Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 507 You Buddhists don't lack such tricks, right?

After Zhu Yunxi finished his meal, he poured himself another cup of tea, and then spoke slowly.

"Let me tell you this, it's not that I don't understand what you said, but that I don't want to do that!"

"Why?"

Gao Ming inside the house and Lao Zhu outside the house also asked this sentence, but one asked out of mouth, and the other asked silently in his heart.

"Because it's not what I want!"

"What I want is prosperity and prosperity. It doesn't matter whether this prosperity is created by me or by others."

"If I have to attribute this honor to one person, then I hope this honor goes to Grandpa Huang!"

"Grandpa Huang's life is not easy. He has made great contributions to China, but he has not received the respect he deserves. No matter the people or the officials, they secretly call him Zhu Butcher..."

"Therefore, I want Grandpa Huang to correct his mistakes, so as to gain the reputation of the founder of the prosperous age."

"This……"

Gao Ming was stunned for a long time when he heard Zhu Yunxi's answer, and finally got up respectfully, and bowed to Zhu Yunxi like a pilgrimage.

"His Royal Highness is noble, benevolent and filial, unparalleled, and I admire you so much!"

"Compared to His Highness's pure heart, this humble minister's knowledge is too shallow..."

Zhu Yunxi happily accepted Gao Ming's flattery, and then complimented Gao Ming in return.

"You're good too!"

"There are people in their sixties, and they can stay up late and work overtime with Gu every day, which is enough to be a role model for all generations!"

Hearing this, Gao Ming smiled awkwardly, thinking like who would be willing to accompany you, it's because his son is not up to date, and he still can't give him a grandson to play with...

"Since Your Highness proposes to improve the clan system, do you have a detailed charter?"

"I have some ideas, but I haven't reached a final decision. I just want to discuss it with Master Gao."

"Gu's idea is to teach a man to fish rather than to give him a fish."

"The patriarchal system is generally implemented in accordance with the system set by the emperor's grandfather, with only minor changes."

"For example, if the clan of the five clothes is released, it will no longer enjoy the nobility system. It will only be recorded and counted as a clan, but it will not enjoy any knighthood salary."

Although Gao Ming didn't know Lao Zhu's attitude, he also felt that this way of handling it was inappropriate.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid His Majesty will not like this move!"

Zhu Yunxi said with a depressed face when he heard the words.

"No way!"

"I was almost tied up and beaten today. Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would have been beaten to death by that bad old man now!"

Gao Ming automatically ignored Zhu Yunxie's "big disrespect" when he heard the words.

"How does His Highness plan to teach people how to fish?"

"Establish a clan school, give them a chance to study and make progress, and cultivate them into useful talents."

Gao Ming attached great importance to education. Hearing what Zhu Yunxi said, he couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.

"So good!"

"At that time, the many universities established by His Highness can also give some preferential treatment to the children of the clan."

"Ok!"

"Gu also plans to establish a scholarship system in the name of the emperor's grandfather. As long as the clan's children can complete their studies with passing grades, they will be given money..."

"Comparatively speaking, Gu would rather subsidize the clan in the form of scholarships than in the form of titles."

"Because the former requires the efforts of the clan members themselves, while the latter will only cultivate a group of lazy white-eyed wolves."

Gao Ming also very much agreed with Zhu Yunxi's point of view, or that any official that Daming picked out at random would not object to Zhu Yunxi's reduction of imperial family expenses.

If there is, it is because of Lao Zhu's face, and he is afraid of being hated by Lao Zhu.

"When does Your Highness plan to speak to His Majesty?"

Zhu Yunxi said with a bitter face when he heard the words.

"Wait, wait until the old man's anger subsides."

"I don't dare to meet him now, for fear that this old man will get angry and beat me to death..."

Gao Ming smiled wryly when he heard the words, and couldn't help but slander, who can blame this, isn't it because you are too arrogant?
Lao Zhu listened outside the door for a while, and heard Ni Sun call him a bad old man twice, and he was so angry that his back teeth were almost crushed.

If it wasn't for the human words that Ni Sun said just now, which moved him, he would have rushed in and kicked him at this time.

Lao Zhu listened at the door for a while, and when he saw that the two were discussing other things, he lost interest in continuing to eavesdrop, and walked out leisurely.

At this time, half of the moon rose in the sky, suppressing the light of the stars around the sky a lot. Lao Zhu walked in the empty North Palace under the bright moonlight, feeling desolate and lonely for a while.

"How can this place be so deserted?"

"My lord, the northern palace doesn't have many buildings, but it occupies a huge area. One or two hundred court ladies and eunuchs can't afford a single splash in it."

"Then transfer hundreds of people over!"

"This……"

"My lord, you issued a decree to prohibit local eunuchs from paying tribute. There are not enough eunuchs in the palace. How can there be extra people here?"

"not enough?"

Old Zhu frowned when he heard this, secretly thinking about how to solve the problem of not enough eunuchs.

