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

In this way, the problem of separatist vassal towns that troubled Zhao Kuangyin can be solved not only completely, but at least half of it.

Now that there are monks, there is no need to be so careful with the soldiers. They can't cause too much trouble anyway, right?

"But...why do you do this?"

Zhao Kuangyin was a little puzzled.

Qin Tian was speechless when he heard this.

Because in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, foreign enemies, especially the nomads in the north, are actually unable to cause too big a storm.

Because there is history to follow.

For more than a thousand years, no dynasty has perished at the hands of nomads.

Perhaps the nomads in the north had their moments of strength, but in the final analysis, they would never be the opponents of the Central Plains Dynasty.

As long as the country is unified, even if the nomads are strong, they will only be strong for a moment and will not pose a fundamental threat to the regime.

On the contrary, from ancient times to the present, so many unified dynasties almost all collapsed from within.

If it were not for the peasant uprising and the separatist rule of feudal lords and towns, the harassment by the nomads would be nothing more than a temporary pain.

Therefore, in Zhao Kuangyin's view, since domestic problems can be solved once and for all, why not just solve them directly.

Instead, we should open our mouths and focus our energy on dealing with foreign enemies?
Qin Tian fell into rare silence.

It cannot be said that Zhao Kuangyin's understanding is incorrect.

Because history is indeed as Zhao Kuangyin said, from ancient times to the present, no dynasty has ever perished at the hands of nomads.

The fundamental reason for the demise of those dynasties was the country's internal strife. As for the invasion of foreign enemies, it only added a handful of firewood to the fire.

They were never the root cause.

It was precisely because of this idea that the later Song Dynasty eventually fell at the hands of the Mongols.

Of course, this also has something to do with the emergence of countless great men with great talents and strategies in the north, such as Genghis Khan.

"If they are just a disease caused by mustard moss, then why has no one really solved this problem through countless dynasties and thousands of years?"

Qin Tian did not answer, but asked another question.

"What do you want? If it's just temporary peace, then this topic can be dropped. If you carry out your idea, there won't be any problems."

"But if you want long-term peace and stability, you have to face this problem."

Qin Tian said slowly.

"Li Shimin once sat and discussed with me. Today, I will let you take a look at the conversation between the two of us."

What Qin Tian was talking about was naturally the topic of how to deal with ethnic minorities such as Turks and Li Shimin that day.

The Central Plains dynasties and the nomadic peoples have had a relationship of ebb and flow since ancient times.

Limited by factors such as climate and environment, when the Central Plains dynasties were weak, the nomads were strong, and vice versa.

There is only one way to completely solve this problem.

Only effective governance over them can solve this problem.

It's like the transformation of the barbarian lands in the south.

Since the beginning of the Later Han Dynasty, the dynasty has implemented the reform of the barbaric lands in the south.

The emergence of this policy also has the shadow of Qin Tian.

After hundreds of years of changes, the south has completely become part of the Central Plains Dynasty.

As for the northern grasslands, the only way to solve the problem of nomadic invasion is to implement thorough and effective rule.

But the current Song Dynasty is completely unable to do this.

The former Han Dynasty didn't do it, the later Han Dynasty didn't do it, the Tang Dynasty couldn't do it, and the Song Dynasty certainly can't do it now.

Because this is a project that needs to be maintained for decades or even hundreds of years, it is not a problem that can be solved in one or several generations.

But now it is difficult for the Song Dynasty to even protect itself, let alone completely solve the problem of nomads.

Let’s not talk about anything else. Just talk about the sixteen states of Yanyun. Based on the current situation of the Song Dynasty, how many years will it take to completely recover them?

Zhao Kuangyin is indeed a talented person with great strategies, but if he can't solve it, can his children and his children's children also inherit his talented people with great strategies?
Just because the previous dynasties did not fall to foreign enemies does not mean that the Song Dynasty would not do the same.

Because the start of previous dynasties has never been as difficult as the current Song Dynasty.

Even in the Shu Han Dynasty, there were political talents like Zhuge Liang and a monarch like Liu Bei who completely trusted his subordinates. Together with the sudden appearance of high-yielding crops at that time, they could barely unify the world.

