Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 347 I Really Want to Live Another 19 Years ()

In the capital, a certain family was separated from the noble family in time, and the Yuhua Restaurant was preserved. Many officials who could actually be considered as branches of the noble family, but had long since declined and were not involved in this purge, but were promoted instead. After leaving the court, they found excuses and spent nearly four hours to come to the underground restaurant to gather.

“You should all know the content of today’s meeting. You must be extra cautious in such gatherings in the future.

If you can avoid gathering, don’t gather, just in case.”

"Indeed, when that so-called Mountain and River State Map was taken out, I broke out in a cold sweat. There is no secret in this world for her. Fortunately, the Mountain and River State Map does not seem to be able to see the situation in the house, otherwise I really wouldn't even dare to say a word."

"Alas, who isn't like that? Before finding loopholes in the Mountain and River State Map, everyone should be more cautious and disciplined, and hold themselves to the standards of a saint.

Also, cancel all the original plans."

"Are you referring to the petition to release a group of young and learned people from Lingnan to teach and redeem themselves for their crimes?"

“Not only that, we have to stop the plan of secretly finding a group of commoners’ sons to send to Lingnan to replace our noble family children. With this map of mountains, rivers, and the country always watching us from unknown directions, we can’t hide it unless all our actions are carried out underground.

If we were trapped in it too.

Then our family will be completely ruined."

"Actually, this is good. I used to dislike those direct descendants. Now they are in trouble. We have not gained any benefits. Why should we save them? Now that we can't save them, I feel better.

At least we can tell the elders in the clan that it’s not that we don’t want to rescue them, but we are powerless. If we really rescue them, our clan will be completely destroyed.”

"Indeed, if those direct descendants had not been completely exiled, how would we have had the opportunity to turn things around? I really don't know if those elders are sick. Moreover, with the promotion of Wenchang Stone and Wuyun Stone, the aristocratic families in the world will not only be destroyed, but they will not even have the chance to revive."

"Perhaps, we should have given up hope a long time ago. How can humans fight against gods? The aristocratic families that countless wise rulers throughout the dynasties had difficulty dealing with could not last more than half a year in her hands. From now on, we should give up the so-called glory of our ancestors and just work with her honestly."

“Once the Mountain and River State Map is released, the operation of deceiving the superiors and the subordinates and making the emperor blind and deaf will no longer work if we don’t cooperate. The Wenchang Stone and the Wuyun Stone will completely destroy the foundation of the existence of the aristocratic family.

How can we have the energy to resist?
If you have that much time, you might as well try to accomplish more merits and buy yourself or even your parents a few Life-Creating Pills. If you can live to be a hundred and twenty years old, then your life will be worth it. The First Emperor and Emperor Wu of Han were not as good as us. After all, they sought immortality all their lives, but all the results were in vain.

Instead, we encountered it.”

"Forget it, forget it. We won't gather here anymore. The past is just like a passing cloud. When we meet again in the future, we will just be colleagues and there will be no other private interactions."

In fact, it was not just them. All the officials attending the court meeting had basically given up the idea of ​​rescuing the aristocratic families and doing things secretly. Those who were doing things or were about to do things hurriedly began to erase their traces.

Even if the arrow is on the string, it has to be shot.

They all quickly cut the bowstrings.

He would rather hurt himself than implement the plan.

If the court officials had some unsteady thoughts before, now they have finally calmed down and accepted their fate. Bai Sheng can easily see through quantum satellites and artificial intelligence that there are fewer small movements in various places. Many people have not only become more obedient, but also started to work actively to earn credit.

Prepare for the Yao Chi grand event on New Year's Day.

After all, if they miss this Yao Chi event, they will have to wait another year. If they are ill or their parents have some disease, they may not be able to wait until next year.

Therefore, if possible, they would certainly like to gain enough merits this time to exchange for the Fortune Pill.

With such active efforts of everyone.

Time quickly came to New Year's Day.

