Wu Dong, Lu Zhishen and others came to the vegetable garden behind the Daxiangguo Temple. The place was deserted!
Over the years, the Song Dynasty has become increasingly poor, and the Daxiangguo Temple has also declined! In addition, the Liangshan troops have recently besieged Bianliang City, and no one has been taking care of the vegetable garden for a long time!
However, the huge pit where Lu Zhishen angrily uprooted the weeping willows is still there, and the willow tree is still lying aside!
Wu Dong looked at the willow tree and was amazed. This tree was as thick as a man. Lu Zhishen could pull it out with both hands. It was really amazing!
"Master is really powerful!" Wu Dong admired for a long time. Welcome to reading
"Haha, I don't dare take it! That day I was driven from Wutai Mountain to Daxiangguo Temple. I was depressed, so I took it out on this willow tree!" Lu Zhishen laughed.
Wu Dong also laughed, and after a while, he said: "Master, now that Daliang has captured the Central Plains, it is only a matter of time before it captures the whole world! Master, do you still want to be a monk now?"
Lu Zhishen was stunned. He had never thought about this problem! Back then, he was the governor of the Western Army, and he became a monk because he killed Guanxi! Now that he thought about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with being a monk. He smiled and said: "
I will continue to be a monk! The Sa family has no interest in women, nor in being an official. They have no worries in their lives. Being a monk is free and easy, which is great!"
Wu Dong smiled and nodded, and said no more at the moment.
Lu Zhishen frowned at this moment and said, "It would be wrong if we were carefree. The Sa family still has some concerns in their hearts. All the brothers in Liangshan are concerned about me, especially Brother Shi Xiu!"
"We have conquered so many places, why can't we still find brother Shi Xiu? Where did he go?" Regarding Shi Xiu's question, Wu Dong was also very strange.
"We have searched all over the north, Xixia, and the Central Plains, but we still can't find him! Could it be that he was really killed?" Thinking of this, Lu Zhishen suddenly felt sad in his heart.
"Brother Shi Xiu has made great contributions to Liangshan. I decided to send people to post his portrait all over the country and reward him heavily for finding the whereabouts of Brother Shi Xiu! If you want to see him alive, you will see his body when he dies! We can't let him disappear without any reason.
"Wu Dong said.
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Lu Zhishen said with some gratitude.
"Why are you thanking me? He is also my brother." Wu Dong shook his head.
They walked around the Daxiangguo Temple and around for a while. In the blink of an eye, the afternoon had passed.
Late that night, Wu Dong stayed in the palace of the Song Dynasty. Before he fell asleep, a guard reported that Zhenren Luo wanted to see him.
"Let him come over!" Wu Dong smiled.
Master Luo strode into the palace. This was the first time Wu Dong saw Master Luo. He looked at Master Luo carefully and found that Master Luo's hair and beard were all white, and his whole person gave people an unusually free and easy feeling.
, as if he were among the gods, Wu Dong couldn’t help but exclaimed in admiration!
"People in the mountains have seen your Majesty!" Luo Zhenren said with a salute.
"Zhenren Luo, I have admired my name for a long time! You are Gongsun Sheng's master. Gongsun Sheng is my brother. Speaking of which, you are also my elder!" Wu Dong said with a faint smile.
"I don't dare to take it seriously!" Luo Zhen said.
At this moment, Zhenren Luo was also looking at Wu Dong secretly, and he was very surprised in his heart! As a famous Taoist in the north, he studied Taoism intensively, and also had deep attainments in physiognomy! Wu Dong's face did not look like that of anyone in the world.
People seem to be immortals from ancient times or other eras.
Although he is a Taoist, deep down in his heart he does not believe in gods, monsters and the like! At this moment, he was extremely surprised.
"Is it true that there are gods descending to earth in this world?" Luo Zhenren said secretly.
"What is the real person thinking?" Wu Dong said.
"When I came down from the mountain, Daliang sent Master Shi Qian to meet me. He promised me a condition at that time. I wonder if this condition still counts now?" Luo Zhen said.
"Are you talking about allowing Taiping Dao to preach?" Wu Dong said with a smile.
"Exactly!" Luo Zhen said.
"Of course this matter counts! In Daliang, the Tao of Taiping is nothing. Any religion can be spread in Daliang! The new learning in Daliang is inherently treacherous and unethical, so why are you afraid that you will not succeed in the Tao of Taiping?" Wu Dong said.
"So, thank you Your Majesty!" Master Luo bowed and saluted again to express his gratitude.
"I have something to advise you about preaching!" Wu Dong was silent for a moment and then said.
"Your Majesty, please speak." Luo Zhen said.
"Although Daliang allows the spread of religion, no religion is allowed to oppose the imperial court! Any religion that attempts to taint secular power is a cult, and the Liangshan Council will stop at nothing to ban it and eliminate it!" Wu Dong said.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. We at Taiping Dao only want to be able to preach openly and honestly. We will never rebel against the imperial court!" Luo Zhen said.
"I have seen the teachings of your Taiping Dao. It is very different from the general Taoist sects! Your Taiping Dao only believes in Laozi and disdains other gods. This is very good! Starting from the Han Dynasty, Buddhism entered the Central Plains, and Buddhism became more and more popular.
It has become more and more prosperous, and has even surpassed the Taoist sects in the Central Plains. One of the important reasons is that there are too many gods in the Taoist sect! If there are fewer gods and simple beliefs, it will be conducive to the development of the Taoist sect." Wu Dong said with a smile.
