Prehistoric: A Stable Life, Starting From the Journey To the West

After Chen Qi saw this exam question, a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This topic is really the same as what the cheap uncle Yang Xuan said, but it is a little more subtle.

At the same time, Chen Qi was not surprised by this topic.

As a traveler of later generations, Chen Qi certainly understood how short of money this Emperor Zhenguan was.

From the establishment of the country by Wude to the unification of the world by the Li family, the Tang Dynasty can be said to have fought year after year.

In addition, after Emperor Zhenguan Li Shimin ascended the throne, drought, frost and locust plagues occurred in successive years, and the court had to provide relief and rent-free everywhere.

In the first year of Zhenguan, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and many people sold their children for food and clothing.

In the second year of Zhenguan, the Turks invaded, and the Weishui Alliance, it is said that Tang Taizong Li Shimin alone drank 300,000 Turkic cavalry. In fact, everyone understands what happened. It is nothing more than spending money to avoid disasters, which almost emptied Datang's treasury.

In the same year, there was a plague of locusts all over the world, because there was no money and food to provide relief, so they could only issue an edict.

After three years of Zhenguan, there was another flood.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, several prefectures such as southern Henan flooded.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, more than forty prefectures in Shandong and Henan flooded.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Shandong, Henan, Huaihai and other places were flooded again.

According to historical records, until the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, that is, now, Wei Zheng still said in "Zhenguan Political Important" that "frequent droughts"!

In this case, it is strange that the Datang treasury is not short of money.

Therefore, even without the reminder of his uncle Yang Xuan, Chen Qi could have guessed the topic of the argument.

However, with the hint of his uncle Yang Xuan, Chen Qi was more confident about the strategy for this palace exam.

Therefore, after seeing the title, Chen Qi smiled lightly and wrote five big characters:

Destroying Buddha and getting rich!

Chen Qi has a lot of ways to "enrich the country", but the one that is easiest to implement and the quickest to see results is the method of destroying the Buddha and becoming rich.

Other methods of enriching the country will either be slow to take effect, or will encroach on the interests of the aristocratic clan, or the results may be easily seized by the aristocratic clan.

Before the foundation is unstable, he must not fight against the aristocratic family, otherwise even Li Shimin would not be able to keep him.

Compared with aristocratic families, they are Buddhist monks, and they are easier to bully.

In the same way, only the eradication of the Buddha has the fastest effect.

Of course, these are not the point, the point is that he does not like Buddhism.

In ancient times, Buddhism basically did not help society except to fool the people.

Taoism, in troubled times, went down the mountain to save the world, and in prosperous times, self-cultivation was passed down from generation to generation.

In Buddhism, the mountains are closed to avoid the world in troubled times, and the mountains are opened to welcome wealth in prosperous times. These words are not just words.

Throughout the past and present, the ancient Buddhist monks, in addition to eating fast food and chanting Buddha, working and resting in the morning and evening, carried out the so-called propaganda of the Buddhadharma and saving sentient beings.

I really don't know what beneficial contributions they have really made for the people.

Not only does it not contribute, on the contrary, it also causes a lot of harm to the society.

Ancient monks did not pay taxes, not only do not pay taxes but also do not have to do corvée and military service.

The monks are also not engaged in production, and the basic source of life is worshipped by pilgrims.

The monks who were ordained orphans made offerings to the Buddha and Bodhisattva, not the biological parents who raised him in the tenth month of pregnancy.

The most dehumanizing thing is that Buddhist monks also stipulate that they cannot be close to women!

The population of ancient dynasties was originally small, and there was no male and female reproduction, where would the inheritance of the family and country come from!

If all the people in the world believed in Buddhism, mankind would not be afraid of extinction!

For such a sect, it's no wonder that Chen Qi has a favorable impression.

Moreover, the destruction of a sect like this would be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty!

As long as the Buddha is destroyed, the Tang Dynasty can obtain a lot of money, population, soldiers and materials in a short time.

The golden bronze statue is the most conspicuous representation of money in the temple!

It may not be a big deal to put the golden statues in later generations, but in ancient times, this was the most valuable thing!

Because ancient money was originally copper coins, especially in the Tang Dynasty, the circulation of gold and silver was not easy, and the main currency in circulation was copper coins.

The golden statues themselves are money!

After the annihilation of the Buddha, all monks and nuns will return to the secular world, which will undoubtedly increase the population, labor force and soldiers.

After these monks and nuns returned to the secular world and started a family, they could continue to multiply, continue to increase the population for the society, and generate tax revenue for the imperial court.

And all the materials in the vacant temples can be used as military.

It is precisely because of the many disadvantages of Buddhism and the huge benefits of eliminating Buddha that there have been many movements to destroy Buddha in history, the most famous of which is the "Three Wus and One Sect to destroy Buddha" movement.

Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Tao destroyed the Buddha, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwenyong destroyed the Buddha, Emperor Wuzong Li Yan destroyed the Buddha, and the later Zhou Shizong Chai Rong destroyed the Buddha!

It's a pity that these people's methods of eradicating Buddhahood are not enough, so soon after the Buddha eradication campaign, Buddhism revived again and continued to poison the people of the world.

Chen Qi's theory of destroying the Buddha is very simple, he did not tell Li Shimin how to destroy the Buddha.

It's just a calculation for Li Shimin. For example, the number of Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty, the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty, is a drop in the bucket.

"Southern History, Xunli Biography, Guo Zuchen Biography" records that there are more than 500 Buddhist temples in the capital (Jinling), which are extremely magnificent. There are more than 100,000 monks and nuns, and their assets are fertile. The county where they are located is indescribable.

However, there are hundreds of temples in Jinling County!

