When everyone saw Xiao Fudie say that Emperor Dawu had issued three more golden dragon orders, they were surprised and inexplicable, and they asked one after another.

Xiao Fudie said: "You know very well the content of the Golden Dragon Order of Emperor Wei Yu, which is to demolish thousands of temples in the Great Martial Kingdom, and only keep five hundred. This second Golden Dragon Decree is about the number of Buddhist monks, that is, to limit the number of people in existing Buddhist temples. ”

Master Zhiran asked with concern, "What do you mean? Could it be that the existing Buddhist temples still have to reduce the number of people according to the orders of the imperial court?"

Xiao Fudie nodded and said, "According to the collection of the temple roster of the local government, the household department negotiated with Dazhuguo to delete and modify it, limiting the number of people in each existing Buddhist temple and prohibiting exceeding the specified number." ”

Yu Chuni said: "Da Zhu Guo, didn't you discuss this matter with the crown prince?"

Little Fluttershy shook her head and said, "I don't know much about this, I only collect information, and I don't bother to care about any struggle between you humans." ”

Yuchuni lowered his head in contemplation. Shuli frowned and said, "Isn't it up to them to decide how many monks are left behind in the Buddhist path of the Great Wu Kingdom?

Master Ran's face was also very gloomy, and he said, "Let's talk about the other Golden Dragon Order." ”

Xiao Fudie didn't care about their faces, and continued, "The third Golden Dragon Order is about offerings. It is to order all temples not to worship Buddha objects, that is, Buddha bones, relics, Buddha teeth, etc. ”

Ben Qian said on the side: "This golden dragon order is not as intimidating as the previous two, at least it can enshrine the golden Buddha statue." ”

Shuli nodded and said, "Indeed, in this way, it can also reduce a lot of the burden of worship for the existing temple, and it can also save expenses." ”

At this time, Ben Yuan heard from the side, he was originally very weak from the karmic fire, struggled to stand up, and said: "You know a fart! You always look like a master of the world, and you can't understand how big a blow this is to a temple!"

"Nanzong Temple enshrines some Buddha bone relics and treasures, do you know how many of the tens of thousands of pilgrims and believers who come to Nanzong Temple every day to pray and worship are for these things?

"I'm telling you, at least half! This is still Nanzong Temple, and some temples can be built, enlarged, and covered, and almost all rely on these things. ”

The fire monkey said: "There are so many people, isn't it?"

In the eyes of ordinary people, they are the stand-ins of the Buddha and the representatives of the Buddha's path. They prayed for blessings, prayed for a dead clay statue or for a part of the Buddha in heaven and returned incense, which one would reassure people's hearts?

"In my opinion, once this golden dragon order comes out, at least half of the remaining temples will not need to be demolished by the government, and they will not be able to survive!"

Master Zhiran sighed and said: "Now that the world is so chaotic, there are not many people who can insist on believing in Buddhism, and now they have to ban the most sacred things in their hearts, how many people can be left in Buddhism?"

Xiao Fudie said: "Don't sigh in a hurry, it's too early." The fourth Golden Dragon Decree is about almsgiving, prohibiting everyone from giving alms to the temple! Including the court ministers, eunuchs, squires and tyrants, ordinary people, peddlers and pawns, all people!"

As soon as these words came out, sure enough, Master Ran and the others were so surprised that their eyes widened, they looked at each other, and then their brows were locked, twisted together, and their heads were lowered, as if they were mourning.

After a while, I only heard a wind say slowly: "In this way, all the temples are forced to live as Senior Brother Qingning said, the six roots are pure, self-cultivation and self-eating, not doing a day, not eating a day, and sorting out the original meaning of my Buddhism." ”

No one noticed that Ichikaze had stood up, and that his injuries had healed in half of the time of a cup of tea, and that his broken muscles were still healing.

The fire monkey was also amazed by the wonderful effect of the lark elixir, and glanced deeply at Xiao Fudie, who turned around with some sense and smiled lightly at the fire monkey.

At this time, Ben Yuan interrupted Yifeng and said: "What do you know! You think too simply, this is the most poisonous one in the Golden Dragon Order so far, because it is directly aimed at people's hearts!"

"Think about it, if there is no one to give alms to the Buddha, what does the temple rely on to survive?

