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The majestic Daming Temple Qiling Pagoda is bathed in the vast twilight, a line of southbound geese sweep over the eaves of the tower, and the copper bell at the corner of the eaves sways in the evening breeze, making a crisp sound.

Standing on the top of this high tower in Shugang, Yangzhou, overlooking the railing, Baoyou City, Yangzhou Beiguan, the rippling Baobao River, and even the bustling ten-mile long street in Yangzhou City are faintly visible.

When his gaze swept over the land on the bank of the Baobao River, where bloody battles had once broken out, the corners of Chen Dexing's eyes twitched slightly.

More than 1,000 sons and daughters who followed him on the bank of the Baobao River to Huangquan more than two months ago are now less than 600 left, and even one of the brothers who worshiped in Qionghualou died on the battlefield. The road to his success has just begun, and there are already so many good sons and daughters who have become dry bones, if you wait until you really support this Chinese sky, I don't know how many Chinese heroes will spill their blood!

Daoist Ren said: "Qingzhi...... Do you really want to change this Daming Temple into a Taoist temple? ”

In response to Ren Yijiang's inquiry, Chen Dexing nodded affirmatively. Turning an abandoned temple into a Taoist temple was not a whim, but a deliberate one. This Daming Temple is not only a Taoist temple, but also a place where the bones of the soldiers under Chen Dexing are buried, and it will also be a retirement place for those soldiers under Chen Dexing's who have lost their limbs.

Chen Dexing said: "One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither...... A soldier who has become a dry bone should also have a place to become an immortal and enjoy the incense offering. I see that the scenery of this Daming Temple is good, and it is adjacent to Yangzhou, so it is better to occupy it as a place for the soldiers to bury their bones. ”

This idea, needless to say, came from the infamous Yasukuni Shrine in later generations! It's one thing to be notorious, but it's another thing to forget the soldiers who died in martyrdom...... It's called cohesion! No matter who you are, as long as you die fighting for your country, even if that war is an unjust war of aggression, you must live a good life and worship it for future generations.

This is cohesion! If a nation has cohesion, it can unite hundreds of millions of people and give full play to their most powerful combat power! If an army is cohesive, it can be united as one, and no matter what hardships and hardships it faces, it will not be defeated in a hundred battles!

And the current Da Song does not have such cohesion! There are tens of millions of people and tens of thousands of wealth, but they can't be converted into combat power, so they can only sit back and wait for the day of destruction!

Monk Liu frowned: "We are martial artists......

The warriors of the Southern Song Dynasty not only had to defend the country and fight against the most ferocious invaders in the world, but also had to clamp their tails and become officials, for fear of being accused of being arrogant or supporting the army or buying the hearts of the army!

Chen Dexing shook his head: "Without the hard work of our martial artists, can the Great Song Kingdom Zuoyan survive to this day?" Our warriors did not live up to the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty lost millions of loyal souls who died in battle. I can't take care of the loyal souls of the armies, but my sons and daughters under Chen Dexing's command are killed in battle, and they must have a place to enjoy incense! ”

Monk Liu frowned, and his heart was worried. When Chen Dexing proposed the day before yesterday to build a cemetery for the soldiers of the artillery army who died in battle, and also to take care of the lives of the disabled soldiers, he felt that something was wrong -- this kind of thing should be the responsibility of the two Huai salary divisions, and the lord of the army can care about it, but not too much, otherwise it will attract unnecessary discussions.

Chen Dexing looked back at Ren Yijiang and said, "Daoist, can you take over this Great Ming Temple?" You have the credit for offering the gunpowder formula, and I will go and tell Liao Taicheng again, a great view of the Lord can always be given. ”

Ren Yijiang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly nodded in agreement: "Can it really work?" This Da Ming Temple is bigger than my family's old Lin'an Shenxiao Palace, and I don't know how many grades of Taoist officials I can get? ”

The Song Dynasty has greatly admired Taoism since Emperor Zhenzong, so Taoist priests can also be officials. When Emperor Zhao Ji of Daojun was in power, he also set up 26-level Taoist officials and 8-level Taoist positions. Among them, the highest among the Taoist officials is called "Golden Gate Feather Guest", who can wear gold medals and enter and exit the palace. And the high-ranking Taoist priests can not only get the generous money issued by the imperial court, but also get a good income in the Taoist temple under their control.

