Luo Xianzhi quietly waited for Xiao Yan to make a final decision.

He was so unhurried that he didn't seem to realize that he had caused Xiao Yan a big problem.

What should a good king do?

Naturally, he did not hesitate to choose to fight against religious forces and deprive a group of people who did not have much ability to resist.

If Xiao Yan is unwilling, Luo Xianzhi doesn't care, it's just a change of group to deprive it, that group of monks and Taoist priests, waiting to be rectified later.

Xiao Yan is no longer young, and he has been fighting outside, Luo Xianzhi estimates that he should also come to the end of his life.

As soon as Xiao Yan died, he took action against these monks and Taoists in Liang State, who were called religions and were actually big landlords.

Xiao Yan hesitated for a long time.

At a young age, he would not hesitate to choose to attack religion.

But now his temples are blooming, and his wrinkles are getting more and more.

When a person is young, and when he is old, he is two people, and when he gets older, his personality will change greatly, he will be stubborn to the point of stubbornness, and he will change from the enterprising spirit of his youth to a stubborn person.

The most terrible thing is that people themselves do not recognize this change.

When his grandparents and fathers once rejected his hobbies, he thought it was his grandparents and fathers who were stubborn.

When he rejected the hobbies of his sons and grandchildren, he thought that the younger generations did not understand what was right.

Only taking one's own love as good, beautiful, positive, and right, this is what people are unwilling to admit but real.

This is the reason why people will eventually go to the opposite, eventually become the person they hate, eventually become an authority, and eventually become a conservative in the eyes of future generations.

Only a few people can keep their progress going.

Unfortunately, politicians are not people who can change with the trend of thought, and politicians are usually the most conservative group of people in the world who refuse to change.

When you get older, there is another terrible thing, and that is the fear of death.

This fear is even more terrifying than anything else in these high-powered people.

The belief in gods and Buddhas is the embodiment of the fear of death.

Only when people encounter problems that cannot be solved in the real world will they seek the help of those gods and Buddhas.

He finally said slowly: "Lingxiu, you give me some more time, I still need to think about it, the stakes are very high, the stakes are very high." ”

Luo Xianzhi didn't have any expression on his face, and bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will retire first." ”

With that, he left the palace peacefully.

The moment he stepped out of the palace gate, Luo Xianzhi sighed imperceptibly and frowned slightly.

The emperor's obsession with Buddhism was somewhat more than he expected, which did not match the message left to him by his father, Luo Youzhi, and the only explanation was - "The emperor is old." ”

……

Luo Xianzhi returned to the mansion, and Xie Daoyun, who was already pregnant with Liujia, still greeted him as before, took off the crown for him, and took off his coat.

She is still as beautiful as in the old days, and there is a touch of maternal brilliance, just like spring water, Luo Xianzhi looked at Xie Daoyun gently, and gently stroked Xie Daoyun's pregnant belly.

Xie Daoyun felt Luo Xianzhi's sorrow, so he asked softly, and Luo Xianzhi told Xie Daoyun what happened in the palace, and after finishing speaking, he leaned on the head of the bed and hugged Xie Daoyun's weak and boneless body and whispered: "Madam, I'm worried." ”

Xie Daoyun snuggled in Luo Xianzhi's arms, she was a smart woman, she naturally knew what Luo Xianzhi was worried about, and comforted: "Husband, if His Majesty the Emperor is not willing to fight Buddhism, then he will turn to other things, and it should not affect the overall situation." ”

Luo Xianzhi sighed softly: "What I'm worried about is not whether Your Majesty is willing to attack Buddhism, this is just a trivial matter.

What worries me is that His Majesty has changed, and if he is really old, the consequences will be unimaginable.

What decaying thing in this world is bad in only one aspect?

No.

When something begins to decay, everything about it decays to the point where it cannot be looked at.

Jiang Zuo's safety is tied to the emperor's body, and Jiang Zuo's chaos is just in the emperor's thoughts.

The safety of our family is in the midst of this, how can I not be worried?

If Jiangzuo is in turmoil, what will I use to keep my family, keep you safe, and let our children live peacefully in this world? ”

Luo Xianzhi is not the kind of person who is willing to give up his family for the sake of his career, the reason why he appeared in Jianye is because this can protect the safety of his family, that's all, as for his personal ambitions, they are all insignificant.

Xie Daoyun could feel the uneasiness in Luo Xianzhi's heart, this uneasiness existed in everyone's heart, in this chaotic world, in this world where the Luo family lineage did not exist, there was no absolutely safe place in this world.

