"Yuanzhi is right," Li Longji said. He was good at scheming. Otherwise, he would not have been able to sit in this position.
The others began to speculate based on the conclusion. Soon after, they agreed.
"San Lang is right. The people don't care about the rumors. They're only waiting for the debate. If Buddhism and Daoism don't agree, how can they be trusted? "
"That's right! They can lose in the debate, but what the people see is the debate on the Dao, Buddhism, and Daoism.
If Li Yi wins, the people will still believe in Buddhism and Daoism. They'll only think that the monks and Daoists are not good enough.
If they retreat without a fight, the people will think that Buddhism and Daoism are lies. "
Song Jing chimed in. That was true.
There was no way out for Buddhism and Daoism. They would say that the rumors were false, but the people would not think that way.
If it's false, aren't we robbing the wrong people? No, we're not wrong.
"Why do they have to do this? Sigh! "Bi Goo looked at the porridge in front of him and fretted. Ten percent of the taxes would be paid. They would be done with it.
"They're not fighting over taxes. They're fighting over the right to speak. Today, they'll take ten percent of the taxes. Tomorrow, they'll be asked to do something else. "
Su Yi knew what everyone was fighting over. The underground forces of Henan Province were still there when he and the others arrived.
This meant that there were people who were unwilling to follow the capital. The Li Family Zhuangzi was being looked down upon in the mountains west of Luoyang.
As expected, a Li Family Zhuangzi without Li Yi was not the real Li Family Zhuangzi.
Now that Li Yi was here, everyone would know what kind of existence the Li Family Zhuangzi was.
"I think it's even worse in other places of the Tang dynasty. The Emperor is far away. Who knows, there might still be local emperors."
Zhang Jiuling was not afraid of angering Li Longji with his words. Provincial Governor Lu Zhou had the same thought as well.
In the end, the Tan family was forced to enter Chang 'an. When they found out they were being lied to, they wanted to capture the Provincial Governor.
Both the Provincial Governor and the Tan family were local emperors. The Tan Family's stronghold was afraid of the Tang dynasty's soldiers. The Provincial Governor thought he could fool them.
"Where's Xiao Yi?" Noble Consort Lu didn't care about the local tyrant. She noticed that someone was missing.
"He went to dig for wild vegetables with Yuanyuan. Leave the matter to me." Princess Jinxian knew about Li Yi's movements.
She had a sense of presence and was needed to appease the Buddhists and Taoists.
Otherwise, they would starve. Now that the Daoist priests and monks went out to beg for alms, there probably wouldn't be anyone willing to help them.
This proved that propaganda was very important. Rumors could not be made up blindly. If they wanted to discuss the Dao, then they should have discussed the Dao. However, they just had to add in to let Li Yi know that the Great Dao was brilliant and not something that could be changed by human power.
Before they even discussed the Dao, he had already accused Li Yi of doing something wrong.
Shouldn't the imperial court collect taxes? The commoners had to pay for the greenhouses they grew, so why shouldn't the monks and Daoists have to pay?
"The commoners are very scary when they move." Princess True Jade was also a Daoist. She didn't pity those people and only felt that the power of the commoners was great.
"The people are grateful to Xiao Yi, but in the past, Xiao Yi didn't lack anything, so the people couldn't repay her. Coincidentally, there was an opportunity, so the people used their actions to repay her kindness. "
Noble Consort Lu had lived among the commoners before and knew the thoughts of the people.
Usually, Li Yi didn't lack anything. He had just arrived in Luoyang and had run to the mountains for a few days. The commoners couldn't give him anything even if they wanted to.
Finally, she found a good opportunity to help Li Dongzhu vent his anger.
…
"Li Lang, the wild vegetables on the mountain are all old. Shall we dig for their roots? They're medicinal herbs, not wild vegetables. "
Princess Yongmu squatted down and dug with a small shovel. The roots of dandelions, platycodon, and other crops could be used as medicine.
She was purely playing around, but Li Yi was the one who was really working. Li Yi held the military shovel and stepped on it. The shovel entered the soil and dug again. The roots were out.
