Cultivating Ghosts: There is a Pink Skull at the beginning

Chapter 373
Happy hour always goes by quickly.

This morning, Yu Ling woke up Chen Taiyi who was sleeping soundly.

"Xiaobao, I'm leaving."

Chen Taiyi opened his eyes, lay on the bed and looked at Yu Ling quietly, his pure eyes gradually became secular.

Looking at the aggrieved eyes, Yu Ling smiled and said: "I will take you there, but there is no way to take you away. After you have settled the matter here, go to me, or I will come to you."

Yu Ling is no longer a young girl, she has become a lot more mature overnight, and she has become more beautiful than all the beauties around Chen Taiyi.

Chen Taiyi was 1 unwilling.

Yu Ling carried Chen Taiyi on his back, and slowly took him to the mausoleum cave located deep underground.

The cave is not cold, although no one is there, but there are many flowers and plants, and there are also a group of lively and lovely little girls.

"My lady! My lady! Is this the king?"

"It's the king! It must be the king, the king's body smells delicious!"

"Can't the king walk? Come down and play with us!"

"My lord, let's play together!"

The nearby flower and plant elves who were enlightened by the imperial spirits had a natural sense of closeness to Chen Taiyi, and they had been living in this underground garden for a long time, so when they saw Chen Taiyi, they seemed more lively than usual.

Yu Ling said to these grass and tree elves who were less than one year old: "Go play by yourself, I have something to talk to Xiaobao, in the future you have to listen to Xiaobao, and do whatever he tells you to do."

The children nearby also seemed to have sensed something suddenly. The originally lively children calmed down. Even the little girls who were rolling on the ground raised their heads and looked at this place motionless.

Yu Ling took Chen Taiyi to the sleeping place, put Chen Taiyi on the ground and said: "I'm leaving, this body will be turned into a bed, so that you can practice better every day when you sleep in the future."

What I said before was turning into a coffin, but Chen Taiyi didn't like it.

At this time, Chen Taiyi didn't like the bed either, so he said to Yu Ling: "I can't stay here completely, and become a statue or something, so that I can always look at you, and you can always look at me here .”

Yu Ling shook his head, "No, this is not my real appearance, and I don't like that you care too much about my appearance."

Chen Taiyi recalled that Yuling indeed had several appearances, including an old man, a child, and the current mature appearance.

Yu Ling sighed and said: "I am the strongest now, stronger than before, and I have more restrictions on my body. Otherwise, I will help you clear the obstacles ahead with this body, and you will be much smoother."

Chen Taiyi comforted: "It's okay, I'm actually very good too!"

Yu Ling smiled, and didn't continue to be sad, and it wasn't the first time the two parted.

"I won't return to Zhongzhou this time, at least I won't be able to come back for decades. After I leave, many people will come to you. You can do whatever you want, but remember not to promise anything lightly, and don't write people into your in the ghost book."

"You can write up to three names in the book of ghosts. Remember that you are going down to enjoy the blessings by yourself, not bringing others to enjoy the blessings."

Yu Ling told Chen Taiyi earnestly, using the simplest words to let Chen Taiyi understand what needs to be paid attention to.

Mrs. Chen nodded, "I see!"

Yu Ling touched Chen Taiyi's head again, and soon his body was wrapped in white light. Under a burst of soft and comfortable light, Chen Taiyi, who was standing on the ground, found himself lying on a big bed.

"Alas..." Mrs. Chen sighed, and grandma left again. A child without a mother is like a grass.

The big bed obviously does not have a quilt, but it feels very comfortable and soft when lying on it. It feels like it is contained no matter whether it is lying down or lying down, and you can smell the scent of imperial spirits when you breathe.

After staying for more than an hour, Chen Taiyi also accepted this kind of thing, and went out to say hello to the children outside.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is here!"

The children in the garden poked their heads out from the grass and flowers, and when they saw Mrs. Chen, they ran over to say hello.

These wild children were inspired by spirit grass and spirit flowers, many of them had bare arms and calves, and they looked pink and cute.

Yuling is the essence of ginseng, and Chen Taiyi also practices earth rooting, so there will naturally be some plant elves around him.

"Well, from now on, you will clean the house here and practice hard."

A group of little girls surrounded Chen Taiyi, and after hearing Chen Taiyi's words, they rushed to shout: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

"My lord, my lord, I am Xiaoju who sweeps the floor!"

"I'm Little Peony!"

"My lord! I am Sayuri! My lord!"

"I'm Little Seven Star Grass!"

"My name is Little Qiangwei! Little Qiangwei!"

Like flowers competing for beauty, these little guys shouted excitedly and crowded towards Chen Taiyi.

Chen Taiyi really likes these little guys with similar auras, and because Yuling has reincarnated, he also loves the flowers and plants that Yuling left behind.

After playing with these little guys in the garden for an afternoon, Chen Taiyi let the little guys continue to watch the house in the garden, and returned to the palace from the mausoleum to handle government affairs.

