Since the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Jiju returned to the city, the night park Fengqiao, with a popular "Fengqiao Night Park" famous for future generations, Hanshan ancient temple is famous all over the world, to Suzhou, how can you not go to Hanshan Temple to visit?

Wu Jiyuan, the richest man in Suzhou, respectfully invited Zhang Tianshi to the house to pray for the old lady, and the Zhang brothers and sisters also came to Jiangnan for the first time, and they wanted to go to the lake for a long time. The eunuchs of the three major towns in Jiangnan are high and powerful, and since Yang Ling lives in Mo Mansion, Wu Jiyuan will certainly not leave this Gonggong Mo who guards Jiangnan aside, so he invited Gonggong Mo and his wife to go together.

The official boat traveled along the ancient canal and happened to pass Hanshan Temple, where Zhang Tian's brothers and sisters and Wu Jiyuan waited by the Fengqiao. Yang Ling said that he had changed into a light shirt today, if it weren't for the group of people with bows and knives on his back, he would definitely be regarded as a personable Sven son with his appearance.

Although he had heard that this Qincha was very young, when he saw his appearance at first glance, Wu Jiyuan still couldn't help but show a hint of surprise. The richest man in Suzhou is about fifty years old, looking at his appearance is gentle and elegant, although the Wu family has been in business for generations, but there is also a large area of land in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the children of the Wu family are also famous, so they can be regarded as wealthy families and celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River.

Today, it is said that Zhang Tianshi is the master, and the guest invited is Lord Qincha Yang, but when it comes to acquaintance, Mo Qinghe and Wu Jiyuan are more familiar with each other, and at the moment Mo Qinghe introduced Yang Ling to Wu Jiyuan, and Wu Jiyuan introduced Zhang Tian's brothers and sisters to Mo Qinghe, and the group walked into the Hanshan Temple with a smile.

Today, Mo Qinghe also changed into civilian clothes, he is tall and dignified, he really can't see the appearance of a eunuch in this dress, standing with the amorous and charming Mrs. Mo, he really has a feeling of being a talented woman.

The abbot of Hanshan Temple heard that Lord Qincha and the eunuch Mo Gonggong were going to visit the temple today, and he did not dare to slack off, and he went out early. The old monk is over eighty years old, his beard is white, his face is full of red light, and his body is very tough.

He put on a big red robe, and led the elders in the temple, the monk and a dozen small novices to respectfully welcome Yang Ling and others into the temple. Although this Hanshan Temple is very famous, in fact, the temple is very small, it doesn't take much time to turn around, as soon as you enter the temple gate, you can see that the big copper tripod incense is extremely vigorous, the believers burn the two fingers thick incense inserted in the ding, and the old people smell a choking fireworks.

The temple did not turn away other pilgrims because of the presence of Lord Qincha, but the fans rushed into the temple first, and at the next stop, the momentum of anyone who saw it knew that a big man was coming, and the old abbot who was easily absent from the temple personally accompanied the explanation, and those believers had already avoided it with interest.

Yang Ling to this Hanshan Temple, curiosity is better than appreciation, although to Suzhou, the garden and Hanshan Temple is a must-visit place, in Yang Ling's heart, but the swallow dock is the first place to yearn for. Zhang Tianshi is the supreme Taoist master, and when he arrived at this holy place of Buddhism, he also felt a little embarrassed about his identity, as for Mo Qinghe and Wu Jiyuan, they were people who were used to traveling locally, although the old abbot was very attentive, and everyone's interest was not very strong.

This time everyone walked around the flowers, the temple was not big to walk faster, but half an hour smaller, Yang Ling turned to the back of the temple, bypassing the Buddha statue enshrined in the front pavilion, as soon as he turned around, he saw two monks were clasping their hands, kneeling on the futon to worship, Yang Ling thought that it was the monks in the temple who participated in the Zen worship Buddha to do homework, and stopped his steps, but why they gave salutes behind the Buddha statue, but he was a little strange.

The old abbot originally thought that Lord Qincha would not go to the backyard so quickly, so he did not ask the monks in the backyard to avoid it in time.

Yang Ling saw that the two monks were wearing monk's clothes and were a little different from the monks in the temple, and both of them were carrying a hat behind their shoulders, as if they had come from afar, and they always felt a little strange and familiar. He frowned and thought about it, and suddenly remembered that some of the monks he saw in this cartoon were dressed like this, and he couldn't help but ask strangely: "Master Abbot, these two senior monks are the monks of your temple?" ”

The abbot said respectfully: "Lord Chincha, these two monks are from the temple and have come to the temple to pay homage and ask for Buddhist scriptures, Buddha statues and other things."

