Well, my attempt was successful, but not completely successful.
A monk who was responsible for local taxes discussed with me that we could not directly reduce taxes, as this would arouse hostility from the surrounding area.
The people around you all receive 60% to 70% of the tax collected. If you reduce it to 40% to 50%, on the one hand, it will not be enough to pay the relevant taxes to the court, and on the other hand, it will cause hostility from the surrounding big landowners.
After all, many farmers did not completely sell themselves out and work as long-term laborers for landlords. Many of them were still tenants and still had free status.
If a landowner in a certain area lowers taxes a lot, a large number of tenants will come to this area to seek leases.
This will arouse hostility from other large landowners nearby. Although this hostility is not a big deal for Mobilization Temple, it is not good after all.
Therefore, the monk who was specifically responsible for handling secular affairs took the initiative to discuss with me that the tax would remain unchanged, but 30% of the tax would be distributed in the form of various benefits.
Although the model is different from what I said, the underlying logic has not changed. The three-tier taxes come from the gifts of the gentlemen, not from fixed contracts.
But it will be easier to implement it this way, and it will not arouse the hostility of the people around you. After all, these gifts from above can be withdrawn at any time.
At the same time, this will not arouse the rejection of other people who are also big landowners. After all, the gentlemen are showing kindness and no one can stop them.
Insight into worldly affairs is knowledge, and understanding of human nature is writing.
I don't really understand the difference in this aspect, but after thinking about it carefully, I found that it is indeed the right thing to do, very right.
When you do not have the strength and ability to change the rules of the entire world, it is best to follow the rules of the game. Even the superficial rules of the game need to be followed. You can replace it with alternative unspoken rules, but you must not put the unspoken rules in
On the bright side.
An alternative abbot, such as a temple that specializes in dealing with secular things, publicly announced among many tenants that this was because a Buddhist son was born in Buddhism, and a person at the level of the reincarnation of the Buddha was sending favors.
So this Buddha gave them gifts every year.
Countless people cheered for it, and I saw countless obsessions gathering towards me in this Buddhist land, which were then eliminated by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra.
It turned into the most massive and dense essence. Such a powerful and vigorous essence is more abundant and more vigorous than the essence that I worked hard to change in Jianyi and Jiujiang County.
I saw countless people on this land who were buried in the land, and their obsessions disintegrated little by little.
There was a lot of disintegration in the first year, but when such a stable life lasted for two or three years, the related energy became more and more vigorous and stable.
In my third year at Donglin Temple, my strong life energy pushed me to the ninth stage of marrow cleansing and blood transfusion.
There was great joy in the temple. The millions of acres of land owned by Donglin Temple were reduced by 30% in taxes that year. Throughout the year, the area where Donglin Temple was located was filled with laughter and laughter.
Even if there are demons raging in every area, the elderly should be provided for and the children should be educated.
The boiling Buddha's light permeates every corner of Donglin Temple, and the incense in Donglin Temple's interior is never cut off every day. It is not the special sandalwood sold by dignitaries, but ordinary rough incense.
Many people visit here, and I can feel the rich special energy that is different from martial arts energy permeating Donglin Temple. It is the energy of incense, or the power of faith.
The several Buddhas enshrined inside the temple are all covered with golden brilliance and are extremely spiritual. Sometimes I feel like they are living golden Arhats.
The abbot and abbot explained to me that this is another unique practice method in Buddhism, the Great Sun Tathagata Heart Sutra.
When you can absorb many incense in the world, with the power of faith, use the power of these incense to light a few times to help yourself reach a higher level.
However, no one in the temple can practice the Great Sun Tathagata Heart Sutra now, so the strong power of faith and the energy of incense are used to cast the golden body of Buddhism and become the deep foundation of Buddhism.
When encountering a powerful enemy, this power of faith can condense a power comparable to that of a martial saint.
I know that this is because my prestige in Donglin Temple has reached a very high level. The prestige does not come from other things, but from my own strong strength.
This is the first time that I have reached the ninth level of marrow cleansing and blood exchange purely through cultivation.
I have completely turned my potential into strength. Except for the living dragon who lives in seclusion and rarely takes action in the front, I am already the most pinnacle figure on this land.
Many people in Donglin Temple have great expectations for me. At the age of twenty-three, I have reached the pinnacle of marrow cleansing and blood exchange, and reached the highest level of the master realm.