There are three sources of eunuchs in Ming Dynasty, one is to receive the inheritance of the Northern Yuan Palace, and the other is to conquer the Quartet and select from captives when suppressing the rebellion.

Zheng He, who was famous in later generations, was captured by the Ming Dynasty when he quelled the Yunnan Rebellion.

In fact, there is another way besides these two, that is, local officials pay tribute.

It's just that this matter was later banned by Lao Zhu, and private castration by the people is strictly prohibited.

"We have been really peaceful in recent years, haven't we fought wars for many years?"

As soon as Qin Deshun heard this, he knew that the old emperor wanted to "put down the chaos" again.It's just that now that the world of Ming Dynasty is peaceful, how can there be so many chaos to make him peaceful?
"My lord, actually, this servant has an idea."

"tell me the story?"

"I heard that the slaves are very respectful to overseas vassal states, why not let them contribute some to Daming?"

Old Zhu nodded when he heard the words.

"This is a way, but the affairs of overseas feudal states have always been the responsibility of Ni Sun, and it may be difficult to bypass him at this time."

Qin Deshun smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"It's easy to handle!"

"The servant girl told Wang De to tell Wang De to tell the emperor grandson about the lack of people in the palace. With the emperor's filial piety, he will naturally do it for the emperor."

Lao Zhu was overjoyed when he heard about it, and immediately decided to transfer 300 people from the palace to help the grandson prop up the North Palace.

Lao Zhu didn't leave directly after solving the eunuch's matter, but took advantage of the moonlight to take a good stroll around.

There are not many buildings in Beigong, but the greening is done well. Even the scenery at night is very charming. In addition, there are street lamps every three feet away, which makes it have a special flavor when the lights are bright.

Not long after Lao Zhu left, he heard a burst of laughter and slapstick not far away.

"It's so late, who is making noise in front?"

Qin Deshun knew every move of Beigong. After all, the eunuchs in Beigong were carefully selected and sent by him, and countless small reports were handed to him every day.

"Maybe the princess and the others are playing ball?"

"Playing at night too?"

"Going back to the emperor, it is said that the emperor's grandson built a glazed palace for people to laugh and have fun inside."

"absurd!"

Old Zhu walked forward quickly with a gloomy face, wanting to see what kind of extravagant grandson came up with.

After turning around a flower garden, Lao Zhu felt a blur in front of his eyes, and his eyes were instantly attracted by a bright building not far in front of him.

"This is the Liuli Palace?"

Qin Deshun didn't come here either, he just heard about it from the eunuchs under his command.

Therefore, when he saw the radiant and colorful palace in front of him, he was not sure for a while.

"may be?"

Lao Zhu was amazed at the palace made of transparent colored glaze in front of him. He had seen transparent colored glaze before, but it was only in small pieces. He had never seen such a huge and numerous colored glaze.

Each of these colored glazes is three feet square, and they are inlaid together with wooden grids to form this extremely luxurious palace.

There are countless fireless lamps dotted inside and outside the palace, illuminating the whole palace like daytime.

There are more than a dozen elegant girls, wearing clothes that show their arms and legs, brazenly fighting for a white ball.They didn't hit each one well, they had to clasp their hands together and beat from bottom to top, and then the person standing by the fishing net was slapping the other side hard...

Lao Zhu is very self-conscious about his identity. Seeing that the girls inside are dressed so coolly, he has no intention of going in for a visit.

No matter how you say it, this is also the grandson's harem, and as a grandfather, I still have to avoid suspicion.

"absurd!"

"Bullshit!"

"It just doesn't make sense!"

"Let's ask Concubine Guo Hui to come over tomorrow and tidy up the harem for that grandson!"

After saying this, Lao Zhu left angrily. Qin Deshun hurriedly gave a little eunuch a wink. The little eunuch understood and walked at the back on purpose. direction to run.

Qin Deshun has always been a two-way spy, while inquiring about old Zhu's news, and at the same time giving Zhu Yunxie a tip-off...

When Lao Zhu returned to the palace with a huff, an unexpected visitor came to the abbot's meditation room of Qingliang Temple in Nancheng.

"I have seen the abbot!"

"Han benefactor, didn't the poor monk tell you, you put up your order, don't ask the poor monk if you have nothing to do!"

Han Qing smiled slightly when he heard the words.

"Abbot Mingyuan, this is out of the question."

"You and I were in the same family a hundred years ago, how can we say we don't see each other?"

The White Lotus Sect first originated from Buddhism, and it is a kind of association formed spontaneously by the people, called the White Lotus Society.

With the development of the White Lotus Sect, the teachings of the White Lotus Sect have long been dissatisfied with Buddhism, and have absorbed a lot of nutrition from folk witchcraft and Taoism, and then a new religion has been stitched together.

Therefore, both Buddhism and Taoism regard the White Lotus Sect as a heresy and are unwilling to join forces with it.

However, Ming Yuan, the abbot of Qingliang Temple, was obviously different. Not only did he not report Han Qing, but he allowed Han Qing to place orders in the temple.

