Qiming 1158

Chapter 1610 Xu Tong has political vision
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Su Yonglin ordered the monks not to do business, and the monastery property was also measured and reviewed. Only the amount sufficient for the monastery monks' living standards was reserved, and the rest were all placed under the ownership of the surrounding collective farms.

In addition, the monastery property must also pay the same amount of tax, so that it can be recognized and protected by the imperial court.

For all monks, the imperial court set up the Xuanzheng Department under the Ministry of Civil Affairs to manage them, and issued new-style ultimatums to regulate their identities. Every monk must keep a record in the Xuanzheng Department.

Not only that, out of concern for Buddhist studies, the imperial court also ordered the establishment of a three-yearly Dharma exam, and monks who failed the exam were required to return to the secular world and were not allowed to identify themselves as monks.

If you can't even pass the Dharma exam, what kind of monk are you?
So until now, the once mediocre Daxiangguo Temple has once again radiated the brilliance of profound Buddhism. The monks and monks ate fast and recited Buddha every day, and they studied the Buddhadharma with great energy.

As a major scenic spot in Kaifeng, Daxiangguo Temple has attracted the interest of countless business travelers, making them come to visit one after another. However, a very prosperous commercial street has been formed around Daxiangguo Temple, benefiting the people.

Such a beautiful thing, of course, must be added to the icing on the cake, adding eminent monks to the Daxiangguo Temple, making the Dharma of the abbots and masters more profound, accelerating the exchange of Dharma in different regions, and promoting the further development of Dharma in the Central Plains.

The Duan family's disposal was so easily determined, and Duan Zhixing had no objection to it.

Speaking of which, this guy is also unlucky. As a mascot who was supported by Gao's powerful officials to ascend to the throne, he was told that he had become the spiritual banner of the rebels and the reason for raising troops before he did much.

Under their own banner and in their own name, the rebels claimed to destroy the Ming Dynasty's lackeys, Gao's powerful officials, expel the Ming Dynasty's forces, and return the power to themselves.

This offended Ming to death, and gave Dali's suzerain, Ming, an excuse to send troops.

To be honest, when Gao Shouchang reported this to Duan Zhixing, Duan Zhixing almost died on the spot, but fortunately, Gao Shouchang knew that Duan Zhixing did not have the ability to cooperate between inside and outside.

But no matter what, Duan Zhixing was also very upset when he saw that he had become a knife in the hands of others. Duan Zhixing was still happy when the Ming army pressed the reactionary coalition forces to the ground and rubbed them.

Although he was a little melancholy about the fact that the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha would be with the ancient Buddha all his life in the future, but considering that he could spend his life carefree in the future, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

Anyway, being a monk is also a traditional skill of the Duan family, and it's not a shame to carry forward the traditional skills.

I just don't know if he is a monk in the Ming Kingdom, can he eat meat normally when he wants to eat meat, if he can't eat meat normally and can only be vegetarian, then he will be very uncomfortable.

The matter of the Duan family was resolved, Xu Tong inspected Dali City again, listened to Gao Shouchang’s report on military affairs, learned more about the internal and external relations of Dali, and learned about the threats of external forces in the south and west of Dali. .

Because the next step of the Ming Dynasty's frontier needs is naturally aimed at these countries.

According to Gao Shouchang's report, Xu Tong learned that there are two main external threats to Dali, one is the Bagan country located in the west of Dali, and the other is the Zhenla country located in the south of Dali.

These two countries have a nominally unified regime, and there are powerful factions entrenched in the local area. As local snakes, their strength should not be underestimated, and there is still something.

Xu Tong is not worried about the country of Zhenla, because he is very clear that the reason why the two regiments of the Ming army are stationed in Lingnan is partly for this country. The Eighth Corps is worried about this.

As for Bagan, that is the source of the main military threat that Xu Tong needs to face in the future.

Unlike Chenla Kingdom, Daming and Bagan have no official official contacts, or in other words, there are no official official contacts with the Song Dynasty.

For Daming, it belongs to a strange country that has not established diplomatic relations.

Xu Tong does not know whether this country adheres to the policy of peaceful diplomacy, or whether it is not long-sighted and likes to fight, but according to the Dali Kingdom, the Bagan Kingdom was replaced by a new king last year because of the death of the old king. In the current state Unlikely to be hostile to Daming.

Unless Daming decides to crusade them.

Daming is not a war madman, what are they doing to crusade them?
Xu Tong knew that the Ming Kingdom had no intention of further expeditions to the south.

Controlling the Dali Kingdom, establishing the Dali Province, controlling this trade route, and further opening the way for Sichuan and Shu handicraft products to be sold to the south, this is the whole idea of ​​the Daming Kingdom at present.

As for what will happen after Bagan, Xu Tong doesn't know what the central government has in mind.

He felt that in the next period of time, Daming's foreign expeditions would still be non-mainstream, and internal reforms would be the real mainstream.

The war can completely come to an end, and the most important thing is to be able to straighten out the internal problems.

When he returned to Sichuan, Zhao Yucheng told him that Su Yonglin was very dissatisfied with the attitude of some high-level people in the current court, and felt that they had begun to deviate from everyone's original ideals and had the meaning of feudal patriarchs.

What Su Yonglin wants to do is to correct this unhealthy trend, deal a certain blow to these people, and complete the political training he said, and enter a state of constitutional government.

Xu Tong knew very little about this aspect, and he had not had time to study. He planned to study Su Yonglin's concept of constitutionalism after Dali's military affairs came to an end, and see what there was worth Su Yonglin's so much fighting.

Because the Ming army was too strong in martial arts, the rebellion in Dali was solved in less than a month. Xu Tong commanded [-] troops to easily solve the reactionary coalition in Dali, and justly uprooted them and eliminated them as a whole. .

Afterwards, he reported to the central government, handed over the follow-up task of governing Dali to the central government, and asked the central government for its views on Bagan, and submitted his latest garrison report.

He believes that the country should mainly adopt diplomatic means for Bagan. First, go to inquire about Bagan's views on Daming. If the other party is willing to be a vassal state, it is best to eliminate military disasters and save some funds to build Dali.

Although Xu Tong is a general, he has a political vision and realizes that war is the continuation of politics and the final expression of politics. Although there are contradictions, as long as there is a political solution, war should not be taken lightly as a final solution. use.

As soon as the cannon goes off, the gold is worth [-] taels, and the lives of the people cannot be unaffected, which will further affect the normal construction of the country.

This has also appeared continuously in the past ten years, but people at that time were used to war years and were willing to rely on war to maintain peace. They did not feel that it was very difficult to be fully mobilized as a citizen and then transport logistics supplies for the army. .

Xu Tong is still very discerning.

In his State of the Union speech to the central government a few years ago, he pointed out that people over 20 years old still remember the sufferings of the past, so they are generally able to endure hardships, and are willing to suffer for a better life, and have strong endurance.

But people under the age of 20 are different, especially teenagers. They generally have a lower tolerance for suffering, like peace and stability, and don't like the hard life in wartime, and they are more concerned about their own quality of life.

Therefore, Daming should be more cautious about launching foreign wars, so as not to make the people feel disgusted.

(End of this chapter)