Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu quickly completed the new draft. As long as he determined what to write, everything else was not a problem. The key was what to write.

Then Qi Xuansu asked Chen Jianchou to send the manuscript, and went to see Master Cihang himself - don't rush to see Master Donghua first. It's not that Qi Xuansu has forgotten Master Donghua, but meeting Master Donghua is of great significance and means He wanted to give Master Donghua a clear answer, so Qi Xuansu planned to put it last.

In name, Qi Xuansu came to visit his future mother-in-law, and no one could say it was wrong. According to common sense, it is before you get married that you should be more attentive to your mother-in-law. After getting married, it is another story.

After the greetings, Master Cihang did not look at the gift from Qi Xuansu, but went straight to the point: "Did you hit a snag with Li Qingwei?"

Qi Xuansu sighed and recounted the interview process with Master Qingwei without hiding anything.

After listening to this, Master Cihang commented, "Li Qingwei is pretending to be confused because he understands."

Qi Xuansu asked, "What does Zhenren mean by this?"

Master Cihang said, "You are someone who has been to Fenglinzhou. Li Qingwei single-handedly led the war in Fenglinzhou. Not to mention that Taiping Dao has been running Fenglinzhou for many years. They are all members of the Taoist government. Have you ever thought about it?" , Why does Taipingdao use Japanese people to control Japanese people?”

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and replied, "The first thing is to save trouble. The second thing is to establish an isolation mechanism, just like the firebreak dug out to deal with mountain fires and grassland fires. The Japanese people are unhappy and have public grievances. The first target is Prime Minister Toyotomi's Mansion, not our Taoism. Prime Minister Toyotomi's Mansion is our firebreak. To put it bluntly, the relationship between Taoism and Daxuan's court is not like this. Of course, we do not directly touch people's livelihood issues. It’s a lot less power, but also a lot less responsibility.”

Cihang Zhenren said, "This is not the crux of the problem. In fact, this has been the case from the beginning of the Taoist sect. Except for a few special Taoist houses such as Kunlun Taoist House and Luosuozhou Taoist House, we have retained the original features of most Taoist temples. The imperial government implements a dual system structure. There is the Daxuan Court in the Central Plains, there are Dayu Kingdom, Java Kingdom, Funan Kingdom, etc. in Nanyang. There is Weiyuan Kingdom in Fenglinzhou, and there are many small countries in the Western Regions. Why do you do this? "

Qi Xuansu thought for a longer time this time and replied, "Because the cost is too high?"

Cihang Zhenren said, "Yes, there is a cost issue. Military operations have costs, and administration also has costs. If the Taoist government is really responsible for managing it personally, how many Taoist priests will be needed? Can the Taoist sect have so many Taoist priests? If not, then wild Taoist priests must be recruited on a large scale. and Taoist priests who have already retired to hermitage, extending the age at which Taoist priests can retire, expanding the enrollment of Taoist palaces such as Wanxiang Taoist Palace, and relaxing the threshold conditions for becoming Taoist priests. The cost problems brought about by these actions are what Taoism faces.

Is it bearable? Just the Taoist priest's regular financial expenditure will make the Taoist sect's financial problems worse. "

"And even if we start to manage it, we may not be able to manage it well. For some reasons, our Taoist priests are mainly from the Central Plains, especially at the top. The Taoist priests are outsiders and are not familiar with the local situation. Let them airborne to deal with local problems. I think issues such as folk customs, beliefs, and livelihoods will all cause big problems. If you were in the Central Plains, you might be a little more restrained. If you go outside, the mentality of the emperor and the contempt for barbarians will not be able to do anything. It is conceivable that the loss of Nanyang during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Great Wei Dynasty was not a concentrated outbreak of this problem."

"So from the beginning, we have had Taoist priests manage the officials, and then professional officials to manage people's livelihood. In this way, we can not only establish an isolation zone as you said, but also greatly reduce the cost problem. And Kunlun Daofu and Luo Suozhou There are no ordinary people in places like the Taoist government, so the Taoist sect can only take charge of them. "

Qi Xuansu nodded slightly, "The cost issue is indeed a big issue. Steam Gospel has repeatedly claimed that it does not consider the issue of victory or defeat, only the cost issue. In fact, Steam Gospel cannot capture the Southern Continent. A large part of the reason is indeed the cost issue. For them, , it’s a loss-making business.”

Master Cihang said, "During the Fenglinzhou war, Li Qingwei repeatedly emphasized the need to keep a Fenglinzhou that is popular among the people, and at the same time increase efforts to support Prime Minister Toyotomi. Wouldn't he understand this truth? He is still just a Fenglinzhou. Linzhou, a place as big as a palm, is right under our noses. The Southern Continent is dozens of times larger than Fenglinzhou, with only a much larger population, and it is separated from us by the vast sea. Why doesn't Li Qingwei talk about the people's opinions? He also forgot all about the cost? Why did he touch the stone in Fenglinzhou in vain? So I said he was pretending to be confused. "

Qi Xuansu complimented, "The real whip has penetrated the inside."

