Chapter 39: Another Reason (I)
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"Wu Na Guy, it's so vicious!"
Think about it, once Yuanjing's plan is successful, the city of Luoyang will be turned into ashes, and the eastern capital, which has always been known as a prosperous place, will soon become a hell on earth. It's not that he hasn't killed anyone, when Ju Wenzhen Yang Zhilian rebelled, Wu Ciyou was one of the guards who guarded the emperor, and he made a contribution, but his sword would only kill the enemy, not the civilians. The Emperor told them that as royal guards, their duty was not only to protect the Emperor and the Imperial Family, but also to protect the safety of the common people. Just for his personal desires, he wants to kill millions of civilians, Wu Ciyou is confident that not only him, but as long as he is a normal person, he can't do it. But Li Shidao, Yuan Jing, and Zi Jiazhen actually made a plan without changing their faces, which makes people shudder when they think about it.
"No wonder Your Majesty and the ministers say that the feudal town is a cancer in the world, and in Luoyang, I, Wu Ciyou, have really experienced it myself."
Su Luhai and they were all practicing martial arts outside, and by the way, Wu Ciyou also changed the image of the old rivers and lakes who were only cautious in front of Yuanjing and them, and showed his angry side. Li Xiaozhong on the opposite side looked even more angry than him because of his appearance. Li Xiaozhong continued to ask in his slightly stiff Chinese:
"Brother Wu, this old thief is really damned, no wonder Your Majesty said that it is not bald and not poisonous, not poisonous and not bald, bald and poisonous, and poisonous and bald. The most important thing for them at the moment is to know their specific plans, find out how many of them there are, what are their internal responses in the government and the army, and send the news out. ”
"Not bald, not poisonous, not poisonous, bald and poisonous, poisoned and bald" These words were originally said by Su Dongpo hundreds of years later, and Uncle Shi quoted these four famous sayings when Pan Qiaoyun and the monk were reluctant when he wrote "Water Margin". And His Majesty Li Yu plagiarized these sentences when he supported Li Jifu during the cabinet debate, and the ruling Li Jifu was already the target of public criticism, and he was still restless, and he came up with a reform plan for monasteries and Taoist temples. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan announced that he was a descendant of Taishang Laojun Li Dan, so Taoism naturally became the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, and the Chinese people were also superstitious, Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred" has a sentence of "Linqiong Taoist Hongdu Ke, can make the soul with sincerity", Su Zong, Dai Zong, and Dezong's three dynasties Prime Minister Li Yu was born as a Taoist, and many people who want to become famous overnight have also chosen to join Taoism, which is eye-catching, such as the surname Lu in the idiom Zhongnan Shortcut, and then for example, the poet Li Bai. Taoism is prosperous, Buddhism is not vegetarian, although the state religion is Taoism, but there are not a few emperors in the Tang Dynasty surnamed Buddha, many of them are believed in Buddhism, such as Wu Zetian, in order to say goodbye to the Li family, he vigorously advocated Buddhism, especially Maitreya, because Maitreya's doctrine laid the theoretical and public opinion foundation for her to be the emperor with a woman. Taizong Xuanzang learned the scriptures and returned to the country, so that Buddhism flourished for a while, and Zen Buddhism is popular in the north and south these years, Liu Yuxi, Liu Zongyuan and Bai Juyi they are close to the people in Buddhism, Liu Zongyuan has accumulated a lot of wealth in the city, last year specially donated part of the charity to the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism Hui Neng Master opened the altar to preach the Caodong Temple, for which he was impeached by the imperial history Li Yijian and Yuan Zhi and others. Now the court is going to transfer Liu Zongyuan back, because there are many people in this position.
The impeachment of Liu Zongyuan became an opportunity for Li Jifu. Li Jifu can be said to be well aware of the political, economic, military, and other situations of the entire Tang Dynasty, so Li Yu secretly compares him to a computer. In fact, the ruling Li Jifu had already moved the idea of Buddhism and Taoism, because due to the support and rewards of the emperors of the past dynasties, coupled with the continuous generosity of good men and women, the monastery has gathered a very considerable economic power, occupied a large amount of land, and has a large number of young and middle-aged male and female monks and Taoist priests - these are all human resources, so many people do not produce, how much burden should be added to the people. The development of monasteries and temples has seriously exacerbated social contradictions, and if we do not fight the idea of Buddhism and Taoism and get out the land wealth and population, Li Jifu will not be Li Jifu.
In fact, Li Jifu has already played the idea of the temple, a few years ago he wrote a request to restrict the development of the temple, and the temple was also added to the land restriction order, and there was also an administrative order to redeem the land of the temple, but the effect was not great, the temple believed that he was the representative of the gods and Buddhas, and the prime minister of the world, Li Jifu, was a hairy. Moreover, most of the local officials have a close relationship with Buddhism and Taoism, and they are also very much in line with the implementation of the yang and the yin.
However, Li Jifu is Li Jifu, because it is not his style to give up when there is resistance. Therefore, when Li Yijian and Yuan Zhi reached Liu Zongyuan, Li Jifu once again put forward a proposal for the temple, the main points of which included prohibiting the temple from buying and selling land, and nationalizing most of the temple land; Young men and women are strictly restricted from becoming monks, and they must pass a qualification examination to become a monk; Strict restrictions on donations from believers to temples, and a luxury tax is levied on donations above a certain amount; The monks and Taoists of the temple are regularly assessed, and those who do not pass the test are temporarily revoked, and they are given three opportunities to make up the examination, and those who still fail to pass the test three times will be disqualified as monks and Taoists. It's a qualification exam and a luxury tax, and if there is no shadow of Li Yu in this proposal, the ghost won't believe it.
If this proposal could be approved and implemented, the imperial court would at least hold more than a million hectares of land; If this proposal can be approved and implemented, then according to the tax amount preset by Li Jifu in the proposal, Li Shidao alone will have to pay an additional luxury tax of 3 million yuan for his donation to build Foguang Temple; If this proposal can be approved and implemented, then two-thirds of the monks and Taoists in the world will have to go back to farming, pay taxes, and live a simple life. What an enticing prospect it is. However, both Li Yu and Li Jifu are unsure whether this decree can be passed and implemented smoothly, because there are too many superstitious people in the world from the bottom to the top. Regardless of Buddhism and Taoism, there are spokesmen for their interests in the court.
Sure enough, Li Jifu's proposal caused a strong backlash because of its strength, and only a few people such as Han Yu, a die-hard local cultural faction, supported it in a high-profile manner. At the cabinet meeting, there were also many opponents.