Tang Ning vaguely felt as if there was something important missing in the solid color porcelain, and after a day, he finally remembered that there is a kind of secret color porcelain that does not seem to have been introduced, and the secret color porcelain should still be a mystery in this era.

After investigation, Tang Ning learned that Famen Temple is in Fufeng County, Shaanxi, and there are four big characters of "Emperor Buddha Kingdom" written by Song Huizong's imperial pen, which is a Buddhist holy land, and the relics of the legendary Buddha are enshrined. Of course, this legend is very unreliable to Downing, what Buddha left more than 80,000 relics after the destruction of the Buddha, and the Indian Ashoka in order to promote the Dharma with gold and silver objects distributed around the world.

In the history of Famen Temple, it is worth noting that in the Tang Dynasty for more than 200 years, there were eight emperors of Gaozong, Wuhou, Zhongzong, Suzong, Dezong, Xianzong, Yizong and Xizong. So it's no surprise that Famen Temple has Tang royal treasures.

In the recent rebellion in Gansu and Shaanxi, Famen Temple was wreaked havoc, and it was a good time to buy it at a low price. He began to ask his assistant to look for a plan to buy the famous temple in Guanzhong, which could not be clearly said to be Famen Temple. Speaking of which, in addition to Famen Temple, other famous Buddhist holy places may also have underground treasures, which others cannot find, and Boss Tang has a set of treasure exploration equipment, which is different from others, so it is not necessarily impossible to do not have a Famen Temple.

China's first Buddhist temple, the White Horse Temple, the Shaolin Temple, the holy land of Zen Buddhism and martial arts, the Jokhang Temple, Labtun Temple, and Taer Temple of Tibetan Buddhism are all targets for Boss Tang. The latter three belong to Tibetan Buddhism, which is easy to do, Master Tang was originally a Darai Lama, and he just gave an order.

The dilemma is how to collect the holy places of Chinese Buddhism. I'm afraid this will have to make a deal with the monks and officials of the Great Qing Kingdom. Money can buy everything, but apparently the temple is not among them, and this may be one of the most difficult tasks the assistant has ever received. Boss Tang has always had a bad reputation in this regard, and the assistants even advised him not to run the project as it is.

No matter how difficult the project is, as long as there is money, there will be capable people. Sheng Xuanhuai, a former aide to Li Hongzhang and known for adopting a policy of endless compromise at a time of political turmoil in the country after the martyrdom of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, took over this impossible task from the assistant of Emperor Windsor.

Sheng Xuanhuai was a very good middleman in the confrontation between the Qing Dynasty and Hualian, because he used to be offended at both ends, and his reputation was much better than that of Hu Xueyan and Li Hongzhang. The latter two couldn't do this even if they wanted to, Master Hu had to make money by secretly opening some green buildings, while Master Li could only eat his old book, he would only be an official and didn't want to do business.

The financial constraints of the Great Qing Dynasty were well known, and Sheng Xuanhuai brought good news to the Ministry of Finance of the Great Qing Dynasty at this time that he could increase his income and sell the real estate of the Buddhist temple. The Great Qing Kingdom wanted to sell it, but the problem was that these properties did not belong to the Great Qing Government at all. It is the private property of the presiding officers, abbots, and holy monks, and it is not nominally, but in fact it is the private property of the major "holy monks". Because the host enjoys a lot of power.

No problem, a master is good at solving puzzles. Although the presiding officers were autonomous, the original Ministry of Rites of the Great Qing Dynasty had a six-rank official Sanglu Division to manage Buddhist affairs, and after the democratization of the Qing Dynasty, this department was still retained, Sheng Xuanhuai mainly wanted to persuade Shen Baozhen to give up the management of the Sanglu Division and set up a unified Buddhist affairs management department for the whole of China and even the whole of Asia.

After pushing the cup and changing the lamp to reminisce about the past, Sheng Xuanhuai, who is currently only a businessman, expressed his intention to Premier Shen, and there are big tyrants who are willing to buy out the management of religious affairs at a high price, Premier Shen is dumbfounded, and there are such businessmen, he said: "That person is not crazy, right?" Can you think of this way of making money? Isn't it a little too lacking? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai: "The key point is the high price, I can say responsibly, that person can afford any price, you can open it, I advise you to open it high, and if it is low, I will clear it for us that it is not worth it." ”

It's not like any rich person in this world dares to say something like "can afford any price". Shen Baozhen's body was shocked, and said, "Who is that person?" You can't make a big deal and you won't even show up for yourself, right? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai: "People in the religious circles, many of them are mysterious and secretive, which is normal. This income can be regarded as a heavy fiscal revenue. Prime Minister, the minimum income in the United Nations has been universally reduced to 12 euros, while the per capita income of our Qing Dynasty is less than 3 euros. Therefore, in order to develop people's livelihood, the prime minister has to think about it carefully. ”

Premier Shen frowned: "Can this revenue affect the finances?" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai: "Of course, if it weren't so big, how could I dare to say that the other party was a rich man who rivaled the richness of the country?" ”

Premier Shen jokingly said: "My tax revenue this year is expected to be 75 million euros, could it be that this rich man can help us become 80 million euros?" If so, that's good, and we're back to where we were before Windsor. ”

The Qing Dynasty still had such a strong financial capacity, of course, because it had almost doubled its tax rate. In fact, all the Entente powers imposed large taxes in order to maintain their military power.

