"Huh? In this way, it is the official who has wronged you. Chen Zhixian sneered, and said in a mocking and mocking tone: "But recently, there have been rumors in the yaya that a certain official has recently become obsessed with the concubine in the family, so that Pepsi is idle to live!" ”

Which vain Baduan hit the master in front of Chen Zhixian My little report, Lotte scolded in his heart, but he still made a sycophant.

I didn't dare to care about the sarcasm of the big man, and then Lotte reacted, the big man said this, obviously there is another meaning, obviously in the middle of the knock to remind yourself, don't just think about yourself and be happy, master, I am also the difficulty of the Spring Festival, don't be full of men and don't know that hungry men are hungry.

It seems that the matter of taking a concubine for the eldest lord should be included in his own agenda, so as not to be beaten like this again, Lotte said in his heart.

Put these thoughts aside, Lotte continued: "The subordinates seem to be idle for a while, but in fact, they are counting how much land the temple and temple have occupied, so that the subordinates can correctly estimate how much money can be raised from these temple views, but unexpectedly, they found out that my Great Song Dynasty has accumulated many years of disadvantages since the founding of the country!" ”

After listening to Lotte's words, Chen Zhixian didn't believe it in his heart, you can find a fart from the countryside who has never even been out of Pingyu, and said half-mockingly and half-jokingly: "You can tell me and listen to it!" ”

"Does the lord believe in Buddhism?" Lotte asked rhetorically.

"The son is silent, and the strange power is confused!" Chen Zhixian was disdainful.

"The villain doesn't believe it either!" Lotte was busy patting his ass, and then said: "Believe in Buddhism, the villain thinks that on the surface, it is a problem of faith and thought, but in essence, the main driving force is economic reasons!" ”

"What do you mean?" Although Chen Zhixian has read a stomach full of four books and five classics, religious studies and economics are not included in his studies.

Lotte continued: "When the common people have wealth, the imperial court collects taxes. If there is a very simple, reasonable, and popular way to get people to pay less taxes, will anyone refuse? ”

"Is tax evasion allowed by the law of the land? How can it be grandiose! Chen Zhixian, who was worried about the achievements of the money, was angry, and became more and more curious: "What is the way?" ”

There is a Song Dynasty, the first official must be the county, to the amount of taxes collected to measure the performance, it can be said that the post of the county of the Great Song Dynasty is the most difficult to do in the past dynasties, so the release of Beijing officials is the biggest punishment.

Lotte said unhurriedly: "The richer the household, the more you need to pay a large amount of land to the imperial court, and if you have a large number of people in your family, you must provide enough money to the imperial court. ”

Regarding what Lotte said, Chen Zhixian also nodded secretly, and then said: "There have been four times of destroying the Buddha in the past dynasties, and I think this is the reason!" "Chen Zhixian is well versed in history.

It's just that Lotte didn't say it comprehensively, in ancient China, especially the expansion of Buddhism, it was mainly a game of interests between the imperial power and the bottom society and the aristocracy. If the imperial power is weak, Buddhism will devour a lot of human, material, and financial resources in society, and if the imperial power is at its peak, the status of Buddhism will be low.

Lotte continued: "The villain also ordered people to pay attention to the property of the local temple, and found that the local temple also has a large number of temple fields under its name, and it also operates the Changsheng Library, as well as the business trading ......"

Before Lotte finished speaking, Chen Zhixian snorted coldly: "The monks don't eat and recite Buddha quietly, but they operate the longevity library and business, and compete with the people for profit, is it not the disciple of Buddhism!" ”

I'm afraid that some officials will ask, what is the longevity library in the temple? Why was Chen Zhixian annoyed when he heard this, this Changsheng Treasury is a money lending business operated by the temple today.

In fact, the business operated in the temple is much more than that, and the business operated in the temple is subdivided together, and the scale of listed companies in later generations is only a small comparison with this.

