Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 242

"Just a temple of inspiration, just a temple of inspiration!"

In the Hall of Xiande, Li Shimin was shocked after reading the memorabilia presented by Qin Lang, and seeing the rows of numbers listed on it.

Qin Lang directly made a table for the emperor, and all the data were clear and clear at a glance.

Various industries of Lingling Temple, including bricks, tiles, beams, columns, rafters and even cherry blossom trees planted in the temple, were sold at a good price.

final total discount

37 six pennies and 890 five cents. Before Qin Lang said that he could get no less than 370 pennies after confiscating the Inspiration Temple. Li Shimin didn't take it seriously, but now he really got so much money out, which really surprised him. .

The original tax of the imperial court was a rent adjustment, and the surrogate servants were all real grain, millet, silk, cotton, etc., basically no cash income.

But the Inspiration Temple was abolished by Wude four years ago. It ranks second in Chang'an at most. Above it are Daxingshan Temple, Dazongchi Temple, and Dazhuangyan Temple. The big temple has such famous temples as Louguan Taoism.

However, it is still too shocking that Lingling Temple, which is usually not very visible, can have more than 30 guan.

"Your seal is very good, it is very clear at a glance." Li Shimin still appreciates this new style of seal format very much.

"This is a set of accounting forms that I worked out earlier. The numbers in the form are all replaced by accounting symbols, which is more convenient and clear. It can save a lot of time when combined with an abacus calculation, and it is also very convenient when looking up."

Temples, land, trees, bricks and tiles, fields, shops, workshops, mill houses, slaves, etc. were all auctioned and discounted, and finally nearly 38 worth of gold, silver, copper, silk, and cloth were exchanged.

Li Shimin was very satisfied.

However, after a closer look, I also found that the prices of the things in the Inspiration Temple seemed to be a bit high.

"How is this auction sold? Why is the price so high?"

"Your Majesty, this is a method of public bidding. Interested buyers are called together, a reserve price is set first, and then buyers are allowed to directly bid for the auction. In the end, the highest bidder wins, because the properties of the Inspiration Temple are indeed of high quality. In addition, the buyers this time are mainly nobles and relatives, and they are not short of money, so the transaction price is indeed a bit higher."

"Your Majesty, please look at the back, with a list of buyers of various industries and the final transaction price!"

Li Shimin turned to the back, and sure enough, he saw the names of his sister, Princess Gaomi, and brother-in-law, Chai Shao, and he immediately understood.

"Little Lingling Temple has so much money, how about the three major temples of Da Zongchi Temple?" Li Shimin said.

Qin Lang reckoned that the emperor was also moved now, they were too rich, but they had money but were unable to protect the money, so it was natural to make people covet it, it could only be said that they were too greedy.If not, with their name, under normal circumstances, no one would dare to attack them easily.

But now their wealth is as bright as a torch in the night.

"Da Zongchi Temple, Dazhuangyan Temple, and Daxingshan Temple were all three imperial temples in the Sui Dynasty. They received countless rewards before and after. Each temple has more than a thousand hectares of land. Each of the three temples occupies a square in Chang'an City. .”

Daxingshan Temple directly occupies the entire Jingshanfang, while Dazongchi Temple and Dazhuangyan Temple each occupy half of two squares, and actually occupy one square.

The edict issued by Li Yuan before had not affected them in the slightest.

Li Shimin originally planned to keep the three temples in Chang'an, but now he is a bit reluctant.

Qin Lang saw it and immediately relieved the emperor's worries.

"Your Majesty, I think that His Majesty should personally preside over a palace test for Buddhist scriptures, and let all the monks in Chang'an City who have received the degree certificate participate. In the end, [-] monks with good Taoism will be selected, and then they will be [-] miles away from the east, west, and south gates of Chang'an City. To build three temples, they can be named Huguo Temple, Baoguo Temple, and Weiguo Temple. Each temple has [-] monks, and each monk is granted [-] mu of land, of which [-] mu is the temple’s Yongye farmland, and the remaining [-] mu is the land for the mouth. , the monk died and harvested the field."

The implication of Qin Lang's words is that no matter what Da Zongchi Temple or Dazhuangyan Temple used to be, they will all be abolished, and all the temple property in the temple will naturally be owned by the imperial court.

There are only three temples in the entire Chang'an and Wannian counties. After passing the assessment, [-] monks with Taoism are selected from the monks in Chang'an, and they are divided into three temples. Temple Yongye, [-] mu is divided into fields.

The three temples were built by the imperial court, but everything was kept simple, and each temple was built on [-] mu of land.

In this way, the large and small temples in Chang'an are owned by the land property officials, the temple houses, the land officials, and the money officials...

"Let these monks pray for the Tang Dynasty to practice, translate Buddhist scriptures, devote themselves to practice, and at the same time cultivate and practice by themselves. After all, this is also a kind of practice. Let them grow the land for themselves, and they are not allowed to buy slaves and rent them out. Tenant farming, if the barren fields cannot be planted, the imperial court can take back the official possessions."

These guys in the province are fat-headed and big-eared, and they don't practice seriously all day long, just thinking wildly.

