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

Chapter 244 Why don’t men bring Wu Gou?

In addition to the limitations on the ability of the rulers, various reasons such as the inevitable corruption of officials in the late post-Shu Han period eventually led to the demise of the Shu Han and the reshuffling of the world's forces.

Just like the Early Han Dynasty was divided into two parts, the front and back, separated by the New Dynasty, the history of the Later Han, that is, the Shu Han, can actually be divided into two parts.

One period is from Zhuge Liang becoming the uncrowned king to the end of the Shu Han civil strife. This is the pre-Shu Han period.

The other period is from Liu Chen's sudden death to the demise of Shu Han, which is the post-Shu Han period.

The two periods before and after combined are about the same time as the former Han Dynasty, but there are great changes in style.

After coming out of seclusion, Qin Tian, ​​who learned this, was not disgusted with Shu Han, but just felt a little emotional.

Kong Ming's expectations eventually came to nothing.

The dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon.

As for the current Tang State, Qin Tian has no other thoughts.

If history caused the Tang Dynasty to disappear due to Qin Tian's intervention, then Qin Tian might still be a little disappointed.

But great people are great wherever they go.

Many times, fixed points in history will not change.

Regardless of Qin Tian's intervention or not, at a certain point in time, the dynasty will still perish and rise when it should rise.

Therefore, Qin Tian believed that the emergence of the Tang Dynasty was a fixed point in history and something that would not be changed.

Qin Tian didn't know what to say about Li Shimin's concerns.

After all, Li Shimin at this time was just a young man in his twenties, who had just entered middle age from youth.

Many of his methods are not clever and can even be called simple.

But Qin Tian knew that a rising star was sitting in front of him.

……

"So Brother Qin thinks, what will happen to Tang... in the future?"

Qin Tian came to his senses: "Tang Kingdom..."

"The future is promising."

Qin Tian took a sip of tea: "Generally speaking, I think the future of Tang will not be worse than that of the Han Dynasty, and may even be far better than that of the Han Dynasty."

Li Shimin swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty: "The two Han Dynasties you are talking about mean..."

Generally speaking, the two Han dynasties actually refer to the nearly 700 years of the pre-Han, Shu and Han dynasties combined.

But some people specifically refer to the Early Han Dynasty or the Later Han Dynasty.

"Of course it's the former Han and the latter Han together." Qin Tian said matter-of-factly.

"This is the first time I know that Brother Qin has so much confidence in Tang State."

Li Shimin asked tentatively.

Qin Tian smiled: "This is not because I have any confidence in the emperor, this is just the inevitability of history."

Li Shimin's eyes narrowed: "What should be the explanation?"

The people of the world have experienced war for too long, so they have always longed for peace.

Nearly a hundred years have passed since the end of the Shu Han Dynasty.

How many good lives have the people lived in these hundred years?

The total number can be counted clearly on one hand.

Therefore, in times of peace, people will cherish the present time more and more, and then their amazing potential will explode.

As long as the person on the throne is not a stupid pig, the Tang State's national power cannot be weaker.

Because the times are developing and technology is advancing.

Compared with the Han Dynasty, after so many years of development and changes, the starting point of the Tang Kingdom was almost equivalent to their peak period.

Of course, this refers to technical issues, not real strength.

And under this situation, no matter how Datang develops, it will not be too bad.

So Qin Tiancai said that this was a historical inevitability.

"Besides, don't you also know about the person in the palace?" Qin Tian looked at Li Shimin with a half-smile.

"What do I know?" Li Shi's eyelids twitched.

For a moment, he thought his identity had been discovered.

"There has been a lot of rumblings outside all day long. Did Brother Li not hear about it at all?" Qin Tian smiled: "The man in the palace is really working hard to manage!"

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that his identity had not been discovered yet.

He wasn't afraid that his identity would be exposed, he just felt that now was not the time for a showdown.

How did he know that Qin Tian had actually known that he was Li Shimin for a long time, but he just didn't tell him clearly!

"Could it be that in Brother Qin's eyes, even if he creates a prosperous age, is it just because he conforms to the times?"

Qin Tian shook his head slightly: "Era only gave them the foundation to create a prosperous age and guaranteed the lower limit of the Tang Kingdom."

"But where the upper limit is and how glorious it will be depends on what the ruler himself does."

