Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 280 County Luzon
It was the third day of November in the first year of Qianxi.

early morning.

After Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, all the civil and military officials greeted him with three cheers: "Long live forever."

Li Bi.

"Today morning, I want to announce two things."

After being bowed to by the ministers, Zhu Gaoxu sat upright on the dragon throne, looked down at the ministers in the palace, and said loudly: "The first thing is that half a year has come. The Ministry of Rites has decided that the students of Changke Academy will go to the mountains and countryside. It was handled well, and it can be considered as completing what I asked you to do.”

"In view of the fact that the prohibition of obscenity and worship has been implemented quite well, I have decided to continue to implement this order. The Ministry of Rites will issue another official document asking all prefectures and counties to send officers to closely inspect the newly built temples in the countryside to prevent them from being destroyed by criminals."

"The minister leads the order."

Yu Yanzhao, the Minister of Rites, walked out of the class, bowed and took orders.

In early May this year, Zhu Gaoxu formulated the policy of sending people to the mountains and countryside for three purposes.

The first is to use the opportunity of many students to teach farmers how to read and figure out a Chinese pinyin scheme that is suitable for people in the Ming Dynasty.

The second is to take this opportunity to destroy the wild temples built by the remnants of the White Lotus Sect lurking among the people, so as to further weaken the influence of the obscene sacrifices on the people.

The third is to try to let more people know some commonly used Chinese characters, so that they can understand court laws and decrees, and learn how to deal with natural disasters such as flash floods, floods and droughts, so that they will not be deceived by some people with bad intentions.

As of the middle of last month, students from regular academies in various prefectures and counties across the country had destroyed a total of 370 temples that worshiped wild gods. Students from all provinces have explored and improved a set of Chinese alphabet pronunciation plans.

However, these plans are generally similar. After all, the initial plans they obtained are the same.

Then the Ministry of Rites organized a group of Hanlin scholars and Hanlin scholars from the Hanlin Academy to work day and night, and finally a few days ago compiled and improved a set of Chinese alphabet pronunciation plans suitable for both north and south.

In fact, if Zhu Gaoxu had not come up with the first draft of the plan beforehand, the Ministry of Rites would not have been able to find a letter-sounding plan so quickly that conformed to the usage habits of the Ming Dynasty people.

The birth of the Ming Dynasty version of the Chinese Pinyin scheme will further improve the literacy rate of the Ming Dynasty people.

The importance of literacy rate to a country is self-evident and will not be discussed in detail here.

As for teaching literacy to rural people and destroying obscene worship of wild gods, this is something that needs to be done continuously and for a long time.

In order to avoid destroying the obscene worship of wild gods and causing irreparable damage to folk customs, Zhu Gaoxu ordered the Ministry of Rites to issue official documents again and again, warning those students who went to the mountains and countryside to learn to distinguish the temples that worshiped wild gods.

"Book of Rites · Qu Li" says: "Sacrificing to someone other than what they sacrificed is called prostitution. Prostitution is no blessing."

That is to say, sacrificing something that should not be sacrificed is called "obscene sacrifice". So what should not be sacrificed?
Take the Wutong God, also known as the Wulang God. It is a demon in ancient Chinese folklore that roams the countryside and villainizes wives and daughters. Because it specializes in evil, it is also called the Five Rampant God.

Some people also worship monsters that do bad things out of fear. Such sacrifices are considered obscene sacrifices.

The designated obscene gods worshiped are mostly gods such as the Wutong God. Most of these gods are sacrificed because they scare the people, and some people want to sacrifice to such gods to harm others and gain benefits.

The values ​​​​conveyed to people by these obscene gods are violence and violation. Worshiping such gods will inevitably lead to bad habits and lead to bad habits. Therefore, ancient sages believed that worshiping obscene gods would bring disaster.

Generally speaking, "obscene sacrifice" refers to the sacrifice of spirits and characters other than the officially registered gods. Some are local heroes, and some are just ordinary wild monsters in the mountains.

The Daolu Department is in charge of Taoist affairs. It was established in the 15th year of Hongwu's reign and belongs to the Ministry of Rites. It has left and right departments such as Zhengyi Yanfa, Zhiling, Zhiyi, Shenwangtidian, Longhushan Zhengyizhenren, etc.; each province has a Daoist Department. The prefecture has a Dao Zhengsi, and the county has a Dao Huisi.

