231. All the talents from all over the world have entered our center (Part 3
"Really?" The fat Taoist priest was extremely surprised.
Taoist Jingxu nodded: "Someone saw a very young Taoist priest in white who stood on purple clouds."
The fat Taoist priest was overjoyed at first, then hesitated: "Our Qingyun Temple has declined, will people still care about us?"
"Gu Mu Zhenren is a banished immortal who was born in Taiqing Palace. He must have a broad mind and not be so snobbish. Besides, the reason why this view suffered is to help him find people with pure Yang immortal souls."
Taoist Jingxu said: "If it doesn't work out, let's try our luck first."
The fat Taoist priest nodded: "It makes sense, then let's go and try it."
The two men immediately took the seriously injured old Taoist priest on the road to Liyang Temple.
Taoist Jingxu's eyes flashed.
After learning about the relationship between Gu Mu Zhenren and Qingyun Temple and the search for Chunyang's relics, he felt vaguely suspicious in his heart.
After investigating the situation of the other six dynasties in Eastern Xinjiang, he first targeted the Liyang View of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
However, he didn't want to go directly to the door.
Let’s take a look around first and then talk about it...
While the ground was turbulent in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhang Dongyun also noticed that He Sanyang had been delayed for too long in the Daming Palace in Chang'an City.
The other party should have returned to Chang'an long ago.
"Brother thinks he ran away on his own, or..."
A girl about ten years old was sitting on a high chair, her feet dangling: "...or are you in danger?"
Zhang Dongyun said: "When the report from Xi Chu comes back, we will know everything."
Soon, the report they were waiting for came up.
After Zhang Dongyun looked at it, he handed it to Shen Herong.
Shen Herong looked at it and pondered: "It seems that he is in danger and may have been kidnapped along the way."
As the girl spoke, she turned to look at Zhang Dongyun above: "In the land of the ancient Tang Dynasty, there are indeed some fish that have slipped through the net and are struggling, but they are all small fish and shrimps. He Sanyang is a smart person, so he should not be ignored by them."
Now, if you want to take action, you must be someone whose cultivation level is much higher than his."
Zhang Dongyun said calmly: "There is something fishy going on and it needs to be thoroughly investigated."
Soon, more reports were delivered.
This time there was no detail involved, and no one dared to hide anything.
People in Chang'an City were actually robbed. Such a thing undoubtedly shocked everyone.
Gu Hechuan hesitated again and again and handed in the report honestly.
After seeing it, Zhang Dongyun and Shen Herong remained silent.
After a long while, Shen Herong said slowly: "Those who can deceive Gu Hechuan's eyes and ears in Qingyun Temple must at least be in the eighth level."
Now, let alone the eighth level, everyone in Qingyun Temple who was in the fifth level and above was wiped out by Chang'an City in one fell swoop.
Even if a person with a low level progresses quickly enough, it is impossible for him to reach the eighth level in such a short period of time.
The only possibility is that there is another master who has Qingyun Temple cultivation, so he alerted Gu Hechuan, but Gu Hechuan failed to find him out in the end.
"Study concurrently, or..." Zhang Dongyun said: "...seize the body."
Shen Herong was thoughtful: "Brother, did you think of laughing at me or Yang Li?"
Zhang Dongyun said: "Various possibilities exist, but we cannot yet determine."
Shen and Rong said: "When Brother Eleven comes out of confinement, maybe the truth will come out."
Ao Kong, with his wonderful cultivation, can try to sense the location of the demonic blood seed in He Sanyang's body.
"He is at a critical moment, so he is not busy yet."
Zhang Dongyun said: "It's hard to say whether He Sanyang is alive or dead now."
Shen and Rong nodded: "Little sister, go check first."
"Okay." Zhang Dongyun said.
When Shen and Rong left Chang'an City, others were about to enter the city.
The leader is none other than the elder of the Lingxiao Sect, Ren Yichao.
There were dozens of people who returned to Chang'an with him.
