Li Bao returned to Fuzhou with a bunch of surrendered troops. Although he also captured a lot of baggage, Li Bao felt even more headache.
Afraid of causing trouble and being punished by the prince, Li Bao did not dare to easily dismiss the surrendered troops, but raising these troops would also cost food.
After much thought, Li Bao decided to first dismiss the new soldiers recruited by Tong Guan, and then eliminate the old and weak among the Fujian soldiers. But those Zhejiang soldiers could not move for the time being, and they had to be sent back to their hometowns, otherwise they would be looted all the way back to Zhejiang.
When he arrived in Fuzhou, Li Bao called the civil and military officials: "What are the largest temples in Fuzhou?"
Mao Kui replied: "The four monasteries in the southeast, southeast and northwest."
Li Bao asked again: "Which family is the most famous?"
Mao Kui said: "Dongchan Temple is the most famous. In the third year of Yuanfeng, Dongchan Temple gathered famous monks from all over the world to prepare for the compilation and carving of the Tripitaka. It took thirty years to complete. Since it was carved in the Chongning period, this sutra
Also known as "Chongning Collection", it was also dedicated by the transfer envoy to... well, to the Hunjun. Dongchan Temple in Fuzhou was canonized by the old Song Dynasty court with two temple titles. One is "Eastern Zen Pure Land", the origin of this title
Since the Tang Dynasty, one is 'Long Live Chongning', which comes from Hunjun."
Xie Ruyi said: "In Dongchan Temple, there is also a handwritten letter from Hunjun. Some time ago, Tong Guan ordered each temple to hand over food. Dongchan Temple took out the handwritten letter from Hunjun, so Tong Guan did not dare to force it too much. Tong Guanyong
When he established the false emperor, he also invited Zen Master Guanghuida Gao, the abbot, which made the identity of the false emperor even more convincing."
"In other words, Dongzen Temple has the most food?" Li Bao muttered.
Xie Ruyi said: "Dongchan Temple only has the most money and the greatest reputation. Its money mainly relies on donations from believers and business operations. But it is Xichan Temple that has the most food. The fertile fields in the western suburbs of Fuzhou are rich, and sixty-seven out of ten belong to Xichan Temple.
of Terada.”
Li Bao asked again: "What is the prestige of the abbot of Xichan Temple?"
Cao Zai said: "The abbot of Xichan Temple is Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao. He was also invited to attend the coronation ceremony of the false emperor. He is the most eminent monk in Fujian after Zen Master Guang Huidagao.
Li Bao slammed the table: "He is also a monster monk who resists the new dynasty. I will raise troops to let him know how to correct his evil ways and return to the right path!"
Xie Ruyi lowered his head and smiled. He was already used to seeing these monks.
Mao Kui also took pleasure in the misfortune because he was a Taoist believer and was too lazy to care about the life and death of the bald donkeys.
Cao Zai, the judge of Fujian Province, was shocked: "Guang Hui and Guang Ji, two Zen masters, are both highly respected in Fuzhou. They participated in the establishment of the false emperor and ascended the throne. They were also forced by Tong Guan. They must not be dealt with easily, otherwise there will be consequences.
Civil uprising."
"I'm not afraid of mutiny, but I'm afraid of civil uprising," Li Bao glanced at everyone, "You also participated in supporting the false emperor. Are you colluding with those monks in an attempt to secretly rebel and subvert the new dynasty?"
"That's absolutely not the case!"
Cao Zai was so frightened that he immediately changed his mind: "We were forced, but those monks were voluntary. The general should immediately lead troops to arrest them!"
The environment in which Li Bao grew up was exposed to Confucian classics, and he had no interest in Buddhism or Taoism.
Now that there is a shortage of food and the temples are hoarding food, it is natural to take action against the monks.
Moreover, Li Baotun personally participated in the policies of Zhu Guoxiang, Zhu Ming and his sons in Sichuan when he was stationed in Kuizhou, and he was very familiar with this process of destroying temples.
The hundreds of temples in Fuzhou control more than 70% of the local economy, industry, agriculture, and commerce. They are all involved, and they send monks to sail ships to engage in maritime trade (they also supply goods to maritime merchants and purchase maritime merchants).
incoming goods).
