Chen Jingbang was originally dissatisfied with Xu Minshi, because although Xu Minshi was his student, he repeatedly disobeyed him and did not give him any convenience in the Chen family's business during Ren Yingtian's participation in politics, which made him always hold a grudge. And for this reason, Xu Minshi has never been recommended to the official department.
What Chen Jingbang didn't expect was that Xu Minshi would cause trouble so quickly after Hai Rui was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was immediately promoted to Shuntian Prime Minister!
He became even more angry, and immediately attacked Xu Minshi directly.
Of course, he also did this intentionally to let people know that Xu Minshi did this without his permission, and to damage Xu Minshi's prestige.
Xu Minshi felt his face burning with pain, and he was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Huang Kezuan, the general judge of Shuntian Prefecture, was calmer. He knew that at this time, he had to build a bigger backer to protect the prestige of Shuntian Prefecture so that he could continue to do things, so he said from the side:
"Even if Da Sima has the kindness to teach Fu Cheng, he shouldn't slap him. You know, Fu Cheng is a Jinshi. Who is his disciple? It's only the emperor's disciple!"
Xu Minshi also came back to his senses at this time and said: "Yes, the subordinates did not do it without authorization, but under the emperor's order. The temple did not obey the emperor's order to cooperate and spoke arrogantly, so as a rule, he should be killed without mercy!"
"Imperial order?"
Chen Jingbang couldn't help but take a step back, and glanced at Huang Kezuan with a complicated expression, thinking: "What did Shenwu County and others do, and why did they hide it so deeply from me?"
It is true that Shen Shixing's rectification of the Buddhist temple was not made known to all the ministers in charge of the Imperial Palace. He only communicated with important ministers who needed to have direct contact with the matter.
He also did this to prevent the news from leaking.
After all, if you are not secretive, you will lose your virginity.
Shen Shixing has always been a cautious person.
Chen Jingbang could only laugh for a moment and looked at Xu Minshi:
"I was so angry that I couldn't control it. Yong Jing (Xu Minshi), please don't argue with me."
"Disciples don't dare!"
Xu Minshi replied, enduring the pain on his face, he cupped his hands and replied: "Today, I have official business to attend to, so I cannot serve Enfu in front of me. Please forgive me!"
As he said that, Xu Minshi said to Chen Feng: "Continue the crackdown to serve as a warning to others!"
"Wait!"
Chen Jingbang shouted, looked at Xu Minshi and said:
"Yong Jing, although you are following the emperor's orders, Enfu still has to tell you that sometimes you have to learn to be flexible. You have to follow the emperor's orders, but you must also take into account human relationships. This Xiangcheng Temple involves Wu Qingbo's Mansion, Wu Qingbo's Mansion We are His Majesty’s mother clan, and as His Majesty’s ministers, we must learn to obey the Emperor’s orders without harming the Emperor’s face.”
"Do you know why you haven't been promoted? It's because you are too rigid in doing things!"
Chen Jingbang continued.
It's okay that Chen Jingbang didn't mention this. When he mentioned this, Xu Minshi became even more resentful that Chen Jingbang had treated him unfairly. He had been hanging around in the local government before and could not be promoted to the capital, so he said:
"Da Sima's words are wrong! If the matter involves a foreign relative, he will not dare to follow the emperor's orders, which will bring disgrace to the emperor!"
After Xu Minshi said this, he said to Chen Feng: "Do it!"
"Fu Cheng, spare your life!"
The great abbot Ruda had rushed out at this time, knelt in front of Xu Minshi, kowtowed and said:
"The old monk Ruda is the chief abbot of the temple. He was studying scriptures, so he was not ordered to come to see him. He also asked the prime minister to forgive him for the crime of falsehood. In addition, this temple has no intention of violating the emperor's order. It must be the abbot below. The monk in charge acted illegally and bullied the old monk to ignore the common affairs in the temple, thus causing trouble for the prime minister. Now that he has been punished, I ask the prime minister to be merciful and let the innocent people go."
"If you had come out earlier, there would be no need for this."
"It can be seen that the sutra is recited in vain!"