Li Shimin felt a little ruthless.

But Qin Lang immediately proposed another plan. The fields, workshops, shops, houses, money and silk, etc. recovered from the temple, the money and silk will be put into the treasury, and the fields will be distributed to the people who have insufficient land, and all others will be auctioned. , Of course, it is a directional sale, sold to noble officials and gentry.

Why sell it to them? Of course, it is to give these people some benefits. The benefits of the province are all monopolized by the court. These people are dissatisfied and opposed.

Cannibals are soft-mouthed, but soft-handed.

Everyone has gained the benefits, and then the guns will be unanimous.

Chang'an is just the beginning. As long as Chang'an is implemented smoothly, everyone can benefit equally. Then Qin Lang believes that a gluttonous feast will soon sweep the entire Tang Dynasty. Divide and devour.

Although it may seem that Siguan, especially the Shi family, may be pitiful, they will not be innocent either.As Qin Lang said, even if there were only [-] monks left in Chang'an, it would be too much. After all, these [-] monks may not all be pious and successful in cultivation.

"Your Majesty, I have done the calculations, out of the 30 guan, 120 guan can be taken out of it, and saved as a pile of money for the purpose of destroying Liang Shidu. If you save 360 yuan a month, it will be [-] million yuan a year. In three years, it is [-] million guan, which is enough for Mieliang."

Li Shimin's heart trembled when he heard that.

Saving a sum of special military expenses for destroying Liang?He really didn't think about it before, but now that Qin Lang mentions it, he thinks it's a good idea.As long as there is money, the military can make preparations. Once the disaster is over, the people's hearts are stabilized, and food and grass are ready, they can go to war.

"In addition, one hundred thousand coins will be used every month for the expenses of the Sixth Army of the Beiya."

"Another [-] guns will be taken out every month and saved as a military reserve for the Northern Expedition to the Turks."

The 38 guan that I just got, was arranged by Qin Lang to take another 30 in a blink of an eye, leaving only less than [-].

"With the remaining [-] guan, your Majesty can deposit [-] in the national treasury and [-] in your majesty's internal treasury for daily expenses. If you have money in the internal treasury, you don't have to ask the treasury for money every now and then, which is more convenient .”

Li Shimin felt that Qin Lang's arrangement was really good.

"But you can still have so much income next month? Next month?"

"Your Majesty, as long as it is implemented in an all-round way, there will be at least this income every month for two or three years, or even more. When the national rectification is almost completed in three years, at that time, I believe that the land tax and salt tax must have been smooth. The levy has started, and at that time, the imperial court will have more stable and more fiscal revenue."

The emperor felt that Qin Lang could always persuade him easily, not because he could say a lot, but because he could always list numbers so that he couldn't refuse.Compared with Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and the others who only knew to talk about benevolence, righteousness, kindness and morality when they were admonishing, there is no doubt that Qin Lang's set was more liked by Li Shimin.

In order to explain Li Shimin, Qin Lang not only planned to set up a small treasury for Li Shimin, with a monthly payment of [-] guan, he even proposed to classify some fields in the temple property as royal manors in the following rectification. In the future, the income generated by these manors will naturally be included in the internal treasury, which belongs to the emperor's private property.

In the future, it will undoubtedly be much more convenient to reward ministers and court expenses.

Even if Li Shimin is an excellent emperor, he has only been emperor for half a year and is only 28 years old, so he still has a lot of desires and a little greed, but he is usually criticized by Wei Zheng and others, so he dare not take it lightly Show it.

But after all, he still had these thoughts in his heart. Now that Qin Lang scratched his itch, Li Shimin was very satisfied.

There are many people in the emperor's court, he has many concubines and beauties, many children, and many relatives and sisters, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of officials in the Tang Dynasty, and tens of thousands of imperial guards. The emperor needs money in many places, many .

General Wei Zheng persuaded the emperor to be frugal, to govern by doing nothing, not to interfere too much in worldly affairs, let alone to care about things outside the world, especially economic money, and he even stared at the royal emperor, and said that he would fight with the people if he got involved. profit.

He always said that he oppressed and tormented the people.

Li Shimin was actually tired of listening to it, but he always told himself secretly that no matter how angry he was, he had to keep Wei Zheng, he had to see Wei Zheng from time to time, let him remind himself that the world was not stable, he had to restrain himself.

But he is the emperor after all, he is the son of heaven, and the world belongs to him, so he can't let a group of fake monks be happy and happy, but let him, the emperor, suffer and suffer every day, make his harem concubines and children suffer, and let his son of heaven The pro-army suffers, let him destroy the Turks if he has no money to destroy Liangshi, right?
Now I don't torment the people, and I don't oppress the people. Could it be that I can't even deal with a group of monks who threaten the imperial power?
There were all sorts of fears and worries before, but now that Qin Lang made a move and performed well, Li Shimin lost a lot of fears and worries.

"You go ahead and do it, I support you! But if necessary, I will second the Jinwu Guard from the Zhenfu Division, or I will transfer the Habayashi Army to assist you with your errands."

(End of this chapter)