On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, in order to better safeguard the faith of the people of the Ming Dynasty and to provide more effective services to the believers of various major sects, under the full instigation of the traitors in the court, the Ministry of Rites ordered the former monks to be recorded in the department.
, a new department was established after the merger of the Taoist Department and the Department of Religious Affairs, called the Department of Religious Affairs Management.
This new department does not have much power, but it reflects the Ming Dynasty's care for religious people. Has the temple collapsed or the temple destroyed? No problem, the Religious Affairs Management Department will be responsible for contacting the Ministry of Works to send people to the door for free repairs. If you are not willing to name your name
The property of the temple under the temple should be turned over to the state? No problem. Go to the Ministry of Religious Affairs to register, and they will immediately notify the Ministry of Household Affairs and no forced expropriation is allowed. Want to become a monk without an ultimatum? Want to build a new temple without land? I think... everything is not a problem.
As long as it is related to religious development, you can go to this new department.
There are many benefits, but the saint once said that without rules, a circle cannot be formed, so it is appropriate to formulate some rules accordingly. In order to allow the major religions to develop healthily, they have not been certified by the ministry.
All religions are heresies and will be resolutely banned. All religious sites that have not been registered and reviewed are illegal buildings and may be demolished by local governments at any time in accordance with the law.
In order not to cause misunderstandings among the religious circles, the first minister of this new department was Sun Qifeng, the former Imperial Academy priest. To say that this is a really good man, not only knowledgeable and talented, but also kind-hearted. With him, all major religions will definitely
A relatively relaxed environment can be obtained.
The only thing that makes people in the religious circles a little dissatisfied is that there is an executive agency under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, which is called the Inquisition. According to unreliable sources, Galileo, who was teaching and educating people at the Imperial College, heard this term and was
I was so frightened that I almost packed up and ran away into the deep mountains and forests, because this old guy had just written a big book that humiliated the Pope. After finally appeasing this old guy, the Buddhists over there began to lament again, because this leftist
The title of minister was so great that they trembled all over when they heard it.[
In order to make Zhang Tianlin, who had just returned from the Japanese island, willingly serve as the left minister of this new department and carefully manage the Inquisition, Zhu Youcong made a document in front of the emperor and the Manchu civil and military officials. The promise was that once it started, it would be done in Tianzhu.
In his black and white operation, all the areas south of the Godavari River were left to him. Unless he asked for help, the Ming regular army and other bandits under Li Zicheng would never go there to grab business.
Regarding this appointment, Chongzhen gave an explanation that made Zhu Youcong blush for him. Not to mention that the Ministry of Works was very busy recently and could not allocate manpower to repair the temple. Even those skilled craftsmen were free to sit at home drinking tea and chatting, and the court also
There is not enough money to do things to please the gods. Zhang Tianlin will be in charge of the Inquisition. As long as he does not engage in violent demolitions for the time being and turn those thousand-year-old temples into a pile of rubble, who would dare to accuse him of being passive and slacking off?
Moreover, Zhang Tianlin was originally a notorious bandit. She had not done a single good thing after being recruited. Once he followed the instructions and completed the thing that was blamed by thousands of people, the ministers in the court would naturally write a collective letter of impeachment, and the emperor would also
He was so furious that he dismissed the scourge and sent him back to the overseas legion to appease the anger of the people in the world.
As for Sun Qifeng, the Minister with direct leadership responsibilities, it is easier to deal with. Anyway, he can't sit still all day long and is always running around. He just used this excuse to send him to the army and throw him into Zhu Youcong's army.
He went to receive re-education. In short, Chongzhen himself was not willing to take the blame. He was also reluctant to let a shameful little fat man go to the front and be scolded for such an internal affairs matter.
However, Zhu Youcong was not grateful at all for Chongzhen's arrangement. Instead, he was so angry that he almost took his whole family and ran away. Zhu Youcong originally thought that the position of Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses was just a status, and it was for
It just allowed him to command the imperial army legitimately. But I really didn't expect that there would be so many bad things.
"Master Xiong? What are you doing here?" With the help of sisters Zhang Yan, it took Zhu Youcong more than ten days to finally sort out all his responsibilities. It took another two days to finally sort out that
The annoying Qin Liangyu was sent away, but before he could take a breath, he found Xiong Wencan, who was in charge of diplomatic work, sneaking over again.
"Sir General, don't you think that your yamen is too deserted?" Looking at the empty surroundings, Xiong Wencan first scolded him with displeasure, and then replied: "Subordinate? This is not an order.
