The emergence of Buddhism has set off stormy waves in the southern Buddhism.

Among the four holy monks, the old monk Jiaxiang of the Three Treatises sect even did not hesitate to argue with another holy monk, the wise old monk of the Tiantai sect, in order to occupy a greater influence in Buddhism, and even became a prosperous era of Buddhism in the south.

It is related to the future development of their respective schools, even the old monks of the level of the four holy monks can't let go, let alone the energetic and prime-aged monks below.

In short, in the following years, because of Buddhism, there were many conflicts within the Southern Buddhism, between the Southern Buddhism and the Northern Buddhism, that is, the mediation between Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Monastery failed.

This is the only officially recognized Buddhism in the entire Great Sui, and as the founder and first leader of Buddhism, it can leave a name in the history of Buddhism in the Central Plains.

Compared with such a name, what are the so-called Buddhist holy places such as Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple?

It's just a place where the martial arts of Buddhism pushed out by Buddhism in the Central Plains are just a place where the profundity of Buddhism is not worth mentioning at all.

With everything else to say about Buddhism, more than 700 Buddhist temples in the Jiankang area quickly started the condensation process, and it took a few years to actively shrink to less than 300, and with the gradual emergence of monks who graduated from Buddhism, this number is still decreasing.

The existence of Buddhism has forced the quality of Buddhist monks to be improved.

With the entry threshold, just like studying for the imperial examination, if you haven't read or even memorized a few Buddhist scriptures, you are embarrassed to say that you are a real Buddhist.

As a result, those fake monks who mingle with Buddhism have little place to stand.

Either you work hard to read more and memorize a few Buddhist scriptures, or you can only be expelled from Buddhism by the true monks.

Lei Hu's hand, to put it mildly, let the southern Buddhism clean up the dirt, not only greatly reduced the number of Buddhist temples, but also greatly reduced the number of monks, and even the temple property owned by Buddhist temples also shrunk greatly.

When the temple property in the hands of the Buddhist temple decreased, the arable land available to the local people in Jiankang naturally increased, and the population that had begun to lose to the surrounding areas gradually stabilized.

Without Buddhism as an obstacle, the entire territory of the Duke of Wu once again entered the track of rapid development.

Millions of people have been thoroughly mobilized, backed by scientific organization and strict discipline, as well as a well-developed logistical supply system, and the energy that can burst out is extremely amazing.

By the second year of the Great Cause, according to official statistics, the population of the entire territory of Wu had exceeded five million, and it was advancing towards six million.

In this era when population is the productive force, the energy that can erupt from the more than five million people organized by the Wu Guogong Mansion is terrifying, just think about it.

Because the decree can be spread to the lowest villages, as well as to the city streets, the Guogong Government can fully play the role of the people under its rule, rather than the ordinary practice of the northern government, and if you want to complete any project, you have to forcefully recruit the people to serve.

It is said that hard labor is like a flood of beasts to the people, and it is more frightening to the people than the endless excesses and miscellaneous taxes of the government.

Although the Great Sui government was not as tyrannical as the Qin Dynasty, it did not have the slightest scruples when it squandered the people's power, and the people who were killed or injured were not considered at all.

Just like when Yang Su built Renshou Palace a few years ago, hundreds of thousands of people in Guanzhong were directly recruited, and when Renshou Palace was completed, the number of dead laborers accounted for about half of the people who died because of overwork and other reasons.

In other words, in order to build Renshou Palace for Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, more than 100,000 people died in Guanzhong in just one or two years, and finally even alarmed Yang Jian to be furious, but what was the result?

Queen Dugu said a few good words, but Yang Su was reprimanded for a few, but on the contrary, she was valued by Yang Jian, and she was promoted to the high position of prime minister while being feared.

The two emperors, Yang Jian and Yang Guang, were not fuel-efficient lamps, and they requisitioned hundreds of thousands or even millions of people at every turn, and started a big project to completely ignore the life and death of the people, and only demanded speed and quality.

is still the same sentence, whether it is Yang Jian or Yang Guang, they are all gatekeepers, and they don't take the lives of the people seriously at all.

Yang Jian is a little better, he has experienced the tilting of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and he still has some understanding of the situation of the people, and he will consider it when he governs.

Yang Guang is completely different, he has had a smooth journey since he was born, and the style of the gate valve family is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and he doesn't care much about the life and death of the people at all.

No, less than a year after becoming the emperor, he hurriedly requisitioned millions of people to build the eastern capital Luoyang.

The young and strong people in the nearby Heluo land of Guanzhong were evacuated, and even affected the local agricultural production, and because of the intense labor, dozens or hundreds of laborers fell ill or died every day.

That is to say, Yang Jian left a strong foundation, and the imperial court did not care about the poor harvest of grain in Heluo area that year and in the next few years, otherwise I was afraid that there would be chaos.

Of course, these things were summarized and analyzed by Lei Hu after receiving information from the Heluo area in Guanzhong, and they had little to do with him.

