Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 138 0133 [Unity of Knowledge and Action]

Bai Chongyan brought two followers, a book boy and a bodyguard.

The bodyguard was none other than Gu San Gu Shusheng. He looked at the previous robe, with many bloodstains on his face, his hands clenched with the stick and he wanted to smash it out.

Bai Sheng and Shi Biao were similar, they both glared at the official servant fiercely.

Zhu Ming smiled all over his face and issued an invitation: "We are about to have dinner, why don't you have a drink together? Call your brothers over!"

"Official Zhu is generous!" The official was so happy that he even changed his address.

Perhaps because it is deep in the mountains and there are villages nearby, the shop here also provides catering services.

Zhu Ming didn't have much money, but he was very generous at the moment. He threw out a pile of gold and silver coins and said, "If you have any good wine and food, take them all out. Hurry up and kill chickens and sheep!"

The soldiers at the delivery shop were overjoyed, Zhu Ming paid for it himself, they could earn extra money, and immediately ran to the nearby farmers to buy sheep and chickens.

Even the stewards on the official ship that sent them here were invited by Ju Ming to drink.

Li Hanzhang, a military-loving scholar, also has tattoos on his body, and he also belongs to the bold generation.He was afraid that the money given by Zhu Ming would not be enough, so he took out the silver and threw it out, and called all the scholars, and today he was going to have a tooth-beating ceremony - he lived on the boat before, and the food was really not flattering.

Ever since, those officials and stewards have called "Zhu Daguanren" and "Li Daguanren".

In an instant, the two went from going to Beijing to raise a son, to become heroes of the rivers and lakes who donate money and do justice.

The prominent "elites" are eating, drinking and feasting, and the tea soldiers and tea porters have to continue to work.

It is no longer possible to sail the boat ahead, whether it is the scholars who are rushing to take the exam, or these tea-carrying husbands, they can only get off the boat and walk along the plank road.The folks are moving all the tea on the ship to the shore.

After finishing the work, the tea delivery shop still doesn't care about the food, so I have to chop wood and light the fire to solve the food.

The food of the tea-moving husband was too heavily deducted. It was all old food mixed with sawdust, and a large pot of gruel was cooked whole.Just sprinkle a few grains of coarse salt in there, and there are no vegetables. They have to go into the mountains to dig wild vegetables by themselves.

I was able to take a boat before, which was a little easier.

Then they had to cross mountains and ridges. Everyone carried tea on their backs, and they were exhausted on the road. Malnutrition was definitely a problem. No wonder the death rate was so high.

The tea soldiers ate slightly better, but they were all gruel.These people belong to the ranks of town soldiers and are also the targets of being squeezed. Only their officers can go to drink with them.

The soldier Ding Minfu in Hanzhong is actually not the worst. The real miserable one is his counterpart in Yazhou.

Yazhou is the farthest, and it has to cross the Shu Road, and the death rate is easily over half.The most troublesome time was when [-] Yazhou soldiers were recruited to carry tea. Most of them died within two years, and all the rest fled.

The impact of that incident was so bad that it directly led the imperial court to change the transportation method of Sichuan tea, instead of letting rural soldiers to transport tea, and instead asked the local government to recruit civilian husbands.

"You four, come and eat together!" The soldier in charge of serving the meal shouted.

The four civilian husbands from Xixiang County, because of Zhu Ming's care, were given the food and treatment of soldiers in an instant.

The rest of the folks are envious.

A village soldier also said with emotion: "This official Zhu is really kind and righteous, and he is willing to pay real money for you guys."

The bloodstains on the man’s face were still there. He cried a lot before, but now he said in a proud tone, patting his chest, “Dutou never treats us badly. When we were archers, the eunuch deducted rations so that we couldn’t eat.” Full. Without saying a word, Dutou led us to make a big fuss in the county government office, and beat up the county government post office. Later, I followed Dutou to suppress the bandits. I got more than a dozen rewards, all of which were handed out by Dutou himself. of."

Another village soldier asked: "You have received more than a dozen rewards, why do you still have to be sent to carry tea?"

The man sighed and said, "Well, if you take back more than ten rewards, you will spend more than half of the old debts of the landlord's family. The county government secretary couldn't hold back, and changed my family to a fourth-class household. I have paid a lot of taxes in the past two years." This year, I was sent to another job, so how can I have money to hire someone to do it for me?"

