Chapter 360: Simultaneous Labor
Dali Temple.
The Left Prime Minister looked at Li Xuanjing with extremely complicated eyes, which contained hatred, pity, and confusion.
The person in front of him was once his most proud and most promising disciple.
How high-spirited and ambitious was he at that time?
The top scholar in six subjects is unprecedented in history.
As the leader of the new Jinshi, he raised his arm and thousands of people responded.
At that time, the left prime minister thought that the future court would belong to him.
Indeed, the current court does belong to him.
The emperor's close ministers have absolute power.
He wants the golden medal of immunity from death and the imperial sword whenever he wants. The powerful and wealthy treat the common people as grass, and he treats the powerful and wealthy as local dogs.
His Majesty's trust in him still puzzles everyone.
The result was just as Zuo Xiang himself predicted. Twenty years later, he had become the most powerful person in Da Xia and second only to one person.
This is the result that Zuo Xiang wants, but not the process he wants.
Twenty years ago, when a group of Confucian disciples risked their lives for justice, he chose to betray them.
Betray your fellow disciples and live in shame.
His righteous spirit also completely disappeared.
These days, every time he saw Li Nuo, he seemed to see the shadow of that person from that year.
How could a treacherous man raise such a son?
This gave him a glimmer of hope.
Their reforms back then were completed in another way, and in a more thorough way.
At that time they just wanted to limit the power of the wealthy and powerful. Now, the wealthy and powerful in Daxia have almost disappeared.
What if he just endured the humiliation and used another method to achieve something that he had not achieved twenty years ago?
The way to determine this is simple.
As long as his original intention remains unchanged, the great true energy will not disappear.
But the result undoubtedly disappointed Zuo Xiang.
There is not a trace of righteousness in his body.
Unless he has the cultivation level of a Confucian semi-saint or above, it would be impossible for him to hide from my previous investigation.
The left prime minister looked at Li Xuanjing with burning eyes and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Li Xuanjing said calmly: "I don't understand what the left prime minister said."
The left prime minister asked directly: "After the rebellion of the two kings, you took the opportunity to kill so many powerful people and bloodbath the officials of the Wang family. What was your purpose?"
Li Xuanjing was silent for a moment, then said, "Of course it's for revenge. If it weren't for them, Wan'er wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't have fallen to the point where everyone is scorning me. I won't be able to rest in peace until they die."
Although this is a consensus among the people, Zuo Xiang still hopes to hear a different answer from him.
Even if he only had a little bit, that little bit was for the people, for those classmates who died...
The left prime minister did not say anything else, turned around and left.
When he was about to leave the yamen, he paused again, without looking back, and asked again: "Did you do the assassination of the dignitaries in the past few months?"
These days, he gradually understood one thing.
If you can't change those people, then destroy them.
In the whole Chang'an, there are only a few people who have the ability to kill those powerful people quietly and without leaving any traces.
He, who was in charge of the Dali Temple and the Mingjing Division, was undoubtedly one of them.
Li Xuanjing shook his head and said, "No."
Disappointed, Zuo Xiang left in silence without saying another word.
After a moment, the space in the yamen fluctuated and a figure emerged.
The young man stood beside Li Xuanjing, looking in the direction where Zuo Xiang left, and asked, "What does Zuo Xiang want to see you about?"
Li Xuanjing said: "He asked about the cases of the powerful being assassinated."
The young man's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. He picked up the book on the table and said lightly: "The people in your Li family are quite talented in medicine..."
After a moment, the young man asked again: "How long do I have?"
Li Xuanjing said: "Three years."
The young man frowned and asked, "So little?"
Li Xuanjing said: "Your Majesty is the bearer of the fate of the Great Xia nation. After the age of 60, you lose several times the lifespan of an ordinary person every day. Even if you replenish it with royal blood, it will not last long."
The young man said in a deep voice: "The Great Xia royal family is about to be killed by you and me. Do you want me to kill my son?"
Li Xuanjing looked out the window and said, "Your Majesty has forgotten that the Li royal family is not the only one on the continent."
The young man was silent for a long time, then slowly said: "If I want to live forever, can I only kill them all and unify the world?"
Li Xuanjing retracted his gaze and said, "How many powerful people in ancient and modern times have sought immortality but failed. Your Majesty, if you want to live as long as the heavens, you can only become the common ruler of the world..."
The young man did not speak again. After a long silence, he waved his sleeves lightly and disappeared on the spot.
A palm-sized glass bottle was left on the long table in the yamen.
The liquid in the bottle was as red as blood.
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Ningxin Garden.
In the blink of an eye, it has been nearly two months since I returned to Chang'an.
Jiaren and An Ning's due date is in the next few days, and two female doctors with rich experience in delivering babies are by their side twelve hours a day.
In the past two months, with the assistance of the Imperial Medical Service, Li Nuo has completed the basic reforms of Daxia's medical care.
The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Midwifery is the focus of medical reform.
In the past month, many pregnant women in Chang'an have successfully given birth to babies through caesarean sections, and both mother and child are safe.
