In addition to pleasing Wang Xiao, Buddhism also has the intention of taking advantage of this opportunity to hype.

So the more you spend, the greater the effect of hype.

Not to mention that hype and other things are imported products, the monks of the Tang Dynasty have long used it to be perfect.

"you say."

After dinner, Wang Xiao leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to rest, asking Gao Lishi who was serving beside him, "Where did these bald donkeys get so much money?"

Gao Lishi thought for a while and said, "The money for the believers' sesame oil?"

Wang Xiao opened one eye and looked at him, "How much did you charge, and speak for them like this?"

Gao Lishi was frightened and hurriedly bowed, "I dare not."

Why is Buddhism so rich? It’s actually very simple.

In addition to the believers' money for indulgence and oil, the main source is that there are a large amount of land and even shops under his name.

These lands are extremely large in quantity, and they also conceal various operations to avoid paying taxes, so they naturally accumulate a lot of wealth year by year.

This kind of thing is known to the whole world, and Gao Lishi is no exception.

He just didn't dare to say it, worried that he would offend the monks if he said it from his mouth.

As for taking money from monks, it is really unfair.

Not to mention anything else, he did it himself when he cleaned the palace.

He knew clearly what kind of miserable consequences the palace people who collected money and passed on the news from the palace were.

At least until Wang Xiao was truly slacking off, Gao Lishi would definitely not dare.

"These bald donkeys donkeys don't do anything for production and waste resources all day long."

Wang Xiao was very dissatisfied with these great monks who showed off their wealth in front of him, and instructed Gao Lishi to say, "After the Water and Land Dharma Assembly tomorrow, I will inform Yao Chong to strengthen the management of the magistrates. I also need to find a way to rescue those poor people who were forced to be ordained."

Gao Lishi lowered his head and responded, but he was thinking in his heart how the monks offended the emperor. It was so miserable.

The next day at the Water and Land Dharma Fair, Wang Xiao came to watch the grand gathering.

Thousands of monks wore luxurious robes, knocked on wooden fish and recited Buddhist scriptures, with a grand momentum.

There are more people around, and there are tens of thousands of people.

From time to time, devout believers will come forward to burn incense and pray. Although there is no such exaggerated thing as 200,000 incense, the excitement in front of them makes many officials frown.

They saw too many bronze ware, and all the magic ware taken out by various temples were made of copper. Even a large copper bell appeared later.

The Tang Dynasty lacked copper, which was a necessary raw material for making copper coins.

Just the bronze ware that appears here is enough to make countless copper coins.

You should know that the Tang Dynasty has always been in a dilemma of insufficient currency.

They saw too many bald heads, and the appearance here alone exceeded the total number of certificates issued by the imperial court.

Monks don’t have to pay taxes, so too many people choose to be monks to evade taxes.

The more monks there are, the less income the court will have.

They saw that there were hundreds of temples here today, and this was just around Chang'an City.

If it expands to the whole world, it is probably not as many as tens of thousands of temples, but the monks and nuns probably have millions.

So many temples are constantly expanding and annexing land through the temple economy.

Today, when the equal-field system gradually collapsed, the temple economy has greatly affected the social economy of the Tang Dynasty.

The result of all this combined is that the temples and monks and nuns have put a huge burden on the economy of the Tang Dynasty.

The fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty has been declining year by year, and it is time to find a way to solve it.

Prime Minister Yao Chong walked to Wang Xiao and asked softly, "Your Majesty?"

Wang Xiao looked at the famous name and smiled and said, "This love, what is your dear thought of?"

Yao Chong also laughed, and then said, "How about writing it with His Majesty in your hand?"

"interesting."

Wang Xiao called Gao Lishi to "prepare the pen, ink and inkstone."

After they were ready, Wang Xiao and Yao Chong wrote a few words in the palm of their hands respectively.

After the two of them finished writing, they smiled and stretched out their palms together.

‘Emperor Wu destroyed the Buddha.’

