"World-Honored One!"

"Why are you?"

After Emperor L of the Great Qi left, Zen Master Dayu couldn't help asking.

"You want to ask, why did I ask the Emperor of Daqi to take back the privileges of the temple!?"

"Why should we let temples and ordinary people pay taxes and serve labor?"

Before Zen Master Dayu finished speaking, Li Jing interrupted and asked.

"Don't dare!"

"The World Honored One is as wise as the sea, and his eyes are as lightning!"

"The great fool dared not question the World Honored One, but the little monk is really confused..."

Hearing Li Jing's words, Zen Master Dayu hurriedly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, and repeatedly said he didn't dare. However, in the end he couldn't help asking.

Although the other monks didn't say anything, they showed more or less doubts and expressions of difficulty in understanding on their faces.

Seeing everyone's expression of wanting to speak, Li Jing was not angry. He looked around slowly and took all the expressions of everyone. Then he smiled and asked, "Who else has any doubts?"

"I will answer it all, and I will answer it together..."

Listening to Li Jing's words, everyone couldn't help but look at me, I looked at you. After a long time, a monk with a merciless face and a little slick face walked out of the crowd. After saluting, he said respectfully: "Report to the World Honored One!"

"There is a problem with the little monk!"

When everyone saw the monk walking out of the crowd, they were stunned at first, and then they realized that this monk had always been responsible for the land and temple maintenance in the mountains.

He was the one who hurt Li Jing's decision the most.

So it is normal for him to resist. Thinking of this, many of them are already secretly complaining in their hearts.

Although Li Jing knew the identity of this monk, he did not stop the monk, but smiled and nodded, making him speak.

"Report to the World Honored One!"

"I have a vast Buddhist sect. Although there are three treasures of Buddhism, Dharma and Sangha, it is also directly related to the fact that the monk's property does not require taxes."

"Countless rich and nobles worshipped under the temple just to turn private property into monk's property!"

"It is precisely because of these nobles and the support of these rich people that our Buddhist influence will grow increasingly."

"Why wouldn't the Buddha do this? He wants to cut off his own foundation and destroy the Great Wall?"

Li Jing did not expect that this monk would say this matter so bluntly that he couldn't help but look up in surprise, and the expressions on the other people's faces were also like this.

However, although they felt a little uncomfortable, they had to admit that what the monk said was very reasonable.

Why is Buddhism so prosperous in Daqi?

It has a direct relationship with this policy. The Buddha now abolishing this policy is simply destroying the Great Wall and breaking his arms. No wonder this monk has a discomfort.

Li Jing did not answer the monk's question immediately, but turned his head slowly and looked around. Then he asked quietly: "Great fool!"

"Nobita!"

"Benevolence and righteousness!"

"Do you think so too?"

When he heard the World Honored One's inquiry, Zen Master Daxiong and Zen Master Dayu were stunned. Just as they were considering how to answer, Renyi had already walked out of the crowd. He first surrounded Li Jing's body three times before he said seriously: "World Honored One!"

"Renyi does not agree with this statement!"

"We are all Buddhists and people who practice, so we should naturally be empty in all four elements!"

"According to what my uncle said, isn't my Buddhism no different from the secular people?"

When the monk who was speaking just now was stunned when he heard Renyi refuting him, his face even more disagreeable.

After Renyi finished speaking, he took a step forward and said in a tone full of disdain, "Renyi!"

"What you said is nice!"

"Then uncle asks you, do you know how many monks are there in this temple?"

Hearing the monk's question, Renyi was stunned, but he still returned truthfully: "Report to Uncle Master, report to the World Honored One!"

"There are 48 monks in the Great Buddha Temple!"

After hearing the answer from Renyi, the monk nodded first and continued to ask: "Then I am asking you, how many servants, how many tenants, and how many permanent lay Buddhists are there? Every month, how many monks of traveling around are here to hold orders?"

The monk's words were like a cannon. Renyi just opened his mouth but couldn't answer.

He really didn't know about these...

There is nothing to say about benevolence and righteousness, and the monk continued, "You don't know about benevolence and righteousness!"

"I know it, uncle!"

"There are 36 servants in this temple and 108 lay Buddhists. They hold orders every month, and there are about 60 people."

After saying this, the monk continued to ask, "Then I'll ask you again!"

"How much does it cost to have so many people in this temple every day? My Buddhist temple is brightly lit day and night, so how much sesame oil is needed?"

"Then let me ask you again, how much gold foil is needed for the Buddha statue inside and outside the hall?"

"this!"

"this!"

"this!"

"this!"

Renyi did not think of these problems and couldn't help but banish the words. Renyi was speechless. The monk then put his hands together and said in a low tone: "Renyi!"

"You don't know!"

"I know it, uncle!"

"The monks, lay Buddhists, and single monks in the temple, and they need to pay stones every day."

"The sesame oil that is offered to Buddha requires several large jars..."

"..."

The middle-aged monk was very careful. Even Zen Master Dayu and Zen Master Daxiong could not help but be moved. Although they knew that the temple was large and they needed to consume every day, they never thought that so much would have to be wasted every day.

Thinking of this, everyone was in an uproar, and some people couldn't help but suck in the cold air.

Seeing that everyone's expressions changed from numbness to shock, the middle-aged monk then said, "Such a big expense!"

"How can we maintain the salary given by the court?"

"What you rely on is not the great meritorious master, but the monks' possessions are still the ones?"

"Now, with a big stroke of the pen, the Buddha abolished all these things."

"How do monks in the world gain a foothold?"

"I would like to ask the Buddha to take back the Buddha's decree, and I would like to ask the Buddha to mercy on the monks in the world..."

At the end of his speech, the middle-aged monk fell to the ground, kowtowed constantly, and his voice became desolate and tragic.

Influenced by the middle-aged monk, the other people showed some anxiety on their faces. Just when everyone was thinking differently, Li Jing had already stood up slowly from the throne and smiled.
Chapter completed!