Yang Chong smiled, Yang Tong had not been in Jiangdu for a few days, and he was about to regard Jiangdu as Chang'an's home; Yang Chong explained: "I don't mean anything else, this time I drove Yang Zhengdao to Yulin County, I have an idea, before the problem between the Turks and Yang Zhengdao is solved, Chang'an will not have a monarch for the time being, and everything will be decided by the political hall." I will expand the number of people in the political hall, and in major matters, the three provinces and the imperial history platform will increase the voting rights, and they all say that the king and the horse share the world, and I also want to see if the family can really hold this boat. ”

Zhang Jin and Murong Zhengze both knew the rules of voting in the political hall, which was nothing more than increasing the number of people, but what made the two of them confused was that there would be no monarch for the time being, and if it could continue to run, would there be no monarch in the future. Murong Zheng asked nervously, "Can the King of Yue make it clear that once the Turks are destroyed, will a monarch be established immediately?" ”

Yang Chong thought seriously for a moment and said, "In this way, we will decide at three points in time, to solve the Turkic problem, to solve the Northeast problem, and to solve the Goguryeo problem. For each one resolved, we will vote once, and then the four left-behind divisions of Jiangdu, Zhuojun, Luoyang, and Taiyuan will also participate in the vote, whether to immediately canonize the monarch; When all three issues are resolved, there is no need to vote, and the monarch is ordained within one year. ”

"Okay, okay." Murong Zhengze let go of his heart, Murong Zhengze didn't care who was the emperor, even if it was Yang Chong's usurpation; Ask, just because Confucianism respects imperial power, and without an emperor, it completely overthrows Confucianism since Dong Zhongshu, which is a major matter of faith, and it is more important than who is the emperor. Yang Chong's answer shows that Yang Chong does not have the determination to govern the world with Mohist thought, and the rest is to watch the duel in the political hall.

Zhang Jin's thinking slowed down by half a beat, and just figured out the joints, stretched his waist and said, "Don't talk about this, Guo Zigao, you should talk about potatoes." ”

Guo Zigao replied: "We conducted field surveys and exchanged information with Chang'an, and it is advisable to plant 4,000 holes per mu for potatoes, and the amount of seeds used per mu is 300 catties. According to this year's yield of 2,300 catties per mu and 20 acres planted in two places, 150 mu can be planted next year, 1,000 mu the year after next, 7,000 mu the year after next, and 300,000 mu in five years. ”

Yang Chong said: "Yes, when it reaches 300,000 mu, the seeds can be planted everywhere. Lord Guo, I will give you a promise, if you can really promote potatoes to the whole people to eat, then you will be knighted as the prince of the county. ”

Guo Zi bowed down and said, "Thank you, King Yue." Xiaguan understands that there is still a problem of taste and habit in any food, and Mozhuo Academy has agreed to compile a manual for eating potatoes, and agreed with Xiaguan to deliver the manuscript when the planting area reaches 10,000 mu. ”

Potatoes are the fruits brought out by Yang Chong and Zhang Guolao, although the two don't care, but Guo Zigao no longer has a brain, and he will not monopolize this work; Mozhuo Academy is Yang Chong's academy, and it is just for Yang Chong to accept this honor. Yang Chong thought for a moment, and then reacted and said: "At that time, this king made a wish to Zhang Guolao, if potatoes can greatly increase the grain in the Central Plains and the people will be hungry, a Taoist temple will be built for him in my fiefdom." ”

Yang Chong's fiefdom, that is Huating, Xu Jingzong immediately interjected: "King Qiyue, the lower officials are willing to go to Huating to take charge of this matter." ”

Yang Chong said approvingly: "As for what kind of Taoist temple, if you go to ask Daochang Zhang for advice, you will allocate funds according to the standard of building a Buddhist temple in Yuyang, and I will ask Yu Xuan to inform Sima Caizhang and Tang Jiao." ”

As soon as the two of them said and answered, the matter was settled, and officials large and small were dumbfounded. According to what Zhang Guolao followed Yang Chong to do, building a Taoist temple is nothing at all, especially the matter of potatoes, Yang Chong made it clear that he should spend as much as he wants to give the credit to Zhang Guolao. The key is the location of the Taoist temple, Jiangnan, which is still in Yang Chong's fiefdom; That means that Louguan's power can extend to the south, and if Qi Hui is here, it is estimated that he will kneel down for Yang Chong on the spot.