Are you here to report?”
"Report? Then you are in the wrong place. This is the Zhenguo General's Yamen!" Feeling that his limbs were numb from sitting for too long, Zhu Youcong kindly walked to Xiong Wencan, pointed to the door and said: "
After exiting my gate, turn left and walk for about half an hour until you reach the Ministry of Rites. They will help you find a shabby house to settle down in."
"Thank you for your advice, General!" After thanking him, Xiong Wencan had no intention of leaving. Instead, he continued to stare at Zhu Youcong with a look that looked at an idiot and said, "But my subordinate is not in the wrong place!"
"General, aren't you so busy that you forgot that you still have to be responsible for foreign affairs?" Realizing that Zhu Youcong really seemed to have some amnesia, Xiong Wencan shook his head and said: "You have to balance work and rest, General.
How come you forgot what you said?"
"When will I be in charge of foreign affairs again?" Zhu Youcong was really a little confused. He quickly returned to his seat and took out the imperial edict and read it again and again. Then he threw it to Xiong Wencan with confidence and said: "Look for yourself, I will
A general in charge of military affairs!"
"That's right. Isn't it written all over it?" Xiong Wencan respectfully accepted the imperial edict and asked with confusion: "General, have you not finished reading what the emperor gave you?
Bar?"
"Is your kid too idle to do anything? Are you here to make trouble for me on purpose?" Zhu Youcong was very angry. He didn't know many characters, but there were only a hundred or so characters on it. How could he not?
Finished reading?
"It's unjust. This subordinate really died unjustly!" Xiong Wencan pointed to the lower left corner of the imperial edict and said aggrievedly: "It clearly says that General, you are fully responsible for handling foreign affairs, and I am the Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Of course,
I have to report to you."
"Where are the words here?" Zhu Youcong felt a headache when he saw the thing in the lower left corner. This was from the Ming Dynasty, and what he had in his hand was a commission from the imperial court. Even if it was to prevent counterfeiting, there was no need to draw a barcode on it? Research
The hospital really doesn't have the ability to tinker with any scanners right now.
"I know that you, General, are going to be cheating!" Xiong Wencan took something out of the big box that just arrived and put it on Zhu Youcong's desk. "Fortunately, I borrowed it from the Imperial Hospital when I came down.
This thing, otherwise you will really be wronged by General."
"Microscope?" What kind of tricks did Chongzhen's foolish emperor and his treacherous men play? Zhu Youcong stepped forward suspiciously, and with the help of Xiong Wencan, he re-examined the imperial edict that he had read twice and then thrown aside. "This...
…Is this okay?”
Through the special microscope of the Taiyuan Hospital, Zhu Youcong realized that this was really not a barcode. Those bars that looked not much thicker than a hair were actually composed of hundreds of densely packed small characters. The content was also
As Xiong Wencan said, the emperor was ashamed to leave foreign affairs to him in this way.
"Who came up with this damaging move?" I originally thought that Chongzhen was just afraid of trouble, so he only asked Gu Laozui to bring the imperial edict over. Zhu Youcong really didn't expect that the emperor brother who cheated his brother would actually use a miniature carving.
This move.[
"General, since my subordinates have found the right place, do you think we should..." Who else can be so damaging except Master Nan, the military advisor next to General Zhenguo, and the new Sun Shangshu who is too idle to chat? But
Before getting recognition, Xiong Wencan was not in the mood to betray those two scum.
"Fourth brother? Why are you standing here?" Before Zhu Youcong could think of a reason to reject Xiong Wencan, Zhu Yousong, the king of Dechang County who was in charge of foreign trade, walked in again.
To say that this person is indeed the eldest brother of the general of the country. That battle was much better than Xiong Wencan, who came to seek a position alone and still has a smile on his face, and there were a large number of well-dressed people behind him.
A wealthy businessman. And judging by his appearance, he seemed to have come to visit the General's Office in this town to stroll through the streets. From time to time he would stop and point and say something to the people around him.
"Brother? You have brought so many people here to report, right?" Since Chongzhen, the foolish emperor, can throw the future minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here, then it is not a waste to let himself be responsible for such nonsense as overseas trade.
Impossible. Zhu Youcong didn't need Zhu Yousong to speak this time, so he was aware of the current situation and went out to ask questions.
"Look! Just what I'm saying, my fourth brother has been talented and intelligent since he was a child. What else can I hide from him?" Maybe it's because the person in charge here is his own brother. Zhu Yousong didn't see him at all.
