When Su Wuming heard the news from the court, he pondered for a moment at first, and finally showed a faint smile, because after knowing the news, he felt that this matter was not as difficult as he imagined.

First of all, with the support of Li Deyu and Li Dang, he will have a lot of obstacles in the future, at least above the court, Su Wuming does not have to worry about being talked to by others, being yin by others, Li Deyu is the emperor's most favored courtier now, if he can't do this thing, it will really be in vain The emperor's favor.

Moreover, the eunuchs and the relatives, these are the most feared and hated by the emperor Li Yan, Li Yan does not agree with the emperor who was supported by the eunuchs in the past, he wants to make the emperor of the Tang Dynasty look new, so during his reign, even if he can't cure the eunuch party's power is too heavy, he can improve it or replace some eunuchs in power, but he still has this ability.

As expected, these eunuchs and relatives who opposed the fight against Buddhism would pay a terrible price in this incident.

With these, Su Wuming doesn't have to care too much about the affairs of the court, he only needs to deal with the belief of the people, this problem is difficult to say, easy to say, faith in this kind of thing, come and go quickly, as long as these people see how ugly the things they believe in, Su Wuming believes that this matter will be solved.

And if the people want to see the ugly faces of some monasteries, Su Wuming knows very well that they can't wait, they have to wait for the opportunity.

In the afternoon of this day, when Su Wuming was analyzing the news from the court at home, a guest in the Su Mansion suddenly asked to see him, and the arrival of this guest made Su Wuming a little surprised.

The person who came was Pei Xiu, the young man of the Chang'an City Mansion who solved the murder case of Huizhen Temple with Su Wuming.

Su Wuming greeted Pei Xiu to sit down in the living room, and then asked, "Why did Master Pei have the leisure to come here?" ”

Pei Xiu's face was very bad and a little grim, he glanced at Su Wuming and asked, "I heard that you want to attack Buddhism?" ”

Su Wuming was taken aback, and after frowning slightly, he said: "The emperor accepts his fate, and this official does not dare to disobey." ”

Pei Xiu sighed, thinking that he also knew the ins and outs of this matter, but he did not give up the purpose of his visit this time, he looked at Su Wuming and said, "Do you know how difficult this matter is?" ”

"Of course I know."

"If you know, why do you want to receive orders?"

"The emperor's fate is difficult!"

Pei Xiu's eyebrows tightened slightly, and then he said: "Master Su, let's tell you the truth, I came to you this time to oppose your attack on Buddhism, if you insist on attacking Buddhism, after I go back, I will have to write a piece of music, and I will join you!" ”

This is what Su Wuming didn't expect, this person who has worked with him is now going to join his own book, is it true that he can't make friends in this officialdom?

Su Wuming was a little disappointed at first, but soon, he regained his composure and asked with a light smile, "Can I know the reason?" Why did Master Pei object to me doing this! ”

Pei Xiu didn't hide from Su Wuming's eyes, and said directly: "Okay, then I'll talk about my reasons, first of all, Buddhism was introduced to Middle-earth from the Western Han Dynasty, and after hundreds of years of development, it has become very strong. Finally, I am a believer in Buddhism, and I am deeply aware of the benefits that Buddhism has brought to me, so I firmly oppose these actions of yours. ”

After listening to Pei Xiu's words, Su Wuming was excited, not even angry, but smiled lightly, and said: "Presumably Master Pei misunderstood, he didn't say that he wanted to oppose your belief in Buddhism, let alone prevent you from believing in Buddhism, you went to Buddha and made a wish, that is your freedom, and what this official wants to do is not to destroy Buddhism and prevent them from spreading in my Datang, but to attack Buddhist monasteries, of course, some monasteries that use Buddhism to make some harm to the interests of Datang, these monasteries have a lot of land under their hands, So that the people of my Tang Dynasty have no land to cultivate, they use the relationship with the Chaotian masters, and frequently seek various benefits for themselves, this kind of behavior is simply a shame of Buddhism, since Lord Pei believes in Buddhism, he should know the true meaning of Buddhism, right? ”

Pei Xiu did have a deep understanding of the Buddha, and when he heard Su Wuming's words, he was suddenly shocked, and the resoluteness in his heart when he first came couldn't help but be half defeated.