This is definitely not for the face of the Buddha, and it has nothing to do with Wusheng's old mother, just because Ming Yuan was a general under King Xiao Ming before he became a monk.

It's just that he washed his hands early, he shaved his hair long before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and became a well-known eminent monk.

But there are still people who know about his unbearable past, such as Han Qing.

"Han benefactor, the poor monk just wanted to take you in for the sake of an old friend, so don't say anything about a century-old family..."

"Master Mingyuan, you and I are sensible people, so let's stop talking about what's there and what's not."

"Your Buddhist sect is about to be destroyed, and Wu Zong's extermination of Buddhism is about to happen again. I don't believe that you can really sit still?"

Ming Yuan's expression remained the same when he heard the words, without any fluctuation.

"The poor monk doesn't know what benefactor Han means..."

Han Qing looked at Mingyuan with a sneer, his eyes full of sarcasm.

"The grandson of the emperor has already worshiped Zhang Sloppy as his teacher, and has formed a Taoist couple with Zhang Sloppy's female disciple. On the wedding day, he hosted a banquet for all the Taoists in the world. Have you ever received an invitation from your Buddhist school?"

"My Buddhist school pays attention to pure cultivation, and I have always ignored ordinary things..."

Han Qing rolled his eyes when he heard the words.

"The Taoist school still pays attention to quietness and inaction. When those old-fashioned Taoists went to give gifts, none of them felt that they disturbed their practice..."

Mingyuan was speechless when he heard this, secretly thinking that Han Qing is really good at teasing people!

"What exactly is Benefactor Han trying to say?"

"What I want to say is..."

"Since the emperor's grandson doesn't worship Buddhism, why doesn't Buddhism choose another enlightened master?"

"Uh uh..."

Mingyuan never expected that Han Qing would say such earth-shattering words!
"Han benefactor, do you know what you are talking about?"

"of course I know!"

"The emperor's grandson has already offended the gentry all over the world, and the court officials are quite dissatisfied with him. Now he is forcing Buddhism and Taoism to let you give up the extra land and temple property. It has already caused the anger of heaven and people."

"Recently, I heard another news that the emperor's grandson has started to attack the clan and plans to reduce the treatment of the clan."

"This move will not only annoy the princes of the world, but also annoy the old emperor."

When Mingyuan heard this, he finally no longer kept his composure on his face, but was surprised.

"Is this true?"

Han Qing didn't answer directly, but asked back with a smile.

"What do you think?"

Mingyuan shook his head and said suspiciously.

"The poor monk thinks it's impossible!"

"The grandson of the emperor is not such a stupid person, how can he not know the consequences of offending the prince and His Majesty at this time?"

Han Qing laughed loudly when he heard the words.

"Of course he knows!"

"However, he is too confident, overestimates himself, and trusts the power in his hands too much!"

"He thought that since he held the military power, the old emperor couldn't do anything to him, so he unscrupulously proposed to reduce the treatment of the clan!"

"According to my eyeliner in the palace, the old emperor was almost overwhelmed by Zhu Yunxie's anger. He was rescued by several imperial physicians together, and this barely exchanged the old emperor's life!"

Ming Yuan could not help but believe Han Qing when he heard what Han Qing said.

"Could it be that the emperor's grandson really made this suggestion?"

"In this way..."

Mingyuan shut up when he said this, but his mind turned quickly.

The Taoist school used a set of lies to accept a grandson of the emperor as a disciple, and they were so envious of their Buddhism.

Now the emperor's grandson collects taxes on Buddhism and Taoism, and while attacking Buddhism and Taoism, he is open to Taoism, which has long attracted the dissatisfaction of many Buddhist leaders.

It's just that they have been suffering from no chance, neither the chance to support the new lord, nor the chance to get close to the emperor's grandson.

After all, after the Taoist sect seized the opportunity, they guarded against their Buddhist sect like thieves, for fear that they would get close to the emperor's grandson and rob them of the favor of their Taoist sect.

Now, taking advantage of the favor of the emperor's grandson, the Taoists wantonly build Taoist temples and accumulate incense, and they are about to drive their Buddhism to a desperate situation.

If the old emperor really had a quarrel with the emperor's grandson at this time, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for their Buddhism.

Looking at Ming Yuan's changed expression several times, Han Qing couldn't help but said with a smile.

"Master Mingyuan!"

"I heard that the reason why the old emperor decided to make Zhu Yunxi the emperor's grandson was because he believed Zhang Sloppy's words, saying that he has the appearance of longevity, and that he is a rare sage and enlightened lord..."

"I think your Buddhism is not short of such tricks, right?"

Hearing this, Ming Yuan clasped his hands together, and said with a compassionate expression.

"Amitabha!"

"The poor monk was enlightened by the Buddha last night, saying that Emperor Hongwu is his manifestation in the world, and he will ascend to bliss only after his merits and virtues are completed..."

(End of this chapter)