Last time when Yu Ling left home and arranged for Chen Taiyi to stay in Yaowanglin, Chen Taiyi himself could live a very carefree life.

This time, because of Yu Ling's departure, Chen Taiyi's mind was affected, and it would take at least a while before he could return to that happy child's state again.

During the time when his heart was traumatized, Chen Taiyi appeared to be very diligent and put all his thoughts on governing the country.

More than two years have passed quickly, and the people of Zezhou have forgotten many things. The new generation of Zezhou has also become the pillar of the heart of Yue under the education of Yue.

The train from Yue State has been laid to Zezhou and Jingzhou, and more and more commercial spaceships have been established, and more commercial routes have been determined.

Chen Taiyi and the concubines were resting in the palace garden, and Chen Baizhi sat opposite to report the latest situation.

"There are many mountainous roads between Zezhou and Jingzhou. The cliffs and cliffs in the mountains are inaccessible. They have become the lairs of many monsters, and many monsters can fly up and rob merchants passing by."

"Fortunately, many retired veterans and civilian righteous men formed a guard team. My son felt that these mercenaries fit the mercenaries mentioned by the emperor, so he asked them to regulate them. Both merchants and mercenaries had to pass through our designated camps. Register."

"In this way, a lot of taxes are collected, and secondly, after the registration is completed, it is also prevented from tearing up the promise not to pay, or killing people halfway."

"Not only the caravans favored it, but folk heroes also took the initiative to register under the imperial court."

"I know the truth that haste makes waste, so I didn't blindly expand and build cities outside. The cities I built several times were all in the places where commercial routes must pass. Only in this way can people stay and the city can be stabilized."

Chen Taiyi looked at Chen Baizhi, smiled and said: "Very well, Zezhou is almost stable, and I don't think there is any need to go to Jingzhou. You will be in charge of things here in Renwangcheng from now on. I have been busy these few years. , I happened to go back to Yanwang City and concentrate on practicing for a few years."

"Yes!" Chen Baizhi said excitedly: "My son will definitely live up to my father's trust!"

Huang Wanzhen showed a satisfied smile. This picture of family harmony was exactly what she wanted to see the most.

Chen Baizhi quickly said: "There is one more thing. Zezhou has previously carried out a rectification of domestic monks and Buddhas. Although the control has been relaxed this year, many temples are still left behind."

Huang Wanzhen said: "These are nothing to worry about. I saw that the tax payment of temples in Zezhou is less than one percent of that of the fireworks venues. Let them develop to a certain extent."

Chen Baizhi disagreed with this point of view, and argued: "It's not just about Zezhou and Jiangzhou. Many monks and Buddhas under my rule have gone to Lu State."

"The State of Lu?" Huang Wanzhen smiled and said, "The State of Lu has been in turmoil and disasters for many years. The luck of the Lu State Dingding has been occupied by the King of Lu and a group of monks. It is difficult for the people to have enough food, let alone cultivating immortals."

Chen Baizhi said: "That's exactly the case. Now there are constant uprisings in Lu State, bureaucrats are corrupt, families are separated, and many people are in dire straits. Those monks in Lu State are responding to everyone."

"And because the monks from these different places were all driven together before, fighting and compatible with each other, now they are unified into one force, and they also occupy a territory of their own, covering more than ten counties. It is rumored that there are more than four hundred believers. Ten thousand."

Kui Wenji frowned, "These harmful monks are unwilling to live anywhere."

Chen Taiyi thinks it is easy to understand, now as long as he has the spirit of the country, he can cultivate immortals and become stronger, and the reverence for the imperial power of the folk family is not so strong anymore.

After all, Chen Taiyi was just a city lord before...

The example of King Yue is here, and it is impossible for other families to say that they have no ambitions.

Buddhism in Lu State must have the support of many Lu people.

There are ordinary people, there are poor people, there are also children of aristocratic families and people from court.

Countless history has told Chen Taiyi that the most stable and quickest way to collect credit is... to raise the bandits' self-respect.

Wipe out a group of thieves, and that's all the credit.

But to set up an enemy and constantly ask the court for money and power is like a steady stream of water.

If you can't control it, that's other people's business, anyway, just brush enough by yourself.

Chen Taiyi understands it very well, because this is the case here in Yue.

In order to gain the luck of Yue Guo Ding, many people fought wits and courage like Chen Taiyi, who was the enemy of life and death, and dared to put their heads in their stomachs to do extremely ambitious but brainless things.

"Lv Zhengxian has killed countless enemies in the past two years, and all of them were from Weiguo." Chen Taiyi said indifferently: "On the one hand, Weiguo is afraid of this person, and on the other hand, he needs his bravery. Husband has grown in power."

Kui Wenji said: "With us occupying Jingzhou, Weiguo will not kill Lu Zhengxian easily, but if we join forces with Weiguo, there may be no way to get rid of this person."

Huang Wanzhen disagreed, "The State of Wei is not only guarding against us, but also the State of Zhou. Now the State of Zhou is going to attack the State of Lu and the State of Wei."

