After learning some of the situation in Kunlun Mountain, Gu Ming decided to temporarily shelve his plan to find the spiritual veins and spiritual springs.

After all, it's not something that is urgently needed, there's no need to take risks, and it's never too late to look for it when you have the opportunity later.

The rest of the days were much more laid-back.

Nothing to write, read a book, chant a few poems, accompany your wife, drink a little wine, or travel around, along the way to get rid of some demons and other things to earn some points.

In short, the small life is very free.

Soon after, the new book "Golden Vase Plum" was officially released, causing a huge sensation throughout the country.

First, it was because of Gu Ming's fame.

It is no exaggeration to say that Gu Ming has now become a legend of the Great Yan Dynasty, as if there is nothing he can't do.

Not to mention the glory of subduing demons and catching ghosts, not to mention the glory of becoming a cabinet scholar and a first-class hereditary brocade waiter in just a few years.

Just talking about his achievements in poetry, lyrics, calligraphy, and painting, he has stood at the pinnacle.

In terms of poetry, it is already unparalleled.

In terms of calligraphy and painting, although I dare not say that the past is shining today, at least in the present, all calligraphy masters and Danqing masters have to bow down.

Because of this, Gu Ming is known as the first talent in the world.

Second, what Gu Ming wrote has always been controversial, and this time is no exception.

It's just that because of its great fame and current status, no one is as-for-tat as before, but only vaguely puts forward some opinions.

However, the more controversial it is, the more people buy it, and the more people watch it.

Third, there are more than 20 exquisite illustrations on the pages of the golden bottle plum on sale this time, that is, the portraits of Pan Jinlian and other heroines.

These paintings were painted by Gu Ming himself, and the heroines were painted very expressively, fully showing their charm in various scenes and moods, and accompanied by poems.

In this way, the book has been added to a lot of color, and it has triggered a rush to buy.

Because of this, some unscrupulous businessmen were jealous and began to steal printing in private, wanting to take advantage of this limelight to make a lot of money.

But they never expected that this time they would fall headlong into it......

As soon as the pirated version of "Golden Vase Plum" appeared on the market, the local government moved and began to follow the vine, but all those involved in it were arrested.

In other words, whether it is a stall or an illegal bookseller behind the scenes, or a printing workshop, none of them can escape.

At the same time, the imperial court also officially promulgated a new law: the Copyright Law.

According to the terms of the law, it is illegal to steal or copy other people's articles, poems, calligraphy and paintings, etc. for profit, and the offenders will be fined and detained, and the offenders will be exiled or even killed.

In this way, it can be regarded as a lot of unscrupulous booksellers who have reined in a lot.

After that, Gu Ming entered a relatively quiet day.

During this period, two small collections were published, a collection of poems and a collection of prose in the style of literary literature.

It was not until the compilation of the "Yongping Grand Canon" was completed that he made a public appearance and went to the capital to gather with Emperor Yongping, the main editors of the Yongping Canon, and a number of ministers in the court and held a grand celebration banquet.

On that day, the sky was filled with auspicious clouds and fairy music. Flowers bloom in the city, and thousands of bells ring in unison.

All the ministers were excited, and they all stood up to congratulate the emperor, saying that this was a good omen, indicating that the Great Yan Dynasty would further move towards glory.

Moreover, there are ministers who say that Emperor Yongping is a generation of Ming monarchs, and his merits are in the future, so he should go to Mount Tai to hold a ceremony to seal Zen.

Mount Tai Feng Zen, is the great ceremony of the country, but all the history of the held Zen ceremony, all are a generation of emperors who are famous in history.

The most well-known are Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Feng Zen is not a child's play, this is a great ceremony to worship heaven and earth, even the Son of Heaven does not dare to say that Feng Zen will be sealed as he wants.

Unless there is considerable merit.

In fact, Emperor Yongping dreamed of this day.

It's just that he didn't dare before, and even if he brought it up, he would inevitably be strongly opposed by the ministers.

Now, the time is finally ripe.

After some discussion, the matter of the Zen Ceremony was finally decided, and the date was set for the ninth day of the ninth month, about three months away.

