Chapter 241: The Mother of the Heavenly Array... Mingshan Academy (2 in 1)
"Subordinate...Zhi, Zhicheng, bye...bye, meet the master!" Zhicheng led the two people in and saluted Jiang Yao.
Jiang Yao greeted him personally, "Oh, Shi Zai finally returned home safely and without worries!"
Zhi Cheng's eyes filled with tears, "Subordinate...finally...no, it has fulfilled its mission..."
Jiang Yao patted his hand and said, "Shi Zai's journey is difficult and tiring. Needless to say, I understand."
"Taifu, this trip was very dangerous. Of the six people in our group, three of them died." Du Zhao, a martial arts master responsible for protecting Zhicheng, said, "If it hadn't been for the life-saving magic weapon given by Taifu, none of us would have survived.
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The six people found the secret Tianzhen Valley between Kun Cave and Wujian Desert. Relying on the talent of Zhicheng Zhen's spirit body, they avoided many powerful natural attack arrays and psychedelic arrays. In addition, Zhicheng carried high-level life-saving magic weapons.
Finally, after three people died, three people came back.
After several months of adventure, going tens of thousands of miles deep into the dense valley of the Heavenly Formation, and going through countless dangers, the gains from Zhicheng were astonishing. It was not a worthwhile trip, but it was very worthwhile.
So the three remaining people all looked excited.
"Sit!" Jiang Yao also knew that there was a big harvest, and she was looking forward to it in her heart.
Du Zhao knew that Zhi Cheng stuttered, so he simply said it himself:
"After we arrived at Kun's Point, Shizai sensed where the barrier of the Heavenly Formation Valley was, and spent a few days finding the natural formation eye and entering the secret realm."
"It is deep in the earth. It is a huge ground. There are various natural formations, killing formations, trapping formations, confusion formations, phantom formations... If it were not for Shi Zai's cleverness, we would have died in it long ago..."
"Later, Shi Zai finally sensed a natural protective formation core. We used this protective formation core to continue searching deep for several months. After narrow escapes, we finally found a natural formation mother!"
While Du Zhao was talking, Zhi Cheng took out a gray stone drum. This stone drum was filled with an ethereal and profound space concept, like a corner of the starry sky hidden in it.
Even an idiot can see that this is an extraordinary treasure.
Jiang Yao was surprised to find that his spiritual consciousness could not understand this wonderful acquired formation mother.
He was sure that if it weren't for Zhi Cheng being an array spirit, it would have been impossible to obtain this acquired array mother. Most people would have no chance of this thing at all.
What is the acquired formation mother?
It is the womb of formations naturally conceived by the laws of heaven and earth, which can give birth to all natural formations and form a semi-independent world.
The acquired formation mother is an acquired spiritual treasure that exceeds the ninth level. Once cultivated, it can form a comprehensive natural formation.
In this comprehensive natural formation, there are natural killing formations, natural trapping formations, psychedelic formations, hiding formations, protective formations, spirit gathering formations, teleportation formations and many other formations. They are all super natural formations!
Once the formation mother grows up and the formation materials are enough, it can cover a radius of 90,000 miles. The huge space of 90,000 miles in length and breadth can be placed under the protection of the natural formation mother, and millions of armies cannot break it.
A radius of 90,000 miles is just a small area in the vast real world, a drop in the ocean. However, it is enough to cover the Qing clan's jurisdiction.
Even Jiang Yao, who had seen many treasures, was so excited that he could not control himself when facing the natural formation mother.
This acquired formation mother is not much worse than the life world he once obtained and was taken away by Li Xixia!
The original purpose of Zhicheng was to find the natural formation mother, but in the end, it found the acquired formation mother, and the harvest far exceeded expectations.
"Shi Zai has done a great job in finding the acquired formation mother. Shi Zai is a lucky star." Jiang Yao was very happy.
But Zhi Cheng was not too happy.
"Taifu, after this, the day after tomorrow... the formation, although the mother of the formation is powerful..."
