Chapter 400: A Century of Good Luck
Maple Forest Pavilion.
Ning Feng and Chu Ning sat opposite each other in the pavilion.
"To be honest, I am a little surprised that Master Chu would choose this place."
"I'm also surprised that the Fourth Princess chose this place."
Chu Ning was a little helpless. He had deliberately chosen the sixth planet, but there were three people including him, which was close to the average number.
If he had known this earlier, he might as well have chosen other planets with richer purple energy.
All I can say is that everyone was very stable this time. He even suspected that no one had chosen the first three planets, and that they all flocked to the last few planets.
"If this princess is not mistaken, Mr. Chu's goal should not be the emperor's destiny. I wonder what Mr. Chu is looking for?"
Chu Ning smiled slightly and did not answer.
Even if he and Ning Feng were not enemies, they were definitely not friends, and it was impossible for him to tell the other about his purpose.
"As for the true explanation of Purple Qi, this princess has only read one chapter, or to be more precise, half of it. I only know that the Imperial Luck can be obtained, but I don't know that there are other kinds of luck."
Ning Feng blinked her eyes and looked pitiful, but Chu Ning was unmoved. If he believed Ning Feng's expression, then all his training over the years would have been in vain.
The fourth princess of the Purple Gold Dynasty, who is also a powerful spirit-transforming being, cannot possibly be a little white flower.
"Alas, the time in that palace was limited, and I didn't get to see much."
Chu Ning also had a regretful expression on his face. Ning Feng's lips twitched. She had to be a fool to believe what Chu Ning said.
I stayed in the palace for a day and read half a chapter of Purple Qi Zhenjie, but Chu Ning stayed there definitely longer than me and was able to see more content than me.
"Since Master Chu doesn't want the Emperor's Luck, why don't you and I work together?"
Ning Feng didn't expect to learn more information about the true solution of Purple Qi from Chu Ning. She went to Chu Ning this time just to cooperate with him.
"You want me to help the Li family suppress the rebels in various places?"
"Well, is Mr. Chu willing?" Ning Feng did not beat around the bush. As long as she and Chu Ning joined forces, Lu Mo of the Luofu Holy Land would be doomed to fail.
"What benefit can I get?" Chu Ning asked back.
"What benefit does Mr. Chu need?"
Chu Ning smiled brightly: "I want to become the imperial teacher of the dynasty."
Hearing Chu Ning's words, Ning Feng frowned. What kind of request is this? Can you have luck when you are a national teacher? Impossible.
The imperial teacher is below the emperor and cannot possibly surpass the emperor's luck.
After a moment's silence, Ning Feng nodded and said, "Okay, I will ask the King of Zhenbei to personally invite you out of the mountain and grant you the position of national teacher."
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One month later! Master Ji led his students to Changjing City. The King of Zhenbei personally welcomed him with all the officials. The next day, he issued an imperial decree to make Master Ji the state teacher, honoring him like the emperor.
On the day after Chu Ning became the Imperial Master, the county cities assisted by his four disciples simultaneously wrote letters to express their loyalty to the Zhou Dynasty.
The north was shaken, and the seven heroes in the south were also shocked.
The situation of the Great Zhou changed again, and the power of the royal family once again reached its peak.
At the same time, the remaining 17 students of Master Ji led their troops to conquer the southern counties, while Master Ji established the Jixia Academy in the capital.
Master Ji was the head of the academy.
After the establishment of the Jixia Academy, it recruited students from the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. No matter what their background was, as long as they entered the Jixia Academy, they would be students of the academy and would be protected by the academy. No one was allowed to harm the students of the academy.
In the first year, only students from the areas controlled by the royal family enrolled in the Jixia Academy. It was not until the second year that the prefect of Yinyang County sent his son to the Jixia Academy.
The reason why the prefect of Yinyang County sent his son to the Jixia Academy was because the royal army was about to attack. However, just one month after Yinyang County's son entered the Jixia Academy, Yinyang County was taken back and the entire family of the prefect of Yinyang County was executed.
An official wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that the son of the prefect of Yinyang County should also be executed. However, the official who wrote the letter was dismissed from his post the next day because Master Ji had spoken.
Students of the academy must be protected by the academy and no one can harm them.
