It wasn't until after the second watch that Guo Chong came back from outside.

Since they came to Hangzhou, Sun Ning and the others have not gone out much, and they have not gone to the West Lake until today under the guidance of Xie Yu.

On the contrary, Guo Chong is running around almost every day, leaving early and returning late, investigating some overt and covert news, but he is busier than when he was in the southwest.

However, he was obviously enjoying it, although at this time he was eating the leftovers on the back end of Sun Ning's slightly hot people, and he was also eating with relish, and while eating, he was a little excited: "It's really like Your Majesty...... Brother Sun, as you said, the water in Hangzhou is very muddy. ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Sun Ning was even more interested, holding a cup of hot tea, and sat opposite him with Xiao Qian, waiting for Guo Chong to come carefully.

Guo Chong swallowed a large piece of meat again, and he couldn't see the appearance of the gentleman in Liangzhou at all, and wiped the oil stains on the corner of his mouth, and then said: "After visiting in the past few days, I have seen that there are indeed many temples in Hangzhou. In addition to the most famous Yunlin Temple, there are three large temples of Mingfa, Huafa and Baiyun, where there are hundreds of monks.

"As for the smaller temples, there are more than a dozen, and there are twenty or thirty monks inside. And no matter how big or small the temple is, they are full of incense and the temple is rich. It is said that more than 70% of the shops on the two busiest streets in Hangzhou are owned by these temples. ”

I have to say that this is Guo Chong's ability.

He, a foreigner, has only been here for half a month, and he has already heard many things in the city clearly, and it is not just these superficial things.

In fact, many people are dissatisfied with these endless temples, but it is only because the local clans and government forces have always respected Buddhism that these opponents dare not show it in the open.

"But under the calm waters, some people who have been oppressed or deceived by Buddhism have secretly united, and there is only one chance to storm a certain temple. And in my opinion, their goal should be set on the most famous Yunlin Temple. ”

Sun Ning smiled and nodded, expressing agreement.

How can these temples not make enemies when they can be so large in scale and in such huge benefits?

The Xie clan is only the most powerful party among them, and there are not a few people who want to set fire to all the temples and kill all the monks in the whole of Hangzhou.

It's just that their number should be far from being comparable to those who are superstitious about Buddhism, so they dare not show it.

But since even Guo Chong can find out that there is such a force among the people, those temple monks will be so dull?

"Don't those monks have a countermeasure and a countermeasure?"

"Yes, as early as a year ago, there would have been a riot against Yunlin Temple in Hangzhou, but it was exposed one step earlier, and then the defenders in the city suddenly moved, and in one fell swoop, they took down those related people scattered everywhere.

"Now those people are still in prison, being tortured every day about the identities of other accomplices."

Sun Ning's expression moved, and he immediately grasped the key point: "The defenders in the city? They have been mastered by those monks? ”

This is really not good news, can a monk with military power still be called a monk?

Guo Chong smiled: "Yes, it's not." How could those big-headed soldiers believe in Buddhism, but their top boss, that is, Hangzhou garrison Yu Shouxin, is a believer in Yunlin Temple, which makes them act to protect the interests of the monks.

"In fact, it's not just this Yu Shoubei, more than a dozen officials in Hangzhou City from the prefect down, more than a dozen officials are more or less closely related to Yunlin Temple, and the Qian clan of Hangzhou also made great efforts when Buddhism was flourishing, among which the Mingfa Temple was built at the expense of their clan, just like the Xie family spent money to rebuild Yunlin Temple."

Sun Ning listened to him carefully, and his face became more and more solemn.

Then when he stopped, he casually took the leftover cold plates on the table and put them in front of him one by one: "The government, the temple, the family...... It can be said that the most powerful three forces in Hangzhou are completely integrated, and they collude with each other to use power and superstition to firmly control all the people! ”

As he spoke, he stacked the three plates together and put them aside, and then put a few small plates on them: "As for the other people who have some money or power, seeing that the overall situation is like this, it is naturally impossible to fight against such a force anymore, so they can only choose to take refuge and fight for the tiger."

Therefore, even if many people do not believe in Buddhism at all, they can only pretend to believe in it, and thus more people can only choose to believe in it. Contribute your hard-earned possessions, and even your own life may be taken in the end! ”

When Xiao Qian heard him say this, she remembered the scene she saw in front of Yunlin Temple today, and her two willow eyebrows were raised: "It's really hateful......"

"It's very hateful, but they have formed a net that ordinary people can't break free from at all, so that everyone can only choose to believe in Buddhism and believe in the so-called afterlife, in order to calm their hearts......

"If at the beginning they were only guided by force, then after years of development, they have been able to make the people take the initiative to believe in the theory of Buddhism. When everyone is convinced of this, those who oppose it will become outliers, and if they start again, they will be the public enemies of the whole city.

"After that, when these people are all wiped out, the rest of the people will have to accept everything in the present, and then deceive themselves into thinking that everything is as it should be."

Speaking of this, Sun Ning inexplicably remembered a certain populous country next to China in later generations, didn't the people in power there rely on such means to make countless people at the bottom willing to be exploited and plundered to death, but they were still willing to do so?

"They won't succeed!" Xiao Qian fell into a trance, and couldn't help but reprimand at this time.

"Of course they can't succeed, not to mention that now it's only in Jiangnan at most, once the situation in the Central Plains is settled, it will inevitably be invaded by a large army, even us, we won't sit idly by and let them continue to cause trouble!"

Sun Ning said coldly: "Moreover, I think there is still new power accumulating in Hangzhou City now, wanting to destroy all the illusions in front of you, right?" Add to that a certain idea of these people within the Xie family...... It's time for this storm in Hangzhou to fall on these moths! ”

Guo Chong also said thoughtfully: "Yes, judging from the information I have collected so far, those people should choose to launch it during this year's Shangyuan Festival, which is bound to destroy all the temples led by Yunlin Temple, and return Hangzhou City to a prosperous place!" ”

"Oh?" Sun Ning's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have thought of some idea at this time.