She didn't know what she should do, so she could only comfort softly: "Husband, the Gusu Luo clan is a wealthy family in Jiangzuo, no matter what, our safety can always be guaranteed, you don't have to worry so much." ”

Luo Xianzhi shook his head, hugged Xie Daoyun tightly, sniffed the faint fragrance, and said in a low voice: "Madam, you are wrong, we wealthy families are very dangerous, especially in today's world, if you encounter a tyrant or a rebellion, you may even be wiped out."

No matter how much power we have, in the final analysis, it is a mortal body, and if we are added by a sword, we will die, this is an immutable law, you look at it, the world's wealthy families will usher in a reshuffle.

This has been the case since ancient times.

At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the old aristocracy was purged by Bang Zhou, the chaos of the kingdom and the unification of the Qin State, the old aristocracy was purged again, and a large number of nobles were purged at the end of the first Han Dynasty.

That's fate.

The fate of the old aristocracy is to become the nourishment of the new era with the changes of an era. ”

Xie Daoyun was a little shocked when he heard such a violent argument for the first time, Luo Xianzhi stroked her back and said: "Especially in the Yan Kingdom, the strength of the gate lord clan is the weakest, and the strength of the army is the strongest.

This is the reason why I have always attached the most importance to Yan Guo, and from Yan Guo, I may be able to see where the world should go in the future.

My Daliang, with the current attitude, is not enough to unify the world, and we must carry out several rounds of major reforms, and we must seize the land south of the Yellow River in the Han State to have hope. ”

Xie Daoyun calmed down, she held Luo Xianzhi's hand hard and said, "Husband, you must have a way." ”

Luo Xianzhi nodded and said: "Although the alternation of the old and the new in this world has been going on, it has never been completely separated, there is always our way of life, if the world is unified in my generation, then I am sure that Luo's will be able to land smoothly."

I'm just worried that my children and grandchildren are not good, Luo's has appeared in two generations in a row, if the third generation is mediocre, if the fourth generation is also mediocre, it will be dangerous, such a big family business, I can't keep it, I am only worried about losing the family. ”

Xie Daoyun stroked his pregnant belly and muttered to himself: "Our child will definitely be able to support the family, and after he is born, I will teach him well, even if he can't be famous all over the world, I will teach him the art of self-preservation." ”

……

Xiao Yan's thinking was seven days, and Luo Xianzhi sat in Shangshu Province normally, until Xiao Yan summoned Luo Xianzhi into the palace again, and after seeing Xiao Yan, Luo Xianzhi knew that Xiao Yan had made up his mind.

Xiao Yan's first words after seeing Luo Xian were, "Lingxiu, your proposal really makes me sleep and eat these days, if it weren't for you, if others dared to bring up this matter, I would directly blast it out, but since you said it, I know that this must be beneficial to the country." ”

Luo Xianzhi bowed and didn't speak, Xiao Yan sighed: "I have decided to do something about Buddhism, but I don't want to disturb the gods and Buddhas, so I want to ask you if there is any way to get the best of both worlds." ”

The big stone in Luo Xian's heart fell to the ground, stood up and said: "Your Majesty don't worry, the ministers have always revered the Taoist Buddha, how can they disturb the gods and Buddhas?"

If the monks and Taoist priests are too detached from the people, isn't this against the gods and Buddhas to help the world? ”

Although he knew that Luo Xianzhi's words were for himself, Xiao Yan was still relatively happy, which proved that Luo Xianzhi knew what he wanted, he covered the sorrow between his eyebrows and asked: "Lingxiu, you will tell me the general goal Yu I listen, and we will confirm it here." ”

Luo Xianzhi was naturally ready to wipe out Taoism and Buddhism, but since the emperor said so, he naturally couldn't do it, and if there was a conflict between the people who formulated and implemented the policy, then this matter would definitely not be done.

Since ancient times, all policies must pay attention to the consistency of monarchs and ministers, and it is difficult to make the emperor retreat, and Luo Xianzhi's timely concessions can make the policy go smoothly, which is exactly one of his smart points.

Luo Xianzhi changed his policy in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty, you don't want to disturb the gods and Buddhas, this is what the minister knows, so the minister's thoughts are roughly as follows.

Chen's father once counted monks and Taoist priests as another category of scholars, farmers, and businessmen, and let them pay taxes equally, but this policy was not implemented well, and many officials believed that these monks and Taoist priests were outsiders, far away from the world, so-called monks.

The minister thinks it is not.

