The next day, when I got up early in the morning, those monks started to talk again, worthy of a profession, let Li Chen speak, talk like those monks so hard, this afternoon, plus evening, plus morning, I'm afraid my throat is dumb.

However, the monks didn't say much, mainly to wrap up the rest of yesterday's laymanship, and tell the story of a night judge.

"During the Zhenguan period, the county magistrate of Changju County, Liu Zhigan, was fair and honest for officials, enforced the law impartially, and loved the people like children. … The author skips to the last ,... without going through the word count. Judge Liu has been a judge for three years, and one day, the official told him that he can not be a judge They found a master to be a formal judge,..., with this experience of being a night judge, Liu Fujun was more cautious in his words and deeds, honest and fair..."

During the slack period, the villagers who were idle and had nothing to do responded enthusiastically with applause, saying that they would definitely do more good deeds and accumulate virtue in the future, and not do evil things. In the enthusiastic response of the villagers, they had breakfast in the village, ten ox carts, ten monks, a tent, and a small novice, and set out on their way home.

In this village, all the crops are produced by the longevity temple, and the villagers are very devout to accept the probation of the longevity temple, so this trip back, not only the villagers get the land rent, but also the villagers have to worship.

The rent of the field is grain, and the cloth is the favor of the villagers, which is counted as incense money. There is also a big bag of money, which is also counted.

The villagers were very enthusiastic and helped to load the goods onto the ox carts. Then in order to reduce the burden on the oxen, the monks pulled the ox cart in front of them, and Li Chen was embarrassed to continue to rely on the ox cart, so he got off the cart and followed on foot. Only the youngest, probably in their teens, were on the top ox cart.

Although the quantity and value of these items were counted yesterday and are registered in the register. Li Chen looked at the ten ox carts full, and still had to feel that these monk temples were rich enough to keep oil.

"The bandits return to the village..." This is Li Chen's evaluation of today's behavior, accustomed to the lifestyle of modern people, Li Chen's evaluation of such rent collection activities is very low. Li Chen felt that he didn't look like a monk's temple, as if he had gone to the countryside to sweep up bandits and returned with a full load.

In his opinion, this kind of behavior is too much like going down the mountain to rob bandits. And this time down the mountain, the bandits still returned with a full load.

When they came, Li Chen still wondered if it would be too trivial. As a result, when I went back, I was really full. And that's not all. It's just a part, there are other monks in other areas who will go.

It's no wonder that Li Chen thinks so. In modern times, large amounts of money are remitted, and no matter how much money is paid, they will be remitted at once. And small amounts are also convenient banknotes that can be carried.

Even if you have change, it won't be heavy. If you exceed a certain amount, you can exchange it for large bills, which is not troublesome at all. Some people have a little money, and they don't even want change. The convenience store got the change and donated it all. In the 21st century, items such as e-wallets are even more convenient.

So you see this time the rent is collected, and the things have to be pulled by yourself. It is inconvenient to go out with a few ox carts at every turn. Li Chen had to complain. This is still because if you are close, if you are farther away, there will be a lot of loss on the road alone.

Why don't you pay it, you say? At this time in the Tang Dynasty, the two tax laws had already been implemented. Yes, it's easy to pay. By the way, wouldn't it be more convenient to use flying money. It's just that this is simply a fat sheep sent to the door for people to slaughter.

Because of the grain, cloth, these things, are all used in the temple, you exchange the rent you collect for money, and use the money to buy them, is it really too much money?

Second, it should be regarded as the temple party's compassion. The villagers exchanged the harvest for money, and then used it to pay the rent, because the harvest was cheap, and they had to be slaughtered immediately.

Calculating this account, the villagers sold grain at a low price in order to pay the land rent, and were slaughtered. Then the temple received the money. Can money be eaten? Of course not, you have to spend a sum of money to buy the grain and cloth from the merchants. It's also possible that you sell it to someone else.

As a result, the merchants made a lot of money, and the temple and the people were wronged. In this case, it is more convenient to pick up and drop off by yourself.

Li Chen can understand all of this, through contact with the villagers, and the knowledge he has gained from history books, Li Chen understands the approximately. It's just that understanding is understanding, and complaining is complaining, anyway, if you are complained about and have a longevity temple, you won't know.

As for the more convenient way to get flying money, although it is equivalent to a modern bill of exchange. But the official way seems to have been abolished decades ago. Do you think it's modern? No matter how big or small, there is a local bank, or a post office. How could the Tang Dynasty be so good.

"A total of 50 stones, 23 pieces of cloth..., the inventory is good, I'm sorry for everyone." , Look at those monks, after working hard to move the collected cloth and grain into the warehouse, Li Chen locked the warehouse.

Busy in the autumn harvest season, Li Chen went to the countryside with the devils a few days ago, but he was wrong, he went to the countryside with the monks to collect rent and promote the Dharma. When I came back, I started to be busy registering for the harvest of these days.

