Shen Xin's test was easily recognized by the Academy of Jujube.

As for her age, Guo Hao called Princess Lanling a child prodigy, and was the boy of Taishang Laojun. It was normal for him to have some skills.

Although this statement is a bit fake, it can only be explained in this way. Others hypnotize themselves, but Kong Mingyue was confused. Is Xin'er a disciple of Guanyin Bodhisattva?

No matter whose disciple he is, he is not an ordinary person. Shen Xin doesn't care about this, but Guo Hao's words have a deep meaning.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has reversed the system of the Later Zhou Dynasty and stopped suppressing Buddhism, which has stopped the destruction of temples.

This is not that Guo Hao likes Buddhism, but that he intends to use Buddhism to consolidate his rule. This is a routine used by ancient emperors, and Guo Hao cannot avoid the vulgarity.

However, Guo Hao’s failure to suppress Buddhism does not mean that he supports the development of Buddhism. However, his act of ordering monks to seek scriptures was misunderstood by others.

For a time, Buddhism was very popular in China. Because the court did not introduce a clear management system and officials mistakenly thought that Guo Hao loved Buddhism, many temples had changed their nature.

"What you said is true? The temples over there are really like this?"

"Yes, I was also surprised at first. The monks over there can not only get married and have children, but also drink and eat meat.

And they also do business. The temples there are inns, and the inns provide usury. There is a temple that also competes with me for business and uses lead to make cosmetics!”

Shen Xin was in the cosmetics business in her previous life, so she naturally knew the principle, but people in later generations knew that although lead powder can beautify, it is also toxic.

After listening to Shen Xin's story, Guo Hao learned about the situation in the south. These are not major issues and are not under the supervision of the government.

But the monks are so uncontrollable, which is not Guo Hao’s original intention. Although there has not been any trouble yet, this is not a good phenomenon.

Not only Guo Hao, but other ministers in the court did not pay attention to this aspect. Managers are tolerant of these monks at any time to show their benevolence and righteousness.

But if monks have no taboos, then what is the difference between them and ordinary people? They not only enjoy the privilege of identity, but also use their identity to do things that do not match their identity.

At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the whole nation had to pay taxes, even the princes and nobles. They were not exempted from taxes for monks and Taoists, but they were exempted from military service and labor.

In this way, monks and Taoists enjoyed the same treatment as princes and nobles, and over time they gave people the illusion that monks and Taoists were superior.

Although the tax was not exempted, the average tax in the Song Dynasty was very low, and the focus was on "care for" farmers and merchants, and the taxes of merchants were 50% higher than those of farmers.

Even so, under the encouragement policy of the court, the development of merchants was not affected, and the farmers were living a good life.

In this environment, some institutions with large areas of land use this loophole to make profits and use the money saved by the land to invest in commercial investment.

Among them, the interests of the court did not seem to be affected, but the temples do not trade or farm, which can easily cause chaos, and private lending will destroy the financial system.

The Song Dynasty money house has not been laid to the south yet, but it has been put on the agenda. One of the reasons for restricting the development of the money house is that the temple consumes a lot of copper for casting Buddha statues, resulting in insufficient coins.

With the development of money shops, gold and silver have been circulated in the market, and copper coins, as the most basic currency, are also an indispensable part.

Only by fully expanding the money house and gaining the trust of the people can the court issue paper money in full and reducing the amount of copper coins.

But before this, copper coins were still the main currency, and the development of the financial system was one of Guo Hao’s most concerned things, so no one could make trouble.

"Since that's the case, I'll go and see it myself. It's just that I haven't been to the south for a long time. How about you accompany me?"

When Shen Xin heard that Guo Hao was going to the south, he was a little surprised and asked, "You want to learn from Qianlong? It's a troublesome emperor to travel!"

Guo Hao shook his head when he heard this: "My achievements are much better than Qianlong, why should I learn from him?

Besides, this was not the Qing Dynasty. There were no such rules. I only needed to bring enough guards to ensure my safety and did not need to disturb local officials."

Shen Xin nodded when she heard this. She thought it was very simple, thinking that Guo Hao wanted to visit privately, but she didn't know that this was impossible.

When Guo Hao goes south, the court will inevitably make arrangements, at least two princes will be supervised, and cabinet ministers should also know.

