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Chapter 163: Going around Ningguo Mansion

After the emperor's imperial edict, Jiangnan and Beijing provinces immediately began a thorough investigation of temples and Taoist temples.

The Qing Dynasty was the hotbed of Buddhism and Taoism. In order to control the people, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty vigorously promoted Buddhist beliefs.

According to records, the number of Buddhist believers in the Qing Dynasty was more than ten times that of the Ming Dynasty. Yongzheng even built a Lama Temple specifically for it.

This shows how prosperous Buddhism was in the Qing Dynasty.

Although Taoism is not as popular as Buddhism, with the support of Emperor Yongzheng, it cannot be underestimated.

Although Yongzheng fasted and chanted Buddha's name in the early period, and even built the Lama Temple, they were essentially for the purpose of seizing the throne and political needs. In fact, Yongzheng believed in the Taoism.

Perhaps these temples and Taoist temples went too far on weekdays. Emperor Zhu's thorough investigation had just begun, and soon countless people reported them one after another.

In just a few days, illegal activities were discovered in a large number of temples and Taoist temples, and many murder cases were involved. Countless people were forced to have their families broken up and their families separated.

As for the amount of private land and property that temples and Taoist temples have usurped, it amounts to [-] acres. This is only what was discovered in the initial stage. It does not include subsequent inspections and various hidden fields and donations under the names of temples and Taoist temples, etc. .

It can be said that he is extremely rich!

The entire thorough investigation lasted for a month before it was over (the area was small). When the results arrived in Nanjing, Zhu Yijiong was so angry that he even overturned the table on the spot.

Immediately, an imperial edict was issued to formally establish a religious academy to take charge of Buddhism, Taoism and all religious affairs in the future.

All temples, Taoist temples and other sects that have not been registered with the religious academy will be labeled as obscene worshippers. Local officials will record merit for destroying obscene worshippers, and people will be rewarded for reporting obscene worshippers.

During this thorough investigation, all monks and Taoist priests who have not given ultimatums will be deemed as illegal monks. Those who have committed serious crimes will be sent to the mines to work as coolies. The rest, even if they have minor crimes or have not committed any crime, must return to secular life. .

And from now on, the number of legal monks and nuns after a thorough investigation will be used as the standard. It only needs to be reduced but not increased, and it is not allowed to usurp people's property and property.

This order basically broke the legs of Buddhism and Taoism. At least during Emperor Zhu's reign, there was no chance to turn around.

If you are a monk, you should be a good monk.

Zhu Yijiong naturally did not waste those illegal monks who were forced to return to secular life. You must know that the monks and Taoist priests in this era are all half-doctors. They know a little bit, otherwise they will fool believers.

Simply integrate them into the army and train them like field doctors. They are not required to become famous doctors, as long as they know basic trauma first aid and so on.

In this era, field doctors are still very necessary. Many casualties of soldiers on the battlefield are not actually killed in action, but they were injured and did not receive timely treatment.

It was obviously only a minor injury at first, but in the end the infection led to death. Even those who were lucky enough to survive would be left with disabilities.

It can be said that a lot of human resources are wasted for nothing.

With field doctors, a lot of veterans can be saved with less talk.

This series of operations is not only Emperor Zhu's plan for religious belief, but also an opportunity to make money.

In this regard, although Wang Li and others felt that Emperor Zhu's appearance was a bit ugly, they did not pay much attention to it. They were just monks and monks. They could not only generate income for the court, but they copied it.

They don’t believe in Buddhism anyway.

……

Anhui, Ningguofu (Xuancheng).

Huangchi Town.

This is the northern border town of Ningguo Mansion, located on the edge of the Changhe River, where Dai Kun's army is stationed.

With the experience of defending the city against the Ming army several times before, Dai Kun was already familiar with it this time and used almost all the city defense facilities.

