A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 342 The concept of victory

After the fall of Liang Ji, the power of the foreign relatives reached a historical low, the courtiers won a great victory, and the eunuchs also prospered.

Most of the court officials were imprisoned or demoted because of their relationship with the Liang family. Most of the Qingliu officials who had been dismissed by Liang Ji returned to the court, and Huang Qiong was reappointed as Taiwei.

Because of their merit in capturing Liang Ji, Bai Ya and Yuan Xu were appointed as guards and the other as Taichang Qing.

Just when the ministers wanted to undo the acne caused by Liang's relatives to the Han Dynasty, the eunuchs took the opportunity to replace the relatives and became another cancer.

What the ministers didn't expect was that the eunuchs had no lower limit than Liang's relatives.

At least Liang Ji would still worry about whether the talents he appointed were of real quality, consider Liu Zhi's face, and consider some of the Han's interests.

On the other hand, the eunuchs headed by the Five Marquises relied on their own merits and the position of regular servants granted by Liu Zhi. They not only intervened in the running of government affairs, but also placed relatives and friends at will, regardless of the talents of the people they recommended and appointed.

As a result, local and capital officials who only know how to make money and commit corruption have no idea how to perform their official duties, causing local people to live in dire straits.

And their appetite is really big. In their eyes, anyone who bribes them is one of their own, and anyone who bribes them is their enemy.

So local powerful people bribed them to get protection and then speed up the annexation. Even if there is a clear-minded local official who wants to make a difference and writes a letter accusing a local powerful person of wrongdoing,
But the final result is often false accusations manipulated by eunuchs, and they are dismissed from office or even imprisoned. The reason is that the powerful find the eunuchs in time and hand over a large amount of money to them.

Even Li Ying, the current Lieutenant of Sili School, was appointed as Yin in Henan Province two years ago. He wanted to investigate the local powerful Yang Yuanqun who was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown because he committed serious corruption crimes when he returned to his hometown from the county where he was serving. They searched for treasures, even the curiosities in the toilet of the county house, and took them home in a cart.

But in the end, it turned out that because Yang Yuanqun bribed the eunuch, Li Ying was found guilty of a false accusation and was instead sent to serve in the Zuo School.

After Yuzhenfang heard about his deeds, he was released from the Zuo School through operations and re-recruited as the Sili School Lieutenant, but Yang Yuanqun was still at large.

Julu County, Ren County
Zhang Qingjiao, who has studied Taoism abroad for nearly twenty years, returned to his hometown and met two brothers, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, whom he had not seen for many years. As for their mother, Zhang Wang, she died of illness seven years ago.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang also practiced Taoism in Pingshengguan over the years, and finally became the masters of Pingshengguan. They claimed to be disciples of the previous master of Pingshengguan and became Taoist priests of Pingshengguan.

What are borrowed Taoist priests? They are Taoist priests who are not on the Taoist register of Tianshi Mansion, because some Taoist temples are really far away from the Bai Kingdom, and when the Taoist temples developed to the end, they were down and out, poor, and could not even raise the travel expenses. Relying on the basic Taoist scriptures of the Tianshi Mansion that were living outside, he developed basic Taoist priestly skills.

There are also some who picked up a few fragments of Taoist scriptures outside, gained enlightenment on their own, and became Taoist priests. They call themselves Taoist priests, and they have no feelings for the Tianshi Mansion and don't care about the sects at all.

In the end, they had to evolve into foreign Taoist priests, and some people call them wild Taoist priests. In other words, they have the merits of Taoist priests and follow the etiquette of Taoism, but they do not belong to the lineage of Tianshi Mansion.

The world is really too big. Even a Taoist giant like Tianshi Mansion, which dominates the world, cannot say that it has all the Taoists in the world.

Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao were Taoist priests, because Pingshengguan was already in decline at this time, and Wang Taisu, the former leader of Pingshengguan, had passed away long ago.

In addition, His Majesty Liu Zhi believed deeply in gods and set up a canopy to worship Buddha and Laozi together. Affected by this, many people gradually began to believe in Buddhism.

The previous governor of Julu County was a distant relative of the Five Marquises. He was just a small and medium-sized official in a county at first, and finally became the county magistrate. He also colluded with local powerful people by plundering people's wealth and anointing, and obtained a large amount of money, which he gave to the Five Marquiss. Wuhou thought he was capable. Finally, he was promoted to the post of governor of Julu County.

The new governor learned that the master of Pingsheng Temple had passed away and the new master had not yet taken office. Under the influence of the powerful officials in the county, in order to comply with Liu Zhi's beliefs, he decisively labeled him as a prostitute and expelled all the Taoist priests there. The view of victory declines from this.

On the contrary, the Buddhist Baodan Temple in the county received strong support from the new eunuch and prospered, taking over a large number of believers from Pingshengguan.

In order to repay the teachings of the Taoist master Ping Sheng, the two brothers Zhang Bao left all the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple with the Taoist scriptures in the temple. After the Taoist temple gradually fell into disuse, in the second year, as a disciple of Wang Taisu, they , settled in Pingshengguan and started preaching again.

When the prefect learned that the two were brothers of Zhang Qingjiao, a Taiping man who had recently become famous in Hebei Province, he did not find himself in trouble anymore.

After all, his previous actions have shown his attitude towards faith to the emperor, and they are absolutely consistent with the emperor's. Now, if he digs deeper, not only will he not gain the slightest benefit, but he will make him embarrassed.

