What should a rich country do?
After Chen Qi saw this question, he could not help but reveal a confident smile.
This question was indeed the same as what Uncle Yang Xuan had said, except that it was a little more subtle.
At the same time, Chen Qi was not surprised by this question.
As a transmigrator, Chen Qi naturally understood how much the Emperor of Zhenguan was short of money.
From the time the Great Tang was founded by martial virtue to the time the Li Clan unified the world, it could be said that the Great Tang had been at war for years.
In addition, after Emperor Li Shimin ascended the throne, there were successive droughts, frosts, locust plagues, and so on. The imperial court had no choice but to provide disaster relief everywhere.
In the first year of Zhenguan, there was a great drought in Guanzhong, and many people sold their children in exchange for food and clothing.
In the second year of Zhenguan, the Turks invaded and formed an alliance at the Wei River. To put it nicely, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, forced the Turks to retreat by himself. Everyone knew what was going on. It was nothing more than spending money to avoid disaster, almost emptying the Great Tang's treasury.
In the same year, there was a plague of locusts all over the world. Because there was no money and food to relieve the disaster, he could only issue an edict to punish himself.
In the third year of Zhenguan, there was another flood.
In the sixth year of Zhenguan, several states such as southern Henan suffered great floods.
Zhenguan seven years, Shandong, Henan more than 40 states flood.
Zhenguan eight years, Shandong, Henan, Huaihai and other places, once again flood.
According to historical records, up until the 13th year of Zhenguan, which was now, Wei Zheng still wrote in Zhenguan Political Leaders that there were frequent droughts!
In this situation, it would be strange if the Great Tang treasury did not lack money.
Therefore, even without Uncle Yang Xuan's reminder, Chen Qi could more or less guess Lun Ce's question.
However, with his uncle Yang Xuan's hint, Chen Qi was even more confident about the court examinations.
Therefore, after seeing the title, Chen Qi smiled and wrote down five big words:
The theory of destroying Buddha and getting rich!
Chen Qi had many ways to " enrich the country ", but the easiest way to implement and the fastest way to see results was to destroy Buddhism and become rich.
The other methods of making the country rich were either slower to take effect, would encroach on the interests of the great clans, or would make it easy for the great clans to seize the fruits.
Before his foundation was stable, he definitely couldn't go against the great clans. Otherwise, even Li Shiming wouldn't be able to protect him.
Compared to the great clans, Buddhist monks were easier to bully.
Similarly, only Buddha Annihilation would have the fastest effect.
Of course, this was not the main point. The main point was that he did not like Buddhism.
In ancient times, Buddhism was basically of no help to society other than fooling the people.
Daoism descended the mountain to save the world in troubled times, and cultivated one's morality in prosperous times.
Buddhism sealed the mountains in troubled times and welcomed wealth in prosperous times. This was not just a saying.
Throughout the ages, the ancient Buddhist monks ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures, worked day and night, and carried out the so-called promotion of Buddhism and salvation of all living beings.
He really did not know what kind of beneficial contributions they had made to the people.
Not only did they not contribute, but they also caused a lot of harm to society.
In ancient times, monks didn't pay taxes. Not only did they not pay taxes, but they also didn't have to do corvee or military service.
Monks did not engage in production, and their basic source of income was offerings from devotees.
A monk who shaved his head and became a monk was offering sacrifices to Buddha and Bodhisattva, not his biological parents who had nurtured him for ten months.
The most inhumane thing was that Buddhist monks were not allowed to get close to women!
The population of the ancient dynasties was small to begin with. Without men and women reproducing, how could there be a family inheritance?
If everyone in the world believed in Buddhism, the human race would probably be wiped out!
It would be strange for Chen Qi to have a good impression of such a sect.
Moreover, the Great Tang would benefit greatly from the destruction of such a cult!
As long as the Buddhas were destroyed, the Great Tang would be able to obtain large amounts of money, population, soldiers, and resources overnight.
The golden bronze statue was the temple's most eye-catching symbol of money!
In the future, these golden statues might not be much, but in ancient times, they were the most valuable things!
This was because money in ancient times was originally copper coins. Especially during the Tang Dynasty, gold and silver were not easily circulated, and the main currency was copper coins.
These golden bronze statues were money!
After the destruction of Buddha, all monks and nuns would return to asceticism, which would undoubtedly increase the population, labor force, and military resources.
After these monks and nuns returned to the secular world, they could continue to reproduce, continue to increase the population of society, and generate taxes for the imperial court.
All the materials in the vacant temples could be used for military purposes.
It was precisely because of the many shortcomings of Buddhism and the great benefits of eliminating Buddhism that there had been many campaigns to eliminate Buddhism in history. The most famous one was the "Three Martial Arts and One Sect to Eliminate Buddhism" campaign.
The Northern Wei Emperor Tuobatao destroyed Buddhism, the Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong destroyed Buddhism, the Tang Emperor Li Yan destroyed Buddhism, and the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong destroyed Buddhism!
Unfortunately, these people's method of eliminating Buddhism did not work. Therefore, not long after the Buddhist Annihilation Movement, Buddhism revived and continued to poison the people of the world.
Chen Qi's theory was simple. He didn't tell Li Shimin how to destroy Buddha.
For example, the number of Buddhist temples in the Great Tang was a drop in the ocean compared to the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty.
"Southern History·Xunli Biography·Guo Zuchen Biography" records that there are more than 500 Buddhist temples in Duxia (Jinling), which are extremely magnificent. There are more than 100,000 monks and nuns, and their assets are abundant. There are countless counties in which they live.
There were hundreds of temples in Jinling County alone!
The Great Tang had more than 1,500 counties in more than 300 provinces, so how many temples could there be?
How much wealth and population could these temples bring to the Great Tang?
Chen Qi believed that Li Shimin knew this better than he did.
As long as Li Shiming wasn't stupid, he would be able to see the various benefits of Buddha Annihilation and the massive wealth that could be harvested.
After writing down the benefits of eliminating Buddhism, Chen Qi wrote some old ways to reduce expenditure and increase revenue, such as building irrigation projects, encouraging livestock, and encouraging merchants.
However, one thing was certain. The last few suggestions would require a lot of money to implement.
And where did the money come from?
Buddha Annihilation!
Well, it didn't matter what he said. In any case, he just needed to destroy the Buddha.
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