At the same time, he looked for Dendrobium candidum on trees or rocks. This medicinal herb was more precious than dandelion roots.
"We agreed to find wild vegetables. Think of a way to find edible ones, such as wild shepherd's purse. Otherwise, we won't be able to take out wild vegetables when we return …"
Li Yi paused, thinking about what he had just said.
"They don't dare to cancel the Dao discussion. The monks and Daoists on Mount Song left the mountain and rushed to Luoyang. The commoners on the way saw them.
If they don't discuss the Dao, it will be considered as being afraid before the battle. In the future, the commoners can just believe in me. Why should they believe in Buddhism and Daoism?
I reckon that after they think it through, they will send powerful people to discuss the Dao with me.
If I win with Buddhism and Daoism, Buddhism and Daoism will also win. If I lose, Buddhism and Daoism will still win. "
Li Yi wasn't afraid that others would back down. The reason he found was to dig for wild vegetables. Even he wanted to put on an act, not to mention such a big matter.
Unless he said in the newspapers that the Dao discussion was a rumor, the commoners wouldn't believe him.
"That's great!" Princess Yongmu suddenly felt that the sky was high and the clouds were light. Her breathing became smooth.
Xiaolan beamed and said, "Does the property on Mount Song count?"
"The entire Henan Province counts, but the wild monks don't. There are very few wild ones now, and there are fewer wild dandelions than wild ones. When the time comes …"
Li Yi paused as he spoke. He looked at the dandelions he had picked and revealed a smile.
"Dandelions are artificially planted on Mount Song. Tell them to report the situation of planting and cultivating medicinal herbs in other places."
Li Yi thought of what to plant on Mount Song. There were still many wild dandelions, and if the commoners went to the cliff to pick them, it would be dangerous.
It just so happened that there was a Tang dynasty Qing Dai Medical Foundation set up for the eldest disciple. It was implemented in all kinds of places in the Tang dynasty where medicinal herbs could be planted and cultivated.
One was to increase the number of medicinal herbs, so that the commoners wouldn't suffer from a lack of medicinal herbs. The other was to recruit commoners to plant medicinal herbs, so that the commoners would have an income.
The commoners in the mountains worked hard to open up the fields and barely survived by growing food.
They chopped firewood in the mountains and carried it to the county at the foot of the mountain to sell. They walked for three to four days at a time, and all of them were good firewood.
They also caught prey and ate the meat and sold the fur.
They lived a tight life. If they didn't live on the mountain, they couldn't find anything to do at the foot of the mountain.
They taught them how to plant medicinal herbs. They bought the ones that were a year old and grew slowly. When they grew well, it was a large sum of money.
If they lacked food, they would go down the mountain to buy it and hire a donkey to carry it up the mountain.
If they needed medicinal herbs that grew in dry places and needed to be watered occasionally, they would buy a donkey first.
The plains of Henan Province were large and there were many mountains, especially around Luoyang.
The Winged Knights helped to clean up the wild beasts once. When the hunters' huts were all planned properly, the commoners would plant medicinal herbs on the mountain.
The centipedes, scorpions, and venomous snakes were cultivated. A well-protected farm was built at the foot of the mountain and hired people to do it according to the strict operating manual.
There were many scorpions, centipedes, and geckos in Henan and Hebei. After the cultivation base was built, they could be continuously sent to other places.
"There are also large geckos and geckos in Henan. These are medicinal herbs like small geckos, and the demand is high.
Okay, I'll come here and plan it properly. It's too difficult to command remotely. Sometimes I have to do it myself.
Dig, shepherd's purse is easy to find, but the taste is not as good as the spring ones. When we go back, we'll make dumplings for them. "
Li Yi ordered. A large group of people began to pick shepherd's purse. It was impossible for him to go out with only three people.
"There's some here. I found it." The little robot shouted from time to time. Its' eyes' were better than human eyes.
It scanned and compared. It also had infrared. When it found dangerous animals and insects, it would call the police.
Snakes had a thermal imaging function, but it was even more powerful. It had both passive and active functions.
Even at night, its active thermal imaging could see buildings, plants, and stones.
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