Qi Xuansu quickly completed the new draft. As long as he determined what to write, everything else was not a problem. The key was what to write.
Then Qi Xuansu asked Chen Jianchou to send the manuscript, and went to see Master Cihang himself - don't rush to see Master Donghua first. It's not that Qi Xuansu has forgotten Master Donghua, but meeting Master Donghua is of great significance and means He wanted to give Master Donghua a clear answer, so Qi Xuansu planned to put it last.
In name, Qi Xuansu came to visit his future mother-in-law, and no one could say it was wrong. According to common sense, it is before you get married that you should be more attentive to your mother-in-law. After getting married, it is another story.
After the pleasantries, Master Cihang did not look at the gift from Qi Xuansu, but went straight to the point, "Did you hit a snag with Li Qingwei?"
Qi Xuansu sighed and recounted the interview process with Master Qingwei without hiding anything.
After listening to this, Master Cihang commented, "Li Qingwei is pretending to be confused because he understands."
Qi Xuansu asked, "What do you mean by Zhenren's words?"
Master Cihang said, "You have been to Fenglinzhou. Li Qingwei single-handedly led the war in Fenglinzhou. Not to mention that Taiping Dao has been running Fenglinzhou for many years, and everyone in the Taoist government belongs to them. Have you ever thought about it?" , why does Taipingdao use Japanese people to control Japanese people?"
Qi Xuansu thought for a while and replied, "The first is to save trouble. The second is to establish an isolation mechanism, just like the firebreak dug out to deal with mountain fires and grassland fires. The Japanese people are unhappy and have public grievances. The first target is also Prime Minister Toyotomi's Mansion, not our Taoist sect. Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion is our firebreak. To put it bluntly, the relationship between Taoist sect and Daxuan court is not like this. We do not directly touch people's livelihood issues. It’s a lot less power, but also a lot less responsibility.”
Cihang Zhenren said, "This is not the crux of the problem. In fact, it has been like this from the beginning of the Taoist sect. Except for a few special Taoist houses such as Kunlun Taoist House and Luosuozhou Taoist House, we have retained the original features of most Taoist temples. The imperial government implements a dual system structure. There is the Daxuan Court in the Central Plains, there are Dayu Kingdom, Java Kingdom, Funan Kingdom, etc. in Nanyang. There is Weiyuan Kingdom in Fenglinzhou, and there are many small countries in the Western Regions. Why do you do this? "
Qi Xuansu thought for a longer time this time and replied, "Because the cost is too high?"
Cihang Zhenzhen said, "Yes, there is a cost issue. Military operations have costs, and administration also has costs. If the Taoist government is really responsible for managing it personally, how many Taoist priests will be needed? Can Taoist sects have so many Taoist priests? If not, then wild Taoist priests must be recruited on a large scale. and Taoist priests who have already retired to hermitage, extending the age at which Taoist priests can retire, expanding the enrollment of Taoist palaces such as Wanxiang Taoist Palace, and relaxing the threshold conditions for becoming Taoist priests. The cost problems brought about by these actions are what Taoism faces.
Is it bearable? Just the Taoist priest's regular financial expenditure will make the Taoist sect's financial problems worse. "
"And even if we start to manage it, we may not be able to manage it well. For some reasons, our Taoist priests are mainly from the Central Plains, especially at the top. The Taoist priests are outsiders and are not familiar with the local situation, so let them parachute in to deal with local problems. , issues of folk customs, issues of belief, issues of livelihood, I think there will be big problems. If you were in the Central Plains, maybe you would be a little more restrained, and if you go outside, the mentality of the Celestial Empire and the contempt for the barbarians, nothing can be done It is conceivable. Isn’t the loss of Nanyang during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Wei Dynasty a concentrated outbreak of this kind of problem?"
"So from the beginning, we have had Taoist priests manage officials, and then professional officials manage people's livelihood. In this way, we can not only establish an isolation zone as you said, but also greatly reduce the cost problem. And Kunlun Taoist Office and Luo Suozhou There aren't many people in places like the Taoist government, so the Taoist sect can only take charge of them."
Qi Xuansu nodded slightly, "The cost issue is indeed a big issue. Steam Gospel has repeatedly claimed that it does not consider the issue of victory or defeat, only the cost issue. In fact, Steam Gospel cannot capture the Southern Continent. A large part of the reason is indeed the cost issue. For them, , it’s a loss-making business.”
Master Cihang said, "During the Fenglinzhou war, Li Qingwei repeatedly emphasized the need to keep Fenglinzhou a popular place and at the same time increase efforts to support Prime Minister Toyotomi. Would he not understand this truth? He is still just a Fenglinzhou. Linzhou, a place as big as a palm, is right under our noses. The Southern Continent is dozens of times larger than Fenglinzhou, with only a much larger population, and is separated from us by the vast sea.
. Why doesn't Li Qingwei talk about the people's opinions? Have you forgotten all about cost? Why cross the river by feeling for stones? Fenglinzhou is a stone in vain? So I said he was pretending to be confused. "
Qi Xuansu complimented, "The real whip has penetrated the inside."
