The ancestor of all monsters in Shushan

Emperor Taichang called the chief minister of the cabinet and relevant ministers to inquire about relevant matters.

Now the court is controlled by the Donglin Party. As soon as they heard that the emperor wanted to build Taoist temples across the country, they immediately jumped out to oppose it.

The emperor patiently told them that Master Yuanyang was a real immortal master with real magical powers.

The ministers still refused to do anything. Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet, took the lead in the charge, saying that famines were breaking out in various places in the world and relief funds were scarce. How could they build large-scale construction projects and build Taoist temples everywhere?

The emperor said that the country did not need to spend a penny, and the problem would be solved by Immortal Master Yuanyang himself.

The ministers still disagreed: "If the Taoist priests are not interested in money, they must be interested in land. If the emperor decides, they will plunder all over the country, seize fertile farmland, and compete with the people for land."

The emperor then took out the drawing drawn by Shi Feiyang for him: "There are a total of seventy-two state capitals throughout the country. Each of them has a Taoist temple built in the east and west of the city. They are all located on high hills in the suburbs outside the city. Each Taoist temple The area does not exceed twenty acres, and no land is distributed. It is entirely self-sufficient with its incense.”

"That's not OK……"

The ministers cited a lot of examples in history of Taoist priests causing harm to the country and the people, and said that if the emperor did not listen to their advice and continued, he would end up like Song Huizong and Song Qinzong.

Emperor Taichang was so angry that Shi Feiyang ignored him and asked him to find a solution by himself. If he couldn't solve it, he would leave.

Emperor Taichang believed very much in Shi Feiyang's theory of the prosperity of Yin and the decline of Yang in the future, because various signs had appeared in recent years, and disasters and famines had appeared in the world.

Besides, Shi Feiyang was the person his father had been waiting for all his life. Now he finally descended from the sky to help him survive the disaster of the entire dynasty. He couldn't let him run away like this.

Soon, Emperor Taichang came up with a way and sent a decree to the clans in various places, asking them to use their land to build Taoist temples for the imperial master.

The clans of the Ming Dynasty were entrusted throughout the country, with large amounts of land and real estate almost everywhere.

The princes of these clans all heard about the story of Emperor Wanli's encounter with an immortal. His injuries were so serious that his bones were broken, and his toothache and headache that had been bothering him for half his life were cured by the immortal medicine.

Emperor Wanli built such a large Yuanyang Immortal Palace for this purpose, and he was full of curiosity. Many vassal princes even tried to find opportunities to come to the capital to visit the Immortal Palace. Even if they could not come themselves, they sent people to inquire about it. Some He also asked the painter to draw the picture.

I heard that Zhenren Yuanyang was back and wanted to build Taoist temples across the country. The emperor personally conveyed the decree, and vassal kings from all over the country expressed their support!

Zhou Wang Zhu Suqin was the first to come to the table, saying that 30,000 acres of land outside Kaifeng City would be dedicated to Immortal Master Yuanyang to build a Taoist temple, and another 100,000 acres of fertile land would be used as property for the Taoist temple.

Then King Zheng, King Lu, King Dai, King Qin, King Jin, etc. came forward one after another and donated large amounts of land and real estate. The big vassal kings often donated tens of thousands of acres of land. Some donated a mountain, and some directly donated gold and silver. .

Emperor Taichang was very happy. The clan was willing to donate, and the ministers had nothing to do with it.

Many clans in the Ming Dynasty were super big landowners, and of course many ministers were also big landowners, each with their own property. In different establishments, the ministers could only stare blankly even if they were unhappy.

Shi Feiyang and Emperor Taichang quickly identified one hundred and forty-four plots of land on the map. In order to avoid the future corruption of Xueshan and Qingcheng disciples, they still followed the original plan, with only twenty acres of land for each plot. There are three halls at the front and back with a courtyard on the left and right.

He made a rough drawing, which mainly focused on the Dharma platform in the east-west courtyard to view the sky and the earth. Nothing else mattered.

When it came to the specific construction, he didn't have to worry about it, let alone spend a penny, it was still left to the various clans to take care of it.

The clansmen were very interested in this, and they all contributed money and effort, hiring the best craftsmen, some who knew architecture, and even built gardens themselves. Some were stacked with strange stones, surrounded by rockeries, and some were decorated with carved railings and painted buildings, with pavilions connected to each other. , making each step a scene, very quiet and elegant.

