Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune Starts From Tianshi Mansion

Chapter 418 417. I don't like this group (two chapters in one)

Under the observation of Yuqing Zhoutian Magic Mirror, the great Neo-Confucian scholars who stayed in the city and the generals who left the city were all presented in Lei Jun's vision.

Some of them looked like the Taoist ancient talisman school's transmission of talismans, or the even older spirit-writing techniques.

But it looked very different.

The governor of the Ming Dynasty borrowed his own power to go out, so he looked quite weak, as if he had lost his own strength to fight with others.

However, as a great Neo-Confucian scholar of the third level of the eighth heaven, his cultivation level did not fall.

It was more like being temporarily hollowed out.

The general who led his military orders and went out to fight seemed to have improved his cultivation to the third level of the eighth heaven, but overall, it looked rather superficial.

Judging from Lei Jun's comprehension and vision, it should not last too long.

The warriors under his command who had improved their cultivation strength were in a similar situation.

In the process of suppressing the rebellion and fighting the enemy, it is also easy to see that although their cultivation strength was temporarily raised, their foundation and experience did not match their current realm.

The leading warrior of the third level of the eighth heaven was obviously inferior to the real martial arts masters of the same realm.

It may be an exaggeration to say that a three-year-old child dances with a sledgehammer, but it is obviously not free and easy.

However, under the pressure of the realm, the current battlefield is enough to cope with the situation.

Moreover, there are many warriors with similar situations under his command.

With the overall cultivation strength raised, it is like a wave, sweeping forward.

There are also some monks with other cultivation paths in the team.

However, it seems that they are not so much participating in the suppression of the rebellion as focusing on the changes in the Great Ming martial arts monks around them.

The rebellious army was defeated, the main leader was killed, and the middle and lower levels began to flee in all directions.

Chasing and killing the fleeing enemies was a good opportunity to collect military merits, but the Ming army generals ordered the team to regroup.

The victory message was quickly transmitted back to the city behind.

The Ming officials waiting in the camp in the city all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the news.

Lei Jun used the Jade Pure Zhoutian Mirror to observe from the sky, and saw that the writings gathered in the city were constantly changing.

In the dark, there seemed to be green smoke, but it was not rising up, but falling from the sky and rolling back into the city.

The governor-general and a group of Neo-Confucianists began to be filled with talent and writing again.

"It is all thanks to your good command and strategy that we have today's great victory." Everyone congratulated the governor-general Duan Cheng who was in the lead.

Duan Cheng smiled and said, "No, no, there is your majesty's grace above, the Yuanfu is in charge of the country in the middle, and the three armies are at your service. You are all meritorious officials."

Everyone present praised Duan for not being arrogant and ruling well.

Someone whispered, "Sir, although the main force of the rebels has been defeated, the remaining remnants may have fled to other places and be gathered and used by those who are interested. What we should do next..."

Duan Cheng: "The most urgent task is to report to the Prime Minister and focus on the reform of the Prime Minister. This is a great plan that will benefit future generations. Once the reform is completed, the rebels can be easily defeated and it will be difficult for them to cause chaos again."

Everyone said, "We will follow the orders of the governor."

Lei Jun could not hear what Duan Cheng and others said at the moment, and could only see the scene with the Jade Purity Zhoutian Magic Mirror.

But it did not prevent him from guessing the intentions of the old masters of the Ming Dynasty:

It is too dangerous to charge into battle and lead the troops himself.

Even if he does not have to fight with the opponent in close combat like a martial arts monk, there are still risks.

Especially for people like Chen Yu, Liu Chong and others who entered Xumi, and Zeng Kui, Xi Zhichang and others who entered Penglai later, if they were ambushed or unexpected changes occurred, it would be a blessing if they were not completely wiped out.

At that time, no one would be left alive, and the enemy would not discriminate whether you were inferior in everything or only educated.

And now, it seems that there is a solution.

As for the Confucian commander, he just needs to sit in the rear and give orders and plan.

As the saying goes, a good fighter wins thousands of miles away.

There are warriors on the front line to fight.

Lei Jun saw clearly that while Duan Cheng and other Neo-Confucianists were refilled with literary talent, the martial arts monks in the front army returned to their original level of cultivation.

Maybe the time limit has expired.

Maybe Duan Cheng and others took it back on their own initiative.

Or maybe it's both.

