In December, people infected with acne appeared in Lulianzhou, Guangdong.

The imperial court ordered the epidemic prevention bureaus of the state governments on Guangdong Road to support Lianzhou, plant pox for all the people in Lianzhou, and prevent pox from spreading in Lianzhou.

After Chao Yong's invention of cowpox proved its efficacy, Chao Gai ordered all state capitals to establish epidemic prevention bureaus to artificially spread cowpox, cultivate vaccinia seedlings, and at the same time plant pox for the people. However, due to the restrictions of doctors and vaccinia, not everyone has pox.

There are more buffaloes in Guangdong and Guangxi, and everyone originally thought that after Guangdong Road transferred the doctors from the nearby state capitals, they could quickly let all the people in Lianzhou get pox and prevent pox. But the refusal of people in several villages to get pox caused more than 5,000 people to contract pox, and it didn't take long for more than 2,000 people to die.

Chao Gai ordered the local imperial history to carry out an investigation, and finally found that there was a monk who bewitched the people, saying that after planting cowpox, they would be reincarnated as cattle in the next life, causing many people to rather die than get pox.

Chao Yong learned that it was actually a monk who committed a crime, and immediately came to the palace.

Chao Gai also just got the news, his face was pale, and when he saw Chao Yong entering the palace, he couldn't help but say: "It's so ridiculous, if you plant a cowpox and you will be reincarnated into a cow, what will the person who eats beef become in the next life, cow dung?" ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "Those religious fallacies confuse the public, and they often use talismans to cure diseases, and the people who kill them don't know how many. The son asked his father to order the ban on all religions, so as to prevent the recurrence of today's disaster. ”

Chao Gai thought for a while, nodded and said, "We discussed this matter a while ago, but the time was not ripe at that time. If it is unified today, the rule of the imperial court has been solidified, and it is time to implement this. ”

As he spoke, he said to the eunuch who was waiting beside him, "You go and invite the other five Shangshu to come." ”

"Yes."

When the eunuch went for a short time, the five Shangshu came one after another.

After some deliberation, the people decided to ban all religions and destroy all religious buildings and books; confiscation of all religious property; abstinence from religious figures; Those who spread doctrine will not be killed; Those who possess and give alms to religious people will be exiled for 3,000 li.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, on the 17th day of the first month, the imperial court promulgated the regulations prohibiting all religions. At the same time, the officers and soldiers of various prefectures were dispatched to destroy temples, Taoist temples and other religious buildings in their territories, and ordered religious figures to return to the common people, and at the same time confiscated religious property.

Many temples and Taoist temples in Tokyo did not escape, and as soon as the imperial decree was issued, the soldiers and horses in the city surrounded these religious buildings, and all the people were expelled and ordered to return to their hometowns. Although the money is not much, they will not starve to death, and the nursing homes and relief homes have been expanded from the state capital to the counties.

Paying money to confer knighthood and mirror lines made the imperial treasury abundant. Coupled with the bumper harvest in the second year of the Apocalypse, the expansion of the imperial court's nursing homes and Anji homes did not put much pressure on the finances.

Some monks with living bodhisattvas and living immortals went to the palace to ask to see the emperor, but all of them were dispersed by the imperial forest army, ordered to return to the world, and those who refused to return to the world were killed.

Most of the monks and Taoists were scattered when they saw Chao Gai's iron heart, and only some of the monks who were obsessed with ghosts were ready to sacrifice themselves for the gods and Buddhas, and all of them were taken down by the Royal Forest Army and escorted to the vegetable market to ask for beheading.

After killing a dozen monks, no one dared to protest in front of the palace.

Except for a few people in Bianjing City, they shouted for the monks. Most of the people felt that the court was doing well. Since the imperial court set the national policy of destroying all religions, the newspapers have continued to publish religious deceptive spells. Many people have been deceived by religious liars, and after the court exposed those deceptive tricks, most of the people stopped believing in those gods and Buddhas.

If the girder really has a god. It can only be the crown prince, invincible, and invented cowpox, so that the world no longer has to be afraid of acne. It can also make people fly.

Although those gods and Buddhas said that they were omnipotent, when the pox came, his followers could not escape the disease. No matter how pious you are, you won't see the gods and Buddhas appear.

The situation is similar in various places, and after the imperial court newspaper has exposed the deceptive tricks of religion for a long time, the number of religious believers has decreased, and the few remaining believers have not dared to disagree under the deterrence of the imperial court's force.

Some tenacious monks saw that Daliang had no place for religion, so they went to other countries to open up their careers.

