Cultivating the Tao: Beginning with Meditation and Liver Experience

Chapter 119 The little demon in the temple is very windy, and the pool is shallow!
One million taels of silver was spent, and only one jade slip was exchanged.

Even if Xu Yan had just obtained a large windfall, it was inevitable that he would feel pain when he paid for it. He didn't even have the intention to drink flower wine, so he quickly left this sad place.

Leave a book on the jade slips.

This is the usual method used by senior monks in this world.

The principle is also very simple.

That is to store the ideas containing certain graphic information in the jade slips for the convenience of other monks to browse.The amount of graphic information contained in the jade slips depends on the spiritual cultivation of the jade slip creators.

This method of leaving books is not only quick and simple, but also extremely confidential, and it is also easy to read, which is very popular among senior monks.

Of course, it is not that simple to make jade slips.

Because the premise of making jade slips is to inject pure soul thoughts into the jade slips, and then transfer specific graphic information into the soul thoughts of the jade slips.

To put it simply, a well-made jade slip is a portable hard disk that can be read directly, and the soul thoughts attached to the jade slip are the disk part of the hard disk that can record data information.

And it is not an easy task to manipulate the mind and soul of living beings.

At least the cultivation base of the mage realm is required.

Otherwise, how can you make jade slips if you can't even sense the thoughts of your soul?

As for the source of the spirit and thoughts in the jade slips?

Some come from the producers themselves, and some come from the spirits of creatures whose memories have been wiped out, etc. The blood and cruelty behind them are completely inhumane.

The biggest advantage of jade slips is that they have a large storage capacity and are easy to carry and read.

And a jade slip with pictures and texts entered quickly, even if the quality of the information in the jade slip is poor, it is just a gaudy novel, and it will cost tens of hundreds of taels of silver.

Don't ask why it's so expensive, it's a fairy thing.

What is pursued is a style.

It’s like the same book with exactly the same content, but if you pull a cart of bamboo slips and read it hard, can it be the same as someone holding a paper book and reading it easily?

In addition, there are many kinds of jade slips, such as temporary jade slips, permanent jade slips, re-readable jade slips, one-time reading jade slips, white jade slips, black jade slips and so on.

Unfortunately.

The jade slip in Xu Yan's hand is a one-time jade slip, which can only be read once.

After one pass, the soul thoughts in the jade slips will automatically dissipate.

This also eliminates the possibility of information leakage in the jade slips, and to a certain extent, prevents someone from buying intelligence information from Tianxiang Tower, copying and printing it, and reselling it to the outside world for huge profits.

If you do this.

Is the information business of Tianxianglou still going on?
Of course, if you have the ability, you are not afraid of offending Tianxianglou, so you can do the same.

As long as the incident happened, they could bear the revenge from Tianxianglou or even Hehuanzong.

Anyway, Xu Yan would not offend Tianxianglou and Hehuanzong because of this benefit.

……

In the temporary house!
Xu Yan casually discarded the blank jade slips on the table, rubbing the space between his brows with some headaches.

"Good guy!"

"A remote and backward Jingzhou is actually divided into dozens of large and small forces, and this is not counted as demons, ghosts and gods."

"The imperial court, aristocratic families, rivers and lakes, local tyrants, immortal sects, demons and gods..."

"It's really the little demon in the temple who has a strong wind, and Chi Qian is more than a king!"

After Xu Yan read this expensive information, he was immediately stunned by the above information.

Even if he thought about the complexity of Jingzhou's situation, he never expected it to be this complicated. It was even more complicated than the situation in Tianjing City.

The imperial court, aristocratic families, the rivers and lakes, demons and gods, these four forces are naturally indispensable.

The key is that under these four major factions, each faction has more than a dozen small factions.

It's like a dormitory with four people and five groups.

These factions are hostile to each other, marry, cooperate, etc., and their complexity is absolutely beyond the horizon.

"According to the information from Tianxianglou, the most powerful people in the land of Jingzhou are undoubtedly the local wealthy families."

"The nine prefectures of Jingzhou are mainly headed by the aristocratic families of the three prefectures in Jingyang City, Zhoucheng, and there are twelve prefectural families outside, plus several vassal families, and many local tyrants."

"The aristocratic family is the strongest. The main reason is that they control nearly [-]% of the land in the entire Daozhou, and [-]% of the people are their tenant farmers and farm laborers. They hide and control a large number of people."

"Affected by this, these aristocratic families indirectly influence ghosts and gods, control the army, city defense, official history, government servants, etc., and support Jianghu gangs, as well as many small and medium-sized martial arts sects, manipulate money, food, economy, etc., marry each other, and the forces are intertwined."

"Fortunately, the families of the three continents do not fight each other, so other forces have a chance to gain a foothold. Otherwise, this Jingzhou may have become a Daozhou with one family and one surname."

Xu Yan sighed quietly, feeling very troubled.

The so-called tenant farmers are farmers who have no land of their own and can only lease the land of the landlord.

The farm laborers are the landlord's long-term workers, monthly workers, and part-time workers.

In ancient society, no matter which dynasty or generation it was, the local aristocratic families were an unavoidable hurdle.

Because the people depend on food!
Aristocratic families, etc., annexed land and manipulated money and food.

If the people at the bottom want to survive, they can only become their farm laborers, tenant farmers, or even sell themselves to aristocratic families, etc., as slaves and handmaids!
In other words, unless the private land system of the ancient dynasties is broken, even in the world of extraordinary gods and demons, the local aristocratic families, powerful landlords, etc. are still a force that cannot be underestimated.

