Daming: I, Zhu Yue, inherit the magic machine and a hundred refinements at the beginning

Chapter 0072: Zhu Biao: What! Did Lao Jiu take it like this? He was actually cultivating immortals?!!

Zhu Biao's mood at this moment can be said to be extremely nervous, and a pair of fists unconsciously clenched!

What the old man wants to say is about the old immortals? This is a good listen!

However, with Zhu Yuanzhang's narration, Zhu Biao's eyes became more and more round! Finally, his eyes widened to the limit, and his mouth began to grow again!

The main thing is that what Zhu Yuanzhang said is that after the death of Lao Jiu Zhu Li, he actually turned into a ghost immortal, and also became the emperor soul of the Daming Dragon Vein, sheltering the national fortune of the Han people, which is really too appalling!

From Zhu Yuanzhang, he already believed in the existence of an old immortal, but he didn't think that his own brother, the ninth brother who only knew about cultivation, was actually an immortal cultivator!

When a normal person dies, he dies!

He is good, but he can become a ghost fairy when he dies! Did Lao Jiu do this?

He actually secretly cultivated immortals!

Zhu Biao's whole person has already listened stupidly!

If it had been in the past, the old man would have said such a thing, he would not have believed it, not to mention that his ninth brother was actually an immortal cultivator!

But now he believes!

You know, these magic weapons and elixirs refined by Lao Jiu are really divine effects!

He had thought about it before, why are there so many Taoist priests in the world, and other Daoist priests do not have the same ability as Lao Jiu?

Now he finally got it!

This old Jiu is not only a cultivator, he is also an immortal cultivator!

In other words, Lao Jiu's cultivation is the real Dao, the so-called Dao becomes an immortal, and cultivation is both cultivating immortals!

"Father, you just said that Lao Jiu, like the imperial soul of the First Emperor, shelters the rivers and mountains of the Han people?"

"That is to say, the First Emperor has also achieved ghost immortals, and he can also reappear in the world like Lao Jiu, right?"

In addition to being shocked, the information about the First Emperor revealed by Zhu Yuanzhang made Zhu Biao have a strong curiosity!

That's the First Emperor!

Lao Jiu can actually become an existence like him? That's crazy, right?

It has been at least more than 1,600 years since the First Emperor died, right?

Could it be that he really continued to exist in the world in the form of a ghost fairy?

"That's right!"

"The old immortal said, Lao Jiu's situation is the same as that of the first emperor, he left his dragon vein emperor soul and sheltered the national fortune of the Han people!"

"It's just that we still don't know where the First Emperor's imperial tomb is!"

"This old immortal didn't tell us either!"

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly nodded and explained.

When Zhu Biao heard this, he was even more deeply impressed.

Since ancient times, all emperors will not allow anyone to inquire about the situation of the mausoleum of the first emperor!

Even if it is an ordinary imperial mausoleum, touching it is a mortal sin to destroy the Nine Races!

First, it was because of their respect for the First Emperor, the first emperor of the ages, and no one wanted to set a precedent for stealing and digging the imperial tomb!

If this kind of thing is done, isn't it equivalent to telling future generations that the imperial tomb can also be stolen?

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang also told Zhang Songyang's master and apprentice that they had been silently guarding the Hanzhong Silent Military Tomb all their lives!

In fact, not only Zhang Songyang's master and apprentice, but also the successive tomb guards, including those Taoist priests of the Imperial Guard Taoist Temple, are all admirable existences!

"No wonder Father Emperor, you said earlier that you would enshrine Taoism as the state religion!"

"It's rare that these Daoist priests can sit so far for the sake of the Han people!"

"In this way, Taoism should become the Daming State Religion!"

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's story, Zhu Biao nodded his head with deep understanding and said.

"Do you think so too?"

"But we still need a suitable opportunity, you also saw the situation this morning!"

"If we really want to enshrine Taoism as the state religion, we must first convince the Manchu Dynasty and the military capital!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed a little helplessly.

The matter of the state religion is a big matter, and if it is not supported by the civil and military officials, it is impossible for him, the emperor, to really want everyone to believe in Taoism!

To put it bluntly, the issue of faith is not forced!

It has to convince everyone, at least most of them to believe and support it!

Zhu Biao couldn't help but fall silent at this time, with a faint look of worry on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang was right, but his words were not finished!

If you want to make Taoism a state religion, in fact, the biggest resistance comes from Confucianism!

You must know that Daming originally did not have any state religion, and Zhu Yuanzhang has always been not interested in these religions!

Nowadays, the rivers and mountains of the Han people, and even the whole court, are honored by Confucianism!

Even Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't like these rotten people very much, sometimes this gang of book cows can simply infuriate people when they are pedantic!

But you look at the Manchu dynasty literary and martial arts, but all those who study in the imperial examination, which one is not from Confucianism?

