Chapter 189

The two of them worked hard, one was building the network, the other was destroying the network. Although Song Que was at a disadvantage, it was not without means of restraint.

But the emperor Ye Keyuan was outside the pavilion, and with just a light slap of his palms, the "concealment" of the two of them was broken!
Song Que let out a long sigh, and inserted the Heavenly Knife back into the scabbard.

After he sighed, he looked at Li Chunfeng, "Fellow Taoist has a natural rhythm, which is in harmony with the heavenly secret. Song has already admired him very much, but the emperor is even more amazing! Just a slap of the palm disturbed my mind. Your Majesty really deserves to be The number one master in the world, his miraculous skills are unrivaled in the world, I have to admire him!"

Although he has tried his best so far, he has not broken free from the huge net that Li Chunfeng has prepared for him, but he has no admiration for Li Chunfeng, he only praises the emperor Ye Ke, because he said that so far, especially if he has spare strength, it may not be possible. Can't be broken!But Ye Ke disrupted the rhythm of the two of them with a light pat, using his famous Taixuan magic skill, no matter how proud he was, he had to admit Ye Ke's strength.

He sighed: "The great way is as simple as it is easy, numbering starts from one and ends at nine. I have been immersed in martial arts and military art all my life, and I am vulnerable in front of the emperor. At this level, it is no wonder that the emperor is unwilling to compare me with me. Song is really not qualified! "

While talking, he strode out of the pavilion.

He walked to Ye Ke's seat, bent down to salute, and said, "Song Que pays respects to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Song Que deserves to be the great master of the world, if he loses, he loses, he directly surrenders with his sword, Lingnan surrenders to Daxia!
The Song clan also received the same treatment as the Xie family in Sichuan and Shu, and all the direct branches and important members moved to the north.

However, considering that Song Yuzhi is the queen, and the Song family is a top-ranking family in the country, although Ye Ke does not give them the chance to be the emperor, he is not willing to let them live in Chang'an for a long time, so as not to cause their descendants to become bigger.

Therefore, the Song clan was divided into two branches, one lived in Leshou and the other lived in Chang'an.

Ever since the high-ranking members of the Nanhai faction followed Wagang and were killed by Ye Ke, the people at the bottom had no intention of resisting. Before Xia Jun arrived at the seaside, they sent people to surrender. Many islands on the sea also came under the rule of Xia Guo.

In this way, the world will be unified!

After the army returned to Chang'an, Li Chunfeng asked Ye Ke to resign, saying that he devoted himself to Taoism, and now that the world's calamity is over, it's time to retreat to practice Taoism.

So Ye Ke promoted Wang Fubao to be the commander of Jinyiwei and named him Marquis Jiang.

During Wang Fubao's stay in Youzhou, he eliminated the three gangs and one faction, smashed the Daming Zunjiao, and accumulated rich experience. Therefore, after he became the commander of the Jinyiwei, he quickly got started.

In the third year of Hongwu in Daxia, Ye Ke summoned Wang Fubao and asked, "Have monks ever paid taxes?"

Wang Fubao replied: "Your Majesty, monks do not pay taxes."

"Why?"

Ye Ke asked
"Monks are not naturalized."

Wang Fubao replied.

"Since they are not naturalized, what qualifications do they have to own property? Since they don't pay taxes, they don't have property."

"The decree is that all the four major monks will be empty. From today onwards, the land, shops, forests, etc. of all temples in the country will be taken over as official property. Counting the monks in the temple, each person will be given [-] acres of food and clothing to prevent them from being disturbed by foreign objects. It shows his intention to concentrate on worshiping the Buddha."

"In addition, the monks are compassionate. Recently, monks often borrow money to make money. Some borrowers' families have been ruined. It is against the Buddha's will. Today, all borrowers who borrow temple loans will be voided and no longer need to repay. Those who sue the officials for this will argue against the order."

After Buddhism bowed to Ye Ke, in just three years, they revived again.

Because the area occupied by the Buddhist sect is too large, and there is too much money in the Buddhist treasury, with Ye Ke's usual way of doing things, he will never allow the Buddhist sect to occupy so many resources, and the extermination of the Buddha will definitely happen again.

In fact, the Buddhism at this time was very powerful, and it had a great connection with Yang Jian in the Sui Dynasty.

When Gein was in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had an indissoluble bond with Buddhism since he came to the world.

He was born in a Buddhist temple, and his parents entrusted him to monks and nuns to raise him since he was a child. He was mainly taken care of by a nun named Zhixian, who lived in the temple for 13 years.

After becoming emperor, he often told his ministers about his Buddhist life in his childhood, without shy away.Emperor Anwen also asked the historian to write a biography for the nun who raised him, and greatly repaired the nun temple where he lived.

According to records, in the first year of Renshou, Emperor Wen ordered all the states in the world to make statues of the god Ni Zhixian in every Jili Pagoda, because he was raised by Zhixian when he was young.

