The previous three Taoist priests, even if they did not wear hibiscus crowns or fishtail crowns, still looked like they were so-called immortals.
The three in front of me looked more like children from a wealthy family traveling around the mountains and visiting immortals. The concierge monk was about to stop them and ask about their birthplace and family background.
The girl in the mink hat turned over the third-class innocent card of the Ministry of Justice, and the words were revealed.
The word "大銊" is very harsh, but the word "三级" is slightly better.
The concierge monk still knew what he was talking about, so he swallowed back the words that came to his lips. He was actually the Immortal Master of the Shangguo, a master of the Da Li Punishment Department.
Fortunately, it is "third class", so it is not too scary. If a second class priest comes to the Yufang Sect in person, in this troubled year when Da Li's credential "calls his name", the concierge monk will be worried about whether he will be exterminated.
Already.
My Yuan Ying Patriarch who just came out of seclusion may not be able to handle the situation.
I heard that as long as you have this sign, you can walk across the three continents of Aquarius Continent, Beiju Luzhou and Tongye Continent.
Especially in Tongye Continent, which is like a good grandson of our Aquarius Continent, some wild cultivators in the mountains were so bold in the early days that they first learned an authentic Dali Mandarin, then imitated an innocent card, and swaggered all the way to deceive people. It seemed that they had waited until
We are in the mountains
The next sect, the Qingping Sword Sect was founded there, and a deputy mountain chief of Xin Wen of Tianmu Academy began to take charge of solving the matter personally. It was rumored that more than a hundred people were arrested in one go and went to the academy to study sage books.
This kind of "feat" gradually disappeared.
To be honest, every time he looked through those Shanshui Di newspapers, he saw that those wild cultivators from Tongyezhou were not only defrauding money from various countries, they were also able to defraud the body of the genealogy fairy. He felt moved after reading it.
Before passing through the mountain gate, the scholar in blue shirt walking in the middle did not forget to salute him.
The concierge felt a little more relaxed and returned the courtesy, thinking that they, with their official status as Da Li officials, would be more polite than those Taoist priests from the Shen Gao Sect.
They climbed up the stairs. On both sides of the road were towering ancient trees with lush greenery, most of which were hundreds of years old. The quiet stone steps forced away the summer heat.
Xie Gou asked tentatively: "Mountain Master, even with the Gao Gu San Dao, are you still sure that you can't reshape Yin Shen and Yang Shen?"
Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "Absolutely impossible."
He hoped that both his husband and Li Sheng had misunderstood and said the wrong thing. Is it possible?
During Gao Gu's last mission to the world at Huayang Palace in Difei Mountain, the most important of the three lectures was on how to build a bridge of longevity.
This has pointed out a clear and clear mountain climbing method for how many ordinary Taoists and mountain spirits in Qingming world?
It is true that most of them will definitely not be able to successfully build a bridge after seeing this Taoist method, so they will climb mountains and embark on the path of spiritual practice. But based on Gao Gu's profound insights alone, Gao Gu deserves to be said to have "immeasurable merit"!
Xie Gou directly felt the spirit of some Taoist priests in ancient times.
What's more, there is the last lecture "Lectures on Swordsmanship". I just say thank you to the dog. If you have the opportunity to travel to Difei Mountain in Qingming World in the future, you must salute at the mountain gate. Or maybe you meet Huayang somewhere in the future.
Taoist officials from the palace lineage, Xie Gou, are also willing to be more patient.
Xie Gou continued to ask: "Does the mountain master still have a chance to refine the natal character of a Confucian sage?"
Do you like to rub salt into your wounds so much? Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Why don't Xie Cixi go to Qingping Sword Sect as an errand with Chief Zhou?"
Xie Gou scratched his mink hat and said, "Then I don't understand."
It would be better if the mountain master still had the Yin God out of his body and a Yang God in the body. Xie Gou wouldn't have to worry about it. He would just become the Grand Master of Da Li. For example, let the Yin God
When the gods are out of body and traveling far away, they just go to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion in the Great Li Capital City every day to do something.
To take a step back, if the mountain master is really an orthodox Confucian disciple and secretly finds the prototype of a certain natal character, he will become. Being the master of the Great Li Kingdom is simply a tailor-made "dojo". For example, it is
If it's "literary", "sacrificial" and the like, then you can put more thought into the affairs of the Dali Ministry of Rites. If it's "martial", Ge, Rong, etc., you should either listen to the invitation of the sage of rites, settle for the second best, and focus on the key points.
It can be placed at the Yamen Office of the Ministry of War in Dali.
But the problem is that these two paths are obviously unworkable.
Xie Gou whispered: "You dare to say something treacherous. It seems that the mountain owner has put the cart before the horse."
If you have already attained enlightenment and ascended, then you can start step by step, explore carefully, and seek to verify the path of harmony. But now Chen Ping'an is still in the realm of immortals, far from being a man who has attained the truth and is still thinking about it, and takes the initiative to set foot in the world of mortals.
stage. Could it be that the road to the great refining of all things was turned into a dead end by Jiang She? Taoist Ding used to verify the feasibility of the "ascension method" through Guandao, but it also failed. Mountain Master
Feeling discouraged and discouraged? Do you want to relieve your depression by busying yourself with worldly affairs and court affairs?
