Sheng Shi Merciful Light

A scripture written by the Hu people united the monks who had been fighting openly and secretly for a lifetime, and soon agreed to King Chu's proposal to set up a religious joint management committee supervised by the state.

The first point that the King of Chu emphasized was the separation of church and state.

The government does not interfere with religious freedom and internal affairs, but the law is above religion. If religious personnel break the law, they must be investigated according to national law, and there is no longer any religious amnesty.In the past, there were indeed murderers, and they could avoid punishment by getting a degree certificate, shaving their head and becoming a monk.

Religion is also not involved in politics, and it is not allowed to interfere in political affairs in the name of religion, let alone instigate rebellion in the name of religion.

There are several other detailed clauses, which will not be mentioned one by one.

The separation of church and state has maintained the rule of Daxing. Emperor Deguang must be happy to see it, and religion is no longer afraid of government oppression. We must know that there have been many incidents of destroying Buddhism and Taoism in history.

Another win-win.

Religious federations are appointed by members of various religions to promote the teachings of Buddhism, standardize the system, put an end to fraudulent, obscene and harmful incidents in the name of religion, clean up the atmosphere, and establish a positive image.

Under it, Buddhist federations, Taoist federations, etc. can be established. The sects respect each other, do not invade and interfere with each other, and coexist peacefully with equality and mutual benefit.

Mu Ci emphasized another point: "I very much agree with your habit of adopting orphans, but there should be no religious purpose. In the future, the adoption of children will be left to the nursery halls in various places. No religion is allowed to accept minors under the age of 16, or even forcibly shave into the sect.

Just as Master Lu stroked his beard, he glanced at Abbot Ji En who brought the child.

Ji En didn't know that he could poke into King Chu's restricted area by doing this, so he had to admit his mistake quickly: "Amitabha, I'm guilty, I'm guilty..." Then he looked at his little apprentice with a troubled expression on his face.

Mu Ci called the little monk Zhiyuan to his side, patted his head, and said softly: "Your master can no longer take care of you. You will stay with me from now on, and I will find your biological parents for you. If you can't find them, just be me." son, okay?"

Zhiyuan understood, and looked at his master, his round eyes filled with mist, like a puppy about to be abandoned.

It was the first time that he had the opportunity to be the adopted son of King Chu. Abbot Ji En smiled kindly at his little apprentice: "Zhiyuan, why don't you hurry up and thank the prince for your kindness."

Zhiyuan was very obedient, although he was reluctant, he still made a gesture of thanking him, and continued to stare at Master eagerly.

Mu Ci is very strong: "Take the child down and take good care of him. Let him grow his hair for the past few months, and he can shave it or not. Suoer and the others come over and let them play with the child, study and practice martial arts together."

"Yes!" The servants of the palace took Zhi Yuan down who wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.

Although Abbot Ji En was reluctant, he could only close his eyes and act ruthlessly.It's not that he did not hesitate to sell his apprentice for the sake of serving him, but he knew that the king of Chu had a good character, he was selfless and warm to the child like spring, would not hurt Zhiyuan, and was good for the child.

Kong Zenyi lowered his head, concealing the gloom and jealousy in his eyes.

Mu Ci said: "Your teachings lead people to do good, which is very good, but illusory myths and ghosts are not the way to maintain faith for a long time. There should be real benefits, so that the people will always trust them."

These words are not inappropriate, especially since the two enshrined are high-level religious officials. Of course, they know that in order to maintain their beliefs, they have a lot of troubles in their own families.

Mu Ci said: "I used to encourage monks to travel and practice medicine. In the future, Taoists can also participate. Medical schools have branches in various places, and they give you some free places every year. You send people here. No matter monks or ordinary people, all practitioners All practitioners must pass the examination and obtain the formal medical qualifications recognized by the state before they can treat patients. It is not just anyone who learns two hands and raises a banner to treat diseases for others. It is also necessary to put an end to burning incense and eating ashes, talisman paper and alchemy. The law of harming people. If you have the qualifications to practice medicine, you will only be liable for compensation if you have a medical accident. If you have no medical qualifications, the injury is the same as the injury, and the death is the murder. Delay in treatment or chronic poisoning will be investigated according to the law. Killing pays for life .”

One monk and one felt the pressure suddenly, but they had to cope. After all, what the king of Chu said was right, and they couldn't find a reason to refute it.

"You don't charge for medicine and medicine, and the public will see real benefits. Not only will they trust you more, but voluntary donations will also be more enthusiastic. Of course, I will not just ask but not give benefits. The land under the name of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples Taxes are still exempted, and the imperial court will also consider subsidies in remote areas or temples with poor incense.” The King of Chu pulled a newspaper, “You can also publish religious publications, instead of publishing them every day, you can publish one issue every month or half a month. The imperial court does not interfere with the content, but will supervise and review according to law."

