Chapter 564: Your Majesty, you will come to see me
Chu Qianqiu is sixteen years old this year and recently adopted a three thousand year old silly son.
Who would believe this?
But this silly son is also quite interesting.
Just like in his previous life, he would also raise some cats and puppies. Xuanwu's size was a bit bigger and he seemed to be particularly good at eating, but Chu Qianqiu's current wealth could still afford it.
What's more, this Xuanwu beast is very attractive and is an indispensable help for Chu Qianqiu to seize the dynasty. Naturally, he cannot let it go.
In the future, if you give it a pure red bloodline, it can become the most terrifying naval battle weapon in the world. It will also be a great helper if you want to expand overseas.
So he decided to rescue Xuanwu back home.
It's just that the palace is heavily guarded. The seven emperors have too many tricks and the power they can mobilize is too terrifying. Once leaked, it will be a thunderous strike.
"Don't worry, there will always be time to send them off."
"The road must be walked step by step, haste makes waste."
"And they don't have the unity they imagined, and they all fly away when disaster strikes."
When Chu Qianqiu enlarged his attack, strictly speaking, it was within the endurance range of the Dog Emperors. Even if the Dog Emperors, who had burned the blood of Xuanwu and were at the peak of seven martial arts, combined with the power of the formation, they could not intercept it.
But they still chose to escape.
Because compared to intercepting, the cost would be smaller if Chu Qianqiu used his ultimate move and then eliminated him. As for whether Emperor Xiaozong died or not, it was up to each of them.
"First digest the souls of Zhang Zong and Xiao Zong and see if there is any reusable information."
"Maybe I can start with intelligence and find their flaws."
Chu Qianqiu took a deep breath and began to mobilize the soul with Huangquan's characteristics, trying his best to digest the remaining souls of the two.
Fortunately for Emperor Xiaozong, Chu Qianqiu already knew most of his heroic deeds.
In the process of eliminating the clones again and again, he saw Emperor Xuanzong openly summoning his daughter-in-law to sleep with him. Emperor Xiaozong, who was the prince at the time, stood at the door and sighed, clenching his fists, but did not dare to get angry.
I also saw that Emperor Xiaozong later followed his own example and followed his daughter-in-law's lead in picking up ashes.
The Xiao family's royal temperament can be said to be of the same origin, which is extremely absurd.
But to be fair, Emperor Xiaozong not only liked to build star observatories and collect salt taxes to make a fortune, he also stopped most of the troubles in the Xuanzong era and reduced a large number of corvees.
Although he made no military achievements, he maintained peace with Daxia for decades.
In terms of domestic affairs, he could listen to the advice of his ministers and had a certain measure of tolerance. He was not like Emperor Xuanzong who acted recklessly and recuperated with the people, and the population multiplied in large numbers.
Therefore, Xiaozong's historical evaluation is not bad. With Emperor Xuanzong as a backdrop, most historians side with Emperor Xiaozong.
After Xiaozong was Zhangzong.
The most famous image of Emperor Zhang Zong in the history of the Shenwu Dynasty was that of being arty.
Under his rule, the culture of the Shenwu Dynasty was relatively relaxed, and there were almost no cases of people being punished for their words. A large amount of market culture was born. It is said that Emperor Zhangzong himself liked listening to storytelling very much.
At one time, many literary giants emerged in the Shenwu Kingdom, and its culture reached its peak. Some secular novels even spread to Daxia.
But Emperor Zhangzong's evaluation was not high.
Even the most polite literati have some criticisms. They believe that the great construction projects in Zhangzong's era exhausted the people's resources and built a large number of so-called elegant places, so it is difficult to give a high evaluation.
Now that Chu Qianqiu has digested Zhang Zong's clone soul, he can finally find out.
Imperial Palace, Yangxin Hall
"The Master first disguised himself as a scholar and presented books to the poor."
"Now we have to discuss it in detail in the Yangxin Hall. Could it be from Daxia?"
Emperor Zhangzong said with great interest that he liked to read some leisure books. The storytellers in the Shangjing teahouse had a new rule, which was to write down the content of the storyteller and compile it into a volume for easy publication.