Xiao Mo suggested: "Young master, why don't you look for some secret Taoist books? Of course, the best ones are the ones with complete Taoist traditions, which can help you master the Dragon Supporting Technique at the same time?"
Xie Gou nodded vigorously and said: "What a great idea!"
It’s not a solution at all.
When you become a Grand Master of Great Li, you can't just work a part-time job and have to make up for it yourself, right?
Xie Gou quickly said: "The lineage of Fulongshu here in Haoran Tianxia is relatively mixed. Is there a suspicion that there are too many skills and low standards? Since you are going to take this path, don't be careless."
Xiao Mo smiled and nodded, "Of course you have to be careful."
Xie Gou began to think about where he could "borrow" Dharma traditions and Taoist books. Hey, two worshipers and a pair of Taoist companions were really worried about the path of Taoism for their mountain master.
Generally speaking, when talking about Fulong, you are destined to be unable to bypass Taoism. Chen Ping'an served as the Great Li State Preceptor and spent twenty to thirty years, or at most a hundred years, making great achievements and helping the Great Li Dynasty become one of the ten great dynasties in the world.
The dynasty, the country's power is growing day by day, and it will finally secure the top spot. When the time comes, it will leave the temple and return to the mountains, which is in line with the saying, "Retiring after one's merits is the way of heaven."
However, Xiao Mo was thinking about the Taoist officials from Qing Ming Tianxia, who were the most proficient in this way. He could ask for a few copies from fellow Taoist Bixiao. As for the origin of Taoist books and traditions, that was something that fellow Taoist Bixiao needed to consider.
thing.
Or go to the Sui Chu Palace again? Ask Wu Shuangjiang to ask for it? I believe that with this person's strategy, there will definitely be no shortage of this thing. Maybe I will wait for my son to speak?
There are two types of Dragon Supporting Skills in the narrow sense. At the foot of the mountain, for example, assisting someone to ascend the throne and sit on the Dragon Throne in troubled times and become the founding emperor. On the Mountain, assisting the True Dragon King Zhu.
Or more broadly, it means to come out to preside over the government, manage the world and benefit the people, assist the monarch to become the ancestor of the ZTE, perpetuate the country, and make the sea and river clear. Or it can help the last monarch, the monarch and his ministers work together, turn the tide from the past, and reverse the signs of troubled times.
Transformed into a peaceful country.
The most powerful one is, of course, the embroidered tiger that can hold the sky and unite the power of a country to save the mountains and rivers of a continent from being broken.
Walking near the mountainside, I saw large rocks rising abruptly, with "Flying Immortal Terrace" carved on the cliff. The rocks were cut into stone slabs, and the climbing stairs were like a line of sky. There were iron chains on both sides as railings for climbing down the mountain. A pointed pavilion crowned it.
There are moss on all sides, vines drooping like hair, the green mist is floating, charming and lovely.
Chen Ping'an looked up at the "Flying Immortal Terrace", but had no idea of setting foot in the pavilion. He said: "It's not that it's useless. In the short term, in the past thirty to fifty years, using the Taoist dragon-supporting technique to govern the affairs of the Dali Dynasty has indeed made a difference.
There are benefits to cultivating the Taoism. But it’s just that using one’s mind to calculate one’s mind is not very meaningful after all. If Senior Brother Cui were watching Taoism from the sidelines, he would probably look at me with a smile, as if to say, ‘That’s it’?”
Xie Gou frowned. Hearing the implication of the mountain master's words, did he already think of more meanings? Putting himself in his shoes, Xie Gou would be annoyed. Is there really no end to the road?
A stream is flying in the air, and the bridge is suspended across it. Looking back at the mountain road, it disappears into the clouds. I think that the peaks were already under my feet.
According to the mountain annals, it is called Chixi. Two streams of Qingxi merge here. One is as red as blood, and the other is as green as jasper.
The ancestral mountain of the Yufang Sect is not a straight line leading to the ancestral hall. There is a mountain road that cuts like a knife, like the back of a crucian carp, leading to a higher mountain. Chen Pingan found a cane at random and held it gently in the palm of his hand.
One touch and it becomes one
A clumsy hiking pole is walking on the top of a mountain that is only a few feet wide. The path is paved with large bluestones. The sea of clouds on both sides of the ridge crashes into the wall. Under the sunlight, golden waves are set off, and there are occasionally a group of flying birds.
Sweep out of the sea of clouds.
On the stone road, there was a clear sound of hiking sticks poking the ground. Chen Pingan was silent for a long time and explained: "According to the established plan, my foundation in the immortal realm is not bad. I protect the Taoist Taoist Ding and watch the Tao.
Then you will be certain to attain enlightenment and ascend to the realm of ascension. You will be insatiable, practice all things, and will never be full."
"Proceed step by step to reach the level of a martial arts god. Of course, it is best to reach the eleventh level and achieve your ambition of becoming a god in the flesh before you are a hundred years old. Live in a secluded dojo and draw talismans. The more the better, millions and millions to build ladders.
Therefore, even if there is no fight with Jiang She, I will only have the five elements of my life left, and everything in the world of human body will be reduced to chaos."
"What I'm looking for is the pure fourteenth realm of sword cultivation."
"The road to harmony is to ascend to heaven."