Most of Lotte's energy these days is focused on doing things that are not ashamed with his concubines, and his subordinates have not read much books, even if the news is greatly discounted, it is very good to be able to inquire about so much.

"According to the news from the villain, and then the villain checked all the land vouchers of the county government, and the local temple Guanyu Tian's property accounted for two-and-a-half ...... of the scale of the private land."

"So much?" Before Lotte finished speaking, Chen Zhixian became more and more surprised. Chen Zhixian knew in his heart that the size of the area occupied by this temple meant that nearly 30% of the land in Pingyu was not able to be taxed by the county government.

Lotte continued: "In addition to the field property, the temple also has a lot of real estate under its name, and the rent income is also considerable in a year, as mentioned above, so the temple and temple of the villain can bear the expenses required by the Futian Bureau, the Nursing Home and the Anji Fang!" ”

Chen Zhixian nodded: "Just know that you are working hard, write a submission of what you said today and hand it to the official, and then urge these monasteries to pay for things!" ”

After saying that, he waved Lotte away.

People who can be officials feel naturally sensitive to politics, and from Lotte's words, Chen Zhixian smelled the smell of political achievements, and began to think about Lotte's words in his mind, and a blueprint for political achievements was formed in his mind. Ordered someone to grind the ink, and while waving the pen, he conceived a draft in his mind according to the words of Lotte.

In fact, the contradiction between Buddhism and imperial power mentioned by Lotte has existed since Buddhism was introduced into the Central Plains, but this contradiction is only perceived by those in power at the time, how can ordinary scholars know.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Han Yuhan and everyone once admonished the Buddha bones, which was to understand the reason, but as a result, he almost lost his head and was relegated to Chaozhou. After that, the Han family wrote a thank you form, expressed remorse and gratitude to the emperor, and began to make extensive friends with monks.

Out of the signing room, Lotte wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, and secretly said that thanks to some homework these days, if not, he would inevitably be reprimanded by Chen Zhixian, and then began to speculate in his heart where to find a suitable woman for Chen Zhixian and Master Yan.

When she returned home on a business trip, Aunt Qu cleaned her face, and Lingzi came up with the food, which made Lotte really enjoy it.

In the evil and long-lived feudal society, Lotte really feels infatuated. However, enjoying the enjoyment, Lotte felt more and more embarrassed, the monthly income was very small, the money in his hand was not abundant, and he received all thankless errands, and there was no money to earn, and the sense of crisis was getting heavier and heavier.

Then he remembered that the eldest and second masters were full of spring again, preparing to take a concubine, and the errand of taking money and things to the temple, Lotte became upset.

In my previous life, I read crooked novels, and those protagonists were like Dumas, with beautiful wives and beautiful concubines and mature girls, and there were countless gold and silver mountains in the family, and everyone trembled in front of them.

"You see, the old man seems to have something on his mind?" Aunt Qu, who had received a good education from the family, saw that Lotte had something in her heart, and said: "If the master feels bored in his heart, he might as well talk to the concubine, although the concubine is a woman and has no ideas, but she can listen!" ”

Joke! If I tell my wife and concubine about my troubles, what prestige will I have at home in the future, and tell my wife and concubine what I think, it will be a precursor to the husband's sluggishness!

"Master, I don't have anything on my mind, but I just think about public affairs!" Lotte forced a smile and asked, "Tomorrow I want to go to Kaiyuan Temple, do you want to go with me?" ”

"Master, I want to go!" Lingzi said excitedly that since she arrived at Lotte's house, Lingzi rarely goes out except to buy rice and vegetables, and she is still a child, so she naturally wants to go out and have fun.

Unexpectedly, Qu Ling'er said: "The concubine doesn't believe in Buddhism, so she won't go!" ”

In ancient times, when feudal superstition was prevalent, it was really a miracle that there were people who did not believe in Buddhism.

"How?" Lotte was puzzled.

