"Long-term pain is better than short-term pain, killing a million of them is better than starving tens of millions of people to death every year, isn't it?

Predecessor Buddha, I heard that you have been traveling all over the world for the past three years, you must have figured out the number and reason of the number of displaced people and mountain bandits in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, right?

Your Buddhists talk about the equality of all beings, and you should have a good idea of which is more important than the tens of millions of lives of ordinary people compared to millions of Xuanyuan royal clansmen, right?

Do you have a way to save them? ”

Ye Congwen said straightforwardly, staring at the Buddha with a pair of bright eyes, as if he had already known the answer.

The Buddha traveled in Bactria for three years, ostensibly to wander around the world, but in fact he went to the thirty-six counties to find out the situation.

It is not only necessary to investigate the method of the Demon Hunter to fan the people to rebel, but also to investigate the reasons why the people followed Ye Congwen to rebel.

I don't know if I don't check it, and it's just a shock to check it! The sheer number of those homeless mountain bandits and the misery they suffered were simply appalling!

Tens of millions of people die in Huangquan every year, and the reason for this is that the taxes are too heavy.

But after working hard for more than half a year, in the end, he couldn't even save his own rations, and he paid off the accounts of the disaster year in the good year, and he lived on the food saved in the good year.

If the weather is not beautiful, and there will be two consecutive disaster years, many people will run away to other places to become homeless mountain bandits because they cannot pay taxes and silver.

Don't look at the few people in a village, when they accumulate to the county government, there are often tens of thousands of people in a county government.

These people dragged their families with their families, had no food to eat, and could not find food in the mountains, so they could only grab food

, which aroused the anger of the people and officials.

The county officials in various localities were afraid that these homeless mountain bandits would wander to their county capitals and arouse the people's indignation, and they were also afraid that they would spoil the farmland and affect the tax and silver, so they kept increasing their manpower to eliminate the mountain bandits and drive out the displaced people, with the result that the county government raised more and more miscellaneous officers and soldiers.

There were too many officers and soldiers, and the county government did not have enough tax money at all, so the county government tried its best to set up clever projects and increase tax revenue, and finally a vicious circle was formed.

The Buddha once traced it layer by layer, from the county government to the state capital to the county government and even the Xuanyuan Palace.

Each layer has its own problems, and each layer has its own helplessness.

If the county government wants to complete the task of tax collection, it must raise a huge tax collection office, and one percent of the tax silver is just enough for the government officials.

Further up, the state capital, the county capital, and even the Xuanyuan Palace, as well as the three huge teams of demon hunters, demon exorcists, and scale-controlling hands to raise, and there are even royal relatives and family members to be compensated, and it is impossible to save it.

Even if he finds His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is acting for the government, there is no countermeasure to solve this problem, even if he is willing to give amnesty to the world and collect fifty percent less tax silver, it can only be managed for one year, and in the end it will still be the same.

So after a long time, the Buddha also fell into confusion, feeling that this problem was quite complicated, and there was no effective solution to the root.

Later, when I came to the jurisdiction of the Demon Hunter Guard, I checked carefully and found that these people only collected two and a half percent of the tax, and one percent of them was used to build reservoirs and river embankments.

So this made the Buddha very interested in Ye Congwen's method, which also made the Buddha's heart to support the Xuanyuan royal family completely shaken.

Today I saw Ye Congwen Zun,

Naturally, it is necessary to ask clearly. Hearing Ye Congwen's question, the Buddha thought about it and said the question in his heart without hesitation:

"If you do this, how will you fight against the invasion of the three great gods in the future? After all, this tax is not enough to support your demon hunters, so where does the tax money come from, such as demon exorcists, scale-control hands, and monks who block demon birds and different scales? ”

"Disbanded them all, won't there be no need for taxes from now on?"

"It's all disbanded, who will stop the invasion of the three major gods?"

"Ancestor Buddha, have you ever thought that in fact, demon birds, monsters, and alien scales don't look down on our human race at all?

They don't know how to farm and raise pigs, so what do you want us to do with this land?

Think about it yourself, who is the main body of the invasion over the years? Is it because the three major god races come to our human race to snatch the divine medicine and holy medicine, or are there many people in our human race who go to the Nine Heavens Plateau of the Demon Beast Mountain Range and the East China Sea to snatch things? ”

Ye Congwen said disapprerovingly, many problems are actually very simple, when you change positions and don't look at problems from the standpoint of the human race, all problems will be solved.

"This, this—"

The Buddha was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Senior, the three of us came non-stop from the East China Sea, and we didn't even have time to drink hot tea, should we find a gazebo and talk about it slowly?"

