The Earth Master waved his sleeves and a rectangular portal appeared in front of the two of them. Then the Earth Master grabbed Li Xuandu's shoulder and walked into the portal, as if he had passed through an invisible boundary, rippling layers of water ripples, which were fleeting in a flash.

On the other side of the portal, it was far away from Loulan City, without any greenness, yellow sand and vast desert.

Li Xuandu knew in his heart that this was the Earth Master who used the "Yinyang Gate" technique to force him away from Loulan City. "Yinyang Gate" was not a difficult and profound Taoist technique. The alchemist in the Xuanyuan Realm could be used initially. Even a martial artist like Li Xuandu could also use it after entering the Creation Realm. As for the use of this method in the Longevity Realm Earth Immortal, the biggest difference between this method and the Xuanyuan Realm Alchemist is the word "distance". The Xuanyuan Realm is at most dozens of miles or hundreds of miles. If there are treasures or secret techniques, it can be farther apart, while the Longevity Realm Immortal can easily reach thousands of miles.

Since the Earth Master did not mean to kill him for the time being, Li Xuan calmed down and asked, "I'm very curious, what exactly is the Earth Master going to do?"

The Earth Master glanced at Li Xuandu and asked back, "What do you think I'm doing?"

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said, "At first, I thought the Earth Master had old grudges with several generations of emperors of the Great Wei Dynasty. I had to fight for a while and be the emperor himself. But later I found that the Earth Master was not very interested in being an emperor, so I later had an idea, as if the Earth Master preferred to be an emperor."

The earth master smiled but said nothing.

Li Xuan hesitated for a moment and continued, "But after I met Geng Yue, I changed my mind again. Some traces could be seen from the 'Eight Tribes', Shangguan Wan, Geng Yue, Shang Xi and others. The Earth Master can always make people's cultivation improve greatly, far exceeding the normal speed of cultivation. It is obvious that the result of normal people from solid state to longevity is unpredictable. Whether they can go to the end depends on opportunities. In other words, hard work may not necessarily bring rewards, just like a big gamble. The Earth Master seems to want to change this rule and turn a big gamble into a trading transaction, and buy back as much as they pay. If the Earth Master succeeds, it can be foreseeable that one is enough

A powerful court will control the whole world. Unlike the current Great Wei court and the previous courts of all dynasties, the court, as the nominal lord of the world, will definitely have the most resources and can create the most immortal earth immortals. Then the court with powerful force will surely clear all local tyrants and strengthen centralization, and will really become all the talents in the world. However, this is just my guess. It is still unknown whether the Earth Master has such a plan. In addition, I have another guess, that is, the Earth Master has no intention of the rise and fall of the dynasty, but wants to establish a sect that is established with the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, so as to last forever and be a master of the world. I wonder how much I guess?”

The earth master showed an unconcealed look of admiration on his face, "Although it is not far away, it is not far away."

Li Xuandu said: "I hope to hear the details."

The Master Di smiled faintly, "You have been to the Vientiane Academy and must have heard of the theory of Sikong Daoxuan, which is the principle of rise and fall. When each dynasty develops to the end, there are many people and few lands, and land annexation, and land cannot support so many people. There will inevitably be a major chaos, reducing the population, reallocating the land, and then another peaceful and prosperous era."

Li Xuan nodded.

"This statement cannot be wrong, but it has some limitations." The local master is like a teacher who is answering questions for students. "Since ancient times, there has been a shortage of money. The response methods are nothing more than two ways of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. The rise and fall of dynasties are also these two ways. Opening up the source means expedition and expanding territory. However, this move has one disadvantage. If the territory is too wide and too large, the court will be out of reach, which can easily lead to separatist and independent position in the border areas and break away from the control of the court. These are many dynasties.

I don't want to see it, and once the dynasty weakens, these lands are easily lost. Now the 19 states of the Great Wei Dynasty are almost the limit. Reduction means to pursuing the internal administration, implementing new policies, and curbing land annexation. This move also has disadvantages, which is to touch the interests of powerful people at all levels, from cabinet members to scholars and juren, all hate them, so they are struggling, so they are struggling, and if they are not careful, they will be backfired. This is also the reason why Zhang Suqing and others want to do it but fail to do it."

Li Xuandu pointed again, expressing his approval of what the Earth Master said, and then asked: "The Earth Master has a solution?"

The Earth Master did not answer positively, but said: "What the Confucian school has been thinking about for so many years is the harmony of the world. The great way is that the world is the public, chooses wise and capable, and is faithful and harmonious. Therefore, the friends do not only care about their relatives, not only their sons, but also their sons, so that the elderly can have a place to live, the strong can have a place to use, the young can have a place to grow, and the widows, widows, widows, orphans, orphans, orphans, and sick can have a place to raise them. Men have a place to return, women have a place to hate them, and goods are not to hide themselves, and power is not to be out of their body, and they do not have to do it. Therefore, they plan to keep them away but not to prosper, steal and thieves do not do it, so they do not keep them away from their homes, which is called great harmony."

