Chapter 838 Arms Race
In the Anyang City Lord's Mansion, everyone was arguing endlessly, and each had their own reasons, and they were indeed reasons that cannot be refuted.
The first faction included some more serious officials, and even the latest radical officials promoted by the Shang Dynasty, represented by Ling Zhifeng.
Recently, because Ye Kun went to Dongsheng Shenzhou on behalf of the Shang Dynasty, all domestic related matters, including the construction of the palace, were all entrusted to Ling Zhifeng's shoulders. But that's it, Ling Zhifeng understands better that the current Shang Dynasty seems to be powerful, but in fact there are still many problems.
One of the biggest problems is "reputation". The establishment of the Shang Dynasty was too short, and it may still have a bit of fame in Yingzhou; but it has a bit of fame outside of Yingzhou. Especially for those Mahayana masters who have been in retreat for more than ten years, decades, or even more than a hundred years, in their eyes, the Shang Dynasty is no different from a child's play house.
After all, this fairyland is the world of the strong!
In other words, the Shang Dynasty is not qualified to have a real and equal dialogue with these masters! And if equal dialogue cannot be achieved, then no dialogue at all!
This is Ling Zhifeng's idea, but in fact it is a very correct idea.
But one thing, if you don't take risks, you won't receive the goods! As the saying goes, how bold people are and how productive the land is. Only by taking risks can we achieve real leapfrog development. Of course, once the stride is too big, it will be "pushed".
The second idea is represented by the two counselors Xu Ren and Li Yuanming, which is a typical idea of "waiting for the pie to fall from the sky". Think about it, as long as someone ascends, the Shang Dynasty will be waiting in the sky to "pick up someone", and it is a life-saving grace. It's exciting to think about the results.
As long as you save one, you will be a quasi-immortal master; if you save two, you will be two quasi-immortal masters. If a hundred can be saved, the Shang Dynasty will have a hundred quasi-immortal masters; in the future, the entire fairyland will tremble under the feet of the Shang Dynasty.
This prospect is so beautiful that Li Xian couldn't help being shaken when he heard this plan.
But this plan has an extremely serious shortcoming - relying on oaths to restrain it will make the masters feel dissatisfied. And you, the Shang Dynasty, did this specifically, which is a bit chilling. Maybe it will cause backlash in the end.
In this fairyland, although the oath is important; but for some masters, they would rather die than be restrained; maybe some masters desperately dragged the Shang Dynasty to be buried with them.
What's more, Xiao Xuan told Li Xian very clearly that, as quasi-immortal masters, they have a way to transfer the oath. For example, you can split a "Second Soul" and so on. Although there will be a certain price to pay, it is not unacceptable. For the soul of a quasi-immortal, the soul can recover slowly in the later stage.
The reason why Xiao Xuan didn't do this was because he was rescued without any calculations. Xiao Xuan is a Confucian sage who knows how to be grateful. But others, not necessarily!
Hearing this, Li Xian shivered. Li Xian finally realized a very serious fact. Many personnel in the Shang Dynasty, especially those in science and technology, were bound by oaths at first.
But with the development of the Shang Dynasty and the advancement of technology, Li Xian also gave these people a lot of rewards. Especially luck, and even merit, have made great progress in their cultivation.
Although relying on the oath can make people loyal for a short time, but after a long time, no one likes to wear a collar around their necks, especially the arrogant cultivators. This situation must change.
But there is no rush right now, the Shang Dynasty is still in a period of rapid rise, and there are no problems in this regard yet.
The representative of the third concept is Yan Ze'an. Yan Ze'an pays more attention to "convincing people with virtue", and fundamentally regains the arrogant Mahayana masters one by one. Even if he can only conquer one, it is a huge gain.
This is the safest and longest-lasting strategy. The real strategy of "old age seeks the country". It's just that the execution is a little bit... surreal.
It's not that Yan Ze'an's suggestion is not good, but that the current background of the Shang Dynasty is still enough to have an "equal dialogue" with the masters of the Mahayana period.
After discussing for a long time, everyone finally came up with a compromise plan: a three-pronged approach.
First of all, everyone will not take the initiative to go out to find and communicate with Mahayana masters; but the basic intelligence system is also being built little by little.
Secondly, it is "poor is only good for oneself", the Shang Dynasty temporarily informed the situation of the Ascension Passage to a very small number of trustworthy people who have been repeatedly reviewed.
