After hearing what Mr. Bai Lu said, Emperor Tianbao's face turned pale, and his hands under his big sleeves clenched into fists, showing his uneasy mood.

After a long time, Emperor Tianbao said slowly: "Sir, even the righteousness of the world cannot be bound by Liaodong. How can this be explained?"

Mr. Bai Lu sighed and said, "The sage said, "The people are more important than the king, and the country is second to the country." He also said, "The destiny of heaven is constant, and only virtue is responsible for it." What is virtue? Naturally, the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment. As today, is it peaceful?"

"As far as I know, in the Central Plains in the Pass, except for Jiangnan and Jingzuo, the capital and other places, most of the other places are refugees everywhere, and thousands of miles away from the ground. Nowadays, a large number of refugees flee to Liaodong every day, because Liaodong has food and a way to survive. Liaodong is originally a vast land and a sparse population, and it is a shortage of population. It is a killing of two birds with one stone. It is inevitable that one will rise and fall, and the shift of people's hearts will be deviated. Many knowledgeable people, such as Mr. Qingping, who followed Zhang Xiang, turned to support Liaodong..."

"What kind of knowledgeable person is this person? He is just a traitor." Emperor Tianbao snorted coldly.

Mr. Bai Lu did not refute Emperor Tianbao, but instead said: "In fact, whether it is a random thief or a loyal minister or a good general, the question before His Highness is why Li Xuandu, who supported Zhang Xiangdu, recaptured the northwest, and went to Liaodong? Why did the Qin family, who could only hide behind the scenes, dared to come to the front of the stage? They were originally subjects of the court, but now they deviated from the court. Isn't this a change in people's hearts?"

Emperor Tianbao frowned and said in a deep voice: "It is said that Confucianism has the merit of education, and the gentleman is the merit of Confucianism. So, why did Confucianism fail to stop such changes in people's hearts?"

Mr. Bai Lu sighed: "The core of Confucianism is not 'benevolence' or 'righteous', but 'ritual'. The book "The Herdsmen" says: 'If the granaries are full, you know etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace." The people do not know etiquette. Only when they have no worries about food and clothing can they pay attention to etiquette and have the energy to take into account their honor and disgrace."

"Your Majesty has never seen that the refugees can be without dignity for a steamed bun, and even abandon their family affection. They only have one idea, that is, to live, and to survive, they can abandon everything. How can the Confucians educate them in the face of such people? They can only set up a pot to cook white rice, but not a pot to cook. If people want to be upright, they must first have enough food. It is precisely because Liaodong has done this, so people's hearts tend toward Liaodong. No matter how much we great scholars say, it is useless."

Emperor Tianbao said angrily: "These untouchables are shameless. In order to survive in a state of poverty, they ignore the justice of their family and country."

Mr. Bai Lu sighed again: "This is the second point I want to say. People in Liaodong are not alien races, they have the same clan and origin as the world, and they depend on each other. If the people in Jinguan do these things, we can also use the righteousness of the country and the call. Many people will not succumb to the Tartars. They can be replaced by Liaodong. For ordinary people, there is no resistance. After all, since ancient times, the rise and fall have changed..."

Before Mr. Bai Lu finished speaking, Emperor Tianbao suddenly swept all the inkstones, paperweights and memorials on the table to the ground. His breath was heavy and he was extremely angry.

Mr. Bai Lu's face remained unchanged, and slowly stood up and whispered: "His Majesty, calm down."

Emperor Tianbao leaned on the back of the chair, took a few deep breaths, gradually calmed down, and said apologetically: "I am losing my composure, sir, please sit down."

Mr. Bai Lu didn't care and sat down again, but he just stopped continuing the topic just now.

Emperor Tianbao asked: "So, sir, how should we change this situation?"

Mr. Bai Lu said: "Until now, the court still occupies the title of righteousness and orthodoxism. In terms of potential, it has a place of taxation such as Jiangnan and 90% of the world's population far above Liaodong. Therefore, Liaodong is also full of concerns about entering the pass. This is Your Majesty's opportunity. To change this situation, the key is to have an elite soldier. It only takes money to raise and train soldiers. The court owns the world and is rich in the world. Why are the national treasury often empty? Why are there so many ways to make money? Where are the money going? Why can't you collect taxes?"

Emperor Tianbao only felt that there was still a layer of window paper left that had not been pierced, and it was very close.

Mr. Bai Lu suddenly laughed softly and said, "The soldiers guarding the border every autumn moon, go out to the frontier to set fire, which is called burning wasteland. That is, burning grasslands, and more than 10,000 people will be dispatched every time. This made a joke, saying that the Ministry of Revenue issued 100,000 taels of silver to burn the wasteland. When the Liaodong general was in the hands of the Liaodong general, there were only 10,000 taels of silver left. The general took out 10,000 taels of silver to burn the wasteland, but the result was not good. So he reported to the Ministry of War that there was too much rain this year, and the 100,000 taels of silver was not effective in burning the wasteland. Instead, he accidentally burned food and grass and some weapons, and needed 100,000 taels of silver to repurchase the weapons. In addition, the court asked the court to make up 100,000 taels of silver to burn the wasteland again to prevent the gold tent from going south."

