Chapter 229 One Month

200,000 days of grain can not be transported away. Moreover, the river is turbulent and the ferry is impassable at all, so if the road is strong and repents, it can still be stopped.

There have even been courtiers who have suggested that Lu Qiang do this. After all, the premise of helping others is that he can live well.

Lu Qiang was not unmoved about this, but soon dispelled this idea and funded the grain of the State of Yan. Although it was intended to buy people's hearts, most of them were Han people in Yan. In addition, controlling the State of Yan by economic means can be said to be a long-term project. Once successful, it can even reach hundreds of thousands of people. The efficacy of the army.

So even if it's harder on your side, you must grit your teeth and survive.

Lu Qiang knew that there were still many people storing food in many rich families in the south of the Yangtze River, but his court was not a robber and could not do that kind of stupid thing.

In feudal countries, it is impossible to completely eliminate the landlord class, and the landlord class is the cornerstone of this society. Even if it is to move away, it must be gradual. Otherwise, once their resistance is aroused, the result will not be a flood.

Today's rain finally stopped. In the afternoon, the long-lost sunshine secretly shone on the surface. It seemed that the flood peak was about to pass.

Lu Qiang and his party came back from the river embankment. As soon as they entered the city, they suddenly heard a Sanskrit sound coming from the temple by the roadside.

Lu Qiang is actually not very interested in the Buddha's set of things, but because of his brothers, he built a temple for his brother in Jiangling for him to practice while he can visit him at any time.

In Lu Qiang's heart, he has always felt that he owes too much to his brothers.

The construction of the temple is magnificent, and its luxury is much stronger than that of the road-strong palace. This is built for the first time, regardless of the opposition of brothers.

"Huangjue Temple" is the name of this temple, and because Lu Qiang often visits, the incense here is also particularly good.

Sima Dewen is calm. At the time of the flood, he will recite scriptures with his disciples every day to pray for Buddha's blessing to leave the flood early.

Hearing the sound of the sutra, Lu Qiang's heart suddenly moved. He knew that monks were rich and food. Those fool-like believers were reluctant to eat and wear, but they still had to worship those so-called Buddhas, making the monks rich one by one.

Lu Qiang had cleaned up the monks there in Xunyang before, but later put this matter down because of a lot of things. Shouldn't we take this opportunity to clean up the temple property now?

As early as when Lu Qiang was not born, the most popular in Jiangnan area was the manor economy and temple economy. The vast majority of the land was in the hands of landlord gentry and monasteries.

Since Lu Qiang ruled the south of the Yangtze River, he has vigorously suppressed the landlords and gentry, and has liberated a lot of land and petty farmers tied to the land.

However, because the monks do not participate in politics and cannot threaten Lu Qiang's rule, they are given a temporary respite. As the power in Lu Qiang's hands becomes stronger and stronger, the good days of the monks will obviously come to an end.

Lu Qiang pondered for a moment, turned over and got off his horse, and walked to the temple.

Sima Dewen has been awarded the title of national teacher by Lu Qiang. For such a big thing, he must first say hello to his brothers.

Entering the temple, Lu Qiang came to the brother's Zen room behind and waited for his brother to come back.

There are many Buddhist scriptures on the table, which are neatly placed on one side, so that one side is pen, ink, inkstone and other things. It can be seen that Sima Dewen is also a person who likes to learn.

Lu Qiang had nothing to do. He took a Buddhist scripture and turned it over a few times. To be honest, he basically couldn't understand the Buddhist scriptures and words in it.

I casually looked over a few times and was about to put down the scriptures when I suddenly saw a letter under the Buddhist scriptures in my hand.

Who will write to the brothers?

Sima Dewen and Lu Qiang are brothers. After being forced to become emperor by Liu Yu, they did not accept any concubines. Although they have a wife, they have no children, but they have no relationship with the outside world at all.

Brother is a man who has been an emperor after all. Is there anyone who doesn't give up?

Lu Qiang pondered for a moment and finally opened the letter. After a few glances, his heart first relaxed, and then frowned.

The letter was written by a monk named Huineng. Since no one was engaged in conspiracy, Lu Qiang was naturally relieved, but what made him angry was that the monk named Huineng actually encouraged his brother not to interfere in the affairs of the Buddhist temple, and at the same time protected the property of the temple and so on.

The monk was so bold that he walked through the back door to his brother.

The date and color of reading the letter should be some days. During this period, I have been here several times, but I have never heard my brother mention it. It seems that my brother doesn't want to care about it.

