Chapter 112: The Emperor Shengming
The reason why Xu Xiao and Xu Dazhen opposed Chen Letian's plan for Wudang to make money is very simple. Once Wudang Mountain, like the Liang State Caolu, wantonly looted the money of believers, it turned sour.
Then it's not a dojo, it's a market.
Xu Xiao has been to the grass house, seen the palace as bright and gorgeous as heaven and earth, and also seen those believers who are so fanatical that they want to become the registered disciples of the grass house at the expense of their families...
Xu Xiao doesn't know whether that situation is good or bad for Caolu, but the only thing that can be determined is that he, Xu Xiao and Wudang's generation, no one would want Wudang to become like that!
Coarse tea and light rice, small beds in the humble house, a few peach trees...
This is Wudang!
Chen Letian couldn't find out the reason why he didn't let him continue to cultivate at the Heavenly Dao Cliff from Master Xu's ancestor, and ran to find Wang Chongyang again.
Wang Chongyang said: What is so incomprehensible about this? It is very simple. Just like a small pond, it has just been filled with heavy rain for several days, and the water in the pond is still churning as soon as the rain has passed, so you can't move the water in the pond anymore, you should let it calm down, and after it calms down, you can continue to expand the pond, and you can also fish.
Chen Letian then understood, and went back to rest with confidence.
But he couldn't be idle, and only spent two hours in his room before he couldn't rest, and ran to the library to read.
There are countless Taoist classics, but Chen Letian's current favorite is the Tao Te Ching of the sage Lao Tzu.
In all dynasties, the discussion of the Tao Te Ching has never stopped. Of course, it is a classic among the Taoist classics, there is no doubt about it. What is ambiguous is not the identity of the Tao Te Ching classics, but the fact that everyone has different understandings of its contents.
One of the biggest differences between Wudang and Caolu is the very different understanding of the Tao Te Ching.
Therefore, there is such a deep gap between the masters of Wudang and the Great Heavenly Master of Caolu. This kind of distance is not simply a matter of power, but is separated from the ideology of the establishment faction. The so-called Tao is different, not conspiring with each other, that is, this is the meaning.
The books in the library cave are as vast as a sea of smoke, Chen Lotian has calculated. A person has been reading here since he was eight years old, not eating, drinking, sleeping, and constantly reading, trying to browse all the books here in a hurry, to see that he is more than 800 years old.
But who can read all the books here, and not to mention, they don't need to read them all. Many of the contents of the book are interconnected, and those who read the book can understand it thoroughly.
Just like Chen Letian reading the Analects of Mencius University, even if it is a must-read Confucian introductory classics, there are many contents with similar meanings.
But wandering in the sea of books is indeed a very enjoyable thing, and Chen Letian is very grateful to his husband, who is now traveling, and when he was a child, he developed this habit of reading and loving books. He knew that this good habit would last a lifetime.
As he was reading, Wang Chongyang suddenly patted Chen Letian on the shoulder. Chen Letian looked up and saw that it was Wang Chongyang, ignored him, and continued to look down at the book.
Wang Chongyang pursed his lips and went to find a book to read. The two were a few feet apart, and when they saw the palm lamp without interfering with each other, they went out of the library hole together.
There are four Taoist priests standing in front of the gate of the library cave, and there are hundreds of Taoist priests patrolling day and night.
Chen Letian's true qi is now soaring, and his spiritual sense is also more keen, he looked at the four guards at the door, estimated it, and found that they were all in the spring realm, on par with his current self.
Chen Letian couldn't help but ask, "All the Taoist priests guarding the library cave are at this level?"
Wang Chongyang nodded, with a natural expression on his face.
Chen Letian took a breath in surprise and said, "So many Spring Realms, I think there may not be so many Spring Realm cultivators in our current training academy, where do you find so many capable people?"
Wang Chongyang said with a smile: "If you don't compare with the academy and the academy, I can still brag about it, and compared with the academy, I can't blow it out." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Chen Letian became more curious and asked.
Wang Chongyang pulled Chen Letian to walk elsewhere, and said as he walked: "You new students who enter the academy are all new students, and it is normal for new students to have fewer people in the spring realm. Do you know who we are guarding the library cave?"
As he spoke, Wang Chongyang glanced back and continued: "Look at which of them is a young man?
Chen Letian then remembered that every time he came to the library cave, he saw different faces at the age of forty, and suddenly said: "It is more reliable to be older, after all, the library cave is the most important place." ”
Wang Chongyang said: "It's not easy for them, they haven't been able to cultivate for decades, but they still have no regrets, and they are still unwilling to ask them to go down the mountain to marry wives and have children, I really don't know what they think." ”
"Everyone has their own ambitions, don't you Wang Chongyang also love beauty and love cultivation? Besides, you have to ask your uncle or uncle or your master and grandfather about this kind of question, they see the problem much more thoroughly than us. ”
Wang Chongyang didn't expect Chen Letian to suddenly talk about his feelings, his face turned red, he snorted coldly, and left first.
