Great Tang Broom Star: Chapter 889 This road will lead to... glory

  Chapter 889 This road will lead to...glory

  The prince is here.

  The abbot of Longji Temple hurried over with several eminent monks.

   "It turned out to be His Highness who came in person, how lucky Longji Temple is, Your Highness, please."

  The abbot smiled and explained the buildings in the temple to Li Hong.

   "...This tree was planted by the abbot more than a hundred years ago, and now it also covers a shade."

  Li Hong glanced at Dashu and nodded slightly.

   "I just want to burn a few sticks of incense and pray for my mother and the unborn child."

  The abbot smiled more and more beamingly, "Your Highness is well known for his pure filial piety, please follow the poor monk."

   When he arrived at the main hall, Li Hong burned incense and worshiped Buddha. When he came out later, he stood under a tree to enjoy the shade.

  The abbot and others were talking around, and there was a group of strong monks next to him...

  Looking at all this, Li Hong felt some inexplicable dissatisfaction in his eyes.

  After he left later, the abbot turned around and said to the crowd: "Longji Temple is so famous that even the royal family will come to worship the Buddha and pray for blessings. From tomorrow onwards, this matter will be spread, but it must not be said directly, it must be concealed... Do you understand?"

An eminent monk said with a smile: "It's enough to hint, just say that this Buddha was worshiped by someone in the palace. If you don't say who it is, you won't be hated by the palace. But when those people hear it... guarantee that there will be more incense. Fifty percent."

"Well, there are also fields. Last time, Ma Shanxin said that he wanted to donate a property to us. There are small bridges and flowing water inside. There are also many viharas and fruit trees. There are more than a thousand acres of good land outside. ..."

  The face of the abbot became more and more rosy, "You must hurry up, but don't ask questions, you must..."

  Everyone said in unison; "Hint!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

  Laughing loudly accompanied by incense, like flowers blooming brocade, burning oil with fire.

  Li Hong returned on the original road, and when he passed by that field, the man waved his hand when he saw him, "I'll come right away, I'll come right away."

  Li Hong waved his hand, "You all stay away."

  Jiang Feng was uneasy, "But the safety of His Highness..."

   "This person is a farmer. It is enough to leave Zeng Xianglin and the two servants. You wait to disperse."

  Li Hong's face was cold, and he was quite dignified.

   After the crowd dispersed, the man also came over.

"sit."

  Li Hong smiled very amiably, and sat casually on the ridge of the field.

  After talking nonsense for a while, he asked, "How many fields does this Longji Temple have?"

  The man blurted out, "There are more than thirty hectares!"

   That is more than 3,000 mu.

   "There are still some fields in other places that we don't know about." The man's face was full of regret that gossip could not be satisfied, making Zeng Xianglin feel that this man is suitable for entering the palace.

  Li Hong took a deep breath, "Then why did you come here to farm?"

   "No tax." The man said with a smile: "When we enter Longji Temple, we enter Fuwowo. The Buddha blesses us not to serve and not to pay taxes. This day is much better than those farmers."

   "Did you come in voluntarily?" Li Hong asked with concern.

"That is, my family used to have more than 100 mu of land, all of which were donated to Longji Temple, but this land is still mine, but the grain that should be paid is handed over to Longji Temple. But there is nothing else. Tune."

  The man is quite proud.

  Yongdiao is the service and delivery of cloth.

   That is to say, after entering Longji Temple with their own fields, the family no longer pays mediocre tunes, but only pays grain to Longji Temple every year.

A further step is: they changed from a commoner of the Tang Dynasty to a member of the Longji Temple... This is a strange phenomenon. national effectiveness.

  Li Hong asked for a long time, and later he got up, and asked someone to touch more than ten dollars to the man.

   "Don't don't!"

  The man talked a lot, and today he had a good time talking, so he wished he could give Li Hong money, how could he accept his money.

  Zeng Xianglin couldn't help but said at last: "In fact, some places are more suitable for you."

  The man asked: "Where?"

   "A place with a lot of talk." Zeng Xianglin didn't dare to talk about the palace, but felt that it was really nice to have such a talkative little partner.

   Then return to the palace.

  Li Hong looked a little silent.

  He was in a daze after dinner.

