In fact, Zhao Hao had another powerful weapon for missionary work - Wang Xijue's second daughter Wang Taozhen.

This girl is a natural born charlatan, and she even has the potential to reach the level of Sakyamuni or Muhammad.

When she was seventeen years old, she suddenly announced that she was the reincarnation of Tanluan Bodhisattva, who was on the shortlist of people to ascend to heaven. In just a few years, she developed hundreds of thousands of believers and even accepted her father, her second uncle, Tu Long, Wang Shizhen and other famous Jiangnan figures who were recorded in history as her disciples.

Besides being invincible in pyramid selling, she created the theory of "Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism as one", which integrated the strengths of the three religions and made up for their weaknesses. After discussing Taoism with her, Wang Shizhen was so impressed that he was willing to become her disciple and practice with her devoutly, even though he was the leader of the literary world.

When she ascended to heaven in broad daylight at the age of 23, 100,000 people watched the ceremony, but the launch failed.

Later, when she ascended to heaven for the second time, the number of people who came to see her off was twice as many as the last time. She had no choice but to pretend to be real and disappeared in front of everyone. As a result, she could never come out to see people again...

However, after she "ascended to heaven", her followers were still very enthusiastic and wrote books about her and spread her miracles. Later, the story became more and more bizarre, and even Toyotomi Hideyoshi was involved. It was said that the monkey was an evil dragon that escaped from Xu Zhenjun, and after turning into a human, it entered Japan and invaded Korea. The court sent a man named Yuan Huang to suppress the monkey. When it was difficult to resist, Tan Yangzi came down from the sky to save the army, and saw through the identity of the monkey. He asked Yuan Huang to release tens of thousands of geese into the sea to trap Toyotomi Hideyoshi...

As a result, people were more convinced that she had become a fairy. Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, her temple was still full of incense...

In short, Zhao Hao must accept her as his disciple in the future.

But firstly, she is not Tan Yangzi yet, so it is not convenient for Zhao Hao to accept a 13-year-old female apprentice. Even if Wang Mengxiang agrees, it will be difficult to explain to Lianli Company. Secondly, why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? In this novice village of Jeonra Island, Master Zhao does not need to send out a full-level character.

At the end of the conversation, Xuelang unsurprisingly asked Master Zhao to give him a poem. Zhao Hao readily agreed this time and ordered Jimo to fetch a brush and ink, and wrote directly on the snow-white wall of the Buddhist hall:

"There is no way to escape the divine arrows in Lingtai, the storm is as heavy as a rock and darkens the old home.

I hope the cold stars will not notice, I will sacrifice my blood to Xuanyuan!"

"What a great line, 'The spirit platform has no way to escape the divine arrow... I send my wishes to the cold star Quan who is not aware of it...'" Xuelang's eyes were wet and he said infatuatedly, "Donor Zhao really understands me."

As he spoke, his eyes became firm, and he looked at Zhao Hao with emotion and said, "There is a saying that goes 'A gentleman will die for his friend'. No one knows me and loves me more than you, so I will offer my blood to Xuanyuan to repay you, Mr. Zhao!"

"It's not that exaggerated." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "Safety first, safety first..."

~~

As autumn arrives in August, the typhoon season is over.

The flood in the fourth year of Longqing's reign was ultimately safe and did not cause much damage.

The land of Jiangnan is golden everywhere, and the farmers who have worked hard for half a year are about to usher in the harvest season.

Although this year's rainfall exceeded that of last year and there were two typhoons, thanks to Hai Gong, the ten prefectures and sixty-one counties in the south of the Yangtze River were not affected much except for some counties that were flooded.

Although the harvest has not started yet, it is certain that we will have a bumper harvest this year, which has not been seen in many years!

The senior executives of Jiangnan Group also completed the rotation training in June and graduated successfully. Now they have returned to their own companies to try out scientific management reforms. Although there are still many problems to be solved, the piece-rate wage system alone has greatly stimulated the workers' enthusiasm for work.

Mr. Zhao was busy touring around, helping various companies solve problems encountered during the reform, providing ideas to the research center, etc. There was not much serious work, but he was still very busy... He was busy until the beginning of August, when he hurried to Jinling by boat.

There are ninety-five students from Yufeng Academy taking part in this year's Yingtian County Examination. How can the dean not come to see them off to the exam?

In addition, there were 52 students participating in the Zhejiang provincial examination; 50 participating in the Shuntianfu provincial examination; 22 students participating in the Jiangxi provincial examination; 16 students participating in the Shandong provincial examination, and several students participating in the Huguang, Fujian and Henan provincial examinations...

In addition, at the Xiangshan Academy run by Wang Wuyang, Wang Dingjue, Yu Shenxing and others, although it had only been established for one year and had only fifty students, forty of them qualified for the provincial examination.

There was no other way. The conditions of Xiangshan Academy were so unique. Three Hanlin scholars were diligently teaching the class. They could also invite Wang Xijue, Shen Shixing and other senior Hanlin scholars to give lectures. Shen Shixing and others had been examiners, so they could give accurate and accurate tutoring, which of course would be twice the result with half the effort.

Besides, it was only to obtain the qualification for the provincial examination. If one failed the imperial examination, one could still be admitted as a candidate or ask the local government officials for recommendation. In short, the academy had many ways to send students to the autumn examination.

What, why are there ten people who are not qualified for the provincial examination? That's because they are already Juren...

However, Zhao Hao asked both academies to keep a low profile, otherwise if they failed the exam, they would be laughed at; if they did well, they would be talked about. Although a person with a clear conscience is not afraid of his own shadow, it would inevitably add pressure to the students.

Therefore, the academy arranged for the students taking the provincial examination to live in various guild halls and did not arrange for them to enter the examination hall together.

