How short is ten years?
For a cultivator, seclusion for decades or even hundreds of years is just a drop in the ocean of their long life.
How long is ten years?
For ordinary people, ten years is enough to rise up and overthrow a dynasty.
Le Jing stood on the high platform holding the imperial seal.
Not far away, the voice of the messenger sounded loudly:
"...I am the ruler of China. Since the end of the Liang Dynasty, the immortal man of heaven has come from the wilderness to become the ruler of China...I am originally a commoner, but I have been blessed by the immortals and the spirits of my ancestors. I have taken advantage of the opportunity to compete for power and have the wise and virtuous around me...Now the civil and military officials and the people have come together to persuade me to become the emperor and rule over the people of Qian...The name of the world will be Great Chu, and the reign will be Pingkang...Announce it to the world so that everyone will know it."
The man in the dragon robe was supported by the eunuchs, and under the gaze of civil and military officials, he walked step by step towards the platform and walked towards Le Jing.
Eight years had passed since he first encountered the man.
A lot has happened in these eight years.
Daliang was eventually destroyed, but it was not the demon tribe or the grassland tribe that destroyed it, but the peasant uprising army.
The man in front of him was the leader of an uprising army. He led his troops to fight all over the country and eventually sounded the death knell for Daliang with his own hands.
Emperor Pingkang Han Yong walked towards the immortal master on the high platform step by step under the gaze of civil and military officials, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.
Ten years have passed, and his temples have turned gray, but the master's appearance has not changed at all, and he is still the same young man as when they first met.
Thinking back to that day, he was just a small defender in Beihuang City and never dared to imagine that he would have such good fortune in the future.
Without the immortals, there would be no him today.
At first, he just wanted to repay his gratitude, so he pestered the Immortal Master, hoping to do his best.
How did things turn out the way they did?
Oh, yes, it was the demons and the barbarians who colluded and wanted to annex Daliang. They used the strategy of using a substitute to kill someone else and conspired to harm Emperor Liang. Then, a demon transformed himself into the appearance of Emperor Liang, attempting to deceive the world and take control of Daliang.
Fortunately, the conspiracy was discovered by the immortals, who drove the demons back to the grasslands. However, Daliang's situation did not improve.
There was a severe drought for several years, with starving people everywhere and people exchanging their own children for food. However, the Emperor of Liang hid in the palace, living a life of drunkenness and debauchery, not caring about the lives of the people. As a result, large and small uprising groups gradually emerged in Daliang.
After hesitating for three days and three nights, Han Yong bid farewell to the immortal and joined the rebel army.
When Han Yong met the immortal again, he was already a general with 50,000 soldiers under his command. But the immortal was still an immortal, with an elegant demeanor and unparalleled nobleness.
He didn't know how he had gotten the opportunity to meet the immortal, but he only knew that from that day on, the immortal taught him some very valuable knowledge from time to time, which the immortal called: Dragon-slaying Technique.
Although the immortal did not acknowledge the relationship between them as master and disciple, in his mind, he always respected the immortal as a master.
With the help of the dragon-slaying technique, his team grew larger and larger, and he became more and more prestigious among the people.
Finally, he put on the yellow robe and became the new emperor.
If it weren't for the Immortal Master, he would have probably died on the battlefield by now.
But this also proves one thing - he really has a destiny! He is destined to be the emperor star who calms down the troubled times!
That's why an immortal master came down to earth to assist him, that's why he was able to learn the "dragon-slaying technique" from the immortal master, that's why he was able to overthrow the corrupt Daliang in just ten years, end the troubled times, and create a beautiful world where the people can have enough food and clothing.
Therefore, he named the Yuan Ping Kang, which simply meant that he hoped the people would be safe and prosperous.
He was originally a commoner, but he was able to rise to power with the blessing of God, and eventually founded a new dynasty and achieved great things. Therefore, he had to be a good emperor that the people liked.
Emperor Pingkang stepped onto the last step, looked into the Immortal Master's glittering glass eyes, bowed his head and said, "Disciple greets the Immortal Master."
Le Jing nodded, raised the jade seal in his hand slightly, and spoke in a clear and penetrating voice: "Emperor Ai of Liang was extremely licentious and incompetent, which ruined the fate of Daliang for 253 years. Today, the purple air is coming from the east, and the emperor is returning to his position. You are the one chosen by heaven. I, in compliance with heaven's will, entrust the imperial seal to you, hoping that you can create a peaceful life."