"Therefore, the first thing you need to do to become a pure sword cultivator in the Fourteenth Realm is to learn the secrets of sword practice."
Xie Gou thought for a while and finally came to the conclusion that the mountain master is not stupid when it comes to practicing Taoism, and Jiang She really deserves a beating!
Chen Ping'an looked calm, with no sadness on his face, not even anger.
With two cliffs facing each other, they were walking on a plank road facing the sun, and the sounds of apes and birds suddenly sounded in the mountains.
On the cliff plank road opposite, the light is so dim that pedestrians need to carry lanterns and light them, just like the tombs glowing with phosphorus fire at night.
Xiao Mo glanced at the other side and saw that those few were probably the handyman disciples of the Yufang Sect.
Chen Pingan said with a smile: "When I was a child, I had to grit my teeth and persist in living. I also had to live an upright and good life. Deep down in my heart, I naturally hope that my neighbors will remember my parents for a long time. No matter what, I will leave."
He was born early, but he still taught a child with a tutor. So the same reason applies to taking over the position of Grand Master of Da Li."
"Senior Brother Cui doesn't care about the quality of his posthumous reputation, but I care about the world's views and evaluation of Cui Han. I care very much."
"I admit that I have obsessions."
"I want to correct Senior Brother Cui's mistakes, big and small, that he deliberately left behind, and mend the gaps. I want to make what is good and right become better and tend to be more mellow and 'good'. This is a job that the examiner has left.
On the field, the test papers left on "that desk" of senior brother, the good and bad of the Great Li Dynasty in the next hundred years, have I made the Great Li Dynasty that Senior Brother Cui and Mr. Qi have pinned their hopes on become better, that is, I am the only one
I know the answer well."
"But if it stops here, then I am a pure scholar with a good conscience? As Cui Chan's junior disciple who personally protects the Tao, and also served as the last hidden official of the Sword Qi Great Wall, if I don't do merit, who will? Cui Chan does.
If I don’t take up the mantle of learning, who can?”
"Emperor Song He really doesn't want to completely get rid of the shadow of Xiuhu? Will he alone lead the Great Li Dynasty into a new year? But I showed up, and he had no choice."
This kind of thinking is human and extremely normal. Originally, when old people such as Shen Chen, Changsun Mao, and Wei Li left the court one by one, whether Wei Liang, one of Cui Chan's confidants, would go or stay, actually depends on
Wei Liang knew the interests and
No, in the future, whether it is Zhao Yao, Cao Gengxin, Wu Wangcheng, etc., these newly emerged important officials in the Great Li Central Committee will revolve around the will of Emperor Song He. Over time, the emperor and his ministers reached a tacit understanding, and the latter began to rotate on its own.
At the last meeting of the Confucian Temple, it was confirmed that all ministers of rites in Haoran Jiuzhou must be Confucian scholars of the academy. However, the Confucian Temple finally gave a buffer of twenty years. When I think of Li Huai, who is already a sage of the Cliff Academy, he may be a scholar in the academy in the future.
It's interesting to think about being the Minister of Rites in a small country in the south. I couldn't help it. On the way to study in the past, Li Huai was the youngest among the group. He had to have someone to "protect him" even if he took a shit in the middle of the night.
Approaching the top of the mountain, Xie Gou asked in his heart: "Has the mountain master found a new road?"
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I have to give it a try. But I am different from Minister Cao. I will make a draft first when I am bragging."
Xie Gou grinned, gave a thumbs up, and sincerely praised: "Master of the mountain, if you are of the same age as us, you would be great."
Chen Ping'an didn't appreciate it and said with a smile: "In the Fuyaolu dojo, which one worshiped Tiedifu water just to see the joke?"
Xiao Mo glanced at the bewildered girl in the mink hat and said angrily: "Play, keep playing."
Xie Gou asked cautiously: "He is the eldest brother of the mountain master. Xiuhu has already helped pave the way?"
Chen Pingan shook his head, "He doesn't bother to do it. As long as I don't stay under the dark lamp, I can figure it out myself."
Xie Gou asked doubtfully: "The doorway is inside the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion? Is this a correct guess? But I've even visited the main room and Cui Han's study, so why didn't I understand it?"
Chen Ping'an said: "With the same landscape and different people's different moods, how can they see the same way?"
Xiao Mo hesitated for a moment and asked: "Would the mountain owner want to be in the right place in the future?"
Chen Pingan laughed angrily and said: "Then how can I go to the Colorful World and how to go to the Qingming World? Carrying the entire Aquarius Continent on my back?"
Xie Gou let out a cry, "That would be an unprecedented move away from home."
Chen Pingan put his fingers together to form a chestnut.
Thinking of something, Chen Ping'an asked in his heart: "Xiao Mo, you have reached the Fourteenth Realm. How do you see the world now?"
As for the scene of "the way of the world" seen by monks in the Fourteenth Realm, Master Huolong described it for Xie Gou at the Fish Scale Crossing.
Previously, Chen Ping'an and Lu Chen temporarily borrowed Taoism to travel around Aquarius Continent, and they also gained some unique "insights".
Xiao Mo said: "It can be roughly divided into three types of scenes. One is that you can see thousands of 'Xie Dogs' on the mountain road for more than ten miles on the way here, like a series of freeze-frame scrolls connected together, and at this moment."
