Next to the hussar guard barracks, there is a temporary prison, next to the prison, there is a horse shed, in a corner of the horse shed, tied to a young man, he is not big, only sixteen or seventeen, it is the time to jump out of the trouble, after being locked up, most of the people have been abolished.

He hung his head, irritated and desperate, and roared, "Kill me, let me die!" I don't want to live anymore! ”

"What's the ghost called?" Tang Niu scolded angrily: "You are dead, your mother, what should you do with your sister?" ”

The young man was choked speechless by a sentence, and he lowered his head and muttered, "I'm going to die anyway, and I can't take care of them." ”

"Something that doesn't make a living!" Tang Niu smacked him hard, "Now that you know that you regret it?" Why didn't you think about attacking hussars in the streets? ”

It turned out that this young man was the stunned boy who went to Daxiangguo Temple to arrest people and jumped out with a firewood knife, his name was Zhang Zhen, who was caught by Tang Niu at that time and has been locked up in the stable.

"I ...... I can't fight evenly, there's nothing wrong with it, kill if you want to, why bother talking nonsense! ”

Although this kid said so, he obviously lost his hardness, and he was armed with knives and axes, who could not be afraid, not to mention that he was young and had a family, could he be willing to die!

Tang Niu sighed and delivered a bowl of rice to Zhang Zhen.

The rice is cold rice, but a few pieces of braised pork are added, Zhang Zhen is hungry, takes the bowl, and sends it to his mouth, his cheeks bulge like a squirrel, it is so fragrant!

Suddenly, tears welled up in his eyes, it's over, it's a severed head meal!

He's really going to die, there's no one to support his mother, and there's no way to send his sister to marry, it's all over...... He grinned and cried, and the food fell all over the floor, which was called an embarrassment.

Tang Niu gave him two mouths.

"Don't cry, I didn't say I was going to cut off your head!"

Zhang Zhen was so frightened that he held back his crying, and his eyes were staring at Tang Niu tightly, looking panicked.

"Eat first, then talk about it when you're done." Tang Niu said in a sullen voice.

In front of the rice bowl, Zhang Zhen couldn't eat a bite, he flattened his mouth and was about to cry again, "Let's say it first, I beg you!" ”

Tang Niu took a deep breath, "Okay, let's talk about it...... I ask you, why do you want to help the bald donkey in the temple? ”

"They are not bald donkeys, they are masters, kind-hearted bodhisattvas!" Zhang Zhen tried to argue.

Tang Niu glared at him viciously, "If you dare to speak for the bald donkey, you really won't be able to see your mother and sister!" ”

bluffed Zhang Zhen and quickly closed his mouth, but he was still not convinced.

Tang Niu is not a person who is good at words, if it is Hou Ye, it is estimated that a few words can make this kid sober up, he doesn't have that ability, he can only talk a little bit...... Slowly, Zhang Zhen also opened his heart and talked a lot to Tang Niu.

Three years ago, when they were hit by a drought, their life was very difficult, and it was the monks in the temple who opened a porridge shack, and they drank it for two months to save their lives.

The grace of saving lives is unforgettable.

From that day on, Zhang Zhen often sent firewood to the temple.

The masters are always smiling, so angry that they never let him suffer, occasionally give some millet, old clothes, the old lady often chatters, it is the monks of the temple who saved them, and if there is anything in the future, they must think about the masters, and they can't be lazy.

Because of this, when he saw the imperial court arresting people, Zhang Zhen had a hot head for a while and rushed forward.

Now that I think about it, I am afraid, if the hussar guards directly used weapons to kill people at that time, I am afraid that he has become a corpse......

This is a very simple and heartwarming story of gratitude and gratitude...... If that's all there is, how heartwarming it would be!

Tang Niu went to investigate and found that there was another side to the story...... "Zhang Zhen, I have checked, the first emperor issued a decree to grant land, do you know?" ”

"I've heard of it."

Zhang Zhen said in a sullen voice: "The dog official of the imperial court said that there were no adult men in our family and would not give us the field, and then my mother went to cry and beg, and knelt for three days before dividing thirty acres of hillside land...... God doesn't rain, our crops are drought, my mother carried water from the river, and she was beaten up, who stole the water...... Why are there so many bad people in this world? ”

Tang Niu took a deep breath, "I believe you're not lying, but do you know? According to Your Majesty's will, women and minor children also have land, and your family should be able to get three hundred acres of land, and considering the population, there should be at least one hundred and twenty acres! ”

"No, our family only has thirty acres?" Zhang Zhen gritted his teeth, "Our fields have been taken away by corrupt officials and corrupt officials!" Damn it! ”

Tang Niu shook his head, "As far as I know, more than half of the fields in the villages and towns around you belong to the Great Xiangguo Temple, and the imperial court negotiated with the bald donkeys, but only got some hillside land. Because the land is not enough, it is given priority to families with men, and your family only gets 30 acres! ”

"What?"

