Chapter 802

Merton looked at the determined Huiyuan master unexpectedly and nodded: "Buddhism has made a wise choice. The reason why our hundred theories have been spread for thousands of years is our self-discipline and rationality. Nowadays, doctors cooperate with many doctors to form a hospital, which solves the shortage of doctors. Taoism divides waidan school, and its theory is no longer flawed. Mohism abandons political ideas and specializes in ink technology. In contrast, Mohism , the sacrifice made by Buddhism is nothing. "

Merton said impolitely, but a group of monks could not refute it. Yes, now all schools are seeking development. Compared with the decisions of all schools, Buddhism really can't see the situation clearly.

The most critical thing about Buddhism is that it does not work. If the number of Buddhists can be limited and controlled within the range that the imperial court can bear, then the Buddhists will have no shortcomings and really carry forward.

"In addition, there is a short board of Buddhism that needs to be solved to ensure worry free!" Merton added.

"Please give me some advice!" master Huiyuan said solemnly. At the moment, he no longer despised Merton.

"Temple field!" Merton said word by word.

"Temple field!" the monks looked at each other. They thought Merton would say about the gilding of Buddha statues, but they didn't expect to mention Temple field.

Merton Lang said: "during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there were disputes in the world and people suffered. However, some smart people found a way to avoid heavy corvee and field rent."

The monks' faces suddenly became unnatural. They naturally knew that this method was to become monks, because monks could be exempted from corvee and field rent, and Buddhists used this method to expand rapidly. The number of monks and nuns suddenly reached 3 million, which eventually attracted a crazy counterattack in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

"If the people are suffering, how can Buddhists not save at the sight of death!" said master Huichang with awe inspiring justice.

"Yes, you have become the Savior of the people. The people only need to meditate and chant Buddha, so they can get a lot of temple fields without corvee and paying field rent. What about the court? There are no soldiers in the war, no silver in the payment, and there are finished eggs under the nest. Once the world is in chaos, how can the Buddhist family be alone? How many Buddha's gold bodies have been scraped and bronze statues have been destroyed in troubled times The Buddhist temple will be destroyed once it is robbed, "said Merton.

"The Buddha said: if I don't go to hell, I will go to hell. This is the Buddhist family. I should have this disaster." master Huiyuan said with a sad face.

"One disaster and two disasters are not enough. Do you want to do it again for the third time? Now many temples are going back to the old way, wantonly accepting the believers' properties, and even allowing the people to hang the properties under the temple fields. Many temples give money to the people. Whenever the people can't afford it, they can only take the properties to offset the account."

Merton sneered and glanced at the faces of a group of eminent monks. Many eminent monks could not help lowering their heads. They naturally knew the situation of their own temple and couldn't help lowering their heads with guilt.

"As far as I know, the Buddhists are not short of money, not to mention the temple fields under your name. There are not a few incense money worshipped by believers at ordinary times. It seems that the Buddhists are too greedy." the children of the Mohists under Merton's name are constantly collecting information for the Ink magazine, and Merton can be said to know the situation of the Buddhists like the back of his hand.

Master Huichang said with a look of Hao Ran: "although we collect money widely, it is not for selfish desires, but to revive Buddhism and serve the Buddha in the future."

Other eminent monks could not help nodding. Reviving Buddhism is the belief of many eminent monks. However, it costs a lot to build temples, cast Buddha statues and gilt bodies. Monks are vegetarian and spend little on weekdays. Most of the money of temples is used in these places.

"It was the Buddhists who chose such a wrong way that there was the disaster of two martial arts to destroy the Buddha," Merton affirmed.

"On the wrong road, you are allowed to earn countless money from the Mohist school, but you are not allowed to collect money and build temples." the defense machine could not help retorting again.

The monks could not help nodding. Everyone knows that Mohist ink technology is unique in the world. Every reality of ink technology will bring huge benefits to Mohist. Mohist village is the first village in the world, and every village goes to the door. Even Buddhists have heard for a long time. However, when they heard that Mohist son only allows Mohist to set fire and does not allow people to light lights, the monks were unhappy.

Merton took a cold look at the debater and retorted: "All the money of the Mohist school is earned by the children of the Mohist school. Every article is innocent. Moreover, as early as the rise of the Mohist school, Mo had foreseen today's situation and had already given up the privilege of tax exemption. The tax paid by the court every year is up to tens of thousands of yuan, which also blocked the people's long mouth. What about Buddhism?"

