Time flies.

Three years of the Xia Dynasty!

Since the founding of the country, the Xia Dynasty has hardly made much movement.

The people living in the Xia Dynasty, even if there are still occasional people who say the word 'big moon', you can imagine how weak the sense of existence of the Xia Dynasty court is.

But this weakness is worth boasting about, because Emperor Xia has reduced the taxes of ordinary people for three years, which is actually where the vast majority of ordinary people can leave a deep impression on the imperial court.

Order was maintained, and although the vast majority of the world was still based on Otsuki's old system, the world was no longer as chaotic as it had been during the war.

The Mo family has made a lot of contributions!

The current Mo family giant Yu Li Sheng, has never lived up to the name of the Mo family, nor has he lived up to the name of the giant, in three years, even in the case of national worship, the number of ink people has not increased much!

After being elected as the state religion, the birds who led the ink scholars did not choose glory, wealth, fine clothes and food.

Because the requirements of the bird Li Sheng are more than the original Moqiu.

The previous ink artist already had the meaning of 'self-suffering', and now it is "not doing it for a day, not eating for a day"!

The short brown clothes, the soup of quinoa, the morning is obtained, and the evening is obtained.

The change of status and the addition of the court have not changed the style of the Mo family.

Even appropriations for the imperial court itself will never be accepted unless it is necessary.

The Mo family also has its own account book, and every transaction of silver must be checked clearly, which has reached an outrageous point.

But under the absolute discipline, it did prevent the Mo family from being defiled.

There was once a great family of the deceased family of the ink man who investigated, was received by the big family, and there was no need to talk about eating and drinking, and when he left, he also gave the ink man 300 gold.

The ink man gladly accepted, took three hundred gold and found Yu Lisheng, explained the origin, and said that he would hand it over and confiscate it.

Then he was dismissed by Yu Lisheng, knowing that he was one of the three thousand ink masters who had followed Inkhill!

Later, after Wang Mang heard about this, it was useless to personally help and plead, and Yu Lisheng was extremely resolute to remove him from the position of the Mo family, even if this ink man had sacrificed his life and death to follow Moqiu and fight for several years, he would not forgive.

"When the water is clear, there are no fish, not to mention that the ink man is not for his own selfishness and greed, but directly confiscated, why do you need to do this? If you want to ban this wind, you can just warn it. ”

Wang Mang once asked the bird Li Sheng.

He may have good intentions, but this kind of behavior should never be allowed. Give 300 gold today, and tomorrow you will be able to give 500 gold, 500 gold. Five hundred gold is too much, quietly take one gold, who knows? Anyway, most of them have been confiscated! It's just that no one does this, and when this matter gets out, how can the Mo family deal with it? Those who know when the ink go to investigate, and those who don't know think that the ink person went to blackmail! The poison is far-reaching, and it will not be merciful! ”

Yu Lisheng replied.

He wasn't wrong.

After the ink man really accepted the three hundred gold and wanted to confiscate it, the big families who had not yet been liquidated who saw the limelight wanted to give the Mo family something.

Gold and silver, land, mansions, and even concubines!

Given gratuitously, there is no other thought.

But after learning from the past, it is a stitch and a thread, and the ink man will not move again, and dare not move again.

Even when it was time to investigate, the inkman would bring his own dry food, sit at the table of prepared delicacies, nibble on dry bread, and drink cold water.

Absolute discipline brings absolute majesty.

There is nothing that does not look at the face of the monk and looks at the face of the Buddha, whoever the Mo family wants to take, they will take it on the spot.

Fortunately, although the Xia Dynasty did lose a lot of things, it also had a lot less obstacles.

And the Mo family, which is led by Yu Lisheng, has also been evaluated as a stone in the pit by many large families.

In the past three years, in addition to investigating the high-ranking households, the Mo family is to eliminate violence and peace, and act chivalrous and righteous, after the Mo people go, the people gather to tell about the grievances they have received on weekdays, and then the Mo people will investigate, once it is verified, they will not be spared!

It is true that the folk atmosphere has been rectified a bit.

But these changes are not enough.

After three years of such a peaceful and quiet time, nothing special has happened in the territory of the Xia Dynasty, and there has been a special change.

Even the vast majority of the laws still follow the old system of Otsuki.

It is somewhat inconsistent with the original statement of advocating the righteousness of the Mohists.

But, this day is almost over!

Three years is enough to recruit enough officials, at least not as it was when the country was first founded, just sending someone to occupy a position first.

Wang Mang already has enough manpower and enough information to start the transformation of a kingdom.

"Take a look at this thing first."

In the imperial study, Wang Mang summoned Yu Lisheng and handed over a fluttering piece of paper.