Xu Minshi said a few words in a cold voice, and then ordered Chen Feng:
"Since they no longer choose to disobey, the crackdown will be suspended."
Chen Feng raised his hand and said yes.
Then, Xu Minshi walked up to Ruda and ordered: "Call all the monks in your temple to be counted. The rosters and temple land books are also brought to be counted!"
After hearing this, Ruda was stunned and said: "Please tell me, the Prime Minister, this temple is the temple of Yongping Bo's family, and Yongping Bo."
"You don't need to say anything, I know, but I only act according to orders, and you only need to follow orders!"
Xu Minshi waved his hand to stop Ruda from continuing, and then gave instructions.
Ruda couldn't say anything else, so he had to do as he was told.
Therefore, Xu Minshi asked Huang Kezuan to lead people to count the population and industry of Xiangcheng Temple.
"The current inventory shows that no one has an ultimatum, including the chief abbot of the temple himself! Why doesn't Xiangcheng Temple accept Ding Yin?"
Huang Kezuan came to Xu Minshi not long after and said something.
Xu Minshi couldn't help but laugh after hearing this: "Really? Why can't Uncle Yong Ping even bear to deal with an ultimatum?"
Xu Minshi said: "No matter what, follow the emperor's orders and return to secular life without any ultimatum!"
"This is true for both monks and nuns. Ordinary farming disciples, both male and female, all divide the temple fields into households after the abbot is cleared, and then check how many are left that are not producing or are not assigned fields, and report them truthfully."
Huang Kezuan raised his hand and said yes.
Unable to stop Xu Minshi, Chen Jingbang had no choice but to go to the backyard of the Buddhist temple angrily and met Yongping Bo Chaoshu Fu again:
"My money must be given to me as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know what the consequences will be if we continue to clean it up like this."
Wang Chaofu said: "We have already asked people to prepare!"
Then, Wang Chaofu saw that official officials had begun to measure the temple land and register it, and the nuns he raised in the nunnery affiliated with Xiangcheng Temple had also been registered to return to secular life. Some nuns were even matched with monks of the right age by Shuntian Prefecture. He was ordered to collect the deed of the new land together with the young monk who had returned to secular life, and to form a new family with a tax-paying household registration.
This made Wang Chaofu feel very distressed, so he gnashed his teeth and said: "These are all my fields! My people!"
"The same goes for me, why don't you even do the ultimatum? If you do the ultimatum, at least you won't be ordered to return to secular life."
Chen Jingbang couldn't help but say something at this time.
"It's not like I just want to save as much as I can. It also costs some money to get an ultimatum."
Wang Chaofu replied.
Chen Jingbang: "..."
Wang Chaofu couldn't help but hold his stomach for a moment: "I'm too hungry. I'm going back home first."
"I'm hungry so quickly. It's not even noon yet."
Chen Jingbang said.
Wang Chaofu said: "I didn't buy the subscription coupons. I felt that I was going to lose a lot, so I just thought I could eat less if I could, so that I could save the money I lost by not buying the subscription coupons."
Chen Jingbang didn't know what to say when he saw this. He just said: "Then please take my car back. I still have some peach slices and snacks in the car."
"Then let's get in the car quickly!"
As Wang Chaofu said this, he left the temple first, and when he left the temple, he gouged Xu Minshi fiercely, but when Xu Minshi looked back, he smiled and said:
"I'm just here to pay homage to Buddha, parents, don't get me wrong! Just do what you are supposed to do, and I will be punished for what I'm supposed to do!"
Xu Minshi was the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, which was equivalent to the parents of Wang Chaofu, so Wang Chaofu called him his parents.
Xu Minshi didn't dare to really support him, so he just gave it away.
Wang Chaofu and Chen Jingbang got into the car together soon after.
However, Wang Chaofu did not let Chen Jingbang take him directly back to his residence. He only got out of the car halfway and walked towards Uncle Wu Qing's residence, belching and vomiting sour water, and said to the concierge:
"Hurry up and report that I have something urgent to see Uncle Guo!"
"Hiccup~"
(End of chapter)
