Standalone Northern and Southern Dynasties

Chapter 92 The Powerful Effect of Purple Followers (Subscription Request)
The next day, when Su Ze met Su Tong, he saw dozens of monk craftsmen busying around Su Tong, and he almost dropped his jaw in shock.

Su Ze really didn't expect that just by entrusting Su Tong to stay in Yongning Temple, he would cause such a big fuss.

After opening the system records, Su Ze finally understood what Su Tong had done these days.

[The statue-casting monk Su Tong cast an "exquisite Buddha statue" in the Yongning Temple workshop, and his reputation among the Yongning Temple monks rose.]

[The statue-casting monk Su Tong cast a "dignified Buddha statue" in the Yongning Temple workshop, and his reputation among the Yongning Temple monks has risen significantly! ]

[The Buddha statue cast by the statue-casting monk Su Tong was noticed by the abbot of Yongning Temple. Should it be sold? 】

[The host did not make a choice. The statue-casting monk Su Tong decided to give the Buddha statue to the abbot of Yongning Temple. His reputation in Yongning Temple has risen significantly! ]

[The statue-casting monk Su Tong's reputation in the Yongning Temple area reached respect, and he was given an independent monk's room and two disciples.]

[The statue-casting monk Su Tong's reputation in the Yongning Temple area reached reverence, and he was entrusted by the Yongning Temple supervisor to manage the Yongning Temple statue-casting workshop.]

[The Buddha statues cast by the statue-casting monk Su Tong gained a certain reputation in Luoyang and began to gain prestige in the Luoyang area.]

Su Ze had never expected that just by leaving the statue-casting monk Su Tong in Yongning Temple, he would become so famous.

But after seeing the Buddha statue cast by Su Tong, Su Ze understood why he was valued by Yongning Temple. The Buddha statue cast by Su Tong was so lifelike.

Buddhism is flourishing today, and even ordinary people have Buddha statues in their homes, not to mention the numerous royal family members, nobles and officials in Luoyang. They compete to buy Buddha statues and invite Buddhist monks to hold rituals in their homes. Every temple has a special Dharma distribution center, which is a place dedicated to selling Buddha statues and other practice items.

Of course, it is not called "selling" in Buddhist temples. These Buddha statues are brought back home by "people with a destiny" who "voluntarily" pay for incense and then "invite" them to worship.

Ever since the golden vase in the Yongning Temple's wooden pagoda overturned and the wooden pagoda mysteriously caught fire, Empress Dowager Hu never visited Yongning Temple again.

The status of Yongning Temple plummeted. After it lost its status as a royal Buddhist temple, the Buddha statues cast by Su Tong became the trump card product of Yongning Temple. This was also the reason why the abbot of Yongning Temple gave Su Tong extremely high treatment and kept him to cast Buddha statues in the temple.

"My Lord, this is the best Buddha statue I have ever made."

Su Tong asked his disciples to bring a mahogany box. After opening the box, a golden Buddha statue appeared in front of Su Ze.

[Lifelike reclining Buddha statue]

Grade: Purple;
Effect: None;

Evaluation: It was created by Su Tong, a famous statue casting monk in Luoyang.

It turns out that purple life profession followers have such a function. They can also make items that may be sold in stores, and the system will also give evaluations of the items they make.

Su Ze looked at Su Tong's workshop. Most of the Buddha statues were only of blue and green quality. This one was indeed the best quality.

Su Tong is a purple life profession follower, so he can create a purple quality Buddha statue?

And items that can be recognized as purple quality by the system should be sufficient for giving as gifts, right?
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Guangyang Palace.

"Your Majesty, this is the golden Buddha I obtained from Yongning Temple."

After removing the silk covering the golden Buddha, Prince Guangyang Yuanshen looked at the exquisite Buddha statue and his breathing quickened.

"Is this the Buddha statue cast by Master Su Tong?"

Su Ze didn't expect that Su Tong had become a celebrity. He nodded and said, "It's that master." "He has a solemn appearance! He is indeed extraordinary!"

Yuan Shen took the Buddha statue and looked at it lovingly. The look in his eyes when he looked at Su Ze immediately became different.

This kid is really smart!
After confirming that Su Ze was one of his own, Yuan Shen held the Buddha statue and wiped it while asking:
"Yesterday in the Henan government office, Marshal Su seemed to have something else to say."

Su Ze immediately said, "What I want to talk about is the matter of the Tunqi Camp. It is not convenient to talk about it in front of Lord Li. I can only visit the king to ask for advice."

Yuan Shen was even more satisfied with Su Ze. Although he was the Minister of Capital Officials, he was in charge of supervising military discipline and was a key department of the 36 departments of the Secretariat.

However, Yuan Shen had just been transferred back to Luoyang from another state, so he did not have a deep foundation. In addition, he did not have a good reputation, so the officials in Cao's office were afraid that he would suddenly fall one day, so they just dealt with him perfunctorily in everything.

Just like Su Ze had just taken office as the commander of the Tunqiying Camp, Yuan Shen also needed a case to break the deadlock.

When Su Ze finished talking about the corruption in the Tunqi Camp, Yuan Shen slammed the table and stood up, saying, "What a bunch of insects! What a bunch of termites! No wonder the Yulin Huben have become more and more corrupt in recent years! It turns out that these guys are sucking their blood!"

Yuan Shen put down the Buddha statue, paced back and forth and said, "You said that the Ministry of Personnel sent people to investigate a few days ago, but no one reported to me the malpractices in the Imperial Guards. It seems that the Ministry of Personnel has been eaten away by these termites!"

Seeing Yuan Shen sharpening his knife, Su Ze knew that his bet was right.

He needed Yuan Shen, and Yuan Shen also needed him. He also needed a breakthrough to truly control the Duguan Cao.

Yuan Shen continued, "But the matter of the Tunqiying should not be exaggerated. If it causes a stir in the entire Yulin Army, it will be difficult to explain to Prince Qinghe."

Su Ze nodded immediately. Prince Qinghe Yuan Yi was the general in charge of the imperial guards. If a scandal involving the entire Yulin was uncovered, it would be a blow to Prince Qinghe's reputation, and he would definitely not support the investigation.

"Just find the weaknesses of a few of the termites in the Tunqi Camp, and I will send people to help you capture them. Then I will report to Brother Qinghe Prince to remove their military posts and put them in prison!"

Su Ze couldn't help but sigh that the methods used by corrupt officials like Yuan Shen were indeed much more vicious than those of upright officials like Li Daoyuan. He used his power to overwhelm people and left no one alive. He also didn't care about evidence and justice like Li Daoyuan did, as long as he could achieve his goal.

It is certainly difficult to be an enemy of such a person, but it is also reassuring to be in the same camp with him.

After all, they really do the job when they get paid!

Coming out of Yuan Shen's house, Su Suan, who had been following behind Su Ze, leaned forward and said:

"My Lord, please prepare another gift and send it to Prince Guangyang's Palace."

"why?"

"Prince Guangyang mentioned Prince Qinghe. To reorganize the Tunqi Camp, we also need Prince Qinghe's support, so the gift should be given by you."

Or you will send it.

Su Ze looked at Su Suan and said to him, "Go to Yongning Temple to find Su Tong immediately, and bring a top-quality golden Buddha to the Guangyang Palace."

Seeing that it was still early, Su Ze decided to strike while the iron was hot. He went back to see how the jeweler was making the jewelry and then delivered the gift to Princess Chenliu's mansion.

And what about Li Daoyuan? How about sending the book "Theory of the Destruction of Gods" that the system flashed to him?

(End of this chapter)