Chapter 231 Candidates (1)
"I wonder if you have heard of something?"
Zhu Yun'e had long been used to sitting on the cold dragon throne. From being trembling as if he was facing a great enemy at the beginning to being relaxed and comfortable now, he was extremely casual.
This is his dragon throne, which only belongs to his chair. In the eyes of his ministers, it represents supreme imperial power, but in his eyes now, it is just a fucking chair.
In the Ganqing Palace, hundreds of ministers stood slightly, with civil and military officials standing in front of them.
The current Ming Dynasty has a slightly different atmosphere from Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gao.
When the old man was there, he liked the grand dynasty meetings. No matter whether it was cold, heat, wind, rain, or hail, he could not stop thunder and listen to the government at the Fengtianmen Imperial Gate, and then the grand dynasty meetings that all officials above the sixth rank in Beijing must attend.
Zhu Yunyu wanted to hold a small court meeting in the Ganqing Palace, with a scale of 100 people, and all the participants were core ministers.
In his opinion, there is no need for so many people to hold a meeting. Anyway, they are all going through the motions and are for people to see. For this empire, the real decision makers are nothing more than these people.
So just simplify the complexity!
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The ministers in the hall had a clear mind and had already guessed what the emperor was saying.
"The monk does not recite scriptures and changes to business!" Zhu Yunxiu continued to smile on the dragon throne, "It's still a business of trafficking people! You are all well-read people. Can you have such a precedent in all dynasties?"
"Lingyin Temple, it sounds good, but it's all done with conscience. The so-called monks are actually scumbags on earth!"
Speaking of this, the smile on Zhu Yunxiu's face disappeared, "It would be fine if the evil people in the world did such a bad thing, but it was the monks who kept saying that they would be retribution in the next life and I, the merciful monks!"
"Someone once said that I was too mean to monks. When I was the emperor, I ordered all prefectures in the world to count and confiscate temple property of monks and Taoists from all over the world."
"But now it seems that I am still too tolerant! The monks from Lingyin Temple were all bought! The thieves in the martial arts world became kind-hearted monks! It was simply a big deal!"
"Monks are going to be unlucky!"
Among the ministers present at the Ganqing Palace, Li Jinglong stood first in the second row.
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, he thought to himself, "The emperor is going to take advantage of the situation and punish monks and Taoists!"
So, just after Zhu Yunxiu finished speaking, Li Jinglong stepped out and said, "Long live the anger, it's not worth it for those who are angry during the New Year!"
As he said that, he looked up and smiled, "The destruction of monks and Taoists has been happening since ancient times! Since ancient times, the most common people who have annexed land and hidden tenants and even privately hiding weapons are monks and Taoists!"
"I heard a joke when I was training in HN. Most of the local people were tenants in temples. Among the tenants, the wife was handsome and the wife was ugly and the wife was ugly and the woman was ugly and the woman was poor..."
"Monks and Taoists are also humans! Gods and Buddhas are good, but human nature is hard to say! Greed is hard to calm down, and they are wearing the cloak of monks, so they are unscrupulous!"
"Otherwise, there would be no such thing as the Wuzong's destruction of Buddhism in history! The Qingming Kingdom has never been allowed to be bigger by monks and Taoists."
Zhu Yunxiu didn't say anything about these unhealthy words, but said directly, "Tell me, how should this monk and Taoist be cured?"
"I think that first of all, we should set up a yamen specializing in controlling monks and Taoists!" Li Jinglong said, "It can be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and the annual quotations are strictly controlled. In addition, the monks, Taoists and nuns in the temple must not exceed a certain number, nor must they be less than a certain number."
"The temples of monks and Taoists in the world must have a source that can be traced. You can no longer build a temple like before, just as an old monk bought a piece of land..."
"Although the court collected temple products from all over the world, his annual incense money is still astronomical. Then this certificate must be strictly controlled."
"A monk must report to the monks' yamen of the Ministry of Rites from the temple that wants to be a monk. A monk's yamen designated by the monk's yamen will practice on their behalf, and only after three years can he be ordained."
"And the certificate of his sacrificial certificate is paid for by the temple that accepts the person. In my opinion, this money depends on the size of the temple..."
