Hexi's population increased by more than 30,000 in a few months, Wei Wentong and Cheng Yuan successively transferred more than 17,000 people from Bingzhou, Tang Bi and Ye De Zen masters brought more than 300 believers and more than 5,000 displaced people from Guanzhong, plus Yang Chong redeemed 10,000 people with armor, which suddenly greatly increased the pressure on the governor's office. Especially the believers under Zen Master Ye De, not only the matter of faith, but also the blood feud with the Sui army, which made the eldest grandson Wunai, who was in charge of the reception, very worried.

Yang Chong sent Tang Bi to help, and clearly announced that as a subordinate of Chang'an, Maitreya Christianity was not allowed to spread in the jurisdiction, and those who were willing to restore the identity of the people could stay, and all those who were unwilling to give up their faith were sent to Bingzhou to fend for themselves. Fortunately, Zen Master Ye De is a pragmatic person, and when he heard that Xiang Haiming and Tan Ling Zen Master died in the battle in Anding County, he immediately announced that he would quit Maitreya Sect and disband 4,000 believers.

Yang Chong held a banquet in Wuwei County to celebrate the rebirth of Zen Master Ye De, accompanied by Master Cankun, the elder of Daxingshan Temple, Master Fojia, the former presiding officer of Tiemen Temple, and Master Kongzang, the abbot of Jiumarosh Temple in Liangzhou. Yang Chong asked Zen Master Ye De about his next step, and Zen Master Ye De said indifferently: "Lao Wei has talked to Master Kongzang about being an ordinary monk in Kumarosh Temple, and he has survived this life. The change of Fufeng, the death of 100,000 soldiers and civilians, is the sin of Xiang Haiming and Lao Gu, and they need to be thought about in the face. ”

Yang Chong paused and asked, "I heard that the Zen master is from Shaolin, have you ever considered going back?" ”

"Liangzhou is Shaolin, and Shaolin is Liangzhou." Zen Master Ye De smiled and said: "I didn't expect the manager to be so generous and ambitious, when he went to Songshan in the future, please help the old man spread the news of safety." ”

Master Cankun said with a smile: "Ye De's words are serious, to be born is to enter the WTO, we are all mortals, and we can't do without the masses, and we can't jump out of the rolling red dust." Yang Chong, all the people in the audience are monks, you might as well talk about your views on the world's major events and Maitreya, otherwise, the world will still think that you hate Buddhism. ”

What Master Cankun said seemed to be a joke, but Yang Chong understood that he respected the Mo family and had a good relationship with the Taoist temple of the first gatehouse in the north. Yang Chong took a bite of the mushroom and said: "I don't force my faith, I think everyone has their own freedom of belief, but Maitreya has crossed the line with me." The one who kills one person is a bodhisattva, and the one who kills ten people is a ten-dwelling bodhisattva, which is too bloody for people to deliberately kill because of their beliefs, unless it is a war. ”

Master Kongzang looked like a Maitreya Buddha, fat and pot-bellied, and said with a smile on his face: "This is also where our Buddhism does not agree with Maitreya, Mr. Yang, in Hexi, what do you want Buddhism to do?" ”

Liangzhou Kumarosh Temple is a first-class temple in the Great Sui, Master Kongzang can sit in the position of the abbot, in addition to the profound Buddhism, the same understanding of secular customs, no matter what the results of Yang Chong will be in the future, he must make a good relationship now, otherwise he will make trouble for Buddhism. Yang Chong was obviously confident, put down his chopsticks and said, "I really have something to ask for the masters." Hexi has accepted so many displaced people at once, and food is the most problematic, and I hope that Buddhism can open up to supply food, and I can exchange it for goods in my hand. ”

Yang Chong's attitude was sincere, and he didn't do it like other officials to levy it, not to mention that Yang Chong paid 5,000 sets of armor in order to save 10,000 prisoners, which made a big sensation in Hexi and Guanzhong. Master Kongzang bowed his head and said: "Mr. Yang is an elegant person, I won't say anything superfluous, we have incense customers to supply these daily necessities, even if the price of incense customers is a little more expensive, you have to find them when you want to buy them." ”

Yang Chong smiled slightly, like a spring breeze, and asked, "I don't know what the master values Yang?" Believing in Buddhism is definitely not good. ”

Master Kongzang clapped his hands and said: "Happy, poor monks like to talk about things like this, I heard that the adults made paper in Zhangye, can you help Buddhism build a papermaking workshop?" ”

A thousand birds in the forest are not as good as a bird in hand; If Kumarosh Temple adds a paper mill, it can not only reduce the cost of copying scriptures in its own temple, but also sell paper to most of the temples in Longyou, Hexi. Yang Chong relied on Jiang Duo and Tang Bi to get seven paper-making craftsmen from Chang'an, Taiyuan and other places to open a paper-making workshop, using bark, wheat stalks, rice stalks, etc. as paper-making raw materials, and the paper produced was only middle and low-grade, and it could only be used.

Yang Chong nodded and said, "That's no problem, my workshop has just started now, and after three months, the level of paper has improved a little, and I will arrange someone to help you build the workshop." Before that, you have to prepare the location and equipment of the workshop, and prepare the personnel to be trained, this workshop is a little bit of my heart, and I will pay for the food; But Master, from tomorrow onwards, I will send people to bring the grain, and you will set the price. ”

Yang Chong did this, and Master Kongzang hurriedly said: "Chief Yang please rest assured, the poor monks will transfer grain from various temples, and provide a total of five million catties of grain for sale, and this temple will donate one million catties of rice millet; I heard that Mr. Yang has a copper mine in Gaochang, so let's settle it with copper. ”

Master Kongzang is not stupid, Yang Chong's weight is in the northwest, and he will cut off Zhangye and send a paper mill, which is a long-term profitable business, how can he accept it casually, anyway, it is better to donate it, it is better to completely satisfy Yang Chong, so that he has to be justified if he wants copper; Yang Chong heard the song and knew the meaning of elegance, and thanked: "The master is merciful, Yang Mou is grateful for the people." ”

The Kumarosh Temple set an example, and the temples of Dunhuang, Wuwei and Zhangye took action one after another, and donated two million catties of rice millet and provided two million catties of grain for sale; And most of the small temples are not like the Kumarosh Temple, glassware, tea, soap, and wine can be used as settlement goods, which makes Yang Chong feel that the burden is greatly reduced.

Yang Chongneng asked for 10 million catties of grain from Buddhism, which made Cui Zhen breathe a sigh of relief, the annual rations of more than 30,000 people have been dropped, anyway, the Hexi Commercial Bank settles with Buddhism, and the Governor's Mansion just takes an account, whether it is expensive or cheap, the back is offset by the things that the Hexi Commercial Bank needs, and the Governor's Mansion has no pressure.

This is the reason why Cui Zhen and other officials can tolerate Yang Chong's arbitrariness, Yang Chong has set an example, he didn't use his power to seize it, he used the skills and vision of craftsmen, and every penny he earned made people have nothing to say, and the large and small merchants who drove the Northwest Commercial Bank of the Yu family and the Changfeng Commercial Bank of the Yuan family had to follow Yang Chong's practice to avoid many unpleasant things.

(End of chapter)