  Wang Xia was puzzled, so she asked Zeng Xianglin, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

  Zeng Xianglin shook his head, "We don't know either."

  The joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of noble people are different from those of ordinary people. For example, noble people will be annoyed by things that ordinary people feel happy about. And when ordinary people feel sad, noble people will laugh out loud.

  Don't guess what the nobleman is thinking, you won't understand even after guessing.

   At night Li Hong tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

  He got up quietly, lit the candle by himself, and rummaged through the bookcase.

   After a long while, he found a letter he wanted, and sat under the candlestick to read it.

   "There are many minerals in the depths of the earth, and the same is true in the center of the earth..."

"The energy brought by the movement of the earth's crust needs to be vented. When one piece of the earth's crust hits another, an earthquake occurs. The earth trembles and is torn apart, countless houses collapse, and human beings can only do nothing...Before the power of nature , there is nothing humans can do..."

"The stars in the sky do not represent any noble person, they are the nonsense of human arrogance. Every star is big or small, and the big ones are much bigger than the earth under our feet. The above may be desolate, maybe You can see mountains and rivers…”

  "We are in awe of the heaven and the earth, and we are grateful for everything that gives us life, food and air. Although human beings are small, we are constantly making progress..."

  Wang Xia heard some voices outside, so she got up and went to the door to listen.

  “Many years ago our ancestors watched the forest fires caused by lightning and worshiped in panic, respecting them like gods, thinking that this was God’s punishment, but then they learned how to make fire by drilling wood…”

"Many years ago, the language of our ancestors was simple, unable to express many people and events, and there was no writing to record everything. So Cangjie invented characters, and the gods and ghosts howled... Many years ago, the ancestors were sick and had to wait to die. So Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs, for Humanity has found a way to heal..."

  “Many years ago, our ancestors would be terrified when they saw shooting stars, they would worship a white tiger as a god, and they would be frightened or shocked when they saw anything they had never seen before…”

"The ancestors found fire, found medicine, found language and writing, they were still strong and unyielding in the land surrounded by beasts, and they still encouraged each other to move forward despite hardships and hardships. As descendants, we wear neat clothes and say Writing elegant language, writing fascinating words, and building countless houses..."

  Wang Xia was fascinated by what she heard, when a servant came over, she put her index finger on her lips, and gave a soft hiss.

  The still immature but firm voice of the prince came from inside.

  “The ancestors created a splendid civilization. Why do we not move forward when we are enjoying the benefits? The ancestors never had anything to learn from. They had no writing or precise language, so they created it, and they still created it.”

  The voice inside paused.

   "Then why can't we, with better conditions, create a civilization that will amaze future generations?"

   "This road will be full of thorns, this road will have countless slander and accusations, this road will lead to... glory!"

   "If you have the common people in your heart, you will not hesitate; if you have the world in your heart, you will be fearless...Young man, hold your chest up, even if the future is a mountain of swords and seas of fire, you will turn them into a smooth path one by one!"

  Wang Xia heard the panting sound, looked up, and saw that servant clenched his hands into fists, his face was flushed, and his eyes were firm... It seemed that he could run all the way from the palace to the far end of the sky in the next moment.

  But I seem to be...excited too!

  Wang Xia only felt a slight tremor all over her body. If her enemies in the palace dared to appear at this moment, she swore that she would beat them out of shit!

   Li Hong inside looked up at the candlelight, his eyes full of determination.

   On the second day, Li Hong went to the front to observe politics.

  The emperor and the queen, the prince can only stand on the side as a little transparent.

"...There was no conquest this year, but last year's conquest of Liaodong mobilized a lot of civilians to transport food, grass and supplies, plus the army's chewing abroad, after the triumph... the rewards after the triumph, the second half of the year I think it should be more economical, otherwise if there is a change, the court will also I can only cry in vain."

  Master Xu Yu raised his head, "The good news is that the weather has been fine these few days, and seeds are being planted everywhere. Next year will definitely be a bumper harvest..."

  This is an excellent omen, Li Zhi smiled and nodded, "Next year should be a bumper harvest year."

  Wu Mei said indifferently: "Look at the household department to see if there are any mistakes. If there are any, the palace will save some."

