Early the next morning, Qi Xuansu and Huangfu Ji changed into civilian clothes and went to Lion City.

In Huang Fuji's opinion, the arrangements made by the Daoist government were all prepared in advance, and he couldn't see the real thing, he wanted to see what the real Nanyang was like, and how it became an important financial pillar of the Daomen.

Qi Xuansu has been running Nanyang for a long time, and he is still quite confident and confident, coupled with Zhang Yuelu's new policy, it has indeed added a bit of new atmosphere, so he agreed to come down and have a private visit to Weifu. In principle, there will be no notices, no greetings, no reports, and no accompaniment.

The two of them set off at the end of the day and rushed to the Lion City at the same time, just when a city woke up from its slumber.

The streets are already bustling, and among the crowds, there are local Nanyangs, Central Plains and Westerners, seafarers and sailors, and merchants and hawkers. Of course, Taoist priests are indispensable.

Qi Xuansu and Huangfu watched while walking, looked at various shops, and also saw some Taoist priests' offices.

It is not difficult for immortals to destroy a city, it is difficult to establish a city, and it is even more difficult to make a city prosperous.

Therefore, the real foundation of the Daomen is still these low-level Taoist priests.

Generally speaking, any ruling structure is a triangle, the higher you go, the fewer you are, and the lower you go, the more you are. Therefore, the number of low-level Taoist priests is quite quite large.

There is no vacuum of power, some powers, if you don't occupy and exercise, there will be someone else to help you exercise, so it is absolutely impossible for the imperial power not to go to the countryside, and it must be stabbed to the end, which is incomparable to Xidaomen.

Xidaomen only has military power and some upper-level power, and the low-level power is very empty, so Huangfu is very interested in the low-level construction of Daomen.

This has to mention the big examination system of the Daomen. Compared with the imperial examinations of Confucianism, the Daomen relaxed the restrictions, increased the number of people, and lowered the upper limit. After all, the scholars of Confucianism started with seven or six grades. The starting point of the Dao Gate is only nine grades, which is a bit similar to lifting people, and it is more like directly canceling the first level of Jinshi.

If you want to be a Jiupin Taoist, you have to go through two exams, Qi Xuansu is the best among them, and his Taoist status is based on his own ability, but it is not arranged by Qi Niang.

Interfering in the big test is a typical benefit with small benefits and big risks, once something goes wrong, it will immediately be a big thing, and its benefits are a small Jiupin Taoist identity. Those who have the ability to interfere with the big exam don't need to do this, and those who want to do this generally can't interfere with the big exam.

It is generally easy for real dignitaries to solve the identity of Taoist priests, and they can go directly to special channels, such as Lin Yuanmiao and Xiao Yin. The so-called special channel is to directly grant the status of a Taoist priest, which is a step further than granting the origin of a fellow Taoist, and the real big people have several places in their hands, which can be flexibly distributed.

Since Zhang Yuelu implemented the new policy, in addition to rectifying the corruption of ink, the main thing is to crack down on lazy government inaction, but it has also achieved fruitful results, at least in the Lion City is a new atmosphere, after all, the Lion City is under Zhang Yuelu's nose.

At the very least, these low-level Taoist priests don't dare to do anything on the bright side, they all speak in a good voice, solve problems seriously, and are more down-to-earth.

Of course, these Taoist priests also scolded Zhang Yuelu, saying that it is now a Taoist priest who is not happy. Just a little money, and so many things are arranged, and the layers are pressed, and if it goes on like this, he will resign directly and become a wild Taoist priest.

In Zhang Yuelu's view, this is far from enough, and there is a long way to go to completely reverse this trend and cure it ideologically.

But in Huangfuji's opinion, it is not the case, he is not without low-level experience, he knows very well what the face of the low-level public is, harming people's lives is by no means an exaggeration, and it is not a fairy tale for a small official to accumulate thousands of pieces of furniture, ordinary people fall into the hands of these people, and there is also a layer of skin, the key is that they are not even too lazy to pretend, so the price is clearly marked.

But the Taoist priests in Lion City at least don't see any problems on the bright side. Not to mention how it is in secret, the Southern Continent can't even maintain fairness on the surface, and what else is there to talk about in secret.

This is the place that makes the emperor tremble.

Then there is the application of Western learning, which is different from the extreme radicalism on the southern continent, and the Daomen shows the inclusive mentality of the Heavenly Empire

What a shame, so Western studies are very popular, not only there are many Westerners, but even many habits have the shadow of Westerners, and daily life is everywhere Western items, such as sofas, etc., which can rarely be seen in the Southern Continent.

Huangfu Ji couldn't help but reflect on it, is the Southern Continent a little too extreme?

The two of them came to the site of a Western-style park, where there were many benches for resting, and a small lake, where many people were walking.

An atmosphere of peace and tranquility.

It is difficult to see such a scene in the southern continent, where there is a strange state of tension all the time, as if happiness is with original sin, and suffering is sublime. Whoever suffers a lot will have a sense of superiority, and happiness is unseemly, and can only be stolen from happiness, and if anyone dares to put happiness on the table, it will be like being sentenced to death, and it is necessary to dig up the grave.

