I want to ruin the country

This is an iron rule. Anyone who violates the temple rules will be severely punished. Some people even disappear for no reason.

Moreover, even though there are so many people guarding it, no one except the leaders knows what is stored inside.

Look, dig out eyes, ask, cut tongue!

Therefore, no information here was leaked out at all.

After hearing this, Wang Jindou's eyes were bloodshot. It was truly lawless. More than sixty people were killed by monks!

“Where does all this money come from?”

The abbot explained that Longyan Temple had been built for more than 300 years since the Yuan Dynasty.

Since the temple was built, it has been very popular and now has nearly 4,000 to 5,000 hectares of land.

One hectare nowadays is one hundred mu. My goodness, four or five hundred thousand mu, that is the territory of several towns in the future!

These lands were rented to the people for cultivation, and the rent income alone was hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year.

Not only do they earn income from land rent, they also lend money at high interest and make a lot of money from donkey rolls, which is also a lucrative source of income.

Not only did they have money, they also had nearly 20,000 shi of grain in storage.

Wang Jindou asked,

“Is this how all this money comes from?”

"Your Excellency, of course not. We have a lot of income!"

Wang Jindou gritted his teeth.

"Say!"

"If you want to burn the first incense stick on New Year's Day, you'll have to spend fifty thousand silver coins!"

"Fifty thousand taels, who is so stupid?"

The abbot was afraid of being beaten, so he quickly said,

"Sir, this is still too much to grab!"

"Not only that, the first stick of incense every month costs ten thousand taels of silver!"

"Anymore?"

"Usually, the first incense stick on the first and fifteenth day of every month costs anywhere from three to five hundred to one thousand taels!"

"why?"

"It depends on the donor's financial resources!"

"that's it?"

"There are also some major festivals, such as the birthday of Sakyamuni, the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and so on. Even if you want to burn the first stick of incense, it will cost a lot of money!"

"Go on!"

"There are also rituals to ward off disasters and exorcise ghosts and demons, pray for children, and so on!"

"How much do those cost?"

"Some cost a few hundred coins, some cost three or five taels of silver, some cost three or five hundred taels of silver, and some even cost thousands or tens of thousands of silver!"

Wang Jin gritted his teeth in anger.

"You guys accept everyone, big or small!"

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat!"

"Let me ask you, do your exorcisms really work?"

The old bald donkey avoided his eyes,

“Some work, some don’t!”

"Haha, well said! Let me ask you again, do you have any property elsewhere?"

The old bald abbot knew he couldn't escape, so he said,

"We still have several properties in the capital!"

"Is anyone here?"

“There are women living there!”

"What woman?"

"Yes... I, the abbot, and a few elders raised him. Every now and then, we'd go and stay there for a few days under the pretext of traveling!"

Wang Jindou really wanted to slap him in the face, but he was afraid of being disrespectful, so he hummed in anger!

"Why doesn't this amount of money exist in the bank?"

"First, we're afraid the news will leak out. Second, someone once ran away with the banknotes, and we had a lot of trouble to get the money back!"

Wang Jindou asked,

"How did you get it back?"

"Uh...killed him!"

Wang Jin was so angry that he went crazy.

"You bald thieves, you murder and rob people, you are lawless, why doesn't the Buddha accept you!"

Yi Guofang was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits. Your Majesty, you have made a fortune again!

Let’s take inventory quickly!

The final statistics showed that there were 56 million taels of silver, 1 million taels of gold, and countless other amounts.

Damn it, the country only earns 10 million taels of silver a year, and they are so rich that they can rival a country!

This is the case in the Buddhist temple, but it is a different scene in the nunnery. They also hide young men, but not underground, but openly on the ground.

Because outsiders are not allowed to enter the backyard of the nunnery, and they do not force these men too much, most of them do it voluntarily.

If you get tired of playing here, you can leave. They won't have trouble finding men who are attracted to their women.

However, the property in the nunnery is much less, only about two or three million taels at most. It seems that women's financial management ability is still not as good as men's!

The total amount of silver seized from more than a dozen temples and nunneries exceeded 100 million yuan.

When Yining heard that so much money was confiscated, he was greatly surprised even though he was mentally prepared.

I was shocked, angry, and happy at the same time. I was shocked that there was so much treasure hidden in a temple!

What is infuriating is that the actions of these bald donkeys have reached the point of public outrage, both human and God.

Fortunately, the financial problem has been temporarily solved.

We also got 20,000 to 30,000 shi of grain for no reason. This is life-saving food, and sometimes it is more useful than money!

Yining confessed,

"Every family that rents temple property should be given one dan of grain and one tael of silver. These are earned through their blood and sweat, and they should be compensated.

The rest will be brought back, the silver will go into the imperial treasury, and the grain will be distributed to the counties to provide relief to the people near the capital!"

Wang Jindou said,

"I obey your order. What should we do with these monks and nuns?"

Yining gritted his teeth and said,

"Don't they know how to perform rituals? After the case is thoroughly investigated, gather all the people in an open field, light a pile of firewood, and have them sit on it to perform rituals. See if they can escape death and become Buddhas, and at the same time, teach those ignorant people a lesson!"

Wang Jindou shuddered. He originally wanted to behead them in public, but the emperor was even more cruel than him. He wanted to burn them alive. However, these bald donkeys brought it upon themselves. I like such an emperor!

Yining said again,

"The rest of the monks and nuns will be strictly interrogated. Those who have committed crimes that deserve to be beheaded will be beheaded, and those who don't deserve to be beheaded will be sent to the construction site to work and atone for their sins!"

"What about the rest?"

"For the rest of the examinations, young novices and young monks will be considered to have passed if they can recite the Diamond Sutra without making any mistakes and can continue their practice. Those at the level of abbot and head monk will be considered to have passed if they can recite the entire Lankavatara Sutra without making any mistakes.

Those who fail to meet the standards will have their certificates taken away and be sent to work on the construction site!"

However, each temple has a set number of people. Large temples cannot have more than fifty people, and temple property cannot exceed eighty acres.

The number of members of a medium-sized temple cannot exceed thirty, and the temple property cannot exceed fifty acres.

A small temple cannot have more than five people, and the temple property cannot exceed ten acres.

From now on, all temples and monasteries in the world will follow this standard.

It is strictly forbidden to use the burning of the first incense stick to make money through rituals. Violators will be beheaded!

Moreover, those who want to become monks in the future must undergo strict examination, take exams, and test their scriptures. Those who pass will be issued a certificate of ordination.

Those with criminal records will not be granted certificates of ordination. Those who become monks before the age of 30 must be extremely cautious. Parents raise children to provide for their old age, not to be raised by monks!

Wang Jindou said,

"Your Majesty, if all temples and monasteries in the world follow this, I'm afraid there will be great resistance. Will something go wrong?"

"Don't be afraid. Those who cause trouble will be resolutely suppressed. Without drastic measures, you can't show your compassion! Born into this world, you should contribute to it. We can't support these idle people and let them harbor evil and bring chaos to society!"