple.

Many temples in the north and south of the world rely on this kind of livelihood to turn a large number of people into dependents of the temples, that is, tenant farmers and slaves who are personally dependent.

The common people, who were originally homesteaders, turned their fields into temple fields and were not within the scope of government taxation.

As a result, the number of households in the imperial court was greatly reduced, which further led to a sharp drop in tax revenue, resulting in a financial crisis, and even the inability to recruit soldiers for war.

Not only that, a large number of Buddha statues are cast in temples around the country, which consumes a lot of copper, resulting in a greater shortage of copper in the market, and more and more people will melt the copper coins cast by the imperial court and steal and cut copper, which will also seriously affect the national finances.

What a magnificent scene is it that the number of households dependent on the temples in a country reaches half of the number of households in the imperial court?

So nearly twenty years ago, there was Emperor Wu of Zhou's extermination of Buddha, and now, Yuwenwen is also going to destroy Buddha.

The people he sent out made a detailed investigation, and in the land of Huaixi, there were many temples, which occupied a large amount of farmland, and there were many dependent people who were not under the jurisdiction of the government, and there were many temples that used usury to exploit the people, and competed with the Wubao tyrants for those yeoman farmers.

Therefore, since Yu Wenwen wants to eradicate the old Wubao Haoqiang, he also has to deal with these usury flower monks, and the means used is to send people to pretend to be thieves and destroy the temple.

This kind of thing must be done by the hands of others, and troops must not be sent, because in the social environment where most people worship Buddhism, if Yuwen Wen becomes the vanguard of destroying Buddha, everyone will not betray their relatives and leave, but troubles will come one after another, and the court and outside will also look sideways.

Therefore, it is most appropriate to take advantage of the chaos in Huaixi to fish in troubled waters, although those temples with rich and rich money are armed to protect the temple, but they are not worth mentioning in front of Yuwenwen's minions.

A temple that sincerely worships the Buddha and does not lend usury, Yuwenwen will not be embarrassed; Respected monks, he will not be embarrassed, those flower monks who exploit the people and spend all day drinking and playing with women do not stay.

The temples burned down by the 'thieves' will not be rebuilt by the local government that is "short of money", and those dependents and temple properties will be re-placed under the government's rule, and even if the deeds of sale are not burned, they will not be counted.

Is it all happy here?

No, there is no need to be a slave to the temple, and those dependents will not weep with joy because of this, and will most likely be full of sadness.

Why?

Quite simply, harsh government is fiercer than a tiger.

The people sent out by Yuwenwen, after careful investigation, came to a conclusion that made Yuwenwen have mixed feelings: than to be good citizens for the government, those dependent people are more willing to be cattle and horses for monks and Haoqiang.

It doesn't matter if the wife and daughter are slept with, or if they and their sons are slaves for the rest of their lives, the family can survive, but if they are good citizens for the government, not to mention the heavy rent, they can be persuaded that labor and military service can make their family ruined.

An untrained civilian serving in the military and carrying a spear into battle is a lot of bad luck; A commoner in Gwangju was rescripted by the government to serve in labor, and went to Yingzhou hundreds of miles away to repair the embankment by the Yellow River, at his own expense.

Because the harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, so that the common people would rather borrow usury to become the creditor's cattle and horses in a desperate situation, rather than be a good citizen of the government, and even do not wait to borrow usury, directly invest their land and property in the magnates and temples for protection, and avoid labor and military service.

So, did Yu Wenwen send people to eradicate the temple this time, did he save those dependent people from fire and water, or pushed them into a bigger fire pit?

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In Wuyang, the school field of the big camp outside the city, the cries came and went, and many men were looking for the human skins they had just snatched back, and then hugged the skins of their relatives, crying out heartbreakingly.

These skins are attached to the heads, so they can be recognized, and the skins that have been peeled off very 'completely' make the soldiers on the sidelines panic after seeing them.

At this time, the school field was crowded with people, in addition to the bitter lord who "looked for skin and recognized relatives", the onlookers soldiers, there were many generals on the high platform, and the person at the head was the commander of the whole army, the commander of the Southeast Dao Daxingtai Shangshu Chi Youqi.

He looked at the terrible scene in the audience, and his stomach was a little uncomfortable, but he resisted the feeling of vomiting and shouted to the soldiers in the audience with a big paper loudspeaker: "Have you seen it? This is the atrocity of the traitor, outrageous! ”

"Killing cattle and sheep, you can skin them, and when a thief kills someone, he has to skin them, and he has to skin them so completely, let's think about it, are the thieves often skinning people on weekdays, are they still human!"

"Look, look at these righteous men! Their homeland was burned by the traitors, and their relatives were taken away by the traitors, and life was worse than death, they were eager for revenge, and ventured back to their hometowns to spy on the enemy, but they were caught by the traitors and skinned alive! ”

"How is such an atrocity worse than a tiger? The tiger eats people, and the traitor is fiercer than the tiger, and he leads the beast to eat people!! ”

The soldiers on the school field became emotional when they listened to it, although when their cavalry penetrated deep into the enemy territory, they also skinned people to set up a banner, but they felt that this was the end that the rebels deserved, after all, most of those cavalry were the sons of local heroes, and they had a deep hatred with the rebels.

And now, the traitor is so cruel that he has skinned more people to demonstrate, which is simply a heinous perverse act, even more ferocious than a tiger.

The people who were even more emotional were those Haoqiang's children who were crying and holding the skins of their relatives, they already had a great enmity with the Yuwen army, and they volunteered to attack the relatives of the enemy soldiers, and after being killed, they were also skinned by the other party, so deep hatred and hatred made their eyes blood-red.

Many people knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting to Wei Chi Youqi on the stage: "The grass people and the rebels do not share the sky, I implore Shang Shuling to be the master of the grass people, the people of Huaixi, and send troops to quell the rebels as soon as possible!" ”

"Rest assured, rest assured! The imperial court will not be indifferent, and this official will definitely send troops to make decisions for the people of Huaixi! ”

Yu Chi Youqi was relieved, and his heart was excited, Yu Wenwen probably won more battles, and even thought that he could suppress the people's hearts by killing, but he didn't know that doing so would make the people's hearts go to the side of the court (Wei Chi's).

Looking at the excited sons and daughters of the heroes from all over the country, and looking at the soldiers who are gearing up, Wei Chi Youqi knows that the people's will is available, and the army's heart is available, then, when the time is right, he will have a decisive battle with Yuwenwen, who has no one in his eyes, and he will definitely be able to break it in one battle.

Thinking of this, Yu Chi Youqi looked at the western sky, looked in the direction of Ruyin, and sneered in his heart: At that time, you'd better escape, otherwise, even if you die, I'm afraid you will be divided and eaten!