Gao Cheng soon received Yuan Shanjian's reply, and everything was handled according to his disposal.

The explosive scandal about the monks has also become the most popular anecdote in Luoyang City today, and everyone has discussed which noble lady often goes to the temple, and which powerful family often has monks to come to the door.

It seems that all the noble ladies who have interacted with the monks are not clean.

On this day, countless powerful women and their relatives were looking for death and life, shouting that they would prove their innocence by death, but fortunately, there was no murder for the time being.

The magnates who had been disturbed by the house hated the monks even more.

This kind of thing can't be explained at all, and the virgin can still find a stable wife to have a physical examination, how can these wives and concubines prove their innocence.

It's just a confused account, Gao Cheng also understands this, and only asks the people about their grievances.

Monks who have an affair with a noble lady have their own revenge on those sufferers.

On April 28, the next day, announcements about the disposition of the convicted monks were plastered all over the streets and alleys of Luoyang City.

At noon, more than 2,000 monks will be escorted to the gate to be beheaded, and Cui Jishu will personally supervise the beheading, and before that, there are rumors in Luoyang.

"Have you heard? Buddhism in this world is divided into Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism. ”

"What Mahayana, Hinayana ? I've never heard of it. ”

"It is said that today's monks are studying Hinayana Buddhism, and they are not able to practice themselves, so they can do so many ugly things, if they practice Mahayana Buddhism, how can they pollute the purity of Buddhism."

"Is Mahayana Buddhism really so subtle? Where do you find that? ”

"I heard that in the Later Han Dynasty, there were two monks who came from foreign countries with white horse sutras, and only then did they have Buddhism in Middle-earth, and if they wanted to find Mahayana Buddhism, they were afraid that they would have to go to other countries."

These rumors soon spread to the ears of the monks in Luoyang.

It was when people were panicking, and at noon, Cui Jishu was ordered to supervise and behead outside the gate in front of the palace.

More than 2,000 shiny heads fell to the ground, and the crowd of onlookers applauded, while the monks in Luoyang were silent, and they could only let the Mahayana and Hinayana theories spread.

At the same time, nearly 20,000 imprisoned monks will also be escorted to various mines in batches to shine for the prosperity of the Great Wei.

In fact, Gao Cheng doesn't know much Buddhism, he just watched "Journey to the West" when he was a child, and knew the deeds of Tang Sanzang seeking Mahayana Buddhism, as for the difference between Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism, how can he know so much.

The rumors intensified, and even spread to the Bohai Palace, and Gao Cheng once again recruited the remaining more than 600 hosts from various temples in Luoyang.

"I've heard that there are Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism in the world, who can you explain to me?"

The eyes of the monks and nuns were black, at this time there were still ninety-four years before Xuanzang traveled west, who knew what Mahayana Buddhism was.

Gao Cheng saw them like this, and he didn't get angry:

"As a monk, you should devote yourself to studying the Dharma, but you can't even explain the Mahayana Dharma to me, what are you doing on weekdays!"

The monks and nuns all bowed and pleaded guilty, but it was really more than 2,000 heads that landed earlier, and the impact was too great, for fear that they would annoy this prince and lose their heads.

Gao Cheng didn't embarrass them, but just ordered the guards to go out of the mansion to find out if anyone knew the whereabouts of Mahayana Buddhism.

Soon brought back one person.

Gao Cheng asked:

"Do you know where Mahayana Buddhism is?"

The man said respectfully:

"The villain heard that there is Mahayana Buddhism hidden in the Zongsheng Temple in Jianyangli."

Gao Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked the monks and nuns:

"Where is the presiding officer of the Zongsheng Temple?"

No one answered, and Cui Jishu, who came back to regain his life, reminded:

"The presiding officer of the Zongsheng Temple has done a lot of evil, and he has been beheaded outside the gate."

Gao Cheng suddenly realized, and immediately summoned Duan Shao and Yaoxiong, who were stationed in Yongning Temple, and carried more than 600 temple hosts to Jianyang Li Zongsheng Temple.

Xu Qian, who was studying in the school building built by Gao Cheng, had just finished school, and before he got home, he saw countless soldiers pouring into Jianyang, where his house was located.

"The Great Age of Genes"

Xu Qian was worried, and ran home quickly, his mother watched from the side of the road, and the team did not disturb the people and went straight to Zongsheng Temple.

"Qian'er, I just met the prince of Bohai, but what happened?"

Xu Qian helped his mother into the house and said:

"Those monks have done a lot of lawlessness, it must be the Zongsheng Temple that hides filth and filth, and the prince himself went to search for it."

Mother Xu repented when she heard this:

"I knew that those monks did this, and my mother really shouldn't have donated your grandfather's pension to the temple."

Xu Qian knew that his mother believed in Buddhism and would donate his bereavement, hoping that the Buddha would protect the souls of his mother and son and father, so he comforted:

"The monks are filthy, but the Buddha knows the mother's intentions."