As he was thinking about it, Sima Dewen, dressed in a big red saber, pushed the door and came in. Seeing the letter in Lu Qiang's hand, he was stunned first, and then saluted: "Brother"

Lu Qiang calmly raised the letter in his hand and said, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Sima Dewen pondered for a moment before saying, "I know that my brother doesn't like others to interfere with government affairs, so I didn't reply to him"

"Hmm! Do you still want to protect him?"

paused and said, "Under the world, is it Wang Tu? Why does the temple need so much land? With land, you can indirectly control the people and even disturb the national tax revenue. You and my brothers, I don't want to hide it from you. Now that the flood is rampant, the country is in a difficult time, and I need monasteries to contribute all their land and food."

"You first issue an edict in the name of the national teacher. Within one month, if you cooperate with the government's clear land and pay grain, the court will give you a special award. If you fail to do it within the time limit, don't blame me for destroying the Buddha."

Speaking of this, Lu Qiang's tone eased: "German, you devote yourself to practicing Buddhism and listen to things outside the window. Others also like this and your relationship with me, so you have to take advantage of you. Remember, discuss everything with me more and don't always hide it in your heart."

Sima Dewen sweated by Lu Qiang's words and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will never interfere with the royal brother's government affairs."

Lu Qiang did not feel that he was majestic. No matter who spoke in front of him, he was not careless.

Reaching out and holding my brother to sit next to him, Wen Yan said, "Actually, you know that I am not against religious belief, but everything must have a degree. If the monks in the world are like you, I will be responsible for their lives. No matter when, the land is the state, and all harvests must be subject to the law of the state. Uniform Allocation"

"Brother, don't worry, I will pass on what you said to monasteries everywhere"

"Hehe! Let's not talk about government affairs. You haven't been to my place for a day, have you? In another month, my child will be born, and I don't know whether the first one is a man or a woman. To be, you are more knowledgeable than me. Just give me a name for the child!"

After listening to Lu Qiang's words, Sima Dewen stood up in horror and said urgently, "How can the name of the prince be taken by someone outside me? It's better for the royal brother to decide for himself!"

Lu Qiang stretched out his hand and pulled Sima Dewen down again and said strangely, "The child is such an uncle like you. Is there so much taboo about naming a name? That's it, uh-huh! Just take it as the imperial edict! Haha!"

Sima Dewen scratched his bald head helplessly and said, "Brother, do you think this first one will be a man or a woman?"

"Men and women are not the same"

It's not that Lu Qiang doesn't want to name his child. However, the ink in his stomach is really limited. After holding it for several days, he came up with a Sima Guang, and then he almost slapped himself, because the name was still from the sketch on TV.

Did Sima Guang smash the cylinder, or did Sima just smash it? Thinking about myself is funny, so I have to hand over this difficult task to my brother.

Sima Dewen peeked at Lu Qiang, who was in good interest, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Have you seen the genealogy?"

In this era, door valves and scholars are prevalent, and every big family will have a genealogy. Some big portals even try their best to associate their surnames with ancient celebrities to increase their reputation.

Sima is a royal surname, how can there be no genealogy? However, this genealogy is stored in the ancestral temple of Jiankang and is under the control of Zongzheng.

Lu Qiang glanced at his brother and intuitively told him that his brother might know something, but of course he couldn't explain this kind of thing.

I stood up and circled around the meditation room with my hands behind my back, and then said, "In all dynasties, there have been many clans who have been in chaos. Even if there is no chaos, some children have gradually become dung bets who harmed one side. In order to avoid the breeding of this situation, and also to leave a quiet environment for my descendants, I decided to open a clan school to learn Tang only teaches the children of Sima's surname"

"Those who have both morality and talent can be officials, and those who cannot be officials must also learn a craft that can support themselves. The court will no longer support those so-called imperial relatives"

Lu Qiang can come up with this idea. In this society with clans as the background*, what a terrible thing it will be if we lose the support of the family.

However, Lu Qiang did not rise by any family power. People are selfish. In the future, in the Jin Dynasty, only his children can be emperor or be crowned king, and other descendants of the Sima clan will be gradually eliminated.

"Brother..."

Sima Dewen obviously wanted to persuade again, but was stopped by Lu Qiang waving his hand.

"If you are willing to return to vulgarity and have a son and a daughter, I will definitely treat it like my own child"

As soon as Lu Qiang's words fell, Sima Dewen put his hands together and pleaded guilty.

Lu Qiang smiled, patted Sima Dewen on the shoulder, turned around and strode out. When he walked out of the door, the voice came back: "Remember, there is only one month"

one month!

Sima Dewen looked out of the door and couldn't help but stare.

Cancel the nine-pin Zhongzheng system and break the monopoly of the land of the rich families. These are all on the agenda. As for the nationalization of the monk's temple, it is just a side dish of the first two main dishes.

It's just that Lu Qiang didn't expect that the rich scholar family did not respond to his suppression, but the monks took the lead in making trouble.