A carriage escorted by thousands of cavalry slowly headed north, with only two people in the carriage, one old and one young.

The old man has a weathered face, black and white hair and beard. The little one is not yet crowned, and the prince is dressed as the owner of this carriage.

These two people were Xiao Jin and Xu Zhenzhi who were sent to the Northeast on the orders of Xiao Yu.

The road is long, and the two of them are bored in their leisure time, so it is nothing more than idle talk, but between idle conversations, somehow they are transferred to the current situation. Xiao Jin didn't see Xu Zhenzhi either, and roughly said his opinion, Xu Zhenzhi listened to it with relish, he didn't expect that there were so many deep explanations in the struggle between all parties, and at the same time, he also admired Xiao Jin, an immortal.

Xiao Jin said slowly: "Today, especially in the secular world, the status of Confucianism is really incomparable to other sects, whether it is the court minister, the family high-ranking valve, or the teaching gentleman in the countryside, poor and sour talents, they can all be regarded as Confucianists, but most of these people do not belong to each other, and even fight with each other, so Confucianism is scattered and unable to be compared with Taoism." But since we talk about Confucianism, we have to talk about the White Lotus Sect, the White Lotus Sect is a fusion of Luojiao, Maitreya, and the Pure Land Sect, and its goal is to seize the world and unite the church and government, but this is exactly contrary to the concept of Confucianism, which is unbearable for the scholars in the world, so there are so many people who come to Brother Wang, in fact, it is not how Brother Wang wins the hearts of the people, but the White Lotus Sect is even more unpopular. For scholars, Xiao Yu's success is nothing more than a change of person to be the emperor, at most it can be regarded as the death of the country for the change of dynasty, but the success of the White Lotus Sect is not just the death of the country, but the death of the world, the lesser of the two evils, it is reasonable to support Brother Wang. ”

Xiao Jin lifted the curtain and looked at the direction of Jiangnan from a distance, "Some scholars, such as Sun Shiwu, are not so much from the dragon as from the Tao. ”

Xu Zhenzhi was thoughtful and did not speak. It was the first time he knew that in the battle for the world, it was not just a simple battle for territory, not only the thousand-year plan of the Taoist sect, but also a higher-level moral dispute.

Xiao Jin put down the curtain again and said: "Many times, ignoring it is the best solution, because once it is put on the table, there is no room for maneuver, but you must grasp the scale, otherwise ignoring it will become self-deception." ”

Xu Zhenzhi asked, "What do you say?"

Xiao Jin said with a smile: "The scale of this is actually the way of speaking, when the world is in turmoil, it is an opportunity for heroes, the overlord was like this back then, the Great Chu Taizu was like this, the proprietor was like this, and it is still the same with Xiao Yu." It's a pity that they are all repeating a road that their predecessors have already taken, just like a circle, like a reincarnation, from Dachu to today's Xiao Yu's new policy, can there be substantial changes? It is nothing more than that the three provinces of Zhongshu have become cabinets, and the Privy Council has become the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and they have changed their names. They all say that history is a mirror, but have these heroes really learned anything from history?"

Xiao Jin asked himself and replied: "I'm afraid not, and even the way of saying it hasn't changed a bit." When Hou Jian destroyed Da Chu and woke up after wanton killing, and wanted to emulate the Central Plains, the Central Plains people no longer agreed, so there was the Northern Expedition of the Owner. When Emperor Zheng was in power, Xiao Yu occupied the grassland, and Emperor Zheng wanted to destroy Xiao Yu, so there was the later Xu Lin Northern Expedition and was defeated, so that the world was in turmoil later. In the final analysis, these ways of speaking are the same, that is, winning and losing. Armed with sharp weapons and not knowing restraint, few people are willing to sit down and talk, and even if they do, most of them are superficial and meaningless. ”

"It is said that the world is like a chess game, but if the chess power is too high, and the opponent is killed on the chessboard, so that no one can beat him, then if others are unwilling, they can only lift off the chessboard and change the way of speaking. Qin Gong and Zhang Jiangling flipped the chessboard, and the result was that the Jiangling New Deal died halfway through. Qin Gong and Qin Lihe lifted the chessboard, the result was a bloody killing, Da Zheng Zhongxing was completely destroyed, Qin Gong and Xiao Yu lifted the chessboard, and the result was a great chaos in the world, and the princes from all walks of life flocked to chase the deer. ”

Even if Xu Zhenzhi has already entered the realm of free immortals, he still can't turn around in the face of Xiao Jin's words.

