I am the king of the dead

Because Qu Yuan refused to go with the corrupt officials of Chu State, he was framed and exiled. He met a farmer, and the farmer asked him why he became so depressed.

Qu Yuan said that this world is as turbid as a flooded river, but he himself is as clear as a mountain spring. The crystal clear mountain spring is not willing to be with the turbid river. Is this wrong?

After Yanzi heard about it, he said that he kept his body clean and kept the Tao, so that the world would not fall into evil.

Then the allusion of cleansing oneself and self-care was compiled into "Mencius Wan Zhang Shang" by Mencius' apprentice, Wan Zhang, and it became a Confucian classic.

The four words of keeping one's body clean and self-care are easy to know and difficult to practice, but how many of them are out of the mud and not stained?

He temporarily gave up on sorting out the almost rampant phenomenon of prostitution in Nanjing City, and even the entire Nanya.

He is not afraid of difficulties, but he is a weak and deformed woman who cannot bear any more harm.

Xu Chengzong heaved a sigh of relief, because Li Xian had His Majesty's backing, he was more aggressive every time he did things.

He said with a smile: "Buddha doesn't save people who have no destiny, no faith, and no wishes. Why do we bother with such things?"

Li Xian shook his head and said, "Buddhas don't save poor people."

For a time, the entire governor's yamen of Yingtianfu was filled with cheerful atmosphere, and the unique jokes of Ming Dynasty made people laugh.

This joke has a certain background of the times. The first point of any sect is to persuade people to be good, and it is the same for Buddhism. To persuade people to do evil is evil.

But in Daming, Buddhism was originally a place to persuade people to be good, but it gradually turned into a place where filth was hidden.

In the sixth year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao ordered that all folk women under the age of 40 were not allowed to be nuns or female crowns.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao ordered again that people over the age of 15 were not allowed to enter the temple to become monks.

In the 24th year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao ordered that anyone who imitated the yoga teachings, claimed to be a good friend, and used the name of Zhang Zhenren to create amulets privately would be punished with a felony.

In the 27th year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao issued a strict order again. If someone has a wife and concubine privately among monks and Taoists, everyone is allowed to drive them away.If you cover up and conceal, punish the crime together.The monks claiming to be Bailian, Lingbao, Huoju, monks and Taoists do not follow the ancestral traditions, and talk arbitrarily, and they should be punished with serious crimes.

In the tenth year of Yongle, Emperor Taizong Wen issued an order that if monks and Taoists did not abide by the precepts, participated in folk practice and chanting scriptures, and cared about the rewards, or practiced without sincerity, drank wine and meat, wandered and licentious, and even falsely called Taoists, there was no difference between men and women. If you corrupt your family style, you will be killed without mercy. (Records of Emperor Taizong of Ming Dynasty, Volume 128)

Under this ban, there were very few monks during the 50 years in the early Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen that Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong Wen were treated so harshly, which shows the corruption of the atmosphere.

The emperor is always at the top of the entire Ming Dynasty, and it is inevitable that he can't see the details of the world clearly, so it is inevitable that the Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty made repeated orders and repeated orders, which shows that his atmosphere is bad.

You must know that Yao Guangxiao, the number one civil servant under Zhu Di, the black-clothed prime minister, is a great monk.

There is a popular folk song in Nanya about the monk: "The incense burnt in the stove, the white paper list is hung outside the door, and the bronze Buddha statue is lined up in front of the hall. The drums and cymbals are ringing, and the stomach is full of food." I paid homage to King Liang’s repentance, and packed up and traveled around the world, so there’s no reason to be busy.”

This is greed.

In Songjiang Mansion, there was a member of the Kang family who was suing recently. This member of the Kang family was suing a prostitute. He was over [-] years old and had no children. He took a concubine and gave birth to a son.

Member Kang sensed that something was wrong, his little concubine went to a temple every day to beg for a child, and he went to fulfill the vow after giving birth to a child. Officer Kang led people to arrest him, and caught this little concubine playing Zhenghuan with the obscene monk.

As soon as the concubine confessed, the ex-wife of Kang's wife was also jealous.

Jiang Tong of the Songjiang Mansion sentenced the lewd monk to death with severe punishment, reported it to the capital, and was approved by the Minister of Dali Temple, and presented it to His Majesty, who approved the death penalty of the lewd monk.

Nanya Tiqi searched and repaired three times and found many victims.

"Shanghai official named Kang, his wives and concubines are all jealous. Later, Jiang Tong sentenced him to death. At the time of the city, Cao Shi had the edict of "shaving his hair and repeating discipline, and becoming a monk and wearing a shackle."

This is lust.

There is also Jingxiang Temple in Xinhang Town, Jiading County, Hangzhou Prefecture, which scrapes the ground mud and mixes it with a little spice. It is called a panacea, which can cure all diseases. Many nurses are hired to pretend to be deaf, dumb and lame, and take the medicine. , Thousands of people were fooled.