Speaking of Zhang Qingjiao, it has been more than 20 years since he studied Taoism with Bai Taibin. He was originally very talented, and he was taught by Bai Taibin all the year round. He traveled around the world with him, united his knowledge and practice, and became very diligent in Taoism. So quickly.

When Zhang Qingjiao was sixteen years old, Bai Taibin became an immortal in Haoling Temple due to old age and frailty.

Zhang Qingjiao sadly took over Bai Taibin's Taoist sword, and then began his own retreat. He was bound to transform these years of travel into Taoism, and then pass through the Heavenly Master in one fell swoop to find a Tao and realize the method in the master's heart to save the people. . So in the fourth year, Zhang Qingjiao passed the Celestial Master's Degree at the Celestial Master's Mansion at the tender age of 21, becoming the youngest master in the history of the Celestial Master's Mansion, more than ten years younger than Zhang Daoling.

The contemporary Celestial Master values ​​Zhang Qingjiao very much and allows him to enter Tao Zang at will. But after Zhang Qingjiao spent a year watching Taoist scriptures on the mountain, he decisively proposed to go down the mountain and find a way to save the people in the world.

Since then, Zhang Qingjiao has been active in the land of Hebei with the Taoism of his ancestors. On the border, he accompanied the frontier army to kill Xianbei people. In the countryside and mountains, he killed the most vicious bandits and bandits, and helped the poor people avoid being killed. Being bullied by powerful men.

It only lasted a few years. Because Zhang Qingjiao said that he would find a way to peace for the people of the world, he was called Taiping Zhenren.

Zhang Qingjiao also relied on his own efforts to break the impression in the eyes of the world that Taoist priests do not kill animals and are quiet and inactive. Many poor people he saved wanted to find the Taoist path with him.

But in the end he rejected it because he himself had no clear final direction.

Now he returned to his hometown to see if he could find the road again in his hometown. If it didn't work, he had no choice but to go back to the mountain and ask the Celestial Master.

Zhang Qingjiao was wearing a green Taoist robe, with a wooden hairpin on his head, and his hair was tied into a bun. Because he was traveling on the road, a few strands of hair were flying in front of his forehead. The dusty cloth shoes on his feet proved that he had never been in a car or rode a bicycle along the way. Cross the horse.

Unlike children who were alert and smart when they were young, years of journeys have made his face look strong and thin, and his deep eye sockets are bright eyes that can attract people's hearts.

Although his body is quite thin, the dust stirred up by each step on the ground shows that this person has profound skills.

Due to the relationship between Bai Taibin and the need to travel outside all year round, Zhang Qingjiao's attainments in the direction of Taoism are very deep, which means that his force value is very high.

It can be said that Zhang Qingjiao's lineage has the highest martial arts value in the Tianshi Mansion, and ordinary high-level skills are no match for them.

Zhang Qingjiao stood outside Pingsheng Temple, looking at the pilgrims coming and going. He was very doubtful about his brother being the master of the temple. Can the two of them be able to shoulder the important task of solving the puzzles of the pilgrims?
No wonder Zhang Qingjiao had doubts, it was because he had too little time to come back. Since he left with Bai Taibin, he only came back once when his mother died, and spent the rest of the time practicing away from home.

When I walked into the Taoist temple, I saw that the second brother Zhang Bao, who only knew how to hide behind himself and his mother, was answering the questions of the pilgrims in front of him with a serious face and praying for him.

Zhang Qingjiao did not disturb him, but stood quietly watching his movements. Should he say it or not, this set of movements was considered acceptable in the Taoist sect.

At this time, a Taoist boy saw Zhang Qingjiao standing in the corner wearing a Taoist robe without saying a word. He walked up and asked, "Who is this uncle coming to Pingshengguan to see?"

Zhang Bao heard Tao Tong's voice and turned around, with an expression of surprise on his face: "Brother!"

Zhang Qingjiao was also quite happy, with a smile on his thin face: "Second brother, are you okay when you come?"

Zhang Bao dismissed the pilgrims, then led Zhang Qingjiao into the backyard and took a seat in front of the hall: "Brother, the third brother went out to perform rituals for others. He should be back soon."

"Second brother, I'm back! I'm really exhausted, Taoist Master. Let me tell you, if I hadn't been brave enough to beat the shit out of them during this ritual, I would have been killed by those bald donkeys from Baodan Temple. It was snatched away.

And wow...”

Before anyone arrived, the voice came first. A rough and rich voice floated from the front hall. A young man with big shoulders and round waist came with long strides. Although there was no beard on his face, the Taoist robe looked out of place on him, as if he was selling meat. butcher.

While Zhang Liang was still talking, he saw Zhang Qingjiao, who was sitting in the main seat and looking at him with a smile.

"Brother! My eldest brother, you finally came to see your younger brother, but you miss me so much!"

Zhang Liang cried when he saw that Zhang Qingjiao couldn't restrain his excitement.

"Aren't you ashamed that a man is still crying?" Zhang Bao joked from the side.

When Zhang Liang heard this, his face immediately turned red, and then he started arguing with Zhang Bao. The two immediately began to report each other's embarrassing things over the years to Zhang Qingjiao.

Zhang Qingjiao looked at this scene and burst into laughter. These are relatives. The first time they meet you, they can instantly let go of your fatigue from running around and nourish your dry soul.

(End of this chapter)