The pilgrims on Wudang Mountain sent Li Rongsheng and his party up the mountain with reverent eyes, and the young man who was taught by the general to study hard was already determined to change his past mistakes and study hard.

The Song people have been paying attention to reading for a long time. However, the military officials paid attention to reading, which only started in the Jian'an Dynasty. Emperor Jian'an succeeded to the throne at a young age, and as soon as he came to power, he issued a series of decrees to purge the rule of officials. Then it is to advocate reading, first to call on hundreds of officials to read, and then to call on the people to read.

Even led to the camp of military generals who had nothing to do with reading, and reading became popular.

Once, the imperial court transferred a general of the Southern Army to the Northern Army garrison to change the guard. According to the regulations, the generals had to resign to the emperor at the court meeting. But Emperor Jian'an knew that this general didn't know a few big characters, so wouldn't it be difficult for him to let him resign. So he was told that he would not resign.

But the general didn't do it, so he had to resign. Before I came, I found someone to write a draft and taught him to memorize it.

Originally, he was carrying a rolling melon, but he went to the Golden Palace, knelt down on one knee, looked up and saw Emperor Wu, nervously forgot all those words, held it for a long time, his face was red and his neck was thick, and when Emperor Jian'an was about to let him get up, a sentence came out of nowhere in his head: "The minister heard that the ancient folk customs were simple, and I wish the official family a good rest." ”

I heard that in ancient times, the people were simple and simple, and I hope that His Majesty the Emperor will take care of his health...

It is simply a word that has nothing to do with the words and lines, and the upper and lower sentences are not in the horse's mouth. As soon as these words came out, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were stunned at first, and then burst into laughter. Even Emperor Wu couldn't help but laugh.

The general scratched his head, saw that everyone was laughing at him, and guessed that he might not show the level of reading when he said this, and he was a little depressed. What's even more depressing is that his incident has become a joke, and today, more than a hundred years later, it is often joked about.

Even illiterate generals want to show their literary talents in front of the emperor, which shows the effectiveness of Emperor Jian'an's call on hundreds of officials to read.

However, this also has the reason of Emperor Jian'an himself. Emperor Jian'an has been fighting with the army since he was ten years old, and Emperor Jian'an was not even a prince at that time, but just a prince. Every day in the barracks, I stay with the rough old men, and when I am a little older, I will go into battle to kill the enemy in person regardless of the obstacles. At that time, the Great Song Dynasty was not the current Great Song Dynasty, there was no invincible Seven Swords of the Son of Heaven, there was no Northern Army, at that time the Great Song Dynasty was the weakest country in the Nine Kingdoms, and it can be said that the Great Song Dynasty was a little sheep surrounded by wolves at that time. The situation is difficult, and we have lost six or seven out of ten games in the war.

After inheriting the unification, Emperor Jian'an changed from going out with the army to leading the army. What remains unchanged is still with the generals and soldiers. Until the disgraced kings of the Eight Kingdoms who were beaten by Emperor Jian'an went to Bianjing City to make a pilgrimage to Emperor Jian'an. Emperor Jian'an no longer stepped into the field.

So after ascending the throne and becoming the emperor, the most obedient to him were those military generals, because carefully speaking, Emperor Jian'an was also a military general.

Emperor Jian'an laid a solid foundation for reading, so to the current Emperor Hecheng, the whole country advocates reading. Of course, most of the people study for the sake of fame and fame, in order to be the official who can command him. This is inevitable, but after reading so many books, there are always one or two words of a saint and a lesson from the past, which can make those who later sit in official positions gain a little bit.

Emperor Jian'an once said:

Cultivating Qi and ruling peace does not necessarily mean that many heroes for the country and the people can be cultivated. However, after all, it is a correct and smooth road. Those who don't read are like Xiliang, barbaric, stupid, self-righteous, unable to see the light and unable to see progress.

The most useful thing about reading is that you can discover your own shortcomings, and the more books you read, the more empty you feel and the more humble you are. Instead of reading the Three Classics, I think I am a great Confucian, which is also called stupidity!

Time flies, and it has been a hundred years in the blink of an eye.

Now, the soul of the Northern Army, one of the Seven Swords of the Son of Heaven, the great general Li Rongsheng, can be said to be indispensable, whether it is on the march or camping in the mountains, there will never be a shortage of books in the bag he carries.

Uplink and down.

Therefore, although among the generals of the Northern Army, there are few people who really understand ancient and modern literature and history, there are still many people who have read a little Confucius and Mencius. If you don't read, you can't read, everyone around you reads, even if you hate reading, you have to read it with your nose pinched, otherwise you won't be able to interject when everyone talks, you won't have face to speak, and not many people are willing to be friends with you. These dozen or so pro-soldiers with the general, pick out any one, and they can tell you about the Analects and Mencius.

After walking for nearly half an hour, everyone arrived at the Tianzhu Peak Qiongtai Temple.

The general ordered his entourage to be scattered outside the temple, and he entered the temple with Li Zhangjiao and the young Taoist priest. The first thing in the view, the general is to incense the Emperor Zhenwu. After worshipping three times in silence, Li Rongsheng said to the statue of Emperor Zhenwu: "Bless me with the peace of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Li Zhangjiao nodded slightly and glanced at the little junior brother on the side. The little junior brother was holding his head high, blinking his eyes hard.

"Little junior brother, the past..."Li Zhangjiao sighed lightly, reaching out and patting the young Taoist priest on the shoulder. The little junior brother cried out, hugged the arm of the senior brother in charge, and cried with a handful of snot and tears.

