Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 386 Changes
After the court session, Li Qiang walked out of the palace.

He walked alone on the street without taking anyone else with him.

The "Ruyi Immortal Robe" on his body turned into a Western hunting suit, which is also the most popular men's clothing in Daqian this year.

Today, the capital has expanded several times and is still expanding.

When walking on the street, you can always see people of all races, white people, brown people, and black people.

Some of them moved to the capital after making military achievements and being promoted. Some were originally great nobles in the West and moved here to be closer to high-ranking officials in Daqian. Still others came here to study, and the number of those seeking to study was the largest.

These foreigners not only brought more population to the capital, but also brought different clothing and food from all over the world, and the capital also tolerated these foreigners.

Many young people in Daqian have fallen in love with ethnic costumes, such as the hunting suit worn by Li Qiang. Since it is less restrictive to the body, it is most popular among people who love sports.

Li Qiang looked at the street in front of him. This was the change after he took the throne. There was no other country in this world except Daqian.

The people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The people of Daqian did not need to worry about food because the improvement in grain cultivation had greatly increased the yield per mu of land, not to mention that they had also gained grain-producing areas such as Tianzhu.

In addition to food, the application of steam engines brought Daqian into the industrial revolution period.

The prices of various daily necessities have dropped significantly, and the people of Daqian no longer have to worry about freezing in winter.

In addition, there is another reason for the rapid increase in the capital's population, which is the emergence of a large number of workers.

A large number of workshops require a huge number of workers. Agricultural mechanization has left some farmers with less work to do, so they can become workers during the slack season.

At present, there are still very few professional workers, and there is no way to avoid this. It is because of the Daqian people's obsession with the land that makes them unwilling to give up the land and become professional workers in the workshops.

Of course, this requires Daqian to carry out positive publicity for the profession of workers and speed up the recruitment of workers from other ethnic groups to supplement the number of workers.

In addition to early steam cars, new gasoline cars have appeared on the streets. However, the price of these vehicles is extremely high, and most of them are used by the Daqian government.

Li Qiang walked for a while and came to a big gate made of white marble.

The plaque above the door reads "Capital University", and these four words were written by Li Qiang herself.

This place and the Imperial College are the two top colleges in the capital, but the core of education in the capital university is the book on the study of things written by Li Qiang.

The textbooks used by Jingcheng University were not the original books on the study of things, but rather an expanded version written by Li Qiang.

Since this world was unified by Daqian, Jingcheng University did not have any restrictions on the races that could be admitted.

What makes Li Qiang proud is that the Imperial College now uses Li Qiang's books on the study of things as one of its teaching contents.

The Imperial College had no other choice. The study of things was now a compulsory part of the imperial examinations. If the Imperial College did not teach it, I'm afraid no students would join it.

Li Qiang did not enter Capital University. He walked past Capital University, looking around on the street like an ordinary person.

Not far from Jingcheng University is the Daqian Research Institute, which is also a department that Li Qiang requested to be established.

In fact, the Daqian Research Institute here is only the headquarters in the capital. There are dozens of branch research institutes under it, conducting research on all aspects of Daqian.

Many of Li Qiang's ideas were handed over to the Daqian Research Institute for research.

After that, he passed by Daqian Medical University, Daqian Agricultural University and many other universities. The number of such universities continued to increase at a rate of one every few years.

A group of policemen walked on the street. The police were a new law enforcement agency in Daqian.

If you want to be a policeman, you must be a tough guy.

Here we have to mention the matter of practicing the body-building techniques of generals. Today, powerful generals can be produced in batches.

As long as you pass the political review and take the oath, you can enter the General Academy for training. Enrolled students need to study various subjects for two years. Only after each subject reaches a certain standard will they be taught the art of body training.

The emergence of the Warrior Academy is the result of Li Qiang's years of learning about immortals, venerables, Western gods, etc.

During the two years of initial training at the Titan Academy, students need to use special training formations to strengthen their bodies and minds in order to reach the Titan training standards.

Once the students have reached the cultivation standards and passed subjects such as politics and Daqian language, they can practice the general's body-building techniques in a formation with healing effects.

Since this method came into being, Li Qiang has been freed from the task of mass-producing warriors.

His power also meant that he no longer needed to use the 'Mirror of Love and Lust' to bind his generals to loyalty. Even if a large number of generals rebelled, he could destroy them with a wave of his hand.

