Jia Jiu paused, and said, "Daokui, this plan of the younger generation started from water control. ”

"Water control? Is it a great river that overflows every year? ”

Jia Jiu shook his head and said, "No, it's those stinky ditches in the Jingshi." I have seen more than once that a bowl of clean, clear water is left there for five or six days, even if it is covered with a clean veil, and after such a long time, there will be countless insects in the water. I don't need to say more about how dirty the water that can grow insects is, but the problem is that the stinky ditches in Jingshi don't even grow insects, which shows how poisonous the water of these stinky ditches is, so poisonous that the insects can't survive. ”

When he was in Jia's house, Mo Wen, Lichen Dao Lao, and Fan Dao Lao all knew Jia Jiu's difficulties. Especially the two elders of Lichen Dao and Fan Dao, they instantly made up for Jia Jiu's pitiful being locked up in a small black house, and no one cared about him at all, even a bowl of water had to be saved, and sometimes he could only drink dirty water full of insects.

Not to mention the old man of the dust and the old man of the mortal road, the national teacher said very calmly: "You want to deal with these stinky ditches." ”

Jia Jiu said: "Yes." The younger generation has noticed that most of the stinky ditches in Beijing are very famous markets, and there are many silver buildings in the markets. The younger generation is very sure that it is precisely because of the storage of these silver buildings, and the water of the river is full of gold, silver and copper, that even the insects and pigs in the river are extinct. ”

Immediately, a Taoist priest stood up and said, "Presumptuous! Copper aside, gold and silver are all alchemy materials. How can it be toxic? ”

Jia Jiu said: "Then why don't we treat one of them first, and see if the silt at the bottom of the river contains a lot of gold and silver?" The Taoist chief will not forget jì. The Li Tang Dynasty was famous for its faith, especially the kings of the Li Tang Dynasty all had the habit of taking Jindan. But the fact is that even Tang Taizong, who was a generation of Ming Jun, died soon after taking the golden pill. And his son Tang Gaozong Li Zhi also lost his sight after taking Jindan. Therefore, Wu Zetian had to be allowed to deal with the government, thus providing an opportunity for Wu Zetian to ascend to the throne. ”

Traversers like Jia Jiu know very well that the extinction of black and stinky fish and shrimp in the river water is nothing more than the following three aspects: eutrophication pollution, heavy metal pollution, and chemical pollution. However, if there are no insects, then it is not eutrophication pollution, but heavy metal pollution and chemical pollution. In ancient societies. In the era when there were no chemical fertilizers, where did the chemical industry come from? So, there is only one final conclusion. That's heavy metal pollution.

Combined with the large number of silver buildings in the markets on both sides of the strait, most of these silver buildings are in the pattern of shops in front and workshops in the back, so where is it not clear?

Jia Jiu originally thought that since the river water was poisonous. Then go to the guò official mansion. Letting those who have committed capital crimes do this is also to let these death row prisoners exert their residual heat. But now it seems that things are not so simple, and perhaps this matter can only be done by Daomen himself.

The surrounding Daoists were all whispering, obviously disagreeing with Jia Jiu's words, if it weren't for the presence of Dao Kui, I was afraid that they would directly ask someone to throw Jia Jiu out.

Dao Kui himself didn't expect that Jia Jiu would drop such a bomb. I was stunned at the time. If it weren't for his usual calmness, I was afraid that the people around him would have found out the clue a long time ago.

Rao is so. Dao Kui's voice also cooled down, and he said, "Are you sure?" ”

Jia Jiu was stunned for a moment, obviously also discovering that something was wrong. His reaction was also fast, and he immediately said: "Dao Kui, since a child like a junior can find such a problem, do you think others will not think of it?" If the conjecture of the younger generation is correct, then when others find out and stab it in front of the emperor in the future, it will be an incomparable blow to my Daomen. Therefore, the younger generation believes that no matter whether this conjecture is correct or not, we must do our best to prove whether this conjecture is right or wrong. If it's right, we can also take action early to minimize the damage. If it is wrong, we will not be afraid of others stumbling on us in this matter in the future. Because we've already confirmed it. Moreover, having my Daomen come forward to deal with this matter will also bring other benefits. ”

Dao Kui said: "What benefits? ”

"The will of the people and the security." Jia Jiu's voice was firm and calm, even if it was a child's special children's voice, it still made the hall gradually quiet: "As the saying goes, illness comes from the mouth, and trouble comes out of the mouth." Imagine that these people who live on both sides of the stinky ditch eat dirty water every day, and no matter how sick they are or how good their mood is, they will not be much better. If we do deal with these stinking gutters, it will be a great thing for the people. Moreover, it is obvious that manpower is needed to deal with these stinky ditches, so that the homeless people in the capital have also found a job to do. In this cold winter, the people who found a job and were able to fill their stomachs and those of their families were grateful to Daomen. Even if the imperial court wants to move the door, it will also consider the reaction of the people. ”

Dao Kui listened, and his hands were stunned, and even the sound of a needle in the hall could be heard all of a sudden, but after a while, there was a buzz in the hall again, and this time, the sound was undoubtedly much louder than before.