"When the concubine used to be at home, although the family was poor, but also lived, usually worshiped God and begged the Buddha to give incense money, and then the family encountered natural disasters, and then the father went to the temple Changsheng Treasury to borrow some silver money to do business, but unexpectedly lost the capital, the temple monk forced the debt tight, and the father sold the concubine to the human tooth in order to repay the debt......" Speaking of this, Qu Ling'er's tears were like pearls with broken threads.

Seeing Aunt Qu crying so sadly, Lingzi hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, and said: "This Laoshizi Kaiyuan Temple, the slave family is not going to go, what kind of compassion is cherished, Pudu sentient beings, are all deceitful ......" While speaking, Lingzi also remembered his sadness, hugged Qu Ling'er and cried again.

Because of Miss Yingying, Lu Zhisi fell seriously ill, and after he recovered from his illness, he resigned from the errand of the county government because he was ill, and the errand of building the Futian Courtyard and the Salesian Bureau was also placed there. Since then, all the officials in the county government have been in awe when they see Lotte, that is, Zhang Zhisi saw that the situation was not good, for fear that Lotte would find him bad luck, and he pushed the old man and sick to return home to recuperate.

Although Lotte's position is still a sticker, in the county government, he is the grass king in addition to the three masters, the school administration, and the inspection, and is regarded as a figure with hands and eyes by the officials in the ya.

Early in the morning, I went to the yamen to greet Master Yan, and then called an ox cart to go north.

Although Pingyu is only the usual county, but the Kaiyuan Temple of this county is the only famous temple of the Tang Dynasty in the whole southern Henan region, covering an area of five hundred, the whole southern Henan is bigger than the Kaiyuan Temple and the temple can be described as few, the incense is quite vigorous, it is the leader in the view of the Pingyu Temple, so the temple is the head of the Kaiyuan Temple, which is why Lotte is looking for the Kaiyuan Temple.

This Kaiyuan Temple is located in Sheqiao Town, more than 50 miles away from the county seat, and it takes half a day to walk.

After noon, Lotte came to Sheqiao Town, still on the ox cart, Lotte saw a series of tall buildings in the distance, and there was a pagoda in the other place that was even more eye-catching. When I first saw this building, Lotte was also surprised, a temple of this size, even in later generations of tourist attractions, is rare, enough to see how prosperous Buddhism was in this dynasty.

"Sir, that's Kaiyuan Temple!" Looking at Lotte's surprised expression, the driver who was driving the car said, stretched out the tall stupa again, and said with a face full of piety: "Sir, that pagoda is the stupa dedicated to the Buddha's relics!" ”

Lotte didn't expect that in a small county like Pingyu, there were still relics of Sakyamuni enshrined, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

When he got to the street, Le Tiancai found that this Sheyang Town gathered good men and women from all over the world, and it was prosperous enough to compare with the county seat, but most of the people who came here were good men and women, so that the entertainment industry was far less developed than the county seat.

After eating some food at the roadside shop, I went to Kaiyuan Temple,

Walking into the gate, Lotte in turn Tianwang Palace, Fuxian Palace, Manjushri Palace, Guanyin Palace, Jizang Palace, Buddha Xian Palace, High Monk Palace, Mida Palace, Buddha Light Palace, Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Three Holy Temples and other large halls, this turned a circle of time to evening.

Although Lotte is dressed as a public clerk, but this dress is too ordinary, looking very much like a poor scholar, those who are sent to the guest monks do not put Lotte in their eyes, and they don't care about it at all.

Stopping a monk who sent pilgrims out, Shi Buddha saluted and said: "Master Lao, I am the county official Lotte, and I also ask the master to introduce me to the abbot!" ”

When he reported his home before, Lotte had never felt his title so shabby as he did today, but he could only speak like this.

The monk looked Lotte up and down, and said casually: "The abbot master went out of the temple to visit friends!" ”

After saying that, he wanted to turn around and leave, without the slightest intention of continuing to take care of Lotte.

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