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The so-called Taichang Temple and Honglu Temple are not temples, but official offices of the imperial court.

There are six ministries and nine temples in the court, which are often referred to as six ministries and nine ministers.The Six Ministries of Central Government are the main body and the Nine Temples are the auxiliary ones. The two are parallel and complementary to each other.Mu Tingxue serves as the Minister of Household Affairs, one of the six departments.

The nine temples include: Dali Temple, Guanglu Temple, Honglu Temple, Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, Sinong Temple, Taifu Temple, Weiwei Temple, and Zongzheng Temple.

Therefore, to receive an empty salary in these high-level official offices is, at best, a sign that the late emperor was lenient to the monks; at worst, it means contempt for exceeding the stipulations and breaking laws and disciplines!

Queen Mother Yan saw that her daughter had to lay off more than 200 employees at one time, which was not a small number.

If not handled well, it can easily cause major turmoil.

According to the rules, such a big move should be discussed by the court!

In modern terms, this court meeting is almost equivalent to calling together the company's directors, major shareholders, and senior executives to hold a board of directors and vote on major decisions.

"It's a matter of great interest, so I'm ordering the regent, Zhongshu Sheng, Menxia Sheng, Shangshu Sheng, and officials from the Six Ministries and Jiuqing Hall to come to the palace for discussion!"

When the high officials of the court heard the news, they immediately came to the Council Hall.

Most of them have worried faces and anxious hearts.

The most unhappy one is Li Jing, the Minister of Rites. The eldest princess killed the old princess Qinling in Baidi City and brought down a second-rank local governor. As soon as she returned to Beijing, there was another violent storm. , rushed towards his Ministry of Etiquette with all his face!

"A woman has many things to do, and those two hundred monks and officials don't know what they are doing to her."

Li Jing and Li Fan walked side by side and walked up the [-] marble steps in front of the Yizheng Hall.

These two are brothers.

They don't have the same father, and they are more than ten years apart in age, but that doesn't stop them from having a good relationship and being die-hard political allies.

Li Fan said solemnly: "Be careful what you say, and be careful when sailing a ten thousand year ship."

Li Jing was hot-tempered and impatient, far less cautious than his brother Cong. Now he was full of anger. He lowered his voice and cursed angrily: "Xie Qingyuan is bad, extremely bad! If Li Taifei's prince is still alive, How could it be her turn? The concubine was kind-hearted and dedicated to practicing Buddhism. Her child died young and she was not allowed to leave the palace. Yudi just sent people to visit the Eight Great Buddha Mountains a few times a year to offer incense and pray for her. It was such a trivial matter. The eldest princess still wants to make a fuss and lay off all the monks and officials. In my opinion, she just doesn’t want to make things easier for the concubine!"

Li Fan is not depressed.

Concubine Li was his biological sister, and her life was miserable.When he was young, he didn't have the Sacred Heart, and he was far less favored than Yan Ya in the harem. Later, he finally got a prince, and thought he could turn around, but the little prince's body was floating in the Taiye Pond in the garden.

Although Congdi Lijing has a bad temper, his words are reasonable.If the little prince were alive, he would really have nothing to do with the eldest princess and nothing to do with Xie Xuanchen.

The person sitting on the throne at this moment should be the emperor who has the blood of Li Jia, the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother Li, and the most powerful minister in charge of the government should be his uncle!Not that damn Yan Yang.

"It is indeed too diligent to offer incense on a large scale once in March. I heard that people were killed when they dismissed tourists. Let's ignore it. When we enter the temple later, we should speak slowly and slowly."

Li Fan was cautious and prudent, so he patted Li Jing's shoulder, fearing that his youthful arrogance would cause trouble, "Those two hundred monk officials are not in your Ministry of Etiquette, so try to find a way to remove yourself."

Li Jing is less than 30 years old.

His official qualifications are still young and he is not very calm.

Obviously, he did not listen to Shangshu Zuopu Sheli Fan's advice to him to "be wise and protect yourself".

Council Hall.

The regent, Yan Yang of Shangzhu Kingdom, ascended the throne of Danchi together with the puppet emperor Xie Xuanchen in full view of everyone.

This is very transgressive.

But no one dared to say anything.

Xie Xuanchen sat on the dragon chair, and the regent also had a chair slightly to the side and in front.

"Concerning the reduction of monks and redundant officials, what do you think?"

Xie Xuanchen started talking and stared directly at Mu Tingxue, "The emperor's sister is the one who prepared the book. The emperor's sister said it first."

Mu Tingxue said just eight words: "The national treasury is empty, increase revenue and reduce expenditure."

Concise and concise.

"Increase revenue and reduce expenditure? In my opinion, this money cannot be saved."

Li Jing couldn't hold himself any longer and raised his wat to go out: "Your Highness, the eldest princess, you know that the Dharma is boundless, Cihang is universal, and monks and officials offer incense and pray for the royal family. This is a rule established by the late emperor and cannot be easily abolished."

