Chapter 443: The Buddhist Temple Should Be Rectified
"How sensible is that?"
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but ask for a while, and then repaired the pot of red plums in front of him.
Since coming to Daming, Zhu Yijun has had some hobbies that can be accessed in this era, such as repairing flowers and plants, painting and appreciating antique paintings and calligraphy.
Especially when there was no shortage of beauty and delicacies, and science and technology had not developed to the point of later generations, he also cultivated some so-called elegance in his spare time, just like the powerful eunuchs of this era.
After Zhu Yijun asked, Sun Xin said, "Originally, I was a little excited, but after Yuan Fu explained the reasoning, they cooperated again."
"Tell me what the truth is."
Zhu Yijun said.
Sun Xin informed Zhu Yijun of the conversation between Shen Shixing and others.
Zhu Yijun didn't say anything after hearing this, only a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Zhu Yijun had to admit that Shen Shixing deserved to be Shen Shixing, and he could be regarded as having figured out the thoughts of these ministers and his own minds, and adjusted the contradictions between himself and the ministers very well.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Yijun just doesn't like to be managed, and he doesn't want to have no freedom at all and become a slave of etiquette!
Zhu Yijun just hopes that the people of this era can respect him, treat him as a person, and don't bind him in the name of etiquette and the people, forcing him to be a slave of the people of the world like a puppet.
Zhu Yijun really didn't want to do this.
Therefore, he is willing to change the etiquette law, and even for this reason, he is willing to give others some freedom, and therefore, he would rather kill Zhou's father and son to set an example than tolerate others interfering with him excessively.
After all, the driving force of Zhu Yijun's reform, in addition to changing the fate of the nation and making the people live a better life, is to make himself more free, first of all, to be more free in the use of money and even have more private money.
Zhou's father and son really touched his reverse scales, which made him feel like he was not being treated as a person by science again, and he had murderous intentions.
Fortunately, Shen Shixing understood his feelings, and succeeded in getting the ministers to be forced to accept the emperor's view that no matter how he used his internal funds, he had nothing to do with sanctity, because he could not be as completely selfless as Hai Jui.
Of course, Zhu Yijun can completely ignore the reputation of sainthood, and directly kill Zhou's father and son, and then let people know where his reverse scales are.
And Zhu Yijun did this, he didn't care much about some false names.
However, Shen Shixing may have preserved the emperor's false name by persuading the bureaucrats to have a more harmonious relationship between the emperor and the bureaucracy.
Zhu Yijun himself is also happy to see this, he doesn't really want to fight with the entire bureaucracy, he also wants to live a harmonious and beautiful life by himself.
Because the reformers were still in the majority, it didn't take long for Tingtui to come out and present it to the emperor the day after tomorrow.
After Zhu Yijun read the list, he ordered Zhang Xueyan and Xu Guo to enter the cabinet.
The vacant officials were promoted by Hai Rui, the Ministry of Rites was promoted due to prudence, the household department was promoted by Nanjing Household Department Shangshu Wang Xuan, and the criminal department was promoted by the left servant Lang Shuhua of the Criminal Department.
In addition, Shen Lili was promoted to a cabinet bachelor.
And Zhu Yijun said to Shen Shixing after counting these lists:
"Qing is my master, and he is also my master, and his ministers cannot interfere in my internal affairs, but Qing can say that I can be better at managing yin and yang, and all the people in the world will be blessed."
Shen Shixing was slightly stunned after hearing this, and his eyes turned red for a while, and he arched his hand and said, "The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's holy decree."
Zhu Yijun said again: "The master just turned fifty this year, right?"
Shen Shixing replied, "Yes! His Majesty is worried."
"Now that it is the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, it is advisable to take shelter from the wind and snow, and avoid the loss of longevity due to the court, when the husband is alive, I should give him the shoulder as soon as possible, otherwise he may not go so early, so the master will take the shoulder to enter the palace in the future, so as not to be forced by the wind and snow."
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he instructed, "Draw up a decree and give Master Shen the grace to enter the palace on his shoulders!"
Shen Shixing hurriedly prostrated on the ground and kowtowed to thank him.
can solve the contradiction between the emperor and the hundred officials in a gentle manner, in Zhu Yijun's view, Shen Shixing is worthy of more preferential treatment.
