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On this day, in a mansion near Dongfu City, where Jiankang City belongs, Wang, Xie, Yuan, Gu, Lu, Zhu, Zhang and other representatives of the local gentry from the Southern Dynasties gathered together to discuss Liu Yishou's recent strategy of land severance.

In fact, Wang Gui and Xie Gu had already communicated with Liu Yishou before, and had conveyed Liu Yishou's meaning.But when the opinions were passed back, fierce disputes erupted within these aristocratic families.

Almost every family is supportive and opposing.If the imperial court implements the land cut policy, they will inevitably lose a large amount of illegal land.These lands have been accumulated by these families for many generations, almost all of which are the best fields in the area.

If you don't want to be executed by the court, that's fine too.As an aristocratic family that "supported the Northern Expedition", it was a matter of course that they gave money and people to the court, to be precise, to Liu Yishou.

For the aristocratic family, there are also some hidden benefits. At least, those people from the north will not occupy new territory.

Therefore, no matter how you choose this matter, there are advantages and disadvantages. There are many children in the family, some are officials, some are not, and their interests are not the same.

So these big families gathered together today to discuss countermeasures and decide to advance and retreat together.

"Everyone, in my opinion, King Wu's name is Tuduan, but he is actually preparing food and grass for the war ahead. As long as we bring out the food reserves, we can stop the strategy of Tuduan. King Wu's troops are strong and powerful, everyone, don't make mistakes. "

Wang Guiyu said earnestly.

"That's a bad word!"

An old man from the Zhang family stood up and objected: "Liu Yishou once wrote The Theory of the Six Kingdoms: cut five cities today, cut ten cities tomorrow, and then have to sleep overnight. We start to look at the four realms, and the Qin army is at the end. We beg For a moment of peace, cut the meat to feed the tiger. Liu Yishou is an insatiable greedy person, how much meat do we have for him to cut?"

"Old man, there is a time and a time. Even if we don't pay, can't the king of Wu have a way to punish us? Are there still few things that bully men and women in various places? The king of Wu only needs to grab a random place, and he can do it." Hold on to our vitals.

First there was Huan Wen Tu Duan, and then Liu Yu Tu Duan. After so many years, life is still the same! "

Soon, someone refuted Zhang's representative, and the lobby started to quarrel again, just like the situation within these people's families.

"Everyone, please listen to the next sentence."

Yuan Ang came out and waved his hands, signaling to everyone to be calm.

This man was Sikong back then, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and many people present had children under his care, so they all kept silent.

"What King Wu wants is food and grass. As for whose family's food and grass, he will only remember who didn't give it. If you don't give food and grass, you don't give him face. Everyone present should understand this truth."

After Yuan Ang finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought.It's very simple, if the other family supplies food and grass, but yours does not, you are slapping Liu Yishou in the face.

If you hit someone in the face with your palm, don't blame him for chopping off your head with a knife!This is a very simple truth.

"King Wu has hinted that he only needs enough food for the army. If you don't want to take it from the treasury, in fact, there are plenty of food and grass in the surrounding temples. Why not use it?"

temple?Everyone was taken aback when they heard this.

It's not like Wang Gui and others didn't tell them that they could get ideas from the temple, but they didn't pay much attention.Now hearing what Yuan Ang said, everyone present began to think seriously.

Under Xiao Yan's "drive", Nanliang's Buddhist business is very prosperous. One tenth of Nanliang's population is engaged in activities related to temples. Of course, these people are not purely monks who live in temples. .

There are also some "not full-time" monks who have to go home to help when the farming is busy, and only go to the temple to chant Buddha when the farming is slack.

The Buddhist temple, which accounts for one-tenth of the country's population, how much food they have in store, I am afraid that the people of these aristocratic families present can't even think about it.

A dead fellow Taoist would never die a poor one, and extracting oil from temples is obviously a low-cost, high-yield job.It's just that the temple was protected by an official background before, and ordinary people really couldn't afford to offend it.

But now that Liu Yishou has spoken, does that mean things are turning around?

There are actually major conflicts between the powerful families and temples in various places in terms of land enclosure, but out of the principle of "mutual checks and balances", when Xiao Yan was in power, the two parties were still in peace with each other.

After all, it is much easier to oppress ordinary people than to harden Buddhism.

But now Liu Yishou puts out a multiple-choice question, do you want to pay the food yourself, or "pull" the Buddhist temple to accompany you to pay?

Anyone can do this multiple choice question.

"Since this is the case, then we will write to the imperial court, saying that some temples are harming the place, lending usury, and recruiting nuns to gather money to make trouble. How? Such things, don't we catch a lot of them?"

Gu Yewang's father Gu Xuan said with a smile.He is a second-five son hidden among the crowd, and his son Gu Yewang is already working as a secretary under Liu Yishou's command.

He himself was an official in Wu County before.Last time Wu Jun contributed money to sponsor the Northern Expedition at a critical moment, and he also contributed in it.Now it has been transferred to Jiankang Center.

"Wouldn't it be great for us to do it together after the imperial court issued an edict to rectify the temple?"

Gu Xuan touched the long beard on his chin and said.

