Chapter 349 The Dharma prospers

Chapter 349 The Dharma prospers

Criticisms come from the inside out, Li Tai is always reluctant to imitate Dugu Xin and generally leaves Yifeng and his party aside and ignores them.

He first led the group back to the Weizhou camp with others, and while ordering his subordinates to arrange the camping arrangements, at Yifeng's urging, he went to the Chinese army's tent to report the situation.

In the big tent, Dugu Xin, who was sitting at the table, was no longer as angry as before, but looked a little lonely. Seeing Li Taixing come in, he reluctantly cheered up and asked, "Is Yi Jingfu outside the tent?"

After hearing this, Li Tai nodded and said, "Gong Leling has no time to change his clothes and has repeatedly expressed his hope to see his father-in-law as soon as possible."

"Then let him wait!"

Duguxin snorted again: "If the country feels that it is difficult for me to quell the rebellion in Liangzhou alone, you can directly send people to replace me! I was ordered to stop my troops from waiting here for ten days, but they only showed weakness. It’s really nice to come here to help with the journey…”

Hearing Dugu Xin's complaint, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh inwardly. To be honest, he also felt that Yu Wentai's behavior this time was a bit unscrupulous.

Not to mention that the reorganization of the Sixth Army during last year's Baishui Parade was already very effective. It no longer had the embarrassment of lack of available troops in previous years. Even Yifeng's own troops would not be in such a shabby state.

From the beginning of preparations for this war, Bafu has been emphasizing that it must wait for Yifeng and other Guanzhong troops to arrive before the army can march westward. In the end, the number of troops sent was only of this size. So what impact and significance would the arrival of this troops have on the victory of the victory?

Or is such a group of people here to participate in the battle, or to supervise the Longyou armies under Duguxin? In the eyes of the Bafu, is the real danger in Longyou the generals of Longyou led by Duguxin, or the rebel leader Yuwen Zhonghe of Liangzhou?

Even if Yuwentai cannot fully trust Duguxin, it is not without implicit expressions. But now it seems that he wants to put some issues on the surface, which also shakes Duguxin's personal authority. .

Li Tai felt that Yu Wentai was not very particular about what he did. He used small actions to shake the authority of the army commander on the eve of the war. It could even be said to be a bit stupid, and he regarded the war here as child's play.

But this was also due to his position and perspective. He felt that Yuwen Zhonghe was a rebel, while Duguxin was a royal minister who countered the rebellion. But in Yuwentai's eyes, is this really the case?

As early as the ninth year of Datong, Yuwentai once wanted to serve as the governor of Qinzhou to replace Duguxin with some benefits. Although it was not implemented in the end, it also showed that after Yuwentai was defeated in Mangshan and his forces were greatly damaged, he felt that Hui Hui, who fought bravely in the battle of Mangshan, was more trustworthy than Duguxin.

A perspective derived from this is, is Yuwen Zhonghe a determined rebel, or is Duguxin deliberately forcing rebellion in order to consolidate his position in Longyou? In other words, if Dugu Xin fails to quell the rebellion and is defeated by Yu Wenzhonghe, is it possible for the Ba Mansion to use other means to make Yu Wenzhonghe surrender again?

If this idea is true, then whether the Liangzhou rebellion can be successfully quelled is not Bafu's problem, but Duguxin's problem. If he wins, it will naturally prove that his management in Longyou over the past few years has been very effective. Even if they fail to win, Bafu can still resort to other means to solve the problem, including sacrificing Duguxin's position.

The arrival of Yifeng's thousands of weak people also showed that the Bafu actually had no intention of obtaining a certain outcome in the battle of Liangzhou. Rather than coming to help in the battle, it is better to add fuel to the fire, and the one who wants to bake is Dugu Xin.

Li Tai's assumption may be too malicious and his imagination of the relationship between Wuchuan's powerful men is too negative, but if these guys are really affectionate and intimate with each other, it will be really magical.

"Previously, the army was hanging here empty, and too much time has been wasted. But now we can only travel day and night to reach Liangzhou as soon as possible in order to achieve a quick victory!"

After a moment of silence, Dugu Xin raised his head and said to Li Tai: "Although I am very sure to overcome this chaos, the process will inevitably have twists and turns. Nowadays, the country's middle school... Therefore, it is especially necessary to have a stable and worry-free future. Leave it to Bo Shan.”

After hearing this, Li Tai nodded and said: "My father-in-law, please rest assured. I will stick to the situation in the state and will never allow swings to occur, waiting for my father-in-law to win and return triumphantly."

When Dugu Xin heard this confident answer, his spirit perked up. He stood up, patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Let me, my father-in-law and son-in-law, work together to make this world on the right side of Longyou as solid as a rock! If you can cope with the situation alone, or It’s inevitable that I will feel hesitant, but now that Boshan has given me a way out, I don’t have to worry anymore!”

After talking with Li Tai and feeling relieved, Duguxin finally met Yifeng. After all, no matter what the country's true intentions are, the current war is still being fought in the name of counterinsurgency, and ensuring the stability of Longyou is also the overall situation that Duguxin needs to abide by.