"Girls are not very good!" The townsman actually scolded the subordinates, but they are well-organized local troops.

Another man said: "When I go back to Xixiang, I won't be angry anymore. The whole family will go to vote for Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu is Dutou's own father. I heard people say that he is very righteous. If he goes there, he can The land is divided, the taxes paid are not much, and there is no need for round guards."

"Really? Why don't I know?" The person who asked the question was also a civilian husband who had been an archer.

The person before said: "You are too far away from Daming Village, so I don't know the news. My house is close to Daming Village, and Heifeng Village has long been changed into Daming Village. This year, the village has planted fairy grain, one mu The land can harvest several acres of grain, and every household there is not short of grain.”

A village soldier was actually tempted: "I am from Xingyuan Mansion, can I vote for Mr. Zhu?"

"How do I know this? Most likely I can go, Mr. Zhu is benevolent." The man replied.

Hundreds of tea porters sat not far away to eat and listened to their chats.

Many people were moved, thinking that if they survived and returned home alive, their families would move to Daming Village.

The four archers started bragging again, saying how powerful they were when they suppressed the bandits. Zhu Ming, Zhang Guangdao, and Chen Ziyi were all described as having undue courage.

Drilling and suppressing bandits are the only bright moments in their lives. The four archers will never forget them in their lives, and they tell people about it repeatedly whenever they have the opportunity.Many made-up stories are told several times, and they themselves believe it.

Sometimes being bullied, they always fantasized that if the archer team didn't disband, it would be nice to be able to follow Zhu Dutou all the time.

Thinking about it, I laughed while having fun.

In the courier shop, the "elites" were drunk, hooked shoulders and supported each other to leave.

It was difficult for the tea escort officer to even stand still, but he patted his chest and promised: "Mr. Zhu is my brother, and the soldiers of Mr. Zhu are my own soldiers. If the four of them die, I will cut off their heads and make amends to Brother Zhu!" "

"It's easy to say, they are all my brothers!" Zhu Ming was completely relieved.

Zhu Ming was also drunk, and walked to the river to enjoy the wind. Bai Sheng followed closely, fearing that Big Brother Zhu would fall into the river.

Seeing him pass by, the four former archers knelt down in unison to thank him.The rest of the town soldiers and civilian husbands also looked at him with admiration, seeing Ju Ming as a good man who cared about the soldiers and treated the people well.

That kind of look and expression made Zhu Ming feel like a needle pricked his heart, and most of the drunkenness woke up in an instant.

Obviously he didn't do anything, but he actually made a group of strangers respect and love him.

It can only be said that it is not that Zhu Ming is doing so well, but that others are too bad!
Especially those town soldiers who were holding tea, after hearing the treatment given to the archers in Xixiang County, they wished that Zhu Ming would immediately go to Xingyuan Mansion to become an official. They could have enough food every day if they voted under Zhu Ming's command.

The townspeople really have no other requirements, they just hope to have enough food every day.

It was getting dark, and Ju Ming was sitting by the river in a daze.

At some point, Chen Yuan and Xue Daoguang strolled out and stood behind him.

Chen Yuan asked, "Darang has something on his mind?"

Zhu Ming pointed to the soldiers and civilian husbands and said, "It can be seen that they like me very much, and some soldiers even bowed to me."

"Is this not good?" Chen Yuan asked again.

Zhu Ming shook his head in a daze: "Today, I only favored four people, why are there hundreds of people who admire me? It shouldn't be like this."

Chen Yuan was thoughtful and stopped talking.

Xue Daoguang said: "It's quite rare for a little friend to have the heart of a benevolent person."

Zhu Ming suppressed the sentimentality in his heart, grinned and said, "The inner alchemy method of the Taoist priest, who only cares about becoming a fairy, can save the world?"

Xue Daoguang shook his head: "It can't be saved. Pindao still has some medical skills. At most, he will pass through the countryside and save a few rural patients."

At this moment, Zhu Ming was drunk and was stimulated by some mental stimulation. At this moment, he wanted to talk nonsense with others: "Master Dao, in Daming Village, you talked a lot about the inner alchemy school. In fact, it can be summed up in four words. " Returning to the root and returning to life in the Tao Te Ching."

The mere four characters, like Hong Zhong Dalu, shocked Xue Daoguang on the spot.

At this time, the Ziyang School doesn’t even have a name, and its theory hasn’t matured yet, but its basic framework has been finalized.

