Chapter 896 The dangers of temples

When King Zhennan thought of these two words, he immediately felt like he was possessed. He knew the specific situation very well.

Although he holds a lot of power, but having said that, compared with King Nanzhao, he actually doesn't have many advantages. He can give it to others. If he wants Li Xiang to support him If so, then we must give something that King Nanzhao cannot give, such as cutting off some land so that the Tang army can be stationed here.

At the beginning, he was also frightened by his own idea. This was definitely a traitor, but soon he began to comfort himself. If he didn't do this, he would have been a traitor in the battle for the throne. He was eliminated early and had no advantage at all.

In the future, Li Xiang will definitely believe that his brother-in-law will never believe him. From the perspective of the Tang Dynasty court, they are also willing to believe in a young man, and this person studied from the Tang Dynasty. This is equivalent to studying from the Tang Dynasty. How could a native old man like himself, who was sent by the Tang Dynasty, be controlled by the Tang Dynasty?

By the time the sedan arrived at the palace, this guy had already made up his mind. Didn't Li Xiang miss him? Then you have to find someone to pass this message on. As long as someone passes the message, then stuff money as hard as you can until you can pass it on.

As long as Li Xiang can meet with him, the rest of the things will be easier to handle. No matter which area Li Xiang wants, he must agree first and never let the court express its stance. Once the court expresses its stance, Even if Li Xiang wants to support himself, it will be even more difficult in the future.

When Li Xiang returned to the Guest House, a table of banquets had been set up here, and most of them were of northern taste. Mainly because many people in the military camp were northerners, so no matter how exquisite these things in the south were, they still I felt like I wasn't full and I had to eat another meal when I came back.

"How is the investigation going on from top to bottom in Nanzhao Kingdom?"

Long Wu has come back from outside. This guy and his brothers have not been idle. From the moment Li Xiang arrived in the royal city, they began to investigate the entire Nanzhao Kingdom. Now some of the spies from outside have returned. .

"Returning to Your Highness, the whole country is not as they appear. In fact, the people in many places cannot even provide food and clothing. Although the taxes collected by the court are not very high, the people have donated a lot of money to the temples to pray for their own health. They can live a better life in the next life, so people don’t have much money in their hands.”

Long Wu's investigation of the outside world is still very thorough among the people. When he left, Li Xiang had already told him not to make superficial articles. After all, Changsun Wuji's people had already sent these things over, and Zhang Jiuli was also investigating. There are quite a few cases there. Since we want to conduct on-the-spot investigation, we must find information from the root.

According to the information this guy brought back, for example, in a small county south of the royal city, the number of monks has reached nearly 10%, and most of these people are young adults. There are quite a few young adults here, with 1/ When 10 people enter the temple, it means that 1/10 of the people in the society have lost their labor force, but they still need to eat, so another 1/5 of the people have to be provided to support them.

In other words, these existing temples alone have already absorbed 30% of society's wealth. If they continue to expand in the future, this number will increase.

Put it in other places, whether it is the common people or the landlord class, I am afraid they will stand up and resist. 30% of society's wealth is not a small amount, and it is probably impossible for people to willingly take it out. But this is Nanzhao In China, a country famous for Buddhism, such things are normal. Many people in the society even feel that it is not enough. Even if they do not eat or drink, they must build luxurious temples so that they can show Come out of the piety in your heart.

"There is also the matter of land annexation. Many landowners have directly given land to temples. Now temples no longer simply accept money. They also accept these lands, but only some of the monks in the temple For farming, the remaining land is either abandoned or subleased to the surrounding people. The land rent they set is not high, but the people take the initiative to increase the rent of this part of the land."

Long Wu also thought of another thing. Now the temple has a lot of land, and it is slowly increasing. The farmers rent the land in the temple, and their land rent is very low. But because the farmers Respecting the Buddha, half of the products are sent to the temple every year.

"This is really a strange phenomenon. I would rather go hungry to make these monks' lives easier. I just don't know how long they can persist. If they are placed somewhere in our Tang Dynasty, Maybe the local people are about to stand up and resist."

Zhang Jiuli stroked his beard and said that he had known that temples here were popular and the religious atmosphere was very serious, but he did not expect it to be so serious. He would rather not eat to support these monks, mainly because of the Central Plains Such a situation has never happened in the region, so they were surprised. If it were 1000 years in the future, similar things might happen, but there would definitely not be many.

The main reason is that the Central Plains Dynasty will not vigorously develop a certain religion. Even if it develops, it will use religion as a tool of its own rule and will not let them have too much power. If they can compete with the current emperor, Then this religion has basically come to an end. Even if the emperor does not destroy it, then this will be a thorn in the side of the next emperor and a thorn in the flesh.

"How is the combat effectiveness of the army? Is it similar to that of the four chieftains?"

Li Xiang suddenly remembered another thing. Although Zhang Jiuli had already reported this matter, what Zhang Jiuli reported was a few years ago. Now after several years of development, it must be clarified. Military Conflicts will definitely be inevitable in the next two or three years, so this is also the top priority of this investigation. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious. We are not required to know all their situations, but we must know a general idea. .