Tang's dining table

Yun Chu took his whole family, the five thousand useless soldiers he had collected, and a large group of monks such as Xuanzang and set off back to Chang'an.

Monk Daozheng of Baima Temple was appointed by the emperor as the great monk Juemiao Qing Zhengzang, becoming the third eminent monk after Zhizang, Huiyin, Jizang, Baogong, Minggan, Fakan, Haizang and Xuanzang. Nine great virtues.

If you include Dharma King Naha, you will have the top ten virtues of the Tang Dynasty.

It was only because of Naha's young age and Master Xuanzang's efforts to prevent her from becoming one of the ten great virtues.

The ten eminent monks were actually the central organization recognized by the Tang Dynasty to manage the monks and monks in various states.

Six in the south and three in the north.

It is very strange to say that senior monks in the Tang Dynasty usually studied in the south. After completing their studies, they would come to the northern temples to serve as abbots.

Therefore, after Master Daozheng, the abbot of White Horse Temple, becomes the new eminent monk, he will leave Baima Temple and go to Chang'an to take up the post of abbot of Daxingshan Temple.

The imperial court will select a virtuous monk from the south to come to Baima Temple to serve as the new abbot.

Prince Li Hong strongly recommended Naha to his mother to take up the post of abbot of White Horse Temple, but Wu Mei scolded her three times before getting out of Hanyuan Hall.

Naha is the queen of the Buddhist Kingdom, and is actually the presiding master of the Buddhist Kingdom. This has been established long ago, and neither the emperor nor the queen will change this easily.

However, Naha cannot stay in the Buddhist country permanently. On the contrary, she needs to stay in Chang'an and continue to practice with Master Xuanzang at Daci'en Temple.

Yunchu was very satisfied with the emperor's arrangement. In this way, Naha would live at home and go to Da Ci'en Temple if she had nothing to do.

For a monk or a nun who has mixed up to Naha's level, as long as he doesn't rebel, he basically has no fear for his life.

Although the emperor and empress must have their own considerations in arranging Buddhism in this way, Yunchu didn't care. This was Xuanzang's and Qiuji's business.

According to Wen Wen's speculation, the reason why the emperor and the empress made such an arrangement was actually to provoke conflict between the north and the south of Buddhism, and because the monks in the north were tougher, they deliberately weakened their right to speak.

In the Tang Dynasty, a large number of ultimatums were issued to professional monks every year. After the court drew up a total number, these ultimatums were distributed to the top ten virtuous monks, who then distributed them to the monks in each state.

In other words, the imperial court allowed more people from the south to become monks and fewer people from the north to become monks.

This kind of thing doesn't matter to Naha, because she has always handed out Buddhist certificates indiscriminately, and she can hand out as many as she wants... The court wishes that all the men in the Western Regions would become monks and all the women would become nuns.

In just one month, so many things happened in Luoyang City. When Yun Chu left, it was basically impossible to see the impact of these things on Luoyang. After all, it is a huge city and has its own special way of operating.

Di Renjie rejected the opportunity to stay in Dali Temple in Luoyang as a minister, but insisted on returning to Chang'an and took up the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple in Chang'an.

Everyone knows that where the emperor is, the power lies there. The authority of the ministerial doctor in Luoyang is greater than that of the young minister of Dali Temple in Chang'an.

Especially after the emperor and empress left Chang'an, there were really only two counties left in Chang'an: Chang'an and Wannian. As for the rest of the power, it was all vested in the Yongzhou Governor's Office.

The Grand Governor of Yongzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is King Ji Li Shen, but he is useless as a Grand Governor...

Fortunately, the minister of Dali Temple was in Luoyang, and the young minister of Dali Temple in Chang'an became the top judicial officer of Chang'an.

This is what people like Di Renjie expect.

Over the years, that is, Yun Chu, Wen Wen, and Di Renjie have been restrained and have not launched attacks on high positions. Otherwise, in terms of the nature of the three of them, they are three very troublesome people.

After many people died in Luoyang City, the emperor decided to pardon the sinners in Luoyang Prison to calm the situation.

Therefore, all the people from the eight wealthy families who were implicated and imprisoned were released. This was the second time they went in and were released.

The people are ignorant. They actually don’t know anything. Even if there is a stampede, even if there is an explosion, or there is an attack on the Governor’s Office and the East Palace, as long as they don’t see it with their own eyes, they still don’t care much.

For countless years, ordinary people have been like this. Without personal pain, they cannot feel the pain of others.

Someone told them the whole story of everything that happened in Luoyang City, starting from the wealthy families, to the revenge of the spies, to the rebellion of the aliens taking advantage of the chaos, everything was explained clearly.

Even an ignorant child knows clearly that the tragedy that happened in Luoyang not long ago was caused by these eight families.

Public opinion can be deceived, it just depends on how you say it. Therefore, these rumors with clear ideas and high credibility have finally reached a consensus in the hearts of the people of Luoyang City.

That is, the sin lies with the wealthy family, the aristocratic family, and the foreigners. As for the emperor... they still dare not complain.

Under this environment, it was a luxury for the eight wealthy families to continue to settle down in Luoyang. No one could live in an environment where they were universally hated.