There are more than 1,500 counties in more than 1,500 counties in more than 300 prefectures of the Tang Dynasty, how many temples can there be!

How much wealth and population can these temples add to the Tang Dynasty!

Chen Qi believed that Li Shimin calculated this account more clearly than he did.

As long as Li Shimin is not stupid, he can see the various benefits of eliminating the Buddha and the massive wealth that can be harvested.

After writing about the benefits that the eradication of the Buddha can bring to the Tang Dynasty, Chen Qi also wrote about some old-fashioned methods of reducing expenditure and increasing income, such as building water conservancy, encouraging farming, and encouraging merchants.

But one thing is certain, that is, the following suggestions will require a lot of money to implement.

And where does the money come from?

Destroy the Buddha!

Well, no matter what you say, as long as the Buddha is eliminated, it is right.

Chapter 5 Good guy, where is this troll who wants to harm me again? (for collections, for flowers)

The strokes of the pen are shocking, and the ghosts and gods weep!

The tributes in the hall worked hard to write, putting their ambitions and their good strategies for running the country and the country into their strategies, and they were excited and excited to put their pens on their wrists.

Learn the arts of literature and martial arts, goods and emperors, we are waiting for this moment, my majesty!

Swish swish!

The writing takes off and can't stop at all!

Compared with the tributes who can't stop writing and writing, Chen Qi is much calmer. For an essay on destroying the Buddha and getting rich, let's not say that he is the champion. If he gets a top spot, it shouldn't be a problem to get the first place on the second list.

Well, as a traverser, he, Chen, is so confident.

Three poles in the sun, the sun is shining, and the palace exam that has been held for a morning officially ended.

The palace gate of Taiji Hall opened again, and the jinshi who had struggled all morning lined up from the palace gate in high spirits and smugness.

Who will win the laurel in the Toad Palace and who will win the title will be known in three days.

However, the jinshi who came out of the palace were all completely relaxed, because the ten years of cold window, the imperial examinations, and so far, all ended!

No matter what the result is, you can be on the list anyway, and you don't brush people. After the test is a big happy event worth celebrating!

We must celebrate and meet at Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

......

After the palace exam, the jinshi went home to relax.

The thirty-six test papers they made were handed over to the sealed archives after receiving the papers, palm papers, and seals. Afterwards, Li Shimin, the emperor of Zhenguan, would check the papers in person for three days.

After the emperor has finished grading the papers, he will set the ranking of the champion, the second place and the third flower.

This is the legendary champion of the imperial brush!

Late at night, in the Hall of Nectar!

Li Shimin picked up the test papers on the desk, most of them just glanced at them, and then threw them aside.

Divide into four.

Feeling bored, throw it to the farthest, inferior.

Can be seen, thrown a little closer, medium.

You can look at it slowly, put it up close, and so on.

What needs to be pondered several times, placed on the throne, is excellent.

These young people are too tender, most of them are some naive political theories, and he is too lazy to look at them.

"The Theory of Benevolence, Virtue and Prosperity, Cui Ming!"

Li Shimin glanced indifferently, then sneered disdainfully and threw the test paper to the farthest point.

Rende Fuguo?

This is the biggest joke in the world. The most speechless thing is that, throughout the whole article, not only did he not think about how to increase taxes for the imperial court, but instead commented that the emperor should not compete with the common people for profits, and all kinds of taxes should be reduced.

If the court really did this, I am afraid that the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty would have to drink the northwest wind.

It's no wonder that Li Shimin likes such remarks.

But he thought about it, and finally sighed and took the test paper back. After hesitating for a while, he put the test paper close by and rated it as excellent.

No way, although he didn't like Cui Ming, he had to consider the influence of the Cui family.

As the eldest son of the Cui family's direct line, he ranked second in the A-list in the exam.

If the Cui Clan was placed in the lower ranks in the palace examination, it would be surprising if Cui Clan was willing.

Therefore, for the stability of the court, even if Li Shimin was not happy in his heart, he could only rate Cui Ming's test paper as first-class.

Or, superior.

In all fairness, Cui Ming's literary talent is not bad, the article is even more gorgeous, and reading it gives people a feeling of spring breeze.

It's a pity that the buttocks are all crooked. What is the use of the article no matter how well written.

Li Shimin put down Cui Ming's test paper, rubbed his head with a headache, and said to Wang De, the great **** on the side: "Find out the article of Huiyuan Chen E to me."

A policy theory, thousands of words.

Li Shimin, who had dealt with government affairs during the day, had long been exhausted. After reading several articles by Jinshi, he had no desire to continue reading.

However, thinking of the agreement with the Chen family of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he still patiently asked people to find out Chen E's test paper, ready to see how well this young man who was hailed as a unicorn by the Chen family of the Southern Tang Dynasty was.

""If you want to enrich the country, be the first to care for the people", Chen E!"

"Hey, interesting!"

After Li Shimin saw the title of this policy theory, he was slightly interested, and then continued to read.

"Stupid people, care for the people!"

"Interesting, this view is similar to the Confucian theory of ignorance of the people."

After a long time, after Li Shimin read the article, he couldn't help but stretch his brows, and a smile appeared on his face.

Chen E's theory of appeasing the people is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is an advanced version of the dynasty's policy of ignoring the people. By promoting the concept of reincarnation, the people at the bottom are willing to be cattle and horses to pay for the dynasty.

Promoting the theory of reincarnation of destiny, suffering in this life is to atone for the sins of the past life and accumulate yin virtue for the next life.

If things go on like this, the people of the dynasty will naturally accept the various policies of the imperial court, no longer cheat and cheat, and will fully cooperate with the decrees of the imperial court.

With the full support of the people, the court itself will become stronger and stronger, and then achieve the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the country.