Yu Lisheng took it, and for a while, his originally cold face like a knife couldn't help twitching slightly.

The further down he looked, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and in the end, his facial expression was almost collapsed, holding the light fluttering paper, his arms were trembling uncontrollably, and he almost wanted to vomit blood.

Wang Mang coughed lightly, knowing that he was at a loss, he couldn't help but add in a low voice: "Actually, you can also delete some as appropriate." ”

"Fooling the world like this, Emperor Xia really thinks that this will be useful?"

Taking a deep breath, Yu Lisheng asked by suppressing the anger in his heart.

"You and I have both seen Mozi and know his deeds, so we know that what is on this paper is fake. But the people didn't know that they really thought that there was a born saint, so give them a born saint so that they could follow suit. It's not that I want to fool the world and insult Mozi, it's just that this method has the fastest effect, the deepest impact, and the best effect. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Mang added: "Of course, we must also refer to the opinions of the Mo family, if most of the Mo people disagree, this thing will not be promoted." ”

Yu Lisheng's gaze swept over the paper for a moment, and then he couldn't help but forcibly move away, and if he looked at it again, he was afraid that he would directly vomit blood.

It can't be so outrageous!

"If Emperor Xia really has this intention, it is true that he wants to refer to the Mo family's opinion, but let's send it to the one in the small courtyard first!"

Yu Lisheng waved his hand angrily and brushed his sleeves away.

Wang Mang was left alone pinching the piece of paper, looking a little helpless.

After a moment's hesitation, I decided to give it a try.

Gu's small courtyard.

A few years have passed, and it's the same place as ever.

The various exotic flowers and plants that were once planted by Xiao Ying in the yard are still flourishing, and the most eye-catching is the scorching sun chrysanthemum, which is really like its name, the sun blooming on the ground.

In the small courtyard, Xu Zhian was reading with Cang.

Xu Zhi'an is very old, even if his body is still healthy, his back is difficult to straighten, and he is resting peacefully on the recliner under the willow tree.

And Cang is reciting ancient books in front of the stone table, but he is a little less stubborn.

Xiao Ying is not here at this time, her medical skills have been slightly improved, and she has begun to treat minor illnesses and accumulate experience.

"Uncle Xu, is Brother Gu at home?"

Wang Mang, who came here, was very familiar with Xu Zhi'an and greeted him.

"Emperor Xia is here?"

When Xu Zhi'an heard the voice, he opened his eyes and was about to get up and salute.

"Don't, don't! Don't bother me! ”

Wang Mang was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward, "Don't make such jokes, I should salute you if it is reasonable." ”

"Huh."

Xu Zhian had a happy smile on his face, "To be able to make the emperor salute, the old man's life is worth it." ”

"If you want, you can kowtow a few during the New Year."

Wang Mang also does not hold his identity, he has always been like this in front of his own people, and has never shown any edge, just as the Xia Dynasty at this time seems a little mediocre.

"That kid is not here, he runs outside all day long, saying that he wants to cure the disease and save people, and I have never tried so hard before."

Back to business, Xu Zhian informed.

"Will you be back today?"

Wang Mang is not in a hurry.

"Count the time."

Xu Zhi'an searched for information in his slightly chaotic mind, "Today seems to be the seventh day, and he will not be gone for more than seven days, and he will probably come back soon." ”

"That's good."

Wang Mang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Just rest here for a while, and steal half a day of leisure." ”

"Whatever."

Xu Zhian waved his hand, and then returned to the recliner to rest.

Even the eyebrows are a little gray, but they look more and more kind and peaceful.

And Cang, who used to be dismissive of books and even took them out to burn, finally began to hold the volume at this time and realized the charm of books.

Time invisibly catalyzes everything, taking away the familiar.

So much so that even in this small courtyard that seems to have been quiet for years, it is no longer the same.

Until it gets dark.

The small courtyard door was finally pushed open again.

Gu Dan walked in with a pot of wine and a food box in his hand.

"Uncle Xu, look what I brought you! Yangzhou's osmanthus cake and immortal drunk, I remember the last time you said you wanted to taste it. ”

Gu Dan raised the food box in his hand and said ostentatiously.

In a blink of an eye, I saw Wang Mang who was waiting silently in the courtyard.

In the past three years, Gu Dan has not been to the imperial court again.

However, when Wang Mang is free, he will come over for a walk.

It's just that Gu Dan is not here most of the time.

As Xu Zhian said, Gu Dan is busy treating diseases and saving people, and he is very anxious.

As if something was urging him, he often didn't see anyone, and he didn't have the peace and calm that he used to have from the heart.

