Chapter 55: Fang Mou is over, is the academy the biggest winner?!

Author: Time Never Defeats Baboon

Chapter 55: Fang Mou is over, is the academy the biggest winner?!

In the Imperial Palace of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin confirmed the news of the death of Monk Nagarjuna.

He quickly summoned the most trusted civil servants in the court, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, into the palace for discussion.

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he fell into thinking.

Although there were no powerful Buddhist forces in the Tang Dynasty.

But the popularity of Buddhism was even wider than that of other dynasties.

At dawn, ordinary people in the world offer their own incense to the Buddha in the temple.

And the Buddhist temple that shelters countless monks and cultivates themselves.

It occupies a large area, and even the surrounding farmland is owned by the temple.

The most important thing is that the best farmland does not need to pay taxes to the court!

And with the Buddhist temple, more and more money is accumulated.

The monks took out gold and silver, supplemented by religious temptations, to attract the people around the temple.

All of them sold their ancestral fields to the temple at a cheap price.

From a Buddhist believer, he was completely reduced to a slave in the temple.

He cultivated the farmland for the temple and sold his own farmland.

As time went by, more and more fields belonged to Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty!

No matter how much food is produced, not a penny of tax revenue will be paid!

This situation has long attracted Li Shimin's attention!

Feeling the empress Beimang's actions to destroy the Buddha, Li Shimin understood what the empress did.

The existence of Buddhism is a hidden danger to any emperor in the world!

A cancer that is not conducive to governance and the people's recuperation!

However, it is more difficult for Datang to get rid of this tarsal disease.

Without him, it's just that the Tang Dynasty, which boasts of its prosperous age, is determined not to do anything that goes against the wishes of the people in the country.

Li Shimin raised his head and looked at the two ministers Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Frowning, he asked: "Now, I want to carry out the action of exterminating Buddha in the Tang Dynasty!"

"My dear friends, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glanced at each other subconsciously!

Judu saw a hint of surprise in the other party's eyes.

Then the two of them came to understand again.

Buddhist culture became more and more concentrated in the Tang Dynasty.

And there are more and more fields belonging to temples.

It has now had a huge impact on the Tang Dynasty’s finances and taxation!

If there was not enough tax money and food, why would the Tang Dynasty take big steps to improve people's livelihood?

Therefore, it is a matter of destroying the Buddha.

For the current Tang Dynasty, it is definitely a national policy of "the past is in the present and the success is in the future".

However, in actual implementation, there will be many troubles.

Fang Xuanling said after careful consideration:

"Your Majesty, the destruction of Buddha is not only for the people of the Tang Dynasty, but also for the imperial court."

"It's all a great thing! At the very least, it frees up many fertile fields blocked by Buddhism!"

"It's just that if you want to implement such a national policy, the difficulties are not small."

"Most people in the Tang Dynasty now believe in Buddhism. I'm afraid if the court rashly proposes to eradicate Buddhism."

"It will arouse strong resistance from the people of the Tang Dynasty!"

Fang Xuanling did not persuade Li Shimin to give up the action of destroying the Buddha.

This is just an objective explanation of the difficulties of this sport.

If this national policy is implemented bluntly and causes complaints from the people of the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely be more gain than loss!

After hearing this, Li Shimin felt thoughtful.

Fang Xuanling did not raise any objection, which means that the extermination of Buddhism indeed had a huge promotion effect on the development of the Tang Dynasty.

However, it is very difficult to implement it concretely!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's face was filled with worry.

Du Ruhui's eyes rolled around and he said:

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is not difficult to destroy the Buddha!"

Du Ruhui said these words, whether it was Li Shimin or Fang Xuanling.

They all cast their surprised eyes on Du Ruhui.

If there is a foolproof way to break this situation, it will be a great achievement for the entire Tang Dynasty!

Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui in surprise and urged:

"Keming, if you have any good ideas, tell me quickly!"

"Buddhism has taken root so far in our Tang Dynasty that it is like a tarsal disease."

"If this stubborn cancer can be eradicated, you should be the number one hero!"

After receiving such a promise from the emperor, Du Ruhui hurriedly said with a smile:

"Your Majesty must have come up with such an idea this time."

"Maybe it's because the Buddhist monk Nagarjuna, who resisted the tripod, fell!"

Li Shimin nodded slightly when he heard this.

Seeing this, Du Ruhui continued:

"I wonder if Your Majesty knows that it will be accompanied by the death of the number one person in Buddhism"

"All the Buddha statues in all the temples in the world were beheaded and cracked?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin was immediately attracted to all his attention.

Such information also exists in the secret letters sent by bad people.

However, Li Shimin's focus was all on the fall of Monk Nagarjuna.

He didn't pay much attention to the various changes in the world that followed.

While Li Shimin's thoughts were wandering, he slowly said to Du Ruhui:

"You mean, you can do something about this matter?"

When Du Ruhui heard this, he smiled and said:

"That's right! People believe in Buddhism just for spiritual sustenance!"

"Now all the Buddha statues in the world are beheaded, which has caused panic among the people."

"If this is the case, as the imperial court, we will inform the people of the Tang Dynasty widely that the Buddha was beheaded because Buddhism is an evil spirit that deceives the people and attracts the wrath of heaven, so it is a divine punishment!"

"And then use other methods, such as digging up a stone tablet somewhere, with the record of the evil Buddha inscribed on it!"

"As a result, people's belief in Buddhism will definitely be greatly reduced!"

"The matter of destroying the Buddha can continue!"

Li Shimin suddenly became enlightened after hearing Du Ruhui's lofty remarks!

The people in this world believe most in God, who is above their heads!

Compared with this, what is Buddhism?

Since ancient times, when emperors ascend the throne, they have to call themselves emperors in order to gain the support of the people!

This shows how high God is in the hearts of the people!

In the name of God, I will destroy the Buddha!

Absolutely doable!

After getting this good strategy, Li Shimin couldn't be happier!
To be continued...