Two old farmers were invited and wanted to salute with their hands crossed. Li Zhi smiled and said, "Why should my father-in-law do this?"

Respecting the elderly is a tradition, and even emperors must smile in front of the elderly.

Li Hong asked: "The land at the two father-in-law's house looks quite fertile, and I think this is a good life."

I also learned to detour...

Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei, and the feeling of an old father came to his heart again.

The shorter old farmer smiled and said, "This is outside Chang'an City! How can I wait for this kind of fertile land? It's all over the place..." He pointed to Longji Temple and said, "It's all from Longji Temple. Those monks are merciful and give the fields to me for farming, without having to serve... They are merciful!"

Li Ji felt a sudden slap in his heart.

It is easy to say elsewhere. The fertile fields outside Chang'an City have long been stolen by the powerful people. How can ordinary people have... But this Longji Temple easily owns a large area of ​​fertile fields here. What does this mean...

Xu Jingzong glanced at him with a serious look.

This is what Fang Wai means to approach the emperor.

When the Five Barbarians invaded China, the entire northern land became a hunting ground. The people turned into two-legged sheep, wailing but could not call back the Sima family hiding in Jiangdong... The small court, who was surviving, sat down and watched the Han people in the north become livestock of foreign races, washed away blood, ravaged, and...fried, roasted, cooked and fried, and became delicacies for the Hu people.

This is the true meaning of Lu Chen in Shenzhou. Countless Han people howled to the sky, hoping that the gods could save themselves from hell, but the gods just blinked in the stars all over the sky.

Those anger and unwillingness, fear and despair cannot be eliminated, and the Buddhist theory of reincarnation becomes the best comfort.

If you become a livestock in this life, it is karma. Then you should endure it. Be a good person who obeys you in this life and enjoy happiness in the next life...

The collapsed heart was comforted, and the rulers suddenly realized that the people had ruled better, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed... It turns out that Buddhism has this effect?

So Buddhism flourished.

In which state did Buddhism prosper?

In the short 100-year history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Marxist dynasty occurred twice.

The root cause is that the power of Buddhism is so huge that it makes the emperor feel as if he is radiant.

They have countless fertile land, countless believers and populations, which is just the foundation. What’s more serious is that many powerful and powerful families have also become believers. With their hands, Buddhism was able to make its own voices for the world for the first time.

The emperor was frightened and frightened.

So in the sword light and the sword shadow, both sides began to break.

The entanglement and struggle between Buddhism and politics has been lingering until hundreds of years later, and this is the peak of its time.

The two previous movements of the Southern and Northern Dynasties were not far away, and the recent one was less than a hundred years ago, but Buddhism once again became a giant within decades.

Li Hong thought of the conversation his uncle had with him.

He asked, "This Longji Temple is so big!"

The old man said proudly: "Not much, no more, there are only more than forty acres around Chang'an, and there are more outside."

Li Yifu's cheeks tremble...

Ren Yaxiang's breathing was slightly rapid.

There is almost no land around Chang'an, but there are dozens of hectares of land here...

Another old man glanced at everyone and said slyly: "We are not slaves..."

Li Zhi said lightly: "Go to Longji Temple to have a look."

Just know the basic situation. As for what is not a slave... In the eyes of the emperor, those who go beyond their control are slaves.

After several rides, you can hear the farmers chanting Buddha's yelling along the way.

The abbot nodded, "Yes! The upper and lower parts of Longji Temple are pious."

Li Zhi looked at him with his hands behind his back and asked with interest, "I have gone to serve the Buddha, where does that food come from? As far as I know, if you wait for a person to get thirty acres of land in the court, and you don't go to cultivate the land, where does the rice and grain come from?"

The words were wrong, and the abbot's smile remained unchanged. "Some believers gave alms to many slaves, they were all farming."

Xu Jingzong said sharply: "You wait to serve the Buddha, so you have to find someone to serve you, which is clear."

Everyone was holding back their laughter.

Li Zhi nodded, "Not bad."

The abbot breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile: "The kitchen has been renovated. If the nobles are hungry, they can use it as much as possible."

"Go back."

Li Zhi felt bored here.

Only when everyone returned to the city did the monks dare to come in.

"Abbot, those people are fierce. They almost shot our people before."