"Once the state of Wei cannot be defended, the army of the State of Zhou will go south to Jingzhou."

"If the State of Lu dies, the army of the State of Zhou will march south to the King's City."

In the past two years, Chen Taiyi has also grasped a lot of intelligence information, knowing that both Wei Guo and Lu Guo have some intentions to surrender.

It is not the king who wants to surrender, but the generals and nobles who want to surrender.

While talking about something, Kui Meiyun walked over quickly.

Several people looked at Sunflower Meiyun.

Kui Meiyun came in front of Chen Taiyi and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, King Wei issued an order to slaughter Buddhas in the country, to kill monks and Buddhas on sight."

Chen Taiyi was very puzzled, King Wei was different from King Lu, he was a very ambitious and intelligent person, even Huazong's patriarch could refuse a promise of his own body.

Kui Meiyun didn't go around in circles, and said quickly after taking a breath: "The cause is that the king of Wei found out that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple had concealed the land property and population, and colluded with the court officials and generals to teach the wives and mothers of the court ministers in the imperial city where King Wei lived. Thousands of Buddhist believers are hidden near the restricted area."

"The king of Wei personally summoned the ministers of cultural relics to kill people in the hall to establish his prestige. Anyone who believes in Buddhism at home, regardless of age, will be killed!"

Mrs. Chen thought for a while, but said nothing.

Kui Wenji said: "The Kingdom of Wei has been full of Buddhist aura for a hundred years. It is normal for people in the palace to believe in Buddhism. I heard that King Wei's mother believed in Buddhism and ate vegetarian food."

Chen Taiyi looked at Kui Meiyun curiously, "King Wei killed his mother?"

Kui Meiyun quickly said: "No, I just beheaded a few court ladies."

Chen Taiyi thought this was very reasonable, Qin Huang's kind of ruthless character did not do this kind of thing, Wei Wang was probably very sensible, and killed them all if they didn't.

Huang Wanzhen quickly thought of other things, and speculated: "The state of Lu should be about the same. If the state of Wei does this, the state of Lu will definitely punish those monks and Buddhas."

Chen Taiyi didn't care much, everyone knew that the Yue Kingdom treated monks badly, and now he heard things about monks outside, just for fun.

"In that case, all the monks in the world can only go to Zhou State." Chen Taiyi still didn't care, even if all the monks in the country ran to Zhou State, it didn't matter.

Anyway, as long as the temple exists, there will be no shortage of monks and Taoists.

There are no more male monks, but there are still female monks.

The female monk is gone, and there are flower demons and tree demons who sincerely make up for the Buddha. Thinking about it... it feels like it might be better?

"Add taxes to the monks of Yue!"

Chen Taiyi came up with an astonishing idea, and directly uttered such astonishing words.

Huang Wanzhen looked at Chen Taiyi, she knew that Chen Taiyixiong was very talented, but at this moment she still couldn't think of what kind of wisdom it was.

Chen Baizhi took the initiative to ask: "Father, why do you want to increase taxes on monks?"

"Single tax, unemployment tax, infertility tax..." Chen Taiyi said casually: "These monks don't work and don't serve in the military. Give them some taxes so that they can realize that they are Vietnamese and understand that every citizen should pay taxes. obligation!"

"Anyway, these monks have been expelled outside. Even if we don't expel them, we have to put on a little show, otherwise it will appear that we expelled these monks before, but now protect them, and some government orders are confused."

Kui Wenji figured it out, and explained to Chen Taiyi: "The state of Zhou has been treating monks and Buddhas well over the years. Everyone knows that their state religion is the Yin-Yang sect, and those monks were sent to poor villages to work as monks after they passed away. Make a show."

"It was necessary in the past, but now if Weiguo, Luguo and our Yueguo are all targeting those monks, then no matter what Zhouguo does, there is no need."

"First, he treats monks and Buddhas kindly, but he won't really take in those monks and Buddhas, it's just for fame."

Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "This reputation is not good. He thinks that treating foreign monks well will give him a good reputation. I think Zhou's courtiers and civilians are all scolding this stupid king for introducing monks. Maybe there will be some uprisings." The army used the charge of resistance."

Kui Wenji and the others didn't think of this, they were all upper-class nobles, not as knowledgeable as Chen Taiyi.

Kui Wenji quickly said: "Your Majesty is wise, after hearing what your Majesty said, I am even more sure that the State of Lu will also take action against these monks and Buddhas."

Foreign monks like to chant scriptures, local Taoist priests and native monks in Lu State have deep complaints about these foreign monks, and many people in the country also do the same.

It didn't matter what Zhou State did, and soon Yue State, Wei State, and Lu State successively issued some decrees restricting monks and Buddhas.

If Zhou Guo doesn't follow suit, there are naturally subtle differences.

But if you follow suit, you will lose face!
The problem was before King Zhou. King Zhou didn't care about those monks at all, but if he didn't do something now, he would look useless.

(End of this chapter)