These guys all want to build the Taoist temple well. When the gods come, they will often come to get close and ask for advice...

In the Ming Dynasty, the clan could not leave their fiefdom. If they wanted to go to the capital, they had to find special excuses under special circumstances. They also wanted to see the immortals in the capital. Now, they only need to build a Taoist temple that is not very big, and they have a chance to see the immortals. , simply not too good!
The Taoist temples began to be built in full swing. The clans spent a lot of money, striving to build the fastest or the best, looking forward to the early arrival of the gods.

The problem of the Taoist temple was solved, and what was left was manpower. Shi Feiyang asked Ling Hun and Jiang Shu to train useful disciples as soon as possible.

Each of the two families has seventy-two Taoist temples, and they must each train at least one hundred and forty-four qualified people.

The two of them were quite resistant to this matter. They both taught in "small classes" and selected the best of the best among their disciples. They had calculated everything clearly in their past and present lives. Only those who could really be cultivated would be accepted into their sect. How could they overtax everything and easily pay hundreds of thousands of students? Recruiting apprentices for the unit? When this kind of thing spreads to the ears of colleagues all over the world, it is just a joke.

Shi Feiyang sighed and set the disciple level for them:

Each place was provided by the local government or the clan with thirty young men of school age, who were required to be able to read, read, and be able to do math and arithmetic.

Then Liu Quan, Yang Xu and other apprentices went to each place for interviews and selected ten smart and sensible people.

These ten young Taoist priests are responsible for the daily management of the Taoist temple. They receive two taels of silver per month and teach some basic breathing exercises, health-preserving skills, internal and external exercises, fists and feet, and after practicing for more than ten years, they can become The ultimate master in the martial arts world.

Ling Hun and Jiang Shu also had to go from place to place and select about three of them as registered disciples to teach some of the immortal family's foundation-building skills, as well as how to observe the sky and the earth, and deduce spells.

This workload is also "huge" for the two of them. People who have been practicing in caves all year round are very reluctant to deal with mortals. It is trivial, confusing, and meaningless.

But what they have to do now is meaningful. Although they resist in their hearts, they still have to do it.

Shi Feiyang took out 20,000 taels of silver and 2,000 taels of gold and gave them to them for the operation of the Taoist temple, and told them: "The Tao Te Ching contains a lot of content about governing the country. Although secular affairs are tiring, if you can be like a cook, Unlocking cows is a skill that can be used to refine one's mind. Moreover, there is a saying that one can be a good doctor without being a good minister. The methods used in cultivating one's moral character and governing a country are all the same. You can ask a disciple to take charge of the accounts, or you can find a mortal to take charge of it. ”

Jiang Shu said: "I originally wanted to establish a sect. I thought that the Immortal Family should also join forces with various sects, welcome and send people to and send them to each other, and also go to the mortal world to recruit disciples and preach, which are also secular affairs. Chen Taizhen has this aspect. I was cultivating my talent at that time, now I just let him take care of it.”

After hearing this, Ling Hun thought that his two disciples, Liu Quan and Zhao Guangdou, were both pure cultivators in the mountains and were not good at this. If he wanted to manage this matter, he would have to be Xiao Yi, who had been recruited two years ago.

Xiao Yi's father was the head of Woyun Village of the previous generation. He is the head of Woyun Village of this generation. He was trained as a village head since he was a child. He is usually in charge of the village's money and food, assigning tasks, and dealing with neighborhood conflicts. All these are done well, but It is a big mistake to listen to the instigation of traitors and become suspicious of your wife.

However, when he was asked to walk from Yuanjiang to Daxue Mountain, and then kowtow to the cave one by one from the next step, this stubbornness has been worn away, so it can be put to use.

Ling Hun called Xiao Yi to be the chief abbot of the seventy-two snow mountain Taoist temples in the world, managing the personnel, money and food in these human Taoist temples.

On the Qingcheng sect's side, Chen Taizhen, the Five Mountains Walker, is in charge.

Shi Feiyang handed over the gold and silver to them. These were the trophies he had obtained when he destroyed the Chuandeng Temple and the Zhuanlun Temple. These barbarian monks were good at making money. The utensils they used were made of gold and silver, inlaid with precious stones, and they were often worth tens of thousands of dollars. The tall pure gold lamp trees were re-tempered by Shi Feiyang with real fire, and made into gold bricks of a hundred taels, and the number of silver bricks was even greater.

