Daxia Lingxian

In addition to making Luoning a blind minister and giving him the title of Master, King Yong also gave him a palace, hundreds of slaves, and thousands of gold.

Once a noble man!
King Yong was also very satisfied with Wei Jifeng and directly worshiped him as prime minister, which happened to replace the position left vacant after Zhang Sui was killed.

In one day, Luo Ning and Wei Jifeng replaced Zhang Sui and Kang Ye and became the two most powerful upstarts in the Yong Kingdom!

There was an endless stream of ministers and ministers coming to see him, but Luo Ning turned his back on them all.

Where does he have time to get close to these 'gentlemen'? Both the emptiness and the snake are indebted.

Because King Yong did not think of how to answer Luo Ning's question, he did not summon Luo Ning again to ask for advice.

Luo Ning was temporarily free.

Logically speaking, since Luo Ning knew that Princess Wuyang was Lu Pianpian, he should immediately leave Chang'an and reunite with Lu Pianpian who was in Luoyang.

Keloning didn't do that.

There are two reasons why Luo Ning did not go to Luoyang to meet ‘Princess Wuyang’ Lu Pianpian.

The first is, of course, that he can no longer leave Chang'an.

Precisely because he valued him, King Yong must secretly send the Black Clothes Mansion to monitor him and prevent him from leaving Chang'an.

If he cannot serve King Yong, King Yong will definitely take action against him and will not let him serve other countries.

If he is not used by others, he will be killed!
Luo Ning knew very well that although he respected the position of blind minister as the national teacher, he was actually no longer as free as before.

Not only him, but also Wei Jifeng, who was appointed prime minister, was temporarily under the surveillance of the Black Clothes Mansion.

The second reason is that he fell in love with Qingjian Palace, the library hall of King Yong's Palace, hoping to find a way to leave this world through ancient books.

Because of these two reasons, Luo Ning can only stay in Chang'an at this time and be a blind minister.

He wanted to send someone to contact "Princess Wuyang" Lu Pianpian as soon as possible, but once intercepted or found out by the spies of the Black Clothes Mansion, it might be a secret conspiracy with the enemy. It was difficult to tell clearly.

Therefore, Luo Ning temporarily gave up the idea of ​​sending a letter to Lu Pianpian, and instead directly used his identity as a blind minister and a national master to enter the Qingjian Palace, the palace's library, and read ancient books!

The Yong Kingdom deposed Emperor Yu ten years ago, completely destroyed the Yu Dynasty, and transported all the books in the Yu Dynasty to Chang'an.

After the Yong Kingdom destroyed the Yu Kingdom, all the slips from the Luoyang Library Palace were transported back to the Qingjian Palace in Chang'an.

This made Qingjian Palace, which originally had a small collection of books, suddenly become the place with the richest collection of books in any country.

Far more than the Jixia Academy in the Yan Kingdom, the Yongzhu Palace in the Jing Kingdom has a richer collection of books.

Scholars estimate that at least half of the Jiuzhou official collection of slips is hidden in the Qingjian Palace of Yong State. The total collection of books in all countries is only half of what is left.

This made scholars all over the world yearn for the Qingjian Palace of Yong State.

But now Qingjian Palace has faced its biggest crisis since its establishment!
Because King Yong had previously ordered the inspection of ancient books in order to "unify people's hearts," that is, to control thoughts and combat "heretical talk."

The letters inspected were not limited to civilians, but also included books in palace collections.

King Yong planned to gather together all the letters that were not in line with "unifying people's hearts" and "stabilizing the country" and prepared to burn them!
When Luo Ning entered the Qingjian Palace, many palace officials and eunuchs were carrying letters and gathering those "should be burned" in the side hall next to them.

Any tablets moved to the side hall will face the fate of being burned.

At this time, the "evil books" in the side hall had piled up so much that there was no room for them in the hall.

The palace people simply threw the bundles of letters outside the palace.

