Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 595 Buddhist reforms are fully implemented to prevent blood-sucking from benefiting local areas
In the spirit of a dead Taoist friend but a poor Taoist, the ministers felt that it would not be difficult to accept the destruction of the Buddha.

If the emperor destroys the Buddha, the court will have money.When the imperial court has money, it can support wars in all directions.The emperor no longer had to attack the gentry and officials.

What the government and the public are most afraid of is the emergence of another Emperor Taizu.No one wants to experience those days when killing ministers is like killing chickens.

As a civil servant, he still has a bit of conscience to a certain extent.We all are human beings, and we can see that since the emperor ascended the throne, he has robbed eunuchs, old nobles, some military generals, Buddhism, and Taoism, but only the civil servants and gentry have been very deliberately robbed. gone.

Not only did they not rob the civil servants and gentry, but they also gave them a huge salary increase and a big reduction in business taxes.I can tell my conscience that the emperor has given me enough face.

This is also the main reason why the emperor did all kinds of absurd things, but the civil servants always remained calm.

Zhu Qiyu waited and waited, but did not wait for any minister to jump out to oppose him, so he had to continue: "I still say what I said, I don't want to continue to be exploited by Buddhism, but I want to exploit Buddhism in turn.

The Taizu system divided Buddhists into teaching monks, lecturer monks and Zen monks.

And I want to make some changes to this:

For Zen monks, it is still the same as the Taizu system. They can just practice Zen in the mountains honestly.The Zen monks who have been issued ultimatums by the imperial court remain as they are.

However, if you issue an ultimatum in the future, you need to take a unified examination.The content of the exam is also very simple. In addition to being proficient in the most basic Buddhist scriptures, you must also be able to sit in meditation for seven consecutive days without interruption. Those who can do so will be issued an ultimatum by the court to a Zen monk.

Later, the Senglu Department and the Daolu Department were transferred to the Ministry of Works and became two standard official departments of the Ministry of Works.The royal family is no longer allowed to issue ultimatums at will. "

Zhou Chen thought he had heard wrong and quickly confirmed: "Your Majesty, are you sure you transferred the Senglu Department and the Daolu Department to the Ministry of Works, not the Ministry of Husbandry or the Ministry of Rites?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded repeatedly: "I'm not wrong, you will understand after listening to what I said. The above mentioned Zen monk who is the most harmless to humans and animals, and the next one is the lecture monk.

It’s still the old ways of old people and new ways of new people.If you already have an ultimatum, don't bother them.

If a new monk wants to be a lecturer, teach the Dharma to all sentient beings, and explain the meaning of the sutras, no problem, that's fine.

But they must go to Tianzhu and serve Sakyamuni Buddha for 30 years.After returning to Daming, he took the exam at the Ministry of Industry.The question is even simpler. As long as they can write thirty Sanskrit scriptures silently, they will be considered qualified.In the future, they will be able to preach and preach in Buddhist temples in the Ming Dynasty. "

Wang Wen smiled knowingly and caught the emperor's words: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Buddhism has been almost wiped out in Tianzhu."

Zhu Qiyu teased: "Then it has nothing to do with me. If you insist on believing in a Buddha who can't even protect his hometown, then what does that have to do with me?

Anyway, if you want to spread the meaning of the Buddha's scriptures for me, you must go to Tianzhu to bathe in the Buddha's light and be inspired by the Buddha for 30 years.After coming back, if you can write thirty Sanskrit scriptures silently, I will admit that you are a true follower of Buddha.

Otherwise, you are a false believer and don’t even think about buzzing like a swarm of flies in my land.

Oh, no, it's not like a fly, it's like a mosquito.

The nature of mosquitoes is to suck blood endlessly, which is similar to that of fake monks.

Anyway, from now on, no monk will ever lie down on me and suck my blood. "

Wang Wen replied: "Your Majesty is wise, and the national power should be concentrated and used to pacify the barbarians and care for the people. How can we waste it on these moths?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "As for the teaching monks, they are responsible for performing rituals and holding Dharma meetings. I will not embarrass them, but in the future, they must hand over [-]% of their income from practicing rituals to the government.

For example, if a monk earns ten taels of silver a year by doing white things for the people, he must hand over eight taels of silver to the local government.

This money will not be used by the court, but will be left to local officials.For example, local officials can use the money to hire subordinate officials without having to pay their own money.

You say that when a person becomes a county magistrate, prefect, etc., and takes office, he still has to hire his own subordinates such as masters and staff.If it's a corrupt official, that's fine.If he were an upright official, with his salary, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Leave some money for the local officials. Even though what I, the emperor, have done is ridiculous, I can't knock the bones and suck out the marrow. I won't let the people below drink any soup.