Almost a month later, Gu Ming once again ushered in the moment of transformation:

Host: Gu Ming

Plane: Chat the world

Grade: Champion (Next Level: University Bachelor)

XP: 2300/120000

Credits: 1300

Skill: Export Chapter (Level 5)

Skill: Brilliant Brush (Level 5)

Skill: Discerning (Level 3)

Skill: Stroke of Genius (Level 3)

Skills: Calligraphy (Level 6), Painting (Level 6), Chess (Level 6), Music (Level 6)

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This time, Gu Ming did not go to the suburbs, but stayed in the magic weapon space to upgrade.

Relatively speaking, it is safer here than in the suburbs. After all, there are formations and chess game protection on the periphery, as well as Snake Ji, Bai Suzhen and others.

The changes in this upgrade are still significant.

If the last time I was promoted to a Jinshi was to break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, then this time it is a bit of a fish leaping into the dragon gate.

For example, Gu Ming used to use the Wind Resisting Technique when flying, but now he only needs one thought to be able to soar through the clouds, and the speed is much faster than before.

In addition, he also learned the art of controlling the earth, which can not only be used to ward off enemies, but also to escape underground.

In this way, it can really be said that the heavens and the earth have become the real land immortals.

Regarding Gu Ming's cultivation progress, although Snake Ji, Bai Suzhen and the others were not surprised to see it, it had only been more than a year since the last time, and they were inevitably a little surprised and envious that they had improved so quickly.

Although now that they have the magic weapon space, their cultivation progress is much faster than before, but compared to Gu Ming, it can't be compared to Gu Ming at all.

Generally speaking, after a cultivator's cultivation reaches a certain level, it is almost a hundred years to achieve significant improvement, but Gu Ming almost changes every year, and it is difficult not to envy it.

It's just that Gu Ming knows very well in his heart that it may take three or four years to upgrade the next time, after all, the upgrade experience this time has soared to 120,000, but the daily tasks have not increased, and can only be accumulated slowly.

After being promoted, Gu Ming frequently traveled back and forth to the capital to help prepare for the Zen Sealing Ceremony.

After all, this is a major event related to the fortune of the world, and it has a role that cannot be ignored in the future of the Great Yan Dynasty.

The more prosperous the Great Yan Dynasty is, the smoother Gu Ming's cultivation will be, and there will be a lot of increase in his strength, so he naturally has to go all out.

After some methodical preparations, the Taishan Zen Sealing Ceremony was carried out as scheduled, and the process was very smooth.

Moreover, in the process of sealing the Zen, the sky reproduces the auspicious image of the dragon and the phoenix. Moreover, not only the sky above Mount Tai, but almost all the people in the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty saw this spectacle.

Undoubtedly, this Taishan Feng Zen will leave a legendary mark in history.

After returning to Beijing, Emperor Yongping Long Yan Dayue issued four holy decrees in a row, each of which was enough to cause a sensation in the world:

The first holy decree, amnesty to the world!

Of course, amnesty does not mean that all prisoners can be pardoned, for example, some of the most heinous criminals, rebels, or court drinkers cannot be pardoned.

This pardon is undoubtedly the luckiest for some innocent people.

For example, the female dependents of those convicts in the Department of Corrections.

Not only will the pardon allow them to regain their freedom, but they will also be transformed into good status.

The second holy decree exempts land from taxes for two years and military service for two years. Those who have no land will receive a two-year food subsidy from the imperial court.

For this holy decree, the imperial court will have to take out a lot of treasury silver to subsidize it.

It is not a small amount of money to not collect taxes on land for two years, and to subsidize those who have no land at home.

In addition, two years of exemption from military service means two years of non-conscription.

In all dynasties, no emperor dared not to conscript for two years, and Emperor Yongping's move was a precedent, becoming the first emperor in history to dare not conscript for two years.

Of course, he also has a reason, confidence, and certainty in doing so.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Great Yan Dynasty has entered an unprecedented glorious period, with small surrounding countries and tribes coming to the Dynasty one after another, and there has been no war at the border for more than a year.