After listening to Zhi Cheng's words with difficulty, Jiang Yao's joy also faded.
The acquired formation mother is of course a good thing, but there are nine levels of growth space, and each level requires different levels and quantities of spiritual veins.
If you want to grow to level nine and cover 90,000 miles, you will need five great spiritual veins of level nine, arranged according to the five elements!
One ninth-level spiritual vein is a huge wealth, let alone five?
To put it bluntly, even if Jiang Yao was lucky enough to discover a ninth-level spiritual vein, he would not be able to extract it.
Without the cultivation of a martial saint, there would be no power to pull out the great spiritual veins from the ground.
Moreover, even the Martial Saint does not have a ring that can accommodate large spiritual veins. This is why the Martial Saint of Shenzhou does not collect spiritual veins.
No place to install it.
The Great Spiritual Pulse can be hundreds of miles long and short, like a small mountain range, far beyond the accommodation space of a top-level ring.
Jiang Yao frowned and said, "Don't worry, Shi Zai, I will come up with a solution for the matter of the ninth-level great spiritual vein."
He does have a super ring. The ring Li Xixia gave him contained the great spiritual vein of decay.
It is also possible for him to find the ninth-level spiritual vein. The biggest problem is that he is not strong enough to draw it out.
Jiang Yao accepted Hou Tian's formation mother and said: "Shi Zai has made great achievements, so I will appoint you as the Minister of the Formation Dao Temple, the second rank, in charge of setting up the formation, teaching the formation, formation materials, formation master and other matters."
"Thank you, Taifu!" Zhi Cheng was overjoyed.
The minister of Zhendao Temple, the second rank, is in the same position as the six tribes.
That's right, Jiang Yao's temple-level unit is the same as the ministry level, not smaller than the ministry level.
Because this is the real world after all. For alchemy, how important is the formation? How can it be smaller than Liubu?
"This acquired formation mother, even without spiritual veins, can cover three thousand miles." Zhi Cheng stopped stammering when talking about the formation, "My subordinates can place the formation mother in Mingshan Mountain and turn Mingshan Mountain into a knot.
boundary."
"In this way, the tens of thousands of Wu Zun recruits who have been worried that the secret will be leaked can be trained under the protection of the formation mother barrier, and the outside world will not know."
"Good. Shi Zai's words are in agreement with Gu's intention." Jiang Yao nodded, "Pass on Gu's secret order, and all 30,000 Wu Zun's recruits will be dispersed and secretly mobilized to Mingshan."
Nowadays, the average cultivation level of the Qing clan has greatly increased, and the number of Wuzun monks has skyrocketed, creating conditions for the formation of a Wuzun army.
These 30,000 Wu Zun soldiers are the result of Jiang Yao's reform.
With the acquired formation mother, this future ace can be hidden and trained secretly.
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"Congratulations, Grand Master, you are ranked 20th on the herringbone monthly vote list." Feng Ke, Minister of the Ministry of War, came to congratulate Jiang Yao.
The monthly vote list is published once a month.
Everyone knows it.
Ginger's ranking has risen to twenty in the past six months.
Ouyang Feng has already entered the top 100 in the local rankings. Luo Xianzi has not appeared for a long time and has now dropped to twenty-sixth place.
And Yu Yan, who is not yet nine years old, has already entered the top 100!
The speed of progress is unparalleled.
Jiang Yao doesn't pay attention to the monthly vote list at all, and there is no benefit for the time being anyway. What he is most concerned about right now is the training of soldiers and horses.
"Brother Buji, how are our soldiers and horses doing now?" He summoned Feng Ke to ask about the soldiers.
Feng Ke had already prepared: "Taifu, our young and old army consists of 118,000 and almost have ten thousand li of horses. There is nothing to say about this. As for the new army..."
"Wuzun's new army is thirty thousand, and Samurai Yuancheng's new army is one hundred thousand. According to Taifu's secret order, they have all been transferred to Mingshan for secret training."