Of course, even without the "Mirror of Love and Lust", all the Daqian people, including the brave generals, and most of the foreigners will be loyal to Li Qiang.

The people of Daqian are loyal to Li Qiang because Li Qiang created the prosperous era of Daqian. Daqian became the only country and Li Qiang was an unprecedented sage monarch.

The loyalty of the foreigners to Li Qiang is a complex mixture of fear, dread, respect, and admiration.

That is to say, the current foreign country will soon be destroyed. After a few decades, when the foreigners are completely integrated into Daqian, only worship and loyalty will remain.

It is because of the Titans Academy that there are more and more Titans today.

Li Qiang looked at the time and his figure disappeared on the street in a flash.

Although the street was busy and crowded, no one noticed Li Qiang's disappearance.

Li Qiang returned to the illusory world of Taixu, and he was in a palace.

In addition to the furnishings left by Fairy Jinghuan, the palace also contains many precious items from all over the world.

Now Lin Daiyu and the other concubines spend most of their time in the illusory world of Taixu, with only the children left in the Daming Palace.

Children cannot live in the Realm of Illusion because the life span of people in the Realm of Illusion is locked. Although this prevents people in the Realm of Illusion from aging, it also prevents children from growing up.

As for Lin Daiyu and the other concubines moving into the illusory world of Taixu, it was Li Qiang who persuaded them to do so.

Even though Li Qiang has now produced the elixir of longevity, he still wants Lin Daiyu and the other concubines to remain at their best age.

She spends most of her time in the illusory world and only returns to the palace to accompany her children.

For this reason, Li Qiang gave Lin Daiyu the power to open the passage to the illusory world of Taixu, so that she could bring people in and out freely.

"Brother Qiang, come and have dinner!" Lin Daiyu called out.

"Why are the dishes so rich today?" Li Qiang asked as she sat in the main seat and looked at the food on the table.

Nowadays, the family only eats spiritual vegetables and spiritual rice, and there are not many varieties of spiritual vegetables, so the dishes they eat daily are very limited.

But many of today's dishes were tributed from other spaces, and Lin Daiyu usually couldn't bear to eat them.

"Heng'er was praised by father today. According to father, Heng'er's talent is good enough to take the scholar examination!" Lin Daiyu said proudly and happily.

"That's something we should celebrate!" Li Qiang said with a smile. The eldest prince, Li Heng, had been eating spiritual rice since he was a child. Some of the spiritual food that Li Qiang gave to Lin Daiyu was also given to Li Heng by Lin Daiyu.

This made him extremely intelligent, far superior to other children of the same age, and his academic performance improved by leaps and bounds.

Lin Daiyu even pestered Lin Ruhai, asking him to enlighten Li Heng and teach him whenever he had time.

Upon seeing this, Li Qiang promoted Lin Ruhai to the title of Grand Tutor, which was considered as a fulfillment of his earliest promise.

Lin Daiyu stared at Li Qiang, and it was obvious that she was not satisfied with what Li Qiang said.

The other concubines couldn't help but chuckle secretly. In the harem, only Lin Daiyu dared to control Li Qiang in this way.

"Hey, just tell me what you want!" Li Qiang said helplessly, putting down his bowl and chopsticks.

"What do I want to ask about your plan? There are eleven princes now. How are you going to arrange for them?" Lin Daiyu asked Li Qiang with a blank look.

If anyone else asked this question, they would probably be punished directly by Li Qiang.

But Lin Daiyu’s question was different. Lin Daiyu’s question was not for any purpose, but for the stability of the harem.

Although the princes are still young, they have queens or concubines behind them. The princes will grow up in the blink of an eye. If not handled properly, there will be trouble in the harem.

Li Qiang glanced at the concubines and found that they were all very concerned about this matter.

“Originally I was planning to talk about this after the kids grow up, but since you guys are so concerned about this, I’ll tell you what I think.

There can only be one Daqian emperor, and in a few years Li Heng will be made the crown prince." Li Qiang paused here.

Neither Lin Daiyu nor the other concubines were surprised, as it was the rule to make the eldest son the heir.

As long as Li Heng did not make any major mistakes, it was certain that he would become the Crown Prince of Daqian.