A month later, the imperial court summed up the results of the extermination of religions in various state capitals, compiled nearly one million households in various places, confiscated more than 10 million hectares of land, and countless gold and silver artifacts.

The eradication of religion in the imperial court has just begun, and without the restraint of religion, there are bald people who are suspected of having just returned to the vulgar to swagger through the market and spend money in the Qinglou.

Chao Gai ordered that the confiscated bronze Buddhas, bronze bells, gold and silver utensils be used to cast money, iron statues to cast agricultural tools, and the confiscated land was auctioned at the same time.

After the extermination of the religion, the treasury was abundant, and the imperial court announced that the price of salt would be reduced, from 50 wen per catty in the first year of the Apocalypse to 10 wen per catty, and the prices of alum, charcoal, and lamp oil sold by the imperial court were reduced.

In the past, the lamp oil used by the people was vegetable oil or animal fat, after Chao Yong distilled oil to make kerosene and gasoline, the folk lamp oil became kerosene, and the gasoline replaced the original fierce fire oil, which added a financial source to the imperial court, and also added a sharp weapon to the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang.

It can be said that the whole country benefited from the campaign of exterminating religions, and the military and the people carnivaled, but there were also a small number of obsessed religious figures and ordinary people who secretly hid religious figures, and tens of thousands of people were successively dispatched to the frontiers to open up wasteland.

Although the Daxiangguo Temple in Bianjing City was built with splendor, in order to exterminate the religion, Chao Yong still ordered the Daxiangguo Temple to be completely razed. There are dozens of large and small temples and Taoist temples that have been razed in Bianjing City.

The temple has just been razed, there are many people eyeing these lands, although the Liang has just been established for two years, but the world is unified, free from forced labor, light taxes, there is a scene of the world's great governance, and the land in Bianjing City is even more expensive.

Especially after Chao Yong announced the establishment of the aristocratic college, large families from all over the country who paid money and conferred knighthoods poured into Bianjing to buy houses and properties in Bianjing, so as to facilitate their children and grandchildren to study, which directly made the price of houses in Bianjing City roll up.

Some old people in Liangshan who were assigned to the mansion were dazzled by the price shouted by the big families in various places, so they sold their homes. The next day, I could hear another price again, so I could only stomp my feet and complain.

Therefore, after the temple in Bianjing City was razed, several old people from Liangshan came to Chao Gai, hoping to buy these lands from the imperial court to build houses.

It is impossible for Chao Gai's character to ask them for a high price, so he can only order the household to act cheaply.

Jiang Jing, the god operator, pondered for a while, and then came to the Tai Palace.

During this period of time, Chao Yong was formulating the curriculum of the aristocratic academy, and more than fifty princes and more than sixty princesses had been born in the palace, and it would not take a few years. It is necessary to start the enlightenment education.

Chao Yong hopes that when his children grow up, there will be a mature academy, not a grass-roots aristocratic academy, so he wants to establish a noble academy as soon as possible.

Those barons who rushed to enter the noble academy became Chao Yong's experiments, but the grassroots noble academy would not mislead people's children, and the professors that Chao Yong was going to invite were all Confucians. Even if these children of big families are not the children of gentlemen, nine out of ten have no chance to worship these great Confucian disciples. Of course, whether these great Confucians will be swept away by these barons, Chao Yong doesn't know for the time being.

Chao Yong asked the palace people to serve tea to Jiang Jing, and said with a smile: "These days, the household department should be very busy." How can you come to me when you are free? ”

Jiang Jing said with a smile: "If you have nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Palace, after the capital destroyed those temples and Taoist temples, there was a lot of land, and someone found the emperor to buy these lands." I'll see if the prince has anything to use, and if not, I'll let them choose a few, and the rest will be auctioned publicly, so that no one will find the household department and make it difficult for me to do it. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "Who went to the emperor?" ”

Jiang Jing shook his head and said, "Bai Sheng, Du Qian, and Song Wan." ”

Chao Yong listened. I can't help but be a little displeased.

When he wanted to dominate the world, these three people were reluctant to forge ahead, and they never participated in the war later, but just hid in the rear. After the unification of the world, these three people enjoyed their success, and when the court rewarded the founding ministers, these three people also mixed up with the founding viscount. Chao Yong was quite unfair, but Chao Gai insisted, and Chao Yong didn't say much.

