Chapter 21.
All the officials present heard Li Shiming's words.
They were all very worried.
Buddhism and Taoism had been incompatible since ancient times.
If this was not handled properly, it would lead to a mutiny.
And there were still many people who believed in Buddhism.
In fact, Li Shimin believed in Taoism in the early days of the Great Tang. At that time, he even sent someone to write the Clan Annals!
Therefore, when he heard this "On the Elimination of Buddha and the Prosperity of the Country", he was actually very interested.
"Your Majesty, this is the first book on the rankings,'On the Destruction of Buddha and the Prosperity of the World'!”
Pei Guangting didn't care so much. As long as the Emperor had a request, he would only need to provide it.
Li Shimin picked up the book.
Then, he flipped through it.
He was deeply attracted by the beginning.
Buddhism.
Other than being able to bluff, it was basically useless.
Buddhism in troubled times closed its doors to cultivate one's morality.
Prosperous Buddhism opened the door to collect money.
To trick the world into joining the Buddhist Sect!
The construction of temples required a large amount of manpower and material resources.
Starting from the Sui Dynasty, there were more than five hundred temples in the country.
One temple was enough to spend 10 to 20 billion Kaiyuan Tongbao!
The bigger ones were more than ten billion.
If there were more than 500 temples, how much money would it cost?
If this sum of money was used for military expenditure, the Great Tang could sweep through the world!
He attracted the attention of the people!
Hearing this, Li Shi Min couldn't help but be deeply attracted.
Sweeping across the four directions, coming to court!
All of this had stimulated Li Shiming's nerves!
They were all his ambitions.
Now, he was actually hit by a single sentence!
However, this was only a small part of it.
There were even more benefits to eliminating the Buddha.
Li Shi Min was fascinated. This mysterious person was really a genius.
He looked at problems more meticulously than anyone else.
Let's talk about the disadvantages of Buddhism first, then the advantages of eliminating Buddhism.
The most inhumane thing about Buddhism was that one could not get married.
Not being able to get married meant not being able to have children. In this way, the new forces of a big country would become less and less, and the country's strength would be further weakened.
In other words, they had devoured the entire country.
Buddhist believers did not have to pay taxes!
Even the soldiers who were out on the battlefield had to pay taxes.
The Buddhist monks who cultivated in the temple were exempted from taxes.
Where was the justice?
Was it fair to the soldiers and generals who were fighting a bloody battle?
Therefore, if he wanted to make the country rich!
First, he had to destroy the Buddha!
Buddhism was the biggest root cause of people's stagnant thinking, feudal superstition, and it was difficult to explore further!
Li Shi Min was deeply moved when he saw this.
"I've finally seen it. So the destruction of Buddha can have such a huge impact.”
"No wonder they say that Zhen has always wondered why the military pay has always been insufficient despite the peace and prosperity of the world.”
"So that's where the problem lies. This article is really wonderful!”
Li Shi Min took a deep breath, his eyes filled with emotion.
He was filled with anticipation for this ranking.
The value of a piece of 'New Agricultural Techniques' was very high. If it was true, it would be enough to feed more people.
The value of 'On Destroying Buddha and Enriching the Nation' was even greater. If it was handled properly, it would be of great value to people's thinking and military pay in the future.
Moreover, these values were not non-existent.
It was easy to imagine and very likely to appear.
"Why…"
"Why?"
"Why?"
Li Shimin put together the book and sent out three whys.
All the officials were confused.
"Why is it that the first on the list can discover things and theories that don't seem difficult? Why has no one ever mentioned them?”
"Is this person's perspective so tricky?”
"Zhen, I'm really getting more and more curious about who this person is!”
Li Shi Min's eyes were filled with anticipation.
The destruction of Buddha required a lot of consideration, and it would not happen overnight. This could be discussed in the future.
It seemed that he had to reserve a daughter to win over the number one on the rankings!
The first on the list must be accepted as my son-in-law.
Whereas the five young geniuses in Taiji Palace were stunned for a moment.
Why did he realize that they didn't have any sense of presence today?
The person ranked first had yet to appear, but he had already stolen the credit of the people on the Immortal Rankings Board!
Annoyed, everyone was helpless.
......
In the evening.
Qin Feng could already feel that many of his achievements had increased greatly.
"He must have obtained the Faith Points of many people!”
"But there was a period of time when it grew especially fierce.”
"Could it be that faith points are divided into people?”
Qin Feng was muttering to himself, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
How much Faith Points could you get from a fool?
A fool could easily be fooled by his beliefs.
The faith of an emperor was a huge character. It was naturally different to obtain his faith.
"Feng 'er!"
When Qin Qiong returned from the morning court session, he immediately went to find Qin Feng.
The marriage of Princess Changle had to be put on the agenda.
To prevent any more unforeseen circumstances!
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