I searched for corpses in the Wuding River to extract entries

Nearly 20 years have passed since the world was settled.

The students from the Confucian sect are already living up to their name and are spread all over the world.

Inside its gate, Zhao Yuan divided it into two pavilions for civil and military affairs.

Wen Pavilion was commanded by Li Hongyi, who had read thousands of scriptures and realized the great righteousness.

Wuge will be under the jurisdiction of Tao.

Above the two civil and military pavilions, there is the religious leader Zhao Yuan.

Needless to say, He Mingtao's martial arts were powerful, and in the past he was only slightly inferior to Zhao Yuan.

And after Zhao Yuan buried a seed of great righteousness in his heart, he also gave birth to a literary heart and broke the shackles of martial arts.

In several battles, he killed several wizards for Da Cai.

His ability to become the head of the martial arts pavilion is worthy of his name.

And the reason why Li Hongyi was able to outperform all the great scholars in the court and become the head of the Wen Pavilion.

It is because after following Zhao Yuan, he did not practice martial arts with Zhao Yuan.

He even refused Cai Ningrui's solicitation and instead studied hard in a wing of the library for twelve years.

Except for daily physiological expenses, I spend the rest of my time reading.

It originally witnessed the scene where Zhao Yuan chanted the "Song of Righteousness" and the painting sword was born.

After Zhao Yuan's explanation, he became more and more convinced that Zhao Yuan's power did not come from martial arts, but from faith.

Ever since, twelve years later.

Li Hongyi's Yin God came out of his body during the day and survived six calamities in a row between spring thunders.

Using thousands of volumes of scriptures, he compiled a righteous method for entering the Tao called "One Stroke Determines the Qianqiu".

This righteous method of entering the Tao is not considered orthodox. After all, its main focus is not on spiritual power, but on cultivating the awe-inspiring righteousness in the heart.

Even Zhao Yuan practiced this method later.

In the past ten years, almost all the top civil and military scholars in Da Cai were disciples of Confucianism.

Not only that, even when the Confucian sect was first established in the world, Cai Ningrui was personally present and wrote a plaque for it.

Submitting a letter to "Da Cai Academy" is a great honor for countless people.

It's just that Zhao Yuan didn't pay much attention to it. He just wrote a larger line of "Confucianism in the world" above the academy.

But at this point, the word "Xue Gong" has almost become a synonym for Confucianism in the world.

Almost all the nobles and nobles in the world wanted to send their heirs to Fengxin County and worship them in the Imperial Palace.

It is a pity that in recent years, although Zhao Yuan has recruited many talented people and scholars hidden among the people.

But for the number of students, it is still only a drop in the bucket.

Zhao Yuan did not teach his disciples personally, but formulated the rules and academic system of the academy.

After all, not every student is a genius. With both civil and military skills, he is destined to only be proficient in one subject.

What Zhao Yuan has to do is to develop a series of courses for martial arts students, so that these martial arts students understand the principles of not violating the prohibition with force and not bullying the weak.

Liberal arts students are honest, loving and respectful.

But over the years, with the peace of the world, Da Cai has gradually become richer from his previous poverty.

Due to climate and land problems, the people of Dacai will not lack food and drink as long as they work hard.

In addition, Zhao Yuan still has Xie Que's memory in his mind.

This makes the textbooks in the academy not only monotonous and boring.

There is also a lot of content related to agriculture and fisheries.

Zhao Yuan knows very well that people’s livelihood is the foundation of a country.

Even inside the academy, there are thousands of acres of fertile land.

These fields allow students in them to experience the hardships of work and learn a lot of agricultural knowledge from practice.

Both civil and military, there are a large number of practical courses.

Therefore, over the years, almost all officials who came out of Confucianism can do practical things.

Moreover, Dacai is already rich. Most areas in the south do not have harsh winters or severe heat. The fertile land allows food to be harvested all year round.

The nearly endless grasslands in the northwest have become natural pastures.

Both agriculture and animal husbandry have been developing rapidly in more than ten years.

Development breeds corruption.

In the 15th year of the new dynasty, Zhao Yuan established the School Supervisory Department to supervise the words and deeds of students who came out of the school.

For the position of Supervisor, only graduates of the academy who have passed the Juren examination are eligible to apply.

He was personally trained by Zhao Yuan and granted personal edicts by the emperor, giving him the power to thoroughly investigate all officials.

Under the insight of Zhao Yuan's awe-inspiring heart, all thoughts are inevitable.

This also made the supervisors truly selfless.

It's a pity that the utopia Zhao Yuan wants to build is still one step away from his idea.

In recent years, many supervisors have been corrupted and degenerated.

These people may be righteous when they first enter the palace.

But as time changes, people's hearts also change.

Because of this, Zhao Yuan even went to the trouble of finding out two cases of corruption involving high-ranking officials.

As soon as this incident came out, Cai Ningrui couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

After all, these two first-class officials were both those who followed him in the uprising.

