Kaifeng Prefecture, Yuqing Daode Palace.

As a royal Taoist temple, the Yuqing Daode Palace is extremely magnificent. Even if it has not been fully completed, it is enough to show the prosperity and prosperity of the Song Dynasty court.

In terms of size, in Kaifeng Prefecture, where every inch of land is valuable, the value of this palace with an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres is no less than tens of millions of dollars. In addition, it is worth no less than tens of millions of dollars without hesitation. In addition, it is hard to spare no effort and be responsible for the various tasks, and is desperately sending the Southeast wealth treasures to Kaifeng Prefecture to decorate the Yuqing Daode Palace. There is more than a small goal!

After spending so much money, investing so much effort, and disturbing the people in the southeast to collect rare treasures, the Yuqing Daode Palace has finally built several beautiful palaces.

Zhao Ji, who is becoming more and more addicted to Taoism, once he has left the country in the past few days, he will go to the newly completed Yuqing Daode Palace, where he practices Taoism and summons all his ministers and foreign envoys. He really has the meaning of the leader, Taoist emperor.

Of course, Zhao Ji’s Taoism is not about meditation and cultivation, nor about alchemy and drugs, but about studying philosophy and art. Taoist priests and Taoist nuns like Guo Jing, Liu Wuji, and Guo Xiaoxiao are just the "administrators" of the Yuqing Moral Palace. Their level is not enough and they are not qualified to discuss Taoism with the leader, Emperor Taoist!

Speaking of which, this Emperor Taojun is also one of the founders of the Confucian empirical school! He has been busy serving the country and the people over the years, and has not studied philosophical issues so deeply. Now he is becoming increasingly lazy and is pursuing the path of having a tyrant monarch. He has the ability to study the great way!

The scholars who were able to discuss Taoism with him in the Yuqing Moral Palace were Zhao Mingcheng, Li Qingzhao and his wife, Li Gang, the great master of Confucian rationalism who came from Shanghai thousands of miles away, and even Omar Haiyam, a great scholar from the Tianfang Sect world.

Before we knew it, the Qingcheng Academy and Yuqing Daode Palace in Kaifeng Prefecture also evolved into the fourth academic center in the Song Dynasty after Tianjin Yuntai Academy, Haizhou Yuntai Academy, and Shanghai University of Arts and Sciences.

However, Qingcheng Academy and Yuqing Daode Palace are not positions for the improvement of Confucianism, but the stronghold for the evolution of Taoism.

With Zhao Ji, a generous and insightful sponsor, it was only a matter of time before the Daode Sect became the leader of Taoism in the world.

Of course, the addition of Zhao Ji and Taoism is also very beneficial to the progress of philosophy and science (in fact, natural science is still in the stage of natural philosophy).

What philosophy, including natural philosophy, is that there is only one kind of thought and one voice.

However, today the person who discussed matters with Zhao Ji in the magnificent and solemn hall was not a philosopher, but several of Zhao Ji's priests and officials.

"Your Majesty... The method proposed by the Liao envoy Yelu Yan is indeed feasible. It is nothing more than spending some money. For the current imperial court, it is just a drop in a bucket. Pulling a hair and causing Youzhou to lose a mansion is really cost-effective. Moreover, attacking the city of Lushun can also cause heavy losses to the Liao people. It's really killing two birds with one stone!"

The person who is talking to Emperor Daojun is the left prime minister Cai Jing. The chief minister of the Song Dynasty has been very proud recently. The money has been a success, and the real estate market in Kaifeng Prefecture has also risen steadily. This is profitable at both ends! On the one hand, it uses paper to exchange money, and on the other hand, it can also exchange land to attract money.

In less than a year, the court was richer than Cai Jing and Zhao Ji imagined.

Of course, Zhao Ji and Cai Jing are not the kind of officials who are not polite to the lower class. They are still very concerned about the housing difficulties of the following group of officials.

The way they care about is to withdraw a part of the money they get from selling land and subsidize officials for loans to buy houses. This is a great virtue!

The number of Beijing officials in the Northern Song Dynasty was huge, and there were only a few who could afford the property in Kaifeng Prefecture. Even if you rent a house, you would have to spend a lot of money. It was a very large amount of money for middle and low-level officials who were not rich in official positions.

Now they can only pay a small amount of money to pay the first period, and they can apply for a super long-term mortgage loan and installment repayment from JD.com and Jinbao Bank (this business was first launched by Jinbao Bank controlled by Wu Haogu). If the interest on the loan is subsidized by the court, then the monthly expenses of the officials spent about repaying the capital are similar to the expenses they rented and lived in. If they become officials, the real estate in Kaifeng Prefecture can be rented out to collect money. Moreover, the price of the property can also bring them a profit.

This is really a wise ruler in the court and a wise minister is in charge of government!

Now that Zhao Ji and Cai Jing have money, of course they can consider competing with Youzhou in Wu Haogu!

While listening, Zhao Ji nodded slightly, as if he agreed with Cai Jing's words. After Cai Jing finished speaking, he frowned slightly: "Millions of Liao soldiers, if they pressed towards Youzhou, Wu Haogu should be frightened, right?"

To be honest, Zhao Ji himself was also a little scared. If Wu Haogu couldn't stand it, millions of Liao soldiers would first defeat Lushun, then pacify Youzhou, and then go south to Kaifeng Prefecture...

