It's not in vain that I will take you with me today, my Daxiangguo Temple will have no worries in the future, the abbot looked at this proud disciple with a pleased smile, and answered that he took care of the face of the saint, and did not shake the status of the Buddha, it is really ingenious, with such a smart and clever disciple, what else is there to worry about?

But he didn't seem to see a trace of joy on Li You's face, but instead cooled down, "Hmph, what a big boldness, how can I wait for my identity to be discussed?" "Today, these monks can say that they are the Buddhas of this world, but in the future, can't they help a new Buddha out? Didn't the White Lotus Sect, which caused chaos in the world in the Ming and Qing dynasties, do just that?

"Your Majesty!" As soon as these words came out, the surrounding monks suddenly panicked, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt, but at this time, Li You had no interest in continuing the tour, and he had already seen everything he wanted to see today, and there was no need to stay any longer. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, these monks are still of some use to the imperial court." Back in the palace, Yao Guangxiao was afraid that he would make some irreparable will out of anger, so he admonished, "These monks persuade people to be kind, and persuade the people to endure hunger and hardship in the next life, but they also save the court a lot of trouble." ”

"Well, I understand that." Of course, Li You understands the role of these religions, but in their opinion, the role of religion may be slightly similar to that of psychiatrists, but the cost of this consultation is too expensive, and it can be seen from the magnificence of the Great Xiangguo Temple that the entire Jia Dynasty has a huge amount of wealth pouring into the temple every year, and these riches have little practical benefit to the people except for fattening these monks, and even this bit of their own work, many monks often do not do it well, and often use this to interfere with the actions of the government and disturb the peace of the world.

"These monks can still be monks and preachers, but it is probably not appropriate to occupy so much land and build so many magnificent palaces and temples." Li You also considered the strategy of restricting the distribution of degrees, but considering that if the expansion of relatively formal religions such as Buddhism and Taoism was restricted, the blank space left would soon be occupied by cults, so the gains outweighed the losses, "And it is not advisable for monks and Taoists not to pay taxes in any case, and now since even the gentry have to pay taxes according to the acres of land, then these palaces and temples are no exception." ”

"In addition, there should also be restrictions on believers donating land to the Gongguan Temple, and I feel that it is appropriate for them to donate the same amount of land to the Gongguan Temple." These people who have the capital to donate land are all rich people, and Li You has no psychological burden at all when he knocks on the bamboo bar.

"There are many people in the Great Wei Dynasty who evaded the punishment of the imperial court under the pretense of taking refuge in Buddhism, and now in my Jia Dynasty will never allow this, once the court law is set off, it will never pay attention to what to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, and must act in accordance with the court law, who dares to obstruct it should be engaged in the national law." No matter what kind of religion it is, it must be governed by the law of the land, and no one can be exempted, and ordination does not mean that it is free from the constraints of the laws of the imperial court.

"Moreover, if there are many monks in the temple today, there are many mixed people, so the authority of the monks and Taoists must be strengthened, and these people must be strictly restrained, and once someone does illegal things in the name of religion, they must be severely punished." Extorting the people in the name of doing things, giving away children as a pretext, using the donations of believers as capital usury, and organizing gambling...... There are many tricks of these monks, and it is said that the Great Xiangguo Temple is the largest usury merchant in the capital.

"These are indeed common problems in palaces and temples in the world." Although he is a member of Buddhism, Yao Guangxiao did not turn a blind eye to these problems because of this, but regarded these people as scum who ruined the reputation of Buddhism, and naturally refused to speak for them.

"Of course, I don't dislike these people, they still have some use for the imperial court, since the Great Xiangguo Temple can protect itself in the hands of the Beiyu, then presumably they can also go to Mobei to develop believers." After talking about suppressing them, he then talked about using their methods, "I think that whether it is Hedong Road or Mobei, if the barbarians in these places can understand some Buddhism and read some Taoist scriptures, I am afraid that it will be much quieter than now. ”

Religion can also restrain and soften those vicious and cruel aliens, and use religion to slowly assimilate them, but in the long run it is more effective than mere military killings, "I intend to implement such a method, if the monks in these temples want to receive the official ordination, they must persuade a barbarian to take refuge, if they want to be the lord of the temple and the abbot, it is better to persuade more than ten foreign races to convert, and if they want to become the abbot of a large temple like the Great Xiangguo Temple, the number of converts must be even higher." ”

"Since then, it won't take many years, this Mobei grassland and the northern part of Hedong Road will be full of palaces and temples, Your Majesty thinks long-term, and Weichen really admires it." Yao Guangxiao quickly understood the beauty of this strategy, as soon as this strategy came out, the monks of the whole world still didn't regard these barbarians as treasures to brush up their reputation? The more barbarians who converted, the lower their combat effectiveness became, and if they wanted to fight with these barbarians in the future, those monks would have already inquired about the local geography, terroir, and the contradictions within the tribes.

"Of course, these are just some of my thoughts, and how to implement them still needs to be discussed by Master Yao and the princes of the Political Affairs Hall." Li You formulated the general direction, and the specific details were left to Yao Guangxiao and them to complete.

Yao Guangxiao took the order and left, and a few months later, the Jia Dynasty promulgated the regulations on the management of the temples in the world, and the temples everywhere were in an uproar, but Li You's reputation is now rising, and these measures are very beneficial to the people, even if those mansions and temples are unwilling, there is not much to do.

Even if there were a few stubborn ones, the local officials immediately dug up their various lawlessness and severely punished them, punishing a group of blind ones, and the rest of the people did not dare to say more, and had to act according to the newly promulgated laws of the Jia Dynasty.

And the Jia Dynasty did not use the benefits squeezed from these palaces and temples to hold it out, but used it to build righteous schools and build bridges and pave roads in various places, even the pious people who had many slanders in the past had nothing to say about it, after all, the benefits promised by religion were false, but these taken out by the imperial court were real, and it was not difficult to see that it was more beneficial to them in comparison.