As a few days ago, some monks went to the countryside to collect rent and preach the Dharma, and some villagers sent them by themselves. I want to pass the scales and register. Li Chen was very busy.

"Today I received 50 stone of rice and 23 horses of cloth." After returning to the room, Li Chen took out several account books and began to register.

These books are all new account books, and Li Chen made the old account books a few days ago, and he was dizzy. The ledger is too troublesome to read. So he decided to get a new one.

He didn't have a very good idea of what to do with the ledger, he didn't study accounting. After thinking about it, only decide to divide income and expenses. Then each item is divided into several categories, rice, cloth, and money, which are the largest items, and there will be discrepancies every day, and each item must become a separate book. Then some of the others are subdivided, and a new account is opened. For example, how much land there is and so on.

"These people, it's weird..." , After registering it today, Li Chen casually picked up the temple property. The temple property of Changshou Temple is obtained in addition to the original government grant, 300 acres of land. Over the years, there have been people who have donated land, and the total temple property of Changshou Temple can reach about 600 acres. You can receive a field rent of about 720 koku per year.

These 720 stones can only be rented from the land. Each mu is about 1.2 stones per year. Is this a high or low number? Li Chen didn't know anything about it. It's just that he knew by talking to the villagers that this was low. It is about 1/3 of the land rent every year.

1/3 shouldn't be too high, right? He remembered that Taiwan had implemented a 375 rent reduction, which meant that the landlords could only collect as much as they could from the tenant farmers if the maximum was 30 percent 75. In this way, 1./3 is not much, less than three into seventy-five.

It's just that the land rent is only half of it. What's more, incense money from all sides. Like today, I collected thousands of dollars to get incense. Although it is only a few runs, it adds up to a lot. After mastering the income and expenditure of the temple for a few days, the incense money alone today can probably cover half a day's expenses.

Li Chen was very strange, what were those people, they didn't have a good time, and they saved some things to give to the temple.

As a direct beneficiary, Li Chen is not good at saying anything, as a parasite in the huge Buddhist machine, he can't say how bad Buddhism is.

He exonerated his proprietor, regardless of the religion. Like that Lama on that plateau. The believers are all living hard, the lamas have lived a race one by one, the state builds railways for them, and there are all kinds of subsidies, and they don't know how to be grateful. One by one, they believe in what they like. Islam did not understand, and then, like Christianity, it also drank blood on the people, and it was not until modern times that it slowly improved.

Li Chen couldn't help but think, is this the inertia of human beings? Or religious brainwashing. It seems that the poorer the place, the more religious it is, and the more dependent people are on religion. Don't think about how hard you have to work to get out of this situation. I will only rely on the afterlife, or I want to say what will happen after death.

If you want to live a good life in this life, it seems to be very hard, and you may not be successful. However, if you want to pursue the afterlife, you just have to lie to yourself.

"Thirteen, Thirteen." After a while, the little novice Ruth pushed the door in, "Thirteen Lang." Brother Wuming is back.'"

"Wuming? Who?' , Li Chen said strangely. "Oh, by the way, you just didn't know when you came." Fan Xiao Shami, soon introduced Wuming.

"Senior Brother Wuming, he is the abbot's disciple. A few days ago, I went out to travel, and I only came back today. I'll take you to meet him.'" After speaking, Li Fan pulled Li Chen away, "What, you like Senior Brother Wuming very much?" "Everyone likes him, Brother Wuming is profound in Buddhism, and he often explains the scriptures for everyone. And Senior Brother Wuming is also gentle, so the brothers in the temple like him very much."

"Don't worry, really, everyone is back. I won't run away all of a sudden." , Lifan pulled Li Chen to see Wuming.

This Wuming gave a good first impression, about thirty years old, close to forty. Between the eyebrows, it gives people a gentle feeling, which will make people want to get close to him. So Li Chen also had a good impression of him.

It can be seen that he is quite popular. The monk's house, where the monks lived, was also a large shop. I just came back and realized that I told those who hadn't had a chance to go far away about where he had gone and what things he had encountered.

"Senior brother, let me introduce you, this is the thirteenth lang of the Li family. The abbot hired him as the new accountant of the monastery. "I've seen Zen Master Wuming." , Li Chen clasped his hands together, and along the way, Lifan also told Li Chen that now the abbot Hui Lin Zen Master is very old, and he is not sure to be summoned by the Buddha, and many people think that Wuming is very likely to take over as the abbot.

"Buddha Buddha. The accounts of our temple are heavy, and the thirteen lang are tired." "Don't dare, a certain family will do their best, and they will definitely sort out the accounts and live up to the abbot's trust." , strange, is it your own delusion? How do you feel that when you hear that you have taken over the tent, this enlightened Zen master has a very meaningful expression?