Although the doctors in this world possess special powers, childbirth is still a difficult process for women.
When my mother-in-law gave birth to Jia Ren and Yi Ren, she went through a lot of pain and almost had an accident, even with the presence of a famous doctor.
Mu'er and Ning'er's mother was not as physically fit as her mother-in-law, and she almost died during childbirth.
Now, Jiahe and Anning no longer have to suffer this pain.
They just need to sleep for a while, and when they wake up, there won't be any wounds left.
In the small pavilion in the middle of the lake, the two ladies and two future ladies of the Li family were playing leaf games.
This is a card game that they play to kill time when they are bored.
The advantage of having Fenghuang at home is that Yiren can fully integrate into all the activities of Jiahe and An Ning.
Li Nuo and Li Yun sat aside and fished.
Li Yun was driven out by Prince Chun today because the Crown Princess of Prince Gong gave birth to another son yesterday.
This morning, Li Yun was kicked out of the palace by Prince Chun because he accidentally dropped a grain of rice on the table while eating.
He had nowhere to go, so he had to come to Li Nuo.
During this period, Li Yun helped the Imperial Hospital and Sinong Temple a lot. With the birth of those agricultural and medical equipment, Li Nuo and his cultivation level improved synchronously. However, at present, neither of them has been able to break through the barrier of the fifth realm.
The first appearance of the steam engine was of the greatest significance, and they benefited the most.
If you want to do the same thing as last time, where your cultivation level increases dramatically in an instant, it will be impossible unless you bring new technological innovations to this world.
But the further into the future, the harder the change will be. After all, Li Nuo is not an engineering major, and his understanding of these things is only superficial. The two are currently making very slow progress.
In the pavilion, An Ning and Yi Ren started arguing about something.
Yiren frowned and said, "Of course the warriors are more powerful. A martial saint can even shatter the void with one punch. Can the saints of your legal family do the same?"
An Ning was not convinced and said, "The words of the Law Saint are followed by the law. What he said is the law. Can you, the Martial Saint, do the same?"
Although Yiren and Jiaren were not very close, Jiaren had a cold personality and would not argue with her.
Both she and An Ning are people who refuse to admit defeat, and they often quarrel at home over various things.
Today, they started arguing again about which one was more powerful.
Yiren looked at Fenghuang habitually and asked, "Sister Fenghuang, which one do you think is more powerful, the martial arts or the legalists?"
Seeing that both of them were looking at her, Fenghuang shook her head helplessly and said, "I don't know either. How about, wait until An Ning gives birth to a child, then you can compare again?"
Li Yun, who was fishing, heard this and said confidently: "Of course our Mohist School is the most powerful. No matter how powerful the Martial Saint and the Magic Saint are, they are only one person. The Mohist Saint can control a million mechanical armies by himself. Can other schools do that?"
Li Nuo did not comment on this.
There is no absolute strength or weakness among the families.
I have never heard of any competition among the saints.
However, if we have to say which one is stronger, Confucianism, which seems to be the most low-key, is definitely qualified to be discussed.
The body is protected by the Haoran true qi, which can make it immune to the power of all kinds.
But at the same level, each family is not immune to the great energy.
Under the arrow of righteousness, all beings are equal.
The Confucian semi-saint of the sixth realm is absolutely feared by everyone.
Unfortunately, for Confucianists, it is many times more difficult to cultivate to the level of a semi-saint than for the other schools.
If there is any school of thought that is stronger than Confucianism, it can only be the royal family.
Being in the same sixth realm, the royal family is undoubtedly the strongest, and they are stronger in more ways than one. No matter whether it is Confucianism or Legalism, they must submit to the imperial power, and it is impossible for them to defeat their emperor.
But even though the emperors of the five dynasties were personally so powerful, they themselves and their countries were all manipulated and controlled by the strategists, so they did not seem to be the strongest.
Inside the small pavilion, Yiren snorted softly and said, "Let's compete!"
At the fourth level, the two of them were evenly matched. After the fifth level, there was no chance for another competition, and she had been itching to try.
An Ning also glanced at her and said disdainfully: "I'm afraid of you..."
As she finished her words, her body suddenly trembled and she looked down.
The two female doctors were not far behind them. After realizing what was happening, they immediately said, "The princess is about to give birth. Help her back to her room!"
Everyone stood up hurriedly, and even Yiren, who had just argued with her, had a look of nervousness on her face.
Li Nuo immediately dropped his fishing rod, picked up An Ning, and strode towards the delivery room that had been prepared long ago.
When Fenghuang supported the beauty and prepared to walk back, he saw that her expression changed slightly.
The beauty looked down, and Fenghuang followed her gaze. His expression changed, and he immediately said, "Beauty..., Beauty is about to give birth too!"
After being stunned for a moment, Yiren made a prompt decision. She held the beauty's waist with one hand, passed the other hand through her legs, picked her up, and chased after Li Nuo.
A moment later, the entire Ningxin Garden was in an uproar...
(End of this chapter)
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