Even if there were, it was only a trivial friction.

Of course, if it was only because of this, Emperor Yongping would not have been able to do this.

First, the army needs to be replaced, and secondly, the situation is changing, and it looks calm at present, who can say when there will be a guy who is not long-eyed to find it happy?

The meaning of not conscripting is that it is not forcibly apportioned as before, but by recruitment.

This is an attempt, and if feasible, perhaps in the future, the traditional method of conscription will be abolished and the recruitment method will be adopted uniformly.

That is, it is a voluntary enlistment. Moreover, it doesn't mean that you can enlist in the army if you sign up, you have to go through the assessment and pass the customs.

This point, in fact, was also Emperor Yongping who adopted Gu Ming's suggestion.

In the past, the Great Yan Dynasty had more than one million soldiers and horses, most of which were stationed at the border passes.

According to Gu Ming's suggestion, the soldiers and horses of the Great Yan Dynasty could be reduced by double or even more, and one of five or six hundred thousand was enough.

To put it simply, soldiers are more valuable than fine.

First of all, in the selection of soldiers, we should try our best to select strong and strong men, and conduct unified, strict, and effective training.

The second is the excellent equipment.

Since the establishment of the Ordnance Department, its results have been quite gratifying.

After many improvements, the performance of the firebolt has become more and more perfect, both in range and power.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the improvement of gunpowder and smelting technology, and the three are complementary to each other.

In addition, the power and range of the magic cannon have also been greatly improved, and the effective range of the conventional gun is almost four miles away, and there is another kind of large artillery that has just been developed, and the effective range has reached more than ten miles away.

This is undoubtedly a nightmare for other small countries that still use traditional bows and arrows.

Of course, under the current conditions, the firearm is not yet widespread, but the Ordnance Department has also developed a hand-held repeating crossbow, which can be equipped with twenty crossbow arrows at a time, which is very effective in close combat.

Therefore, as long as the army of the Great Yan Dynasty was equipped with a certain number of firearms, divine machine guns, and strong crossbows, and the soldiers were carefully selected and strictly trained, their combat effectiveness was increased by many times compared with before.

Plus 10,000 special operations units for mobile operations...... Looking at the world, who else dares to fight?

Therefore, Emperor Yongping will make such a decision, on the one hand, it can reduce the source of troops and save expenses, on the other hand, it also shows the emperor's grace and might, but not for it?

The third holy decree is to set up an agricultural department under the Ministry of Industry and set up branches in each state capital to recruit talents from all over the country.

The purpose of the establishment of this division is to introduce and cultivate excellent crop seeds and increase grain production in accordance with local conditions and local conditions.

This point is naturally Gu Ming's suggestion.

The fourth holy decree canonized Gu Ming as the "Duke of Shuguo", and at the same time awarded the title of "Yasheng".

Duke is the highest title that a foreign minister can enjoy, and Gu Ming obtained this title when he was only in his twenties, which can be said to have created another miracle.

But this miracle is not so dazzling compared to the title of "Yasheng".

Since ancient times, people have been most familiar with the sages who are none other than Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Zhuangzi and so on.

After the glory of an era, there are very few saints or sub-saints who are accepted by the world.

Wang Xizhi should be counted as one, and his "Lanting Prelude" written by him has been famous for thousands of years and is known as the saint of books.

Guan Yu is regarded as a martial saint, and the people call it Guan Gong and Guan Sheng.

Now, Gu Ming was canonized as a sub-saint by Emperor Yongping, although some people are not convinced, but in general, the vast majority of people still approve of it.

After all, his strength and achievements are beyond reach.

Poetry, calligraphy and painting, music and rhythm, all of them are refined.

Not to mention, he also single-handedly promoted the phonetic method and Dayan dictionary that popularized the world, and planned the "Yongping Canon", which is a great achievement.

The people may not know it very well, but the ministers in the court know in their hearts that the emperor has contributed a lot to the glory of the Great Yan Dynasty in just a few years, but it is Gu Ming who promotes all this behind the scenes.

With such an amazing achievement, it is not an exaggeration to be canonized as a sub-saint.

