I am engaged in construction in Datang

in the palace.

Li Shimin was speechless for a long time as he listened to the information passed on by the secret guards.

Buddhism emphasizes severing worldly ties. Once one puts down the butcher knife, one can let go of past sins.

Kan Lizhi's decision to become a monk appears to be a renunciation of this worldly life, to travel the world begging for alms, but how could he not know what his actual purpose is?

“Why should the pure land of Buddhism be tainted with the stench of gold, silver and copper?”

Li Shimin turned around and looked at Wang De: "Wang De, can Du Die be bought with gold and silver?"

Sweat broke out on Wang De's forehead.

As Buddhism became popular, more and more people became monks.

Nowadays, as long as you have enough money, you can get Dudie from the Ministry of Mercy.

After all, there are only a few people who have committed heinous crimes, and this is happening outside the capital, so as long as the person is not a criminal, it will be easy to deal with.

Kan Lizhi and the other man took advantage of this loophole.

"Your Majesty, it is probably due to the negligence of the officials below."

"Oversight?" It just happened to be an oversight here.

"We have to send someone to secretly control Kan Lizhi and the other two, and not let them run away... With Du Die, it will be easy to go anywhere."

Outside Xiaotan Temple.

Kan Lizhi was filled with Buddha's light. He smiled and looked at the attendant: "Are you sure this is feasible?"

"Don't worry, Alang. No one will touch the monks."

"What if they sneak in?" Kan Lizhi was worried: "Suppose a group of bandits came and kidnapped us."

The attendant replied, "We will publicize ourselves. There are many illegal tabloids circulating in the city. We will use that to spread the word and make some donations to charity. Then the people will not see us being bullied."

"Those people are so pious!"

"I'm just afraid... I don't have time to do this." Kan Lizhi looked at the package in his hand and gritted his teeth: "No, we have to leave now!"

"With Du Die, as long as we stay away from the capital, outsiders won't be able to tell whether we are really monks or not, and they won't investigate too much. If we leave quickly, the news won't get through."

"We can save a lot of trouble by asking believers to 'lead the way'."

"If everything goes well, we can safely pass Yiwu and reach Gaochang."

"My intuition is always right!"

After saying this, Kan Lizhi grabbed his servants and fled to the west.

……

Salt City.

Zhang Chenhe held the letter sent by Tang Jian, looking as if he had eaten a weight.

What does it mean to buy your free-range sheep in Yanzhou?

The sheep are free-range. Are you sure they are raised by you and not by nature?

"Governor Zhang, what should we do?" His men were feeling uneasy. The other party was a duke, who they could not afford to offend!

Besides, what the hell did you write?

Buy your sheep?

Are all the officials in the court as poor as you now?

Zhang Chenhe took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, "Buy it! Not only do I want to buy it, I'll also ask the imperial censor to buy it with me."

"Ask me to write a letter!"

After saying this, he picked up his pen and wrote a few letters in a very impressive manner, and asked someone to deliver them to Duke Zheng and others as quickly as possible.

Yanzhou is not far from the capital, and if you ask the post station for expedited delivery, it will arrive in three or four days.

Just in time for the next court meeting.

He wants to see how outrageous you, Tang Maoyue, can be!

……

As the weather gets warmer, the staple food in the village has changed from hot soup noodles to rice and noodles.

The matter of Buddhism made Li Shimin feel embarrassed. He had heard his sister-in-law talk about the nature of Buddhism and the benefits and harms it brought before.

Nothing can be generalized; Buddhism naturally has its essence and dregs.

It depends on how everyone uses it.

"Is there any cabbage left in the farm?" A greenhouse was built last winter, and the farm no longer lacked vegetables, so the amount of cabbage planted decreased.

I actually miss you a little at this moment.

"There are only about ten left." Li Xiaochun said, "Does the owner want to eat cabbage?"

"I want to eat a big pot of food with rice."

Li Yin's mouth watered just thinking about it: "First pour in the lard, then stir-fry some garlic cloves to enhance the flavor, then add the green onion and ginger, add the large meat slices, and then stew the tofu, cabbage, kelp, bean sprouts, etc."

“It’s so delicious!”

"Then ask the canteen to prepare a big pot of food for lunch, but there won't be enough cabbages." Li Xiaochun calculated that there were many people in the village, and a dozen cabbages were not enough.

"Sister-in-law, are you short of cabbage?"

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Shimin came over with big strides. He puffed out his chest proudly and said, "Wang De, go to my house and get some cabbage."

There are quite a lot of them stored in the cellars of the palace, these are all the fruits of his labor!

"Brother, is it possible that your family can be self-sufficient in food?" Seeing him, Li Yin thought of the greenhouse in the back garden of the palace.

In the past few months, there have been rumors circulating in the capital that a certain empress's vegetables are exceptionally lush, and she has received a lot of rewards.

For example, Li Shimin asked his ministers to give the vegetables in the greenhouse as gifts. Before, the rewards were silk, but now they were a basket of vegetables in winter.

Duan Lun, who was the first to receive the reward from Li Shimin, was stunned for a long time.

That day, he was standing in the main hall, and His Majesty praised his hard work in paving cement roads and building large ships, so he rewarded him with a basket of green vegetables on the spot.

He also emphasized that this was specially grown by him and the concubines in the harem.

Green vegetables in winter are so precious!

The other ministers were very envious.

"Of course we can!" Li Shimin was happy to hear that the common people were self-sufficient in food at home, and now the palace could do the same.

Does this mean that he is one step closer to the people?

"Brother, we need to find a way to reduce the temperature and provide shade in the summer to reduce damage to the seedlings."

"I know!"

Li Shimin took his seat with Empress Changsun and placed a plate of cake in front of her.

"Sister, you said before that the Buddhist 'tax exemption' is not a good thing. Is there any way to solve it?"

"Why do you suddenly ask about this, brother?"

Li Yin was curious. Old Li used to be a great admirer of Buddhism, not because he was saved by a monk, but simply because he wanted to control the imperial power.

Li Shimin was very smart and knew what to do to benefit himself.

Li Yuan suppressed Buddhism and was opposed by people all over the world, so he became a Buddhist.

Later, Wu Xiaozhao also vigorously promoted Buddhism in order to consolidate imperial power.

After all, there is no ruler who does not love a group of good people who are in difficult situations but still have pure hearts.

But now it’s different. Old Li sees a trend of great development that has not been seen in a thousand years.

The people will no longer be poor and suffer. If Buddhism is vigorously developed, wouldn't that be giving away money for nothing?

So we are working hard to help everyone live a good life, is it Buddha's blessing?

That doesn't make sense!

Li Shimin gloomily recounted what Kan Lizhi had done, causing everyone present to laugh.

It takes a genius to come up with such an idea.

Don't tell me, it really works.

Under the special cultural background of the Tang Dynasty, the people bought into this idea and everyone believed in the idea of ​​letting go of worldly ties.

Moreover, Buddhism is flourishing today not only because of its ideas, but also because it can really provide people with food to eat.

The wealth of Buddhism is not just talk.

"What kind of result do you want to achieve, brother? What means do you want to use?"

There are many ways to deal with this matter, it depends on which method is most beneficial at the moment.

This is also where Li Shimin is in a dilemma.

"If we use tough measures to evict them, there will definitely be strong opposition from the people."