"Are you so sensible?"
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but ask for a moment, and then began to repair a pot of red plums in front of him.
Since arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun has developed some hobbies that are common in this era, such as repairing flowers and plants, painting, appreciating antique calligraphy and paintings, and so on.
Especially when there was no shortage of beauty and delicacies, and when technology had not developed to the level of later generations, he also cultivated some so-called elegances while resting, just like the powerful officials of this era.
After Zhu Yijun asked, Sun Xin said: "I was a little excited at first, but after Yuan Fu explained some truth, they cooperated again."
"What's the truth? Let me tell you."
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 his lips.
Zhu Yijun had to admit that Shen Shixing was worthy of being Shen Shixing. He had figured out the thoughts of these civil servants and his own, and had managed the conflicts between himself and the civil servants very well.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Yijun just doesn't like to be controlled by others. He doesn't want to have no freedom at all and become a slave of ethics!
Zhu Yijun just hopes that people in this era can respect him and treat him as an individual, and not restrain him in the name of etiquette and the people, forcing him to be like a puppet and a slave to the world.
Zhu Yijun really didn't want to do this.
That's why he was willing to change etiquette and even give others some freedom. Therefore, he would rather kill Zhou's father and son as a warning than tolerate others' excessive interference with him.
After all, the driving force behind Zhu Yijun's reform is not only to change the destiny of the nation and make the people live a better life, but also to make themselves more free. The first is to be more free in the use of money and even have more private money.
The Zhou family and his son really touched his inner skin, which made him feel that he was not regarded as a human by Neo-Confucianism again, and he started to have murderous intentions.
Fortunately, Shen Shixing understood his feelings and succeeded in forcing the ministers to accept the view that no matter how the emperor used internal funds, it had nothing to do with his holiness because he could not be as completely selfless as Hai Rui.
Of course, Zhu Yijun could have killed the Zhou family and his son directly without caring about the reputation of his saintliness, so that people would know where his evil side was.
And Zhu Yijun did exactly that, he didn't care too much about the false reputation.
But Shen Shixing may have wanted to make the relationship between the emperor and the bureaucratic group more harmonious, or to preserve the emperor's false reputation by persuading the bureaucrats.
Zhu Yijun himself is also happy to see this. He doesn't really want to be at loggerheads with the entire bureaucratic class. He also wants to live a harmonious and beautiful life.
Since the reformists still accounted for the majority, the proposal did not last long and was presented to the emperor the day after tomorrow.
After Zhu Yijun read the list, he ordered Zhang Xueyan and Xu Guo to join the cabinet.
The vacated Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was promoted to the post of Hai Rui, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites was promoted to the post due to Shen Xing, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu was promoted to the post of Wang Lin, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu in Nanjing, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was promoted to the post of Shu Hua, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishments.
In addition, Shen Li was promoted to cabinet bachelor.
After Zhu Yijun finished counting the lists, he said to Shen Shixing:
"You are my master and my teacher. Other ministers cannot interfere in my internal affairs, but you can speak to me so that I can better manage Yin and Yang, so that all people in the world can be blessed."
After hearing this, Shen Shixing was slightly startled, his eyes turned red for a moment, and he bowed his hands and said, "I sincerely obey your Majesty's decree."
Zhu Yijun then asked: "Master, has he just turned fifty this year?"
Shen Shixing cupped his hands and replied, "Yes! Your Majesty, please take care of me."
"Since you have reached the age of knowing your destiny, you should take shelter from the wind and snow to avoid losing your life due to attending court. I should have given your husband a shoulder carriage as early as possible when he was still alive. Otherwise, he might not have left so early. Therefore, the master will take the Let's go into the palace with Jianyu, so as not to be driven by the wind and snow."
After Zhu Yijun said this, he ordered: "This is the decree to grant Master Shen the grace to enter the palace on a chariot!"
Shen Shixing hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and thanked him.
In Zhu Yijun's view, Shen Shixing deserves more preferential treatment for being able to resolve the conflicts between the emperor and the officials peacefully.