"Wonderful!"

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

There were no fools present, and he came back to his senses in no time.

It is said to borrow the east wind, what if there is no wind?

Then cheer up and blow more, won't you be in the limelight then?With the imperial edict and the government's endorsement behind it, wouldn't it be easy to get a little grain out of the mouth of the temple?

Soon, these people reached a consensus to extract oil from the local Buddhist temple as much as possible, and count as much as possible.As for the shortfall, each family can make up for it with a little more at that time. I believe this amount will not hurt the bones.

Gu Xuan's family has a long history, and the article is very well written.He wrote a letter of proposal on the spot, asked everyone present to sign it, and handed it to Wang Gui.

Hand over this proposal to Liu Yishou, and the two sides will be considered to have reached a political compromise.The imperial court was responsible for issuing edicts to rectify the temples, and the aristocratic families from all over the country were responsible for reporting, and were responsible for being "enthusiastic people" and controlling the temples to be investigated before the government sent people.

As for the families without signatures above, it is equivalent to accepting Tuduan by default, and Liu Yishou will not show mercy to them.

After everything is completed, each family will hoard all the grain and grass in the newly built granary in Danyang, and the government will send people to inspect it uniformly.

……

A few days later, Jian'an Ling (the attendant who waited by the emperor and was responsible for delivering the imperial decree) Gu Xun wrote a letter, saying that there was a Buddhist temple in Wu County, his hometown, Wu County, which was not doing business properly, gathering money to make chaos, buying and selling people, etc., and asked the court to issue an order to investigate and deal with it.

The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.

The next day, Liu Yishou, the King of Wu, wrote a letter saying: Buddhist temples have not been investigated for a long time, and old scum has appeared.

Please ask the emperor to issue an edict to conduct an inventory of Buddhist temples across the country. If there are any mistakes, they will be corrected, and if there are no mistakes, they will be praised.It is neither to destroy Buddha, nor to condone and support those who commit crimes by turning a blind eye to them.

For a while, there were rumors all over Jiankang and Sanwu, saying that a certain temple gave usury to kill people, that a certain temple opened a silver cave and played songs every night, and that monks in a certain temple violated Xiao Yan's prohibition by drinking and eating meat.

There are chickens and dogs jumping everywhere.

The strange thing is that the local government is standing still, but the people are excited. Many enthusiastic people spontaneously surrounded the problematic temples and waited for the government to deal with them.

……

The weather in early summer is sultry, and on the shore of Xuanwu Lake, fish are showing their heads on the water from time to time, spitting out bubbles.

It was the hottest time in the afternoon, and Liu Yishou was sitting on a big rock in the shade of a tree, wearing a bamboo hat, and fishing with a bamboo pole.

Many fish came out to spit bubbles, but they just didn't take the bait. Liu Yishou felt that he could knock out several fish with one blow.

"Amitabha, there are a lot of disturbances outside, and the younger brother is actually fishing here?"

A familiar voice came from behind Liu Yishou.

You don't need to look back to know it's Master Daoxi.Liu Yishou asked lazily: "Which gust of wind brought Master Daoxi here, sit here, sit here."

Liu Yishou patted the place beside him.

Master Daoxi sat down unceremoniously, and asked with a bitter face: "A lot of things have happened around Jiankang and Sanwu, have you ever heard of them?"

Master Daoxi continued to ask calmly: "Could it be that the younger brother wants to destroy the Buddha?"

"Brother, monks can't talk nonsense. I'm an authentic Luoyang monk who has placed an order in the government of Wei State. You said that I want to destroy Buddha, are you thinking too much?"

Liu Yishou took out the ultimatum he had obtained back then from his bosom, and waved it in front of Master Daoxi.

"So many Buddhist temples have been investigated by the government recently, what's going on?"

Master Daoxi asked in a deep voice.

"Have you found a problem?"

Liu Yishou asked back.

Master Daoxi was speechless for a moment.

It doesn't matter whether there is a problem or not, as long as it is checked, the problem will definitely be found.Although the Buddha is lofty, the Buddhist temple is secular. How can it be okay to control the food and drink of a group of people.

It's just to see if there is a bottom line. Some bottom lines are higher, and some have no bottom line at all. As long as the government is willing to investigate, the problem will definitely be found out!

"This is a lot of big families who are targeting Buddhist temples! Because Buddhist temples hand over food, they don't have to pay. This is also an established strategy.

If senior brothers feel sorry for those Buddhist temples, why not ask them to check the aristocratic family too?Many people from those aristocratic families did bad things.If I find them, I will naturally clean them up. At that time, won't the local temples not be investigated?

I want military rations for the sake of the country and the unification of the world. Senior brother will understand this, right? "

Liu Yishou didn't go around the bush, but explained his intention straight to the point.

"It's been so many years... You really haven't changed at all."

Master Daoxi gave a wry smile, now that he is the abbot of Tongtai Temple, he is already the abbot of Tongtai Temple, so he is naturally not worried about being traced.But Liu Yishou's series of combined punches made it difficult for all Buddhist temples to parry!

"Brother, let's go and tell the people in the temple that I will never wrong others out of nothing. Eliminating evil and doing everything is not aimed at Buddhist temples. If the aristocratic family has evil deeds, I must take care of it."

