In the past, the temple controlled many fields, and most of these believers were tenants of the temple. Naturally, they had to obey the orders of the temple, and were willing to show their loyalty to the temple by taking refuge in our Buddha.
However, the imperial court directly confiscated the temple's property and then redistributed it to these tenants, turning them into the owners of the land. Then the nature of the matter naturally changed.
Go to Biniang's temple. Our allegiance is to the big man now, and we have become the masters.
Without the support of these tenants, the monks in the temples alone could make huge waves, so in the end these temples had no choice but to bow their heads and obey the court's arrangements.
The same is true for other Taoist temples and the like.
However, because the imperial court did not restrict preaching, Buddhism, Taoism, etc. have now begun to shift their attention from robbing social resources to expanding outward and developing more believers.
Although there is not much land, there is no direct source of income, but as long as it develops well enough and builds enough temples, the incense money alone will be enough for everyone to eat and drink.
This is also the biggest contradiction between Buddhism and Taoism today.
The land allocated by the imperial court for them to build temples is inherently limited, and if you give it to them, you can no longer give it to them.
So both sides are trying to compete, and naturally conflicts arise from time to time. In a fertile place like Wu County in the south of the Yangtze River, there are more people praying to gods and Buddhas, so this is not the first time that such conflicts have occurred, even among monks and Taoist priests.
There were also armed fights that gave the Criminal Department a headache.
You guys, a bunch of monks, have promised not to be angry or angry?
The inner government is already responsible for religious management and mediation, so it is naturally helpless about this.
The Buddha says that the Buddha is right, and the Taoist master is right. Who should we help?
Officials in the inner government often have their own beliefs, so they are naturally divided into several factions, each standing from their own perspective, plus a few who just watch the fun and don't think it's a big deal, so this kind of thing always causes trouble.
Lechang couldn't laugh or cry, but he didn't know what to do.
Just like what was said about the merchants before, the merchants took advantage of legal loopholes, so hitting each other fifty-fifty would mean offending both parties.
The same is true for the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism.
Until the Ministry of Punishment comes up with precise laws on religious management, such disputes will only increase.
The female officer obviously didn't know that Li Xingchen was listening upstairs. She only knew that today the Queen was here to inspect the work, so she couldn't help but complain a few more about the inaction of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites. Logically speaking, this kind of religious management
The matter also involves social morality and etiquette, and is inseparable from the Ministry of Rites. However, for a long time, the Ministry of Rites had no intention of getting involved in this matter, and just watched the fun from the sidelines.
Li Xingchen clearly wanted to promote the Han Dynasty to enter a society ruled by law, and a society where there were laws to abide by and fair convictions were based on the law, rather than a society where severe punishments were simply used to frighten the people and retain the privileges of the upper class aristocrats.
The Ministry of Rites is responsible for imposing moral constraints on society.
In the previous human-governed society, morality was a very important matter.
Whether a person is filial or not can determine whether he has the ability to be an official, and judging whether something is good or bad is based on the words of saints, principles and virtues, rather than actual legal provisions that stipulate what is.
What is right and what is wrong.
Naturally, there is a lot of room for confusing right and wrong and distorting facts. After all, judging based on morality is actually based on the official's own understanding of morality.
There are a lot of things to say about this.
Mr. Jiang, who presides over the Etiquette Department, knows very well that the Etiquette Department should be as low-key as possible. He also knows that it is precisely because he knows that he cannot make any trouble that Li Xingchen puts himself in this position.
Therefore, it is a bit funny to say that perhaps the Minister of Rites is the only one who does not pursue political affairs in his position, and the more he does so, the more he gains His Majesty's trust.
Of course, this means that the Ministry of Rites will bear a lot of infamy for "inaction", such as complaints from the inner government at this time.
But Mr. Jiang doesn't care.
He has relied on flattery to get up all the way, does he care about you guys pointing fingers behind his back?
Mr. Jiang has always believed that if you were in this position, you would be ten times worse than me. And this is His Majesty’s intention. My inaction is to cooperate with His Majesty’s work. If you have any opinions and abilities, please contact me directly.
Your Majesty's response?
Even the manpower of the Rites Department has been deployed to support other departments. If you have any opinions, just hold back and ask, how can we do the work even if there are not enough people?
However, the Ministry of Rites is not without its significance. Li Xingchen has gradually transformed the Ministry of Rites into the propaganda department and media supervision department of the Han Dynasty. Newspapers in the inner government and other local and state governments are supervised by the Ministry of Rites, and other government orders are issued.
The Ministry of Rites is responsible for early science popularization and publicity.
In addition, in remote areas, educating barbarians and promoting the culture of the Han are also the work of the Ministry of Rites.
Therefore, the Ministry of Rites has not done nothing within the scope of what it can do. Although Mr. Jiang has evil intentions, he is still a person who has been in charge of the state affairs of a country. He can still do things like propaganda and education.
Regarding the complaints from the inner government, Li Xingchen could only say, Mr. Jiang, please be a little aggrieved.
Listening to the voices downstairs, Yu Chizhen wanted to laugh for a moment. If these guys knew that His Majesty was upstairs, they would definitely not be so outspoken. After all, as we all know, the Ministry of Rites does not care about things because it is His Majesty's will, so now they are complaining about this
In fact, he was complaining about problems with His Majesty's arrangements.
However, Yuchizhen's hands were not idle, and he quickly found the memorials of previous religious conflicts and the solutions submitted by the inner government. These were placed on the bookshelf on the second floor of this small building. They were originally
It is convenient for any queen in the harem to check it at any time when she comes.
Li Xingchen smiled slightly and rubbed Yuchizhen's head.
The little secretary heard the song and understood the elegant meaning. She has become a mature secretary and knows that she has done her job.
In this way, Li Xingchen could safely take Yu Chizhen with him and let Yan Bi be directly responsible for various affairs of the secretary supervisor.
This way, Yan Pi would not have to run between His Majesty and the secretary all the time.
This guy will be released after several years of training - Li Xingchen will not allow the secretaries and supervisors around him to always be the same person. Firstly, it is to cultivate more young talents and give them a way to follow His Majesty and have direct contact with the highest level of national affairs.
Secondly, it is natural to not give opportunities to some interested people, lest they take advantage of their status as secretaries and supervisors to do shady things.
And when the time comes, Yan Bi can't be allowed to recall that all he did while he was away was running errands to deliver news back and forth.
Yuchizhen shook his head slightly dissatisfied, pouting and not knowing what to say.