Did Li Jiang really encounter a bottleneck in his practice and need to retreat?
This is half true and half wrong.
It's true that he has indeed encountered a bottleneck in martial arts. In the past two years, his mental power has slowly increased, but he just can't feel the mysterious "Xuan Guan Acupoint".
What's wrong is that he doesn't want to "retreat", but wants to run away, that is, to go to the next world.
He has the "capital" to do this. After several years of struggling in Yitian World, his belief value has reached more than 190,000 points, which he could not have imagined when he came.
Mainly due to the Zen position of Emperor Yuan, the establishment of the Ming Dynasty lived up to Li Jiang's expectations for several years and harvested 100,000 points in one go. The other 90,000 points were brought about by successive sieges of cities and territories and by tossing around in the martial arts.
In fact, Li Jiang could have left the moment Emperor Yuan ascended the throne, but he stayed.
There are two reasons for this.
One is that he deceived a beautiful woman, and it would be very cruel if he did not give her an ending.
The second is the main reason. He has a little obsessive-compulsive disorder. Looking at the faith value of more than 150,000 points, he wants to leave at 160,000 points. Does the data look better?
However, the faith value is not harvested by his will. It is impossible to reach 160,000 and then stop moving. There will always be some more.
In Li Jiang's opinion, these extra belief points just weren't enough. Even a little more wouldn't look good, so he looked forward to 170,000.
After 170,000, just wait for another 180,000.
After 180,000 yuan, Li Jiang made up his mind. 200,000 yuan obviously sounds good and looks good, so he made a happy decision.
The decision was made, but he still set a bottom line for himself, 200,000 faith points. Otherwise, people's desires are endless, and they have to look back at Shu at 20, at 30, and at 30 at 40.
It would be better not to leave, but to stay here where you can be a high-ranking official and have a lovely wife and beautiful family to hug you. It will be as comfortable as you want.
But Li Jiang knows that this is not possible. Prosperity and wealth are like passing clouds, and becoming stronger is eternal. Only by breaking the boundaries of life and shattering the void can it be possible to find the way home.
Hence, this was the reason why he suddenly became crazy after his wedding day.
As for Yang Xiao, it was also based on Li Jiang's bottom line. He expected that he would be able to accumulate enough points next year at most, and when the prime minister's term expired, he had previously promised to give up his position to Yang Xiao, so he was able to get the best of both worlds.
Since Li Jiang was resolute and had nothing to do with other people or official affairs, others had no reason to persuade him. Several people from the Military Aircraft Department acquiesced.
Everyone also cherished the last time they worked with him and silently cooperated with him in everything, including Wei Yixiao, a person who was often picky and picky.
On April 10, the Military Aircraft Department received an express report that the Sichuan Corps of the Western Theater Command had pledged its troops to go into battle on April 1 and marched towards Tibetan areas.
On the very next day, the Western Theater Command once again delivered good news: the Western Regions Corps broke out of the Hexi Corridor and destroyed Hami City. The Ming Dynasty Dragon Flag flew high over the Western Regions. This represented that the Central Plains authorities had once again resumed control over the Western Regions since the Tang Dynasty.
direct jurisdiction.
Li Jiang celebrated with everyone in the Military Aircraft Department. After being excited, he wrote an important order: Use your remaining courage to sweep across the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains! There is no need to worry about the back roads and food and grass issues. The central government will make overall arrangements so that the frontline soldiers will not suffer from hunger and cold.
In May, Li Jiang received a mysterious report that Mongolian King Liyi of Monan was dissatisfied with the people from Mobei who were encroaching on the Monan grassland, so he entangled the other six princes to gather an army of more than 100,000 people and go north to launch a revenge operation.
Li Jiang smiled after reading it and put the letter in his arms without giving it to Zhang Jing for filing.
After he was off duty, he returned to Xingsheng Palace, forcibly pulled out Zhao Min who was meditating, took out the letter and handed it to her like a treasure.
Zhao Min took it strangely and glanced at the envelope first, only to see that it was blank. However, she calmed down and continued to shake out the letter paper inside.
The first time she opened it, Zhao Min's eyes turned red. She looked up at Li Jiang, who was smiling, and then looked down again.
After a while, she held the letter in one hand and covered her mouth with the other, tears rolling down her face.
It wasn't until she read the last word carefully that she raised her head with tears in her eyes, hugged Li Jiang, and said emotionally: "Brother Haichuan, you have let my father go out for so long, why are you telling me now?"
Li Jiang hugged her and patted her back gently, saying dotingly: "Isn't this a surprise for you?"
Zhao Min shook his head, and a few tears fell playfully into Li Jiang's neck, causing Li Jiang's skin to tremble.
"No! Brother Haichuan, I know you have concerns."
"Where is it? Don't think so wildly."
"You gave my father a chance to be free, and it depends on how he grasps it, right? If he goes to the grassland and never comes back, he will be considered free, but this freedom is the lonely freedom obtained by leaving his family and career behind.
And if he helps Chang Yuchun according to your order, he will gain your trust. Your trust is greater freedom, the freedom to enjoy family happiness with the whole family."
"Uh, there is nothing wrong with a holy lady!"
"Giggle, has my father passed your test?"
"Passed, right?"
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In June, the North China Plain encountered a sunny day that was rare in decades. The sun was scorching the earth, the rivers were dry, the seedlings were bowed, and even the dogs were listless, hanging out their tongues.
At this critical moment, the Prime Minister issued a call for "30 days of drought relief" and introduced several emergency measures.
The first measure is that the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs allocates a special fund of 500,000 taels for craftsmen to dig wells to save themselves.
The second measure is to strictly order the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Hebei to dredge the Grand Canal and meet water transportation requirements before autumn.
The third measure is to transfer the warships of the Southeast Navy that have just established a foothold in Dawan to move northward and transfer rice from south to north by sea.
The fourth measure is to build bailout warehouses in each county to specifically store rice for winter festival relief.
The fifth measure: In addition to the censor of Zuodu, the Inspectorate will also be led by the censor of rightdu to form a central inspection team, with a total of 18 teams, to inspect the general affairs and granary matters in various places.
The sixth measure is that the emperor and the prime minister take the lead in donating money to establish a special disaster relief fund. The emperor contributes 200,000 taels of silver, the prime minister 150,000 taels, and the remaining prime ministers 100,000 taels.
Various people under it donated money according to their official positions, with the lowest being a seventh-grade one hundred taels.
As soon as this move came out, the people praised it and the officials complained bitterly.
Officials complained one after another that it was called a voluntary donation but was actually an exorbitant donation.
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs did not care about this. They only carried out the orders of the Prime Minister. When the officials received their salaries that month, they were all dumbfounded. We also thought that the prime ministers were merciful. They did not pay excessive taxes but directly deducted their salaries.
It's really...it's true that "strictness and integrity are fiercer than tigers!"
Although they were dissatisfied, the people in North China really benefited. In every village, the Ministry of Industry and craftsmen hired by the Ministry came to inspect and dig wells. As long as they met the conditions, the people could drink sweet well water.
Don't forget the well digger. The common people spontaneously offered longevity tablets to their great benefactor Li Jiang, and every household has one.
For this reason, merchants selling Li Jiang's portraits have made a fortune. The only drawback is that due to the generally backward printing technology in ancient times, the glorious image of the Prime Minister gradually deformed with distance.
He changed from the dashing and handsome man in the portraits in the capital to a yellow-faced man in Hebei, a black-faced pockmarked man in Shanxi, and even more outrageous, he simply became Zhong Kui in Shaanxi.
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