Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Seeing that the two of them had finalized the rewards after returning to Beijing, Jiang Chengdao suddenly understood that his temptations and tests were basically meaningless to Lu Chen.

So I pressed the idea of ​​​​testing.

Forget it, let her be.

Anyway, as long as he, the Holy King, is here, Jiang Chengwan's throne will be as stable as Mount Tai. If something happens, he will take action. Even if Daxia is in chaos again, he can restore the sun and the moon and clean up the mountains and rivers.

Even if the enemy is the top ten sects whose strength and foundation are unfathomable, it will be a big trouble and a lot of effort at most, not to mention the 20,000 to 30,000 semi-cultivators who have not yet grown up.

Since she is in an invincible position, she can be as willful as she wants.

After Jiang Chengwan cleverly exposed this matter, Jiang Chengdao no longer struggled with it.

Then Lu Chen discussed the specific matters of the new army with Jiang Chengwan.

Establishing a guard is not that simple. Even if you don't follow the procedures of the Ministry of War, the personnel composition, establishment, officer selection and appointment, garrison area, responsibilities, treatment, drills and other military affairs must be finalized as soon as possible. project.

What Jiang Chengwan meant was to select outstanding talents from the Qingning Guards and Canngling Guards and let them serve as commanders of the new army, Tongzhi, Qianshi and other positions. The Xuanwu Guards would not be moved, and the Xuanji Guards would have Extremely lacking and not suitable for transfer.

The New Army is stationed in the southwest of Luojing and is responsible for the defense of the recently opened Taixing Road, which was built with cement and connects Taihe County, Xingping County and Luojing.

Lu Chen didn't have any objections to this. He just added that instead of forcing the former Qingning Guard and Canngling Guard to be transferred to the new army, a notice was issued to allow the officers of the two armies to voluntarily participate in the selection, and the most capable ones would be selected. Of.

Jiang Chengwan is capable of everything.

Seeing the two of them discussing military and state affairs with serious faces, Jiang Chengdao's mind inexplicably recalled the scene of his previous conversation with Saint King Qingxuan.

For no reason, the next second after the two of them had just finished discussing important matters, he suddenly looked at Lu Chen and opened his mouth to bring up a topic that left the two of them a little baffled -

"Lu Shaobao, what do you think of the First Emperor Ying Zheng?"

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Lu Chen looked at Jiang Cheng with a puzzled look on his face and said, "Why does His Highness the Holy King ask this?"

Jiang Chengwan frowned and looked at his royal brother with questioning eyes.

With her intelligence, she didn't understand why Jiang Chengdao cared about this.

What do you think of the First Emperor? Could it be that the emperor wants to test something? But...what can this test?
In the doubtful eyes of the two people, Jiang Chengdao said slowly: "It's nothing. I just ask you on a whim. Lu Shaobao, just treat it as a chat after dinner."

Although Lu Chen was confused, he didn't think much about it.

Then he thought carefully and recalled the life of the First Emperor Ying Zheng in this world.

For the literati of this world, the deeds of the First Emperor are the foundation of the foundation. Therefore, even if Lu Chen has not learned it, he can still quickly integrate it into his own cognition through the memory of his predecessor.

Soon, he discovered that Ying Zheng in this world was quite similar to the Ancestral Dragon he knew.

It's just a high-level martial arts version.

The reason why he is called the First Emperor is naturally because he created the imperial system.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the Central Continent was not as united as it is today. Instead, it was a time of great struggle with numerous sects and frequent conflicts between countries. The strong were strong and the weak were destroyed. This is the same situation as today's Western Continent where many countries are side by side. similar.

It's just that the Western Continent has now formed an alliance of all nations, while the Central Continent will end with the unification of the nine states, and this concept of great unification is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it still affects countless creatures living in the Central Continent.

After hundreds of years of melee, the Central Continent gradually formed a situation where the seven major kingdoms and the ten major sects were juxtaposed, and the First Emperor was the king of the Yan Kingdom among the seven major kingdoms.

The childhood experience of the First Emperor was quite similar to that of Zu Long. Both of them went through hardships and dangers before they could secure their position as kings.

However, what he relied on to unify the world was not the "remnants of the Sixth Generation", but relying on the help of the four great saint kings of Central Continent to destroy the remaining six countries one by one with crushing power. Suppress the ten major sects and make them bow their heads.

He is also the only king in the history of Central Continent, other than today's Jiang Chengwan, who can be recognized by the Holy King and receive his generous help.

