Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 552
Because he was in a hurry, Li Tan only visited the pharmaceutical workshops of Zhao Chen and Wang Xue in Jiuquan, and then met with the presidents of the federations in Jiuquan. Then he changed into a horse-drawn rail car at the station in Jiuquan, and went directly to Wuwei City. .

Li Mi had ridden this kind of horse-drawn rail car before entering Shazhou City, and he was deeply impressed by it at that time.

This means of transportation can pull heavy loads and travel between cities very quickly.

Today, almost all important materials in the three towns of Hexi are transported by horse-drawn railcars.

Another important strategic role is that the horse-drawn rail car can greatly increase the mobility of the Hexi army.

Originally, it was necessary to deploy troops in the long and narrow Hexi Corridor, but now only a small number of outposts need to be left. Once a war breaks out, troops from all over the country can quickly go to their destinations by horse-drawn rail cars.

Li Mi looked at the young protagonist sitting in the carriage, and he was really moved in his heart where did Li Tan recruit these talents, and where did he come up with so many wonderful ideas, so that Hexi could make a living in just over a year? Earth-shaking changes have taken place.

The horse-drawn rail car was something that Li Mi could understand. The steam train from Jinkou City to Shazhou, which had just opened to traffic a while ago, was something Li Mi could not understand.

He really didn't understand how it was possible to drive such a heavy train forward just by using coal to boil water.

Even if Lu Ban is alive, it's nothing more than that, right?

Li Mi also heard that the Jiuzhangwei Railway was also planning to use steam trains, but the Department of Roads was still in the stage of discussion and did not approve this plan.

The horse was driving the carriage smoothly, Li Bi opened a report and handed it to Li Tan, saying:
"This is Wangfu Bank's year-end settlement. Although there were some bad debts due to the low-interest young crop loan last year, Wangfu Bank was still profitable on the whole."

Li Tan opened the report of Chang Lun, the president of the Wangfu Bank, relying on the funds deposited by the players in the Wangfu Bank, and taking advantage of the rapid development of Longyou this year, several investments in the Wangfu Bank have recovered their capital this year.

The government bonds issued on behalf of the Dudu Mansion have grown even more gratifyingly, and have raised a large amount of funds for the Dudu Mansion.

These profits offset the most money-losing Qingmiaodai, and finally made Wangfu Bank's books profitable.

Li Tan simply flipped through it, handed it to Li Mi and said, "Let the Audit Office take a look."

Li Bi nodded, the Audit Office under the Governor's Mansion is now the most feared department in Longyou.

Since the establishment of this department, all state capitals, the Ministry of Publicity and Consolation, and the internal and stationed departments of the Dudu Mansion have all been audited by the Audit Department.

The results of the audit should be included in the "assessment", which also determines the level of assessment and evaluation of each department.

The auditors are professionals who are proficient in finance, and most of the fake accounts cannot escape their eyes.

Moreover, the Audit Department can also mobilize the internal guards of the Xuanjing Division to assist them in investigating cases. Since its establishment, two county magistrates have been dismissed, the Dudu Mansion has reprimanded a magistrate, and countless low-level officials have been dismissed.

Li Mi also has to admit that this kind of institutionalized investigation and supervision is much better than the censor system implemented by Datang.

Today, the Yushi Terrace in the Tang Dynasty has long been reduced to a tool for fighting in the court. All forces will use the Yushi they control to attack political opponents, and the entire Yushi Terrace is full of smog.

And many impeachments of Yushitai are also hearsay, and even Yushi impeached ministers on charges of framing.

After the formation of the situation of seizing the throne in the past few years, Yushitai has become a battlefield for all parties.

Then Li Mi took out another document and said, "This is a report from the General Staff Department, and it is the military parade process for this Wuwei military exercise."

Li Tan opened the report. This was the first time he had inspected Hexi's army, and it was also the first time that the General Staff Department held a large-scale military exercise. For this reason, the players in the General Staff Department also became a mess.

Most of the players, including Xu Jun, supported holding a military parade to show the might of the Longyou army.

The specific method is to focus on a neat square formation, and ask the King of Yue to inspect the Hexi Army at the gate of Wuwei City.

This plan was strongly opposed by the "weapon faction" players in the staff department. They believed that the reason for the invincibility of the Longyou army was the advanced weapons and equipment, so they insisted on conducting a weapon drill to show the advanced weapons of Longyou to Du Hongjian and other generals of the Shuofang army. .

Professional soldiers like Xu Jun, who train soldiers with modern drills, are called "military trainers."

And the "weapon faction" in the staff department who advocated new weapons and advocated that only the development of weapons can push Datang flat.

Although Xu Jun was the leader of the military training faction, this time he wanted to show Longyou's strength in front of Du Hongjian, and the "artifacts" such as artillery and explosives still had to be displayed, so he submitted this plan that combined the demands of the two factions.

The military parade was held at the Xinzhuang camp. First, the military parade of the numbered hero regiment was held, and then the new artillery was tested at the Xinzhuang camp to demonstrate the power of the new equipment to Du Hongjian.

Li Tan nodded and said, "According to the itinerary arranged by Chief of Staff Xu, we will not enter the city when we arrive in Wuwei, and go directly to Xinzhuang Camp."

