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Don’t rush into studying at the Imperial College—although you can take the Daojiu Tianwen.com Imperial College “staff” will figure out huge flaws as soon as they verify the date.
This is not scientific.
Did you fly here?
Therefore, Chen Jianchen had two choices in front of him. One was to spend some time traveling around the mountains and rivers on the road; the other was to live in the capital first, wait until it was almost done, and then go to the Imperial College to enroll.
After thinking about it, Chen Jianchen decided to make a compromise and first travel around for a while, then arrive in the capital some time in advance to get to know him better.
Throughout the ages, the capital has been the core of the world, with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and strong men like clouds. In a word: "It's not easy to live in." In addition, a question that has to be considered is whether Ying Ning will adapt to the situation after entering the capital.
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The important place in the capital is different from Jiangzhou. The troops gathered in the city are top-notch in the world in terms of quantity and quality. The Royal Forest Army, the Tiger Army, the Black Shirt Guards, etc. are all elites selected from a hundred. They are strong and fierce, and have extremely strong blood. There are many.
When it got up, countless blood energy connected together and formed a large area, overwhelming the sky and the earth, forming a huge and unparalleled formation.
A great formation of blood energy, rising into the sky!
Under the cover of such a large formation, it has little impact on ordinary people, but for cultivators, especially those with demonic origins, the impact is very serious.
Needless to say, ordinary ghosts cannot get close at all, and they have to flee a few miles away from the capital; while monsters that can transform into human forms are equally uncomfortable, or they can sneak into the city, but they have to endure huge pains at all times.
The pressure, if you are not careful, will be exposed to the impact.
Even if human monks live in such an environment for a long time, it will be uncomfortable. It is like living in a place with serious "pollution". They cannot practice quietly at all, but will cause a lot of harm to the body's cultivation. Shengtang.com
Therefore, there are almost no cultivators settled in the capital. From another perspective, this is a strong guarantee for the safety of the imperial family.
If the capital is like a "public toilet", and those cultivators can come and go as they please, come and go without a trace, can the emperor still sleep peacefully and protect the world?
As for the so-called "dragon spirit" in folklore, it is nothing more than a public opinion deliberately created by the royal family to fool the public. Whatever is granted by heaven and the emperor's destiny are all like this.
The greatest force that can truly protect the imperial power is the army, a loyal army. Countless strong blood energy is much more reliable than the ethereal dragon energy.
From the small to the big, from the capital to the whole world, the same law applies. When the country is peaceful, the people are prosperous, and the vitality is full of vitality, then the people's livelihood is prosperous and the blood is strong; but if there is chaos everywhere, the people are in dire straits, people are in panic, and they can't even eat a full meal.
, where else can there be any blood?
Once such a situation occurs, this invisible force will weaken and weaken, leaving holes open and riddled with holes. At that time, all kinds of monsters, monsters, and monsters will emerge and act recklessly.
In this way, the entire country is almost at the point of destruction.
——This is a cliché: when a country is about to perish, there must be monsters!
In-depth understanding makes people think deeply, at least for Chen Jianchen, it allows him to see many things clearly. At the same time, he was worried about Ying Ning's situation. She followed him to the capital to work as a book boy, and the environment was worrying. Especially the Imperial College, which is the holy place for literati in the world.
, I don’t know how many Confucian scholars have been trained, far beyond what a place like Minghua Academy can compare with. Who knows what will be there?
It seems that all the circumstances are very unfavorable for the little fox!
At that moment, Chen Jianchen expressed his worries.
Yingning had obviously thought about this issue and said, "Young master, don't worry. Let's wait until we get to the capital and see the situation before we make a final decision."
Chen Jianchen nodded and walked around. This is all he can do now. Shengtang.com
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At the beginning, I didn't drive the Taoist book. I rode the horse all the way, stopping and stopping, very calmly. If I encountered any good scenery on the way, I would stop and enjoy it.
Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles.
The so-called "walking" does not mean just burying your head in the road, but also seeing more of the local customs and customs, which is a useful supplement to knowledge.
What he experienced in the past few days made Chen Jianchen secretly shocked: the people's livelihood was in decline, and it was obvious that they were in a desperate situation, and the implementation of the "New Tax Law" had made exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes more than trivial.
In the past, Chen Jianchen, as a scholar, had many immunities, but he didn't think anything of it. After getting to know the people at the grassroots level closely, he suddenly discovered that the situation had deteriorated to a very serious level.
Just listening to the various tax names is enough to make people feel incredible: poll tax, vehicle and boat tax, pig and cattle tax... and so on, how can the people survive if they are paid one by one?
Those officials who press for taxes are even more like wolves and tigers, using all possible means. Chen Jianchen experienced it twice when he was staying overnight, and it exactly echoed the ancient poem: "Today's scenery is so beautiful that the county officials press for money and beat them at night."
Door!"
Unable to pay taxes, the people had to flee, leaving many villages deserted and deserted.
