Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 877 Control
In fact, according to the avoidance policy of the Ming Dynasty, used to officials from the south to officials from the north, and officials from the north to the south, it can be said that Zheng Sen is far from being able to return to Fujian to serve as an official!

But there are always accidents in everything. Zheng Sen's family has moved from Nan'an to Beijing. Coupled with his noble status, it is difficult to restrain him.

Of course, although he has returned to Fujian Province, it is not a prefecture, which is also reluctant to say.

In other words, as soon as he gave an order, the county government's twenty or thirty yamen servants, and forty or fifty white servants, headed for the largest Hu Tianbao temple in the vicinity.

In other words, in the early years of Shaowu, although officials and officials merged, a large number of yamen servants had a staff and became members of the formal officialdom.

But even if this is the case, it is nothing more than expanding the establishment from 200 to [-] people. As far as the control of the county government is concerned, it is at best an increase in the existing control ability.

As a result, in addition to the three elders, the county government still needs more government servants to help, which promoted the continued popularity of white servants.

That is temporary workers.

It is conservatively estimated that a county government with [-] people must be controlled by two to three hundred government servants to be airtight.

However, if it is like Nanjing and Beijing's big counties attached to Guo, there are hundreds of thousands of people, and there are no thousands of yamen servants, so they will not be able to work at all.

And if, like the Qin and Han Dynasties, it is ruled by li and pavilions, then the number of people who eat the imperial food will have to expand several times.

Therefore, with the persecution of actual needs, the imperial court had to compromise and issued a decree to allow local recruitment of white servants.

However, the use of white slaves is also conditional.

That is, the recruitment of white servants should not exceed three times the number of full-service officers; in addition, white servants are not allowed to travel without authorization, and need to be led by veteran officials.

And the biggest change is that today's white servants can also receive their salary:

[-]% of active duty.

According to official salaries, ordinary yamen servants receive 20 yuan silver dollars and [-] shi grains a year, so white servants only receive [-] yuan and [-] shi grains a year.

Although it is relatively cheap, compared to the previous free whoring, it is already considered as benevolent and righteous.

To a certain extent, the salary of the white servants can also restrain the disorderly expansion of local government servants.

After all, the money was also raised from the county warehouse.

Soon, the big team was assembled, and everyone was dazed, not knowing what the magistrate was going to do.

Zheng Sen didn't say a word, and with a stern face, he led the crowd out of the city in a mighty manner.

At this moment, the magistrate who had been attached to him was immediately alarmed. He jumped up in fright, and followed closely, the official robes on his body were crooked.

"Fujun, Fujun, but what happened?"

"Your Majesty, the next word made me panic—"

Following all the way like this, the large team came to a Rabbit Immortal Temple outside the city.

Looking from a distance, the whole temple is built with mountains and rivers behind it, and a large number of boats and carriages are parked in front of the temple, which can be described as extremely lively.

What is amazing is that most of the people who come and go are big men, and there are also some seductive men with rouge, twisting waists, and charming eyebrows and eyes, which make people feel disgusted.

Seeing this, the county magistrate at the side quickly said: "Fujian people are very masculine. This rabbit fairy is found in Gezhou County, Fujian Province. The incense is so strong that even the old man can't match it."

Talking about this, Zhixian stroked the beard on his chin and smiled.

Apparently the extravagance and masculinity that started in the late Ming Dynasty have become rampant in wealthy families, and even become commonplace and elegant.

"Look, those people who come and go want to pray for marriage, and they are very sincere."

Zheng Sen frowned when he heard this, and a trace of nausea suddenly floated in his heart.

"The love between men and women is a matter of ethics. The three cardinal principles and five constant principles are the right way. In the words of the saints, is there a good man?"

"There is no need to indulge in what you want, only what you want is desire."

In Zheng Sen's heart, he was even more emotional, the decline of Neo Confucianism, the rise of mental learning, and the sudden rise of human desires, no matter what can't be restrained, even the existence of prostitution, it really is a decline in the world, people's hearts are not old!
Glancing sideways at Nazhi County, I am afraid that only under the protection of such people can Rabbit Fairy rise to power.

"Come on, surround me all."

A circle of people cheered and surrounded the entire temple. For a while, the pilgrims panicked and became a mess.

"Let your host come out!"

Seeing that the magistrate was about to step forward, the magistrate hurried forward to lead the way, opened half of the door, looked inside, but said, "You are always dissatisfied with Hu Xian'er, and I have long been tired of it."

"To tell you the truth, if it wasn't for those big gentry families in the county to stop me, the lower officials would have ordered people to destroy this place long ago."