Master Cihang continued, "Even if the Dao Sect takes over the Southern Continent, we can't even directly govern Nanyang and Fenglin Continent, so how can we talk about directly governing the Southern Continent? What are the foundations of Nanyang and Fenglin Continent? Half of the immigrants from the Central Plains are in Nanyang. It has always been a vassal of the Central Plains Dynasty, and in some periods of time it became the state capital of the Central Plains Dynasty. Fenglinzhou has also been influenced by the Central Plains culture for a long time. Although it is ambitious, it is not difficult to educate it based on such a foundation. Things are still unstable just around the corner. There was a large-scale rebellion in Fenglinzhou, and the rebellion of Chen Shuhua and Wang Jiaohe occurred in Borneo. Now we are talking about directly governing a larger area, a larger population, and a situation across the vast sea. A more complex South

Mainland, isn’t it just an idiot’s dream? "

"Opening up new territories is certainly exciting, but we must consider the practical problems and various subsequent impacts. The Golden Horde was quite majestic, spanning the Eastern and Western worlds at its peak, but what next? The Golden Horde's extensive management resulted in The empire is rapidly collapsing, and there is no destiny for the country. Are we just going to be a century-old empire? We only want to be short-lived, and we don’t want long-term peace. As long as the moment of burning is brilliant, we don’t care about anything else."

"Do Li Qingwei and the national masters behind him not understand these principles? They don't understand anything. They still do it. You can only imagine what they can do in the future. Because they didn't want to govern, naturally It doesn’t count as a cost. Don’t mention anything about development and future, just support Daomen with peace of mind. To put it more harshly, this is using the sword of Daomen to gain more for Daomen.”

"As long as our own people live well, we don't care whether foreigners live or die. Let's not talk about whether this sentence is correct or not, it is no different from the Western Holy Court. Do we need morality and righteousness? What we have said in the past, criticizing Western The words spoken by people and those who ridicule Westerners will turn into slaps in our faces, just like the boomerangs of the Luosuozhou natives."

"Some people may say that it is meaningful to get the land anyway. It is good to get the land, but the prerequisite is to hold it. The Golden Tent people once fought all the way to the Blue Danube River, and now only a piece of the Golden Tent is left What's the point of not being able to defend the desolate grassland and Gobi? Looting and exploitation will not last forever. Instead, they will accumulate hatred. When enough hatred is accumulated and the steam gospel strikes again, where will the indigenous people stand? I'm afraid this is a question. Without foundation, public support, and consensus, how long can our Daomen hold on to this land for fifty years or a hundred years?"

"You can only look at fifty or one hundred years in life, but one country and one religion cannot be so short-sighted. Is the land gained and lost considered the expansion of territory?"

Qi Xuansu carefully tasted the words of Master Cihang.

To sum up, there are only two points. If you want to make the Southern Continent permanently the land of Dao Sect, you need to invest a lot of costs in refined management, which Dao Sect cannot do now. If you don’t want to invest in in-depth governance and just want to get a vote to make up for the shortfall, you will not be able to last. Sooner or later, you will lose it, or even lose it forever.

More importantly, the issue of Xidaomen has not been discussed here, which is unpredictable. Xidaomen is not one person, but many people. Everyone has their own ideas. If the upper management of Xidaomen compromises, others will not rebel. Fenglinzhou can give birth to Zunbang sect, and Xidao sect can give birth to

No radical faction would be surprised. Not to mention sharing the same sect and origin, the Taoist sect was divided into five hundreds of years ago, and it’s not like there has never been a fight.

If the West Daomen is forced to rebel, then it will be fun. The Daomen can win on the frontal battlefield, and then they will fall into endless small-scale chaos. The Holy Court is not a fool. If Steam Gospel takes the opportunity to support Xidaomen behind the scenes and bleeds the Daomen on the expedition, then the Daomen's situation will be even more difficult.

This kind of continuous bloodletting will most likely cause turmoil within the Taoist sect, and various long-standing problems will explode. Without moral principles, it will be unable to unite people's hearts. Even if the Taoist sect disintegrates, it is not impossible.

Morality and justice are a fuse. When the country is in crisis, morality and justice can unite people and tide over the difficulties. If you lose this, you will have no choice but to die in times of crisis.

Because of this, the ideas of Qi Xuansu's group came into being.

Equality, mutual assistance, and harmonious development.

Opening up new territories is of course passionate.

A real man carries a three-foot sword to achieve unparalleled achievements.

The question is what happens after the passion?

Just like a couple who decided to elope regardless of their family's objections. Many stories end here. Then what? Most likely it won't be great. The hardships of life will destroy all love.

In the same way, all the excitement can be wiped out by complicated follow-up questions.

Many people often fall into this misunderstanding. They are incited by others and become fanatical and radical, drowning out other voices. In the end, they can calm down because there are too many dead people, but it cannot end, and they are just a piece of chicken feathers.

Master Cihang finally said, "When Jinque is discussing matters, I want to speak. This kind of behavior is absolutely unacceptable. They want to say whether I belong to this faction or that faction, weak or incompetent, let them decide. Back then, Xuan The Holy Spirit has criticized this kind of behavior, which is a wrong tendency of being too eager for quick success and aggressive."

"Things that originally took hundreds of years to be accomplished slowly are attempted to be completed within a dozen years through some extreme violent means in an attempt to achieve a quick resolution. The result is that it is unrealistic, arouses resentment among the people, and ignores the people's will and public opinion. Even if it succeeds, It is also prone to backlash and the inability to properly handle various conflict issues, leading to internal and external turmoil.

. There is also an element of personal heroism in it, basing everything on personal will without analyzing the objective situation, which ultimately leads to damage to one's own strength, or even a major failure. "

"I say this now, and I will say the same again when the matter is discussed in Jinque."

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