"This Henan will make trouble with the White Lotus Sect every few years, and every time there is a bandit, Buddhism will collect a large area of fertile land. Shouldn't those White Lotus Sects be pretended to be by their Buddhist people? ”

Jia Cong's words made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Yu stunned.

Not to mention, this is really a possibility, and it is extremely likely.

They all worship the Buddha, and Sakyamuni doesn't seem to be much different from Maitreya and the White Lotus Virgin.

Moreover, the White Lotus Sect, an evil religion that rebelled against anyone who became the emperor, is itself a Pure Land sect that originates from Buddhism and worships Maitreya Buddha.

According to legend, the ancestor of the Pure Land Sect, Shi Huiyuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, recited Buddha with Liu Zhimin and others in the Lushan Donglin Temple, and later generations of believers thought it was a model.

Later, several Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were added to the shrine altar, which was always repeated in the cycle of accumulating wealth, rebellion, and suppression.

Don't look at the prestige of the Zhaowu Nian Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect will gather a group of poor people every few years to sacrifice to the so-called Holy Mother for their so-called "great cause".

Especially in Henan and Shandong, where floods are frequent, the imperial court has suppressed them many times, but it is impossible to wipe them out.

With Jia Cong's reminder, the crown prince Liu Hong quickly reviewed the cases of the White Lotus Sect in Henan in recent years in his mind.

It seems, it's really possible~

"Uncle Yuwang, I remember that during the autumn flood in the eighth year of Yuan You, Kaifeng made trouble with the White Lotus Sect, have you ever paid attention to whether there are many people who form associations near Kaifeng?"

What is association?

In fact, it is a kind of self-help mutual aid organization, and to a higher extent, the non-governmental association is to a large extent a continuation of the village community.

As the so-called mutual help and sickness support, this is the primary purpose of the association. The old, weak, sick, and disabled, the ruffians, and the impoverished bankrupt peasants, who could not get help from the government and clans in real life, had to unite and help each other through various forms of association.

or blood alliances and quasi-kinship; or three bows and nine bows, forming a master-apprentice relationship; Or burn incense and kowtow, and go to be the parents and grandchildren of the childless old mother together. It was in this form that the White Lotus Sect firmly controlled these people.

However, there is a premise for this, that is, the poor, the poor are not well fed and clothed.

In the past, it could be said that natural and man-made disasters caused the poor people to have no food, and it is reasonable to rise up.

But in recent years, the imperial court has comprehensively promoted potatoes, corn and other high-yield things, and the land has dropped again and again, and most of the official fields of Huangzhuang in various places have been leased to the landless people, and it is still the White Lotus Sect every once in a while, which makes people have to doubt.

Liu Xun has been in Henan for most of his life, participated in various Buddhist festivals on weekdays, often gave porridge and scattered wealth, and knew a lot about folk affairs.

"When the kid of the Jia family said this, there was really something wrong. The hinterland of the Central Plains has always been the place that the imperial court is most concerned about, every time there is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the capital will transport grain and send rice to the victims at the fastest speed......

Speaking of which, Liu Xun is still very proud.

Other "virtuous kings" may also be mixed with ambition and desire, he is really virtuous, building bridges and paving roads, giving porridge and delivering medicine, and he has been doing it for decades, without interruption.

I only listened to the old man of the virtuous king boasting about a few examples, and soon got to the point.

"Eldest nephew, do you remember the snowstorm at the end of last winter? At that time, Dengfeng County sent an official document to the political envoy, saying that the county yamen had enough grain to deal with the disaster, and there was no need for the political envoy to send grain. ”

"But it's strange here, at the beginning of the month, there were bandits in Dengfeng County, and the bandits burned and looted in the countryside in the name of the White Lotus Sect. By the time the officers and soldiers went to suppress the bandits, several village gentry and several Zhuangzi had already been exterminated and slaughtered...... Coincidentally, the land left by these Zhuangzi and the squires is in my hands. ”

Liu Xun secretly glanced at the faces of the crown prince Liu Hong, Jia Cong and Cao Jiugong, and found that he was just dignified and not angry, and his heart was a little relieved.

He asked the chamberlain to go to the inner room, and soon fetched a delicate brocade box with a statue of the Buddha on it, which was quite Zen.

Jia Cong opened it and saw that it was really a stack of land deeds, probably rummaged, adding up to almost thousands of acres.

And judging from the marks on the title deed, all of them are fertile fields in Dengfeng County.

At this time, Cao Jiugong, who had not spoken for a long time, asked: "His Royal Highness King Yu, are these the lands given to His Highness by Shaolin Temple?" ”

"At the beginning of last month, the Shaolin Temple sent the title deed to the palace."

Cao Jiugong's inquiry made Liu Xun say in his heart that this was indeed the case, but fortunately he was not greedy.

He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart with tea, and continued: "Originally, I didn't want to accept it, after all, the imperial court is checking the Buddhist gate...... However, Qin Changshi reminded me that he wanted me to accept these land deeds and bring them to the capital to be decided by His Majesty. ”

"Qin Jian is alert, Shaolin wants to use His Highness's name to keep these places, but he doesn't want to be put on a show by Qin Jian, interesting~"

Why did Cao Jiugong say that? The main reason is still those palace stewards who are suspected of being Shaolin or White Lotus cultists.

Jia Cong admired Liu Xun a little, the dignified Prince of Great Xia, the palace was infiltrated like a sieve, and he could still worship the Buddha peacefully for decades, which was really outrageous.