"There are three major problems at the moment. First, the military expenditure is too high, and there will be no money after the new year. Second, there is a lack of thousands of horses. The gap is at least 100,000. Third, there is a lack of weapons and magic, especially ten-thousand-stone bows and arrows.
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"These three major problems are all about money in the final analysis. They can be easily solved if you have money. From my perspective, can I use the storage of Da Qing Jade Company?"
Jiang Yao shook his head without thinking, "Da Qing Jade House's customer storage cannot be misappropriated for military expenses. Otherwise, once word spreads, the reputation of the Jade House will be ruined."
Feng Ke smiled bitterly and said: "My minister, the Minister of War, is most afraid of losing military expenditures. This year, military expenditures have been spent at 700 million to 800 million yuan! This is four times the amount before the reform! But the Ministry of Revenue said that this year's income is not even 700 million yuan.
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"There are still hundreds of thousands of regiments and militiamen training, and military spending is like a bottomless pit. It will only increase in the third year of Xuantong (next year)!"
The Qing clan has been completely aggressive in the past two years.
A second-class military lord actually uses the military strength of a first-class powerful vassal as its standard. Financially, it is simply unsustainable.
The money spent on confiscating the house has dried up, and the harvest from the previous great victory is about to dry up again.
Without the huge revenue, the imperial court would have shut down due to a financial crisis by the third year of Xuantong.
Jiang Yao called Zhu Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, and asked immediately: "How much money does the imperial court have?"
Zhu Yan replied: "The tax and other income for the second year of Xuantong has been collected, and there is still 480 million in the treasury. It can probably last for half a year."
"There will be no money in half a year. Military expenditures are too large."
"Right now, our army cannot expand, nor can we embezzle the Jade Bank's deposits."
"The most difficult thing will be next year. By the time next year comes, the seven newly occupied counties will have been digested, the production of spiritual rice will also increase, and the military expenditure will be enough."
When Jiang Yao heard this, he knew he had to find a way to make a lot of money.
Within half a year, hundreds of millions of spiritual jade must be collected to tide over this lean season.
"Then the imperial court will issue bonds, and Daqing Jade Bank will invest in the imperial bonds." Jiang Yao came up with the best idea.
In this way, hundreds of millions of spiritual jade can be raised.
After Zhu Yan heard the explanation about bonds, although she thought the idea was brilliant, she discovered a new problem.
"Master, the Jade Bank's deposits have been used to purchase bonds, so what about personal loans?"
Jiang Yao smiled and said: "Personal loans will stop for a while. Besides, after the reform, there are very few loans for personal cultivation resources, and most of them are commercial loans."
Discovering the bonds is tantamount to misappropriating the jade bank's deposits in disguise.
Jiang Yao has never expected to solve the financial crisis through personal power. If the fiscal crisis cannot be solved internally through financial means, then it means that the reform is unsustainable.
"After the reform, the output of spiritual rice has increased by 40% compared to last year, causing the price of Qingva spiritual rice to drop sharply." Zhu Yan said, "Should we sell the spiritual rice to other places and make more money?"
Jiang Yao shook his head: "Lingmi and Dongfu real materials are what I said are urgent needs. The price of this resource must be controlled so that everyone can afford food and housing. Food and housing resources previously accounted for more than half of the income of the bottom class.
, it’s too high. It needs to be lowered to less than 30%.”
"Only when food and accommodation become cheaper and people have more resources to use for cultivation and breakthroughs, can the overall cultivation level be improved. In five years, I plan to form an army of ten thousand sects!"
Wan Zongjun!
Feng Ke and Zhu Yan were both taken aback by Jiang Yao's ambition.
The entire Qing Clan currently has 13 million martial arts cultivators, and the total number of martial arts sects is only tens of thousands.
Where can Wan Zongjun be organized and trained?
The number of Wuzong will almost double again.
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Boom boom!
There was a roar from Mingshan Mountain with a radius of three thousand miles, and gray mist filled the sky.