It’s an “evil book” that’s going to be burned anyway, so it doesn’t matter.

When everyone saw Luo Ning coming in, carrying a cane and wearing a high crown, they immediately saluted together.

"Young man has seen the Imperial Master!"

Luo Ning leaned on his stick and listened, frowning and said, "Are all the letters you are carrying going to be burned?"

"I heard the sound of many tablets, and the ancient sounds were deep. It can be seen that they are all ancient books. Why are they all burned?"

Luo Ning looked a little sad.

He hates burning books, really hates it.

In the Chinese time and space he was familiar with, disgusting things such as book burning, destruction of records, and literary inquisition occurred frequently.

Selfish and short-sighted rulers, for the sake of their own selfish interests and short-term gains, do stupid things that fool the people, euphemistically called unifying people's hearts.

They hope that the people will always be simple-minded brown-headed husbands, who will change from people with good spirits into docile and ignorant cattle and sheep, crawling under power and becoming slaves.

It is convenient for them to "shepherd the world"!
But the problem is that there is a wider world outside, with more barbaric and even more civilized alien races.

The stupid and short-sighted ruler can only make wedding clothes for foreigners in the end. Even they themselves will become pigs and sheep of alien races.

Take great pains to make your own people stupid, ignorant, cowardly and weak, and then face the endless stream of tiger-like aliens outside?

What kind of imperial art is this? They are complacent and think that the temple is profound, but in fact they are just drinking poison to quench their thirst, which is beyond their reach.

Perhaps Xuedao is the son of Blue Star and belongs to the Blue Star family, so the trajectory of civilization is very similar to Blue Star.

Kyushu here is also called Huaxia.

This makes it difficult for Luo Ning to be indifferent to the world.

Upon hearing Luo Ning's question, a eunuch leader smiled apologetically and said:

"Replying to the Prime Minister, this is the king's order given by the king before. The king has no new orders, so we can only obey the orders."

Luo Ning said in a cold tone: "But which letters should be burned and which should not be burned?"

He pointed at the tablets with his crutch, "Is there something wrong with so many tablets?"

The leader of the eunuchs said: "Your Majesty is wise. The words on many of these ancient slips are indeed out of date. They are either absurd, fallacious, fabricated, or treasonous."

"If these letters are spread, they will poison the world and confuse people's hearts."

He picked up an ancient sandalwood slip and said, "Let's just say that this volume of "Xuanqiu Biography" is full of illusory theories about immortals. But now that the king is seeking immortality, where can there be any immortal magic?"

"If this kind of thing spreads widely and everyone in the world thinks there are gods, wouldn't it be chaos? Who would still fear the majesty of the imperial court?"

He threw "The Legend of Xuan Qiu" to the ground and picked up a scroll of bone slips.

"There is also this volume of the Netherworld Sutra, which talks nonsense about the retribution of the underworld, reincarnation, and the incense of yin virtue... It is simply heresy and pure fabrication."

"If the world believes these nonsense, then do they still need the king's law?"

When Luo Ning heard this, his heart moved.

There should have been monks in this world, and there might have been a nether world as well!

The eunuch threw away the "Netherworld Sutra" again and picked up a scroll of bamboo slips.

"This volume of "The Book of the King's Way" is even more treasonous. It actually says that the people are precious, the King's way respects the people, and the wishes of all living beings are infinite."

"Such disrespectful words can be recorded conclusively. It is really poisonous."

"Is the teacher right? There is also this volume of the "Ge Zhu Jing", which says that everything has a wonderful principle. If we take things as teachers and study the principles thoroughly, we can know the changes of yin and yang, the mystery of truth... Isn't this just made up out of thin air?"

"If this is the case, then people in the world will be deceived by it, see things as things that are not things, and have all kinds of fantasies. Even if they are not crazy, they will miss work and cause trouble..."

He threw out the "Ge Bamboo Sutra" with a look of disdain, "What kind of slips are these things? They are simply poisonous insects and beasts."