The same scene, if it were another person, it might be a completely different situation.

With such a Tang Dynasty in the hands of Li Shimin, he could have the Weishui Alliance, and he could also eliminate DTZ in a few years and create a prosperous age for the Tang Dynasty.

But if you were replaced by Liu Chen...

Qin Tian couldn't help but sneer: "If it were Liu Chen, there wouldn't be such a shame as the Chanyuan Alliance!"

"Because this bastard moved the capital long ago when the Turks moved south!"

Even now, Qin Tian is still completely dissatisfied with Liu Chen.

He hated this emperor very much.

Don't forget, this guy is still being tortured underground in Jiangnan, and together with his favored ministers Xingchen, he will endure thousands of years of torture.

Even so, it still couldn't dispel Qin Tian's anger.

Although the feeling of being compared by Qin Tian to the Liu Chen in history is very subtle, the fact that Qin Tian has great confidence in Tang still makes Li Shimin very satisfied.

"I think Brother Qin is so talented, why not join the court as an official?" Li Shimin said tentatively: "Although I am broke, I still have some connections. If Brother Qin is willing, Li is willing..."

Qin Tian waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't mention it again, don't mention it again!"

Li Shimin was a little confused: "Why?"

"Is it because of the current emperor, he..."

If Qin Tian doesn't like this dynasty or this ruler, Li Shimin can actually understand it to some extent.

After all, he had committed the murder of his brother.

But during the conversation, Li Shimin discovered that Qin Tian was not the kind of person who cared about these things.

This made him very puzzled.

Why doesn't Qin Tian care and still doesn't want to become an official in the dynasty?

Qin Tian laughed: "Don't look at what I say is awesome, but in fact it's just talk on paper."

Qin Tian's talent lies in cultivation and understanding the world, not politics.

He knows how much he weighs, and even if he is an immortal, there are still things that are beyond his power.

It's okay to ask him to give opinions from a macro perspective and make small talk, but if you really ask him to do it himself, Qin Tian will reject it a million times.

Because Qin Tian has never been a person with high ambitions and low abilities.

A very simple example is that at the end of the Shu Han Dynasty, official administration was corrupt.

The petty officials who collected taxes took advantage of the opportunity to make money for themselves, and the landowners would pass on part of their losses to the people.

In the end, the people could not survive at all, countless families were destroyed and their lives were destroyed, which ultimately led to a series of disastrous consequences such as peasant uprisings. How to deal with this situation?

kill? Who to kill? Killing petty officials or landlords?

It is undeniable that the behavior of petty officials in amassing money is indeed inappropriate and deserves to be damned, but the problem is that the petty officials themselves cannot survive.

In order to ensure his job, he needs to manage everything up and down, and it is useless even if he keeps his position, because the court does not release the salary at all.

It is common to be in arrears for three to five years.

In order to ensure their livelihood, they had to start seeking benefits for themselves.

Landowners also have opinions. Could it be that life for landlords will be easier? The country's exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes will not take care of you just because you are a landlord.

To put it bluntly, except for those powerful people, most landlords are just ordinary people, and some are even no different from those exploited ordinary people.

Because when their land is no longer worth the taxes, they will become tenant farmers working for others.

Going back further, the root of the problem lies in corruption, in the system, and in the inaction of the rulers.

But how to solve these root problems?

Would it be useful to change the emperor? Would it be useful to kill all the corrupt officials?

Qin Tian had read history in his previous life. At the beginning of the Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang purged officials five times and killed tens of thousands of officials.

Can it be useful?

If killing is really useful, it should be over after the first kill, and the next four should not happen again.

Even if they kill one after another, the root problem is never solved.

The root of the problem is the human heart, which can change and be corrupted by power and money.

However, this problem can never be solved and can only be alleviated through the system.

Just like the incident with the little official, besides the innocent farmers who were being exploited, who else was innocent in the whole thing?

No one is innocent!

But across the entire chain, who is your enemy?

Everyone has their own difficulties, but at the same time, they are also your enemies.

Qin Tian was never willing to think too much about this kind of thing.

If you put him in that position, he will most likely kill them all.

But killing people doesn't solve the problem, it just makes the problem repeat itself in another form.

Therefore, Qin Tian will never interfere in any political matters.