And what does the Song Dynasty have now? Whether they can unify the world remains to be seen!

……

After a long time, Zhao Kuangyin slowly opened his eyes.

After watching the conversation between Qin Tian and Li Shimin that day, Zhao Kuangyin was filled with emotion.

Only then did he realize that he had always underestimated the northerners.

In his understanding, the North is just a group of barbarians, so there is no need to take it to heart.

But after seeing the scenes shown to him by Qin Tian and the chat between Qin Tian and Li Shimin that day, Zhao Kuangyin had basically completely changed his mind.

"It seems like... could it be that I, the Song Dynasty, will be a short-lived ghost like before?"

Zhao Kuangyin's confidence was almost completely lost.

The problem of foreign enemies is so serious that even people like Li Shimin can't completely solve it. So how does the current Song Dynasty solve this problem?
So what if the domestic rebellion is quelled?

In the end, surrounded by powerful enemies, he will exhaust his last bit of strength and become someone else's wedding dress!
"Not necessarily." Qin Tian smiled faintly: "With me here, why are you afraid?"

"Having said that, why don't you guess where the corn, potatoes and other crops that suddenly appeared in the Later Han Dynasty came from?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly became energetic.

This is a question that has puzzled almost everyone throughout history.

How come so many magical things suddenly appeared in the Hou Han Dynasty?

Combining the legends he had heard before and looking at the immortal sitting in front of him, Zhao Kuangyin made a bold guess in his mind!

"It turns out that legend is true!"

Zhao Kuangyin was so excited that his whole body was shaking!

He had never thought of this before.

Because although Zhao Kuangyin had met the monk, he also knew that the monk did not have much ability.

Apart from being able to fight some and do some things that would stun ordinary people, the difference between them and ordinary people is not very big.

Even those methods that are beyond ordinary people are still within the scope of ordinary people's understanding.

But that's because those so-called monks have not even touched the threshold of foundation building, and there is no comparison with a person like Qin Tian who can be called a true immortal!
Although Zhao Kuangyin has never seen Qin Tian take action in person, he also knows that Qin Tian is far beyond what ordinary monks can match.

Now after Qin Tian mentioned it, he suddenly thought of those legends circulating among the people!
Qin Tian nodded lightly: "Yes, those seeds and techniques were given to Zhuge Liang by me personally."

Speaking of this, Qin Tian couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"In order to screen out these seeds, I traveled thousands of miles away to find the first seeds of these crops from overseas continents."

"In order to cultivate such high-yielding crops, I spent a year screening tens of thousands of seeds before finally selecting these high-yielding food crops." Zhao Kuangyin was slightly startled when he heard this.

Due to the development of imperial examinations such as biology in the previous dynasty, anyone who was proficient in farming had more or less knowledge about crops.

For example, in the matter of breeding, plants grown from the seeds of high-yielding plants have a high probability of being also high-yielding.

If you want to increase the yield, you only need to use stupid methods, screen generation after generation, and continuously select high-yielding seeds. In the end, you will get more high-yielding seeds.

Quantitative changes accumulate to qualitative changes.

The same goes for drought tolerance and cold tolerance.

Laymen only know this. Only those who really study biology and medicine know concepts such as the isolation of genetic traits.

Although Zhao Kuangyin is not proficient in farming, he still knows something about this aspect.

Only then did he realize that Qin Tian had spent so long and so much energy in order to select those crops that would benefit all people!
Zhao Kuangyin asked himself, if it were him, he would never be able to do this!
Because the most important thing is that after the event was completed, Qin Tian did not covet fame at all and gave all the credit to Zhuge Liang!

If it weren't for Mr. Kong Ming's righteousness and unwillingness to covet Qin Tian's reputation, I'm afraid no one would know until now that an immortal had given him high-yield grain!

"Don't get me wrong, I asked Kong Ming not to reveal my name."

Qin Tian said helplessly: "I just didn't expect that Kong Ming would still spread my reputation."

After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin stood up and bowed deeply to Qin Tian.

