"For the sake of your eagerness to learn, I will make an exception to tell you today!"

Chapter 10 Inside Story

Hearing Xingtao's words, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling immediately acted like good students.

Xingtao pondered for a while, and said, "It's hard to start with these things for a while. If you have any questions about some of the measures implemented when Yang Guang was in power, I can answer them for you, although I can't guarantee that they are completely correct. , but roughly true."

As soon as he heard Xingtao's words, Xu Ziling immediately remembered what Fu Junzheng had said, and he immediately said: "Yang Guang is very happy, and the three expeditions to Goguryeo cost money.

Xingtao shook his head and said, "Throughout history, the biggest threat to the Central Plains has always been the nomadic peoples in the north, such as the Huns in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and now Goguryeo and Turks."

"However, the fundamental reason for Yang Guang's expedition against Goguryeo was because Goguryeo colluded with the Turks. Yang Guang first destroyed or disabled Goguryeo, a relatively weak opponent despite its rising strength, in order to avoid two fronts." Xingtao said, "Yang Guangsan From my point of view, I support Goguryeo, because the situation at that time, if Yang Guang does not take the initiative, when Goguryeo and Turks unite, the entire Central Plains will be plunged into war."

"There is no morality between countries. Either you kill me, or I. Kill you!" Xingtao continued, "If you have to choose one side to die, I will definitely choose the Han people to survive and those foreigners to perish."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were dumbfounded. The two of them were influenced by the Rakshasa girl Fu Junxi, which made them both have a deep affection for Goguryeo. position in their hearts.

When the Rakshasa girl first saw Shuanglong, she said that she came to the Central Plains to assassinate Yang Guang in order to save Goguryeo; but at this moment, what came out of Xingtao's mouth was that Goguryeo had long since joined the Turks and wanted to deal with the Sui Dynasty, so Yang Guang was attracted. Wide shot.

"Impossible, you must be lying to us!!" Kou Zhong shouted first.

"What's the benefit of me lying to you?" Xing Tao gave the two of them a blank look, "You two have nothing to do with Goguryeo, right? But looking at your appearance, it seems that you were deceived by the Goguryeo people?"

"I advise you to let go of the unrealistic fantasies in your heart!" Xingtao directly pointed out the Rakshasa girl's plan, "Since ancient times, the Central Plains have had irreconcilable conflicts with the nomads in the north. The nomads do not understand farming, So in winter, their livestock will starve to death, and the only way to survive at this time is to go south to the Central Plains to burn, kill and loot.”

"You must be that thief of Yang Guang, right!?" Kou Zhong felt that the "goddess" in his heart was tainted by Xingtao, and immediately turned his head and cursed.

"What are you guys, you are just two bastards. If I were from Yang Guang, I would kill you directly. Why would I talk so much nonsense with you?" Xing Tao's face flashed murderous, "What, you guys Want to help Goguryeo and become a traitor?"

The two were rushed by Xing Tao's murderous aura, and the whole person calmed down.However, there was a hint of inexplicable meaning in the eyes that looked at Xing Tao.

Kou Zhong said coldly: "If you have anything else to excuse Yang Guang, just say it directly!"

"So, being preconceived is the most troublesome thing. You have already determined that all the bad things in this world are Yang Guang's fault, so no matter what I say, you will think that I am absolving Yang Guang!" Xing Tao said with contempt, "This is also the sorrow of you little people."

"No matter what, it is an indisputable fact that Yang Guang's three expeditions against Goguryeo have exhausted the nation's strength!" Xu Ziling calmed down a bit and said directly.

"This point should be said to be intentional." Xing Tao said lightly, "Actually, if Yang Guang really wants to take down Gao Li, it will be almost the same in the first battle. You must know that Yang Guang himself can be regarded as a good warrior. The reason why he kept dragging on was just to let those soldiers die."

"Death!?" The two exclaimed.

"Using war to get rid of the government soldiers controlled by the Guanlong nobles, and then drive away the foreign forces in the north, let them die in Goguryeo, and only after eradicating these hindering forces can they consolidate their imperial power." Xingtao explained. , "Yang Guang's father Yang Jian abolished the family military system since the Northern Wei Dynasty, and ordered tens of thousands of family soldiers from various sects to change their surnames back, and the family military system gradually disappeared."

"But the old habits are hard to change, and the recognition of fake sons has flourished among the Guanlong aristocracy, ranging from a few hundred to a thousand, raising them as servants, which has become a deformation of the previous family military system, but the number is not large, nor does it Armed with armor like a family soldier. But these fake sons were not adopted by the clansmen in the mansion. Many of them have already entered the army and controlled the military power. This is the foundation of the Guanlong nobles. It is difficult to move them, and Yang Jian can do nothing. Must not."

"You mean... because of those nobles, Yang Guang can no longer control the army, so he directly arranged for them to die?" Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling exclaimed.

"If you don't, what else can you do?" Xingtao said, "Yang Guang has already offended all those nobles to death. If they don't let them die, he will die in the end. Think about how Yang Jian got it from the Yuwen family. Jiangshan will know, and Yang Guang must be afraid that his subordinates will betray and take away his own country."