"Those who have acres of land, of course, will oppress the monks and households even more, and in order to survive, the means of the monks and Buddha households to collect their rents will only be more cruel and vicious than before!

"Not to mention that the severely devastated monk households are unbearable in their years of abundance, not to mention that they have no food to eat now that there is a famine for many years, where will they pay the rent?

The fire monkey said disdainfully: "You also think that people are too vicious, have you fallen into the demon path and have not come out yet, do you want Master Ran to help you take a look?"

Shuli shook his head and said, "What he said is reasonable, I'm afraid it's more than that." If you think about it, this is still a temple with acres of land, and what do those temples with few or no temples rely on to survive?

"Those monks who have become accustomed to clothes and food to open their mouths have lost all their sources of money at once, and they have to limit the number of monks in Buddhist monasteries, and they do not have so much money and people to serve them. From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, can they be willing to live a hard life of self-cultivation and self-cultivation?

"Won't they also riot against the government and the imperial court that implemented the Golden Dragon Order?"

The fire monkey nodded and said: "What you said is also true, I think about it now if those old monks of the abbot in the Thundering Temple, and the fat mellow monks, want to go to the tenants to ask for rent, or even hoe the land to grow vegetables, I think it is funny."

"There is no one to give, no one to worship, and the number of pilgrims has decreased, I am afraid that the dazzling golden and brilliant Leiming Temple at that time will be covered with a layer of dust.

"At that time, I actually sent monks every day to carry rich pilgrims up the mountain, such luxury, I am afraid that life at this time has fallen into the abyss!"

Shuli nodded and continued: "Actually, it's much more than that, even if there are still many temples with many acres of fertile land, but with the implementation of the Golden Dragon Order, I am afraid that these lands will be squandered by monks who are accustomed to luxury.

"Even if the impact is not big now, it will not be a few years before they will be destitute. The impact of this Golden Dragon Order is too far-reaching. ”

Yuchuni's originally contemplative head lifted and said, "It's not just that, you have to see a higher level.

"Buddhism has been mixed with the interests of many officials in the imperial court, and many officials have just invested or taken care of the Buddhist temples with a little money, and they have earned rich profits from the incense and alms of the Buddhist temples.

"Now that the golden dragon orders have locked all the layers of interest gates, how can they give up?

"I'm afraid that the crown prince will be in a very embarrassing situation now, externally, he will have to face the joint attack of Confucianism and Taoism, and internally, he will also face the riots of those who were dissatisfied with the interception of his interests.

"Maybe some people are now directly in the camp of Confucianism and Taoism, after all, the prince is also riding a tiger now. ”

Yifeng's injuries at this time had basically healed, nodded, and said: "These three golden dragon orders will make the people rise up and overthrow the Buddhist monks who are trying to dry up and fish, the second will force the originally arrogant Buddhist monks to rebel after falling into the dust, and the third will also cause the officials who originally supported Buddhism to rebel."

"If the Golden Dragon First Decree is just to rudely destroy the Buddhist Temple, then these three Golden Dragon Orders are to peel the skin of the Buddha and cramp it, so that it will destroy itself. ”

At the end, he also added self-deprecatingly: "I think that the 'three strategies of Buddhism and Taoism' that I used to speak righteously at the beginning, under the huge wave of Buddhism and Taoism changes now, it is simply a child's trick. ”

When everyone heard this, they all lowered their heads in silence, and the fire monkey sighed even more.

Xiao Fudie was extremely surprised in her heart, she encountered these people twice, the first time was in the small mountain temple where the beasts she drove away were frantically attacked, and the second time was when she was besieged and strangled by the army led by Zhan Yanzhang.

Every time they are embarrassed, as if they are just a group of scattered dogs who are frantically fleeing and being beaten.

But I didn't expect that she only said the three golden dragon orders, and they analyzed them so inwardly and to the point, these people are really not simple.

Thinking of this, she smiled and said, "All the masters are really powerful, worthy of being the elite leaders of Nanzong Temple and even Buddhism." Originally, I was thinking about how to explain it to you, but now it seems that I don't need to. ”

The fire monkey wondered, "Explain what?"

Xiao Fudie smiled, stretched out her finger and pointed down, "This war under the mountain!"

Everyone looked shocked and looked down the mountain of the boulder.