In this way, many people will know it soon, but it is not so particular at this time. Just be clear about the emperor if he wants to keep a low profile and be clear in his heart. If he shows up well, it will be over.

In such a huge officialdom, few fools are like fools. The prefectures and counties that Guo Hao passed along would definitely be prepared to create a peaceful scene.

Guo Hao knew this in his heart, but he couldn't avoid it even if he didn't say it. After all, no one was perfect.

But if he wants to see some real scenes, he must avoid everyone's sight, so he found Guo Zhiyu.

"Yu'er, there is a saying that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. This time you go south with me, so that you can study hard with your aunt Xin'er."

Guo Zhiyu looked embarrassed when he heard this, but he couldn't refuse. At this time, he regretted introducing Shen Xin and asked him to call him a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl. It was really difficult for him.

Notified Guo Zhiyu, and Guo Hao also found Guo Zhiyao and Guo Zhishun to prepare for the regent, and notified the cabinet.

Guo Hao suddenly wanted to go to Jiangnan, but no one knew why, but it was very interesting to bring the newly enthroned Princess Lanling with him.

On the first day of the second month, Guo Hao took his people to set off. There were still a few people around Guo Hao, San Dezi, Li Hui and his subordinates, and this time there were more Guo Zhiyu and Shen Xin.

Guo Hao and a maid were sitting in the car. Li Hui was driving the car, San Dezi was sitting on the other side in the co-pilot, and the other guards were riding horses. Shen Xin felt bored and lifted the curtain to ask.

"This father-in-law, I heard Guo, His Majesty said that your name is Sandezi, is it true?"

"When the eldest princess, my slave is indeed called Sandezi."

Sandezi was respectful on the surface, but was very surprised. It was the first time he had followed Guo Hao for twenty years that he saw Guo Hao so indulging in someone. Even if he was Guo Hao's biological daughter, he would not dare to be too presumptuous.

Guo Hao "loves Shen Xin very much", so Sandezi respects her very much. Guo Zhiyu sat aside in depression, and among the few people, he was the youngest.

"Hey, Ningxiang, you'll call him Xiao Taohong in the future!"

"yes?"

The maid Ningxiang, who was looking for by Shen Xin, was stunned and thought to himself, why did the master suddenly change his name? Isn’t Ningxiang quite good?

Hearing Shen Xin's bad taste, Guo Hao looked at the book on his own. Ningxiang was only fourteen years old this year, so naturally she couldn't compete with Shen Xin. Guo Hao knew how powerful she was.

"San Dezi and Xiao Taohong are all there, and there is still a seal missing. Who can I do the best?"

Shen Xin said as she switched back and forth to Guo Zhiyu and Li Hui. Li Hui was nothing, so she focused on driving without saying a word, but Guo Zhiyu felt that Shen Xin had bad intentions.

"Or, just you..."

Shen Xin finally looked at Guo Zhiyu. He felt that Guo Zhiyu had a dull personality and looked like that character. At this time, Guo Hao couldn't stand it anymore.

"Xin'er, what are you doing? You want my son to be a monk!"

Hearing the word "monk", Guo Zhiyu made a clever move. After spending time together, he had already appreciated Shen Xin's power and asked quickly: "General Li, do you have any horses? I'd better go ride a horse!"

Li Hui was a little surprised: "Didn't the King of Yan dislike riding a horse? Why did he suddenly want to ride a horse?"

"Haha, I suddenly felt that the scenery outside was good, so I wanted to see the scenery."

Li Hui stopped the carriage after hearing this, waved his hand and asked someone to take a horse over, saying, "Be careful, King Yan, these are all war horses, they are a bit wild."

"Thank you, General."

Although Guo Zhiyu doesn't like riding a horse, Guo Hao has asked them to study since he was a child. The three princes are both civil and military, and the two princesses' riding skills are not bad.

Seeing Guo Zhiyu being scared away, Shen Xin suddenly felt bored. She turned around and looked at Guo Hao, and found that he was still as bored as before.

"You haven't changed at all!"

A sudden sentence that Shen Xin was stunned everyone. Ningxiang looked at Shen Xin in shock, and Sandezi and Li Hui also felt moved.

When Guo Hao heard this, he put down the book and looked at Shen Xin's hesitant eyes, he couldn't help but recall the scene.

"Guo Hao, let's go out for a ride!"
Chapter completed!