The counter-rebellion was continuing, and Liu Xiu was also handling government affairs.
Zhang Zhao's ability is good, but his methods are too weak and he is too tolerant to the aristocratic family. He still has to use cruel officials and heavy codes in troubled times.
Without cruel officials, society would be uneasy.
The way to be an emperor is to treat your ministers well and the people well; on the other hand, you must strictly enforce the law, reuse cruel officials, and pay attention to the law. Without cruel officials, if you attack the powerful landlords, the country will inevitably be unstable or even destroyed.
Cao Cao, Kong Ming, etc. were essentially cruel officials; Yuan Shao was popular, but he made the powerful family bigger.
The Jin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty were politically tolerant and did not have cruel officials, which allowed the powerful to become stronger, leading to destruction; the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty reused cruel officials, which led to the prosperity of the country.
The way to be cruel to an official lies not in harsh criminal laws, but in strict enforcement of the law and impartiality in enforcing the law.
"Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Li Yan, etc... it's time for them to appear!"
Liu Xiu thought.
The Yangzhou faction and the Luoyang faction are fighting; it is time to support the Nanyang faction and the Bashu faction to fight against them.
If the ministers fight with each other, the king will be safe; if the ministers are harmonious, the king will be in danger.
The struggle can and must be within the scope of the rules. Once the rules are exceeded, whoever violates them will seek death.
The powerful people were attacking, causing dissatisfaction among the ministers, and some families even rebelled. But Liu Xiu remained unmoved and could not be a bad person, nor could he be Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was a bad good person, and the result was tragic.
"My lord, there is a Taoist in Wu County named Yu Ji. He is similar to Zhang Jiao. He recruits many disciples and uses talisman water to treat diseases. He has hundreds of thousands of followers. If there is rebellion in Yangzhou, there may be a big disaster!" Li Yan stepped forward and said!
The lord appointed cruel officials and enforced the law harshly, but most of them were relocated or exiled, and few beheaded.
If it is the death penalty, it must be approved by the Chancellor or reported to the lord.
"Yu Ji!"
Liu Xiu thought.
The three immortals at the end of Han Dynasty, headed by the old immortal Nanhua, once took disciple Zhang Jiao and handed down the Book of Taiping. His whereabouts are uncertain and it is difficult to see him without fate. The second is Zuo Ci, who founded the Taoist Danding sect; the last is Yu Ji, who is also
The means are astonishing.
"Where is Yu Ji?" Liu Xiu asked.
Li Yandao: "My lord, Yu Ji is preaching and preaching in Wu County, and he also has contacts with several aristocratic families in Wu County..."
"Interesting!" Liu Xiudao said, "Yu Ji has a high level of cultivation. He can use talisman water to save people, so he can be recruited!"
In history, there were countless people living in Yu Ji Fu Shui. Not only ordinary people, but also the civil and military officials in Yangzhou respected him extremely. However, his reputation was too great, and Sun Ce could not tolerate him, so he sent someone to kill him.
Similarly, Zhang Lu established the Five Pecks of Rice Cult in Hanzhong, integrating the administration, suburbs, and suburbs. Zhang Lu was the leader and had high prestige in Hanzhong.
But Cao Cao accommodated Zhang Lu.
This is the difference!
Small achievements depend on hard work, struggle, and talent; big achievements depend on mind, tolerance, and employment of people.
Cao Cao said that the only heroes in the world were Cao Cao and his envoy Jun'er. Obviously he looked down on Sun Ce.
"Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and we will go to Wu County to meet Yu Ji!"
Liu Xiudao.
Not long ago, Dian Wei and Xu Chu came to seek refuge with him and became his bodyguards.
Take a boat down to Chao Lake, drive along the Yangtze River, and head towards Wu County.
The topography of Moling can be seen in full view.
"The dragon and the tiger are in the palace, the emperor's house! It's a pity that... the fate is bad!" Liu Xiu sighed. Nanjing, the capital of past dynasties, was all short-lived dynasties. Because it was too far south, there was a lack of war horses and strong soldiers, so it was destined to be unsuitable.
capital.
At this moment, there is no Nanjing city, just a small county town.
Liu Xiu also had no intention of running this place or building a city. Shouchun was only a temporary capital now. In the future, if he wanted to conquer the world, the center of gravity would be in the north, either Luoyang, Yecheng, or Beijing.
As for Chang'an, forget it!
Arrived in Wu County!