Emperor Pingkang took the imperial seal respectfully, and a hint of pride inadvertently appeared between his eyebrows: "I will follow the teachings of the immortal master."
Then he turned around and held high the jade seal in his hand. At the foot of the steps, civil and military officials bowed their heads and kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times, saying in unison: "Long live the emperor..." In the distance came the thunderous cheers of the people.
Emperor Pingkang looked down and saw a sea of people crawling on the ground, all kneeling on the ground and bowing to him. From now on, he is the master of everyone in the world! He took a deep breath, his heart surging, and his imagination ran wild.
He raised his hand, feeling more spirited than ever before. "Please stand up, gentlemen."
"You are the boat and the people are the water. The people can carry you, but they can also capsize you. Today you promised them that you would create a peaceful and prosperous era. If you fail to do so tomorrow, these crawling people will turn into hungry jackals, tear you to pieces and replace you." A clear and elegant voice suddenly rang in his mind. The murderous intent revealed in it startled Emperor Ping Kang, and his overheated brain quickly regained consciousness.
He turned his eyes subconsciously, and was caught off guard by a pair of cold glass eyes. The monk's words, mixed with the chilling breath of ice and snow, still echoed in his mind:
"You were born in the grassroots, but you are able to rule the world. It's not because of God's favor, but purely because Emperor Liang Ai was tyrannical and unpopular. The world has suffered from Liang for a long time, and it was the people of the world who helped you seize the throne. If you can't let the people live a good life, then you will be the next Emperor Liang Ai to be overthrown."
Emperor Pingkang took a deep breath, and his heart, which had been floating in the air, suddenly fell. His expression suddenly returned to normal. He bowed to Le Jing again, this time bowing deeply with a more solemn expression, "I will examine myself three times a day and remember what the Immortal Master taught me today."
He stood up, and there was no one in front of him. Just like the mysterious appearance of the immortal master that day, he had now mysteriously disappeared. As the saying goes, when the work is done, he will leave, hiding his merits and fame②.
But there are legends circulating in the world.
The people passed down a legend from mouth to mouth. It was said that at the end of the Liang Dynasty, Emperor Ai lost his way, demons rose up, and the people were living in misery. An immortal came down to earth to subdue demons and help the country. There was a wise man in the northern wilderness, who was brave and good at fighting. The immortal knew about it, and taught him magic in a dream, and helped him to establish a country. The country was named Chu, and the reign was Pingkang. From then on, the sea was calm and the river was clear, and the world was peaceful.
…
The ascension of a new emperor naturally calls for a three-day celebration. The streets are filled with the sound of gongs and drums, dragon and lion dances, and the place is very lively. Le Jing, Su Jian, and Lu Qingling walk through the streets like a drop of water blending into the sea, incomparably harmonious.
The past ten years have also left a deep mark on Lu Qingling. She has become calmer and more composed.
Lu Qingling felt that the past ten years were more colorful and exciting than her previous decades of life.
Why did you choose to follow Le Jing and Su Jian in the first place?
Maybe it’s because it feels good to be admired and protected by the people.
It could also be because she wanted to know what Le Jing and Su Jian were trying to do?
And she was not disappointed. It was indeed a magnificent, eventful, exciting and thrilling journey.
Over the past ten years, she has followed in the footsteps of Le Jing and Su Jian and traveled all over the world - the gorgeous fireworks blooming amid the sound of firecrackers, the magnificent rivers stretching for hundreds of miles, the lingering plum rain in March in the south of the Yangtze River, the gorgeous Milky Way in the night sky of the northern desert... the thousands of lights and vast mountains and rivers in this mundane world are so magnificent and wonderful that they are beyond her imagination.
She gradually understood how brilliant and dazzling the light that ant-like mortals can emit at the moment of life and death, and realized that although mortals have a limited lifespan, they can create eternal brilliance, which is the greatness of mortals.
More importantly, she personally sounded the death knell for a corrupt dynasty and witnessed the rise of a new dynasty.
But this is far from the end of their journey, and they are far from achieving their ultimate goal - peace.
What they pursue is not a short-term peace that needs to be maintained by force, but peace that will last for hundreds or even thousands of years. Their ultimate goal is: universal peace.
