To sustain an empire, especially one that is large, ethnically and terrainically complex. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info requires a lot of centripetal force to keep the empire from collapsing. Li Chen has some ideas in his heart, and he doesn't know if he can realize it, but he always has to give it a try.

Among them, the Taoist church is an important component. Not to mention Catholicism, this religion is too domineering for the Holy See. Take Tibetan Buddhism as an example, the local ones who can be reincarnated and what La, His Holiness, have too much influence on the followers. Even the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism to the steppe had a great influence on the Mongols.

Therefore, Li Chen hopes that after the reform, Taoism, which really arose in China and belongs to China's local religion, can really play a role and maintain the responsibility of the empire. Of course, this is a very beautiful idea from Li Chen, and I don't know if it can be realized.

However, in addition to fully imitating Catholicism, Li Chen also added some restrictions. Why the restrictions? Taoism has rebelled many times in history. In addition, Li Chen did not want the future development of the Taoist Church to the point that local missionaries could influence local government affairs and even interfere in national affairs, just like the Catholic Church in the West.

So he reformed the liturgy. Whether it's Catholic or Christian, you have to go to church. But, I. The Slans don't. It's not that they don't go to church. Rather, their doctrine is simpler than that of Catholicism.

In the 21st century, Catholicism has gradually weakened, and many new generations are less faithful. However, I. Slanism has maintained a certain degree of vitality. Don't say that many ****** sects are too extreme or anything, many beliefs are generally Yi. In the country of Slanism, the religious atmosphere in the country is still very warm. It doesn't matter if you're in a big city or a small place, it seems that ****** influence is everywhere.

Even in this year, Yi. Slanism has also shown itself to be more dynamic than Christianity. Li Chen had learned some knowledge in this area back then, and it seemed that the worship rituals of the ****** religion were relatively simple. A copy of the Koran, with regular prayers everywhere, is ******. This is where he has an advantage over Catholicism.

What about Catholicism? I want to go to church. In contrast, it is ****** simpler to teach. Therefore, Li Chen also added this article to the newly reformed Taoist teachings. The most important thing for believers is a Taoist scripture.

With a unified, standardized, and relatively vernacular Taoist scripture, plus some literate people, this Taoist scripture can afford to teach people to read and write and pass on Han culture. No matter where you are in a remote place, you can preach.

Sounds a bit blind. But as far as Li Chen knows, modern society is almost like this. Many of the more secretive sects are just a house, an elder expounding the scriptures.

Think about why there were so many missionaries in the Age of Discovery. Why are they running around? There is the support of businessmen, otherwise why would the missionaries run around and preach. Why do businessmen support them? Quite simply, the priest is not afraid of death in order to preach. When the natives became Catholic, the merchants could follow.

People are of different races, language barriers, cultures, and inconvenient transportation, at least there is a way to communicate with the natives. 'Hey, we're all Catholics, don't kill your own brothers, and you can't eat us.' That's what it means.

For those natives can have this effect, then wouldn't it be easier to win people with the same culture and the same species, we have something in common, are we all a family feeling?

Even, Li Chen also learned the ritual of ****** teaching, worshipping in the direction of the holy city three times a day, and came like this twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, which can increase faith. Also, Li Chen also added the setting of the holy city to the Taoist classics, and a person must go to the holy city once in his life.

Catholics don't do that, even if they haven't been to Rome in their lives. Well, you say that the holy place of Catholicism is Jerusalem? It doesn't matter, anyway, in modern times, have you ever heard that Catholics or Protestants must go to Jerusalem once in their lives, do you have to say?

This is a kind of restraint in disguise. As long as you believe in Taoism, you are not afraid of turning your back on the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, you will not be able to return to the Holy Land once in your life, and you will not be at peace when you die. As for where the holy city is, of course it's Chang'an, as for the reason? That's not even more important, just make it up.

It took half a day for Li Chen to have a general understanding of the new Taoist content. It was getting late, and Li Chen left these hard-working Taoist priests to eat together. During the banquet, he appointed Shi Beiwu to serve as the first real person.

He once passed the Jinshi examination, but he was not awarded an official, so he went back to his hometown to learn Taoism. Originally, Liu Xuanjing should be more suitable than him. He used to be in the Wuzong Dynasty, and also served as a doctor of Yinqingguanglu and a bachelor of Chongxuanguan. However, due to his old age and declining health, he refused.

In addition to the position of real people, basically everyone here will serve as a refiner, and no matter what school, there will be a position in the newly established Dao Court. These are all good things to be discussed in advance, otherwise those that are weaker are weaker

sects, will not agree.