Zhang Zhen couldn't believe his ears.

Even if these thirty acres of land were still begged for by the imperial court, they couldn't get it at all? When did the dog officials of the imperial court become so conscientious?

Impossible, simply impossible

Also, the masters of Daxiangguo Temple are so kind, they don't want anything, they don't even send firewood to make themselves suffer, why do they occupy so much land?

"You lie, I don't believe it!" He suddenly shouted, "I see, you want to slander the master, so I won't be fooled!" ”

Tang Niu looked at Zhang Zhen, the little thing is really strong.

"If you don't believe me, forget it, only ask someone you can believe!"

Tang Niu got up, patted his buttocks and left, and soon, a mother and daughter came from a distance, they made a blessing to Tang Niu, and then ran quickly to the stable.

Seeing his mother and sister, Zhang Zhen rubbed his eyes vigorously, and cried a lot.

The woman raised her slap and struggled for a long time, but she was reluctant to fight, and held her son in her arms, crying bitterly, and almost never saw the mother and son again......

After crying for a long time, the woman intermittently told her son that the family had handed over good luck, and the court had divided the fields for them, with a full hundred acres of water and a bullock, and that there was finally hope for life.

The woman also told her son that the Buddha could not bless them, and that she had already handed over the small statue of Guanyin to the imperial court...... Zhang Zhen was stupid when he heard it, it was the money they had saved for two years, they went to the temple to burn incense, and knelt on the ground to beg for it.

The old lady enshrined the Bodhisattva statue at home, prayed for blessings every day, prayed to bless the whole family, and was safe and sound...... How could the old lady be willing to hand over the Bodhisattva statue?

"Silly boy, be a man and repay your kindness, the court gave us the field, gave the ploughing cattle, and now the court wants copper coinage, what is there to be reluctant to! Those are fake, deceitful, harmful, they can't bless people at all, if they are melted, they should have been melted a long time ago! ”

……

Zhao Er was full of confidence and triumphant, and he had a thick stack of confessions in his hands.

By pretending to be a god and fighting poison with poison, he broke the old monk's defense line and asked too many things, Zhao Er could pat his chest and say that no one knew what was going on in the temple better than him.

"Master, the disciples have boiled down the hazards of temples into three categories...... First, they relied on the privilege of tax exemption and exemption to annex land on a large scale, and every temple was a landlord, and many of them had millions of acres of land, and some of them had hundreds or thousands of acres. Ironically, Buddhism pays attention to the equality of all living beings, but after the temple annexed the land, it actually raised slaves on a large scale, relying on them to cultivate the fields and serve the life of the monks, some even more than 100,000 people! ”

The temple sat on countless fields and land, and raised slaves, and as a result, it embezzled the tax sources of the imperial court, occupied the people, and seriously affected the national revenue.

To some extent, the monks, like the gentry and the clan, are moths, vampires who parasitize on the common people and corrode the foundation of the country! They are no different from the gentry of the past generations!

"Second, in some commercial metropolises, temples often attract countless crowds...... Merchants from the north and south gathered, and they lived in the temple and engaged in trade exchange. The monks provided them with convenience, helped communicate with them, and to put it bluntly, they were the sum of the inn, the tooth shop, and the gold and silver shop! Merchants trade, give them money, help exchange money, and collect money...... Every year, millions of dollars are made from the hands of businessmen alone! In stark contrast to the monk Dafa Li City, the commercial tax of the imperial court has never been collected, and the place where the imperial court uses so much money can only rely on the land endowment to maintain, and even have to issue bonds, how can it be reasonable to borrow money to survive! ”

Zhao Er was filled with righteous indignation, he suddenly lowered his voice and leaned in front of Ye Hua.

"Master, it turns out that Daxiangguo Temple is the largest market in Kaifeng, and now that Daxiangguo Temple has been sealed, shouldn't a new market be built?"

This kid is so that his saliva is about to flow out.

Sure enough, it is a dead nature!

Ye Hua snorted, "You kid don't want to get involved, do you?" ”

Zhao Er did not deny it, but said with a smile: "Master, you see that our embroidered messenger has just started, everything is difficult at the beginning, there are too many places to spend money, especially to do this kind of spy intelligence and supervise hundreds of officials, but you can't do without money, if you can take over a stall of Daxiangguo Temple, you won't have to worry about anything!" ”

"Not worried?"

Ye Hua said angrily: "You kid are not afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Great Xiangguo Temple and trapping yourself in?" ”