Although the combat effectiveness of Dai Kun's army recruitment and training is still not as good as the fake regular army, that is, the real thieves, it is much stronger than the original Green Camp.Moreover, even if you can't fight, you can cross the river and escape at any time, which can be said to be a safe place on the Diaoyutai.

In fact, the Qing army did not know that the Ming army had completely eliminated the distinction between real and fake thieves last month.

Since the Enko period, the Ming Dynasty officially eliminated the old army and established the reserve army. The entire Ming army array has been completely reorganized, and even the military uniforms have been equipped. In the future, there will no longer be "wearing Qing Dynasty clothes and wearing Ming Dynasty clothes on the shoulders". "Towel" situation.

Outside Huangchi Town, the Ming army camped.

"Commander, we have been besieging the city for three days. It seems that Qing Gou is determined to defend Huangchi Town. I think we should just stop doing nothing and take Huangchi Town!" Zheng Dingrui's subordinate , the third town commander Peng Ce said.

Before Zheng Dingrui could speak, Su Tianwei, the commander of the first town on the side, asked: "Take it down, how to get it?"

Peng Ce said without thinking: "Of course the whole army will attack and seize the city in one fell swoop..."

"Joke!" Su Tianwei immediately sneered: "The whole army is pressing forward, not to mention that Qinggou has been prepared for it. We only have 3 soldiers and horses. How many casualties will it cost if the whole army is pressing down on us to win this small town?" Huangchi Town, Qinggou also has [-] people!
Moreover, the Qing Dog's combat power was much stronger than before, and our army did not have heavy armor to enter the camp first, so we attacked and captured Huangchi Town regardless of casualties. What if the Qing Dog army crossed the river and escaped? "

Peng Ce said: "If they cross the river, then we will cross the river too."

Su Tianwei said: "Aren't you afraid that Qing Gou will be ambushing you on the other side of the river? If they cross the river, we will cross the river. Furthermore, if Qing Gou crosses the river, all the ships will be destroyed. How we can cross the river is to build our own warships. It’s going to take a lot of time!”

"That……"

Zheng Dingrui suddenly stopped the two of them and said, "We are all Paoze brothers, and we are all serving His Majesty. What's the point of making noises here?"

"The general (army commander) taught you a lesson!"

Su Tianwei and Peng Ce quickly admitted their mistake.

"Since Qing Gou doesn't want to leave the city and just wants to be a coward, let's help them. Yang Shuai should be here soon..."

Zheng Dingrui suddenly said something confused.

As soon as these words came out, all the commanders present had no idea what they meant, but they didn't say anything more. Even their own army commander (general) gave the order, and there was much more to say.

Wait a little longer, maybe Commander Zheng has some clever ideas?

The Ming army's strategic plan for Anhui was to capture Taipingfu first, build the Yangtze River waterway through Taipingfu and Caishiji Ferry, and then divide the army into two routes.

Yang Gong's First Army headed west to attack Wuhu and Fanchang. These two counties were easy to fight, and even the magistrates and county gentry of Fanchang and Wuhu counties were ready to surrender.

Anyway, you can’t beat me, so if you don’t want to die, just surrender!

Surrendering in time can also earn you some credit, so why not do it.

The mission of the First Army is to rush all the way west to Chizhou Mansion and seize this forward position to attack Anqing Mansion.

Zheng Dingrui's Second Army was responsible for sweeping southward across the entire southern Anhui, fighting all the way to Huizhou (Huangshan), connecting the entire southern Anhui with Zhejiang, and opening up the passage from western Zhejiang to southern Anhui.

Clear the way for the subsequent march south to Jiangxi.

But in fact, Yang Gong's First Army did not attack Fanchang County after capturing Wuhu County.

Ok!

Yang Gong is about to start taking risks and disobeying orders again. At this moment, he and the First Army are embarking from Wuhu and heading deep into the hinterland of Ningguo Mansion from Qingyi River.

He was going to sneak around and attack.

(End of this chapter)