Ye Congwen was afraid that there were many people in this Daxiong Treasure Palace, and those sweeping miscellaneous servants were likely to have been bought by the Xuanyuan royal family, so he immediately wanted to find a place to talk quietly and slowly.

I just took the opportunity to take a break, and after half a month's journey, the three of them were already exhausted.

"Master, let's go to the pavilion in the backyard, where the mountains and rivers are surrounded by cool breezes

, just enough to give Young Master Ye a way to relieve the heat and drive away the heat. ”

The Buddha knew what Ye Congwen meant, so he hurriedly recommended a good place, acted as a tea boy, and made a pot of tea and walked to the pavilion first.

Ye Congwen and the three of them followed behind the Buddha, passed through the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and passed through several courtyards in a row, and then came to a quiet place surrounded by mountains and rivers.

A cool breeze blew in their faces, Xu Linglong and Yu Yueyue both felt a lot more comfortable, and they also sat down next to Ye Congwen.

The Buddha stood aside pouring tea and water, looking at Ye Congwen and Yu Yueyue from time to time, and sighed in his heart.

are all people from the same genius event, why is the gap so big? He is still struggling in the Soul Refining Mage Realm, these two have already become the power of the God King Realm and the masters of the True Saint Realm, which is simply too shocking.

"Little monk, why are you sighing? Are you dissatisfied that your master didn't stand up for you just now? ”

Xu Linglong was alert and smart, and she could see the Buddha's mind at a glance, and while the Buddha was still brewing a topic, she rushed to ask.

"Hall Master Xu laughed, how could I blame the master? It is the little monk himself whose skills are not as good as others, and it is natural to be humiliated by others. ”

The Buddha hurriedly shook his head and denied it.

"Inferior skills? As the saying goes, only a master who can't teach his disciples, you are still dissatisfied with your master!

They are also disciples, Dao Zun's apprentices have all become true saints, and the apprentices of the Demon God King are even more powerful, and they have all advanced to the God King realm!

You are all the same age, you are even a few years older than the two of them, but you are a lot lower than them, that is not your master's responsibility, is it your responsibility? ”

Xu Linglong said at length, no

Waiting for the Buddha to answer, he struck again:

"Don't quibble in front of me, help your master find a reason. Who doesn't know that the Buddha is gifted in cultivation, and he also cultivates diligently without distractions.

You Buddhism has strict rules, unlike the two of them, who hug each other all day long, and spend a lot of time on romance, love, and scolding.

So your slow progress is not your reason at all, if you think about it carefully, could it be that your master is not doing his job, letting his apprentice not teach well, and traveling all over the world all day long is like a shopkeeper, a dog takes a mouse, and is nosy.

Delayed your cultivation and caused you to fall far behind your peers? ”

Hearing Xu Linglong's connotation of himself, the Buddha was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Xu Linglong was speaking for Ye Congwen.

smiled slightly, and hurriedly said sincerely:

"Master led the way into the door, and the cultivation was personal. Great Monk, I don't have an innate treasure chaos coffin, how can I help my disciples ascend to the God King realm in a short period of time like Lord Xu?

However, Lao Wei has been busy with mundane affairs in the past few years, and he has indeed ignored the progress of the apprentice's cultivation, which is Lao Gao's mistake. ”

"Busy with mundane business? Big-eared monk, do you still remember the official position of the national teacher in the Great Xia Dynasty?

I can't see it, you're still an official fan! Let me ask you, how expensive are you this year? ”

Xu Linglong asked aggressively.

"Lao Wei is seven hundred and thirty-five this year, ten years younger than Senior Brother Daozun, Xu Hall Lord is a real nobleman, when I was three hundred years old, you made me a big longevity peach, and forced me to eat it.

Now that I think about it, it was the most sustained meal in my life

Times. ”

As soon as he heard the Buddha talk about the past, not only the Buddha, but even Yu Yueyue showed curious eyes, only Ye Congwen did not change at all, because he had already heard Xu Linglong show off.

"I think you're a noble man who forgets things, right? Xuanyuan has given you the title of national teacher, and you have become a dignitary, have you forgotten your master's last words?

As the head of the family, we always regard the inheritance of the Taoist system as more important than life, and cultivating apprentices and inheriting the mantle are the top priorities!

You are 735 years old today, and even if you live to be 800 years old, you will only have 65 years left.

I said something unpleasant, in case you hang up in advance, who will pass on the inheritance of your Buddhism to the next generation?

The Buddha is still just a refining mage of the Divine Bridge Realm, and there are six great realms to climb behind him: Demigods, Demigods, True Gods, True Saints, and Immortal Realms.

But in order to help the Xuanyuan royal family control the world, you have traveled all over the world for many years, in case the Buddha has an accident while climbing, do you regret it? ”