After this incident, the various counties in the south that had not yet returned to the royal family sent their children to the Jixia Academy, because the academy would not only protect the safety of these students, but also would not prevent them from staying or leaving.
Fifth year.
A son and a daughter from the northern Chen family went to the Jixia Academy, causing a sensation in the entire Changjing City.
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The Imperial Palace.
Ning Feng stroked the lotus leaves that were exposed above the water with her fingers. Her skirt hung over the leaves, getting wet by the pond water, but she seemed unaware.
She was a little confused about what Chu Ning was going to do.
Born a princess of the Purple Gold Dynasty, she had an extremely noble status and had never come into contact with the mortal kingdom, although in terms of official positions, there was not much difference between those in the mortal kingdom and those in the Purple Gold Dynasty.
But the official positions in the Purple Gold Dynasty depend on strength. Whoever is stronger has a higher official position. But this is obviously not the case in the mortal kingdom. Officials in the mortal kingdom rely on the power behind them and whether they can get the appreciation of the royal family.
Chu Ning set up such a school, but what he taught was not the way of cultivation. What was his purpose?
Even if these students really became officials in the court in the future, their dismissal would only be a matter of words from the royal family.
This is Ning Feng’s shortcoming. Since she was born, she has been an ordinary person and does not know how ordinary people think and deal with things.
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Chen family of Bazhou.
Lu Mo was also thinking about it at this moment, and what he was thinking about was the same as Ning Feng.
What does Chu Ning want to do?
As early as seven years ago, when Chu Ning founded the Jixia Academy, he went to meet Chu Ning and got a promise that Chu Ning would not interfere in the battle for imperial destiny between him and Ning Feng.
As for the students trained by Chu Ning, who were loyal to the royal family and pacified the southern counties, that was a deal between Chu Ning and Ning Feng, in exchange for the position of national teacher and the founding of the Jixia Academy.
Similarly, students of the Jixia Academy did not have to stay in the royal area, but could also go north to Bazhou as long as they wished.
For this reason, he specifically instructed the Chen family not to block students from entering and leaving the Jixia Academy.
For the forces in the southern counties, the Jixia Academy would also be an opportunity for them to preserve their bloodline. Almost every county arranged for their children to attend the palace, and they were the children they valued the most.
It's not just about safety and taking care. The twenty-one students of Master Ji have already proved their abilities. If their children enter the palace, they can also learn from Master Ji how to lead troops to fight and govern the people. After they return from their studies in the future, they can lead the family to continue expanding its territory.
It is the fifteenth year since the establishment of Jixia Academy.
The entire Zhou Dynasty has been divided into three forces: the royal Li family, the Chen family in the north, and the alliance of southern counties.
The war between the three parties was temporarily stopped because no one was sure of victory. However, in the past fifteen years, the most eye-catching were the groups of students who graduated from the Jixia Academy.
These students have become the backbone of the three major forces.
The southern counties were originally the weakest, but several sons of county magistrates who graduated from the Jixia Academy united to carry out reforms, distributed land to poor people, and educated the people to read and write, which fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the people. Relying on the rich food resources in the southern region, they exchanged many weapons with the Chen family in the north, and their strength suddenly increased.
Moreover, the Southern Alliance is not a family empire like the royal family and the Chen family, but an alliance that can attract more talents to join. The largest number of students from the entire Jixia Academy go to the Southern Alliance.
In ten years, the Southern Alliance surpassed the royal family and the North in both military and economy, thanks to a student from the Jixia Academy: Li Yang.
Liyang Reform.
During the ten years that Li Yang served as deputy leader of the Southern Alliance, he greatly improved the status of craftsmen and merchants, changed the laws, and most importantly, promulgated the "Power Law", which stated that the private interests of every citizen of the Southern Alliance were sacred and inviolable.
If any officials or yamen runners infringe upon the private interests of the people, the people can fight back and kill them.
When this law first appeared, it caused an uproar in the entire Southern Alliance. No one thought that this law could be passed, and some even thought that Li Yang was a little whimsical. However, a few years ago, a yamen runner broke into a farmer's house without permission when collecting taxes and was killed by the farmer. The farmer was arrested but was soon released.
Once this happened, everyone was convinced that the law was true and that private property was sacred and inviolable. Even yamen runners were not allowed to break into people's homes without a search warrant and arrest warrant issued by the alliance.
