Empress Dowager Li and Empress Cao rushed to Zhao Zhen and grabbed Zhao Zhen's palm to see if he was injured.

Zhao Zhen's palm was pricked by a wooden thorn, and blood seeped out, but he didn't notice it at all.

Empress Dowager Li and Empress Cao were startled and hurriedly called for the imperial doctor to come over and help Zhao Zhen heal his injuries.

After the imperial doctor helped Zhao Zhen pick out the wooden thorns and bandage the wound, Queen Mother Li asked with a thoughtful look: "Why are the officials upset?"

Zhao Zhen said with a gloomy face: "This small temple has accumulated more than 20 million yuan. When I ascended the throne, I didn't even have that much money. As an emperor, I am actually worse than a monk."

Queen Mother Li was also surprised when she heard this number.

You must know that her annual pocket money is only 200,000 yuan.

The money collected by a temple has exceeded her lifetime pocket money, how can she not be surprised?

You know, she is the current Queen Mother.

"If you are so rich, is it still a temple?"

Queen Mother Li asked in disbelief.

Queen Cao roughly guessed which temple it was, so she didn't say anything.

Zhao Zhen looked at Empress Dowager Li and said, "This is the Daxiangguo Temple where you often go, my empress."

"Daxiangguo Temple?!"

Queen Mother Li looked shocked.

It was hard for Queen Mother Li to imagine that the old monk, who looked kind and kind-hearted in front of her and looked like a master, actually held such a large sum of money in his hands.

The image of an old monk and a master instantly collapsed in her heart.

In Empress Dowager Li's opinion, except for the imperial court, anyone who can hold so much money must not be a good person.

Because without committing crimes and committing crimes, it is difficult for anyone to amass such a large amount of wealth by just relying on serious means.

Queen Mother Li was shocked and asked: "How did the Daxiangguo Temple collect so much money?"

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Since the destruction of several royal palaces, Daxiangguo Temple has become the largest usurer in Bianjing City."

"The Daxiangguo Temple makes usury money? Is it the kind of usury money that a forced person might not be able to afford even if he sells his son or daughter?"

Queen Mother Li asked quickly.

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Li said angrily: "They do such unscrupulous things, what kind of monks are they? What kind of pure place is Daxiangguo Temple?"

The most annoying thing is that they actually deceived the Ai family.

Every time the Aijia went to Daxiangguo Temple, they coaxed the Aijia into donating a lot of money for sesame oil.

Officials should punish them well.

Their sin of deceiving the Ai family should also be carefully reckoned with."

Although Queen Mother Li believed in Buddhism, she hated people bullying her.

She has been bullied for most of her life and has no good feelings towards the people who bullied her.

Even if the person who deceived her was very favored by her before, after she learned that he had been deceived, her favorable opinion of him would instantly drop to freezing point.

Queen Mother Li felt that Buddha was good.

It's just that those monks who serve the Buddha have dark hearts.

Not only did he deceive her, he also defiled the Buddha.

Must be severely punished.

After Zhao Zhen heard what Empress Dowager Li said, he nodded slowly and said: "Of course I will not let them go. I have already issued an order to deprive the name of Daxiangguo Temple.

From now on, there should be no more national temples, national teachers and the like in our Song Dynasty.

I have given full authority over the affairs of Daxiangguo Temple to my fourth brother.

I believe Fourth Brother will severely punish those villains."

"..."

Just when Zhao Zhen and Queen Mother Li were discussing severely punishing the monks of Daxiangguo Temple.

The dignitaries and civil and military ministers in Bianjing City have already arrived at the Daxiangguo Temple in carriages.

After they saw the list posted at the door of Daxiangguo Temple and the money piled in the courtyard of Daxiangguo Temple, they were all shocked.

When Lu Yijian, Zhang Zhibai, and Wang Zeng arrived, their jaws almost dropped.

"I really didn't expect that such a small temple could collect so much money."

"The pure place of Buddhism has actually become the largest usurer in Bianjing City..."

"There is such a cancer hidden in Bianjing City, and the three of us were not aware of it before..."

"..."

Lu Yijian and the other two exchanged glances and walked up to Kou Ji.

"I originally thought that after inspecting the temples all over the world, I would find at most millions of dollars in dirty money and tens of thousands of acres of land. But I didn't expect that just the Great Xiangguo Temple exceeded my expectations.

The wealth of temples in the world far exceeds that of the imperial court."

Lu Yijian sighed after walking in front of Kou Ji.

Hearing this, Kou Ji said calmly: "How about leaving the important task of checking other temples in the world to Mr. Lu?"

Lu Yijian was stunned when he heard this and shook his head decisively.

Inspecting the world's temples will certainly lead to many achievements, but it will also offend many people.

Kou Ji was able to investigate the Daxiangguo Temple because of his heavy troops.

Without heavy troops, it would never be that easy to check the Daxiangguo Temple.

Kou Ji led a heavy army and broke into the Daxiangguo Temple. When the monks in temples all over the world find out about this, they will definitely bear a grudge against Kou Ji.

However, the way monks behave is different from that of the secular world.

As long as they hold a grudge against you, they will definitely take revenge.

And the revenge is endless.

Lu Yijian was envious of the achievements in the inventory of temples all over the world, but he was unwilling to take charge of this matter.

Kou Ji curled his lips slightly when he saw Lu Yijian flinching.

But he did not ask Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai.

Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai are different in that they also know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but both of them are the kind of people who are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of the court and the people.

So once Kou Ji opens his mouth, the two of them will definitely agree to it.

Kou Ji had enough strength and means to protect himself, but Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai did not.

Take, for example, the previous report asking for an inventory of temples all over the world.

After Zhang Zhibai reported this matter, he suffered repeated attacks.

Zhang Zhibai did not have enough strength to protect himself, so the maid in his house died, there were golden sand glazed tiles on the roof, and the family dogs had horns on their heads.

If this matter was reported by Kou Ji, such a thing would never happen in the Kou Mansion.

Those who want to cause trouble in the Kou Mansion will probably have their legs broken and hung on the flagpole before they even enter.

The reason why Kou Ji did not come forward to report this matter was mainly because it was not appropriate for him to reveal the matter, and it would not be taken seriously by the civil and military officials of the court and the people of the world.

Because he is now a privy envoy, a military minister, not a civil servant.

There is a big difference between the functions of military ministers and civil ministers.

There is also a difference between military ministers and civil ministers talking about political affairs.

Take military affairs as an example.

If Kou Ji came forward to request someone to send troops to attack, the opposition from both the government and the public would be very small.

Because everyone in the government and the public knew about Kou Ji's abilities and knew that Kou Ji was in charge of the army, it was a matter of course that he proposed to send troops to attack anyone.

But if Wang Zeng and others come forward to request someone to send troops to attack, there will be loud opposition from both the government and the public.

First of all, the military ministers will have a strong sense of resistance.

Civil servants will question whether they have ulterior motives, and whether the things they petition for are reliable.

Therefore, when it comes to investigating the temples all over the world, Zhang Zhibai's petition would be far more effective than Kou Ji's petition.

Even if Kou Ji comes forward to report this matter, it will pass.

But the resistance encountered will definitely be greater than Zhang Zhibai's petition.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen have a lot to do but not much time, so they must reduce resistance and shorten the time as much as possible.

"During the previous political discussions in Chui Gong Hall, the officials had decided that all the money obtained from the inventory of temples in the world would be used to promote elementary education. You three should not worry about this money."
To be continued...