Chapter 20 Everyone is like a dragon, self-improvement!
"Shen Gongbao?"
In the academy, Huang Shang was taking the entrance examination for the disciples. Yin Hong came to report that there was an immortal who was impressed by what he had learned about human nature and came to pay homage to the teacher.
"The purple energy soars thousands of feet, and when you are happy, you plant a golden lotus in your palace. You step on the rays of light and play, and you live happily for thousands of years!"
After allowing him to enter the palace, he came to listen to the Taoist's singing, the familiar way of the immortal's appearance, and the familiar tricks of showing off.
Fortunately, what you have in front of you is Sanyuan Jidi. If it were a six-eared macaque, a big-eared scraper would send you flying 30,000 miles away.
However, Shen Gongbao was full of confidence. He stepped forward and bowed his head: "Kunlun Mountain Yuxu Palace, the direct descendant of Taiqing, the second generation disciple, Shen Gongbao, has met the leader!"
Huang Shang said: "Shen Gongdao, why are you here?"
Shen Gongbao said: "The Emperor of Heaven has decreed that immortals can be conferred as gods. This poor Taoist has come here specifically for this matter. He is willing to build a bridge between immortals and humans and ease the relationship between the two!"
He observed Huang Shang's expression, but did not see the expected surprise, so he had to come up with the real thing: "The poor Taoist reads the Yi Jing Taoist canon of the leader, and uses nine to see a group of dragons without a leader. Good luck! The leader's intention is to gather wisdom.
, benevolence, courage, and integrity, I hope everyone is like a dragon and strives to become stronger!"
Huang Shang nodded slightly and said, "Master Shen Gong knows me."
Everyone is like a dragon among dragons. It is not a specific dragon clan, but the cultural heritage and spiritual symbol of the famous Chinese clan. It is the embodiment of wisdom, benevolence, courage and integrity!
Shen Gongbao deserves to be the strongest lobbyist, and he has done his best.
Needless to say, Shen Gongbao had learned about the contents of the Book of Changes from Yin Hong before.
Huang Shang originally agreed with the spread of the Book of Changes and the Taoist Canon. The young Yin Hong's temperament was such that he wanted to make all the immortals who explained the teachings bow to the glory of humanity. So he had a lot of face. After being deceived by Shen Gongbao, he
Everything is revealed.
After Shen Gongbao felt the spirit of the Daozang of the Book of Changes, he was also greatly shocked. Such ambitions were worthy of being a leader of humanity, and he also thought of the entry point for persuasion.
Now he began to lobby: "The Immortal Way is immortal, misty and carefree, the Human Way is self-improving, everyone is like a dragon, and there is no conflict of ideas. There can be Immortals, and there can also be Immortals. The poor are not talented, and I am willing to work hard to eliminate the two barriers!"
Huang Shang looked at the brilliance shining all over his body with calm eyes, but Shen Gongbao's heart tightened, feeling that all his deeply hidden thoughts were exposed, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
He was from the Chan sect, and even though he had friendships with many Taoist friends from the Jie sect, friendships were friendships, and he could not change his sect.
Such a situation is extremely embarrassing in a murderous robbery.
However, I heard Yuanshi Tianzun's evaluation of Jiang Ziya before, saying that there is no blessing in the immortal world, but there is hope in the human world, which was a great inspiration to Shen Gongbao.
Since God Haotian ordered the Immortal Dao and the Human Dao to select talents, there must be competition between the two paths. However, due to the large number of factions within the Immortal Dao, even the teachings are divided into three groups. It is obviously impossible to say that there is no friction between them.
Under such circumstances, why doesn't he become an immortal who cooperates with humanity?
With humanity as the foundation, not only can he gain the respect of the Human Emperor, obtain a large amount of training resources, but also improve his status. From now on, he can stand up and have a huge say in the face of those who look down on him in the Chan Sect.
!
This idea will lead to a world-shaking profession a thousand years from now——
Join vertical and horizontal, vertical and horizontal family!
