2000 Years of Eternal Life

99 Three Years
The first year of Jianwu.

The Emperor Li Bian of the Great Zhou ascended to the throne again on the bank of Luoshui, and the dead prince Li Yin also reappeared, accompanied by all the civil and military officials, and the new court was formally established.

In this new court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, powerful people emerged in large numbers, not only the god-level powerhouses from various sects and aristocratic families, but also the peerless powerhouses who surpassed the god-level realm like Yuan Chun, the owner of Tianji, and Tao Zheng, the star-watching envoy. .

As for the golden god who was worshiped by the emperor Li Bian, personally conferred the title of Taiwei, served as the Minister of the Book, took charge of the Minister of the Book, and was in charge of the government affairs of the whole country, and was named the General of Hussars. His strength is a veritable prime minister.

This prime minister not only took charge of all military and political affairs in the country, but also designed a series of systems that were different from the previous Great Zhou and the former Great Zhao, including but not limited to the official system, military system, laws and so on.

However, such a transformation is not indiscriminate.

For example, the official system was optimized and transformed on the basis of the previous official positions.

Formally established the central organization with Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province as the core, clarified the power of prime minister, and established six departments of rites, officials, civilians, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and further clarified the scope of responsibilities of ministers and workers, allowing the court to The overall operation is more efficient.

The local official system has also been revised, strengthening the control of the central government over the local area, supplemented by changes in the military system and laws, and this has given the re-established Great Zhou a clear new look and started a process of prosperity.

In March of the second year of Jianwu.

The Son of Heaven ordered the General Hussars to lead the army to conquer the Southern Jin Dynasty and regain the homeland of the Great Zhou Dynasty. When the news spread to the Southern Jin Dynasty, it immediately caused great panic in the Jin court.

And when Jinshen came to the border between the two countries in person, all the strong men in the Shenmen Realm who went to investigate felt an extremely terrifying power, and they didn't even have the courage to make a move.

Faced with such great power, Nan Jin completely gave up resistance, and a powerful man of the royal family directly tied up the emperor of the Jin family, and brought him to kneel in front of the Golden God.

At the same time, he handed over the Southern Jin surrender form, requesting that the whole of the Southern Jin Dynasty be attached to the prefectures and counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Golden God readily agreed.

This battle did not cost a single soldier, and only one person coerced the border, and the entire Southern Jin Dynasty was destroyed, and it was attached to the state and county.

The news shocked the world.

Once again, people clearly realized that when a strong man appeared far above the Shenmen Realm, the strength of the country already depended on whether this strong man supported the current royal family.

Therefore, in May of the same year, before the Great Zhou court sent troops to attack Xicheng, a letter of surrender was sent to Luojing, and the five prefectures occupied by Xicheng also requested to be attached to the prefectures of the Great Zhou.

The Great Zhou court readily agreed.

In July of the second year of Jianwu, the emperors of the Southern Jin Dynasty and Xicheng Dynasty all came to Luojing of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Li Bian, the emperor of Jinshen, conferred the titles of Marquis of Jin and Marquis of Cheng on the two "former emperors" respectively.

Since then, the world has been unified, and the land and mountains of the nineteen states have all belonged to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Then he ordered the Jinhou clan to move north and scattered in different counties of Youzhou, Hezhou, and Qingzhou. At the same time, he also ordered the Chenghou clan to move to the northwest and scattered in Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Ganzhou. In different counties, they were completely broken up.

The aristocratic families of the Southern Jin and Xicheng also received similar treatment, but to a lesser extent, allowing their families to move to the same state, but scattered them in different counties.

At this point, the royal families and noble families of the Southern Jin and Xicheng lost the possibility of reuniting. Even if there are people who can really rise up in thousands of years, it has nothing to do with these people now.

After all, no one can live beyond a thousand years.

Except Du Heng.

Jianwu three years.

Under the impetus of Golden God, a new "Zongmen Law" was freshly released and spread to the world.

This means that Da Zhou abolished the unreasonable restrictions on the sect's recruitment of disciples from the level of the national system,

Of course, it is not to give up management completely, there are still restrictions.

For example, it is necessary to regularly assess the quality of the training of disciples, and count the proportion of new disciples who have grown to the spiritual realm.

In addition, the unreasonable restrictions on the sect's business operations have also been cancelled, but assessment marks, supervision systems, etc. have also been formulated.

In any case, compared to the era of Da Zhao, the development environment of Zongmen has been much better.

And more standardized.

This naturally made many powerful sects support this new Great Zhou court from the bottom of their hearts.