These monks and Taoist priests are also mortal beings in the flesh, and those high-ranking monks and real people who have attained the Tao can get some preferential treatment, but those who have just escaped into the empty door and have not attained the Tao, how can they get such preferential treatment?

The ancestors of the original ministers lived in Zhaocheng for hundreds of thousands of years, and they had never attained Taoism, let alone an ordinary temple and Taoist temple?

Could it be that the place where King Su lowered his eyes, is it not as good as temples and Taoist temples?

What does Your Majesty think? ”

Luo Xianzhi's question, how can Xiao Yan answer, naturally he is right, even if he believes in Buddhism, he will not dare to put the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas above King Su.

Not only him, even if he asked about those monks, he could only shout that King Su, the Emperor Tianshizun, the highest and most holy, and the greatest light.

Luo Xianzhi said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, in the smoke and rain of my Jiangzuo, there are hundreds of temples, hundreds of Taoist temples, and countless believers, but the monks and Taoist priests are uneven, and some do not understand the classics at all, but they can swagger and deceive in the temple.

They hired their followers as tenant farmers, but they didn't pay taxes to the state on the pretext that the grain was paid to the gods and Buddhas, and in fact it went into their own pockets.

I heard that some monks and Taoist priests hugged left and right, and even played with the wives and daughters of believers at will, which was simply swept away, which was simply the shame of the gods and Buddhas, and this was simply the tears of the gods and Buddhas.

The minister thought that such an unhealthy trend should be corrected, all the monks and Taoist priests in the Liang State should be investigated, and the people should be allowed to sue the officials, as long as the people sue the officials, we will investigate according to the laws of the Great Liang.

When my father was alive, he used to give these monks and Taoist priests a special law.

We announced the sins of these people to the whole of Jiangzuo, then banned their assets, and then issued certificates from His Majesty to those monks and Taoist priests who were willing to obey the orders of the imperial court.

For example, temples like Hanshan Temple.

The main purpose of this move was to destroy all the temples built by themselves and the temples built by the local government, and only the temples built by the imperial court would be orthodox in the future.

These temples erected by the imperial court naturally have to pay taxes to the imperial court, and their land status must be subject to the supervision of the imperial court, so that they can not only seize a lot of wealth, but also obtain a steady stream of wealth in the future. ”

Luo Xian knew that it was impossible to eliminate the Taoist Buddha, as long as the Taoist temple and the temple existed, the people would definitely spend money on these things, and what he wanted now was to secretly turn the temple into the property of the imperial court.

Later, the temple collected money and paid tribute to the country.

Xiao Yan pondered for a while and asked, "Lingxiu, in my Daliang folk, I know that there are many famous Taoist temples and temples, what should I do about these temples that are not under the control of my imperial court?" ”

Luo Xianzhi said without hesitation: "Those who are willing to obey the imperial court will be recruited, and those who are unwilling to obey will be driven away, and those who are willing to surrender will be put over, as long as the Taoist temple and temple are there, who cares about the replacement of monks and Taoist priests." ”

Xiao Yan nodded silently, and paced and thought about it, although he didn't make it clear, but both of them knew that this time it was ostensibly aimed at Taoism and Buddhism, but what would really suffer was Buddhism, and Taoism could only be said to be cleaned up.

Of course, this is not how good the teachings of Taoism are, in fact, the reason is very simple, this is precisely one point of failure of Taoism.

The source of Taoism is Taoism, a philosophy that can be used to govern the country, which leads to the fact that many ideas of Taoism have a realistic part, and Taoism has absorbed a lot of Buddhist things in the process of transforming into Taoism.

As a result, the fact that there are three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Taoism is not as secular as Confucianism, religion is not as good as Buddhism, and it is full of Confucianism in the court, and it is not able to raise its head by the Buddha in the folk propagation of religion.

It can be said that it is unqualified as a school and not qualified as a religion, and the two are not touched, and this is the embarrassing scene of Taoism.

Fortunately, the pursuit of immortality has always been engraved in the bones of the people of Zhuxia, and Taoism does have a philosophical side, especially the leisurely of the Lao Zhuang school, which attracts those who yearn for freedom, so Taoism will never die.

If you don't show the mountains and water, you won't be targeted by politicians like Luo Xianzhi like the Shi family, which is also a good thing.

For example, the Buddha who shaped the golden body of the Buddha was targeted by Luo Xianzhi this time, and the Taoism that used the clay body to shape the statue of the god was fine, which has to be said to be the wisdom of Taoism.