Li Mi recorded Li Tan's order, and then said: "The news from the Uyghur Propaganda Envoy said that the Uyghur royal court has welcomed the convoy of the Princess Heqin, and Mou Yu Khan is already inviting Wu Zhu and Zoroastrian priests together Pray, choose a good day and auspicious day to get married."

"Zoroastrianism? These monks actually went to the Uighurs to preach? Even the Uighur Khan asked them for divination?"

Li Mi said with a smile: "Nowadays in Longyou, Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism and many other sects are under the leadership of monks and Taoists, and they must preach according to the rules of Longyou. Zoroastrianism cannot compete with the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism, so we can only find another way Go north to Uighur."

"It is said that the high priest of Zoroastrianism in Gaochang City went to Uighur City in person and met Mou Yu Khan. He exclaimed that Mou Yu Khan was the reincarnation of the Holy Son of Light, and ordered the Zoroastrian priest to go to Uighur to assist the future 'great light' king'."

Li Tan sneered and said, "Does Mou Yu Khan believe such an old routine?"

Li Mi smiled, this kind of reincarnation of the holy son and the reincarnation of the Buddha is too old-fashioned, and the major sects in the Central Plains have long stopped playing this way.

This Zoroastrian religion still uses such an old-fashioned routine, but their idea of ​​going north to Uyghur to displace competition is still wise.

Since the Gaochang City Conference, all sects have been brought into the unified management of the Dudu Mansion.

However, Li Tan did not engage in any movement to destroy Buddhism, as the rebellious monks of the Great Buddha Temple thought.

The policy of the monks and Taoists of the Dudu Mansion is very simple, to control temple property and the number of professional religious personnel.

For existing monasteries, the Sang Dao Division allocates a specified amount of monastery land according to the size of monks, but does not allow monasteries to engage in economic activities.

Through the management system of renunciation certificates, monks with degree certificates are given tax-free preferential treatment, but monks without degree certificates have to bear the same obligations as ordinary people.

The monks and Taoists strictly control the number of system certificates and the number of monks.

In monasteries with a large number of people, if someone voluntarily comes to the monastery to practice, the monks and Taoists will naturally ignore them.

However, if a monk who does not have a degree is practicing in a monastery, the priest will ask the monastery to bear the rent of this person.

Once several big Buddhist temples in Gaochang City resisted and summoned lay Buddhists to lead the practice in the temples, but soon the tax collectors came to collect taxes, and the abbot almost sold off the Buddha statues to pay taxes.

Since then, the major monasteries in Gaochang have expelled believers who did not have a degree from the monasteries.

Although worshiping the Buddha is still prevalent in Gaochang City, the kind of believers who sacrifice their lives to become monks no longer exist.

Zoroastrianism, which originally lagged behind Buddhism and Taoism in Gaochang, has had a hard time under the suppression of this series of policies.

It's just that the Zoroastrianism chose to give up Longyou, which has been in business for a century, and go north to the grassland to preach.

Li Tan sneered and said, "Secretizing sages privately, has this Zoroastrianism forgotten the rules of monks and priests?"

There is another shackle in Longyou's control of the major sects, which is to prohibit the sanctification of the body and the godhood.

In addition, revealing "miracles" and charitable donations must be reported to the monks and Taoists. If they privately reveal "miracles" to the people, they will also be punished by the monks and Taoists.

In the words of the monks complaining in Gaochang City today, the Governor's Mansion of the King of Yue "manages the sky, the earth, the gods, and the Buddha's manifestation!"

However, in the case of the Dafo Temple being uprooted, the various sects in Longyou can only obediently accept this rule.

At that time, Zoroastrianism wanted to canonize the King of Yue as the "Great Bright King", that is, the saint who descended to save the world in Zoroastrian mythology.

But Li Tan rejected the canonization of Zoroastrianism because "I am alone as the son of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can I accept the canonization of foreign gods?"

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, these guys made Mou Yu Khan the holy son again.

Li Tan thought with evil intentions, these Zoroastrian monks are still on the right track, he is the Great Bright King, and Mou Yu Khan is the Holy Son.

If I had accepted it then, wouldn't I have become Mou Yu Khan's father?
That's brother-in-law and father, and the seniority is messy enough.

Li Mi also sneered and said, "The monk and priest have already dispatched to question the Zoroastrianism's main altar in Gaochang City."

Li Tan nodded and put down the report.

He didn't care about the spread of Zoroastrianism on the grasslands. Compared with Zoroastrianism, a sect with a history of inheritance, the Uighur's current Changshengtian belief is really far behind.

Blood sacrifices and live sacrifices are almost barbaric than the Bon religion in Tubo.

The teachings of Zoroastrianism also persuade people to be good, which can be regarded as a great progress for the Uighurs.

Li Tan understands that religion is just a tool, but he needs to hold this tool firmly in his hands instead of being manipulated by it.

The rail carriage gradually began to slow down, and Zhangye was almost there in a blink of an eye. The carriage stopped to overhaul and replenish supplies, and Cui Tao had already brought a group of officials from Zhangye to greet him here.

Li Tan was very fond of this "Conglong Yuanxun" himself. After all the officials had finished seeing the ceremony, Cui Tao introduced the recent development of Zhangye, and suddenly said:

"Your Highness, Tao wants to resign from Zhangye's prefect!"

(End of this chapter)