Speaking of their respective ambitions, Liu Xiu is indeed a little smaller. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Grass people and grass people, life is like grass mustard. Master Wei tasted, "Merchants want to be rich and rival the country, warriors want to be feuded for thousands of miles, literati want to be famous through the ages, emperors want to be emperors through the ages, and immortals want to live forever." And the grass people only want to live like grass mustard, but they can't get it, it's a pity, it's a pity!"

After saying a few words of pity, Master Wei said again: "Now the Huaihe River dam is in disrepair and needs to be repaired. The rainy season is coming, the flood season is coming, and if the dam is not repaired in time, it may cause flooding. You can have a way to control the river!"

Zhang Juzheng said: "I am willing to personally supervise the construction of the river dam for the officials of the river dam, and ensure that the river dam is safe and not washed away by the flood when the flood season comes!"

Master Wei said: "His heart is commendable, I can recommend you as an official of the river!"

Jing Xingdao: "Governing the river, I'm not good, I won't!"

Li Si said: "I am willing to assist Brother Zhang to build a river dam!"

Master Wei said: "Okay, I will recommend you as a deputy!"

Wu Qi smiled and said: "I'm a soldier, it's okay to fight on the battlefield, build a river dam, I won't!"

Jiang Xue said: "I am willing to provide some material transactions, and I can give preferential prices!"

Master Wei said: "Very good, I will apply to the officials to buy the materials of Tianxing Commercial Bank, I hope the price is fair and the quality is high!"

Saying that, Master Wei took a look at Ji Yue and Fan Qingying, both of whom were disciples of the Xianmen.

Ji Yue, a disciple of the Cold Moon Palace, said: "In my sect, there are golden armor puppets with infinite power, and they can contribute a hundred to help build the dam!"

Fan Qingying, a disciple of Taiyi Sect, said: "In my sect, there are giant spirit puppets that can help build the river dam, and they can contribute a hundred!"

"There's no need for this!" Master Wei said: "Immortals are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the court, this is against the agreement between the empire and the immortals!"

As he spoke, Master Wei looked at Liu Xiu again and said, "Do you have a way to manage the river dam?"

"I have something to help build a dam!" Liu Xiu said, "It's called cement!"

As he spoke, Liu Xiu's body moved, took out the paper, ink, pen and inkstone from the burden behind him, put it on the ground, fixed the paper with a wooden board, and began to write.

Generals, armies are weapons, merchants, money is weapons, emperors, power is weapons, immortals, immortals are weapons, gods, faith is weapons, and scholars, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are weapons.

At all times, hold the weapon in your hand tightly in order not to suffer.

Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are Liu Xiu's weapons, and they naturally need to be carried by their side at all times.

Lifting the pen, Liu Xiu quickly wrote, writing out the manufacturing method of cement, the method of use, the use effect, the precautions, etc.

Then he handed it to Master Wei.

There are some things that the mouth can't say clearly, or pen and ink writing, which is the most realistic.

Soon, Mr. Wei finished reading the cement method written on the paper.

"It's not enough, seeing is believing!" said Master Wei, and began to summon the slaves, making cement, and testing the effect himself. As for the living room, a few guests have long been discarded.

The so-called Xie Yuan, Wu Zhuangyuan, disciples of the sage family, heirs of the Great Chamber of Commerce, disciples of the Xianmen, etc., are not as important as cement.

By this time, the servants had already brought out the tea for the guests to taste. At this moment, everyone was looking at Liu Xiu, their eyes had changed slightly, and the contempt of the young man before had become important.

The young man in front of him does not have a huge family background or a deep background, but he has a wise heart.

About half an hour later, Master Wei came back and said, "I have checked the effect of cement, and it is indeed so, it can be said to be the best material for casting a river dam and building a city. Although the cement is ordinary, it is very useful, you do it very well, very well!"

Good, good!

A few simple evaluations, but they made everyone jealous.

Especially Ji Yue of the Cold Moon Palace, the Taiyi Sect Fan Qingying was even more jealous, they were from the Xianmen, and they were high, and they contributed the puppets in the sect to build the river dam, but they were rejected by Master Wei. And now, this humble scholar has only contributed cement and vulgar things, which has been appreciated by Master Wei.