The abbot said with a smile: "But you waited for the wrong rule? Huh?"

The smile suddenly stopped, and then he felt harsh, "That's a noble man! You are used to being domineering, but today you dare to be arrogant in front of them. Not only did you commit suicide, but you also implicate the temple!"

Everyone was stunned and someone asked, "What kind of noble man is it?"

The abbot covered his forehead, "That's His Majesty and the Prime Ministers."

Everyone couldn't help but be happy, "Even Your Majesty and the Prime Minister come to us to worship Buddha. Dacien Temple is no match for us."

"Stupid." The abbot felt tired, "Why is Your Majesty plainclothes? This time the good fortune is uncertain, and I have been more at peace these days."

A monk smiled and said, "Why should the abbot worry? In addition to the preferential treatment of the Tang Dynasty, every temple building must be allocated money and grain to help the court, and it even divides a lot of fields..."

"Yes! The abbot is overly worried."

Everyone wanted to persuade him for a while, but the abbot's face cleared a little and sighed, "Buddhism is vast and everything is saved."

"Amitabha!"

...

The prime ministers returned to their own places.

Ren Yaxiang looked for Li Jing and spoke in a little bit of a sense of distractingness.

"What does Your Majesty mean today?" Ren Yaxiang pointed at his eyelids and said, "I have always felt my eyelids twitching today, and I am a little worried that Your Majesty will change his position... The British Duke, the emperor and the empress have always believed in Buddhism, and they are never stingy with money, grain, land and charity. This is not right today."

"Of course not right."

As calm as Li Jie was also a little nervous, "Emperor Gaozu and the late emperor also suppressed the support of Buddhism. They had witnessed the consequences of the former Sui Buddha... so they were peaceful. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he supported Buddhism much, but forgot the methods of the late emperor... After more than ten years, Buddhism has flourished..."

Li Jie was cautious, but Ren Yaxiang didn't care, "This is the consequence of Your Majesty himself."

Li Jie nodded slowly.

"The prince... revealed the big mistake His Majesty made, I'm afraid the palace will repeat it!"

Li Jie sat there and sighed slightly, his gray hair and beard swaying slightly.

...

"I am alone."

Li Zhi refused the queen's company and stood alone in front of the hall.

The autumn wind blows, making people feel more comfortable.

The emperor's eyes were calm until Wang Xu Jingzong rushed over.

"His Majesty……"

"explain."

"At that time, Emperor Gaozu had an order: to leave three temples in the capital and two temples. One of the other states in the world will be left, and the rest will be abandoned..."

Xu Jingzong peeped at the emperor and saw his face calm, he continued, "When the late emperor defeated Luoyang, he ordered to abolish all the temples, and thirty monks and nuns in the city left famous virtues, and the rest returned to the beginning."

"As soon as the late emperor ascended the throne, he had an order... Those who had private punishment were sentenced to death. At that time, there were many monks who fled to take refuge in Yiyang Mountain, and the money was paid for his poverty."

Li Zhi closed his eyes.

"In the third year of Zhenguan, the world's great stakes, Yi Ning's private affairs, and those who do not leave will be killed. Everyone is afraid of this when they hear this."

Li Zhi clenched his fists with both hands.

"There are countless temples today, and there are many monks and nuns... countless people are slaughtered in private, and even those who pretend to be monks and nuns to evade taxes... there are countless people."

If this continues... it will shake the country! Li Zhi's body shook for a moment.

On the side, Wu Mei came quietly.

She turned around and waved her hand, signaling the eunuchs to avoid it.

Xu Jingzong felt sweat on his forehead, "In the former Sui Dynasty, there were 3,985 temples in the world, with more than 230,000 monks and nuns. At the beginning of Zhenguan, two million households in the world offered sacrifices... and two hundred thousand monks and nuns..."

He bent back and took a few steps before turning around and leaving.

"Why do you have to suffer for yourself?"

Wu Mei's voice came.

Li Zhi said lightly: "Since the construction of Dacien Temple, I have opened a convenient door to Buddhism. Over the years, I have been watching Buddhism continue to expand. They have made great luxury and built countless temples. I also feel that I still have the strength to do it..."

"Last time Jia Ping'an mentioned the matter inside the room."
To be continued...