Chapter 129 Monk Autonomy

Cleaning up the current officials at all levels in Dongyang County, hearing this, the many monks present did not change their colors.

Because they don't care about it at all.

The life and death of officials at all levels in Dongyang County has nothing to do with them, and they don't even care if His Majesty said this.

Moreover, there is a high probability that this matter is not His Majesty's intention at all, but Wu Zhen's intention.

Everyone has been tacitly aware of these things.

What they really care about is what will happen to Dongyang County in the future.

But Wu Zhen didn't seem to know what everyone was thinking at all, so he continued after a pause.

"Your Majesty has made a decree. As a subject, I naturally have to share the worries of Your Majesty, so the next thing may need your help."

"After all, the manpower of the National Teacher's Office is limited. I hope that you can work together to arrest officials at all levels in Dongyang County in the shortest possible time."

Is this going to make them also take action?

Hearing Wu Zhen's words, many people frowned slightly.

After all, these monks have never paid attention to the imperial court, and it is even more impossible to obey the imperial court's orders.

So for Wu Zhen's words, many monks present were somewhat resistant.

What does this mean, to regard them all as officials of the imperial court?

Even if it wasn't for Wu Zhen's advanced cultivation and being a monk, if he were any other court official, someone would have cursed him long ago.

In the eyes of monks, what is the imperial court?

Facing the ugly faces of many people, the smile on Wu Zhen's face did not diminish at all. Such a reaction was naturally within his expectation.

How could these monks with their eyes above the top obey the imperial court's arrangement.

But since Wu Zhen dared to say that, he was sure of it, just listen to him continue to speak in a leisurely manner.

"Of course, the imperial court will not let you work hard in vain."

"Your Majesty has decided that Dongyang County will be governed by monks from now on."

"This is a change that His Majesty has thought hard about.

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"To put it simply, there is no longer a county king and a county guard. The county magistrates of each city in Dongyang County will be governed by the major cultivation sects in Dongyang County."

"According to the strength of the sect and geographical location, divide different numbers of cities for you to manage."

"During this period, you will naturally be responsible for the safety of the major cities. Of course, the annual benefits will also belong to you. You only need to pay a certain amount of money to the imperial court on a regular basis."

What? As soon as Wu Zhen said this, everyone present was stunned.

Monk autonomy? This is something none of them thought of.

Moreover, the conditions offered by Wu Zhen are definitely generous enough. They never thought that the imperial court would actually do this.

This is equivalent to handing over the entire Dongyang County to them.

There used to be the county king Zhou Zheng, even though he was just an ordinary person, he could be easily destroyed by a monk.

But after all, the identity is here, and under normal circumstances, the monks are not willing to have too much trouble with Zhou Zheng.

Moreover, to a certain extent, the existence of Zhou Zheng did play a certain role in restraining these monks.

But now, the imperial court will no longer set up county kings and county guards.

What does this mean? From now on, Dongyang County will no longer have any power from the imperial court, and monks will become the real masters here.

This is undoubtedly great news for many monks.

As for what Wu Zhen said, a fixed amount of money must be handed over to the imperial court every year, which is even more of a problem.

Although Wu Zhen made an analogy, for example, Shancheng, the smallest city in Dongyang County, needs to hand over 150,000 taels of silver to the court every year.

This is definitely not a small amount. After all, the annual income of the mountain city is only about 200,000 taels.

All of a sudden, he gave the court 150,000 taels, which seemed to be a loss for these monks.

But in fact, many monks know that this is not a loss at all.

After all, this income can be increased, and there are many ways.

When the time comes to squeeze and squeeze, naturally oil and water will come out.

Moreover, without the restraint of the imperial court, it can even be said that the entire Dongyang County is managed in a legitimate manner, and the many monks are more comfortable in doing things.

Therefore, there was almost no hesitation, and everyone agreed in their hearts.

As for Wu Zhen, who is above the main seat, he has always looked confident.

He expected that these people would not refuse, unless he was a fool.

As for this idea, it cannot be His Majesty's intention, but Wu Zhen's intention.

And his purpose of doing this is also very simple, that is to relax, and to win over these cultivation schools in Dongyang County.

For example, if you have a shop, if you operate it yourself, you may be able to earn more money.

But that would be tiring, and secondly, you would be taking risks.

But what about renting it out? And the rent is very high.

Just like this Dongyang County, if you let the court manage it yourself, not to mention whether you can get more benefits, but at least you have to worry about it.

And if it is not done well, it will arouse public anger, and it is the court that people hate.

But now it's completely different. Even if it arouses public anger, the common people will blame these cultivation sects in Dongyang County. What does it have to do with the court?

What's more, Wu Zhen couldn't eat such a big piece of cake by himself, so he had to share it. Instead of causing dissatisfaction among many monks in the end, it's better to take the initiative.

Of course, in this way, it must be the common people who will suffer in the end.

After all, monks don't care about other things, they only care about income.

Faced with the situation of having to make offerings to the imperial court every year, after thinking about it, these monks will definitely try their best to squeeze the people and let them create more income.

In this way, the lives of the people will be even more miserable.

But what's the matter with Wu Zhen? He only needs to see enough money every year, as for the rest, it has nothing to do with him.

And the many monks present naturally don't care about this, they also think so.

Therefore, these people present did not take the people into consideration from the beginning to the end, they only thought about their own interests.

Soon, someone spoke up, and it was still a cultivator in the Purple Mansion Realm.

He looked at Wu Zhendao with a smile all over his face.

"What is the national teacher talking about? Since the court has a request, we are naturally willing to lend a helping hand. I, Lingxi Guan, wish the National Teacher's Office a helping hand."

"Well, indeed, after all, this is all for the people of Dongyang County."

Soon, all the monks agreed to help, and they all said some high-sounding words.

All of them seemed to be compassionate sages, but they didn't know that what they had done before had undoubtedly pushed the people of Dongyang County into an even more desperate abyss.

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