As if seeing everyone's dissatisfaction, Master Wei said lightly: "It's better to give it a fish than to give it a fish." Relying on the protection of the imperial court, the people are always lambs, invincible to tigers and wolves, and it is not the way to govern the people; only when the people know the way of unremitting self-improvement is the best way to govern the people!"

"In ancient times, there were sages and emperors, who proposed that the officials and gentry pay for food as a whole, and now the immortal road is also a part of humanity, and I am the head of the immortal gate, and I am willing to pay taxes to the imperial court and realize labor?"

Taiyi Sect said in the shadow of the sect.

Suddenly, everyone present looked sideways, it can be said that if you don't make a move, it will be earth-shattering.

Liu Xiu was also secretly amazed and courageous in his heart.

In the past, the gentry did not need to pay grain, but later a virtuous king appeared, and proposed that the gentry pay grain in one piece, which reduced the burden on the people and improved the storage of the treasury, which was considered a good governance.

And now, it is to realize the integration of the immortal road and the grain, what a courage this is.

On the Endless Continent, it can be described as a groundbreaking event.

But now, it is to be realized, bordering on madness. And this crazy proposition was not put forward by a minister hostile to the Xianmen, but by a disciple of the Xianmen.

No matter how you look at it, it's a little weird.

"This matter needs to be pondered by the monarch!" Bachelor Wei said lightly, not to mention refusal, nor to talk about joy.

After talking for a while, they left each other.

Only Liu Xiu stayed for the time being, as if he wanted to discuss some matters of cement.

............

"What do you think of the seven of them?" asked Master Wei.

Liu Xiudao: "The dragon and the phoenix among the people!"

Master Wei asked again, "What do you think of [Immortal Dao Grain]?"

Liu Xiu said: "I don't know!"

I don't know, I just don't know, don't talk nonsense, it's embarrassing.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Bachelor Wei asked, "It's okay if it's wrong!"

"In ancient times, there were officials and gentry who paid food in one piece, which seemed to be extremely wise, but in fact, they made a stupid move!" Liu Xiu said lightly: "If you get it, you will pay." What the imperial court got was that the gentry paid grain and increased the revenue of the state treasury, while the gentry got that the imperial power was not in the township, and the county was autonomous. In the short term, it will increase the country's income, but in the long run, it will do more harm than good!"

Politics is more about mutual compromise.

The emperor levied taxes on the gentry, which seemed to be the victory of the imperial power over the gentry, which expanded the fiscal revenue and increased the autocratic centralization; in fact, when the gentry were taxed, they also compromised with the gentry, and the imperial power did not go to the countryside, but the countryside realized autonomy and became the nominal emperor of the soil, but instead compressed the emperor's power.

Moreover, even if the gentry were admitted to pay taxes, the gentry had a hundred ways to collude with the local officials to reduce tax payments and transfer the burden to the people.

"There are gains and losses!" Wei said, "Paying grain to Xianmen seems to expand the power of the imperial court and the prestige of the imperial court, but it also allows Xianmen to intensify its infiltration and control of the imperial court, and hollow out the power of the imperial court." The imperial court has just become a puppet of the Xianmen, and in the long run, the country will not be a country!"

"The immortal sect demagogues people with immortality, saying that cultivating immortals can lead to immortality, but there are a few who have achieved immortals, and there are a few who are immortal. Xianmen has recruited talented people everywhere, causing many talented people to become obsessed with immortality, forgetting their responsibilities and forgetting to serve the country and the people; they are trampling on laws everywhere, and killing people everywhere with the slogan of killing demons and demons. In the name of detachment from the red dust, Xianmen does not know the suffering of the people, regards the people as ants, kills at will, and destroys the legal system of the world. What's more, the imperial power is elevated, the court is used as a puppet, and the destruction everywhere can be called the moth of the country, and the chaos of the country is there. Whenever the empire declines, it is the people of the immortal sect who enter the world, choose the Ming monarch, and disturb the world. And whenever Chaotian is powerful, he will always take action to exterminate the sect and exterminate those immortal sects!"