"Xie Gou' is about to walk forward, but there are not many of them, more than a hundred steps, dozens of people, and their figures will become lighter and lighter."
"The second kind is that green mountains are like swords, and flowing water like rivers and streams are also like swords. With just a slight thought, you can use the mountains and rivers as long swords at will."
"The third type may be caused by one of the natal flying swords. You can see a line of sword light hanging in the sky and the world."
Chen Ping'an was filled with admiration and nodded: "It's really spectacular."
Xie Gou rubbed her cheeks, looking unhappy. In the past, she chased Xiao Mo to become a Taoist couple, but now...it seems that she is still chasing Xiao Mo?
Xiao Mo said: "Young master, don't look at her pretending here. According to fellow Taoist Bixiao, you could at least see or hear similar scenes in Bai Jing ten thousand years ago, as many as five or six kinds. Bi Xiao
Fellow Taoist Xiao said that what she had seen and heard was the 'prototype of the Great Way'. But because of this, Bai Jing was dragged down, as if she was suffering from 'Heaven's Disgust'. If she wanted to reach the Fourteenth Realm, she would have to be better than many talented people.
Harder."
Xie Gou hugged the mink hat with both hands and shook his head, "Hey."
Chen Pingan was too lazy to speak.
I always felt like I had been hit with a few more swords.
Xiao Mo turned to look at Xie Gou and said sternly: "Fellow Taoist Bixiao asked you not to continue to squander your talents. As long as you can't merge with the Tao for one day, what's the use of having more prototypes of the Tao reserved for you in the world?"
Xie Gou sighed, "Can he control me? It's amazing that he is at a higher level..."
Xiao Mo was immediately annoyed and stretched out his hand to hold down the mink hat. Xie Gou immediately changed his words and said: "It must be amazing!"
After all, we were close to the Patriarch Hall, and Yu Feng, a monk from the Yufang Sect, appeared here. She said bravely: "Our sect is holding a meeting in the Patriarch Hall. Please kindly ask the distinguished guests to stop here."
Your attention is focused on the girl standing in the middle climbing the mountain, and you are afraid that she will fall out on the spot. Will you stop her or not?
Therefore, she deliberately did not see the large Li Xingbu enshrinement plaque on the waist of the girl in the mink hat.
Xie Gou deliberately picked up the sign, shook it, and took a look, do you recognize it?
Xiao Mo smiled and said: "We won't go to your ancestral hall, just take a look at the nearby stone tablets."
The female cultivator still looked embarrassed. Of course, this is the truth. The problem is that after you leave, what should I do if I am settled by the Qiu Hou of the Patriarch Hall?
Chen Ping'an, whose appearance had only slightly changed, took out a second-class peace card from his sleeve.
It turned out that Zhao Yao was not polite to his junior uncle at Jianzhou before. Hearing that he was going to the Yufang Sect, he asked him to help deliver this innocent card. This time, it was solved in one fell swoop within the Qiu Kingdom.
There are still only 16 spies and dead soldiers who lost more than 400 characters, obtained enshrined cards or changed the level of enshrined cards. The rest are still only recorded in the records, adding a credit to the Criminal Department's resume.
The female cultivator glanced at it and silently moved out of the way. It was the first time for her to see such a second-class offering sign issued by the Ministry of Punishment of the Great Li, and it was a new experience for her.
Some good people have estimated that the three types of peace cards and first-class sacrificial cards issued by the Ministry of Punishment of Dali are literally only a handful.
The second-class ones are probably the amount allocated to each state in Da Li. You can weigh the weight of this brand by yourself.
The female cultivator then guessed that this middle-aged scribe with an upright appearance was most likely the biggest spy in our territory in Hanzhou? It’s true that a person cannot be judged by his appearance, and as expected, the most powerful spies are all among the crowd.
He is a character that people can only look at once but not look at twice.
Xiao Mo felt helpless and thanked the dog for his hard work to hold back his laughter. The mountain owner looked as usual and walked calmly.
Yufang sect's ancestral mountain, as a rule, a monument is erected on the top of the mountain.
The stele was written by Xiu Hu, the Imperial Master himself, written by Zhao Duanjin of the Ministry of Rites, and copied by the Ministry of Works. The Dali border troops erected the stele in the mountains of various countries.
In those days, among the Aquarius Island Xianjia sect, those who were timid and flattering would erect monuments directly at the entrance of the Patriarch Hall, while those who were bolder would erect the monuments in an inconspicuous place on the edge of the cliff and try to avoid looking at them as much as possible. Here is the Yufang Sect.
It belongs to the latter, but he also took advantage of it and built a pavilion specifically for this stone tablet to protect it from wind and rain.
On the side of the stone monument, there are already two groups of people in the pavilion.
On one side is Fu Ji, a Taoist priest from the Shen Gao Sect and a monk accompanying the army from Hanzhou. Two siblings, Qi Mei and Qi Xu, and a young Taoist boy, Yan Si.
One of the monks of the Dali Earth Branch, the female formation master Han Zhoujin, was born in the Qingtan Paradise of Shengao Sect, and was no stranger to Fu Ji.
The other party is a Da Li spy, a direct disciple of the old leader "Ling Gao", Hong Wei, who is tall and tall. Just now, this person burst into tears in the ancestral hall, saying that the master has returned to Daoshan by Hexi. In fact,
It was he who personally put the master on the back of the crane.
