Chapter 925 0920 [The way out for the poor family of Goryeo]
Luoyang, Tianwang Temple.
After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, Ju Ming specially transferred Dahui Zonggao to be the abbot.
When Ju Ming first captured Chengdu, he met Mahatma Zonggao and his teacher Yuanwu Keqin.
Last year, Yuan Wu Keqin passed away and returned to the West.
The fame of Dahui Zonggao is getting higher and higher. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is famous all over the world.
Such an eminent monk naturally had to stay in the capital to facilitate the government's management.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the praise of scholars, Zen Buddhism developed extremely rapidly. They sang poems and lyrics with local officials, and naturally received more support than other Buddhist sects.
Zen Buddhism has the greatest influence with the Rinzai Sect.
Within Linji Sect, it is further divided into Yangqi Sect and Huanglong Sect.
The Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng has always been controlled by the Huanglong Sect.
Over the years, celebrities who have had close contact with the Huanglong Sect include Zhou Dunyi, Su Shi, Su Che, Zeng Gong, Huang Tingjian, Wang Anshi, Zhang Shangying, etc. For example, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian are simply laymen of the Huanglong Sect.
Even the Zen sects of Japan and Korea currently belong to the Huanglong sect.
Zhu Ming felt that it was best to let a hundred flowers bloom, so he took action to support the Yang Qi sect, and Zonggao, the great master, was the key figure.
"Abbott, a decree has arrived!"
"Why panic? Just follow me and receive the order."
Dahuizong went out calmly, cleaned his hands, tidied up his clothes, and knew that the monks had already set up the incense table.
Sizheng of the Senglu Department also came and stood beside the emperor's pedestrians.
When all the monks were in their seats, the travelers opened the imperial edict and read out: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty said: There is now the country of Ceylon, which was originally the Kingdom of the Buddhist Lion. The king of the country presented the three treasures of Buddhism, one of which is the tooth of Sakyamuni. The order was issued to Luoyang
Tianwang Temple built a tower to enshrine the Buddha's tooth and promote Buddhism in the imperial capital..."
Before the edict was read out, all the monks looked at the thing in Seng Lu Si Zheng's hand.
Gautama Buddha's teeth?
"I accept the decree!" Mahahuizong Gao took the imperial edict with both hands.
Si Zheng also handed over the box containing the Buddha's tooth and said with a smile: "The two Buddha's teeth contained in the Buddhist scriptures of various countries are now gathered in the Ming Dynasty. The Buddha's tooth in Shandong has been recalled by His Majesty's order and will be re-enshrined in the Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng. From now on.
One is enshrined in Luoyang and Kaifeng each, and two Buddha's teeth will forever guard the east and west capitals."
Mahawisdom Zonggao, even though the Buddhist teachings were profound, became excited at this moment: "This is a grand event for Buddhism! It is your Majesty's destiny that the tooth of the Buddha can be gathered together."
Si Zheng took out another short scroll: "This is His Majesty's royal letter. When the Tooth Relic Pagoda at Tennoji Temple is built, let the craftsmen carve the royal letter next to the tower."
Dahui Zonggao held the short book with both hands, opened it and saw four words: Yongzhen and Two Capitals!
The official who delivered the order quickly left, and the monks gathered around him.
Mahamati Zonggao opened the box and found that although the Buddha's tooth had no unusual appearance, everyone was amazed.
The Buddha relics and the Buddha bowl brought back from Ceylon were sent to Mount Wutai in Shanxi.
Monks from many temples in Wutai Mountain persisted in resisting the Jin Dynasty for several years. All the temples were burned down, and they fled to the mountains to fight guerrillas. They suffered heavy casualties due to lack of food and clothing, and finally cooperated with the Ming Dynasty soldiers to fight back.
In the year when Zhu Ming regained Wutai County, he ordered to allocate funds to build the Huguo Temple in Mount Wutai, and designated the Huguo Temple as a Shifang Jungle.
The original monks from various temples in Wutai Mountain all practiced in Huguo Temple, and 500 ultimatums were issued at one time.
Of course, you must pay taxes according to law!
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Tianwang Temple in Luoyang is still recruiting workers to build the Tooth Relic Tower, and will soon welcome its first batch of guests.