As a result, I recently read a novel and thought it was very good, so I summoned the author. What I didn't expect was that the author was a monk wearing a robe.
When a monk wearing a robe walks on the streets of Beijing, he naturally turns heads 100%, and even His Majesty the Emperor is deeply interested.
"Your Majesty, now that the world has been at peace for a long time and the population is increasing day by day, the country is in danger of being overrun."
"But your Majesty abandoned the good laws of the late emperor, reduced corvee service, and exempted taxes. You will regret it in the future."
The monk smiled slightly and gave a warning.
"Absurd, the world will be at peace, and the world will be in great order."
"With fewer corvees, the people will be safe. I and the people can rest and recuperate, so why should I regret it?" Emperor Zhang Zong said unhappily. He had only been on the throne for a few years, and the transplantation of the magic fetus had not caused him to age rapidly.
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So Emperor Zhang Zong still had some spirit left.
"Your Majesty, that is just the pedantic opinion of an ignorant scholar."
"The rate of births will roughly double in thirty years. Unless there is a major military revolution, it will not decrease." (Note 1)
"There are few people to live, and many people to eat. Therefore, public and private affairs are in vain, and all kinds of disadvantages arise." (Note 2: "浵", pronounced as "xiaoxiao", means "empty")
"Looking at it from this perspective, how can the imperial court reduce corvee service?"
"In the past, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, three or four out of ten people died in corvee service. However, under the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, with the benevolence of women, only two out of ten people died."
"The more people there are under the rule of the imperial court, the more chaotic parties there will be, and the country will be in danger."
The monk said with a smile, demonstrating the necessity of corvee from the perspective of population.
Emperor Zhang Zong's breathing became a little rapid.
He understood what the monk meant.
The main function of the corvee launched by the imperial court was not to build wonders or to meet the needs of the project. The biggest effect was to reduce the population regularly and suppress the population growth to a certain extent.
After mobilizing millions of civilians and working as corvees for several years, more than half of them died, and the excess population was successfully wiped out.
In times without war, sometimes it is more effective than famine.
Especially those who will die in hard labor are mostly poor people, which is even more perfect.
"You are the descendant of Taoism!"
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What an appalling thing.
"You actually dare to walk around the world in an upright manner, and are you not afraid that I will arrest you and throw you into a black prison and deal with you together?"
"The imperial court, together with the Holy Land of Martial Arts, wants Taoism and the descendants of Buddha and Demon."
Emperor Zhang Zong immediately woke up and said coldly.
"Namo Amitabha."
The monk recited the Buddha's name nonchalantly.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I am very different from the descendants of Buddha and Demon."
"Dao Sui is not planning to overthrow the imperial court. There is an essential difference between the two."
"When Daxia suppressed the Buddhist and demon rebellious parties, it was Tianji Pavilion that exerted all its efforts, which verified our suspicion."
"As long as the superfluous poor are eliminated regularly, no matter what method is used, and the poor are extinct, the world will have long-term peace and stability."
"Corvee is just one of them."
"Compared with the chaos in the world, isn't this a great measure of good governance?"
Emperor Zhang Zong couldn't bear it any longer and was about to give the order to pursue the guests.
"It's ridiculous, you bald donkey is so vicious that you can do such a vicious trick."
"It really dirty my ears."
"Here comes someone."
"Drive this bald donkey out of here."
Emperor Zhang Zong took the initiative to end the meeting.
"Namo Amitabha."
"Your Majesty, you will come to see me." The old monk smiled slightly, and you will use this trick.
When Emperor Zhang Zong saw this, his heart trembled and he asked:
"Wait a minute, Bald Donkey, what is your Dharma name?"
"The old monk's name is Daoyan!"
After saying that, the old monk in his robes left gracefully.
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Chu Qianqiu opened his eyes and let out a sigh of relief.
"It turns out that the deal between the descendant of Dao Zhen and the royal family was earlier than I thought."
"Is that Daoyan?"
"I think you should still be alive. Are you the master of Tianji Pavilion, or whoever it is."
"Anyway, if I have a chance, I'll send you all down together."