Saint Immortal Way

The Great Kuang Dynasty was shaken again, Donglai Kingdom and Izumo Kingdom became vassals successively, which is a good thing for the whole country to celebrate together.

It is also strange that the civil and military officials of the Great Kuang Dynasty did not know the specific situation of Donglai Kingdom and Izumo Kingdom. If they knew that these two countries were already controlled by Lu Yang and Huangji Saint, then they would not be called vassals, but directly annexed.

Just because they didn't know the situation of Donglai Kingdom and Izumo Kingdom, Lu Yang and Huangji Shengren acted quickly, submitted the forms one after another, and immediately entered the feudal domain smoothly.

It will probably take a year or half a year until the Great Kuang Dynasty knows the situation of the two countries. Even the Great Kuang Dynasty has not known the situation of the two countries for several years.

Da Kuang is naturally a kingdom of the heavens, and the matter of the small feudal kingdom would not be clear unless some interested people inquired carefully or went to investigate in person.

On the East China Sea, the chain islands are shrouded in demonic aura. Unknown sea ships will lose their way here, and many sea ships dare not go to Dongzhou.

However, the ships under Lu Yang's control are not included in this list. After years of layout, the ships directly or indirectly controlled by Lu Yang accounted for more than [-]% of the ships of the entire Great Kuang Dynasty.This is a very large and impressive number, and it is not too much for Lu Yang's interest group to be called a giant.

Almost every day, a large number of sea ships depart from the coast of the Great Kuang Dynasty, or pass through the East China Sea, bypass the chain islands, and go directly to Donglai Country and Izumo Country.Or go straight down to Zezhou, Hezhou, and Yanzhou, and arrive at the Millennium City and the South China Sea.

These two sea routes covered the two major sea areas of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, making the territory of the Great Kuang Dynasty reach an unprecedented level and bringing huge and incomparable benefits.Especially the countries of Nanhai, Donglai and Izumo. These countries are rich in gold, but the production of gold in the eleven prefectures of Dakuang has always been insufficient.Yanzhou is rich in gems of various colors, but gems are not hard currency, and cannot solve the problem of gold production.

Shiploads of supplies were transported by sea to the countries of Nanhai, Donglai and Izumo, and they were exchanged for a large amount of gold, which greatly increased the imperial court's revenue.

In the winter of the seventh year of Longyun, the northern war ended, the northern barbarians were defeated, and the casualties exceeded one million.

The land of the north, the land of ice and ice in the Arctic, is no longer a place of alienation, but the No.12 state of the Great Marsh—Beizhou.

The victory of the Great Kuang Dynasty in the northern war shocked the surrounding countries. The Aolai Kingdom of Dongzhou and the Kingdom of Shenqiu were panicked. , Emperor Wen was overjoyed, agreed one by one, and sent envoys to the two countries to establish embassies.

So far, except for the most distant Qingsang Kingdom in Dongzhou, all other countries have become the legitimate sphere of influence of the Great Kuang Dynasty.

"What kind of place is Qingsang Country?" Lu Yang turned to ask Saint Huangji.

Yang Huaxi showed a strange look, "Qingsang Country is different from other Eastern Continent countries. Qingsang Country has no so-called ruler, there are only tribes, and three strange races of Qingsang, Qingliu and Jinnara live together. .”

In the Temple of Great Lord Yan Luo in Donglai Kingdom, Lu Yang was silent for a while, "What is so strange about the three clans?"

"Green Sang Country is a country of forests. There are three kinds of sacred trees, one is the big green mulberry tree, the second is the big eucalyptus tree, and the third is the green bodhi tree. These three kinds of sacred trees are ancient tree species with unknown mysteries. The three alien races enshrine one of the sacred trees as the sacred tree of their own race, and various magical spells are derived."

"Green mulberry, toon tree, bodhi..." Lu Yang recited it twice, his heart fluttered slightly. Speaking of ancient tree species, each one is not simple, and they are all trees with strong vitality that can reproduce to this day.

