Starting from crossing the Fengshen

Time passed slowly, and finally it came to the eleventh year of Emperor Qi.

The first day of the first lunar month.

All the ministers went to the palace to congratulate the emperor, and the vassal states in the south also sent envoys.

Although they have decided to fight against business, they have already formed a secret alliance.
But they need time to digest the cultivation resources sent by Xiqi, and it also takes time for cultivators to break through.

After the greeting ceremony, various sacrificial ceremonies followed.

The sacrifices to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, ghosts and gods, etc., were busy until the evening, and then the Emperor held a banquet in the palace to entertain all civil and military officials.

The queen also held a banquet in the palace to entertain the wives of all officials.

According to the regulations set by Yin Qi, the Spring Festival holiday lasts for fifteen days, starting from the first day of the first lunar month, with eight days before and seven days after. Therefore, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, all government offices of the imperial court would be in office.

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Zichen Palace.

Side hall.

Yin Qi convened a small court meeting, and all the ministers from the Cabinet, the Grand Council, and the Censorate were present.

Yin Qi glanced at his ministers and said, "It's a new year again, but this year is different. We have completed two plans, and this year we will start the important third plan.

I also know that you are all worried about the war with Xiqi.

However urgent the war with Xiqi is, we cannot lose our composure and disrupt the rhythm of development.

Xiqi has the Chan Sect, and we have the Jie Sect."

Shang Rong and others nodded silently when they heard this.

Just as the Human Emperor said, only the Demonic Sect can deal with the Orthodox Sect. There is no point in worrying about it. They might as well focus on development.

Yin Qi looked at Shang Rong and said, "Prime Minister, please report on government affairs."

Shang Rong nodded, stepped forward and bowed before saying, "Replying to the king, we have already exceeded the second plan formulated in the sixth year of Emperor Qi, and some of them have even exceeded by five or six times.

In terms of official administration, a complete system for the selection, training, supervision, and promotion of officials has been established.

In terms of industry, a complete industrial system based on refining techniques has been established.

In terms of business, various business systems and laws have been basically improved, private capital is active, and more than 95% of the nobles have completed the transformation into industrial owners.

In terms of agriculture, Taiji rice has been fully popularized, including the territory outside the Eight Wastelands. In addition, the 988 newly added economic crops have also been fully popularized.

In terms of economy, the national treasury revenue converted into immortal crystals totals about 5 trillion.”

In fact, in terms of industrial and agricultural output value, the treasury income of the Shang Dynasty was far from reaching 5 trillion fairy crystals, and more than 80% of it was the output of spirit stone mines and fairy crystal mines.

During the Shang Dynasty, both the Lingshi Mine and the Xianjing Mine were state-owned.

In the past, due to limitations in technology, both Lingshi mines and Xianjing mines were difficult to discover, and mining was not easy either.

Later, Yin Qi ordered the Xianting to patrol the country and detect all the spirit stone mines and fairy crystal mines.

Mining becomes easy afterwards.

If not for this, Yin Qi would not have been able to offer such generous conditions in his recruitment order, which attracted the disciples of various religions.

In fact, there are not only Lingshi mines and Xianjing mines, but also various other mineral deposits.

The Xianting has detected all of the mortal-level metal and non-metallic minerals such as gold, silver, copper, and iron, the spiritual-level various spiritual mines, and the immortal-level various fairy mines.

The deepest mineral deposits from the surface are a terrifying 5 billion miles deep.

Through the mineral vein distribution map drawn by the Xianting, it can be said that there are mineral deposits under every inch of land, but at a depth of 5 billion miles, it is definitely impossible to mine with the current strength of the Shang Dynasty.

In fact, the current mining is all within a thousand miles of depth. By combining the use of immortal techniques to dig channels with large-scale mechanical mining, various minerals can be mined efficiently. Yin Qi nodded and turned to look at Jizi.

Jizi stepped forward, bowed and said, "In terms of military strength, including the territory outside the Eight Desolations, not counting the local garrisons, the total military strength of the Shang Dynasty has reached 5.5 million, of which million are deployed within the territory.

If local garrisons are included, the total force reaches 8 million.

Among them, there are 39 Xuanxian, 578 Tianxian, 4,600 Dixian, more than 50 million Yuanying and Tianjing, and the rest are basically Jindan or Dijing.

In addition, there are 52 Xuanxian-class battleships, more than 2,500 Tianxian-class battleships, and more than 5,000 Dixian-class battleships. "

Even though the Shang Dynasty had a military force of up to 8 million, there were not many cultivators above the fairyland, because the immortal cultivators in the Shang Dynasty basically all belonged to the Martial Palace, and the Martial Palace was directly under Yin Qi.

Outside the Eight Wildernesses, when the Shang Dynasty expanded its territory, it was usually the Martial Hall that took the lead and wiped out powerful enemies; then the military followed up to stabilize the strategic areas; and finally the Cabinet followed up to establish prefectures and counties to thoroughly consolidate its rule.

Yin Qi nodded and said, "Everyone has heard about the current situation of our Yin Shang. The next step is to formulate a third plan."

Shang Rong and the others bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."

Yin Qi said solemnly: "First, education. The first thing is literacy. In the territories outside the Eight Wastelands, wherever a prefecture or county is established, literacy must be completed there.

But literacy is just to let everyone learn to read and master some basic common sense.

But for more in-depth knowledge, teachers are still needed to explain, so public schools must follow the progress of states and counties, and organize adult education locally.

I have only one goal, everyone must have a skill.

Whether it is farming or other crafts.

Finally, on the basis of the original civil and military subjects of the public school, the cultivation of immortals was added.

Every student who enters the school must major in a field.

Among them, alchemy, weapon refining, and formation are the key majors."

Now the territory of Yin Shang is still relatively small. It has industrial areas such as alchemy and equipment refining, plus the production line in Xianting, which can barely meet the development needs of Yin Shang.

Once the gods are canonized, the Shang Dynasty will develop in an all-round way and expand its territory rapidly. The shortage of cultivation resources will soon become apparent, so talents in the fields of refining equipment, alchemy, formations, and other cultivation skills must be cultivated now.

“Second, increase the mining of minerals at all levels.”

"Third, encourage the people to grow medicinal herbs on a large scale. The court can provide loans, technical support, or even subsidies."

"Fourth, we will continue to expand the alchemy and equipment refining industries. We can license all technologies below the immortal level to other domestic factories at preferential prices."

"Fifth, continue to expand the army. The target force is 3 billion, and it will be completed secretly in the outer territories of the Eight Desolations."

Magical instruments and elixirs are essential cultivation resources for practitioners.

In the future, as more and more practitioners appear, the demand for magical instruments and elixirs will naturally increase.

As for the secret large-scale military expansion.

Of course, it was so that he could launch an all-out attack after being deified.

Yin Qi finally said: "These five aspects need to be promoted as the focus, which is also the focus of the third plan. After you go down, make a detailed plan and submit it to me for review."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shang Rong and others nodded.

Yin Qi continued, "There is another matter, which is about the establishment of local administrative units. At present, our Great Shang implements the prefecture-county system, but as the territory becomes larger and larger in the future, the prefecture-county system will not be able to meet the needs of local governance."

In the state and county system of the Shang Dynasty, the states were actually very large, with a radius of 20,000 to 30,000 miles.

Even a small state usually has a radius of three to four thousand miles.

But even if it is only 20,000 or 30,000 miles in radius, it is still a tiny place compared to the prehistoric world. Therefore, as the territory continues to expand, the prefecture and county system will definitely not work. (End of this chapter)