Chapter 269 News about the overseas immortal rice
Chapter 269 News about the overseas immortal rice (asking for guaranteed monthly ticket)
In the establishment of the Taoist temple, Xu Qing was only responsible for taking the lead. As for the details, Xiong Chan and the others would naturally discuss them themselves.
Xu Qing's intention was very clear.
He was in charge of being the referee; as for how to fight for the interests, that was the business of the old-time cultivation holy places such as Dachan Temple and Longhu Mountain.
The Taoist temple is actually equivalent to forming a de facto Taoist alliance.
This helps the development and utilization of Taoism.
Xu Qing has always felt that using Taoist magic to kill and injure is putting the cart before the horse, and that it should be used in all aspects other than killing and injuring.
Instead, martial arts should focus more on killing the enemy.
He founded a Taoist temple to guide the Taoist masters of the old times onto the right path.
This is a great thing with immeasurable merit.
Moreover, it is actually easy to train a master of Taoism.
For example, among the scholars in Nanzhili, many good talents can be picked out.
Because the imperial examination itself is a form of screening.
Without a background, unless you are someone who can sit still, it is difficult to pass the examination for becoming a scholar, let alone a juren.
It can be said that those who can pass the examination to become a scholar are definitely much better than ordinary people, at least in terms of Taoist visualization and meditation.
This is equivalent to giving these scholars a new way out.
It is absolutely appropriate for the imperial court to train its own Taoist masters through Taoist temples and use them in overseas invasions.
Because there is no Central Plains dynasty overseas to suppress Taoism, it is very beneficial for Taoist masters.
Just imagine that with the support of the national strength of the Great Yu Dynasty, with mobile phones and Taoist magic, the Great Yu Dynasty can definitely obtain benefits from overseas that are ten or a hundred times more than what it has now.
It can also expand the territory and absorb the current excess population of the Dayu Dynasty.
Even at that time, the imperial court of Dayu complained that there were not enough cattle and horses at the lower level.
It is also a good thing for the lower-class cattle and horses of the Dayu Dynasty. In the Dayu Dynasty, they are cattle and horses, but after they go out, they are people of the Celestial Empire, and they are very powerful!
Xu Qing had to admit that his vision was actually very low.
The only way they could think of was to oppress the barbarians to divert the conflicts within the Dayu Dynasty.
After all, resolving conflicts is too troublesome, and diverting conflicts is obviously much easier.
The devil is best at doing this kind of thing.
Xu Qing even felt a little happy when he made this plan.
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"Do you mean that we should still take a defensive stance towards the grassland and Liaodong, and even continue to be tolerant towards the Tibetans in the Western Regions?" Xu Qing put forward his ideas to the old emperor.
The border situation is still very tense.
Even so, Xu Qing ordered General Yu and other nine-front generals to hold on and had no intention of launching a counterattack.
Because a counterattack against the grassland and Liaodong would easily consume the national strength that the Dayu Dynasty had accumulated with great difficulty, and there would be no benefit even if it won.
After all, they are all poor places.
Xu Qing thought very clearly that as long as the country's strength was sufficient, he could directly build railways, and the grasslands and Liaodong would no longer cause major trouble. This would be to cut off the source of the problem.
In order to achieve the final victory, a certain degree of tolerance is required.
Just like the theory of Tai Chi, storing energy is like drawing a bow, and releasing energy is like shooting an arrow.
He gave his reasons.
The old emperor said slowly: "Is the Nanyang Immortal Rice you mentioned really real?"
"It is absolutely true. In addition, there are high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes from overseas. Once these things are introduced, even if natural disasters continue, the country will not fall into an irreparable situation."
In fact, the Nanyang Fairy Rice that Xu Qing mentioned is the Champa rice from South Vietnam. It has begun to be promoted for cultivation in southern Fujian. However, the Champa rice varieties of Dayu still have obvious defects.
Xu Qing meant to send troops directly to seize the rice seeds and planting techniques and begin to promote them in Jiangnan.