"All the countries in Eastern Continent have been included in the imperial dynasty's influence, except for the Qingsang country... I think the imperial dynasty will definitely attack the Qingsang country, and will not let the Qingsang country wander outside the imperial dynasty's sphere of influence!" The sage Huangji waved his hand.

"Shall I go and take a look?" Lu Yang thought a little.

Saint Huangji was silent for a while, and sighed: "The four kingdoms have already been destroyed, and our Donglai Kingdom and Izumo Kingdom have already divided them up and incorporated them into our territory. If we covet Qingsang Kingdom again, I'm afraid it will cause criticism!"

Lu Yang naturally knew this, so he couldn't bear it these days, "It's not about controlling Qingsang Country, I just want to take a look. I'm still more interested in those three alien races!"

"Are you interested in the Qingsang Clan, Qingliao Clan, and Kinnara Clan?" Saint Huangji was a little surprised.

"According to the senior, those three alien races are not proficient in wood spirit magic?" Lu Yang laughed.

"No!" Huangji Shengren shook his head, "The Qingsang tribe is good at wood spirit magic and fire making, while the Qinglian tribe is good at poisoning, and Jinnara is good at singing and dancing, and at the same time is good at using life magic!"

"..."

Lu Yang shook his head, feeling rather emotional: "The Dynasty has shown signs of great prosperity. The surrounding countries of the Dynasty have been shocked and will soon be included in the Dynasty's territory. The spread of the Holy Way will inevitably spread to all the spheres of influence controlled by the Dynasty. From south to north, from east to west, without exception!"

"Isn't this exactly what the scholars of my dynasty hoped for?"

"It's still too slow, too slow..." Lu Yang shook his head, dissatisfied: "There are still many mountains and seas beyond the four seas. Even though our Great Kuang Dynasty occupied the surrounding countries, the holy way has only spread to the surrounding areas. But what about beyond the four seas?"

"The dynasty can continue to expand its borders until it occupies more continents..." Saint Huangji hesitated.

"Haha..." Lu Yang chuckled lightly, looked at the pretty face of Saint Huangji, and asked, "Senior thinks so?"

"..." Saint Huangji also felt that something was wrong, and he didn't quite understand what Lu Yang really meant.

"Since the establishment of the dynasty, it has been more than four hundred years. The territory of the dynasty is already huge enough. Now the territory has almost doubled. It is not known how much manpower and material resources are needed to govern, so... Seniors think how much the Great Kuang Dynasty will open. Is the territory suitable, or is it possible to expand the territory without restrictions?"

Saint Huangji suddenly understood.

Although the dynasty is flourishing, it is obviously unrealistic to expand its borders without restrictions. It is not easy to include this continent, not to mention that there are many continents beyond the four seas... there are still many barbarians in those With existence and powerful practitioners, it is almost unimaginable for the Great Kuang Dynasty to conquer all the overseas countries.

The larger the territory, the more difficult it is to govern, especially overseas territories, which are often beyond our reach.

Looking at the current South China Sea Kingdom and the Eastern Continent countries, it is not difficult to see that the Kuang Dynasty was willing to use them as vassal states instead of occupying them with a large army. Territories that are too far away are difficult to conquer with a large army.

The dynasty cannot afford all kinds of consumption alone.

In recent years, the military has been used everywhere, although the dynasty has gained a lot, but to a certain extent, it is also a waste of people and money, so many contradictions have gradually emerged within the dynasty.

If the dynasty does not stop for a few years, recharges its energy and stores up energy again, and recuperates with the people, I am afraid that the dynasty will be unstable.

"Expanding the territory and spreading the holy way, no matter what it is, it is not a matter of a day..." Huangji Shengren sighed.

Lu Yang shook his head: "Otherwise, there is still a way to expand the borders wildly, but the existing system of the dynasty needs to be changed..."

"How to change?" Saint Huangji was surprised.