"And... when Yang Guang was in power, vigorously promoting the imperial examination system greatly offended those nobles!" Xingtao continued, "You must know the previous system, if you want to be an official, you have to rely on those big nobles, and then He was promoted by those nobles; but once the imperial examination system was promoted, all talented people could directly ascend to the throne, and the rights and interests of those nobles were naturally greatly weakened. Do you think they can not hold grudges?"

"Now, due to the three expeditions of Goguryeo that exhausted the strength of the old nobles, the opening of the Grand Canal, the exchange of goods between the north and the south, and the deep popularity of the imperial examination system, this has undoubtedly laid the foundation for a prosperous world!" Xing Tao's face could not help but reveal With a smile, "The reason why the world is in chaos today is because Yang Guang has offended the world's nobles by implementing these things that benefit the future. Therefore, once the world is unified, there will inevitably be a prosperous world!"

Chapter 11 Du Fuwei

Xingtao took Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling all the way. Xingtao bought two horses in a nearby town, he rode one by himself, and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling rode together.Xingtao was also preparing to prevent the two from escaping. If it was three horses, the two might split up halfway.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are too slippery, they may run away if they are not careful, and after they have mastered the "Longevity Technique", they are extremely sensitive to the outside world. .

However, Xingtao also had some understanding of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's "The Secret of Longevity" during this time.

The "Longevity Technique" directly cultivates the innate qi, which is completely different from the fact that each school needs to practice the acquired qi first, and then return to the innate from the acquired day to cultivate the innate qi.

Refining the essence and transforming the qi, cultivating the qi to restore the spirit, training the spirit to return to the emptiness, and refining the emptiness to join the Tao are several stages that practitioners must go through.Even if ordinary cultivators reach the innate realm, they still need to spend countless hours refining the acquired innate energy in the body step by step into innate innate energy.

This is a long process, and it may take a few years for people with high talent to complete it; for people with low talent and poor practice, it may take decades.As for the cultivation of the longevity tactic, from the very beginning, it directly refines the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and replaces the spiritual energy with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, the quality of the true energy in their bodies is extremely high from the beginning.

If you compare their Longevity Secret Qi with Xingtao's Innate Sword Essence.Although the true qi they cultivated from the Longevity Art is far less powerful than the Innate Sword Essence, in terms of purity, it is not weaker than the Innate Sword Essence that Xing Tao has practiced for so many years.

A few days later, the three came to Du Fuwei's site, and at dawn, they came to a small village, and suddenly the hoofs roared, and a group of people rushed from the hillside.

This group of about [-] cavalrymen, looking at their disorganized warrior uniforms, knew that they must be rebels. Everyone wore green scarves on their arms. As soon as they entered the village, they killed a few dogs that were thrown out, and then chased the house. During the search, more than [-] men, women and children in the village were expelled from the village, and the chickens flew away, calling their mothers and crying to the sky.

"It's the Jianghuai Army again..." Kou Zhong couldn't bear to see the tragic situation in the small village. He looked at Xingtao and asked, "Brother Xing, your martial arts are so high, go and save them!"

These days, Shuanglong also knows that Xingtao is not a person who kills innocent people, so his attitude towards him is much better, and Kou Zhong directly calls him big brother in order to get closer.

"You said it's easy, how do you save it?" Xingtao said lightly, "Even if I kill all these people, in the end, the Jianghuai Army will put the account in this village; if the whole village is taken away, The people of the Jianghuai Army came directly with a large group of people, I can run away, and you are finished!"

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling fell silent for a while.

In these turbulent times, the power of the individual is simply insignificant.

The Green Turbans arranged the men and women in the village into two groups, and spread out to surround them to prevent anyone from escaping.

One of them, who seemed to be the leader of the rebel army, rode to the crowd of men lining up with the village men under the flanks of the four who followed him. Seems very outrageous.In the event of a resister, the whip whipped down immediately, killing him half to death.

When the mothers and wives saw their sons and their husbands being dragged into labor, they let out bursts of unbearable cries.But those so-called rebels all looked fierce and did not have the slightest sympathy.

The head of the army finished picking the men, then turned to look at the three of Xingtao, nodded slightly, and left with the group.This military leader is also a smart man. When he saw that the three Xingtao were very popular and also had weapons on their bodies, he thought they were members of an aristocratic family and did not dare to offend them, so he nodded to the three of them and immediately took them away.

"Damn!!" Just after those people left, Kou Zhong suddenly changed his face and exclaimed.

At this moment, Xu Ziling's face changed greatly: "It's over, after these people leave, our news will definitely be known to Du Fuwei, if he takes action..."

At this time, Kou Zhong looked at Xingtao and asked, "You...you mustn't deliberately lead Du Fuwei out!? Even if your martial arts are higher than Du Fuwei's, aren't you afraid of Du Fuwei's leadership? An army attacked you?"

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling once ran away from Du Fuwei, so Du Fuwei is very aware of the cunning of these two people, and now seeing these two people appearing on his own territory, he will definitely be suspicious , the safest thing is to bring a pair of people and horses around.

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