Li Xiu was fishing and chatting with Ma Ye here, and his expression was quite leisurely, but he didn't expect that someone suddenly came to report in a panic, saying that the second son in the house was in trouble, and the so-called second son was naturally Li Xiu and Li Jin, the son of Princess Pingyang.

"Did you fight someone again this time?" Li Xiu said very calmly, after all, Li Jin caused trouble at two ends in three days, most of them fought with others, but although Li Jin likes to cause trouble, the main reason is that he can't get used to some noble children bullying others, and they are all those who are not friends among the nobles, and these are all things between children, and adults also turn a blind eye to this, and everything is solved by themselves, which can also exercise the ability of these children.

"Old ...... Master, this time it's not a fight, it's a ...... It's ......" When the subordinate who came to report the news said this, he became a little stumbling, and seemed to be a little afraid to say the wrong things Li Jin had committed.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly, what does it look like?" Without waiting for Li Xiu to speak, Ma Ye frowned at this time and reprimanded, he used to call himself the princess's house slave, so these slaves in Li Xiu's family were also under his control before, and now seeing the other party's appearance of not daring to speak, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed at the moment, not to mention that he has always loved Li Jin very much, so at this time, he also wants to know what trouble this little guy has caused again?

Seeing that Ma Ye was angry, this subordinate was also frightened, and hurriedly saluted again: "Master Qiqi, Master Ma, the second son didn't know why this time he had a conflict with the famous monk of the Inspiration Temple in Chang'an City, and as a result, the second son was angry, and he actually burned the Inspiration Temple with a fire!" ”

"What!" Li Xiu couldn't help but stand up all of a sudden when he heard the words of his subordinates, his face was full of disbelief, he didn't expect his son to be so bold, he used to fight with those gentlemen, but now he actually started to set fires, could it be that after a while, he would go to kill people?

"What kind of place should I be, it turned out to be a place like the Inspiration Temple, Jin'er burned it well, even if he didn't burn it, I would have to burn this black-hearted temple in the future!" Ma Ye was not only in a hurry at this time, but gloated a little.

"Uncle Ma, listening to what you mean, this Inspiration Temple doesn't seem to be a good place?" Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard Ma Ye's words, and then asked with some curiosity, although he has lived in Chang'an for many years, he usually does not enter Chang'an City, and he has never believed in Buddhism and Taoism, and he is naturally not familiar with the temple, but he vaguely seems to have heard that there is an inspiration temple in Chang'an.

"Hehe, don't be in a hurry to talk about this yet." Ma Ye smiled again at this time, then turned his head to his subordinates and asked, "Jin'er, how is he now, he didn't suffer a loss by burning the Inspiration Temple, right?" ”

"There is no loss, according to the person who reported the letter, the second son was burned with the son of Yiguo Gong, Lu Guogong and others, but the second son not only burned the temple, it is said that he also beat a famous monk in the temple, and then went away, the monks in the temple recognized the second son of them, and now they have reported to the official, but the government does not dare to arrest people, but the monks of the Inspiration Temple can't swallow this breath, I heard that they are even ready to sue His Majesty!" The next person reported again.

"Sure enough, it's these bastards again, but it's a beautiful job, the Inspiration Temple should have been burned down a long time ago, even if it makes trouble to Your Majesty, we are not afraid!" Ma Ye laughed again at this time, looking at his appearance, he seemed to be very disgusted with this Inspiration Temple.

"By the way, where are Jin'er and the others?" Li Xiu also asked at this time, although the government does not arrest people for the time being, but the fact that the temple is set on fire is too bad, and those monks refuse to give up, and in the end, I am afraid that a few little guys will really have to go to court if it makes a big fuss.

"Master Qiyu, the second son and others burned the Inspiration Temple, and after beating the monks in the temple, they first went to the restaurant to celebrate, but then someone reported to them that the government was going to send someone to arrest them, so they have now gone home separately, and the second son is also on the way back!" The next person reported again.

"Yes, I also know that if I get into a big disaster, I will go home and hide, but I estimate that the people from the government will follow, after all, arson is a felony, it is estimated that Jin'er and they will inevitably have to go to the public court, but the monks of the Inspiration Temple are also evil, Jin'er and they will be fine!" Ma Ye smiled again when he heard this, it seemed that in his opinion, what Li Jin did was right, which made Li Xiu next to him a little speechless.

Since Li Jin was on the way back, Li Xiu was not in a hurry to go back, and asked Ma Ye about the Inspiration Temple again, after all, listening to the meaning of his words, although the Inspiration Temple is a temple on the surface, it is actually not a good place, which makes Ma Ye hate the Inspiration Temple so much!