After a few years, if the situation does not improve, then in order to survive, the people will have no choice but to rise up and rebel.
This is the inevitable result.
Let’s not talk about the future, let’s talk about the present. Bandits, large and small, have appeared in many places. They have taken over the mountains and become kings, robbing and killing passing merchants and pedestrians. Their predecessors may not have been simple farmers.
What I saw and encountered made me feel a lot. Two sentences suddenly appeared in my mind. Chen Jianchen took up his pen, filled with thick ink, and wrote on both sides of the door of an abandoned house:
"The auspiciousness brings peace of mind, and peace of mind governs the home and the countryside."
These eight characters have replaced the original dilapidated couplet, and that couplet can be vaguely discerned as: wealth and honor, three spring scenes; peace, two characters, gold.
It's a pity that the wealth and honor are now in vain, and peace is even less available if we don't worry about the day or night.
The eight big characters in thick black, full of energy and spirit, were flying on the wall, as if they were about to break through the wall.
Chen Jianchen's heart moved, and the strokes suddenly turned from thick to light, and gradually disappeared.
Yingning saw it and thought thoughtfully: It seems that the master's righteousness has improved again.
In the Niwan Palace, the "Zhengluantie" hanging in the middle has changed. On top of the last margin, two lines of words have been added out of thin air. They are exactly the two lines that Chen Jianchen wrote on the wall just now:
"When a country is about to perish, there must be evildoers; they poison the world, and they are pursued with cruelty; no matter how hard they are, they praise and destroy them; why should they study the books of sages? With unyielding righteousness, they can slay evil with great force; with auspiciousness and immunity, they can control the house and stabilize the country!"
After reading the whole article, there are a total of forty-eight words, which makes it more smooth and complete.
——I used to sit in my study and never think about "making a statement". I just saw it in the wild and then completed it, and I made a new breakthrough.
As the old saying goes, "Knowing and doing are one." Indeed, you need to walk more to be inspired and have the opportunity for emotional breakthroughs.
In the evening of that day, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and it looked like heavy rain was coming.
The weather and weather were not right, so we had to find a place to spend the night as early as possible. Fortunately, not far ahead, we found a town called "Weinan Town".
It is just a small town, with one street running straight through it and some houses on both sides. Although it is not large, it is obviously far better than the villages seen on the road.
As soon as I walked down the road, I found that there was not even an inn in the town. Perhaps there were not many business travelers passing through this place, and there was no room for the inn to survive, so it was not allowed to open.
There was no inn, so I had to stay overnight. When I walked to the head of the town, I saw a large family with high walls and a wide courtyard. It was an extraordinary house. On the horizontal plaque were two light gold characters: "Li Mansion".
Chen Jianchen went up and knocked on the door.
Soon, the door was opened, and an old face popped out. He was dressed like a butler, and he looked a little excited at first, but when he saw the person clearly, he frowned: "Who are you?"
Chen Jianchen bowed his hands in salute and briefly stated the origin of the request.
When the old housekeeper heard this, he looked puzzled and said, "Sir, you'd better go to another house. It's really inconvenient for us to stay overnight in our village."
His expression was very strange, not that he was repelling others, but that he had something unspeakable to hide.
Chen Jianchen felt strange, but it was rare to find a big family, so he was a little reluctant to let it go. If he chose to live elsewhere, he might not be able to give up a vacant house.
"Old housekeeper, we are willing to pay for the room."
The old housekeeper showed a wry smile: "How dare you, the villain, accept the young master's money? It's just that it's really inconvenient..."
Just as he was talking, thunder rumbled and heavy rain came down.
The rain came hard and very fast.
As a result, Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning were even more unable to leave.
The old housekeeper sighed and suddenly said: "Master, please wait a moment, wait until the villain goes to report to the owner of the village, and then we can make a decision. Do you think it's okay?"
"Then I'll bother the butler."
The old housekeeper went back inside, reported the matter and left.
Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning stood under the eaves, looking at the vast sky outside, with rainwater flowing down the eaves like water.
It was getting late, and it was raining again. There were no traces of people on the muddy streets. Suddenly, a Ubu umbrella floated out from the rain curtain, breaking through the rain.
Before anyone arrived, the voice came first, and a somewhat hoarse duck voice said: "You little guy, I have already predicted that there will be heavy rain tonight, and said it won't be too late to come back tomorrow, but you keep making noises, and you must do it tonight."
Come here. I'll have to talk to your master later about raising the price."
The boy was holding an umbrella, but he was outside the umbrella. He helped the Taoist priest hold the umbrella tightly, and he was soaked in the rain. He laughed and said: "Master Ling Feng, it's not that he is ignorant, he is actually my family."
The master is pressing hard, and the villain dare not neglect."
As they talked, the two waded through the water and soon arrived outside the Li Mansion. When they saw Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning standing under the eaves, they couldn't help but be stunned.