"Master Kong, shouldn't the monks be empty? Why did the master put the lives of all the Buddhist disciples in Guazhou at risk? Sima Daoxin in the Guazhou Assassin Mansion was a little puzzled by this famous Buddhist master in Guazhou and even the entire Hexi region: "I'm very strange, why did the master do this? The Guazhou Thorn Mansion has never had the intention of exterminating all the religions that meet the requirements? ”

In fact, Buddhism has never been the focus of their efforts in the planning of Tuoba Sijiao and Sima Daoxin, but the result surprised the two of them, among the personnel monitored by Xuan Yingwei, this master of Buddhism provided a lot of convenience when the Tianfang Sect arranged to assassinate Tuoba Siji, and even did not hesitate to provide all his strongholds and eyeliner in Guazhou City to facilitate the assassins of the Tianfang Sect to lurk. This is also Sima Daoxin, after knowing that Kong was arrested, dragged his tired body and invited Kong to the back hall of the Assassin's Mansion for individual interrogation.

"Amitabha, if the old man remembers well, Sima Tingshi is also my Buddhist layman, why is this attack so ruthless, and he will kill all the sects in my northwest?" Likong knew Sima Daoxin very well, so he was also very clear about Sima Daoxin's purpose for finding him, so he nodded unhurriedly and said: "My Buddhism has always done merciful things, and I never interfere in the disputes in the world, but I didn't expect that my Buddha's compassion can't make Sima Jushi compassionate." ”

Yes, I told you about it. However, Sima Daoxin also understands where the crux is, to be honest, if it weren't for Sima Daoxin, who had risen step by step from the bottom, I'm afraid he wouldn't have understood what the policy of the Tang Empire was at this time, and why the people were so supportive of the empire's policies, which was seeking a foundation for these people. So Sima Daoxin didn't say much and nodded: "I didn't bother to tell you today, forget it, you can rest here for one night, and I'll take you to see it tomorrow, I hope Master Kong can find the problem himself." I believe that the emperor who is far away in Chang'an is also waiting for the master's reply. Sima Daoxin didn't pay attention to his words, anyway, since Tuoba Siji told Sima Daoxin about his formal rules in Guazhou, the emperor who was far away in Chang'an made Sima Daoxin talk about it from time to time.

Sima Daoxin was talking to the empty side, but Tuoba Sijian was talking to Liu Xuan and Su Xiaohu overnight, according to the time coordinated with Zhao Si's side, after he did it on the Guazhou side, Zhao Si's side would take this opportunity to provoke Zhang Chaofeng's nerves and find an opportunity to discord. Cao Rengui on the Shazhou side had been released under Li Yichang's persuasion, but the strange thing was that Zhao Si did not write to explain the situation and the manpower that needed to be mobilized after learning about his actions in Guazhou, but instead sent a message saying that it was important to ignore the movements on the Shazhou side for the time being, and to implement his plan first.

Zhao Si's abnormality also made Tuoba Siji aware of the abnormality, but after discussing with Liu Xuan, he decided to send the Flying Eagle Brigade to the sandbar to lurk and cooperate with Zhao Si when necessary. The importance of the Xuanyingwei plan is not at all lower than the reform on the side of Guazhou, and the plan over there is to contain Zhang Chaofeng so that he has no energy to covet Guazhou, and at a deeper level, it is to completely disrupt the internal structure of the Guiyi Army, so that after the winter has passed, the pressure on the Tiance Army can be relieved.

"Deputy Prime Minister, I am against the transfer of the Eagle Brigade to the sandbank." It's just that Tuoba Sijian didn't expect Liu Xuan to oppose it directly, but the latter looked at Tuoba Sijian and Su Xiaohu waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "I don't mean anything else, I just think that we have eliminated all these large and small religions in Guazhou, but the tens of thousands of people are still there, there are hundreds of thousands of people in Guazhou, and five or six out of ten of them are believers in these religions, and there will definitely be changes below, so I will send someone to the sandbank, and let the Flying Eagle Brigade stay in Guazhou on standby for the next few days, just in case." ”

Liu Xuan's worries are reasonable, there is no problem for these religious leaders to be arrested in a short period of time, after all, the Assassin Mansion has also arrested a large number of businessmen before, but they are all released one after another, in this case, those sects have not had an impact on the government, but if it takes too long, then this kind of conflict is only afraid that it will be difficult to avoid, and even if it is bewitched by people with intentions, then the ruling foundation that has been established with great difficulty is only afraid that it will be loosened immediately, and may even lead to inevitable violent conflicts.