They were envoys from various countries, and they all came to watch the fun. In addition to the Nanyang circle, envoys from Xixia, Korea, Japan, and Dali also came.
"Please don't get too close, and stay three feet away from the Buddha's tooth," the monk reminded.
Many messengers lined up to move forward, clasping their hands and chanting the Buddha's name, their eyes fixed on the Buddha's tooth without moving.
Jin Yungui, the Korean envoy, murmured to himself: "Does the Ming Dynasty really have Buddha's blessing?"
After praying, he left silently, feeling extremely heavy.
Although Wang Gou, the leader of Goryeo, eradicated powerful ministers for the third time and regained his freedom from house arrest, he was still unable to completely control the government.
Wang Gou used the excuse of revitalizing the country to imitate the Ming Dynasty and implemented the cabinet system, hoping to regain power by establishing a cabinet and six ministries. However, the positions of cabinet ministers and ministers were divided among the major families.
All the king could do was to promote a few officials from poor families to serve in the General Council and the Supervisory Council.
They barely obtained some administrative and supervisory powers.
Gradually, these officials from poor families were secretly won over by the wealthy families.
The majestic King of Goryeo can only truly trust a group of eunuchs...
Moreover, in order to consolidate their power, the aristocratic families jointly proposed to ban the marriage of close relatives in the royal family. The reason is very simple, it is not in line with Confucian ethics.
"Where is the Korean envoy?" an official from Honglu Temple ran into Tianwang Temple and shouted.
Jin Yungui quickly agreed: "Here it is."
The official of Honglu Temple said: "Tomorrow I will go to the palace to meet the saint, so be prepared."
In the afternoon of the next day, Jin Yungui was taken into the palace by officials and waited for a long time to finally see the emperor.
After the meeting, Ju Ming asked: "Are you here to delineate the boundaries between the two countries?"
Jin Yungui said: "There has never been a demarcation between our country and the Ming Dynasty, and the territory is difficult to define. There are many lawless people who come and go across the border between the two countries to commit crimes. I sincerely request your Majesty to send officials to demarcate the boundary."
A few years ago, the ministers of Korea were still clamoring to regain lost territory, and there were always envoys asking the Ming Dynasty to return Pyongyang.
Now I don't even bother to shout slogans, I just want to demarcate the border as soon as possible for stability.
Ju Ming asked: "How do you want to draw it?"
Jin Yungui said: "The main stream of the Taedong River is bounded to the west, and the entrance to the sea of Kuodengshui (30 miles south of Hamhung) is the boundary to the east. From the entrance of Kuodengshui, we draw along the undulating mountains to the Datong River."
Zhu Ming didn't quite understand and looked at Zheng Zhichang sitting in the hall.
Zheng Zhichang said: "The Datong River has several tributaries, and the middle branch should be the national boundary between the two countries."
Jin Yungui was furious and pointed at Zheng Zhichang and said: "You were born in Pyongyang and once served as an official in Goryeo. Even if you are now an official in the Ming Dynasty, how can you betray the territory of your mother country?"
Zheng Zhichang smiled and said: "Pyongyang has been the land of Jizi Korea since ancient times, and Jizi is my ancestor of China. I was born a descendant of China, but I was temporarily reduced to a foreigner. Now, Pyongyang and I have returned to the country of our ancestors.
What kind of friendship do you have with Goryeo?"
"How can this be true? How can this be true!" Jin Yungui was very angry.
Zheng Zhichang said: "If you want to draw a line, just do as I say. Otherwise, there will be another fight at worst."
As soon as these words came out, Jin Yungui did not dare to speak anymore.
Zhu Ming said: "Zheng Qing."
"I'm here!" Zheng Zhichang stood with his hands raised.
Ju Ming said: "I appointed you as the demarcation envoy to go to Pyongyang to contact Goryeo and delineate the border between Ming Dynasty and Goryeo in detail."
Zheng Zhichang said excitedly: "I will fulfill my mission, and the Ming Dynasty will fight for its territory."
He has been in charge of Korean affairs at Honglu Temple, and occasionally also takes charge of diplomatic affairs with Japan.
