The black robe laughed: "Yes, so actually after entering Buddhism, the poor people at the bottom still have to work hard to support the children of the aristocratic families who are knowledgeable, educated and can translate Buddhist scriptures, but these children of the aristocratic families are also shaved After receiving the ordination, putting on cassocks and entering Buddhism, the poor people will have the illusion that if they practice in a real temple, they are equal brothers, and they will get great psychological satisfaction."
"Because the people at the bottom are uneducated and illiterate, they are allowed to do what they can, which is to plant fields and water vegetables. They won't have any complaints. They did these things when they were not monks as farmers, and they did these for Buddha after they became monks. How can you be dissatisfied if you want to accumulate merit and do good deeds for the next life? So, the original conflict with high-ranking families like you has been resolved. In the Buddhist temple, as long as you work, you don’t have to pay taxes. Although there are There are all kinds of rules and regulations, but at least I can feel free and free, and I don’t have to be straddled by others anymore.”
Yu Yue sighed: "This move is really powerful, really amazing. The current Zhuangke tenant farmers have been awakened by Liu Yu's propaganda, thinking that the powerful aristocratic families and gentry are riding on their heads. They have taken away the land and resources that originally belonged to them, and they want to take them back from us. The way to do it is to follow Liu Yu to fight in the Northern Expedition and establish military merit. As long as you perform meritorious service and get a title, you can Owning your own land and industry uprightly, hehe, but this requires a huge risk of life. You may be excited and excited for a while, but if you really continue to fight, you will know how many battles have been fought since ancient times. Where are you going?"
The black robe nodded: "If they are not forced to live, normal people are not willing to go to war, because the risk of losing their lives is too high. No matter how high a title you earn, it will be in vain if you lose your life. However, if you don't fight, If you don't join the army, you won't have the chance to make meritorious service, and you will be oppressed by your noble family for generations. Therefore, when there is no other choice, you can only follow Liu Yu. After all, he has proven that he can win battles. , which can distribute a large amount of titles and land to ordinary people."
"But Liu Yu can't guarantee that every farmer who joins the army will be able to achieve meritorious service, and he can't guarantee that everyone can come back safely from the battlefield. There are still huge risks in following him, so if there is another way, you don't have to risk your life. , you can also get hope, you can also have a happy life, so many people will definitely choose it."
Yu Yue said without thinking: "This is Buddhism, but you also said that you cannot let everyone become a monk, so that no one in the country will farm. In other words, your approach still cannot benefit everyone. Liu Yu will still recruit troops from most people, right?"
The black robe smiled slightly: "This depends on the cooperation with your noble family. We can discuss the number of temples and the number of monks. In other words, on the surface, the noble family gives these temples incense money, but in fact These temples are still the estates of high-ranking families. Except for a small part of the output for the temple's own use, most of it is still handed over to your major families. The monks in these temples can mainly protect them as the concubines of your families. As secret guards and reliable villagers and tenants, in this way, these new temples will become your supernumerary manors, which can be used by your own people. Isn't it wonderful?"
Yu Yue shook his head and said: "You mean, the newly built temple has become our new family manor? Does that mean we need to donate our existing manor as a Buddhist temple, and then let the concubines, guards and villagers join in? What? According to what you say, we will lose some ready-made manors, and we will also need to mobilize a large number of skilled farmers. If the tenants enter these temples, wouldn't this be bleeding themselves? "
The black robe smiled and waved his hand: "Yugong, don't worry that the old ones won't go and the new ones won't come. Those old villagers and tenants have entered the temple to pursue their spiritual practice in the next life. The manor is not empty. Are there a lot of quotas for tenant farmers? Tell me, who will fill these vacancies?"
Yu Yue's eyes lit up: "Are you saying that the common people, who are self-cultivated farmers, will sell their property again, donate land to our aristocratic family, and become our tenant farmers because they evade Liu Yu's order to recruit soldiers and pay grain?"
The black robe squinted his eyes and nodded: "Now you finally understand my plan. As long as the Buddhist concept of accumulating virtue, doing good, and killing to commit evil is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people,
Let ordinary people feel that Buddha treats them better than Liu Yu, let them feel that the risk of losing their lives on the battlefield is higher than the reward after victory, and let them feel that even if they kill people and gain military merit and get a title, it will not cause harm to them. If you commit bad karma, there will inevitably be various retributions in the next life or in this life. Naturally, no one will be happy when they hear about the war and think of killing people to achieve merit. "
"The Northern Expedition that Liu Yu dreamed of was not wanted by the vast majority of the people of the Jin Dynasty, and was not very interesting to the powerful families and nobles. In the past, the Northern Expedition of the Jin Dynasty was just a fight for more power by powerful ministers. Banner, Liu Yu is the only one who really wants the Northern Expedition. But if the result of this Northern Expedition is that the Jin Dynasty is almost destroyed and all the people suffer military disasters, then no one will believe Liu Yu's plan in the future. If Buddha Appeared, the Hou Qin reinforcements were sent to save the Jin Dynasty. Leaders of aristocratic families like you, Yu Gong, took the lead in promoting Buddhism and making the people believe that following Liu Yu would be miserable and converting to Buddhism would be happy. Then they would naturally worship Liu Yu as they did before. , turned to worship Buddha."
Yu Yue smiled and nodded: "It sounds very good, especially the latter point, which can bring practical benefits to our wealthy family. However, can Liu Yu agree to this? If he does not allow the spread of Buddhism, he will have strong soldiers and forcefully attack again. If Jing seizes power, what should we do?"
The black robe sneered: "Yu Gong, tell me, when Zu Ti conquered a large area of the country and controlled the entire Central Plains during the Northern Expedition, why did Sima Rui order someone to replace him? Zu Ti would rather be angry to death than Raising troops to march to Beijing?"
Yu Yue smiled and said, "That's because General Zu Ti is loyal. As a guard of the mafia, it's hard to break up with other guards directly. You want to say that Liu Yu served his country with loyalty and went on the Northern Expedition. Righteousness is a prestige, so if we are driven out of the capital this time, we can only serve as a border general in Jiangbei and Qilu, and it will be impossible to fight back to Jiankang?"