Xiao Jin also realized that he had said a little too much, shook his head and sighed: "The time is not coming, naturally I can't take that critical step, the people are ignorant, and naturally they can only become kings and defeat the kings. ”

Xiao Jin, who is known as the immortal in the sky, spit out a breath of turbid breath and said softly: "Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know say what I want, can there be people in this world who know me? ”

Xiao Jin suddenly smiled and said: "If you are the emperor, you should not only seek the eternal stability of the country, but also open the peace of the world, does Mr. think so?"

Xu Zhenzhi opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

Xiao Jin has big ambitions.

This ambition is very big, even surpassing Xiao Lie's order of the princes with the Son of Heaven, and surpassing Xiao Yu's immortal feats.

It's a pity that there's no place to do it.

Therefore, Xiao Jin felt that he had come to this world for a while, even if he couldn't change anything, but he must leave a little trace of himself and things, he knew that Tianji Pavilion also had another identity as a historian, so he said this to Xu Zhenzhi, even if it is impossible to achieve it in hundreds of years, but it finally left a seed, and it will not really disappear between heaven and earth with his Xiao Jin's departure.

What he asked for was also what countless sages of the past had asked for.

Xu Zhenzhi hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "Huaiyu, what is eternal peace?"

Xiao Jin smiled and said, "The so-called great harmony of the saints. ”

Xu Zhenzhi asked: "Is there really a chance to realize the sage's words?"

Xiao Jin said vaguely: "If Mr. Xu can cultivate to the realm of immortality, he will naturally see it. ”

Xu Zhen was stunned, then shook his head and smiled: "No matter what happens behind you, just do your best at the moment, just ask for a clear conscience." ”

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In the Northeast Palace, the shepherd sent away the Buddhist monks, and Zha Mang, dressed in military uniform, walked in.

Zha Mang said softly: "Lord Wang, there is news from the Eastern Capital, and the messenger this time is Xiao Jin. ”

The shepherd, dressed in regular clothes, smiled, "Xiao Yu's sincerity is very sufficient." ”

Zha Mang said in a deep voice: "Xiao Jin is a person who has the style of the past, and has lobbied Xiao Lie, Shangguan Xianchen, and Lu Qian successively, Xiao Yu sent him this time, it seems that he really wants to surrender to my soldiers in the northeast without a fight." ”

The shepherd put his hands behind his back, looked out the window and said: "In all fairness, since the defeat of the Xiheyuan army in the northeast, I have no power to compete for the general trend of the world, and can barely afford to be in a corner of peace, and now Xiao Yu is sitting in the northwest at the same time, and has inherited the Jiangbei Central Plains run by Xiao Lie, which is very difficult to control, if it is not for Lu Qian in the south, how can he sit down with us to talk?"

Zha Mang clenched his fists and asked slowly, "What does the prince mean?"

The shepherd sighed softly and said: "A few old friends back then, Zhang Qing ended up the worst, Xu Lin was proud, Lu Qian is not easy to say now, Xiao Lie may be able to be the emperor once, as for me, I am not up or down, and now I can barely have two or three points to spare, as for the rest, there is no luxury." ”

Zha Mang was silent.

The shepherd turned his head to look at Zha Mang, and said softly: "Just a few days ago, the great true person of the Taoist sect, Weichen, personally visited the Buddha Gate and had a deep conversation with the Buddhist host for more than half a day. ”

Zha Mang's face changed suddenly, and he asked in a lost voice, "What is the result?"

The shepherd squinted his eyes and said indifferently: "I went to see Muguan in person last night, and Muguan told me that he has decided to join forces with the Dao Sect to fight against the Sword Sect and the Demon Sect. ”

Zha Mang was silent for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "In this way, where do you put me in the northeast?"

The shepherd said softly: "The ship in the northeast is going to sink, and the Buddha will naturally not sink with us, and the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism are not divided and combined once or twice. ”

Zha Mang said helplessly: "In this way, we have to talk about it if we don't talk about it with Xiao Yu." ”

The shepherd nodded slightly, and said with a light smile: "I'm old, it's the end of asking for a peaceful prince, you are different, you can compete with each other, and divide yourself with those people in the northwest within the rules." ”