If Daomen really becomes the state religion, it is equivalent to supporting another existence that can fight with Confucianism, and may even pose a mortal threat to Confucianism!

You must know that although Confucian beings also believe in some Taoist doctrines, but that is to a certain extent, under the premise that there is no conflict with Confucianism itself!

Once Taoism will affect Confucianism, you see if Confucianism will list Taoism as the number one enemy!

Zhu Biao is also from Confucianism, and the teacher is still the former Great Confucian Song Lian!

But Zhu Biao is not pedantic, as strong as Zhu Yuanzhang, and he will not really let Zhu Biao and Song Lian's gang of Confucians be pedantic!

Confucianism is good to learn, but those drosses will be directly rejected by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Biao will not believe it!

So to a certain extent, Zhu Biao still regards Confucianism more as a principle of governing the country!

If you want to talk about faith, you can't talk about it!

Otherwise, Zhu Biao would not have been able to believe that there were any immortals in this world!

"Father Emperor is right, this matter is urgent, it must be gradual and slow!"

"It's best to find a balance that can be accepted by all civil and military officials!" For a long time, Zhu Biao let out a long breath. "

Regarding this matter, he really couldn't give Zhu Yuanzhang better advice!...

A few days later, Hanzhong Mansion.

Zhu Li was in the palace, looking at a detailed report on the flooding of the Yellow River that Geng Qing had just sent.

The main statistics are some of the losses and the number of people affected today

If you want disaster relief, you must have first-hand data on the disaster area, otherwise you will not be able to start!

"Are there 230,000 refugees currently counted?"

"It seems that this flood is even more serious than King Ben expected!"

Zhu Li looked at the number of refugees counted and couldn't help sighing.

"It seems that we will continue to add some of the food we are currently distributing to these victims!"

"Every day there are new victims, and there are tens of thousands! If you want disaster relief and there is no chaos, you can only prepare more food, not less! "

Geng Qing also reminded with a solemn look.

"The problem of grain is easy to solve, and the grain storage of several granaries in Hanzhong Mansion is enough to deal with it!"

"The most critical issue now is how to resettle these victims."

Although Zhu Li wanted to move these disaster victims to Hanzhong Mansion, when people came, he also needed specific resettlement methods, not just provide food and drink every day!

Even if the oak has more money and food, it can't withstand the free supply!

"Your Highness, this is a personal letter sent by Your Majesty!"

At this moment, a brocade guard suddenly appeared at the door of the study and said to Zhu Li.

Seeing this, Geng Qing directly stepped forward to take the letter, and nodded at the brocade guard.

Only then did the Jin Yiwei turn around and leave directly.

Now Jinyiwei has become the existence of direct transmission of information between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Li's father and son!

Zhu Li also knew that in private, these brocade guards would definitely give a lot of news to the old man, but he didn't mind, and still presented everything in front of these brocade guards generously, and even if there was anything, if there was something to send something to the old man, it was all through the brocade guard, but it was more trouble-free!

"It's really sleepy, someone sent pillows!"

"The old man did King Ben a favor this time!"

After Zhu Li saw the contents of the letter written by Zhu Yuanzhang, his eyes immediately lit up, and he was just thinking about how to settle these disaster victims, and the old man gave it to himself

I've sent a way over!

"Could it be that His Majesty has a way to settle these victims?"

Geng Qing asked with some surprise.

Didn't it mean that the matter of resettling the victims was directly handed over to His Royal Highness the King of Han to deal with?

Why did the old man intervene again?

"The old man said that he would build a cement road from Xi'an Mansion to Yingtianfu!"

"Isn't the solution to resettle these victims?"

"It is better to rely on others than to rely on yourself, and to provide a job for these disaster victims and let them earn their own money to support themselves and even their families, is it better than giving them the little food they give every day?"

A smile gradually appeared on Zhu Li's face!

"Your Highness means to directly let these disaster victims go to repair the cement road from Xi'an Mansion to Yingtianfu?"

Geng Qing immediately understood what Zhu Li meant!

At first glance, this is really a good method!

"However, building such a long cement road, although it can solve the problem of resettlement of disaster victims, but the cost is not comparable to the money and food of disaster relief!"

But soon, Geng Qing thought of the cost problem!

Disaster relief, that is charity, as long as it can ensure the life of these disaster victims, hunger and frost will not be broken!

But if you really want them to build roads, it is necessary to pay real wages, or the kind that ends the day!

It is also necessary to provide food and lodging, so that the expenses are bound to increase several times!

"The cost of road construction and disaster relief are two different things, and they should not be confused!"

"The old man wants to build the road, and he has to build it as quickly as possible in a short time, then the more manpower, the better!"

"The old man said, he will pay the money needed for cement, and Ben Wang will be responsible for the entire project and the workers' problems!"

"This road will be half per person at that time!"

Zhu Li said with a smile.

