Chapter 1219 : Hosting for the country and the people
Long Bing'er looked at Li Hu and asked, "Is this Hanlu Temple?"
Li Hu affirmed: "Coming back to the commander-in-chief, this is indeed Hanlu Temple."
Long Bing'er asked: "Since it is Hanlu Temple, what's going on with the Alchemy Furnace Bagua Mirror in this temple? Have the Buddhist and Taoist families of Zhao State joined forces?"
Li Hu cupped his fists and said, "The commander-in-chief didn't know something. Zhao's army was losing ground to the rebels' offensive. Only then did the emperor realize how important firearms are, so the emperor decided to make elixirs to make gunpowder."
Zhao Huaiyi on the side said: "If you want to make alchemy, you should find a Taoist priest."
Li Hu said: "It's a pity that it's hard to find Taoist priests who can make alchemy, and it's even harder to find Taoist priests who can practice gunpowder. And most of them have been recruited by Chu and Zhou. Zhao can no longer find Taoist priests who can make alchemy."
Jiang Hong suddenly realized: "So Emperor Zhao, who couldn't find a Taoist priest for alchemy, now asked the monk to learn the Taoist alchemy method to make gunpowder?"
Long Bing'er couldn't help laughing at this moment: "I didn't pay much attention to the information sent to Shuzhou about Zhao's refining of gunpowder in the past. Unexpectedly, the emperor directly changed Zhao's national temple into an alchemy room."
Li Hu said: "It's a pity that even though the Zhao Kingdom was destroyed, we couldn't refine real gunpowder."
Long Bing'er said, "Who said that only Taoist priests can refine gunpowder? The emperor is as stupid as ever. Seeing that the gunpowder in Chu was made by Taoist priests, he thought that only Taoist priests can refine gunpowder. This is really short-sighted.
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Zhao Huaiyi nodded with deep understanding: "So now he is dead."
Why did Chu and Zhou recruit Taoist priests so aggressively, especially Taoist priests who could make elixirs?
Is it because only Taoist priests can refine gunpowder?
Of course not!
That's just to prevent the gunpowder from leaking out.
Gunpowder is not only made by Taoist priests, but Taoists are the most experienced.
Who told Emperor Zhao that refining gunpowder required turning monks into Taoist priests?
The most important thing about gunpowder is the proportion of the elixir, not the Bagua Mirror and Taomu Sword?
What do these things have to do with gunpowder?
It is better to force a monk to become a Taoist priest than to find your own skilled craftsmen!
Zhao deserved to be destroyed by himself.
Good.
The host of Wenxin in Hanlu Temple seemed to have just taken office, and he looked like a middle-aged man with barely a few white beards. I heard that Emperor Zhao had dismissed more than a dozen of them because Hanlu Temple couldn't train gunpowder.
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If Long Bing'er doesn't come to hear the news and host it, I'm afraid he will be replaced by a latecomer.
After hearing the news, the host walked up to Long Bing'er, clasped his hands and said, "Amitabha, I didn't know that the donor was coming here. I came late and missed the reception. Please forgive me."
Long Bing'er said: "Master, you're welcome. I'm here to ask for help from you."
After hearing the letter, the host was relieved when he heard that Long Bing'er asked for something from him: "It doesn't matter if the donor just says it."
After hearing this, the host is not afraid of Long Bing'er's demands, but is afraid that Long Bing'er won't want anything.
Although Hanlu Temple has suffered repeated defeats over the years, they have indeed been helping Zhao Guo conscientiously refine gunpowder. This can be regarded as an accomplice of the rebels!
Now that the rebels in Shuzhou have invaded the capital, they have naturally changed from rebels to rebels.
I heard that this rebel commander has a grudge against the Zhao royal family!
You must know that they have been helping the royal family to refine gunpowder. Once the army comes, how can Buddhism resist?
Although there are many people with strong martial arts skills in Buddhism, can you compare with the army? Can you compare with the state machine?
If you don't want to die, even a martial arts master must behave like a cat.
Long Bing'er felt relieved when she saw host Wen Xin giving him face like this.
She had heard since she was a child that Hanlu Temple was a ruthless place, and all the monks there were like iron roosters. She had already made plans to bring in the army if the host did not cooperate.
In any case, it can be regarded as helping them take it from the people and use it for the people.
I really didn't expect that they were so knowledgeable.
Long Bing'er looked at the host Wen Xin and said: "Since the master is so generous, I will speak frankly. Now that Zhao State has experienced successive years of war, the people are miserable. In order to allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment from now on, I plan to reduce taxes for the people."
However, the national treasury is empty. If taxes are reduced or exempted, I am afraid that the operation of the court will be a problem, so I hereby ask the masters and monks to donate for the common people."
Hanlu Temple is the Zhaoguo Temple, with countless gold and silver, countless treasures, and thousands of hectares of fertile land, which is almost as much as the prince's food estate. It would be a pity not to donate money!
And after hearing the news, I had no choice but to donate.
Long Bing'er's banner this time is to serve the country and the people. Now more than half of the people in Zhao State believe in Buddhism. You can't be happy when we give money for incense. Now that it's time to serve the country and the people, you can close the door.
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If you don't pay at this time, who will the people of Zhao country believe in you in the future?
After hearing what Long Bing'er said, he could only say: "After the court stabilizes, I will immediately summon monks from all over the country to donate to the people."
Long Bing'er was very satisfied and said: "Hearing the news, the host is indeed a master who serves the country and the people!"
At this time, the host could only smile bitterly after hearing the news. I don't agree. Will your army surrounding Hanlu Mountain leave?
The monks who returned from traveling in the West said that in the Western world, the church controls the emperor and even has the power to depose the king of a country. But why are they so miserable in the Central Plains because they are also religious and are controlled by the emperor everywhere?