Arriving outside Chang'an City, looking at the endless city wall, all these people had confused and complicated expressions.
Ren Yichao could understand their mood, and after letting everyone calm down for a while, he said: "Let's go."
There were dozens of people around him, all members of the Lingxiao sect.
The old man in the lead nodded: "Okay."
After numerous inspections, everyone passed through the city walls one after another.
After arriving in the inner city, most of the people rested and waited. A few elders from the sect went to Tianshu Hall with Ren Yichao.
In Tianshu Hall, they met Mr. Wuyun.
Mr. Wu Yun looked at Ren Yichao and the others in front of him and asked, "Are you the only ones left in the Lingxiao sect?"
Ren Yichao sighed secretly.
The old man next to him replied: "Sir, please forgive me, our sect leader Ning and other members of our sect are still in the snowy mountains."
Mr. Wu Yun glanced at the other party: "Are you talking about Ning Heng? He Dongtao and Zhang Chong are encircling him and his disciples."
The old man's expression changed drastically.
Ren Yichao was also surprised: "Sir..."
"This is the fate of those who do not follow the rules."
Mr. Wu Yun said calmly: "He Dongtao reported that Ning Heng and others showed signs of retreating to the border of the Northern Qi Dynasty, so we can let them go temporarily, but there will come a day when they can no longer hide."
Ning Heng, an eighth level warrior, is also the current leader of the Lingxiao Sect.
Previously, he took everyone from the Lingxiao Sect to hide in the Snowy Mountains in order to avoid the encirclement and suppression by the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
In recent years, the Lingxiao sect has become extremely thin due to the constant suppression by the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
The second master of the sect, Elder Gao Ping, was unexpectedly attacked and killed by the King of Tang.
The entire Lingxiao sect is in extremely difficult circumstances.
Later, when the Eastern Tang Dynasty fell, Ren Yichao went to Daxue Mountain to contact his fellow disciples.
But in the end, Ning Heng and others were not willing to just change their heads.
They also knew that Chang'an was now powerful and they could not resist it, so they continued to hide in the snow mountains.
Ren Yichao rushed back to Chang'an with some of his fellow disciples who were willing to bow their heads and surrender. On the one hand, he hoped that the Lingxiao sect could have a place in Chang'an, and on the other hand, he wanted to intercede for Ning Heng and others.
Unexpectedly, after they left the mountain, He Dongtao, the head of the He family, and Zhang Chong, the elder of Dahe Longmen, followed the orders of Mr. Wu Yun and regarded the rest of the Lingxiao faction as rebels and carried out an encirclement and suppression campaign.
"Please sir, please show mercy." Ren Yichao said quickly.
Mr. Wu Yun looked at him indifferently and said nothing.
Ren Yichao and several other elders from the Lingxiao sect who came to Chang'an were in a dilemma.
In the end, Ren Yichao bowed to Mr. Wu Yun and begged: "Please bear with me, sir, and I will try to persuade them again."
"If I don't take action personally, I will be imitating His Majesty's kindness." Mr. Wu Yun's voice sounded extremely cold.
Ren Yichao's voice was hard: "Sir, please give our faction a chance."
Mr. Wu Yun said calmly: "What if they don't listen to your advice?"
Ren Yichao took a deep breath: "...Junior, I would like to be the vanguard of the army."
Mr. Wuyun nodded slightly: "Remember what you said today."
"Thank you, sir." Ren Yichao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The other elders of the Lingxiao sect around him finally let go of their hanging hearts.
Coming out of Tianshu Hall, Ren Yichao, who had been silent all the way, suddenly said: "If that day comes, what I just said will be true."
An old man beside him suddenly changed his expression, but another veteran of the Lingxiao faction stopped him: "If Yichao doesn't follow the instructions, we and other people who enter the city will definitely be purged by Chang'an."
"Then we can kill each other in the same sect?" The other party protested: "Senior Brother Ning and the others offended Chang'an, but they did not feel sorry for us!"