The rest of the founding generals. Lu Junyi and Lin Chong conferred the founding fathers; Yan Qing, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Shi Wengong, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Qin Ming, Hua Rong, Dong Ping, Zhang Qing, Li Ying, Luan Tingyu, Yang Zhi, Xu Ning, Suo Chao, Liu Tang, Li Kui, Sun Li, Shi Xiu, Mu Hong, Hu Cheng awarded the founding marquis; Xuanzan, Hao Siwen, Han Tao, Peng Xi, Wei Dingguo, Shan Tinggui, Gong Wang, Ding Desun, Fan Rui, Li Jun, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Dai Zong, Shi Qian, Zhu Gui of the Intelligence Department, Ling Zhen of the Gunpowder Bureau, and Tang Long of the Gun Bureau awarded the founding uncle; Chao Yong's personal army leaders Shi Yong, Xue Yong, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Yang Xiong, Sun Xin, Zou Yuan, Zou Run, the naval army Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Bai Sheng, Du Qian, Song Wan, Sun Erniang, Zhang Qing, Zhu Fu, Li Li, Duan Jingzhu, Jiao Ting, Xiang Chong, Li Gon, Zheng Tianshou and others were awarded the founding viscounts.

Wenchen Wu Yong and Zhao Mingcheng were awarded the founding princes, and Gongsun Sheng, Chai Jin, and Jiang Jing were awarded the founding princes.

Zhang Shuye, Wang Huan, Li Congji, Zhang Kai, Han Cunbao, Liu Menglong, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Yao Pingzhong and others were also awarded knighthoods, but they were not the founding lords. The founding lords were all people who were in the court when Daliang was established in Qingzhou, except for Zhao Mingcheng, it can be said that they are all old people of Liangshan.

Because Shi Yong and others have been guarding Chao Yong's side, they have not made much meritorious service, so they can only be subservient to the viscount, and the credit of everyone in the Intelligence Department is not small, but let Bai Sheng, Du Qian, and Song Wan have the same titles as they are, Chao Yong is a little unwilling. It's just that because of the flood of barons, the founding generals are also viscounts at the least, Chao Gai is unwilling to let the three of them fail, and Chao Yong can only reward the leader of the soldiers in private.

Chao Yong said unhappily: "What do they want land for? ”

Jiang Jingdao: "They sold all the mansions rewarded by the emperor to the wealthy merchants from the south of the Yangtze River, and the larger houses in the capital are now ridiculously expensive, and they want to buy land and build houses again." ”

"For those who are short-sighted, then sell them land according to the size of the house that the court had previously rewarded them, and the price can be lower, but not more than the original area. The rest of the land was not in a hurry to be auctioned, and it was said to the outside world that the Ministry of War had already bought all of them, and I wanted to build houses for the veterans of Liangshan, lest they not be able to afford to buy houses in the capital after they retired. ”

Jiang Jingdao: "All the land is about 1,000 acres, I'm afraid I can't build many houses." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "One floor is not good, you can build a few more floors." ”

Jiang Jing shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it also involves the issue of etiquette, and the people in the Ministry of Industry should know about it." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Well, I'll go back and ask the people from the Ministry of Industry to plan, at least to settle the Liangshan veterans who want to settle in the capital." ”

Jiang Jing arched his hand and said: "The prince is benevolent and righteous, and it is a great fortune for the Liangshan brothers to be able to follow the prince." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "If there is no old brother Liangshan, how can there be a world of Liang today." To have the brothers of Liangshan to follow is the luck of my father and son, and the luck of the world. It's a pity that some brothers can't see this big beam in the world. ”

Speaking of which, Chao Yong felt that it was even more difficult to start a business, so he immediately asked the chief official in charge of the Ministry of Industry to build the house.

Jiang Jingluo sat down, then also said goodbye and left, and the household affairs were busy. But he could not sit idle.

When Lang Zhong, who was in charge of the construction of the house, arrived, Chao Yong had already thought of a plan.

Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry thought that the prince was going to repair the palace or other palaces, and when he heard that he was going to build a house for the veterans of Liangshan, he couldn't help but say: "There is no shortage of craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, but it is necessary for the Ministry of Households to allocate money before the construction can begin." ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "This money is from the Tai Gong, you make a budget, and I will directly allocate money to you from the Tai Gong, and the drawings are here." ”

If you want to pay from the military department. Then the house is not easy to be enjoyed exclusively by the Liangshan veterans, but if it benefits the whole army, the imperial court has the financial resources, and the capital does not have so much land, so Chao Yong still decided to fund it privately. After it is built, it will be sold to Liangshan veterans at a low price, and it will not let him lose all his money.

The royal ticket number has been expanded to all the state capitals of Daliang, and a few prosperous counties have also set up branches, and the silver ticket has been circulated throughout the country, and the ticket number no longer needs to be escorted to and from various places with large sums of money.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the royal ticket number made a profit of more than 20 million yuan. Although there is a reason for the imperial court to auction the fields in the north. But after the extermination of the imperial court in the third year of the Apocalypse, more fields were auctioned, and there is no doubt that the Apocalypse was three years old. The royal ticket number will be more profitable.