At this point, Gu Ming's prestige has reached a new height.

Although he is still a long way from Yasheng in terms of system character level, being named Yasheng in real life has also brought him both expected and unexpected benefits.

Unexpectedly, it is naturally a significant increase in fame and luck, which also means that his strength in all aspects has also increased significantly.

Unexpectedly, after being canonized as a sub-saint, overnight, he fully experienced the legendary "epiphany".

It's a rather subtle feeling.

There used to be a lot of vague things, but suddenly it became clear.

When he calmed down, he could even "see" the flow of time, and sense the mysterious laws between heaven and earth that could not be seen or touched.

In such a delicate state, Gu Ming entered a state of concentration beyond things for the first time.

It took almost half a month to wake up.

seems to be just half a month, but Gu Ming seems to have experienced life again.

In meditation, he seemed to return to the moment when he had just been born, babbling and toddler......

Kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, university, stepping into society, crossing, taking exams, high school champions, getting married, becoming an official, resigning from an official......

The life of the two lives has given him more experience and more insights than others.

It has witnessed the birth of new life, the birth, old age, sickness and death, the hot and cold world, and the blooming and falling of flowers......

Through this half-month of meditation, Gu Ming not only greatly improved his state of mind, but also finally realized a set of mental methods suitable for Confucian cultivation.

He named this set of mental methods: Nine Character Sutra.

The reason why it is named the Nine-Character Sutra is because the essence of this set of cultivation methods is derived from the Confucian nine-character mantra: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and compassion.

There are about 1,000 words of mental formulas, which can be used as a beautiful article to appreciate and analyze, and you can also savor it carefully, from which you can comprehend the method of cultivation.

Even if you don't use it to cultivate, silently reciting it, it can also have the effect of self-cultivation, just like the Buddhist and Taoist disciples chanting a truth......

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"Uncle, Uncle, you're finally awake......"

Gu Ming woke up from his meditation, and as soon as he walked out of the magic weapon space, Yu'er ran forward with a look of surprise.

"What are you doing?"

"Hehe, uncle, go to Montenegro and have a look."

"Montenegro? What happened to Montenegro? ”

Yu'er sold it, and said mysteriously: "Uncle will find out if you go and see...... Huh? How can you just go, people haven't finished talking yet? ”

In just a few miles, Gu Ming arrived in the blink of an eye.

"This ......"

As soon as he arrived in Montenegro, Gu Ming looked surprised and looked a little incredulous.

Because at this moment, Montenegro has completely changed its appearance, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the grass grows and the warbler flies, where is there still the lifeless appearance before?

It's only been half a month, and it's changed so much?

After being stunned for a while, Gu Ming had a flash of inspiration, and thought of a possibility, which must be because of the canonization of Yasheng.

Montenegro was his fiefdom, so it is not surprising that he was blessed by heaven.

This, again, was an unexpected surprise.

In this way, Gu Ming's plan changed again, and he decided to expand the scale of the college, and the name of the college was also thought of, just called: Wendao College.

After going back, Gu Ming discussed with Nie Xiaoqian and decided to set aside another 1,000 acres of land to expand the college.

At that time, this academy will become the largest and most functional academy in the Great Yan Dynasty.

After the plan was decided, Gu Ming began to recruit skilled craftsmen, and tried his best to build and put the college into use within two years.

For a while, the surrounding craftsmen flocked to Guobei County, and some craftsmen thousands of miles away also rushed over after hearing the news......

Needless to say, they all came for Gu Ming's name.

Montenegro, which was once feared, suddenly became lively.

Gu Ming had planned to build a residence on the slopes, but now he has changed his plans and moved the location to Montenegro.

And not only his residence, he also plans to create a beautiful and functional livable town in the immediate vicinity of the college, so as to attract some people to relocate to Montenegro.

After all, Montenegro is his fiefdom, and he can't always be so barren, he still has to be a little popular.

As soon as the news came out, many squires came to the door and offered to cooperate.

To build a small town, it takes a lot of money to invest, and Gu Ming's current family background obviously can't do it alone.

Well, working with a group of squires is undoubtedly the best way to go......

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