The soldier went to the government office and found the county captain.
Currently, there were too few officials in the Great Han Dynasty, and Liu Yu had yet to carry out any structural reforms.
There were only five officials in a county.
Apart from the county magistrate and county captain, who were directly sent by Liu Yu, the rest of the county governors, bookkeepers, and lecturers were directly promoted from the local areas.
"What do you have to report?" The county captain asked curiously.
The soldiers of the City Defense Army were under the command of the county captain, so the county captain was very curious about what this soldier wanted.
"Sir, I found a murderer, but the murderer is hiding in the temple and is even a monk.”the soldier said immediately.
"Are you sure it was a murderer?”The county captain asked.
"This subordinate is sure that he once killed people and ran to the mountains to become a bandit. He only became a monk in the temple more than half a year ago.”the soldier replied.
"Alright, this is my warrant. Take the bailiffs to arrest them.”The county captain ordered.
"This subordinate will obey."
The soldier took the warrant and led the bailiffs to the temple to arrest them.
This temple was not an ordinary temple. In the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, the incense of this temple was very prosperous.
When a group of bailiffs rushed into the temple and started to arrest people, it caused a huge commotion.
"Amitabha, may I know why you have come to our temple?”The abbot of the temple said.
"Abbot, do you know that there are murderers in your temple?”the soldier said.
"Amitabha. Buddhism is a place of peace. Why would it hide evil? Did this official find the wrong place?”
"You can call out Monk Yongxin from your temple and ask him.”
The abbot looked at the soldiers and the bailiffs around him. After chanting the name of Buddha, he called the monk Yongxin over.
"You are Yongxin? Before you became a monk, did you kill people and become a bandit?”the soldier asked sternly.
"Amitabha. This penniless monk has long severed his ties with the mortal world. In this life, he is willing to forgive himself.”Yongxin replied.
"You don't have to say how to forgive me. Take him away.”
Just as the bailiff was about to capture Yongxin, the other monks in the temple all went forward and stopped the bailiff.
"You're defying the law. Are you trying to rebel?”the soldier said loudly.
"Amitabha. Patron, you're too serious. Yongxin has already put down his butcher knife and become a monk. He will only do evil in the future.”The abbot stepped forward and said.
The soldier looked at the hundreds of monks around him. He knew that it was impossible to capture Yongxin, but his mission was not to capture him.
Therefore, after seeing the current situation, he immediately left with the bailiffs.
"General, the mission is complete."
The soldier reported to Chen Miao after returning to the county.
"Okay, go report to the county captain." Chen Miao nodded and said.
"Yes, this subordinate will go now."
After the county captain received the report from the soldiers, he immediately led 2000 City Defense Army soldiers and forcefully captured Monk Yongxin back to prison.
This time, he had poked a hornet's nest.
Hundreds of monks and thousands of believers surrounded the government.
Faith was a very scary thing.
Especially in this era, people were ignorant and could be easily incited.
Let alone surrounding the government, they might even attack the government.
Faced with such a situation, the county magistrate and county captain discussed for a while and decided to write a memorial to ask how to deal with it.
After all, they had never encountered such a thing before. It was impossible for them to capture thousands of civilians.
As the memorial was submitted, it quickly reached Liu Yu's hands.
"Hehe…they cooperated well. They were even able to mobilize thousands of commoners to cause trouble.
Send someone to inform the abbots of Guangji Temple, Fayuan Temple, Miaoying Temple, Zhihua Temple, Jietai Temple, and Tianning Temple to go to court tomorrow.”Liu Yu instructed.
The next day, morning court session, Sky Bearing Palace.
All the officials in the court looked at the abbots in the main hall, feeling very strange.
"This is the memorial submitted by the Suzhou government the day before yesterday.”Liu Yu took out the memorial and showed it to the ministers.
After the ministers saw this, their expressions turned ugly.
"Come, pass the memorial to the abbots and let them take a look.”
After the ministers had finished reading, Liu Yu spoke again.
The abbots were also very nervous. They did not know why the Emperor had called them to court.
However, after they finished reading the memorial, their faces suddenly turned green.
At this time, as long as one was not a fool, they would know that something big was about to happen.
His Majesty was going to attack the Buddhist Sect.
"Masters, tell me, what should I do?”Liu Yu asked the abbots.
The abbots had ugly expressions. Of course, they wanted to ask Liu Yu to release him.
However, they did not dare to say it, so the masters looked at each other. Finally, the abbot of the Tianning Temple said,"Amitabha, Your Majesty, this penniless monk is an outsider and does not dare to speak nonsense about the government.”
"Oh…outsiders, what Master means is that I can't control you, and the laws of the Han Dynasty can't control you?”Liu Yu said with a smile.
"This Penniless Monk wouldn't dare. This Penniless Monk often accompanies the ancient Buddha and eats vegetarian food and chants scriptures every day.”The abbot of the Heavenly Peace Temple immediately said.
"Zhen asked you to say, should this Yongxin die?”
"Your Majesty, Yongxin once fell into the demonic path, but he has already put down his butcher knife and converted to Buddhism. He eats vegetarian food and chants Buddha every day to wash away his sins.”
"Master, do you mean that I should let him go?”
"Amitabha."
Liu Yu looked at the other abbots and said,"Masters, do you have the same idea?”
"Amitabha."
Liu Yu did not want to say anything else. He turned to the minister and asked,"Tell me, according to the laws of the Great Han Dynasty, how is the crime of murder and the crime of covering up judged?”
"Your Majesty, the evidence is conclusive and the murderer will be sentenced to death. Those guilty of harboring criminals would be convicted according to the amount of punishment they received.”
"Then what about inciting the people to rebel and besiege the government?”Liu Yu asked again.
"The leader is to annihilate the nine clans, the one who takes the initiative to participate is to annihilate the three clans, and the one who is incited is to exterminate the clan.”
"Very good. Send the army to the Suzhou government. All those who participate will be exterminated.”Liu Yu ordered.
"Your Majesty, I think that the Buddhist sects in the world are not well supervised. The temples are filled with evil and the imperial court should strictly control them to prevent such incidents from happening again.”Li Ji said.
"I agree!" A group of ministers bowed in unison.
"It's approved. Li Ji will arrange for personnel to set up a Religious Affairs Administration to govern the world's religious affairs.”Liu Yu immediately decided.
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