"That's right! The late emperor has only been dead for a few years, so the eldest princess doesn't pay attention to the decrees of his reign? Laying off so many people at once will cause big trouble."

"Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, is as rich as any country. Do you need to save this little salary?"

Officials from the Ministry of Etiquette, one after another, started to criticize me one after another.

The regent's unfathomable gaze swept over like a sharp sword: "The salary that these two hundred and seven monks and officials receive on weekdays comes from the Taicang Silver of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which belongs to the national treasury expenditure. The eldest princess has compassion on the people of the world and serves privately. Do you think that the treasury spent money to provide disaster relief? Do you think that she owes you what she owes you, and you should continue to take money from the private treasury to fill the fiscal deficit of the Ministry of Accounts and support those worms who are not doing their jobs?!"

The noisy hall suddenly became quiet.

The officials in the Ministry of Rites lowered their heads one by one and became like turtles with shrinking heads.

The regent was so intimidating that they did not dare to argue with this arbitrary and domineering official in court. The main reason was that they could not argue.

When Li Jing saw his younger brother, he stopped rushing. He became more and more angry, and he simply gave up and said loudly: "What are moths? Are the monks and officials offering incense and praying on behalf of the royal family not for the protection of Bodhisattvas, nor for the common people of the country?"

Mu Tingxue simply pointed it out and said: "Sir Li, how can you talk so freely? In the name of carrying out errands for the royal family, the incense-offering team used officers and soldiers to violently clear the place wherever it passed. This year, there were two in Bodhi Mountain alone. One tourist died and seven were injured; the total number of casualties in Wuliang Mountain, Guichan Mountain, Hualin Mountain, Emei Mountain, Qingyun Mountain, and Ganquan Mountain reached 40. Can this also be called for the common people of Sheji?"

Li Jing's heart tightened and his momentum weakened obviously: "I'm just maintaining order. It's inevitable that I'll have conflicts with some unruly people..."

"If the incense-promoting team does something like this, the impact will be extremely bad!"

Mu Tingxue interrupted him, "What kind of monks are you? Since you have become a monk and have nothing in the world, why can't you let go of power and be greedy for official positions? Why do you order local officials to pay tribute to incense and money wherever you go? They are all a bunch of bad deeds! "

Li Jing was horrified: "This... incense money? I don't know about this."

hateful.

Which department goes out on business and doesn't make some gray income? It's something that everyone knows very well. It's too much for you to say it openly.

Mu Tingxue stared at him with a half-smile but not a smile: "Master Li, I don't know what's in his mouth, but his intestines are clear."

Li Jing was extremely angry.

This was equivalent to him being slapped in the face by the eldest princess and losing all his face.

After he was promoted to Minister of Rites, he discovered that the incense-offering team could earn "incense money" from the tribute under the banner of the royal family.Fishing once a year was not enough, so we changed it to fishing once every three months.

"Master Zhu, the head of the Ministry of Etiquette, is responsible for the incense-offering procession."

At this point, he could only find someone to take the blame and shift the responsibility to his subordinates.

Empress Dowager Yan said angrily: "Go to Dali Temple and immediately investigate thoroughly the case of the incense-promoting team disturbing the people and asking for bribes!"

She will deal with it strictly.

Because the person involved in the case is a person who left the party.Even if only a few heads of the Xiami Etiquette Department could be arrested, it would still be enough to give them a warning to leave the party.

Mu Tingxue didn't expect to be able to defeat a minister-level middle boss with this incident. She had only one goal - to lay off employees!

The true face of the incense-promoting team was revealed.

Li Jing, the Minister of Rites, had nothing to say, no matter how high-sounding he said. The important ministers who came to the court to discuss the matter discussed it a lot, and more than two-thirds were convinced.

The right servant of Shangshu Province, She Yanxi, walked out of the office and said: "These two hundred and seven temporary monks and officials in Honglu Temple and Taichang Temple have ruined the country for their own selfish desires. They should be dismissed immediately and investigated!"

Yang Shizhong, an elderly man from Menxia Province, stroked three long locks of his beard: "The 40 taels for the Woye River Water Transport Project have not yet been delivered. The governor of the river has sent three reminders to the court to urge her. Her Royal Highness, the Princess, is in charge of the finances and it is difficult to handle it." , it is very reasonable to increase revenue, reduce expenditure and cut redundant staff."

Only Zhongshu Province remained silent.The position of Zhongshu Ling is vacant.

The waiter of Zhongshu talked about Mr. Hou, who was Li's son-in-law. He saw that Zuo Pu shot Li Fan and kept silent, so he also kept silent.

Mr. Tan's feelings for the eldest princess are rather complicated. First, there is no doubt that their camps are on opposite sides. Second, Duke Jingyu told him that the Condensing Cang Jade is in the eldest princess, which represents the "miraculous doctor" that he admires very much. The "talented girl" is not Nangong Qianqian at all, but Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!

Hey, actually he didn't want to confront the eldest princess.

At this point, the court discussion has come to an end.

The minority obeys the majority.