Monk, Taoist. Red robe, yellow robe, green robe, black robe, white robe. After all sorts of guys were searched, they entered the venue. Zhao Ziran watched these guys sit down and stood up from his position.

What to say, it has been planned for a long time. Zhao Ziran walked to the stage and greeted the monks and Taoists, "Great monks, all Taoist leaders, this official's name is Zhao Ziran, and he is the vice chairman of the Religious Management Committee. Welcome to the venue. ”

These monks and Taoists are at least a host and observer, Zhao Ziran stood on the stage and watched it, and saw that these people were quite calm and relaxed, and did not show a panicked expression. Then Zhao Ziran said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Religious Management Committee would like to ask you if there are any miracles or miracles in the Taoist temples or temples you preside over, and whether there are any miracles. ”

Zhao Xun didn't participate in it, he was already fed up with entanglements with monks and Taoists. Returning to his home in Hangzhou and seeing his wife and children who had been separated for two months, Zhao Xun was completely immersed in the warm enjoyment of the family. Then his wife told a message at the dinner table, and many people spread rumors about moving the capital. It has a nose and eyes, just like the real thing.

This is not the first time Zhao Xun has heard such statements, at most it is said that the official family wants to move the capital to Jiangning. In addition to Jiangning, returning to Bianliang is another option. So Zhao Xun asked his wife, "When you took the child to the back garden, you didn't dare to ask my father?" ”

"I don't think it's useful to ask." Zhao Xun's wife replied very simply, and just when Zhao Xun was about to laugh, Zhao Xun's wife added, "Our unit has received the evaluation work." ”

"Are you going to start a formal assessment?" Zhao Xun's eyes lit up. If there were no steam cars and ships, Hangzhou would indeed be a good place. A waterway transportation hub, a land of affluence. However, with the steam wagon and ship, Hangzhou's position was seriously challenged.

After returning from Ningbo, Zhao Xun found that the imperial court wanted to regain the land in Ningbo, and in addition to the land state-ownership policy, Ningbo really lacked land. Ningbo has a very good port, with roads and railways leading to the port, many shops and factories for shipping, and a large number of people pouring in. Ports, roads, factories, and residences cannot be castles in the air, and land is needed to build and improve them. It is much less difficult for the government to use state-owned land than it is to expropriate private land.

While taking care of the children quickly, Zhao Xun's wife said quickly: "Well." Jiangning has waterways, and Bianliang is located in the center of the Central Plains. At present, the Great Song Dynasty almost killed the barbarians of the Quartet to extinction, and the Central Plains of Dingdu showed an advantage. ”

The husband and wife breathed, and the matter was not mentioned for the time being. When Zhao Xun was about to go to see his father, he sorted out all kinds of problems in his heart. Then he couldn't help but nod his head in the carriage. At the beginning, Zhao Xun was disgusted with the work of torturing monks, and felt that the superiors did not explain it at all, which was very disgusting. Later, when he learned that the future officials of the Religious Management Committee were to be selected from among the prosecutors, Zhao Xun felt that he could understand the thoughts of the superiors. It's just that he wasn't interested in dealing with monks and Taoists at all, so he didn't take it to heart.

Even so, Zhao Xun still didn't understand why the imperial court was targeting the temple's land. More than half of the monks on the upper floor of the temple lived a life of 'wine and meat through the intestines, and the god of wealth kept in his heart', and the court had a thousand means to clean up those monks. It wasn't until he got new news from his wife that Zhao Xun felt that he was beginning to understand why he wanted to gather monks and Taoists from famous temples and Taoist temples in the Great Song Dynasty for a meeting, but insisted on nationalizing the temple land.

When I arrived at the back garden, Zhao Jiaren was not there. Zhao Xun was not in a hurry, he gave the special products he brought back from Ningbo to the old lady. Qin Yuzhen was very happy, whether things are valuable or not is nothing, the important thing is that her son has this heart. The mother and son talked for a while, and when they learned that their son also wanted to see if Zhao Jiaren was at home, Qin Yuzhen said: "You don't have to wait for your father today, he said that he doesn't need to prepare dinner for him." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xun got up and said goodbye. When his father Zhao Jiaren said the news, he rarely came back early. Looking at her son's back, Qin Yuzhen felt a little regretful in her heart. Zhao Xun has inherited Zhao Jiaren's resolute and resolute characteristics, and he does not drag his feet. But that's about it. married Zhao Jiaren at the age of twenty, and more than thirty years have passed in a blink of an eye. As the queen, Qin Yuzhen has to admit that her two sons are very good, but they are far from reaching the level of their father Zhao Jiaren of the same age. Thinking of this, Qin Yuzhen recalled her deceased mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Chen. In educating her son, Qin Yuzhen had to have a sense of frustration.