Outside, he directly jumped over the hierarchy and ordered: "Look around first and find a more spacious house for me!"
"Fourth brother, you are also my Ming Dynasty general. Why is this office so shabby?" He didn't intend to ask Zhu Youcong to explain. Zhu Yousong continued to himself and said to Zhou Yanru next to him:
"Hurry up and find a construction team to come over tomorrow and clean this place up for good people. Otherwise, when those Western barbarians arrive, they will think that our country is so poor that we can't even open the pot."
"Oh. That's right!" After patting his head, Zhu Yousong seemed to have remembered something again, and quickly added: "Hu Xiyi, don't you still have a lot of stone materials that have not been sold? Transport them over here together, and we will
Let’s repair the gate of the yamen. Look at the little lion at the door. People who don’t know see it and think we are letting two rats guard the gate! This money is really not enough for you, so just wait for the court.
After the funds are allocated, I will replenish it for you."
"I obey!" Who among the faculty and staff of the business school are not used to the big world? In their opinion, if they work in this place in the future, it will be really shameless. Isn't it just a yamen? No. Is it just spending money? With just a word from General Zhenguo, it won’t be a problem even if you want to make this place more luxurious than the palace in the Forbidden City.
"Wait!" Zhu Youcong felt a headache. Xiong Wencan, who came just now, was still in compliance with the rules anyway. But look at the group of profiteers brought by the eldest brother, and he, the real person in charge, was actually invisible? Are you ready to start measuring and decorating without getting any instructions from him?
"You go and do your work first. If anything happens, I will tell my fourth brother clearly." Zhu Yousong really didn't believe that his biological brother dared to do anything to him, so he waved his hand, pulled Zhu Youcong and walked inside.
"Imperial edict! Where is the imperial edict? The emperor's edict hasn't arrived yet. Brother, what are you so busy doing?"
"Imperial edict?" Zhu Yousong slapped his forehead and said with a blushing face: "Look at Brother Wei's memory, he actually forgot about this matter. Here, Fourth Brother, you have to see clearly, Brother Wei, this is The Minister of Foreign Trade has just been granted the title of Minister by the imperial court."
"Not this! Mine? Where's mine? Without the imperial edict, I can't let you come here to work!" Zhu Youcong still held on to his last fantasy. Once it was confirmed that Chongzhen's edict had not been issued, then He would immediately send people to wait outside the palace gate, ready to knock on the sap, and say nothing to prevent the faint king's conspiracy from succeeding again.
"Yours? Didn't the emperor give you your share a long time ago?" Zhu Yousong shook his head in distress and scolded: "Fourth brother, I never noticed that you were so slovenly before. Why did you give the imperial edict to me? Lost it? Search for it quickly, why are you still hanging around..."
Could it be... After receiving the lesson just now, Zhu Youcong quickly put the imperial edict that cheated his brother under the microscope again. This time, he really didn't guess wrong, and the extra red stamp on it was... A micro-engraved imperial edict.
"Shame! Foolish king..." After careful inspection, although no more traps were found, it was enough to make Zhu Youcong angry. He had tricked people to this extent, and he was still letting people live?
"Fourth brother, don't get angry in a hurry." The only person in the entire Ming Dynasty who dared to scold the emperor so brazenly was his younger brother. Zhu Yousong was not as courageous as him, so he could only follow the principle of "don't do anything inappropriate" and said: " My brother is here with a mission this time, the emperor wants you to preside over the trade negotiations with Xiyi in five days!"
"No! I don't have time! Xiong Wencan, go and tell that Hunjun that I'm digging a hole to bury myself!"
"Your Majesty, has your Majesty allowed your subordinates to observe?" Xiong Wencan had no time to deal with the hysterical fat man, so Xiong Wencan was reluctant to give up such a good internship opportunity.
"This..." After thinking about it, Zhu Yousong pointed at the roaring younger brother and said, "I don't seem to have said it, but as long as the fourth brother agrees, what else can't be done?"
"In that case, would you please go with me for a walk first?" General Zhenguo was furious, and Xiong Wencan was not stupid enough to provoke him now. It would be good to go out for a walk, even if he could not convince Prince Dechang to put this aside. The best house in the Yamen was given to him, but he had to choose a decent one for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before the emperor continued to crowd in here.
"Sure! When I came here, the emperor also said in private that if the fourth brother has something to say and wants to vent his anger, just leave him alone." (To be continued...) [