"Is Yu Qing's nickname decided?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly asked Shen Shixing.
It is worth mentioning that Yu Youding died of illness after the southern tour, and Zhu Yijun specially dropped out for this day, and the Ministry of Rites discussed it.
"The Ministry of Rites has been designated as "Wenzheng" in order to advocate the virtue of new rites."
Shen Shi Xing returned.
Zhu Yijun nodded, and then took a long breath and said, "It's a pity that Yu Qing is really a talent, he is the first assistant."
After Zhu Yijun said this, he glanced at Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and other cabinet ministers, and then said to Shen Shixing: "The first batch of mining profits will benefit the people to be limited, and we should continue to develop foreign benefits, increase the national treasury and the people's income, and prepare for the people of the whole world to be able to study."
"What Your Majesty said is that at present, we want to enrich the country and benefit the people, and we should continue to let the people of the world change the way of making profits from internal operation to external operation, so the first thing to do is no longer Lixin, after all, the first batch of subscription coupons for mining profits has made the people of the world believe in the original intention of the imperial court, and now what we need to do is to rectify the Buddhist temple."
Shen Shi said.
"Tidy up the temple?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
This reminded Zhu Yijun that the Jiangnan officials and gentlemen mentioned by Zhang Whale in the secret report conspired to let the magnates in Beijing find a way to exempt themselves from taxes in the world's Buddhist temples.
Zhu Yijun originally planned to send anyone to prison for Jinyiwei to investigate as long as he dared to mention this matter, and even because King Lu mentioned this matter first, he asked Jinyiwei to investigate.
And now, Shen Shixing mentioned it again, making Zhu Yijun realize again that the situation of Buddhist temples affecting the long-term development of the Ming Dynasty may indeed have reached the time when it must be solved.
After all, the Buddhist temple does not only affect many people in terms of ideology, nor is it as simple as a Buddhist temple, and the more critical thing behind him is that the Buddhist temple has formed a great challenge to the imperial court in terms of financial fund-raising and lending!
Because many powerful and wealthy gentry in order to avoid their assets being confiscated by the imperial court, especially gray assets, and even illegal assets obtained by cunning and tyrannical wealth, they will basically donate to build Buddhist temples and other names, so that this asset has become the assets donated by many good men and women to Buddhist temples.
In addition, the powerful and wealthy gentry often take advantage of Buddhist temples and monks to be more trusted by the people, and are not easy to be targeted by the government and the court, so that they can lend money and buy property for themselves.
Therefore, if the imperial court wants to gather more private capital for the development of external benefits, so that the way to make the world's powerful and wealthy people become mainly external exploitation through internal exploitation, then it is necessary to first rectify the Buddhist temples and force these private capital to flow to the imperial court, and then the imperial court will organize to participate in external development.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Cabinet Planning Department and the Six Ministries reported after an investigation: The number of monks, nuns, and Taoist priests in the world has increased to more than 1,86,500 in the five years of Hongwu, and now it has increased to more than 1,866,500. And there are not many monks and nuns in the private nunnery of the temple of the home of the unbridled."
"And the fertile land occupied by Buddhist temples and Taoist nunnery also reaches more than 3.5 million hectares, and this is only the number that is known on the surface, and I don't know how many hidden fields there are."
"According to the survey, there are more than 700 temples and nunnery in Wanping County, and there are more than 30,000 monks and nuns, who are not engaged in production, and less than 60% of those in Wanping County can pay taxes and silver!"
"Also, for example, the three temples of Xuanfu Longfu, Qingquan and Shien cover an area of more than 5,300 hectares, which has almost exhausted the fields of Xuanfu! Presumably, the area occupied by the famous temple in the mainland is even more terrifying!"
"Therefore, when the temple was born, some people sighed: Today's virtuous and virtuous ancestral hall or decay is not supported, only the Buddha Hall of the Immortal Palace covers the sun and clouds; There are many scholars in the clan who do not have a hundred acres of people, but the fields of monks and Taoists are all over the world."
"At the time of the temple, it was still like this, and now this dynasty has been reforming and suppressing the right for more than ten years, and it will only get worse."