Mohist ink technology is useful to both the country and the people, and has contributed a huge amount of taxes to the imperial court. Buddhism not only does not produce, but also occupies the privilege of tax exemption. It frantically digs the corners of the Imperial Hall and turns the tax field originally paid into the tax-free Temple field of the temple, which has caused great losses to the imperial court. In this comparison, it is ruled that the last layer of shame cloth of Buddhism has been completely lifted.

The monks were silent, but no one was willing to give up their interests.

"What's the opinion of the imperial court? My Buddhist family can't own the temple field?" master Huiyuan frowned.

Merton shook his head and said, "it's not that you can't own temple fields, but you can't annex land with the privilege of tax exemption. If the land tax is the foundation of the country and the National Treasury is empty, the imperial court will naturally find the reason. At that time..."

Merton didn't finish, but the monks knew that at that time, the court would naturally attack the rich Buddhists with a large number of temple fields. I'm afraid this is when the third Buddhist robbery comes.

"Please give me some advice," said master Huiyuan solemnly to Merton.

Merton said impolitely, "there are two methods. It depends on how the Buddhists choose. First, the Dudie stipulates the number of tax-free Temple fields for each monk."

The monks' faces relaxed. It would not be unacceptable to give each monk a tax-free Temple field.

"From my point of view, a monk has 50 mu of duty-free temple land!" said master Lang of Huichang.

Other eminent monks also nodded in favor of the proposal.

Merton nodded irrefutably, turned his head to Zu Mingjun and asked, "what is the tax rate of my land tax?"

"Fifteen taxes and one." Zu Mingjun replied without hesitation.

"Now, thanks to the promotion of Mohist experimental fields, the yield per mu has reached four loads, and what is 15 taxes and one?" Merton said with a puzzled face.

"About 35 Jin!" Zu Mingjun replied.

"So the land tax on 50 mu of land is............."

"One thousand seven hundred and twenty-five kilograms."

Merton suddenly realized, looked at master Huichang with an incredible look and said, "boy, I didn't expect that a monk's appetite was so big that he could eat 1725 kilograms of grain a year."

In an instant, master Huichang blushed. He could hear that Merton secretly satirized that the Buddhist appetite was too big. After Shen Hongcai's calculation of one kilogram of food per person, one person could only eat three or four hundred kilograms of food a year, and Zu Mingjun's cold figure immediately exposed his greed.

"Each monk is exempt from tax for 20 mu! There can be no less. Besides eating, the Buddhist family also has other expenses, and the Buddhist family needs to develop." master farIn said firmly.

Other monks could not help but show a reluctant expression on their faces. Twenty acres could not satisfy them. However, Falin was a Dharma protector and respected his status. It was hard for everyone to say anything?

Merton smiled irrefutably, turned to master Huiyuan and asked, "what's your opinion?"

After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, master Huiyuan suddenly opened his eyes and said firmly, "Buddhists give up the privilege of tax exemption! Don't even have the privilege of tax exemption for one mu."

"What?" almost all the eminent monks looked at master Huiyuan with a look of horror and wonder. To know that the Buddhist temples in the world talk about the scale of temple fields, Shaolin Temple is the largest in the world. Not only does Shaolin have a long history, but also after Shaolin stick monk saved Li Shimin, Li Shimin also rewarded Shaolin with rich Temple fields, adding up to nearly 10000 mu. If all of them pay land tax, That's not a small number.

"It's wrong to exempt one hundred mu from tax in front of the world, and it's also wrong to exempt one mu from tax. In that case, why should my Buddhist family bear this fault? It's better to give up the tax exemption in order to preserve my Buddhist reputation." master Huiyuan explained.

Today's goal is to solve the hidden danger of Buddhism. Since the tax-free Temple field is one of the sources of the robbery of Buddhism, it is better to have a long pain than a short pain. This hidden danger can be solved at one time. In this way, it can also prevent people from avoiding the land tax and hanging their fields in the temple.

Merton looked at master Huiyuan in surprise and said with sincere admiration: "master is wise, Mo admires."

There are nearly 10000 mu of temple fields in Shaolin Temple. All of them give up tax exemption for one year, but the loss is not a small amount.

Master Huiyuan shook his head and sighed, "it's a pity that there are no figures like master Mo in my Buddhism, otherwise I won't suffer twice in a row."

The reason why he decided to give up the tax exemption of Sitian is that the Mohist school gave up the tax exemption privilege. Mohist school, like Buddhism, seems to have the tax exemption privilege and can get great benefits in the short term, but it gives the handle to be attacked. Moreover, if he has loopholes and shortcomings, it will only collapse more and more like an egg breaking a hole.