Then there is the handyman disciple who previously claimed to be in the cave realm and let his "Nascent Soul Patriarch" Pang Yun kill him at will. His pseudonym in the Yufang Sect is Liu Wang, and his real name is Huang Qu. He is actually the person in charge of all intelligence for the Qiu Kingdom.
There is only a third-class enshrinement plaque. His immediate boss, the entire Hanzhou espionage leader, his preaching mentor and the leader of the Criminal Department Yamen, the old man is the second-class enshrinement plaque.
Huang Qu had just been promoted to be Pang Yun's direct disciple, and at least his status in the Yufang Sect had undergone earth-shaking changes. Just now in the Patriarch Hall, Pang Yun calmed down and asked him from the bottom of his heart, if he was designated as the Yufang Sect,
Can Pang Yun, the next head of the Fang sect, get a big Li Wuji card? Huang Qu said that the matter needs to be reported to the Ministry of Punishment and he cannot make the decision. Pang Yun asked him to be accommodating with the Ministry of Punishment in the near future.
Pang Yun was not on the two lists. On the one hand, the old monk was not deeply involved in the political affairs of Qiu State and had no interest in those temple struggles. In addition, he did go to the capital battlefield in his early years and stayed there for more than two years.
In the Ying Realm, I had a back-and-forth fight with a big wild monster in the Yu Pu Realm... Just listen to it from my own Yufang Sect and the Qiu Kingdom.
The truth is that Pang Yun was just fighting and cooperating on the Dadu battlefield, throwing away magical powers from a distance, or cleaning up the battlefield.
Regarding the affairs of the Yufang Sect, Huang Qu, a real monk in the cave realm, was in the light, and Fu Ji, a swordsman who was a monk accompanying the army in Hanzhou, was in the dark.
The official work of the Ministry of Punishment has come to an end, and everyone has gained something. The two parties can gather here to chat, and the love in the mountains always comes from this place.
Deep down in their hearts, Huang Qu and Hong Wei naturally envied the origins and orthodoxy of this group of sect Taoist priests, but they were not overly jealous.
Fu Ji and the others respect the two Dali spies in front of them, who are said to be from the army, but they don't really want to be promoted in the officialdom like them. As a monk, after many experiences in the world of mortals, they will eventually return to the mountains.
.
Fu Ji once saw with his own eyes an army of millions of wild monsters advancing like a tidal wave on the battlefield north of Old Dragon City.
Under the sunlight, the tightly formed Dali frontier troops and their talisman armor shone brightly... Fu Ji never wanted to see such a magnificent scene again.
Chen Ping'an and the others appeared in sight, causing them to stop chatting in the pavilion.
Fu Ji always felt that the middle-aged scribe holding a cane seemed to pay more attention to himself, which was strange. Isn't it more beautiful if he has straight eyebrows?
Chen Ping'an stopped outside the pavilion, took out the second-class offering tablet, looked at Huang Qu, and said with a smile: "The Minister of Justice Zhao asked me to give this to you."
Huang Qu and Hong Tui walked out of the pavilion quickly. The former took the "nothing" sign with both hands, took a deep breath, and didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded to the man and then took out the original offering sign and handed it over. The man smiled and handed it over.
Keep it in your pocket.
Hong Tuo punched Huang Qu on the shoulder, "Good guy, I've been promoted! Remember to protect me from now on!"
Huang Qu grinned, silly and happy.
The Taoist priests in the pavilion also congratulated Huang Qu, and then they bowed their heads and left with their swords and wind.
Sensing something strange about the Taoist boy next to him, Qi Wei asked in confusion: "Short-legged bastard, what's going on?"
Yan Yan's intuition was always very accurate. Could it be that the "nothing card" handed out by the man was a forgery? Did Yan Yan sense that something was wrong?
Yan Yan shook his head vigorously and said doubtfully: "I feel that that person looks familiar, but I can't remember him."
Fu Ji said: "Why do I think he is interested in me?"
Yan Yan and Qi Zhu immediately looked at each other, our master and uncle really love to joke.
The Qi eyebrows had a complicated look on their faces, but they didn't say anything. He seemed to be the straw-shoe boy pretending to be a swordsman next to the big-bearded ranger and the young Taoist priest carrying the mahogany sword in the haunted house outside Rouge County.
The six Great Li Sword Boats did not return to the dock immediately, but began to fly over the states where the vassal states were located.
Sun Mao, the general envoy who was nearly eighty years old, was transferred to the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs just a few days after he was awarded the title of Bachelor of Wenhua Pavilion.
In fact, the old man who became the "Tianguan" of Dali was also surprised. On the contrary, that brat Ma Yuan actually knew that the "burning cold stove" was coming in advance, so he ran to the General Administration Office and talked nonsense. Changsun Mao was then
I haven't really turned a corner yet. It's something I can't even think about. It's just an old saying. Let Ma Shangshu's conscience not be eaten by dogs and take care of Guan Yiran. If that little bastard can't stay in the Ministry of Household Affairs,
If you are used to it, you, Ma Yuan, just go to His Majesty's side to help talk to him. Come to my General Affairs Department.
