Chapter 126: Inventory
Everyone looked at the dispute between Feng Daiwen and Li Gang in surprise, and before they could think about it, Li Gang had been carried out by a stun. The matter was thus passed without objection.
Feng Daiwen secretly rejoiced, fortunately he didn't die of anger, otherwise he would be in big trouble. Before everyone came back to their senses, he looked for trouble, and said with a straight face: "The minister mentioned it again, all things please be sure to choose a place to try according to the manpower, and wait for people with sufficient manpower and rich experience to promote the whole country, so as not to cause chaos." ”
"Changing the law is a matter of great importance, and we must not rush forward, we must not be greedy for merit, and if there is something inappropriate, we should immediately discuss and correct it, if not, we will not blame me for not being foreseen." Li Shimin did give full support and warned him.
"Holy Wisdom! We take it to heart. Everyone's hearts tightened, and they replied with fists clenched.
"The minister has some data that I would like to ask the court to listen to, this is the prince who asked the prince to preside, and spent a month checking the rough statistics of Chang'an, Luoyang, Taiyuan and other eighteen counties, and some of them have not been found, which can be said to be appalling." Feng Daiwen picked up the rest of the folds and handed them to his family and said.
Li Chengqian saw that Feng Daiwen had put all the credit on himself, so he got up very happily and said: "Back to my father, what General Feng said is true, and six of the eighteen county towns were personally led by his sons to investigate. ”
Li Shimin looked at his son and became more and more satisfied. It seems that what Feng Daiwen said is not wrong, as a prince, he not only has to study, but more importantly, he has to participate in various affairs, Li Chengqian has only been taught by no one in just a few months, and no matter how spirit, courage, and ability have changed a lot. took a book of excerpts, just nodded and didn't speak, which also made Li Chengqian excited.
Then he opened a book of excerpts and said: "Since there are not many preparations, I will let the lower officials read it for everyone, 18 county seats, 45 temples and Taoist temples, 14 fornications and filth, 6 houses harboring fugitives, 3 families hiding armor, almost all weapons, lending usurious loans to the common people 30 families, violently refusing to inspect 4 families, and wounding 12 officials. ”
After everyone digested it, they continued to say angrily and loudly: "Forty-five families, there are actually monks, Taoist priests, more than 2,800 female crowns, more than 1,000 tenants, covering an area of more than 3,600 acres of fertile land, countless mountains, and even officials colluded with temples to entrust their fields to temples to avoid taxes. A total of more than 2.3 million yuan of gold jewelry, silver and copper coins, silk and silk cloth were seized. ”
The more Li Shimin listened, the more his face turned blue, and after listening to Feng Daiwen, he shouted angrily: "All should be killed!" ”
"The saint is angry, and the minister thinks that this is only 18 county seats, and the whole country should be thoroughly investigated, and the crimes should be made public to reassure the people." The eldest grandson Wuji, as Li Shimin's brother-in-law, is also an iron-clad supporter, and he stood up and said.
"The minister thinks that he should be severely punished." Qin Qiong said.
"The minister thought that he had to control the influence so as not to stir up public anger and cause chaos." Du Ruyi said succinctly.
For a while, the court was like a vegetable market, and they expressed their indignation to Li Shimin, as if the two families of Buddhism and Taoism had become sinners for the ages, and it was not enough to be angry enough to kill the people, and it was not enough to thank the world if they were not killed, especially with Confucianism.
Li Shimin watched the fire from the other side, calmed down, raised his hand and pressed, and the hall quieted down. "Feng Aiqing, since you found out first, do you have any suggestions?"
"Returning to the Holy Lord, the minister thought that the first thing should be to thoroughly investigate the whole country with the power of thunder, and not let them have time to react. Secondly, not all people of Buddhism and Taoism are bad people, and they should be distinguished by classics, and those who can read and recite the three classics by heart can be counted as monks, and the imperial court will issue the degree plate documents, and they must pay taxes like the common people in the future. Those who can recite three classics are considered believers, and they can be sent home and distributed land, and the rest of the people are young and strong and sent to labor camp for a year to see the after-effects. ”
Li Shimin saw that Feng Daiwen's arrangements were very proper, and couldn't help but smile and ask, "Do you Aiqing have anything to add?" ”
"No objection to the ministers!" Everyone has no better addition, and they don't want to offend Feng Daiwen, a popular person, with a little thing.
"The decree is to be dispatched by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, all the Yushitai dispatched, each county dispatched 500 county soldiers, thoroughly investigated all temples and Taoist temples, every Taoist monk needs to have the imperial court to issue the degree of disc documents, out of the temple itself according to the head of the land, everything else belongs to the state, including mountains, forests. The three heads of departments are responsible for the inventory. Li Shimin ordered.
"There is a reminder that you need to pay attention to, bad temples like to put gold, silver and jewelry among Buddha statues, and some like to build secret rooms, so you should pay more attention." Feng Daiwen suggested.
"Thank you General Feng for reminding us, we will dig three feet into the ground this time. Never let go of a filthy place. Dali Temple Qing Dai Xuan said.
"The Qing family should work together to get rid of this scourge for the Tang Dynasty, Dai Qing's family, you led five thousand soldiers to go to the Shaolin Temple in person, and they also contributed a lot to the attack on Wang Shichong back then. Li Shimin instructed.
"Wechen understands!"
A vigorous campaign to eliminate fake Buddhism and Taoism in the whole Tang Dynasty has been launched, and many Taoists have gone out of the mountains to join Shuofang Medical College, Chang'an Research Institute, and Datang's brainwashing of foreign races has been actively involved, and many of the remaining people are not Taoists, and it is not a pity to lose them. The Buddhist family is miserable, from big to small, the family has not run away, all of them are checked, as long as there is a problem with one person in the temple, I am embarrassed that all the property will be confiscated. There are huge amounts of property from unknown sources, and there is too much land, and the same is confiscated.
You must know that the people who dispatched this time, Yu Shitai is a group of people who can't rub sand in their eyes, and they will find something to do if they have nothing to do, they have just been impeached by Feng Daiwen in the court and canceled the power of the wind and news, and well, they have compensated for the supervision of the place, and the power of the military is leveled, and the stomach is just venting it.
Dali Temple, the Criminal Department is all perennial cases, all kinds of people have seen it, all kinds of secret rooms, and there is nothing to hide in front of them. It is also equipped with local county soldiers, these county soldiers are all locals, who can't be government soldiers, and some are local ruffians and hooligans can be said to be the head snakes of the land, where the temple, the Taoist temple is good or bad, and the door is clear, and the people are directly brought to cross the border like locusts, and the gold dust on the empty temple Taoist Buddha statue has not been let go, these big people can't look down on it, but it is a windfall for them. The incense burner, the living utensils of monks and Taoists, even moved the door excessively.
The newspaper propaganda also quickly followed, and the temples and Taoist temples and what crimes were committed were clearly registered. Therefore, instead of objecting, the people clapped their hands and applauded.