"Your Majesty, do you really want to attack the temple? Although I look down on those bald donkeys, they have done a great job in admonishing the people to do good.
And their energy is not small. There are many people who believe in Buddhism in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. If it is not handled properly, it will most likely lead to civil unrest."
Lu Xiangsheng said.
"The monks in these temples do not give birth and accept offerings from the people. The golden bodies of Bodhisattvas in the temples are shining brightly. The people outside the temples are hungry and they still ask the Bodhisattva to bless them for safety. It is simply too much." Zhu Youjian said angrily.
Lu Xiangsheng listened silently.
"There are also ordinary people who can become a Buddha immediately as long as they commit a crime, hide in a temple, become a monk, and put down the butcher knife. From now on, they will belong to the Buddhist sect.
Those bald donkeys don't have many other abilities, except for the ability to fool people.
Which prince or noble family doesn't hire a few bald donkeys?
The officials below did not have the guts to interfere in the internal affairs of Buddhism, so villains became monks everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. "
"After they became monks, they continued to commit crimes under the protection of Buddhism, but Buddhism was very kind in the hearts of the people, which made it difficult for the court to do so."
"These temples must be demolished, and those evil monks must be captured."
"You can have temples, but they can't be everywhere. They must accept the management of the imperial court."
"Everyone in the world is not the king's land. Anyone above the king's land who dares to disobey the law will be punished."
Zhu Youjian expressed his subsequent thoughts.
"But."
"It's nothing. This is one of my personal guards. If you follow him and take a look, you will know why I did what I did."
As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian didn't have a good impression of temples.
If those monks abide by the law, Zhu Youjian will naturally not have any evil thoughts towards them. After all, the temple's impression among the people is quite good.
But the strange thing is that these bald donkeys insist on blaming me for the severe drought in Shaanxi.
I am working hard to provide disaster relief here, but these bald donkeys are stabbing me in the back. I can't stand it but I can't.
Zhu Youjian was not a good man, so he immediately ordered secret guards to secretly inspect major temples.
Good guy, you won’t know if you don’t check, but you will be shocked if you check.
Except for a few temples, most temples have become places where filth and evil practices are harbored.
They can't help but protect the beasts, and some temples have become the dens of beasts.
If the monks in the temple are not clean themselves, how can they educate the people?
Ever since, Zhu Youjian transferred Lu Xiangsheng back and handed over this task to him.
The reason why I chose Lu Xiangsheng was not only that Lu Xiangsheng had the ability to be different from Baiguan, but also
More importantly, Zhu Youjian knew in his heart that Lu Xiangsheng had the people in mind.
After seeing that information, you will never remain indifferent.
"In the sixth year of Tianqi, a family in Tongzhou was killed. The murderer escaped into Putuo Temple...
Guangdong, Luoye Temple, is called a temple, but it is actually a nest of human traffickers. Jumiwei's investigation revealed that at least 100 children were trafficked through this place.
Shaanxi, Huangye Temple, a monk saw a beautiful woman...
"
Looking at each case after another, Lu Xiangsheng's beard straightened with anger.
"Please tell your Majesty that I have done this, and I will definitely arrest these evil people."
"This is the troop deployment order given to you by His Majesty. With this order, you can mobilize any garrison army within the Ming Dynasty."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Lu Xiangsheng handed over.
If it were before, Lu Xiangsheng would naturally not take the guardsmen seriously, but now, the guardsmen are no longer what they used to be.
Except for the fact that the equipment is slightly inferior to that of the frontier army, the rest of their strength is not much worse than that of the frontier army.
Although it is wasteful to use the army to deal with these temples, it is indeed the most effective way.
...
"Where is Zhang Erniu? Something happened to you. Come with us." After careful deployment, Lu Xiangsheng secretly sent soldiers to take advantage of the soldiers and directly enter the temples where the crime was committed in broad daylight.
The main reason why we entered in broad daylight was to let the people watch.
After all, people are fearful, and those bald donkeys still have a good impression in the hearts of the people. Catching and conniving at night can prevent people from escaping, but it will always bring bad reputation to the court.
Zhu Youjian's reputation, which he has worked hard for many years to improve, cannot be ruined by such trivial matters.
"My lord, this is the pure land of Buddhas, and there is no Zhang Erniu you are looking for. My lord, please come back!"
The abbot who came after hearing the news said.
"Damn bald donkey, the whole world is not the king's land. Who dares to disobey the law in the king's land? You'd better go and gather all the monks in the temple. I want to see, what is the so-called pure land of Buddhism? So many monsters and ghosts.”
The leading soldier glared and roared angrily.
"Sir, Zhang Erniu tried to escape, but he has been captured."
Just when the abbot was about to speak first, a group of soldiers came over holding down a monk with scars on his face.
"Zhang Erniu, a native of Weinan, Shaanxi Province, entangled the people last year with the intention of robbing the court's disaster relief funds. He was later absconded here..."
"Sir, I don't know what you are talking about? I am not Zhang Erniu, I am Kongshan."
Although Zhang Erniu felt a little panicked at first, he soon calmed down.
Although this Xiaohuang Temple is not a big and famous temple. But the county magistrate's mother is a frequent visitor here.
The group of Qiu Ba looked extremely fierce, but they would never dare to act arrogantly here.
"Sir, put down your butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately. There is no Zhang Erniu in this temple." the abbot said.
Normally, the abbot would not be so reckless, but there have been a lot of things lately, and he was unhappy because he was scolded. Naturally, he wanted to find someone to vent his anger on.
"Bring witnesses." The leading soldier said calmly.
For this operation, the imperial court had secretly prepared for a long time. How could it be possible that no other preparations had been made?
'My lord, that's him. He's Zhang Erniu. He's the one who threatened us to rob the court's disaster relief funds. '
The man who was pressed up pointed at the scar-faced monk and said.
Although Zhang Erniu was once a shadow in their hearts, this shadow was a scumbag in front of Jin Yiwei.
"Do you have anything else to say?" The leading soldier took out the knife from his waist and stared at the abbot and said coldly.
"Bang bang".
Just when everyone turned their attention to the abbot and listened to the abbot's explanation, the scar-faced monk actually broke away from the two soldiers who were only holding him and ran back quickly.
But he was soon kicked to the ground by the soldiers hiding behind him.
The sound just now was the sound of the scar-faced monk falling to the ground.
Robbing the court's disaster relief money was a serious crime. Let alone a small Huangye Temple, even the Buddha himself could not save him.
If the monk had not run away just now, you might not believe it, but the run just now has made all the pilgrims certain of their answers.
"Covering criminals is an unforgivable crime. I suspect that there are some shady people coming to your temple, so I will take the pilgrims with us to search."