However, before entering the tribute hall, all the students saw their beloved teacher Zhao standing by the road, smiling at them and giving them a thumbs-up.

The students were immediately injected with infinite power, and they walked into the dragon gate with their heads held high with full confidence!

It was not until the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall slowly closed that Zhao Hao smiled at Hua Shuyang who had come with him to see him off to the exam: "Time flies so fast. It seemed like it was right in front of me when I came here to see you off last time."

"Yes, three years have passed in the blink of an eye." Hua Shuyang closed the Advanced Mathematics in his hand and said with a look of genuine enjoyment: "Time flies so fast when I am traveling in the ocean of knowledge."

"That's great." Zhao Hao looked at his second disciple who was obsessed with academics. He had already worn thick glasses because he studied mathematics day and night. He looked more and more like his descendant Hua Luogeng.

Alas, where is the trace of the elegant and noble gentleman he once was?

However, Master Zhao found it much more pleasing to the eye.

~~

While the autumn examinations were being held in provinces across the country, Qi Jiguang, the general of Jizhen, was also facing a big test on the Xifengkou Great Wall, 300 miles east of the capital.

A major test that will affect the destiny of the Ming Dynasty.

He was wearing a mighty armor with mountain patterns, a scarlet cloak behind him, a tiger-head helmet on his head, and he stood on the city wall with his hand on the big sword bestowed by the emperor, gazing intently at the mountains in front of the pass covered with colorful forests.

On the city wall, the flag of "Jizhen General's Relatives" fluttered in the west wind. The general who was highly expected by the court could not help but fall into memories...

It has been exactly four years since Qi Jiguang went north in the first year of the Longqing reign, when Wu Shilai recommended him to train troops.

In the first year, he was suspected and had nothing to do. It was not until the second year of Longqing that he was protected by Zhang Xianggong and jumped out of the hopeless Shenjiying to serve as the general training officer to train the army of Jizhen. Later, because Guo Hu, the general of Jizhou, competed with him for power and could not unify his orders, Zhang Juzheng transferred Guo Hu away. He also replaced the governor of Jiliao with Tan Lun, his old boss when he fought against the Japanese in the south.

Now Qi Jiguang could finally show his talents without any hindrance. In these three years, he did three things in total.

The first was to build a border wall. Because Jizhen was the barrier of the capital, once it was breached, the Mongolian cavalry could march to the capital without any difficulty. Therefore, the task of the Jizhen general was to ensure that Jizhen would not be breached by the Tartars.

When Qi Jiguang was young, he served as a garrison commander in Jizhen for five years. He knew that Jizhou was located in a fortress between plains and mountains, with valleys and forests, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Therefore, he built a border wall between the mountains and sent troops to garrison, so that the Tartars would not dare to go south easily.

However, the walls in Jizhou were low and thin, and had fallen into disrepair over the years. Some strategic locations only had a single wall. Many of the walls were broken and discontinuous, and even the piers were not erected, so naturally there were no troops stationed. The defense line of several hundred miles was riddled with holes, and every time the Tartar invaded, they could easily find loopholes and easily cross the border wall and go deep into the interior.

But building a border wall would cost a huge amount of money, material resources and manpower. The imperial court was so poor that it had no money to build it. Moreover, the Tartars were also very smart. They only looted in the capital area and rarely harassed the capital. They could not capture Beijing, which had high walls and hundreds of thousands of troops.

As a result, the officials in the court shook their heads, saying that Qi Jiguang's move was a waste of money and labor, and the voices against building the wall became louder and louder. Qi Jiguang was not Trump, and he did not dare to go against the gentlemen in Congress. It seemed that there was no hope...

At the critical moment, it was Zhang Xianggong who stood up again. The extremely wise Zhang Xianggong knew that setting up obstacles and guarding fortresses was a good way to resist the Tartars. He strongly supported Qi Jiguang's decision, and tried every means to raise enough funds. He also ordered the conscription of civilians and craftsmen, so that Qi Jiguang's plan could be started as scheduled.

Qi Jiguang was so grateful that he burst into tears. In order to repay Zhang Xianggong, he sent various rare gifts such as old mountain ginseng and sea dog whip. At the same time, he personally led soldiers to reinforce and thicken the city walls, set up battlements on both sides of the side walls, and built a short slope under the outer wall to protect the wall. He also built heavy walls at strategic locations and created a unique three-dimensional defense fortification "hollow enemy tower".

The Mongolian cavalry, which was equipped entirely with cold weapons, could not harm the Ming army in the enemy tower, let alone break through the enemy tower.

With their lives and safety guaranteed, the border soldiers would naturally not panic at the sound of an alarm and would run away before the enemy cavalry arrives.

In this way, the various stations can support each other and jointly defend to effectively block the invading enemy.

Moreover, Qi Jiguang's brave generals would bring reserve troops to provide support at any time, which further increased the courage of the soldiers.

When the enemy attacked, the officers and soldiers guarding the platform lit a beacon to sound the alarm, climbed up the platform to fight, hid behind the arrow stacks, and shot bows and arrows, muskets, cannons, and rolling stones from a high position to attack the enemy soldiers.

Even if the enemy breaks through the border wall at a point where their forces are weak, the enemy defenders only need to maintain a solid defense and attack the enemy's flanks and rear, and soon Marshal Qi's elite cavalry will arrive to annihilate the enemy.

As a result, since the completion of the main construction of the border wall, the Mongolian cavalry has never broken through the Ming army's defense line again.

But for a famous general like Qi Jiguang, passive defense is never the goal. Winning the battle in an upright manner is what he pursues.

So while consolidating the defense, he also did a second thing: training his troops.

p.s. Now that I have sorted it out, it should be easier to write. I will try to write more tomorrow.