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Chapter 360 The Monk Giving Money

The signboards of Shaolin Temple and Daxiangguo Temple should not be too loud. Although this is not a martial arts novel, in general these two bald donkeys can be regarded as figures of some status, so we must treat each other with courtesy.

Needless to say, Daxiangguo Temple, Shaolin, is also the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism. In the entire north of the Yangtze River, it is also the leader of the world's Buddhist temples. In contrast, although the Baima Temple in Luoyang is the ancestor of the world's Buddhist temples, its influence It's really bad.

So the Sun family father and son didn't dare to be negligent, greeted them quickly, and ordered someone to make good tea.

"What do these two masters have to do?"

"Amitabha, I heard that the Salt and Iron Department is building a bank now, and wants to use silver to mint new coins to connect the world for the convenience of merchants. This is a great charity, and we, people from outside the country, also want to contribute."

The Sun family father and son looked at each other, but said: "Masters, our bank is certainly a matter of benefiting the country and the people, but the investment... is not a small number, because it needs a large amount of copper as a reserve, so..."

"Amitabha, if you want copper, do I have more in Daxiangguo Temple? I can still afford one hundred thousand catties."

The father and son even spurted out the tea: "How much?"

Hui Liang from Shaolin also said: "For the benefit of the common people, Shaolin dare not lag behind others. It's not a big problem to squeeze a hundred thousand catties together. Besides, the two of us are here on behalf of the Buddhist sects in the world. It's not a big problem if we are within a million catties." .”

Sun Yue was stunned: "Where do you get so much copper?"

"Remove a few Buddha statues, and there will be."

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This painting style is a bit wrong, the monk asked to remove the Buddha statue?This is not a dream.

"Amitabha, worshiping the Buddha is a matter of courtesy. As long as the heart is sincere, what is the difference between the bronze Buddha and the clay Buddha? It is the golden Buddha. If you don't accumulate virtue on a daily basis, the Buddha will not bless you. Silver coins benefit the world and the common people. If the Buddha's golden body is destroyed because of this, the Buddha will certainly forgive him."

Both Sun Yue and Sun Chunming were speechless. They had the impression that a group of eminent monks and great virtues would come to their family every New Year's Eve to make alms and cast Buddhas. You didn't say that at the time.

But in this way, they are indeed the largest depositors of copper in the world, and even adding one piece of all the copper in the world may not be able to get much more than them.

Taking Daxiangguo Temple as an example, the third Buddha statues on the Daxiong Hall are all nearly five meters high and made of pure copper and gold. Just because these three Buddha statues are fused together, they might weigh tens of thousands of catties. No wonder they speak so boldly.

In the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, Buddhism was already very prosperous. In the later Zhou Dynasty, the number of monks exceeded several million, which even seriously affected the operation of the country, so that Chai Rong had to carry out the extermination of Buddhism, but it was a relatively mild reform. , did not kill people very much, compared to the previous few times, he was already very benevolent, but unfortunately he died in the second year, and the people in the market said it was because he offended the Buddha.

Therefore, these monks quickly revived again, and Zhao Kuangyin was also a little frightened. He really didn’t dare to control these monks. He just suppressed them by supporting Taoism (all the emperors who destroyed Buddhism in history did not To survive the second year, Chai Rong was the last one, this thing is really evil).

But there are almost no temples that do not lend usury. First, this is the main source of income for the major temples, and second, it is actually the most important means for them to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.

Although the highest interest is as high as five cents or even double the interest, but this matter cannot be viewed from the perspective of future generations. As far as troubled times are concerned, the grain plowed in the spring is really life-saving, and poor people are willing to pay less interest. If the landlord is willing to borrow, generally speaking, the land will be mortgaged if it is too late. Most of the temple's land is obtained through this method.

So this group of monks is actually the most financially savvy group of people in the world, so as soon as the matter of the bank came out, they immediately realized that this was a crisis, with both danger and opportunity.

Thinking about it on my knees, I know that this bank has saved so many copper coins. When the silver coins are stabilized in the future, there will not be so many people to exchange them. Maybe they won't lend them out?Temples have advantages in lending usury, but compared with ordinary landlords and tyrannical landlords, compared with the imperial court, can you let others go?

If you really live on incense money, at least half of the temples in the world will go bankrupt.

This is the part of the crisis. As for the machine, it is actually very obvious. Don't you want copper?Who in the world can have more copper than us?Neither can the imperial court.

Monks, even monks can eat meat or even drink, but there are not many places to spend money, at least it is impossible to marry a bunch of prodigal wives to help them spend money, so once the money is saved enough Just put a big Buddha in Du Ang.

In addition, no matter how rich people in Chinese civilization started their fortunes, they usually do three things after they get rich: building bridges, paving roads, and repairing Buddha statues.

So there are really a lot of copper in the temple. This thing is cast into a Buddha statue and put there for hundreds of years without moving it. Centuries-old shops like Daxiangguo Temple and Shaolin Temple have accumulated a few pieces over time. Ten thousand catties may not be a big deal, who knows how much they have accumulated, and now they are willing to use it to reserve copper for the bank. This is really... hard to refuse.

So Sun Yue and Sun Chunming, the father and son, looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Let us discuss it, two masters, sit down for a while."

Then the two of them went to the study room. They discussed it for a long time, until the moon came out at night, but they didn't see it. Fortunately, the two masters had a strong Buddha heart and could endure loneliness. Embarrassed because there was really no tea to pour, the two bald donkeys did not see any impatience.

It's just because I drank too much tea and went to the toilet a few times, other than that, I was always smiling.

It's not to blame for the ink stains of their father and son, it really is this matter, it involves too much, and the two of them are completely unprepared for this, so it is really unclear for a while.

You must know that although Zhao Kuangyin did not destroy Buddhism like Chai Rong, he really didn't like these bald donkeys, and Buddhism and Taoism have been incompatible since ancient times. If they accepted them, they would definitely offend Taoism, and Taoism was the state religion of the Song Dynasty.

This relationship is a bit too big, and the two of them really can't afford to provoke them.

As for the benefits, it is obvious. Just nod your head, and the problem of copper reserves that has plagued them for a long time can be solved almost directly. This bit of reserve silver is gone.

After all, Japanese silver hasn’t flowed into the country yet, we really don’t produce any silver in our country, who would be willing to push out these Gods of Wealth?It's so funny to say, this monk used to ask for money when he came in, but now he came to give money, and they really didn't dare to accept it.

(End of this chapter)