Wu Jiyuan said with a smile: "My lord, during the Tang Zhenguan period, there were two monks in this temple, whose names were Hanshan and Shide, and later found the monk Dongdu and built a "Shide Temple" in the book, preaching and teaching scriptures, and was very respected by the locals. Therefore, if the monks and believers come to Dongtu, most of them will come to this Hanshan Temple to pay homage. ”

"Oh?" Yang Ling saw that the abbot of Hanshan Temple and Wu Jiyuan talked about Yueben, his expression was calm, and there was no anger in his heart, and then he thought that at this time, Yuben had not committed heinous crimes against China, although the Japanese in the coastal area did a lot of evil, but that group of pirates were also lawless gangsters in Yueben, and there were many Chinese pirates mixed in, and the people at this time did not get angry with their own people, and they couldn't help but smile with relief.

He walked up to the two monks who were about to exit the temple, first glanced at the place where the two worshipped, and saw a shallow portrait on the wall, very old, painted two simple and lovely, even some funny monk portraits, the abbot master greeted him and smiled: "My lord, this is the portrait of the two monks in the cold mountain." ”

Yang Ling nodded, and saw that there were two lines of words on the left side of the portrait, these two lines of dialogue were really famous, he had heard of them a long time ago, but he had never known the source, and when he saw this, he knew that it was from Hanshan and found it.

He recited in passing: "How can the world deal with me, how can the world slander me, deceive me, insult me, laugh at me, despise me, despise me, hate me, deceive me?" ”

A person next to him immediately answered: "Just endure him, let him, let him, avoid him, bear with him, respect him, ignore him, stay for a few more years and watch him." ”

Yang Ling turned around in surprise and saw that it was one of the two young monks who were answering him with their palms together, Yang Ling couldn't help but smile and said, "You monk, you remember it clearly."

The monk was praised by him, and his face couldn't help but show joy, and said: "Thank you for the compliment, the poor monk Yuanren is a monk of the 'Shide Temple', and the poor monk still remembers that Master Hanshan once asked: What else can you hide?" The master replied: Maitreya Bodhisattva Zeng Yun: Some people scold the old clumsy, but the old clumsy only says good; Someone beats the old clumsy, and the old clumsy falls asleep. Spit on the face, let it dry on its own, I will save energy, and he will have no troubles."

There are more than 300 words in that passage, and the monk remembers it clearly, and the abbot master happily clapped his hands when he heard it: "Good, good."

Yuanren smiled slightly, and bowed to the abbot with a reserved face, obviously a little complacent, Wu Jiyuan laughed on the side: "I found the master to pass on the scriptures to the east, and there are really many believers, which is really immeasurable."

Yang Ling looked at this monk who spoke the words of the monk with a smug face, and remembered the behavior of the whole country turning into robbers and coming to Middle-earth to burn and kill and loot in later generations, and couldn't help but smile indifferently: "This passage of the master does contain mysterious Buddhist principles, and the master is really proficient in remembering, so let me ask you, can you do it by memorization?" ”

Yuanren was stunned for a moment, and after a long silence, he replied solemnly: "I can't do it."

Yang Ling asked again: "Then you have a country that believes in Buddhism, how many people have done it?" ”

Yuanren was silent for a long time, sweat oozed from his forehead, and he was speechless, Yang Ling smiled and said: "Even if the Buddhist scriptures are rolled upside down, the Buddha is just hanging on his lips, you just said that you have realized the true common sense, and the moon is a neighbor, is this true common sense realized?" ”

Monk Yuanren was silent for a moment, bowed deeply and bowed a ninety-degree salute, and said calmly: "Your Excellency's words are like a slap in the face, and the poor monk has been taught, thank you for your advice."