Not only that, many officials within the imperial court also began to chant the slogan "Abolish the Academy" under pressure.

Although Cai Ningrui is now nearly seventy years old, his body and bones are still strong due to some Taoist practices.

At first, he admired and respected Zhao Yuan.

But after this incident happened, his view of Zhao Yuan also changed.

Now that the world is at peace, Zhao Yuan is like an untimed bomb to him.

It can break out at any time.

And after several wizards surrendered, he was confident that even without Zhao Yuan's power, he would be able to stabilize the world.

It's just the old friendship of the uprising and the two iron ropes on Zhao Yuan's wrists that still dissuade Cai Ningrui and inform him of Zhao Yuan's character.

This has always made Cai Ningrui reluctant to take action.

He sighed deeply and waved the wizard in front of the temple to move away.

The wizard's name is Chen Tong, a native of Dacai.

Chen Tong followed him in the uprising to overthrow the Jin Kingdom more than ten years ago.

Cai Ningrui was not stingy and gave him the official positions of Wanhuhou and Taiwei.

And among the two first-class officials who were imprisoned and died tragically in prison because of corruption, one of them was Chen Tong's brother.

Because of this matter, Chen Tong told Cai Ningrui more than once that he wanted to abolish the supervisory department and even the academy.

But every time, Cai Ningrui rejected him.

Yesterday, a son-nephew of Cai Ningrui was also investigated and punished by the Supervisory Committee and thrown into prison.

Even the clan members were not spared.

This couldn't help but make Cai Ningrui even more shaken.

He is now old and can no longer be emperor for a few more years.

And his son is the current prince.

He is a die-hard loyalist to Zhao Yuan, and he also served as supervisor for several years in the past few years.

He claimed that after he succeeded to the throne, he would conduct a large-scale purge of officials in the DPRK and central government.

This also caused many old subordinates, even in their seventies and eighties, to come to Cai Ningrui in tears to plead for mercy.

Cai Ningrui was also a little annoyed.

Instead of blaming his son, he pushed all these problems onto Zhao Yuan.

With these worries, Cai Ningrui drank some wine after meeting several officials.

This is a habit he developed early in his life.

If he didn't drink, he would suffer from insomnia.

After that, he put on a fleece blanket and prepared to take a short rest on the dragon bed.

Snowflakes were swaying outside the window, and the north wind was howling.The maid on the side lit the stove again and lit some incense to disperse the smell of firewood.

Amidst the warmth and slight drunkenness, Cai Ningrui felt all kinds of things flashing through his mind.

Just when he was about to fall asleep, he saw a young man walking into the palace.

The visitor was just as he remembered, wearing a dragon robe and standing tall and straight.

This man is the late emperor Cai Tangyuan and Cai Ningrui's nephew.

He was also the one who started the war, promoted Zhao Yuan, and was finally humiliated and killed by the Jin people.

Although Cai Ningrui is older, Cai Tangyuan is several years older than Cai Ningrui.

In Cai Tangyuan's hand was a plum blossom that had fallen in the courtyard.

He sniffed and smiled at Cai Ningrui: "Uncle Emperor, you're awake."

When Cai Ningrui saw this, he was not surprised, but said calmly: "It's you, let me think about it, we haven't seen each other in how many years..."

"Uncle Emperor, it has been 43 years." Cai Tangyuan placed the plum blossom branch in his hand in front of the table and placed his hands on the Pixiu-shaped stove to keep warm.

Cai Ningrui pondered for a while, then nodded: "Has it been so long? It seems that I haven't returned to the capital for a long time."

"What's the difference between the capital and the county?" Cai Tangyuan smiled and never mentioned the topic again. Instead, he said: "Since the emperor's uncle has inherited the throne, I can rest assured."

Cai Ningrui dragged his old body to sit up from the dragon bed and shook his head: "It's all thanks to you for reminding Zhao Yuan. If not, the world would be ruined..."

Unexpectedly, Cai Tangyuan suddenly smiled knowingly: "Uncle Emperor, if you hadn't colluded with the Kingdom of Jin, how could I, Da Cai, be like this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cai Ningrui suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

He looked at himself, and saw that he was covered in golden robes, and a five-clawed golden dragon seemed to be about to take off immediately.

Cai Tangyuan has been dead for decades... but how could he meet him in the palace...

He quickly shouted: "Someone is coming... someone is coming..."

Cai Tangyuan gently took a step forward and lifted Cai Ningrui's chin: "Uncle, please remember... Zhao Yuan will avenge me..."

In a daze, Cai Ningrui felt like the world was spinning.

He had already woken up from his dream, and the whole quilt was covered with sweat.

And around him were all the guarding maids with stunned expressions.

Cai Ningrui felt that he was losing face, so he waved all these people to disperse.

Leave yourself alone to sit in front of the bed and think deeply.

He didn't understand that only one person knew about his collusion with Dai Jin.

Because it was that person who got his information and sent it to the Kingdom of Jin.

And this person was later killed by himself, ensuring that everyone who knew about it was dead.

