"Entering the temple? Is this an ancient temple or a den of bandits? ”

Xu Jing sneered, and his words did not leave half a face.

"Naturally, it's an ancient temple."

The abbot suppressed his anger and replied with his hands folded.

Xu Jing strode up the steps, and the wounded warrior monks on the side all stared at Xu Jing with resentful eyes.

"I don't know why the donor is here this time?"

Xu Jing sat down, and the abbot asked expressionlessly.

"Presumptuous! This is the Great Emperor! ”

Gonggong Cao's expression was gloomy, even if the person in front of him was the same martial arts master as himself, he was even slightly better than him.

Gonggong Cao still did not restrain in the slightest, pointing at the abbot and saying in a cold tone.

"Your Majesty? If it's really Your Majesty, might as well come up with something that is enough to prove it? ”

"Otherwise, how can I, like these people who have not asked about the world for many years, know?"

The abbot was expressionless, and he was not afraid of Gonggong Cao's words.

On the contrary, he seemed to be fearless, and seemed confident that Xu Jing would be helpless even if he was really an emperor.

"I'm curious, who gave you such confidence?"

"Is it the prefect here, or the Li family?"

Xu Jing stood up and walked slowly, his voice extremely cold.

That word was like a knife plunging straight into the abbot's heart.

"The poor monk relies on it for the country and the people!"

"Over the years, my Buddhist temple has sacrificed my relatives for the country, and the rewards I have received are endless."

"Come to think of it, even His Majesty will find it difficult to reduce his guilt in the face of such ancient temples."

The abbot spoke confidently, looked at Xu Jing's back and said.

"If that's the case, this ancient temple is really a good Buddhist temple."

"It's just that I don't know much about it, who is the one who dares to collect taxes on your own?"

Xu Jing sat down again, his eyes cold.

"Your Majesty, don't misunderstand, this is the rent paid by those tenants who attach the land to the name of our Buddhist temple."

"This matter is not only done by my Buddhist temple, but also by all the noble families and talents."

"Your Majesty, as the Great Emperor, should know something about this matter."

The abbot calmly looked at Xu Jing and said slowly, without the slightest fear.

It's as if this is already a convention, and there is nothing wrong with it.

"So, am I making a big fuss?"

Xu Jing laughed, his eyes becoming colder and colder.

"Don't dare, Your Majesty must have His Majesty's plan to act like this."

"The poor monk is not enough to see through."

The abbot replied slowly, not in a hurry.

"Everyone in the world is like this, so can you act like this?"

"Do you know how many of the noble clans have died under my hands over the years?"

"How many officials have been deposed of their official positions and beheaded for public display?"

"Withhold the people to fill their bellies."

"If you were the emperor, you might turn a blind eye and think you didn't know that there was such a thing."

"But here, it's impossible!"

Xu Jing took a step forward, and the killing intent suddenly appeared.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

The abbot looked at Xu Jing's cold eyes, his palms were full of sweat, and he couldn't help clenching his fists and looking at Xu Jing.

"What to do? Naturally, it will cost you. ”

"Count all the people in the temple."

"All the warrior monks are tattooed and inscribed, and they are included in the army."

"As for the ordinary monks, they are all reduced to criminal slaves and exiled thousands of miles away!"

Every time Xu Jing said a punishment, the abbot's heart couldn't help but tremble.

This is to destroy this ancient temple that has been inherited for nearly a thousand years!

Unconsciously, the string of Buddhist beads in the abbot's hand shattered with his fierce force and scattered all over the ground.

"Your Majesty, please take it lightly!"

The abbot didn't wait for Xu Jing's punishment to be issued, and he was already so frightened that he stood up and begged.

"As for your ......, what do you think of me?"

Xu Jing rubbed his chin, looked at the abbot in front of him, and smiled coldly.

"Your Majesty, both I and the warrior monks can be included in the army and used by Your Majesty. Eternal life and eternal service to His Majesty. ”

"I only ask Your Majesty to spare the rest of the monks. They are just innocent people, and they don't deserve such a big deal about your majesty. ”

The abbot knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting.

He couldn't believe that His Majesty in front of him would be so ruthless, completely ignoring the thousands of years of inheritance of the ancient temple, which had a great influence in the eyes of the local people.

I only want to completely abolish the ancient temple and destroy it in one fell swoop.

"What? Feeling scared right now? ”

Xu Jing half-squatted and looked at the abbot and asked with a sneer.

"Why did you go earlier?"

"Have you ever seen what kind of life the people under the mountain lived?"

Xu Jing grabbed the abbot's neck, picked him up and carried him to the window.

At this moment, at the foot of the mountain, among the large farmland, there are still a large number of people working in the fields.

Farther away, children play outside the dilapidated huts, living a miserable life.

"What do these people, who have toiled day and night, in return? It is harsh taxation and no hope for the future. ”

"And you? It has a large thousand-year-old temple and is worshiped by incense day and night. ”

"Even the money offered by the pilgrims is enough to keep the incense burning in the entire ancient temple day and night."

"But you are still insatiable in your greed to exploit these innocent people. All the Buddhist scriptures you read are in the belly of a dog? ”

Xu Jing threw the abbot to the ground, and his tone did not restrain in the slightest.

And the abbot was also so frightened by Xu Jing's anger that he couldn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, we have done something wrong! Please also take it lightly! ”

"We will definitely return the land to the people in the future. It will also open the grain depot to help the people! ”

The abbot came back to his senses for a long time, leaned over and kowtowed to Xu Jing and pleaded.

"There is no need to discuss, the young monks in the Buddhist temple will be exiled."

"However, those who have passed the age of antiquity, I can spare them lightly. In this way, it can be regarded as never breaking the inheritance. ”

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Xu Jing shook his head, and was not lenient because of what the abbot said.

Just let only the ancient old people in this ancient temple stay.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The abbot was tearful and kowtowed.

For him, this is already an excellent result.

"Do what I will."

Xu Jing waved his hand to signal Gonggong Cao in the house.

Gonggong Cao nodded, and immediately arranged for Jinyi Wei to go and leave all the monks behind according to Xu Jing's request.

At the same time, Wu Shi took the Jinyi Guard, who had been hiding, and began to search for the gold and silver stored in this ancient temple.

"Back to Your Majesty, a total of 3,000 taels of gold leaves and 30,000 taels of silver were found."

"There are still no less than five hundred taels of gold leaves and golden Buddha beads."

"There is still grain in the granary, about 30,000 stones."

Wushi handed an account book to Xu Jing, and 1510 told the accounts of this ancient temple.

"It's really a big family, it's hard to compare with an ordinary businessman's family, right?"

Xu Jing sneered, and there was a faint anger in his eyes that could not be suppressed.

You know, this still doesn't count the number of fields, shops, and gold and silver that have been used on the Buddha statue in the name of this ancient temple.

If all these are counted, the amount of gold and silver hidden in this unsightly ancient temple can be as huge as millions!

That's almost the amount of tax revenue in a big city in three years!