Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

"They dare!"

Li Shimin slapped the table hard.

In fact, the Japanese really dared to do this. They studied continuously in China in the early stage, and later became Japanese pirates and began to disturb the coastal areas.

In modern times, China declined briefly, and they began to learn from the West, officially wanting to occupy this land.

Their ambitions have always been great, and they have not changed since ancient times.

"According to Mr., whether it is the expansion of river transportation or sea transportation, ships are extremely important."

Li Shimin asked again.

"It is very important. If we can continue to explore the sea and have enough marine knowledge, we will not only be able to develop the resources of the ocean, but also establish our position as the maritime hegemony."

"Sea Overlord?"

Li Shimin fell in love with these four words as soon as he heard it.

"And all of this starts with the ship."

Li Yi'an overlaid those blueprints on the map, and continued: "To become the overlord of the sea, it will take tens or hundreds of years. It is difficult to do it. It will be something after Chengqian. What we have to do is to do a good job for Chengqian and the others." Get ready, lay the groundwork."

It turned out that Mr. was thinking about such a long-term, in order to last forever after the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin thought of this, and he admired him more and more in his heart.

"It's just shipbuilding, which costs a lot. I asked the Ministry of Industry to do it. It's not difficult. The current government-run business can fill the national treasury more and more."

Li Shimin thought about it for a while: "But to maintain the stability of a country, the treasury will have more and more expenditures. In addition to disaster relief, water conservancy and military pay must be built. As for the government-run schools that Mr. It has not been implemented outside of Gyeonggi-do, and all of them will cost money.”

"We are still building this kind of big ship. The cost will only be more, and it may even be insufficient. If those censors find out, they will definitely scold me and call me the second extravagant Yang Guang."

This is also his frustration as an emperor. If he wants to be a good emperor, he needs to balance all aspects, rather than simply relying on his personal preferences.

"Unless Mr. has some strategy to enrich the country!"

Li Shimin's words are the purpose of a lot of things said earlier.

Li Yi'an said: "I do have a method that can accumulate a considerable amount of wealth in a short period of time and provide a source of funds for the shipbuilding in the early stage. It depends on whether Your Majesty has the courage to do so."

Li Shimin asked, "What method?"

He is the monarch of the world, and although there are things that he dare not do, there are certainly not many.

"Restrict Buddhism!"

"Buddhism eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha's name. What they pay attention to is to save all living beings and be compassionate. Besides, have they made any contributions? In troubled times, mountains are closed and doors are closed, and in prosperous times, doors are opened to collect money, that's all."

"Buddhists don't need to pay taxes, don't have to do corvee service or military service, and just guard their own piece of land, so they can live comfortably, and don't care about the affairs of the family and the country."

"Buddhism is not close to female sex, and there are three unfilial sons. If a large number of people go to the Buddha and there is no male and female reproduction, how can the country inherit it? If more and more people practice Buddhism, do not give birth, and no one joins the army. Came strong?"

"In addition, the golden body of the Buddha statue is made of copper, and there is even gold. The Buddha statues of all the Buddhist temples in the world are cast into copper coins. Those are money, which can't be counted. The Buddhist temples open their doors to welcome pilgrims. Money does not need to be taxed, and the accumulated wealth may be richer than the average family."

Li Yi'an continued: "Buddhist temples occupy most of the land. They farm and harvest all the food. Do you still remember Ganye Temple? That village is near Ganye Temple. Ganye Temple is so rich, but Ganye Temple is so rich. Has the village been rescued? It seems not."

If there were, those people would not be so embarrassed.

"Finally, there is one more point. Li Tang regards Lao Tzu as his ancestor. Are there more Taoist temples or Buddhist temples in Chang'an?"

Li Yi'an sighed slightly: "I am a cultivator, and I also admit that saying this intentionally belittles and smears Buddhism, but it is just a suggestion. Whether you can do it or not, it depends on your majesty's courage."

"What is certain is that digging out all the money in the Buddhist gate will definitely be a huge sum of money."

Hearing what Li Yi'an had said, Li Shimin fell silent. These sounds seem to be very effective, but once they are implemented, some people's interests may be mobilized, and the counterattack will be fierce.

But Li Yi'an was definitely not the first to propose the practice of destroying Buddha.

The first is Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of Wei Dynasty, who was the first.

Next came Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yu Wenyong, and Li Yuan was almost encouraged to do this even during the reign of Wu De.

Combining the words of the husband, after thinking about it seriously, Li Shimin found that they did not do nothing to destroy Buddhism, but they really felt that Buddhism was not good.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Shimin still felt that it was not feasible to do so, and he was afraid that he would be sprayed to death by the people from Yushitai before he could do it, so he quickly shook his head and said, "No, even if I have the guts, I can't directly destroy the Buddha. "

Li Yi'an said: "Your Majesty must have misheard, what I said was restriction, not directly destroying it."

"limit?"

It's not good to destroy it.

Li Shimin was thinking in his heart, how to limit this is also a problem.

"If you want to restrict Buddhism, I can recommend someone. Does Your Majesty still remember Fu Yi from Ye, Xiangzhou?"

Li Yian recalled the history books he had read, and a name came to mind.

"In the seventh year of Wude, the Fu Yi who played the Supreme Emperor and wanted to destroy Buddha?"

Of course Li Shimin knew who this person was.

"It's him. If you want to restrict Buddhism, this person can use it. If you don't restrict it, then treat it as if I didn't say it. I'm really just suggesting. How to do it depends on His Majesty's decision."

Li Yi'an rolled up the maps and shipbuilding blueprints and handed them all over to Li Shimin. He had finished all the things he was going to say today.

Li Shimin digested it for a long time, and said solemnly: "Thank you sir for the map and the blueprint for shipbuilding. As for whether it is feasible to restrict Buddhism, I have to think about it carefully. After all, this matter is too important."

He solemnly put away everything, these are treasures.

Back at Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin said loudly: "Guo Dong, go and find Keming, Xuanling and Pharmacist, as well as Duan Lun from the Ministry of Industry and Li Daozong from Honglu Temple."

Guo Dong hurried down to prepare.

After a long while, Li Jing and the others finally came, and a while later, Li Daozong, Minister of Honglu Temple, also hurried into the Ganlu Hall.

"Zhuqing, I got a good thing today, you should take a look first."

Li Shimin had already asked people to bring several cases and placed them in the middle of the Ganlu Hall. He opened the map and showed them to them.

"This is... a map!"

As the military god of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing saw the value of it at the first glance. His heart was full of shock, and he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, where did this precise map come from? All the mountains, rivers, and mountain topography are drawn very clearly. I All the places I know are drawn correctly on the map, and if we fight against the Turks, with this map, even if we go to war now, I have the confidence to capture the old thief Xieli back alive."

Du Ruhui was also surprised and said: "This map is too big. It turns out that there are so many places in the world besides the Tang Dynasty. The drawings are too detailed. It seems that you are flying in the air. You can see the mountains, rivers, mountains and plains with your own eyes, and paint them one by one. It looks like a painting on the ground."

The person who drew this map is definitely a man of God.