Otherwise, his position as emperor would not have been stable for more than [-] years.

It's just that Cai Ningrui underestimated Junlu too much back then.

Just now, Da Cai completely collapsed.

At the beginning, he just wanted Junlu to rob Cai Tangyuan and then return to the capital to fight for the throne.

Unexpectedly, Junlu would kill Zhao Yuan and the entire palace at once.

After this incident happened, Cai Ningrui was in panic for many years.

Even the habit of falling asleep after drinking alcohol was developed at that time.

Not long after, another minister came to visit him.

He is also an old hero, and together with him, he expelled the Jin people.

But now he came here because of Zhao Yuan's matter.

What he said is that in the academy, the contents taught include loyalty to the people and the country, but there is no loyalty to the emperor.

It shows that Zhao Yuan has no respect for His Majesty.

And there is already news among the people.

Nowadays, almost all local officials and military officers from various places come out of the academy.

Almost all are disciples of Zhao Yuan.

There are already rumors among the people that after Cai Ningrui's death, Zhao Yuan will become the emperor in the true sense.

Nowadays, some good people call Zhao Yuan "Zhao Tianxia".

Hearing this, Cai Ningrui sighed as he thought of the dream just now.

After he waved the official away, he called out a few more figures.

These people are all Taoist masters he recruited. One of them came from the "Zenlin Temple" thousands of miles away, and his cultivation reached the ninth level of Thunder Tribulation.

Cai Ningrui didn't mince words and said bluntly: "If we want to capture Zhao Yuan, are you sure?"

After seeing several people looking at each other, Cai Ningrui just stared calmly.

Only then did a few people realize that the emperor was really interested in taking advantage of Zhao Yuan.

After all, these people have been protecting Cai Ningrui for so many years, and they have never seen him have any abnormal emotions towards Zhao Yuan.

But I didn't expect that as soon as I tried to take action, it would be a dead end.

Several people pondered for a moment, and the Nine Tribulations master of Zenlin Temple nodded slowly.

They didn't know Zhao Yuan's true strength, but they also knew that the strongest person in this world was only at the seventh level of Thunder Tribulation.

It was surprising that no matter how invincible Zhao Yuan was, he could not be a Yang Shen True Lord.

Otherwise, he would not have been imprisoned by the Kingdom of Jin for these years, and he would not be able to remove the cold iron chains from his body.

The next day, Cai Ningrui summoned Zhao Yuan.

After the two reminisced about old times, Zhao Yuan became aware of everything around him.

In Haoran's heart, all thoughts can be seen.

Cai Ningrui just sighed, and after giving Zhao Yuan another glass of wine, he said:
"Zhao Qing, everyone in the world says that you have great achievements, but I know that you almost conquered this world."

"What will happen if you take the emperor's position?"

With that said, Cai Ningrui actually took off his dragon robe and threw it in front of Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan was silent, just shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Cai Ningrui looked directly at Zhao Yuan, whose face was still that of a middle-aged man, as if he would not age.

He raised his hand and looked at the folds on the back of his hand, becoming more and more convinced of what others said.

If he dies, Zhao Yuan will indeed be able to control the world.

And if he lives long enough, his Cai family will never be able to make a difference.

By then, everyone in the world will have the surname Zhao.

Cai Ningrui thought of this and asked for another piece of red silk:
"If you have no intention of becoming emperor, then commit suicide with this red silk ribbon."

He knew that Zhao Yuan was a sincere man. If he was really loyal to the emperor, he should die to apologize when he heard these rumors.

If he denies it, it proves that Zhao Yuan is really ambitious.

Zhao Yuan, who had seen through everything, had no trouble in his heart, and even had no expression on his face.

He just said calmly: "Your Majesty, if you can't sit still in this world, I won't help you sit down."

"But committing suicide is only the act of a coward."

"When a man is born between heaven and earth, he should cook five cauldrons and eat them."

"I am ambitious, but my ambition is only to protect the Cai Dynasty."

Having said this, Zhao Yuan looked at Cai Ningrui again and sighed: "Your Majesty, this is the last time I call you Your Majesty."

At this point, Cai Ningrui suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart. He quickly waved his hands and tried to call out several masters, but what fell in front of him were only three dead bodies.

Then, the one who jumped down was Li Hongyi.

Li Hongyi looks like a young man, with graceful green mountains. He holds a scroll of scriptures and carries a book basket on his back, as if he is a young Confucian scholar who is going to Beijing to take the exam.

In Cai Ningrui's frightened eyes, Zhao Yuan said again: "Cai Ningrui, if you can make this world peaceful, that's all."

"I don't have to worry about you colluding with the Jin Kingdom."

"But now that your inner demon has appeared, the world will only be in chaos in your hands."

When Cai Ningrui heard this, his eyes suddenly widened.

He didn't know how the other party knew these things.

Li Hongyi took a step forward and sighed: "Cai Ningrui, the letter you sent... happened to be read to King Jin by me." (End of this chapter)