"There are still many letters, which are either incomprehensible or difficult to understand. They are also full of bizarre and alarmist remarks...or strange and obscene techniques, or instructing lewdness and thieves...etc., all of them are also included in the list of burned..."

Luo Ning cursed secretly and asked again: "How many percent of the selected evil books account for the collection of books in Qingjian Palace?"

"Back to Master, it's probably..." The eunuch leader thought for a while, "More than 3000 volumes of evil books have been selected, accounting for about [-]% of the collection..."

He showed a smile as if he was taking credit, "I and hundreds of literate people have carefully selected for two months to select so many evil books. It is really not easy and my eyes are dazzled."

There are already more than 3000 volumes! More than [-]%! Still growing! I am afraid that most of the books will be labeled as evil books!
Luo Ning was angry, but his expression became more and more calm.

"How many of them are there? If it burns down, most of the Yongqing Palace, which is the best in the world, will be empty."

"Let's not rush the matter of burning books for now. Hasn't the final king's order not been issued yet?"

"To tell you the truth, your Majesty may not really have the intention to burn the book."

"Don't make any mistakes now, let alone burn books without authorization. First, keep the letters carefully and wait for the king's order."

The eunuch was startled.

Waiting for the king's order? The king had given an order two months ago, asking them to pick out "evil books" and burn them together.

Since you already have a royal destiny, why should you wait for a new royal destiny?
However, the leader of the eunuchs knew that the king valued this newly minted national master, and did not dare to openly disobey him. He could only say: "The master said it is true."

Luo Ning turned around and left Qingjian Palace, and asked a palace maid to take him to see Yong Wang Zhao Zheng.

This is the benefit of the blind minister's official position. He can enter and leave the palace at any time, and it is easy to see the face of King Yong.

After twisting and turning in the palace for a while, I finally arrived at Jiuzhang Palace. Luo Ning went straight into the palace.

"Why is the national teacher here?"

Zhao Zheng, the majestic King of Yong, actually felt a little guilty when he saw Luo Ning, "Sir, are you here to ask for my answer?"

His smile was a little forced, "I haven't decided yet whether I want to be an emperor for eternity or a saint king for eternity."

Luo Ning saluted and said: "Your Majesty, think about it slowly. I am not asking for this answer, but to advise Your Majesty to take back the order of burning books."

He decided that if Zhao Zheng was stubborn and insisted on burning so many so-called "evil books", then he would rather risk being wanted by the Black Clothes Mansion and leave Chang'an.

I will never work for a single husband!

"So that's what happened." King Yong stood up, walked to the square pool in the hall, and looked at the figures in the pool.

"Sir, why do you think we shouldn't burn books?"

Luo Ning said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I have heard that the human heart is in danger, the Taoist heart is only small, and the essence is only small, and the right to hold it is in the middle."

"Only a wise gentleman can understand the danger of human heart and the pride of Taoism."

"The true heart of heaven and earth, and the supreme principles of kingly law, are all contained in it."

"The wise kings of the ancient times have all helped the world and brought peace to the people, treated them kindly, were extremely diligent and sincere, and all things were born with clarity in four seasons."

"I heard that in ancient times, the four seasons were distinct. Spring and Autumn were ordered, and winter and summer were ordered. Isn't it true that there is virtue in the world and the way in heaven and earth?"

"The people of the world who are knowledgeable, discerning, diligent in practice, inquisitive, and careful in thinking only suffer from their few, so why suffer from their many?"

"If I don't go, why would foreigners not go?"

"For example, if there is a bright moon in the sky and a gathering of stars, compared to a dark night with no light and a cold moon with only brightness, which one is better or worse?"

"A forest full of beautiful trees and hundreds of flowers are blooming. Compared with one tree that is so tall but the wind destroys it, and one that is so beautiful that the spring is gone, which one is better and which one is worse?"