Xiao Yan kept pacing in the hall and finally sighed deeply and said: "Lingxiu, just do what you think, I will issue an edict to give you full responsibility for this matter, remember, don't let me bear the charge of trampling on the gods and Buddhas." ”

This is to ask Luo Xianzhi not to kill people, or not to let others know about killing, not to make a big deal about this matter, and to deal with it properly.

Luo Xianzhi knew that even if he wanted to suppress Buddhism, he would not do it particularly roughly, especially those Buddhist scriptures, he would not move a single one.

He was no longer hypocritical, and bowed straight and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, this will not be the loneliness of the Dharma, but the prosperity of the Dharma, and those real monks will praise your name, and even give you the good name of the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva Buddha."

Although Buddhism is from Fanbang, but two or three hundred years, has been completely integrated into my Zhuxia, this is the magnificent culture of my Zhuxia, the ministers will completely preserve every Buddhist scripture, every Buddhist utensils, even including those temples, will also be intact. ”

Hearing Luo Xianzhi say the word Zhuxia, Xiao Yan knew that Luo Xianzhi would be serious.

In Luo Xianzhi's heart, these Buddhist scriptures and ritual utensils and other objects are too precious, even far more precious than people, and Luo has always cherished this kind of thing that can represent culture and history.

Over the years, Rock's endless treasures have emerged, not because of the hobby of collecting that has been passed down since ancient times.

Wang Xizhi used to be in Huiji County when the Lanting set of prefaces, as well as the Qushui Liuyu preface outside Jianye City, all of them were taken away by him when he found an opportunity, not only that, but also many cultural calligraphy and paintings, etc., have entered Luo's treasure house.

Luo Xianzhi has already thought about it, this time to rectify Buddhism, to take away all those lonely Buddhist scriptures and so on, and when the main branch comes back in the future, he will give these things to the main branch, Jiangdong Luo's is not a disappointment to this surname.

If Xiao Yan knew Luo Xianzhi's thoughts, he would definitely laugh at himself for being too careful, Luo Xianzhi was much more measured than him.

You must know that Luo Xianzhi is a person who can still make the gate valve cooperate while scolding after carrying out the heavy task of cracking down on the gate valve.

The gate valve is not cheap, they are feelings, they can't resist, and it's very uncomfortable not to resist, Luo Xianzhi can get stuck in the middle of this, you can imagine how light he is.

Although doing so will inevitably lead to incomplete reforms, leaving a large number of remnants, but thorough reform is impossible in Jiangzuo, unless all the gate valves are uprooted, it can't be done, but what is the difference between doing that and destroying the Liang State?

What Luo Xianzhi is doing now is already the best choice for Liang Guo at the moment.

……

Luo Xianzhi was naturally pleased that the emperor could make up his mind, which proved that Xiao Yan was indeed old, but he had not completely lost his mind and had not completely indulged in illusory religion.

As long as this is the case, then there is salvation.

When he returned to Shangshu Province, the officials who came and went were no longer surprised by Luo Xianzhi's sudden appearance, and for this chief, all the officials were now waiting for him to be promoted.

After all, Luo Xianzhi entered the palace twice in three days, and His Majesty the Emperor consulted with him whenever there was anything, but as for the other three dukes, they could not get such an honor, and many people only had the opportunity to see the emperor when the court meeting.

Luo Xianzhi's power is far greater than that of the three dukes, not only in Shangshu Province, but mainly because he actually performs the functions of the prime minister.

Shangshu Province and Zhongshu Province are two departments, Zhongshu Province is in the palace, and Shangshu Province is outside the palace, so Luo Xianzhi has to run at both ends.

The biggest deficiency of Luo Xianzhi now is that he did not open a mansion, Shang Shuling's official position is not enough, and it is of course impossible for Luo Xianzhi to be promoted to the third duke, but now everyone is waiting for the emperor to add the opening of the mansion to Luo Xianzhi and the three divisions.

With the official position of this civil and prose official, plus the Shangshu Order, or the record of Shangshushi, Luo Xianzhi is basically under one person, above ten thousand people, and then he will become the real third prince step by step, and even restart the official position of the prime minister, it will be a later story.

When the current Shangshu Province and Luo Xianzhi first came here, a lot of changes have taken place, the candidates for the left and right servants have been replaced, and the candidates for many divisions have also been replaced, and the current Shangshu Province is Luo Xianzhi's Yiyantang.

His adjustment of Shangshu Province is not only the personnel of Jianye, but most importantly, the local officials who extend from Shangshu Province, and those talents are the foundation of his rule.

