Volume 2: A Laugh in the Sea Chapter 178: Tearing Down Temples and Destroying Temples to Eat Big Households (II)
The three-year treasury is needed, not a few. Even if Rong Fengxiang had already sent 100,000 taels of silver before, it was still far from enough to fill the deficit. In addition to exempting taxes, it is also necessary to resume production as soon as possible and settle the people. At the same time, they had to continue to attack the Li valve, occupy Bashu, and take Jianghuai in the south, expand the armament war, and also ask for money everywhere. Where does this money come from?
Whoever has money asks for it. Those big families in the Central Plains are the richest.
Attacking the family, the quality of this matter is extraordinary. It must be known that since the revival of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the shili of the wealthy family has been expanding. Until the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei formulated the Nine Grades of Zhongzheng Law, and the gate valve politics was even more above the imperial power. Even if Emperor Wen of Sui and Yang Jian unified the world, it would be difficult to change the old customs of hundreds of years. The four famous lords of the world -- Yuwen, Dugu, Li, and Song -- are proof of this. So if another person comes up, such as Li Mi or Wang Shichong, even if they are poor and crazy, they will not dare to attack the family no matter what.
But Chen Sheng didn't have this scruples. Who is Chen Sheng? is a member of the Infinite God Domain, and it doesn't belong to this shijie at all. All the interests of this shijie are entangled, and they have nothing to do with Chen Sheng. Therefore, Chen Sheng is not afraid of offending anyone, and he dares to use any means. He has hundreds of thousands of soldiers in his hands, and he is in the limelight. In a word, who dares to say a word?
If you want to say that you can break your wrist with Chen Sheng a little, only Dugu Valve is the only one. But Dugu Valve is now ally with Chen Sheng. Moreover, in the matter of the cooperation between the two sides to clean up Wang Shichong's remaining party in the imperial court, Dugu Valve has gained a lot of benefits, where is he willing to offend Chen Sheng for just a little money? So Dugu Valve didn't say a word, and immediately donated a lot of money and food out of his pocket. Even the Dugu valve has softened, which of the others dares to resist?
But even if you get the big valve of the family, it's not enough. So Chen Sheng next, he hit the idea on the heads of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples in various places, stipulating how much money each family should pay. White Horse Temple, Zhishan Temple, Baiyun Temple, Shangqing Palace...... No one should be left behind, and no one should want to run. Of course, you can't scrape too hard and push to death.
This is a very tedious task that takes a lot of time to do. Chen Sheng was also impatient to lie in the copywriting all day long calculating the amount of money and food, and simply handed it over to the people below to handle it. I happened to remember that after the empty and the four great King Kongs were killed by themselves, the organization of the Pure Mind Zen Academy, as a martial arts sect, was disbanded. In this case, there is no need to continue to preserve the Pure Zen Temple, which is a temple.
Without doing anything, Chen Sheng simply took two thousand soldiers and went to the Jingnian Zen Monastery for a big demolition. Needless to say, the gold, silver, and rice grains saved in the temple are not to be said, just tearing down this bronze hall and hundreds of bronze statues, and bringing them back to Luoyang City to melt the inside of the workshop, it is immediately a lot of money, not to mention that tens of thousands of jīng soldiers can be raised. As for the monks in the monastery? All come to take the test. If you can pass, you are allowed to settle down in other monasteries. If you can't even memorize the most basic Buddhist scriptures, and you can't explain the simplest Buddhist principles, then you can't make a mistake by peeling off your robes and returning them to the world for a limited time.
The army pressed the border, and even if there were still many monks and soldiers in the monastery, they didn't dare to resist. Accept the disposal honestly. After a busy day, all the monks in the monastery were escorted away, and dozens of truckloads of money and grain were transported down the mountain, and only about one-third of the warehouse of the monastery was emptied. As for the demolition of the bronze statue and the bronze hall, it can only be postponed.
Money and food, Chen Sheng felt that it didn't matter. Anyway, they don't have long legs, so they won't run. But the rest of the Wagang Army felt that the night was long and dreamy, so they had to hurry away to feel at ease. So even at night, the work didn't stop. It wasn't until the third watch that it finally came to an end. At this time, it was naturally impossible for everyone to go back to Luoyang City, so they simply lived in the Zen courtyard. Chen Sheng suddenly moved Yaxing, and he didn't sleep, paced to Baishi Square, and walked towards the bronze hall. He wanted to see what the inside of this bronze hall was like.
In the middle of the night, everything is silent, and only the sound of insects chirping all around, gradually fills the space of the mountain and the temple. There is no trace of people in the square, and it is cold and desolate. Chen Sheng walked through the square with his hands behind his back and arrived in front of the bronze hall. He reached out and grabbed the brass ring on the door and pulled it back.
The thick copper door, which was as high as one zhang and weighed more than a thousand catties, immediately opened silently. The cold wind then rushed out of the hall, and along with it, there was a terrifying, hot and cold energy, which could make people unconsciously interfere with the operation of the true qi in the whole body, and thus go mad. And this energy, Chen Sheng couldn't be more familiar with it—it was He's Bi ability!
The bronze hall was completely sealed except for the main door and the four fist-sized vents at the top of the temple. Entering it feels almost indistinguishable from stepping into a large lamp shade.