No one knows how he did it, just like no one now knows why Saint King Cangming helped Jiang Chengwan secure his position so unreservedly.

In the end, the Yan Kingdom unified the world and became the first unified dynasty in the history of Central Continent.

After unification, he abolished feudalism, established an imperial system, established prefectures and counties, established Yan laws, unified measurement, repaired Chidao, and built the Great Wall, and used all means to return the ruling power to the central government. Relying on these groundbreaking and far-reaching feats, as well as the great help of the four holy kings, the First Emperor finally reached the realm of the sub-sage and was on an equal footing with the immortals with the ultimate emperor's way.

If you only look at these, the First Emperor is a virtuous king praised by the world.

However, the opposite is true.

The world's evaluation of the First Emperor is mostly negative.

The vast majority of "insightful people" who majored in the ways of saints and sages characterized him as a tyrant.

Because during the reign of the First Emperor, he ignored the ways of the sages and governed the country by law. He always punished the country harshly. At the same time, he did not hesitate to build large-scale construction projects, exploit sects, plunder wealthy gentry, and committed many unkind and unjust things, so that the four sage kings became alienated from morality. They left angrily.

It is precisely because of the tyranny during his reign that the Great Yan Empire II, which was finally established with great difficulty, died, which made people sigh.

And the reason why he was able to become a saint is entirely because saints and immortals in this world are two completely different paths.

Although both of these are related to Tao, those who seek immortality will regard Tao as a guard of honor for ascension. They will continue to improve their strength through enlightenment, and finally rely on strong power to survive the heavenly tribulation and break the blockade of heaven on immortality. , Enlightenment and soaring.

Therefore, the former usually involves cultivating multiple Dao simultaneously. After all, no matter what Dao, as long as one can understand it, one can greatly improve their strength.

This is also the path of most monks.

The latter, on the other hand, specializes in one path to the extreme and will not mix with other paths.

At the same time, there is a huge difference between saints and immortals——

Immortality is the result of a mortal body becoming an immortal, while sainthood is the destination of a person after death.

No one knows whether he can become a saint during his lifetime, and no one can pass down the method. They can only speculate through the paths of sainthood of successive generations of saints. Therefore, the path to sainthood has always been more ethereal and mysterious than the path to immortality.

After the collapse of the First Emperor, visions descended from the sky, and a golden body came to the world, then shattered the void and floated away.

That scene was witnessed by many people and has been passed down to this day.

But this does not affect people's disparagement of the emperor who achieved great unification for the first time. After all, the various "tyranny" implemented by the First Emperor during his reign that were not conducive to cultivators, and the death of Heyan Empire II were too stained.

Moreover, the history of Yan Kingdom was written by the later victors.

Of course, this is from Lu Chen's perspective, after digesting his predecessor's memories of the life of the First Emperor. People in this world view the First Emperor as a simple tyrant, and few people would think twice about it.

"Everyone says that although the First Emperor was an emperor, he did not have a trace of benevolence. He relied on the supreme power of the four holy kings to dominate the world. During his reign, he continued tyranny, oppressed the people, and brought unprecedented catastrophes to the creatures of Central Continent. , is an undisputed tyrant with no morals, which is also the consensus of the Four Realms Saint Kings."

Just as Lu Chen finished digesting the information about the First Emperor, Jiang Chengdao said: "I thought so too before, but Lu Shaobao, you often have different views on things that the world takes for granted, and occasionally you have thought-provoking and shocking words, and in the end All prove you are right, so."

"I would like to know if you have any unique insights into the First Emperor."

Hearing this, Lu Chen suddenly understood.

But Jiang Chengwan on the side thought more and deeper than him.

First Emperor.
She was actually no stranger to this legendary figure who lived tens of thousands of years ago.

It's not because as a member of the royal family, she has been familiar with history since she was a child and has long known the life of the First Emperor from textbooks, but because
The First Emperor was her only predecessor!
For tens of thousands of years in Central Continent, apart from her and the First Emperor, there were no other people who could be truly recognized by the supreme sacred object, the Imperial Seal.

The First Emperor has always been a taboo among the four holy realms.

Just because, for her own selfish reasons, she almost caused the ancient evil spirits suppressed in the four holy realms to break free and bring disaster to the world.

But Jiang Chengdao, the Holy King of Cangming, suddenly mentioned this matter, and it was Lu Chen who asked about it, so she couldn't help but think about it.

In just a moment, she was keenly aware that something was wrong.

In the past few days, Brother Huang seems to have not shown up much. (End of Chapter)