This is conducive to preaching the teachings, and the monks nodded in agreement.

Mu Ci looked at Master Zhengyi again, and said, "You guys are really good at chemistry, and you have made a lot of interesting and good things." He took out a small square wooden box, and took out a stick wrapped in black at one end. Little stick, wiped the side of the wooden box with the black stone embedded...

"Boom..." Sparks ignited.

This way of ignition was miraculous to the ancients.

Mu Ci handed this early match to Zheng Tianshi, and said, "This is called self-fire, also known as match, and it has applied for patent protection, and the inventor is your second disciple."

Mentioning the second disciple, Master Zhengyi looked proud.The little disciple Kong Chanyi trembled all over his body, but no one paid attention to it, and he just ignored it when he saw it.

Mu Ci continued to say to Master Zhengyi: "The inventor is not willing to sell me the technology, and I can't force it. He is from your Taoism, you can talk to him about cooperation. In the future, if you invent this kind of convenience, the people will not waver I allow you to specialize in Guoji's livelihood products, so you don't need to be cheated." Mu Ci rarely joked, "If I want it, I have to buy it from you."

Zheng Tianshi hurriedly declined: "How can His Highness spend money, my disciple is young and ignorant, this technique..."

Mu Ci waved his hand to interrupt him: "He has patent protection, I have to take the lead in abiding by the rules."

Zheng Tianshi knew the character of the king of Chu, so he didn't say any more, and smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and glanced proudly at Monk Ji En.

After the negotiation is settled, several parties sign a preliminary agreement and set the charter, and other details are gradually perfected in the implementation.

Everyone left, Le Shu packed up the materials, and Mou Yu, who had finished processing Ye Xingwei's official documents, asked Mu Ci: "That empty Zen robe, despite his young age, has a lot of eyes and a lot of jealousy. You deliberately mentioned his second senior brother, is there any reason?" What's the meaning?"

Mu Ci ate some snacks, and said casually: "Zhengyi loves him the most, but he doesn't know that pampering is easy to spoil people. You keep an eye on him, the patent regulations are newly introduced, and there are still a few typical cases. I have to let everyone know what it is. rule."

Le Shu softened his heart: "He is just young and ignorant."

"If you're a minor, find a guardian to take responsibility." Mu Ci patted her crumbs.

Mou Yu nodded, and lit a row of wax for Lao Dao Xiao Dao——If you don’t know how to behave, His Highness the King of Chu will teach you to be a man again in minutes!

……

When it was almost time for dinner, Qi Yan came over to report: "President Mei can't come for dinner. I heard that Marquis Chengen Meixian is celebrating her birthday today. It's not good for President Mei not to show his face. He didn't go to the dinner at noon. The family banquet in the evening have to go back."

Mu Ci never stopped Mei Rong from doing anything, and only asked Qi Yan: "You are responsible for the daily rituals in the mansion, have you given me a birthday gift from the Mei Mansion?"

Qi Yan replied: "I asked Mr. Mei, and Mr. Mei said that there is no need to spend money, but the Mei family will send gifts during the New Year's Eve. The so-called reciprocity, I prepared a regular gift that is not thick and not thin."

"Well, it's good to do it this way." Mu Ci said, she didn't look at the Mei family differently because of Mei Rong's relationship, and ordered, "Send Cang Yu to replace Le Shou, and follow him every step of the way. Let Xinghai ask him if he has any There is no Mei family tree, and Ms. Sophie has no concubine documents or deeds. Also ask the dining room to prepare some digestible food, and wait for Xinghai to come back for supper."

Qi Yan complied.

……

Cheng'en Hou Mei's Mansion is on the east side of the First Ring Road, not far from Chu Wang's Mansion.Mei Rong walked over directly, accompanied by fifty guards in brocade clothes, it could be said that she was not ostentatious.

Because Meirong's waist is the prince's jade, she has a third-rank title, is an official of the Chu Palace, and has an official position in the Privy Council of the imperial court.Unless the Mei family's brain is broken, they dare not let him go through the back door, and open the front door to welcome him.

The concierge was very polite to Mei Rong, he said "Three Young Masters" one by one, and showed great courtesy to the guard behind Jin Yi.These people are used to watching people order dishes, Mei Rong laughed, but she didn't care about this kind of people, she turned her head and said to Cang Yu behind her: "You say that I am called 'fox fake tiger power'?"