Li Tai did not watch the conversation between Dugu Xin and Yifeng, but when the army took the oath to march out the next day, he saw Dugu Xin mobilizing the soldiers with a serious and passionate face, and couldn't help but feel Feeling that Yu Wentai finally understood how to use cattle and horses, even if he told Dugu Xin openly that I didn't trust you, you, Dugu Xin, still had to put the overall situation first and work for me.

As the army set off to the west, Li Tai did not stay here any longer, and returned to Shangfeng City with his cronies to take charge.

After the army marched westward, the military affairs that needed to be handled by the people left behind in the state capital suddenly decreased. On the contrary, due to the arrival of spring plowing, the number of various people's livelihood matters increased sharply.

Today's Longyou is not as densely populated as Guanzhong, so the conflicts between people and land are not as acute. However, since a large number of local assets are in the hands of powerful families and temples, once any dispute occurs, it will become a big trouble.

For example, the previous fight between the Li and Quan families that lasted for several years was also a representative incident of the conflicts between powerful locals here. There are many similar things, and some disputes and conflicts are even more profound and involving than the Li and Quan families. It's also more widespread, and even Li Tai doesn't dare to touch it easily.

Because the settlement of the dispute between Li and Quan was highly praised by the villagers, Li Tai's reputation quickly spread in the village. In addition, he previously announced to the public that the state government would widely accept civil lawsuits, so the number of lawsuits accepted by the state government during this period also increased.

When Li Tai returned from Weizhou, several large boxes were filled with lawsuit files compiled by the state government, and the state officials responsible for handling these matters looked at Li Tai helplessly.

It took Li Tai two full days to read through all the files related to the lawsuit that had been accepted recently. After reading it, I had mixed feelings in my heart. On the one hand, I had a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of the human customs in the Longyou area in the medieval period. On the other hand, I secretly lamented that everyone really did not regard him as an outsider, and ignored all family ugliness and local feuds. He's here to break the news.

These files can be roughly divided into ethics, economics, religion, etc. Some of them are relatively simple cases of strong oppression and difficult to achieve justice, while some cases are more complicated and involve many elements and disputes.

Li Tai knew that his father-in-law, Dugu Xin, was currently in a state of embarrassment due to internal and external troubles, so he did not intend to cause any more trouble before the end of the Liangzhou War. For some cases that were widely involved and could greatly shake up the order of the countryside, he temporarily I don't plan to deal with it, I just want to resolve some relatively simple lawsuits first.

Another feature of these files is that there are many people involved with temples or monks. Almost half of the files are related to ascetics.

This aspect shows that Buddhism is indeed prosperous in Longyou, and ascetics are extensively involved in all aspects of the lives of people of all classes. On the other hand, it also shows that the good and bad ascetic monks in Longyou are mixed and corrupt, so that many believers who have been worshiping the Buddha sincerely for generations cannot stand the oppression and exploitation of the Sangha, and thus beg the government to bring justice to them.

One of the more typical cases involved a family accusing the county monk Cao Weina of illegally registering their clan in the temple register, causing their family to bear the double squeeze of the monk household and the supporting household for a long time.

Vina is the title of the monk official in the state and county who manages the money and food of the temples within the territory. It is usually held by monks, and is elected at regular intervals by some temples of a certain scale within the territory.

A monk's household is a registered household affiliated with a temple. They have to donate monk's millet to the temple, bear various labors assigned by the temple, etc., which are roughly similar to the rent transfer and taxes that ordinary land households have to bear. It is said to be a registered household. In fact, they are monks and servants affiliated with the temple.

After the temple received the rice grain donated by the monk households, in addition to meeting part of the temple's own consumption, it also assumed another social responsibility, that is, lending it out in bad years and taking it back in good years, so as to obtain a Buddhist teaching that is boundless and universal. It means helping the world. Of course, this is a nice way of saying it, but it is actually usury.

Of course, those who accept temple usury are not ordinary people. This group of people are called supporting households. They accept loans from temples and then repay them with a portion of the interest added, allowing the temples to make long-term profits.

Therefore, the donors often need to have a certain amount of wealth. Otherwise, if they eat the corn they borrowed but still cannot afford it, they will be fat and fat while the Buddhas will have no rice to feed them. That would be really embarrassing.

The monastic households and the supporting households have different identities and different economic situations. In short, they make Buddhism flourish through their own efforts.

However, it is a bit strange that a household is both a monk household and a supporting household. Because Sengjihu himself is a temple slave, everything you have is mine, but you have to continue to pay interest to support me. This is true, he can obviously steal it...

It is recorded in the file that this family of resentment is not an ordinary family, but belongs to the Yan family in Tianshui, so it is able to withstand double exploitation for so many years and still be out of breath.

At the same time, it also reflects the great power of the Longyou Samana. Even if you are from a powerful family, as long as the Buddhas take a fancy to your family fortune, they will still press you to the ground and strip you naked!