In the past three years, many people have changed, and Wang Mang has more majesty.

And Gu Dan's face is still young.

Fifty-year-old Shouyuan is still very young compared to the limit of one hundred and seventy years old, and it can even be said that it is the beginning of the prime of life.

He hasn't even reached the end of his own time.

"Brother Gu."

Wang Mang said hello.

"Coming? Let's have a meal together. ”

Gu Dan nodded, didn't pay much attention to him, pulled out a few lanterns from the house, lit the candles, and hung them on the willow branches in the courtyard.

Until the light of the silver moon casts its rays, the place is still warm.

Then he ran out of the small yard with a quick pace.

About two quarters of an hour later, Xun Ke and Cang came back together.

Gu Dan had already set up the wine and food on the table, and it was a little late, and Xiao Ying returned to the small courtyard with the medicine box.

Gu Dan went to the back room to pick up Xu Zhi'an and sat on the main seat.

There was a circle of people around the table.

Gu Dan, Xun Ke, Cang, Xiaoying, Wang Mang.

"Everyone is almost together, come, Uncle Xu, let's have a drink. These little guys drink when they want, and they don't want to drink and pull down. ”

Gu Dan poured a full cup of immortal drunk for Xu Zhi'an, this wine is a treasure of fifty years, the wine is fragrant, cold to the bones, there is a bit of taste, it is known that the immortals have to get drunk before resting, very famous.

Although a lot of food was prepared, this was not a banquet, it was more like a family banquet, everyone talked about their own, and if there was nothing they wanted to talk about, they would withdraw when they were full, and there were no rules at all.

Xun Ke, Cang, and Xiaoying got together and whispered, while Xu Zhi'an, Gu Dan, and Wang Mang talked about the customs and customs of various places.

Where the wine is better, where the food is better, where the scenery is more beautiful

Speaking of which, not mentioning state affairs is something that is very commonplace.

Wait until the wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

The little ones have gone back to rest.

Xu Zhi'an was also tired, so Gu Dan sent him to the house to continue to rest.

Wang Mang was still sitting there on the stone bench, and his face became solemn.

"What's the matter?"

Gu Dan, who turned back, asked.

Wang Mang didn't say it at first, it wasn't a hurry; Waiting until now, it's probably not a simple matter.

"Here's a summary of all kinds of news about Mozi gathered by the officials, why don't you take a look at it first?"

Wang Mang didn't dare to mention it directly, but instead took out the piece of paper that Yu Lisheng had seen before and handed it over.

Gu Dan took it and glanced at it.

At the time of birth, the purple qi was vast for three thousand miles, and a phoenix appeared.

A one-year-old speaks, a two-year-old writes an essay, a three-year-old pear, a four-year-old smashes a tank to save people, a five-year-old family is poor, and his parents are hungry and cold and lie on the ice for carp.

What an outrageous one!

If you don't give a little deed every year, the days will seem to pass in vain!

And these are just small compliments.

In the following year, three or four deeds can be made up, and some of the familiar stories in restaurants and tea shops have also been added, such as three bullies, catching tigers in the city, and slashing dragons angrily

When he saw the end, Gu Dan found that there was still his own role in it.

Here's what it says:

Moqiu is a saint given by God to the world, after the saint returns, there are immortals who descend to earth, moved by Moqiu's merits, heal the wounds and diseases in the world, and make people heal themselves without medicine.

There was a vision when he was born, and there were immortals when he returned, and he really mastered the wealth code of the story of this era.

"Brother Gu, what do you think?"

Wang Mang asked cautiously.

"Ridiculous."

Gu Dan was also like a bird Li Sheng, and returned the paper to Wang Mang.

"Ahem, these things are not what I said, but folk rumors. If the coffin is not closed, these deeds will only increase, and the more they are, the less they will look like people. ”

Wang Mang coughed lightly and spoke.

In fact, on the day of the founding of the country, the news of Murphy's death was announced to the people.

Even Wang Mang set up a mound for Moqiu in the imperial capital, because of the worship of the Mo family's funeral, that mound was not luxurious, and even looked a little simple.

A lonely grave and a stone tablet are the places where the saints return.

Even so, there is still a steady stream of people who come to pay homage.

But there has always been a problem that has not been addressed.

That is, the imperial court has not given a conclusive conclusion on the coffin, and they all say that Moqiu is a saint, so what kind of saint should he be?

Since they all said that they are saints, why don't they have some miracles and immortals?

Isn't it different from ordinary people, like words?

The problem is that the Mo family is still there, and the group of ink people who followed Moqiu are still there.

The imperial court must also take into account the opinions of the Mo family, and especially the opinions of Gu Dan.

