Starting from Comprehensive Martial Arts: Bu Dao Lu

Chapter 736 Chen E (1)

Chang'an City was bustling with activity, and the final ceremony for selecting the national master arrived as scheduled!

The thirty-six monks who won the semi-finals are all rare heroes in the heavens and the worlds. The Tang Dynasty also attaches great importance to them and gives them enough respect! This respect is not only reflected in the treatment given to them by the Tang Dynasty, but also in the competition system of the final Dharma Assembly. This National Master Selection Dharma Assembly is different from the preliminaries and semi-finals. There is no confrontation between them. Instead, each contestant takes turns to preach or perform, and the Tang Dynasty does not interfere with the contestants' ideas.

However, the final candidate for the Tang Dynasty Imperial Master was still confirmed by the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty's final selection of the Imperial Master was somewhat subjective, the selection of the Imperial Master was not a life-and-death feud, and the Tang Dynasty Imperial Master would also serve the Tang Dynasty in the future. Therefore, it was normal and reasonable for the Tang Dynasty to make the final decision on the candidate.

On the discussion platform built by Li Shimin himself, thirty-six heroes performed various methods on the stage, including magical powers, secret methods, Taoist methods, etc., which were wonderful.

Although the discussion on the legal platform was lively, there were undercurrents beneath the stage.

Li Shimin looked at the many candidates for the Imperial Master on the platform with a smile on his face. However, when he glanced at the Buddhist side, a hint of teasing flashed in his eyes.

The final ceremony to select the Imperial Master was a grand event of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Li Shimin could not be absent. In fact, not only Emperor Li Shimin, but also all the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty came. The Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty was in charge of the education within the territory of the Tang Dynasty and had considerable authority. Naturally, all the civil and military officials of the court came to see this future colleague.

In fact, the thirty-six heroes' lectures and discussions on the high platform were just a formality. Their performances in the nine games of the final round of the semi-finals were already well known to the outside world. For example, the invincible 'Yuan Tiangang', the master of Buddhism Xuanzang, the amazing wisdom of Bodhidharma, the boundless Taoist Zhang Boduan, as well as Lin Lingsu and Taoist Jing Zhenren, etc., have already become famous and well-known.

Just as the thirty-six heroes finished their sermons on the podium, and before the ceremonial officer presiding over the ceremony opened his mouth, there was a commotion below the stage.

The prefect of Jiangzhou in the Tang Dynasty and the last imperial examination champion Chen E and Chen Guangrui were seen holding up a petition and crying out for justice outside the venue!
Chen E, courtesy name Guangrui, was the top scholar in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty. After he passed the examination, he married the daughter of Yin Kaishan, an important official in the court. Later, he was recommended by Wei Zheng to be the governor of Jiangzhou. Therefore, he was also the most famous new official in the Tang Dynasty in recent years.

Originally, a human talent like Chen E, who was born as a champion, should be kept in the imperial capital Chang'an for key training. With the care of Yin Kaishan, an important official in the court, Chen E's future career in the Tang Dynasty would be smooth sailing.

However, Chen E was devoted to serving the people and did not want to waste time in the imperial capital. Therefore, he wrote several letters to the lower places to request for help. Therefore, Wei Zheng recommended him to be the governor of Jiangzhou.

Li Shimin was deeply impressed by Chen E, a talented person of the human race. After all, the Tang Dynasty was established not long ago, and there were not many top scorers. Chen E was born in a small peasant family, but he was able to become the top scorer. His talent was beyond words, and Li Shimin naturally valued him very much.

Additionally, the imperial examinations of the human empire and dynasty are completely different from those of the ordinary human empire.

In an ordinary human empire, the emperor has the right to select the top three candidates in the imperial examination.

However, in a human dynasty like the Tang Dynasty, the emperor Li Shimin had neither the qualifications nor the right to select the top three candidates in the imperial examination.

This is because the imperial examinations of the dynasties were no longer just for selecting talents for the dynasties. The imperial examinations of the dynasties were for selecting talents for the entire human race. Therefore, the final palace examinations of the imperial examinations of the dynasties were generally hosted by the ancestral land of the human race. For example, Chen E, the number one imperial examination winner of the Tang Dynasty, was jointly selected by the great sages of the ancestral land of the human race.

The selection of talents for the human race is different from that of ordinary human empires. The selection of talents for the human race must ensure absolute fairness. Only the great sages of the human race in the ancestral land of Shouyang Mountain will not be influenced by the dynasty or empire, and ensure the fairness of the imperial examination.

All the talented people who passed the imperial examinations in the imperial and empires hosted by the human race's ancestral land were recorded by the human race's ancestral land. It can even be said that these talented people passed the examinations for the human race's fame, but the human race's ancestral land temporarily placed them in various dynasties for training.

Moreover, these talented people with human fame are secretly protected and cultivated by guardians sent by the ancestral land. The reason why the ancestral land is like this is to ensure that these human heroes will not die prematurely due to accidents. Therefore, from a certain perspective, the Tang Dynasty is not the object of loyalty of these talented people with human fame, but the place where they train. These human talents are loyal to the human race from beginning to end.

For example, if Chen E disliked the Tang Dynasty or was oppressed and excluded by the Tang Dynasty, he would be eligible to appeal directly to Shouyang Mountain. Moreover, Shouyang Mountain would arrange for Chen E to study in Shouyang Mountain or go to other worlds for training according to Chen E's wishes and actual conditions.

In short, the cultivation of young talents by the human ancestral land is absolutely beyond the imagination of outsiders.

In fact, even those saintly sects and major forces do not have as good a mechanism as humans in training future generations of talents.

The human race, with its weak bodies, has been able to become the largest race in the heavens and all worlds and become the protagonist of heaven and earth, thanks to the continuous emergence of endless human talents.

Therefore, the human race spares no effort and is all-round in protecting and cultivating human talents like Chen E, because the constantly emerging human talents are the future of the human race.

Although Li Shimin was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in the ancestral land of the human race, Li Shimin's status was only slightly more important than Chen E's. There was actually no essential difference between the two. Although Chen E was Li Shimin's subject, Chen E's future did not lie with Li Shimin.

The imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty had just ended two years ago, and Chen E was very famous in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, he held up a petition and cried out for justice outside the venue, which caused a stir that can be imagined.

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression unchanged, and said in a deep voice: "Call the governor Chen to see you!"

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin had already thoroughly investigated Chen E's life experience. He even knew that Chen E was complaining about injustice today.

The Tang Dynasty's ceremony for selecting the imperial master affected all the heavens and the world. Without Li Shimin's tacit approval, Chen E would not have dared to cry out for justice in this occasion even with his Shouyang Mountain background.

The sudden change attracted the attention of all the people and monks. However, in a short while, Chen E's identity was discovered by monks from all sides.

Chen E followed the imperial guards straight to the foot of the high platform and soon arrived in front of the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Shimin was in front of him, Chen E hurriedly greeted him and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I, Chen E, the governor of Jiangzhou, pay my respects to you!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "My dear Chen, today is the day when the Tang Dynasty selects the Imperial Master. If you complain now, you will know the consequences."

Chen E nodded and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, it is precisely because today is the day when the Tang Dynasty selects its imperial mentor that I have no choice but to complain."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh! What do you mean, Mr. Chen?"

(End of this chapter)