"Look, this place is resplendent and magnificent, obviously it has swallowed a lot of people's fat and people's anointing, look, this cash box is full——"

The magistrate is leading the way, and has changed his face, vowing to be incompatible with this rabbit.

I saw a statue standing in the main hall, covered with gold leaf and wearing a satin blouse, stronger than the Buddha and Daoist.

It is the rabbit fairy.

Seventeen or eighteen years old, male and female, with charming and emotional eyes, indescribably alluring.

His face is charming, his eyes are full of spirit, although the clothes are wrapped around his body, but there is a bit of lust, which makes people feel unhappy.

According to legend, he likes male sex, and once even peeped while a certain governor was in the toilet, which made him furious and was caught by a group of yamen servants.

He was still arguing, saying that he was only attracted by the governor's beauty, so he couldn't help it.

He also said that the love between a man and a man is the right way in the world and should not be restrained.

"You dare to tease me—"

With a roar, the servants were unambiguous and beat him to death alive.

However, because of his words, the people of Fujian molded him into clay figures, built temples, worshiped him, and became a god who broke marriages like Yuelao.

The governor sent people to demolish it several times, which only contributed to his reputation and became famous throughout Fujian.

Fujian is full of ghosts and gods, which is really scary.

But here, after some disturbance, when the people gathered in front of the entire temple, there were hundreds of them.

When the host was arrested, he turned out to be a beautiful man, with red flowers in his head, and a slender waist. Every step he took was as seductive as a girl's.

"I have seen the Lord Fu Jun, the Eldest Master—"

Talking coquettishly, this air is definitely a woman.

But the protruding Adam's apple and flat chest all showed his identity as a man.

Its delicate skin is even more beautiful than that of a woman.

The delicate tone, the pretentiously soft posture, is more feminine than a woman, it can be said to be extremely beautiful.

For a moment, almost all the yamen servants looked at it, a little absent-minded.

And the magistrate on the side was even more unbearable, drooling, let alone longing.

"Ahem——" Zheng Sen coughed in a deep voice, which immediately woke everyone up.

"The temple where you are located is not among the official sacrifices without the permission of the imperial court. It is an out-and-out adulterous sacrifice. Can you be convicted?"

"Your Majesty, Master Mingjian, our Rabbit Lord should not be called a prostitute, and we usually seek to protect our marriage. Although it is not included in the official priesthood of the country, it does not cause any harm to the common people..."

The host cried and begged pitifully, his eyes were red, and there was an indescribable pity on his face, which was moving.

The county magistrate at the side blushed, and kept nodding in agreement, obviously already persuaded.

It's a pity that Zheng Sen is not interested in men, he stood with his head held high: "Don't put on a pose, this kind of prostitute is not in the imperial court, if you say it, I will not let him go."

For a while, the hostess rained on the plantains and wet his clothes with tears, which aroused the pity of countless people.

Afterwards, Zheng Sen made it clear to everyone that the Rabbit Immortal was an adulterous priest, and in front of everyone, he asked the government servants to demolish the entire temple.

As for the gold, silver, jewelry and other goods, half of them were collected in the county warehouse, and half were distributed to the government officials who obeyed orders.

For a moment, everyone rejoiced, the pity in their hearts disappeared, the rabbit is beautiful, how can money be important?

The host, Miao Zhu, etc., had ferocious faces at this moment, not to mention how angry they were.

To them, Rabbit Fairy is a cornucopia.

Affected by this, everyone's spirits were greatly boosted, and they looked at Zheng Sen eagerly, their eyes filled with longing.

Zheng Sen watched coldly, a flash of understanding flashed in his heart.

Only then did he understand why the people of Fujian are so fond of ghosts.

Part of it must be influenced by the atmosphere, and another part of the reason is that many people regard building temples as a business.

Therefore, no matter whether it is a human corpse or an animal head, or any weird and strange things, it is just a pretext for them to make money.

People have desires in their hearts, and most of them are inflated and unreasonable desires, such as good masculinity, which will definitely not be blessed by righteous gods.

Therefore, the huge desire for privacy has increased the existence of prostitution, coupled with the atmosphere of good ghosts and gods in Fujian, making it fuel the flames, ten steps a temple.

In the final analysis, it is money that is causing trouble.

Of course, if it is like a traffic hotspot in later generations, such as Tuerxian, etc., then a far-sighted person builds a temple to collect money in order to hype the hot spot, and deceives those people who don't know the truth.

After all, without reading, which common people know what is righteous sacrifice and what is obscene sacrifice?

