My Taoism comes from the world of myths and monsters

Chapter 359

Meijun County City.

Sheriff's mansion.

Prefect Li Xin stood beside Song Lin respectfully.

Song Lin flipped through the materials, asking questions from time to time, and the eunuch answered in time.

Li Xin is a descendant of the Li family of the monk family. The monks generally live a very long life. The family has spread for hundreds of years, and the number of descendants including branches may be as high as tens of thousands.

Li Xin is such a character. Although he has not communicated with the family for a long time, he still has an excuse to interfere when something happens.

That's how it is now.

Song Lin came to the door and learned that his ancestors took the lead, so Li Xin joined him without stopping.

After a while, the prefects of the other five counties arrived one after another under the escort of Taoist priests.

In addition, there are commanders of the counties, army commanders and so on.

Li Xindao, the governor of the county: "Returning to the Taoist Lord, there are 15 forbidden troops in the six counties, which means five command battalions and one army configuration. The standing garrison has a total of [-] soldiers and two army configurations. There are [-] township soldiers. .The disposition of the sixty armies."

The total force adds up to more than 15 people.

This is a standing force. For the six counties with a population of more than 2000 million, this number is actually quite a lot.

At least for areas like them that are not close to the border, it is not rare.

The number of forbidden troops in the border area is at least dozens of times that of this place.

The Forbidden Army is a soldier directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. It is usually sent to other areas to guard, and when the time comes, it will change places.

Belonging to the most elite troops of the imperial court, they are completely off-duty for training.

The standing army is an army jointly commanded by the county government and the imperial court. The imperial court is responsible for the distribution of food and command, and the county government is responsible for execution and recruitment.

There are many rural soldiers because of the military system of the dynasty, which is selected according to the proportion of the household registration, and is armed with service time.

Participating in the township soldiers is regarded as corvee service, and you generally have to bring your own food and weapons.

"Corvée, don't the township soldiers have to pay?"

Song Lin thought for a moment and said.

Li Xin smiled wryly and said, "The county government doesn't have that much money."

At least the taxes of the county towns are generally handed over to the Daoist sect, and half of them are handed over to the imperial court, so there is not much left.

"In the future... cancel the payment of taxes."

The taxes paid by the six counties do not exceed one million in total, and most of them are just ordinary grain and cloth, which cannot be exchanged for any good things, so it is better to leave them to the common people.

The prefect of the six counties was stunned for a moment, and immediately bowed down.

"The Lord is merciful!"

This is the first time they have seen a Taoist who is willing to sacrifice his own interests to make the people feel at ease.

Most jungles are not as big as Song Lin's, and they don't make as much money as Donghua Jungle, so they look down on those three melons and two dates.

Song Lin returned to Donghua Forest, summoned Wu Yi, Qingyu, Shi Yinhua and others, and explained to them the affairs of the six counties.

"There are many scholars and officials in the six counties who are worth cultivating. We can sacrifice a little so that they can be promoted to the imperial court and increase our voice. Wu Yi!"

Song Lin looked at the gentlemanly young man.

"Have you read the Book of Changes and the practical books?"

Song Lin gave Wu Yi a few books last time. Zhou Yi is Taoism, and the books on the world are the people-oriented, practical books of Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and others.

Wu Guomen is more serious, and even the Daoist sect itself is the backing of the clan. This is easy to understand, so there is no need to explain it.

Most of the scholars from poor families and ordinary people have no hope of promotion. This trend of thought should be quite popular among them.

The King of England is also supported by them. Once this trend of thought forms a force, even if the King of England doesn't want to, they will push Wu Yi to a certain position.

As for others wanting to learn?
In fact, it's quite simple, the first one to throw away the powerful people who support him first, only Wu Yi, a power with no foundation at all, can do this.

"The disciple understands, but my throne has no real power, so I interfere with the operation of the place rashly..."

"There's nothing to worry about."

Song Lin didn't care.

Compared with the secular world, Song Lin should pay more attention to other forces, but this is Donghua's territory, and anyone who comes will be killed without saving any face.

After a period of time, Song Lin and Wu Yi started the reform.

First of all, a palace was built in the county, and at the same time sales department, Shigu department and other departments were established.

For scholars, there is also Hongwen Library, which has a large collection of books and can be borrowed for free, so as to win over scholars from poor families.

Those who excel in their homework can also receive funding from the palace, providing travel expenses for rushing to the exam, etc.