Chen Dexing leaned on the railing, thought about it and said, "There can't be only one Taoist priest in this Great Ming Temple, I can do it, your Senior Brother Liu might as well stay as a host." I will also go to the privy councillor to ask for two or three hundred Taoist certificates, so that the disabled artillery soldiers can become Taoist priests. ”

"Is there such a good thing?" Monk Liu was taken aback, and a pair of triangular eyes suddenly widened.

This monk and Taoist priest in the Song Dynasty is not something that can be done if you want to, the monk is a person who is a foreigner, and he is not subject to the suffering of servitude, and there are many preferential taxes and taxes. Therefore, this Dao and Du Mu are a rare thing in the current Southern Song Dynasty, which can be sold for money, but it is difficult to find monks and Taoist priests who are really monks and chanting scriptures.

"What's so hard?" Chen Dexing smiled and said, "My credit this time is too great, if I am promoted according to the rules, let alone Yaojun, it will be enough." If you want to come to the official family, you don't have to be so generous, it's good to be able to give a rampant, and the rest will ask him to take some Dao to make up for it! ”

Why does this sound so much like bargaining with the Great Song Dynasty officials? This kind of thing can be done occasionally by civil officials who are born in Jinshi, but military attaches can't their tails like this......

"Big brother, now there are people in Yangzhou City talking about you being domineering." Monk Liu reminded in a low voice again.

Chen Dexing patted Monk Liu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Monk, I have my own way to make the privy counsellor and the official family not think I am domineering!" ”

Monk Liu shook his head: "It's not easy to ......"

Chen Dexing smiled: "It's very easy, I just want you monk to go somewhere." ”

"Where are you going?"

Chen Dexing waved his hand and said, "I can't say it now." Monk, you hand over all the affairs of the right army to the Taoist priests and millions. He looked at Daoist Ren, "Daoist, you just become a master, I'm afraid you don't have much time to cultivate, and you have to fight with a certain family, are you willing?" ”

Daoist Ren frowned and glanced at Monk Liu. Chen Dexing said: "The monk still has a heavy responsibility, and the future of our army of more than 10,000 people is on him." ”

Monk Liu immediately said: "Big brother, I will hand over the dispatch of the right army, to be honest...... I don't know anything about building hair stones and thunder, and I don't know how to build ships, if I can choose, I'm willing to go into battle! ”

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, wait for Huang Million to come back from Quanzhou and then deliver." Chen Dexing waved his hand and smiled. Huang Zhishen left Yangzhou yesterday to return to his hometown of Quanzhou, and his task was to find a shipwright who could build a sea ship and a craftsman who was good at making iron and casting copper for Chen Dexing - Quanzhou in this era is the world's factory! It is the world's largest concentration of metallurgical and shipbuilding industries, and the skills of craftsmen far exceed those of the Song Dynasty's government-run handicrafts, and the sea ships built are not only used by merchants in the Song Dynasty, but also exported to Japan, Tianzhu, Sriwijaya, Dashi and other places.

If Chen Dexing only wants to build a river ship sailing on the Yangtze River, the craftsmen of Yangzhou Shipyard are enough, and if he wants to build a sea boat, he must be a good craftsman in Quanzhou. As for improving iron-smelting technology and casting cannons, it is all the more necessary for the best craftsmen of this era to study together. The craftsmen who rely on Yangzhou to do errands in the courtyard will not succeed.

In addition, now Chen Dexing wants to get everything is "anti-proliferation", not only to prevent the Mongols from prying eyes, but also to prevent the Great Song Dynasty - good things are given to them, or it will not be long before the Mongols will be able to have them. Therefore, it is necessary to firmly control these non-proliferation technologies, and this is also one of the purposes of Chen Dexing's establishment of the Great Ming Temple.