Yang Ling smiled: "Don't dare, say it casually, but it's you who come to realize." The last sentence of the master's verse is really a bit Zen, 'Realize the true common sense, say the moon as a neighbor', hehe, say the moon, Ming also. If your country can really be kind to others, then this is the light of the moon - isn't my Ming Dynasty your friendly neighbor and good companion? ”

Monk Yuanren glanced up at him when he heard this, and said with some alarm: "Your Excellency said this, but because your country is plagued by pirates, is it because you are angry with our people?" ”

Yang Ling smiled and said, "Do you dare to deny that among those 'pirates', there are no army sent by the daimyo who are hungry for profit to pretend to be pirates?" ”

These things are already open secrets, and many people in the Ming Dynasty know about them, not to mention Yuanren from Yuanren, Yuanren's face turned red when he heard this, and he didn't dare to refute it, he thought about it for a while and said: "But how can your country ever show goodwill?" Our country wants to get along with your country in friendship and exchange what you have, but your country unreasonably demands that our country must be treated as a courtier.

If you follow the courtesy, your country will not hesitate to reward, and our people want to buy and sell on an equal footing, but they are not allowed by your country, that is, for the sake of this Buddhist scripture, our monks must often cross the ocean to come, and carry some back with them, and after all the troubles, it is still not possible to meet the needs of believers, but we are willing to pay a lot of money to buy, but your country is not convenient because our country is unwilling to do things with courtesy, if it is not for your country so strict, we we."

When he said this, his face turned red, obviously he also felt that it was shameless for people to start robbing him if they didn't want to do business with him, this reason was too unreasonable.

Yang Ling naturally knows these reasons, he read history in the past and found that the ancient Chinese were really 'stupid', they would rather be famous than profit, if other countries are willing to consider themselves ministers, even if they send a basket of grass, they are eager to give ten times the gold to express the generosity of the Heavenly Empire. However, if the other party refuses to consider himself a minister, even if it is a business that is beneficial to him and harmless, he will never trade with the other party as a punishment.

He saw that although this Yuanren monk was indignant, his face was full of shame, obviously ashamed of the behavior of his own people, and he didn't feel that he had a good impression of him, he smiled and said: "What you said, this official also knows something, I will explain these things to the emperor, and ask the emperor to allow the opening of trade ports and strengthen exchanges between them." But those pirates in your country, for whatever reason, as long as they come, we will fight them hard."

Yang Ling said, and glanced deeply at the thoughtful Yuanren monk, and then slowly walked back with Zhang Tianshi, Mo Qinghe and others, Yang Ling saw Wu Jiyuan's thoughtful appearance, and couldn't help asking: "Is Mr. Wu still thinking about the words of that Yuanren monk?" ”

Wu Jiyuan was taken aback, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Ah! Isn't it a grass people".

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Mr. Wu doesn't need to panic, you are the richest man in Suzhou, you have land, weavers and shops at home, you must know more about these things, this official came to Jiangnan this time, to check the taxes, not only to check the integrity of the tax officials, but also to understand the source of taxes and ways to increase taxes, Mr. just say bluntly, this official will never blame."

Wu Jiyuan glanced at Zhang Tianshi, and when he saw him nodding his head and encouragement, he mustered up the courage and said: "My lord, according to the grass people's opinion, in fact, if the imperial court is willing to open a port for trade, it will not only benefit the people, but also the imperial court's taxes will definitely be greatly improved."

It is said that there are frequent wars and turmoil in the country, and many things are very scarce, such as raw silk, cotton cloth, cotton silk, mercury and even needles, iron chains, iron pots, porcelain, lacquerware, felt carpets, medicinal herbs, condiments, etc., especially the classic books of Confucianism and Buddhism, which are in great demand, and if we sell them to them, we can earn ten times the profit."

Although Yang Ling knew that commerce must be profitable, but he didn't expect that these inconspicuous things would have such a profit when they were taken to the book. Yang Ling has not forgotten that the future generations of the Chinese market flooded the Chinese market with the car and the electric, dare to love the history of their crazy pursuit of Chinese goods, how can this opportunity be missed?

Yang Ling said half surprised and half excited: "Is there such a big profit?" Mr. Wu, you can be more detailed."

Wu Jiyuan looked at him with joy, and became more courageous, he thought for a while and said: "Don't think that the grass people are talking nonsense, the grass people give an example, our silkworm farmers, silk farmers, and weavers have to be busy for a year from raising silkworms, becoming silkworms to drawing silk, and finally produce raw silk, and can only sell five or six cents of silver for a catty, deducting the capital and taxes, and barely make a living."

But if you transport the raw silk to the book, you can sell it for five or six taels of silver, a full ten times the difference! It's just a needle here for us, and you can sell it for seven cents of silver when you get it to their place, which is a lot of profit. Of course, they also have good things there that we need, such as copper, sulfur, sumac, etc., and we buy them to process them and sell them back to them, which is another profit."