At this time, the Mingshan fiefdom had become a desolate mountain wilderness under the arrangement of Zhicheng's acquired formation mother.
The rich basin before was no longer visible.
The entire Mingshan fiefdom was shrouded by the barrier of Houtian Formation Mother. At this time, Mingshan, not even the Martial Saint could enter.
Only those who are familiar with Mingshan Mountain will be surprised why Mingshan Mountain suddenly turned into a wilderness.
Mingshan Mountain has been included under the protection of Houtian Formation Mother Barrier. Although it is only three thousand miles away, it has become one of the safest places in the world.
On October 18th, the autumn wind was bleak. Jiang Yao, as regent, visited Mingshan Academy.
Jiang Yao sacrificed the formation key, and then he led the people into the barrier smoothly and returned to Mingshan.
Mingshan Academy was built in the east of Mingshan Mountain not far from the Lord's Mansion, on the sunny side of Mingshui River.
Looking from a distance, Mingshan Academy, located among the green mountains and white clouds, looks particularly indifferent, peaceful and aloof.
A staircase made entirely of ordinary bluestone extends upward from the south bank of Mingshui River. At the foot of the mountain, there is a rare bluestone archway with the words: "Mingshan Academy."
On both sides of the building sign are two equally rare stone couplets:
"Culture and education are majestic, virtue is great among the people, heaven and earth are vast; martial arts are mysterious and powerful, and the mountains, rivers and stars are far away."
The horizontal couplet is: Civil and military ambitions.
The handwriting is vigorous and the rules are strict. It is also a rare calligraphy art in the real world. Of course it was written by Jiang Yao himself.
At this time, Jiang Yao was leading a group of people, standing under the building sign.
"Master, please look at this building sign. I have been practicing for less than a year, but it has a simple and rounded meaning. It's weird." Chu Heng pointed at the building sign and said.
When Jiang Yao took a look, he saw that the newly built building sign really had an aura that seemed a bit ancient.
Obviously, this is sensing the destiny of heaven.
"Excellent." Jiang Yao shook his feather fan lightly and nodded, "Tao is Qi."
After that, he climbed up the steps with his snake staff.
On both sides of the steps up the mountain, there are a pair of stone beasts every ten feet, showing the extremely high standard of Mingshan Academy.
After a while, there was another building sign in front.
Four words above: Xiuwen Dojo.
Another couplet:
The four books lead to the great road, and the bright moon is in the sea of mind; the sense of the five classics is too weak, and the soul lamp of the spiritual platform is long.
This is also the work of Jiang Yao.
When everyone saw this couplet, they felt that it made sense.
When we arrived at the academy, the first thing we saw was a bluestone square, carved with an old man with a strange appearance, stroking his beard and curling up his hair, with a quiet attitude.
There are eight characters on the stone platform next to it: Dacheng is the most holy, the teacher of all generations.
This man's surname was Kong Qiu, and his given name was Zhongni. According to Taifu Jiang, he was an ancient sage. Originally, no one in the entire Qing clan knew about Kong Qiu.
But now, Confucius has a great reputation in Qing clan.
Of course, it is only limited to Qingva. In other places, no one knows who Confucius is.
The great thing about Confucius is that his "Analects of Confucius" is very simple and has lofty meanings, which is very easy to fall in love with.
The more I study the Analects, the more I feel that my previous Tao is very incomplete.
Or it may make people feel that their previous way was wrong or crooked.
The Taifu said that Confucius was the ancestor of Confucianism and Taoism, and Confucianism and Taoism are the true meaning of human nature. If the world does not practice Confucianism and Taoism, then the Tao of Heaven will be lacking, and the Tao of individuals will also be affected.
Jiang Yao took the lead in saluting the statue of Saint Confucius, and then entered the Holy Palace of Literature where Confucius was worshiped, and then entered the Academy Dojo.
This is the liberal arts college.
Many young martial arts practitioners wearing brand new robes are studying the "Four Books and Five Classics".
