Chapter 489 The Three Immortals at the End of the Han Dynasty
At the New Year's Eve banquet, various government offices once again discussed merit and rewards, and looked forward to plans for the new year.
There are many things to talk about in the third year of Chu Li, from the support of major projects by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs, to the scientific research of Confucius' relics by the Ministry of Rites, the re-evaluation and interpretation of classics, to the tireless purges of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Punishment.
The administration of officials, the popularization of the law, and the self-defense counterattack against Yizhou planned by the Privy Council are all worthy of special mention.
Needless to say, the Ministry of Industry, although the Ministry of Industry only provides PhDs to coordinate the overall situation in specific projects, everyone knows that the plans for the Qi Ship and Qi Train are ultimately due to the Ministry of Industry.
Looking forward to the fourth year of Chu Li... What attracts most attention is the imperial examination held every three years. In the fourth year of Chu Li, it is time to hold the second session!
Looking back at the scene of the first imperial examination, it seems as if it was held (geng) and xin (xin) a month ago.
In addition, in the fourth year of Chu Li, a pre-heated "study examination" mechanism will be set up. It is expected that in the fifth year of Chu Li, examinations will be available in all parts of Chu State.
In fact, government-run universities all over the country have started recruiting students this year, mainly based on "recommendation". After the academic examination system is established, each university will begin to recruit people who have passed the "study examination" from the private sector!
Next year’s Rites Department is destined to be a busy and focused year.
At the New Year's Eve banquet, Bai Tu not only performed vigorously... ah, no, he praised the Ministry of Rites for its rigorous attitude towards the textual research of the origin of Confucianism, encouraged the emerging "Wang Xue", and also praised the upcoming second imperial examination.
Take the scheduled test and try your best.
After drinking for three rounds, Bai Tu specially called Yu Ji to his side. Although Yu Ji considered himself a Taoist priest, his position in Chu State was more towards the Ministry of Works, so everyone just assumed that Bai Tu had something to do with the Ministry of Works.
To explain.
Yu Ji was very rigid, but he was also polite and sat aside. It was obviously a chair, but he was just sitting on the side.
Regarding Yu Ji, who had contributed a lot to the Ministry of Industry, Bai Tu was not prepared to directly force him to say anything - just like if someone knows the location of a treasure, does he have to tell the court?
Bai Tu felt that he should give him a subtle hint first to let him know what he wanted, but not force him to say it.
"Taoist Master Yu, look at this plate of fried yellow croaker, do you think of the yellow turban worn by the yellow turban thief?" Bai Tu asked vaguely and naturally.
Yu Ji:……
"Looking at this plate of soybeans again, do you think about the time when Zhang Jiao scattered the beans and formed an army?" Bai Tu continued to hint.
"Ahem, Your Majesty...have you also heard about Huang Tianji?" Yu Ji accepted Bai Tu's hint and said proactively.
"Ah! It turns out that Taoist Priest Yu was thinking about my report. I was worried that if I said it too explicitly, Taoist Priest would be under pressure." Bai Tu said quickly.
Yu Ji:???
It turns out that what you just said is not an "explicit statement"?
Resisting the desire to complain, Yu Ji sighed, looked at the white picture carefully and said: "Yes, in fact, before I joined the king, the reason why I was in Jiangdong was because of Huang Tianji..."
"So that's it. Before meeting Master Ming, Taoist priest came to Jiangdong for Huang Tianji." Bai Tu corrected him slightly.
Yu Ji:……
"Taoist Priest doesn't seem to be a very ambitious person in terms of political affairs. Why is he still obsessed with Huang Tianji?" Bai Tu asked next.
"This matter has nothing to do with ambition. Pindao did not want to do the same as Zhang Jiao, but because of the appearance of Huang Tianji, Pindao owes a debt!" Yu Ji said with some emotion and sadness.
White picture:???
This time it was Bai Tu's turn to be shocked - Could it be that Yi Ji has human transformation, a third way of birth besides dragon vein transformation... sexual reproduction?
Yu Ji seemed to be aware of Bai Tu's thoughts. He shook his lips and said, "To be more precise, it's Zhang Jiao's debt..."
White picture:!!!
You and Zhang Jiao...
Yu Ji seemed to be lost in memories, and did not pay attention to anyone. Instead, he continued to talk under the influence of alcohol: "Fifty years ago, Pindao and Zhang Jiao became disciples of Master Nanhua... The master was Jizhuang. The successors of "Book of Heaven Volume 8: Worshiping Gods" after the Duke fully understood the secrets.
None of the three Pindao people had such fate and qualifications, and could not inherit the Heavenly Book. However, the master divided the Heavenly Book after he had understood it into three volumes of the Book of Devotion, and taught them to Zai Pindao and Zhang. Senior Brother Zuo Ci, who started before Jiao, passed the Earth Scroll to Pindao, and the Human Scroll to Zhang Jiao..."
As Yu Ji spoke, Bai Tu also remembered what Lu Su had said to him when he first heard Lu Su talk about the Book of Heaven many years ago - Zhang Jiao seemed to have some of the abilities in "Volume 8: Worshiping the Gods", but the inheritance was very limited. Maybe he was tampered with, so he died suddenly because he deified himself.
Now it seems that Zhang Jiao does not have the Book of Heaven, but the inheritance of the holder of the Book of Heaven - the Book of Heaven can only choose its own master, and the holder cannot interfere with its inheritance, unless it is like "Lu Su discovered Lu Xun" or "Xi Zhicai discovered In the case of "Guo Jia", that is, when there is already an owner, and other suitable holders appear, only then can the inheritance be carried out artificially.