"Immediately let Xuan Yingwei's inner line go out and direct the attention of those sect members to other places." Tuoba Sijian was interrupted by Liu Xuan as soon as he waved his hand to start the dark chess arranged by Xuan Yingwei, "Deputy Prime Minister, is it too early to start the arrangement of Xuan Yingwei at this time, we still have a lot of plans that need these internal lines, and at this time, I am afraid that the later ones will be wasted." ”

Liu Xuan's words made Tuoba Si pause, shook his head and said: "If you don't activate the secret guard, I'm afraid that you won't be able to deal with these sects, and if they attack the Assassin's Mansion and the yamen of the counties, it will inevitably cause huge changes, then we are afraid that we will not be able to sit still for a moment in Guazhou." ”

"What if they rebel against their religious leaders?" Su Xiaohu suddenly took over the conversation at this time, and said coldly: "Since the shamanism on the grassland can be managed by us to become our people, then I believe that the leaders of this group of religions cannot all be diehards against the empire, if they can't do it, let these people out, and then kill these people and leave those who rebel, so as to control the entire religious force in one fell swoop." Su Xiaohu's cruelty and bloodiness gave the other two people present an unprecedented kind of thinking.

"Xiaohu, this matter will be handled by your Flying Eagle Brigade, remember that there are only three days, I will let the Assassin Mansion and the army assist you, this matter must be done." Tuoba Si Yan nodded with a deep groan: "If your plan is not successful in three days, then immediately notify the Xuanying Guard." ”

"This kind of thing should have been left to me a long time ago." Su Xiaohu nodded excitedly when he heard this, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Liu Xuan, "Okay, you are really gasping for fat, starting tomorrow, we still have important tasks at night." ”

"What task?" Su Xiaohu was a little puzzled, according to his understanding, this was already an important task.

"Go and ** Zhang Chaofeng's nerves." Liu Xuan smiled weirdly and pulled Su Xiaohu to turn around and walk out, leaving Tuoba Si Zhi looking at the two guys and shaking his head, but he didn't know that early the next morning, Sima Daoxin pulled him out of the Thorn History Mansion with a big monk.

"Sima Tingshi, where are you going to take me? I can tell you, you should be interrogating those religious leaders now, especially the Heavenly Fang Sect and the Wohuo Sect, but the emperor said that these people are—they are terrorists. Tuoba Si remembered this new word that came out of Li Xuanqing's mouth and asked intently, "Who is this master?" ”

"This is Master Likong, the master of Ciyun Temple in Guazhou." As soon as Sima Daoxin's words came out, Tuoba nodded and sneered: "Master Likong, yes, as a monk, but thinking about conspiring with those foreign cultists to assassinate important members of the imperial court, this is not the way of doing things in Buddhism, right?" Tuoba Si admonished the empty man who walked beside him with the same expression, and said sadly, "Amitabha, when the Buddha practiced under the Bodhi tree, I heard that he only relied on one mango for food every day, but he couldn't bear to use the imperial power to take food from the mouths of the people. ”

"Amitabha, my Buddha has been preaching the Dharma from Tianzhu to this place for thousands of years, although the Buddhas of the past generations have not had the mind and bearing of the Buddha, but they are not sorry for this world, sorry for the people of Guazhou. And the donor has just arrived in Guazhou less than a month before he went on a killing scale, and even more pointed the finger at us and other people who cultivate the Tao and cultivate Buddhism, I don't know what kind of mind the donor is for? He looked at Tuoba Si's sneer, and clasped his hands together and said, "The old man really doesn't understand, why does Shi want to kill us all?" ”

"The master really doesn't know?" Sima Daoxin took the two of them and a few guards to walk on the street of Guazhou, which had just experienced a wind and snow, and said with a smile: "Master thinks that the religious leaders are really worthy of the people of Guazhou?" May I ask the master, whose hands is the wealth of Gua Chau in his hands now? The people? Or is it the property of your religion? There are tens of thousands of people in Guazhou, and how many lands, real estate, and shops do each sect own in Guazhou? How much wealth do you have each year? How many people need to be exploited? You already have the capital to fight against the Guazhou Thorn Mansion, isn't it worth the Empire's action? Guazhou Assassin Mansion has only implemented imperial reforms, and you have the ability and courage to arm and assassinate the imperial ministers, isn't this a crime? ”

"Master, today I will take you to see the reaction of the tenants of your Ciyun Temple after they get the land, and see how those diligent people react to you!" Sima Daoxin's words made him not know what to say for a while, so he had to deal with it in silence. After a few people left Guazhou City, they went straight to a grange outside the city of Ciyun Temple, the fields outside Guazhou City were originally not owned by the Yamen, nor were they owned by the people, not even those wealthy families, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land were all owned by the four major religions, and Buddhism represented by Ciyun Temple occupied most of them. Naturally, he knew that once these fields were in the hands of those tenants, he was afraid that in the blink of an eye, they would really turn over and become masters, and even if he went out in person, it would be impossible for these people to return the land to the temple. Therefore, Sima Daoxin only pointed out this point, and he knew that his group of people had completely lost in this round of competition, and even the religious leaders who were arrested were no longer interested in each other, as long as they captured the hearts of the people at the bottom, then even if this person was released intact, it would be impossible to reverse this trend.

