Chapter 5 Reminiscing about the Ancients and Surprisingly Revealing Immortal Cultivators
Zhang Sui was lying on the bed. Zhang Sui's life experience in another world was like a dream, flowing through his mind and merging with his memories, making it impossible for him to distinguish whether he was the terminally ill person or not.
It is better to die than Zhang Sui, or the second son of the Zhang family who has a naughty temperament and is ignorant of world affairs. It seems that he is both, and he seems to be neither. Both experiences are like a dream to him. Now he is like the two Zhang Sui
They are all different, but they are all related, but he himself feels that he is not just one or the other, he is a brand new Zhang Sui, and the experiences of the two Zhang Sui are like his spiritual food, absorbed and digested by him.
He has the exuberant vitality and curiosity of Zhang Sui in this world, and the extensive knowledge and sophistication of a librarian who has been a librarian for many years in the other world, giving him a clear understanding of his current situation.
Zhang Sui looked at the phantom of the Ruyi Book that had not dissipated from his fingertips, and murmured: "This can't be the Ruyi Book mentioned in the treasure of the curator, Ping Yao Zhuan, right? Both worlds are not fairy worlds, why?
Will something like this appear?"
Zhang Sui has read a lot of books about this world in the library in the past three months, and has some superficial understanding of this world. The history of the two worlds has been similar for a period of time, with the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty, but
By the time of the Three Kingdoms Conflict, the world had become very different.
In the late period of the Three Kingdoms Conflict, a Taoist priest named Li Zhi led five thousand black-armored soldiers to fight out from the Qinling Mountains. These black-armored soldiers were wearing pure black armor and riding armored horses. They were invulnerable, as fast as the wind, and tireless.
Skilled in battle formation.
In just two years, the Wei Dynasty was first destroyed. After five years of rest and development, it took four years to destroy Western Shu in one go. Finally, across the Yangtze River, Soochow surrendered without a fight.
When attacking all forces, the land in each area must be classified as government-owned, called state-owned, and then the land is divided among the people, contracts are signed, and tax rates are reset. All kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are exempted, and only the land is retained.
The basic agricultural tax of 1 in 20 was reduced, and the commercial tax rate was reduced to encourage farmers and businesses. However, it also added a special tax rate, which is the personal tax, which is only a tax for individuals whose income reaches a certain level.
In every certain place, there is a group of black-clothed officials who manage internal affairs, promulgate decrees, and preach policies. Although they defeated the local political power at the beginning, the traditional landlord class and literati class were not interested in the sudden emergence of black-clothed officials to manage internal affairs.
If you are too cold, you will adopt a passive and uncooperative attitude.
According to the rules of past dynasties, the establishment of a new political power must be inseparable from the support of the literati class and the local landlord class. For these two classes, the change of dynasties is just a change of seats.
We are just people, and the rules should remain the same, and there won’t be much change.
They did not expect that Li Zhi, the boss of the Black Armored Army, did not follow the routine and directly wanted to dig out their foundation. After the black-armed officials issued government orders such as land survey and business registration, they issued a deadline, but the local wealthy families were indifferent. It even happened.
There were many cases where officials in black came to register and were kicked out. However, Li Zhi, the leader of the Black Armored Army, stayed in the barracks and did not make any movement. The wealthy people were even more arrogant.
The final result was that when the time limit expired, forty of the forty-eight big families in the north were wiped out, six surrendered, and two were located close to the south. After seeing the fate of those big families, they directly moved their families south. For hundreds of years,
All the foundations were abandoned.
After this incident, the big families from north to south were frightened and regarded the Black Armored Army as a scourge. However, the people in the area ruled by the Black Armored Army rejoiced. Li Zhi promulgated a series of policies and laws to benefit the people, eliminating traditional interest classes.
With the obstruction and the strong force of the Black Armored Army as a guarantee, it can be successfully implemented.
In terms of agriculture, the Heijia Army came up with five high-yielding crops, which became popular within the Heijia Army's sphere of influence in just two years, satisfying the food and clothing problem, and Li Zhi was put on a shrine by the people.
In terms of business, the Black Armor Army also came up with many miraculous things. One of them is cement that can quickly solidify and harden the sand, making it as hard as stone. Li Zhi was most fond of cement, and the Black Armor Army's power defeated
Well, basically cement roads can be built anywhere.