This was discovered by the Tiqis during their visits, so how can they be spared?Yang Han immediately copied the Jingxiang Temple, and unexpectedly found many abnormal female households in the Jingxiang Temple.

This time, the trouble came before His Majesty again, and finally Ti Qi found out that he was also going to be beheaded.

This is fraudulent enrichment.

To put it simply, in Daming, Buddhism is a business. If you don’t cross the poor, and Zhu Di wants to kill you without pardon, it’s because of his unhealthy tendencies, which can no longer be restrained by clear rules and precepts, but can only be governed by the laws of the country.

After this short conversation between Li Xian and Xu Chengzong, it is a microcosm of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, and there are many similar things.

"But we want to open the door of enlightenment widely. If we are willing to turn our backs on the shore, it is not unacceptable, but we have to check clearly, and don't mix in the black sheep." Li Xian still opened the mouth.

None of the female households with abnormalities is over 15 years old, so they basically don't have severe vexatious diseases before they are ready to pick up customers, but these prostitutes and prostitutes are not sure.

This can be regarded as containment and exploration first, and then solve it when there is a solution in the future.

Xu Chengzong nodded and said, "That's natural."

Li Xian thought for a moment and said: "Recently, the capital came to a new Jinshi, the seventh in the second class, from Zhenxiong Mansion in Sichuan, named Li Sui, he is an upright person, let him do this."

"Dengwen Drum, he is really courageous. It has been more than 50 years since no one dared to play it."

Xu Chengzong sighed and said, "The last time was in April of the 25th year of Hongwu."

"A 77-year-old man in Huaiyuan County had two sons who died outside the Great Wall while on the battlefield. There was only one grandson in his family, who was only eight years old. A police officer chased him to fill the army, and took the eight-year-old boy into a strong man."

"Emperor Gao heard of his pity, and angrily asked all the officials: The case of the sergeant's supplementary supplement is not allowed for the young, why is there such a violation of the order?"

In the 25th year of Hongwu, five full years have passed since the battle of Yuerhai where the Ming army defeated the Yuan court.

In order to oppose emphasizing civility over martial arts, all kinds of methods are used, similar to this kind of family death, chasing up young grandchildren, one after another.

Just like Liu Yuniang's father sailed south to the west and died at sea, Liu Yuniang's mother can't get a pension, and her life is no longer guaranteed. It is a reason that she has to sell Liu Yuniang to a dentist.

Liu Yuniang is now Li Xian's successor. Her mother came to recognize her, but she refused to recognize her life and death. Liu Yuniang's unfilial piety became one of Li Xian's laughing stocks.

In order to prevent the imperial court from strengthening its military equipment and preventing the imperial court from sailing to the west, why can't you do anything?

Xu Chengzong often couldn't figure out the internal logic of their promotion of literature and martial arts.

It is true that the Dengwen drum has not sounded for more than 50 years.

This Li Sui's courage is really big.

Xu Chengzong agreed with Li Xian's statement and said: "Leave this matter to Li Sui, I think it's okay."

"Governor Li, I only hope that His Majesty's good intentions, whether it is a powerful person or a wealthy businessman, they can appreciate and understand."

"We've already restrained ourselves, but if we still don't know how to repent and continue to disobey, then we can't blame our subordinates for being merciless."

The reason why Xu Chengzong attaches so much importance to the case of the abnormal female household is because of the tragic experience of the abnormal female household, and secondly, to keep his Duke Wei's family from top to bottom.

His Yanyun Tower was involved in it. I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.

He did not directly kill these terrified female households, but the final products of these terrified female households ended up in his Yanyun Building.

Their family's Yanyun Building is not without fault.

He sincerely hoped that the Ming Dynasty would succeed in rescuing the deformed female household and the thin horse, so he didn't let Li Xian act too hastily.

In this way, whether he is asking for peace of mind or His Majesty's forgiveness, he has some reasons.

Although the law of the Ming Dynasty did not stipulate that this matter violated the law, in the iron list of the Ming Dynasty, there was no requirement that these honorable ministers should not engage in the Yangzhou skinny horse business.

Even the Yanyun Building was a property rewarded by Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty as a living.

However, Xu Chengzong still actively made meritorious service and strived for His Majesty's leniency.

This matter was too dark. When this matter came to an end, he only hoped that the title passed down by his family would not be deprived of by His Majesty.

Xu Chengzong really hoped that they could take care of themselves.

But there are some things that Xu Chengzong can't control. It's not surprising that the case of the abnormal female household has reached the current stage, and there are still people running at gunpoint.

"By the way, did His Majesty approve of the matter you wrote last time? It's about doing good deeds to pay taxes." Xu Chengzong asked about one thing.

Some time ago, Li Xian came up with the idea of ​​a genetic tax on a whim, and then hoped to encourage businessmen to increase their investment in charity and reduce taxes.

Li Xian shook his head and said: "Your Majesty didn't approve, and even said not to open this mouth, don't talk about it in the future."

"Huh." Xu Chengzong showed a relaxed expression, and he was not so nervous anymore.

Li Xian's background is not extravagant, so he doesn't know some things, which is very normal.

