Five million taels of cash silver and five hundred large silver boxes are not that easy to prepare. Most of the silver smelting workshops piled up in various silver mountains are unrefined silver mines, and only three of the real cash silver have been collected.
Millions had to be transferred from the treasuries of Izumo and Iwami to get the full amount.
It took a month to collect, count, and load the ships. The five container ships, escorted by Tingfeng Dao and Yang Xianxian, sailed to the South Island for unloading. So, everyone began to wait silently, waiting for the possible change in the situation. Of course,
Or maybe nothing changes.
The high-ranking cultivators gathered in Yingzhou suddenly disappeared one by one. Even the Qingqiu Army on the South Island also ceased its activities and no longer had any active military offensive, waiting to be adapted by the Taoist sect.
In May, the Daomen Yingzhou Governor's Office issued an adaptation method, which was approved by Old Man Hu, who signed his name on the edict.
The adaptation of the Qingqiu Army is divided into three steps. First, the five spiritual eyes that have been discovered in the South Island are divided. According to the list of meritorious service awards provided by Old Man Hu, they are awarded to the top five casual cultivators with the greatest merit.
They took the lead in establishing five sects. Those who are willing to live a stable spiritual life can voluntarily sign up to join one of them. The five sects jointly applied for the establishment of the South Island Taoist Hall in the form of a presbytery.
In the second step, the Ming army will absorb some of them into the army, or join the Yingzhou squadron, or join the Yingzhou Dusi, or even be assigned to the garrison to hold important positions.
If you are unwilling to accept the above two options, you can choose to leave and receive a considerable severance package according to the merit level assessed by Old Man Hu. It is expected to pay two million taels, which will be advanced by the Governor's Office in the early stage and will be paid later from the mining of Yinshan.
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In the end, more than 260 monks and their subordinates from the Qingqiu Army joined the Nandao Gym, more than 180 monks and their subordinates were absorbed into the Ming Army, and more than 300 monks and their subordinates chose to leave some places.
People returned to their homes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and some were recruited by Taoist Wutong, Zhang Zheng and Qingshan Taoists and took boats to the west to start their adventurous journey.
After the adaptation was completed, Daomen's actual control area in Yingzhou included the Kanto region of the main island, all of the North Island, and all of the South Island. The population of the occupied area reached 5 million.
While Zhao Ran was building various Taoist temples and Taoist temples, he wrote to Jian Ji Guan in the name of the Governor's Palace and recruited Taoist priests from the jungles in all directions to come to Yingzhou to preach.
As soon as the recruitment news was announced, applicants were extremely enthusiastic, almost to the point of losing their scalps, because everyone heard that Taoist Zhao Zhiran was serving as a consultant in Yingzhou, and also heard that he would enter visualization charts for the preachers who were recruited, so that they could start practicing immediately.
There is no need to squeeze out the pitiful admission quota every year.
The recruitment quota given by the Yingzhou Governor's Mansion has been expanded, reaching 500 people, but it is still far lower than the number of applicants. Jian Jiguan had no choice but to divide them into various provinces, with thirty quotas in each province.
The rest will be allocated within Jianji Temple. The Taoist priests of Jianji Temple have been waiting eagerly for a long time. If the problem of Jianji Temple is not solved, who will have the heart to work for you?
In the past, Zhao Ran had reached private agreements with various provinces and had never considered Jian Ji Guan. In the seventh and eighth years of Longqing, many Taoist priests from Jian Ji Guan submitted reports one after another and voluntarily requested to "go to the grassroots level", even if they were demoted.
No matter what, Zhang Yuanji was unable to stop this trend at the grassroots level. In desperation, he had no choice but to communicate with Zhao Yunyi, the governor of the metropolitan area, and got the quota of ten places every year.
It is said that after the quota of Taoist priests in Shifang Jungle in Yingzhou was allocated to each province, the Taoist temples in each province could not withstand the craze. The annual exam was just around the corner, so they combined and expanded the quota by thirty, which solved the problem.
When five hundred Taoist priests who had passed the examination arrived in Yingzhou by boat, the large number of Taoist temples and Taoist temples that had been renovated and built in Yingzhou were empty, waiting for people to come in and preach. Zhao Ran did not delay, and worked hard for a month.
Introduce them to the path of spiritual practice and send them to their respective positions.
The arrival of this group of professional preachers immediately changed the preaching situation in Yingzhou. Professionalism is professionalism, and it is not a bit better than the monks who were half-baked monks and rushed into battle temporarily. The data fed back by Jiuzhou Pavilion shows that in September,
The average data soared by 30% and doubled in October!
However, as these Taoist priests settled in Yingzhou, the overall attention to the war in Yingzhou also increased. Zhang Yuanji sent letters to the Yingzhou Governor's Office many times to inquire about the progress of the war.
Although the three-year period was set at the time, it has only been a year and a half now. However, in the face of inquiries, the Governor-General's Office could not be too perfunctory. After reporting to Ming Zhao, the fleet landed on Dongdao at the end of November.
Taking this large island with a population of more than 300,000 people under his control was regarded as a major victory, and he reported his victory to the True Master Hall.
The victory report stated that after three months of careful preparations, our Yingzhou Squadron and the Yingzhou Dusi joined forces and united to break through the natural barrier of Kanmon Gorge in one fell swoop and successfully landed at Yawatahama! The army marched eastward and even defeated Xiyu.
Dazhou divided the enemy's heavy army group into northern and southern parts. On the eighth day of December, the commanding officer Zeng Ruming came to the arrow formation in person. Thousands of Song Xiong horses were sent to the enemy camp. The army used their lives to defeat ten thousand enemies stubbornly entrenched in Tosa. The enemy army was in disarray.
, all over the mountains and plains.
After defeating the enemy in Tosa, the enemy's northern group was frightened and fled away from Matsuyama. Our army pursued them, conquered Kochi again, and surrounded the enemy in Kagawa.
The victory report also said that after the New Year, a psychological offensive against the enemy of Kagawa would be launched. God was kind and the army could not bear to kill and strive to make the enemy surrender spontaneously.
In fact, this was not fabricated out of thin air. All the marching routes and battle locations were correct. The only problem was that the number of troops was increased tenfold.
While Zhao Ran was instructing the Governor's Mansion to stall for time, he was also anxiously waiting for the changes that everyone was looking forward to. But unfortunately, it has been more than half a year since the five million silver was delivered to Qingqiu.
But it never came, and even the Fairy Boy Nazhen, who often appeared in front of people last year, had no movement and had not appeared for a long time.
Duanmu Chongqing, the Lord of Hongze, Pan Yuanjun, and Xu Yun were all retreating in the Eight Gods Peak, while Chen Shandao returned to Dujiao Mansion. When Zhao Ran talked about this issue in the exchange with his Fei Fu, Chen Shandao said: "
No movement is the biggest change, just be more patient."
So Zhao Ran settled down and continued to wait, until the eleventh year of Longqing came.
Jiuzhou Pavilion released last year's world trust. In the tenth year of Longqing, the world's trust continued to grow, reaching 2.98 billion, only one step away from 3 billion, which made Zhou Zhenzhen feel a little regretful. This number was the previous
It was unimaginable, but it was also within Zhao Ran's expectation.
The population has increased rapidly in the past ten years of the Ming Dynasty, which has provided a strong impetus for the growth of credibility. The specific increase in population has yet to be calculated every six years, that is, next year.