It is also from this year that Dazhou has started a process of steady development, and all aspects of the entire country are moving towards a better future in an orderly manner.

The strength of the nineteen prefectures in the Central Plains gradually recovered, and the barbarians in the northern border began to retreat in the desert and ice fields, not daring to violate the frontier at all.

Such a situation is extremely rare in the above-mentioned hundred years.

Many people feel that as long as it takes another 30 to [-] years, the prosperous scene of the great Zhou Wenzong, Xuanzong, and Renzong periods can be reproduced.

Jinxia Peak.

The 22-year-old Du Heng stood on the top of the mountain with his hands behind his back, looking through the sea of ​​clouds to the human world below, and said with a smile, "Da Zhou's national fortune is prosperous, good, very good!"

This is the third year that Da Zhou has re-established the country, and it is also the third year that he has sat and watched the world on the Jinxia Peak.

Since Jin Shen, who was the prime minister in the first year of Jianwu, promulgated various systems and laws, Du Heng felt that his magic power was getting stronger every day.

Although the extent of this strengthening is not large, Sheng is growing every day, and it is enough for him to make great progress over the years.

After the Great Zhou regained the world's fourteen states in the second year of Jianwu, Du Heng's mana grew faster.

In the third year of Jianwu, the national power of the Great Zhou was further strengthened, and the foreign enemies were overwhelmed, and the national destiny also became stronger. The growth rate of Du Heng's mana naturally increased to a higher level.

"According to this process, after I sit and observe the world for 30 years, even if I have not reached the immovable state, and my mind has changed, my mana will at least become ten times what it is now!"

Du Heng couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart, and secretly said: "As expected of the "Tao Sutra", my real realm is only the divine power realm now, and I have only condensed five Dao seeds, and I already have such strength. Wait for 'Longhushan' After the Dao Seed is condensed, what kind of situation will it be like, it is really exciting."

At this time, a stream of light suddenly flew over from the direction of Zhike Peak, and it fell into Du Heng's hands, and then the content of it appeared, it was a message from Zhang Xubai.

In the first year of Jianwu, when Du Heng was groping for ways to use mana, he created a short-distance communication method, which could achieve rapid communication within a radius of a hundred miles by making special talismans.

This is how Zhang Xubai summons Du Heng.

There was a bit of a smile in this message.

"Junior brother, the inner and outer disciples to be recruited this year have been selected, and the entrance ceremony will be held in three days. Next, it's time for you to come out, junior."

Now that the restrictions on the sect's recruitment of disciples have been lifted, there is no need to increase the recruitment quota little by little through the ranking of the list, and many sects have begun to recruit disciples to expand their influence.

Although Chunyang Temple adheres to the principle of rather lacking than indiscriminate and recruits a small number of disciples, it also recruits more than ten inner disciples and more than 100 outer disciples every year.

Of course, this is only the recruitment frequency during the recovery period. When the entire sect regains its vitality, the frequency of large-scale recruitment of disciples will decrease, and become once every three years, once every five years, or even once every ten years.

This is not the first time Zhang Xubai has been in charge of recruiting disciples. As early as the first year of Jianwu and the second year of Jianwu, he had already been in charge of two small-scale recruitments, that is, turning those former hired workers into inner disciples and disciples. Outer disciples.

However, Zhang Xubai has always been very serious in his work, and he didn't slack off because he recruited more disciples this time, and he was targeting ordinary employees or ordinary people who were not as good as the "elites" who recruited the previous two times. He was still very serious. Responsible.

Inviting Du Heng to participate in the new disciples' entrance ceremony is to hope that he can appear in front of the new disciples as a role model, let these new disciples understand the power of Chunyang Temple, and also plant a seed of progress in the hearts of the new disciples .

Du Heng understood what Zhang Xubai meant, and he himself was very enthusiastic about it.

After all, these new disciples are the future of Chunyang Temple.

And in the future, he will take Xie Cang's position and become the master of Chunyang Temple. Of course, the stronger the disciples under his rule, the better.

"Well, I remember." Du Heng nodded, imprinted this sentence on the communication talisman, and threw it into the air to make it fly to Zhike Peak where Zhang Xubai was.

After about three breaths, Zhang Xubai will receive his reply.

"Tsk, although this method of contact is much faster than before, it is still not as good as instant messaging after all. After the 'Longhushan' Dao Seed is condensed, maybe you can use the imperial seal to create a divine court to try out related services." means……"

Du Heng thought about it in his mind, and secretly said, "If it is feasible, we can also consider implementing this method in the territory of Dazhou. After all, convenient means of communication is also one of the necessary factors for stabilizing and consolidating the rule."