Throughout the ages, my talent can be ranked at the forefront.
But only I know how to take care of myself, and I have basically reached the pinnacle that many future brothers can reach.
It was the future brothers who paved the way for me one after another. I stood on their shoulders and was able to reach the top of the master field at the age of twenty-three.
I have no predecessors to learn from, so I have to rely on myself for everything.
However, there are detailed records in Donglin Temple on how to break through to the realm of the Martial Saint.
After I discussed Taoism with people in many temples, faced off against the most powerful masters, and defeated them.
These records were also opened to me step by step. The Supreme Elder who had reached the pinnacle of being a Grandmaster and failed to break through to become a Martial Saint was even more devoted to me and told me all the taboo matters.
I have great power, and at the same time, I am burdened with countless expectations.
When I was concerned about my family's situation, Donglin Temple took care of it directly.
Everyone in the Zhang family was taken to the area where Donglin Temple was located for shelter. They resigned from their posts and returned home after a long journey. The Zhang family handed over the business related to the wine shop to a big businessman who also traveled around the world.
It was originally rumored that there would be major actions in Kyoto to deal with this interference, and then Tianji Pavilion announced the latest Hidden Dragon List, and I ranked twelfth.
At the age of twenty-three, he has reached the pinnacle level of marrow cleansing and blood exchange, standing at the pinnacle of the human world, and is almost close to immortality.
The world was shocked. It was rumored that after hearing the relevant news, the third prince in the palace sighed three times, stopped his subordinates from moving, and took the initiative to send someone to pay homage.
It was considered a good relationship, and at the same time he completely gave up on tying me to his chariot.
It's true that he paid homage. As for whether the third prince in the palace really sighed three times, I don't know.
I only know that when I was dealing with this matter, a supreme elder from Donglin Temple went to Kyoto in person.
Many changes occurred in Kyoto, and in the end I had nothing to do with the Third Prince's lineage.
Donglin Temple held a grand ceremony and crowned me on Jiangnan West Road, making me the abbot of Donglin Temple.
But after getting to this point, I was a little confused.
In the eyes of many people in the world, I am one of the people who are truly most likely to break through to the Martial Saint realm. In my opinion, the Martial Saint realm is far away from me.
What I care more about are other things. I care about the northern border, the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, and the Land of the Rising Sun.
Unfortunately, my current path is far from the path I planned.
If my articles reach the heavens and attract the attention of the imperial court, my suggestions and suggestions will surely be effective.
If I make a name for myself in Kyoto with my martial arts, then travel around the southeast coast, and then become the number one martial artist in one fell swoop, I can also make a name for myself in Kyoto and directly report the relevant situation.
It happened that I became one of the big sects of the family, and it was taboo for Donglin Temple to interfere in the government affairs.
At that time, all the great sects of the aristocratic families had their mountains and temples destroyed, and they surrendered to the imperial court. They returned to peace only after they came under the rule of the imperial court.
But now that it has been more than 800 years since the founding of the country, management in various places is loose and governance is shaky.
The old scores were revealed once again. The aristocratic sect and the imperial court were not hostile, but they would not surrender either.
After all, they still have their own thoughts.
But I always have a way, after all, I am not only the identity of Demon Sword Ding Yuan.
After another year of trying to practice in Donglin Temple, I still didn’t gain much.
I took the initiative to resign from the elders in the temple because I needed to travel around the world.
No one refused, but they gave me a lot of help, especially related life-saving magic weapons.
Indeed, when my level of strength reaches my level, it is extremely difficult to die silently.
If you really want to kill me, it will definitely shock the world, and it will also arouse the hostility of everyone in Donglin Temple, and even cause people with the background of the Martial Saint level to take action. No one will take such a big risk.
When I become a master, I will be famous in the world.
If you go to any area or place in the world, you will be treated with courtesy.
As long as I don't do something unreasonable, basically most laws in the world have no way of binding me. As long as I'm not on the black list, I usually won't die.
The Grandmaster is already a brand new species that is superior to many people. The law usually does not kill such people. They are already the top privileged people.
I walked in the south of the Yangtze River, starting from Jianyi, all the way down the river, encountering mountains and rivers, and all the monsters I encountered were killed by me with one hand, and then thrown onto the shore.
Standing at the top of the world, and doing chivalrous and righteous deeds in the name of Donglin Temple, no one in the world can say anything about me.
