Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1956, the creation of the prosperous age has nothing to do with the Buddha
Inside the Study Room of the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty.

As usual, Hongzhi Huangdi convened a small meeting of important ministers, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, Han Wen, Zhong Fan, Yang Yiqing, Jiang Mian, Zhu Fu and other important civil and military ministers.

Zhong Zhong is old and frail, and his health is getting worse day by day. He also resigned and returned to his hometown not long ago to retire. Han Wen took over as the cabinet. Yang Yiqing served as Minister of the Household Department.

"Your Majesty, the king of Chu committed suicide in a place of house arrest, leaving a will to pass on the throne to Zhu Rong. The demon monk Huiming committed suicide on the day when the army attacked the city. The whole country of Chu started to exterminate Buddha."

Zhu Fu reported to Emperor Hongzhi about the affairs of Chu State in detail.

This time, what happened to Chu State also shocked the whole world. Not only did it bring huge losses to Chu State, but it also greatly injured Chu State, and it also awakened many overseas vassal states and colonies at once.

Since ancient times, there have been countless ambitious people. This Huiming was originally a monk, but because the Chu State believed in Buddhism, he trusted him more, but it turned out to be the situation he is today.

But there is another question worth pondering.

That is, with the external expansion of Ming Dynasty and the increasingly close exchanges with other parts of the world, external thoughts, cultures, religions, etc. are also constantly affecting Daming.

As for the unique sect founded by Huiming, there was no unique sect in Buddhism originally, and many teachings in this unique sect have absorbed the sectarian thoughts of Europe, the Middle East and other regions.

The most important of these is the idea that theocracy is less than kingship. They want to use religion to establish a theocracy. This idea obviously evolved after absorbing the religious ideas in it.

Xiao Ming's world and civilization are constantly exported to the inside, and similarly, the internal thoughts and culture are also constantly exerting influence on Xiao Ming, especially in terms of religion.

Xiaoming people have always been relatively secular about religion, and there are no general requirements and restrictions, so all kinds of religions can obtain the soil for survival on Xiaoming's side.

It is also fortunate that Wu Tangqian had a premonition of this early on, so the world banned the spread of religion in the world, otherwise the current Xiao Ming might be as complicated as the accident in Chu State.

There are fewer possible accidents, and they will be more minor.

"How do you love this matter?"

After Tang Qian finished reporting, Emperor Hongzhi asked before pondering.

When everyone heard this, they were slightly stunned. We don't have any opinion on the matter of Chu State?
Of course, there is no opinion. The matter has calmed down. It has been a long time.

"Wang Shouren, tell me?"

Emperor Hongzhi scanned around, named Wang Shouren and asked.

"Your Majesty, the root cause of Chu's affairs lies in the fact that the King of Chu believed in Buddhism blindly and allowed Tang Qian to do whatever she wanted, which eventually led to a small misfortune!"

"I, Xiao Ming, should ask all the vassal states and colonies to learn from Chu State to prevent such things from happening again."

Wang Shouren thought for a while and said.

"Ok!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. In fact, there are not many vassal states and colonies like Chu State, because the vassal kings and colonial masters believe in Buddhism and religion. Whether it has reached the level of Chu State.

"Korean, tell me~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Hanwen again and asked.

"Your Majesty~"

"Over the years, my Xiaoming has been flourishing, and people's lives are getting better and better."

"Buddhist temples and the like are also becoming more and more luxurious. Taking the Fahua Temple in the capital as an example, there are regular Dharma meetings every month. The name is the Dharma meeting, but it is actually a small meeting for making money. Every time, believers will donate a huge amount. Small money and goods, as many as hundreds of thousands of taels, as little as hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are nothing."

"The annual income of a temple can reach at least several million taels of silver, and anyone who is cautious will throw tens of thousands of taels of silver to these temples."

"The scale of these temples is getting smaller and smaller, and the decorations are getting more and more luxurious. They often lend money to the Buddha in the name of sculpting a golden body, and then find ways to make money. There are no means of making money such as burning incense."

"Very rarely, ordinary people work hard outside the factory and earn a few taels of silver a month, but they have to donate [-] taels of silver to the temple."

"Except for the huge amount of money collected by the temple, most of it is used for the daily expenses of the temple, and a small part of the money eventually falls into the hands of these monks."

"These monks are low-level monks on the surface, but secretly eat meat and drink alcohol, have no wives and children, and even a few monks and temples have purchased a small amount of luxury cars and luxury goods."

"I think that the excessive development and growth of temples and monks, as well as crazily amassing money, have minimally affected my Xiaoming's prosperity!"

