"But Liang Yifu?"

The sky on Jianghua Island has gradually become darker, and the hot air balloon performance at the Goryeo Cathedral of Tiandaoism has ended. After watching the balloon flying in the sky, I listened to the sermons of Tiandaoists, and donated a little money. Most of the spectators who received the two Tiandao scriptures, "Taiyi Light Sutra" and "Tiandao, Science and Empirical", have dispersed. Liang Chongru also left with a few Japanese monks and nuns. As soon as he walked to the bustling street, he heard a familiar voice calling his name. When he quickly looked back, he immediately had a look of surprise on his face. It turned out that the person who called his name was Liao Yingzhong, who was dressed as a guest!

"Brother Qunyu, you are..." Liang Chongru looked around in panic. He was Chen Dexing's mortal enemy. In fact, Chen Dexing had long forgotten his mortal enemy and did not want him in Goryeo. Of course, he didn't know that he was here in Goryeo, and Liao Yingzhong and the Chen father and son had a very close relationship!

"Don't panic, don't panic." Liao Ying raised a finger on her lips, signaling Liang Chongru not to speak out. "Yi Fu, these are..."

"Oh, they are all friends of Japan." Liang Chongru's words sounded a bit like a traitor, but... the relationship between Song and Japan has always been good. At that time, Japan was a little brother who admired Chinese culture. It was still messy in the country. A group of feudal warriors fought and had no trouble, which was neither threatening nor ambition to the Song Dynasty.

Liang Chongru said to the Japanese monks and nuns again: "I meet an old friend from Lin'an. I want to talk for a while. Can you go back to the inn first?"

Of course he spoke Chinese. At this time, Japanese monks and ministers could basically speak Chinese and write Chinese characters and Chinese poems. Advanced samurai were also proficient in Sinology, just like later generations of East Asia who had some cultural names could give a few English sentences. If anyone didn't recognize a single English letter, he would definitely be an illiterate person.

The monks and nuns who came with Liang Chongru respectfully gave Buddhist rituals to Liao Yingzhong. Then they left themselves to go shopping. The New Year's Day just ended these two days, and the New Year atmosphere on Jianghua Island has not yet passed. It is the bustling time.

The current Ganghwa Island commercial port is like the Jeju Island commercial port and Busan commercial port, both are merchant autonomous cities led by the Huangjia Chamber of Commerce. Taxation is also contracted. The municipal taxes and import and export taxes of the three major commercial ports, and the maritime income is a total of 120,000 guan of copper per year.

In addition, any merchant ship running the Sino-Japanese High (Goryeo) route and the South China Sea route must pay a "ship tax" to the Song Dynasty General Trade Department controlled by Chen Dexing every year according to the size of the ship. At most 2,000 guan of copper, and at least 300 guan of copper. Only by obtaining the "ship tax flag" issued by the General Trade Department can trade at sea. Otherwise, it will be intercepted by the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet. If it is the first time entering the sea area controlled by the Nanyang Fleet, the merchant ship will be ordered to pay "ship tax". If it is suspected of "smuggling", it will be fined. If it dares to resist, it will be captured or sunk without hesitation!

Through this tax collection method that was almost blocking the road, Chen Dexing had successfully turned the Song Dynasty General Trade Department into the most hated and most prosperous yamen in the entire Song Dynasty.

However, while "taxing the road", the original maritime system was abolished. No longer forcibly buying importers' goods, but instead used to tax them according to the size of the ship. In short, these are relatively easy-to-operate tax collection methods. The Navy and the Trade Department have double-headed supervision. The difficulty of evading taxes is much higher than when the Maritime Department was under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Department in the past! Moreover, Chen Dexing, who is now in charge of the General Trade Department, is a master who does not recognize his relatives. No matter what the background of those maritime merchants are, they can't even think about evading taxes anymore.

"It's all small ways!" Liao Yingzhong did not believe in this evil, "The Tao of Heavenly Taoism is not as good as the great way, and it is not like Confucius and Mencius's sayings, but it directly points to the great way. The way is all the principles of all things in the world, and it is the principles of investigating things."

Liang Chongru thought for a moment, nodded and said, "The principle of investigating things is a small way, but if the Heavenly Taoism becomes bigger, the small way will become a big way!"

Liao Yingzhong made a deep voice: "This is a battle for Taoism! Chen Dexing wants to use the Heavenly Taoism and Confucianism to compete for Taoism!"

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"Brother Mingjing, although Chen Ming's Tao is not a great way, it is a way that can be verified... Those who cannot verify it are difficult to distinguish the true and false, how can they know the true way? This is reasonable! The great way is difficult to prove, the small way is easy to understand, and if you can prove billions of small ways, you will be similar to God. You can build a heavenly court on earth, govern the world, and allow the common people to enjoy the richness of material. Is this not as good as the great way of Confucian rule in the world?"

On the same night, in the upper room of an inn close to the Goryeo General Hall of the Tiandao Sect. Guo Shoujing was holding a book called "The Way of Heaven, Science and Empirical". Looking at him, he seemed to be confused by Chen Dexing's Scientific Divine Cult.

Chen Dexing's scientific divine religion was a bit like a high or low in the 13th century. Ignorant people will naturally be extremely convinced when they see various "scientific miracles" and worship Chen Dexing as a great immortal. High-end elites will be confused by the book "The Way of Heaven, Science and Empirical". The main reason in this book is that science is omnipotent and omnipotent, naturally it is a god! The second is the positivist philosophical thoughts, emphasizing feelings, experience, experiments and deductions, and despising the philosophical thoughts of metaphysics that explore the fundamental way of the great way of the fundamental way of the great way of the heaven is too ambitious, and only by exploring the empirical way of the billions of ways of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the empirical way of the

Moreover, in the "Taiyi Light Sutra", Chen Dexing also depicts an ideal world of heaven. The material wealth of this world has reached a great enrichment, so that everyone can get all the material wealth they need. The spiritual civilization of this world has also reached the highest level. People do not work for the sake of wealth, but labor itself has become the first need...

This idealized world of heaven not only has "imagination", but can be gradually realized by verifying billions of paths. Because scientific knowledge can be transformed into production, the more knowledge you master means the more material wealth you produce. When people master enough knowledge, the material wealth they can produce will reach an unimaginable level!
Chapter completed!