Yang Chong was still on the way, two earth-shattering news had spread throughout Chang'an, Louguan Taoist Sect Leader Qi Hui announced that he was willing to let Chang'an Library Director Gai Wenyi and Taixue Doctor Yu Zhining go to Louguan Library to copy 200 Taoist classics. Louguan Library Don't talk about outsiders, even the disciples of this sect are not allowed to enter, Qihui can be said to have broken more than one taboo.

Buddhism Alexander, Master Cankun can only come to the door to ask to see Jiang Fei, Mao then recommended himself to go to Jiangnan to promote Buddhism, hoping to build a Buddhist temple in Huating, Buddhism is richer than Taoism, Master Cankun said that he knows that the court is short of money now, only need the approval of King Yue, and all expenses do not need to worry. Jiang Fei said with a smile: "The master is serious, King Yue has ideas in this regard, the temple plot is provided by us, and another hundred acres of fertile land are donated, just asking the Buddhist precepts to be lighter." ”

Master Cankun was overjoyed, Yang Chong was a person who advocated "there is nothing originally", and naturally hoped that the kind of Buddha righteousness of the southern school scattered immortals must have been originally considered a certain Buddhism in the south of the Yangtze River; Master Cankun immediately said: "Don't worry, princess, the old man just likes to gossip, and he also has a headache about the precepts, I will choose two disciples who are also fond of the same hobby to take care of the temple." In addition, the princess was also invited to speak kindly, and the king of Yue was asked to give a temple name. ”

Yang Chong arrived in Chang'an, and immediately sent Chu Suiliang to talk back, the temple is on the seaside, it is called Guanhai Temple, and Chu Suiliang writes the plaque; In addition, he said that he had invited the lonely Tibetan East to come, and asked the Caotang Temple to approve the construction of the Great Desert Temple on the edge of his Mozhuang, and issued a degree to the Lonely Tibet. Lonely hiding in Gaochang was not happy, and he was caught between Buddhism and the government, so after Jiang Fei knew the situation, he sent someone to send a message to Liu Hongji and arranged for Lonely Hide to come to Chang'an.

Around Kunming Pond, whether it is a ranch or a town in Kunming, there are too many veterans who are born in the Tibetan soldiers, and believe in Buddhism, so it is appropriate to hide in solitude. Caotang Temple will naturally not hit this dam, as long as Yang Chong builds a temple, it is a good thing for Buddhism; Master Jizang also promised that when the desert temple was completed, he would send two copies of the Buddha to pass by to strengthen his reputation.

As for not establishing a monarch for the time being, the undercurrent of the people is surging, and no one in the court opposes it; Yang Chong left Chang'an from time to time, there was no emperor, and the power of the bigwigs in the political hall was heaven.

In the end, it was determined that Shangshu Province had Shangshu Ling, Shangshu Servant Shooting, left and right Cheng four people, two people in the Door Province, two Zhongshu Orders in Zhongshu Province, four Shangshu Orders in Zhongshu Province, four Shangshu Departments of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Criminal Rites, one secretary and supervisor, one Huangmen Shilang, two Yushi Tai Yushi Dafu and Yushi Zhongcheng, two deputy envoys of the Privy Council, and a total of 19 people formed the political affairs hall. Eleven people must be present for each deliberation to be effective, and in case of major events, sixteen generals, all princes, and all localities will be added to participate.

(End of chapter)