Merton looked at many Buddhist monks with a reluctant look on their face. Then he smiled knowingly and said, "in the close book of Mohism, Mohist saint has a story. Please taste it."

"I'll listen to Mohist's instruction!" master Huiyuan said respectfully.

"Mo Sheng once traveled to the state of Chu and stayed at a shepherd's house. The next morning, the shepherd found that there was a sheep missing from the sheepfold. After careful investigation, it turned out that there was a hole in the sheepfold. At night, the wolf came in and took one of the sheep away. Mo Sheng advised him," repair the sheepfold quickly and plug the hole! "The man refused to accept the advice and stubbornly said: "The sheep have been lost. Why do you repair the sheepfold?"

As a result, the shepherd found another sheep missing the next morning. He regretted not listening to Mo Sheng's words. He quickly blocked the hole, repaired the sheepfold, and never lost a sheep again.

This matter was widely spread in the state of Chu. During the Warring States period, Zhuang Xin, a doctor of the state of Chu, advised King Xiang of Chu that it was not too late to look after the dog when he saw the rabbit; it was not too late to mend the lost sheep. "

"Make up for the lost!" master Huiyuan was shocked, his eyes flashed, and blurted out.

"Yes, now the Buddhist family has lost sheep twice. Don't you want to fix the sheepfold?" Merton enlightens the deaf.

The eminent monks were as silent as death, and the original discontent disappeared. Mohists and Taoists abandoned part of their ideas and completed their own theories. It can be said that they had fixed the sheepfold just by losing a sheep.

The Buddhist family was robbed twice in a row, but it was still stubborn. In contrast, it was too stupid. In fact, the Buddhist family was more than stubborn. It was not until it experienced the misfortune of three martial arts and one sect and was robbed four times in a row. After the Song Dynasty, the Buddhist family slowly reflected on itself.

"Amitabha, it's safe to do so, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for our Buddhist family to develop again!" master farIn said with emotion.

Merton retorted, "master Naro, who cheated on the streets of Chang'an a few days ago, is not pure, but he is a real ascetic monk in Tianzhu. I'm afraid Buddhism is too far away!"

Tianzhu ascetic monks live a very hard life and devote their lives to the Buddha. In contrast, the days of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty are simply a paradise in the West.

All the eminent monks were not by Hao Ran.

Huiyuan master Lang Sheng said, "it's decided that even if we give up the tax exemption of the temple field, there will be a lot of surplus food left in the temple field. Coupled with the believers' incense money, if it is really unsustainable, my monks can go out for alms. There may be difficulties, but it's just a test given to me by the Buddha."

The monks are silent. If they lose their privileges, they can survive, but I'm afraid they won't be as moist as they are now.

"I Buddhist can accept this condition, but Buddhist still has one problem. Please ask benefactor Mo," master farIn said solemnly.

Merton said positively, "master farIn, please speak!"

"Buddhists have suffered many disasters, and Fu Yi and others have been attacking Buddhists. In addition to the above reasons, there is another reason to believe that Buddhists are Hu religion and believe in foreign gods. If this knot is not resolved, even if Buddhists do the above two points, it will be difficult to be listed among the hundreds of schools." master farIn said sadly and angrily.

The scale and influence of Buddhism has been on a par with all schools of thought, but it has been excluded from the mainstream thought, which makes Buddhism quite aggrieved.

Merton immediately pondered that if he could not solve the grievances of the Buddhist family, he would surely return without success today. At that moment, the light came and said, "you know the origin of Yuwen, Murong, Nangong and Huyan."

"Who knows? This is the period of Wu Hu Luan Hua. The Hu people in the North left their descendants' surnames in the south." the defense machine said proudly.

Merton nodded, "you're right. These surnames were indeed introduced into the Central Plains at that time."

The defense machine couldn't help smiling proudly. However, before he was proud for long, he heard Merton ask, "however, these surnames were called Hu people 300 years ago, and now which of these surnames is called Hu people, and the Buddhism has been introduced into the Tang Dynasty for 600 years and is still called Hu religion. Don't the Buddhists know the reason?"

The smile on the debater's face suddenly solidified, and other monks were not surprised.

"Sinicization!" master farIn said word by word.

The reason why these Hu surnames are used to in the Tang Dynasty is that they speak Chinese, wear Chinese clothes and write Chinese. Except for one more word, all other customs are the same as those of the Han people. This is why Buddhism is different. No matter which one is different from the world, this is why they are called Hu religion.