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The eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui and others all agreed very much with Li Xiu's suggestion, and now they are waiting for Li Shimin to express his position, but they saw Li Shimin sitting there pondering for a while, but did not make a decision immediately, but turned his head to Dali Temple and said: "Since the concubine insists on trying the case of burning the Inspiration Temple clearly, then you can bring the plaintiff and the defendant back for interrogation, and it must be tried by the public, and all the case files will be sent to me here in the future, and I will personally review them!" ”

"No!" Dali Siqing agreed immediately, and then took the Lingkong monk and Li Jin and they left the hall, Qin Huaidao and the others were still a little worried, but Li Jin whispered a few words to a few friends, and then they obediently followed Dali Siqing and left the Liangyi Palace.

"Pony, what are you playing?" Wei Chigong is a military general, although he usually goes to the court, but he has always paid little attention to the affairs of the court, of course, the most important thing is that he can't understand, so he is still confused, but he is a believer, he promised Li Xiu not to speak, and he has been holding back, but at this time he saw that even his son was going to be taken to Dali Temple, so he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Hehe, General Wei Chi, don't worry, Jin'er and they will be fine if they go to Dali Temple, it's a big deal to lock up for a few days, speaking of which, these children are too indulgent, and they can be closed for a few days to let them restrain their temperament, if the general is really not at ease, you can go to Dali Temple together to watch, I still have important things to discuss with Your Majesty!" Li Xiu smiled and comforted at this time, he knew that Wei Chigong was worried about a few children, but compared to what he had done, Li Jin and their children were nothing at all.

Although Wei Chigong didn't understand what Li Xiu was talking about, he also knew that it must be very important, and it seemed to be related to the entire Buddhism, this fact was not something he could mix, so he nodded very wisely at this time, and then stood up and said goodbye to Li Shimin, and then left the Liangyi Hall together, and at this time, only Li Shimin and Li Xiu were left in the hall.

"Li Xiu, the expansion of the power of Buddhism and Taoism has indeed had some adverse effects on the Tang Dynasty, but their teachings are also conducive to the rule of the imperial court, and the expansion of Buddhism and Taoism is also under control. Li Shimin pondered for a moment at this time and said again, as an emperor, his first consideration was the stability of the country, and Buddhism and Taoism happened to be a sharp weapon to rule the people, so he was also a little hesitant at this time.

"Your Majesty, if you want to get the loyalty of the people of the world, you must ensure the prosperity and strength of the country, the stability and prosperity of the people, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the world will naturally be stable. Li Xiu did not back down at this time.

In his previous life, Li Xiu had always disbelieved in gods and ghosts, but he inexplicably traveled to the Tang Dynasty, which made his worldview shake a little, but he still took a respectful attitude towards gods and ghosts. However, in contrast, although religion is in the name of the gods and has a good reputation for guiding people to goodness, in the end, many religions will degenerate into a huge interest group, and even commit countless evil deeds in the name of religion, such as the Western Church in later generations.

Because of the special culture of the Central Plains, it is impossible for religion to develop into a behemoth like the Catholic court, but it still has to be guarded against, especially for the current Tang Dynasty, which is too tolerant of religion, and the consequence is that Tang Wuzong will destroy the Buddha more than a hundred years later, and Li Xiu is now trying to eliminate this harm in the bud.

"What the horse said is very true, Your Majesty, as the world, has the responsibility of educating the people, and if you want the people to know etiquette and honesty, the most important thing is to build a private school and promote education, rather than letting Buddhism fool the people in the name of the gods!" Wei Zheng was also the first to stand up and express his support for Li Xiu at this time, he was an orthodox Confucian student, and he had always stayed away from strange forces and gods, and in his opinion, it was natural to educate the people to put Confucianism first, rather than the words of gods and ghosts such as Buddhism and Taoism.

Wei Zheng's words were also supported by Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, as well as several officials, only the eldest grandson Wuji did not express his position for the time being, and Li Xiu was not surprised by this, the eldest grandson Wuji has always attached importance to Li Shimin's opinion, even if he has his own plans in his heart, but as long as Li Shimin makes a decision, he will fully support it no matter what, which is also one of the reasons why Li Shimin trusts him unconditionally.

After a long while, I saw that Li Shimin finally nodded and said: "Okay, since you all think that the Buddha path should be restricted, then I have no objection, but you still need to discuss this piece of work, discuss all aspects clearly, and then decide how to implement it!" ”

Seeing that Li Shimin finally nodded, Li Xiu and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then Li Shimin asked Li Xiu to return the fold to Li Xiu, and asked him to explain the content of the fold in detail one by one, after all, there are some places they don't understand very well, such as the money bank is very novel.