The four walls of the copper hall are densely packed with 10,000 small Buddha statues, all of which are cast jīng skillfully, set off between the copper casting carved railing and the beamless hall wall, resulting in a rich texture, operating a kind of magnificent, golden glittering sacred atmosphere. In the center of the hall, there is a small bronze coffee table, and behind the coffee table is a futon, which is used for people to sit and participate in meditation.
At this moment, a pure white and flawless jade seal with a shining treasure light is being placed safely on the table without any dispute with the world. The seal is engraved with the pattern of five dragons intertwined, and the craftsmanship is ingenious, but there is a corner missing next to it to make up for the gold. There is no need to ask, this is the heirloom jade seal carved by Qin Shi Huang with He's bi.
This jade seal of the country is very different from Chen Sheng's Heshi Bi from Shijie in "Looking for Qin". In that year, the Sui Dynasty went south to attack Chen, and the Empress Chen surrendered and destroyed the country. Cihang Jingzhai preemptively entered the palace and took away the jade seal of this heirloom country, and then kept it a secret.
Three years ago, Jing Zhai lent it to Ning Daoqi for observation, and then not long ago, Ning Daoqi publicly entrusted it to the Jingnian Monastery. What he did was to build momentum for Li Shimin. By the way, it brings out an atmosphere of "Cihang Jingzhai has the right to choose the Son of Heaven". But when it came to Zuihou, this painstaking plan was completely destroyed by Chen Sheng. The concubine of Jingzhai was disfigured and fled with a broken arm, the four great King Kongs of the Zen Monastery and the presiding officer of the empty all died, and Ning Daoqi also announced that he had given up Li Shimin.
A farce of electing the Son of Heaven has come to an end. As for this heirloom jade seal, Chen Sheng thought that Concubine Xuan had brought it back to Cihang Jingzhai, who didn't know where it was located. But he never thought that he would see it in the bronze hall of the Pure Mind Zen Temple again.
Sighing secretly, Chen Sheng stepped forward, reached out and picked up the heirloom jade seal, and then used the skull coat of arms on his body to inspect it. Immediately, there was a large paragraph of prompt explanatory text, which slowly flowed through Chen Sheng's own consciousness.
"Item Name: Jade Seal of the Kingdom.
Item Type: Exotic Object.
Quality identification: dark gold lower product
Material: ???
Description: The heirloom jade seal, formerly known as the peerless treasure and clan bi of the Chūn Autumn and Warring States periods. History surrounds it, and idiom stories such as "priceless" and "complete return to Zhao" have been derived. After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he carved it into the jade seal of the Son of Heaven.
Note: This item is produced in the plane of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" of the Alien Hero series. Therefore, the energy contained in this item is slightly inferior to the original form and bib before it was carved into a jade seal. However, because the jade seal of the country has been circulated in the hands of dozens of emperors, it has also fused part of the dragon qi of the Son of Heaven. If you use the ability of the Jade Seal of the Inheritance Kingdom to practice martial arts, it is equivalent to absorbing the dragon qi of the Son of Heaven at the same time, which can boost the luck of the absorber. ”
I see. After reading this text, Chen Sheng understood. In "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" Shijie, Kou Zhong, this kid was originally just a gangster in Yangzhou City. Even if he was lucky enough to practice the martial arts of He's Bi, and was taught the art of war by Lu Miaozi, it was too low after all. He doesn't feel at ease to stay in the base area and farm, and he runs around all day long, just a shopkeeper.
is so unprofessional, Weishenme to Zuihou, Kou Zhong can actually become an invincible general on the battlefield at the same level as Li Shimin, and the young marshal army he founded can be more based in the south, on a par with Li Valve, who has unified the north, and become one of the best shili in the world? Herein lies the root cause.
After absorbing the ability of the heirloom jade seal, Kou Zhong's own luck has been greatly strengthened, and it can even be said that he also has the potential of a true son of heaven. However, because Xu Ziling and Bafenghan also shared the harmony at that time, the luck was apportioned and became weak. And Kou Zhong's kid himself has a big problem, so he didn't become the true son of heaven in the end. If the dragon qi sealed in the jade seal of the country at that time was exclusively enjoyed by one person, then I believe that the final result would have become something else.
I was secretly sighing to myself. Suddenly, some kind of jǐng omen grew in my heart. Chen Sheng was stunned, and then smiled slightly. He put down the jade seal of the country and said in a loud voice: "Ningsanren, we will meet again." He turned around and looked back, but saw a chic and sparse figure standing outside the gate of the Copper Palace, which was the first person in the Central Plains Daomen, the Great Grandmaster Ning Daoqi. Without a sound, he was already standing here, as if he had been there from the beginning.
Ning Daoqi stepped into the bronze hall and sighed: "All the gods and treasures, there is a providence in the underworld that governs their gains and losses, and no ordinary person can be the master." There is a strange force in He's Bi. Of course, it can promote meditation and cultivation, but even if you are not careful, you will be reborn in illusion, and you will be suspected of going mad at any time. But Chen Shuai can be calm and peaceful. It can be seen that it is Allah, the divine creature. In this case, please put it away from Chen Shuai. ”
Although Chen Sheng already has a party and a clan, it is not a bad thing to accept the jade seal of the country again. At least you can go back and use it for other people around you, right?