However, this household registration still has nominal defects, that is, there are fewer wealthy businessmen and landlords who theoretically became rich through hard work, and there are also fewer temples and monasteries outside the secular world.
Now that they are unified, no one can escape, and in a sense, this can be regarded as a "local household registration adjustment" for households with different situations.
Secondly, regardless of anything else, all households in Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road must pay taxes half a month in advance starting from the summer tax period next year, which means they must pay taxes before normal people do... Anyway, these people's property is already there, so they don't have to wait for the silk to be woven or the autumn grain to be stored in the warehouse.
Thirdly, for this summer tax, the privileged households in the two southeastern routes will be the first to enjoy the benevolent policy of never having to pay additional taxes or distributing the tax rate based on the amount of land they own. No matter what, the privileged households must first complete their own land inspections, and then the tax amount can be determined. This is a benevolent policy of the country, and no one can be left out except the privileged households.
Finally, Prime Minister Lu also reminded the members of the cabinet sitting below that they have the obligation to report the small number of households who are not only ungrateful but also trying to evade the land inspection and the new policy... The government said that those who have previously used the skin and bones of fields to resist the land property tax, or those who have hidden their land during the land inspection and have not reported it, will have no other way out, their homes, temples, and shops will be raided directly!
This kind of information basically exposed the true intention, especially when Prime Minister Lu was speaking, Emperor Zhao just sat in the back without saying a word... In other words, the most difficult work of land inspection has reached the stage of tackling tough problems... And everyone also understood that Emperor Zhao's determination was unshakable, to the point that he was going to tackle the toughest problem first after the spring. Whether the land inspection in Liangzhe and Jiangdong could be successful, or directly speaking, whether the entire tax reform could be successful, would probably depend on this wave.
If it succeeds, it succeeds. If it fails, it fails... I'm afraid it will really fail before the Northern Expedition.
However, although the true intention was fully exposed and everyone knew the truth face to face, due to concerns about Yang Yizhong who often disappeared from behind the emperor and the large number of plainclothes officers who went in and out of the Phoenix Mountain imperial guards, no one dared to connect in Hangzhou Prefecture, even though this was the best opportunity for connection... For a moment, it seemed that the road had a purpose.
Of course, Hangzhou Prefecture is just at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and Emperor Zhao is personally in charge, so it is normal that they dare not do anything. But when these members of the public cabinet, who are basically equivalent to the situation households, left Hangzhou and went home to prepare for the New Year, they couldn't help but get together again during the New Year.
"Master Dahui is washing the Buddha's dirt for the New Year and doesn't want to come!"
In a quiet backyard of Jingshan Temple, several people from Yuhang Shezha came to burn incense. They naturally gathered together, chatted for a while, and could not help but ask the abbot of the temple who came with them to invite Monk Dahui, who was a cabinet member of Liangzhe Road and a close friend of Zhang Jiuchen, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, and was said to be a lifelong friend of Prime Minister Zhang Deyuan.
The abbot was shy and of course could not refuse, but after waiting for a long time, he did not expect that the little monk would only say this.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. How could they not know that Monk Dahui was a suspicious person and was unwilling to come?
However, although Monk Dahui was a person outside the world, he was after all a member of the official cabinet with the most outstanding roots in Yuhang. Moreover, he took the opportunity to receive the purple robe in Hangzhou and officially received the name of Dahui from the emperor. He could be called the four-character great master Dahui Zonggao.
If I give up this position, I will inevitably feel reluctant.
So, seven or eight people looked at each other for a few times, and a leader came out, straight away with a frown, and asked the little monk to lead the way to find someone, meaning that he was going to take the initiative to go find someone. The little monk was confused and couldn't understand the host's eyes, so he actually bowed his head and turned around to take a few local luxury figures away.
However, these people still miscalculated. They followed the little monk and walked for a long time. They finally came to a narrow and abandoned Buddhist temple. They were shocked to find that on New Year's Day, Dahui Zen Master, who had just gained the status of a purple-robed monk in front of Emperor Zhao, was actually giving the Buddha a bath together with several little monks... An abandoned wooden Buddha that had been here for who knows how many years, covered with dirt and dust, was placed in this cramped Buddhist temple. Then, Dahui Zen Master had a bucket of hot water next to him, and he personally picked up a rag and was busying around on the Buddha, making his head and face full of stains and dust.
Only because he rolled up his sleeves, his arms were constantly wet, but they were still white, like two lotus roots in winter.
Seeing the other party's appearance, a group of Yuhang scholars hesitated at first, but when the monk Dahui saw everyone coming, he did not stop, but continued to wash the Buddha's dirt while reciting a jingle directly on the Buddha's body.
As the saying goes:
"Everyone, pour a ladle of dirty water to wash away the dirt on the Tathagata's pure side.
When all the filth is gone and all the sufferings of sentient beings are gone, the fox will roar like a lion. "
It is said that not all of these seven or eight people were as knowledgeable as Zhang Jiuchen and could not understand immediately. Instead, most of them were confused. A few of them understood something, but they did not dare to guarantee it, for fear that they had misunderstood and would be laughed at.
So, everyone looked at each other again, and forced a smile in front of the temple, praising Master Dahui's Buddhist principles for a few words, and then left awkwardly. Then they returned to the secluded side courtyard, and talked about Master Dahui until the afternoon, and then they dispersed.
Not to mention others, just say that the abbot of Jingshan Temple had served these people well for the whole afternoon and was already thirsty, but he was not in a hurry to go back to rest. Instead, he turned around to look for Dahui. Unexpectedly, Dahui had already finished bathing the Buddha and was now digging lotus roots alone in a small pond in the temple.
In winter, the small lotus pond has lost its summer beauty. It is filled with dead branches and leaves. Although the lotus roots are growing in season, they are hidden in the cold water and mud below. People need to go into the pond in the cold water and carefully dig through the mud to dig out the big lotus roots, and they will be crushed if they are not careful... In the past, even young monks were unwilling to do this kind of work, and they always let the white lotus roots rot in the mud. It was only recently that the temple inspected the land and compensated the thousands of monks in the temple for their exemption money. Then the abbot said that if the temple did not become self-reliant, it would run out of food. He also appointed several young and energetic monks to imitate Emperor Zhao's financial strategy and carry out internal financial reforms. Only then did the hard work of digging lotus roots in winter come about.
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