Cang Yu didn't know how to joke, and said with a cold and serious face: "You rely on your real skills, and you are not mediocre if you don't rely on Your Highness."

Mei Rong patted Cang Yu's shoulder with a smile: "Who says you can't speak, I like to hear the truth." Then she lifted her clothes and walked into Cheng'enhou's mansion from the main entrance.

The second eldest, Mei Su, greeted him from behind the door. He was weak and sick since he was a child and had no sense of existence.

This arrangement shows all the twists and turns of the aristocratic family. Some people seem to value Mei Rong when they are greeted, but if they are not greeted outside, it makes people feel that Mei Rong is in a hurry to curry favor.The candidate is also good, and the boss is not allowed to come out, lest the first meeting will be full of gunpowder and drive him away.

Mei Rong knew it well, she smiled indifferently, greeted her second brother, and entered the main hall of Mei's house.Or lead him directly to the main table, and sit with Mei Xian, Mei Huan and a few uncles.

The fifty Jin Yiwei who followed naturally received extremely high standards of treatment, but Cang Yu didn't go to eat. The notorious ghost-faced instructor of the Chu Palace stood behind Mei Rong with a half face that looked like a ghost...

The head of the Mei family suddenly felt the wind blowing...

"I'm sorry, our lord has strict rules, and we can't leave people around." Mei Rong explained, making everyone vomit blood.He just pretended that he didn't see the discomfort of his father, brothers and uncles, and sat down next to his second brother with a big knife and a golden horse, very comfortable.

Since it was the King of Chu's order, of course the Mei family couldn't comment.Mei Xian couldn't help but cleared his throat, and with the majesty of the head of the family, he said: "The auspicious time has come, let's have a feast."

Empress Mei didn't leave the palace, because Mei Xian didn't have a full birthday, and Empress Mei was unable to move around during the month, so she only brought a generous birthday present.

Everyone opened the table and took their chopsticks to eat.

But at the main table, Mei Xian stretched his face, Mei Huan's face was ugly, and the uncles were awkward and cramped... The most important thing was that although the dishes were good, the cooking skills were mediocre.Even if Mei Rong was on a business trip, she was accompanied by the chef of Prince Chu's mansion, her appetite was spoiled and she couldn't eat.

No matter whether she was full or not, Mei Rong couldn't leave, so she was taken to the study by Mei Xian.

"Sit!" Mei Xian said.

In the past, Mei Rong could only stand in the study, but now his father asked him to sit down and served tea.

Mei Rong didn't even find it interesting to sigh, so she sat down calmly.Cang Yu remained loyal to his duty and stood behind.Mei Xian winked at Mei Rong several times, but Mei Rong just pretended not to see it.

Is Mei Xian really afraid to open his mouth to order someone from Chu Palace, or this murderer... He can only accept the reality, and try his best to ask kindly: "How are you doing in Chu Palace? How does Chu King treat you?"

"It's pretty good." Mei Rong was perfunctory, obviously not going to elaborate.

"Well, do it well!" Mei Xian said dryly, looking at this troubled son, he didn't know what to say.

He has always been dissatisfied and picky about this child, but in the end, this child is the most promising. Even Queen Mei in the palace relies on him to have a good life.

But this child is also the most disobedient.

The child grew up in an area where the barbarians gathered. He was stubborn and wild since he was a child.When he was a child, he was beaten by hand, and he was punished by copying the family law and kneeling in the ancestral hall. He couldn't accept his temper, and he was like a runaway little wild horse.Fortunately, the eldest daughter, Mei Yi, found a way to subdue his temperament... At least on the surface, it can be seen.

When the child was 12 years old, he had a big fight with his father because he opposed Mei Yi's becoming a concubine, and left home angrily to go to sea. Since then, he rarely went ashore.In the great fortune of putting filial piety first, I have never seen such a son.

But today Mei Xian is not looking for his son to settle accounts, but has a serious business.

Mei Xian said: "You have entered the Chu Palace and become an official again, so you really don't plan to take care of the family's fleet at all?"

"This is too strange. Didn't the eldest brother take over? At that time, a document was issued. The Mei family fleet has nothing to do with me. I am not allowed to interfere in the slightest."

"Where is your eldest brother supposed to be a sea merchant?" Mei Xian sighed.

He and his eldest son had long thought of taking back the fleet, but the fleet was created by Mei Rong, and they couldn't intervene.Later, Mei Rong voluntarily gave up and didn't want anything, and everyone in the Mei family seemed to be happy.Especially those relatives who always whispered in Mei Xian's ears that "people who are not of my race must have different hearts" are even more happy during the festival.

When I actually received it, I realized that I don’t know how to manage it at all...