Although it is not certain what Duan Cheng and others can do to prevent the warriors who have improved their cultivation realm from becoming the host, Lei Jun believes that they will not ignore this issue. There are many restrictive measures, and they will continue to innovate.

Lei Jun himself is not in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he can observe the changes in the overall fortune of the Ming Dynasty.

The means that Duan Cheng and others just used should not be invented by Duan Cheng alone, but from a higher level of Neo-Confucian scholars.

Zhou Mingzhe, the current prime minister of the Ming Dynasty?

If it is not limited to one place and a small number of people, but wants to be promoted, then the Neo-Confucian scholars who have reached the level of nine-fold heaven and earth should not be able to do this by themselves.

The Neo-Confucian code of conduct and etiquette is a top-down, broad and in-depth overall system.

The current changes should also be targeted at the overall situation.

It may be because the Daqian Dynasty established by the foreign race earlier trampled on culture and culture. In the current Ming Dynasty, Confucianism suppresses other major sects, among which the most obvious influence is martial arts.

The warriors of the Ming Dynasty were shrouded in this sky of moral principles, and the restrictions they were subject to were even deeper than those of Taoism, Buddhism, and witchcraft.

No wonder some people started with them.

However, even with this foundation, overall changes are still not easy.

Even if it is not to change the overall structure, it is just to add bricks and tiles on the basis of the overall structure.

Regardless of the original intention, from a technical point of view, the great Confucian scholars who led this change have a high level of understanding, which is quite impressive.

Lei Jun even suspected that the understanding of the level of splendid mind may not be enough to support this change.

The other party's understanding of Confucianism may be equivalent to the understanding of Taoism's natural level.

However, this understanding is used in such a place...

While Lei Jun was thinking, he suddenly realized that someone in the front-line troops quietly sent a letter.

It was a middle-level general.

If it was before the war, Lei Jun would guess that the other party colluded with the leaders of the civil unrest to pass on information and intelligence.

But now the war has been settled, and the Ming army general who practiced martial arts just sent a message to the outside world, which made Lei Jun guess more.

The person who contacted him just now also received the military order to improve his cultivation level. Lei Jun estimated that the other party's secret letter had nothing to do with the war, but for the military order.

However, the secret letter was intercepted halfway.

A flying sword turned into a sword light and flashed, intercepting the secret letter in mid-air.

After the army returned to the garrison, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, the middle-level general who sent the message was not immediately arrested, but began to be monitored by a special person.

Lei Jun looked at this scene and knew what was going on.

This team, although inconspicuous, carries the important expectations of some old people in the court, and verifies the feasibility of the reform through actual combat.

Judging from the results, although there are many problems, it is basically in line with expectations.

However, some martial arts practitioners also noticed something wrong.

If this method is feasible, will there be no need for high-level warriors in the future?

Unfortunately, Duan Cheng and others had been on guard against this.

Although the middle-level general was not immediately controlled, some people had already begun to follow the clues to identify his accomplices.

Duan Cheng collected all the information from various sources and then reported it to the capital.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Mingzhe's mansion.

Zhou Mingzhe, who succeeded Chen Yu as the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, silently read the letter.

Beside him was Zeng Kui, the old man who was injured in Penglai and returned to Beijing to recuperate.

After reading it, Zhou Mingzhe passed the letter to Zeng Kui beside him.

After reading it, Zeng Kui let out a long sigh: "Congratulations to the Prime Minister for opening up a new situation for the Ming Dynasty and the scholars of the world."

Zhou Mingzhe: "Mr. Zeng is too polite. This is inseparable from the great grace of the emperor and the participation of knowledgeable people from all sides."

Zeng Kui: "The disasters of Xumi and Penglai will never be seen again in the future!"

"The victory of the army should be decided in the temple, thousands of miles away."

Zhou Mingzhe: "Although I have had this idea for a long time, it has been years of deliberation. Now it has just taken shape. Fortunately, for the Ming Dynasty, it is not too late to mend the fold after the sheep have been lost. At present, there are still many shortcomings that need to be further improved."

Zeng Kui glanced outside: "Master Mo and Master Wei are now in the Prime Minister's mansion."

Zhou Mingzhe: "Yes, the relevant news will be passed to them later."

Zeng Kui pondered slightly.

Zhou Mingzhe: "One can learn from others' experience. For the current reform, we need the help of Taoist masters."

He stood up and stood with his hands behind his back: "In a few years, as more and more scholars appear in our dynasty, the Dharma will become more mature and the laws will become more stable. At that time, it will be fine to make further adjustments."