But now it seems that he can't hide it from the leader of humanity in front of him.
"Since Master Shen Gong has this intention, it is a blessing for humanity and immortality!"
But Huang Shang finally accepted him.
People like Shen Gongbao can indeed be regarded as strategists of later generations. If used well, they can be worth millions of soldiers.
But this kind of villain who is greedy for profit and values glory and wealth can help him today, but he can also turn against him tomorrow.
We can't just look at the original plot that he helped the Yin Shang to the end and think that this is the case now.
After all, times have changed.
It is no longer the conferred god with internal strife in the Immortal Dao and absolute opposition between the Chan and Jiao sects.
Of course, as prime minister, Huang Shang, who rules the world, never refuses to use people with outstanding abilities but flawed moral character.
Good people have to use it, and bad people have to use it too.
After seeing the test, Shen Gongbao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly found a seat to sit down and listen to the teachings with the students.
As soon as you hear it, you dive deep into it and swim in the ocean of gossip.
He listened very carefully.
Such an opportunity to receive unreserved advice from this leader of humanity is completely impossible in Yuxu Palace.
Compared to Yuanshi Tianzun who was cold and indifferent and upheld the Tao in everything, he really respected this leader of humanity.
Just respect and respect, there should be no less calculations, and the distinction is very clear.
After listening to the three lectures, it was getting dark and the students went home one after another. Shen Gongbao knew that the opportunity to show off had come: "Master, don't be careless about the nobles of Chaoge!"
Huang Shang said: "What do you want?"
Shen Gongbao integrates into the character very quickly and indeed has extraordinary charm. No wonder so many eccentric immortals are persuaded by him: "The leader has immeasurable magical powers. It is easy to deal with mere nobles, but humane matters are more important.
People are man-made, but you should not just use force to intimidate them. If you are poor in knowledge and talent, I am willing to share the worries of the leader!"
This is indeed to the point.
Even Hongjun can compete with the three Hunyuan Cult Leaders. Will the nobles be an obstacle?
But the contest between the academy and the nobles is not a simple battle. If it relies solely on assassination or force oppression, it will be contrary to the spirit of human self-improvement conveyed by Huang Shang.
When Shen Gongbao saw Huang Shang slightly nodding his head, he immediately said: "I have a senior brother who is poor in immortality, but he has merit in the world. He knows the art of war and strategies, and if he works with me, he will definitely be able to resolve the obstruction of the nobles."
He can always recommend talents.
I just recommend that one of them die.
Huang Shang thought about those Jiejiao immortals who rushed to the street, and then looked at Jiang Ziya, whom Shen Gongbao recommended this time, and nodded: "Yes."
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After Shen Gongbao left, Song Yiren was already preparing to arrange marriage for Jiang Ziya.
The reason is very simple. There are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having offspring.
But the candidate he introduced shocked even Jiang Ziya, a straight man.
In the original plot, Ma was a sixty-nine-year-old yellow-flowered eldest daughter. Now, because Jiang Ziya left the mountain ten years earlier, she has become fifty-nine and is still a yellow-flowered girl.
Other people's wives are 28 years old, his wife is 78 years old, which is more than 3 years...
The problem is that this is all menopause!
How is the child born?
Song Yiren automatically ignored this bug and praised Ma's daughter to the heavens, and Jiang Ziya quickly accepted it.
I can’t even cultivate to become an immortal, so I still want to be a fairy, so I’ll just make do with it!
But before the matter was settled, Shen Gongbao came back in a hurry and grabbed Jiang Ziya: "Come on, Ziya, your worldly wealth has come!"
Jiang Ziya was dragged out all the way. Only halfway did he understand the cause and effect of the matter, and took a breath of cold air: "Junior brother, you want me to help this leader of humanity to fight against all the nobles?"
Shen Gongbao smiled half-heartedly: "Why, Ziya, you don't dare?"
