The emergence of Buddhism set off waves of turmoil in southern Buddhism.
Among the four holy monks, in order to gain greater influence in Buddhism, the old monk Jiaxiang of the Sanlunzong sect even did not hesitate to debate Zen for several times with another holy monk, the old monk Zhizhi of the Tiantai sect.
The prosperous age of Buddhism.
When it comes to the future development of their respective sects, even the old monks at the level of the Four Holy Monks cannot let go, let alone the energetic monks in their prime.
In short, in the next many years, due to Buddhist matters, there were many conflicts within the Southern Buddhism and between the Southern Buddhism and the Northern Buddhism. Even Cihang Jingzhai and Jing Nian Chanyuan could not mediate.
This is the only officially recognized Buddhism in the entire Sui Dynasty. As the founder and first leader of Buddhism, it can definitely leave its name in the history of Buddhism in the Central Plains.
Compared with such names, what do so-called Buddhist holy places like Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple count?
It is just a place where the Buddhist martial arts introduced by Central Plains Buddhism is a comprehensive place. It is not worth mentioning the profoundness of Buddhism.
With everything else to say about Buddhism, the more than 700 Buddhist temples in Jiankang quickly began the process of condensation. Within a few years, they actively shrunk to less than 300. And as monks who graduated from Buddhism gradually appeared, this number is still there.
Continuously decreasing.
The existence of Buddhism forces Buddhist monks to improve their quality.
There are barriers to entry, just like studying in the imperial examination. If you have not read or even memorized a few Buddhist scriptures, you will be embarrassed to say that you are a true Buddhist.
As a result, those fake monks who wandered into Buddhism had little place to stand.
Either work hard to read and recite more Buddhist scriptures, or you will be expelled from Buddhism by the true monks.
With Lei Hu's hand, he lightly cleaned up the internal dirt of Southern Buddhism, which not only greatly reduced the number of Buddhist temples, but also the number of monks, and even the temple properties owned by Buddhist temples were greatly reduced.
When the temple property in the hands of the Buddhist temple decreases, the cultivated land available to the local people in Jiankang will naturally increase, and the population that had begun to lose to surrounding areas will gradually stabilize. When the government's basic social and municipal construction outline for the Jiankang area is established, Jiankang will
The land soon became a large construction site and hot land.
Without Buddhism as an obstacle, the entire Wu Guogong territory once again entered the track of rapid development.
Millions of people were completely mobilized, backed by scientific organization, strict discipline, and a complete logistical supply system. The energy that could be unleashed was astonishing.
By the second year of Daye, according to official statistics, the population of the entire Wu Guogong territory had exceeded five million, and was heading towards six million.
In this era where population is the productive force, just think about how terrifying the energy that the more than five million people organized by Wu Guogong's government can unleash is.
Because government orders can be spread to the lowest level of villages, as well as the city street level, the government can fully play the role of the people under its rule, instead of the common practice of the northern government, which has to forcefully recruit civilians to serve in any project it wants to complete.
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It is said that hard labor is like a scourge to the people, and it is more frightening to the people than the endless exorbitant taxes and levies from the government.
Although the Sui Dynasty was not as violent as the Qin Dynasty, it did not have the slightest scruple when it came to squandering people's power, and the people who died and were not considered at all.
Just like when Yang Su built the Renshou Palace a few years ago, hundreds of thousands of people in Guanzhong were directly recruited. By the time the Renshou Palace was completed, the number of laborers who died due to overwork and other reasons accounted for almost half of the people recruited.
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In other words, in order to build the Renshou Palace for Sui Emperor Yang Jian, more than 100,000 people in Guanzhong died in just one or two years. In the end, Yang Jian was even alarmed and became furious. But what was the result?
Empress Dugu said some nice words, but Yang Su was scolded for nothing. On the contrary, she gained the respect of Yang Jian, and even though she was feared, she was promoted to the high position of prime minister.
The two emperors Yang Jian and Yang Guang were not fuel-efficient. They often recruited hundreds of thousands or even millions of civilians. They did not care about the lives and lives of the civilians when they started big projects. They only insisted on speed and quality. As a result, large-scale deaths occurred.
Recruiting people is simply not within their scope of consideration.
Again, whether it is Yang Jian or Yang Guang, they are all members of the clan and do not take the lives of the people seriously at all.
Yang Jian is a little better. He has experienced the attacks of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and he still has some understanding of the situation among the people, and he will consider it when governing.
Yang Guang is completely different. He has had a smooth journey since he was born. The behavior of a wealthy family is deeply rooted in his bones, and he doesn't care much about the life and death of the people at all.
No, not even a year after he became emperor, he rushed to recruit millions of civilians to build the eastern capital of Luoyang.
The young people in the nearby Heluo land in Guanzhong were all evacuated, which even affected local agricultural production. Dozens of hundreds of laborers fell ill or died every day due to the high-intensity labor.
In other words, Yang Jian left a solid foundation, and the imperial court did not care at all about the food shortage in the Heluo area that year and in the next few years, otherwise it would cause trouble.
Of course, these things were summarized and analyzed by Lei Hu after receiving intelligence from the Heluo area in Guanzhong, and they have little to do with him.
