Wanli Youming

Chapter 448 Order to destroy the private nunnery

Chapter 448 Order to destroy the private nunnery

Although it is the winter of the 13th year of Wanli, the sun is just right on this day, and in the bright house, everyone is only thinking about government affairs, and they don't feel the slightest bit of cold, and their faces are all red.

After Shen Shixing heard this, he nodded and said: "The servant will go to the book and propose this matter!"

With that said, Shen Shixing looked at Hai Rui, Wang Lin and the others: "When the time comes, you will have to work hard. I believe your majesty will reward you generously, and future generations will also praise you generously!"

Hai Rui, Wang Lin and others cupped their hands: "It's the duty of ministers and officials to share the worries of the king, so there is no such thing as hard work."

At this time, Wang Lin asked Shen Shixing: "It is inevitable that there will be changes in the rectification of Buddhist temples. It is not appropriate to have no soldiers and horses to protect them. Who is the Privy Council planning to use as the admiral and deploy troops to respond to changes?"

"The servant has made an agreement with the Prime Minister, and intends to let Hou Tieling be the admiral. Hou Gang of Tieling returned triumphantly, and the holy family is in prosperity, so it is easier to act flexibly."

Shen Shixing replied.

"appropriate!"

Wang Lin replied.

The others also nodded.

Not long after, Shen Shixing officially sent a request to rectify Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, and asked the Minister of the Household Department, Wang Lin, to be the imperial envoy to oversee the affairs of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples. Li Rusong, the Marquis of Tieling, was the imperial envoy to supervise a battalion of soldiers and horses to prevent major changes, and Shen Li, a cabinet scholar, supervised In this matter, Lu Kun, the right servant of the household department, and Jin Xue, the right servant of the military department, once assisted in this matter.

Zhu Yijun agreed.

Ever since, the rectification of Buddhist temples was really carried out.

"The Lubu Hall of the Household Department is responsible for clearing up the fields of Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, and fields in the world, and clarifying their taxation, money, and food;"

"The Jinbutang of the Ministry of Rites is responsible for the inventory of monks, nuns and Taoists all over the world, clarifying the number of degree certificates and non-degree certificates, as well as the number of official and private Buddhist temples and Taoist temples."

"If there are regulations and national policies that need to be amended, the cabinet, Bachelor Shen, will report to the cabinet to study the policy."

"And the first thing to do is to destroy the private nunnery first."

After Wang Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, accepted the matter of the imperial envoy, he reported his specific arrangements to Zhu Yijun in the Department of Attendants, and handed over the following:

"And then there are seven things, please read it, Your Majesty."

After Zhu Yijun took the book, he read it again. He had to admit that these civil servants were really planning to seriously rectify the Buddhist temple, and it was obvious that they had been prepared for a long time, rather than making a decision at a stroke of the brain, otherwise there would not be eight steps .

Zhu Yijun naturally granted it, and at the request of Wang Lin, he first issued an edict to destroy the private nunnery.

At the same time when Wang Lin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, began to take charge of rectifying Buddhist temples due to Shen Shixing's request, the new Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Hai Rui, also came to serve in the Ministry of Officials.

"I didn't expect brother Gangfeng to become the governor of Otsuka one day."

As for Hai Rui, who is in charge of the official department, the happiest Mo Ruowen selected the doctor Wang Yongji.

And when he was invited by Hai Rui alone to come to the duty room, he first said something with a smile, and then sighed: "It can be seen that His Majesty wants to govern, so he is willing to let the public come to the Ministry of Officials to serve as a heavenly official, so as to ensure that the government will not be bad."

Hai Rui, on the other hand, faced the warm sun shining into the room through the bright window, took off his official robe, and wore only a patched cloth shirt, and said to Wang Yongji with a smile: "I never thought that one day you, Wang Runlian, would be in charge of the selection department. .”

As he said that, Hai Rui said excitedly: "Now that I am in charge of the official department, and you are in charge of the anthology, then let the officials of this dynasty govern Qingming until the time of Taizu, so as to live up to what we used to do in Nanzhi. A long-cherished wish!"

Wang Yongji cupped his hands: "Don't dare to live up to the long-cherished wish of the past!"

Saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Nowadays, Buddhist temples and nunneries are about to be rectified. How do you think the civil affairs should be properly arranged?"

At this moment, Hai Rui continued to ask Wang Yongji again.