Chen Lotian laughed in the back.
Suddenly, I saw the breeze striding in.
Chen Letian felt that compared with a few months ago, Qingfeng had grown at least four or five inches taller, and he was originally a head shorter than him, but now he was about to be about the same height as him. Moreover, the expression on his face became more and more resolute, like a piece of jade, which became more and more formed in the carving.
"Chen Gongzi, there is a letter, from the capital. Qingfeng handed over the letter in his hand, his attitude was not bad today, and he called out to Chen Gongzi.
"Letter from Beijing, home or academy?" asked Chen Letian.
"I don't know. Qingfeng shook his head and left.
Chen Letian saw that there was no signature on the letter, so he opened the letter and read it.
"The matter of discussing fireworks has been approved before, and the prototype has been established, and the specific details will be said when you come back, please return quickly, and make the payment, Li Tong." ”
Chen Letian read it, closed the letter, and said to himself: "Just send someone to let me go back, what can't be written in the letter, what kind of letter should I send?"
It turned out that it was Li Tong who asked him to go back, and it is estimated that the establishment of the firearms research institute by the general has been officially completed. The next step is to start preparing for the establishment. So he told him to go back and take counsel.
Chen Letian knew that the matter of the Firearms Bureau was a major matter, so he did not delay, and immediately went to ask for leave from the master in charge. The master asked him what was the matter, and Chen Letian said that there was something important in the General's Mansion, and he would return in two or three days at most, which would not affect his cultivation. Master Li Xuantong waved his hand and didn't ask any more questions.
I didn't arrive at noon and set off from Wudang Mountain, and I arrived home before it was dark.
The Qiushi Inn was still overcrowded, Chen Letian looked at the noisy and crowded lobby and sighed, and muttered: "It's so noisy and noisy, fortunately I don't take the imperial examination, otherwise it would be like this every day at noon and night, and I would still read a fart sage book!"
"Lotte, why are you back, what did you just say?" Qin Tieniu appeared in front of Chen Letian out of nowhere.
Chen Letian was startled and said, "I've been standing here for a while, I just saw you settling accounts, so I didn't bother you, you..."
"Have you eaten, haven't you eaten, I'll let someone send some to your room...", Qin Tieniu walked out from behind the counter, walked outside, seemed to have something, and said as he walked: "There is a bit of a problem with the batch of goods, I have to deal with it, Lotte, you have a good rest..."
"I..." Chen Letian saw that Qin Tieniu was so busy, he didn't even have time to say a few words to him, he shook his head and smiled, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was okay, Tie Niu's real change of evil was just a good thing.
Early the next morning, Chen Letian came to the General's Mansion.
Li Tong did not greet him, and led Chen Letian to the general's study.
The general was reading in the morning, and when he saw the two people standing outside the study, he put down his analects and beckoned them to come in.
After Li Tong asked people to bring two cups of tea and some snacks, he retreated. When the general is not in the palace, he has full authority, and when the general is here, he doesn't need to make up his mind about important matters.
General Li Rongsheng took a big sip of tea and said: "The Firearms Research Bureau has been established, and according to what you said, a large number of people who make fireworks have been scattered from all over the country, and these people have been gathered, and they will first be equipped with more powerful gunpowder raw materials. ”
Chen Letian said: "What about the staffing of the management personnel, who are the people to use?
The general said: "I have selected more than 20 henchmen, plus more than a dozen people found by the saint, and a management team of more than 40 people, which can basically ensure that there will be no leakage in the early stage." The address is in the Fireworks Palace in the northwest corner of the Imperial Palace, where the Holy and the Emperor's relatives watch the fireworks.
The general told Chen Letian about the general situation of the Firearms Research Bureau, Chen Letian couldn't help but nod his head after listening to it, and finally said: "The Holy Lord is really a rare Holy Lord, and there are many aspects that I didn't expect, and the Holy Lord basically thought of them all." The Holy One has seen many tricks and details just by looking at our plan, and it's really... Sure enough, Shengming!"
The general slanted the corners of his mouth, didn't answer the conversation, and talked about Chen Letian's affairs in Wudang: "I went back to Wudang and promised Li Zhangjiao some benefits and asked him to take care of you, did he do it?"
Chen Letian was drinking tea, and when he heard this, he spewed out with a 'poof' and said: "No wonder, I just said that all the real people in Wudang Mountain care for me, and everyone treats me as their own, and they spare no effort to help me practice, it turns out that they are all the face of the general!"
"Fart!" General Li Rongsheng raised his foot and kicked Chen Letian, scolding: "Stinky boy looking for a fight! Such a trivial matter does not require me to sell face, I will say let them teach you well, and I will send them more incense money when I go back, it's as simple as that, it's a business, not face, my face should be used for big things, understand?"
"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand. Chen Letian nodded like pecking rice.