Wu Jiyuan is a businessman in the end, talking about timidity, but he didn't feel his eyebrows flying, no matter how Yang Ling sounded, it seemed to be a copy of the economic situation of the two countries in a certain period of time in later generations, but it was just a reversal of the supply and demand sides, he couldn't help laughing and said: "I am not stupid, those big names and generals are so anxious to do business with us, won't they be so concerned because of the needs of the people?" ”

Wu Jiyuan smiled and said: "That's nature, their screens, fans, boxes, and inkstones are beautifully made, and the rich people on our side are also willing to buy them at a high price." If we trade with each other, the imperial court may also import a large number of knives from them, and the quality of this knife is far better than ours, and it will be at least three times more profitable to sell it."

Yang Ling nodded silently when he heard this, and when he walked out of the gate of Hanshan Temple, he suddenly stopped and said solemnly to Wu Jiyuan: "Mr. Wu, can you write down these things you know in detail, the more detailed the better, when the official returns to Beijing, he will report these things to the emperor!" ”

Wu Jiyuan stared at him with wide eyes, and only after a while did he say excitedly: "Is this true, my lord?" Are you willing to make a statement to the emperor about this businessman's profit? ”

Yang Ling shook his head and said deeply: "This is not a matter of merchants selling profits, this is a national event!" ”

Wu Jiyuan's eyes flashed when he heard this, he bowed deeply to Yang Ling, and said solemnly: "There is an adult's words, Wu knows everything, and the grass people must tell the adults in detail as soon as possible."

Yang Ling nodded, he had secretly decided in his heart that when he returned to the capital, he must play this matter with Zhengde, and said that he would start a business exchange. He also knew that those ministers who were conservative and blindly believed that the Celestial Empire could be self-sufficient, and that it would be disgraceful to trade with Fanyi on an equal footing would definitely intervene, but he also knew that the important surname and timely surname of this matter, this matter must be done, as long as it is done well, so that the court and the people can taste the sweetness, this opening will be wider and wider, and no one can stop it.

Wu Jiyuan straightened up and smiled happily: "The grass people are talking, the tired adults are talking about business again, and now the adults are here to relax, and I will talk about this matter later." The grass people know that the adults are coming, the first stop must be this Hanshan Ancient Temple, there is a Hanshan vegetarian restaurant nearby, the flavor is unique, the grass people have booked a banquet, please go to taste it first, and then we will travel together in the autumn colors of Taihu Lake."

Mo Qinghe was stunned and said: "Your Excellency is visiting Suzhou as a private today, so I did not inform the prefect of Suzhou, but I have informed that Li Daxiang will set up a banquet for your adult in the Lion Tower, your lord."

Yang Ling thought for a while and said: "Forget it, it will be a waste of time to go back and forth to the city, and besides, this team of people is inconvenient to make a noise, go to Taihu Lake, we have to rush back to Hangzhou to stay overnight tonight, so don't trouble him."

Yang Ling was in a hurry to go back and forth, in fact, he wanted to go to Haining to meet Min Wenjian on the return trip, but if he told Mo Qinghe in advance, he would definitely have to inform the Haining government again.

Yang Ling already had a headache about the feeling that the current brigade was full of freedom and didn't want to go to Haining, where the people were ready to fight and be like a great enemy, so he didn't tell Mo Qinghe. As soon as Mo Qinghe heard that he was in a hurry to return to Hangzhou, if he stopped him again, as if he was afraid that he would visit himself in Hangzhou, he said no more.

Hanshan Vegetarian Restaurant is adjacent to Fengqiao in the west, Hanshan Ancient Temple in the south, Fengjin River in the north, drinking by the railing, climbing the building and overlooking the beauty. The vegetarian dishes such as bergamot bamboo shoots, merit golden legs, Luohan Zhai, Bazhen Hehe, jade balls, vegetarian fried crab noodles and other vegetarian dishes made here are exquisite, with good color and fragrance, and their taste is enough to confuse the real with the fake.

The place was not far away, and the group did not take a sedan chair, but walked away talking and laughing. Wu Jiyuan led everyone to the Hanshan Vegetarian Restaurant, and was smiling inward, and the Liao steward who was waiting there grabbed it angrily and said: "Master, something went wrong, the small one has chartered this restaurant and is waiting for Lord Qincha to come, but who knows that Master Li Gui Li came back from fishing by the river, and he had to taste the taste here, and the small one had explained to him that this place was covered by the master, and he didn't listen."

