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

Qingfeng Qingshui looks the same almost every day.

The early stage of spiritual practice brings great changes to people, especially when embarking on the path of spiritual practice, the whole temperament of a person will undergo earth-shaking changes.

This change is not only reflected in appearance, but also in all aspects of a person.

Therefore, anyone who corrects the Tao will not be too offensive at first glance.

After practice, it will become more obvious that images arise from the mind.

People with dark hearts will feel uncomfortable even if they practice the brilliant path.

There is no way to change the temperament in the bones, unless that person practices the corresponding breath-containing technique.

When Qingfeng Qingshui and Qingfeng Qingshui were practicing rapidly, Zhao Kuangyin did not stop.

After establishing the national title, Zhao Kuangyin faced a situation that could be said to be surrounded by wolves, with separatist forces everywhere in the world.

Under the current situation, the news that Zhao Kuangyin seized power is really not big news nowadays.

The big news that really shocked the world was that Mr. Hu actually publicly expressed his willingness to support Zhao Kuangyin.

Different from the previous attitude of cooperation, this time Mr. Hu directly announced that he would become an ally with Zhao Kuangyin.

Everyone knows that Mr. Hu is not interested in fighting for world hegemony.

Therefore, Master Hu, who saw the dragon but never saw its tail, basically showed his surrender to Zhao Kuangyin.

To a certain extent, Mr. Hu believed that Zhao Kuangyin had the ability to dominate the world!

As a result, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly became the target of public criticism.

This gave Zhao Kuangyin a headache.

This move can only be said to have pros and cons.

The advantage is that Zhao Kuangyin has comprehensive support from the little fox. In this way, whether it is resisting foreign enemies or quelling domestic rebellions, Zhao Kuangyin is much easier.

The disadvantages are also not small. Nowadays, the world is divided into various countries. In addition to the Song Dynasty, there are also separatist forces such as Hou Shu, Southern Han, Southern Tang, Wuyue, and Northern Han.

The little fox's surrender undoubtedly dropped a bombshell into the already not very calm lake.

For a time, all forces turned their attention to this new regime that had just been established.

Zhao Kuangyin even heard that someone was preparing to join forces to eliminate them first.

Zhao Kuangyin has faced great military pressure recently.

On the one hand, he had to guard against invasion from foreign enemies, and on the other hand, he also needed to quell domestic rebellions.

However, Zhao Kuangyin already had a large number of troops, and with the five parallel-imported monks given to him by Qin Tian, ​​Zhao Kuangyin had a smooth journey on the road to quelling the domestic rebellion.

It only took him three months to put down the rebellions launched by Li Jun, the military governor of Zhaoyi, and Li Chongjin, the military governor of Huainan, and consolidate his power.

But before he could let go, Zhao Kuangyin turned around and began to prepare for the invasion of foreign enemies.

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"I haven't seen you for a while. I noticed that you don't look very good today."

Zhao Kuangyin sighed helplessly.

"Only when I become emperor do I realize that all important military and state affairs do not require my decision-making. It is so worrying that it makes a lot of people lose their hair."

For more than a year, Qin Tian and Zhao Kuangyin have met a lot. However, Zhao Kuangyin has been busy dealing with national affairs in recent days, so the number of meetings has been less.

After getting acquainted with each other, the two of them were no longer so distant.

The main reason is that Qin Tian has no airs. No matter who he gets along with, he is friendly and treats each other as equals.

No matter if the other party is the emperor, a beggar on the roadside, or his student or apprentice.

Qin Tian always had a kind smile on his face, which made people favor him.

It's just that whether they are students, apprentices, or others, after learning Qin Tian's identity, they will inevitably feel a little more alienated from him.

Some of this is awe, some is respect, and some is fear.

Only a few people can maintain a normal attitude when getting along with Qin Tian. Such people either have no desires or desires for Qin Tian, ​​or they are not ordinary people.

Li Bai counts as one, and so does Zhao Kuangyin now.

Qin Tian has been busy teaching his disciples and doesn't know much about the outside world.

But now, after listening to what Zhao Kuangyin said and doing some calculations, he roughly understood what the current world was like.

"So what are you going to do?" Qin Tian asked with interest.

"How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed?" The light in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes suddenly became sharp.

Even Qin Tian couldn't help but look at that light.

"Since you have already made up your mind, why are you here to find me?"