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"Teacher, can I propose the Three Powers Strategy next?"
At the Jixia Academy, a middle-aged man was sitting in front of Chu Ning. He was Li Yang, the deputy leader of the Southern Alliance.
In ten years, Li Yang led the Southern Alliance to become the leader of the three major forces. At the same time, Li Yang's prestige in the Southern Alliance reached an unprecedented level.
In Li Yang's view, now is the best time to introduce the separation of powers.
"Your reforms over the past ten years have not affected the fundamental interests of the gentry, but the three powers policy is different. It's a bit too hasty."
Chu Ning shook his head slightly. The progress of civilization in any country must be accompanied by the progress of productivity. Over the years, he has been teaching students about state governance, but to be honest, he can only give a general idea.
This is also thanks to the fact that he had studied history well in his previous life and was able to roughly talk about The Wealth of Nations, Capital and some other ideas. But even so, he only gave some pointers, and more of it depended on the students to understand and explore on their own.
The Jixia Academy held a debate every year. The topics of the debate were provided by the students themselves, and graduated students were invited to participate. When Li Yang promulgated laws in the Southern Alliance to protect the private property of the people, it caused a debate in the academy.
The Distinction between Heaven and Man
The Distinction between Righteousness and Profit
"The Debate on the People's Wisdom"
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It can be said that the students of the Jixia Academy have been learning and looking for a way to govern the country.
The students of the Jixia Academy already knew that this kind of imperial rule was only temporary. No matter which family was the emperor, no matter how enlightened they were, after several or even dozens of generations, the royal family would only become more and more corrupt, and the people's lives would become increasingly difficult.
All students are thinking about how to prolong the life of a dynasty?
The Three Powers Strategy was the concept proposed by Li Yang when he gave a speech at the Jixia Academy four years ago.
Imperial power, official power, and criminal power are separated.
According to Li Yang's idea, only officials can govern the world, and the royal family cannot interfere in specific matters. However, the royal family has the right to dismiss officials, but this dismissal requires the consent of the majority of officials.
In addition, in order to prevent officials from corruption, a special criminal punishment department is set up that is not controlled by officials. Any arrests and sentencing are the responsibility of the criminal power department.
This is true for the imperial court and for the local counties.
"Teacher, I think the conditions are ripe now. As long as the Li family agrees, they can still retain the imperial power, and these southern gentry can enter the court as officials. I don't think they will object."
"Since you think you can do it, go ahead and try it."
Chu Ning did not deny it. He believed that one had to try any path to know whether it was suitable. He was a cultivator, not a creator of civilization, and the methods used in his previous life might not necessarily be applicable here.
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The third day after Li Yang left.
Ning Feng appeared in the Jixia Academy.
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"Your student found Li Zhen and is willing to bring the Southern Alliance to formally submit to the royal family, but he wants the royal family to reorganize the court and change it into the National Government, establish the Civil Court and the Criminal Court. The Civil Court will be responsible for governing the country, and the Criminal Court will be in charge of all arrests and trials. The Civil Court and the Criminal Court will have the same rank, and the National Government will be responsible for promulgating laws."
"Members of the National Government are not allowed to hold positions in the Civil and Criminal Courts, but the heads of the Civil and Criminal Courts must be elected by the National Government."
Ning Feng looked at Chu Ning and repeated in front of Chu Ning what Zhenbei King Li Zhen, now Emperor Zhenwu, had reported.
"Chu Ning, I'm curious about what you are going to do?"
"If the Li family accepts this condition, they will still be the royal family. With the submission of the Southern Alliance, their strength will be greatly increased. They can march north to defeat the Chen family and achieve true unification. At that time, your imperial destiny will be in your hands."
Chu Ning smiled slightly. He believed that Ning Feng would accept this condition because in Ning Feng's heart, the Zhou Dynasty was just a tool for her to obtain imperial fortune. Ning Feng didn't care about the life and death of the people of the Zhou Dynasty, including the life and death of the Li royal family.
"Although what you said makes sense, I don't know why, but I always feel that you are playing a big game."
Ning Feng looked at Chu Ning seriously, trying to see through him. Unfortunately, apart from a smile, there was no other expression on Chu Ning's face.