Jiang Ziya frowned: "Junior brother, don't provoke me. If you want to use Taoism to fight against the enemy, these nobles are not worth mentioning. But humane things are valued by people. This is an act against heaven. There are eight hundred princes and courtiers in the world.
There is even more aristocratic family power behind it, how can we contend with it?"
Shen Gongbao said: "Senior brother, what you said is wrong. I think things are promising. The sons of Lord Song are all studying in the academy, and many nobles have come to attend the lectures. They have been influenced by the leader, and their thoughts have changed greatly. They are all the future.
Tinder!”
Jiang Ziya shook his head: "Tomorrow is tomorrow, and today is today. Nobles are not stupid. As long as the academy is destroyed, the trend will be reversed. There will be no time to develop..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the city gate that had just been closed, and some people shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, there is an urgent report from Beihai! Open the city gate quickly, there is an urgent report from Beihai!"
Jiang Ziya pinched his fingers and said softly: "The war is coming?"
The secrets of heaven cannot be discerned, and the general trend can no longer be predicted, but it is still very understandable for individuals, not to mention the flames of war, which are always the most obvious trends.
Shen Gongbao is also keenly aware that something big is happening, which often means the arrival of changes.
Soon, they got the news.
The seventy-two princes in Beihai elected Yuan Futong as their leader and rebelled together.
In the original plot, the Beihai Rebellion happened in the spring and February of the seventh year of King Zhou. At that time, Taishi Wen Zhong was ordered to quell the rebellion and was not in Chaoge. Only then did a series of ridiculous things happen. Otherwise, Wen Zhong's attack on King Zhou would have happened.
Control is really not that great.
Of course, that was also a secret arrangement. Wen Zhong was deliberately transferred away and King Zhou made great efforts to anger Nuwa. Daji entered the harem and killed many loyal people and forced them to rebel. When Wen Zhong came back, he found that his home had been destroyed thousands of times.
Full of holes.
Those have not happened now, but the rebellion in Beihai still occurs, and it is much earlier than expected.
Why?
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In the morning of the second day, Huang Shang looked down at the ministers with a cold face and said: "Why did the princes of Beihai rebel? Who can tell me?"
The ministers were silent at first, and then Prime Minister Shang Rong came out: "Your Majesty, I believe that the rebellion of the seventy-two princes in Beihai not only sealed the mountains for Jiuyi, unable to suppress them, but also preached for the monsters to warn the world."
Assistant Prime Minister Wei Ziqi came out and asked: "What does Mr. Shang mean by saying that the Nine Barbarians should not close the mountains and allow the Wu barbarians to invade our borders?"
Shang Rong said calmly: "No, it's a demon preaching. It should be banned immediately, otherwise it will be turbulent!"
His tone was extremely bad. Because of his recent behavior, the officials were extremely puzzled to find that Wei Ziqi was actually on Huang Shang's side.
You are also a noble and the most distinguished relative of the emperor. Why should you support that guy?
Not to mention Shang Rong's rebellion, the ministers who had supported Wei Ziqi in his fight for the position of heir all left him one after another, completely disappointed.
The nobles were as angry as the Lich King!
As a standard representative of the aristocratic class, Shang Rong repeatedly raised objections in the court, believing that the emergence of the academy would lead to turmoil in the country and must be eradicated.
They were all blocked by Wei Ziqi before, but this time Beihai rebelled, and they had something to say.
As soon as Shang Rong took the lead, all the officials also came out to denounce the shortcomings of the academy and slapped them with various labels.
King Zhou sat on the throne and did not express any opinions. Wei Ziqi pointed at thousands of people with cold eyebrows and refuted those ridiculous heresies one by one.
But there was one thing he couldn't object to. The rebellion of the seventy-two princes was indeed caused by him.
The location of Beihai is above Donglu and Jiuyi, bordering both places.
As a result, the three parties formed a subtle check and balance relationship in the past, but since Wei Ziqi and Huang Feihu led their troops and forced Jiuyi to seal the mountain, the situation has changed.