Wu Jiyuan was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect to meet Li Gui, the rival of the enemy, here, but this Liao steward is too good at doing things, he just said that he had invited Lord Qincha and Zhang Tianshi, so no matter how bold Li Gui is, dare to make trouble here? ”

Wu Jiyuan glanced at Steward Liao angrily, and was about to reprimand, when he suddenly noticed that Steward Liao was talking to him while looking at Yang Ling, and then he suddenly understood what he meant, he laughed secretly in his heart, and immediately changed to a look of embarrassment and said, "Has this restaurant been taken over by Li Gui?" It's a bit of a dilemma. ”

It turned out that the Wu family had lived here for more than 160 years, and became the richest man in Suzhou before Jiazi. And this Li Gui is an upstart who has suddenly risen in recent years, a nouveau riche who puts money in India to make huge profits.

No one knows the background of this Li Gui, only that as soon as he came, he seemed to have abundant capital, and every time he encountered natural disasters [***], especially after the robbery of the Japanese invaders, he sold a large amount of grain to the peasants on credit.

The peasants who had been drinking to quench their thirst had no choice but to use their land to pay off their debts, and went bankrupt from peasants to tenants, while others became unemployed vagrants and were employed in handicraft workshops such as papermaking and silk weaving.

Relying on this means, in just a few years, Li Gui bought a large amount of land in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and now he is the largest landlord in Suzhou and Hangzhou, with thousands of domestic slaves and servants.

What he did was naturally despised by the local gentry in Suzhou, and the locals also had xenophobia, so these gentry reported Li Gui's evil deeds to the government, but they didn't know what Li Gui was about, and the prefect's yamen turned a deaf ear when he took the case.

A wealthy family with a huge network like the Wu family reported the matter to the political envoy and the Yamen, but there was no follow-up, and the major families knew that this Li Gui's backer must be very good, and they couldn't defeat him, and they were afraid of his retaliation, so they had to order the people in the mansion to have less to do with this wicked person.

Li Gui is flying in Suzhou, and the Wu family has a big business, how can you completely avoid it if you want to? So the servants and stewards in the family have not been less affected by his idleness, and recently Li Gui has begun to play the idea of the Wu family's industry again, and the relationship between the two families is the same, and Steward Liao deliberately did not say that Lord Qincha was coming to dinner, that was to borrow Yang Ling's hand to let out this evil breath.

Mo Qinghe listened to this on the side, his face twitched suddenly, and he stepped forward angrily and said, "Li Gui? Is it the squire who can't get on the table? Hum! Usually he flew around with a few dollars, but this time he actually put up a score in front of Lord Chincha."

Yang Ling said to Wu Jiyuan suspiciously: "Who is this Li Gui?" ”

Although Steward Liao's status is low, he and Yang Ling came on the same boat, and they are more familiar with the relationship with his lord than his master, so he hurriedly took a few steps to add fuel and vinegar to tell about Li Gui's personality, and Yang Ling, who listened to it, frowned again and again.

Mo Qinghe smiled and said: "The rich man in Suzhou, this Li Gui is the most unkind to the rich, although he has never done anything hurtful to the heavens and reason, but just that nouveau riche face makes people look annoyed, now he dares to collide with adults, I just took the opportunity to teach him a lesson, and also told him to be more peaceful."

Although Yang Ling felt that Li Gui hated it, but he did not have blatant evil deeds, and he did not break the law by putting money in print, if he was severely punished just because he collided with himself, he would definitely join him if the officials knew about it, so he didn't want to do much, but after listening to Mo Qinghe's words, Yang Ling knew that he would not go too far, so he smiled and said nothing.

Seeing that he agreed, Mo Qinghe turned back to the housekeeper and said, "Lao Li, give me a good beating of that eyeless thing, tell him to restrain a little in the future, you keep him away, don't spoil the appetite of adults."

Steward Li responded with a smile, waved his hand and led a few people to the door, the door opened, and a man in his thirties, black and fat, rolled his eyes and said proudly: "What kind of person did Master Wu invite to eat vegetarian food?" I'm really sorry, this restaurant today, this master has already taken care of it."

(To be continued)