For the family precepts of most Huizhou merchants, Zhejiang merchants, Huai merchants, etc., they all act according to the moral norms of "treating people with sincerity", "taking things with faith" and "taking righteousness as profit".

Moreover, during droughts, floods, etc., we must also be kind and charitable, provide disaster relief, and help those in need.

They set up charitable halls, charitable bureaus, charity bureaus, nursery halls, nursing homes and other institutions, seemingly donating money and materials, and extending medical treatment and medicine.

But as long as you take it apart and look at it, each one is actually a business.

Shantang and Shanju raise beggars in the city and rogues outside the city to train thugs for themselves.

However, whenever the craftsmen under his command are disobedient or say that what he wants to do cannot be done, someone will come to greet him. Throwing feces is a trivial matter. Holding your relatives for a few days and not returning it is just a lesson. Headless koans that suddenly disappear abound. .

In the financial aid bureau, the donors are only his own thugs, and the Yuyingtang is the source of the lean horses in the south of the Yangtze River, and an important source of deformed female households.

And the so-called health care center is even more shocking, it just uses the word charity to sell medicine.

Those who sell laughter can't make more money than those who sell medicine.

What they are talking about is that the huge profits from selling medicine exceed the huge profits from selling laughter.

In the nursing home, there are all kinds of new medicines for sale, such as the ground mud from the Jingxiang Temple, mixed with spices, and the panacea made from it has the same effect.

Inheritance tax can be exempted, so can other taxes be exempted?For example, the three cores of the Ming Dynasty's finances, Zhengfu, sea tax, and banknote customs, can they all be reduced or exempted?

This opening cannot be opened.

Li Xian hopes that they can do some good deeds, but this vision is actually very difficult.

Of course Xu Chengzong didn't know that Li Xian was just using this kind of thing as a hook for fishing.

It's a pity that it provoked His Majesty's criticism and admonition.

"I have encountered some difficulties recently." Xu Chengzong leaned on the soft rattan chair, rubbing the center of his eyebrows weakly, with a sad face.

His Majesty once set up a labor insurance bureau in the Ministry of Household Cleaning Department, aiming at labor protection, with the intention of easing labor-capital relations, so that the people can earn a living.

The Labor Insurance Bureau for labor protection stipulates the minimum labor remuneration according to the prices in various places. It is slightly better in the North Yam, but in the South Yam, the Labor Insurance Bureau is basically a dead letter.

Specifically, there are decrees above and countermeasures below.

This countermeasure is very interesting. Since it is to protect the hired labor, when the craftsman enters the workshop, he must sign a contract to confirm the non-employment relationship.

For example, Risheng Company hired Zhang San as a craftsman. After working for three months, Zhang San found that the labor wages were extremely low, so he approached the Labor Insurance Bureau.

The clerks of the Labor Insurance Bureau found that in their contracts, some words "incomprehensible to people" were used to transform employment into cooperation.

Xu Chengzong leaned on the rattan chair, swayed and told Li Xian some recent experiences.

Li Xian is a busy man, but Xu Chengzong is not. Xu Chengzong swaggers around the market all day long, just hearing about these strange things.

Li Xian said with a strange expression: "Isn't this good?"

"Ah?" Xu Chengzong looked at Li Xian suspiciously.

Li Xian said with a smile on his face: "I'm just worried that no fish will get the bait. Since I dare to do this, what kind of Risheng name is this? It seems that the company doesn't want to do it and has to try the law of the country, isn't it good?"

"He also left the book deed as documentary evidence, which saves us from searching for documentary evidence."

"Killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, isn't it just worrying that there are no chickens to kill? When this comes to your door, he will naturally be punished."

Xu Chengzong suddenly realized that Li Xian is a master who can't wait to dig the graves of powerful businessmen. It is fine on weekdays, and Li Xian still wants to beat the autumn wind and collect some taxes.

With His Majesty's decree, they dare to be so stiff.

Can you still blame Li Xian for being merciless?

It was the Risheng that moved first!

Chapter 5 Go out and hide!

Li Xian also passed the exam. There was no specific standard for his exam. The only standard was to satisfy His Majesty.

He sent away a group of corrupt officials and a group of elderly people one after another. He also gave him the root of the Yangzhou skinny horse.

But this test is still hanging over his head.

So how to satisfy His Majesty?He was worrying about this, someone was rushing to deliver the indicators, which Li Xian never expected.

"Are you sure about the Risheng?" Li Xian leaned forward and asked, his eyes were shining, it was the excitement of the hunter seeing the prey, and the joy of the angler seeing the floating fish.

Xu Chengzong suddenly found out, what happened to this Ming Dynasty?Why do you become a fisherman everywhere?

Risheng's countermeasure is actually good, if it is not suppressed by the high-value examination method, this countermeasure will be successful.

It's a pity that I ran into Li Xian who was in urgent need of indicators.

Li Xian is like a cat that smells fishy.

Daming is full of fishhooks everywhere, and if he is not happy, he will be caught.