Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 249 0244 [Destroy the Prostitution Temple]

There were five kneeling statues in front of Yue Fei's tomb at first, but only four remained later.

There are different opinions on this.

Some people think that when descendants pay homage to Yue Fei, they always want to smash something to vent their anger, so they smashed the most dilapidated kneeling statue.

Some people thought that the five kneeling statues were asymmetrical, so they smashed the one with the smallest official.

Some people think that the first four kneeling statues are very famous, but the last one is too small in fame and official position, so it is not worthy to kneel in front of Grandpa Yue's tomb at all.

The kneeling statue that was removed was called Luo Ruji, and at this moment, he was serving as the county magistrate of Hanyin in Jinzhou!
In history, this guy clings to Qin Hui, and the highest is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Zhilong Tuge.

After receiving the official document from the prefectural government, Luo Ruji immediately became motivated: "All the soldiers and horses are gathered, and the county will personally destroy the prostitution temple. The government officials and archers will all be rewarded!"

This thing will not offend any boss, and after the temple is destroyed, the temple property can be confiscated by the county government, and even Zhu Ming doesn't ask for a share.It can also be listed as a political achievement, which is useful in grinding and reconnaissance. After it is spread, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism will all praise him.

Without further ado, Luo Ruji took the officials with him and rushed out.

The local subordinates knew that there was no prostitute temple, and some people even secretly worshiped it, because the Wutong God belonged to the partial god of wealth.Now that there are rewards to take, the God of Wealth is useless, so let's destroy the invitations and rewards first.

Take a boat to the confluence of Hanshui River and Renshui River (Renhe River). There is currently only one grass market here, named "Renshuikou".It is rumored that Zhang Ziyang, the ancestor of Xue Daoguang, once practiced Taoism here, and later generations set up a county and named it Ziyang County.

To the west of Renshuikou, the Han River is narrow and turbulent, and boats often crash and people die.

I don't know where the saying came out, claiming that the Wutong God can keep the ship safe.As a result, the Wutong Temple in the town became more incense-filled, and merchants came and went to worship.

"Surround the Yin Temple immediately, and don't let anyone go!" Luo Ruji shouted before landing on the shore.

The government officials were also inexplicably excited, and rushed forward with knives, guns and sticks, making the town's wharf jump up and down, and the people thought that these guys were here to collect taxes.

Until the Wutong Temple was surrounded, the people inside finally felt something was wrong.

There was a merchant who passed by here by boat, and specially brought his entourage into the temple to ask for blessings.Before the incense was burned, there was noise outside, and the merchants hurried out to check the situation.

"Here is a rich man who must have participated in the harvesting and cutting off!" The subordinate directly took the hat off.

In a daze, the merchant was pushed to the ground and shouted in horror: "I'm not a local, I'm from another place, just passing by here to worship God!"

Luo Ruji glanced at him, and said: "This fellow looks cunning, and he is not a kind person at first glance. He will be taken back to the county government office and tortured."

The merchants knew that they were unavoidable and had to spend their money to eliminate the disaster, so they hurriedly shouted: "I would like to pay copper to atone for my crime!"

How much copper is fined depends on the crime.

Anyway, when this merchant left Hanyin County, more than half of the fleet's goods were fined.He could only use the remaining goods to sell to local drug dealers, and exchange some medicinal materials to transport back to his hometown.

"Xing San, why are you here?" The yamen official actually met an acquaintance.

The guy named Xing San said: "I was laid off by the government, so I went to hang out in the temple. Why did you come to the temple?"

"Okay, you are actually a traitor of the evil god! Arrest it!" The official's expression changed instantly.

Illegal toll booths and temples for evil gods are mostly built in Caoshi, Hekou. The former is convenient for collecting taxes and money, and the latter is for storing incense.Zhu Ming sent people to inspect the counties, and he didn't dare to set up card fees at the head of the column. He only kept the tax collection function for small town shops, and the redundant tax collectors were abolished on the spot.