"I'll get Li Zhen's consent. Don't start working with Lu Mo again."
Ning Feng snorted lightly and left gracefully. She had already guessed that there was a collaboration between Chu Ning and Lu Mo. Otherwise, the Chen family would not have sent their children to the Jixia Academy, and would not have allowed the students of the Jixia Academy to freely enter and exit both sides of the Jing River.
Three months later!
Li Yang signed an agreement with the royal family on behalf of the Southern Alliance. The Southern Alliance returned to the Zhou Dynasty and pledged allegiance to the royal family. Li Zhen also issued an edict to reorganize the court into the National Government and establish the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Criminal Affairs Bureau.
Li Yang served as the first leader of the Min Pavilion.
The second prince Li Jin served as the first head of the Criminal Court.
The members of the National Government were composed of wealthy gentry from various counties in the south. At the same time, it was stipulated that the army was not allowed to interfere in any local affairs. The supreme commander of the army was recommended by the head of the Min Pavilion and could only take office after being approved by the National Government Congress.
It has to be said that the distribution of interests in Liyang is very comprehensive. In the minds of the royal family, all land under heaven belongs to the king, and the entire Zhou Dynasty belongs to the Li family. Officials' corruption is equivalent to embezzlement of the Li family's property, so naturally there will be no mercy. Moreover, if the royal family wants to maintain its position firmly, it must leave a good impression in the hearts of the people, and naturally will not infringe on the interests of the people.
The head of the Min Pavilion can appoint and dismiss a series of officials and is responsible for governing the world. He does not need to be accountable to the royal family, and all his policies only need to be agreed upon by the majority of the people in the government.
As for the southern gentry, although they had no power, they were members of the national government. They decided who was qualified to serve as the leader of the cabinet, and the private cabinet did not dare to infringe on their interests or provoke public anger.
In the third year after the new policy was promulgated, with the consent of Emperor Zhenwu and the authorization of Li Yang, the leader of the Min Pavilion, the military began to conquer the Chen family in the north.
With the combined military strength of the royal family and the Southern Alliance, the Chen family was simply unable to resist. In less than two years, the Northern Expedition Army reached the city of Bazhou, and the Chen family announced its unconditional surrender.
Since then, the Zhou Dynasty once again completed the great unification, and Emperor Zhenwu issued an edict to change the country's name to Zhoutong.
The first year of Zhou Tong.
The highest mountain in the Zhou Dynasty, with three figures standing on the top.
Lu Mo looked depressed. He had completely lost the fight for the imperial fortune this time.
Although he could directly destroy the Northern Expedition Army, if he did so, he would face the joint suppression of the Fourth Princess of the Zijin Dynasty and Chu Ning. He did not have the confidence that he could survive the joint efforts of these two people.
What made Lu Mo depressed was that he didn't understand why Chu Ning did all this. The fortune of the emperor had already fallen into the hands of the Fourth Princess. Could it be that Chu Ning was interested in the Fourth Princess and wanted to please her in this way?
On second thought, he felt that this possibility was very small. When one has cultivated to the realm of transformation, beauty cannot sway him. Moreover, the Fourth Princess has a special status, and the Zi Jin Dynasty would never let the Fourth Princess marry Chu Ning.
Lu Mo left without saying a word.
Ning Feng's long skirt fluttered, and she blinked at Chu Ning with her beautiful eyes: "Master Chu, I am leaving too. Master Chu, do you have anything to say to me?"
"Goodbye, I won't see you off."
Ning Feng's expression froze, and she took a few steps forward, her red lips pressed against Chu Ning's face, and she said with a sweet breath, "If Master Chu needs it, I can stay and accompany him."
"Fourth Princess, I am a married man, please respect yourself."
Ning Feng: ...
Finally, Ning Feng also left, leaving with 10% of luck.
"You didn't stay with me, you wanted to see what I was asking for?"
Chu Ning understood Ning Feng's thoughts too well. Don't think that a woman like Ning Feng who is a little ambiguous means she has feelings for you. Sometimes men are just too confident.
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The twelfth year of Zhou Tong.
When Li Yang died of illness, the whole city of Changjing was in mourning. The people mourned, and the royal family issued an edict that the whole country should mourn Li Yang, the head of the Min Pavilion, for three months.