"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the immortal." Zhao Kuangyin said with great admiration.

This time he took the initiative to ask to see Qin Tian, ​​naturally he had a lot of doubts in his heart.

To say what Zhao Kuangyin is most worried about now, it is naturally how to prevent the Song Dynasty from becoming the sixth short-lived regime after the Zhou Dynasty.

No matter from which angle you look at it, the current Song Dynasty looks like a short-lived ghost.

There are powerful enemies outside, constant internal rebellions, and a large number of old forces from the previous dynasty remaining in the country, and people's hearts are floating.

It can be said that Zhao Kuangyin now has no hope of maintaining this country except for having military power in his hands.

What troubled him the most was that his brother, who was originally close to him, seemed to have a gap with him.

Zhao Kuangyin even felt vaguely regretful. Shouldn't he have rebelled in the first place?
But he soon swept such thoughts into the trash. If he didn't take the power into his own hands, he would always be a soft persimmon to be manipulated.

As long as you are in control of your own life, even if you are defeated in the end, it will be worth it!

We have ambitions, but the question now is how to realize our ambitions.

Regarding this issue, Zhao Kuangyin went to consult his prime minister Zhao Pu: "In the decades since the Tang Dynasty, the emperors have changed their names, fought endlessly, and the people have been devastated. What's the reason?"

"I want to quell the war in the world and benefit the country for a long time. What is the best way to do this?"

What it means is that in the decades since the Tang Dynasty, the emperors have changed eight surnames, wars have continued, and people have been devastated. What is the reason?

If I want the world to be stable for a long time and the Song Dynasty to have long-term peace and stability, what should I do?

Zhao Pu's answer to this was: "Your Majesty said this, it is a blessing to heaven, earth, humans and gods.

Then, Zhao Pu paused and said: "It's not because of him. The town is too heavy and the king is weak and the ministers are strong. If we want to rule it now, we can only seize its power, control its money and food, and recruit its elite soldiers, and then the world will be at peace."

As usual, Zhao Pu first patted Zhao Kuangyin's horse.

Your Majesty can think of this, it is simply a blessing for heaven, earth, people and gods.

From here we can see that Zhao Pu knows how to be an official.

Not only was he talented, he was also very understanding and could make Zhao Kuangyin comfortable, otherwise Zhao Kuangyin would not have chosen him to become prime minister.

Then Zhao Pu gave his answer.

These things happened not because of anything else, but because of the separatist rule of the vassal towns, the local power was too strong, the king was weak and the ministers were strong, how could the world be stable?
There is only one emperor. Since your emperor is not as strong as me, then why should I listen to you? If you do the opposite, the emperor will take turns. Come to my house this year!

Speaking of this, we have to talk about the troubled times in the late Tang Dynasty. Although the imperial examination had been held as early as the Later Han Dynasty, the imperial examination at that time was still dominated by nobles from aristocratic families.

Not to mention ordinary people, even children from poor families without influence may not be able to go to high school.

After all, a poor family is also a family.

By the Tang Dynasty, this situation had eased, but the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes were still the mainstream of society.

Even with the tacit understanding of the Tang Dynasty, this situation could not be greatly alleviated.

After the end of the Tang Dynasty, the class conflicts accumulated over thousands of years finally broke out all at once.

Countless warlords rose up one after another and slaughtered all the nobles from aristocratic families who controlled social resources!
"In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people."

These two poems talk about the history of this period.

One of the most famous legends is that a warlord wanted to propose marriage to a family with the fifth surname and Qiwang.

As a result, the human nobles looked down upon such a tacky warlord, and not only rejected him, but also severely humiliated him.

So the warlord led his army in anger and slaughtered the whole family.

As for the beautiful girl, she was naturally included in his account.

Although this is just a short story, it is a microcosm of the history of hundreds of years since the late Tang Dynasty.

The power of the aristocratic families soon came to an end with the end of the Tang Dynasty.

A great man in Qin Tian's previous life once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun.

It is precisely because of the melee among countless warlords that so far, no matter which force it is, it has sufficient military strength to protect itself.

Almost all of them started out in the military.

Because you don’t have soldiers or military power in your hands, you simply can’t stand in this troubled world.

And this is also the main reason why countless regimes are very short-lived.

Everyone has soldiers and strength in their hands, so whoever has the tougher wrists will compete.