"Lord, Yu Ji lives right ahead!" a secret agent reported.
Liu Xiudao: "Yu Ji is here!"
Sure enough, the door opened wide, and an old man with an immortal spirit and a wooden staff walked out.
The old man was wearing a ge robe, with a gentle look and a misty breath. After he saw Liu Xiu, a trace of surprise flashed across his face and he said: "I didn't expect that Liu Yangzhou, who is so powerful in the world, did not practice the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi.
Taoist exercises, profound cultivation!"
"Fellow Taoist, it's amazing. It's half a step to the golden elixir. It's just a hair short of reaching the golden elixir realm!" Liu Xiu exclaimed.
With that said, when they arrived at the small building, the two of them took their seats.
"The lineage of the Han Dynasty has the prosperity of the Red Emperor Fire Emperor. You are a lineage of the Liu family and you don't learn this method!" Yu Ji curiously asked.
"The fire spirit of the Han Dynasty has declined. The Eastern Han Dynasty is not the Western Han Dynasty. If I want to establish the Han Dynasty, it is neither the Western Han Dynasty nor the Eastern Han Dynasty!" Liu Xiu said lightly: "The fire emperor spirit of the Red Emperor has great hidden dangers!"
After chatting with each other for a few words, Yu Ji hesitated and asked: "Fellow Taoist has already achieved the half-step golden elixir. I wonder which senior can inherit it?"
Liu Xiu thought about it and said with a smile: "I don't know this either. When I was young, I had a chance to get a sutra, which recorded a technique called "The Technique of Wangqi of the Emperor". It is said that there was a strange man named Gu Shentong in ancient times who understood the way of harmony among all things.
, created this method, and claimed that the emperor looked at the Qi, talked, laughed and killed people!"
"This method is good at peering into the changes of the three talents and discerning the flaws. It is like a cook trying to solve the problem, directly attacking the enemy's flaws!"
Gu Shen Tong, a strange person from ancient times!
Yu Ji thought about it, but he had never heard of it, but there were many masters in ancient times, so it was possible.
After coming back to his senses, Yu Ji asked: "Fellow Taoist, is there a way to ascend? Ever since Zhang Jiao ascended, I have been looking for a way to ascend, but I can't leave this prison!"
Liu Xiu frowned and couldn't help but ask: "The method of ascension, the cage of heaven and earth? What is that?"
"you do not know?"
Yu Ji flashed a look of disappointment and continued: "My Taoist friends are not very familiar with it, so they may not know it, but I can explain it. In the ancient times, the spiritual energy of this world was rich, and the Five Emperors were born, who were the masters of heaven and earth. At that time, masters emerged in large numbers and lived forever.
It’s promising, but it’s okay not to talk about it now!”
"According to Taoist classics, there were five levels at that time: the mortal realm, the extraordinary realm, the golden elixir realm, the supernatural realm, and the earthly fairy realm. At that time, gods and humans lived together. Mortals, because they had the blood of the gods, everyone had hundreds of lifespans; if
Entering the extraordinary realm, transcending the worldly world, one can live for a thousand years; if one achieves the golden elixir realm, his magical power reaches the heavens, his life span is three thousand; if one reaches the supernatural power realm, his cultivation is immeasurable, and his life span is five thousand; as for the earthly fairy realm, his life span is the same as that of heaven and earth.
Immortal and I am immortal!”
Speaking of this, Yu Ji flashed a hint of unwillingness: "Now, the Earth Immortal has disappeared, and the realm of magical power does not exist. Only the mortal realm, the extraordinary realm, and the golden elixir realm still exist, but none of them can live forever. If in the past, we would have entered the extraordinary realm.
, you can live for a thousand years, but now you don’t live for a hundred!”
"Xiang Yu has entered the golden elixir realm. In ancient times, his lifespan was 3,000 years old, but now he is only a hundred years old!"
Reluctant, extremely unwilling!
"Why is that so?" Liu Xiu asked.
Yu Jidao: "It is said that a great war occurred in the ancient times, which resulted in the fall of the Five Emperors, the incompleteness of heaven and earth, and the incompleteness of laws. In this incomplete environment, later generations of monks could only cultivate pseudo-supernormal and pseudo-golden elixirs. Regardless of Xiang Yu's golden elixir cultivation, he was invincible, but he was just
It’s just a fake golden elixir, if you encounter a real golden elixir master from ancient times, you will definitely lose!”