Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 243 This is the gap between you and me!

Then the scene of bowing down.

As a result, Qin Tian just took one look and gave a very average evaluation, which made the confident Li Shimin feel a little embarrassed.

"Brother Qin, don't you want to read it again?" Li Shimin looked stiff: "Maybe there is something else that you haven't read?"

Qin Tian smiled and asked Li Shimin to sit down.

"Then let's talk about the problem from last time today."

Muchun served the two tea sets and began to perform tea art.

Qin Tian is not proficient in tea art, and Muchun's tea art was completely figured out by herself.

The tea leaves emit a delicate fragrance when brewed with boiling hot water. In just a moment, the aroma of tea fills the room.

As early as the Western Han Dynasty, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others had seen Qin Tian's tea brewing technique.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tried to imitate Qin Tian, ​​brewing only tea without adding anything else.

But since there was no way to fry tea leaves, the tea brewed directly was bitter and astringent, making it impossible to drink.

Therefore, until now, the way the public drinks tea is still very different from Qin Tian's.

They often add various items such as candied dates, and Qin Tian prefers to call it tea soup, or porridge.

"This..." Li Shimin looked shocked: "Is this a fragrant brewing method?"

"?"

Qin Tian glanced at Li Shimin strangely. He really didn't know what the current mainstream method of drinking tea was, so he naturally didn't know what Li Shimin was shocked about.

Li Shimin suppressed his excitement, took the tea brought by Muchun, and took a sip.

"This smell..."

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That's right! This is exactly what the record says!"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of surprise and joy.

A long time ago, he saw relevant records in history books, whether it was the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or the Three Kingdoms period.

"...it smells like nothing in the world. When brewed with clean water, the fragrance overflows, and the fragrance is pleasant.

…Try it, it’s bitter and tasteless…”

The general meaning is that Wei Qing during the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period both saw a strange method of making tea.

This method is very different from the mainstream method, and it is extremely fragrant. Some people have tried to imitate it, but the results have failed and it is extremely bitter!

Li Shimin never thought that he would be lucky enough to see this way of drinking tea!

After discovering that the tea brewed by Qin Tian was no different from what was recorded in history books, Li Shimin trusted Qin Tian even more!

Who can know this method of making tea, who is not an expert?

In Li Shimin's mind, Qin Tian had obviously become a reclusive family that had been living in seclusion in the mountains since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

After listening to Li Shimin's explanation, Qin Tian was also a little surprised.

"Is that so?" Qin Tian nodded slightly: "Actually, it's not a special craft, it's just that it hasn't been spread out."

“The process is very simple, you just need to fry the tea leaves properly.”

Qin Tian shook his head: "When Brother Li leaves later, I will give you a few kilograms of tea. Brother Li can also have others imitate it after he returns."

"I just can't tell you the specific process, you need to try it yourself."

It wasn't that Qin Tian didn't want to tell him, but his method of frying tea was completely different from normal people.

He uses spiritual power to fry tea leaves. Even if he was told to Li Shimin, he wouldn't be able to learn it!

And Qin Tian doesn't mind spreading the tea-frying method, it would be better to say that he is more willing to do so.

After the tea-frying method spreads, more and better-tasting teas will emerge among the people. In this way, if Qin Tian is greedy, he doesn't have to make tea by himself every time.

Moreover, the tea leaves roasted by the common people are not necessarily much different from their own taste, but have a different flavor!

Li Shimin was stunned by such magnanimity.

"Why?" Li Shimin was a little confused.

Even a person like him who is not familiar with business knows how much wealth value this method can create once it spreads.

But now Qin Tian is actually willing to talk about the method directly, which Li Shimin can't understand.

"Why." Qin Tian smiled: "It's just a few tea leaves, not something valuable."

"It's just that my method is too special and not universal. Otherwise, it would be okay to teach you the frying method directly."

Li Shimin opened his mouth.

Look, what does it mean to be an expert? What does it mean to treat money like dirt?

This is called an expert! This is called treating money like dirt!

Li Shimin nodded slightly: "Although I don't know the specific process, I just need to know that it is fried. If you try it a few times, you can get a rough idea."

"So thank you Brother Qin for the reward."

"Rewards are out of the question."