The relationship between the great merchants and the eight hundred princes was one of dominance and antagonism.
The four major princes guard the four directions. Once the center is weak and the four directions are strong, the final result will be the following. Once the center is strong and overwhelms the four directions, if it is replaced by a defensive king, the status quo may be maintained. If it is a strong king
, will definitely take action against the four major princes.
This relationship is the same between the four major princes and other princes.
If the four major princes are strong, then the interests of the smaller princes around them will inevitably be harmed.
Donglu, as the current leader of the four major princes, is like this.
It originally had nine barbarians to check and balance it. The race left behind by Chi You was indeed quite a threat. The troops under Jiang Huanchu fought against it and both sides won and lost. If they wanted to get involved in the surrounding areas, they would be out of power.
But now, Jiuyi has closed its mountains.
So what will the troops under his command do when Donglu frees up his hands?
The answer is self-evident.
The seventy-two princes of Beihai were in bad luck.
The leader, Yuan Futong, had conflicts with Jiang Huanchu. After being oppressed, he foresaw that his territory would be gradually eroded, so he simply united with a group of small princes, let go, and directly rebelled.
What Beihai rebelled against was actually Dong Bohou, but from a governance perspective, it was also the regime of Dashang that was touched.
The nobles in Chaoge will definitely only side with Jiang Huanchu.
Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimps. This is the rule of the nobility.
Now that the seventy-two small princes want to resist a big prince, how can they be allowed to break the rules?
Many things are just so unreasonable, or they make sense even if they have a big fist.
With the unified opinions of the ministers, Beihai's resistance must be suppressed, and at the same time, he can give the academy a blow!
There was a quarrel in the court, and Wei Ziqi, no matter how hard he argued with the ministers, gradually fell behind.
Because Shang Rong used his trump card.
Some witnesses said that when eight hundred princes gathered at Chaoge, one of the people who listened to Huang Shang's lecture on the Book of Changes was Yuan Futong.
After listening to your class, I rebelled after returning home. What does that mean?
Finally, Huang Shang, who was sitting on the throne, coughed lightly.
The hall suddenly became quiet.
They were in awe of His Majesty the Human Emperor.
Huang Shang didn't mention the fight between the two sides, and said in a cold voice: "Beihai is rampant, ruthless and stubborn, and the people are in ruins. The top priority now is to eliminate the war. My dear friends, who is willing to lead the troops to quell the rebellion?"
Wei Ziqi immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go!"
Shang Rong also hurriedly said: "If I object, we should let Grand Master Wen or King Wucheng pacify the situation to ensure nothing goes wrong!"
Recently, there have been changes in the western Quanrong army. Huang Feihu went to the border to take charge and was not in Chaoge. It was obviously inappropriate to rashly transfer him back. Therefore, all the ministers looked at the leader Wen Zhong.
Wen Zhong had not participated in the quarrel before.
He was born in a Taoist family and was actually not interested in the dispute between nobles and common people. However, when the human way and the immortal way were in conflict, naturally they would not help each other in the slightest. If he could avoid adding insult to injury, he would have a noble temperament.
Seeing His Majesty King Zhou's eyes fall with an inquiring look, Wen Zhong thought for a while, cupped his hands and said, "I'm willing to go!"
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and many of them looked at Wei Ziqi with proud eyes. Wei Ziqi said calmly: "Your Majesty, there is a student in the academy who can also take on this important task. I sincerely ask him to
In order to hear that the Grand Master's adjutants have come out of Beihai together to quell the chaos and restore peace to the world as soon as possible!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the ministers changed slightly, and they heard the emperor's voice: "Who has this ability?"
"Jiang Shang, named Ziya."
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"Congratulations to Ziya, congratulations to Ziya!"
Outside the Songjiazhuang, Song Yiren took the whole family to see Jiang Ziya off.