"The donor is calculating, and the old man admits defeat. It's just that although my Buddhist disciples have the land, the old man guarantees that they have no intention of exploiting the common people, and asks the donor to open up to them. All the sins of the past are willing to bear on oneself, Amitabha. Sima Daoxin and Tuoba Sizhi glanced at each other, and they both understood each other's thoughts in an instant, compared to Sima Daoxin's relief, Tuoba Sizhi thought of more, so he immediately spoke: "In this case, after the master goes back, please restrain the people in the Buddhist sect not to easily wade into the mortal dust, these days I am afraid that there will be continuous turmoil in Guazhou, and the people in the Buddhist sect should see the Buddha in their hearts and practice to the supreme realm." If someone interferes in the affairs of the red dust, the butcher's knife of the imperial army is afraid that the heads will roll and the blood will flow like a river. ”

Tuoba Si's words meant something, which made Kong frightened, but before he could understand what group had arrived at the Grange of Ciyun Temple, which covers an area of 100 acres on the northeast of Guazhou, the river is rich in water and grass, and it is a rare place in the northwest to reclaim. Now, in the agricultural reform implemented by the empire, all the fields were distributed to the former tenants, and in addition to the large-scale construction of the previous large-scale cash-for-work project, a large amount of money and grain was distributed to the hands of the people, so that when winter came, these people became the happiest people of the year. Children appeared in the villages of the Grange from time to time, and the sound of singing and laughter made the atmosphere of killing and riots that had permeated Guazhou before fade out of thin air.

They walked into the village and did not get all kinds of respect as usual, these common tenants are naturally familiar with the air, but after seeing the air, there is fear and a trace of vigilance in their eyes, which makes the empty wonder for a long time and then suddenly sighs, it seems that they understand what is going on.

Tuoba Sizhi glanced at Sima Daoxin, who looked at the surrounding farmers more and more, and suddenly coughed, stood on a slightly higher slope and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, I am Sima Daoxin, I came to the Grange today to see if everyone's fields have been distributed, and whether the surplus grain for the winter at home has been solved." The Assassin Mansion has been ordered by the Tang Emperor to implement the new land law, which is to let all the people in the world have land, food, and money, so that everyone can be their own masters, and no one will be able to exploit you from now on. ”

After Tuoba Sizhi saw Sima Daoxin finish speaking, everyone was stunned for a moment and then began to cheer, Sima Daoxin presided over the first reform of Guazhou, and he had a completely different status in the hearts of these low-level people, almost everyone knew that he was Lord Assassin Shi and began to show respect in his eyes. Immediately, he stroked his beard and pointed to a young man opposite him who was always staring at the sky and peeking at him, and said with a smile: "Everyone has heard Sima Tingshi's words, right?" From now on, no one will be able to take away the land in your hands, remember to collect the title deeds in your hands, but do not be robbed of them. As soon as Tuoba finished speaking, the young man he had just pointed at suddenly stepped forward and said, "The two adults are the great benefactors of my Fugang Village, and they will give these fields to us poor people. It's just that these great monks really won't come to rob our land? The great monks of Tsz Yun Monastery came to us before and asked us to return the land to them, otherwise they would come and rob it. ”

"Young man, you have to remember that from the moment the title deed is issued to you, no one in the whole world can snatch it from you, this is what His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty said, whoever the land is distributed to is whoever, no one can dispose of it except himself, if the great monk comes to rob you, he will fight back, and the Assassin Mansion will support you and make your decision." Sima Daoxin walked over and patted the young man on the shoulder and said, "Whoever robs your land is a robber and a bandit." If you encounter robbers and bandits, then fight back. ”

"Assassin Shi is right, whoever comes to rob our land will fight back." Sima Daoxin's words caused a deafening echo, the people of the northwest are so strong, there is never a shortage of hot-blooded men, once these people's hearts are agitated, they are like a flood out of control. And Sima Daoxin's words today also spread rapidly throughout Guazhou, setting off a huge and incomparable trend. This trend also subsequently swept all the religions in the northwest, but it also became the fuse that triggered the rebellion of the religions in the northwest.