In the Political Affairs Hall, Xu Ping and Zhang Dexiang looked through the official documents from Shazhou and discussed the situation there.

The Translation and Translation Court was established during the Taiping Xingguo period, and later changed its name to the Chuanfa Court. During the Tianxi period, the system was formed by the prime minister and the translation of scriptures and Runwen envoys. At this time, the Zhongshu was the person who was nominally close to Buddhism. Xu Ping intended to set up a system of governing religions in the Zhongshu, and discussed many things about Buddhism with Zhang Dexiang.

The Buddhist management system in Shazhou has been roughly clear, with monks in charge of Buddhist affairs and commanding all temples in several nearby states. If small temples can be merged, they will be merged. If they cannot be merged, they will be named under the names of the temples in the temples in the temples in the temples in the temples in the temples in the temples in the temples in the name of the temples in the temples in the name of the temples in the temples, they are nominally the dispatching agency of the temples in the temples. All Buddhist clubs in the folk will be cancelled and merit books are established in each temple. The believers will transfer from the temples to the merit books.

After discussing for a long time, Xu Ping straightened his waist, stretched his muscles and said, "Now the state system has been established, but how to manage it by the court is still necessary to discuss it again. There is no hurry to do this, you can explore it slowly."

Zhang Dexiang said: "Now the jurisdiction of each state is under the jurisdiction of the government, there is no major problem. Buddhist affairs are not urgently handled by the world, and it seems that there is no need for the court to take charge of them."

Xu Ping shook his head: "Now that the system is established, it is naturally good. Over time, there will be disadvantages. For example, each temple tries to use the system of the ten directions of abbots. If the abbots are replaced, the prefecture will decide the candidates after the temple is recommended. Over time, the abbots will inevitably be controlled by the prefecture. Over time, the abbots of the temple will be controlled by the prefecture. Over time, the prefecture officials will not be familiar with political affairs, and this authority will be moved to the subordinate officials. If the officials are greedy for profit, the candidates will inevitably not be able to convince the monks, and the system of the ten directions of abbots will not be maintained."

Zhang Dexiang nodded and said nothing.

Zhang Dexiang always felt that Xu Ping was too worried about these things. Every time a system was established, he would inevitably ask what harm would be in the future, and he would change it if the time was up to the future. If the system was established, as long as it was implemented, there would be no disadvantages of all kinds. The system was difficult to maintain, and most of them were chosen by non-humans.

Xu Ping doesn't think so. The system is difficult to maintain, because there are reasons why some people choose inappropriate choices, and the system itself transforms the system implementers. As long as it is a collective, most of them will initially establish some simple systems to restrain the behavior of the people and safeguard the collective interests. During the implementation of the system, various initially unexpected situations will occur, and the system will be constantly improved. With the improvement of the system, one day it will eventually become contrary to the original intention of the first time, and the nature of the entire collective will change.

People are transforming systems, and systems are also transforming people, and eventually a situation that will be unrecognizable to their original wishes. It is often said that they do not forget their original intentions. In fact, as people and systems continue to transform each other, it is useless to not forget their original intentions. It is difficult to survive in a changed collective based on their original intentions. If they want to have the original intention, the system will inevitably change, or even sway back and forth. How to constantly correct the system and establish the credit of the regime is to govern skills. Keep the system unchanged and gain the trust of the people in the world, and ultimately lose the credit of the regime.

With the end of manpower, Xu Ping can't care what will happen in a hundred years. He can only do his own efforts to list the advantages and disadvantages of each system. Why is this system established at this time and adopt this policy to solve what problems it will create and what new problems it will be written for future generations to refer to. Solving practical problems is a merit, and establishing a system is not a virtue. Don't allow others to change their own systems and force merits, most of them will be despised by future generations.

Seeing that Zhang Dexiang did not understand, Xu Ping said: "If the prefectures and counties are used as blocks and the court does not mention them in terms, it will be feudal and all the power is in the local area. The harm of feudalism was discussed by the predecessors in detail. A place of feudalism will never be owned by the court. A thing of feudalism will eventually be beyond the reach of the court. This is a political, economic and structural basis, and it is indispensable."

Only by establishing strips from top to bottom can local blocks be broken, and the combination of strips can we consolidate the rule. Now, except for the three monks and sects, local Buddhist affairs are managed by the prefecture and county officials. Without support from the top, local Buddhist temples cannot confront the prefecture and county governments, and will gradually lose their vitality. This is what we need to do later, and there is no hurry now.

Yan Shu walked over from one side and said, "Is what Zhao Wen Xianggong said? If the court has no grasp, it will be difficult to take action on local affairs. It is impossible to control local officials alone. If the governor is doing the rest of the affairs of a place, it is contrary to the court in terms of Buddhist affairs. Is this person not changing? If the people are not happy, it is difficult to do it without changing the government."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "What the Minister of the Shiguan said is that the word "handle" is very good! The court ruled the world, and it must have its own handle, otherwise there will be no way to do anything. It is not just Buddhist affairs, but other political affairs are the same. They should have the national handle in the hands of the court!"

Xu Ping has always emphasized the combination of segments and blocks, which is actually mainly aimed at local governments and courts. Yan Shu used the word "handle", and the scope was expanded to all political affairs. If the court wants to manage politics, it must have a commander in his hands to control the world. Without this command, it will be easy to escape from the control of the court, and he will be powerless to see the chaos come out.

Zhang Dexiang is cautious, doesn't talk much, and doesn't take enough attention in politics. He is not very interested in what Xu Ping and Yan Shu said, so he changed the topic after a few words.

After the King of Xiping and the Monklusi were established, the two most important states in Guasha in the northwest were stabilized. Most of them were Han people, and even if there were Hu people, they had already been sinicized. As long as there were no chaos in Buddhism, everything would go smoothly.

After the destruction of Dangxiang, there was no major force in the surrounding areas of Hexi and the Western Regions. The Xizhou Uighurs bordering Shazhou were the Gaochang Uighurs. During the Taiping Xingguo period, they actively approached the Central Plains dynasty and actively called themselves the nephew-sired king, which continued their relationship with the nephew-uncle during the Tang Dynasty. However, the failure of Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty's northern expedition affected the tendency of the countries in the Western Regions, and then they began to move closer to the Khitan. During the Dazhong Xiangfu period, Yelu Huage was ordered to conquer the rebellious vassals and attacked the Gaochang people they met. Although the Khitans returned the capture and punished Yelu Huage, their relationship with the Gaochang Uighurs still cooled down.

As the news of the Song army conquered Dangxiang and defeating the Khitan spread in the Western Regions, they became obviously enthusiastic about the Central Plains dynasty. Not only the Uighurs in Xizhou, but also the Yellow-headed Uighurs and the Karakhanate also sent envoys to Suzhou to meet Han Qi and wanted to send envoys to pay tribute.

The Song Dynasty did not have much obstacle to the reconstruction of the order of vassal states in the Western Regions. The court made it clear that the army would no longer advance westward, and that the stop in Suzhou would also make these local governments feel at ease. Guasha and the two states only set up the inspection department of the capital and did not station the army, which was a sign of the attitude of stopping expansion.

The so-called greed cannot be eaten. After the Anshi Rebellion, all the barriers of the Central Plains dynasty were lost. The Song Dynasty was indeed unable to expand on a large scale. Now it can only concentrate its efforts to deal with the Khitan in the north and take back the Yanyun land.
Chapter completed!