Being able to receive His Majesty's appointment and participate in the counter-rebellion can be said to be the ladder to heaven. Song Yiren was sincerely happy for this wise brother who had been practicing immortality for thirty years and was older than himself.
It's just that the marriage fell through, which was a pity for Mr. Ma.
Jiang Ziya also had a smile on his face. When he thought of the wealth and honor in the world mentioned by Yuanshi Tianzun, he came like this. He was as light as a swallow, which meant that Song Yiren would always be his eldest brother.
After waving goodbye, he and Shen Gongbao arrived outside the city.
At this time, the 30,000 troops to suppress the rebellion were already waiting. Wen Zhonggao, standing above Mo Qilin, looked at them approaching with a look of surprise: "Friend Shen Gong, why is it you? Is this also a disciple of Yuxu Palace?"
Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao smiled and came forward to greet them: "I have met fellow Taoist!"
Since nothing in the original plot had happened yet, Chanjiao and Jiejiao were both disciples of the Sanqing sect, so they naturally had a close relationship. Wen Zhong immediately got a little intimate with each other, and at the same time, there were hints in his words, telling them not to wade into this muddy water.
What Jiang Ziya wanted was wealth and honor in the world, so he could only deal with it perfunctorily. Shen Gongbao was even more worried about the world being in chaos, so he started talking to Wen Zhong familiarly.
He likes to make friends with monks all over the world. He already has a friendship with Wen Zhong, and he became the best partner in the original plot. He has sent many teaching talents to the list, and now he is even more interested in him: "Although we are outsiders, we are also the best partners."
Within your Majesty’s territory, I would like to express my gratitude for the kindness of your Majesty’s water warriors and fulfill the wishes of your people!”
Wen Zhong was very satisfied after hearing this, and immediately had a preference: "With the help of two Taoist friends on this trip, they will be able to fight with great speed and defeat this rebellion. I should express my merits to Your Majesty!"
Shen Gongbao laughed: "Thank you so much, Master!"
Hearing that Zhong Lei was marching vigorously, he led his army away from Chaoge and immediately began a rapid march.
His fighting style is different from Huang Feihu's.
Huang Feihu studied the orthodox military formation method of the human race, which was based on earth, water, wind and fire, and carried out various changes, while Wen Zhong was biased towards the Taoism of the Immortal Family. When the talisman was sacrificed, the 30,000 soldiers were suddenly in a state of divine movement, leading
Carrying weapons, food and fodder, he can travel thousands of miles every day with ease.
The human world is much larger than in normal history, but at this speed, we can reach the land of Donglu in less than ten days and catch the rebels by surprise.
The seventy-two princes in Beihai are all small princes. Some princes have less than a thousand soldiers under their command, only a few hundred war slaves, and the territory they occupy is equivalent to a small county.
But the combined scale of the seventy-two groups should not be underestimated. Wen Zhong did not want to get involved in the conflict between the nobles and the academy. What he wanted was to put an end to the chaos as soon as possible. As for the political confrontation, that was none of his business.
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However, before arriving at Donglu, a piece of bad news was delivered quickly.
That kind of urgent momentum was several times stronger than the previous message sent to Chaoge.
"What? There are actually 200,000 troops in Beihai?"
Wen Zhong couldn't believe it after hearing this, and repeatedly asked the scout who sent the message: "If you use slaves as soldiers, it won't reach such a scale. What happened?"
The scout put on a mask of pain: "To report to the Grand Master, the rebellious Yuan Futong burned the slaves' elixir books to help them escape from slavery, and promised that as long as they survived the war, they would be civilians. As soon as this news came out, not only the slaves in Beihai
It’s so crazy that even the slaves of Donglu took notice!”
Wen Zhong's face changed drastically: "How dare Yuan Futong'an do this?"
The alchemy book is equivalent to the deed of sale for later generations. In fact, it is not a book for later generations, but a piece of red bamboo, which is the proof of ownership of the slave.
It is not that there were no amnesties for slaves in the past. Nobles would burn alchemy books to symbolize that they were freed from slavery and were free from now on.