Xu Mu sighed and asked:

"Qian'er, do you know what Mahayana Buddhism is? You are a reader, you must know a lot, for my mother I heard that there is Mahayana Buddhism in this world, far more subtle than Hinayana Buddhism, can you tell me? ”

Xu Qian has been studying in the school building and has never heard this kind of rumor, so he can only say truthfully:

"The gentleman in the school hall taught us to read and write, taught us to calculate amounts, and never taught the Dharma."

Mother Xu was not disappointed when she heard this, she smiled and said:

"That's right, my family didn't study to be a monk, so how could they study Buddhism."

In the Zongsheng Temple, Gao Cheng led the troops to break in, and the monks in the temple were collected outside the main hall.

Gao Cheng asked the monks:

"I heard that there is Mahayana Buddhism hidden in your temple, why don't you quickly get it for me and benefit the world."

The monks watched each other, and because the presiding officer was killed, the person in charge of the temporary presiding officer had to come out and reply:

"Qi Qi Shizi, the old monk has practiced in Zongsheng Temple for more than 30 years, and he has never heard of Mahayana Buddhism hidden in the temple."

Gao Cheng didn't believe it, he snorted coldly at the more than six hundred hosts he brought:

"I've heard a long time ago that you monks have always cherished themselves, and when I saw it today, it was true."

Some of the hosts who were with him and knew the old monk hurriedly persuaded him to take out the Mahayana Buddhism quickly.

The old monks said that they really didn't hide any Mahayana Buddhism, and immediately asked the monks in the temple to move out all the scriptures in the scripture pavilion, and the hosts identified them one by one, and there was indeed no so-called Mahayana scriptures.

Gao Cheng didn't believe it, so he had to let his subordinates go to the temple, and there was indeed no Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, but he accidentally found a lot of blades and armor.

"In the past, Emperor Taiwu slaughtered Shamen because of the secret possession of weapons in the temple, and you still dare to do such an evil thing, is it because of the events of the year, remembering the hatred of the country and the dynasty, and intending to rebel!"

Gao Cheng took the opportunity to attack.

The presiding officers of the temples and the monks of the Zongsheng Temple have already reacted, which is clearly Gao Cheng setting up a situation.

Just when the old monk's eyes were black and he was about to faint, Cui Jishu, who accompanied him, said:

"The servant thinks that this matter may have been done by the previous presiding officer, and has nothing to do with the current monks."

Seeing Gao Cheng bowing his head when he heard this, the old monk relieved his breath.

But Cui Xian said with a dark face:

"Even if the previous presiding officer did it, the prince should thoroughly inspect the temples in the city to see if there are weapons hidden in them."

The hearts of the monks rose again, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy, this kind of thing is too easy to plant.

Gao Cheng didn't care, ordered the soldiers to take care of the monks, and then dispatched the army to the temples in the city.

The reason why he controlled the 600 presiding officers in advance was to prevent anyone from organizing the monks to revolt.

Including the newly built temples of Gao Longzhi, a total of more than 100 temples were found to have weapons hidden in them, but fortunately, all of them lacked the presiding temple, but they did not harm the innocent.

Gao Cheng immediately entrusted Gao Longzhi to report the situation to the Son of Heaven, no matter what Yuan Shanjian thought, Gao Longzhi invited the Holy Decree.

Seeing the crimes of the monks, Yuan Zen claimed that it was caused by the lack of Mahayana Buddhism practice, and ordered the abolition of all monasteries in Kanto and ordered the monks to return to the laity until Mahayana Buddhism was introduced.

He also ordered Gao Cheng to select high monks and travel west to obtain the Mahayana scriptures.

Gao Cheng risked angering the Son of Heaven and pleaded for the monks, asking for permission to set up a small number of temples, control the number of monks, prohibit private shaving, and set up a certificate for the assessment and issuance of certificates.

Soon Gao Longzhi brought a second holy decree to Gao Cheng, all according to Gao Cheng's words.

Gao Cheng got the will and immediately set about it.

There are more than 1,300 temples in Luoyang today, Gao Cheng decided to erase the fraction with a stroke of the pen, leaving only 12 monk temples and a nun temple.

It is even more impossible to stay in the big temples including Yongning Temple and Jingming Temple, and Gao Cheng has all been abolished, intending to use them to garrison Gyeonggi soldiers.

These large temples have school grounds, and there is no place for performances.

Placing the army under his nose also made Gao Cheng feel more secure.

As for local temples, Gao Cheng also slashed, each county can only set up one monk temple, and each state can set up a nun temple.

According to Gao Cheng's intentions, wouldn't it be good to let them have children and reproduce the population.

But there are always many old nuns who have no family and cannot have children, even if they are forcibly married to widowers, they will not be able to get a good face.

The establishment of the nunnery is to allow them to have a place to retire, and in the future, they will definitely not be awarded to young women, and it is a pity to spend the good years on chanting sutras and chanting Buddha.

Want to be a nun? Yes, after the age of 60.

As for the monks who want to return to the laity and who can continue to chant and chant Buddhism, Xiao Gao Wang has no interest in taking Buddhist exams.

He directly divided according to age, and for those over sixty, Gao Cheng gave them the degree to continue to be monks, and Xiao Gao Wang was no longer a human being, and he was embarrassed to force the sixty-year-old monk to go to the fields to cultivate and pay taxes for him.