Just the profit of the royal ticket number in the past two years, the wealth of the imperial palace can be compared with the surplus of the treasury when Cai Jing flickered Zhao Ji to indulge in pleasure.

Of course, the wealth of the Great Liang Treasury is more, so no one has the idea of fighting the womb anymore.

Chao Yong did not design any tube building, but designed the second floor of a separate courtyard. The first floor is used for the living room and kitchen, and the second floor is used for the bedroom. The courtyard is not big, but the people with large courtyards in Bianjing City are either rich or expensive.

Many people built this kind of small second floor. Gongbu Langzhong understood after looking at it, and said: "This kind of house is not difficult to build, but I don't know what kind of materials to use?" Adobe bricks are the cheapest, wood is in the middle, and green bricks are the most expensive. ”

Chao Yong naturally didn't want to cut corners, and asked: "If you burn the bricks yourself, can't you reduce the cost?" ”

Gongbu Langzhong shook his head and said: "Even if the kiln is built to burn bricks, the cost of green bricks is very high, and the labor cost and charcoal consumption are very large. Large households in the countryside rarely use green bricks. ”

Chao Yong thought of the red bricks that were very common in later generations, and couldn't help asking, "Can that burn red bricks?" ”

Gongbu Langzhong nodded and said: "Red bricks are easier to fire than green bricks, and the cost can be reduced a lot, but according to the etiquette system, people can't use red bricks to build houses." ”

Chao Yong didn't think of this problem, he was stunned and said: "I will solve this problem, you arrange for a craftsman to build a kiln to burn red bricks, all the houses are built with red bricks, and the budget is not needed, as long as the account books are done, I will let people check them when I go back." ”

Even if it is not for the Liangshan veterans, it is worth spending more money just to lift the ban on red bricks for the people of the world.

Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry naturally did not suspect that the prince could not solve the Ministry of Rites, and said respectfully: "Yes, the lower official will arrange for the craftsman to prepare for the construction of the house." ”

When the first batch of red bricks appeared in Bianjing, the people in the city learned that the imperial court had allowed the people to use red bricks, so they asked around about the price of red bricks.

The merchants in the city saw that red bricks were profitable, so they also built kilns outside the city to burn bricks.

For a time, red bricks could be seen everywhere in Bianjing City, and people with wealthy families rebuilt red brick houses one after another. Green bricks are expensive, except for a few dignitaries who use green bricks to build houses, most people use civil structures. The more affluent wooden houses are just as beautiful, but once a fire starts, it is easy to expand quickly and burn into a white ground. Ordinary people can't afford to use all-wood structures, so they can only use a combination of civil engineering to build houses, and the more solid ones still use adobe bricks, and the poorer ones can't even afford adobe bricks.

Of course, the lifting of the ban on red bricks does not mean that everyone can use it, but there are still many people who benefit, and it has also increased a lot of commercial taxes for the imperial court.

Within two months, rows of beautiful red brick buildings were built.

The newly built red brick buildings are much more beautiful than the blue brick houses of large households, which has attracted many large households to demolish the blue brick houses and rebuild the red brick buildings.

The color in the border city is also much brighter, except for the red walls and green tiles of the palace and the red lacquered gate of a few powerful people are gray buildings, the whole city seems very depressing, of course, this is for modern people, the ancient people see mostly earthen houses, occasionally see a blue brick house will be bright.

Of course, the red brick building cannot be compared with the red paint wall of the palace, the wall of the palace is made of good red paint, which is bright red, and the red brick is a little dark red.

When the houses were built and Chao Yong sold them to the Liangshan veterans for 100 yuan per yard, the people in the city knew who these houses were built for.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, a small earthen house in Bianjing could be sold for 100 yuan, and now the price is even higher. When the people in the city learned of the price set by the prince for the Liangshan veterans, they immediately approached the Liangshan veterans and were willing to buy them from them at a higher price. Therefore, all the courtyards built by the Ministry of Industry were bought by the veterans of Liangshan, but except for a very few people who felt that the houses built on the temple were unlucky, most of them settled in Bianjing.

The Liangshan veterans now have the lowest rank and rank of the head, and they don't have to worry about forced retirement above the head, and the monthly salary is ten yuan, which is enough to settle down in Bianjing. Moreover, they have participated in the most battles, and there are hundreds of various rewards, and they are all wealthy people in the capital. (To be continued......)