There are more than a hundred states in the Dali Dynasty, and there are various state guild halls of various sizes scattered in the capital. It is convenient for local officials to come to Beijing to discuss matters and have a place to report their work. However, not just any state can build its own guild hall near Qianbu Corridor.
A little closer to the Imperial City, even if you are wealthy and have connections in the court, for example, only a few guild halls like Chuzhou and Hongzhou can be close to Nanxunfang. In addition, some guild halls in big states are at most close to the Imperial City.
inner city boundary.
In Xunfang, Qianbulangnan, Cao Gengxin persuaded Zhou Haijing to use Chen Ping'an's name and let him be the shopkeeper. He didn't need to pay for the work, but only needed to get dividends every year. Zhou Haijing had always made money.
It was very wild, but Gaiyan, who had opened an Xianjia Inn in the capital, could not get out after falling into the eyes of money. When they heard about this, they all felt that it was completely feasible. Anyway, they just hid it from Chen Pingan,
They opened a teahouse together.
The teahouse is located inside the Yuzhou Guild Hall. I don't know whether I have to pay rent to use it or not.
So when Feijian Chuanxin Luo Luoshan Jise Peak got the first dividend of dozens of taels of silver, even Chen Ping'an was a little confused.
If we talk about the Qiu State incident, it was Chen Ping'an, the new Imperial Preceptor, who was trying to push the envelope, but at least it was decided by the Xiaochao Council and the Imperial Preceptor's Office discussed the matter. Cao Gengxin, you guys can do it. If you dare to think, dare to do, and dare to act, right?
In the dusk, a carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the Yuzhou Guild Hall. The driver was a handsome young man with a yellow hat and blue shoes. Chen Pingan, who had used a trick to conceal his vision, opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.
Xie Gou was not interested in drinking tea. He was busy writing at the Imperial Prefecture. He borrowed a study room from sister Rong Yu and devoted himself to writing the landscape travel notes. From time to time, he asked Rong Yu to help him take a look.
Cao Gengxin was entertaining guests and making tea himself. Sitting opposite him was Lou Mian, the governor of Yuzhou who had just come to Beijing on business.
Weizhou was one of the few large states in Dali. The governor, Lou Mian, was capable and had a good official reputation in Dali temples. He paid special attention to education and water conservancy within his jurisdiction, and his political achievements were outstanding. This is probably related to Lou Mian.
It is related to his origin. He is from Yuzhou, and his ancestors were all farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky. They were born in the imperial examination and are closely related to the Cao family of Shangzhu State. They are over fifty years old and can still go up if nothing unexpected happens.
When Lou Mian came to Beijing this time, he did not see Cao Qiao from Shangzhu Kingdom for the time being, but Lou Mian was surprised that Cao Gengxin could sell this face.
Lou Mian smiled and asked: "Yuanmei, tell me, who do you want to introduce me to?"
Yuanmei is Cao Gengxin’s character.
Cao Gengxin smiled and said: "He is the big boss behind this teahouse, and I am just helping out with the odd jobs."
Lou Mian laughed dumbly.
Lou Mian is the governor of a state, and his residence is specially arranged by the Minister of Honglu Temple, so he will not stay here.
Originally, there were some questions that I wanted to ask Cao Gengxin privately, such as the promotion of Changsun Mao to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, why the Great Li Sword Boat suddenly took off to patrol the boundaries of the states and vassals, especially the rumor that the imperial court had set up a road on the state.
A super plan? But here, Lou Mian just got up
After the conversation started, Cao Gengxin interrupted with a casual sentence. Lou Mian heard the elegant meaning of the string and just drank tea and chatted. In any case, the tea maker was a minister of the Ministry of official affairs who was younger than him. Cao Gengxin
If you can still call him "Uncle Lou" and he calls "Yuanmei", it's a tacit understanding.
There was a gentle knock on the door, and Cao Gengxin raised his buttocks. Lou Mian had already stood up and opened the door first. In addition to the maid of the guild hall, there was also an easy-going man in blue shirt. Lou Mian was stunned on the spot. The man smiled.
Stretching out a palm towards the front, Lou Mian suppressed the turmoil in his heart for a moment, immediately moved away, and slowly walked back to his seat. Before closing the door gently, Lou Mian said thank you to the maid.
Cao Gengxin smiled playfully, clasped her fists and said with a smile: "Chen Jianxian is really hard to invite. I'm here to welcome you. I'll introduce you to Yuzhou Lou Mian. My name is Uncle Lou. Uncle Lou has watched me grow up."
Chen Pingan nodded with a smile, sat on the chair, and took the tea cup from Cao Gengxin. Lou Mian then followed and sat down.
Zhou Haijing and Gaiyan were sitting in the next room, listening to each other. Now their relationship has eased too much. After all, they are business partners.
In fact, we didn't talk about much during the tea this time. We just talked about the customs and customs of Yuzhou and some interesting things about the officialdom of the capital, mainly Cao Gengxin's threading and rambling.
After drinking tea, Chen Ping'an and Lou Jiao walked in front. The corridor and stairs were only so wide, so Cao Gengxin followed them with a smile.
When going down the stairs, Lou Mian, who was not tall, turned slightly sideways, lowered his head slightly, and continued chatting with "Mr. Chen". Chen Pingan had no choice but to put his hands on his sleeves and chat with him with a smile.
