Emperor Liu Hong

How could a person like Wei Boyang who devoted himself to Taoism be able to withstand Liu Hong's temptation.After all, this is a tangible hope of enlightenment.Therefore, he directly "sold" himself to Liu Hong.

Of course, Liu Hong couldn't treat him badly.The cabinet is named, and the Taiyuan Academy opens majors, which are all indispensable.However, chemical experiments can be regarded as a dangerous business, and if one is not done well, it will explode.Therefore, Liu Hong asked Wei Boyang to choose a site in the suburbs and build another college for him, and let him go outside the city to tinker.

After finishing all this, Liu Hong went to find Liu Shu.After all, the time is not short, and he wants to see whether Liu Shu and the others have finished formulating the plan for the religious reform.If the formulation is completed, he will quickly summon all the religious people to solve the matter thoroughly.

Speaking of which, the Government Affairs Council is just to the east of Nangong, but such a short distance, Liu Hong, a lazy guy, has never been here.Therefore, when Liu Shu saw Liu Hong appearing in the Government Affairs Council, he was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Your Majesty, what kind of fragrant wind brought you to the Government Affairs Council?"

"How can there be any fragrance! This is not to see that you, the emperor, have not sent me the plan of religious reform for so many days. I can only come here to get it in a hurry."

"Oh, this plan has just been formulated." As he spoke, Liu Shu handed a document on the table to Liu Hong, "I just wanted to send it to His Majesty, but I didn't expect His Majesty to come here by himself." gone."

"That's great, isn't it just saving the trouble of the emperor?" While joking, Liu Hong opened up the plan.

"Being a monk, regardless of monk or Taoism, must be approved by the imperial court and issued a degree certificate to prove your identity. Those who do not have a degree certificate are black households and need to be reformed through labor." Seeing this, Liu Hong applauded loudly, "Not bad! This way , the imperial court can control the number of monks. It will not let too many monks affect the society."

"Once you become a monk, regardless of whether you are a monk or not, you will automatically give up your property. All of your property will be distributed to your parents, wives and children as compensation for becoming a monk." Look at this article.Liu Hong kept nodding.

Then look down, all are some terms that restrict monks.Either let monks support themselves, or restrict monasteries and Taoist temples from owning too much land and property, paying taxes like ordinary people, and so on.

These were all proposed by Liu Hong.Let the Government Affairs Council formulate it.After all, there are lessons for later generations, because temples are exempt from tax.Make them buy a large amount of land for rent.Let the court's tax revenue be greatly reduced.In the end, he had no choice but to ruthlessly exterminate the Buddha, which caused huge turmoil in society.It is impossible for Liu Hong not to prevent such hidden dangers in advance.

"Yes, everything that should be formulated has been formulated."

Liu Hong looked at these terms and found that they were really formulated in great detail.Not only have various regulations been made for monks and temples and Taoist temples.Even pilgrims have rules.The sesame oil money offered at a time can only be one money.Whether it is five baht coins or silver coins or gold coins.Anyway, only one can be enshrined at a time.What kind of currency a believer wants to worship depends on his own economic strength.Once violated, the temple or Taoist temple will be severely punished.

In this way, it is impossible for monasteries and Taoist temples to raise a large amount of money.Without money, even if they had some bad ideas, they would not be able to implement them.

However, although the court wants to prevent hidden dangers, it will not be too harsh on those monks who sincerely seek the Tao.After all, if it is too harsh, it will be impossible for monks to abide by it, and then the meaning of formulating this plan will be lost.

Therefore, the basic life of monks must be guaranteed.For example, the land for temples and Taoist temples, and the construction of these, as long as they are approved by the imperial court, they will be allocated and paid for by the imperial court.Moreover, each monk also owns ten acres of tax-free land, which allows them to guarantee a basic life.As for necessities such as daily necessities and clothing, as long as they are registered monks, the imperial court will give them some subsidies.In this way, monks can practice the Tao with peace of mind.

Now that the regulations have been fully enacted, of course Liu Hong can no longer procrastinate.Anyway, those religious people have all arrived.Therefore, he immediately sent someone to notify, and on the third day, he formally summoned those cultivators.

Time passed quickly, three days passed in a blink of an eye.Early this morning, Liu Hong received those well-known monks in the hall.

"Everyone, you should have heard about it by now. The reason why I invited you here to discuss religious reforms is mainly because someone beat the Dengwen drum and filed an imperial lawsuit against me. Suing the Taiping Road, rampant Illegal, bewitching people's hearts." Liu Hong looked at those cultivators, and continued: "As for the complaint, it will be resolved later, so let's not mention him for now. But through this matter, let me know, now It is really quite chaotic. In order for the various sects to develop smoothly and make it easier for the court to manage, I invited everyone here to discuss a way to get the best of both worlds."

Don't look at Liu Hong's politeness, but those cultivators, how can Liu Hong bargain.So, it's not just letting Liu Hong say what he says, but whatever.

Seeing that these guys were all staying there honestly, Liu Hong stopped talking nonsense, and directly asked for the regulations formulated by the court to be issued to them, "This is the provision initially thought of by the court. Different opinions can be raised, and we will discuss and discuss solutions together.”

These cultivators all looked at the regulations in their hands and didn't say a word.What a joke, the imperial court even worked out the terms.In this case, even if he has a different opinion, does he dare to raise it?Isn't this negating the achievements of the court's labor? If the court bears a grudge, they will have to go around.

But others can keep silent, but Zhang Heng cannot.After all, he is going to be the pope of Taoism. If he has no prestige, it is impossible for anyone to obey him.

"Your Majesty, these terms are okay. But since the monastery and the Taoist temple cannot accept offerings and sesame oil money, what about the tourists who come to stay overnight? The temple and the Taoist temple have no income. They can't even afford food and lodging. .But what should I do if the money is collected and it violates the court's policy?"

"It's a problem, but it's easy to solve." Liu Hong said: "Temples and Taoist temples are all built by the imperial court, and the maintenance must also be managed by the imperial court. What you are responsible for is nothing more than ordering meals. The imperial court can give you some subsidies. Your [-] mu of land is used as compensation, and this output can definitely meet those who are staying overnight."

Since he wanted to increase his prestige, Zhang Heng began to bargain with Liu Hong on various terms.And Liu Hong also gave face, and gave some concessions in every item.In this way, Zhang Heng's image became taller among those ascetics.

"Okay, Your Majesty, Xiaodao has no objections."

"Master Zhang has no objections. Do you have any other opinions?" Liu Hong looked at no one to speak, and said, "Since there is no objection, the matter is settled like this. Next, let's solve the problem of Taipingdao." Lawsuit." (To be continued...)