343. Overt Conspiracy to Destroy a Country, Calling a Deer a Horse! (Please Order the Whole Thing)

"Little junior sister."

Bai Gui made a Taoist bow with a smile on his face.

After bowing to each other, Yang Yuhuan held up the hem of her skirt, ran three or four steps in front of Bai Gui, and shouted for the second senior brother to hug her.

"Be good, little junior sister, Master is still here..."

"Pay attention to the rules!"

He had experience in taking care of little Chiyo, so he tried to be as patient as possible with Yang Yuhuan, who was five or six years old. Therefore, Yang Yuhuan, who was far away from her father and sister, was particularly dependent on him.

"Yuhuan, have you memorized the Qingyu Hidden Technique? If not, continue to recite the scriptures in your room. What are you doing here? I will punish you not to leave the boudoir for a day!"

Hou Shaowei scolded with a cold face.

"Yes! Master!"

Yang Yuhuan was taken away by the two female crowns in the audience, with a depressed look on his face.

"After the new money was implemented, there were money supervisors to monitor the situation at first, but there was no serious problem. However, the crisis did not come from the market or the dignitaries, but from Buddhism."

"My teacher heard that many Buddhist monks are going to Chang'an to teach the Dharma. The Dharma they preach is false and they intend to damage the national policy of New Money..."

"Buddhists need copper coins to make a golden body, and we cast the copper coins into Dharma coins. If the Dharma coins are damaged in large quantities, the money supervisors will notice and the court will seal them up. In this way, the Dharma coins will increase day by day, while the copper materials will decrease day by day. …”

After Yang Yuhuan left, Hou Shaowei began to talk about business with Bai Gui, his words full of worry.

The two of them were walking in the back garden of Haotian Temple, talking as they walked.

"Three Pure Ones only need a clay body, but Buddha needs a gold body."

Bai Gui paused, meditating, thinking of a saying that has been passed down for generations, and sighed.

The Buddhist golden body is made entirely of copper and plated with gold on the surface.

However, due to the limitations of ancient mining technology, money shortages occurred in almost every dynasty. Therefore, in addition to the private money made by the royal family members, Buddhists hoarded money privately, and most of them used money to cast gold bodies.

"That's a very good thing to say."

After hearing this, Hou Shaowei nodded with satisfaction and couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if Meihe has any way to solve this matter."

"It's not difficult to solve this matter. The defense is..."

…

The debate Bai Gui mentioned was not the debate between Taoism and Buddhism, but the debate between many scholars appointed by the Taixue Society and these eminent Buddhist monks.

This is a conspiracy!

If Buddhism wins, it will be equivalent to offending the scholars represented by Confucianism. If Buddhism loses, there will naturally be no discussion of the abolition of new money.

But in fact, regardless of victory or defeat, Buddhism has already lost.

In other words, Bai Gui regards the implementation of Taoist talisman money and Five Emperors money as the national policy of the Tang Dynasty, and the implementation of national policy relies on the officials of the court, the entire bureaucracy, and the entire ruling class.

If Buddhism wants to confront the entire ruling class, it will definitely lose!

However... the scholars currently appointed by the Taixue Society cannot yet represent the entire scholarly community.

So, in Hanyuan Hall, the great court gathered.

Bai Gui stood in the hall, turned around and looked down at the officials, "It has been almost half a year since the new money was implemented. I don't need to explain the benefits. Now I heard that someone wants to secretly encourage the officials to abolish the new money." Qian Zhice, I really don’t believe that anyone dares to do this..."

"The Prime Minister has been in the army for many years and has always been straight-talking. He admires his upright husband and despises the insidious villain. Now if you want any officials who can tell you about His Majesty's plan to abolish the new money, please come forward. Not only will the Prime Minister not be hostile, , on the contrary, I will admire you, but if you are unwilling to stand up..."

He didn't explain what he said next, but the implication was clear.

If no court official stands up to express his feelings now, but secretly reports in the future, then there is no doubt that these people are insidious villains.