But that kind of situation is rare, and this time Yuan Futong burned alchemy books on a large scale, creating a feat.
Originally, the slave soldiers under the princes only had a small number of war slaves. Now all the slaves in Beihai are soldiers. Those who can fight can pick up weapons, and those who are weak can pick up farm tools and transport food and grass equipment.
The former slave habits of submissiveness became the discipline of the army.
Facts have proved that this is extremely terrible.
The two sides fought, and Donglu's 50,000-strong army was actually defeated in the first battle. If they had not fled back to the city, they would have experienced a disastrous defeat.
Facing the outbreak of slaves, all the generals were frightened. Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu hurriedly sent dozens of scouts to ask for help from all parties.
Shen Gongbao listened from a distance and smiled. Jiang Ziya was also shocked and changed his previous thoughts.
The brothers looked at each other.
The military strategists and political strategists reached a small consensus:
"The fire is starting to light up!"
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The fate of Beihai Yuan Futong is still unknown, but they have set a very "bad" example.
Slaves in the surrounding vassal states saw their fellow slaves joining the regular army, and with the hope of regaining their freedom, the brave ones defected one after another, while the timid ones also felt desire in their hearts.
This kind of spiritual transmission is the most fatal to nobles who never treat slaves as human beings.
For example, many similar events were happening in the city of Donglu at this time——
"You cheap slaves, you actually want to run away? You're looking for death! You're looking for death!"
The noble was raising his whip and whipping a group of slaves who failed to escape.
In public.
Not far away, civilians and slaves were watching.
This is killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
This was not the first time that slaves had rebelled. As early as the previous generations of Shang kings, there was a queen known as the Valkyrie who personally led the army to suppress slave rebellions. The aristocracy was already familiar with this.
In the past, those slaves who had met a miserable fate would have lowered their heads and trembled, full of instinctive fear of death.
The other slaves became numb again, emaciated and hunched up with scarred bodies, never able to straighten their backs.
But this time, both the whipped slave and the onlookers raised their heads slightly and looked directly at the whip. The faint light in their eyes made even the nobles feel palpitations.
A single spark has the tendency to start a prairie fire.
"Your Majesty is wrong. Your Majesty is wrong. You allow the school's monstrous words to confuse the public. If this continues, the country will not be a country!"
Jiang Huanchu and Jiang Wenhuan inspected all the way. Looking at this scene, his face was full of anger and his hands were shaking slightly.
He was originally very loyal, but at this time he felt unprecedented anger towards King Zhou.
Just because this endangers the rule of the princes!
The country will be destroyed!
Whose world belongs to the world?
During the Song Dynasty's political reform in later generations, a veteran of the Three Dynasties once rebuked Song Shenzong, "You rule the world with scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people!"
This lifts off the fig leaf of etiquette and morality, even the so-called love for the people by the sages, and directly demonstrates class oppression.
In the same way, the emperors of the Great Shang ruled the world with the common people and princes, not with the common people and slaves.
Why do you love your people like your own children? Go to hell!
Dongbo Hou Jiang Huanchu was angry at Beihai Yuan Futong's madness, and was even more worried about the influence of the academy. He secretly vowed in his heart that when the Beihai rebellion was over, he would destroy the academy at all costs.
That is the biggest enemy of the nobles. There is no possibility of peaceful coexistence between the two sides, only life and death!
However, Jiang Huanchu didn't notice that Jiang Wenhuan, who had returned to his little marquis state after being scolded by his own discipline, had a different expression.
He remembered what his husband said during the song.
"Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors overcame obstacles and created the current status of mankind as the leader of all spirits. They did not make some human beings slaves and be whipped by others!"
I had never experienced it before, or I was used to it, but now looking at the fire in the slave's eyes, Jiang Wenhuan also had the same fire burning in his eyes.
A sense of historical mission lingers in my heart!
Everyone is like a dragon, constantly striving for self-improvement!