The status of the temple cannot be shaken, so where will the taxes come from?
Only by cleverly creating names, collecting various harsh taxes, can the exploitation of the bottom-tier commoners be achieved.
Xu Qing understood this deeply, and upon seeing the gold and silver stored in the Ruyi Temple and the hundreds of thousands worth of grain, he understood a principle.
It's said that those who work in transport, commerce, and innkeeping should be punished even if innocent. But in his view, it's the large temples and monasteries that truly deserve eradication, with monks who do not produce any goods and false monks who occupy large lands.
When idle, these fake monks and false monks eat people overtly!
After plundering Baiyun Daoist's belongings, Xu Qing simply performed rituals and erected an altar in the latter's house, communicating with heaven and earth.
Karma cycles, and retribution is inescapable.