Moreover, according to the Taizu system, each state or prefecture can only have one large temple.I further stipulate that there may be no more than ten small government-run temples in the county.

All teaching monks must live in government-run temples, and must pay [-]% of their income from religious services and Dharma meetings.If anyone dares to leak anything, he will immediately be deprived of his ultimatum, demoted to a lowly status, and made to do hard labor for me. Zhu Qiyu added: "And all temples in the Ming Dynasty had to hand over [-]% of the donations they received to the government."This part of the money was divided equally between the court and the local government.

There are 60 million monks in the Ming Dynasty, and they must all pay taxes to me.

If you don't want to be exploited by me, that's okay, no problem, I respect them.

These people can register at the Ministry of Industry, and the imperial court will make unified arrangements, send them out of the country with gifts, and politely send them to Tianzhu to serve the Buddha. I will never make things difficult for them.

Buddha is so good, there is no need for them to stay in the territory of a tyrant like me. "

Wei Ji, the second assistant, echoed: "What the Holy One said is true. They love the Buddha so much that they were sent to serve the Buddha. This Holy One's benevolence spreads far and wide."

Zhu Qiyu nodded appreciatively: "In addition to teaching monks, lecture monks, and Zen monks, I would like to add another line of monks.

A practicing monk means an ascetic monk.This is for monks who are willing to work hard and support themselves.

If the Ministry of Industry has something to do, it can use monks to do hard work and then pay them a certain amount of remuneration.When nothing happens, practicing monks can help the elderly and the weak and do good deeds.

Teaching monks, lecturing monks, and practicing monks must be brought under the unified management of the Ministry of Works to contribute to the Ming Dynasty, just like the craftsmen households under the name of the Ministry of Works.

It is precisely for this reason that I assigned the Senglu Department and the Daolu Department to the Ministry of Works.

Taoism's blood-sucking is not that bad. In the future, I will slowly adjust my strategy against Taoism based on the actual situation. "

Zhu Qiyu finished explaining the reform strategies for Buddhism in one breath, and now no one dared to object.Because once this reform is implemented, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and local officials will all benefit greatly.

Anyone who dares to oppose will be besieged by a large number of people.

Especially those honest officials in the local area, who are clean-minded and not greedy or possessive. Emperor Shengming finally managed to get everyone a reasonable and legal generous income, which can greatly improve the quality of life of the honest officials.As a result, there are still conscientious ministers who dare to stand up and oppose it. It depends on whether everyone slanders you or not.

Seeing no one objected, Zhu Qiyu was ready to get up and go home.

Unexpectedly, Luo Tong hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has another matter. The Jurchen ministries at the Chen Bing border in North Korea are also ready to move.

After a discussion by the Ministry of War, it was decided that an important minister should be sent to Liaodong to governor military affairs. "

Zhu Qiyu was stunned by Luo Tong's question. It was a bit strange for the civil servants to rush to the governor's military affairs.After thinking for a while, Zhu Qiyu asked: "Who does the Ministry of War propose to go?"

Luo Tong replied: "The Ministry of War proposed that Minister Jiang go to guard Liaodong."

It turned out to be Jiang Yuan, and now Zhu Qiyu understood clearly: The first assistant of this term is Wang Wen, who is the first civil servant in Conglong, and his position is unshakable.As the next chief assistant, I prefer Xu Youzhen.Since Jiang Yuan and Xu Youzhen were about the same age and seniority, there was nothing wrong with them wanting to compete.

Xu Youzhen controlled floods before, and later recovered Annan, and his achievements were getting bigger and bigger. Jiang Yuan seemed to be anxious and wanted to go out and make some achievements.

It is a good thing to have competition among ministers. Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Okay, Marquis Shenwu will be in charge of Gan Dusi, and Jiang Aiqing will be in charge of Liaodong.

The [-] Beijing troops brought back by Nan Hehou will be mobilized to Liaodong next spring.With these [-] elite warriors, it is enough to do a great job.

I won't assign you to supervise the army. You will be in charge of military affairs and act accordingly. "

Jiang Yuan was overjoyed and received the order to thank him.

Zhu Qiyu dragged his exhausted body back home and plunged into the hot spring pool, soaking in it and refusing to come out.

In the afternoon, the cabinet drafted an imperial edict to formally recruit Miao King Wei Tonglie.A complete Buddhist reform policy was also released at the same time.

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