‘Emperor Wu destroyed the Buddha.’

Emperor Wu destroyed Buddhism not only once, but twice before.

They are Tuoba Shou, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong.

If there were a hundred years in history, there would be another Emperor Wu of Tang who would destroy Buddhism.

This is the famous Three Martial Arts Destroying Buddha in history.

The reason for destroying Buddha is very simple. It is the arrogant Buddhist monks and the Buddhist property that is rich enough to rival the country.

There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and so many towers in the mist and rain.

This is just a poetic description, but in fact it is thousands of large temples and tens of thousands of small temples. There are dozens or millions of serfs imprisoned.

Their influence was too great, and they even hid weapons and armor to participate in the military chaos.

In the temple, I have wealth that is as rich as a country.

Not only did these bald men not pay taxes, they also protected the land of those wealthy families and did not pay taxes.

Moreover, they distributed large amounts of high interest, forcing countless people to destroy their families and become serfs.

It has reached a level of 10% wealth in the world, and temples occupy seven or eight parts.

Many monks also participated in national affairs and became high-ranking officials and even generals.

The power they possessed had greatly affected the order of the court.

Although the power of Buddhism has not yet developed to its peak period a hundred years later, it has still become a cancer of the Tang Dynasty.

"I have two strategies for civil and military affairs, which can be chosen by Your Majesty."

Yao Chong lowered his voice and said, "Wen, you can gather all the major temples in the world to preside over the party in Chang'an City, and use the power of the court to suppress it and force it to comply with the laws of the court."

"Marriors will first kill all the monks in the world and destroy all Buddha statues. In the future, those who dare to speak of Buddha will be killed in the whole family!"

Gao Lishi next to him lowered his head and pretended that he had heard nothing.

He listened to the magnificent Buddhist scriptures and lamented in his heart, "At this Buddhist meeting, the emperor and the prime minister were talking about the destruction of the Buddha. Are you not afraid of going to the Avici Hell?"

This is what Pigu decides his head.

If Gao Lishi was sitting in the position of emperor or prime minister, he would not think so.

What he would think of is, 'As long as the people are happy, I am not afraid of going to hell!'

The Confucian scholars of this era did not collapse directly after the Song Dynasty, and their mentality was quite good.

Although there are people like Li Linfu, most people are still willing to sincerely serve the country and the people, and the Six Arts of Gentlemen can be considered good at practicing.

Although it is not comparable to those great scholars who could chop people up and dismounted horses in the Qin and Han dynasties, the gap is not too big. Compared with those useless wastes after the Song Dynasty, it is a huge difference.

After hearing Yao Chong's words, Wang Xiao nodded slightly, "Good first and then soldiers, okay."

The Water and Land Dharma Assembly is still in progress. As more and more believers contribute money to indulge and oil, the monks are all full of red faces.

What they didn't know was that the emperor and the prime minister had already arranged a multiple-choice question for them.

The one who answers the wrong answer!

Wang Xiao turned most of the things to his ministers, but there was one thing he had to do by himself no matter what.

That is to rectify the military system.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was in the transitional stage of the collapse of the military system in the palace and turning to the recruitment system.

In addition to the chaos in the previous dynasties, except for the Northern Imperial Army and the Western Regions border troops, the other troops declined to varying degrees.

If Wang Xiao wants to make the people of the Tang Dynasty live a better life, he needs to occupy more land and resources.

But the natives living on those lands would not obediently hand over everything, so they would need the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to fight.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the army is a crucial section.

Wang Xiao left the city and came to Xinfeng Yuejun, and one army after another came to him for practice.

Some performed poorly, and there was chaos during the drill and no combat effectiveness.

For this kind of thing, Wang Xiao directly ordered the main general to be removed and the entire army was included in the inspection list.

He will perform martial arts again in a year. If his performance is still not good, the entire army will be directly removed.

But some people perform well, such as Jie Wan and Xue Na.
To be continued...