Maybe it was because he thought that it was not easy for Wu Shi Tong to follow Li Yuan to fight the country, or maybe he thought that Wu Shi Tong was conscientious and conscientious in serving abroad and benefiting the people, so after Wu Shi Tong died, Li Shimin personally decreed that Wu Shi Tong's funeral expenses were all from the treasury, and he also followed Wu Shi Tong's will and arranged for people to send his coffin to his hometown in Bingzhou for burial.

Wu Shitong's coffin was to be sent to Bingzhou, and Wu Mingkong's mother and daughter naturally had to go with him, in fact, there was also a funeral in Bingzhou, so on the day he left, Li Xiu also went to see him off, and told Wu Mingkong to return to Chang'an after burying his father.

In fact, there is no need for Li Xiu to tell her, the Yang family will definitely take Wu Mingkong back to Chang'an after burying her husband, because after Wu Shi Tong died, she knew that the Wu brothers would definitely not be able to tolerate their mother and daughter, and the only one who could make decisions for their mother and daughter was Wu Mingkong's husband Li Xiu, and Wu Shi Tong also left some properties in Chang'an, as long as these industries could be kept, their mother and daughter's future life would be guaranteed.

Sent away the coffin of the warrior Tong, and for the next period of time, Li Xiu spent most of his time in the study, writing a plan for the formation of the bank, after all, this matter may be related to the future prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, so he can't be in a hurry, he must be fully prepared, Li Shimin also knows this, so he didn't rush him.

In contrast, Wei Zheng presided over the Department of Monk Taoism but began to operate normally, and the decrees restricting the development of religion began to reach the state capitals, and the statistics on the number of monks and monasteries in various places were also in progress, and Chang'an and Luoyang, where the statistics were completed as soon as possible, had already begun to be distributed.

For example, monks have to teach Buddhist scriptures and understand Buddhism, while Taoist priests take the Taoist exam, and even heard that Wei Zheng also wants to assess the Taoist alchemy, but because there is no unified standard for alchemy, he can only do it in the end.

From the beginning of the distribution of the degree, the monasteries and temples in Chang'an and Luoyang received the news that they must go to the monks and Taoists in Chang'an or Luoyang within three months for assessment, and after three months, the monks who could not get the degree will return to the world, and the Taoist priests will no longer be allowed to claim to be Taoist priests in the future, and only the monks and Taoist priests who have obtained the degree will have the right to preach.

In the face of the suppression of the imperial court, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, they are naturally not willing to be tied to death, originally their two religions are also fighting with each other, but this time it is rare to unite, at the beginning, they used the contacts accumulated before, and encouraged the ministers in the court to put pressure on the court, hoping to make the court retract the decree issued by the monk and Taoist Division.

However, this time the attack on the forces of the monks and Taoists was Li Shimin personally nodded, and the person presiding over this matter was Wei Zheng, who had never been sympathetic, so it was useless for anyone to come forward.

Seeing that it is useless to go to the upper route, the group of monks and Taoists in Chang'an and Luoyang are finally anxious, and the first thing that can't sit still is Buddhism, because Taoism is mainly on the upper route, and most of the Taoists are part-time, such as Sun Simiao, his main job is a doctor, and the Taoist priest is only part-time.

In this period of the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism can be said to be very prosperous, there are hundreds of thousands of monks alone, and monks are not like Taoist priests who usually serve the people, monks are Taoists, all monks as long as they shave are formal monks, but if they are assessed according to the requirements of the imperial court, the number of monks who can finally get the degree is probably only God knows, after all, the imperial court originally wanted to reduce the number of monks, as long as you move your hands and feet during the assessment, you can control the number of people who pass.

It is precisely because of this that several large temples in Chang'an and Luoyang secretly communicated the news, and then prepared to meditate in front of the imperial city gate together, if the imperial court does not withdraw the decree restricting the Buddhist gate for a day, then they will not go back for a day, and they will also abstain from eating and drinking during the meditation, in fact, it is the same as the hunger strike protest in later generations.