In terms of culture and education, four-level schools were established, with each level being divided into three years. Only those who pass the assessment can enter the next level for further study. The Four Books and Five Classics have become basic knowledge, and more importantly, it has become knowledge that was once regarded as miraculous skills and tricks, especially
Attention was paid to the study of objects, government affairs, commerce, architecture, water conservancy, etc., and the focus of official recruitment was also placed on these subjects, all of which were pragmatic. This series of changes was initially resisted by the literati system, but under Li Zhi's iron-clad control
, were all implemented.
Zhang Sui recalled this and couldn't help but sigh, these subversive measures were definitely done by a time traveler.
In just five years, under a series of operations by Li Zhi of the Black Armor Army, the northern area controlled by the Black Armor Army recovered at an astonishing speed, and even looked like a prosperous age. Various people sent by the South and Xishu to spy on intelligence
The intelligence brought back by this kind of personnel made the adults in the courts of various countries dumbfounded and in disbelief.
After five years of rest, Li Zhi formed the Purple Shirt Army with the original Black Armor Army as the backbone, which was known as 300,000 soldiers. These soldiers were basically the children of the beneficiaries of Li Zhi's policies. Under the leadership of Li Zhi, they marched first from the southwest to the south, all the way
Pushed horizontally, there is basically no existence that can resist the army. Once it is occupied, corresponding policies will be implemented, and the support it receives is unimaginable to those rulers who originally thought they were very popular with the people.
From the beginning of the campaign to the end, in just four years, everyone from north to south surrendered. After the war, Li Zhi, the commander of the Black Armored Army, proclaimed himself emperor, named his country Tang, and made Tianjing his capital.
Li Zhi reigned for sixty years. During these sixty years, the entire Tang Dynasty developed rapidly. Li Zhi was also called the meritorious emperor by the people, and thousands of families gave birth to Buddhas. The small countries in the four directions called the Tang Dynasty the Celestial Dynasty, and they worshiped it every year, which even troubled various dynasties.
The northern nomads were also killed by the Purple Shirt Army and fled further north to the extremely cold places.
In the fifty-eighth year of his reign, Li Zhi ordered the construction of a high platform named Tongtian Pavilion. The Tongtian Pavilion was forty-nine feet high and made entirely of Qishan white jade. The high platform was stationed and guarded by black armored troops. Li Zhi handed over political affairs to the prince.
country, he himself is high in Tongtian Pavilion.
In September of the fifty-ninth year of Li Zhi's reign, he summoned the prince and all the princes in the court to go to Tongtian Pavilion, telling them that he was practicing immortality and was about to escape the catastrophe, and that he would pass the throne to the prince.
Everyone could not believe that Li Zhi, who had been wise and wise all his life, would be confused by seeking immortality, and they all tried to persuade him. The prince, who was in his fifties, was not excited at all about ascending to the throne of God. He was only frightened and begged Li Zhi to return to the palace.
Preside over government affairs.
Li Zhi impatiently asked the Black Armored Army to drive everyone out of Tongtian Pavilion, and asked the Black Armored Army to guard the four sides of Tongtian Pavilion and prohibit anyone from approaching within three miles of Tongtian Pavilion.
In early October, thunder appeared on the top of Tongtian Pavilion. At first, there were only one or two thunderbolts per day. As time went by, the number of thunderbolts increased. By November, nearly a hundred thunderbolts struck the top of Tongtian Pavilion every day. The scene was very strange.
Gradually, Li Zhi's theory of cultivating immortals to overcome tribulations became widely spread. People around heard that the meritorious emperor cultivated immortals to overcome tribulations on the top of the pavilion. Every day, many people came to pray for Li Zhi around the tower. Even the prince prayed for Li Zhi every day.
After the Japanese imperial court, he came to the stage to pray for his father.
The thunder lasted for three months. In the last few days, nearly a thousand thunderbolts struck the top of the pavilion every day. After being ravaged by thunder for three months, the entire top of the pavilion turned into a strange purple color, matching the color of the platform body.
The white creates a sharp contrast.
On the last day of January, nine purple thunderbolts hit the top of the pavilion at the same time, lasting for nearly an hour, and no more thunder fell after that. Everyone around who was used to constant thunder every day was a little stunned.
"Did the emperor become an immortal?!" These words rang out in the crowd, and the crowd quickly became lively.
"Quiet!!!" A deep shout came from under the mask of a tall black-armored soldier, and the surrounding area immediately fell silent.