Zhu Yunxiu thought silently in his mind that Li Jinglong’s idea was very simple, that is, to manage, strictly control.
After confiscating various industries of temples, the administrative power of the world's temples was also taken back to the center.
All small wild temples were banned, and all the famous mountains and ancient temples were left behind...
These famous mountains and ancient temples also need to be inspected regularly.
If the number of people exceeds the standard, you will deal with you, and if the number of people is not enough, you will deal with you.
"Also, I think the age of monks must be limited!"
Suddenly, Zhu Yunxiu was slightly surprised and said, "Why?"
"There are handsome little novice monks and graceful little nuns in each temple... This is unreasonable!" Li Jinglong smiled and said, "A innocent and innocent age is the ancient Buddha of the green lamp? It is not human desire!"
Ren Hengtai, the Minister of Rites, spoke, "What Duke Cao said is very true!"
"What Duke Cao said is a famous saying of governance!"
As soon as he spoke, the civil servants next to him nodded.
In fact, many times, civil servants like to stand opposite Li Jinglong, and rarely have a time to agree with him.
The reason why I expressed my agreement this time for the first time is that civil officials also hate the so-called monks.
"Now, among my monks and nuns in the Ming Dynasty, there are many young people in their prime!" Ren Hengtai continued to speak, "If young men and women are in the people, they will be the responsibility of each family."
"But one is unfilial to parents, two is not passed on to the family line to raise children, three is not allowed to give birth..." Ren Hengtai looked disgusted, "It's not human!"
"I also say something!!"
Xin Yande, the envoy of the Tongzheng Department, also spoke, "I was in Huaibei last year when I was in Huaibei to provide disaster relief, and many temples set up porridge and donate food, which is indeed a blessing to the people for survival!"
"But there are also many monks and nuns who specialize in adopting boys and virgins among the victims..."
As he said that, he suddenly paused, as if he didn't know how to continue. After a while, he said with a blushing face, "I don't know what they have raised them to do!"
"Hehe!" Li Jinglong smirked wickedly.
"Cough! Cough!" Zhang Ju, the old minister of the Ministry of Revenue, coughed and glanced at Xin Yande.
That means you, boy, don’t give examples! This is a court, not a teahouse that can be said to you!
Immediately, he cleared his throat and said, "The Ministry of Revenue archives the number of monks, Taoists and nuns in the world, and there are more than 600,000 people!"
"Hiss..." Zhu Yunxiu took a deep breath and asked, "So many?" As he said, his brows frowned, "It's comparable to the population of a high-level state prefecture!"
Zhang Feng said again, "Of courses of these 600,000 people, at least 70% of them are young and middle-aged people under the age of 40!"
As he said, he said, "Although my Ming Dynasty population is much higher than that of Emperor Taizu, the population is still not enough!"
"Since the founding of the State Dynasty, it has been immigrating from Shanxi and other places to Beiping for years, and has allocated people from the Central Plains to rush to Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places to open up land and build land..."
"The Ministry of Revenue's account book is empty, and the places where people are needed are really short of people!"
"I have more than 600,000 monks and nuns in the Ming Dynasty! If they are all good people, I have more than one more fish and rice land in the Ming Dynasty?"
"emperor!"
Hou Yong, the Minister of Personnel, had a ferocious face, "I ask the emperor to issue an order that all monks and nuns under the age of forty will return to the secular world and serve the people!"
"If monks and Taoists are willing to serve the people, they can be given to the land and livestock!" Yang Jing, the censor of the Tucao, also spoke, "After the female nun returned to secular life, she ordered the local officials to settle the marriage..."
"This..." Zhu Gaochi suddenly spoke, "A forty-year-old girl, is it a bit difficult to place a marriage in the local area...?"
"Your Highness is worried that they are too old and no one wants them?" Duke Zheng Chang Sheng turned his head and said.
Zhu Gaochi has absolutely no intention of the conscience of heaven and earth.
What he meant was that marriage could not be managed by local officials. Once this power was handed over to local officials, it might have harmed those female nuns who returned to secular life.
Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei who had not spoken before, also frowned, "Your Highness is worried that he would cause a tragedy if he was entrusted!"
"What the Duke of Wei said is extremely true!"
Chapter completed!