Nowadays, many masters have joined the Shang Dynasty, and many people have already taken important positions; now, the situation of the Ascension Passage can already be explained to them. Then let them notify their sect or family members, and use this relationship to spread the news.
Because they share common interests with the Shang Dynasty, these people, to a large extent, will be more nervous about keeping secrets, and will only tell the closest people. And this will invisibly bring huge influence to the Shang Dynasty.
It will probably be a few years before the news really spreads; by then, the Shang Dynasty must have had enough power to be qualified to talk to top experts on an equal footing.
Third, launch "backup rockets" to the outer sky. These rockets are specially used to impact the ascension channel. As long as someone flies up, go to rescue, how many can be saved. These rockets may be—Skyfire bombs!
After the method was decided, everyone finally discussed the details and decided on this matter temporarily.
The Shang Dynasty continued to flourish; the unprecedented grand palace was also being built rapidly. Since Li Xian inspected the construction site, the rewards have been released, and many machines on the construction site are undergoing rapid replacement. Driven by rewards, Li Xian greatly stimulated the economic, industrial and technological progress of the Shang Dynasty.
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However, during the rapid development here in the Shang Dynasty, the countries in Yingzhou started an intense arms race! There is no other reason, that is, the Shang Dynasty sold technology everywhere "fairly"! And countries have seen the great role of science and technology in war.
Let's just talk about the newly born Taiyi Kingdom, which is now involved in an arms race.
It is said that since the establishment of the Taiyi Kingdom, it has expanded rapidly as expected by the think tanks of the Shang Dynasty. Relying on its profound heritage and influence, as well as the impact of the drought, Taiyi Kingdom unified thousands of miles in a short period of time, and even occupied a considerable part of the fertile and fertile Shouchun Forest.
But here, the expansion of Taiyi Kingdom began to be hindered.
The first is: the territory of thousands of miles is almost the limit of ordinary countries. No matter how large the scope is, it will be difficult to control.
Secondly, the surrounding countries, especially the countries in the north, especially the countries in the center of Shouchun Forest, were influenced by Zhang Quan's speech at the time, and everyone has a certain industrial foundation. Later, these countries more or less visited the Shang Dynasty, purchased related technologies, etc., and some countries even had a relatively complete industrial base.
Now these countries have gritted their teeth and bought another set of oil refining equipment, etc., completely improving their industrial base.
In this respect, the Taiyi Kingdom developed at least two years later than these countries. And in the current merger war, two years is crucial!
At this time, in the court hall of Taiyi Kingdom, everyone was arguing. But Cai Simian and Wu Sansi were sitting on both sides of the little emperor of Taiyi Kingdom, looking at their eyes, nose, nose and heart, as if they had already settled down.
The little emperor is 'Yisheng', the chief disciple of the Taiyi Sect. At this moment, Yisheng looked at the quarreling court below and had no idea. After thinking about it, Yisheng could only ask for advice from two people who had once been emperors.
But when he turned his head and found that Cai Simian and Wu Sansi were "in the middle of meditation", Yisheng was even more at a loss.
Fortunately, although Cai Simian and Wu Sansi closed their eyes and rested their minds, their spiritual consciousness spread all over their bodies, and they could feel the changes around them. When the little emperor turned his head to look over, Cai Simian opened his eyes.
Seeing Cai Simian opened his eyes, Yisheng immediately asked, "Mr. Cai, look at the current situation, what should we do?"
Cai Simian looked at the chaotic court, and said slowly: "Does your majesty mean the court or the industrial development?"
"It's all there!" Yisheng had lost his mind a long time ago, so he nodded in a hurry.
Cai Simian looked at the court: "The matter in the court is very simple. Your Majesty asked them to quarrel, and the one who wins in the end is the best opinion. As for the matter of industrial development, on the one hand, it depends on the final opinion of the court.
on the other hand……"
Speaking of this, Cai Simian turned his attention to Wu Sansi, "On the other hand, I'm afraid we still have to resort to the means of the right minister (Wu Sansi)."
Yisheng frowned slightly, "Mr. Cai, you said that the final opinion of the quarrel in the court is the best opinion? But why do I hear it wrong? I think that if we do what they discussed, none of the opinions can really be realized. The prosperity of the country!"
Cai Simian looked around and saw that everyone stopped to listen to him, and immediately smiled. He said to the little emperor, "Your Majesty, what do you think should be done to make the country strong?"