The elder of the Lingxiao sect who blocked him was silent for a moment, and then sighed: "You have to leave a legacy for our sect, right? Otherwise, how can you have the face to meet the ancestors of all generations?"
"Are you very proud now?" the grumpy old man said bitterly.
He glanced at Ren Yichao and wanted to say something, but in the end it turned into a complicated sigh.
Ren Yichao said nothing and silently left Chang'an and went to the Snowy Mountains again.
The Lingxiao sect's problem is just a minor episode for Chang'an.
To Lord Zhang in the Daming Palace, it was like a passing cloud.
His current interest is mainly in the upcoming talent selection ceremony.
Xu Xingzhi and others have already arranged the basic assessment first.
After layer-by-level assessments based on prefectures, counties, and even southeastern and northwest regions, the selected talents gathered in Chang'an for the final unified examination.
Zhang Dongyun left the Daming Palace and looked at the flow of people inside and outside Chang'an City below. He wanted to laugh and say, "All the talents in the world have fallen into my lap" just like the allusion he saw on Blue Star in his previous life.
Speaking of which, there are also imperial examinations in this world.
However, in places such as the Eastern Tang Dynasty, it is generally customary to conduct double examinations, or to conduct the two general examinations separately.
The so-called double list is not a north-south list based on regional differences, but a second list for everyone.
Confucian practitioners have unique advantages in this regard, and ordinary people cannot pass them in the same examination paper.
There is no question of ordinary people being gifted.
Because anyone who is gifted in literature actually means that he can achieve something by following the Confucian path of cultivation.
Unless you are the kind of person who is talented but has never been exposed to Confucian practice.
But as long as such a fish is exposed to Confucian spiritual practice, he will definitely enlighten and embark on the path of spiritual practice.
In view of the particularity of Confucian practice, it is more likely to reach heaven in one step.
In fact, after so many years of examinations and talent selection, it is still very difficult for geniuses in Confucian cultivation to be buried.
Occasionally there are one or two, because for one reason or another, they have never been exposed to books, so their talents are not obvious.
But it is obviously difficult for such people to take the imperial examination.
As for the simple poor students, whether they have talent or not can be known by just flipping through a few pages of the book, so they will not be buried.
However, there are thousands of students in the world, but only a few can embark on the path of spiritual practice.
This world has an extremely vast territory and a large population.
If you want to establish a perfect bureaucratic management system, it is not enough for practitioners alone.
At least, many practitioners are not so willing to let go of their bodies, or they are like the Lord Zhang who likes to be idle and indolent.
If you can have a large number of ordinary people at your disposal and save yourself trouble and effort, why not do it?
Therefore, in addition to Confucian practitioners, each dynasty and each generation also had examinations or separate lists for ordinary students to participate.
Chang'an City's selection ceremony this time was also divided into two lists for admission.
However, the assessment mainly focuses on political strategy and practicality, rather than literary talent.
Confucian practitioners do have huge objective advantages in governing the country.
But not everyone has the same talent.
Influenced by his previous life, City Lord Zhang still pays more attention to practical work than paper work.
In particular, we need hard-working people who can go down to the fields and be willing to put down their bodies.
Generally speaking, Xu Xingzhi, Wan Li and the others did a good job.
The two of them were not great Confucians themselves, but were carrying private goods.
They all steadily implemented Zhang Dongyun, or Mr. Wu Yun's ideas and will, and selected materials for Changan.
The selected talents will not be immediately employed.
They also need to undergo unified training at Tianshu Hall to ensure that Zhang Dongyun's will can continue to be implemented in every corner.
This is exactly the result that City Lord Zhang is happy to see.
He was even more happy that the system prompt sounded again:
[The city owner successfully established a preliminary talent mining and training mechanism for the city, which facilitates the selection of talents and the further development of the city. He successfully completed construction task 7.2 and received an upgrade experience reward of two thousand points]