Emperor Zhou Ping disagreed, "Li Aiqing must not be humble. There are so many ministers and officials under me. There are many people doing things, but not many people can come up with effective methods."

"Your method is the safest and most effective. With the cooperation of several parties, the effect will be great. Now I have decided to experiment in the capital, the place closest to me. It can best test the real effect, and then promote it

go out."

Seeing that Emperor Zhou Ping and Gu Shao both thought this method was good, Li Yuanqing did not refute it.

He doesn't have to do this anyway, he just hides his merit and fame.

Later, Emperor Zhou Ping talked with Gu Shao in detail, and called some officials to make proper arrangements.

A massive campaign to "incite the ordinary hearts of monks" was launched in several temples in the capital.

The theater troupes in the capital are all rehearsing intensively.

Almost all of them revolve around the aspects that Li Yuanqing mentioned before, creating a wonderful and down-to-earth play that is constantly performed in major temples.

A large temple like Jinguang Temple has two thousand monks.

One theater troupe was not enough, so he directly joined four theater troupes.

At first, the monks were very resistant, but the life of a monk was too hard.

Human beings are born, old, sick and die, and have seven emotions and six desires.

People who are not serious about becoming a monk cannot resist such temptation.

Doesn’t the wine taste good?

Isn’t the meat delicious?

Aren’t women beautiful?

Are sons and daughters bad?

I think of Izumi Youzhi’s parents, waiting for them to continue the family line!

If you become a monk, won't you cut off your roots with them?

Nowadays, the policy of returning to secular life is good. The state provides money, land, and a wife if you wish.

Where can I find such a good thing?

One day of excitement!

Two days of thoughts!

Within three days, someone packed up the package and went to register and return to secular life.

In the temple, the abbot is the top manager, and the remaining elders and managers at all levels have money and power and live an easy life.

The lower-level monks can only live without starving.

Now the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the policies are so good. As long as you work hard, you will not go hungry, you can marry a wife, have children, and make money to support your family.

Who is still dawdling around in the monk's temple holding a pillow?

Isn’t it warm to hug a wife when she is married?

If you can eat meat and drink wine, who would be willing to eat vegetables and tofu? You can only eavesdrop and watch Shangfeng secretly drink wine and eat meat. This life is boring.

Return to the secular world!

The officials in charge of this aspect originally thought they were unreliable, but now in less than three days, someone came to register and return to secular life, and they suddenly became happy.

After another three days, seven out of ten of the lower-level monks in the temple left.

The rest may really want to leave home and are disheartened.

Emperor Zhou Ping almost burst out laughing when he heard the report coming from below.

"Okay, great." Emperor Zhou Ping praised repeatedly and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.

The matter that made him so worried that he couldn't eat was solved without any hesitation.

The next step is to limit the temple’s property.

If there are not so many people, why is there so much land?

As long as it is land in the Zhou Dynasty, the common people will collect taxes, and of course they will also collect taxes from monks.

This solved the difficult problem.

Those monks and nuns who returned to secular life were not only assigned fields, but also money to settle their families, and were sent to the northwest, north, or south with the approval of the government.

All you need to do is sign up.

The monks have no relatives or friends, so the monks or nuns from the same temple will go together and settle down in other places.

When Queen Zhao saw Emperor Zhou Ping smiling happily, she pursed her lips and said, "Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."

Emperor Zhou Ping took the tea poured by Queen Zhao and laughed loudly, "This Li Yuanqing is really unparalleled in his wit and scheming. This method is really easy to use, and it does not arouse any resistance from the monks."

Queen Zhao nodded, "Yes, if your Majesty has something to do in the future, you can ask General Li more."

Emperor Zhou Ping nodded, "There is also the issue of slave tax collection. There may be hidden servants in the future. Next, I will also ask Li Aiqing for his opinion."

"Your Majesty has made your own decisions regarding government affairs, and I will not discuss them unreasonably." Empress Zhao said with a smile, "Tomorrow is an auspicious day, and it is time to issue the imperial edict granting marriage."

"Yes, this is a great event." Emperor Zhou Ping smiled and said, "Your Majesty is no longer young, this is a great event."

"After the marriage is granted, the Ministry of Rites will begin to select auspicious dates for various etiquettes. This process will probably take more than a year."

"A Rong and Yu Ze will be of the right age by then, get married and have children."

Queen Zhao nodded, "Your Majesty is right."

The next day, the wind was warm and the sun was beautiful, so it was a good time to get married.

Liang Bao personally brought the imperial edict drawn up by Emperor Zhou Ping and the Ministry of Rites to the Li family and began to promulgate the edict.

There was a tacit understanding in advance, so the Marquis of Jinling came to Li's house early to accompany Li Rong to receive the imperial edict.

The incense table was prepared, and Liang Bao read out the imperial edict.

The eldest prince and Li Rong are engaged.

At the same time, he issued an edict to the world.

People in the capital were the first to get the news, and there was an uproar.

Everyone finally understood why the Marquis of Jinling, who had worked so hard to gain fame and became an official, rushed to the capital to resign in a hurry?

I finally understood that although Mr. Lanlinghou was also in good health, he quickly passed on the title to his son, Mr. Qi.

The family had already begun to prepare silently, and no outsiders knew about it.

There are countless people in the capital who want to achieve prosperity and wealth by marrying off their daughters.

Many people want to send messages to the palace through the Zhao family and want to become the eldest prince's concubine.

It's just that the Zhao family has always lived in seclusion and would never say this at all.

Even the Zhao family, although the current empress is from the Zhao family, they have never thought that the eldest prince's concubine is also from the Zhao family.

If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will gain.

The Zhao family already has a queen. If another eldest princess becomes the future queen, it will only arouse the emperor's wariness and will not bring any benefit to the Zhao family.

In addition, the eldest prince's status is unusual, and the Zhao family never wants to get involved in the eldest prince's marriage.

If the Queen and Your Majesty like a girl from a certain family, they will only help if the Zhao family needs to come forward.

The Zhao family has been careful in their words and deeds over the years, and this is most vividly demonstrated at this moment.

So when they learned from Queen Zhao that both the Queen and His Majesty were interested in the daughter raised by Mrs. De Rui and Li Yuanqing.

After being surprised, I quickly accepted it.

Li Rong's status is enough to be the eldest prince's concubine, and what's even more rare is that Li Rong has been educated by Mrs. Derui.

Not only does he have good looks, he is also in good health and his behavior is quite steady.

All in all, it was a good marriage.

The Qi family was also very happy. As soon as the imperial edict came out, the matter was finally settled.

Mrs. Qi felt happy, but she wanted to see what would happen to the old pious woman in the Huainan Marquis Mansion?

At the same time, the Huainan Marquis Mansion.

Mrs. Qi, the eldest son of the Huainan Marquis Mansion, respectfully came to the main courtyard where her mother-in-law was to pay her respects as usual.

The rules of the Huainan Marquis Mansion are very strict: greetings in the morning and greetings in the evening.

On this day, it was very rare for the Qi family to see her father-in-law in the main courtyard of her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Qi takes her children to respectfully say hello.

Mrs. Huainan Hou was smiling all over her face, "You don't have to make any excuses from now on. Just come to me every three to five to say hello. You don't have to come every day. Come every day."
Chapter completed!