After establishing his prestige in front of the Rabbit Immortal Temple, Zheng Sen made unambiguous efforts and continued to treat people to demolish the temple every day.

At this time, the yamen servants are naturally not enough.

Zheng Sen didn't panic, he directly mobilized those poor people, tempted them to demolish the temple together by dividing the land and wealth!
Sure enough, after hundreds of poor people were mobilized, the demolition efficiency was extremely high. In just ten days, hundreds of temples were destroyed.

And this group of people made a lot of money, and immediately spread it to ten, ten to a hundred, and the whole county was mobilized!
On the side of prostitution, there are only some vested interest groups, such as witches and temple priests, who cannot stop the general trend at all.

The flexible bottom line of Chinese people's beliefs is fully reflected at this moment.

The sincere believers in the past, because of money, took the lead in tearing down their own temples without hesitation, counting the money happily.

There were also some priests who suffered innocent disasters, and Zheng Sen had to send people to protect them.

Throughout Fujian, the crackdown on prostitution is an unprecedented event.

The governor personally supervises the appointment, the magistrate handles it, and the county magistrate executes it. It can be described as vigorous and extremely effective.

According to statistics, in just one month, more than [-] temples were demolished in Fujian, and the homes of Goddess Zhu were ransacked and arrested in tens of thousands of temples.

To some extent, the prostitution priest was almost devastated.

But the desires of people's hearts are endless, and Fujian is naturally the soil of prostitution, and it will surely breed again in a short time!

However, as long as the civil servants continue to crack down, in the long run, the prostitution will inevitably be greatly reduced.

This vigorous campaign against prostitution was praised by the imperial court.

The Daming Gazette directly published political comments, lavishly praised it, and called on all officials in the world to learn from it, ban prostitution and rectify the common people.

For a while, the whole of Fujian seemed to be on the hot search, attracting the attention of the world.

"As for those temple blessings, mistress, they will all be relocated to Luzon for me. Aren't they talking about the God of Love! Go fight with the Catholic Church!"

The emperor said coldly, and put down the secret box from Fujian!

From Confucianism, respecting ghosts and gods at a distance, to Dong Zhongshu's Spring and Autumn Prosperity, Confucianism has completely gained the power of worship and worship.

Righteousness and obscenity depend on the approval of civil servants.

When Buddhism was spread eastward, it was always resisted by Confucianism.It is because it needs to become a monk, cut off children and grandchildren, and is insoluble in Confucian ethics.

Later, he had to publicize that he became a monk in order to pray for his parents and family members, so he was forgiven.

From a certain point of view, Catholicism's policy of pleasing the literati and bureaucrats is correct, and it is extremely effective in spreading in China.

However, in Chinese history, as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, kingship completely surpassed theocracy, and bad customs such as sacrificial burial were abolished, which laid the foundation.

The reason for the civil strife in the Shang Dynasty was that King Zhou strictly implemented the Zhou sacrifice system, fixed and narrowed the scope of offering sacrifices to the gods, in order to alienate the old nobles, and attempted to suppress theocracy, which led to the outbreak of civil strife.

But he didn't expect that the theocracy and the king of Shang complement each other.

In Europe, only in the [-]th century, because the pope sold indulgences, which led to religious reforms, did royal power really override theocracy.

Not to mention Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas, theocracy is in a state of crushing.

So China is a precocious country.

"How is Catholicism developing in mainland China?"

Suddenly, the emperor asked about Catholicism.

In the past, the missionaries made a lot of contributions, such as improving artillery, building ships, and compiling calendars, etc., all of which have made great contributions.

In view of this, the emperor allowed the Catholic Church to build churches in Beijing and Tianjin to spread the faith.

But we must strictly abide by the rules of Matteo Ricci, that is, respect the traditional customs of the people of Ming Dynasty to worship ancestors and Confucius.

But you must know that in Catholicism, it is not allowed to worship other idols, and it is only about faith.

During the Kangxi period, Catholicism was even allowed to spread throughout the country.

"Your Majesty, the Xiyi people are keen on preaching, and they have developed rapidly in the capital over the past few years. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people."

Yang Le thought about it and blurted out.

"is it?"

Zhu Yixi smiled lightly and said, "In the long run, Buddhism and Taoism will be difficult to live in peace!"

One more catfish like Catholicism.How can the religious world live in peace?The era of lying down and making money is almost gone.

Zhu Yixi thought very calmly: "The Catholic Church discovered it quickly, and it needs to be controlled.

Since the king of France can control the candidates for bishops in his country, why can't I? "

(End of this chapter)