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"I didn't expect His Majesty to have studied religion. Luo admires it." Luo Zhenren thought about it carefully and felt that what Wu Dong said made sense, so he said immediately.
"These are nothing, just some personal opinions! I also hope that the local religion in the Central Plains can become stronger!" Wu Dong said with a smile.
Wu Dong hoped that Taoism or Buddhism in China could become stronger and have the strength to resist the invasion of Western religions in the future.
The two communicated for a long time, mainly on some missionary-related issues. After half an hour, Luo Zhen left here.
At the gate of the palace, Luo Zhenren met Song Qinzong. He just said hello lightly, but Song Qinzong stayed there. Of course he recognized Luo Zhenren and knew that Luo Zhenren was his father's favorite Taoist priest. The reason why his father wanted to build a new
The palace was bewitched by Zhenren Luo! At that time Zhenren Luo also said that his father was an emperor from heaven who descended to earth. Now that Bianliang had just fallen, Zhenren Luo came to pay homage to Wu Dong. It seemed that he was also trying to please Wu Dong!
"How can there be any gods or emperors in this world? My father committed his own sin and believed in these things. No wonder he destroyed the country..." Song Qinzong said secretly.
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In the early morning of the next day, Wu Dong and his party went to Gen Yue! This Gen Yue was a royal garden of the Song Dynasty built entirely using the power of Hua Shi Gang. It took almost all the efforts of Song Huizong to build it, and it took 20 years to build it.
Its prosperity and beauty exceed the imagination of ordinary people.
"This is the Stone of Taihu! In order to transport this stone to Bianliang, 359 bridges were demolished along the way, thousands of homes were destroyed, countless river transportation was delayed, and countless manpower was spent to transport it here! Because of overcoming the
He had to go through so many 'difficulties', so Yang Jian reported this to his father as a huge contribution, and his father praised Yang Jian greatly." In front of a huge stone, Song Qinzong whispered.
"Just for such a stone, so much people's sacrifice and sacrifice were spent?" Wu Dong sighed deeply.
As they walked forward, there were countless attics in Genyue, and there were all kinds of strange flowers and rocks. Occasionally, they could encounter patches of woods, and the chirping of cranes could be heard in the woods! The light snow was falling, and they seemed to be in a fairyland.
, everyone has a feeling of not being in this world.
"This can be left for future generations to appreciate, and it can also teach future generations a lesson, so that future generations can understand why the Song Dynasty perished." Wu Dong said.
"Yes!" Li Gang next to him nodded gently.
"Your Majesty, the prestigious elders and gentry in Bianliang City have arrived and are waiting for your audience." At this moment, Han Shizhong strode over and said.
"Okay, let's go meet these representatives of the people in Bianliang City," Wu Dong said.
They returned from Genyue and returned to the Bianliang Palace. In the Funing Hall of the palace, when Wu Dong arrived, dozens of elders and gentry hurriedly knelt down. Some of these people's hair was completely white.
, they knelt on the ground, their bodies still trembling, obviously very afraid in their hearts. Over the years, the Song Dynasty has continuously preached and belittled Liangshan, comparing Liangshan to a murderous demon, so some people were extremely afraid of Liangshan.
"Everyone get up!" Wu Dong said.
Dozens of elders and gentry stood up in a hurry. They lowered their heads, not daring to look at Wu Dong's face. Before, they just saw a man in a dragon robe coming in and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, so before
I didn't see Wu Dong's appearance clearly.
"You are all prestigious people among the people of Bianliang. Tell me, what is the order in Bianliang now? Are there any families who have suffered military disasters?" Wu Dong said.
"This... His Majesty's army has strict military discipline, which is far better than the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty! Your Majesty's soldiers will not easily enter people's homes. If they rob people's property or harm the people, they will be beheaded! This is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness.
!" After a long time, an old man said.
"Yes, he is indeed a teacher of benevolence and righteousness!"
"We have never seen such an army..."
There were countless compliments for a while, and Wu Dong nodded lightly and said: "It's good that the army has not harmed the people! I called you here to announce several policies! First, Bianliang City is exempted from all taxes.
Year! The Central Plains and Jiangnan will be exempted from agricultural taxes for three years! In addition, from today on, there will be no corvee in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and all people in the world will be exempted from corvee!"
After hearing Wu Dong's words, all the people's representatives in Bianliang City stayed there. After a long time, the old man who had spoken before hurriedly knelt down again and said: "Your Majesty is wise and loves the people like a son!"
As the old man knelt down, the rest of the people also knelt down to show their gratitude.
"In addition to these, Daliang also wants to exempt the world from the salt tax! From now on, everyone in the world will be able to eat salt!" Wu Dong said again.
During the Song Dynasty, the salt tax was extremely heavy! Salt tax accounted for one-third of the national treasury revenue! The Song Dynasty also cracked down hard on illegal salt. Anyone who sold illegal salt exceeding 20 kilograms would be punished by beheading! In the Song Dynasty, people who could not afford salt were
People abound! Wu Dong is exempted from the salt tax, although
He can lose a large part of his income, but he can quickly win the hearts and minds of the people of the world, which is conducive to the stability of the world! Moreover, using salt tax to exploit the people and enrich the national treasury is not the way he wants! What he wants is to enrich the people and strengthen the country, and
It is not about exploiting the people to make the country strong.
"In addition, Bianliang will set up a consultation bureau!" Wu Dong said again.