While the people were still immersed in the grief of Li Yang's death, undercurrents were surging in the Zhou Dynasty.
Three months had passed, and the new leader of the Min Pavilion had not yet been elected. At the same time, the Criminal Pavilion suddenly arrested a large number of government officials and produced a lot of evidence of their corruption.
The government underwent a major reshuffle, with half of its members arrested.
A month later, a new leader of the Min Ge was born, accepted the royal title, and began to form a new term of Min Ge officials.
However, less than a year after the new head of the Min Pavilion took office, he was dismissed by a meeting of the national government. The head of the Xing Pavilion was also dismissed. A few days later, Emperor Zhou Tong abdicated and his third son inherited the throne.
Ordinary people were unaware of how much blood and gore this power struggle involved, but the Jixia Academy remained aloof. Although it did not participate in any power struggle, it was rumored that the reason why Emperor Zhou Tong abdicated in the end was because Master Ji left the academy for the first time and went to the palace to have a private chat with Emperor Zhou Tong for an hour.
The following year, the national government passed a law that the head of the Min Pavilion could serve a five-year term and be re-elected for a maximum of two terms. In the last year of each term, the national government could nominate three candidates for the head of the Pavilion.
At the same time, the Criminal Court was restructured, with the power of law enforcement being transferred to the Civil Court, and only the power of trial being retained. Under the Civil Court, there was an Arresting Department to arrest civilians and officials who violated the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, but the final decision on whether to convict was made by the Criminal Court based on the laws and regulations passed by the national government.
There was no chief in the Criminal Pavilion, only four deputy chiefs, and it was changed to a lifelong system, which did not violate the laws of the Zhou Dynasty. The chief of the Civil Pavilion and even the national government had no right to revoke it.
Ordinary people did not feel any difference from these changes, but after the Jixia Academy announced that it would open academies in various counties, it attracted the attention of the people.
The common people do not care about politics, but they know that almost all officials came from the Jixia Academy.
If you want to be an official, you have to enter the Jixia Academy.
Countless people tried every means to send their children to the Jixia Academy, especially those businessmen. Although their status was improved when Li Yang was alive, no matter how rich they were, it was not as comfortable as being an official with power.
The Jixia Academy opened academies in each county and offered four subjects, which were compiled by Chu Ning himself: mathematics, physics, chemistry and Chinese.
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One hundred years later.
The people of the Zhou Dynasty once again fell into grief.
The first president of the Jixia Academy, the great Master Ji, passed away.
Master Ji founded the Jixia Academy and led the reform of the Zhou Dynasty. He also founded the Jixia College and a newspaper, thus enlightening the people.
From then on, there would never be a royal restoration in the Zhou Dynasty, because all the people knew that there was no such thing as divine right of emperor in this world, all men were born equal, and private property was sacred and inviolable.
But this is not Master Ji's greatest achievement. Master Ji's greatest achievement is that he enlightened the scientific outlook of the people of the Zhou Dynasty. The people then realized that there are so many ways to get a good harvest.
Business, agriculture, and technology began to develop rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
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The highest mountain in the Zhou Dynasty, with Chu Ning standing on the top.
It has been more than a hundred years, and he has stayed on this planet for a hundred years. The reason why he passed away at this time is because he has lived long enough. If he had still stayed in the Zhou Dynasty, it would be extremely unscientific.
Of course, the more important reason is that his goal has been achieved.
Chu Ning formed seals with his hands, and as his hand seals changed, a purple air floated out from above the heads of every citizen in the Zhou Dynasty and headed towards the mountain.
The purple air was either light or thick, but when billions of them gathered at the top of the mountain and around him, they were overwhelming.
This is not the emperor's destiny, but the country's destiny.
The imperial fortune is the fortune of the whole family.
The destiny of a country is the fortune of its people.
The former accounts for only 10%, while the latter accounts for 50%.
Chu Ning used the art of hiding his luck, and his body continued to absorb purple energy.
Three years later, the purple energy was completely absorbed. Chu Ning raised his eyes and saw a purple dragon emerge from his body, transforming into a real dragon and circling around him.
PS: I originally wanted to write about this in detail. In fact, Jiudeng really likes reading historical texts. Unfortunately, I don’t have the cultural reserves. This is an opportunity for me to satisfy my craving for historical texts.
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