These tax collectors lost their livelihood and went directly to the prostitution temple as accomplices, and now they are all arrested.

Luo Ruji walked into the main hall of the temple, saw the statues of Wutong gods, and immediately ordered: "Go and knock to see if it is copper or iron."

The yamen official knocked for a while and said, "The county lord is made of wood."

"Unlucky, chop it up to make firewood." Luo Ruji immediately became even more angry. Although he was corrupt and abused the people, he was also a scholar, and he was born with a strong aversion to evil gods.

The statues were pushed down one after another, and the cries and shouts in the temple were loud.

A tax collector who turned to the evil god shouted: "I want to report and make meritorious deeds, I want to report and make meritorious deeds. Miao Zhu didn't escape, and hid in the secret room!"

Yamen officials escorted the man to find the secret room and entered a side hall.Remove the confession in front of the statue, there is a wooden board under the confession, and when you lift the wooden board, you will find the basement.

"Help! Help!"

The yamen official was still climbing down the ladder when he heard a woman calling for help from inside.

When they went in and took a look, they were instantly stunned.

In addition to Miao Zhu and his men who fled in, there were more than a dozen women in the basement.

These women are all dressed in rags, and some have lost their minds.

"County Honor, County Honor..."

When Luo Ruji heard the news, he went to the basement to check in person, and then he said angrily, "Interrogate on the spot, and kill him!"

After some interrogation, a more horrific case was soon learned.

Rabbits don't eat grass by the side of their nests, and those women are not town residents, they are all village women from the mountains who were lured here.Usually imprisoned in the basement for the rape of the temple.If a wealthy household wanted to kill someone to sacrifice to ghosts and gods, they would kill a mentally disturbed woman and sell their organs to the wealthy household to make money.

Through the clues obtained through torture, the government officials called farmers around the town and asked them to dig in the yard of the back house of the prostitution temple.

One after another, more than 30 corpses were dug up, even the bones of many babies.

From time to time, some farmers screamed in fright, throwing away their hoes and daring not to dig again.

In the Yuan Dynasty, prostitute temples were everywhere, and it was commonplace.Even scholars who write anti-poetry, the government is too lazy to bother.With such a bad rule, why did Wutongshen be severely punished?

Because the main priesthood of Wutong God is to seduce women, and the other is to obtain partial wealth!

When Zhu Yuanzhang banned prostitution, the Wutong God was still the key target.

By the way, last year Song Huizong ordered to destroy the temples of evil gods in the Gyeonggi area.Among the three evil gods determined by the imperial court, Wutong God ranked first, General Shi ranked second, and Daji ranked third.

Wutong Shenneng was listed as the No. 1 evil god by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, because it often participated in the abduction of women and children because of its prostitution temple.

"Arrests!"

Luo Ruji's original intention was to make money to improve his political achievements, but at this moment he was extremely angry and wanted to do things seriously.

According to the confessions of these guys, the government officials divided into several teams to arrest those wealthy households who sacrificed human animals to ghosts.The number is not large, there are only four households in total, and so many corpses are buried in the temple, accumulated over decades.There are also some corpses, after the woman went crazy, Miao Zhu felt that it was in the way, so she killed and buried them.

Some women died of dystocia, and they dug a pit to bury them.

Especially the bones of babies, all of which were born by women who were pregnant.I couldn't find anyone to buy it for a while, so I buried it directly.

After tossing around the town for several days, the situation was basically confirmed.

If you want to make money, you have to make money. Luo Ruji ordered: "The temple land of the prostitute, as well as the property of those four households, will all be sold to the rich local people."

The order given by Zhu Ming was to distribute the land to the farmers nearby.

Luo Ruji felt that wealthy households were also farmers, and auctioning off the land was considered a division of the land, and by the way, it could increase the government's income.

Hmm, doesn't seem to conflict.

Luo Ruji also said: "Those imprisoned women who are willing to go home will be given some rations to let them go back. Those who do not want to go home will all be sent to the state government."