The Quanzhou Pu family who betrayed the Southern Song Dynasty could not have developed in the late Northern Song Dynasty because Quanzhou's trade was also controlled by the temple.
It was not until Neo-Confucianism began to flourish in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Fujian was the base of Neo-Confucianism, that the government used the power of the government to counterattack, continuously weakening the influence of Buddhism in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty.
Civil officials took the initiative to suppress Buddhism, which started from Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. Previously, they mainly tended to destroy obscene worship.
The local officials in the Ming Dynasty, regardless of their background in Neo-Confucianism or Psychology, as long as they were strong-willed people, had more or less "destroyed temples" and liked to demolish temples to expand schools.
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Fuzhou Xichan Temple, also known as Changqing Temple, was built in the eighth year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of hundreds of years.
The building area of the temple is nearly...ten hectares!
In the entire western suburbs of Fuzhou City, most of the fertile land belongs to the temple, and there are countless shops inside and outside the city.
There are nearly five thousand monks in the temple alone, and there are also many monk soldiers (without armor, with bows and crossbows).
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao was not worried about the change of dynasty, nor was he afraid of offending the new dynasty by participating in the establishment of a false emperor.
Because he was forced, the abbots of several other temples were all called away by Tong Guan. Is it possible that Emperor Zhu could still kill all the abbots?
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao does not personally take care of the industry, agriculture and commerce of the temple. The monks below him are responsible for taking care of it. All kinds of dirty and scandalous matters have nothing to do with him, because he is a virtuous and eminent monk. He is responsible for studying Buddhism and making friends with celebrities.
, just show kindness and host the Dharma conference.
Speaking from a personal perspective, he is absolutely highly respected and has no trace of stain.
The monks below are doing bad things. What does this have to do with the abbot?
"Abbott, what's wrong, that Li Bao is coming with his troops to kill us!"
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao obviously had profound Buddhist teachings, his expression was as calm as water, and his heart was unruffled. He said in a calm tone: "The old Song Dynasty was cruel and unruly, the new dynasty complied with public opinion, and the change of dynasties coincided with the principles of Buddhism. This General Li Bao may have some influence on this temple.
No misunderstanding, you must not resist, let the poor monk explain Buddhism to him."
The monks and soldiers of Xichan Temple did not dare to go out. If they angered the new emperor, the centuries-old temple might be gone.
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao led the monks out of the camp and met Li Bao at the foot of Yishan Mountain. He found that Mao Kui, the transfer envoy, was also there. He immediately clasped his hands and said, "Amitabha, poor monk Guangji, please come into the temple and talk about it."
Li Bao said: "I heard that you helped Tong Guan support the false emperor?"
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao explained: "This boy is so strong that the poor monks will never dare to fight against the new dynasty."
Li Bao added: "Our army does not have enough food, and the people in the city have no food to eat."
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao immediately promised: "Although our temple does not have much food, we are willing to donate 500 stones of food to the general for temporary use."
"Is five hundred stones of grain too little?" Li Bao's idea was simple. If these monks knew the current affairs, he would not bother to kill them and leave everything to the court officials.
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao thought for a while: "I can barely make up eight hundred stones."
Li Bao asked: "Can't there be more?"
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao said: "There are still many monks in the temple who want to eat."
Li Bao stretched out his hand to hold the knife: "Can't we really have more?"
Zen Master Guangji Zhaogao said: "One thousand stones, no matter how much more there are, there are really no more."
"Then there's no need to talk about it anymore!" The smile on Li Bao's face turned ferocious. He had heard from those officials that Xichan Temple had built several granaries.
Monk Guangji suddenly felt a pain in his lower abdomen and was kicked back by Li Bao.
"Qiang!"
Before the eminent monk could react, Li Bao had already drawn his sword out of its sheath and chopped down the monk next to him.
The thousand Kuizhou soldiers behind them also formed a formation and charged forward. In an instant, dozens of monks died tragically.
"Why is this happening? Why is it happening like this!" Mao Kui was shocked.