The so-called sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the situation where local governments are in their own hands occurs because the means of communication are not developed enough.

The nineteen prefectures in the world are so vast, more than one million miles from south to north, and nearly 200 million miles from east to west. The previous imperial court could only spread the news to the whole country within a month by relying on the special Shenmen domain. .

Therefore, since ancient times, the central court's rule over the border areas has been extremely weak, which has greatly affected the stability of the national order and the development of national power, and will naturally affect the growth of the national fortune.

In the process of condensing the Dao Seed of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, Du Hengming understood many methods of using the national fortune, and he could use the powerful national fortune to strengthen his various means, so as to improve his chances of winning in the face of foreign evil gods.

Since he couldn't hear the true strength of the Lord of Thick Earth in the center, he could only treat him as an extremely powerful existence, and try to increase his own strength as much as possible, so as not to have to sit and wait for death after this evil god from outside came.

"It was the sixth year of Chonghe when I killed Tian Xing, and three years after that, the Great Zhao Kingdom was destroyed, the Great Zhou was reestablished, and it was changed to Yuan Jianwu. Now it is the third year of Jianwu, and this is also the third year of sitting on the mortal world.

"In this way, there are still 44 years until the Lord of the Central Thick Earth arrives, and 27 years before I condense and condense the Dao Seed of Longhu Mountain. If you calculate it this way, there is still time."

Du Heng thought about it for a while, then stopped thinking about it, and continued to look down the mountain and into the world.

……

Three days later, more than 100 teenagers gathered in Zaowangfeng Tai Chi Academy.

They are of different ages and origins, and there are men and women, but they will all officially become disciples of Chunyang Temple in the future.

Although there is a difference between the inner sect and the outer sect, there is no difference in the teaching of basic martial arts. As long as the outer sect disciples work hard, there will always be a day when they will be promoted to the inner sect.

He Qing is now among the crowd and will soon become an outer disciple of Chunyang Temple.

Although he, as an employee of the Great Sea Gang, can apply to become an outer disciple of the Great Sea Gang after the new "Zongmen Law" is promulgated, he still decided to come to Jinxia Mountain to become a disciple of Chunyang Temple.

I hope I can get guidance from Master Xu Jing.

That's right, Du Heng's current state is already at the third level of the True Astral Realm, and the Great Zhou court did not hesitate to reward him. According to the Buddhist and Taoist reward system, he was given the title of Jinxia Tonghui Xujing Daoist, a third-rank official position.

Therefore, when referring to Du Heng, many people would respectfully call him Xu Jing Daoist.

At this time, the entrance ceremony has not yet started, and more than 100 people gathered here, and there will naturally be whispers.

Standing next to He Qing was a 13-year-old boy named Yue Ling, who was born in Shanyin County under Jinxia Mountain. He looked around a few times and said to He Qing in a low voice: "Brother He, I heard that the entrance ceremony When the time comes, Daoist Xu Jing will come, is this true?"

He and He Qing were divided into living in the same courtyard. After getting along for a period of time, the relationship between the two has become very good.

"I heard that it is." He Qing looked at a high platform in the Tai Chi Academy. It is said that last year and the year before last, Master Xu Jing stood there to encourage new disciples.

"I grew up listening to the stories of Master Xu Jing." Yue Ling looked at Gaotai with great interest, and said in a low voice, "I heard that Master Xu Jing reached the Profound Entrance Realm when he was 15 years old and was on the list of people. To be famous all over the world is really amazing.”

"A genius like Daoist Xu Jing is unique in all ages." He Qing nodded and sighed, "It would be great if we could also get his guidance. It is said that he hopes to reach the realm of God before the age of 30."

Other than the two of them, other people were also discussing in low voices, and the topics were basically focused on Du Heng. For these new disciples, Du Heng had already become the teacher they most yearned for.

At this moment, the crowd in front suddenly became commotion, and then became quiet. The people behind immediately understood what happened, and immediately stopped talking and discussing.

He Qing and Yue Ling also closed their mouths, staring intently at the sky ahead.

I saw a purple-gold light rising from the direction of Shenhe Peak, and in an instant, layers of clouds and mist were separated, and it landed on this high platform in the Taiji Courtyard of Zuowang Peak.

Immediately, the light dissipated, and a handsome young Taoist priest in feather clothes and star crown came out from inside.

It was Du Heng.

At this time Zhang Xubai also came over from the side, but without his introduction, the crowd saluted in unison.

"Greetings to Master Xu Jing!"

(End of this chapter)