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Chapter 242: Illegal Monk

"Although my mother can understand your approach, the people in the village may not understand it." Wang sighed.

"I don't expect them to understand." Xuan Shijing smiled: "There are those people from the Chang'an City Censorate, so let them jump around. After a few days, I guess they won't jump around."

"You." Faced with Xuan Shijing's example, Wang didn't know what to say. When his son grew up and had his own opinions, he wouldn't say much. Anyway, he would walk the way forward.

What does it mean to be a cold-eyed person and be willing to be a ox for a child? Xuan Shijing praised his noble sentiment in his heart.

"Didn't I accompany you today?" Xuan Shijing asked. Usually, Jinyang should be around Wang's side at this time.

"Xizi said that she would sort out something in the study, so she would go with her. By the way, Jing'er, you are busy with these things all day long, but Xuzi is also busy. After all, she is a princess. After all, she will follow you after marrying into our family." Wang said with a smile.

"After all, I am from the Li family and I can't rest assured. My son goes to the study to see her first." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yeah, go." Wang nodded.

Xuan Shijing came to the study room, pushed the door open and saw Jinyang writing something on the desk.

"What are you busy with?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Most of the temples in Chang'an City have been investigated clearly. I have sorted out the news sent by the Jinyiwei. I am about to write letters to the princes." Jinyang raised his head and looked at Xuan Shijing and said.

Xuan Shijing's eyes fell on the account book and various letters and materials placed on the desk in front of Jinyang.

"Those are these?" Xuan Shijing walked forward, picked up a compiled booklet and started reading it.

"Well, I sorted it out at night when I was in Daozhengfang before." Jinyang responded.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xuan Shijing smiled: "You shouldn't have done this."

"Although I married my husband, I am still a princess of the Tang Dynasty. If I can understand these things, I am already very happy." Jinyang said with a smile.

"I'll help you." Xuan Shijing said.

"Why has my husband changed his temper today? I'm not afraid of trouble?" Jinyang was curious.

Regarding Buddhism and Taoism, my husband always said that he had too much involvement and it was not convenient for him to come forward, but today he wanted to take action abnormally, which made people curious.

"Today, the monks of Fahua Temple went to the village. They were very unpleasant. Before leaving, they even spoke to threaten me. Since that's the case, let's have fun with them and see who can play with whom." Xuan Shijing said: "Looking at the attitude of the bald donkey, if you treat him well, he smiled and looked merciful to the reclining Buddha. If he treats him badly, he will be like smashing the Buddha statue in his temple. In an instant, people will become black. Such a monk is not an exaggeration to say it is a disaster."

If you don’t eat vegetarian food and chant scriptures well, you will run to Xuan Shijing’s fiefdom to threaten Xuan Shijing. Is this a Buddha? Is this a naked gangster?

Those who pay "protection fees" are friends, but if they don't pay, they are enemies?

"Is my husband in conflict with the people from Fahua Temple today?" Jinyang asked.

From morning until now, Jinyang has been in the study except for going to Wang's house to pay tribute, so she doesn't know what news there is outside.

"Yeah." Xuan Shijing responded, telling Jinyang all the stories of the conflict with the monks in Fahua Temple today and the people in the village that said to him.

"Your husband doesn't have to be appreciated. The husband built a school in the village to recruit students from the village, but has not spread among the people yet, so those village doors naturally don't know that your husband is also for their own good." Jinyang comforted.

"This is what is called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles?" Xuan Shijing smiled helplessly and bitterly: "Forget it, let's work."

Xuan Shijing stood by Jinyang and began to help Jinyang sort out the things together. Jinyang was writing a letter to Li Chengqian, and Xuan Shijing looked through all the collected information. Some places were modified, and some that needed evidence and further verification were required. Xuan Shijing sorted out and sent someone to send a letter to the Shenhou Mansion to investigate these matters in depth.

When talking about things in the court, we need to pay attention to the exact evidence, especially for Buddhism. If we cannot produce evidence that they really occupy fertile land, illegally take in wild monks and make money, then everything we do now will be useless and will become thankless.

"From the information from the Shenhou Mansion, these temples recruited monks ten times more than the documents issued by the court... This is only around Chang'an City..." Xuan Shijing said: "So many people have gone to be monks. If there is no benefit in this, I don't believe it anyway. If you want to know what a real temple looks like, you can only find out if you search for a temple."

"It is unlikely to search the temple." Jinyang said: "Not to mention how lively and popular the temple is in Chang'an City because of Master Xuanzang. Even if it is normal, if you want to search the temple, unless there is a definite reason, then... the father will not give such an order."

"Then let's come up with a definite reason." Xuan Shijing said: "Is there an obvious one?" Xuan Shijing pointed to the information placed on the table.

It is precisely what does one of the ten legal monks in the temple have to do without one of the ten legal monks.

"Since the court issued a formal document to recruit monks for temples, it means that the identity of monks must be certified by the government. The officials are controlling temples, but these temples do not comply with the government's control and recruit so many monks into the temple privately. This is a crime." Xuan Shijing said: "Besides, if the officials want to rectify a temple, what crimes cannot be listed? Especially the ministers of the three provinces are even more good at it."

"How can I hear my husband say this? It's like officials from the three provinces often give people a crime." Jinyang smiled and said, "But... if you really want to make a crime for someone to do whatever you want, unless the temple is really flawless, it's not difficult to give a definite reason as my husband said."

"That's to say." Xuan Shijing smiled.

There are many temples in Chang'an City, and the news that Jinyiwei has found back is also very mottled. Jinyang has sorted it out in a rough manner due to time constraints. Xuan Shijing screened it out, and in addition to retaining the important letters from the temple, there are also several books of the temple property, which is shocking.

I believe that as long as His Majesty Li Er sees this account book, he will not be indifferent.

How much tax has the treasury lost to the temples in Chang'an City?

After all, there is no need to pay taxes in the monk temple, which is clearly stipulated by the government...
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