"This is the equity contract for the new tea business, and there are also summarized account books." Xu Xian said and handed over the contract and the account books together, "Master, you can see if it is worth five million yuan."

There was a trace of greed in Huineng's eyes. He looked at the contract and then at the account books, "Such a big business only has a profit of 1.8 million yuan a year? It's still a lot to check if it's less than 5 million yuan!"

Xu Xian sneered, "Business is not a house, but it has long-term income, and this income is growing at a rate of 30% every year. In fact, you don't have to worry too much about this sale, the person in the palace will definitely want to redeem it.

Yes, being able to earn some interest is the biggest benefit your temple can get."

"If that's the case, that would be the best. This business deal is settled just like that. It's just a five-cent profit. This is already the greatest face for the Tian family. Of course, the benefits of being straight will not be less."

Xu Xian nodded and said: "Okay! But for such a big deal, master, don't you need to report it to the host and abbot?"

"Haha... He is in charge of managing the affairs of the temple, and the abbot is responsible for teaching Buddhism. As for the financial matters, the poor monk alone can make the decision. Besides, if the person in the palace takes charge, the abbot does not dare to say no, so the poor monk will write a loan contract.

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Huineng finished writing, dried it carefully and handed it to Xu Xian's eyes. Xu Xian looked at it and said, "No problem!" He was about to sign with a pen, but Huineng stopped him and said, "Isn't it the one in the palace who signed?"

"Is it enough if I sign and draw a deposit?"

"Dianzhi is joking. You are just an errand boy here. Whoever borrows the money will sign for it. If it can be stamped with the jade seal, the poor monk will really feel at ease."

"Then let me take it back to the palace, stamp it with the jade seal, and give you another copy. But you have to keep it well. If the news is revealed, the Tian family's face will be lost, and your head will be lost."

"The poor monk knows the importance!"

"But you have to take me to see if you have this money in your temple first. If you can't take it out then you will be in trouble and I won't be able to do business."

"Monks don't lie. Even though there are many five million guan in our temple, we still have them."

"Show me first before talking! When working for the imperial court, Xu doesn't dare to be careless."

Seeing Xu Xian's insistence, Huineng had no choice but to take him to the treasury. If Guo Wei had been the emperor instead, Huineng would not have lent such a huge amount of money.

First, because the foundation is unstable, the imperial court might fall apart one day; second, because of the old emperor's corrupt moral character, he sent troops to burn, kill, and loot the city of Kaifeng, which still frightens people today.

This new emperor is different. On the one hand, the inheritance of the second generation of the dynasty shows that the foundation is stable. On the other hand, the emperor has just won a battle and his prestige is at its peak. He is young and the country of Zhou Dynasty is still growing. Not to mention that he is attractive.

It's a pledge, and even if you don't want to borrow it, you can't even cross the psychological threshold.

He led Xu Xian through twists and turns in the temple until they reached the Sutra Library, bypassed the rows of bookshelves, came to a Buddhist niche, joined hands and bowed, took a candle in his hand, and walked around behind the Buddhist niche.

When the curtain is lifted, there is a secret passage leading underground.

The two of them arrived at an iron door. He took out the key, unlocked the door, and led Xu Xian in. Huineng himself kept lighting candles in the darkness, and soon the entire darkroom was as bright as day.

The area of ​​the basement is almost the same as that of the Sutra Library. There are huge wooden boxes stacked up, almost covering the entire floor, and they are three stories high.

Xu Xian casually opened a nearby box, which was full of white silver ingots. Hui Neng smiled and said: "All the silver is placed in the palace, the gold is all in the poor monk's side, and the copper coins cannot be stored in the scriptures."

In the veranda at the back of the pavilion." As he spoke, he also opened a wooden box, and the bright yellow color dazzled people's eyes.

"Your temple is really rich as a country. The gold and silver here alone must be more than five million."

Hui Neng smiled but did not answer, "Amitabha, all good men and women have sincerely respected him for hundreds of years."

Xu Xianxin was surprised. He only had ten cents and eight cents of sesame oil money, and he couldn't save the money in another hundred years. "Seeing this, I can finally feel relieved, so I took the contract and entered the palace to ask Your Majesty to seal it."

Xu Xian said goodbye to Huineng, and went straight to the palace after leaving the temple. He came to Xiangguo Temple this time just to test whether Buddhism is as rich as they thought.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were more than 30,000 temples with over a million monks. As for the number of believers, no one knew. Anyway, there were no women Xu Xian knew who did not go to temples to offer incense and worship Buddha, including his wife, mother-in-law,

Sister, and the aunt from Liuhewan.

Buddhism has a great influence on the secular world. If Chai Rong wants to influence Buddhism, he will inevitably lose the support of the people, which will be politically risky. It will not shake the foundation of the country. After all, there are three predecessors before him who have practiced the movement to exterminate Buddhism. The country

Everything is fine.

If the benefits are greater than the risks, Chai Rong is of course welcome. If you spend all your efforts and finally find out that Buddhism is poor, then it is not worth it.

Chai Rong's standard is that as long as Xiangguo Temple can have one million guan, it is worth taking action. Now when he heard Xu Xian's report that it was far more than 5 million guan, Chai Rong's eyes suddenly turned red.

The largest loss of grain and silver was not even 5 million guan.

Jealousy distorted the handsome face of the wise and mighty emperor, "What are you doing standing still! Why don't you hurry up and grab all the money... take it back and send it to the treasury." Chai Rong took a scroll from his desk and stuffed it at him.

Xu Xian urged: "This is the imperial edict! Remember not to kill anyone, absolutely don't kill anyone!"

When Xu Xian arrived outside the palace gate, he found that Chai Rong had all the people ready. In addition to hundreds of people from the Red Scarf Capital, there was also a battalion led by Han Chongyun.

When he saw Xu Xian, he asked straight to the point: "Your Majesty sent an edict to me to obey your orders. What exactly are you going to do?"

Xu Xian replied: "Your Majesty asked us to help the monks of Xiangguo Temple return to secular life!"

Han Chongyun asked in confusion: "Why does Your Majesty care about those bandits? What does their return to secular life have to do with state affairs?"

"Your Majesty is so kind-hearted that he cannot bear the hard work of their cultivation and spending their whole lives with the Ancient Buddha of Qingdeng."

"The same goes for Your Majesty. It's better for monks to become monks if they want to. It's better than going up the mountain to be a thief. This is a bit hard to do."

"The most serious form of unfilial piety is to have no heirs. Your Majesty wants to give them land so that they can marry, have children, farm and weave, and enjoy family happiness. Anyway, that's what the imperial edict says."

Seeing that Han Chongyun wanted to ask again, Xu Xian said angrily: "Brother Han is always very smart, why don't you understand? Your Majesty is coveting the rich man of Xiangguo Temple, so he asked the two of us to go to Xiangguo Temple to grab money."

Hearing this, Han Chongyun slapped his thigh and said: "Your Majesty is really a hero, he even dares to touch these bald thieves! In fact, I have long been disgusted by these bald thieves. My mother-in-law spends one or two thousand dollars on Buddhist services every month.
Chapter completed!