However, before the monks of these temples united, Fei Nu Si had already found out the news in advance, and then the garrisons of Chang'an and Luoyang came out, and each temple was guarded by troops around it.

Although the matter of the imperial court stationing troops around the temple has caused a lot of turmoil among the people, but now the Tang Dynasty is stable, and the people are also very rich, not to mention anything else, just the promotion of sweet potatoes and other commercial crops has basically solved the problem of hunger, so although the people have complaints, they will never make trouble with the court because of this matter.

What's more, many people still remember the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the army of the Tang Dynasty was by no means vegetarian, you didn't see the Turks on the grassland being killed by the Tang army, and now Cheng Yanjin and others are also killing in the party, so even if someone wants to make trouble, they have to estimate whether their neck is harder than the army's steel knife?

In fact, such as sending the army to block the temple gate, only Li Shimin, a generation of heroes who opened up the territory and expanded the territory, dared to do this, although he was not the founding king of the Tang Dynasty, but most of the entire land of the Tang Dynasty was fought down by his own hands, and he destroyed strong enemies outside, and the people were also very rich, and his prestige among the people was naturally unattainable, and even now Li Shimin has a tendency to deify among the people, compared to those mud tires in the temple, it is naturally Li Shimin, the living true dragon emperor, who is more powerful.

It is precisely because of this that this matter quickly subsided, although the temple cannot be entered for the time being, but the impact on ordinary people is not great, after all, religion can not be eaten or drunk, burning incense and worshiping the Buddha is just to ask for peace of mind, and the court will not ban it forever, and it will naturally be released after three months.

Half a month later, Li Xiu finally sorted out the plan to build a bank, and then personally entered the palace to present the plan to Li Shimin, Li Shimin also attached great importance to this, and immediately summoned the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to the Liangyi Palace, and then discussed Li Xiu's plan together.

Li Xiu is still very cautious about the bank, in his plan, for the time being, only in Chang'an and Luoyang to open a bank as a pilot, of course, now there is no need to distinguish the difference between the central bank and the commercial bank, after the bank is opened, will open deposits, exchange, loans and other businesses, and the commercial banks of later generations, of course, these businesses want to start, it is certainly not as easy as the later generations, not to mention anything else, just the transmission of information is a big problem.

In addition, this bank also has a function that commercial banks do not have, that is, to issue currency, Li Xiu is also more cautious about this matter, because currency is related to the foundation of a country, not to mention that Li Xiu also wants to reform the current currency of Datang.

In order to maintain stability, Li Xiu did not want to change the existing copper coins of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, a reform has been made to the copper coins, that is, the circulation of hundreds of years of five-baht coins changed to Kaiyuan Tongbao, which is mainly the end of the Sui war, the issuance of copper coins is also very chaotic, resulting in the end of the Sui Dynasty five baht coins are very light and thin, and the style is not irregular, so in the fourth year of Wude, Li Yuan ordered to open the "Kaiyuan Tongbao", and stipulated that every ten Wen weighs one tael, and the weight of each Wen is one penny.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the national strength was strong, the quality of Kaiyuan Tongbao was also guaranteed, and the shape was very exquisite and heavy, even in later generations, Kaiyuan Tongbao in the early Tang Dynasty was still loved by many people, in contrast, after the Tang Dynasty, Tongbao money became light and rough again.

Now Datang's Kaiyuan Tongbao has replaced the original five-baht coin and become the domestic currency of Datang, and the people have also recognized this copper coin, so Li Xiu also feels that there is no need to change, and even when minting silver coins in the future, it is only to change the material, and the shape is still Kaiyuan Tongbao, so that it can be easier to be recognized by the people.

In Li Xiu's plan, there are detailed plans for the operation of the bank and the issuance of new currency, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji and others have no opinions after reading it, but have only made additions and modifications to some details, and then this recital has also been approved by Li Shimin, and the preparation of the bank has also been officially put on the agenda!

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