When the officials saw this, they kept whispering.

Although Li Longji, who was sitting on the dragon throne, vaguely realized that something was wrong with Bai Gui's words, Bai Gui had already told him what happened today. In addition, Bai Gui had always been loyal, and he was not a mediocre emperor who could be manipulated, so Out of confidence, he did not interrupt these words.

One, two, or three courtiers came out.

About fifteen court officials came one after another to oppose the new money.

"I respect you all!"

Bai Gui bowed deeply to these courtiers.

Then dispersed.

All the courtiers were a little surprised. They thought it was some big battle when Bai Gui put up such a battle today, but they didn't expect that the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light.

But then, it lasted for more than ten days.

Scholars debated whether these dozen courtiers were too pedantic, or whether they were involved in private money business. In short, they launched public criticism against the dozen or so courtiers.

When Li Longji saw that these dozen court officials had become "treacherous officials" that everyone wanted to beat, he, who was determined to be a virtuous emperor, immediately issued a decree to return these dozen court officials with gold.

"Prime Minister Bai's plan is so perfect that Lin Fu is attracted to it..."

In the Imperial Palace, Zhongshu Provincial Government Office, Li Linfu flattered him with a look of admiration.

"There is no such thing as a perfect plan."

"It's just the principle that 'the emperor will be enlightened if he listens to both, and if he listens to one side, he will be dark'."

Bai Gui took a sip of tea and calmed down.

He deliberately asked the courtiers to stand up, which was to turn a deer into a horse and establish his authority. But if he follows Zhao Gao's example and calls a deer a horse, it will be too obvious. Li Longji is not the second emperor of Qin, so he would not be so stupid.

But his "pointing at a deer and calling it a horse" is different. Zhao Gao's "pointing at a deer and calling it a horse" is to say that the wrong is right, so as to divide the court officials. The new money policy is originally a strategy that benefits the country and the people. Therefore, he "pointed at a deer and called it a horse" to divide the court officials. Even if some of the court officials could guess it, they could not say it out, because it was out of public interest. Who can say it is wrong if they are dedicated to the country.

And the dozen court officials who were squeezed out of the court were not necessarily dissatisfied with the scholars and attacked them.

It was just that the scholars in Chang'an were dissatisfied with them!

This is a mismatch of information!

The scholars in Chang'an are mainly scholars who participated in the meeting of the Imperial Academy. They regarded Bai Gui as the leader of the party. They are also the youngest and are most likely to accept the new money policy proposed by Bai Gui.

In addition to the scholars outside Chang'an, the scholars in remote areas may choose to support the dozen court officials who support the abolition of the new money...

Listening to both sides will lead to enlightenment, while listening to only one side will lead to ignorance.

But the emperor had obviously listened to the entire Chang'an literati, and did not listen to one or two favorites. Who... can say that Bai Gui was wrong, and the dozen court officials were right? !

Even if he listened to the favorites, these favorites had a close relationship with Bai Gui and would not slander Bai Gui to Li Longji.

"Now all court officials agree with the new money policy, and are preparing to let the Buddhist monks discuss with the scholars invited by the Imperial Academy..."

Bai Gui put down the teacup and smiled.

"Yes!"

"I will arrange it right away!"

Li Linfu subconsciously agreed, but after agreeing, he felt that it was too fast to let the literati and Buddhist monks discuss.

But after thinking about it for a while, he immediately admired Bai Gui.

What is a brilliant policy!

Bai Gui first used the heated debate among the scholars in Chang'an to drive out more than a dozen court officials who opposed the new currency from the court. Then, he took advantage of the fact that all the officials in the court agreed to the new currency policy and asked the Imperial Academy to invite scholars to discuss with these Buddhist monks.

In this way, the people who discussed with the Buddhist monks... were not just the scholars invited by the Imperial Academy, but the scholars of the entire Tang Dynasty.

If anyone was the most qualified to represent the Tang Dynasty scholars, it would undoubtedly be the officials of the court.

From left hand to right hand...,

It was extremely terrifying!