This is also to carry forward the fine traditions of the Middle-earth dynasties.
In fact, spices are rare in all countries except India. But now the Great Yu Dynasty is not short of spices, because the Central Plains Dynasty has robbed a lot of spice seeds and related planting techniques.
Moreover, the Great Yu Dynasty had all kinds of terrain and climate, and there were always places with similar climate and environment to the origin of spices, which provided the foundation for the Great Yu Dynasty to transplant spices. The Central Plains dynasties, since ancient times, were mostly very aggressive and pioneering forces.
The old emperor: "The matter of the disaster victims won't affect the overall situation, right?"
Xu Qing sighed: "Now that the government troops are conquering everywhere, there will generally be no unrest that is more harmful."
Even if Xu Qing used salt merchants to transfer grain, he still had to focus on the government troops first, and then the victims.
As for the refugee troops who directly rebelled, the Ministry of War's opinion was to kill them on the spot.
Xu Qing’s opinion was that killing people was okay, but the bodies had to be handled properly, otherwise it would cause a plague.
When a plague occurs, even without a cult, it can cause extremely terrible problems.
According to historical records, the defeat of Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi was probably related to the epidemic.
Now that coal from the Ministry of Industry has been widely popularized, even ordinary people can afford some coal, so Xu Qing advocates boiling water in Yingtian Prefecture and Jiangning Prefecture.
Reducing the consumption of raw water is definitely beneficial and has no harm.
In addition, post stations in various places also operated tea stalls to reduce the burden on the post stations.
In fact, the post station was also an important expenditure item for the imperial court.
For a long time, there have been some upright people in the court suggesting that the post stations should be abolished, retaining only some of their functions and leaving the rest to private operation.
Xu Qing knew very well that it couldn't be cut down, but he insisted not to do so.
Moreover, he planned to combine the Longmen Escort Agency and the post station under the Dachan Temple to form the prototype of a post office, and also to issue stamps.
He had already thought of the names of the stamps, and would use Taoist magic to produce a batch of out-of-print stamps that could be sold at a high price.
No matter how skilled Xiong Chan was, he couldn't block Xu Qing's move.
Because the people who work in the escort agency risk their lives to make money.
If you have the opportunity to eat the emperor's food, it will bring honor to your family.
Xiong Chan is blocking everyone's progress.
Even if you are a martial saint, there will always be a day when you die.
When a person dies, no matter how great a person you are, you will end up as a handful of earth.
If Xiong Chan doesn't want to be a sinner of Dachan Temple, he must support this matter.
After Xu Qing discussed with the old emperor, he asked Fa Yue and Huang Tianhu, the chief escort of Longmen Escort Agency, to handle this matter.
With Xu Qing's handwritten order, the court will naturally cooperate.
Through these big and small things, Xu Qing gradually pulled Xiong Chan into his own system.
It was impossible for the big monk to jump off the chariot this time.
To put it bluntly, once the monks in Dachan Temple get used to Xu Qing's operations, they will benefit.
On the surface, Xiong Chan is still the well-deserved abbot, but Xu Qing is the real emperor.
The key point is that Xu Qing is completely under the banner of doing good for Xiongchan and gaining benefits for Dachan Temple!
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Xu Qing is now advancing step by step. Although he makes moves quickly, he does not interfere with each other and even compensates for each other.
He then went to find Meng Yuxuan.
Meng Yuxuan trained the Jinghai Guard under the order of the old prime minister. Now the power of the imperial navy is becoming stronger and stronger.
Xu Qing's next plan was to have the imperial navy and the Dongming Gang cooperate to invade Southeast Asia first and seize the fairy rice and other high-yield crops.
After dealing with Southeast Asia, not only will the benefits increase greatly, but there will also be no risk of being attacked from both sides when dealing with the Dongyi people.
All plans were carried out in an orderly manner under Xu Qing's arrangement.
(End of this chapter)