Cao Gengxin, who was behind the stairs, saw an official at the door of the teahouse. He had his hands behind his back and the stars were shining over the moon. The official raised his head and was looking at the various tea utensils displayed high on the glass counter.
Cao Gengxin made a few comments about the cake, and everyone around him burst into laughter. After walking down the stairs, Cao Gengxin saw the official, and started to walk into the teahouse with a high-spirited speed.
With the force of his ears, he lowered his head and bent down, leaving behind the group of helpers from Yuzhou County who were making money in the capital. They were originally recommended to come here to learn more, and they all said that the owner of this teahouse has a good background. At this moment
Seeing Lou Mian coming towards him, the official hurried forward, swallowed his saliva to moisten his throat, and suddenly stood in front of the governor two steps away, and softly announced his identity to Lou Mian.
The governor of a state, the official of the border area, in charge of sixteen prefectures and more than a hundred counties. If the governor doesn't recognize him, how could he not recognize the governor Lou?!
Lou Mian showed no expression and nodded, "These are the two owners of the teahouse, Mr. Chen and Mr. Cao."
The official didn't know what was going on. He was confused and didn't ask any questions. He just bowed his head and accompanied Governor Lou all the way out of the teahouse and sent them to an inconspicuous carriage that seemed to be huddled in a corner. Before Lou Mian got on the carriage, he glanced at it.
The magistrate of Honshu County, whose authority was so terrifying, didn't say anything, got in his car, and slowly left the Yuzhou Guild Hall.
Sitting in the carriage, Lou Mian closed his eyes and rested his mind. It seemed that it was inevitable for the imperial court to merge several states and establish one. It was a good thing!
Before today, Lou Mian had no idea that Mr. Chen was in the capital. But after drinking tea, many questions suddenly became clear to him.
Every subsequent decree issued by the Imperial Prefecture will be a strong pulse for the Great Li Dynasty.
A country is like a human body!
Just when I think of the county magistrate, I only had a rough understanding of it through the files before, and now I can completely remember his name.
Lou Mian opened his eyes and moved his lips slightly, speaking in his hometown dialect.
Xiaomo drove the carriage and went to the inner city.
Lin Shouyi had a small house in Dali Capital. In fact, he bought two houses in his early years, and one of them was previously rented out.
The person who rented the house was Wu Wangcheng, now the Minister of War.
Your Majesty has given you a mansion, and Wu Wangcheng has moved in, but the rented house has not yet been returned.
If a person like Wu Wangcheng could leave the battlefield alive, he is by no means a rough-and-tumble boss or a foolish young man who is motivated by his own ambitions.
Chen Pingan folded his hands and tapped each other lightly with his index fingers.
Originally, we envisioned two paths to join the Dao. For example, if the method of ascension is realized through the Immortal Realm, if one can successfully realize the Dao and ascend, then if he is unable to ascend to heaven and join the Dao, there is still a candidate path. Now that the steps have been disrupted,
No problem, just change the order.
Xiao Mo said: "Master, we're here."
Chen Ping'an got off the carriage, knocked on the door knocker, and deliberately asked loudly: "Is Lin Yupu at home?"
Lin Shouyi just arrived in the capital today, opened the door, and asked doubtfully: "Since you are not collecting debts, why did you call me here?"
There was another face on Xiao Mo's side, smiling and saying: "I've met Mr. Xiao Mo."
Xiao Mo smiled and said, "I have met Mr. Lin."
Chen Ping'an took Xiao Mo into the courtyard and said with a smile: "Do you want to take part in the imperial examination?"
Lin Shouyi mistakenly thought that he heard wrongly, "What?!"
Chen Pingan said: "If I remember correctly, didn't Uncle Lin always hope that you could become an official?"
Lin Shouyi had a tangled look on his face and was speechless.
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "My student Cao Qinglang is ranked in the first and third place. I think you are in a low position. It would be an unexpected surprise to be able to reach the second place."
Lin Shouyi frowned and said, "What's going on?"
Chen Ping'an did not hide anything, and told the story of the "Future Minister of the Ministry of Personnel" appointed by His Majesty the Emperor.
Lin Shouyi felt it was unbelievable and said with a wry smile: "This is nothing."
Chen Ping'an said: "It's okay to take the top three exams and have the same background as a Jinshi."
Lin Shouyi asked: "Have you become the new national preceptor?"
Chen Ping'an nodded and smiled: "So I want you to study there. When you open the small stove, you can have a friend to eat with and we can chat about everything."
Lin Shou thought for a moment and said: "I'll just move to your place to study. It's too uncomfortable. As for whether I can pass the Jinshi examination, I'll try based on my ability. If it doesn't work once, it will be better twice. If it doesn't work twice,
I will just be my cultivator."
Chen Ping'an felt relieved and said, "I'm just waiting for your words."
Lin Shouyi said: "Don't help me cheat! You know my temper. Be careful and you won't be able to make friends."
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "Of course."
Lin Shouyi smiled and said: "It's not difficult to become a second-class Jinshi."
Chen Pingan smiled and said nothing.
Lin Shouyi suddenly said: "Actually, the official I most want to be is the headmaster of Shanya Academy or the headmaster of Chunshan Academy."
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "It must be possible. I can assure you that we are selfish in this matter."