That's right, if you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if.

Who first started refining the elixir of immortality, this matter has been a long time ago, and it is no longer possible to know. However, the history of the monks is a little longer than that of the Taoist priests, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, there have been records of alchemy of the monks, and the monks firmly believe that the kind of Chinese herbs such as ginseng and ganoderma lucidum that turn to ashes when exposed to fire are impossible to bring immortality to people, and only gold, silver and other indestructible things can bring immortality.

The Taoist priest was developed on the basis of the monks and Taoism, and the history alone is shorter than the alchemist, let alone alchemy. Now Fang Shi is already a branch of the Daomen, and the tradition of alchemy has also become a part of the Daomen. If the people in the Dao Sect were to completely deny the matter of alchemy, it would be impossible.

However, the people in the Daomen more or less know a little bit of medical skills, and naturally they also know that although gold and silver can be used in medicine, the amount is very small, and it is only limited to a few prescriptions, and most of them are used as medicines. In fact, before this, there was not no rumor within the Daomen, but in such a public place, Jia Jiu was indeed the first.

Daokui himself knows it very well. The development of Taoism to the present, there are two big countries in the world that believe in Taoism and take Taoism as the state religion, and the current Taoism does not need to forge ahead. On the contrary, what Daomen needs is a stable word.

Just like Jia Jiu said, if someone stabbed the matter to the front of the emperor, no matter whether the matter was true or not, the damage to the Daomen would be incomparable. The phrase "striking first and then suffering" has become extremely relevant at this moment.

The question raised by Jia Jiu was a very strict question for Daomen. Yan zhòng arrived, once the king thought that the Daomen had been deceived in this matter, the Daomen would face the same predicament as the Martial King who destroyed the Buddha back then.

For many years, Taoism has been pressing Buddhism and Confucianism. It is the largest number of believers in Daqi, and its financial resources and strength are the largest. Once the Daomen encounters a crisis, it is difficult to say that Buddhism and Confucianism will not crowd the space of the Daomen, not to mention that there is a demon gate in the north.

The facts that Jia Jiu put in front of him were very realistic, and the reality was to the point that Dao Kui did not dare to bet. Even Daokui himself has to admit it. If this matter cannot be properly resolved. Then Daomen will face an unprecedented crisis. The Daomen is different from the Buddhism, the Buddhism cultivates the afterlife, while the Daomen cultivates the present life. The elixir of immortality is one of the foundations of the Daomen.

Dao Kui was silent for a while, and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "In order to ensure that the secret is not leaked, the younger generation of Jianyi bought all the houses near these stinky ditches, and then hired people to clean up the river, and the cleaned up silt was burned and refined by special personnel. After the river is cleared. The river will not continue to be dirty, and the river will become clear. The environment will be better, and the price of the premises will also increase, which can make up for the expenses a little. If gold and silver are indeed extracted from the mud, they can be used to deal with the upcoming taxes. ”

Dao Kui suddenly said: "Actually, you Jia family can also do this matter yourself." ”

"Yes." Jia Jiu replied, "But this consequence is not something that people like us can afford." Seeing that a few of the Taoists present didn't understand, Jia Jiu hurriedly explained: "Our family is not full of manpower, and the people below are even more selfish. It's just a very ordinary purchase, and it still has to be done with tricks and feet, not to mention the fact that gold and silver are extracted from the mud. If we let our family do it ourselves, then the result will only be that the people below will be full of their own pockets, and the stewards in the middle will be unevenly distributed and make trouble, as for me and my family, not only will we not get benefits, but it will also bring disaster to the family. Therefore, it is impossible for the younger generation to let their own family members do this, even if it is to let this matter rot in the stomach all the time, it is impossible to confide in the family. ”

Dao Kui said: "Therefore, the people have been safed from the disease in this matter, and you have taken refuge under the protection of the Daomen, so that you and your own family have also been safe." As for the imperial court, it is far away from the turmoil of people's hearts under the plague, and my Daomen not only gained people's hearts, but also had the opportunity to compete with the imperial court. Is that so? ”

"Yes."

Dao Kui said: "But this also pushed my Dao Gate to the cusp. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Daomen has the strength to deal with this future, and this matter is not only a challenge for Daomen, but also an opportunity. Once this is done, there are other things that the Daomen can do. ”

"Go on."

