Suzaku Street, in front of the Imperial Palace.

A few chefs started the barbecue.

When the meat is grilled, it is still smacking a layer of honey, and as the meat is getting more and more cooked, the aroma begins to diffuse.

In front of the palace, there were about 200 believers, and many people were watching.

At first, the believers stood and shouted, but then they were so hungry that they sat down.

Originally, they were dismissive of barbecue, and they were vegetarians on weekdays and rarely ate meat.

However, when the aroma of the meat became more and more intense, they couldn't help but open their eyes, and some of them even drooled.

They were so hungry that they hadn't eaten for a day and a night.

However, although they were very hungry, they still endured it, and did not say that they wanted to eat, nor did they pounce on it to grab it.

They knew that the court was going to use this method to force them to eat, but they had the backbone and they didn't eat.

Thinking like this, everyone couldn't help but raise their noble heads arrogantly.

I wanted to tempt them with food, but there were no doors.

But just as they were thinking like this, a few big men came over, and they were a few diners looking for by the imperial court.

The meat was already roasted, and it was so fragrant that people didn't know what to say, so when they came, they tore it and ate it.

And the guards of the imperial court did not have the slightest intention of eating with these believers.

Those diners ate with relish, and the believers watched from the sidelines, and they were even more hungry, they thought that the court would give them food, but there was none, not at all.

Stunned, these believers were stunned, and they didn't understand what the imperial court meant at all.

While the diners were still feasting, one of the guards stepped forward, and when the believers saw this, they immediately raised their noble heads again, and they would not give in.

However, the guards had no intention of inviting them to dinner.

"The saint has already said that he will not destroy the Buddha, you can continue to believe in the Buddha if you want to believe in the Buddha, the imperial court, just to collect some monastery land to distribute to the people, those monks let you come on a hunger strike, it's really ridiculous, why don't they come themselves?"

After saying that, the guard laughed twice, and then walked over and ate barbecue with a few colleagues, the aroma of barbecue spread everywhere, and the believers looked at each other.

Immediately after, I felt that what the guard had just said was right.

Those monks let them go on a hunger strike, why didn't those monks come?

The taste of hunger strike is not pleasant, especially when there is food in front of you.

Soon, one of the believers got up and left, unable to allow himself to starve, especially after listening to the guards.

And when one believer leaves, the others leave one after another.

They desperately need a big meal right now.

It didn't take long for the entire palace to be quiet again, and the guards looked at everything in front of them and laughed twice.

"Master Hou's method really works, if I knew this, I wouldn't have to be so troublesome."

Human nature is sometimes the key to solving problems, as long as you control human nature, you can think of solutions.

Many people are not afraid of death, but there are very few who are not afraid of hunger.

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It rained in Chang'an City.

It wasn't a big autumn rain, but the weather cooled down all of a sudden.

Here in the Big Buddha Temple, news soon came.

"Abbot, those believers are gone." Kong Ming's face was a little ugly, and after Qingxin heard it, he was slightly stunned: "Why did you leave?" Isn't the imperial court ready to destroy the Buddha? ”

"I'm not going to destroy the Buddha." Speaking of this, Kong Ming's face became even more ugly, and he said: "It's just that the imperial court wants to confiscate the property of the temple, and I'm afraid it will have to let the monks return to the world." ”

"What?" The pure heart, which had always been calm, suddenly jumped, property, that is his lifeline, is going to be confiscated by the imperial court, how can this be done?

"Amitabha, it's really a sin, a sin." As he spoke, he said, "Find the believers again and let them continue the hunger strike." ”

He thought that the believers left because they learned that the imperial court did not destroy the Buddha, so they left, but Kong Ming did not move, and said: "Presiding, those believers are useless, the court eats meat in front of them, and as soon as they smell the fragrance, they can't go on a hunger strike, and they just believe in Buddhism, not in monasteries, so those believers won't be too desperate." ”

Hearing Kongming's words, Qingxin suddenly sat down on the ground: "Amitabha, Amitabha......"

Amitabha Buddha kept purifying, but soon, he stood up again: "No, the Big Buddha Temple must not be destroyed like this, those properties are also our property, and we can't just let the court take advantage of it." ”

Qingxin walked back and forth in the room, I don't know when the rain outside was heavy, Kong Ming stood motionless in the room, just folded his hands.

Qingxin is not pure at all, and his anxious forehead is about to sweat.

And just as he was walking like this, he suddenly stopped, and then, he suddenly laughed: "Amitabha, Amitabha, God will never stop my big Buddha temple, empty and bright." ”

"Abbot, the disciple is here, what do you command?"

"In the imperial court, are there many officials who have dealings with our Big Buddha Temple?"

"There are quite a lot, some officials believe in Buddhism, often come to give us sesame oil money, and also come to pray, the most important thing is that their families often come to incense and make vows, they are all believers, and some officials in order to avoid taxes, have deposited the land in the name of our monastery, they are also grasshoppers on the same rope with us, if the court collects these lands, even take theirs."

Hearing Kong Ming's words, Qingxin was stunned: "Why didn't you say this earlier?" ”

"The abbot didn't ask, and the disciple didn't dare to say."

If he wants to smoke people with a clear heart, he must have known that there are these circumstances, why is he in such a hurry.

"This matter, you have to start from above, you take the silver two to find those officials, as long as they are willing to keep the Big Buddha Temple, my Big Buddha Temple is willing to give them money, let them have no worries about food and clothing, let them have more money than now, and even, I can give them land, more land......"

In this world, there is nothing that money can't solve, and in Qingxin's view, as long as those officials are given money, these officials have to help them do things.

As long as they speak for the Big Buddha Temple in the court, it will not be difficult to keep the Big Buddha Temple.

Of course, he didn't let the imperial court not do anything to other temples, he just asked the court not to do anything to the Great Buddha Temple.

Other monasteries, even if they were destroyed, had nothing to do with him.

Even, if other temples are destroyed, his Big Buddha Temple will be even more prosperous, after all, other believers have no place to incense, so they can only come to the largest Big Buddha Temple in Chang'an City.

Kong Ming received the order, and then retreated without hesitation.

(End of chapter)