The most important thing is that these aristocratic families manipulate and influence the people at the bottom. They can use this to influence the ghosts and gods who live on the beliefs of the people, and use money and food to keep thugs in captivity, corrupt court officials, support martial arts gangs, and send the children of the clan to Enter the sect of immortality and so on.

If things go on like this, it is not surprising that these aristocratic families, etc., have been married and combined with each other to overwhelm the official power of the imperial court and the power of the sect, and become the strongest and biggest power in the local area.

"Under the Three Continents County family is the City Lord's Mansion."

"As the highest local governor appointed by the imperial court, he represents the strength of the Daqian Empire, and he is in charge of righteousness, so naturally he will not be weak."

"The most important thing is that the City Lord's Mansion has control of the city's defense formation and city defense army. If the entire official force can be unified, it will definitely be able to suppress the local aristocratic families and become the strongest force."

"It's a pity that there are county lieutenants and county officials under the county guard to check and balance. The power is directly divided into three, and it is impossible to keep a promise."

"Especially Junwei, Juncheng, etc., most of them come from local aristocratic families."

"This has led to the fact that the power of the City Lord's Mansion has been taken over by the local aristocratic families to a certain extent. Although they have the ability to control the city's large formation and have the ability to make a final decision with one punch, this kind of veto power must not be used at will in normal times. of."

"Not to mention, the aristocratic family is not stupid. Even if they bought a house in the city, most of the family members were placed outside the city. The defense is the city's large formation, and they are afraid of being wiped out by the city lord's mansion."

"That's why local aristocratic families, etc., and the imperial court city lord's mansion, at most check and balance each other, and each has its own basic board. There is no one party that completely overwhelms the other party."

Is the Dagan imperial court strong?
It must be strong.

Even if it is a city lord's mansion in one place, as long as it firmly grasps the city formation, it will be invincible.

If you can control the city guard army, you can suppress the local aristocratic family.

However, the power of the imperial court is strong, and there are many places that need to guard and employ people, especially in the nine counties of Jingzhou. There are nine county lords in a few counties, and there are many county lieutenants, county magistrates, magistrates, etc. below.

As the saying goes: a city made of iron, an official of flowing water!

Behind every official, there is his own faction. It is simply impossible to integrate the nine counties and court forces in one Daozhou.

If anyone can do it, I am afraid that the first ones who want to kill him are the Dagan court and the Dagan Emperor.

Therefore, in the local area, the power of the imperial court is strong, but it is very scattered, and it has been eroded and emptied by local aristocratic families.

This has led to the fact that the Imperial City Lord's Mansion, when faced with the alliance of local aristocratic families, will inevitably be inferior, and can only condescend to be second.

"In addition, there are the Zhenma Division and the Huangcheng Division, which are independent of the administrative system, which belong to the imperial court. These two agencies are respectively in charge of suppressing demons and gods and supervising and handling local officials, aristocratic families, Jianghu sects and other affairs."

"It's just that these two forces are outside the administrative system of the imperial court, not subject to the control of the City Lord's Mansion, and have low positions and powerful strength."

"So the leaders of these two government offices are definitely qualified to sit on Jingzhou's table. Even if they are not as good as Jingzhou Mu, they can still become one of Jingzhou's chess masters."

"However, half a year has passed since the death of Qianhu, the previous Zhenmagic division, and most of the benefits that originally belonged to Zhenmagic division have been eroded and divided up by other forces. I became a puppet of the city lord's mansion, local powerful families, and immortal sects."

"So, the first thing I have to do after taking office is to get back the benefits that originally belonged to Zhenmagic Division, and then use Jingzhou Zhenmagic Division's thousand households as the foundation to continuously expand my own interests."

Xu Yan was thinking about it, and soon had an idea of ​​what to do next.

The position of Qianhu in Jingzhou Town Magic Division has been vacant for more than half a year. The interests that originally belonged to Zhen Magic Division have been eroded and divided by other forces.

Xu Yan wanted to gain a foothold in the Thousand Households of the Magic Division in Jingzhou Town.

The first thing to do is to get back the part of the benefits that originally belonged to Zhenmensi, so as to convince the people under him.

This is the same as when a commander-in-chief leads the army, the first thing to do is not to make up for the lack of military pay, but to make up for the lack of military pay.

To put it bluntly, it is to subdue the morale of the army and tell the people under his command to follow him to have meat to eat!
The people below are not stupid.

No matter how big or round the cake is, even if you are full of food, it is no wonder that someone is willing to follow you.

Especially in this world of gods and demons, the lower-level personnel of the Zhenmagic Division risked their lives to fight with demons, for what?
Is it to slay demons and demons, and protect the common people?
No, no!
They are more for themselves, in order to obtain practice resources from Zhenmensi, and to practice better.

And these all cost money.

The most important thing is that most of the training resources that Xu Yan wants are monopolized by these guys, and even the interests that originally belonged to the town magic division have been eroded and divided.

Doesn't this make it clear that he, the magician of Jingzhou Town, Qianhu, is not taken seriously?

How can he practice without resources?

Without money, he would come to Jingzhou to fight desperately with the demons when he was full.

Therefore, Jingzhou's current pattern must be broken, and the things that should belong to him and others must be taken back, not a single piece is missing.

(End of this chapter)