After eating enough food, eating melons, and getting the information they wanted, Jia Cong and the three of them quickly left the Yuwang Mansion with the stack of land deeds and the list.

went to the palace to report the matter to the emperor, since King Yu did not collude with Shaolin, then this matter is easy to handle.

Cao Jiugong ordered a few henchmen and asked them to quietly leave the capital with their people. Jia Cong had nothing to do and had a light life, and returned to Rongguo Mansion leisurely with the afterglow of the sunset.

……

The family is busy preparing for the big wedding of the eighteenth spring festival this month, and it seems that everyone is busy, so he is leisurely in front of the uncle.

But soon he will not be idle, Daiyu asked Zijuan to call him over, tomorrow Baochai will get married, as a good sister, several girls in the house are gathering together, discussing the matter of going to congratulate tomorrow.

When Jia Cong walked into Daiyu's courtyard, the pavilion was like a place where fairies gathered, and the fragrance was full of fragrance.

Daiyu saw that Jia Cong had already crossed the small bamboo forest, and hurriedly beckoned: "Brother Cong, come over and take a look at this ......."

On the stone table is a beautiful bookcase, inside which is a thick book of poems, with four big characters on it - "Shuyu Poetry Collection".

"The spring flows and the stone is like a jade. The poems of my family's jade are not like the sound of jade chimes, and the wonderful sound is endless. ”

Jia Cong only saw the author of this poetry collection at a glance, every time there was a poetry meeting at home, Daiyu would copy the poems made by the sisters one by one, and combine them into a collection, so that Jia Cong could print them into a book, and he actually wanted to use it as a wedding gift for his sisters, which was really a unique surprise.

Especially a talented woman like Baochai, who is not lost to men, will definitely like this special wedding gift.

Of course, the poetry collections have been printed, and the people who welcome the spring and explore the spring naturally can't wait, and one by one they pestered Daiyu to take out the rest of the poetry collections, and one by one happily held it in their hands and read it carefully.

Seeing that the sisters had fallen into a poetry collection and couldn't extricate themselves, Daiyu could only drag Jia Cong to take a walk in the courtyard and wait.

The cool breeze in the summer evening, the evening breeze blowing, Jia Cong can clearly smell the fragrance emanating from Daiyu's body.

He held Daiyu's soft and boneless hand, and he could feel the fine sweat on Daiyu's hands.

"Sister Lin's gift, Sister Bao will definitely like it."

"This is natural, Sister Bao is not inferior to men, and she has the talent to sing the silk. If it weren't for her daughter, it would not be impossible to get a champion. This collection of poems can also be regarded as carrying the friendship between our sisters and the affirmation of Sister Bao's talent. ”

Daiyu and Baochai have known each other for several years, sighing that their fate is ill-fated, and it is a pity that their talents are outstanding.

Jia Cong scratched Daiyu's palm when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's right that Sister Bao has the talent to sing the silk, and Sister Lin is not bad." This collection of poems only has raw ashes in the boudoir, but it's a pity, it's better to take it to the bookstore......"

Yes?

This time it was Daiyu's turn to be surprised.

"How's that going to work? I don't care, how can Sister Kebao and Second Sister stand the gossip. Forget it, more is better than less, in case Sister Bao and them get into trouble, it won't be beautiful. ”

Boudoir poems, how can they be circulated? This is actually a protection for women, and it is also a helpless protection.

It's okay for a noble princess like Daiyu, few people dare to make irresponsible remarks, but others are not necessarily.

Even Baochai, who is about to marry into Shangshufu, can't stop the obscene and filthy thoughts of the disciples.

In case it is distorted by one or two, and a so-called love poem, it is a hundred mouths that can't be explained.

Jia Cong also understood that he was taking it for granted, and when he and Daiyu's eyes met, the two sighed regretfully and helplessly at the same time.

This matter was stopped, but the two of them could be regarded as having another belief, and tacitly put this matter into the goal of their life.

……

Early in the morning of the eighth day of the first month of June, Rongguofu walked out of several carriages.

As Baochai's "mother's family", the old lady personally sat in Xue's mansion and entertained the guests who came to congratulate Mrs. Xue.

The girls gathered in Baochai's boudoir, laughing and playing. The front hall of Xue's mansion was also full of people, and even the lord of pardon and the lord of Zheng were also present in person, as the elders of Baochai, to support her scene to "deter" her son-in-law.

Only Jia Cong was invited to Shangshu Mansion by He Chong early, and formed a welcoming team with Liu Xianglian and other friends.

"Second Brother Liu, I will ask you for the Xue family's barricade wine today......"

"Brother Cong, how did you prepare the poems for the wedding?"

"Ziying, whether you can open the door or not, it's up to you!"

He Chong was obviously very nervous at this time, and kept pacing in the courtyard to relieve his emotions, and nagged a few words from time to time, which made everyone laugh.

After laughing, several people patted their chests one by one and said that everything was ready, and He Chong was a little relieved.

He secretly said in his heart: I have been looking forward to it for so long, I am going to marry Bao Yatou home today, it must be smooth and smooth, and there must be no mistakes!

Recommended commuter passes

There was a chapter on religion that was blocked again. I've revised it to see if I can release it tomorrow, and if it doesn't, I'll rewrite it.

That's all for tonight, and for tomorrow, good night!

(End of chapter)