Facing the Japanese envoy, Zheng Zhichang was slightly polite.
But when facing the Goryeo envoys, Zheng Zhichang was aggressive and calculating, fearing that others would think that he still had an old relationship with his mother country.
After demarcating the boundaries this time and returning to the country, he will definitely achieve meritorious service and be promoted.
Even if the official position is not promoted, the official title must be upgraded one level. Once you accumulate enough qualifications, your promotion will be smoother in the future.
Jin Yungui left the palace in despair, not knowing how to return to his country for business.
Although according to Zheng Zhichang's demarcation method, most of the demarcated territory is now the area actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty. But after all, there is still a small part of the land that will be cut away by the Ming Dynasty.
Jin Yungui will take the blame for this!
Even the responsibility for the loss of Pyongyang must be attributed to Kim Yun-gui.
Because Pyongyang was "borrowed" by the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo never recognized it. It was only after Jin Yungui's mission that he determined that Pyongyang belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
So what if you don’t agree?
Can you defeat the Ming Dynasty?
The aristocratic families in Goryeo were all relying on the Ming Dynasty to do business and make money.
Especially the crazy influx of cheap cloth from the Ming Dynasty completely caused the economic system of Goryeo to collapse.
The things that the Chinese people used to wear linen and express their mourning, they used as currency for transactions. As a result, better-quality fabrics were continuously imported from the Ming Dynasty, and the Korean market soon became a mess.
The Koreans, who had power, vision and wealth, bought Ming Dynasty cloth from the coast and used it to defraud and make money in inland cities.
Merchants in inland cities took Ming Dynasty cloth and went to surrounding villages to make money.
Countless Goryeo people were deceived and were in a state of ecstasy.
There are many people at the bottom of Goryeo who have been defrauded of their savings for several generations by dozens of pieces of rough linen.
However, those wealthy families in Goryeo took the opportunity to amass countless wealth.
Now in Goryeo, only copper coins of the Ming Dynasty are recognized, and cloth has only the most basic practical value.
The wealthy Goryeo family gradually began to enjoy the luxury goods from the Ming Dynasty.
Especially in Kaizhou, the capital, and several coastal cities, more and more wealthy Goryeo people wear silk. Some people even buy glass mirrors and clocks. These products are so expensive that they cost a lot of money and money.
They exploited the people even more!
Famines continued to occur in many villages in Goryeo, but there were still merchants going to the Ming Dynasty to sell grain.
For two consecutive years, peasant riots broke out in Goryeo, but they were quickly suppressed by the wealthy families.
Jin Yungui came from a poor family, from a small family in Goryeo.
With the economic invasion of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of small family became more difficult. Their family savings were mostly stored in the form of cloth, and now the cloth is worthless!
There are many large hydraulic spinning wheels in Shandong, which can spin linen in large quantities, and the cost is countless times lower than that of Goryeo. (This kind of hydraulic spinning wheel appeared in the Yuan Dynasty historically, causing the price of linen to drop. However, it cannot be used to spin cotton yarn, because cotton fiber is more dense.
Short and easy to break.)
Back at the Sifang Pavilion, Jin Yungui became increasingly disappointed.
The country suffers from internal and external troubles.
The family is gradually declining.
Individuals are thrown into demarcation lines and take the blame.
He really couldn't see any bright future, and felt that there was a bottomless hell ahead.
The king is wise, but those aristocratic families are the source of trouble!
Jin Yungui suddenly realized something in Luoyang Sifangguan. After returning to China, he planned to contact more people from poor families and work together to overthrow the rule of aristocratic families.
But aristocratic families control all kinds of power from the court to the local government.
How could the poor family be overthrown?
After tossing and turning in bed all night, Jin Yungui suddenly thought of Zheng Zhichang.
Zheng Zhichang already holds a high position in the Ming Dynasty, why can't I?
Returning to the country, he contacted the poor scholars who had no future, and promoted the idea that wealthy families brought harm to the country and the people.
Mix up the situation, and then lead the Ming army to go south. From now on, everyone will do the Ming people's calculation!
Anyway, I'm already like this. Maybe if the Ming Dynasty annexes Goryeo, the life of the small family will become better.