Emperor Tianbao couldn't laugh, his face turned pale.

Mr. Bai Lu restrained his smile: "Although it is a joke and exaggerated, the reason is correct. The court allocated one million taels of silver for food and salary, and it was a blessing to have 500,000 taels of silver for military affairs. It was a blessing to have half of the tax on one million taels of silver for the people."

"Happy?" Emperor Tianbao's face turned pale and his breath became even worse. "The court had to spend twice the money, and the court could only collect half of the taxes. Is this a blessing? The court's money must be divided into half of everything. Whose court is this court, and whose world is this world?!"

Mr. Bai Lu said lightly: "You are the saying: 'Share the world with scholars and officials'."

Emperor Tianbao slapped the table hard.

Mr. Bai Lu said: "All laws, no matter how brilliant they are, will ultimately rely on people to implement them. Therefore, what Your Majesty has to do is to purify the administration, and this is the foundation of everything."

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There is no tablet for Li Daoxu in the temple of the Li family ancestral hall, because strictly speaking, Li Daoxu did not die, but could not return to the world. Therefore, according to the rules, Li Daoxu did not have tablets to worship, but hung a portrait in the side hall of the temple, which was also the third ascending person of the Li family. Li Xuandu is expected to become the fourth ascending person, and the portrait is hung next to Li Daoxu.

Li Xuandu came to the side hall and looked up.

The first portrait was not the ancestor of the Li family, but the first patriarch of the Li family after they settled in Beihai Prefecture. They were an old man with white hair, white beard, white eyebrows, and fairy-like style. The foundation of the Li family in Beihai Prefecture was founded by this ancestor.

The second portrait is a middle-aged man wearing a stone-blue dress, with a majestic appearance and a cold face. He looks like a serious person. He is an ancestor of the "Chun" generation. He is a martial arts fanatic. He has a very high level of cultivation and can manage his family and his sects. Compared with Li Daoxu, he is very different.

The third painting is Li Daoxu, which uses the portrait of Li Daoxu when he was old. If Li Xuandu was asked to evaluate it, it would be quite emperor-like, graceful and calm, and not angry but powerful, and still be quite vivid.

In the past few hundred years, the Li family has never been compared with the Zhang family of the Shangqing Mansion, which has produced many people. It was not until Li Daoxu's generation that he was as close as the Zhang family of the Shangqing Mansion. It was not until Li Xuandu's generation that he surpassed the Zhang family. From this point of view, Li Daoxu was actually the leader of the Li family's revival and his status was no less than that of the founding ancestor.

Li Xuandu's eyes turned and found that the location next to Li Daoxu's portrait was ready, only one portrait was missing, and he couldn't help but laugh. The Li family's thoughts were all used here, which seemed to say that Li Xuan's entry into this side hall was a foregone conclusion, and it was undoubtedly much more intelligent than many flattering people in person.

Li Taiyi also followed Li Xuandu, looked up at the three portraits, admiring and yearning for them.

Li Xuandu smiled: "Dong Emperor, I hope that one day your portrait will be hung here. From the old man, a family of three immortals can be regarded as a good story that has been passed down from later generations. Later people will also add a saying to the old man's evaluation, "Give children a good idea."

Li Taiyi nodded slightly.

Li Xuandu took three incense sticks from Li Rushi's hand and inserted it into the incense burner on the altar table below the portrait.

Li Xuandu turned around and left the side hall. Everyone waiting in the temple immediately surrounded Li Xuandu, all the young and old.

This is power.

Li Xuandu looked around for a week and said, "I'll be here today. Let's break up for a while. I'll go out to the city to worship my ancestors tomorrow."

Everyone in the Li family responded, leaving the temple in turn and heading towards the outsiders.

Li Xuan was at the end, such as Li Taiyi, Li Rushi, Lu Yanbing and others, so they could only follow Li Xuan, at the end.

Li Xuandu was in a pretty good mood today. No one who was blindly blind was against him at this time. Everything went smoothly. He officially took over the Li family and then completed the last step of mastering the Qingwei Sect.

This is like the position of the sect leader and the position of the Great Heavenly Master of Zhengyi Sect. The Great Heavenly Master is actually the patriarch of the Zhang family. Only when he serves as the Great Heavenly Master and serves as the Supreme Sect or Sect Master of Zhengyi Sect can he truly master the Zhengyi Sect. If one of the two is missing, it means being decentralized.

The same is true for the Li family. As the largest internal force in the Qingwei Sect, if Li Xuan was only the leader of the Qingwei Sect and not the leader of the Li family, he would be constrained. The Li family is his own family, and Li Xuan did not want to hurt his clan members unless he had no choice, so the position of the head of the family was still very important.

Li Xuan looked at Li Yuanying who had never spoken, and suddenly said, "San Senior Brother, you used to be the sect leader and commanded the entire sect. Now if you are asked to serve as the sect leader and stay under others, you will not want to do so. Then you will stay in the Li family in the future, handle clan affairs, and be an elder of the clan. I wonder what you think?"

Li Yuanying looked at Li Xuandu suddenly.

Gu Yusheng's heart became nervous, fearing that the two of them would have another conflict.
Chapter completed!