After chatting for a few words, the two finally got to the point.

Exactly what I said a few days ago is why the North and the South will change their offensive and defensive positions when it gets cold.

Qin Tian read Li Shimin's policy and there were indeed many merits in it.

After all, Li Shimin was also an emperor, not an ordinary person.

However, the limitations of the times and the limitations of knowledge still prevented him from seeing many things that were originally obvious.

In fact, the reason for the change of offensive and defensive positions between the north and the south is the same as the reason for the difference in difficulty of the southern and northern expeditions.

Destruction is always easier than creation, and aggression is always easier than defense.

For herdsmen, disaster years also mean that large areas of cattle and sheep starve to death and freeze to death. This is not just as simple as not having food.

This also means that if they do not divert conflicts externally or invade externally to obtain resources, most people will starve to death.

And the stability of farming is relatively high. As long as there are no outrageous natural or man-made disasters, the people will just have a hard time, and their lives will always be passable.

Therefore, fundamentally speaking, the demands and desires of the two are not on the same level at all.

That's why when it's cold, the nomads' desire to invade south is so strong.

Because they would starve and freeze to death if they did not invade, but the people in the south did not have to endure this.

When the war begins, the barbarians can fail countless times, but you can't chase them and kill them all anyway.

But as long as the southerners lose control once, the disaster it will bring to the people will be devastating.

What's more, people in the south have a hard time in disaster years. In order to maintain the integrity of border defense, a lot of manpower, material and resources need to be expended.

These things are already lacking in disaster years. Under the vicious cycle, the south is naturally very easy to lose.

But if it were the other way around, with sufficient logistics and a mild climate, the barbarians would be nothing compared to the huge number of southerners.

Food logistics is only one aspect. On the other hand, when the climate is cold, various natural disasters will amplify the evil in human nature.

Coupled with the governance problems of the dynasty, corruption of officials and other factors, it is easy to say that these problems will be covered up indefinitely.

But once the harvest fails, these problems will be infinitely magnified, and then a vicious cycle will begin, eventually leading to the complete collapse of the national system.

Throughout history, every time the South conquered the North, wasn't it based on successive years of good harvests and the people's recuperation?

If there is no good weather and a mild climate and a good harvest, it will be useless no matter how many years you rest.

Because the national strength cannot keep up with the pace of your conquests.

However, the Later Han Dynasty is an exception and cannot be discussed under normal circumstances.

A large part of the reason for this actually comes from Qin Tian.

During the Battle of Chibi, Qin Tian spread high-yielding crop seeds, which led to an unprecedented improvement in the strength of the Shu Han.

Under the conquest of manpower, even weather factors had to make way for the Shu Han.

Especially with the existence of Zhuge Liang, a man who can be said to be the same through the ages, he actually pulled the Shu Han back from the brink of destruction.

Liu Chan is not wise, he can even be said to be stupid.

However, Zhuge Liang was arbitrary, selected talents, and knew people well. As the uncrowned emperor of Shu Han, he successfully prevented Shu Han from being tortured by Liu Chan and selected an outstanding and reasonable successor for Shu Han.

However, after Zhuge Liang died, the Shu Han was still unable to resist the trend of history and eventually declined.

But as long as Shu Han does not commit suicide, it is absolutely impossible for him to die at the hands of foreigners.

The reason is also very simple. Even if there is a problem with the weather, with so many high-yielding crops, Shuhan's basic combat effectiveness is still guaranteed.

With this powerful logistical support, barbarians could plunder on a small scale, but a large-scale invasion was absolutely impossible.

But the bad thing was that Liu Chen appeared in the middle, which directly caused half of China to almost fall.

Although he was later pulled back by Qin Tian in time, Shu Han, whose vitality was seriously injured, was still unable to return to his previous appearance.

Later, after a series of turbulent changes, the Sui Dynasty was established, and the Shu Han Dynasty finally perished. The Han Dynasty, a dynasty that lasted for nearly seven hundred years, finally disappeared completely under the ups and downs.

But after that, the foundation of Sui Dynasty's rule was not stable.

Because the Han Dynasty ruled this land for too long.