Even suffering is associated with morality, and suffering, abstinence, must be morally lofty. Otherwise, it is morally flawed.

This strange worship of suffering probably does not come from the Taoist sect, which has always only advocated frugality, and has something to do with Confucianism, after all, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies. It also has some relationship with the Eastern Church branch of the Holy See.

Why is this happening? How can this phenomenon be stopped?

This is what Huang Fu Ji has to think about, after all, Huang Fu Ji, as the core figure of the future of Xidaomen, also has a great ambition, and he always has to do something to do - Huang Fu Ji knows that no matter how desperate Ta Wanting is, it is impossible to penetrate the steam gospel in the north, and he will eventually return to the theme of development.

Therefore, Huang Fuji came this time, not only to establish a friendship relationship with the high-level of Daomen, but also to learn something from the governance experience of Daomen.

It is true that the Lion City is a developed area, and it can also be ranked among the vast territory of Daomen, and in those unknown remote areas, it is by no means the situation of the Lion City. But Huang Fuji didn't use the ordinary cities of the Southern Continent to benchmark the Lion City, he used the new Pa Yi Titi, and the result still disappointed him.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu have been in charge of the Lion City, and the Lion City under the rule of their husband and wife is far better than the new Payiti that Xidaomen has spent countless efforts on.

It is no wonder that the vast Nanyang, with the Lion City as its economic center, can become one of the important financial pillars of Daomen.

The two of them left the park in the Central District and entered the Northwest District, which was a relatively chaotic area.

Then Huang Fuji saw a Western-style building here, with a Chinese-style plaque that read: "Eight Ministries Alchemy Union".

These words, the emperor knows very much, as a person from the New World, he also knows what alchemy is, but he feels that it is contrary to harmony, the Eight Departments are the language of Buddhism, and later used by the Daomen as the Eight Divisions plan, and now they are combined with the Westerners, it is really a combination of Chinese and Western, and the weather is thousands.

Qi Xuansu happened to know about this place and introduced, "It is an industry jointly established by the Eight Ministries and the Purple Light Society in response to the call of the Taoist government, mainly engaged in the localization of Western alchemy and the application of people's livelihood. It is still in its infancy, and it is mainly to recruit some apprentices from civilian backgrounds. In the Lion City, some secret associations are less tightly regulated, allowing them to operate some grey industries. This can also be regarded as a pilot window for the Daomen, allowing the normalization of other mild secret associations on the premise of severely cracking down on some extreme secret associations."

Huang Fu Ji once again lamented the openness and tolerance of the Daomen, alchemy in the Southern Continent is like a heresy, of course the high-level people will understand and control the use, but if the low-level civilians dare to learn alchemy privately, they will be punished and executed.

Although this is a tough measure of last resort in the face of a strong external enemy, it is indeed a bit extreme, and compared with Daomen, it is indeed less open-minded and bearing of a big country.

In the end, it is the upper state of the Heavenly Empire.

Huangfu went into the so-called alchemy union with great interest, Shangguan Ya was not there, nor was the Yuheng Star Master, there were only a few ordinary teachers, who were training the newly recruited apprentices.

The apprentices sit behind their desks in a regular manner, according to the teachings

Asking for brand new books.

These apprentices have light in their eyes.

This kind of spiritual outlook is lacking in the southern continent, which has not yet completely freed itself from slavery.

Huang Fuji also listened outside the classroom for half an hour, listening to the teachers talk about the origin of alchemy and its relationship with theology, but it was not revised or mixed with some political factors, but it was simply narrated, once again demonstrating the bearing that the heavenly kingdom should have.

It's like a beautiful woman is never afraid of being called ugly by others, because she knows it's fake. An ugly woman is said to be ugly, and that is the lung tube that is poked.

Lies don't hurt people, the truth is the quick knife.

In all fairness, in addition to the solidification of the hierarchy and frequent infighting, the Daomen is still very good. Of course, there are reasons for this to be foiled by peers, but it is unrealistic for Daomen to have such a vast territory and to be able to share the world with Westerners, without advantages.

The Northwest Region was originally very prosperous, but many places involved in the slave trade have been shut down by Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu, and they have not recovered so far, which makes the Northwest Region a little deserted.

Fortunately, Huang Fu was not interested in these slave trades at all - the most important thing in the New World was slaves, both north and south. These slaves were able to be sold for a high price in Nanyang, because the Daomen severely cracked down on the slave trade, and the scarcity was expensive, which was really nothing in those countries that retained slavery.

The two traveled all the way to the port along the Northwest District.

Then Huang Fuji saw a huge Western ironclad ship slowly sailing into the harbor, with the flag of the Holy Court flying high on it.

"What is this?" Huangfu asked.

Qi Xuansu said, "It is the merchant ships of the Xiposa Zhou Company under the name of the Holy Court, and here, they are legal."

Immediately afterwards, another cargo ship docked next to the ironclad ship, hoisting a five-color flag, which could be vaguely recognized as a mixture of the five heads of the Taoist Gate, the Buddhist Gate, the Confucian Gate, the Holy Court, and the Shaman.

"What is this?" Huangfu had a strange face.

Qi Xuansu replied, "That's the merchant ship of the Heavenly Court, and here, it's also legal."