This harmony is not only the harmony within the human race, but also the harmony between the human and demon races. They dream that all living beings in the world can abandon prejudice and hatred and live in peace to the greatest extent possible.
There may be small wars in some areas, but most areas are peaceful. Humans and demons all have houses to live in, food to eat, children to be educated, students to be taught, workers to be paid, the sick to be treated, the elderly to be taken care of, the homeless to be housed, and the weak to be supported. This is the beautiful world of great harmony recorded in ancient books.
This is destined to be a difficult and long road.
But this is the world they dream of, and it is also the motivation for their struggle to this day.
It is precisely because of this that their team has grown stronger and stronger and their comrades have increased in number.
Lu Qingling looked at the young monk's back with admiration.
He was her mentor, comrade and brother.
He is also the eternal sun in the hearts of all of them.
All of them firmly believed that he was guiding them on a path that would benefit future generations.
…
Children on the street excitedly set off firecrackers with carefree smiles on their faces - these are smiles brought by peace.
Le Jing thought, maybe his hands were stained with blood along the way, but he did nothing wrong after all.
The crisis in Beihuang City that day was just the starting point of the demon clan's conspiracy.
A hundred years ago, humans and demons fought a great war, and both sides suffered heavy losses. The cultivation world won a tragic victory. Although the demon clan retreated to the grassland, they have been restless in recent years, clamoring to take back the Central Plains and dominate the land of Kyushu again.
In order to restore their former glory, the demon clan spent all their money and made a huge investment. The first to take the lead was a Yuanying Zhenren, who wanted to catch the human cultivators off guard and get more benefits and grab more territory before the human cultivators could react.
Moreover, the capital of Daliang State is only a few hundred kilometers away from Beihuang City. Once they conquer Beihuang, it will only take a few days for them to march north and take the capital.
If it weren't for Le Jing and his men who insisted on defending the city, the capital of Daliang would have fallen in a few days.
When Emperor Taizu of Liang founded the country, he made the capital the capital, with the intention of "the emperor guards the country's gates, and the king dies for the country", which is to make future generations be prepared for danger in times of peace and always be vigilant against the movements of the barbarians on the grassland. Unfortunately, the good intentions of the ancestors could not overcome the disappointment of their descendants.
The current emperor is greedy for money and lustful. He sells official positions and makes huge profits. His subordinates follow suit and impose heavy taxes and levies, making the administration a mess. In addition, natural disasters have occurred continuously in recent years and the people are living in misery. The only remaining troops in Daliang are used to suppress peasant uprisings in the country, so they naturally have no time to guard against the barbarians on the grassland.
It can be said that the timing of the grassland barbarians' attack was very clever, as it happened to be when Daliang was preoccupied with its own affairs. If they had really succeeded, they might have been able to change the dynasty and compete for the Central Plains.
The way of heaven is balance.
Therefore, even though there was a great war between humans and demons a hundred years ago, the human cultivators did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill all the demons.
Therefore, after the demon tribe insisted on launching a national war this time, the leaders of the immortal sect would not sit idly by. They resolutely launched the second war between humans and demons, and paid a terrible price to drive the demon tribe back.
The fundamental reason for these two wars between humans and demons was that the demon race reproduced too much, expanded their territory without bottom line, and squeezed out the resources of the human race. That was why human cultivators launched wars to artificially reduce the number of demons and thus restore the balance between the human and demon races.
The demon tribe launched wars again and again, and their fundamental purpose was nothing more than to seize more survival resources. The grassland tribes had coveted the Central Plains since ancient times, and the same was true. Compared with the Central Plains with fertile land and beautiful mountains and rivers, the northern grasslands were too barren.
Therefore, in the war between humans and monsters, or between the Han people and the grasslands, there is no absolute justice or absolute evil. In the final analysis, it is just because the productivity was underdeveloped and resources were scarce in ancient times, and every nation and every race wanted to take more resources from the limited survival resources to maintain the continuation of the race. However, humans and monsters, or the Han people and the grasslands are not either-or relationships that cannot coexist.
Le Jing grew up singing "Fifty-six Nationalities, Fifty-six Flowers" and he knows clearly how close and indistinguishable the Chinese nation can be.
To achieve this, the absolute dominance of Han culture must be guaranteed, otherwise peace is out of the question.