  Ever since the emperor's eyesight failed, the empress has performed the duties of the emperor on her behalf, and the prime ministers secretly approved of her several policy responses.

   Now that the emperor and empress are coming to the court together, outsiders call the two saints coming to the court. Everyone was surprised for a while at first, but then they got used to it.

  Li Zhi nodded, "There are a lot of people in the palace, and the annual consumption is also a lot..."

  Wu Mei glanced at him and raised her neck slightly.

   This shrew!

  Li Zhi cursed in his heart: This shrew holds the business shares that Jia Pingan gave her, and earns a lot of money every year. A few days ago, she also said that even if there is no money and food in the palace, she can still support me and the children... Extremely domineering! It can be called the number one shrew in ancient and modern times!

   "Yes." Master Xu Yu is a servant, and now he is in charge of all the affairs of the province. But Li Ji worked hard and made great achievements, and because he was getting older, Li Zhi also worried that he would be exhausted one day in the value house of Shangshu Province, so he gave him many preferential treatment.

  Li Yifu smiled and said: "Your Majesty and the Empress have the world in mind, but everything in the world has its own definite number, and if there is not enough food, there must be no shortage of food in the palace. What do you think?"

   This sycophant!

  Li Ji nodded slightly.

  Can you still object?

  Everyone seconded the proposal one after another, and the monarch and his ministers enjoyed themselves for a while!

  Li Hong was a little restless at the side, hesitant to speak.

  Li Zhi saw it, and said with a smile: "The prince has never spoken, but today he has something to say? Come, let Zhen and Zhuqing listen to what the prince has to say."

  The prime ministers couldn't help smiling, they all felt the emperor's pride of having a young son in my family.

  But the prince is honest, filial and loving, so they can't find any faults.

  Li Hong took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, I think there is still a lot of food in the world! There is so much that the court does not need to worry about money and food."

Um?

  What did the kid say? Didn't wake up? Li Zhi frowned, "Where are you talking about?"

  Wu Mei said lovingly: "Prince, don't worry, speak slowly."

  Women are doting... Li Zhi glanced at her, coughed dryly and called it a day.

Li Hong was a little apprehensive, but when he thought of his uncle's letter, he plucked up his courage and said, "Your Majesty, yesterday I went to Longji Temple to pray for Auntie and that child. working..."

   The matter of addressing is very troublesome. After the government, Li Hong called the emperor Aye, but when he was in the court, he could only call him a minister. As for the title of son minister...it never existed. If you call yourself a son-in-law, the emperor will immediately change his face, shouting that the prince is unconscious, and quickly let the medical officer come to treat him...

  Everyone seemed to see a picture of field work, and they couldn't help feeling refreshed.

  Ren Yaxiang even smiled and said: "If Yan Shangshu is allowed to paint according to this, it will be famous forever."

  Yan Liben! If he paints, it's really worth it. The prime ministers nodded.

  Li Hong continued: "I then went to Longji Temple and found that the monks there were quite strong, even a little fat..."

  Strong and obese... Everyone couldn't help but be amazed.

"Many people looked at the red face, and I was quite curious, but I didn't want to ask. When I returned later, I asked a farmer to ask. The farmer said that this piece of fertile land belonged to Longji Temple, and the surrounding area, as far as he knew I know...Longji Temple has more than 30 hectares of land..."

  How keen the prime ministers were, they found that the taste of these words was not right, so they put away their smiles and looked serious.

  Prince, what are you doing here?

   Li Yifu squinted at Li Ji: You old bastard, last time Jia Pingan sprayed on the temple, saying that the temple has too many fields and too many temple slaves, you should suppress it. You were still protecting him at the time... Later, the pressure was too great, and the matter was left alone. The crown prince mentioned this matter again today, most likely because of Jia Ping'an's instigation...Jia Ping'an should die!

   Li Ji glanced at him with contempt.

"The minister asked him, and he said that he brought more than a hundred acres of his own land and donated it to Longji Temple in the name of alms. Whatever...he said...it's a good day."

   Li Zhi looked slightly cold, "There is no need to talk about this matter."

Li Hong blushed, "Your Majesty, I saw that the monks in Longji Temple are pampered and pampered. They say they serve the Buddha, but why would the Buddha want them to serve him with fat brains? Fat brains... What kind of monks are these? "

  His voice is still immature, but clear.