"Yes, Daokui." Jia Jiu bowed and continued: "Clean up the river, if the whole set is done, then the Daomen will gather a group of people and a lot of money in their hands, that's for sure." And, because we need at least a fleet of boats, a wharf for transporting silt, and fuel for burning silt, a small coal mine and honeycomb coal mill are also necessary because of the need to clean up the river. Most of these stinky ditches are next to the bustling street market, and if the water quality of the river improves, it is believed that many people will be willing to buy these houses, and the price of housing on both sides of these rivers will also become inevitable. What's more, if the Daomen regularly post posts asking for hired manpower, there will be countless displaced and unemployed people waiting for the Daomen to offer job opportunities every day. If anyone asks for trouble with the Daomen, they will be the first to rush forward and fight desperately; Even if the imperial court wants to move the Daomen, these people will also ask for their lives for the Daomen. And the cost of the Daomen is nothing more than a batch of rations and a few copper plates per person per day. And these people who live by the Taoist Gate will be the most staunch believers in the Taoist Gate. If the Daomen can expand their efforts, then more people will benefit from this and will be firmly united around the Daomen. ”

Dao Kui said: "Actually, your real purpose is to solve the problem of resettlement of displaced people that has plagued the imperial court for many years, right?" The resettlement of these displaced people will also ease the pressure caused by land annexation. The contradictions between the imperial court and the magnates will also be alleviated. The court will tend to be stable, and as a member of a powerful family, your family will be able to avoid the turmoil that follows. Isn't it? ”

The answer doesn't need Jia Jiu to answer at all. Because the answer is only one word: yes.

In fact, Dao Kui didn't expect Jia Jiu to answer when he said this, he would ask like this, but because the little girl was too arrogant and needed someone to suppress him.

However, Dao Kui said this, and his attitude was already there: the matter of cleaning up the stinky ditch of the Jingshi was passed through guò.

Except for Jia Jiu, who was here. The rest of the people had been working with Dao Kui for many years, so they naturally knew about Dao Kui's decision. Although some people are skeptical of Jia Jiu's conjecture, they are out of trust in Daokui. None of them objected.

It was the national teacher, as the twin son of Daokui, he already knew Daokui's decision before entering the main hall. He was curious about why Jia Jiu would try his best to persuade Daomen to pay taxes. He even did not hesitate to use the matter of the elixir of immortality to put pressure on the Daomen.

The national teachers who have gone through the world are not those practitioners in the Taoist sect who only know how to cultivate, cultivate, and re-cultivate. Walking in the red dust, he knows the human heart better than anyone else. Just like Jia Jiu's proposal to clean up the Jingshi River, in fact, Jia Jiu didn't have to play any incorruptible tongue to lobby Daomen, because the national teacher had already inquired in advance, and Jia Jiu was not the only one who got such an order, not to mention anything else, just said that Yan Wei of the Yan family and Zhiliu, who was also born in the family of the imperial merchant and the big grain merchant, had received such an order. It's just that everyone who has received the same order before has only heard it, but no one has taken it seriously. Because everybody knows. The man in the chair had no hope of paying taxes at the Daomen.

In fact, Jia Jiu spent so much effort and tongue, and in the end, Daomen would do it. There is only the matter of cleaning up the river, and as for paying taxes, Jia Jiu has worn out his mouth, and Dao Kui will only drag it.

Even if he knew that what Jia Jiu said was very reasonable, in the eyes of most people in the Daomen, the reason why the Daomen could be so detached was naturally because the Daomen did not have to pay taxes. If the Daomen also paid taxes, what is the difference between the Daomen and ordinary people?

Don't talk about others, even from the perspective of the national teacher himself, what Jia Jiu said is right, as one of the few enlightened people in the Daomen, the national teacher also admits that for the sake of the stability of Daqi, the Daomen should indeed start paying taxes. But from a psychological point of view, the national teacher is unwilling to pay taxes.

Even if it is the obligation of the people of Daqi to pay taxes to the national teacher intellectually, emotionally, the national teacher can't accept it at all. The national teacher thinks that his friendship with the emperor is already quite good, but he still has this in his heart, not to mention that there are quite a few people in the door who are firmly stubborn.

When it comes to paying taxes, the end result can only be no more.

The national teacher didn't say anything, even though he already knew the outcome of the matter. For Jia Jiu, the national teacher has only one sentence: Girl, this world is big, but it doesn't necessarily revolve around you. You want to use this in exchange for making Daomen pay taxes, but the final result is just that the benefits of Daomen are taken away, and the matter of paying taxes is still far away.