After dinner, Li Chen sent away these busy Taoists, and then they still had a lot of work to do, Mu Qian was to preliminarily formulate the doctrine, and set the organization and leader. There are many other aspects to be filled, such as the composition of the Holy See.

Li Chen knew that there were many components within the Vatican, but he didn't know which ones there were. They have to explore all of this. Step by step.

However, he didn't care about these for the time being, and at this point, Taoism was gradually improved. He allowed Taoism to complete the confluence hundreds of years in advance, which was originally gradually completed in the Song Dynasty.

He has to think about something else now, he won't be naïve to put his hopes on Taoism, people have to walk on two legs to be stable, the table limbs and feet are very stable, he is thinking about the other foot, Confucianism. He wanted to revitalize Confucianism as another way to sustain the Han nation.

Don't look down on Confucianism, why was the late Tang Dynasty so chaotic. The Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, which also had powerful eunuchs, were not as miserable as the Tang Dynasty, and even the life and death of the emperor were controlled by the eunuchs. The place is still noisy, and from time to time someone comes out and jumps twice. Li Chen felt that the lack of Confucianism was a reason.

The Chinese established several great unified dynasties, Han, Jin, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing, that is, Jin and Tang, and Confucianism was not prominent. Then these two dynasties, Jin don't talk about it, chaotic and miserable. The late Tang Dynasty was not much better.

Li Chen felt that the lack of Confucianism was a reason. Not to mention that Confucianism is pedantic and conservative, so that China has not made any progress, at least it has been of great help in maintaining the stability of its rule. Don't look at the rampant eunuchs, how long can he be arrogant without the cooperation of those ministers?

The eunuchs killed the emperor, one after another. How could this kind of thing not happen in the Han and Ming dynasties? Those ministers will never cooperate with the eunuchs, and will try their best to find them. Even if the eunuchs kill all the officials in Beijing, the local authorities will not cooperate, and all the custody will be paralyzed for you.

Of course, Confucianism enjoys many shortcomings, but in Li Chen's view, these can be changed. Therefore, he recruited a group of Confucian students, regardless of whether they were famous or not, mainly to be proficient in the thought of Rujia, and then be able to improve according to his wishes.

How to improve? In fact, it is taken out of context, and quoted from the side. Quote the Analects, and then extend and explain. Anyway, Confucianism, as early as the time of Dong Zhongshu, was changed to a mess by him. What celestial induction said, when did Confucius say this?

What natural disasters are because the emperor lost his morality, Confucius respected ghosts and gods and stayed away, how could he say this. How can there be a kind of son (the Son of Heaven) who makes a mistake and punishes the grandson (the people) for reason.... Since it can be changed according to the will of the ruler, Li Chen also plans to improve Confucianism according to his own ideas. Let him become the other leg of the Han nation. However, two legs are not enough, to learn the four legs of the table, you have to think slowly.

After a few days, he gathered a few officials from the household department to discuss the matter. The location is still in the Ayagiden. A few officials who had never come in were a little surprised, although this house was very ordinary, but in the Tang Dynasty, it was really unusual.

Whether it is the sofa, the floor-to-ceiling windows, the spiral staircase, the interior layout and decoration, it is not the same as the current atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Chen was here, and they didn't dare to move or look around. Li Chen first introduced them to where the bathroom was, and then the meeting began. As for the way to use the toilet, now all places in Daming Palace and Taiji Palace have been installed with faucets and flushing toilets. Even the people have begun to slowly promote, and the officials in the imperial city are certainly no strangers.

Today, we all know what we are going to discuss. Seeing that everyone was seated, Li Chen spoke.

The purpose of his visit to these officials today is to reform the agriculture of the Tang Dynasty. It's not just about improving technology, there's only so much he can do.

He's amazing at knowing how to fertilize, what to plant and what to cultivate. Datang currently has farming skills, and he has nothing to improve.

Although he studied some Chinese agricultural history and knew some techniques when he was in college, he knew the structure of Jiangdong yak, which could be made by craftsmen. But Datang has already had this thing now.

Also, green manure has to be used. Datang also knew. What crops to plant to fertilize the field. Fire cultivates water and fights weeds. Before planting, set fire to catch weeds, can be used as fertilizer, after transplanting, can be soaked with water, seedlings are resistant to water, weeds can not be tolerated.

For example, fertilization, which is also a technical obtain, when to apply, when to add, the effect will be the best.

But those are only on paper after all, and even if you tell those who know how to farm, it will take time to really experiment with detailed implementation details, so these are not the focus of today's discussion.

The focus of today's discussion is how to further promote and regulate Datang's agricultural production. (To be continued.) )