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In the next few years, I defeated Zhang Shoufu, Taishi Wu, Li...
A large number of people in the government were defeated by me, and because of this, my followers spread all over the government and the public.
This process is destined to be bloody and cruel, with genocide often occurring.
But the struggle in the officialdom is like this. Once you enter the situation, there is no saying that you can take a step back to gain the world. Taking a step back will only lead to disaster.
Finally, I reached the pinnacle of Dayu's political circles. It seemed that there was still a Sun faction in the court that could compete with me, but in fact, the so-called Sun faction was just kept by me to tease the emperor.
Although I have no disloyal intentions, I always consider the emperor's feelings. This is called loyalty to the emperor.
But just when I wanted to show off my skills, disaster struck.
The barbarian cavalry enters the border!
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When Dayu was founded, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong purged the barbarians several times, killing many people.
But no matter what, barbarians are like grass. After a wall is fortified and the wilderness is cleared, it will grow back in just a hundred years, and they will be killed endlessly.
At this time, Dayu's army had already become extremely corrupted and could no longer bear to fight.
After the most capable frontier troops were broken through the defense line, the barbarian cavalry drove straight in, heading straight for the capital.
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Five years later, Dayu lost most of its territory and moved its capital to Yunyang. Half of the country was still there, but the other half was run amok by barbarians and rebels.
Dayu had an army, but no major generals. When he looked up, there was not a single useful person in sight. At that time, the barbarians were resurrecting their troops, and they were about to extinguish the last fire of Dayu.
In desperation, I could only clean the court in a hurry, then personally take command, organize the troops, and resist the enemy invaders. The root of the disaster was thus laid.
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The bitter cold in the army is nothing to me, and although I was just a scholar for most of my life and have only been fighting in politics, it does not mean that I cannot march and fight.
After a period of anxiety at the beginning, everything quickly got on track. After all, all the people in the DPRK and the Central Government were my people. Without the hindrances behind me, I only had to concentrate on rectifying the army.
After eight years of fighting, I conquered the old land, and in the process, my own principles of the holy way became more and more powerful. In the end, I even condensed the beautiful mountains and rivers outside my body.
Everything seems to be getting better. Although the barbarian army is strong, it is not based in the Central Plains and is not good at protracted battles.
My army is getting stronger with more fights, but the barbarian army is getting weaker with more fights.
But just when I was about to defeat the main force of the barbarians and regain the Central Plains, I suddenly received an imperial decree from the emperor, ordering me to immediately return to the court.
I knew in my heart that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but my loyalty to the king prevailed in the end.
I can understand the emperor's fear. After all, I have unparalleled prestige. Not only are there members of the party in the court, but also the army is in charge of me.
If I say a word about taking back the Central Plains this time, I am afraid that the emperor will be deposed, but it is just a word from me.
Therefore, in order to prove that I had no objection, I chose to withdraw my troops.
According to my opinion, if the barbarian thing doesn't happen this time, there will be a next time.
The emperor is afraid of me, as he should be, but he is determined not to kill me.
If I die, there will be chaos in the court and in the army. I am afraid that in an instant, the barbarians will march in, and the emperor will become the king of subjugation, or even be captured by the barbarians and suffer all humiliation.
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It's a pity that after all, I thought too highly of the emperor, thinking that everything was left out, but I forgot that I would rather treat a powerful enemy than a domestic slave.
Although I have power over the country and the barbarians are frightened, I am still a domestic slave, and the barbarians are enemies. In the eyes of the emperor, they are on the same level as himself.
In the emperor's opinion, now that the world is at peace, the barbarians are nothing to worry about, and I am the biggest thief.
The emperor first poisoned the celebration banquet, and then surrounded and killed him with his masters. If I had rushed out at that time and exposed the truth, the whole world would surely turn against him.
But in the end, I still hesitated.
The first is that he cannot bear the people of the world to suffer from war again, and the second is that he is the king and I am the minister. If the king wants the minister to die, how can the minister not die?!
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But at the last moment of my life, looking at the majestic palace, I seemed to understand.
My path was wrong from the beginning. If the king is not the king, why should the minister be the minister?!
My holy path was shattered because of this. If it is reestablished, I will definitely be able to enter a new realm.
Unfortunately, I realized it was too late.
The old way is broken, the new way has not been completed, there is poison inside, and there are powerful enemies outside. Unfortunately, God is not with me...
Zhao Cheng read the history and found that there were more unjust people alive than he imagined.
At the earliest, Zhao Cheng suspected that he was actually a Taoist priest, but later he discovered that the Tao was not the arrival of the Taoist, but the Tao in the heart.
The reason why Lu Qing became a person who lost his way is because the way in his heart was broken before his death, but he didn't have time to break it and then established it.
Tao, if you want to break it and establish it, you can't just think of something and accomplish it in an instant. It has to go through a period of painful training, because you not only have to believe it, but you also have to practice it.
Just like the sage Wang Yangming whom Zhao Cheng knew, a generation of sages also realized the Tao in the hardships of Longchang for several years, and then laid the foundation of the holy way. It cannot be completed overnight.
As for the history of Dayu, Zhao Cheng knows everything.
After Lu Qing's death, the emperor overestimated himself. He was able to kill Lu Qing because Lu Qing was a minister and he was a king. Lu Qing never thought that the emperor would kill him, so the emperor succeeded.
The emperor fought hard in his den, but it didn't work against the barbarians.
After Lu Qing's death, the court had no leader and no commander in the army. In just three years, the court ceded territory several times. It was not until seven years later that the barbarian cavalry broke through the capital. The emperor and even his concubines and queens were all reduced to prisoners and suffered.
humiliation.
That's what pig teammates are like, they hurt others but don't benefit themselves.
And if Lu Qing had any disobedience, the outcome would probably be different again.
Zhao Cheng thought that this was probably the cognitive limitation of the ancients. If he were a modern person, he would have gone against it long ago.
But Lu Qing is still addicted to the drama of kings and ministers, and wants to be a virtuous minister in the history books and passed down through the ages.
Look, I can rebel, but I still want to be a loyal minister. This attitude can be learned from the sun and the moon.
Loyal ministers and virtuous ministers throughout the ages, who else but me!
Lu Qing probably had such feelings, rebelling and becoming emperor, for him, it was really not as self-motivating as it was so refreshing.
And throughout history, there are quite a few such people.
It's a pity that the emperor was stupid and didn't cooperate with him and just turned the table over.
"I entered the Tao through knowledge, but I never expected that Jing Kong would have such a cultivation method."
Zhao Cheng thought, but he directly found the most critical information in the diary.
The splendid mountains and rivers that Lu Qing condensed are probably the manifestation of his spirit, and he has reached the level of a martial arts overlord.
But the crux of the matter is that he has never practiced martial arts.
Inexplicably, Zhao Cheng thought of his own irregular special effects. Wu Nian said that this thing was a supernatural power, and it was the God of the True Self.
There may be thousands of worlds, and the expression of power may be different, but the power of the true self is unimpeded.
The so-called Holy Path communicates with the true self, thereby driving the evolution of life.
It is even possible that directly communicating with the true self is the cultivation method closest to the origin, but it is also the most difficult.
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Martial arts is equivalent to making money by yourself and communicating with your true self, but it is similar to buying lottery tickets (doing knowledge) every day. Although there is a possibility of winning, the probability is too low.
This chapter has been completed!