In the palace, Li Er was reviewing the folds, and the old servant Gao came to report, and Chang'an County ordered him to see.

Chang'an County Order, Wannian County Order, these are the few county orders that can directly face the saint.

"What? Finally can't stand the pressure? I haven't already sent Wuhou Yamen to cooperate with him, there is no shortage of manpower. Li Er was a little dissatisfied.

Lao Gao explained: "I heard that someone made a move, and before he came, the household servant went to Chang'an County. Cui Sizheng, the head of the household, is a believer in Buddhism. ”

Li Er frowned and said, "Cui Sizheng? The people of the Bolingcui clan? Who does he mean by coming forward? Bolingtri's? Or is it Buddhism? ”

Lao Gao shook his head, this hasn't been detected yet.

"Xuan Chang'an County."

Not long after, Chang'an County Ling Xiaoshaobu walked in and saluted respectfully.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, all stolen money and goods recovered from the case should be returned to the victims if there is a basis for investigation. Those who are unfounded and who commit crimes shall be confiscated and confiscated. ”

Li Er nodded and said, "Yes, there is indeed such a thing." ”

"Now there have been many temple fraud cases under the rule of Weichen, and the people are excited, and they have come to sue one after another, and at the same time ask for the recovery of the sesame oil money they have been defrauded. According to Tang Law, it should indeed be returned to the people in full. However...... "the prefectural order is difficult."

"How?"

"But not long ago, Cui Shilang of the household department came to hold Weichen accountable, saying that all the stolen money should be confiscated to the national treasury, saying that Weichen is a small county order and is not qualified to distribute property belonging to the imperial court privately."

Li Er raised his eyebrows, "Is this the case?" ”

The Chang'an County Order explained: "This is indeed the case. Weichen understands that Cui Shilang has good intentions, after all, the treasury is empty, and the household department is not easy. Moreover, more than a dozen large and small monasteries were confiscated this time, and the harvest was really expensive, and the silver and copper coins were more than 100,000 taels. ”

And Cui Shilang's words also have some truth, not everyone's donations are well documented, just send them like this, there will be many people who pretend to receive them, don't look at the hundreds of thousands, send them to these people, and everyone can't share much. Rather than letting the people take the claims, it is better to fill the treasury for future wars. ”

Hiss...... Hundreds of thousands of taels? Li Er took a breath, this number, don't say that the household waiter, even he has some pain. It's a cavalry team to recruit troops.

After settling down, Li Er asked as if he was taking the school exam: "Then what do you think?" ”

Chang'an County hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this money is still better for the people." ”

Li Er asked curiously, "Oh? Why? ”

The Chang'an County Order explained: "Your Majesty, imagine that if there were no cases of these Buddhist temples, there would be no such hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and all these silver pieces would be hidden in the Buddhist temple. Wouldn't the household department know, let alone worry about the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver? There are other ways to fill the treasury, and the ministers think that it is not appropriate to snatch meat from the mouths of the people and eat it. ”

What's more, these are the hard-earned money that people have been cheated of. The ministers have been observing the people receiving money for several days, and few high-ranking officials and nobles come to receive them, and most of them are poor people in rags. ”

"Weichen said something that shouldn't be said, even if there are some impostors, it is forced to make a living, and he is desperate to take risks."

Li Er nodded and praised: "You are kind-hearted." ”

Speaking of this, Chang'an County ordered to kneel on his knees, and Li Er was puzzled: "Why are you doing this?" I didn't say I blame you. ”

I only heard Chang'an County say sincerely: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a word, and I have to send it." In the past year since taking office, there have also been one or two cases of robbing the rich and helping the poor. At that time, he was convicted according to the Tang Law, but he was sentenced lightly according to reason. ”

"At that time, the ministers only knew the harm of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and this wind could not rise. But today, when I saw countless ragged people, rushing around for that penny or two penny life-saving money, I knew the helplessness of robbing the rich and helping the poor. The destruction of the temple this time to divide the money, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is robbing the rich and helping the poor. ”

"How many people's blood and sweat have been cheated by means of fraud and wealth accumulation in many Buddhist temples in the city? As the commander of Chang'an County appointed by His Majesty, Weichen has the responsibility of taking care of the people under his rule and keeping them fed. ”

"Since the money of these Buddhist temples comes from the people, it should be taken from the people for the people."