Of course, judging from Song Lin's experience, these are just small favors, and most people will only remember them for a while, not for a lifetime.

What really makes people agree is the idea.

Based on the theories of Mencius and Xunzi, the Yinghua school developed by Gu Huangwang, Tang Zhu and others has been carried forward.

Wu Yi's profound knowledge has also impressed many people.

British palace.

Wu Yi, who was dressed in fine clothes, was dealing with official business, and he slept no more than three hours a day during this time.

"Crack down on the powerful, cut taxes, build water conservancy, repair roads, and reform the township soldiers; these are imperative. Li Xin will have a three-year exam. If he is rated as the best, he can rush to the capital for promotion... "

Wu Yi thought to himself.

These few people were promoted to the imperial court, coupled with the fact that scholars entered the court through the imperial examination, their influence immediately increased.

Their school's thinking is also excellent, and many people may agree with it. In another ten years, they may be able to rank high in the imperial court.

Wu country is not some barbaric country, most of the competition of schools will not rise to physical annihilation, let alone kill people just because of a few articles and a few random words.

Wu Yi is very confident in the theories spread in the Donghua Forest.

These are very progressive theories and are not afraid of being tested by others.

In less than ten years, I will definitely become a master of the party.

This was the strategy Song Lin had set for them.

Promote officials with excellent political achievements, conquer cities with excellent ideas, and govern the people with the methods of saints.

In the eyes of outsiders, everyone in the Donghua Forest always has an inexplicable self-confidence, just because they have confidence in their own way, and it is impossible for outsiders to understand.

Shanyin County.

Song Lin, Zhengxin, and Meihua were walking with a gray-haired old man on the bustling street.

The old man's name is Yang Gandao, and he was a great Confucianist in the dynasty. He was an official to the center.

"Your recent goal is always in the mortal world. What's the point of doing this? This move can't improve the strength of the jungle." Plum Blossom asked suddenly.

He couldn't understand it, so he didn't go to retreat, nor did he practice spells.

Instead, it started education.

"Haha, since I have changed these two prefectures and six jungles, I have to give back to the mortals, at least bring about some changes."

"Otherwise, mortals used to make a living like this, and we have come here too. Isn't it for nothing? What's the difference?"

"The Taoist is right."

Yang Gandao stroked his beard and applauded.

"I don't ask much, only to clear away old qi, to prosper Taoism, and to stabilize people's lives."

"What the Taoist said is very true. I have observed it for a long time. The Taoist is really a hero who keeps what he says. The livelihood of the people under the Donghua Forest has been greatly improved. Please be respected by the old man!"

Yang Gandao suddenly bowed solemnly.

"Old Madam Fu, please, it is impossible!"

Song Lin quickly helped him up.

Yang Gandao was a good official, and he did a lot of practical things beneficial to people's livelihood during his tenure.

At the same time, he is also a main combat faction who advocates anti-monsterism. For this reason, he offended many people in the Dao League. Fortunately, he has many old students and old officials, otherwise he would not even end up in retirement.

In order to win over this old man with good influence in the government and the public, Song Lin put in a lot of effort. Not only did he visit the door in person, but he also took him to visit the jungle and read the doctrines and precepts.

And accompany him to observe people's livelihood.

The old man stayed for ten days.

Song Lin's purpose may be more utilitarian, but it is admiration from the bottom of his heart.

This kind of admiration is not based on realm and spells, but his spirit of knowing that he can't do it.

"The way is no good, let's take a boat and float in the sea; the old man thinks that there is no hope for the country of Wu, no matter what, since the Taoist master has such a will, the old man will give up his life to accompany him."

Yang Qiandao still has disciples, disciples, and the influence of the court.

He can recommend some people to be officials, and he can also ask people to assist the King of England and add support to him.

"Thank you, old lady."

Song Lin knew that Yang Qiandao had been convinced.

His spells are so strong that he can kill 1 old men like Yang Gandao with one finger.

But to deal with such a person with integrity, force is absolutely useless, even if it is crushed into slag, the integrity will not be destroyed.

Looking at the old man's body that has not been a few years old, Zhengxin, who has been there, can't help but persuade:
"Brother, it's better to adjust your body first, don't worry, take it slowly."

Yang Gandao shook his head and refused, he smiled heartily:
"I can't wait, the general trend in the world is that you wait and I wait, and it takes thousands of years to still be like this."

"Cultivators have a long life, take it slowly; mortals have a short life, just seize the day and night. Hahaha!"

(End of this chapter)