With a hint of pity, the national teacher glanced at Jia Jiu, but found that Jia Jiu was very calm from beginning to end. The national teacher's heart moved, and he blurted out: "Girl, your real purpose today is just to come forward to clean up those stinky ditches in Jingshi." And paying taxes is just a stepping stone for you. Is Poor Dao right? ”

Jia Jiu glanced at the national teacher deeply, then lowered his head, and said after a long while: "Yes." ”

"You're not afraid that you won't be able to complete the task and let the court punish you?"

Jia Jiu said: "I'm afraid." But I'm only eight years old this year, just imagine, what adult would give me such an important thing to do this little girl? And there is no indication in the will when it will be completed. In other words, as long as I do my best, it won't work out in the end, and it's not good to trouble a little girl like me directly. ”

It was already strange to make such a will to a child like herself, not to mention that Jia Jiu was a girl! At the beginning, Jia Jiu was worried that if he didn't complete it, he would bring trouble to his family, but then he thought about it, maybe the imperial court was just a convention, but in fact, he had no confidence in whether he could complete this task.

Not to mention anything else, there is also a well-known Taoist disciple Yan Wei in this Jingshi, not only is he older, but he is also a serious man, and he is big in the Daomen when he was a child, both in terms of influence and qualifications, which is greater than himself, a little girl who has just entered the Daomen. Rather than letting him, a little girl, do this, it is better to say that the imperial court is just a convention to send such a person, in fact, the main aspect is still on other people.

Dao Kui said: "You really don't look like an eight-year-old child. ”

Jia Jiu smiled but did not answer.

He had already said that if he really didn't understand anything, he would have died a long time ago. Therefore, seeing people and talking about people and talking about ghosts is his current state of life.

For Daomen, "Jiuyang Tianjue" is a peerless science, and it is also an important martial art inherited by Daomen's golden clothes and Daozi. But for Jia Jiu, the significance of this book is not just a martial arts secret book, but that it has opened a new door for Jia Jiu.

Jia Jiu was well aware of his situation. As Jia Yu's daughter, he will definitely participate in the general election in the future, and as long as Jia's mother is in the day, he will definitely be sent to the court, the only exception is that he was ruined before he ran for the election.

But as a traverser, Jia Jiu actually has a superior sense of superiority, but this sense of superiority is hidden deeper. Let's take the draft as an example, Jia Jiu knows very well that if he is trapped in a small square courtyard all the time, and conspires with a group of women just to fight for a common cucumber, he will not need to be done by others, and he alone will be able to drive himself crazy.

With a girl like Jia Jiu, if he wants to rob men and be concubines with others, even if this concubine is legal, he can't accept it.

For Jia Jiu, "Jiuyang Tianjue" is not only an opportunity given to him by the Daomen, but also an important opportunity to change his fate.

After all, a person's strength is too thin, and his age is too young, not to mention that he doesn't trust his own system very much. So he chose to rely on the Daomen, relying on the power of the Daomen to fight against the laws of Daqi, against the constraints of the family, and against the world's constraints on women.

He was absolutely unwilling to spend his whole life in the inner house.

This is the conclusion that Jia Jiu came to after thinking about it for half a year, and the big plan he threw out was his stepping stone, making Daomen believe in his stepping stone. Once Daomen followed his plan, then Daomen, the big fish, swallowed the bait. Because it is impossible for the Daomen to give up such a great benefit, it comes from the benefits that the people sincerely maintain.

After a short silence, Dao Kui asked Jia Jiu to explain to him the follow-up matter of dealing with the stinky ditch, and when he heard about Jia Jiu's follow-up arrangements, he unconsciously glanced at Jia Jiu deeply.

Judging from the clues revealed, rice, salt, tea, horse wine, and rice are originally things that the imperial court should pay attention to from time to time, but three aspects have indeed been taken into account. If this plan is given to the imperial court, then the future of this child is destined to be bright.

Dao Kui couldn't help but ask: "Why don't you enter the imperial court?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "Without him, it's just a rule." To put it more simply, from the environment in which I grew up, I can get a glimpse of the leopard and infer the current situation of the imperial court, and there are very few officials who are truly capable and honest. Just like when his father handed over the family business to the court officials to help clean it up, on the one hand, there was an empty treasury, and on the other hand, there was a huge family business under his subordinates, and even Banzai couldn't help but ask more. As long as Banzai asks, whether Banzai has a heart or not, someone will hint that the officials below will do something. So, I'm not hopeful that those industries will ever come back to our home. Even, I'm mentally prepared. ”

As for what kind of psychological preparation, there is no need for Jia Jiu to say, everyone here knows it very well.

The national teacher's heart moved. Knowing that he can't do anything to his subordinates' family business, there are still people who do it, which is not only a huge blow to the Jia family that is now in turmoil, but even the emperor can hardly bear the consequences after finding out.

Maybe it's time for him to step in. (To be continued......)