Just as he has always emphasized a team of officials who can carry out their will, this team of officials that has been adjusted for several years is the foundation of the fraud case he initiated.

And now, the blow to Buddhism also depends on this team.

Luo Xianzhi's ruling does not like to order directly from the imperial court, which is completely different from his father Luo Youzhi, Luo Youzhi likes to directly use the imperial court's brilliant power to pressure officials to implement policies, highlighting a fast.

And Luo Xianzhi likes to take advantage of the trend, such as the Shi clan fraud case, he first started with the Shi clan in a small county, set off a shock of public opinion, and then took advantage of the situation to start investigating this matter.

The same is true for dealing with Buddhism now, and it can even be said that it is even more so.

Buddhism has deep roots in the Liang State.

Those high-ranking monks can even influence the emperor, not to mention those powerful people, many powerful people and their families like to worship Buddha, and even Luo Xianzhi's mother sometimes worships Buddha.

Not only the powerful, but also ordinary people, if there is no reason to rectify Buddhism, it is to find trouble for themselves, and all kinds of troubles alone are enough to make the policy unable to be implemented.

In particular, Emperor Xiao Yan also made it clear that he couldn't be forced too much, which was quite a test of means and policies.

However, for Luo Xianzhi, it is much easier to rectify the Buddhism than to rectify the scholars.

After all, there are soldiers in the hands of the scholars, and if it really gets into trouble, the consequences are really unimaginable, and Buddhism is much easier to bully, just a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

In particular, there are too many flaws in Buddhism.

Luo Xianzhi only needs to know a little bit about it, and he knows that there are too many hidden filths and dirt in Buddhism, and these things will become his sword to stab at Buddhism.

Especially his identity, Jiang Zuo Luo!

When he used this identity to rectify the scholars, he stood on the highest point of morality and used the reason of cleaning up the portal to clean up the scholars, so that almost everyone was speechless.

Now to use Luo's identity to rectify the scum in Buddhism, and to stand on the highest point of morality, this method is simply unpleasant.

I can only say that I am grateful to my ancestors for giving too much convenience to future generations, and this feeling of having the right to interpret and then reducing the dimension is really good.

Although in the end, it still has to be implemented, although there are also many responsibilities, but compared with the benefits, these costs are worth bearing.

In Jianye City, the person Luo Xianzhi found to sue the official was ready.

Luo Xianzhi will arrange a group of people to expose some of the sins of Buddhism, and then logically begin to interfere, which is his tried and tested trick.

Luo Xianzhi called the left and right servants and arranged directly: "Recently, I will put aside all the official business at hand, especially the envoys who went out to patrol the prefecture and county, and let them all return to Jianye, and this public has something to arrange." ”

Hiss!

As soon as Luo Xianzhi said this, the left and right servants glanced at each other, and immediately knew that this was not a simple matter, and called the envoy from the county to patrol the prefecture, which was the momentum that only had when the Shi clan made a fraud case.

The two of them are now Luo Xianzhi's people, and immediately asked, "Ling Xiugong, what happened is this big thing that I don't know about?" ”

The left and right servants of Shangshu Province are in charge of the confidential affairs of the entire country, and there is almost nothing that can be hidden from the two of them, but now the two of them don't know anything.

This is quite unreasonable.

Luo Xianzhi glanced at it and said: "You will soon know that this is a matter that His Majesty has explained, and there must be no mistakes, even major matters related to the national politics of Daliang." ”

Luo Xianzhi said it so seriously, the two immediately stopped asking, and immediately knew that this matter was probably discussed by the emperor and Luo Xianzhi, just like the original Shi clan fraud case, without anyone knowing, it suddenly broke out.

I'm afraid it's still the case today!

Looking at the figures of the two leaving, Luo Xianzhi's eyes darkened, and he began to calculate the scale of the upcoming Buddha.

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Luo Xianzhi is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding prime ministers of the Southern Dynasty, and the only one who can be compared to him is his father Luo Youzhi, who was praised by the people of that era - "a father and son emperor, a famous family of rivers and rivers".

The lives of Luo Youzhi and Luo Xianzhi were prosperous and brilliant, and unlike the vast majority of inactive rulers, they had commendable pioneering achievements.

Luo Xianzhi's life is tinged with strange colors, and the three major cases were born through him, and he made outstanding contributions to the achievements of the centralization of power in the Southern Dynasties, the crackdown on the sect lords and scholars who tried to divide in vain, and the religious forces that developed unscrupulously and barbarically. - History of the Southern Dynasties

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