Yang Jian often expressed emotion to his officials: I am inspired by Buddhism.

At that time, due to the policy of banning Buddhism by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Buddhism in the early Sui Dynasty declined, especially in the Central Plains, and it was already facing the problem of life and death. , but doubled in prosperity.

If there is love from above, it must be followed from below.

Because of Yang Jian's preference for Buddhism, officials all over the world built temples one after another to please the emperor. Since then, Buddhism has revived, and temples spread all over the country, ushering in another new life.

Because of the emperor's support, the Buddhist sect became a little unscrupulous, annexing land, recruiting believers, and the number of people in the north and south of the river is increasing day by day.

Later, even Yang Guang received the great precepts of Buddhism, but although he received the precepts, he didn't believe in them very much. Later, he even made a move of assigning nuns to sergeants.

Now that Ye Ke issued an order, Wang Fubao led the Jinyi Guards, and with the cooperation of the government, he began to sort out Buddhist temples across the country. More than half of the monks in the Buddhist temples in the area were driven out of the temples, or ordered to return to vulgarity, or served in the army to fight, and all those who resisted were punished.

The temple properties of the temples were also looted and used as military resources.

Among them, the temples that harbor filth are strictly punished according to the law. Those who should be beheaded and those who should be shown to the public will not give the Buddhist sect any face.

Just when Buddhism was in panic all day long, pleading for mercy from top to bottom.

Ye Ke promulgated another law.

It is stipulated that all monks, regardless of their monkhood, must pass the exam before the country will recognize their monkhood status. Every monk who passes the exam will be issued a degree certificate by the country.

Moreover, this certificate will be replaced every five years, and you must take the exam when you replace it, and those who fail to pass will be cancelled.

No matter where the monks are, the government must check them frequently, and those who lose their ultimatums will be fined ten thousand gold.

At the same time, it stipulates the treatment of Buddhism in detail, requiring them to pay taxes for all the donations they accept, which are worth more than five taels of silver!
And according to the size of the Buddhist temple, the number of monks and the annual tax amount are stipulated.

Of course, the same is true of Taoism.

For a time, the world was in an uproar.

Countless people claimed that the emperor wanted to destroy Buddha.

Xuanzang, a Buddhist mage, met Ye Ke in person and said, "Your Majesty destroys my Buddhist sect and acts perversely. Don't you know the cycle of life and death, and the retribution is not good? Your Majesty hates Buddha, and it is difficult for me to explain the Dharma. But if we give up and become benevolent, we will be reborn in bliss , isn’t Your Majesty afraid of falling into Avici Hell forever and not being reborn?”

Ye Ke smiled faintly: "Master Xuanzang, I am relieved when you say that. Since you all died so happily, you must have no regrets. It is enough for us to suffer in this world, as you wish, as long as you believe in the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss , heaven and hell, send them all to enjoy happiness.”

"I remember that in the Buddhist scriptures, anyone who shed the blood of the Buddha's body can go to the heaven to become a demon king. Xuanzang, you can go to the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss and curse me."

Xuanzang was stunned and unable to speak. After returning that night, he sat down and passed away.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, after several years of governance by Ye Ke, the world has regained its vitality and began to move towards the rule of Kaihuang.

In this year, Ye Ke personally led a cavalry army of 30, marched to the north, and defeated the Eastern Turks in Yinshan. In the first battle, he killed [-] Turkic youths and captured [-], including Jieli Khan and Jili Khan.

After Ban Chao returned to his teacher, Ye Ke had a big banquet for the officials. When they were drunk, he ordered Jieli Khan and Jili Khan to dance for the monarch and his ministers.

In the seventh year of Hongwu, Ye Ke once again led his army to conquer the north, destroying the Western Turks, Xue Yantuo, Khitan, and Bohai Kingdom.Including the previous Turkic captives, there were as many as 50 captives.

All captives will be used for road construction, mining, and dredging of the Grand Canal in the Central Plains.

Among them, [-] young and strong captives built more than a dozen water conservancy facilities comparable to the Zhengguo Canal in the Guanzhong area.

In the 12th year of Hongwu, Ye Ke ordered Li Jing to destroy Tuyuhun and Dou Jiande to destroy Tiele.

In the 15th year of Hongwu, Ye Ke once again conquered Koryo in person, and the whole way was like a broken bamboo. Wherever he passed, he would kill those who resisted without mercy.

Goryeo Grandmaster "Master of Swordsmanship" Fu Cailin went to Goryeo to assassinate Ye Ke under the expectation of Koryo soldiers and civilians, but was killed by Ye Ke with one move.

Since then, Goryeo has lost all the capital of resistance, and the King of Goryeo surrendered!

Ye Ke captured Goryeo young and strong, opened up the land of Liaodong, and built roads, water conservancy facilities, and houses with fire pits.

After the infrastructure is completed, move 30 Han people and develop the Northeast!
(End of this chapter)

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