Corresponding to the Daolu Division is the Senglu Division, which is in charge of Buddhist affairs. The chief officials are called Zhengyin and Fuyin, and are divided into left and right, Shanshi, Explanation, Lectures, Enlightenment, etc.; in each province, there is a Sengang Division, and the state There is a monk chief department and a monk association department in the county.Any temple that has not been registered with the Daolu Department or the Senglu Department, and the gods worshiped in the temple are not local heroes, nor are they recognized by Taoist monks such as Guan Sheng Dijun, Tu Tu Gong, Mazu, etc., then they will be classified as The obscene worship of wild gods must be destroyed.

After the students destroyed the wild god temple, the local prefecture and county government would hire people to build a Guandi Temple or Zhenwu Emperor Temple on the original site to calm people's hearts and prevent the resurgence of the original obscene worship of the wild god.

According to the edict of Zhu Gaoxu, Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty, all prefectures and counties should cooperate with the students of Changke Academy to destroy the obscene worship of wild gods, so that the imperial ban on prostitution and worship of wild gods can continue to be implemented, from the countryside to the county, and even to the wild gods. The temples were destroyed.

In fact, what the students of the regular academies of Tianxia Prefecture and County have done in the past six months is just an attempt by Zhu Gaoxu.

In the future, going to the mountains and countryside will become a normal thing for ordinary people.

"The second thing is that the Emperor's fleet has successfully arrived at Luzon Island in Nanyang at the end of last month. The Emperor wrote to me and told me that the time has come for the county and county of Luzon Islands. Therefore, I have decided to abolish the Luzon Capital Division and replace it with a county. county."

When Zheng He visited the Luzon Islands on his first voyage to the West, he was warmly received by the local Chinese leader Xu Chailao and others.

Xu Chailao was from Jinjiang, Fujian Province. He lived in Luzon with his family in the early days of Hongwu and quickly became a wealthy man in Luzon by relying on his good business management.

Later, Liang Daoming, the leader of the Chinese people in Old Hong Kong, accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and transformed from an ordinary overseas Chinese to the commanding officer of the Ming Dynasty's official Jiugang Dusi. When Xu Chailao learned about this, he sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to meet Zhu Di with tributes. Express willingness to submit to the court.

At the end of the fourth year of Yongle, Wang Jinghong, an internal eunuch and eunuch, was ordered to escort overseas envoys back to China. When passing through Luzon Island, he was ordered to appoint Xu Chailao as the commander-in-chief of Luzon to take charge of the military, political and financial power of Luzon. .

From the fifth year of Yongle to the first year of Qianxi, Xu Chailao served as the commander of the Luzon Capital Division for 20 years.

During this period, Xu Chailao was loyal to the imperial court and imitated the common people. He practiced his own actions and worked hard to govern.

He spared no effort to spread the excellent Chinese culture and advanced production technology in the Luzon region, and developed industries such as shipbuilding, textiles, ceramics, and agriculture.

This move greatly accelerated the Ming Dynasty's development of the Luzon Islands and made outstanding contributions to the social stability, economic development, and cultural prosperity there.

As for Luzon Island, it is located in the northern part of the Luzon Islands (Philippine Islands). It is currently the largest, most populous, and most economically developed island in the entire archipelago, and is rich in gold and rice.

Luzon City, the seat of the Luzon Dusi, which governs the entire Luzon Islands, was built on Luzon Island.

The island borders the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the South China Sea to the west, and faces Baodao across a strait to the north. It covers an area of ​​11 square kilometers and is the most densely populated area on the Luzon Islands.

With the current level of social development and prosperity on Luzon Island, it is not difficult to feed millions of people. After all, there will be tens of millions of people living here in the future!
"Your Majesty is wise. Since Xu Chailao, the commander of the Luzon Capital Division, is very old, the military attachés under him, such as the Commanding Tongzhi, the Commanding Department, the Experience Department, and the Judging Department, have all reached the age of official service."

Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of War, walked out of the class, bowed and said: "At the same time as the three new divisions of Lu Song were established, the imperial court could just select a group of young talents from Lu Song to serve as civil and military officials in the newly established prefectures and counties to appease the local people. People’s hearts.”

"What Qi Qing said is absolutely true, and that's exactly what I meant."

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said loudly: "The Ministry of War has listened to the decree. I order your ministry to join the other five ministries and the Fifth Army Commander's Office to discuss the details of the prefectures and counties in Luzon, and come up with a charter as soon as possible and submit it to me."

"The minister leads the order."

Qitai bowed and accepted the order.

"The minister waits for the order."

Other related people followed closely and bowed.

PS: I haven’t stopped updating recently, but I’ve been banned and can’t post.

(End of this chapter)