Guo Ye frowned and said, "Master Xuanzang told me that the Dharma Protector of Buddhism can supervise all the temples in the world. Isn't he right? ”

"Qin Guogong, don't get me wrong! It is true that the protectors of Buddhism can supervise the temples of the world. But our Dade Temple is not among them! In other words, our Daitokuji Temple is not under your control. ”

"Why is that?"

"Because we have Daitokuji Temple...... He's not a temple at all! ”

Guo Ye couldn't believe his ears and said, "No...... Not a temple? What do you mean by that? ”

"Take two steps back and look at the plaque we hung!"

Guo Ye returned to the temple gate, only to see two big characters written on the plaque of Dade Temple - "Dade"!

Monk Sekong explained: "To be precise, this place should be called Dade Temple, not Dade Temple!" ”

"Whew! What is the difference between Dade Temple and Dade Temple? ”

"That's a big difference. If you want to talk about Dade Temple, it has to be our monks. But the Dade Temple, in fact, it is not up to us to decide. ”

"Who's in charge?"

"He's probably coming...... Hey, here we are! ”

Guo Ye looked at the fingers of the coloring monk, and saw a group of people dressed as servants surrounding an old man walking far away towards him. The old man had silver hair, his face wrinkled, but his eyes were bright.

This old man Guo Ye really knows, in fact, not only Guo Ye knows, but Li Xinglian also knows. As soon as the two saw the old man, they hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down, and said, "Participate in the king's service!" ”

Who is this old man? It is the governor of Menxia Province, and Wang Gui is also the servant of Menxia Province!

Datang implements a system of three provinces and six ministries. The three provinces are Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province and Menxia Province. The governor of Shangshu Province is called Shangshu Ling. Because His Majesty Li Er has made a Shangshu order, this official position will be vacant in the future. The governor of Shangshu Province became the left servant of Shangshu and the right servant of Shangshu. The governor of Zhongshu Province is called Zhongshu Ling, and the current Zhongshu Order is Wei Zheng Wei Xuancheng. As for the governor of Menxia Province, he did not ask the door to order, but asked the door to serve as a servant, and Wang Gui served as the servant.

It can be said that Wang Gui, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and Wei Zheng constitute the current prime minister team of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Gui is one of the few people in the Tang Dynasty who is above Guo Ye. However, although the truth is the same, in fact, Wang Gui rarely goes to court and rarely participates in national affairs.

Why? This has to start with the authority of the province under the door.

The three provinces each perform their own duties, and their power is not small. But the easiest thing to attract the emperor's jealousy is the province under the door, because this institution has the power to refute the emperor's edict. In other words, Wang Gui has a veto power over the holy decree of His Majesty Li Er. He felt that this decree was not appropriate, and that it was invalid.

Although he thinks intellectually that there should be such an institution to restrict himself, but emotionally, even if he is as wise as His Majesty Li Er, he doesn't treat his subordinates very well. Therefore, when choosing a subordinate to serve in the door, choose more of those who are old and sick. This kind of person spends most of his time recuperating at home, rarely appearing in front of the emperor, and has no chance to block the emperor.

Life is rare for seventy years, Wang Gui is about to be seventy years old, and he is frail and sickly, and his status is high enough, so it is suitable to be a servant of this disciple.

The daily work of the subordinate province is actually carried out by the deputy of the subordinate servant, the subordinate squire. When Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was in power, Menxia Province simply did not set up the post of subordinate servant, only Menxia Shilang. There is no longer anyone in this monk book province who serves as the Shang Shu order, only the left and right servants of the Shang Shu are simply the same.

All in all, Wang Gui is a high-ranking and powerful person, but in fact he rarely exercises his power, and he has not had much contact with Guo Ye.

Wang Gui was also stunned when he saw Guo and Li, and said, "It turned out to be Li Shilang and Qin Guogong, which fragrant wind blew you two here?"

Guo Yedao: "In the middle of the king of Qiqi, he came down to this Dade Temple to investigate the case!" I just heard this monk say that Dade Temple is your old man's master, I don't know if it's true? ”

"Uh......" Wang Gui blushed and said, "That's true." In fact, this is Dade Temple, not Dade Temple! ”

This is the second time Guo Ye has heard this statement, he asked: "In the past, the temple and the temple were said together, what is the difference between Dade Temple and Dade Temple, and I hope that Wang Shilang will solve his doubts!" ”

"Well, I'm ashamed to say it. In fact, this is the family temple of Wang's family. The difference between Dade Temple and Dade Temple is the difference between a temple and a family temple, and you should understand when I say this, right? ”

"I ......" Guo Ye endured it, so he didn't say the word "day".

After so many years of traveling through the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ye certainly knows what a family temple is.

The difference between a temple and a family temple is too great!

The temple, which is the building where the monks lived, is dedicated to the Buddha.

The family temple is dedicated to the ancestors of the owner of the family temple. In modern terms, it is an ancestral hall. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, there is no such thing as an ancestral hall, and even ordinary people cannot have a family temple, and only officials above the fifth grade are qualified to build a family temple. That is, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, ordinary people could build their own temples to worship their ancestors.

Guo Ye pointed to the monks around him, and then pointed to the Daxiong Hall in the distance, and finally a thousand words converged into one sentence: "Wang Shizhong, your old man's ancestor will not be a Buddha who sends his son, right?" ”

"Of course not!" Wang Gui pointed to a side hall and said, "The ranking of the old man and the sect is there, and there is never a shortage of sacrifices at four o'clock. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Is that a problem...... To put it simply, there is no money! ”

"No money?"

"Exactly! Officials above the fifth rank have to build a family temple. The old man was in a high position many years ago, and it is said that he should have built a family temple a long time ago. However, the old man's family has a large population, and there are too many poor relatives in need of relief, and he has to maintain the dignity of high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty, so this temple has never been built. But he made a clean room at home, hung the portraits of the ancestors and ancestors, and worshipped at four o'clock. ”

"So you ...... now The scale of this Dade Temple is not small, and there are many halls! ”

"Speaking of which, it all depends on those imperial histories. When they saw that the old man did not build a family temple, they impeached the old man, saying that the old man was not filial. His Majesty asked me why I didn't build a family temple, and I said I didn't have any money. Later, His Majesty asked the household department to pay for the construction of this big family temple for the old man here. ”

"So, the entire Dade Temple is your family temple? How did it become like this? ”

Wang Gui sighed and said, "The key to this matter is that there is no money. Look at this Dade Temple, it covers a wide area and has many halls. If you want to maintain it, the annual expenses are not small. The old man couldn't afford it, so he thought of a way that wasn't the way to go......"

"What's the solution?"

"The old man rented most of this Dade Temple to these monks. They are not only responsible for maintaining the construction of the Dade Temple, but also give the old man a sum of money every year! ”

Money, and money!

Guo Yexin said, the income of our Datang officials is not low, why is your old man so short of money, and he actually rented out the family temple! I think you're not wrong about those imperial historians, your old man really didn't take his ancestors seriously. His Majesty Li Er's appropriation for you to repair the family temple is meaningless except for adding a sum of money to you.

Thinking so in his heart, Guo Ye won't say it in his mouth! Whether Wang Gui is filial or not, what does it have to do with him? Now the top priority is to search the Dade Temple and find evidence that the monks insulted women!

He said: "Wang Shizhong, according to the investigation of this official, these monks of Dade Temple are not good monks, they have done a lot of illegal things, this official wants to search Dade Temple, and I hope you will be accommodating." ”

After hearing this, Wang Gui's eyes flashed, and he said, "You want to search the old man's family temple?" ”