"Ahem!!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a violent coughing sound. Master Huize from Daxingshan Temple was coughing red.

Han Yi smiled and said, "Master, are you okay?"

Huize's old face turned into a pig's liver, "I'm, I'm, I'm and Duke Song!"

Before he could finish his words, Han Yi said, "Hey, Master, we are talking about business now. Let's wait for this private relationship to talk about it during dinner."

If you want to get close, get out of here.

Huize looked embarrassed and said, "Shangshu Ling, we came here mainly for the new policy. Since ancient times, our Buddhist temples have not had to pay taxes, because Buddhist temples are different from workshops. Those merchants can choose how many craftsmen to recruit according to their needs and can make profits from them. However, our Buddhist temples cannot do this. We have to open Buddhist schools, but our Buddhist schools cannot generate profits. Therefore, the court previously stipulated that every monk also has land grants, but now according to the new policy, this monk is not qualified to land grants, and he has to pay taxes. How can we continue to open a Buddhist temple?"

It would be fine if I didn't mention it, but when it comes to this, Han Yi was even more angry. Many temples specially absorbed those who had no land into the temple, gave them the identity of monks, and then asked the court for land. Many people chose to become monks in order to avoid taxes. This is a transaction, and it is said so high-end. The key is that this person is going to be a monk, so who will provide productivity!

Han Yi nodded and said, "I really agree with what the master said. This Buddhist temple is different from a workshop. The workshop determines how many people to recruit based on market demand, and the Buddhist temple should determine the number of monks based on the donations of believers. If you use the land to attract people to become monks, then the people will go to a meal. In this case, there is no difference from the workshop. If there is no difference, you have to pay taxes. If there is a difference, you don't have to pay taxes. You will hand over the land first, and the court will not pay taxes to you. The new policy clearly stipulates that incense money is not within the scope of tax calculation."

Xuan Ming immediately said: "Shangshu Ling, the Emperor Taizong made such a provision in the past to promote Buddhism. If you do this, it is contrary to the Emperor Taizong's intention."

Han Yi smiled and said, "The problem was that at that time, there were not many monks colluding with landlords, wantonly annexing land, or using the privileges of Buddhist temples to enslave and exploit the people. If there were no such situations, how could the court collect taxes from Buddhist temples? So the problem was not in the court, but in Buddhism. Besides, the Emperor Taizong did not advocate Buddhism, but in Buddhist thoughts. However, many monks did secular things, and there was no difference between them and merchants and landlords. This was not what Emperor Taizong praised. As the Tang Daily wrote, taxes from Buddhist temples were just to sanction the ills of the Buddhist world, because the Buddhist temples had already endangered the people. I don't want to care about your Buddhist affairs, but it would be impossible to hurt the people."
Chapter completed!