Since ancient times, the emperor's arrogant thought finally disappeared amid the massacres of countless warlords.

Nowadays, anyone who has some military power wants to proclaim himself emperor.

Therefore, Zhao Pu felt that if he wanted to avoid this situation, there was no magic trick that he could use.

The only way is to "seize a little bit of their power, control their money and food, and recruit their elite soldiers."

Seize their rights, check the money and food in their hands, and gather the troops in their hands.

In this way, "the world will be at peace."

Such an answer was deeply appreciated by Zhao Kuangyin, and it would also become the governing policy that the Song Dynasty would adhere to in the future.

If you want to maintain domestic stability, you need to be wary of military personnel.

There is no other reason than that he was afraid of being killed by the warlords in the late Tang Dynasty.

Who knows if those warriors will start another rebellion once they have the power in their hands.

After all, that's what Zhao Kuangyin did himself, bullying orphans and widowed mothers who were unable to protect themselves, and took over the country.

So many things are actually nothing more than four sentences: centralize power, reform the military system, develop production, and consolidate rule.

Although he thought so, Zhao Kuangyin always felt a little uneasy after thinking about it, so he came to seek Qin Tian's advice.

But at the moment, he did not say what he and Zhao Pu were thinking, but planned to see what Qin Tian said.

"I actually know what you think." Qin Tian said lightly: "Because you are not the only one who has raised similar questions before."

In fact, many of the emperors Qin Tian had met before did not have similar troubles.

Let's take a look at all the people Qin Tian has met before.

Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, Li Shimin... which of these people is not a great talent?
How could they worry about the separatism of feudal towns?
But the experiences of those people cannot be used as a reference.

The reason why they are not worried about this situation is that the power of the central government is strong enough.

With soldiers in hand, the soldiers at the border naturally did not dare to act rashly.

But the situation Zhao Kuangyin faced was different, and naturally it was not the same.

To solve the current predicament, the only way to go is centralization.

"What you should do now is to concentrate the power in your hands. It goes without saying that you and your prime minister should have some ideas."

Qin Tian smiled lightly.

If Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu can't even think of this, then they are simply not qualified to continue sitting in this position.

Zhao Kuangyin looked stunned: "The Immortal is really clever and can calculate all this."

Qin Tian continued: "But you need to be careful not to overdo it."

What is overcorrection? For example, the original route taken by the Song Dynasty was overcorrection.

The status of the literati was infinitely elevated, while the status of the warriors was infinitely lowered.

However, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhao Kuangyin failed to solve the problem of foreign enemies. This resulted in the Song Dynasty being bullied by foreign enemies in the country for hundreds of years.

Later, the Jingkang crisis occurred, which was a great shame and humiliation!
In the final analysis, the country is in the hands of a group of people who have never been on a battlefield. How can it defend itself against foreign enemies?

They are not even as good as talking on paper!

"Immortal...what do you mean by this? Please give me some advice."

Qin Tian shook his head slightly: "I am only responsible for asking you questions, but I cannot help you solve them."

"If I do everything, what else do you need to do?"

Qin Tian said half-jokingly.

He actually has some ideas on how to prevent the separatism of feudal towns, but these ideas are not mature.

What's more, the situation we are facing is different, and the era is different. Naturally, Qin Tian's ideas and experiences cannot be copied mechanically to this era.

So it's not that he's unwilling to give a solution, but he can't give a completely feasible solution.

If Zhao Kuangyin really followed his plan, he might not even be as good as the Song Dynasty in its original history.

But for this situation, Qin Tian was not without ideas.

Because the biggest difference between the current history and the original history is the addition of Qin Tian and the addition of monks as a variable.

The so-called problem of warlord separatism is actually not difficult to solve.

As long as Zhao Kuangyin has enough powerful monks in his hands, he doesn't need many, just three or five, no matter how powerful the warlord is, he is just a plaything in the hands of the monks.

Although the monks cannot deal with the organized army, they are good at carrying out assassinations and other methods.

As long as Zhao Kuangyin ensures that the monks around him are the most powerful people in the world, literature and art will naturally be solved.

You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days.

As long as you dare to rebel, Zhao Kuangyin will prevent you from seeing the sun tomorrow!
The best thing is that with the protection of the monks, Zhao Kuangyin does not have to worry about assassination! (End of chapter)