In the following days, Qin Chuan stayed at home and waited for the notice from the Ministry of Personnel Affairs.
However, before Qin Chuan was informed to go to the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs to participate in the election, the bugle call for the destruction of Buddha had already sounded in Chang 'an City!
All the major city gates of Chang 'an were pasted with the Imperial Roll that announced to the world.
If you don't take care of your parents, you won't continue your descendants! He was unfilial!
Gathering people to stir up trouble, with evil intentions! It was akin to treason!
After learning of the two crimes of the Buddhist Sect listed on the Imperial Ranking, Qin Chuan knew that the Buddhist Sect was doomed.
Two of the heinous crimes had been committed. If the Buddhist Sect was not destroyed, there would be no justice!
At the same time, all the government guards in Chang 'an were mobilized.
The streets were filled with soldiers of the Imperial Army, armed with sabers, riding their horses across the streets. Their armor clattered as they charged murderously at the various temples in the city.
In Chang 'an, shouts, clangs of armor, clangs of spears, and cries were heard everywhere. Dozens of temples were sealed one after another.
The monks were forcibly expelled from the temple and escorted to the prison of the Ministry of Justice.
Some baldies who were unwilling to give up still wanted to resist, but the result of their resistance would only be a clean cut from the Imperial Army.
Blood dyed the white ground red. Resistance would only make them die faster.
The Imperial Army soldiers in tight armor rushed through the city, accompanied by cries and shouts, causing many of the commoners in the city to feel terrified.
However, following the official announcement, more people supported and helped the officers and soldiers, and hated and cursed the monks.
There are three kinds of unfilial behavior. The most important thing is to have no descendants. Give birth to children, raise children, support the elderly and send them to death.
This was the most typical traditional thinking in China.
No one wished to see their bloodline or the next generation end.
No one would want to have children and raise them up. They had painstakingly raised their children for a lifetime, but in the end, the filial children they raised were not themselves.
The government seized these two key points that struck the hearts of the people. Buddhism could not turn over a new leaf at all, and the people inevitably alienated and hated Buddhism.
When they saw the golden statues being carried out by the Imperial Army, the curses became even more excited.
Everyone knew that monks did not engage in production, so how could they have so much money and property?
These golden Buddha statues were obviously the people's fat that they had scraped from them!
In addition to the heinous crime of 'gathering a crowd to stir up trouble with evil intents', which was to confiscate and exterminate the entire family!
The commoners were even more afraid of Buddhism and were implicated. For a moment, the monk was like a rat on the street, hated by everyone.
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Eastern Palace, Li Main Hall.
" Your Majesty, we have cleared 43 Buddhist monasteries, 15 Buddhist monasteries, and 300 Buddhist monasteries in Chang 'an. We have detained 4,863 monks, 1,352 nuns, 3,345 slaves, and 6,739 good citizens."
"There were 189 gold and silver Buddha statues and 656 bronze Buddha statues. Among them, there were 106 Buddha statues that weighed more than 500 catties and 100 Buddha statues that weighed more than 300 catties."
" A total of 68,500 strings of money and silk were seized, and 23,700 mu of land was seized."
"This is the list of accounts obtained by me after clearing the temples in Chang 'an. Please have a look, Your Majesty.”
Tang Jian, the Minister of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, stood in front of the hall and reported to Li Shimin about the situation of the Buddhist League in Chang 'an.
"Bastard! These damned bald donkeys were actually so rich!”
Hearing Tang Jian's shocking report and seeing the shocking words on the memorial, Li Shimin's eyes were filled with anger.
"Tang Jian, tell me, these bald donkeys don't do anything productive, so where did they get so much money, silks, gold, silver, land, and houses?”
Shocking!
It was a shocking sight!
If he hadn't investigated thoroughly, he wouldn't have imagined that the temple in Chang 'an City alone had collected wealth worth millions of strings!
Not only was he secretly accumulating wealth, but he was also hiding people!
Not only the monks and nuns, but there were also tens of thousands of slaves and commoners hidden in these temples!
This was just Chang 'an Fortress, not the entire Jingzhao, the entire Guanzhong Road, and not the entire Tang Empire!
The temples in Chang 'an alone had accumulated so much wealth and so many people. How crazy was the number of people in the entire Tang Empire?
"Your Majesty, the money, land, and land in the temple are basically donated by the pilgrims who went to the temple to offer incense.”
"Monks and nuns chant Buddhism sooner or later. They don't engage in production, nor do they engage in other business practices.”
"The money in the temple is basically used for nothing other than casting Buddha statues and living expenses. The monks and nuns bought a large number of slaves to serve themselves.”
"In addition, because the money in the temple has no other use, it is taken out to loan usury. Even if it is not used for production, it can still be used for interest."
"As for the fields in the temple, they absorb the landless refugees and commoners to cultivate. As everyone knows, the temple has never paid taxes."
"Damn it! How hateful! Annoying! These bald donkeys were simply hateful to the extreme! All of you deserve to die!"
Li Shi Min angrily slammed the memorial on the table, veins popping out on his face.
After hearing Tang Jian's explanation, Li Shimin finally understood why these bald donkeys could accumulate so much wealth!
These bald donkeys not only did not have a capital, but they also made a huge profit!
The capital land was donated by the devotees, and the money donated by the devotees was then released through usury.
The land recruited refugees to grow food, and the harvested food could be sold in large quantities for money. The money could be used to buy land or borrow from usury!
There was also a large number of devotees who continuously supplied the capital!
Even the Imperial Court could not f * cking do such a crazy way of accumulating wealth!
If the imperial court wanted to get some money from the people, they had to make a name for it and collect it in the form of taxes.
He couldn't collect too much. If he collected too much, it would be exorbitant taxes and it would cause public resentment!
He, Li Shimin, reduced taxes and taxes for the sake of the people's lives.
However, these bald donkeys were actually groups of parasites. They lay on the bodies of the people and sucked their blood without fear!
"Then, according to Your Majesty's wishes, those monks and nuns should be executed on the spot?”
Tang Jian's heart trembled. He leaned forward and asked in a soft voice.
"Executing them on the spot is too easy for them. I want them to beg for death!”
Li Shi Min sneered coldly.
"Put them all into the slave register and send them to Jiangnan, Lingnan, and Jiannan to open up wasteland. Even if they don't die, I will make them slaves for generations and never rise again!”
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