"There are many tenant farmers in those fields, as well as temple slaves. Most of the temple slaves are donated by the nobles to serve the monks and cultivate land for them... But these people don't have to pay taxes or serve. They are descendants of the Tang Dynasty. people?"

  Li Hong really didn't understand, "Are those people in the roster?"

  The prime ministers were silent.

  Of course not, those people who entered the temple became temple people, and have nothing to do with Datang ever since.

  Li Yifu saw that the empress looked ugly, so he stood up and said, "Your Highness must have misread it. How can there be so many lands? I think most of them are ignorant peasants talking nonsense."

  This kind of resolution method is quite good, but the young man's spirit just exploded like this.

   "I don't see the difference."

  The young man felt that he had been wronged, and his anger was hard to contain. He turned around and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go outside Longji Temple and ask..."

   Li Zhi suddenly said: "That's fine."

  The prime ministers were stunned.

  Gaozu and the first emperor didn't think much of Buddhism. For example, Xuanzang, a great Buddhist monk, could not leave Chang'an City under the hands of the first emperor.

  But Gao Zu and the first emperor were both quite afraid of Buddhism, without him, the power is too great.

  Buddhism is not just as simple as having money, food and population. Those believers are the best helpers. What's more terrible is... the Tang Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats have a close relationship with Buddhism, and many people have invested huge amounts of money, grain and land into Buddhism...

  Scholar bureaucrats and Fang Wai joined forces, plus countless fields, money and food, and countless believers... What is the emperor... What?

  The contest between the emperor and Fang Wai has never stopped, and it has been going on for many years.

   But Li Zhi suddenly changed direction, what is the meaning of this?

  The prime ministers felt uneasy, and Li Zhi got up immediately, "Zhuqing went to change clothes, and I will go and have a look with you later... that's right."

  Li Zhi smiled and said: "I know that all the ministers have friends from other places."

  —Don’t tip off!

  Wu Mei got up, and the empress left with the prince.

  After leaving the main hall, Li Zhi walked in front, Wu Mei and the crown prince were behind.

   "Who told you to watch it?"

   Wu Mei asked.

   "Auntie..."

"It's useless to call Aye!" Wu Mei said angrily: "Who can easily shake such things? You know the power of Buddhism...Even those aristocratic families dare not easily offend them, how could my family dare to offend them?" ?”

   Li Zhi in front of him suddenly said: "Don't scare Goro."

Wu Mei just laughed, and said happily: "They don't know that His Majesty has been thinking about the field for a long time. At the beginning, Pingan said that with the increase of population, the land must not be distributed enough, so the land equalization system will definitely be abolished... The land equalization system is abolished, and then the government military system cannot continue, and the Tang Dynasty...will be in turmoil."

With his hands behind his back, Li Zhi said indifferently: "There was a rule in the early years that every monk and nun has 30 acres of land, which is enough for them to chew and spend. Charity is digging the roots of Datang."

Wu Mei narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, "Once there are more fields, people will be needed to plant the land, so the population has gathered in the Buddhist gate. Farming is one thing, but if someone has evil intentions, just go up and call... Your Majesty, don't forget those people." Monks and soldiers. There are so many temples in the world, and they occupy so many fields. If they are swept up...it is not much worse than that of aristocratic families."

   "I know."

  The three changed their clothes and left the palace.

  Wu Mei dressed in men's clothing and rode along with her. The accompanying Zhou Shanxiang persuaded: "The queen just found out that she is pregnant, so why don't you take the carriage?"

  Wu Mei shook her head, "I'm not that delicate, and neither is my child!"

   A group of people went out of the city and saw the field later.

   Li Zhi got off his horse, and Wu Mei was supported by two court ladies dressed in men's clothes.

  The peasants were a little curious when they saw hundreds of people coming... But there is no need to panic. It is common for those nobles to travel with hundreds or hundreds of people.

  Li Zhi smiled and said: "Zhen and Zhu Qing also have a look at the prince's ability today. Prince, you go and ask questions."

  The mentality of the old father is undoubtedly revealed in these words.

  The prime ministers stroked their beards and smiled.

  (end of this chapter)