The Jokhang Temple, also known as the Silver Buddha Temple, is very popular. All the great Khans of the Tumut dynasty respected the Jokhang Temple.
In front of the temple, soldiers with tiger-shaped flags have long been guarding it.
The Tiger Character Banner has never blocked personal beliefs, but many people don't have much favorable impressions of the temple.
Monks in temples in the Ming Dynasty were never engaged in production. Similarly, temples did not pay taxes. This also caused many temples to occupy a lot of fields and the common people became tenants of the temples.
The more popular the temple, the more serious this situation is.
Officials and local wealthy families prey on the common people, and temples are doing the same thing. This makes many poor people have a bad impression of temples, let alone temples built by the Mongols.
"Sir." A soldier guarding the gate of Jokhang Temple saw Liu Heng and others approaching and stepped forward to salute.
Liu Heng looked at the Jokhang Temple in front of him. This scenic spot will be very famous in later generations. Even compared with Bu Shitu's Khan Palace, it is more magnificent.
"How are the monks in the temple doing?" Liu Heng asked the soldiers in front of him.
The soldier replied: "To report back to your lord, the temple has been sealed, the monks have been detained in a separate place, and Staff Qin is counting the belongings inside."
"Let's go in and take a look." Liu Heng said to Li Shuheng and walked in.
In later generations, he only heard about the Jokhang Temple, but did not have the opportunity to see it with his own eyes. This time he made up for his previous regrets.
In the Jokhang Temple, every door or outside a room is guarded by soldiers, which can be said to be heavily guarded.
Accompanied by Li Shuheng, Liu Heng visited several palaces.
The entire Jokhang Temple occupies a much larger area than Bu Shitu's Khan Palace. It can be said to be the most extensive place in Qingcheng.
"Sir." Qin Rong got the news that Liu Heng had come to Jokhang Temple and rushed over.
When Liu Heng saw Qin Rong, he smiled and said, "How about it? I have copied a lot of property from the Jokhang Temple!"
The temples in the Ming Dynasty were all extremely wealthy, and he believed that a temple like the Jokhang Temple, which had an extraordinary status in Qingcheng, would not be much different.
"Hehe, to be honest with you, my subordinates have been sealing the Jokhang Temple for almost an hour, and the inventory has not yet been completed. Even so, there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver alone, and there are also gold and various precious silver ornaments. Gems, that's more." Qin Rong smiled.
After sealing the Jokhang Temple, he realized how rich such a temple was, and he wished he could immediately seal down all the temples in the Ming Dynasty.
The Jokhang Temple in Qingcheng is only a few decades old, but many temples in the Ming Dynasty have been around for a long time. Compared with the Jokhang Temple, they are only richer.
Liu Heng looked at the Buddha statue in front of him, raised his hand and pointed, and said with a smile: "The Mongolians believe in this thing. Many herdsmen are willing to dedicate their most precious things to it even if they don't have enough food. Such a Jokhang Temple? No. It’s weird to be rich.”
"What you said is absolutely true." Qin Rong nodded vigorously.
Li Shuheng on the side said at this time: "What should we do with the monks in the temple? If they are dismissed, we should let them stay in the Jokhang Temple."
"Keep it!" Liu Heng said. "On the grassland, everyone from the Mongolian Taiji to the ordinary herdsmen believe in this. What should we do to the monks of the Jokhang Temple? It will not be conducive to our rule over Tumut. , so we must not only keep them, but also show kindness to these monks? Let them agree with our Tiger-character Banner’s rule over Tumut.”
Li Shuheng nodded.
Almost all Mongolians on the grassland believe in Buddhism? As long as the monks on the grassland recognize the existence of the Tiger-Character Flag, the resistance of various grassland tribes to the Tiger-Character Flag will not be so deep.
"Didn't we loot the Jokhang Temple in vain?" Qin Rong had a bitter look on his face.
Seeing that so many confiscated gold and silver treasures were about to fly from his hands, his mood changed from joy to despair.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Should we confiscate or confiscate? There are only so many monks in the Jokhang Temple, and they need so many things. Our tiger-character flag is not a fortune-telling rabbit, so there is no need to enshrine them."
"Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will definitely confiscate all the valuables in the Jokhang Temple." Qin Rongxi promised with a smile, patting his chest.
Liu Heng nodded and said, "Go and bring the abbot of Jokhang Temple here, just in time to meet him."
"Yes, I will bring you here right now." Qin Rong turned and left.
Not long after, Qin Rong came in with a monk wearing monk robes and a yellow crown.
"I have met this gentleman." As soon as the monk came in, he clasped his hands towards Liu Heng.
Monks on the grasslands were often called lamas by the Han people of the Ming Dynasty to distinguish them from Buddhist monks in the Central Plains.
Liu Heng took a look at the monk in front of him.
The monks wear yellow crowns and hats on their heads, indicating the identity of the other monks from the Yellow Sect, while the crowns and hats on the heads of the Red Sect monks are basically red.
"Master, there is no need to be polite. I, Tiger Character Flag, have entered Qingcheng this time and will cause a lot of trouble to Master and other masters." Liu Heng said politely.
The monk clasped his hands together again and said: "Since you have taken over Qingcheng, please let the monks in the temple go. The poor monks and others are practicing in the temple and will not pose any threat to you."
"I am very happy that Master can say this. Please rest assured, Master. I will not embarrass Master and the other masters in the temple. It's just that our tiger-character banner army has just entered the city and the city has not yet completely stabilized. There are some trenches left in the temple. The soldiers are also to ensure the safety of the master and other masters." Liu Heng explained with a smile.
The corner of the monk's mouth twitched, and he clasped his hands and said, "Don't worry, sir. The monks in the temple never participate in outside affairs. As long as your friends don't come to the temple, other people will not come to the temple to mess around."
The status of monks on the grassland is extraordinary. No matter who they are, they will be very polite to the monks of the Yellow Sect. Only the people from the Tiger Character Banner, as soon as they entered Qingcheng, took all the monks in the temple into custody and liquidated the property in the temple.
"You can't say that. If you are anxious, you can do anything." Liu Heng replied with a smile.
The monk who heard this heard the threat in Liu Heng's words and said helplessly: "Then I'll take care of the poor monk and others."
"It should be." Liu Heng said with a smile, "Since the Jokhang Temple is in Qingcheng, it is the property of my Tiger Flag. I, the Tiger Flag, take good care of my own things."
Hearing this, the monk's face twitched.
In a blink of an eye, the Jokhang Temple became the property of the Tiger Flag, which made him feel very uncomfortable. But the situation was stronger than the people. Not many monks in the temple knew about the Tiger Flag, and they were also worried that the people in the Tiger Flag would treat them monks. A tough hand.
Liu Heng continued: "The Jokhang Temple still belongs to you, but I, Tiger Character Banner, will liquidate the property in the temple. Of course, I will also leave part of it for the master and other masters in the temple."
The monk's mouth twitched again.