Zeng Kui stood up with him: "So, not only the Taoist sect, but also the Buddhist sect should not move for the time being, so as not to alert the enemy?"

Zhou Mingzhe: "Taoism and Buddhism may be used by our Ming Dynasty, not to mention that there is the White Lotus traitor now? The key is to control them well."

Zeng Kui: "Han Qingtao rebelled, Mu Chunyang died, and the Taoist sect will be easy."

Zhou Mingzhe did not respond, but pondered instead.

Zeng Kui: "Prime Minister?"

Zhou Mingzhe: "Master Mu of Zhenwu Temple... is he really gone?"

Zeng Kui was surprised.

Zhou Mingzhe said nothing and walked away with his hands behind his back.

He is the leader of the Chu Party.

For a long time, Zhenwu Temple has been close to the Chu Party because of the geographical reasons.

Zhou Mingzhe and Mu Chunyang often have exchanges.

Compared with Han Qingtao who caused such a big mess, Zhou Mingzhe has actually always been more concerned about Mu Chunyang who has been mediocre for many years.

"If there is someone in my Ming Dynasty who is closest to opening the immortal gate, it is probably this Mu Guan master Mu Zhenren." Zhou Mingzhe suddenly said.

Zeng Kui was shocked.

Zhou Mingzhe nodded: "Even if my Ming Dynasty is currently flourishing, he is probably closer than the previous Chen Ge Lao. As for me, I have achieved success in reforms today, so I should be above him."

On the other hand, I was also half a step slower before... Zeng Kui thought.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty is flourishing.

Under the cover of the principles of Neo-Confucianism, the other party can't turn the tables, not to mention that Mu Chunyang also attaches great importance to the inheritance of Zhenwu Temple.

Zhou Mingzhe stood still, looking at the tree branches outside the window: "In recent years, I have sent people to inquire about the truth of the life and death of Master Mu, but unfortunately there is no conclusive information so far."

Zeng Kui: "Has there been any changes in Zhenwu Temple recently?"

Zhou Mingzhe: "No at present."

Zeng Kui hesitated to speak.

Zhou Mingzhe smiled: "Maybe I am worrying too much."

He turned the topic back: "The reform has achieved some initial success. We should speed up the improvement of some of its shortcomings and promote it. Now the civil unrest is spreading everywhere, which is indeed harmful to the country and should be eliminated as soon as possible."

"What the prime minister said is right."

Zeng Kui paused for a moment and asked: "Then the prime minister, what about Qingzhou?"

Zhou Mingzhe: "We can move now."

Qingzhou is the place where the White Lotus Sect has the strongest momentum after the rebellion.

A large number of top masters of the White Lotus Sect are active there, and with this as the center, they continue to spread and affect all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The people in charge of civil unrest in other places are now mostly related to the White Lotus Sect.

The people who are currently responsible for quelling the rebellion there are, on the one hand, the Bodhi Temple, the orthodox holy land of the Ming Dynasty Buddhism.

They are old enemies with the White Lotus Sect, so there is no need to say more at this moment.

On the other hand, it is the Ming court army.

In addition to the important minister of the current dynasty, the university scholar Chao Feng, who personally went to the front line to preside over the war, there were also the last batch of high-level martial arts masters of the Ming Dynasty.

After the defeats of Xumi and Penglai, Chen Yu, Liu Chong, Gao Ming, Xi Zhichang and other famous officials suffered heavy casualties, not to mention the martial arts generals who led the troops.

However, now that the reform has been successful, the Ming Dynasty is not in urgent need of masters from other traditions, especially martial arts masters.

Except...

"In the palace?" Zeng Kui said softly.

Zhou Mingzhe: "The eunuch party is more trouble than success. To be fair, if they were not eager to win the merit and do bad things, there might not have been the defeat of Xumi.

But now, in order to seek new laws and reforms, we need your majesty's approval. In addition, the war has already begun, and the palace cannot be in chaos.

Therefore, the cost of using and maintaining troops in other places can be reduced, but the palace needs to allocate more.

Although this is a temporary measure, we must not be careless. We must pay more attention to the palace on weekdays and not let those eunuchs disturb the country in the name of your majesty."

Zeng Kui: "Yuan Fu is right."

After the two chatted for a while, Zeng Kui said goodbye and left, and the servants in the mansion saw him off.

A little later, a young official came to see Zhou Mingzhe.