Master Cihang continued, "Even if the Dao Sect takes over the Southern Continent, we can't even directly govern Nanyang and Fenglin Continent, so how can we talk about directly governing the Southern Continent? What are the foundations of Nanyang and Fenglin Continent? Half of the immigrants from the Central Plains are in Nanyang. It has always been a vassal of the Central Plains Dynasty, and in some periods of time it became the state capital of the Central Plains Dynasty. Fenglinzhou has also been influenced by the Central Plains culture for a long time. Although it is ambitious, it is not difficult to educate. With such a foundation, it is Things are still unstable just around the corner. There was a large-scale rebellion in Fenglinzhou, and the rebellion of Chen Shuhua and Wang Jiaohe occurred in Borneo. Now we are talking about directly governing a larger area, a larger population, and a situation across the vast sea. A more complex South
Mainland, isn’t it just an idiot’s dream? "
"Opening up new territories is certainly exciting, but we must consider the practical problems and various subsequent impacts. The Golden Horde was quite majestic, spanning the Eastern and Western worlds at its peak, but what next? The Golden Horde's extensive management resulted in The empire is rapidly collapsing, and there is no destiny for the country that lasts for a hundred years. Do we, the Taoist sect, just want to be a century-old empire? We only want a short-lived flash in the pan, not long-term peace and stability? As long as the moment of burning is gorgeous enough, we don’t care about anything else, right?"
"Would Li Qingwei and the national master behind him not understand these principles? They didn't understand anything. They still did it. You can only imagine what they will do in the future. Because they didn't want to govern, naturally It doesn’t count as a cost. Don’t mention any development or future, just support Dao Sect with peace of mind. To put it harshly, it is exploitation and plunder. This is to use the sword of Dao Sect to fight for more for Dao Sect.”
"As long as our own clan lives well, we don't care about the life or death of foreign clans. Let's not talk about whether this sentence is correct or not, it is no different from the Western Holy Court. Do we need morality and righteousness? What we have said in the past, criticizing Western The words spoken by people, the words that ridicule Westerners, will all turn into slaps on our own faces, just like the boomerangs of the Luo Suozhou natives."
"Some people may say that it is meaningful to get the land anyway. It is good to get the land, but the prerequisite is to hold it. The Golden Tent people once fought all the way to the Blue Danube, and now there is only one piece of the Golden Tent left. What's the point of not being able to defend the desolate grassland Gobi? Looting and exploitation cannot last forever. Instead, they will accumulate hatred. When enough hatred has been accumulated and the steam gospel strikes again, where will the indigenous people stand? On one side? This may raise a question mark. With no foundation, no popular support, and no consensus, how long can our Taoist sect hold on to this land despite being separated by thousands of miles of ocean? Fifty years? Or a hundred years?"
"You can only look at fifty or one hundred years in life, but one country and one religion cannot be so short-sighted. Is the land gained and lost considered the expansion of territory?"
Qi Xuansu carefully tasted the words of Master Cihang.
To sum up, there are only two points. If you want to make the Southern Continent permanently the land of Dao Sect, you need to invest a lot of costs in refined management, which Dao Sect cannot do now. If you don’t want to invest in in-depth governance and just want to get a vote to make up for the shortfall, you will not be able to last. Sooner or later, you will lose it, or even lose it forever.
More importantly, the issue of Xidaomen has not been discussed here, which is unpredictable. Xidaomen is not one person, but many people. Everyone has their own ideas. If the upper management of Xidaomen compromises, others will not rebel. Fenglinzhou can give birth to Zunbang sect, and Xidao sect can give birth to
No radical faction would be surprised. Don't talk about the same sect and origin, the Taoist sect was divided into five hundreds of years ago, and it's not like there has never been a fight.
If the West Daomen is forced to rebel, then it will be fun. The Daomen can win on the frontal battlefield, and then they will fall into endless small-scale chaos. The Holy Court is not a fool. If Steam Gospel takes the opportunity to support Xidaomen behind the scenes and bleeds the Daomen on the expedition, then the situation of Daomen will be even more difficult.
This kind of continuous bloodletting will most likely cause turmoil within the Taoist sect, and various long-standing problems will explode. Without moral principles, it will be unable to unite people's hearts. Even if the Taoist sect disintegrates, it is not impossible.
Morality and righteousness are a fuse. When the country is in crisis, there is still morality and righteousness.
, can unite people's hearts and tide over the difficulties. If you lose this, you will have no choice but to die in times of crisis.
Because of this, the ideas of Qi Xuansu's group came into being.
Equality, mutual assistance, and harmonious development.
Opening up new territories is of course passionate.
A real man carries a three-foot sword to achieve unparalleled achievements.
The question is what happens after the passion?
Just like a couple who decided to elope regardless of their family's objections. Many stories end here. Then what? Most likely it won't be great. The hardships of life will destroy all love.
In the same way, all the excitement can be wiped out by complicated follow-up questions.
Many people often fall into this misunderstanding. They are incited by others and become fanatical and radical, drowning out other voices. In the end, they can calm down because there are too many dead people, but it cannot end, and they are just a piece of chicken feathers.
Master Cihang finally said, "When Jinque is discussing matters, I want to speak. This kind of behavior is absolutely unacceptable. They want to say whether I belong to this faction or that faction, weak or incompetent, let them decide. At that time, Xuan The Holy Spirit has criticized this kind of behavior, which is a wrong tendency of being too eager for quick success and being aggressive and radical.”
"Things that originally took hundreds of years to be accomplished slowly are attempted to be completed within a dozen years through some extreme violent means in an attempt to achieve a quick resolution. The result is that it is unrealistic, arouses resentment among the people, and ignores the will of the people. Even if it succeeds, It is also prone to backlash. Failure to properly handle various conflict issues leads to internal and external turmoil.
. There is also an element of personal heroism in it, basing everything on personal will without analyzing the objective situation, which ultimately leads to damage to one's own strength, or even a major failure. "
"I say this now, and I will say the same again when the matter is discussed in Jinque."
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