As Cui Shilang said, although it is a rule to collect the treasury, the minister thinks that money hidden in the treasury cannot buy people's hearts. Only by hiding wealth from the people can we exchange it for the people's aspirations. Your Majesty, please think again! ”

Li Er was puzzled, "What you said is reasonable." I don't have to think twice, just do what you want, since I appointed you as the commander of Chang'an County, I naturally trust your ability and character. ”

"Huh? Didn't you let Cui Shilang go? He clearly said that His Majesty meant......" The county commander was stunned for a moment.

The waiter Lao Gao heard it sincerely, and asked, "What?" How did Cui Shilang tell you? Is it a false proclamation? His Majesty had never let him do anything. ”

The Chang'an County Commander hurriedly told the matter as it was, Li Er smiled, okay, just now I thought that the surname Cui was dedicated to the country and collected wealth to prepare for war. Now it seems that it is selfish, and if you falsely preach a holy decree, you will not be able to escape the great sin.

This is a game between the emperor and the nobles of the family, more than sixty percent of the officials in the court are sons of the family, Li Er wants to replace them with his henchmen, only when they make mistakes, now, it is the opportunity to replace the household servant.

"Yes, you have done a good job in this matter, go ahead, come over at any time if you have any difficulties, and I will send someone to support you."

The commander of Chang'an County had the courage to say on the spot: "Your Majesty, there is really a problem. That is, the money is not enough, the people who have been to the Buddhist temple, which one is not cheated out of a large amount of money every year? Or dozens or hundreds, or dozens or hundreds of taels. We've copied out small and medium-sized temples. According to the interrogation, eighty or ninety percent of the money they collected was offered to the upper temple. It is similar to the protection fee for dredging the relationship and seeking protection. ”

"But those large temples are frequented by countless dignitaries, and they don't dare to move with the small county order of the lower officials."

Li Er smiled, "This matter? Hehe, I have already made arrangements. You go to the champion. Since this matter is the one he picked, he should be the one who picks the beam. No matter how many dignitaries and nobles there are behind the Buddhist gate, there must be no one who doesn't have a headache for this evil star. By the way, send someone to inform Wannian County as well, and you all listen to the command of the champion Hou. ”

The Chang'an County Commander retreated satisfied, and the palace gate happened to bump into the Wannian County Commander who came to ask for help.

"Yo, Brother Wannian County? You're also here to see Your Majesty? It can't be a temple case too, right? ”

Wannian County Commander lowered his voice and said: "It's not, it's all your trouble, and the people of my Wannian County have also destroyed many temples, I have to judge it according to your appearance, so I raided the house one by one." But the more and more money is copied, my heart trembles, so much money? Sent to the people? Or is it handed over to the treasury? ”

The Chang'an County Commander said with a smile: "You don't need to go to Your Majesty to ask, send it to the people." ”

"However, it's not enough, first, the list is insufficient, second, a lot of silver money has been confiscated by these monks, and a large part of it has been taken away by those big temples, and I don't dare to pursue it......"

"Hey, don't be so troublesome, just say that the list is lost, and each person will share some equally, and barely recover the loss, and make up the point is the point, which is better than nothing, and the people can understand."

When Wannian County heard this, he took a cool breath, "You are a poisonous plan to buy people's hearts!" In this way, the people will definitely actively destroy other temples......"

"Hehe, you can't say that, this is called taking from the people for the people, and it's all ill-gotten wealth anyway. We are all on errands for Your Majesty, and we use the stolen money of the monks in exchange for the hearts of the people to Your Majesty, why not? ”

"That's that, or is your dude seeing it through."

Chang'an County took the hand of the Wannian County Order, and said as he walked: "Seriously, even if the stolen money is confiscated, I will do it." These monks have looted so many people's fat and ointment, no wonder the treasury is empty all year round, and the money has been cheated away by them. Lao Tzu also came to kill the rich and help the poor this time. ”

"Where are you taking me? I'm not on the way with you in Wannian County. ”

"Let's go, Your Majesty has an order, and the champion Hou below is out of the horse."