In principle, there can be no more than 80 monks in each temple, and until the old monks vacate their positions, they will never give out monk discs, and adhere to the principle of one monk position and one monk disc, and never waver.

Of course, none of the above has anything to do with Luoyang Yaoguang Temple, although Yaoguang Temple is a nun temple, but it is not among the remaining Luoyang thirteen monks and nuns, nor is it among the reductions.

This is because Yaoguang Temple has its particularity, built by Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Ke, Xiaowen abolished Empress Feng, Xuanwu Empress Gao, Xiaoming Empress Hu, as well as a large number of concubines, noblewomen, successively in this temple monks.

In essence, this is actually a sanatorium for concubines, where the concubines of the former dynasty practiced.

If Er Zhu Ying'e was not the daughter of Er Zhurong, I am afraid that she would have entered Yaoguang Temple to chant and chant Buddha.

If you really want to abolish Yaoguang Temple and force these women to remarry, public opinion in the world will be turbulent, and I am afraid that it will cause public indignation.

Gao Cheng intends to marry the nuns of Luoyang in addition to Yaoguang Temple and the soldiers of Gyeonggi, and plans to find a time for the unmarried soldiers to have a large-scale blind date.

At the same time, Gao Cheng was also thinking about whether to set an example for himself and find a beautiful nun in Yaoguang Temple to enter the house.

If you make up your mind, you will find them from the wives and concubines of Emperor Xiaoming, Emperor Xiaozhuang, Yuan Ye, Yuen Long, and Yuan Gong.

As a politician, sometimes you have to wronged yourself and do something you don't want to do.

But after thinking about it again and again, he still rejected this idea, his reputation is already stinky enough, and if he goes to the nuns in Yaoguang Temple, he will not be able to wash it away in this life.

Gao Cheng's disposition opinion was printed by Yuan Shanjian and sent to various parts of the Kanto region.

He deliberately only mentioned Kanto, just because he didn't want He Batyue to pick up the cheap.

But if you think about it carefully, people are not stupid, they all know that Buddhism is a fat sheep, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not act in an overbearing.

Sure enough, the news of the Kanto wanton suppression of Buddha and confiscation of Buddhist temple property spread to Kansai, and under the persuasion of Yuwentai, He Bayue also destroyed Buddha on a large scale, and for a time Northern Buddhism was suppressed by Gao and He Ba, and went to a temporary trough.

Of course, that's all for later.

Gao Cheng sent the documents to the Kanto prefectures, and strictly ordered the governors of the prefectures and counties to obey the orders, and at the same time to dismantle the temples, and thoroughly investigate the lawlessness of the monks.

At the same time, the monks were forced to return to the laity, and naturally they had to arrange a livelihood for them.

Gao Cheng ordered the prefectures to confiscate the temple property and take back the public land, and the Juntian official set up by Gao Cheng allocated acres of land to the monks and the hidden households sheltered by the temple.

After this sweep, the Kwantung monks were only afraid of less than 100,000, and according to Gao Cheng's memory, when the Eastern Wei Dynasty fell in 550, there were more than 200,000 monks in the Kwantung region, and now in 533, although it cannot reach this number, it will not be too far behind.

Not to mention the hidden households, there are millions of monks alone who pay taxes, and Gao Cheng can wake up with a smile in his dreams.

These days, there are constantly household officials rushing around Luoyang, registering household registration for hidden households and lay monks, and then distributing acres of land.

And the nuns were also summoned by Gao Cheng outside Luoyang City to officiate for their marriage.

As we all know, Gao Cheng never went against the wishes of women, so he asked the nuns to choose their own unmarried soldiers in the guards and the Gyeonggi army, and then let these soldiers say whether they were willing or not.

How do you know that many nuns are looking at Xiao Gao Wang, and their eyes are about to hook people's souls, Gao Cheng didn't dare to stay for a long time, explained a few words of discipline at the venue, and hurriedly left to return to the Bohai Palace.

The Bohai Royal Mansion moved, and Gao Cheng moved the Royal Mansion to the vicinity of Yongning Temple, close to Miyagi.

The reason is very simple, he stationed 7,000 people under his command and 3,000 people under Hu Luguang in Yongning Temple.

Duan Shao and Yaoxiongtun will be stationed in Jingming Temple, and Murong Shaozong and Gao Aocao will be stationed in Gaoyang Wang Temple in Jingnan.

Gaoyang Wang Temple was once the residence of Gaoyang King Yuanyong, after the death of Yuanyong donated to the temple, Yuanyong Mansion had 6,000 slaves and 500 prostitutes, covering such a large area that it was enough to accommodate the army.

The next step is to count the assets of the monastery, and the land and property are all on the bright side, and it is natural that they should be nationalized.

But the amount of money and food accumulated in each temple fluctuates greatly, and Gao Cheng is not greedy, and he divides the account in ninety-one.

For every nine servings Gao ate, one was transported to the treasury.

As a result, a steady stream of carts loaded with money and grain were transported to the new site of the Bohai Palace, until the palace could not be filled, and then transported to the nearby temples that had been cut down for hoarding.