Including the mentally disturbed, Luo Ruji didn't bother to take them in, and threw all his brains to Zhu Ming for a headache.

In addition, Zhu Ming ordered the trial by the Judiciary, and after the facts were confirmed, the homes of the wealthy households would be ransacked.However, Luo Ruji confiscated his home first, and then handed it over to the Si Liyuan. Only he knew how much property was confiscated, anyway, he just handed over some to the state government.

The same goes for other counties, including Mr. Su Yuan, who searched their homes first and then transferred the prisoners.They all felt that Ju Ming's government order was too troublesome, and it took two or three months to go back and forth.

Only Xicheng county magistrate is the most honest, because he is in the same city as Zhu Ming.

The magistrate of Fukuo County is always so angry that he lacks autonomy in everything.

Although the execution process was a mess and completely deviated from Zhu Ming's government order, there were still subordinate officials who took the opportunity to blackmail good people.

But overall it is effective, all the obscene shrines in small towns have been destroyed.

There are basically no prostitution temples in the deep mountains, only wizards enshrine evil gods at home, which requires long-term enlightenment.The people in the mountains have to report the matter of harvesting and cutting, and it is difficult for county government officials to find out clearly.

Teams of criminals, women one by one, and boxes of corpses were transported to Jinzhou City one after another.

Every time a government official arrives, he will announce it in the city, so that the people can see the true face of the evil god.

"Prefect, some criminals who sacrificed to the evil gods were former tax collectors who were dismissed. Most of them did not commit any murders," Huang Gui, who joined the army, asked. , their relatives will even sit down. These relatives are not only unaware, but also did not benefit from it."

Zhu Ming said: "This matter must be dealt with severely, so that the unhealthy tendencies can be stifled. As long as it is found to be true, it will be dealt with lawfully. People who have been severely injured by the county government officials should not be treated. Beheaded, those who died halfway deserved it. As for those who were slightly injured or not injured, all of them should be sent to mines!"

Zhu Ming also recruited some miners, but normal miners are paid.And because he was afraid that the miners would work too hard, Zhu Ming also stipulated continuous working hours every day.

As for these criminals, they don't need to be regarded as human beings. They should be squeezed to death with some rations, and they deserve what they deserve when they are exhausted.

Huang Gui said: "Among the criminal's relatives are women and children."

Zhu Ming said: "All males over the age of 12 and under 15 years old will be sent to the Judiciary for punishment. Those over the age of 15 will be punished by mining. As for the women, the miners and iron smelters I recruited Households, some unweds let them choose one person to start a family. The remaining women, as well as those girls, girls, and boys under the age of 12 are all transported to Yangzhou for resettlement."

Huang Gui didn't care, these women and children were difficult to deal with.In the middle and early period of the Northern Song Dynasty, they were beaten as official slaves, but at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were very few official slaves.

Since Zhu Ming has made arrangements, Huang Gui doesn't need to worry about it.

One by one, adult male criminals were escorted to work in the mine.

Zhu Ming's entourage, as well as recruited iron smelters and unweds all came to choose women as wives.They basically select young girls, and only a few women with fair looks are selected.

Even Shi Yuangong and Yang Pu each picked a girl.

Shi Yuangong wanted to make Zhu Ming feel at ease. Only when he had a family member in Jinzhou could he gain complete trust.

Yang Pu simply wanted to start a family, and happily chose a wife.

The remaining women and children were picked up in Jinzhou for the time being, and they were transported back to Daming Village when there was a sufficient number.A few months ago, Daming Village recruited a lot of rioters, many of whom were unmarried, and the ratio of male to female was a bit out of balance, just to reconcile yin and yang.

There are still some mentally disturbed women who can only be sent to nursing homes and let them do some needlework.

Jinzhou is too poor, with a small population, and Zhu Ming does not want to exploit the people, so he can only use criminals as labor.

(End of this chapter)