Xue Daoguang wanted to accept Zhu Ming as his apprentice, and he often spread the idea of ​​inner alchemy by chance. Luo Li talked a lot, and Zhu Ming heard the words "returning to the root and returning to life".

Such a succinct summary will have to wait 20 years later, when Xue Daoguang has achieved success and compiled it in his Taoist scriptures.

Zhu Ming continued: "The Taoist poems you talked about are full of clouds and mist, but you just don't want to explain them clearly. Let me sum it up for you in three points: First, everything in the universe is real, not illusory. Second, the laws and order of the universe, that is, existence, yin and yang, obedience, this is God; third, the existence of the universe, the laws of the universe, naturally, this is sex!"

"When you cultivate the golden elixir, you are cultivating the form, spirit, and nature, and you are returning to the root and returning to life."

"The practice method and state you mentioned are nothing more than refining essence to transform qi, refining qi to transform spirit, refining spirit to return emptiness, and refining emptiness to combine Taoism. Is that true or not?"

Xue Daoguang was dumbfounded when he heard that, he understood all of Zhu Ming's words.But living in the mountains, without knowing the real face, it is difficult to speak so clearly about Ju Ming.

These words can be used as the theoretical outline of the Ziyang School.Among them, the three theories of cosmology were even summed up by Taoist researchers of later generations, and even Bai Yuchan didn't seriously summarize them.

"Daoist, have you cultivated the Yang God?" Zhu Ming asked.

Xue Daoguang shook his head: "According to what my little friend said, I am still refining Qi to transform into a god. As for the Yang God, it can only be cultivated after refining the spirit."

"The Daoist always said that the three religions are one, but what reason do you only agree with? Confucian benevolence and righteousness?" Zhu Ming shook his head and said, "benevolence and righteousness are the foundation of Confucianism. Even if you combine benevolence and righteousness, it is small benevolence and small righteousness. It’s benevolence and righteousness. You have combined the three religions into one, which is not quite right.”

Xue Daoguang frowned.

Zhu Ming continued: "The Taoist priest said that he was refining Qi to transform into a god. The benevolence and righteousness are also in the Qi. The Taoist priest said that he has been in Tokyo for several years, living in a busy city with light and dust, and he must be realizing this kind of Qi form. Have you realized the great benevolence and righteousness? Without great benevolence and righteousness, the form will be lacking after all. If there is a lacking form, how can you transform into a god? How can you refine the god and cultivate the yang god in vain?"

Xue Daoguang knew very well that Zhu Ming was just sophistrying.

What Zhu Ming said contradicts the Taoism he practiced.

But the sophistry was justified, and it was enough to shake his Dao heart.

Zhu Ming chuckled: "So, Taoist priest, please follow me to practice. Help the world and save the people, benevolent and righteous, and make up for the missing piece of the alchemy."

Xue Daoguang wanted to vomit blood when he heard it. He entered the world to practice, but he was experiencing the "being" of the world, that is, the social part of "shape", which will eventually be classified into "nothing".His ultimate goal is to be born into the world, but Zhu Ming let him enter the world, and he has entered the world so deeply that he can't pull it out if he doesn't pay attention.

But it does make sense, if you don't follow what Ju Ming said, the "shape" seems to be missing a piece!
Chen Yuan laughed straight at the side, and he really wanted to say something: Welcome the Taoist priest to join the Confucianism Luo School of Learning Taoism.

Zhu Ming pointed to those town soldiers and civilian husbands: "Look, they also have 'existence' and 'form', and they also exist. How can the Taoist priest turn a blind eye? Helping the world and saving the people is the only way to truly practice!"

Xue Daoguang's scalp is numb at the moment, and his heart is really unstable: "I need to meditate for a while, and I will talk about something after I understand something. Farewell!"

He had a faint feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't refute it, so he had to sort out his thoughts first.

Under normal circumstances, Xue Daoguang would not be so slow, mainly because Zhu Ming's perfect summary of the theory of the Ziyang School today completely confused his mind.

Xue Daoguang left, while Chen Yuan stayed where he was.

Chen Yuan sighed: "Saving the world and saving the people is the only way to practice the truth. This is a very good saying, but it is not easy to do."

Zhu Ming said: "If you know what you know, you can do it easily, and knowledge and action are one."

Chen Yuan muttered to himself: "The unity of knowledge and action, the unity of knowledge and action..."

(End of this chapter)