This was quite clear, Master Daoxi folded his hands together, bowed deeply to Liu Yishou, then turned and left without saying a single unnecessary word.

"If you don't have enough to eat, how can you challenge Gao Huan? You people, you really have such a beautiful idea."

Liu Yishou sighed quietly, so many fish spit bubbles today, as if they were mocking him for not knowing how to fish, which made him feel bad.

Chapter 464 None of the fish in Xuanwu Lake is innocent

On this day, Liu Yishou called several people currently staying in Jiankang to discuss matters in his mansion on Jiming Mountain.

In the study, Cui Xian put a small box in front of Liu Yishou and said, "Master, Jiankang and Sanwu places, the temples that were reported by others, and the materials of the descendants of the aristocratic family are all here."

Liu Yishou played two peaches to kill three scholars, provoking the inherent contradiction between the aristocratic family and Buddhism, and this trick was very successful.But if the conflict is stirred up, it doesn't mean that the two sides will kill each other immediately.

Only now has it entered the first stage, which is the stage of "small reporting".

Both sides have reported each other, and some people even fished in troubled waters.These people all tipped the inside story to Liu Yishou, hoping that the Central Court would stand up and "sanction" the other party.

"General Yang, I heard that both you and your wife believe in Buddhism, right?"

Liu Yishou asked Yang Zhongdao out of the blue.

"My lord, it is true."

Yang Zhong replied honestly, feeling uneasy.

"Then you lead a team of people and are responsible for taking people from the residences of those families who have committed crimes and ransacking their homes. Confiscated food and salaries are used for military use, and they are stored in Danyang warehouses."

Liu Yishou wrote a piece of paper, stamped his seal on it, and handed it to Yang Zhong.

The aristocratic family is flourishing, and there are direct lineages and concubines, and there are also houses scattered all over the place after separation.Attacking some of them will not hurt the foundation of the family itself.

It is also impossible for a family to be taken down and the whole family to rebel together.The children of the family with the same surname and the same family may never meet each other in their entire lives, and there are many people who only hear their names throughout their lives.

"Sand Sculpture King, you are responsible for going to the Buddhist temple to search the house. The temples involved in these materials, one will not pull, all the houses will be ransacked, and the principal criminal will be brought back to Jiankang, and the rest of the monks will be ordered to return to the vulgar. As for the allocation of temple fields and houses, I will let the elders You (Chen Yuankang) came to deal with it."

Liu Yishou also wrote a warrant, sealed it and handed it to Hu Luxian and said.

How could he expect the aristocratic family and the Buddhist temple to hack each other until they died?I am afraid that this kind of thing will not happen in 1000 years!Liu Yishou's many maneuvers before were nothing more than division and disintegration, making these people hostile to each other and not helping each other.

Now that the preliminary work has been completed, and now the court is acting in accordance with the law, if you have anything to explain, come to Taicheng and explain it in front of the emperor!

"My lord, grain and grass are being transported to the Danyang warehouse one after another. There are already many aristocratic families who are willing to give in and send the grain and grass over."

Chen Yuankang said with admiration.He also didn't expect that Liu Yishou would just play tricks, and many wealthy families would kneel down directly.

Liu Yishou's move is not to tell the big family members how to find fault with Buddhism, but to muddy the water and make these people feel a sense of crisis.

From time to time, use the method of "conclusive evidence" to bring to justice those who committed crimes among the children of the family, and from time to time seal down a certain temple that committed a crime.Then turn these cases into iron cases, and do not allow people to be fished out with money for atonement.

In this way, many weak-boned people will hand over food to save their lives.

Liu Yishou's purpose is actually very clear, hoarding a large amount of food and grass, and taking the lead in the possible large-scale military confrontation this year.

As for those land and land inspections and household registration checks, they are all important but not urgent matters, and they can be carried out little by little at a suitable time later.

"Well done, the grain and grass are transported to Xiangyang by water. The grain and grass in Shouyang are used to support the front line. After this year's autumn, there will probably be no problems."

Liu Yishou nodded slightly. Jiankang had been delivering food and grass to Yuwentai. He believed that not only his side was under pressure, but Gao Huan's side was also under a lot of pressure.

With the destruction of neutral forces everywhere, it is now time to compete for national strength. It is similar to the situation when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty led his troops to the south decades ago, and the confrontation between the north and the south has become fierce.

As for Chen Qingzhi's situation where a single army can penetrate the enemy's country, the possibility of it happening in the near future is infinitely close to zero.

"My lord, the autumn harvest season in the north is about a month later than in the south, so be careful of Gao Huan's time lag."

Seeing Liu Yishou's full confidence, Yang Zhong couldn't help reminding him.

"Well, there are already soldiers and horses defending Xuanhu's side."

Liu Yishou waved his hand, signaling Yang Zhong to be calm.

At this moment, Yuan Shikang walked into the study room, bowed his hands to Liu Yishou and said, "Outside the mansion, Wei Can and Wei Zai from Webster's came to visit together, saying that they are thanking the lord for not killing him."

Things are finally done!