Although Li Xiu's recital has written a lot, but the eldest grandson Wuji has summarized it before, it is nothing more than three, the first is to set up an institution of the Monk Daolu Division, which is dedicated to managing all the monks and Taoists in the world, and also to issue degrees to the monks, which is equivalent to the identity of the monks.

On the surface, the Monk Daolu Division issued a degree of money just to facilitate the management of monks and Taoists, but the real purpose is to control the number of monks and Taoists, you must know that in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, someone did statistics, the number of monks, nuns and the like in the country exceeded 100,000, as for the Taoist priests may be a little less, but the two together are nearly 200,000, and in the Middle Tang Dynasty, this number has more than doubled, and the total population of the Tang Dynasty at that time was only tens of millions, and the number of monks and Taoists was simply more than the army of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, these people do not produce, and many of them are men and women in the prime of life, and building temples consumes the master's money, so it can be said that they are simply parasites on Datang, and it may not have much impact if it is less, but with the increase in number, sooner or later Datang will be overwhelmed, so it is necessary to limit their number.

Originally, the distribution of degrees to monks first appeared in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but it was soon abolished, until the Middle Tang Dynasty, because there were too many monks, so the Tang Dynasty began to issue degrees again, but at that time the Tang Dynasty was in financial difficulties, and as a result, the degree was actually made into a business by the imperial court, as long as there is money, you can buy the degree, and the management is not strict, so it did not play its due role at all.

It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that the Song Dynasty set up a special institution for the distribution of degrees, and the number of degrees issued each year was also strictly controlled by the imperial court, and even those few degrees also required monks or Taoist priests to spend huge amounts of money to buy, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of Buddhism and Taoism, and it was also from the Northern Song Dynasty that the two religions were completely trampled under the feet of the imperial court.

The monks and Taoists can only control the number of monks or Taoists, but now the temple still has a large amount of land in its hands, so Li Xiucai made a second move, that is, to check the land of the temple and Taoism, especially the temple, because the monks have the privilege of exempting from taxes, which is not even a Taoist, because most of the current Taoists are Huoju Dao, that is, part-time, and there are basically no full-time Taoists, so they are usually ordinary people, and naturally there is no tax-free privilege.

In contrast, the temple has the privilege of tax exemption, and has a large amount of land under its name, and now the Tang Dynasty has a vast territory and a relatively small population, so the land problem is not prominent, but with the future development, the annexation of the temple to the land will definitely bring a lot of problems, so Li Xiucai proposed that each monk can only have ten acres of land, even if one acre of Datang is smaller than that of later generations, it is enough for one person to use it for a year, not to mention that Buddhism is known as a pure heart and few desires, what do you want so much land for?

As for Li Xiu's last slash to Buddhism, it is naturally aimed at the temple's longevity library, which is actually a lending business, and it is also a usury, Li Xiu has long wanted to get the bank out, so he proposed in the folds that the imperial court would come forward to open a money bank, it doesn't matter what the name is, anyway, it is essentially a bank in later generations, and it is also endorsed by the credit of the imperial court, and then the temple's longevity library may be squeezed and unable to gain a foothold, so that a major source of wealth for Buddhism will be cut off.

Li Xiu explained these three articles in detail, some of them were not written on the fold because of the urgency of time, and he also said it now, such as the operation of the money bank, and the impact of the money village on the economy of the Tang Dynasty after the opening of the bank, etc., although Li Xiu did not study economics, but in the environment of later generations, the basic economic principles still know a little.

Li Shimin and others also nodded while listening, although Li Xiu said some things they also listened to for the first time, but the more they thought about it, the more reasonable it became, the first two of which were mainly to limit the development of monks, but it was not difficult to understand, but the money village gave them an eye-opening feeling, especially the money village can not only deposit and withdraw money, but also can withdraw money in other places, which is simply too convenient for businessmen, after all, copper coins are inconvenient to carry, and gold and silver cannot be circulated, the result is that when merchants do business, the carrying of money becomes a big problem, And now the money bank can solve this problem, and it can also hold a large amount of money in the hands of the imperial court.

Seeing that Li Shimin was very interested in Qian Zhuang, Li Xiu also talked more, but the more he talked about it in the end, the more he felt that something was wrong, especially the eyes of Li Shimin and Wei Zheng looking at him, which made him feel uncomfortable all over his body, and at the same time made him feel as if he had ignored something?

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