"The princes will be granted titles in various places when they come of age. As for where they will be granted titles, it depends on the children's own choices!" Li Qiang stated her decision.

The feudal system is actually an extremely backward system and has been proven to be a failed policy in history.

The princes were granted fiefdoms in various places and given certain pieces of land.

It was fine in the early days, because the princes had a deep bond with each other since childhood and there were rarely any conflicts.

However, after several generations, the relationship between the heirs of these fiefdoms and the emperor or other fiefdoms faded.

In addition, the feudal system increased the burden on the dynasty and was one of the factors that led to its collapse.

Li Qiang still planned to implement the feudal system, allowing each prince to own a fiefdom.

When the fiefdoms were divided, new laws would be promulgated to greatly restrict the powers of the fiefdoms. For example, the fact that the fiefdoms had no military power would make them rich and idle. Moreover, after being passed down for several generations, the title of the fiefdom would be reduced.

The fiefdoms of the feudal states will also be reduced accordingly. If there are no talented people among the descendants of the feudal states, they will eventually become ordinary people in a certain generation.

In Li Qiang's opinion, the so-called enfeoffment was more like giving the prince an estate.

Of course, the most important reason why Li Qiang dared to use the feudal system was that he would always observe the situation in Daqian and would not let any accidents happen.

No matter how Daqian develops, Li Qiang can reach the whole world at any time with the Taixu Illusion Realm and possesses unparalleled combat power such as the World-Destroying Titan, which enables him to supervise the development of Daqian.

"If the fiefdom is divided, won't the child have to leave?" Miaoyu said with some reluctance.

She also gave birth to a prince and became concerned about the child.

"This is good for the child!" Lin Daiyu explained softly to Miaoyu.

The other concubines all understood to some extent that enfeoffment as a prince was the best treatment for him.

Otherwise, if the prince was really kept in the capital, it would be like trapping him in a cage.

After hearing Li Qiang's decision about the princes, Lin Daiyu and the other concubines were in a good mood and laughed and chatted at the dinner table from time to time.

Li Qiang shook his head. He already had enough children now and he didn't plan to have any more in the future.

When it comes to children, his idea is to interfere as little as possible.

He had no intention of letting the children live in the illusory world of Taixu, but rather let them be mortals.

He was also aware that these women, including Lin Daiyu, would encounter separation and death, and even the death of their own children.

But the Taixu Illusion Realm is so small that it is impossible for him to let all the people in his lineage live in it.

Considering his eleven sons, even if his daughter did not live with him, just the eleven sons forming a family and having other children in the family would fill up the Land of Illusion in just a few generations.

In the Realm of Illusion, only the palace area is the living area, and the rest are planting areas. He has no intention of changing anything and does not want to destroy the scenery of the Realm of Illusion.

Those who live forever are all lonely. It is a blessing from heaven that Li Qiang, Lin Daiyu and the other concubines can live forever together as a family.

Li Qiang informed the girls very early on, completely blocking the possibility for others to enter the Taixu Illusionary Realm.

Of course, Li Qiang is not cold-blooded. The close relatives of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, Xing Zhong and his wife, Zhen Shiyin and Feng Shi, etc., Lin Daiyu and the concubines can still get the longevity elixir first.

However, the life-extending elixir cannot bring eternal life. Once you take too much of it, it will lose its effect and your lifespan will naturally end.

After dinner, Li Qiang opened the passage to the Land of Illusion and brought Lin Daiyu and the concubines to Niagara Falls in North America.

It was already night in Daqian, but it was morning here.

America is now part of Daqian's territory, but because this continent is so large, it is still being explored.

It would take more than a few years to fully develop America.

The massive amount of immigrants alone is a huge workload.

There are not enough officials in Daqian, not to mention officials from other ethnic groups who are already scarce.

Even though Daqian's education is no longer what it used to be and a large number of talents are trained every year, Daqian is developing everywhere and the number of talents needed is equally astonishing.

It is impossible for Daqian to affect the development speed of Daqian and other continents for the sake of development in America.

So America is still in its most primitive state.

People living in America are in tribal form, and educating them is an extremely arduous task, not to mention that many tribes here do not welcome outsiders, let alone educate them.

Li Qiang didn't care about these things. Anyway, he could live long enough to see Daqian grow day by day.

(End of this chapter)