In the major affairs of the imperial court, there is no qualification for concubines to intervene. It's just that Xu Qilin is a little special, and His Majesty Li Er will tell Xu Hui.

But Xu Hui understands that this is not asking for her opinion, but respecting her. Of course, His Majesty Li Er hopes that he will make a decision and get Xu Hui's support and cooperation, although he says that he has not yet made a decision.

Pampered and arrogant, the harem is in politics, Xu Hui is so smart, how can he make such a mistake? Although she was reluctant to let her younger brother go to the bitter cold place in Hexi, she knew very well in her heart that she was powerless to change what His Majesty decided.

Instead of risking the risk of offending His Majesty and fighting hard, it is better to take a step back, not to oppose or approve, and let the younger brother make his own decision.

Regarding Xu Hui's worries, His Majesty Li Er smiled, hugged Concubine Ai, and said, "How can there be a war in Hexi?" There are heavy troops stationed at Yumen Pass, and I will conquer Gaochang this year, and it is very safe there. ”

After a pause, he added, "If Hexi is unstable, I won't think of sending Qi Lin to run it." ”

"Does he really have that ability?" Xu Hui expressed his doubts, "Although Dayingku is doing well, it is a businessman's behavior. He doesn't have much experience in governing this place, does he? ”

"If I send him, I will arrange for my subordinates, such as adjudicating cases, collecting taxes, and so on, and I don't need him to do it himself." His Majesty Li Er explained: "Well, I will let Qi Lin make a statement, and then discuss it with the ministers, and then make a decision." ”

Xu Hui was silent for a moment and nodded helplessly.

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From the Ku Cheng of the Imperial Inner Mansion to the officials who govern the local government, Xu Qilin also had entanglements and made serious considerations.

It will take at least two or three years to make achievements in Hexi. After being away from home for such a long time, Xu Qilin was not very embarrassed, and was even a little fortunate to be able to leave the deep pool of Chang'an.

According to the trajectory of history, there are only four years before the rebellion of Li You, the king of Qi, and the rebellion of Li Chengqian, in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan. It stands to reason that the past four years should have been calm and relatively peaceful.

However, Xu Qilin knew that there was an undercurrent surging in the Beijing Division, and Li You, the king of Qi, was recuperating in the Beijing Division, and was persuaded by his uncle Yin Hongzhi to begin recruiting strong men to defend himself.

Li Chengqian went his own way and continued to die. Can his actions escape the eyes of His Majesty Li Er? Ridiculous, childish.

When Li Sipang finishes compiling the "Chronicles of the Ground" and is lavishly rewarded by His Majesty Li Er, even exceeding the specifications of the crown prince, it will provoke Li Chengqian's fragile nerves.

It is estimated that Li Chengqian also knew that what he did was too absurd, and he was criticized by the ministers, and his reputation was already bad. The father didn't say it, but he had the meaning of easy storage.

Therefore, even if Li Tai did not express his desire to compete for the crown, he felt that the throne was hopeless, and he would take risks.

And in the past few years, around the lame prince Li Chengqian's loss of morality and disgrace, and around the favored kings Li Sifat's rank is overstated, the courtiers will inevitably have their own belongings, and secretly shout.

Xu Qilin sided with Li Sipang, but he didn't show it on the surface, but just made plans to increase political capital for Li Sipang.

Leaving Chang'an, Xu Qilin was even more able to get out of the matter and watch this drama of power and profit with a cold eye.

Perhaps, this is also the mind of His Majesty Li Er. first served in the inner government, and then governed the locality, and didn't want Xu Qilin to approach the court too early.

It is a kind of protection, but also a kind of cultivation and investigation. In terms of age, when Xu Qilin reached the age of seventeen or eighteen, those elders in the court were estimated to be old and sick. At that time, it was a good time to enter the court.

Moreover, Xu Qilin feels more free in the place. It is also very proud to show off your strength and benefit one party.

Datang, why don't you walk around, look at the unspoiled environment, and take a few more breaths of unpolluted air, it seems a little vain?

Although Xu Qilin didn't know whether His Majesty Li Er had decided, he began to make some arrangements. The main thing is the division of labor and personnel arrangement of the big surplus warehouse, not that I want to be able to command remotely, but there are people who are easy to do, and I hope I can use it in the future!

As for Helan Chushi, Xu Qilin didn't think that after he left, he could be corrected. From ability to qualifications, he can't do it.

What's more, according to the usual practice, if he wants to leave office, he may also be asked by His Majesty Li Er to designate the officials to take over. It doesn't matter if the grade is low, the big Ying Ku Ku Cheng should not have reached the fifth grade in the first place.

In this indispensable state, His Majesty Li Er's edict arrived, asking him to write a detailed report about Hexi.

Xu Qilin didn't expect it to be so soon, it seems that His Majesty Li Er is indeed going to send himself to Hexi.