The two factions obtained gold and silver, and each went to select and train available disciples.

Shi Feiyang talked about the second thing with Emperor Taichang, which was shipbuilding and trade.

During the Ming Dynasty, overseas countries began to accumulate a certain amount of money and trade with the Ming Dynasty. People in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty often went to sea to do business.

During this period, in order to rectify the Japanese pirates, the imperial court issued several sea bans, but they were never completely banned. Moreover, as soon as the enforcement was loosened, businessmen began to run away again in order to make profits.

The imperial court itself also organized official fleets to go to sea. The most famous one was Zheng He's seven voyages. His footprints and cultural relics can be found all over the world.

Zheng He's fleet was responsible for recording the customs and customs of various places, surveying and mapping mountains and seas, promoting the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, bringing back special products and artifacts from various places, bringing calendar civilization, and rewarding the Ming Dynasty with treasures...

The Ming Dynasty actually had a lot of exchanges with foreign countries. Along the southeastern coast, Western missionaries continued to come, and there were even Western Christians serving as officials in the imperial court.

Therefore, Emperor Taichang was not opposed to overseas trade, but his ministers were opposed to it, especially those from the southeastern coast. They objected with all their might, citing the former emperor's prohibition, exaggerating that seafaring wasted people and money, and criticized the emperor for not doing it for his own sake. , do this kind of thing for your own selfish interests...

Emperor Taichang went back and forth with the ministers several times, but finally couldn't resist. He felt as wronged as his little daughter-in-law, and complained to Shi Feiyang apologetically.

Shi Feiyang smiled after hearing this: "In that case, it's better to use the previous method."

Emperor Taichang was puzzled: "What kind of pre-dharma?"

Shi Feiyang said: "If the ministers are not willing, then let the clan come."

After hearing this, Emperor Taichang's face became serious. According to the ancestral teachings, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without an edict.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, during the Chongzhen period, the Hou Jin Dynasty invaded the mainland many times. The Tang king Zhu Yujian spent his own money to gather soldiers to go to Beijing to serve the king. The final result was that he was demoted to a commoner by Chongzhen's decree and was escorted to Fengyang for imprisonment by guards in brocade clothes. During this period, he was imprisoned in Fengyang. The eunuch Yangshouling failed to obtain a bribe and was tortured so much that he almost died. He was not released until Chongzhen hanged him and entered the customs.

Due to the precedent of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, who was in trouble, future emperors were extremely wary of vassal kings, and would be severely punished for even leaving the fiefdom without authorization.

Shi Feiyang analyzed the pros and cons for Emperor Taichang. In the court, as the emperor, his power has been restricted to the extreme by the ministers. The ministers formed cliques and helped each other. Whatever the emperor did, he would be collectively opposed, even if If you force it through, you will also use various means to mess things up.

If Emperor Taichang wants to do something at this time, he can only use eunuchs to gather those marginalized officials to seize power like Emperor Tianqi did in history. The process will be quite bloody...

Emperor Wanli's rich internal funds have been spent by Emperor Taichang over the years. He cannot use the money in the treasury casually, and the ministers will use various methods to prevent it.

He also abolished the mining tax himself, so he couldn't do anything without money.

When Shi Feiyang saw that he was still worried, he did not explain deeply. He was an immortal and would not tell Emperor Taichang specifically what to do. He could not overstep his authority. He had to figure out how to deal with his own affairs.

"Since Your Majesty is very unwilling, then that's all..."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Taichang changed his expression again, thinking that he was angry and wanted to leave.

Emperor Taichang had to regret it for the rest of his life when he finally expected this immortal master to come and leave in such an angry manner. He quickly said: "The lifting of the clan ban is a big deal. It's not completely impossible. It just needs to be reconsidered..."

Shi Feiyang smiled and waved his hand: "You can decide this matter yourself. I only say that since the courtiers object and you are unwilling to use the clan, you can only do it yourself. In this way, if you build a port in Tianjin, then I will The fleet will go around the southeast and come directly, you have to send Jin Yiwei to pick it up."

"that's it?"

Shi Feiyang nodded: "People from the Heavenly Kingdom will bring their specialties and sell them in the capital. They will also buy some things from China and bring them back. You need to set up a special market in the capital."

"This is easy!" (End of Chapter)