It is hard to imagine that such a sentence would come out of Zhao Yuanyan's mouth.
In the past, Zhao Yuanyan was so obsessed with power that no one could take the throne away from him.
However, now, Zhao Yuanyan actually asked Lu Yu how to take power, obviously realizing that the situation was over.
Lu Yu said: "The poison of the family has been eroding for a long time. The exploitation of the feudal lords in various places is quite serious. Take Ding'an Star in the Imperial Capital Territory as an example. Ding'an Star has five continents, three of which are the fiefdoms of the Xu family. In addition,
Only two of them belong to the imperial court."
"Most of all the tax revenue from the three fiefdoms must first be given to the owners of the fiefdoms, and then supplied to the court. This also means that the tax revenue of the court has been greatly weakened, and most of the wealth flows into the owners of these fiefdoms.
In hand."
"Yes, it is indeed the case." Zhao Yuanyan nodded.
Lu Yu continued: "The wealth of the Dharma couple cannot be circumvented by any monk. However, the places with spiritual energy are limited in this world. Many places where spiritual energy gathers have either built cities or are occupied by sects, so the monks want to
To have a place to practice, you need to at least live in a city or join a sect."
"But the spiritual energy resources of the sect are also limited, so the threshold is extremely high. Take a junior sect with three to four hundred people as an example. If you want to get started, you need to first check the qualifications, then check the strength, and finally check the background and other means, and even the age
People who are too big won’t want it.”
"Many desperate people, if they want to take their cultivation further, they must settle in the city. This step is actually more difficult than joining a sect."
Zhao Yuanyan frowned and shook his head: "The heaven is vast and there are many cities. What's the difficulty in settling down in a city?"
Lu Yu said: "You have been a child of the royal family from the day you were born. Your status as a prince allows you to have food and clothing without worries for the rest of your life. Of course you don't know how ordinary people live."
"Take an ordinary monk as an example. He may accept some bounty tasks or do some work, and he can earn a net profit of three thousand spiritual stones every month."
"It's not easy to earn these three thousand spirit stones. But even in an ordinary county in Ding'an, if you want to buy a house with three entrances, you will need at least 2.4 million spirit stones. This means that he has to eat it.
It took more than sixty years of saving to buy a house like this. During this period, if he lived in an inn, the expenses he would need would be even greater."
Zhao Yuanyan took a deep breath and looked surprised: "Is it really that difficult? Isn't it okay if they don't live in the house?"
Lu Yu said: "According to the rules of the Dayu court, every city will have a curfew after three o'clock at night. Anyone wandering on the streets will be caught and imprisoned. Some prisoners will be sent to iron mines, spiritual mines and other sinister places.
In this place, life is difficult and there is a very easy risk of death, so they will never take the risk."
Zhao Yuanyan stopped talking, with a surprised expression on his face.
These things were something he had never come into contact with deep in the palace.
"I'm afraid you don't know that every night, large and small mountain temples and beggars' dens in the city gather a large number of people."
Lu Yu said: "These people are not homeless beggars. Many of them are monks who plan to practice in the city. In order to stay in the city, they barely squeezed into the mountain temple. More than fifty people crowded into one
In the yard, sometimes there is even no place to stay.”