"Teacher." The young official stepped forward and saluted.

Zhou Mingzhe smiled: "Qiao Shan is here. Have you met Taoist Wei and Taoist Mo?"

The young official named Nie Song replied respectfully: "I haven't been there yet. Before I go, I will listen to the teacher's teachings first."

Zhou Mingzhe smiled: "Then let's go together."

He walked out of the door, and Nie Song followed respectfully behind him.

Looking at this really young student, Zhou Mingzhe was a little emotional for a while.

He was the chief examiner in the recent imperial examination.

According to the traditional rules of the Ming Dynasty and the rites of the Neo-Confucian school, all the students who passed the exam were considered his students.

This big exam is a rare experience in the life of Neo-Confucianists that they don't have to endure the years, and there will be young people who pass the exam.

However, after entering the court as an official, most of them have to follow the rules.

According to the information Zhou Mingzhe has, this Nie Song comes from the law of nature.

His father Nie Zhongjie made great contributions to the cleansing of the Xiao Mingting lineage in the Ming Dynasty and gained a foothold in the Ming Dynasty.

Nie Zhongjie himself did not take the imperial examination route again, but focused on cultivating the children of his family.

His second son Nie Song was the best among them.

This time he lived up to everyone's expectations. After winning the first place in the joint examination, he was selected by the Emperor Ming as the top scholar of this year's examination, which was a great success.

What is even more eye-catching is that his teacher is Zhou Mingzhe, the current Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.

A smooth road has already opened up in front of Nie Song.

Zhou Mingzhe really admired this new student.

On the one hand, because the other party is quite outstanding.

On the other hand, because looking at Nie Song, he vaguely remembered Xi Zhichang when he just passed the imperial examination.

Zhou Mingzhe was quite sorry that his favorite disciple Xi Zhichang died unexpectedly in Penglai.

Now the new law reform has begun to show results.

Looking back to the past, before Zhou Mingzhe became the Prime Minister, he had talked about related matters with Xi Zhichang, and the teacher and student discussed it together.

Unfortunately, before the matter was accomplished, Xi Zhichang was accidentally in danger and died in Penglai.

If this method and ritual could have been developed earlier, Xi Zhichang would have been able to avoid the disaster.

Zhou Mingzhe recalled it and felt a little sad.

Nie Zhongjie had a lot of contact with Xi Zhichang. Now his son Nie Song is also a promising talent. He is a disciple of Zhou Mingzhe, which makes him feel a little comforted.

"Master Mo, Master Wei."

When they arrived at the place, Zhou Mingzhe greeted Mo Qingshi, the elder of Shushan Sect, and Wei Jingyi, the elder of Zhenwu Temple.

"You two have worked hard during this period." Zhou Mingzhe said.

Mo Qingshi and Wei Jingyi both said they dared not.

Zhou Mingzhe looked at Wei Jingyi: "Fortunately, the current ritual can be completed in the next few days, so it won't delay the ceremony of Taoist Wei taking over Zhenwu Temple."

Wei Jingyi: "I am not very talented and learned, so I can only do my best to live up to the grace of the emperor and the prime minister."

Zhou Mingzhe: "Master, you are too kind."

He turned to look at Mo Qingshi again: "I don't know what the situation is like in Shushan recently? The incident of the traitor Han Qingtao must not happen again. Please ask Taoist Mo to come back to the mountain later to have a look."

Mo Qingshi: "Yes, prime minister."

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Lei Jun was in Penglai, and the Yuqing Zhoutian Dharma Mirror was shining and scanning the Ming Dynasty.

In general, the range is limited.

But in the vast mountains and rivers, Lei Jun can see that the situation of the Ming army similar to Duan Cheng's previous one is gradually increasing.

Considering the influence of other aspects, Zhou Mingzhe or the Ming Dynasty court's implementation of the reform method is not fast as a whole, and it is always gradual.

The more times he watched, the more relevant details Lei Jun understood.

Overall, this can be regarded as establishing an extremely huge legal ritual based on the principles of Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucianism.

The martial arts monks who were promoted due to the limitations of the rituals were more seriously affected by the Neo-Confucian principles.

Not only are they unable to retaliate against the Neo-Confucian monks who teach them the law, but they are also unable to cause effective harm to other Neo-Confucian monks.

Just like after the principles of monarch and minister, father and son, teacher and student, etc. are established, the superior as a whole exerts strong suppression on the subordinates within the framework of the larger system, and is not limited to just individuals.