The New Year's Day court meeting is much simpler and easier than the Winter Solstice court meeting. After all, it is the New Year, and unless the situation is particularly serious and has happened recently, it will generally be either dealt with in advance or postponed.

So as not to disturb the New Year atmosphere.

Therefore, in reality, the New Year's Day court meeting can be said to have ended in harmony. After it ended, it was natural for the Yaochi Banquet to begin. Those who had enough merits entered the inner court, while those who did not have enough merits stayed in the outer court.

At the same time, they are allowed to bring their families with them.

And it’s self-service.

In addition, Bai Sheng only showed up at the outer court banquet and then entered the inner court, so the atmosphere of the outer court banquet was generally relaxed and harmonious. It was a little restrained at the beginning, but soon became lively and noisy.

"Oh my god, these are lychees, and there are also winter melons. There are also peaches, and they are so big. How come there are so many colors of grapes and they are so big? They must be grapes. She is indeed worthy of being the Queen Mother. This is the real Yaochi feast, with all the delicious fruits of the four seasons. It is truly a miracle."

"More than that, look at these shrimps, each one is as big as a baby's arm, and they are said to be caught in the South China Sea."

“These wild mushrooms are all fresh.

Since I came to Shendu, I haven't eaten fresh mushrooms, only dried mushrooms. Mother, please try some."

"I don't know what the real Yaochi looks like."

Since she has already claimed to be the Queen Mother of the West, Bai Sheng naturally would not hesitate to prepare some good things for the banquet, and this was already quite restrained.

After all, she just took some ordinary fruits and vegetables.

None of the spiritual items were taken out.

But even so, the fresh fruits and vegetables from all over the world all year round were enough to shock the civil and military officials in the court. After all, these days, lychees in season are more valuable than gold, not to mention lychees out of season. Even dried lychees can be sold at extremely high prices.

At the same time, a banquet was taking place in the inner court.

The fruit and vegetable ingredients are not much different from those in the outer court, except that they are made more delicately. The only difference is that after eating and drinking, they are rewarded with one to three Shengsheng Zaohua Pills according to their merits. The one with the greatest merit got three pills. The pills given to them this time are refined pills with a shelf life of half a year.

The pill bottle has a seal, and the pill stopper has a seal.

The beeswax outside the pill also has a true essence seal.

These seals stacked together are enough to ensure that the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill can be safely stored outside for half a year without being opened. After half a year, the vitality inside the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill will begin to dissipate, but now it will take about half a year for it to completely dissipate.

In the future, as time goes by, the speed at which the vitality of the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill dissipates should continue to slow down, but no matter how much it slows down, a pill can only be preserved for three to five years at most. People will die, stones will decay, and the sun will die. What's more, pills must have a shelf life!

The elixirs in Bai Sheng's personal dimension were all specially stored in a temporary time-still space, which is why they have not become ineffective over the years.

Otherwise, those pills would have become useless long ago.

It has even decayed into ashes.

After bestowing the Life-Prolonging Pill, Bai Sheng also launched several other pills, such as the Xihua Taimiaoyuan Pill which could extend one's life for sixty years, the Anti-aging Pill which could keep one's youth for sixty years, and the Rejuvenating Pill which could truly restore youth. The Life-Prolonging Pill could not actually restore youth, but it could restore the user's appearance to the best condition for his current age, making him look a lot younger.

But strictly speaking it is not rejuvenation.

For example, the Princess Taiping today, she just looks younger, but she has not really returned to her youth.

If you take the Rejuvenating Pill, you can restore your appearance to that of sixteen. If you take the Anti-aging Pill, you can stay sixteen for sixty years and never age.

Although these pills have magical functions, they are actually made by Bai Sheng using Xihua Taimiao Yuanqi.

These functions all involve the divine duties of the Queen Mother of the West.

It may be difficult for Bai Sheng to produce in large quantities at this time, but there is no problem in producing in small quantities.

It's a good reward besides salary.

"Great Lord, no, mother, can you give me a Rejuvenating Pill and a Preserving Pill?" Needless to say, these two kinds of pills were so attractive to Princess Taiping that she directly asked Bai Sheng for them.

