After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Su Yonglin issued an order to prevent monks from doing business, and the land of the temple was also measured and reviewed, and only enough money for the monks in the temple was retained, and the rest were all assigned to the surrounding collective farms.

In addition, the temple land must also be paid with the same amount of taxes, so that it can be recognized and protected by the court.

For all monks, the court set up the Xuanzheng Department under the Ministry of Civil Affairs to manage it, and issued new certificates to regulate their identities. Every monk must leave a preparatory case within the Xuanzheng Department.

Not only that, out of concern for the study of Buddhism, the court also ordered the establishment of a three-year Buddhist examination. Monks who fail the examination will require returning to secular life and are not allowed to regard themselves as monks.

If you can’t even pass the Buddhist exam, what kind of monk is you?

So to now, the once ordinary Daxiangguo Temple has once again shined with the glory of profound Buddhist teachings. Monks of all sizes eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name every day, study Buddhism carefully, and are full of energy.

As a major scenic spot in Kaifeng Prefecture, Daxiangguo Temple has attracted the interest of countless business tourists and made them come to visit one after another. This has led to a very prosperous commercial street around Daxiangguo Temple, benefiting the people.

Such a wonderful thing must of course be added to the cake, so that the Daxiangguo Temple will add another monk, make the abbot and the masters more profound, accelerate the promotion of Buddhist exchanges in different regions, and promote the further development of Buddhism in the Central Plains.

The Duan family's disposal was so easy to determine, and Duan Zhixing had no objection to this.

It is also unlucky for this guy to be supported by powerful ministers of the Gao family to ascend the throne, before he could do anything, he was told that he had become the spiritual banner of the rebels and reason for the uprising.

The rebels, holding their own banner and in their own name, claimed to destroy the powerful ministers of the Gao clan of the Ming Dynasty, expel the power of the Ming Dynasty, and return the regime to themselves.

This offended Ming Kingdom to death, and gave Dali's sect leader Ming Kingdom an excuse to send troops.

To be honest, when Gao Shouchang reported this matter to Duan Zhixing, Duan Zhixing was almost scared and died on the spot. Fortunately, Gao Shouchang knew that Duan Zhixing did not have the ability to cooperate with the outside world, and it is likely that the rebels were doing things themselves for the sake of justice.

But no matter what, Duan Zhixing was also very upset when he saw himself becoming a knife in the hands of others. Duan Zhixing was still happy when the Ming army pressed the reactionary coalition to the ground to rub.

Although he was a little sad about the fact that he would always accompany his ancient Buddha in the future, he did not feel uncomfortable considering that he could spend his whole life carefree in the future.

Anyway, becoming a monk is also a traditional skill of the Duan family. It is just to carry forward the traditional skills, so it is not embarrassing.

I just don’t know if he could eat meat normally if he wanted to eat meat. If he couldn’t eat meat normally and could only eat vegetarian food, he would feel very uncomfortable.

The Duan family's affairs were resolved, and Xu Tong patroled Dali City again, listened to Gao Shouchang reporting military affairs to him, learned about the internal and external relations of Dali from many sources, and learned about the threats of external forces in the southern and western regions of Dali.

Because the next step of Ming Dynasty's border guarding needs will naturally be aimed at these countries.

According to Gao Shouchang's report, Xu Tong learned that there are two main external threats in Dali, one is the Bagan Kingdom located in the western part of Dali, and the other is the Zhenla Kingdom located in the southern part of Dali.

Both countries have nominal unified regimes and powerful factions entrenched in the local area. As local tyrants, their strength cannot be underestimated, and there is still something to be said.

Xu Tong was not worried about Zhenla Kingdom because he knew very well that part of the reason why the two Ming corps were stationed in Lingnan was for this Zhenla Kingdom. They had been preparing for it for a long time and did not need the Eighth Corps led by Xu Tong to worry about it.

As for the Bagan Kingdom, that is the source of the main military threat Xu Tong will face in the future.

Unlike the Zhenla Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty and the Bagan Kingdom had no formal official exchanges, or there were no formal official exchanges with the Song Dynasty. There were only some private business exchanges, and they just made money by doing business together.

For the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to a strange country without establishing diplomatic relations.

Xu Tong didn't know whether this country adhered to a policy of peaceful diplomacy or was not good at it and liked to fight. However, according to Dali, Bagan was replaced by a new king ascended the throne last year because of the death of the old king. It is unlikely that he would be hostile to the Ming Dynasty under the current state.

Unless the Ming Dynasty decides to attack them.

The Ming Dynasty was not a war maniac, so why did it attack them?

Xu Tong knew that the Ming Dynasty had no idea of ​​further conquering the south.

Holding on to Dali Country, establishing Dali Province, controlling this trade route in your hands, and further opening up the way for Sichuan and Sichuan handicraft products to the south. This is all the current thoughts of the Ming Dynasty.

As for what will happen after the Bagan Kingdom and what the central government has, Xu Tong is not clear about.

He felt that in the next period of time, the Ming Dynasty's external conquests would still be non-mainstream, and internal reforms would be the real mainstream.

The war can come to an end, and the most important thing is to be able to straighten out internal issues.

When he returned to Sichuan, Zhao Yucheng told him that Su Yonglin was very dissatisfied with the attitudes of some people at the current high-level court, and felt that they had begun to deviate from everyone's original ideals and had the intention of a feudal master.

What Su Yonglin wanted to do was to correct this unhealthy trend, to deal with these people to a certain extent, and to complete what he said about the tutoring and enter a constitutional state.

Xu Tong knew little about this. Before he could learn it, he planned to learn about Su Yonglin's constitutional philosophy after the military affairs in Dali came to an end and see what is worthy of Su Yonglin's such a great war.

Because the Ming army was too full of martial ethics, the rebellion that occurred in Dali was resolved in less than a month. Xu Tong led 40,000 troops to easily resolve the reactionary coalition in Dali, and uprooted them all and wiped them out as a whole.

He then reported to the Central Committee, handed over the follow-up task of governing Dali to the Central Committee, asked the Central Committee about his views on the Bagan Kingdom, and submitted his latest garrison report.

He believed that the Bagan State should mainly adopt diplomatic measures and first explore the Bagan State's views on the Ming Dynasty. If the other party is willing to be a vassal state, it would be best if it eliminates the war and saves some funds to build Dali.

Although Xu Tong was a general, he had a political vision and realized that war is the continuation of politics and the ultimate expression of politics. Although there are contradictions, as long as there is a political solution, war should not be used as a final solution.

When the cannon fires, the people's lives will not be unaffected, which will further affect the normal construction in the country.

This has been happening continuously over the past decade. However, people at that time were accustomed to war years and were willing to rely on war to maintain peace. They did not feel that it was very difficult to be fully mobilized to become civilians and then provide logistics for the army's transportation volume.

Xu Tong is still very sensible.

In his military state address to the Central Committee a few years ago, he suggested that people over 20 years old still remember the hardships they had back then, so they are generally able to endure hardships and are willing to suffer for a better life and have strong patience.

But it is different for people under the age of 20, especially teenagers. They generally have a lower ability to bear suffering, like peace and stability, do not like the hard life during war, and will care more about their quality of life.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty should be more cautious about launching foreign wars to avoid making the people disgusted.
Chapter completed!