At this time, a series of curses came from the high platform: "You thief, God is playing tricks on me, right? When you say you want unification, I will expand the territory to an unprecedented level; when you say you want merit, I will let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and be humane.
Dachang: You said you have to go through hardships, but I was struck by thunder for three whole months. In the end, you said it was not the right time, so I’ll go fuck you, grandma!!”
The voice was loud and loud, and everyone in the audience was dumbfounded: "This is a meritorious emperor who has always been wise, mighty, and of noble character??"
An angry, red-faced big man walked down from the stage. His purple clothes were in tatters, exposing his lumpy flesh. He looked nothing like an old man who was nearly eighty years old. He was still cursing.
The prince stepped forward to salute, but before he could say anything, Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "No need to do it, I have done what I should do. Where this country will eventually go depends on the performance of you descendants."
After saying that, he ignored the prince, took a set of clothes handed over by a black-armored soldier, put them on, got on his horse, and ordered the tall black-armored soldier: "Old Hei, assemble the black-armored soldiers, let's go home.
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The black-armored sergeant named Lao Hei bowed solemnly, took off the horn trumpet hanging from his waist, raised his head and blew it.
A burst of extremely penetrating, but deep and mighty horn sounds sounded, as if a group of wild giant beasts were approaching from far away, making low roars to challenge its opponents.
No one has heard the strange horn sound of the Black Armored Army in nearly sixty years. The only people who have heard it are old people over sixty, and the young people have only heard about it in the stories of their elders.
The ground was shaking all around, and the rumble of horse hooves slowly sounded. In less than a cup of tea, the black armored army was assembled, neat and silent, like black statues.
Li Zhi looked at the quiet black-armored army, remained silent for a moment, and shouted: "Your mission is over, let me take you home!!"
After saying that, he ignored the people who were watching around him, took the lead, and galloped away towards the Qinling Mountains. Looking at his appearance, he did not look like an old man over eighty years old at all. Everyone in the black-armored army also followed closely.
Looking at the retreating figures of Li Zhi and the Black Armor Army, everyone suddenly realized something terrible. It has been nearly seventy years since Li Zhi led the Black Armor Army to sweep across the world. The Black Armor Army has also suffered certain losses in previous wars.
, but there were still nearly 4,000 people when the country was established. After the founding of the country, the Black Armored Army rarely appeared in front of people. They were basically Li Zhi's guards, and there were never more troops. Now think about it, the Black Armored Army in front of you
It is very likely that they were the group of people who followed Li Zhi when he came out of the mountain. They were all over seventy years old, but the aura displayed by this group of people was no different from that of seventy years ago. They were completely different from normal people.
It’s incredible to think about it.
Since then, Li Zhi, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, has disappeared, and he and his Black Armored Army have become legends. Later, the kings of the Tang Dynasty sent people to the Qinling area to search for this legendary king, but they all returned without success.
The fifth-generation emperor Li Zhen even moved out of the people in the Qinling area and turned Qinling into a royal restricted area. Tongtian Pavilion, which had experienced thunder disasters, was also heavily guarded, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach it.
It took eight hundred years for the Tang Dynasty to enter its twilight years and be replaced by the Yan Dynasty. Now it is the 249th year of the Yan Dynasty, which was its most prosperous period. During this period, no one like Li Zhi appeared again.
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The history books of the past dynasties all praise Li Zhi with great emphasis, and even the history books of the Yan Dynasty call him the Mingjun of the ages. Looking at Li Zhi's life, it is completely a legendary novel with a touch of fantasy.
Zhang Sui recalled the history books he had read, and then looked at the Book of Wishful Wishes at his fingertips. He thought in his mind: "It seems that there are really many strange things in this world. Maybe this Emperor Li Zhi is a cultivator of immortality."
People!" Thinking of this, Zhang Sui couldn't help but sit up excitedly and said to the "Book of Wishful Wishes": ""Book of Wishes", "Book of Wishes", how can you unfold the whole picture?"
There is still no response from "The Book of Wishful Thoughts", and Zhang Sui is not discouraged. Now that he has some clues about the immortal way, after visiting Mr. Meng tomorrow, he might be able to get more information from him. After all, Mr. Meng is staying at Wenlan Pavilion.
After nearly forty years, it can be said that no one can match me in terms of knowledge and knowledge. Maybe there will be clues.
Zhang Sui silently muttered "hide" in his heart, and the Book of Ruyi disappeared from his fingertips.