The New Biography of Han Lingdi

Chapter 154 Contract 2
Finally, after several days of negotiation between the two parties, with the support of Liu Hong, they signed the contract.

First, from now on, all monks must obtain permission from the government before becoming a monk. One person needs to pay [-] yuan to become a monk.

Second, limit the number of monasteries. The establishment of a monastery must be reported to the government. The establishment of a monastery requires 30 yuan.

Third, limit the number of monks. Small monasteries do not allow more than thirty people.Medium-sized monasteries do not allow more than [-] people, and large monasteries cannot have more than [-] people.Now monasteries that exceed the number of monks are ordered to be evicted within three days.

Fourth, confiscate all the current monastery land.Monks are not allowed to engage in business. Now the land where the temple is located is handed over to the chamber of commerce, the ownership is given to the chamber of commerce, and the right to use it is given to the temple.

Fifth, the money owed by monks will be paid off by the chamber of commerce, but the land will be handed over to the chamber of commerce.

In this way, all of a sudden, Buddhism was basically restricted to death.

Taoism is also restricted, but because Liu Hong is kind to Taoism, the land where their gymnasium is specially allowed is still their own.

In this way, Liu Hong ended his crazy suppression of religion, and the monks also knew that once they signed this contract, they would have no chance to turn back.

But they also know that if they don't sign this contract, those businessmen will kill them directly, and when the temple is demolished, they will have nowhere to go, so they know this is a trap, but they can only sign this word.

"This matter ends here." Liu Hong said.This matter started when Liu Hong said this, and it can only end.No matter what happened in the past, besides, Wufang is from Mali, and Sifang is from Liu Hong. They are working together to pit Buddhism.

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"Congratulations, Your Majesty." After holding the contract, Guo Xi was the first to say that he has done a good job in this matter so far.Maybe he can leave after waiting for Liu Hong's consent.

"Guo Xi, be granted the title of Grand Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion." Liu Hong said. Generally speaking, the title of Grand Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion is a false position. When an official reaches a certain age and retires, he needs to be given a false post. to show favor.

The previous bachelors were Hu Guang and Wang Chang. At this time, Guo Xi was appointed as the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. Yuan Feng and several others glanced at each other. They understood that Liu Hong knew about Guo Xi's betrayal of the court.

But in order to drag down the whole family, Liu Hong was forced to let Guo Xi go, and this plan was successful. Without the tacit understanding of the family, this matter could not be completed at all.

The aristocratic family began to slowly spread the whole information through their own network, not allowing other businessmen to lend money to the temple, so that the temple could not refund. On the one hand, it was indeed Liu Hong who promised to give the aristocratic family some benefits.But the more reason is that Guo Xi's operation this time has already betrayed the entire family.

Regardless of whether the aristocratic family participates or not, the temple will think that the aristocratic family supports Guo Xi and pit the temple. This is a deadlock, and there is no way to untie it, so the aristocratic family has also seen this knot, so they will not stop doing it, and directly participate in this matter .

There is no way for the two parties to explain it. It is better to follow in Liu Hong's footsteps. In this way, everyone can earn some money and gain Liu Hong's favor, so the aristocratic family began to participate in this matter.

After Yuan Feng realized this, he suddenly understood that this Liu Hong had set up a big picture, trapping all the aristocratic family and the monastery. Now that the monastery is finished, they also got some benefits.

The aristocratic family can only accept this situation, there is no other way, this situation has already been formed, they have obtained such a large profit, how can there be a business that can make a profit without losing money, there is only something to be willing to gain.

"Also, I am going to set up a security department to be responsible for investigating the actions that want to subvert the power of the big man and endanger the entire empire." After Liu Hong said this.

All ministers are considering this department. On the one hand, the Security Department is a department with absolute power.Being directly responsible to Liu Hong means that his level will never be low.

The sentence that has the intention to subvert the big man gives this department the supremacy, and they say who has this intention.Whoever has this intention, then this department can take action against them.

However, being responsible to Liu Hong also means that they are the knives in Liu Hong's hands, and Liu Hong can kill whoever he wants to use him to kill.

"Your Majesty, what is the main responsibility of this department?" Chen Fan asked at this time.One sentence is about subverting the big man, this sentence is too broad, and there is no actual definition at all.

"The White Lotus Sect type of religion, there are rebels like Li Maozhen, and some robbers, mainly like this." Liu Hong said.

In fact, Liu Hong of the Security Department only wanted to target religion at the beginning, but later he thought that if the Security Department directly controlled religion, it would be too obvious.In the end, the authority was simply expanded, and this department was directly responsible to Liu Hong, which can be regarded as strengthening Liu Hong's strength.

"I don't know, who is the person in charge?" Chen Fan asked. At this time, Liu Hong mentioned it, which means that Liu Hong has already had a general idea, at least the person in charge of this department is almost there.

"Liu Bowen, Wang Meng." Liu Hong said.He had already greeted these two people in advance.This time, it was the way two people were promoted.

Lu Shang went to Yanzhou to be the governor. In this climate, another security department promoted Wang Meng and Liu Bowen, but these two people were indeed the best candidates.

An aristocratic family or a royal family is not a commoner, and sometimes they may favor the aristocratic family. If the aristocratic family keeps pushing their people, it will arouse Liu Hong's dissatisfaction, and will be suppressed by other powers, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

"I have no objection." Chen Fan said, the sudden establishment of this department shows that Liu Hong is already preparing to let Chen Fan withdraw from the core.There is an idea to get Chen Fan out of the cabinet.

But now because of some entanglements, it has not been settled yet, so Chen Fan can only continue to serve. For this veteran minister, Liu Hong still feels a little distressed. Chen Fan is already in his 60s and close to [-]. For this huge empire, he has already Very attentive.

So Liu Hong wanted Chen Fan to retire and enjoy his old age for a few years, which was Liu Hong's confession to Chen Fan.

In fact, when Liu Hong is building an auction, there is a building covering an area of ​​[-] mu in Luoyang, which is also undergoing renovation.This is what he said next.

"If everyone has no objections, Wang Meng, Liu Bowen will be the director of the Security Department, Sanpin. What do you think?" Liu Hong asked.

"The minister has no objections." Others said.At this time, there was indeed no objection. Now they feel that the big man has a lot of power, so Liu Hong needs to investigate thoroughly.

(End of this chapter)