These monks and nuns saw Master Zhiqing die on the spot, and knew that the county official opposite was a ruthless character, so they didn't dare to move, and obediently let the people of the government control them.

Yan Yingyuan here first ordered to check the degrees of these monks and nuns. It turned out that eighty percent of the monks and nuns did not have a degree, and all of them were black households hiding in this Buddhist temple!

"If you don't have a degree, ask all about the situation at home, and if you can send them home, they will be sent back to your home, and you will be given travel expenses! If they can't be repatriated, they will be reassigned to their homes, and they will be given a settling-in allowance and ordered to go down the mountain! Yan Yingyuan also arranged it according to the order.

"We don't go down the mountain, we don't go down the mountain, we are born here people, and death is a ghost here!" But not long after, some monks and nuns refused to go down the mountain to return to the world.

Seeing this, Yan Yingyuan directly shouted: "Those who don't want to go down the mountain will be regarded as resisting the decree, and they will be beaten with a cane for thirty first, and then put in a cart, escorted into Beijing, and wait for the place of exile to be determined!" ”

"Yes!"

"Hit the ground, hit!" The officials and officials answered and began to beat the monks and nuns. And many of these monks and nuns are much more honest.

But there are also people who can't bear this kind of life when they can no longer be clothed and fed in Buddhist temples, especially if they have to be so humiliated, and they can't be worshiped by pilgrims and tenants like the pleasure of being worshiped by pilgrims and tenants, so they shout and say, "You cool officials, I will fight for you!" "Bang!

The monk who threatened to fight hard was beaten to death on the spot by the county officials who were armed with guns. Seeing this, the other monks had to become more honest.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! As a result, the monks and nuns who refused to go down the mountain began to consciously accept the beating of the cane, and cried out in pain.

The other monks and nuns did not dare to shout anymore that they did not want to go down the mountain, so they honestly received the travel fee or the settlement fee and went down the mountain.

A small number of monks and nuns who did not have to go down the mountain because they had a degree of meditation on their bodies did not dare to say much when they saw this, and they only recited the Buddha with their hands together.

"Keep copying!"

"The money and food of the Buddhist temple must be traced from a source, in case the source of the huge wealth is unknown;"

"The guests staying in the Buddhist temple must also have a source to check in case the big thieves are hiding there." At this time, Yan Yingyuan continued to give orders, and strictly implemented the requirements above.

As a person who was promoted from the official class to the magistrate of the county because of the restructuring, he naturally would not resist the new policy.

"Report! Prefectural Venerable, we found a large number of unshaved children in the south room of the monastery, a total of thirty-seven men and women! ”

"Report! Prefectural Honor, we found that there were a large number of loan deeds for illegal profits, as well as a large number of land deeds, as well as countless gold and silver in the monastery's rented houses, and there were accounts, but the sources of the accounts were mostly rent and interest, and a small amount was incense money donated by pilgrims. At this time, after the officials under Yan Yingyuan's command copied one after another, they ran to copy the situation from Yan Yingyuan.

After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan commanded with a calm face: "Grab a monk in charge and ask, where did these children come from?" ”

"They are all children that our master bought from the kidnappers." The monk in charge who had been arrested replied.

After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan immediately ordered: "Send these children to the nursing home first, so that parents who have lost children in this county can come to the nursing home to claim them." In addition, the temple kept children as slaves, the crime was so heinous that all the monks and nuns were confiscated, and all the monks and nuns who had a degree were also imprisoned and ready to be exiled! When the monk in charge heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and cried: "The county respects your life! Spare your life! These children were bought as slaves, which was originally the intention of the master, and the little monks and others were just acting on orders! Yan Yingyuan said: "You are also guilty if you don't report it, how can you let only one person who is already dead bear all the responsibility?" When the monk heard this, he begged for mercy.

But Yan Yingyuan didn't pay attention, and only let the monk in charge drag him down. Then, Yan Yingyuan instructed in accordance with the edict: "All the income from rent collection and lending has not been registered as an official!" ”

"Regardless of whether the loan deed is confiscated, it will all be burned!"

