Well, my attempt was successful, but not completely.
A monk who was in charge of taxes in various places discussed with me that we could not reduce taxes directly, as this would cause hostility from those around us.
The people around you collect 60% to 70% of the taxes. If you reduce it to 40% or 50%, on the one hand it will not be enough to pay the relevant taxes to the court, and on the other hand it will cause hostility from the surrounding large landowners.
After all, many farmers did not completely sell themselves to work as long-term laborers for landlords. Many were still tenants and still had free status.
If a landlord lowers taxes a lot, a large number of tenants will come here to seek rent.
This would arouse hostility from other large landlords nearby. Although this hostility was not a big deal for the Mobilization Temple, it was not good after all.
Therefore, the monk who was specifically responsible for handling related secular affairs took the initiative to discuss with me that the taxes would remain unchanged, but 30% of the taxes would be distributed in the form of various welfare benefits.
Although the model is different from what I said, the underlying logic has not changed. The three layers of taxation come from the grace of the masters, not fixed contracts.
But it would be easier to implement in this way, and it would not cause hostility from the people around. After all, these gifts from above could be taken back at any time.
At the same time, this will not cause rejection from other people at the same level as the landlords. After all, the masters are doing good deeds and no one can stop them.
Knowledge is knowing the world, and writing is knowing people.
I don’t quite understand the difference in this regard, but after thinking about it carefully, I found that doing this is indeed the right thing, absolutely the right thing to do.
When you don't have the strength and ability to change the rules of the entire world, it is best to follow the rules of the game, even the superficial rules of the game. You can replace them with alternative unspoken rules, but you must never put the unspoken rules in the open.
The alternative abbot of a temple who is specifically responsible for handling secular affairs publicly announced among many tenants that this was because a Buddha son was born in Buddhism, and that a person of the reincarnation level of Buddha had bestowed blessings.
Therefore, the Buddha promised them that they would receive gifts every year.
Countless people cheered for it. I saw countless obsessions gathering towards me on this Buddhist land, and then they were eliminated and resolved by the Sutra of the Past Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
It transformed into the most massive and dense essence. Such a powerful and vigorous essence was more abundant and more vigorous than the essence I had painstakingly transformed in Jianyi and Jiujiang County.
I saw countless people buried in the land, and their obsessions gradually crumbled.
There will be a lot of disintegration in the first year, but when such a stable life lasts for two or three years, the relevant essence will become more and more vigorous and stable.
During my third year at Donglin Temple, my abundant life energy propelled me to the ninth level of marrow cleansing and blood transfusion.
The whole temple was in jubilation. The millions of acres of land owned by Donglin Temple received a 30% tax reduction that year. Throughout the year, the area where Donglin Temple was located was filled with laughter and joy.
Even though demons are wreaking havoc in every area, the elderly are well cared for and the young are well educated.
The boiling Buddha's light permeated every corner of Donglin Temple. The incense in the temple never stopped burning every day. It was not the special sandalwood sold by dignitaries, but ordinary crude incense.
Many people visited here. I could feel a special energy permeating Donglin Temple, which was different from the strong energy of martial arts. It was the smell of incense, or the power of faith.
The several Buddha statues enshrined inside the temple are radiating golden light all over their bodies and are extremely spiritual. Sometimes I feel that they are like living golden arhats.
The abbot explained to me that this is another unique practice in Buddhism, the Heart Sutra of Vairocana Tathagata.
You can absorb the power of faith from the many incenses between heaven and earth, and use the power of faith in these incenses to light a few of them to help yourself reach a higher level.
However, nowadays no one in the temple can practice the Heart Sutra of Vairocana Buddha, so the strong power of faith and the aroma of incense are used to cast the golden body of Buddhism, becoming the deep foundation of Buddhism.
When encountering a powerful enemy, this power of faith can be condensed into a strength comparable to that of a Martial Saint.
I know that this is because my prestige in Donglin Temple has reached an extremely high level. My prestige does not come from anything else, but from my own strong strength.
This was the first time I had truly reached the ninth level of marrow cleansing and blood replacement solely through practice.
I have fully transformed my potential into strength. Apart from being a living true dragon who hides himself from the world and rarely fights head-on, I have become the most powerful figure on this earth.
Many people in Donglin Temple had high expectations of me. At the age of 23, I had already reached the pinnacle of marrow cleansing and blood transfusion, and reached the highest level of the Grandmaster realm.
Throughout history, my talent can be ranked among the best.
But I am the only one who knows how to take care of myself, and I have basically reached the highest peak that many of my future brothers can reach.
It was my future brothers who paved the way for me. It was thanks to their shoulders that I was able to reach the pinnacle of the Grandmaster realm at the age of 23.
I have no predecessors to learn from, and everything depends on myself.
However, Donglin Temple has detailed records on how to break through to the Martial Saint realm.
After I discussed Taoism with people in many temples, confronted the most powerful masters head-on, and defeated them.
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