Su Che recounted his experience of staying at Kulin Temple overnight, omitting the experience of meeting the herbal collector, and also erased all the preparations he had made when looking through the files.
The story becomes very simple. A young official who was on his way to his post took the risk of taking a dangerous mountain road in order to take a shortcut.
In the deep night, there happened to be an ancient temple in front of which I could stay. Unexpectedly, I suddenly saw a green light in the courtyard in the middle of the night.
In order to wait for the green light to recede on its own, I spent the night cautiously.
"What on earth is in this Kulin Temple?"
Hearing this, Gong Jiaoyu lowered his head to eat the food, and Dr. Xu looked aside.
Chief Jiang County and Master Tian looked at each other, and it was Lao Tian who started talking.
"Su County Lieutenant may also know that there are many spirits in the north of Guo, and there are immortals in Shanyin."
"Some things don't need to be too clear, let's just point it out. If Su County Lieutenant If you are interested, you can pay more attention to it. "
"The Kulin Temple in this county was built by Emperor Taizong of the previous dynasty. As for the reason for its construction, it can be said to be simple or complicated. "
"During the previous dynasty, there was a great sage in the west. He didn't know what happened, but suddenly he had the idea to come to China to teach the Dharma. He was invited by the previous emperor to practice it in the palace. The Buddha's teachings were like flowers falling from the sky, and golden lotuses sprouted from the ground. This was done for thirty-six years."
This incident was considered a major event in the history books of the previous dynasty. People of later generations often point out that the disintegration of the previous dynasty and the evolution of the world into what it is today are all related to the coming of the Great Sage from the West.
When compiling the history books of this dynasty, it was also clearly pointed out that it was precisely because of this person's coming from the East that the previous dynasty believed in Buddhism and wasted national power by worshiping Buddhas. In the end, it was alienated internally and externally, which led to the subsequent collapse of the country.
"Then he suddenly left without saying goodbye and headed eastward, straight into the East China Sea. There has been no news since then."
"Some people say that he was suppressed by the Taoist power and was suppressed. He suffered eternal suffering in the Nine Heavens Prison. Some people said that he angered the sword cultivator and cut off the golden body with a sword. The body was broken and reincarnated."
"In a word, from now on in the world. No one has seen the whereabouts of this master again."
These things are all written down in the history books of the previous dynasty compiled by this dynasty.
But what does this have to do with Kulin Temple?
“In the previous dynasty, because of this man’s relationship, there was a time when the practice of monasticism became popular, and that powerful man also had many disciples during his more than 30 years of teaching. After he went east, these disciples lost their Those who lost their backers fled one after another for fear of being liquidated, and one of them moved to this county."
"Kulin Temple was built at that time because it was named after Kulin. A strange thing happened when this place was built."
"Oh?"
"The geomantic omen of Shanyin County is excellent, with beautiful mountains and clear waters. I've seen it before."
Su Che nodded upon hearing this, the landowner's words were indeed true.
"The original name of the Kulin Temple is Longxing Temple, which is homophonic to Longxing. It can also be regarded as an eloquence for the national destiny. Who knew that when this temple was built, overnight, the vegetation on the entire mountain would They all died, and in the next fifty or sixty years, not a single plant or tree could survive."
"Is there such a thing?"
The landowner nodded. The matter is indeed a local anecdote. Outside the circle of local prominent families, even people in the county may not know its origin.
"Yes, it is precisely because of this that the local villagers called it Kulin Temple. As time went by, even the monks in the temple forgot the original name of Longxing Temple and changed the name of the temple. Chengkulin Monastery, hehe, even if I say that, in the era of great strife when the previous dynasty collapsed, what's the use of keeping the sign saying that Longxing Temple was built except to cause trouble?"
Tian The chief clerk picked up a piece of mandarin fish with his chopsticks.
"As for why Kulin Temple became what it is today, it goes back to the early years of the founding of this dynasty. Another strange thing happened in Kulin Temple."
"On the eighth day of August of that year, all 356 people in the Kulin Temple, from the abbot, the temple supervisor to the young novice monks, and the Taoist Taoist of Fireworks, died overnight."
"A total of 356 corpses were beheaded, and not even a monk with a head could be found. From then on, Kulin Temple was turned into a ruins and became the center of the county. It is a taboo. Even today, there are still rumors in the county that headless monks are often seen looking for heads on that mountain."
The landowner added: "So the locals don't usually go there. Staying overnight.”
Don’t locals stay overnight in Kulin Temple?
Su Che suddenly figured something out.
“Let’s not talk about this anymore. I just saw a will-o’-the-wisp. Since catching demons and slaying ghosts is my duty, I can just go back and level the ruined temple.”
“Alas. ..."
"You can't say that..."
"Brother Su..."
After Su Che finished speaking, the other people on the table People's faces changed color.