Fortunately, Xu Qilin did not delay, wrote everything he thought of, and clearly pointed out that he was optimistic about Ganzhou, calling it "Hexi's destiny is tied to Ganzhou".

Ganzhou is Zhangye, and it seems to be a defect that there are many people in the land, but the foundation is good and the development will be very fast. Of course, Xu Qilin wants to find such a place to be able to see the effect as soon as possible.

As for people, His Majesty Li Er will find a way. Whether it is sending troops to the army, or exiling prisoners, or recruiting immigrants, what the emperor wants to do, it is not easy.

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The imperial court decreed, and Taoism was established as the state religion.

This is normal, the old Li family moved Li Er out as an ancestor, and it would be too much to say if Taoism could be moved to the first.

In fact, Taoism is regarded as the state religion, which does not have much effect, and it does not have much impact on Buddhism. It's just that nominally, Taoism has a higher status than Buddhism.

But Buddhism and Taoism have been fighting for hundreds of years, and they have been overwhelmed by Taoism all of a sudden, even if it is nominally, it is difficult for Shamen to accept.

If you don't want to accept it, you have to endure it, who let this be the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor, who is more powerful and majestic than the Taoist Ancestor and the Buddha!

But some people don't believe in evil, and they want to argue with the emperor. To be precise, it is to change the emperor's ancestor, so as to break the foundation of Taoism as the state religion.

This unbeliever is a high-ranking monk with the Dharma name Fa Lin, who once confronted Fu Yi, an anti-Buddhist fighter, and wrote "The Theory of Justification".

Falin's thinking is also very peculiar, and it really wants to start from the roots. Isn't the old Li family based on Li Er as their ancestor, everyone knows that this is not very reliable, but he is the emperor, you doubt it in your heart, but you can't doubt it on your lips.

The old monk Fallin dared to speak, he said, after research, the ancestor of your old Li family is not Li Er, not even Han, but a foreigner, a noble breed of Yinshan, called Daye Dashi.

Yinshan noble species? Tatsushi Ohno? Xu Qilin burst out laughing when he heard such a strange title.

This old monk is tired of life, and he actually found an ancestor of the Xiongnu Turkic race for His Majesty Li Er. His Majesty Li Er's bloodline is not pure, but who dares to say. You're a cow, a real cow.

"Fallin is going to suffer, and maybe Shamen will be implicated." Xu Qili was about to leave tomorrow, rushed to Xiangzhou with his wife, and made an assertion in a night conversation with his brother.

Xu Qilin smiled and said: "This old monk really can't see the situation clearly, since the Northern Wei Dynasty, no emperor has said that he is a Hu person, and he tries his best to rely on the Han people." It is good that he dares to slander the royal family like this. ”

Buddhism was introduced to China from the Han Dynasty, but its development did not go smoothly until the Wuhu Dynasty. Because Buddhism is Hujiao, there is no psychological conflict between Hu people believing in Hujiao.

Therefore, since the Wuhu Dynasty, the free practice of Buddhism has been allowed. In the past, Buddhism was only allowed to be practiced by Hu people who came to China, and Han people were not allowed to become monks. The first to do so was Shi Hu, the tyrant of Later Zhao, who was famous for his brutality in massacring the Han Chinese. He clearly positioned himself as a Hu man.

When he arrived at Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, this eloquent monarch had a grand ambition to dominate the world.

But if he wanted to rule the emperor of the whole of China, which was already dominated by the Han Chinese, he had to show that he was not a "Hu" and promote Confucianism and Taoism to flaunt himself.

Therefore, Emperor Taiwu of Wei shouted "I am not a five-hu" and launched the first movement to exterminate Buddhism in history.

The Northern Zhou Emperor Wudi's Buddha is similar to the destruction of the Buddha by Emperor Taiwu of Wei, and Emperor Wu of Zhou also said that he is not among the five Hu, so he has no intention of worshiping the Buddha.

After these two movements to eliminate Buddhism and eliminate Buddhism, it seems that the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism has been overshadowed by political issues. Embracing Buddhism meant abandoning Chinese cultural orthodoxy, while choosing Taoism meant sinicizing foreign monarchs.

Of course, this is not absolute. For example, the destruction of Buddha occurred in the Northern Dynasty ruled by foreign races, and the extreme Buddha happened to be the Xiao clan of the Southern Dynasty of the orthodox Han civilization.

Regardless of whether the political color of the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism has faded in the Tang Dynasty. But it is absolutely unforgivable to say that His Majesty Li Er's ancestor is a Hu person.

Xu Qili shook his head and said, "Seeing that Taoism has become the state religion, this Fa Lin should be in a hurry to attack his heart, so he fainted here. ”

Xu Qilin still smiled maliciously, the development of Hexi is imminent, and His Majesty Li Er does not take this opportunity to attack, then it is not the thinking that the emperor should have.

Of course, His Majesty Li Er, as an excellent politician, will inevitably adopt very flexible means without being too harsh.