Wang Yongji said with confidence: "If we talk about Buddhist temples and nunneries, the two capitals are the most important!"

"Therefore, the prime ministers of Shuntian and Yingtian prefectures are very important."

"It just so happens that Xu Yongjing (Xu Minshi) is studying at the School of Government in Beijing, so he should be the Prime Minister of Shuntian Fu."

"As for the Prime Minister of Yingtianfu, Li Yutian (Li Hualong), the deputy envoy of Henan, can be appointed. This person is studying at the Military and Political Academy."

"The current Shuntian Fucheng and Yingtian Fucheng are of mediocre qualifications. They are only recruited as Fucheng because they are students of Yuanfu and obedient.

"I don't know what the public thinks?"

Wang Yongji asked about Hai Rui.

Hai Rui laughed and said: "It's Runlian after all, I know that I don't pay attention to the relationship between old and new disciples, except for Lu Xinwu who made an exception and accepted me as a disciple, I don't invite old and new disciples; I have also observed Xu Yongjing and Li Yutian coldly. Their bullets are those who dare to offend others and are good at doing things, just these two people!"

"Let people know that I, Hai Gangfeng, are in charge of the official department, and the official department must change its old cronyism."

"Sure enough, to rectify Buddhist temples, the public must be in charge of the heavenly officials!"

Wang Yongji said with a smile, and said:

"Because in this way, if the old disciples of the rulers are transferred or dismissed, they can also shirk that the old man is not easy to mess with, and persuade their own disciples to be patient, and even in the future they can use the dismissal of the old man to relieve their old disciples. blame."

"Sophisticated!"

Hai Rui couldn't help laughing and said something to Wang Yongji, and said: "Privately, I still call me Gangfeng, don't make any distinctions."

Wang Yongji nodded.

As soon as Xu Minshi was appointed by the Chancellor of Shuntianfu, he went to Shuntianfu to take office. Not long after he took office, Wang Lin was ordered by the emperor to urge all Fuyuan, Taoist, prefecture and county officials to destroy privately established Buddhist temples and nunneries. The ticket was in his hand.

Xu Minshi didn't dare to be negligent, he quickly organized soldiers, and first went to Xiangcheng Temple, the largest private Buddhist temple near Lishun Tianfu Yamen.

Because Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion are the two capitals of the imperial court, Yin Duo of the two capitals basically does not have the real power of local governance because they need to participate in the coordination of the affairs of the local government and the royal department.

Of course, this is also to avoid offending the dignitaries and ministers because of the governance of the local area, and all the affairs of the two governments are handled by the Fu Cheng.

Therefore, Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion are actually responsible for cleaning up Buddhist temples.

At this time, after Xu Minshi brought his soldiers to Xiangcheng Temple, he immediately ordered Huang Kezuan, the new general judge of Shuntian Mansion under his command, to ask the chief abbot to come out to meet him.

Buddhist temples in the Ming Dynasty have always been divided into levels such as chief abbot, abbot, head monk, hall master, and steward monk.

Although Xiangcheng Temple is a privately established Buddhist temple, it is also graded in the same way. The chief abbot Ruda is like an emperor in the whole temple and even in the nearby village.

Every year, Ruda can earn 10 taels of silver dollars just by receiving gifts from disciples, which is much higher than the income of many bureaucrats.

In addition, the dignitaries and bureaucrats that Ruda came into contact with were basically high-ranking officials and eunuchs above the governor's office. For Shuntian Fucheng, he often didn't have to greet them in person, and sometimes he didn't even bother to meet them.

Because although Ruda is the abbot of a private temple, his background is not simple, otherwise he would not open a Buddhist temple in Gyeonggi.

And not long after, the monk who came out to see Xu Minshi was indeed not Ruda, but the abbot Huiju.

When Huiju came out to meet Xu Minshi, he also asked Xu Minshi arrogantly: "Why did the Prime Minister disturb the quietness of this temple?!"

After the Zhao Zhigao incident, the secrecy of the Ming Dynasty's government orders has been strengthened a lot.

At present, in the area of ​​Shuntianfu, several important ministers in Shuntianfu and the court know about the rectification of the Buddhist temple, so the people in Xiangcheng Temple do not know that the imperial court is going to rectify the Buddhist temple, and the monk Huiju also has an attitude towards the arrival of Xu Minshi Very disapproving.

(End of this chapter)