Mei Xian sighed again: "After you left, all your people followed you. Most of the current fleet are newbies who don't know how to operate. It seems that there are so many ships, but they are actually empty shells."

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Mei Rong frowned, with an angry expression on her face, "Is this alluding to me emptying out the Mei family's fleet?"

Just as Mei Xian was about to speak, Mei Rong interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "I consider myself a kind person, but I am not someone who can be slandered casually. Since you mentioned this matter today, let's break it down. Back then, I went to sea to do business. , I didn’t get a penny from my family, but borrowed funds from my uncle. Later, when the fleet grew, Mei Jiafei said that "undivided children do not buy private property" and used the fleet as public property. However, I was to blame for the dumbness. Later, the accountant sent by you to manage the money for the fleet, did I take any money for myself?"

Mei Xian couldn't say anything to refute, Mei Rong's bookkeeping was so beautiful.

"No way!" Mei Rong sneered, "I give you all the profits every year. I only have a little pocket money in my hand, and you know it best. I never know how much it costs to go around the ceremony. It's all because of you." In the name of Chengenhou Meixian, no one will accept my affection. Later, the Red Clothes Dashi invaded, and the [-] good boats were also offered by you. I was injured on duty and rested by the King of Chu for three months. I took back the fleet in a hurry. Okay, I don’t have time to worry about going ashore, so I’ll give it to you. But you still asked me for my charts and starfish disks. These things are worth the lives of maritime merchants. I still gave it. You also sealed up the goods and funds first, and I didn’t take any of them. You didn’t even allow me to take any clothes, for fear of keeping them privately. I was wearing clothes given by the king of Chu. Call a naked person and leave the house."

Although most of them were made by Mei Huan, Mei Xian didn't know about it, she blushed a little at this moment, and said forcefully: "You still have the Sea God Army..."

"What do you mean? The military law stipulates that spoils of war cannot be kept privately and must be confiscated. Those who know say that you are hiding something privately, but those who don't know think that you, a father, coaxed me to defy the military law and die." With the hat buttoned, Mei Xian didn't dare to answer.

"Let's talk about it again, what do you mean by 'all your people have followed you'?" Mei Rong's face was already very ugly, "Other than the veteran of the fleet, I took away one Li San, and I didn't move anyone else. Send it yourself. After taking over the Mei family, I took over the confidential position as soon as I took over. I was afraid that my original staff would be dissatisfied. You think that everyone in the world is as good-tempered as I am, so let you handle it? Those people were suppressed and pushed away. It’s also reasonable to seek another job. We can’t wait for the family to drink the northwest wind and starve to death? It’s just a coincidence that our prince opened Jiugui Port in the fief and recruited people to build a fleet. Those people are all me. acquaintances, who do I use if I don’t use them?”

Mei Xian: ...

I can’t tell you how hard it is, really, it sounds... well, in fact, what Mei Rong said was true, he didn’t bring anything, no money, no one, he left the house and followed the King of Chu .But what did the Mei family get in the end?Hundreds of broken ships, some novices, naturally messed up, only less than a year, and Mei Xian didn't even dare to look at the loss accounts.

"I'm not afraid to tell anyone these words, but I'm afraid you won't dare to spread them everywhere." Mei Rong must be persistent and must speak clearly, "Businessmen value credibility the most. If I hear any of you slander me and influence me It will affect the reputation of our lord... Now that the commercial law has revised new regulations, I don't mind tearing up this face at all, committing the crime of unfilial piety, and suing your Mei family to the government."

Mei Xian: ...

Mei Rong waved a big stick and decided to give a sweet date: "But after all, we are a family, so it's not impossible to ask me to take care of the fleet..."

Putting everything first, Mei Xian ignored his old face and said with a smile: "It's best if you take care of it."

Mei Rong curled her lips into a smile, and said: "I won't tell you anything false, just say our lord, hire me to be the business prime minister of the palace, and I will take care of all the industries under the palace that involve the word 'business', except for the generous annual salary. In addition to bonuses, all industries will give me [-]% dividends, and [-]% for excess profits. As long as I am interested in any affiliated companies and projects, I will give me corresponding shares even if I don’t do anything, and wait for dividends every year. .”

Mei Xian looked terrified!

What did he hear?Almost all industries under the King of Chu are involved in "business"!So... the big Buddha sitting in front of him is the richest person in the world, except for the King of Chu! !

"Tell me, if I take over the non-performing assets of the Mei family, how much do you plan to give me?" Mei Rong said with a look of "I'm now hundreds of millions every minute, and I don't even bother to pinch my eyelids if I lose it." expression.