Sheng Xuanhuai smiled and said: "What does the Prime Minister mean by making a price of 5 million euros? I don't think that's a problem. ”

Premier Shen was not interested in doing business, but was interested in the person behind him, and said nonchalantly: "5 million euros a year." ”

Unexpectedly, Sheng Xuanhuai said without thinking: "Okay." I'll talk to the boss at the price you said. ”

Premier Shen was taken aback at this time, if the other party had this strength...... That's the richest man in the world.

According to the idea of the profiteer Sheng Xuanhuai, if he holds the right to formulate policies for religious management in his hands, he can make all the believers pinch and knead them at will, and if they want to buy a famous temple through the ages, they have to use such a ruthless trick.

Boss Tang listened to the assistant's report, and didn't think it was ridiculous at all as the assistant imagined, but mysteriously asked the assistant to investigate the population of monks and nuns in the Qing Dynasty. What's the use of that? It turned out that Boss Tang was playing with the idea of taxing monks and nuns. These people don't have to pay taxes to the government, but if there is a way to collect taxes, it will also be a huge amount of income, depending on whether you have the ability to do so.

There is no tradition of taxing monks in various dynasties, because the other party is a clergyman, and he deals with Buddha, gods, and immortals, and talking about money with monks will hurt feelings, and hurt the feelings with the Buddha, and the consequences seem to be very strict.

Perhaps the emperors and ministers of the past did not even dare to think about it. Only a handful of atheist emperors seem to have had the idea of limiting the monk population because they did not pay taxes, which affected the country's finances and labor force.

As long as you dare to think in this direction, there is always a way. It's not a problem that taxing monks directly is against tradition, but we wonder where the monks' income comes from. Of course, it is donated by believers, as long as we monopolize this way of donation and directly tax believers in a hidden way, won't it be solved?

In fact, Tang Fawang did just that, all the magic weapons must be consecrated by his old man, otherwise it is a fake and shoddy product, and the tax of all monks is indirectly levied. Guan Zhong is really remarkable, thousands of years ago he invented the monopoly industry taxation law (salt industry official business), and Europeans are stupid and seem to have no way to collect taxes.

The most important way for Europeans to tax property taxes is to count how many windows there are in other people's homes, and as a result, people in that period did not open windows, which was really a "dark Middle Ages".

It is estimated that there are as many as 18 million monks in the Great Qing Kingdom, and as long as you can squeeze two or three oceans from each monk, you can earn 5 million euros a year. Of course, this is all a smokescreen, Boss Tang doesn't care about this little money, what he wants is the right to control the famous temple through the ages.

Even if the 5 million euros help the Qing Dynasty develop its national strength, it is not a big deal, and Boss Tang's current family background is so thick that he doesn't care about gains and losses. Now, even if they invite Princess Irene, who doesn't know anything and doesn't know anything, to be in charge, she won't be able to defeat not only our Windsor tycoons in a few decades.

If the Qing government collects 5 million euros from Boss Tang, hehe, then it will naturally be able to make Boss Tang's people generously carry out activities in the Qing Kingdom, and the big men who dare to do business with the central government of the Qing Dynasty, do you think there are a lot of them?

Sheng Xuan Huaixing hurriedly came to Premier Shen again with good news, and as soon as they met, he said to Premier Shen: "Great news, that boss has agreed to our request, we can entrust the business of the Sanglu Division to the Buddhist Association, and every year the Buddhist Association will transfer the money to the Ministry of Finance." ”

Premier Shen: "Huh? What bank is coming from? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai was a little embarrassed and said: "The newly opened bank, China International Commercial Bank, is a partnership of a group of businessmen in Shanghai, and the younger brother also has some shares in it. ”

It should be so, if there is no benefit, why did Sheng Xuanhuai come here with such enthusiasm?

Shen Baozhen's face was embarrassed, and said: "With such a big business, how can there be no owner?" I'm curious, who is this who is so big and pays so much money for the establishment of the Buddhist Association? The price of 5 million euros is not a personal preference, is it? ”

He didn't expect that the Buddhist Association could also make a lot of money, and he thought that there were local tyrants who wanted to unify the Buddhist world for eternity.

Sheng Xuanhuai still said mysteriously: "Why should Lord Shen bother with the details? In short, entrusting the business to the Buddhist Association, there is a huge financial income every year, everyone will be happy, 5 million euros is 25 million oceans, education, the army, people's livelihood, I have great benefits in the Qing Dynasty. As long as the Buddhist associations do not pay tribute on time, their privileges can be revoked at any time. It's a lucrative business. ”

Sheng Xuanhuai, who also served as finance minister, knew how tempting this windfall was for the government. This is almost the same as the reparations paid to Britain and France during the Second Opium War, and it happens every year.

Shen Baozhen had no choice but to say, "Then I'll discuss it with my colleagues." ”