Jiang Xiancheng’s face darkened, and he pointed the index finger of his right hand at the void above his head.
"Brother Su, "Be careful what you say, be careful what you say. "
There is so much fear of monsters in a county.
Have the monsters in Shanyin County become so rampant?
Su Che was deeply worried about Shanyin County. The general situation in Yin County was assessed.
Jiang Xiancheng's expression changed, and the land manager immediately came to calm the situation.
"Mr. Su, I feel ashamed to say that," Tian said. The chief clerk chuckled: "I have a case that I want to ask you to worry about. "
"Master Registrar, please speak. ”
Su Che’s face became serious as he talked about business.
According to Daliang’s official rank, the county magistrate of Shangxian County is from the eighth rank, while the chief clerk He is the ninth rank, the county captain is one rank higher than him, and the Jiang county magistrate is four ranks higher than him.
From a positive perspective, I, the county captain, am the third-in-command in Shanyin County.
From a negative perspective, the only people in Shanyin County with a lower official rank than myself are those two doctors.
The rest are all lowly petty officials.
Su Che is willing to give enough respect to Jiang County Cheng and Tianzhu, the two nominal superiors.
People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. This is an unbreakable rule in officialdom.
"Something strange happened in the county's treasury."
Su Che listened attentively.
"About a month ago, some treasury silver was lost every day in the county's treasury."
Treasury silver was lost? This sounds related to the TV series about reckless heroes I watched in my previous life.
Speaking of which, compared to the cold and stern Fahai who said "Snake demon, I want you to help me practice", Xu Xian is the real tough guy.
I seem to have seen it on an animal science program, saying that snakes can last for several hours at a time, making them the marathon champions of friction competitions in the animal world.
I really hope to have the opportunity to find a snake demon to have a long and short relationship with.
Oh, I thought too far, I thought too far.
"Every day five taels of silver are lost, and it has been lost for a hundred days."
The landowner sighed: "There is a saying that a drop of water can penetrate a stone, and one thousand is lost in a year." Two more taels, ten years will be tens of thousands of taels of people's wealth and wealth..."
Jiang Xiancheng glanced at his partner.
Wasn’t it just two liang? Why did it become five taels now?
"Have you ever checked Kudin?" Suche asked.
"I have asked them to work naked in the warehouse fifteen days ago."
The new Shanyin County Lieutenant nodded. The landowner's affairs were indeed safe. of.
"Have you checked the bottom?"
Su Che thought about his words.
"Penetrate two inches." The landowner paused for a moment and then said: "I am going to let someone probe three inches tomorrow."
It is not only safe, but also thorough. But that's not what I'm asking.
"Oh? Shouldn't all the silver in the treasury be official silver?"
Su Che thought for a moment that today's Daliang world should still be in the stage of mixing copper and silver.
The price ratio of silver and copper is that one tael of silver can be exchanged for one thousand coins. Of course, this ratio is always changing.
Ordinary people basically don’t need much silver for their daily life, and copper coins are enough. After all, a bowl of rotten pork noodles only costs three cents. If you can afford to scrape off a layer of silver noodles to pay the bill, the boss can't even take it away.
On a daily basis, merchants and government officials use the most money.
The government’s taxes have to be transferred back and forth, so it is definitely unrealistic to move mountains of copper coins around. Therefore, the copper coins were exchanged for silver and cast into two sizes of official silver, fifty taels and twelve taels.
Put a five-pound silver lump in through the dry road and carry it out.
You have to practice special skills.
"What was lost was the paper and pen silver that was collected but not converted into official silver." The landowner added.
Su Che suddenly understood.
Before taking office, I studied Daliang’s expense system. It can be roughly divided into three levels of finance: imperial court, Xingtai, and prefecture and county.
Each prefecture and county has a tax quota. After this quota is forwarded to the Xingtai, the Xingtai will make the first allocation according to the amount. The balance after the allocation is then forwarded to the court for central expenditure.
Needless to mention the above points, take Shanyin County as an example. If the quota given by the imperial court to Shanyin County is 2,500 taels, then the taxes collected by Shanyin County will exceed 2,500 taels. You can keep some of it for your own use.
The extra money has different names according to its use, such as paper and pen silver, horse grass silver, cinnabar silver, etc.
So although the amount of money lost this time is relatively small, it is indeed meat in the bowl of Shanyin County bureaucrats.
Su Che felt a little like the same enemy.
Isn’t this just stealing my money?
Is it tolerable or not?
"This case must be thoroughly investigated. Lord Registrar, wait a moment, I will solve the case within seven days."
"Sure enough, a hero emerges from a young age." The county magistrate laughed. Raising the glass: "Please drink from this cup, Lieutenant of Su County."
"Drink to win!"
"Drink to win!"
Everyone at the table This is the first time we are so united.
Although two taels of silver are small, they are everyone’s money.