Chapter 609: A Matter of Salt

People have jealousy and hatred of the rich.

Even if many people are already very noble, when they find that others are better than themselves and richer than themselves, they will still feel a little uncomfortable.

All along, monks have relied on other people's alms and fate to survive.

All along, the people felt that they were richer than the monks.

But when the gold, silver and jewelry of the Big Buddha Temple were pulled into the street, they realized that they were wrong, and it turned out that the monks were much richer than them.

All the time, they were all wrong, and besides, they stupidly gave the monk incense money.

This world makes them want to slap themselves twice, they can't afford to eat, and they even go to the rich to help the rich, it's really stupid.

With this mentality, the people not only will not feel that what the court and Qin Tian have done is wrong, but they will feel that what they have done is very happy.

Even some of the previous believers felt that Qin Tian had done a good job.

The people of China really have no faith.

With the opening of the Big Buddha Temple, the other small temples behind it are naturally much easier to solve.

In just five or six days, Qin Tian and the others had already intervened in seven monasteries.

However, not all monasteries were raided, and there was one monastery that they not only did not raid, but also protected them individually.

This temple is called Hongfukuji Temple.

Hongfu Temple is not big, only about ten acres, and there are not many monks here, about 20 people.

There is no land under their monastery, and their monastery does not accept any incense money from believers.

They are the purest monks, and they live by their fate.

Generally speaking, at a fixed time every year, they would spread out and spread the Dharma while making connections, and along the way, they would just need some food and no money.

They really have a Buddha in their hearts.

For such a person, Qin Tian was reverent, so he didn't move this temple, and no one else moved.

In fact, after the Great Buddha Temple was confiscated, the people of Chang'an City did not have much good impression of the temple, the monk or something, so for the monk temple or something, the capital was humiliated.

Hongfu Temple is a clear stream, but the other people don't know it, so they have to find trouble with Hongfu Temple, so Qin Tiancai protects them.

From the very beginning, Qin Tian had no intention of destroying the Buddha, what he really wanted was the money of these monasteries.

After scavenging a batch, Datang can get rich immediately, at least in the next few days, Datang's life will be better.

The cleaning interaction of the temples near Chang'an City lasted for half a month, and after half a month, one or two temples in the entire vicinity of Chang'an City were spared from disaster, and other temples that were rich in oil were almost all looted.

For example, in the Big Buddha Temple, the land is gone, the money is gone, and even the monks are only a few dozen people left.

Originally, there were many monks who were reluctant to leave, and they were only in their twenties, and they thought it was good to be a monk, after all, they were very comfortable in the past.

You don't have to work, you have food to eat, and so on.

However, they were reluctant to leave, not because the court forced them, but because there was not much food in the monastery, and they stayed and had no food to eat, so under the coercion of hunger, they had to leave the monastery and find another way to live.

Half a month later, the matter in Chang'an ended, and the matter began to spread to other parts of Datang.

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Early this day, Qin Tian announced the results of the recent period.

"Holy Lord, after half a month of hard work, we have recovered a total of 20,000 acres of fertile land, and the money recovered is equivalent to about 500,000 yuan, and in addition, more than 4,000 monks have been dismissed......

Tang Mu said in the main hall, and every time he said a number, he shocked the ministers.

20,000 acres of fertile land, if this is handed over to the imperial court, the annual tax, or income or something, can make tens of thousands of Tang soldiers eat for a year.

Before, they didn't ask for it, which is a pity.

There is also 500,000 yuan, which is too much, so much money, you have to fill the warehouse of the household department.

In the past, Datang was poor and had nothing, but now, it has become rich all of a sudden, although this money can't last long, but it can solve the urgent need.

Everyone was shocked and discussed, and many people suddenly felt that this hand was beautiful.

Some people, it's really time to clean up, clean up, and Datang's treasury will be full immediately.

After Qin Tian finished speaking, Li Shimin's heart was also happy, not only increasing the income of the imperial court, but also eliminating the tumor, what a good thing.

In Li Shimin's view, if the temple is too strong and there are too many believers, it will affect the stability of the Tang Dynasty and the rule of their Li family, so the temple is a cancer in his eyes.

"Okay, Qin Aiqing has done a beautiful job, you and Wei Aiqing are both my heroes of the Tang Dynasty, this money has been confiscated, but how to deal with this land, what good plan do you Aiqing have?"

20,000 acres of land is not a small amount, and there is no one to cultivate it in Datang, so it must be disposed of, but the question is how to deal with it.

Li Shimin opened his mouth to ask, and above the court, someone immediately stood up and said.

"Shengshang, 20,000 acres of fertile land, this is not a small amount, if it is sold, there will be a lot of money, at that time, my Datang treasury will be even more abundant."

After this person stood up and finished speaking, other officials in the court also stood up and agreed.

"Yes, Shengshang, 20,000 acres of fertile land, after it is sold, it is a sum of money, and then plus taxes, it is another sum of money, and my Datang has become rich again."

"Yes, this is only near Chang'an City, if it is promoted throughout the country, I don't know how much money it will cost......

Everyone is talking nonsense, they all want the court to sell these good fields, in fact, the reason is very simple, so many good land, others will definitely not be able to afford it, they are the princes, the prince or something, it is different.

What they have in their hands is money, at least they can afford to buy the land, and if these good fields are really sold, they will have to buy them in the end.

In this era, what is most valuable, of course, is land, something that retains value.

Therefore, if they can enclose land, they will choose to enclose.

This is their real purpose, but what they say seems to be for the sake of Datang, Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, listening to the words of these people, and couldn't help but smile in his heart.

What is the purpose of these people, and how can he not know?

"Qin Aiqing, what do you think of these lands?"

Qin Tian also wanted to buy land, at least he knew that if these lands were really sold, Tang Rong, the loser of their family, would definitely not let it go.

However, this is not the time to sell these lands.

"Holy Lord, Minister's will, let these lands be distributed to the poor people, so that they may also have land to cultivate."

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