"Encourage private navigation, encourage private force, encourage private overseas establishment of a country, encourage overseas colonization..." Lu Yang talked about several encouraging policies in succession.

Saint Huangji twitched his eyebrows a few times, slightly surprised, thought about it again, and shook his head: "Every item is a major policy, and it is no small matter!"

"It is precisely because of the greatness that the dynasty will explode with unparalleled potential!"

"The court will not agree, at least not in a short period of time!" The sage Huangji sighed, whether it is to encourage civilian navigation, encourage private force, or establish a country or colonize overseas, it is against the interests of the dynasty.

Where can a country's important weapon be mastered by private individuals?

But just this one is enough to make the dynasty afraid.

Once you let go of these things, the troubles in the future will become huge. Maybe in the future, everyone will tear up the land and seal the borders, and the country will not be a country!

Another example is colonization. The Confucian class in the imperial dynasty will never agree. It’s not that they have no interests, but that colonization is extremely inconsistent with their sagely thinking.

Scholars attach great importance to benevolence and courtesy, so what's the matter with colonization?

Thinking of these, Lu Yang felt helpless.Although the Great Kuang Dynasty was prosperous, its sagely thinking had its narrow side, and it was difficult to quickly adapt to the current era of rapid changes.

Lu Yang was silent for a long time before he said: "So, after thinking for a long time, I realized that it is not appropriate to use the country to preach the Tao. The country and the Tao should be separated. The country is the country, the Tao is the Tao, and the Tao should be taught. In a country, the road is not easy, but the teaching will last forever!"

Sage Huangji was stunned, thinking carefully about Lu Yang's words.

There is no country that lasts ten thousand years, and Taoism should be preached by teaching, not by country.

That's true... Now in the Great Kuang Dynasty, the relationship between the holy way and the national dynasty is too close, and some places are not clear. The dynasty preaches everywhere, instead of relying solely on the expansion of the empire's territory, and preaches wherever the dynasty reaches. This is really a lack of progress and slow progress.

Seeing the color on the brows of the Huangji sage, Lu Yang continued: "There must be many far-sighted Confucians in the Hundred Saints Temple, and they must know this truth. Now is the time to change, otherwise, how can my holy way adapt to the new situation and quickly spread across thousands of mountains and rivers?!"

"Preaching Tao through teaching..." Huangji sage murmured several times, then raised his head and said, "For the court, this is a rebuke to the court, but teaching Tao through teaching is indeed a trend. I don't know how to do it?"

"Of course it's Fujiao!" Lu Yang laughed.

"Helping education..." Sage Huangji smiled wryly. Once the Baisheng Taimiao supports education, the strength of supporting the country will definitely decrease. In the future, the Baishengtai Temple will evolve from supporting education to supporting an overseas state that integrates politics and religion.

With such a trend, the Holy Way represented by the Baishengtai Temple must far surpass the Great Kuang Dynasty and become the supreme religion of all countries.The Baishengtai Temple and the Great Kuang Dynasty will part ways in the end...

If Emperor Wen heard Lu Yang's words, how would he feel?Huangji Saint is also a member of the royal family, but she is already a saint, her mentality is different from that of ordinary people, and she has long since given up on matters of family and country, otherwise Lu Yang's words would have been enough to slap her in the face.

Naturally, there are many people of insight in the Baisheng Taimiao, but none of them mentioned the separation of religious and national traditions. It can be seen that they do not want to intensify the conflict between the Taimiao and the imperial court. If Lu Yang raised it blatantly, the consequences would be worrying.

"Chunyang!" The sage Huangji had complicated thoughts. He glanced at Lu Yang and sighed, "Don't talk nonsense even if you go back to the gods. This kind of thing can only be done by the saints who are highly respected in the Taimiao or people in the royal family." Open your mouth!"

Lu Yang hurriedly bowed his waist and bowed to the sage Huangji, and said solemnly: "Chunyang knows, thank you for reminding me, senior!"

Saint Huangji waved his hand and said nothing more.

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