The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

"Little junior sister."

Bai Gui made a Taoist bow with a smile on his face.

After bowing to each other, Yang Yuhuan held up the hem of her skirt, ran three or four steps in front of Bai Gui, and shouted for the second senior brother to hug her.

"Be good, little junior sister, Master is still here..."

"Pay attention to the rules!"

He had experience in taking care of little Chiyo, so he tried to be as patient as possible with Yang Yuhuan, who was five or six years old. Therefore, Yang Yuhuan, who was far away from her father and sister, was particularly dependent on him.

"Yuhuan, have you memorized the Qingyu Hidden Technique? If not, continue to recite the scriptures in your room. What are you doing here? I will punish you not to leave the boudoir for a day!"

Hou Shaowei scolded with a cold face.

"Yes! Master!"

Yang Yuhuan was taken away by the two female crowns in the audience, with a depressed look on his face.

"After the new money was implemented, there were money supervisors to monitor the situation at first, but there was no serious problem. However, the crisis did not come from the market or the dignitaries, but from Buddhism."

"My teacher heard that many Buddhist monks are going to Chang'an to teach the Dharma. The Dharma they preach is false and they intend to damage the national policy of New Money..."

"Buddhism requires copper coins to make a golden body, and we cast the copper coins into Dharma coins. If a large number of Dharma coins are damaged, the money supervisors will notice and the court will seal them. In this way, the Dharma coins will increase day by day, while the copper materials will decrease day by day. …”

After Yang Yuhuan left, Hou Shaowei began to talk about business with Bai Gui, his words full of worry.

The two of them were walking in the back garden of Haotian Temple, talking as they walked.

"Three Pure Ones only need a clay body, but Buddha needs a gold body."

Bai Gui paused, meditating, thinking of a saying that has been passed down for generations, and sighed.

The Buddhist golden body is made entirely of copper and plated with gold on the surface.

However, due to the limitations of ancient mining technology, money shortages occurred in almost every dynasty. Therefore, in addition to the private money made by the royal family members, Buddhists hoarded money privately, and most of them used money to cast gold bodies.

"That's a very good thing to say."

After hearing this, Hou Shaowei nodded with satisfaction and couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if Meihe has any way to solve this matter."

"It's not difficult to solve this matter. The defense is..."

…

The debate Bai Gui mentioned was not the debate between Taoism and Buddhism, but the debate between many scholars appointed by the Taixue Society and these eminent Buddhist monks.

This is a conspiracy!

If Buddhism wins, it will be equivalent to offending the scholars represented by Confucianism. If Buddhism loses, there will naturally be no discussion of the abolition of new money.

But in fact, regardless of victory or defeat, Buddhism has already lost.

In other words, Bai Gui regards the implementation of Taoist talisman money and Five Emperors money as the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, and the implementation of national policy relies on the officials of the court, the entire bureaucracy, and the entire ruling class.

If Buddhism wants to confront the entire ruling class, it will definitely lose!

However... the scholars currently appointed by the Taixue Society cannot yet represent the entire scholarly community.

So, in Hanyuan Hall, the great court gathered.

Bai Gui stood in the hall, turned around and looked down at the officials, "It has been almost half a year since the new money was implemented. I don't need to explain the benefits. Now I heard that someone wants to secretly encourage the officials to abolish the new money." Qian Zhice, I really don’t believe that anyone dares to do this..."

"The Prime Minister has been in the army for many years and has always been straight-talking. He admires his upright husband and despises the insidious villain. Now if you want any officials who can tell you about His Majesty's plan to abolish the new money, please come forward. Not only will the Prime Minister not be hostile, , on the contrary, I will admire you, but if you are unwilling to stand up..."

He didn't explain what he said next, but the implication was clear.

If no court official stands up to express his feelings now, but secretly reports in the future, then there is no doubt that these people are insidious villains.

When the officials saw this, they kept whispering.