Even if the laws of the country are applied, there are many ills of Salmon, and there are no crimes.

For example, the number of monks and nuns, slaves and maids and property belonging to the monastery and its subordinate should be inspected, a strict monastic system should be established, ordination must be taken at the state-recognized ordination altar, and monks and nuns who have not been allowed to return to the laity in private, and so on.

In this way, the impact on society will be minimal, and the elimination of Buddha and Buddha can be called a gentle rectification.

Rectification is a good way, whether it is Taoism, Buddhism, government agencies, or the ruling order, if there is a problem, it must be rectified, and it is necessary to remove the essence of the ruin.

"I'm going to Xiangzhou for my brother, I don't know when I'll have to return, and I want you to worry a lot about family affairs and my little sister." Xu Qili shook off the topic of the monk and began to tell the younger brother.

Xu Qilin nodded and said, "Brother, don't worry." ”

said so, but Xu Qilin muttered in his heart: Maybe I have to go to work far away, farther than you!

In fact, Xu Qilin also thought about it, except for the little sister, there is nothing important to worry about at home.

What shops and workshops are running as usual, whoever dares to come and take them by force, he is not without backers, and he has no friends to entrust him to help.

Xu Qilin also wanted to invite Chen Laocai to sit in town, he was already his own relative, and he could be trusted.

"Yesterday, a friend went to a certain canteen and talked about the big profit." Xu Qili groaned and said, "If there is an opportunity to transfer to another position, Qi Lin can consider it more. ”

Xu Qilin smiled, knowing that some scholars were very disdainful of making money from business. You despise me, and I despise you!

What is pretending to be high, if you want to be really high, you don't need to take the examination to make a name for yourself. Lao Tzu is much stronger than you, a five-rank official, and a county viscount. Behind his back, he is envious, jealous, and pink eye.

Of course, Xu Qilin didn't debate this with his brother, and casually said a few perfunctory words. It is estimated that the elder brother also has such an idea, thinking that studying for the imperial examination is the right way.

"When the eldest brother arrives in Xiangzhou, he doesn't have to calculate to buy a house and buy belongings, and he can live comfortably by himself." Xu Qilin said: "With your sister-in-law, don't compromise." ”

To have money is to have money. They were all replaced with gold collars and silver cakes, and they also sent a few reliable servants from the family to serve with them. It would be nice if there was a silver ticket, for this, Xu Qilin also complained.

Xu Qili nodded, smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and said: "Qi Lin is good at dancing with long sleeves, although he doesn't know the details for his brother, he also knows that he is now at home, and he can take out 18,000 yuan casually." ”

What is eighteen thousand, it is estimated that our net worth must be ......

Xu Qilin scratched his head, he really didn't know the exact number, this family deserved, he had to ask Scarlett when he had time, Xiao Zhao estimated that he knew more than himself.

"Your sister-in-law's house, take care of it more." Xu Qili thought for a while and said, "I heard that what cotton will be planted this year, the government has to say it, don't cause trouble." ”

Xu Qilin nodded and said, "The junior brother will do it immediately, in the name of testing in Guanzhong, there is no problem with Your Majesty." Magistrates, it's even easier. ”

"Do you have to go through Your Majesty to grow cotton?" Xu Qili was a little confused and asked, "Is it necessary to mobilize the people like this?" ”

Xu Qilin smiled: "Big brother doesn't know. This cotton is not only grown by the Chen family, but also by our family. How many acres have been planted, and how much should be paid for rent, we will use the money to pay. But when the cotton is harvested, the income is more than double. ”

Xu Qili didn't understand very well, but the younger brother's methods didn't seem to have failed. If you say you can make money, then you will not be far from ten. My own family, along with my father-in-law's family, has an increase in income, which is naturally a good thing.

As for the heavenly hearing, Xu Qili believes it. The younger brother entered the palace twice in three days, which shows the favor of His Majesty, but it is not because of the favor of the elder sister.

From the white body to the fifth grade, and the county viscount, the younger brother only took less than a year. What kind of merits there are, Xu Qili doesn't know much.

It seems that only the reform of Cao Zheng is remarkable, and the rest are some strange and ingenious objects, such as mirrors.

Could it be that the advice has won the heart of His Majesty, but it is not known to the outside world? Xu Qili looked at his little brother and had some random guesses.

Xu Qilin saw that it was not early, so he got up and said, "Big brother, rest early, and I have to set off tomorrow!" ”

Xu Qili put away his chaotic thoughts and got up to send his little brother out.

On the night of parting, Xu Qilin and Xiao Zhao both stayed in the old mansion, preparing to see off their brother tomorrow morning.

Several members of the Chen family also came, and they were also preparing to bid farewell to their relatives. And this is already Xu Qili's old mansion, and after Xu Qili left, it was also handed over to the Chen family to take care of.

Xu Qilin had already found a house in the city, but he was going out again, so he was a little hesitant to buy it immediately.

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