Based on her past experience.

It shouldn't be difficult.

After all, her mother would always favor her more. However, Bai Sheng shook his head and refused: "No, remember what I told you at the family dinner after the winter solstice meeting, the Life-giving Creation Pill I gave you was my last favor.

If you want, fine. What about merits?

You haven't done much these days.

In the future, this exchange form will be circulated throughout the country. It will not only be available to all officials and nobles, but also to common people and craftsmen, as long as they have made enough contributions, such as making some inventions.

If you want to exchange, go and work."

Bai Sheng's attitude was very firm, and she was not prepared to make concessions in this regard. Although in reality, no one could say anything if she made concessions in this regard, and everyone could even understand it. After all, it was reasonable to be nice to one's own family, and this had been the case since ancient times.

But how can you get something for nothing?
She is busy promoting her belief in the Queen Mother of the West. She also cannot take time off to govern the country. She also needs to expand the territory and climb the technology tree. She is busy all day long. Naturally, she cannot let the children be idle, otherwise she will feel uncomfortable. Oh, she is so narrow-minded.

Then, Princess Taiping was a little depressed, but there was nothing she could say. She could only accept it and try harder next year.

Then came the end of the Yao Chi Banquet.

During the Chinese New Year, we have a full half-month paid leave.

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After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the court, which had been basically stagnant for half a month, started to function again, and all the plans that had been set last year were quickly implemented. Including the new official seals and the mass-produced Wenchang Stones and Wuyun Stones, they were also distributed one after another after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The entire Great Zhou began to operate at high speed.

Compared to other operations that were not so easy to see obvious results, the border army expedition was undoubtedly the fastest to see results. Three months later, whether it was the Later Turks or Tubo, or the nearby Zhenla, Silla and other neighboring countries, all of which were destroyed. Their officials and nobles, except those who were killed during the war and those who were killed during the trial of crimes, were left with very few.

Originally, I wanted to pack up and send them all to Lingnan, but later I took into consideration that they lived too far north and would probably suffer from severe acclimatization problems if they went to Lingnan.

So later they were sent to the black soil.

That place is now a wilderness and needs a large number of manpower to cultivate it. People from the south may not be able to adapt to the place, so sending them there can reduce casualties.

Of course, here we are specifically referring to the Later Turks and Tubo. As for other countries, they mainly exchanged them with each other, for example, sending Silla captives to Zhenla, and sending Zhenla captives to Silla. Even if they were noble officials, they would not be able to make any waves when they came to a place where they had no connections and could not even speak the language.

And after the territory has advanced to this point.

Bai Sheng temporarily stopped his external attacks because his territory was too large and his population was too small. There were not enough people and it would take at least sixty to seventy or even a hundred years to slow down.

So the next step is to mainly govern the newly occupied territories.

Encourage childbirth, popularize education, and develop science and technology.

There are too many operations, such as exemption of head tax, and if there is one more person in the family, you can get dozens to one hundred acres of land. If you choose a ranch, if there is one more person, you can get one or two thousand acres of ranch.

Since there are few people now, let's divide it up.

When looking back is not enough, continue to hit outwards.

Of course, these distributed lands still belong to the country. If a person dies, they will be taken back. If they are not taken back, no matter how much land the country has, it will not be enough to distribute.

As long as the subsidies are sufficient.

Don't be afraid of having no life.

Education is undoubtedly simpler. It is mandatory for all citizens to receive education, and three meals a day are provided free of charge. Private schools at the village, township and county levels are all free. Schools above that are not free, but interest-free loans can be provided, and as long as you find time to pay them off within the next ten years after graduation.

There are Wenchang Stone and Wuyun Stone.

Even teachers’ salaries can be saved.

The development of science and technology will have to be postponed. Bai Sheng will only establish the industries that must be state-owned in advance, such as the salt and iron industries. The rest of the industries should be able to develop on their own as batches of students successfully graduate.