"Of course...of course...we must control all science and industrial technology in the hands of the state." The little emperor was young, but he had a strong sense of power.
The officials who were arguing around heard the words, their faces were not good-looking; but at this time, everyone did not speak, but turned to look at Cai Simian.
Cai Simian smiled, "Your Majesty, your idea is good. But have you ever imagined that you can master so many technologies by yourself?
Industrial technology is complicated and varied, and various technical requirements are different. Even the wise kings of the Shang Dynasty could not master all the technologies alone.
Your Majesty, you are the emperor, what you need to do is not to master technology, but to master talents. In fact, we can learn from the Shang Dynasty in this regard.
The virtuous kings of the Shang Dynasty handed over all the technologies to different enterprises for operation. As a result, the Shang Dynasty rose in the east in just a few years, and even affected the form of the entire Yingzhou. "
The little emperor Yisheng frowned even deeper. It has to be said that not everyone can be an emperor. It doesn't mean that a noble status can be an emperor. Some people are born politically insulated.
In fact, Cai Simian has a truth that he did not explain. "The opinion that finally wins in the court" may not be the best opinion, but it is definitely the opinion that is most in line with the interests of all levels of the country!
If the country wants to be governed well, especially in this kind of national system similar to a feudal environment, the first thing to take care of is the interests of each family and group, and then everyone will work together. Otherwise, these families will definitely drag you down and get you in trouble.
The little emperor didn't understand these things, so he felt that the quarrels in the court were all nonsense.
However, Cai Simian's persuasion was successful. As long as the Shang Dynasty is moved out, all difficulties will be easily solved!
Later, the little emperor looked at Wu Sansi again, "Mr. Wu, on the other hand, how to solve the industry?"
Wu Sansi put his left hand on the hilt of his sword, "Snatch! Snatch the surrounding countries! Snatch their technology, their talents, their funds, etc.!
We now have an advantage, that is, there are many masters in Taiyi Sect. The masters here are far more than those in the surrounding countries, so why don't we grab them.
Before other countries react and unite, we should be able to grab three countries! But only three countries can be robbed, which is the limit of tolerance of the surrounding countries.
Robbing the surrounding countries, while strengthening us, also weakened the background of the surrounding countries! "
"Snatch?" The little emperor repeated, his eyes immediately brightened, "I understand this! Then go grab it..."
Wu Sansi, Cai Simian, and many ministers all lowered their heads. Your Majesty, we courtiers can say this; but you are His Majesty the Emperor, don't speak so truthfully.
Cai Simian immediately explained via voice transmission.
The little emperor blushed immediately, "Then...then...ahem, I heard that the surrounding countries abused the workers, and they couldn't even guarantee their daily life. middle.
This task is very difficult, who is willing to share my worries? "
"The minister is willing to go!" Immediately, many people jumped out, including civil servants and military generals.
The little emperor was filled with pride immediately, "Then invite Commander Yu Yuan to lead the masters to set off. I will send other masters to cooperate with the operation later. For this operation, I will listen to Commander Yu Yuan."
"I take orders!" Yu Yuan took the order, turned around and left immediately. Half an hour later, Yu Yuan led five masters of the Transformation Stage, a hundred masters of the Nascent Soul Stage, and two thousand masters of the Golden Core Stage, and left quickly; the elite soldiers followed closely behind.
This time, the targets everyone wanted to rob were the countries around Shouchun Kingdom. These countries have a good industrial base, but their national power is relatively weak.
The Taiyi Kingdom acted very quickly, the masters rushed to attack overnight, and two days later in the middle of the night, they attacked the imperial capital of a country in one fell swoop. With the arrival of masters, this small country has no ability to resist at all. It was captured by the elite army of the Taiyi Kingdom that followed.
But this time the army of Taiyi Kingdom did not stop to occupy, but retreated like a tide. What was swept away by the tide was a large number of industrial achievements, as well as a large number of technical personnel and so on. What was left was a piece of scorched earth.
At this time, the news had not spread; it was not until three days later, when the second country was purged, that the news spread!
The surrounding countries were in an uproar and began to be vigilant; however, the Taiyi Kingdom was about to launch a blitzkrieg this time; three days later, another country was completely wiped out.
It's just that Yu Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the Taiyi Kingdom, is getting smoother and smoother, and he doesn't want to stop now!