"For the title deed, temporarily store it, prepare to divide the land for the next use, and immediately call all the tenants of the temple!" Not long after, all the tenant farmers of Chongyu Temple were called.

Yan Yingyuan, on the other hand, re-cleared the land of these Buddhist temples according to the title deed, and then redistributed the land to the tenant farmers.

The surplus land that had not yet been rented was distributed to the monks and nuns of the monastery who were willing to become yeoman farmers, and these monks and nuns and the tenant farmers who had been allocated the land became yeoman farmers again.

The number of yeoman farmers in the Ming Dynasty has undoubtedly increased as a result. In an empire dominated by agrarian civilization, the number of yeoman farmers determines a country's financial situation and social stability.

Therefore, the increase in the number of yeoman farmers is a good thing for the country. In this way, a Chongyu temple in Nuoda was rectified and only an empty temple remained, and all the temple properties were put into the government and rented to the people to operate.

Terada was divided entirely among the common people, and the monks and nuns were either forced down the mountain to become freemen or exiled.

However, in order to meet the needs of some good men and women among the general public, and considering that this is also a local scene, Yan Yingyuan did not plan to burn down the temple, but only planned to invite an old monk who had no problem and was sincere to the Buddha to be the host of the Chongfo Temple, and manage the Buddhist scriptures of the temple and the vegetable plots in the courtyard that did not need to be divided.

In any case, Yan Yingyuan can be described as vigorous and resolute, and it can be regarded as a good completion of the decree issued by the central court on the rectification of Buddhist temples.

It was only when Yan Yingyuan took the county officials and escorted a group of criminal monks and nuns who were about to be exiled back to the city, when suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves.

"Bold!" Immediately afterward, there was a shout of rage, and a fierce military attache appeared outside the mountain gate under the escort of a team of personal cavalry.

At the same time, the military attache also shouted: "Surround the temple!" No one is allowed to let it out! ”

"Yes!" As a result, the official academy under the command of this military attache took action, and soon the entire Chongyu Temple was drained.

Seeing this, Yan Yingyuan walked out of the mountain gate and asked, "Who is the general, and why do you want to interfere in the affairs of this county?" The military attache said: "This official is Liu Liangzuo, a general of the Linqing Dynasty!" This temple also has the property of the general, how can you take the property of the general! After Liu Liangzuo finished speaking, Yan Yingyuan said in a deep voice: "It turned out to be Liu Shenshuai, this county is ordered by the imperial court to rectify the Buddhist temple and Taoism, as for whose property is this temple, it has nothing to do with this county, if the general decides that the county should not rectify the temple, he can explain to the imperial court!" ”

"Uncle! Save my nephew, my father was killed by this dog official! This dog official took the decree of the imperial court, copied everything in the temple, divided the fields, and the money and grain of the industry were all entered into the official, and everyone was arrested, and even the dozens of children that were going to be bought for your uncle were also collected! At this time, a little monk who was the concubine of Master Zhiqing ran out, knelt in front of Liu Liangzuo and cried.

Liu Liangzuo became even more angry after hearing this, and looked at Yan Yingyuan. Yan Yingyuan didn't have stage fright, and only asked coldly: "Counselor Liu, do you also want to disobey the imperial court's edict?!" Please don't forget who you are. ”

"Ben Jiang didn't dare, but Ben Jiang still had the courage to blame Luo Jiao for this!" Liu Liangzuo sneered and said, and as he spoke, he pointed at Yan Yingyuan and these people: "Kill all these people!" Don't leave a single mouth alive! ”

"Yes!" As a result, Liu Liangzuo's subordinates approached Yan Yingyuan and others step by step.

The officials and servants under Yan Yingyuan's command all panicked. Yan Yingyuan himself became nervous, and asked loudly: "Counselor Liu!" Skynet is magnificent, if you do this, aren't you afraid of leaking things in the future?! Liu Liangzuo sneered and said: "The mountains here are high and dense, and there are no people within ten miles, as long as you all die here, who knows?" ”

"The servant knows!" At this time, on the path on the hill behind the mountain temple, a big official in a python robe suddenly appeared and shouted loudly.