After all, Wu Guogong is a prince in the south. Of course, it is more accurate to describe it as a vassal town. Even if the imperial court calls for labor, it has little to do with the people under Wu Guogong's rule.
Besides, with Lei Hu's men's ability to carry out infrastructure construction, as long as the court does not interfere randomly, there will be no problem in completing it within the deadline.
Even the hundreds of miles south of the Yangtze River section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which almost exhausted the national power of the Sui Dynasty, was gradually completed during Lei Hu's administration, and the loss of people's power was almost negligible.
With the labor camp prisoners as the main force and the people of the Production and Construction Corps assisted, the earthworks in the southern section of the Grand Canal were divided into zones, and sufficient sophisticated excavation and transportation tools were used to control the loss of civilian power to the minimum, and the project was completed.
Excavation and dredging work on the southern section of the canal.
The reason why Lei Hu did this was not only to avoid the loss of manpower during the canal excavation during the Daye Year, but also because of the transportation needs in the territory.
With the canal connected to the natural water system in the territory, the entire essence of the territory is connected by water transportation, which is of great benefit to the traffic situation in the territory.
The prosperous development of industry and commerce under the rule of Wu Guogong was inseparable from the communication and connection between the canals and natural river systems surrounding the entire territory. Leihu did not dig the southern section of the canal system early just to avoid the consumption of people's manpower in the future.
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Speaking of the second year of Daye, a very sensational event happened in Wu Guogong's territory.
Duke Wu Guo Lei Hu is married!
He married two royal ladies at once, one was Shan Meixian, the daughter of Zhu Yuyan, the leader of the Yinkui sect, and the other was Song Yuhua, the daughter of the leader of the Lingnan Song Dynasty.
The combination of Lei Hu and Shan Meixian is the internal demand of the Holy Sect, and it can also be regarded as the fruition of childhood sweethearts.
As for his marriage to Song Yuhua, that was because the Lingnan Song clan took the initiative.
In order to complete this political marriage, Tiandao Song Que took the initiative to leave Mo Dao Hall and went to Qiantang City to negotiate with Lei Hu. In the end, the two parties reached an agreement and formed a private alliance.
As for the original story, Song Yuhua was supposed to be married to the son of Xie Hui, the famous martial arts judge who was the master of the exclusive castle in Shu. Naturally, he was rejected by the butterfly.
Are you kidding me, Duzunbao has the power to dominate the Shu martial arts world, and it does seem to have the value of winning over.
But compared with Wu Guogong, Duzunbao is nothing.
In terms of martial arts and prestige in the world, the martial arts judge Xie Hui is just a local hero. There is no comparison with Lei Hu, who is recognized as the best master in the world.
This is not to brag, as long as Lei Hu is willing, he can use gangster means to completely destroy Duzun Fort at any time.
As for the power and strength in its hands, Duzunbao cannot be compared with Wu Guogong Leihu.
Lei Hu had three counties under his rule. In later generations, most of the two provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, the most elite in the south, were under Lei Hu's rule. He had five million people under his command.
Not to mention that although Lei Hu only has 50,000 regular troops under his command, they are still powerful enough to dominate the world.
There are hundreds of thousands of reservists who can be brought back to the military camp at any time. With a little training, they will be the strongest army in the world. How can Duzun Fort be compared?
It is the Jianghu forces, the three sects under the command of the Duke of Guo, and the Iron Gate is truly the largest gang in the south. As long as there are first-class masters in the sect, it will really dominate the martial arts in the south.
The power of the Eagle Claw Sect and the Ditang Sect should not be underestimated either. In terms of scale and force, they are considered to be the first-rate forces in the south. They can easily produce dozens of second-rate warriors.
It is true that Duzunbao is the number one force in Shu. Unfortunately, the Holy Sect forces there are equally powerful, and the Buddhist forces are also deeply infiltrated. Duzunbao does not have the strength to command the heroes, but it is only the number one in Shu on the surface.
If the evil king Shi Zhixuan shows up as the Huajian sect, Duzunbao will immediately be pulled down from the throne of the number one political power in Shu. How can he compare with Wu Guogong?
As for political status, not to mention Wulin judge Xie Hui, even Tiandao Song Que dare not say that he surpassed Wu Guogong Lei Hu. At least Lei Hu's momentum in the southern official circles and his influence in the Great Sui Dynasty were greater than those of Lingnan Tiandao Song Que.
Much stronger.
No matter how you look at it, Leihu is a marriage partner that is ten times and a hundred times stronger than Duzunbao.
No, Tiandao Song Que personally came forward to reach an agreement with Lei Hu, and Lei Hu married Song Que's eldest daughter Song Yuhua.
If Lei Hu hadn't had the idea of marrying with the Guanlong Military Group, even Sui Emperor Yang Guang and the three great lords of the North had the intention of marrying. However, Lei Hu didn't have the intention, so he didn't cause any problems in the North because of the marriage.
There was an uproar.
But even so, the wedding of Thunder Tiger, Duke of Wu State, was also a major event that caused a stir in both the government and the public, and shocked the world.