Compared with Luoyang, Chang'an was much friendlier to them. In particular, the Chang'an County Magistrate and Wannian County Magistrate visited some aristocratic families and wealthy families with gifts before leaving Luoyang, and also took the initiative to extend a friendly hand. They can go to live in Chang'an to improve the overall quality of Chang'an people.

Yunchu and Wenrou also promised these people to give them a peaceful living environment and a new environment where they could study, do business, and take exams quietly.

These people still have great trust in Yun Chu and Wen Wen. After all, these two people were both Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, with Yun Chu being the ninth Jinshi and Wen Wen the third.

There is no doubt that these two people are both scholars. The most important thing is that their character is well-known in Chang'an.

No matter who they are, dealing with them is a great pleasure.

There are also smart people who think it's inappropriate. Yunchu and Wenwen are building a lot of construction projects in Chang'an, and even the city walls have been demolished to pieces.

I also heard that one of them was going to continue building Daming Palace, and the other was going to use the entire Xingqingfang to build Xingqing Palace.

Judging from these circumstances, the two of them had only two purposes for being polite to others. One was to keep the money in the pockets of Luoyang's wealthy families, and the other was to hope that the emperor would see the Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace before taking the money. The imperial court moved to Chang'an.

"Master, those wealthy people are not good people. Why did Master invite them to Chang'an?"

Since Xu Jingzong became Li Hong's full-time teacher, Li Hong would take the initiative to ask the Taifu for advice whenever he encountered a problem that he couldn't understand.

Xu Jingzong does not feel that he has been marginalized by the court as the only remaining position of Taifu. On the contrary, he now enjoys being a pure Taifu.

The strife in the court was a bit cruel to an eighty-year-old man. He himself was a great scholar. If he just calmed down and taught the prince, it would not be difficult for him.

"Because those people have money."

"But there are many rich people in the Tang Dynasty. Why invite these inappropriate people?"

"That's because the two of them dare not touch the pure and flawless rich people. Therefore, they have to invite many defective people to Chang'an so that the two of them can find opportunities to attack."

"Are you going to kill them?"

"I don't think so. Yunchu will only sell them many, many beautiful houses and mansions."

"In this case, wouldn't it be an advantage for them?"

"I don't know if it's cheap or not, but after those wealthy families buy their houses, they probably won't have much money left to harvest the people."

"Using money to harvest people?"

"Yes, this is a common method used by wealthy families. The former Sui Dynasty was defeated by them in this way. One moment, the common people only spent seven or eight dollars to buy a bucket of rice. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went eastward, it cost 100 yuan to buy a bucket of rice. money.

Oh, when your great-grandfather was still the Duke of Tang, he melted down all the bronze statues in your ancestral temple and used them all to buy rice. Finally, when your great-grandfather rebelled, a bushel of rice was worth five hundred coins. "

"Why did my great-grandfather do this?"

"Oh, that's because Grandfather You didn't want Yang Guang to succeed in his eastern expedition. After the price of rice increased nearly a hundred times, the prices of other supplies would also rise. At this time, Yang Guang's originally estimated sufficient grain and grass supplies were in his east After the conquest, more than 90% were missing.

So, during Yang Guang's last eastern expedition, many soldiers who conquered Goguryeo had no choice but to flee all the way because they lacked food and clothing. They were killed miserably by the Goguryeo people.

Finally, Wang Bo began to sing the song "The Death Song of Wuxiang Liaodong" in Liaodong. Then, the world was in chaos, and there were thirty-six ways to rebel against the king, and seventy-two puffs of smoke. Your great-grandfather It's one of the anti-kings all the way. "

"How did you know?"

"Do you know what's strange? At that time, I was a grain and grass clerk under your great-grandfather. A lot of copper coins were circulated to the market from my hands. I bought back a lot of military rations and hid them all. Military rations from your great-grandfather’s rebellion.”

"Since everyone is throwing copper coins away, how will they get it back?"

"This is very simple. After the wealthy families transfer all the copper coins to the people, we will no longer accept copper coins. At least we will not accept copper coins when selling things, nor will we accept copper coins when paying taxes. We will only use barter methods. trade.

During the period when your great-great-grandfather was the emperor, the generally recognized currency changed from copper coins to silk, linen, and grain. From the 13th year of Daye to the 9th year of Wude, for nine years, our Tang Dynasty family never stored copper coins. .

And those common people who had copper coins in their hands, in order to get a bite to eat, took out the only copper coins they had and gave them to the wealthy families to melt into copper utensils and exchange them for a bite to eat...

Many temples, family temples, Taoist temples, and nunneries were built at that time. Everyone had a lot of copper, but there were very few copper coins on the market.

It wasn't until your grandfather ascended the throne that he felt that bartering was too costly and inconvenient for commerce and tax collection, so he slowly began to open Tongshan and increase the amount of Kaiyuan Tongbao cast. "

Li Hong pondered for a long time before saying, "How big of an impact will this have on the people?"

Xu Jingzong chuckled and said: "In the ninth year of Daye, there were 7.8 million households in the Sui Dynasty, with a total population of more than 50 million. By the seventh year of Wude, there were 2 million households in the Tang Dynasty, with a total population of more than 50 million. Over sixteen million.

You have learned martial arts from Yun Chu for so long, so you should know how many people can die directly from the sword.

Most of them died of hunger, disease, or freezing..."

Chapter One