The only time Qin Tian intervened, he didn't just kill people, but used killing as a means of deterrence.

In fact, he did not interfere too much in the choices of those people. All he needed was a group of rulers who could save the Shu Han and ensure that the Shu Han would not be invaded.

If these people are not satisfactory, then kill them again and replace them with another group.

So there was the continuation of Shuhan.

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"Brother Qin is too humble." Li Shimin was a little unimpressed by Qin Tian's statement.

He believed that Qin Tian could analyze the things he saw so profoundly, and his ability to govern must also be quite strong.

Talking on paper is just an excuse.

Although he didn't know why Qin Tian rejected him, Li Shimin believed that as long as he kept working hard, Qin Tian would definitely be impressed by him.

However, since Qin Tian has now expressed that he has no intention of becoming an official, Li Shimin also plans to conceal his identity for a while again.

By then, even if Qin Tianzhen really doesn't want to become an official in the court, Li Shimin will be satisfied as long as he can get guidance from Qin Tian.

Li Shimin saluted Qin Tian.

"What I saw and heard today is very fruitful. Thank you Brother Qin for your guidance."

"Guidance is out of the question." Qin Tian waved his hand: "It's just a discussion."

"I hope that if I have any doubts in the future, I can come to Brother Qin to discuss it." Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, then said what was on his mind.

He is a straightforward person, so naturally he is not willing to hide anything.

Qin Tianyi pointed out: "It seems that Brother Li has a lot of ambitions."

Li Shimin's expression froze: "This... that..."

Qin Tian laughed: "It doesn't matter, I understand. Why don't the man bring Wu Hook and collect..." Qin Tian paused and did not continue.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "It's a good poem, but why doesn't it have the second half of the sentence? Why not something else?"

Qin Tian smiled: "Why not... Why not, if you haven't decided yet, where does Brother Li want to conquer? Just fill in the name of that place!"

Why don't men bring Wu hooks and collect Guanshan and fifty states? These two poems came from Li He a hundred years later.

At that time, during the Yuanhe period, more than fifty states north and south of the Yellow River were divided into feudal areas.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty had not yet experienced the An-Shi Rebellion, and naturally there were no separate vassal towns, so the Guanshan Fifty Prefectures naturally became nonsense.

If he really read out the complete poem, I'm afraid it would make Li Shimin a little confused.

So Qin Tian simply gave the remaining half of the poem to Li Shimin to fill in!

"Brother Qin, you..." Li Shimin hesitated to speak.

Qin Tian smiled: "Don't worry, I can see that you have great ambitions, but no matter who you are or who I am, we are all friends and this will not change."

Qin Tian meant something, but Li Shimin didn't seem to hear what Qin Tian meant.

On the contrary, he was very moved.

But in his heart, Li Shimin also thought in a wicked way: "If Qin Tian knew his identity, I'm afraid he would never be able to say such things again!"

Li Shimin was in a very good mood after bidding farewell to Qin Tian.

He learned a lot today and was even able to formulate policies and strategies for DTZ people.

If he only had some ideas before, now Li Shimin is confident.

The Tang Dynasty seems weak now, but as long as it develops steadily, it won't be long before it can absolutely crush the Turks in all aspects.

This is Li Shimin's confidence in Datang and his confidence in his own strength!

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"Sage, are you in a good mood today?" Yu Chigong smiled when he saw Li Shimin coming back.

"It's really good."

"Jingde, you have made a great contribution this time, and you have discovered an excellent counselor for me!"

"That's what the saint said..." Yu Chigong's eyes flashed.

He thought he was just an ordinary doctor, but he really didn't expect that he could be so reused by Li Shimin.

"That's right, it's the Taoist priest you and I met at the temple fair a few days ago."

"He really has great talent and great strategy!" Li Shimin said regretfully: "It's a pity that he doesn't seem to be planning to become an official in the court for the time being."

"I don't know what he is thinking now."

"In that case, why don't Weichen give him a try?"

Li Shimin was obviously moved when he heard Yu Chigong's suggestion.

But he quickly rejected Yu Chigong's request.

"That's all, it's not good. Let me do it myself." Li Shimin said: "Of course it is me who invites such a talent back in person, which highlights my sincerity!"

"Your Majesty's life!" Yuchi knelt down and said.

(End of this chapter)