It's just that in the face of Su Wuming's questioning, Pei Xiu couldn't say why, and Su Wuming saw Pei Xiu like this, smiled indifferently, and said: "There is a Buddha in your heart, why do you care about the form?" ”

After Su Wuming said this, Pei Xiu suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, and suddenly woke up, he seemed to have seen through many things in the world, and after quickly getting up, Pei Xiu bowed to Su Wuming and said, "I really didn't expect that Lord Su woke up with a word, okay, I already understand, Lord Su should do what he should do, if necessary, you can come to me at any time and say goodbye!" ”

After Pei Xiu finished speaking, he left immediately, Su Wuming looked at Pei Xiu's departing back, and smiled indifferently, if a person can wake up, and wake up in time, it means that he has not lost his heart, and he can still think, and he will not become crazy and lose his mind because of his beliefs.

After Pei Xiu left, Su Wuming returned to the question he had thought about before, why did those eunuchs and relatives like to worship the Buddha, was it because they had done too many evil things, and hoped that the Buddha would forgive them?

Or is it because they have flaws that they want to gain peace of mind by worshipping the Buddha, or is it just because they want to use the influence of Buddhism for political purposes?

Perhaps there are all these reasons, but the main one is to achieve their political goals.

After Su Wuming carefully analyzed these things, the next thing to do was to wait, wait for Jiang Ying and Lin Yun and their news, and then decide how to do it in combination with their news.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, Jiang Ying and Lin Yun came back, they were very tired when they came back, and they wanted to come to this day to let them inquire about the news, which made them tired enough.

After letting the two of them rest for a while, Su Wuming hurriedly listened to the news they brought back.

Lin Yun was the first to speak, but his expression was not good, and he was faintly worried.

"Master Su, we have investigated part of the things you asked us to investigate, in this Chang'an City, there are sixty-eight monasteries, large and small, of which there are eight monasteries with a large amount of land under their names, and there are as many as thirty with a small amount of land, and they have leased all these fields, and collect a large part of the grain from the tenants every year, and leave them for those tenants, almost enough for them to eat for half a year, these monks are really ruthless and unjust."

"So, those tenants don't believe in Buddhism?"

Lin Yun shook his head: "No, what surprised us is that most of those tenants believe in Buddhism, at first we thought it was incredible, but after investigation, we learned that those tenants were brainwashed by those monks, saying that it is good to believe in Buddhism so and that, and they will not suffer like this in the next life." ”

After Lin Yun finished speaking, Jiang Ying on the side immediately added: "In addition to this reason, there is another reason, that is, if they don't believe in Buddhism, those tenants can't plant the land of the monastery at all, and if they plant those lands, they don't have to starve for at least half a year, but if they don't plant, they will have nothing, I think this is the main reason." ”

Jiang Ying said, there was a strong hatred in his eyes, as if he hated to kill all those monks, and at this time, Su Wuming touched his nose slightly, and then smiled: "These news are very important, after knowing this, we also know how to start, to appease those tenants, naturally it is the easiest to distribute the land to them, but these tenants are a minority after all, but most of the people among the people believe in Buddhism, do you have an investigation?" ”

Jiang Ying nodded: "Back to the adult's words, they have all investigated, in the people, some low-level people just hope that the Buddha will bless them with safety, they don't believe it very true, compared to some big families and noble children, they believe it is very true, they don't allow anyone to insult the Buddha, they feel that all the glory and wealth they have now are given by the Buddha, because they are the biggest obstacle to the adults from attacking Buddhism." ”

Su Wuming nodded, those big families and rich children are indeed difficult to deal with, they are rich, even powerful, they don't care about the material needs you give them, what they want is just spiritual comfort, if you want them to resist Buddhism, you must let them see the ugly side of Buddhism, or the ugly side of those monks in the monasteries.

After Jiang Ying said this, Lin Yun said: "Among the sixty-eight temples, there are three very large temples that have the greatest influence in Chang'an City, they are Huguo Temple, Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple, among which Huguo Temple is the most powerful among these temples, many emperors and royal family members have made incense and made wishes in Huguo Temple, because of this, their land is the most, accounting for half of all temple fields, and Qingguang Temple and Pudu Temple are equal, and Huguo Temple is far away, the biggest resistance of adults, I'm afraid it's this Huguo Temple. ”

The previous emperors of the Tang Dynasty had great respect for Buddhism, so it is normal for Huguo Temple to have a great reputation, and it is naturally the most difficult to shake its status, and with the strength of Huguo Temple, there must be collusion with the people in the court, thinking of this, Su Wuming continued to ask: "These three major temples have a close relationship with those officials in the court?" ”

Jiang Ying and Lin Yun shook their heads, this kind of thing is not easy to investigate, and now they haven't investigated it yet, Su Wuming nodded, and finally said: "Since that's the case, you two should go and rest first, I'll wait for Tang Xiong's news." ”