Wanli Youming

Chapter 446

Chapter 446

"Is it so sensible?"

Zhu Yijun couldn't help asking for a moment, and then repaired the pot of red plums in front of him.

Since coming to Daming, Zhu Yijun has acquired some hobbies that can be touched in this era, such as repairing flowers and plants, painting and appreciating antique calligraphy and paintings.

Especially when there is no shortage of beauty and delicacies, and the technology has not yet developed to the point of the later generations, he is also obsessed with the fact that while resting, he has cultivated some so-called elegance like the dignitaries and officials of this era.

After Zhu Yijun asked this question, Sun Xin said: "I was a little excited at first, but after Yuan Fu explained the truth, they cooperated again."

"What's the reason, let's hear it."

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 slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Yijun had to admit that Shen Shihang was worthy of being Shen Shihang, and he had grasped the thoughts of these civil servants and his own, and adjusted the conflict between himself and the civil servants very well.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yijun just doesn't like being controlled by others, and he doesn't want to have no freedom at all and become a slave to etiquette!

Zhu Yijun just hopes that the people of this era can respect him, treat him as a person, and not restrain him in the name of etiquette and the people, and force him to be like a puppet, a servant of the world.

Zhu Yijun really didn't want to do this.

That's why he was willing to change the rules of etiquette, and he was willing to give others some freedom even at the expense of doing so. Therefore, he would rather kill Zhou's father and son to make an example of others than to tolerate excessive interference from others.

After all, Zhu Yijun’s motivation for reform is not only to change the destiny of the nation and make the people live better, but also to make himself more free. First of all, he is more free in the use of money and even has more private money.

Zhou's father and son really touched his Ni Lin, which made him feel that he was not regarded as a human being by Neo Confucianism again, and he became murderous.

Fortunately, Shen Shixing understood his feelings, and succeeded in forcing the ministers to accept the view that no matter how the emperor used internal money, it had nothing to do with holiness because they could not be as completely impartial as Hai Rui.

Of course, Zhu Yijun could just kill Zhou's father and son without caring about his holiness and reputation, so that people would know where his Nilin was.

And Zhu Yijun did exactly that, he didn't care too much about his reputation.

However, perhaps Shen Shihang wanted to make the relationship between the emperor and the bureaucracy more harmonious, or by persuading the bureaucrats, it preserved the emperor's false name.

Zhu Yijun himself is also happy to see this, and he doesn't really want to be at war with the entire bureaucracy, he also wants to live a peaceful life by himself.

Because the reformists still accounted for the majority, the court did not push it for a long time, and it came out the day after tomorrow and presented it to the imperial court.

After reading the list, Zhu Yijun ordered Zhang Xueyan and Xu Guo to join the cabinet.

The vacant official minister was promoted by Hai Rui, the rite minister was promoted due to prudence, the household minister was promoted by Nanjing household minister Wang Lin, and the criminal minister was promoted by Xingbu Zuo Shilang Shu Hua.

In addition, Shen Li was promoted to a cabinet bachelor.

And Zhu Yijun said to Shen Shixing after checking these lists:

"Qing is my master, and also my teacher. Other ministers cannot interfere with my internal affairs, but you can speak, so that I can better manage yin and yang, so that all people in the world will be blessed."

Shen Shixing was slightly taken aback after hearing this, his eyes turned red for a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "I would like to obey your Majesty's imperial edict."

Zhu Yijun said again: "Master just turned [-] this year, right?"

Shen Shixing clapped his hands and replied, "Yes! Your Majesty will miss you."

"Since it is the year of knowing the destiny, it is advisable to avoid the wind and snow, so as not to lose your life due to court participation. If you are still alive, I should have given him shoulders. Let Jianyu enter the palace, so as not to be forced by the wind and snow."

As Zhu Yijun spoke, he ordered: "Here we draw up an order, and give Master Shen the grace to enter the palace on the shoulders!"

Shen Shixing hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed to thank him.

Being able to resolve the conflict between the emperor and the officials in a gentle manner, in Zhu Yijun's view, Shen Shixing deserves more preferential treatment from him.