Although Li Longji, who was sitting on the dragon throne, vaguely realized that something was wrong with Bai Gui's words, Bai Gui had already reported what happened today to him. In addition, Bai Gui had always been loyal, and he was not a mediocre emperor who could be manipulated, so Out of confidence, he did not interrupt these words.

One, two, or three courtiers came out.

About fifteen court officials came one after another to oppose the new money.

"I respect you all!"

Bai Gui bowed deeply to these courtiers.

Then dispersed.

All the courtiers were a little surprised. They thought it was some big battle when Bai Gui put up such a battle today, but they didn't expect that the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light.

But then, it lasted for more than ten days.

Scholars debated whether these dozen courtiers were too pedantic, or whether they were involved in private money business. In short, they launched public criticism against the dozen or so courtiers.

When Li Longji saw that these dozen court officials had become "treacherous officials" that everyone wanted to beat, he, who was determined to be a virtuous emperor, immediately sent a decree to return these dozen court officials with gold.

"Prime Minister Bai's plan is so perfect that Lin Fu is attracted to it..."

In the Imperial Palace, Zhongshu Provincial Government Office, Li Linfu flattered him with a look of admiration.

"There is no such thing as a perfect plan."

"It's just the principle that 'the emperor will be enlightened if he listens to both, and dark if he listens to one side'."

Bai Gui took a sip of tea and said calmly.

He deliberately asked the courtiers to stand up, which was to establish his prestige. But if he follows Zhao Gao's example and calls a deer a horse, it will be too obvious. Li Longji is not the second emperor of Qin, so he would not be so stupid.

But his calling a deer a horse is different. Zhao Gao's calling a deer a horse is to divide the courtiers by saying that the wrong thing is right. The new money strategy is originally a strategy that benefits the country and the people, so he "calls a deer a horse" to divide the courtiers. Even if some of the courtiers People can guess it, but they can't tell it out loud, because it is out of public interest, and who can be wrong if they are dedicated to serving the country.

As for the dozen or so courtiers who were squeezed out of the court, not all scholars were dissatisfied with them and criticized them.

It's just that the scholars in Chang'an are dissatisfied with them!

This is an information gap!

The scholars in Chang'an were mainly scholars who participated in the Taixue Association. They regarded Bai Gui as the leader of the party. They were also the youngest and most receptive to Bai Gui's new money strategy.

In addition to Shilin outside Chang'an, Shilin in remote places may choose to support these dozen courtiers who support the abolition of new money...

If you listen to both, it will be bright; if you listen to one side, it will be dark.

But the emperor had obviously listened to the entire Chang'an Shilin, and did not listen to the words of one or two favored ministers. Who... can say that Bai Gui is wrong, and the dozen or so courtiers are right? !

Even if they listen to the words of their favored ministers, these favored ministers are inextricably related to Bai Gui and will not slander Bai Gui to Li Longji.

"Now all the court officials have agreed on the new money policy and are beginning to prepare for Buddhist monks to discuss Taoism with the scholars appointed by the Taixue Society..."

Bai Gui put down the tea cup and smiled.

"yes!"

"I'll make arrangements now!"

Li Linfu subconsciously agreed, but after accepting the promise, he felt that it was too fast to let the scholars and Buddhist monks discuss Taoism.

But after he thought about it for a moment, he immediately admired Bai Gui so much that he fell to the ground.

What a brilliant strategy!

Bai Gui first took advantage of the heated debate in Chang'an Shilin to exclude more than a dozen courtiers who opposed the new money from the court. But then he took the opportunity of all the court officials agreeing to the new money policy and asked the Taixue Academy to invite scholars. Have discussions with these eminent Buddhist monks.

In this way, those who discussed Taoism with the eminent Buddhist monks were not just the scholars who had made appointments with the Taixue Society, but the entire Tang Dynasty scholars.

If there is anyone who is most qualified to represent the Tang Dynasty scholars, then it is undoubtedly the officials of the imperial court.

Left hand, right hand...,

Extremely scary!