Zhao Jiaren didn't know what his wife was thinking at this time, and if he knew, he could only smile bitterly. Because Zhao Jiaren actually did not receive much knowledge and cognition from Empress Dowager Chen, his education has nothing to do with this era.

Zhao Jiaren, who has no telepathy and remote mind reading, is watching a thief perform the trick of walking on the fire at this time, and the monk walks by step by step on the burning coal, looking completely unafraid of the flames. Without Zhao Jiaren speaking, there were already staff members of the Religious Administration who shouted: "That monk, take off the asbestos-soled shoes on your feet." ”

When the monk heard that his trick had been exposed, he hurriedly jumped down from the coal pile, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy. The police came up here, and they held the thief down, tied him up, and took him to the other side of the hall where the spell was performing. The people of the imperial court occupied a position in the meeting hall facing south and facing north. On the east side of the venue are Taoist priests, and on the west side are monks, indicating the origin of the two parties.

Seeing the tricks of the thieves and balds being exposed, I lost my ugliness greatly. The pale faces of the Taoist priests were slightly better, but only somewhat. In the past, the officials of the Religious Management Committee asked the monks and Taoists to take the initiative to perform supernatural powers, and the Taoist priests were stunned.

The real ancestor of Daomen is not Lao Tzu Li Dan, but a large number of Taoist organizations that came out in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous Taiping Dao and Wudou Mi Dao, which are all rebel organizations. Patriarch Zhang Daoling officially founded the Order Organization, and then the Daomen finally appeared.

Daomen just found himself Lao Tzu Li Dan as the nominal ancestor, and actually inherited the immortal magic since the Warring States period. In the entire Taoist classics, except for a "Tao Te Ching", other classics talk about the so-called immortal inheritance, alchemy and qi, and drawing talismans to exorcise ghosts.

Logically, Taoist priests should have supernatural powers, at least they admit the existence of supernatural powers. When the fire was lit, the Taoist priests were dumbfounded. Officials here said they could give the priests enough time to prepare. The final review is here, whether it's drawing a talisman or chanting a mantra. The Taoist priests were to be tested by the fire.

Seeing the Taoist priests deflated, the monks were very happy. They didn't rejoice for long, and the officials of the Religious Council demanded that the monks undergo the same trial. Whether it's chanting sutras or worshipping the Buddha, the fire always has to be walked through.

In the culture of the Han Chinese, killing people is not too much. Let the monks and Taoists openly admit that their own magic powers are nonsense, that is to dig up their roots. Seeing that the Taoist priests were not good, there were thieves among the monks who were lucky and wanted to get by. But I didn't expect to be punctured immediately.

Although the Taoist priests were happy in their hearts, they immediately felt uncomfortable when they saw the eyes of the officials of the Religious Administration Committee turn to them. Finally, one of the guys couldn't help it and shouted, "Although I don't know how to resist fire, I know how to attract thunder." ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials who had worked in the army couldn't help but sneer. There are many lightning strikes north of Yinshan, and Da Song has always used lightning rods to protect the safety of camp personnel.

Zhao Ziran sneered: "You don't have to wait for the thunderstorm to draw down the thunder and lightning. Bring the generator and electrify the Taoist priest. ”

Half an hour later, the Taoist priests and monks watched as blue electric sparks flickered and crackled between the two electrodes.

"This ...... This is not thunder and lightning. It's a trick! A Taoist priest couldn't help but shout.

After participating in many tortures of the monks, Zhao Ziran felt that his heart was like a stone now, and he said coldly: "Come on, call this master!" ”

A few minutes later, the Master twitched in the electric chair, the air filled with the stench of burnt protein and human defecation. Under the impact of the electric current, the Taoist trousers were all wet.

Seeing this, Zhao Jiaren got up and left. Since everyone has been so decisive, there is no need for Zhao Jiaren to supervise them anymore. Seeing Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's family leaving, some officials also wanted to leave. But they are not Zhao Jiaren, and their mission here is to supervise with their own eyes. Even if you don't like it, you can't leave your post without permission.

Seeing that the Taoist priest who was constantly twitching was carried down, several officials couldn't help but close their eyes. They didn't expect the world to be so cruel.

Zhao Jiaren is too lazy to care too much, if Taoism and Buddhism are willing to admit that they are just a culture, they can continue to exist after eradicating the demon Tao and demon monks. The Cross Sect and the True God Sect didn't even have this opportunity, and Zhao Jiaren didn't think that the Great Song Dynasty should give them room to exist.