"Whether the king is an emperor of eternity or a saint king of eternity, he should be open to all rivers and have the universe in mind, so he can become as deep and as big as possible."

"The phoenix will not reject the singing of birds, and the yellow bell will not suppress the sound of orchestral music. Why can't your Majesty tolerate those letters?"

"Book slips are the essence of people's wisdom, the way of civilization, the fruit of the ancients, and the brilliance of the sages. Isn't it the reason why China is Chinese because of these written slips?"

"If your Majesty burns it to the ground, I am worried that the Yi and Di will rejoice in this practice of emasculating China and wasting natural resources, and the other countries will hate your Majesty's tyranny."

"This kind of thing, once done, will be regretted. Whether it is an eternal emperor or an eternal holy king, it is irreversible."

"Your Majesty, if you are a king and you are selfless, then you are selfish! If you are a king, your selfishness is for your own use, then there will be no public or private interests."

"Therefore, I beg your Majesty to take back the order of burning books!"

Luo Ning expressed his thoughts directly in one breath, concisely and concisely, and spoke very straightforwardly.

When King Yong heard this, he couldn't help but be moved.

think carefully. When the decision to burn books was made before, it was indeed selfish.

For what?
In order to "unify the hearts of the people" and stabilize the country of Dayong.

But after hearing Luo Ning's words, he realized that he was really short-sighted.

No matter how obedient and honest the people are, so what?
Foreigners will not be obedient or honest!

"Sir!" King Yong saluted solemnly, "If sir hadn't given me a heads-up, I would have almost made a big mistake."

"I am wrong, Mr. Xie reminds me!"

"I have decided to take back the king's order to burn books, let go of my words, and no longer be punished for my words."

Luo Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said happily:

"In this case, I congratulate the king. If the king can correct his mistakes and correct them, there is no greater good!"

King Yong was also very happy, "Here comes! The Imperial Master's admonition has been meritorious and he has rectified my faults. I will reward you with a pair of jade stones! A bucket of pearls! I will give you a chariot in the palace!"

Luo Ning cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

How could he take the reward seriously? He was gratified that King Yong could still accept the advice after all.

It is not easy for a monarch to correct his mistakes after he realizes them.

Soon, a royal order was quickly transmitted to Qingjian Palace.

"It is forbidden to burn books, keep them properly!"

When Luo Ning came to Qingjian Palace again, a large number of "evil books" that had been placed in the side hall had been returned to their original places, and were once again neatly and categorized in Qingjian Palace.

Luo Ning's advice saved more than 1 volumes of letters.

Luo Ning entered the grand Qingjian Palace on crutches, smelling the scent of the slips, and felt extremely at ease.

What is the most moving fireworks in the world of mortals?
It's the smell of books.

"I've met the master!" The palace guards guarding Qingjian Palace saluted Luo Ning together.

The two palace maids were still walking slowly and stepped forward to support Luo Ning, fearing that the blind boy would fall.

"Is the Master here to study?" the leading eunuch asked a little strangely.

The Imperial Master is blind, so why does he love books so much? He can't see it either.

Luo Ning nodded, "Where is the oldest book?"

The eunuch immediately replied: "Master, the oldest classics are in Cangyun Pavilion. Master, please come with me."

Then, Luo Ning was taken to a hidden bookstore.

Sure enough, the atmosphere of the letters here is very ancient.

Luo Ning could smell it. The ancient books in Cangyun Pavilion included wooden slips, jade slips, bamboo slips, bone slips, bronze inscriptions, silk scripts, pottery inscriptions...

The materials are very diverse.

"Master, what is stored in Cangyun Pavilion is the oldest slip in Qingjian Palace. It is at least two to three thousand years old. The oldest one is said to be over 3000 years old."

Luo Ning asked: "How many volumes of ancient books are there in Cangyun Pavilion?"

The other party replied: "More than 720 volumes!" (End of this chapter)