Even if Hanzhong Mansion and Yingtianfu equally share the future income of this road, it is enough for Hanzhong Mansion to make a lot of money!

You must know that the cement road to Yingtianfu is equivalent to the highway to the national capital in later generations!

The construction of this kind of line is not only to consider the question of whether it can make money, but more importantly, it is of great significance to economic development!

Zhu Li's vision will naturally not be limited to this road itself!

Anyway, according to the conditions prescribed by the old man, he will make a steady profit, and if he works well, he may be able to make a profit!

"If the imperial court is willing to pay, then it is naturally the best! When Geng Qing heard this, he also nodded with deep understanding..."

In this way, the pressure on the Hanzhong Mansion side can be reduced a lot!

"Then leave this matter to you to arrange!"

"These disaster victims who are already on the road, let them come directly to Hanzhong Mansion, Benwang just wants to expand the cement factory!"

"Since you have to build such a long road, you can't do it without cement!"

"As for most of the other disaster victims, they are all scattered to the state capitals, responsible for the construction of roads in the state capitals that this road passes along the way!"

"This road, just build it according to the section between the state capital and the state capital!"

"Strive to be able to start construction at the same time in all prefectures, so that this cement road can be completed in the shortest possible time!"

Zhu Li pondered for a moment, and then gave an order to Geng Qing.

Therefore, the problem of resettlement of the victims of the Yellow River flood and the problem of the old man to build the road were perfectly solved together!

The only trouble may be that you have to invest a lot of money first!

In this way, Hanzhong Mansion does not need to continue to distribute disaster relief food, all disaster victims will arrange for self-reliance, and the food they eat will also be directly purchased by local personnel, which is more time-saving and labor-saving than Zhu Li traveling thousands of miles to transport grain!

However, not long after, Geng Qing brought back another news!

It is said that the local unscrupulous grain merchants sat on the ground and raised the price of grain to about two taels of silver and one stone!

When Zhu Li heard the news, his face suddenly became gloomy! What is the difference between this and the difficulty of making money in the country?

In the Ming Dynasty, an adult needed 3.6 stone grain a year, and a child also needed 1.8 stone grain for half of the child!

A family of five, two adults and three children need at least 12.6 stone of rice a year, which is equivalent to more than a dozen taels of silver!

The price of rice in the Ming Dynasty has always been in fluctuations, and in times of war and famine, the price of rice per stone can reach the price of two taels of silver, and in the harvest year of Taiping, the price has been stable at one or two silver and one stone!

Once the price of two taels of silver rice, under the normalization of the situation, even if it is up to the sky, it is still under the state of disaster and war in the country!

But the rise in food prices caused by the Yellow River floods should not have reached such a level!

After all, there is still enough food in other places in Daming!

Those unscrupulous merchants use the flood of the Yellow River as an excuse to directly store grain at low prices in other regions and sell it at a price of two taels of silver.

"Your Highness, how do you think this matter will be handled?"

Geng Qing's face was also livid and asked.

"Since they want to make money so much, then the king will let them lose their blood."

"After the order, all the granaries in Hanzhong began to produce grain, except for direct supplies to the disaster-stricken people, and sold them at a price of 500 wen a stone!"

"Just give King Ben to sell where these grain merchants are!"

"King Ben 2.4 wants to see if they can sell one piece of rice for two taels of silver and one stone!"

Zhu Li was directly ruthless at this time, he didn't plan to give this group of grain merchants who were rich and unkind a way out!

The price of five hundred stones of grain is not even enough!

If you want to fight a price war with Zhu Que, the grain merchants can lose their fortune!

"But... If this is the case, it is estimated that all our food reserves will only be enough to last for about three months! "

Geng Qing frowned, somewhat worried.

"Three months is enough! Don't forget that the autumn harvest is coming soon, and the granary of Hanzhong Mansion, before it is empty, will continue to burst! "

When Zhu Li heard this, he sneered inwardly!

As long as you wait until the autumn harvest, the problem of grain will no longer be a problem, which is also the biggest strength of Zhu Que!

Now Hanzhong and Xi'an, after planting potatoes, there is no longer a problem of insufficient food!

That's it! Ten days later.

The news of the collapse of grain prices in Hanzhong almost swept the entire northwest! It's so ruthless!

The grain merchants who had previously raised the price of grain were all collectively dumbfounded

Ever since the grain of Hanzhong Mansion began to be sold at a low price of five hundred wen one stone, their grain has never been cared for anymore!

In the first few days, they still felt that King Zhu Li of Han would definitely not last long! But over time, they found out that they were wrong!

And ridiculously wrong!

Soon, the news of the collapse of grain prices in Hanzhong also directly reached the ears of Ying Tianfu and even other clan kings!

Especially in Beiping, Yan King Zhu Di, when he heard the grain price of Hanzhong Mansion, he was stunned for a long time without reacting, wondering if his ears had heard wrong!