Li Rongsheng turned around and patted the young Taoist priest on the shoulder, and the young Taoist priest also hugged Li Rongsheng's arm, crying even more heartbreakingly.

Ten years, a cry.

Ten years ago, the young Taoist priest Wang Chongyang was just a twelve-year-old child, and one day, he took the silver money given by his master and went down the mountain to buy things.

I met a girl in Tsing Yi at the bottom of the mountain.

The girl in Tsing Yi who had been turned gray by the dirt asked, "Little Taoist, can you take me to Wudang Mountain?"

Wang Chongyang said: "Yes, I live on the top of the mountain." ”

The two children jumped up the mountain, and with great effort, they finally climbed to Qiongtai Temple.

Later, I learned that the girl was an orphan, and she didn't even have a name, and she grew up to ten years old by eating a hundred meals in Wudang County, and then she heard from the kind people who had been giving her food that the real people on Wudang Mountain had better hearts, and if they went up the mountain, they could eat enough every day, and they didn't always have to eat half full.

When the girl went up the mountain, she did not go away, but stayed on the top of the mountain.

The master, who was still alive at the time, smiled and said to the senior brother who had just beaten Wang Chongyang: "Many people, many popularity, don't get in the way." What's wrong with the girl? Hello girl, I just went up to the mountain to become a Taoist priest because I didn't give birth to a girl. Gotta give her a name, let's call her Qingqing. ”

The little junior brother Wang Chongyang happily immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the master a few times, then got up and went to tell the girl that she could stay.

Later, Wang Chongyang and the little girl Qingqing gradually grew up, and their feelings gradually grew up.

Wang Chongyang was very distressed and scared. Qingqing, who has grown up, is still wearing Tsing Yi, but there is no more soil on Tsing Yi, like willow green. But Qingqing was not afraid, she said that it was a big deal for me to go down the mountain, and I would not disturb your cultivation.

The master touched Wang Chongyang's head and told him, "A Taoist priest can also become a biological son." ”

Wang Chongyang was overjoyed, but when he went back, he turned over the Taoist gate and turned it ten or twenty times, but he didn't find a record of a Taoist priest who could get married. Dejected, he went to the master again, but the master still touched Wang Chongyang's head with a smile and told him: "What does it matter if there is no one in the classics? ”

"How can there be such a reason, how can I break the rules of the Daomen for thousands of years alone?" Wang Chongyang said loudly, and then turned around and went out.

Outside the door, there was a woman in Tsing Yi who had become a beauty, her face was pale, and her crystal tears were stubbornly swirling in her eyes, but she didn't flow out.

Wang Chongyang, who has grown into an adult, lowered his head and passed by the woman in Tsing Yi.

One year later, Li Rongsheng was ordered to send 100,000 taels of gold to Wudang Mountain. recognized Qingqing as his own sister who had been separated since childhood. I thought it was stolen by traffickers, but I didn't expect it to be lost in Wudang County, which is only a few dozen miles away from the capital.

When the brother and sister recognized each other, they naturally cried with joy.

Li Rongsheng, who was already a general in Zhennan at that time, decided to take this sister back to the general's mansion. However, Qingqing was unwilling, and Qingqing said that he wanted to stay in Wudang Mountain to take care of the old master.

Li Rongsheng also saw the special relationship between Qingqing and Wang Chongyang, and was a little worried, but Qingqing tried hard to show his brother, he just didn't worry about the old master. Li Rongsheng had to sigh and then go down the mountain.

Later, Li Rong rebelled against King Huainan in his life, conquered Wei State, and conquered Xiliang, and he was always in the territory and did not go to Wudang for three years.

In the fourth year, he received the letter.

The old palm sect immortal passed away, and the eldest disciple Li Xuantong became the new palm sect.

Qingqing, married, her husband's family is a wealthy family in Wudang County, Qingqing said in the letter that her husband met her when he went to the mountain to burn incense. The husband likes her very much, treats her very well, and promises to be good to her for the rest of his life. So she complied. After getting married, she never went to Wudang Mountain again.

Li Rongsheng saw that the wood was already in the boat, so he didn't say anything, in fact, he belonged to Wang Chongyang. It doesn't matter if a Taoist priest can't get married, it's vulgar. He knew that Qingqing was the one who didn't want to disturb Wang Chongyang's cultivation and got married. Qingqing is using her love to fulfill Wang Chongyang's practice.

Li Rongsheng has been to see Qingqing several times, and Qingqing has lost a lot of weight, which is not at all as lively and rich as when he was on the mountain. Qingqing said that the army is busy with affairs, so my brother should not always come to see me, but should put his family and country first.

Li Rongsheng was extremely distressed and wanted to go up the mountain to kill Wang Chongyang, who had not even farted so far.

But Qingqing said again, brother, Chongyang is the future of Wudang, how can I miss Chongyang's life and Wudang's thousand-year-old foundation?

When his parents died of illness together, Li Rongsheng thought that he was alone, and he no longer had anything to worry about, he only needed to serve the country wholeheartedly. But going around and around, he actually found his long-lost sister, who was originally full of the heart of the country, and he allocated a small piece to care for his sister.

But now this only sister is married unsatisfactorily, how can he not hate that Wang Chongyang!

Li Rongsheng was in front of Qingqing, of course, he could only calmly say, 'That's true', but when he turned around, he needed to spend a lot of strength to suppress his urge to raise troops to destroy Wudang.