"Has Yu Qing's posthumous name been decided?"

Zhu Yijun suddenly asked Shen Shixing.

It is worth mentioning that Yu Youding died of illness after his southern tour, and Zhu Yijun stopped working for a day because of this, and the Ministry of Rites discussed his posthumous title.

"The Ministry of Rites has designated it as 'Wenzheng' in its first edition, in order to promote its virtue of establishing new rituals."

Shen Shixing replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said with a long sigh: "It's a pity Yu Qing, he was originally the first assistant."

Zhu Yijun glanced at Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and other cabinet ministers after speaking, and then said to Shen Shixing: "After all, the first batch of mining interests benefited only a limited number of people. We should continue to develop foreign interests and increase the state's funds and people's income. People all over the world can study and prepare.”

"What Your Majesty said is that if we want to enrich the country and benefit the people now, we should continue to shift the way the people of the world make profits from internal operations to external operations. In this way, the first thing to do is no longer Lixin. After all, the first batch of Kuangli’s subscription tickets have convinced the people of the world to believe in the original intention of the imperial court, and what we need to do now is to rectify Buddhist temples.”

Shen Shi said what he said.

"Rectify the Buddhist temple?"

Zhu Yijun asked a question.

This reminded Zhu Yijun of the Jiangnan officials, gentlemen and officials mentioned in the secret report by Zhang Jing, who conspired to get the dignitaries in Beijing to find a way to exempt themselves from taxes in Buddhist temples all over the world.

Zhu Yijun originally planned to imprison anyone who dared to mention this matter and let Jin Yiwei investigate it strictly. Even because King Lu mentioned this matter first, he asked Jin Yiwei to investigate.

But now, Shen Shixing brought it up again, making Zhu Yijun realize again that the situation that Buddhist temples affect the long-term development of Ming Dynasty may indeed have to be resolved.

After all, Buddhist temples do not only affect many people in terms of ideology, nor is it as simple as a Buddhist temple. What is more important behind him is that Buddhist temples pose a great challenge to the imperial court in terms of financial fundraising and lending!

In order to avoid their assets being confiscated by the court, many rich and powerful gentry, especially gray assets, or even illegal assets obtained by swindling, will basically use the name of donating to build Buddhist temples, etc., so that these assets will be donated to Buddhist temples by many good men and women. asset.

In addition, the powerful and wealthy gentry often used Buddhist temples and monks to be more trusted by the people and less likely to be targeted by the government and court, so that they would lend money to buy properties for themselves.

Therefore, if the imperial court wants to gather more private capital for the development of external interests, and make the riches of the world turn from internal exploitation to external exploitation, it needs to rectify Buddhist temples first, forcing these private capital to flow to the imperial court, and then the imperial court Organize to participate in external development.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the cabinet policy department and the six ministries and departments investigated and reported that the number of monks, nuns, Taoist priests and female crowns in the world was only 180 in Hongwu five years, but now it has increased to [-]. There are only those who have a degree; and there are not many monks and nuns in the temples and private nunneries of the people who do not have a degree."

"The fertile land occupied by Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, etc. also amounted to more than 350 million hectares. This is only a figure known from the clear Zhang on the surface. I don't know how many hidden fields."

"According to the survey, there are more than 3 monasteries and nunneries in Wanping County, and there are more than [-] monks and nuns, who are not engaged in production. However, less than [-]% of the people in Wanping County can pay taxes and silver!"

"Also, the three temples of Longfu, Qingquan, and Shi'en in Xuanfu occupy an area of ​​more than [-] hectares, which is almost all of Xuanfu's land! Presumably, the area occupied by famous temples in the interior is even more terrifying!"

"Therefore, some people sighed in the temple of the world: Today, the ancestral halls of virtuous and virtuous people may be decayed and shabby, but only the fairy palaces and Buddhist halls block out the sun and create clouds; most of the clan and scholars do not have a hundred acres of people, but the fields of monks and Taoists are all over the world."

"It was still like this in the time of Shimiao. Now that the dynasty has reformed and suppressed Haoyou for more than ten years, it will only get worse."

(End of this chapter)