Even though there were countless twists and turns in the middle, and even countries such as Cao, Wei, Sun, and Wu appeared, they all eventually returned to the Han Dynasty.

As for whether the Shu Han is Han... that is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.

Anyway, most people think that the Shu Han Dynasty is also orthodox to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, when Li Yuan and Li Shimin raised their flag to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, they also did so under the banner of restoring the Han Dynasty.

History is a cycle of reincarnation.

As for the true demise of the Sui Dynasty, no one mentioned the slogan of restoring the Han Dynasty.

Just shout slogans, but no one will really believe it, right?

Having said that, this is also the reason why Li Shimin is so thirsty for talents that he is almost crazy.

The Han Dynasty ruled for too long, and it was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that if the ruler was not named Liu, no one would be willing to recognize orthodoxy.

The Tang Dynasty seems to be extremely prosperous now, but no one knows what will happen to the Tang Dynasty in the future?

Just like the Sui Dynasty, didn't it also boil oil in a fierce fire, bloom with flowers, and then die in the second generation?

To put it bluntly, no one thinks these regimes can last long.

Many people are even still waiting for a rebel named Liu to come out and restore Han Dynasty orthodoxy again!

So Li Shimin was very anxious, so anxious that he was a little bit stunned.

Of course he knew what those people thought, but Li Shimin knew that times had changed, and after nearly a hundred years, the rule of the Liu surname was about to end.

But who knows whether the Tang Dynasty will be the next violent Sui Dynasty? Will he die the same way as Bao Sui?

Therefore, Li Shimin desperately hopes to recruit all talents in the world.

Not only because his method of ascending to the throne was unfair, but also because Li Shimin was afraid.

He was afraid that someone would really stand up and, like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, really restore the Han Dynasty!

……

Qin Tian keenly noticed this while talking with Li Shimin.

He didn't know much about people's hearts, especially the emperor's thoughts.

Qin Tian is good at discerning people's hearts. As for the emperors he has seen in this world, I am afraid that there will never be another person who can compare with him from ancient times to the present, or even in the future!

After noticing a trace of urgency hidden under Li Shimin's calm appearance, Qin Tian began to test and finally understood the source of Li Shimin's impatience.

Of course, Qin Tian also had feelings for the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention the friends he made during the Three Han Dynasty, just saying that Qin Tian interfered with and promoted the emergence of a brand new dynasty with his own power is enough for Qin Tian to have a different kind of emotion towards the Han Dynasty.

But the Han Dynasty finally ended.

Nearly a hundred years have passed since the Shu Han existed in name only, and more than fifty years have passed since the Shu Han's substantive and nominal demise.

That's a lot of time to kill.

Unlike many aristocratic families, Qin Tian never believed that there would be an eternal dynasty.

On the contrary, if the ruling class of a country does not change for thousands of years, Qin Tian will get bored.

Because such a country and such a dynasty are like a pool of stagnant water with no future!

The Western Han Dynasty, Eastern Han Dynasty and Shu Han Dynasty all have their own unique and distinctive characteristics.

The Western Han Dynasty valued martial arts and meritorious deeds. Therefore, throughout the Western Han Dynasty, the country was filled with an atmosphere of martial arts practice.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the rise of Buddhism and Taoism, the entire country had a strong theological atmosphere, which led to increasingly fierce power struggles in the later period.

But Shu Han is different from both of them.

Due to the sudden abundance of food production, life in the Shu Han was a bit too good, so not many years after Zhuge Liang's death, extravagance spread throughout the Shu Han.

Therefore, throughout the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty, the social atmosphere was actually not very good.

The population explosion failed to catch up with the development of agriculture, and the handicraft industry began to make its mark in society.

However, prosperous business brought a corrupt social atmosphere, which later led to Liu Chen, a weird runaway emperor.

But after being beaten once, things got much better during the post-Shu Han period.

It's just that after being invaded by foreign enemies, Shu Han, who even lost his country's capital, lost many things and could never get them back.

Population and cultivated land cannot be fully restored overnight.

Moreover, the climate throughout the Shu Han period was actually unstable, and various natural disasters occurred frequently, which also brought great trouble to the restoration of productivity in the post-Shu Han period.

Coupled with the limited abilities of those in power...

(End of this chapter)