"Zhao thanked the immortal on behalf of the people of the world!"

"Get up." Qin Tian said calmly: "I just did this casually, not greedy for anything."

"So with me here at the beginning, the Later Han Dynasty could burst out with amazing potential and dominate the world. Now you also have me here, so why belittle yourself?"

Qin Tian smiled lightly and said, "Are you looking down on me, or are you looking down on yourself?"

Zhao Kuangyin lowered his head and expressed that he understood.

"I've told you the problem. How to solve it depends on you."

Qin Tian said calmly: "I won't give you all the help. If you don't work hard, the Song Dynasty will be dead."

Zhao Kuangyin lowered his head and bowed to the ground: "Zhao has learned a lesson!"

Qin Tian accepted Zhao Kuangyin's kneeling with peace of mind.

"But speaking of which, it's been almost a year. Haven't you found other children yet?"

The nationwide screening has been going on for a full year, but Qin Tian still has only two students, Qingfeng Qingshui, and Mo Mo, a big black dog.

There is nothing else.

Zhao Kuangyin was a little ashamed when he heard this.

Screening is really a time-consuming and labor-intensive matter. It took Zhao Kuangyin only one year to screen everyone in the entire Kaifeng City.

And every year, no, almost every day, newborns appear, and these people also need to be screened, which brings great difficulties to the screening work.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't have a good solution to this.

So the work proceeds very slowly.

Over the past year, Zhao Kuangyin has also found suitable candidates, but most of them are too young, the youngest one is only half a year old!

If these children were sent here, Qintian's place would almost become a kindergarten.

Therefore, there has been no movement from Zhao Kuangyin's side.

Qin Tian thought for a moment: "I didn't think carefully about this."

"In that case, I'll ask Muchun to send you some more jade slips later."

"Send these jade slips to grassroots officials and let them be responsible for the screening work."

"As for age, that's not a problem." Qin Tian said lightly: "In the future, I will let the little fox form a special department and disperse it across the country to take care of those children who are too young."

Qin Tian can raise the age limit a little higher, so that the children have the most basic ability to take care of themselves.

But considering that many children may not live to that age at all, Qin Tian thinks it is better not to set a minimum age limit.

In this case, the little fox can only work hard.

Zhao Kuangyin hesitated after hearing this.

"If possible, I can do this too."

When Qin Tian heard this, he glanced at Zhao Kuangyin and understood immediately.

To a certain extent, this is actually similar to later generations of universities competing for students.

Cultivating one's own power starts from the birth of those gifted children.

But Qin Tian only needs students. As for where the students come from, Qin Tian doesn't care at all.

If Muchun and Lingxia are willing, they can also form their own organization to take care of those children who are too young.

"As long as your financial expenses can keep up, then so be it."

If you really want to say it, this thing actually doesn't cost much.

Because although there are many children born every year, there are actually very few who truly have the talent for cultivation.

There are 100 to 200 million people in the country. It is not surprising that dozens or even a few people can be screened out every year.

And this also excludes those families who have the ability to take care of their own children.

After all, there are fewer children to take care of.

"I only have one request, don't use strong methods." Qin Tian glanced at Zhao Kuangyin.
"If you are discovered by me, you should know what the consequences will be."

"Nothing is hidden from my eyes."

Qin Tian is not worried at all about others.

The little fox has a sense of proportion, and she is very strict in her discipline. Naturally, her subordinates will not do anything that makes things difficult for others.

After all, not all parents want their children to follow someone else at birth.

The only possible problem is Zhao Kuangyin.

Mortals have too many distracting thoughts, and there are too many of them. In order to protect their own interests, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will not forcibly snatch children.

Once this happens, it basically pushes the monks down the wrong path.

This situation is absolutely not allowed by Qin Tian.

That's why Qin Tian gave Zhao Kuangyin such a severe warning.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded repeatedly.

He knew very well what those petty officials would do.

In order to avoid this situation from happening, he had to come up with a perfect measure to completely prevent this situation from happening.

As for what measures to take, that requires people to think hard.

If he had to take action in everything, then what else would his subordinates do? (End of chapter)