In addition, various high-tech means were used to transform the state-owned lands that had not yet been distributed into large-scale farms and ranches in order to produce enough resources. These resources, as well as income from state-owned industries, normal taxes and the countless assets copied from aristocratic families were used to produce them.

Including the wealth gained from destroying many countries later.

Enough to easily cover those previous expenses.

It can be said that from this year on, the entire Great Zhou entered a fairly long period of vigorous development. People's lives were changing with each passing day. Development was taking place everywhere, and infrastructure was being built everywhere. The south was constantly destroying vegetation and reclaiming wasteland for planting, while the northwest was constantly returning farmland to forests and fixing sand.

Water conservancy projects such as the Yellow River control also kicked off.

That’s right, we must plant trees in the Northwest!!!

In fact, although the decline of the Guanlong clans was related to the suppression of the Li Tang royal family, the more core reason was the deterioration of the environment in the Guanlong region.

The concept of sustainable development also existed in ancient times.

But it is not necessarily well implemented.

Chang'an and the sacred capital Luoyang, as the capitals of the Tang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, inevitably gathered a large population and required the construction of a large number of buildings. At that time, there was no cement and few bricks and tiles. Most buildings were wooden structures, especially the construction of the imperial palace, which required a large number of huge trees. In addition, the people mostly burned firewood for cooking in their daily lives, and charcoal was only enjoyed by the nobles.

Ordinary civilians seldom burn charcoal.

Moreover, charcoal is different from coal. Charcoal is actually made by burning wood or bamboo, and it is not the same thing as coal, so burning charcoal is the same as burning wood.

By the late Tang Dynasty, it was already difficult to find some relatively large wood to build the imperial palace. The heyday of carpentry mortise and tenon structure was also based on this situation. If there were no large enough wood, the only thing to do was to use multiple small pieces of wood to piece together a large one?
The palace can’t be built too shabby.

The imperial palaces built in some later dynasties were not as magnificent as those in the heyday of the Tang and Han dynasties, but we cannot blame later generations for not being capable enough.

The key is that all the good stuff has been used up.

It will be of no use to future generations.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty, when it was at its peak, that the emperors were able to bring back some huge timber from further south. The imperial palaces and emperors' mausoleums were built to a slightly higher grade, with the timber being of good quality as well, and they barely had some of the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

There were not many giant trees in the south during the Qing Dynasty, so they had to go further south to find them. The cost was really too outrageous, so Qian Xiaosi had to steal wood from the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum to build his own imperial mausoleum.

The situation in Guanlong was already very bad at this time.

Why did the original body move the capital? Although there are many factors, the deteriorating environment in Chang'an and the difficulty in maintaining nearby resources and wood supply are also major factors.

It was only because it was in a warm period that it was able to hold on for many more years, but as soon as the warm period ended, it began to collapse.

Therefore, while developing the hot and humid areas in the south such as Lingnan, Bai Sheng is also working hard to restore the ecological environment in the Guanlong Northwest and other areas, and the trees he planted are relatively cold-resistant. Because the warm period will end in a few decades, the temperature here will drop a lot, and if he plants trees that are not cold-resistant, they will freeze to death.

Just kidding, citrus fruits can be grown in Chang'an now.

In another hundred years, where will the crops survive?

Although the officials did not quite understand, Bai Sheng still insisted on carrying it out. After all, she not only had to consider the current situation, but also the situation when the warm period would end in a few decades. By then, it would most likely not only be a problem of the end of the warm period, but also a problem of the precipitation line moving south.

These are the consequences of the end of the warm period.

Today, the entire northwest region is very suitable for farming, with sufficient precipitation and temperature. However, as the warm period ends, not only will the temperature drop, but precipitation will also shift to the south and begin to decrease. By then, the grain output of the entire northwest will drop precipitously, and even many crops will become unsuitable for cultivation here.

Bai Sheng will undoubtedly be able to live for several decades.

So of course you have to make some preparations in advance.

Now the precipitation line in our country is moving northward, which means we have caught up with another new warm period.