"Your Majesty, Hebei Xuanfu Department reported that today all major newspapers in Tianjin have published articles titled "Millions of Liao soldiers are in danger, and the Republic is in danger"!" Wu Juhou said, taking out a newspaper and handed it to the small yellow gate beside Zhao Ji with both hands.

Zhao Ji took the newspaper and read it carefully word by word. While looking, he frowned.

The words in the newspapers were very fierce, and they shouted the slogans "The Republic is in danger, and everyone is working hard" and "The Republic is better to be broken, but citizens do not seek completeness."

There was another article in the newspaper mentioning that the Senate was holding an emergency meeting to discuss the issuance of 10 million additional war bonds.

It's all about being in debt to fight! It seems that Wu Haogu is almost at the end of his life...

"Your Majesty," Cai Jing said, "The gains and losses of Lushun have nothing to do with Yandi. Even if they fail, Wu Haogu can continue to support it. If Wu Haogu really can't hold on, the court will take the opportunity to station troops in Yanshan.

So now it is still very worthwhile to allocate tens of millions to recruit warriors from Yan for Tao Jiefu. In the future, this army can be used to settle in Yanjing."

Zhao Ji's brows were still frowning. One million Liao soldiers didn't have to go south from Yan territory. Now half of Hedong is in the hands of the Liao Kingdom!

From Hedong to Henan Prefecture, you can then go east to encircle Kaifeng Prefecture!

Seeing that Zhao Ji was just frowning, Cai Jing whispered again: "Your Majesty, Wu Haogu may also win!"

Win? Zhao Ji was stunned and looked up at Cai Jing.

Cai Jing said: "Destroy the Khitan army in Liaodong... This is a bet on national fortune! If Wu Haogu wins, he will get the national fortune of Liao!"

Getting national destiny... Why does this sound so strange?

Cai Jing gritted his teeth, "Today, the two dynasties in the north and south are united together! The Song Dynasty is the main story, and the Liao Dynasty is not a small court in a peaceful corner! If the fate of the Liao Dynasty returns to Wu Haogu, he can establish the country with justification!"

"Founder the country?" Zhao Ji took a deep breath.

"Jiangshan," Cai Jing said, "it was finally defeated! If Wu Haogu had founded the country with the bodies of millions of Liao soldiers, who dared not to regard it as the truth?"

He only said half of the words, and half of them were "Wu Hao was so upright in the Northern Dynasty that the Northern Dynasty was far beyond the path of the ancestors of the Zhao family usurping them from the hands of orphans and widows."

Zhao Ji's face was also as dark as black. Wu Haogu would now be regarded as a rebellion by the people of the world as a rebellion, but once he destroyed millions of Liao soldiers... he would seize the Khitan's destiny! When the country was established, who would still say his rebellion? On the battlefield, if he snatched a detachment from the barbarians, why was it a rebellion? And no one dared to say that!

That is the country obtained by killing millions of Khitan heroes... It's terrible to think about it!

"Hurry, send money to Tao Jiefu!" Zhao Ji's forehead was covered with cold sweat, "Tell him that he must hire all the heroes from Yan land, no matter how much it costs!

In addition, I will allocate some money to Pan Xiao'an to build both Luocheng and Fancheng in Xiangyang, the stronger the better!"

...

"Ten million yuan? King, our Youzhou Republic Government does not have ten million yuan in wealth a year!"

"Yes, I borrowed so much money, how can I pay it back in the future?"

"We have invested too much money in Lushun Mansion... Now, now..."

"What is now? Now is the time for the survival of the country! This money must be spent!"

"Yes! As long as you defeat Yelu Yanxi, the land, minerals, trees, cattle and sheep in the north will be available to us."

"Yes, the black soil on both sides of the Liao River is worth tens of millions!"

“The war debt case should be passed immediately now…”

The closed-door meeting of the Senate in Tianjin City, within the Youzhou Republic Senate Building is at a critical moment.

The elders stood up one by one to speak, expressing their attitude towards the emergency issuance of additional war bonds. Some people objected, but more support them.

An emergency public debt of ten million yuan sounds terrible, but after the Lushun Fortress defeated Yelu Yanxi's "million-strong army", the benefits that Youzhou could get also made some veterans a little eager to try.

Land, minerals, trees, cattle and sheep needless to say, but these are not the most precious ones, the most precious ones is a republic!

Until now, Youzhou has only been dependent on the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, and is not a country that is on par with the Song Dynasty.

To establish a country, you must go through a sea of ​​corpses and blood!

After defeating the "million-million-strong army" of the Khitan, Youzhou was the prime minister of the Northern Dynasty!

In the future, it is possible to unify the world and plant the banner of republic all over the country.

Wu Haogu, who was sitting upright in the seat of the chief veteran, has not spoken since today's meeting and has only frowned, and his mind seems to have flown to the battlefield thousands of miles away.

Yelu Yanxi did something unexpected. Not only Wu Haogu did not expect it, but even the people in the General Military Command did not expect it.

It seems that the Battle of Bubudagang will not happen! It will be changed to the Lushun Battle.

And this war, needless to say, is the battle of founding the Republic! This incident happened a bit too quickly and was unexpected!

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