Half an hour later, the search was over. Under the shocked eyes of the pilgrims, boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, and stones of food were carried to the Main Hall.
Under the watchful eyes of many pilgrims, the counting took another half an hour.
"27,323 taels of silver, 500 shi of grain, and 10,000 acres of fertile land. Your temple is really rich." The leader
The soldier said coldly.
"You can't move. These silvers were used by Bodhisattvas to recast their golden bodies. You can't move."
"Recast the golden body, hum!
The sky is full of gods and Buddhas, enjoying incense in vain, but they cannot protect me from good weather in the Ming Dynasty. What is the use of recasting the golden body?
Come on, take this money back. I want to use it to build water conservancy projects. I want to see if the gods and Buddhas in the sky are really alive. "
The leading soldier said with a smile.
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The operation against the temples lasted for seven days. Within seven days, countless temples were inspected and the villains hiding in the temples were arrested.
Although there were a few people who blocked the move, it did not cause any major chaos.
In addition, the court used all public trials, with countless people watching, and there was no way to do anything, so this operation did not have any major negative impact on the court.
The imperial court even used the wealth looted from the temple to become a good person.
The wealth accumulated by those temples over hundreds of years has been turned into funds for infrastructure construction.
Cleaning up rivers, constructing water conservancy projects, rescuing victims, and building official roads are all major projects taking place.
Zhu Youjian, who was far away in the capital, suddenly became excited after learning about the wealth of these temples.
Although Zhu Youjian does not like religion, it is undeniable that the existence of religion is of positive significance to the stability of the country.
Religious teachings are all about making people do good. The reason why some people do bad things in the name of religion is because supervision is not in place.
Good will be promoted, evil will be punished!
Why do many officials in the Ming Dynasty and their descendants have a bad reputation?
It’s not because someone helped them after they made a mistake.
Over time, I developed a character that is not afraid of anything.
If the three views are not correct, it will definitely be a disaster.
In future generations, it will be a cheating thing.
An official, a descendant of a noble family, can harm dozens of people at least.
If a religion with countless believers goes wrong, the disaster will be great.
For example, the White Lotus Sect.
During the Hongwu and Yongle years, armed riots by the White Lotus cultists occurred many times in Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Lu.
In the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), Tang Saier revolted and in the second year of Tianqi (1622), Xu Hongru revolted. All are enough to illustrate the harm caused by lack of religious management.
Therefore, religion can exist, but it must be supervised by the court and the people.
After so many days of hard work and my own supervision,
His own think tank finally lived up to expectations and completed the first religious management regulations in the Ming Dynasty.
Article 1 In order to protect the people's freedom of religious belief, maintain religious harmony and social harmony, and regulate the management of religious affairs, these regulations are formulated in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws.
Article 2: People have freedom of religious belief.
No organization or individual may force people to believe in a religion or not to believe in a religion, and may not discriminate against people who believe in a religion (hereinafter referred to as religious believers) or people who do not believe in a religion (hereinafter referred to as non-believers).
People who believe in religion, people who do not believe in religion, and people who believe in different religions should respect each other and live in harmony.
Article 3 The state protects normal religious activities in accordance with the law and safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of religious groups, religious activity venues and religious believers.
Religious groups, religious activity venues and religious believers should abide by the law and safeguard national unity, ethnic unity and social stability.
No organization or individual may use religion to engage in activities that disrupt social order, harm people's health, interfere with the national education system, or otherwise harm national interests, social public interests, and people's legitimate rights and interests.
Article 4: Each religion adheres to the principle of independence and self-management, and religious groups, religious activity venues and religious affairs are not subject to the control of other forces.
The fifth
Religions can organize activities and accept donations from the people, but they must accept the supervision of the government and the people.
Part of the property is reserved for religious use, and the rest is handed over to Daming Charity, which will handle it publicly.
In addition to leaving part of the incense money of each god to support the operation of the sect, the rest needs to be handed over to the almshouses in various places in the Ming Dynasty for processing.
Article 6
The establishment, change and cancellation of religious groups, as well as the recruitment of personnel and the prevention of gatherings, must be reported to the government.
All new religious members must register.
Article 7
All religious groups have the obligation to collect suggestions and submit questions from the people.
Each religious group needs to submit the problems encountered by the people every year to the local government. .....
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Although the regulations have been issued, how to implement them is indeed a problem.
After all, this is not the future, and atheism has long been known to the world.
Now you go to a village and shout, "There are no ghosts and gods in this world!"
Or be considered a lunatic! Or get beaten out. !
The theory of ghosts and gods has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
It is not an easy matter to insert one's hand into the sect.
Under the guise of arresting fugitives, the imperial court dared to enter the temple suddenly.
In this way, justice lies in the court. There won't be any big trouble.
Now just add a bar to all the major religions.
It sounds nice to say that it is to prevent temples from harboring dirt, but in fact it directly affects the cakes of many religions.
It's okay to say that those Taoists who emphasize a pure heart and few desires, at most, have a little bit of trouble in their hearts.
But it’s hard to say about Buddhism.
After all, those monks were there to reshape the golden body of the so-called Bodhisattva. The court's move, let alone the Bodhisattva's reshaping of the golden body, even they themselves could only really eat fast and chant the Buddha's name.
In this way, at least half of the fake monks will leave the temple….
This is definitely a serious blow to the old Buddhist theory.
Those monks may not be obedient to their appointments.
Although Ming Dynasty seems to be extremely stable now, in fact it cannot withstand the twists and turns.
Especially in the next few years, God will not give him face. I really want others to shout, "The emperor is a monster. I don't know how many people have been deceived."
Therefore, sect reform must be carried out with caution.
Zhu Youjian had already planned for this matter, and he had already thought of countermeasures before he prepared to deal with Buddhism.
Use the opportunity of the court to investigate illegal monks.
"Your Majesty arrested the monk after being instructed by the gods and Buddhas in the sky."
"The gods and Buddhas are dissatisfied with the smoky atmosphere in the temple, so I ask your Majesty to take action to rectify it."
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Various rumors, thanks to the efforts of the secret guards, quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.
It has become a topic of conversation among various people after dinner.
Many people even regard Zhu Youjian as a descended god.
Although some sensible people knew that this was Zhu Youjian's fault, they had no choice but to let the situation develop. There was no other way. Although the little emperor offended many landlords and tycoons, the people's support and the army were at hand.