"Has Yu Qing's posthumous title been decided?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly asked Shen Shixing.
It is worth mentioning that Yu Youding contracted an illness and passed away after his southern tour. For this reason, Zhu Yijun had to miss the day and the Ministry of Rites discussed his posthumous title.
"The Ministry of Rites has originally designated it as "Wen Zheng" to highlight its virtues of advocating and establishing new rites. "
Shen Shixing replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said with a long sigh: "It's such a pity for Yu Qing, he is originally a talented person."
After Zhu Yijun said this, he glanced at Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and other cabinet ministers, and then said to Shen Shixing: "After all, the people benefited by the first batch of mining profits are limited. We should continue to develop external profits to increase national funds and people's income, so as to People all over the world can study and prepare."
"What His Majesty said is that in order to enrich the country and benefit the people, we should continue to shift the way of making profits for the people of the world from internal business to external business. The first thing to do is no longer Lixin. After all, the first batch of The subscription coupons for Mining Li have convinced the people of the world to believe in the imperial court’s true intentions. What we need to do now is to rectify the Buddhist temples.”
Shen Shixing said.
"Renovating the Buddhist temple?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
This reminded Zhu Yijun that Zhang Jing mentioned in the secret report that the officials and gentlemen in the south of the Yangtze River had conspired to get the powerful people in Beijing to find a way to exempt themselves from paying taxes in Buddhist temples all over the world.
Zhu Yijun originally planned to put anyone in jail who dared to mention this matter and let the Jin Yiwei investigate closely. He even asked the Jin Yiwei to investigate because King Lu mentioned it first.
But now, Shen Shixing mentioned it again, making Zhu Yijun once again realize that the situation of Buddhist temples affecting the long-term development of Ming Dynasty may indeed have to be resolved.
After all, Buddhist temples do not just influence many people in terms of ideology, nor are they as simple as a Buddhist temple. The more important thing behind it is that Buddhist temples face the imperial court in terms of financial financing and lenders, which poses a great challenge!
In order to prevent their assets from being confiscated by the court, many powerful gentry, especially gray assets and even illegal assets taken from wealthy people, will basically use them in the name of donating to build Buddhist temples, etc., turning this asset into something donated by many good men and women to build Buddhist temples. asset.
In addition, the powerful gentry often use Buddhist temples and monks to be more trustworthy by the people and less likely 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 profits, so that the way of making the world's powerful and noble people rich will turn from internal exploitation to mainly external exploitation, then it needs to rectify the Buddhist temples first 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 Policy Department, together with the six ministries and departments, investigated and reported: In the fifth year of Hongwu, there were only about 57,200 ordinary monks, nuns, Taoists, and women, but now the number has increased to more than 1,806,500. People, these are just those who have the ultimatum; but those who do not have the ultimatum have countless monks and nuns in their homes, temples and private nunneries."
"In addition, Buddhist temples, Taoist monasteries, etc. occupy more than 3.5 million hectares of fertile land. This is only the number that can be found on the surface. I don't know how much hidden land there is."
"According to a survey, there are more than 700 monasteries and nunneries in Wanping County alone. There are more than 30,000 monks and nuns who are not engaged in production. However, less than 60% of the people in Wanping County can pay taxes and dingyin!"
"Also, for example, Xuanfu's Longfu, Qingquan, and Shi'en temples occupy an area of more than 5,300 hectares, which is almost all of Xuanfu's land! Presumably the land occupied by famous temples in the mainland is even more terrifying!"
"Therefore, when there were temples in the world, some people sighed and said: Today, the temple of the virtuous and virtuous prince may be decayed and unsupported, and only the immortal palace and the Buddhist hall can block the sun and create clouds; there are many clan members and no one has hundreds of acres, and only monks and Taoists have fields all over the world."
"This was still the case during the time of the Shimiao. Now that this dynasty has been reforming and suppressing Haoyou for more than ten years, it will only become more serious."