That is why Le Jing used a tough approach to suppress the invasion of the northern grassland tribes at the beginning. The people on the grassland have always obeyed the strong. If they cannot do what Huo Qubing did, "If the Qilian Mountains are lost, my livestock will not reproduce. If the Yanzhi Mountains are lost, my married women will lose face", then the grassland tribes will never become part of the Chinese nation.
Although it sounds cold and cruel, this has been the Han ethnic group's foreign policy since ancient times: kill first and then appease.
History has proven that this approach is effective.
So Le Jing followed suit.
He carefully selected a good candidate and instilled his ideas into him (of course, spiritual suggestion was indispensable). The new emperor of Chu would naturally implement Le Jing's ideas as his own. This is also the most convenient and quickest way to improve domestic productivity. Because since ancient times, top-down reforms are much easier than bottom-up reforms.
Expelling the Tartars and restoring China is only the first step, and a crucial one. The order of priority cannot be messed up, so that Le Jing will not make mistakes such as "pacifying the country before resisting foreign aggression".
Only with a peaceful environment can we restore the economy, vigorously develop productivity, guide the industrial revolution, create more survival resources, effectively ease racial conflicts, and move from a well-off society for all to common prosperity.
And...Le Jing has another idea.
Monks are generally very smart - stupid people cannot practice Taoism. And because they have long lives, after they have eaten their fill, they have a lot of time and energy to study some strange things. Le Jing discovered early astronomers, biologists, civil engineers, chemists, surgeons and other technical talents among them.
They combined spiritual power with their own hobbies and developed many wonderful uses of spiritual power - such as the disciple of the Medicine Sect who was clearly in the world of cultivation but lit up Yuan Longping's skills - he developed the world of cultivation version of "Jin Ke La", and a wheat yield of one thousand kilograms per mu is no longer a dream.
So Le Jingqing couldn't help but have an idea - will it be possible to develop psychic technology one day in the future?
What kind of sparks will emerge from the combination of cultivation civilization and industrial civilization? Le Jing's heart surged just by thinking about it, and he wished he could travel to the future to find out.
But the road must be taken step by step, and you won’t get fat if you’re impatient.
In order to have a bright future with infinite possibilities, Lejing must take every step now carefully.
Will the future get better?
Le Jing can answer with certainty that yes.
Because the pursuit of a better life is an instinct engraved in human genes. Any attempt to oppose, distort, or obliterate this is an atrocity against humanity.
After getting used to a prosperous and peaceful life, no one wants to start a war. If anyone insists on starting a war, he will be the enemy of all mankind and a sinner who will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history. The people will tear him to pieces first.
Human history has always developed in a spiral. So even though there will be many setbacks and setbacks, a bright and beautiful ending awaits everyone.
What will the world be like in the future?
That would be a very long story.
If he's lucky enough, Le Jing will get to see the answer one day.
To this end, he will try to live longer.
The author has something to say:
① Adapted from Zhu Yuanzhang’s enthronement edict
② When the work is done, I will leave, hiding my body and name. Although this poem is very classic, I still want to mention it from Li Bai's "Xia Ke Xing" just in case.
③ Children should be educated, students should be taught, workers should be paid, the sick should be treated, the elderly should be taken care of, the homeless should be housed, and the weak should be supported: selected from Xi Jinping’s speech
Also, comrade is not a modern word, but an ancient word. The word comrade is explained in the "National Language Jinyu IV": "If we share the same virtue, we share the same heart; if we share the same heart, we share the same comrade."
There may be a spin-off below.
Because of a previous operation error, chapter 96 was sent out as an empty draft chapter and could not be deleted, so this extra chapter will be sent up to chapter 96_(:з」∠)_
I believe everyone can see that the prototype of Daliang is actually the Ming Dynasty. I am a die-hard Qing Dynasty supporter, so I really want to change this period of history. However, I was afraid that it would lead to sensitive issues such as historical nihilism and be harmonized, so I set it up as a fictional one. Therefore, the setting of this article is not strictly based on the history of the Ming Dynasty, because it is fictional!
Then there will be another world, and this book will be completely finished! Because this book was accidentally written as a slow-travel, it was too long. If I follow the original plan, I will have to write almost one million words, which is too scary and I can't do it. I want to start a new book (whispering)
The next world is the interstellar era! The earth is destroyed, and humans migrate to other planets, causing the loss of earth civilization. The protagonist travels back in time to recreate the story of ancient earth civilization by making a movie! I hope you like it~
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