Back in the office, Zhao Jiaren called Foreign Minister Lu Baifeng and Minister of Foreign Affairs Luo Yiren, "The Great Song Dynasty is preparing to launch the Tianzhuyang and Europa plans, and your two departments have a heavy task. ”

"Official, we heard about the north. Will the situation worsen? Lu Baifeng asked.

Zhao Jiaren shook his head. Every plague pandemic causes a large number of deaths in a short period of time, so Zhao Jiaren does not dare to guarantee that it will be foolproof. But Zhao Jiaren felt that it was not easy for the rats to break through the Yinshan Mountain Range on their own. Moreover, the plague is only very harmful to humans, and many carnivores are actually immune to the plague.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren shaking his head, the heads of the two departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Administration and Domain Affairs did not ask anymore, and Luo Yiren took the lead and said: "Official, we have no problem with the Ministry of Administration." Last year, the private soldiers were almost eliminated, and this year, if they sweep the tail, they can send troops to attack the southern part of Tianzhu. ”

Lu Baifeng almost ruined his future because of his father, and at this time, the official was finally reinstated, and Lu Baifeng refused to fall behind others, and he immediately replied: "National defense and diplomacy are where the official dictatorship lies, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will definitely be able to complete the official arrangement." ”

Zhao Jiaren nodded after hearing this, the two guys in front of him were both young cadres of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were also talents recognized by him, "If it is the previous Great Song Dynasty, we can still wait for the situation to start changing." Now Da Song no longer needs to wait for others to change, what we want, just go and take it directly. ”

"Whatever the official family wants, the minister will definitely take it for the official family!" Luo Yiren immediately said loudly.

Lu Baifeng turned his head to look at Luo Yiren, and he was very emotional. Lu Baifeng is a Jinshi who turned to learn those subjects from scratch, and he is already an extremely humble person. However, such a Lu Baifeng also felt very uncomfortable in the face of Luo Yiren, who did not hesitate to pat himself on the back. Don't Lu Baifeng agrees with Luo Yiren very much, which makes him even more uncomfortable.

Zhao Jiaren is not uncomfortable with this, and such conversations are just a common reaction in the 21st century workplace. Lu Baifeng can be regarded as getting a high position in the company at a young age and getting a very high salary. If there is no such spirit at this time, it means that Zhao Jiaren, as the chairman and general manager of the company, has seen the wrong person. "We have only one goal in the coming years, and that is to seize the Egyptian Canal," he said. In order to achieve this goal, it is not impossible to seize Egypt. The canal is ours, and Egypt is a colony at best. ”

"Do the officials resolutely not want to expand their territory?" Lu Baifeng asked.

"There are many ways to make a profit, and the most effective way is to operate local capital effectively. If it can't be done, it's extracting labor from those places. We didn't invade the Wa Kingdom, but in the past few years, we have gained a lot from the Wa Kingdom in terms of gold, silver and pearls alone. ”

This case gave Lu Baifeng no chance to refute at all, and the Great Song Dynasty did business with the Wa Guoda. Let the gold, silver and copper produced locally in the Wa Kingdom flow to the Great Song Dynasty in large quantities. On the calm coast of the Seto Inland Sea, many wooden rafts are home to a large number of pearl oysters. The people of the Japanese Kingdom cultivated pearl oysters, and finally the amount of pearls in the Great Song Dynasty pearl market skyrocketed, and the price plummeted. But even so, the entire market volume is skyrocketing every year.

A straight man like Lu Baifeng knows that buying a pair of pink pearls from the Seto Inland Sea as a gift is very likely to win the favor of his wife. In the past, Lu Baifeng probably couldn't afford to buy pearls.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been implementing such a concept, and Luo Yiren didn't care about Fang Cai's words, he asked, "Official." We will wait until the situation is going to be in Egypt. ”

"I don't think it's necessary now, wait until we can mobilize 100,000 troops in Tianzhuyang, or when Mongolia declines." Zhao Jiaren gave the answer.

Of course, there are some things that cannot be said. The reason why Zhao Jiaren is so determined this time is because the plague incident allowed the troops to return to China to repair. With so many troops, Zhao Jiaren can implement a more radical policy without worrying about not being able to fight back. After seeing the era of river crabs that governed the country according to trouble, Zhao Guanjia felt that he did not agree with that approach at all.

"Heresy must be eliminated." Zhao Jiaren said something similar to that of the True God Cult and the Cross Religion.