Today I am a member of my ancestors, and I will do whatever I want to do to anyone who doesn’t like it.
Traveling ninety thousand miles across mountains and rivers, one sword once served as a million soldiers.
It really is a flat push all the way, no one can beat it.
After pushing half of the Yangtze River, I and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River encountered a dragon that was about to transform into a dragon.
Fight the dragon on the river surface, cut off the river's flow, and kill the dragon in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Nearing the East China Sea, I met a top swordsman among the Japanese pirates. After two days of bloody battle, he killed him on the sea with one punch.
That is, after that day, Tianji Pavilion re-announced the list, and I jumped into the top ten on the Qianlong list, ranking eighth.
I don't care about the ranking, I just killed many monsters along the Yangtze River and many people related to Japanese pirates in the Land of the Rising Sun.
I publicly killed all the people involved in this incident, and no one dared to say I was wrong.
With a master-level cultivation level, it is quite easy to investigate these incidents, and it is easy for no one to hide them.
It's really cool to be strong, you can do whatever you want.
Especially when I hold up a sign of righteousness, no one in the world dares to criticize me.
Unfortunately, overtly and covertly, I have met many top masters and fought with them, but unfortunately I still can't find the opportunity or method to break through the Martial Saint.
My skills are getting deeper and deeper, and my energy is getting more and more violent.
At the same time, it becomes increasingly difficult to balance.
In the early years, I was arrogant and took the two opposing top magical skills of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra and Taishang Three Lives' Wonderful Sutra as my basic skills. The further I went, the more difficult it became to balance. It was difficult to stay within the same realm.
Some people are my opponents, but at the same time it is difficult for me to survive.
Even the Dragon and Tiger Boxing Sutra progressed step by step. After I reached the peak level of marrow cleansing and blood exchange, I discovered that the Dragon and Tiger Qi cultivated in the Dragon and Tiger Boxing Sutra has never been cut off.
Part of it is integrated into Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra, and part of it is integrated into the Taishang Three Lives Explanation of Wrongful Sutra.
Demonic thoughts are combined with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Original Vow Sutra, and divine thoughts are combined with Taishang Sansheng’s Wonderful Sutra of Explanation of Wrongful Deeds.
How to balance the three is an extremely difficult problem, and Tiangang Guiyuan is not enough.
After I returned to Donglin Temple, I practiced another secret method of Donglin Temple - Fudo Myoyo Sutra.
King Fudo is known as the incarnation of Tathagata's wrath. He is said to be the best in fighting, fierceness, and physical tyranny.
This is a way to balance the physical body in my body.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra and the Taishang Three Lives Explanation of Wrongs are the two sides of the Taiji Yin and Yang diagram. The dragon and tiger thoughts in the Dragon and Tiger Fist Sutra are the two fish eyes in the Yin and Yang diagram.
My physical body is the line that balances yin and yang, but my physical body is not strong enough.
Donglin Temple was extremely distressed. They invited top experts in martial arts and people who practiced the I Ching to cleanse the marrow and enhance my foundation.
I also used Da Huan Dan to nourish my body and strengthen my essence.
I even specially fought an extremely powerful tiger and practiced a batch of Dragon and Tiger elixir together with the dragon I fought to strengthen my foundation.
This can be regarded as barely achieving a new round of balance for me.
It's just that the most outstanding person I invited here also felt a headache when he saw my state.
When I was in the most difficult situation, there was even an old man in Donglin Temple who was in a half-life and half-death state. He came out and took a look at me.
He sighed: "With his talent, it is not difficult to break through to the Martial Saint by cultivating any one of the most powerful magical skills, but if he practices multiple skills at the same time, he wants to reach the end..."
That half of the face was withered, like a skeleton, while the other half was young and handsome, with an inexplicable divine meaning. He shook his head and re-entered the deepest part of the temple and entered meditation.
"If you can reach the end and cross the last threshold alive, you can become the top person in the world, but..."
The old man shook his head, his meaning self-evident.
Later, I learned more detailed comments, and only the body of a martial saint-level person could withstand such a messy practice like mine.
But I am not a Martial Saint. My physical body has reached the pinnacle below that of a Martial Saint.
If you want to survive, you must become a Martial Saint.
But in my current state, as soon as I start to break through and the two magical skills hit each other, I will die on the spot.
Well, I want to survive and become a martial saint.