"If you don't follow the rules, you won't be able to achieve success..."
"People can do something if they don't do something..."
"Tao runs parallel and does not contradict each other... Tao is different and does not conflict with each other..."
"Sincerity means it is clear, and it is clear that it is sincerity..."
For the real world, which has long been cut off from culture and education, it is obviously not easy to understand "prehistoric classics" such as the "Four Books and Five Classics".
They are just literate.
Many names, events, and allusions in the book are unknown to them.
Especially "Spring and Autumn" and "Yi" made it difficult for them to learn.
There are also people who are practicing so-called calligraphy or painting according to Jiang Yao's copybook.
These people only knew martial arts before and knew nothing about anything. They almost learned these things from scratch that they had never been exposed to before.
The deeper they study, the more profound and profound it becomes. They quickly become immersed in it and cannot extricate themselves.
Many people's Taoist hearts have become more mellow in this process.
They are even more convinced that learning these things can make their Taoism more perfect.
Jiang Yao was very happy to see the first batch of carefully selected students.
These first batch of 900 students are all from poor families. Here they learn the Four Books and Five Classics, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as unified martial arts techniques, much like a sect.
The sect leader is the head of the academy: Jiang Yao.
These students will be the seeds of spreading Confucianism and Taoism, educating the world, and re-opening civilization.
"Students have seen Mr. Shanchang!" When the students saw Jiang Yao, they all stood up and saluted solemnly with the unified Confucian cross-hand salute.
Jiang Yao returned the favor and gave a speech in public on the benefits of studying to cultivate Taoism. He also wrote a few words, which were all famous quotes from Chinese sages to encourage students.
Then, he went to the martial arts academy to observe the students practicing martial arts and martial arts.
The martial arts academy is fortified with formation restrictions. Students must practice martial arts while studying. When they enter the academy to study, they must practice both civil and martial arts and cannot give up martial arts.
In addition to civil and military affairs, they also need to learn laws and systems.
Jiang Yao was very satisfied. He found that all the students were young girls, no more than a year old, with at least Samurai Perfection, and all had second-level qualifications or above.
This is selected from the top 100 applicants from twenty counties.
The entire academy was full of vitality, high-spirited, and the atmosphere was extremely lively. Jiang Yao couldn't help but think of his campus life back then.
Compared with the same campus life, Mingshan Academy is more like a real campus.
Ten years from now, these nine hundred students will be the cultural and educational firepower of the world and the theoretical backbone of the reform.
Then, Jiang Yao inspected the newly built Sutra Collection Building, the Mountain Guard Formation, the Student Cave and other places.
Overall, the students' cultivation and learning environment is very good. Everything that an academy should have is available.
Jiang Yao ordered that Mingshan Academy has a nine-year academic system and recruits a group of new students every year. Only those who successfully graduate can obtain the title of scholar.
A scholar can serve as a minor official.
In fact, the first batch of students were almost all self-taught and had no teachers to teach them.
What Jiang Yao can do is to provide teaching materials and resources and create a good learning atmosphere.
Otherwise, he has nothing to do.
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After Jiang Yao inspected Mingshan Academy, which he had high hopes for, he went to observe the training of the 30,000 Wu Zun new army.
The person responsible for training the new army of 30,000 Martial Lords was Li Yang, who came from a military family.
Although Li Yang was born into a noble family of the Wu family, his family had been wiped out long ago. Except for the inheritance of military skills, he was no different from a poor family.
Liyang's ancestor was a general of the anti-demon camp, but he lived among the Qing clan. He was selected by Jiang Yao and personally appointed as the chief instructor of the new army.
Specialized in training extremely complex military formations.
At this time, on the huge school grounds, 30,000 Wu Zun monks were arranged in dotted three-dimensional arrangements in units of a hundred people. Following Li Yang's military orders, they not only adjusted their formations.
What is a military formation? It is actually a formation composed of soldiers. It can be an attack formation or a protective formation.
Every centurion is a chess piece.