"How to achieve great harmony in the world? The Confucianism proposed the method is benevolence, righteousness, morality and rituals. Confucius said to be benevolence, Meng said to be righteous. Confucianism believed that everyone in the world has noble morality and that the world is the common people, which is the great harmony in the world. Not to mention the complexity of human nature, the sages said: "If the warehouse is solid, you know etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace. If the people are unable to fill their stomachs, how can you talk about observing etiquette, benevolence, righteousness and morality? Therefore, the great harmony in the Confucianism will always float in the sky and cannot fall on the ground. I wonder if Zifu agrees with my words?"

Li Xuandu said in a deep voice: "What the Earth Master said is very true."

Master Di said: "The Confucian method does not work, so I began to think about a feasible method."

"If you want to know etiquette, whether it is Confucianism, Taoism, Mo and Law, it is inseparable from the text of books. For example, among the hundreds of people today, only one person can read and write. Why is this? Because it is difficult to make a living, scholars do not work in production, do not farm, and do not work, and it is difficult to support such a scholar. Take rice fields as an example. If it is a tenant, under normal years, if you produce more than 300 kilograms of rice per mu, you can use half of the rent, and you can still have 150 kilograms of rice left. Such a little grain is difficult to support a scholar. How can you support a scholar who does not work in production? Therefore, poor families cannot produce scholars. For ordinary people, the so-called poor families are also rich families. However, compared with those rich families, they are defeated and have become the title of poor families."

"If I don't have enough literature, I began to think about going to the military, training military conquests and expanding territory, but it still doesn't work. Because elite soldiers are not engaged in production and need others to support them, almost ten people are needed to support one soldier. If there are too many soldiers and the court and the treasury is overwhelmed, they will inevitably impose taxes, and the people will be in trouble and will be difficult to sustain. If they fight against the outside world, it will be fine. Once they fail, internal and external troubles will arise and they will be destroyed in an instant. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that the army is deposed by the poor."

"I put these two roads together. The reason why it is unsustainable is the same problem. I read historical books. When Zulong unified the world, the population was about 30 million, while during the reign of Emperor Shizong of this dynasty, the population was about 60 million, which doubled. Why did this? In addition to constantly expanding the land, the key lies in the development of farming technology. But this is not enough. In today's normal years, the yield of rice is more than 300 kilograms per mu. If it can double and 600 kilograms per mu, then all the problems I mentioned will be solved."

"But it cannot be solved, so all dynasties could only focus on agriculture and suppress commerce. The emperor personally plowed in spring, and the queen raised silkworms and relied silk, all of which were the importance of farming. The people were the priority, and the country was the second most important. The king was the least, and the people took food as the most. Where did the food come from? From the fields, this was the reason why scholars, farmers, industry and commerce ranked second. The people who farmed were the largest in the world. No matter what they did, they must first solve the farming work and food and clothing. The extra farming people could work, go business, and serve as soldiers.

, even to study and be polite. I have been to Qiantang Mansion, where silk is very good and the supply is in short supply. However, Qiantang Mansion has less land and less mulberry fields, which makes the silk produced every year a certain amount. If the agricultural problem can be solved, some rice fields can be converted into mulberry fields. The extra people can raise silkworms and reel silk, and then expand the silk production and sell it overseas in exchange for silver. But if the agricultural problem cannot be solved, the rice fields cannot be converted into mulberry fields, otherwise the people will starve to death and stir up civil unrest."

Li Xuan was thinking, and Shaoqing raised his head again and changed his name, "Mr. Xu has any good ideas?"

The Earth Master smiled faintly and said, "Yes, I have been to Taiping Sect. The skills of the mechanism are developed. If the techniques of the mechanism are applied to water conservancy and irrigation, how much manpower can be saved? It is no problem for Guzaoge Sect to refine the "Disishi Tian". It is even easier to cultivate some drought-resistant and insect-resistant seeds. There are also various fertilizers. I heard that Miaozhen Sect has methods to ripen and increase production, but it is not outlined and is only used to cultivate medicinal fields for alchemy. Other sects also have similar methods, but none of them have thought about starting from the root and only thinking about how to compete for the world and develop the sect."

Li Xuandu was silent for a long time after hearing this. He had been looking for a way out. Now the Earth Master has helped him find a way out. He couldn't help but sigh, "Since ancient times, Confucianism has been working hard and rarely considers practical things. If the saints of Confucianism were not always entangled in the principles of nature, human desires and morals, and think more about these real difficulties in people's livelihood, there would be no hunger that is everywhere today."

Master Di said: "In this way, Zifu recognizes me."

Li Xuandu sighed lightly: "No matter what, I was lucky enough to meet Mr. Xu. Being able to hear Mr. Xu's high arguments will benefit me a lot. If there were no such disputes and disputes, I would really be willing to talk to Mr. Wang and listen to his teachings. As for what Mr. Wang said just now, I must think about it carefully."
Chapter completed!