The other monks were so frightened that they fled one after another. In fear, they even organized monk soldiers to resist.
Most of these monk soldiers were armed with sticks, and a few were armed with swords, spears and crossbows.
Kuizhou soldiers moved forward in a mandarin duck formation and soon broke through the temple gate, but more than ten people were injured by crossbows.
Li Bao grabbed Monk Guangji and said, "Okay, Xichan Temple actually has hidden crossbows and private soldiers. He must be yearning for the old Song Dynasty and wants to overthrow the new dynasty!"
"You are spitting blood!" Monk Guangji was shocked and angry.
How could the monk soldiers stop the Kuizhou soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers? They quickly captured various temples in the temple.
There were corpses everywhere in Xichan Temple, and at least a thousand monks had been killed.
The other monks were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders split apart, and all the surviving monk soldiers dropped their weapons.
Li Bao did not stop and ordered: "Except for this abbot, who will be escorted to Tokyo, all the other monk leaders will be executed, and the ordinary monks will be able to live. All the food will be moved out, and the account books and deeds of the workshops and shops, as well as all kinds of property, will be sealed."
The deeds were found and the land was distributed to ordinary monks and tenants. All the IOUs were burned in a fire!"
Li Bao turned around and looked at Mao Kui: "I will personally take charge of the distribution of temple fields. If anything goes wrong, don't come to see me and jump into the Min River yourself!"
"Yes...yes...yes!" Mao Kui was so frightened that his legs became weak and he couldn't even stand still.
Li Bao then said to several soldiers: "Take some people to inform the monks in the temple and the surrounding monks and laymen, saying that all the temple fields of Xichan Temple will be given to them!"
News of the land division spread quickly, and not only the monks and tenants outside, but also the monks inside the temple were overjoyed.
Because now, apart from the heads of various industries, only the abbot, Monk Guangji, is still alive. All the heads of monks, big and small, in the temple have been killed.
"Kowtow to the great master Qingtian!"
We haven't even gotten the land yet, but we just announced the policy, and countless monks and tenant farmers came to kneel down and thank them.
Mao Kui and Cao Zai were worried about provoking a popular uprising, but it never happened!
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Tozenji Temple.
There are not as many temple fields here as in Saizen Temple, but the business is more prosperous and the social reputation is higher.
Dongzen Temple held a Dharma conference, which was often attended by tens of thousands of believers. At the peak, tens of thousands of people came.
The chopping board used for cooking in the temple is called the "thousand-person noodle bed". When all the parts are put together, it can accommodate hundreds of cooks cutting vegetables and noodles at the same time.
Moreover, there was an imperial letter awarded by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, which used the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty as the official temple name "Long Live Chongning". This caused Fujian officials not to dare to offend Dongchan Temple. Its abbot, Zen Master Guanghuida Gao, was even known as "Long Live Chongning".
"The most eminent monk in the South".
"Zen Master, Xichan Temple was massacred!"
Monk Guanghui, who was studying Buddhism, trembled when he heard the words. Then he realized that he had thought about it, and he quickly chanted the name of the Buddha to wake himself up.
This eminent monk also left a famous Buddhist verse: The Buddha is enlightened without a mind, and the mind is deluded by the Buddha. Where the Buddha's mind is pure, the ape crows in the wild outside.
Monk Guanghui asked: "Why was Xichan Temple massacred?"
The monk replied: "Then Li Bao claimed that Xichan Temple was raising private soldiers and hiding bows and crossbows in an attempt to restore the Song Dynasty and subvert the New Dynasty. I don't know how many monks he killed. I heard that there was a river of blood in the temple, and he also robbed all the food in Xichan Temple.
Then he announced that he would allocate the temple land to monks and tenants."
"Amitabha……"
Monk Guanghui began to think seriously and quickly made a decision: "Give Li Bao the imperial book of the old dynasty, and then remove the plaque of 'Long Live Chongning'. Dismiss the monks who have made excessive demands, and leave some food.
The rest of the food was donated to the new dynasty. Only one-tenth of the temple land was left, and the rest was distributed to monks who returned to secular life and tenants."
