Changsheng opens treasure chests everywhere

Chapter 477
Since Li Chun established Yuanhe Zhongxing, he has experienced Li Heng, Li Zhan's endless enjoyment, and Li Ang's helplessness. After Li Yan, Datang finally ushered in another enlightened master, who is expected to be revived.

Li Yan tried his best to govern, but the situation in Tang Dynasty at this time, there are separatist regimes inside, and foreign disturbances such as Uighurs outside, it can be described as internal troubles and external troubles.

Even if Li Yan is wise and strong, it will be difficult for a while.And the simplest one right now is that the court is short of money.

"Your Majesty, a sheep in the pen has been fattened up, why not kill it and eat it!"

Just when Li Yan was at a loss, Qiu Shiliang, also known as the ugly slave, suddenly appeared with a smile on his face.

"Fat sheep? Uncle Ugly said..."

"Quack, who else can there be besides Buddhism."

"Buddhism……"

Li Yan was slightly taken aback, then frowned and pondered.

When Li Ang was in power, he vigorously supported Buddhism and granted many privileges.Although Li Ang was later placed under house arrest and had little rights, for some reason, the court's support for Buddhism did not decrease.

Li Ang has been in power for 15 years, and Buddhism has developed for a full 15 years. According to Ugly Nu, this sheep has already been fattened.

If the fat sheep were slaughtered, the court would definitely increase a lot of income.Moreover, the great power of Buddhism has brought a series of disadvantages. If it can be removed, it will be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty.

But the problem is that the influence of Buddhism is too large, from ordinary people to princes and nobles, many are Buddhist believers.If Buddhism is to be eradicated, there must be many resistances.If tough measures are taken, it is likely to lead to unrest.

What Buddhism does has greatly affected the interests of the imperial court, and Li Yan has long been displeased with it.He also wanted to slaughter the fat sheep, but when he thought about the problems ahead, he couldn't help feeling worried and didn't dare to act rashly.

"Your Majesty, if Buddhism is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles!"

Just when Li Yan was hesitating, Li Deyu entered the palace to speak.

Li Deyu was the leader of the Li party in the Niu-Li party struggle. He successively served as school secretary, supervisory censor, Hanlin bachelor, Zhenhai Jiedu envoy, and Huainan Jiedu envoy.But because of party strife, he was pushed out of Beijing many times.

It was not until Li Yan ascended the throne that Li Deyu was reused and appointed as prime minister.Li Deyu is extremely talented, and later generations called him the six great statesmen of China together with Guan Zhong, Shang Yang, Zhuge Liang, Wang Anshi, and Zhang Juzheng!
As the saying goes, there is no doubt in employing people, and Li Yan also has great trust in Li Deyu.In the history known to Mi Xiaoxia, the two are said to be a good story.

"If someone in the court obstructs, what should we do?"

"Kill! Use heavy codes in troubled times, but anyone who obstructs the great cause of destroying Buddha will be killed without mercy!"

"What if it triggers a rebellion?"

"Didn't Your Majesty make good friends with Jiangnan Dao? If someone rebels, you can lead Jiangnan Dao soldiers to destroy them, just to eradicate these evil-minded people!"

"...Qing is really my minister!"

After listening to Li Deyu's suggestion, Li Yan was full of excitement and couldn't help giving Lao Li a hug.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yan found Chou Nu again and asked Jiangnan Dao about borrowing soldiers.

"Quack, if it's for the sake of destroying the Buddha, your majesty will always be there for you if you need it."

"Thank you, Uncle Ugly!"

Chou Nu answered happily, Li Yan was overjoyed and thanked repeatedly.Then Li Deyu was summoned again to discuss the matter of destroying the Buddha.

At the same time, Chou Nu spread the news to Jiangnan Road.The extermination of Buddha is the top priority of the New Sect. Chunniang immediately sent a secret order, and 20 soldiers and horses in Jiangnan Road were waiting in full force.As long as there is any obstacle to destroy the Buddha, send troops to step on it!

After that, it is the preparation work before the extermination of the Buddha.After all, Buddhism is very involved, even with the support of Jiangnan Dao soldiers and horses, it is impossible to deal with it forcefully.

So next, Li Yan and Li Deyu cooperated to eliminate those who are pro-Buddhist in the court.People who hold soldiers and horses or hold important positions will be given priority.

As the saying goes, there is nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime, let alone that person is the emperor and prime minister.For various reasons, these people were dismissed or air-conditioned.