"Hehe, if you want to talk about this inspiration temple, it will be a long time, but you should also know that Buddhism has a great influence in the people, when I first established the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty took Lao Tzu as an ancestor, so as to respect Taoism, the main reason is to support Taoism, so as to weaken the influence of Buddhism in the people, but Buddhism has a very deep foundation in the people, even if Taoism has the support of the imperial court, it is still lost to Buddhism in the people." Ma Ye slowly explained at this time.

"The influence of Buddhism is indeed very great, and thanks to the many schools of Buddhism, the hearts of Buddhists are not united, which does not pose much threat to the imperial court." Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, before Xuanzang wanted to go west to learn scriptures, so as to eliminate dissent between various schools of Buddhism, but although his wish was great, it was not conducive to the rule of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin rejected his suggestion to go west to learn scriptures, which also made Xuanzang finally have to secretly escape from the Tang Dynasty.

"There is a special sentence in your words, it is indeed thanks to the fact that the hearts of the Buddhists are not aligned, otherwise Your Majesty would have followed the example of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to destroy the Buddha, after all, if the Buddhism sect unifies the hearts of the people, then this force is even more terrible than the original Turks, and the imperial court will never allow such a force to exist in the country!" When Ma Ye mentioned Buddhism, his brows couldn't help frowning, and then he explained the reason why he hated the Inspiration Temple.

The reason why Buddhism has a huge influence among the people, in addition to confusing people with religion and having a large number of believers, also has a huge relationship with Buddhism owning a large amount of land and property, after all, pure religion does not make the imperial court feel threatened, but a religion with a large number of believers, but also has huge financial resources and land, but it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the imperial court.

Since the introduction of Buddhism in the Han Dynasty, Buddhism has also flourished in various parts of the Central Plains, temples are being built more and more, and many believers are willing to donate their property to the temple, so that the temple has a lot of wealth, the previous rulers also need Buddhism to fool the people, so they gave Buddhism many privileges, the most important of which is that the land of the temple does not have to pay taxes.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the fixed amount of land owned by the nobles, all other lands had to be taxed, for example, if a nobleman's fief was 1,000 mu, then he did not have to pay taxes on this 1,000 mu of land, but if he owned more land by means of purchase, then these lands were subject to taxes.

In contrast, the temple has a privilege that even the nobles cannot have in terms of land, and all the land recorded in the name of the temple, no matter how big or small, is not subject to tax, and many people take the initiative to donate the land to the temple in order to avoid taxes, and then pay the temple a certain tax every year, of course, this tax must be lower than the imperial land, and the temple also has money, and they also buy a large amount of land, as a result, the amount of land owned by the temple has increased sharply, and the land that the imperial court can collect taxes has decreased.

It can be said that the land annexation alone is enough to make the imperial court wary of Buddhism, after all, almost all dynasties have died in land annexation. However, in addition to the land, Buddhism also has a very important source of wealth, that is, lending, but also usury, the people of the time called the "longevity treasury", it is said that the loan of ten cents, in the end can also be recovered at least thirty wen, the usury of later generations compared with it, are regarded as conscience loans, it is said that one-third of the income of Buddhism is related to lending.

The reason why Ma Ye hates that Inspiration Temple is precisely because of the evil deeds of Buddhism, especially this Inspiration Temple, because Ma Ye is in the Feinu Division, and he can naturally grasp the news that many ordinary people can't get.

According to Ma Ye, although Chang'an Inspiration Temple is a pure place for Buddhism on the surface, in fact, the monks in the temple use the power of the temple to buy and sell, and steal by skill, so that they have a huge amount of land around Chang'an City. In addition, the longevity library of the Inspiration Temple is also the largest among the temples in Chang'an, many giant businessmen and rich people have to borrow money from the Inspiration Temple when they can't turn around, and there are many farmers who have to borrow money from the temple when they encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, and when they can't pay it back in the future, they are finally forced by the monks to sell their children and daughters, and even the family is ruined.

There have also been people who went to the government to sue the Inspiration Temple, but the Inspiration Temple is rich and powerful, and there is no shortage of believers in Buddhism among the officials in the court, so not to mention the ordinary people, even many nobles can't afford to provoke them, and the court doesn't want to deal with such a huge force as Buddhism, so even if someone sues, it can't be sued, but it makes the lawbreakers in the Inspiration Temple even more arrogant.

"I see, I've heard people say that some temples borrow money to make money, but I didn't expect it to be so harmful!" After Li Xiu listened to Ma Ye's story, he also frowned at the moment and said, religion can lead people to goodness, which is a positive side of religion, but when religion is mixed with other factors, it will eventually make religion degenerate, there are too many examples of this kind in history.

"I've long been unaccustomed to the practices of those bald donkeys in the Inspiration Temple, but I don't know how they provoked Jin'er this time, after all, with Jin'er's temper, if it wasn't for the Inspiration Temple to provoke him first, he wouldn't have used such a fierce revenge method of arson?" When Ma Ye said the end, he also showed a curious expression on his face.