Therefore, military formation training is difficult.
Without five years of hard training, these 30,000 Wu Zunjun would not be able to produce a battlefield, and they would be just a mob.
But once the training is completed, it will be worth an army of 300,000 warriors!
"General Li Yang, let's pay homage to the Grand Tutor!" Li Yang saw Jiang Yao coming to inspect the training and immediately came to pay homage.
Li Yang is over a hundred years old, but although Wu Zong has perfect cultivation, his military talent is very powerful.
He is a natural general.
"Excuse me, brother Xing Heng, I wonder when this army of warriors will be able to fight?" Jiang Yao stood on the hill and looked at the 30,000 warriors on the plain.
Li Yang said: "Wu Zun's army only has 30,000 people, but it is easier to train. Within five years, it will be barely able to fight. Tutor, this is already very fast."
"Therefore, the general recommends that after five years, try not to fight with the surrounding martial arts clans."
Jiang Yao nodded, "Gu Bu Ji. Brother Xing Heng, when these 30,000 martial masters and 100,000 warriors are completed, they will be handed over to Xing Heng's training group."
The training regiment is also a product of Jiang Yao's reform, and is specially used to recruit military talents and train new troops.
"Don't worry, Grand Master, I will definitely work hard and live up to the Master's trust." Li Yang said respectfully.
It was Jiang Yao who gave him this opportunity, the chance to revive his family's reputation. He was recognized and promoted by Jiang Yao, and of course he respected Jiang Yao.
The impact of the Jiangyao Reform on people's hearts is that etiquette increasingly suppresses personal strength.
Why do you say that?
Take Jiang Yao for example, he is just a monk of the Wuzong, but Li Yang, who is also a Wuzong, is very respectful to him. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, many of whom are Wuzong, and even Wuzhen, are also very respectful to him.
This is unimaginable for other martial arts clans.
In other martial arts clans, personal strength is the decisive weight.
As a young noble, the weight of personal identity and official position is getting heavier and heavier.
This indicates that the power of the system is constantly increasing.
This is a bit like ancient China: you cannot disrespect your superiors by saying that you are more powerful than your superiors personally.
The young master returned to his lord's mansion after completing his inspection.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Jiang Cai teaching three direct disciples.
"Greetings to Master!" The three disciples had not seen Jiang Yao for a long time, and now they all came forward to say hello with surprises on their faces.
Jiang Yao waved his hand, "You go down and practice."
Jiang Cai's cultivation was already at the early stage of Wuzong. During these days, she was in charge of the housekeeping of the Lord's Mansion and lived a very comfortable and free life.
"Xiao Yao, there's something I want to tell you." Jiang Cai said when she saw the three disciples going down.
"Sister, tell me." Jiang Yao sensed that it was not a good thing.
"Your female apprentice, Lin Chan'er, has gone home to visit relatives several times. This is nothing. But the last two times, she did not go home at all, but left Mingshan."
"If my guess is correct, she is having sex with someone."
After Jiang Cai said this, she looked solemn and said, "Xiaoyao, although this doesn't mean anything, you'd better find out who the person in contact with her is and what they want to do."
Jiang Yao smiled.
"So that's what happened. My sister is really considerate. Don't worry, sister, I already know about this matter, and I taught Chan'er how to deal with it."
Jiang Cai thoughtfully asked, "Who is the other party?"
Jiang Yao said: "It may have something to do with Shennong Tiancheng. It seems that I should go to Shennong Tiancheng. I can't let them hide in the dark and keep staring at me."
Jiang Cai frowned: "The other party may be a trap."
Jiang Yao nodded: "That's right. So, if I want to surprise the other party, I have to rely on Chan'er."
Jiang Cai was a little worried, "Is Chan'er reliable?"
Jiang Yao smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry. Even if Chan'er is unreliable, I can come back alive. I just want to know who the person who is secretly watching me is and what he wants to do."
If the enemy cannot be avoided, then the enemy cannot be allowed to hide in the dark.