Lin Shouyi said nothing.
Chen Ping'an said: "Come and sit with me when you have time."
Lin Shouyi asked: "Are you in such a hurry to go back?"
Chen Pingan sighed, "You are an idle person and I am a busy person. Can we be the same?"
Lin Shouyi did not hold back, and sent Chen Pingan to the alley outside the door. Seeing Lin Shouyi hesitated to speak, Chen Pingan found it interesting, similar to when he was a teenager, and pretentious.
Chen Pingan waved his hand and got on the carriage. As soon as he lifted the curtain, he heard Lin Shouyi calling him with a smile. Chen Pingan stopped, paused, hummed, and got into the curtain.
Lin Shouyi's title was "Little Master Uncle".
The main hall of the Imperial Prefect's Mansion, the third one entering the courtyard, was originally Cui Chan's reception and meeting place.
In the previous small court meeting, Emperor Song He once said that the "Mountain Methods" of the Imperial Prefecture would only be more powerful than those of the Royal Study. At that time, Chen Pingan was not afraid of overstepping even a single joke. When Chen Pingan calmly got a piece of "clearance" from Rongrong Yu,
When he actually crossed the threshold of the lobby and used the jade tablet to remove all the layers of blindness, he knew what it meant to have a different world, not to mention transgression, even rebellion.
Except for the alley outside the Imperial Palace and Renyun Yiyun Tower, Cui Chang could go to any place in the entire capital through this place.
Chen Pingan chose the wing opposite Cui Han's study as the "small government office" for handling official business. However, before letting the young man Han E walk into the backyard, Chen Pingan personally rearranged the layout of the main room to make it more convenient.
Yu and Fu Qing were on hand to help "move" geographical atlases and files from various government offices, including the official archives of New Dali, the treasury materials of the old country north of Dadu in Aquarius Continent, secret records, and the main hall.
Soon they piled up into mountains.
A mountain of books makes a rustling sound as if the breeze turns the pages.
Chen Pingan spread his consciousness, glanced at the books, maps, and words, and found lines corresponding to them on the "wall".
Those who had seen it were asked to return the fish and the talisman to their owners and put them back in the various capital government offices.
Therefore, they move books into the mountain faster, and books come out of the mountain faster.
Xie Gou felt like a spring of literary thoughts. He shook the page and blew on the ink. The more he read, the more satisfied he became. It was a wonderful pen.
Rong Yu smiled and said nothing. Is the Imperial Master very busy again?
Xie Gou stretched out and asked Sister Rong Yu to lead the way to the main room in the backyard.
Rong Yu led her across the threshold.
A "book wall" nearly nine feet high is hung with a huge map, colorful, which most intuitively reflects the national power and heritage of the Great Li Dynasty.
On that map, golden circles marked the garrisons of various states like Muyugou in Handzhou, and the addresses of military docks like Huang Tiandang. Hundreds of bright red lines connected the capital and local states. Both states,
The money from the Cao Cao Affairs Bureau, the Imperial Salt and Iron Kiln Mine Special Project, etc. was deposited into the household treasury and then distributed by the imperial court. There were also round-trip routes to the places where funds were allocated, as well as those business routes on the mountains.
The main trunk and tributaries of the Dadu River in Dali are drawn in green color. The earthy yellow ones are the mountain ranges, the old Five Mountains of various countries, their origins and branches, as well as the household registration yellow books archived by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the General Affairs Department, and the prefectures and counties in the capital and capital.
.The light green ones are the official schools, large and small academies, official roads and tens of thousands of inns in various states and counties, as well as hundreds of immortal sects, the site of the Shanshui Gods Temple enshrined by the Great Li court, the Wenwu Temple,
City God Temples at all levels.
A map is like the meridians, muscles and bones of a human body, where qi and blood circulate.
To be precise, there are more than ten maps, layered on top of each other, with fine spacing.
The first layer at the bottom is the map of the Great Li territory with black characters on a white background, the second layer is the northern map of the old Aquarius Continent, the third layer is the golden distribution map of the Great Li troops, and the fourth layer is the Great Li Kingdom "
"Silver Flows", trade road map, the fifth and sixth floors are old and new river maps...
Rong Yu and Fu Qing tend to get dizzy after looking at them for a long time.
It seems that the better your eyesight, the harder it is to concentrate.
Chen Ping'an and Xiao Mo quickly walked into the house.
Chen Pingan closed his eyes for a moment, searched his memory, stretched out his fingers, and countless threads spread out, like flowers blooming on the wall.
Instantly fill in half of the southern map of Aquarius Continent.
Chen Ping'an suddenly twisted his wrist again and hung the huge map upside down.
Bai Jing squinted his eyes for a moment, and then suddenly realized. No wonder Chen Ping'an wanted to be the Grand Master of the Great Li Dynasty, to sit on the vacant chair, to replace the two senior brothers Cui Chan and Qi Jingchun and continue their influence on the Great Li Dynasty and Aquarius Continent.
It has a profound impact. No wonder he would say it is a self-question and answer sheet, because he wants to imprint on the mountains and rivers of the Great Li Dynasty! It is a unique manifestation of the great road!
Xiao Mo sighed: "This is the real 'icing on the cake'."
Chen Ping'an's eyebrows were flying, and he drew a picture of himself ascending to Hedao!