How to say, Wu Guogong is a prince in the south, of course, it is more accurate to describe it as a feudal town, even if the imperial court levies labor, it has little to do with the people under the rule of Wu Guogong.

Besides, with Lei Hu's ability to engage in the construction of infrastructure projects, as long as the imperial court does not interfere indiscriminately, it will not be a problem to complete it within the time limit.

It is hundreds of miles south of the Yangtze River of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which almost exhausted the national strength of the Great Sui, and it was also completed one after another during the reign of Lei Hu, and the loss of civil power is almost negligible.

With the labor camp prisoners as the main force, and then assisting the people of the Production and Construction Corps, the earthworks of the southern section of the Grand Canal were divided and handled, and the excavation and dredging work of the southern section of the canal was controlled to a minimum extent by adding sufficiently sophisticated excavation and transportation tools.

The reason why Lei Hu did this was not only to avoid the loss of people's manpower during the excavation of the canal during the Daye years, but also because of the transportation needs in the territory.

With the canal connected to the natural water system in the territory, the entire essence of the territory is connected by water transportation, which is of great benefit to the traffic situation in the territory.

The prosperous development of industry and commerce under the rule of Wu Guogong is inseparable from the communication and connection of the canals and natural river systems that surround the entire territory.

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Speaking of which, in the second year of the Great Cause, a sensational event happened to the Duke of Wu.

Wu Guogong Lei Hu is married!

married two duchess at once, one is Shan Meixian, the daughter of Zhu Yuyan, the sect leader of the Yinkui faction, and the other is Song Yuhua, the daughter of the Lingnan Song valve lord.

The combination of Lei Hu and Shan Meixian is the internal demand of the Holy Gate, and it can also be regarded as the positive result of the cultivation of childhood sweethearts.

As for his marriage to Song Yuhua, that is because of the initiative of the Lingnan Song Valve.

In order for this political marriage to be completed, Tiandao Song Que took the initiative to leave the Knife Grinding Hall and went to Qiantang City to negotiate with Lei Hu in person, and finally the two parties reached an agreement to form a private alliance.

As for the original story, Song Yuhua should have married the son of Xie Hui, the lord of Shudi's exclusive fort and the famous martial arts judge Xie Hui, so he was naturally dropped by a butterfly.

What are you kidding, Duzun Fort has the posture of dominating the martial arts of Shudi, and it does seem to have the value of wooing.

can be compared with Wu Guogong, and the only castle fart is not.

In terms of martial arts and prestige in the rivers and lakes, the martial arts judge Xie Hui is only a hero of a place, and there is no comparison with Lei Hu, who is recognized as the number one master in the world.

It's not bragging, as long as Lei Hu is willing, he can use the means of the rivers and lakes at any time to completely finish Duzun Castle.

As for the power and strength in his hands, Duzun Fort can't be compared with Wu Guogong Lei Hu.

Under the rule of Lei Hu, there were three counties, and most of the two provinces of Zhejiang and Suzhou, which were the most elite in the south in later generations, were under the rule of Lei Hu, and the people under his command were five million.

Not to mention that although there are only 50,000 regular troops under Lei Hu's command, they are all strong enough to run rampant in the world.

There are also hundreds of thousands of reservists, who can be pulled back to the barracks at any time, as long as they have a little training, they are the existence of a strong army in the world.

It is the power of the rivers and lakes, the three major sects under the command of the Guogong Mansion, and the Iron Gate is worthy of the name of the No. 1 gang in the south, just wait for the first-class masters to appear in the door, then it can really dominate the southern martial arts.

The power of the Eagle Claw Gate and the Earth Gate is also not to be underestimated, in terms of scale and force, it can be regarded as the first-class strength of the rivers and lakes in the south, and it can casually come up with dozens of second-rate masters in the rivers and lakes.

It is true that Duzun Fort is the first force in Shu, but it is a pity that the Holy Gate is also strong there, and the Buddhist forces are also infiltrated strongly.

If the evil king Shi Zhixuan shows the banner of the Huajian faction, Duzun Fort will immediately be pulled down from the throne of the first Jianghu force in Shu, what will he compare with Wu Guogong?

As for the political status, not to mention the martial arts judge Xie Hui, even the Heavenly Sword Song Que did not dare to say that he surpassed Wu Guogong Lei Hu, at least Lei Hu's momentum in the southern officialdom, as well as his influence in the Great Sui Dynasty, was much stronger than that of the Lingnan Heavenly Sword Song Que.

No matter how you look at it, Lei Hu is a marriage partner who is ten times and a hundred times stronger than Duzun Castle.

No, Heavenly Sword Song Que personally came forward to reach an agreement with Lei Hu, and Lei Hu married Song Que's eldest daughter Song Yuhua.

If it weren't for the fact that Lei Hu didn't have the idea of marrying with the Guanlong Military Group, even Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, as well as the three major lords of the Northland, had the intention of marrying, but Lei Hu didn't have that mind, so he didn't cause an uproar in the Northland because of the marriage.

But that's the case, the wedding of Wu Guogong Lei Hu is also a major event that stirs the government and the opposition and shakes the rivers and lakes.