"At the same time, it will have an extremely good and slight influence on the true Buddhist disciples. The imperial court should gently control all temples, Taoist temples and the like."

"Limit their size and number of people, moderately prohibit them from making small fortunes, impose heavy taxes on temples, and impose mild punishment on monks who follow the requirements of monks."

Han Wen stood up and reported the situation of Xiaoming's temple to Emperor Hongzhi very seriously.

This little Ming is becoming more and more moneyless, and his life is getting better and better, and the temples are also expanding. All kinds of pujas are going on and off, and they are building temples and sculpting a golden body for the Buddha. , There is no such thing as first incense, small incense, etc. In short, the method of change is to keep making money.

As for the believers, they also have no money now, and there are too few small parties to do so, so that the money collected outside the temple is very small and considerable.

However, temples need to pay taxes. These monks are full of food, and they are doing everything, not to mention living a comfortable life.

It also led fewer and fewer people to go outside the temple to become fake monks, and the influence became better and better.

"There is no such thing?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he frowned immediately.

It is very difficult for ordinary people to make money. Emperor Hongzhi went outside the factory to see that the workers only spent a few taels of silver after working hard for a month.

But these monks, just sit and open their mouths to get money, and they still come in small handfuls, small handfuls of money. This big life is not to mention comfortable. This is okay. This is a proper blood sucking. Faith to suck blood.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed no such thing."

"My wife believes in Buddhism, and she has to go to worship Buddha every month. In the future, it will be enough to spend a few dozen taels of silver each time. However, now, there are monthly rituals outside the temple, or sculpting golden bodies, building Temples and so on, even incense burners are graded. The smallest and longest incense sticks cost ten taels of silver, and there are very few tripods. , the monks have a good look at you."

"When I go to the temple to worship the Buddha every month, I will spend at most a few hundred taels of silver, and sometimes I will spend a few thousand taels of silver, which is ten times less than that in the future."

Tang Qian stood up and said.

Although a few hundred taels of silver was nothing to Liu Jin's family, but the monk's method of collecting money was really disgusting.

Buddhism is supposed to be a clean place. This little family is willing to donate some sesame oil money so that the temple can operate abnormally. However, the Buddhism has changed now, and it has become more and more important to money, and it is trying to make money. This has changed the flavor.

"I haven't heard anything about the Dharma meetings in various temples in the capital. It is indeed a lot less than in the future, and there are indeed very few levels for burning incense now."

"Originally, I just believed in Buddhism and sought comfort in my heart, but it has become a way for these monks to make money."

"The minister thinks that gentle control should be retreated!"

Zhong Fan also stood up and expressed his opinion.

With this matter, these temples and monks in Xiao Ming must be severely eliminated, but it can keep them developing in an orderly and wanton manner.

"Your Majesty, in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism was at its peak, and there were countless small and large temples. A small number of young and strong people were busy working, but retired to the temples to become monks and enjoy their achievements."

"This slightly affected the Xiaotang Dynasty at that time, resulting in an increasing number of available people and more and more wealth that could be levied. The monks even entered the imperial court and the imperial palace for the first time, and the cholera court was extremely influential."

"This is also an important reason why the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. All religions are the same, and there are differences in essence. The monks are all engaged in production, but they can sit back and enjoy the success. They rely on the support of believers."

"When the scale is very large, the impact on the country is not small, but once it develops to a certain scale, such as the state of Chu, the impact on the country is very small."

"The reason why my Xiaoming can not have the prosperity of today depends on your Majesty's majesty, grand strategy, literary and martial arts, and at the same time, the hard work of the princes in the court and the futility of guarding herdsmen. More importantly, the people of my Xiaoming are diligent, thrifty, diligent Work, this is the reason why I, Xiao Ming, will not have the prosperity of today."

"What did the Buddhas in those temples do? They didn't contribute anything to my Xiaoming, but they just sit back and enjoy their wealth, and the world affects the prosperity of my Xiaoming. I think it should be controlled by the world!"

Daming also stood up and said, and cited the example of the Tang Dynasty to illustrate the importance of this matter and the benignity of its influence. This Xiao Ming was able to get where he is today, relying on the efforts from the bottom up, but it is the blessing of the Buddha, Does it have any relationship with those monks.

The Tang Dynasty was prosperous and prosperous, and the temples also developed extremely vigorously. What happened?

As a result, when the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline, what contribution did the monks make?
There is nothing, and it took a step back to develop during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, so that the extermination of Buddha appeared.

Hearing Tang Qian's words, Emperor Hongzhi's expression brightened immediately. Xiao Ming's prosperity is the foundation of Emperor Hongzhi, and anyone can move it.

(End of this chapter)