Chapter 4988

There was silence all around.

It's hard to imagine that such a sentence would come out of Zhao Yuanyan's mouth.

In the past, Zhao Yuanyan's thirst for power was so obsessed that no one would want to take the throne from him.

However, now, Zhao Yuanyan actually asked Lu Yu how to gain power, and he obviously realized that the trend was over.

Lu Yu said: "The poison of the aristocratic family has been eroded for a long time. The exploitation of feudal lords in various places is quite serious. Take Ding'an Star in the Imperial Capital Region as an example. Ding'an Star has five continents, three of which are the fiefs of the Xu family. Only two belong to the imperial court."

"Most of all the taxes from the three fiefs are first given to the fiefdoms, and then supplied to the court. This also means that the taxation of the court has been greatly reduced, and most of the wealth flows to the fiefdoms of these fiefdoms. in hand."

"Yes, that's true." Zhao Yuanyan nodded.

Lu Yu continued: "Falun's wealth and land, this is something that no monk can get around. However, there are only a few places in the world with spiritual energy. Many places where spiritual energy gathers are either built by cities or occupied by sects, so the monks think To have a place to practice, at least you need to live in a city or join a sect."

"But the spiritual energy resources of the sect are also limited, so the threshold is very high. Take a junior sect with three or four hundred people as an example, if you want to get started, you need to have qualifications first, then examine your strength, and finally examine your background and other means, even your age. Too big people don't want it either."

"Many people who are desperate, if they want to go further in their cultivation, they must settle down in the city. This step is actually more difficult than joining a sect."

Zhao Yuanyan frowned and shook his head: "The sky is vast and there are many cities. What's the difficulty of staying in a city?"

Lu Yu said: "From the day you were born, you have been a descendant of the royal family. The status of a prince allows you to live comfortably throughout your life. Of course you don't know how ordinary people live."

"Take an ordinary cultivator as an example, he may take some bounty tasks or do some work, and he can earn 3,000 spiritual stones every month."

"It's not easy to earn these three thousand spirit stones. But even in an ordinary county town of Ding'an Star, if you want to buy a three-entry mansion, you will need at least 2.4 million spirit stones. It takes more than 60 years of drinking and saving to buy a house like this. During this period, if he lives in an inn, the expenses he needs will be even greater."

Zhao Yuanyan took a deep breath and looked surprised: "Is it really that difficult? Can't they live in a house?"

Lu Yu said: "According to the rules of the Dayu court, every city will have a curfew after the third watch. Anyone who wanders the streets will be arrested and imprisoned. Some prisoners will be sent to iron mines, spirit mines and other sinister mines. In this place, it is very easy to risk dying, so they will definitely not risk it."

Zhao Yuanyan stopped talking, but a surprised expression appeared on his face.

These things are things he has never touched in the deep palace.

"I'm afraid you don't know that every night, large and small mountain temples and beggars' nests in the city will gather a large number of people."

Lu Yu said: "These people are not homeless beggars, many of them are monks who plan to cultivate in the city. In order to stay in the city, they barely squeezed into the mountain temple, and more than 50 people huddled in one In the yard, sometimes there is no place to stay."