The past is like smoke, with indescribable and inexplicable suffering.

Thinking about the experience over the years, Zhao Pu was extremely hesitant in his heart, and he felt exhausted. It's just that these can't be described, so I can only hold it in my heart, and take this opportunity to tell this old monk everything.

"There are seven sufferings in life: the suffering of life, which refers to the fact that people are in the mother's womb, narrow, unpleasant breathing, cold wind after making a sound, stabbing the skin, etc. Since birth, you have to endure the pain of hunger, the pain of restless sleep, the pain of exhaustion, the pain of being born, and the refusal to die. It's easy to die, but it's even easier to live. This is a bitterness! ”

"As I get older, I become mentally exhausted and weaker. Sickness, pain all over the body, no peace; Looking back on the past, how many years have passed, how much time has been wasted in a lifetime, regret because of inaction, sigh because of cowardice and inaction, because the opportunity is fleeting, and fail to grasp it in time and be helpless, this is the pain of old age; ”

"Or the body is aging and its vitality is cut off, or it dies unexpectedly. Resentment will be, jealousy, resentment, can not get what you want, but hurt yourself, this is the pain of death. People are like lights going out, people are dead, everything is empty, and it is in vain to want to make a difference! ”

"If you can't ask for it, there are nine times out of ten that people are unsatisfactory in life, and often people are too persistent, but they are trapped in a cage, and they can't be willing for a long time, which adds to the pain."

"The last pain is the pain of parting, the pain of life, nothing more than love parting, relatives leaving, powerless, beloved is not around, there is also the pain of missing, I see Tan Yue is not very old, may not experience the pain of the lover is not around, but this relatives are gone, I must have experienced it myself."

The old monk Wu Neng said slowly, his expression a little sad.

"Resentment will, can't beg, life and old death, love and parting, it is really a wise saying!" Zhao Pu nodded and said, "Then I don't know how to solve the puzzle?" ”

"The seven sufferings of life stem from attachment, if the donor can let go, let go of the obsession in his heart, and enter my empty door, he will definitely ascend to bliss as soon as possible, and he will become a Buddha!" The old monk Wu Neng persuaded him.

Zhao Pule was happy, he just wanted to seek a psychiatrist, not to escape into the empty door, when Emperor Shunzhi, he said: "It's easy to give up, it's easy to give up, but it's hard to live." Although the Buddha land is good, but my dust fate is not over, the six roots are not pure, and the empty door has no relationship with me. ”

"If the donor can let go of his obsession, the old man is willing to accept the donor into my Buddhism and lead the practice!" The old monk Wu Neng still persevered.

Zhao Pu smiled and said nothing, just gently picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

The old monk continued: "I am fortunate to have gained, but I have lost my life, the donor is more responsible, less open-minded, and his mind is too heavy!" ”

Zhao Pu smiled bitterly: "I also want to let go of my attachment, but the burden on my body is too heavy, I can't let go if I want to let go." If I succeed, countless people will benefit; If I am defeated, countless families will be destroyed. It's too heavy, and I have to hold on to it until the end, whether I want it or not! ”

"All living beings are suffering, and it is not easy for the donor, and it is not intentional for the old man to say more!" The old monk Wuneng nodded and said, "This is given to the donor, if the donor is upset and restless, he may feel much better if he plays with his thoughts in his hands!" ”

At this time, the old monk Wu Neng walked into a small pavilion, and finally took out a string of thoughts and handed it to Zhao Pu.

This rosary is very ordinary, consisting of a total of 27 rosaries, all of which are wooden rosaries. Holding it in his hand, Zhao Pu said: "Thank you, master!" ”

As he spoke, he got up and left, leaving incense money before parting.

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Bidding farewell to the old monk, Zhao Pu left.

When I returned to the camp outside the city, it was already dark.

The rule of the eight-character army is to pass through the city without entering, the military camp is set up outside the city, except for the officials who are purchased by the army, or the officials who ask for leave to leave, few people enter Xiangyang City. descended on Xiangyang City, Zhao Pu simply met with the chief official of Xiangyang City, and as for the invitation to live in the county office, Zhao Pu refused.

Anyway, I didn't stay long, and there was no need to enter the city.

Under the light, Zhao Pu looked at the scroll, couldn't help but think of the old monk, sighed slightly in his heart, and said, "I don't know, will this temple still exist in the near future?" ”

Soon the flames of war will reach Xiangyang, and the whole of Xiangyang will be devastated, and the temple may be destroyed in the catastrophe.

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After staying in Xiangyang for a few days, Zhao Pu led the army to leave and headed in the direction of Yangzhou.

Half a month later, Zhao Pu finally arrived in Yangzhou and joined many ministers. At this time, looking at Wang Boyan, Zhao Ding, Fan Zongyin and others, haggard appearance, Zhao Pu felt a trace of guilt in his heart, it is not easy for everyone!

There are three people who deal with government affairs, and big mistakes can't come out, but there are still a lot of troubles, and Zhao Pu doesn't need to worry about them.

And with the entry into Yangzhou, Zhao Pu also began the prelude to the change. At this time, the change of the law is only a partial, small-scale change, only one point, to improve administrative efficiency.

Because of the problem of redundant officials, people are superfluous, and the administrative efficiency is extremely poor. But now is the period of the Great War, at this moment the administrative efficiency is low, the drawbacks are fatal, the order is issued extremely slowly, the negotiations and arguments are endless, often "the government is undecided, the Jin army has crossed the river!" ”

There is an urgent need to improve administrative efficiency.

At this time, Zhao Pu decided to set up a cabinet. To put it bluntly, the cabinet is to better seize power, centralize power, and improve administrative efficiency.

The political pattern of the Great Song Dynasty was that the Zhongshu Province, the Privy Council, and the three divisions had separate powers, and they restrained and struggled with each other. A decree needs to go through too many procedures from being transmitted, discussed, issued, and implemented. The cabinet is to let the governor, the privy envoy, and the three envoys enter the cabinet, and the three work together to make decisions, and the three jointly review and submit solutions, plus a number of personnel into the cabinet, responsible for containment.

In the end, after the emperor read the recital, after the solution, he only needed to approve "quasi" or "no". On time, it is issued to all departments for implementation; If not, it will be rejected, and the cabinet needs to re-discuss and formulate a plan; If you encounter an unresolved problem, you can directly hand it in and ask the emperor to make a decision. And those impeachment pieces do not need to be reviewed by the cabinet and are directly handed in.

According to the priority, the movement is divided into four levels: general, urgent, urgent, and urgent.

For example, for general music, it needs to be reviewed within three days and the solution submitted; Urgent recital, need to submit a solution within two days; And the eagerness to play the movement, you need to submit a solution within a day; And 100,000 urgent movements, need to submit a solution within half a day.

In short, the main purpose of the establishment of the Cabinet is to centralize power and improve administrative efficiency.

However, the disadvantage is that the power of the cabinet is too great, and it has the flavor of an overhead emperor. This made Zhao Pu faintly uneasy, and in order to prevent the cabinet from being lawless, he asked the Taiwan Governor to be responsible for supervising the cabinet. Despite many shortcomings and drawbacks, Zhao Pu finally brought the cabinet to power.

In the future, he will need to devote a lot of time to the military, and he simply cannot afford to spend too much time on political affairs, so he can only share part of the power with the cabinet.

In short, some malnourished cabinets came to power ahead of schedule.