As for people like Yu Ji, Zuo Ci, and Zhang Jiao, who were not selected by the Heavenly Book, the most they can do is study the "second-hand Heavenly Book" written by the holder of the Heavenly Book.
Each holder of the Heavenly Book can understand something different from the Heavenly Book, and the second-hand Heavenly Book can only comprehend the part that the holder can comprehend.
Nan Hua was able to write three volumes of books, and after listening to Yu Ji's instructions, he analyzed the Book of Heaven from three angles. His attainments are profound...
The Book of Heaven is like a polyhedron. Those who are recognized by it can see one side of it, while those who are not recognized by it cannot see anything.
And if the person who sees it can truly understand this side, he can "draw" the content he has penetrated for future generations to learn from. Nan Hua... saw it and understood at least three aspects!
"Thirty years ago, Master left on a far journey. Before leaving, he gave each of us a volume of the South China Sutra. He also told us that as long as we study well and understand one volume of our own, we will have acquired eight points of its inheritance. Don't be greedy for too much, don't share insights..." When Yu Ji said this, his tone became more and more sad.
Bai Tu nodded when he heard the words - it all comes down to this point, needless to say... some of you must have secretly learned from other brothers!
"Both Pindao and Zhang Jiao were undecided at the time, especially Zhang Jiao... who had the most evil ideas and was very competitive, so he took the initiative to take out his own identity card and wanted to share it with Pindao and Senior Brother Zuo Ci.
When Pindao was hesitating, Brother Zuo Ci directly pulled out the dagger he carried with him and stabbed one of his eyes out. He said that he saw the Taoist book handed over by Zhang Jiao out of his peripheral vision.
Pindao and Zhang Jiao were frightened at that time, and they wanted to stop the blood wound for the senior brother, but when the senior brother wiped the bad eye, there was no blood, and there was even an extra pair of eye patches... Pindao was just a young man at that time, and he didn't know. Senior brother, this was a cover-up, or he was really blind, but later I heard that some of the rumors about senior brother's appearances were all covered up.
Although the senior brother didn't say much, Zhang Jiao didn't dare to mention the sharing of Taoist books again. After that... the senior brother and we went down the mountain separately. Since Pindao and Zhang Jiao were from the same hometown, they traveled among the people together and learned about their respective traditions.
Book of Taoism.
Zhang Jiao's human scroll is about "inviting gods to receive immortals". In the past twenty years of apprenticeship, our brothers and sisters have actually learned similar things, but...it is not so much asking gods, but it is more of a kind of self-suggestion.
The content recorded in the human scroll should be more profound."
When Bai Tu heard Yu Ji talking about the contents of the human scroll, he still guessed at the tone, and knew that he was not the one who violated Nan Hua's words in the end.
"Pindao's Earth Scroll focuses on 'knowing it from the gods', that is, knowing the nature of something. Pindao's 'drawing talisman' and 'alchemy' are essentially abilities that extend from this."
As everyone knows, Yu Ji's "drawing symbols" and "alchemy" are "separation and extraction machines" and "mixing and reaction simulators".
"Then what is the power of Taoist Zuo Ci's Heavenly Scroll?" Bai Tu remembered that according to unofficial legends and novels, Zuo Ci was also related to Cao Cao's death, so he asked specifically.
"Senior Brother Zuo Ci's Heavenly Scroll... We don't know about it either, but since he blinded himself in front of us, whenever I have the idea of going against my master again, I will always think of him.
The scene of ruining an eye made my eyes feel a dull pain.
Even...sometimes I felt that senior brother's eyes overlapped with Pindao's eyes, and he was looking at us for the master, so he never violated it again. Pindao once mentioned it to Zhang Jiao, and he also said that he had this feeling, but
... Pindao remembered that Brother Zuo Ci stabbed his left eye, but he remembered that it was his right eye!
This ability to psychologically suggest other people is also the basis that all three of our senior brothers have learned. However, Pindao and Zhang Jiao are not as proficient as senior brother Zuo Ci. I think the content of the heavenly scroll should also be related to this.
"Yu Ji speculated.
When Yu Ji said this, he ignored the rules that monks can drink and not drink too much. He even went against his usual polite and rigid image in front of Bai Tu and drank another drink even though his face was already flushed.
"Later, Zhang Jiao got married." Yu Ji said with an abrupt twist.
Zhang Jiao is getting married, what are you doing with this expression? Bai Tu looked at Yu Ji with a slightly subtle expression...
"I also like his wife very much, but they are married."
Bai Tu:……
As expected of a Taoist, Yu Ji spoke very directly. If it weren't for the somewhat nostalgic expression on his face, I would have thought that he had taken it lightly... and he unconsciously did not call himself a "poor Taoist".
"Then what? I'm talking about the Yellow Turban incident." Bai Tu asked urgently, and said that he was not gossiping.
"Zhang Jiao is different from Pindao, and he is also different from Senior Brother Zuo Ci. He saw that the decline of the Han Dynasty at that time had affected the common people. He saw that the sick had no medical treatment, the young and old had no support, and he saw the rich clothes of the noble families.
The angry horse saw the nobles and officials in the fish and meat village...
Although Pindao would lead people to do good and use talisman water to save people when he saw it, he would not think about it if he could not see it. But after Zhang Jiao saw it, he would put himself in his shoes and feel angry."