It is also very simple for a Neo-Confucian monk to take back the literary talent he blessed a martial arts monk.

There are no absolutes in the world, but if you want to shake this, you need to shake the entire Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucianism system.

In other words, the country is unstable and the world is in chaos.

On this basis, the restraint of Neo-Confucianism on other orthodox traditions will be weakened and loosened.

Within the current scope of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the Great Demon, the only practice method among human monks that is exempt from the regular rituals of the Neo-Confucianism Outline is the White Lotus Sect, which specializes in anti-thieves.

When encountering White Lotus Sect monks, everyone must rely on their abilities and fight head-on. Neo-Confucian monks no longer have such an obvious advantage.

After observing for a period of time, Lei Jun estimated that this might be related to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

From this perspective, it can be said that it was quite difficult for Han Qingtao to take advantage of the loopholes and rob the Duxu Shuttle.

"Brother, I have a question..."

Chu Kun, who returned to the Tang Dynasty from the Ming Dynasty via Tibet and then to Penglai, raised a question:

"The large-scale ritual currently being carried out by the Neo-Confucian monks of the Ming Dynasty does have a lot of ingenuity in being able to achieve such an impressive performance, but from a practical perspective, it has a lot of shortcomings, right?"

"Well, martial arts monks or other monks who have temporarily elevated their cultivation level through the blessing of masters of Neo-Confucianism and their literary and ink talents are ultimately not as strong as those who really have this level of strength." Lei Jun understood what Chu Kun was referring to.

Such a framework will naturally be disadvantageous against relatively weak opponents.

Facing an opponent of the same level or a higher level is another matter.

From the perspective of the Neo-Confucian monks seeking their own safety, going into battle in person would lead to dangerous opponents. It would be equally impossible for low-level warriors blessed by their literary talents to defeat their opponents.

In addition to the practical significance of exploring the ambush circle, when encountering a tough battle...

"Keep using people to grind on?"

Chu Kun scratched his head: "This feels more like the fighting method from the ghost path of Wumen..."

Lei Jun: "It is always easier to train middle- and low-level monks in quantity than high-level monks. After saving in other places, more resources can be further concentrated on cultivating more high-level Neo-Confucian monks, and then perhaps relying on the quantity Siege, or as you say slowly grind.

Of course, the Ming court may also continue to improve on this method, with other new changes and enhancements, or perhaps other ideas.

What can be seen now is that the control of the Ming Dynasty courtiers internally and externally will be further strengthened.

Everything is inferior, but reading is good, and he is becoming more and more worthy of his reputation. "

Chu Kun looked at Lei Jun: "Senior brother, your eyes are a little cold..."

Lei Jun did not hide his true thoughts in front of him: "I really don't like this group, but I want to see how the world itself will react to this first."

Chu Kun understood.

My senior brother, the head of the family, is not as hot-tempered as Senior Sister Tang, but he also does not fully believe in doing less than doing more than Senior Brother.

If not, the fate of the five surnames of the Tang Dynasty, Qiwang, and even the Li family of Xinzhou is still uncertain.

Chu Kun, who was in the eighth heaven realm, came to Penglai to help sort out the Penglai ruins and explore various fairy islands. Lin Shan and other descendants of the Tianshi Mansion suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Later in the evening, Lei Jun hosted Penglai, and new guests arrived.

Because the opposite side is Mu Chunyang, the master of the Ming Dynasty Zhenwu Temple, who is in the realm of the Nine Heavens, so in the end, the contemporary head of Chunyang Palace of the Tang Dynasty, Jiang Yu, came to Penglai in person to meet him.

With Lei Jun here, Datang Chunyang Palace does not need to worry about safety issues.

Instead, Jiang Yu brought a piece of news, which originated from the Chunyang Palace inheritance in the Han world.

Pan Hailin, the descendant of Longhu Mountain of the Han Dynasty, reappears in the world.

Moreover, he has achieved the Mahayana realm of the Nine Heavens of the Taoist Fulu Sect.

In recent years, the world of the Han Dynasty has also begun to have a surge of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Pan Hailin, as a world-renowned talent of the younger generation, has successfully taken this step, which is not unexpected, but...

"Senior brother, according to the inheritance of Longhu Mountain of the Great Han Dynasty, this is further taught by the ancestor of the Nine Heavens, right?" Chu Kun looked at Lei Jun.

Lei Jun nodded slightly.