"In recent months, our people have been investigated one after another. Isn't this a coincidence?"

The three great men are still in Chang'an, continuing to plan and plan to fight for the emperor after Li Yan.At this moment when the three of them gathered together, Guanyin Bodhisattva couldn't help frowning.

They worked hard to win over some important officials in the court, and in the past few months, they have been dealt with for various reasons one after another.Guanyin Bodhisattva couldn't help being a little worried, which was targeted.

"The storm is coming, we have to prepare in advance."

Manjusri Bodhisattva is known as great wisdom, and he is keenly aware that this is an action against Buddhism.He couldn't help sighing, as expected, it was Mi Xiaoxia's turn to take power, so he had to do something.

Feeling really uneasy, the three great men also carried out divination, but they were all hidden secrets, and there were no signs at all.

Next, although the three masters tried their best to arrange to minimize the loss of Buddhism.But the effect was not great. After a year, most of the influence of Buddhism in the court had been eliminated.

And this morning, an imperial decree was issued suddenly.

"All monks and nuns in the world will be expelled from burning exercises, spells, restraining breath, carrying soldiers, staff marks on their bodies, bird writing, miscellaneous writing skills, those who have committed adultery and adopted wives, and those who do not practice the precepts will be rehabilitated. If monks and nuns have money, grain buckets, Fields, manors, receiving officials. If you cherish money, you can petition to return to vulgarity, and you can also be resigned to return to vulgarity, and you will be charged with two taxes and corvees."

After a year of preparation, the time was finally ripe, and Li Yan just started to destroy the Buddha!
The first step is to limit the number of monks and nuns, and require monks and nuns who have deviant practices and broken precepts to return to lay life.At the same time, Li Yan ordered to limit the number of slaves kept by monks and nuns, and not to allow slaves to shave their hair.

"Oops!"

After the imperial decree was issued, the local governments conducted thorough investigations and severe punishments, and immediately a large number of monks and nuns were forcibly returned to secular life.The expressions of the three great masters in Chang'an all changed greatly after receiving the news. This is really a move against Buddhism...

The Human Sovereign seals the gods with one word, and destroys the gods with one word!At this time, he knew that Li Yan wanted to destroy the Buddha, but he couldn't intervene with magic power, and the three great men were also helpless.

After two months like this, there are as many as [-] monks and nuns who have returned to lay life in the capital alone.As for other parts of Datang, the number is even tens of thousands!

Monks and nuns returned to secular life, the number of Buddhist believers decreased greatly, and luck also declined.

And this is just the beginning.

On June [-]th of the third year of Huichang, Li Yan ordered the Buddhist scriptures to be burned and not to be printed and circulated.

In September of the third year of Huichang, Zhaoyi Town rebelled, and the Jiangnan Dao army crushed it within a day.Then, they massacred and cleaned the surrounding Buddhist temples on the grounds that the traitors would shave their heads and hide them in Buddhist temples!
In March of the fourth year of Huichang, an order was issued not to enshrine Buddhist relics.Mount Wutai, Sizhou Puguangwang Temple, Zhongnanshan Wutai, Fengxiangfu Famen Temple and other Buddhist holy places are prohibited from purchasing offerings for pilgrimage because of the collection of relics.As a result, there is no one to come and go in the four spiritual realms, and there is no one to send offerings to the miserable situation.

In June of the fourth year of Huichang, temples were prohibited from ringing bells, and monks and nuns were prohibited from leaving the temple in the afternoon, thereby interfering with the daily activities of the temple and blocking the flow and contact of Buddhist personnel.

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The extermination of Buddha continued until August of the fifth year of Huichang.More than 26 temples were demolished in the whole country, and 500 monks and nuns were returned.There are more than 15 houses in the dismantling of Zhaoti and Lanruo, tens of millions of hectares of fertile farmland, and [-] slaves!

Li Yan destroyed the Buddha, and with the achievement of brilliant achievements, the luck of Buddhism declined again and again.By this time, it had already shown signs of sluggishness.

"Haha! Mi Xiaoxia really didn't lie to me, the luck of Buddhism has been suppressed! Now, it's time for me to take revenge!"

In the nether sea of ​​blood, looking at the declining luck of Buddhism, Patriarch Minghe laughed loudly, and held out the two killing weapons of Yuantu Abi with both hands, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he immediately killed the Western Lingshan!
(End of this chapter)