This is the main reason why Wang Mang came to visit.

"You want to use these things to promote virtue?"

Gu Dan guessed what Wang Mang was thinking in an instant.

"That's what Brother Gu said."

Wang Mang nodded immediately, if he didn't have this thought, why did he need to take out this thing?

But Gu Dan shook his head without hesitation and refused, "It's too much." ”

In this day and age, the charisma of personal role models is immense.

It is not uncommon for one person to influence a country.

Not to mention that in such a world with both personal force, as long as such a person appears, it will be more respected, and the people here have become accustomed to the emergence of heroes, and even take it for granted.

But heroes are easy to find, but saints are hard to find.

If you do great deeds for the country and the people, you can be regarded as a hero.

And the saints are to educate the world.

Be an example for the people of the world to follow.

If it's just a spontaneous chant from the folks, it doesn't matter how outrageous it is, it can be said that all the Nine Heavens Immortals are mortal.

But if it is the court to close the coffin, it is equivalent to directly "sitting on the ground", which is almost impossible to change, and there is more to consider.

The paper that Wang Mang handed over did not write too outrageous deeds, at least barely what people can do—the problem is, there are too many!

It's so much that it's a lifetime of running around and never stopping.

It's okay to take out a few individually and crown them on a person's head, but if they are all put together and forcibly stacked, it will only make people feel weird in their hearts.

As long as you have read a book for a few years, I am afraid that you will question the content of it.

Whitewash and carve everything, but it changes the taste.

"That's why you need Brother Gu to check it, how do you think it should be written?"

Wang Mang asked.

Gu Dan pondered carefully for a moment, and said quietly: "Don't create a natural saint who looks like a saint and a sage, even if it is helpful to promote virtue, the legacy is endless. If you can paint Brother Mo this time, who can you paint next time? Painted again and again, in the end, wouldn't the Xia Dynasty be full of saints?

The thing on that piece of paper is too false, but it lacks a soul, lacks flesh and blood, and is more like an empty shell. For the sake of virtue, don't do it. ”

Gu Dan did not want to paint Moqiu to the best of his ability, to make him a real saint sent by God to help the suffering.

In this way, it is a betrayal of Moqiu, and it is also a betrayal of the Mo family.

Murphy never said he was a saint, nor did he ever want to be.

He came from Yuzhou, just because of what he saw along the way, the people were bored, and he couldn't bear it.

Under the unbearable condition, everything he did was in accordance with his own heart and nature, and he had never had any will of God, let alone was born to save the suffering.

Just because he came, he saw.

So, he's going to do something.

That's all.

Forcibly lifting a person to the altar, or even putting aside the facts for the sake of the altar, makes people feel that it is not the mind and flesh of the saint, but the hypocritical puppet clay tire, a god that is worshipped.

The saint is a saint because he stood up when everyone was helpless and powerless.

And not because he was destined to stand up, so he became a saint as a matter of course.

The causal relationship between this must not be wrong.

As Gu Dan said, for the sake of virtue of virtue, for the merit of merit, don't do it!

The skin of hypocrisy is everywhere in this world, and those most sincere emotions and morality that stand up should not be whitewashed again.

"I see."

Wang Mang nodded, since Yu Lisheng and Gu Dan did not agree, the content on this piece of paper would naturally be invalidated, "Then tell the truth?" ”

"Tell me the truth."

Gu Dan nodded.

"Then how should Mozi fall and the surrender of the four countries be written?"

Wang Mang asked.

To tell you the truth, the biggest problem is that in the case that Gu Dan wants to get rid of himself, the surrender of the four countries must be credible, right?

"The last thing can be given a little bit of mystery. In this way, people who can find the difference will naturally notice a little difference, and may spontaneously pursue it and explore the secrets. In the end, he will find that everything Brother Mo did is true, but the ending is quite bizarre. ”

Gu Dan laughed, this can be regarded as a joke he made with his descendants.

Anyway, those who should know naturally know, and those who don't know, in the process of exploration, can also discover Moqiu's own style and brilliance.

That is the legacy he left to this era.

And he still lives in a corner without leaving his name.

"Okay."

Wang Mang nodded immediately, even if this choice would hinder his plan a little bit, and it would take a few more years, but it was already a great blessing to be able to sit on the emperor's seat, where could he expect too much?

"Now that the officials are fully manned, and the land and property in various places have been investigated clearly in recent years, we can start to carry out the reform of taxes and forced labor."

Wang Mang said seriously: "Before this, most of the Xia Dynasty was still relying on the old system of Dayue, and there were not enough people before, and they lacked experience in managing the country, so for the sake of stability, the imperial court did not do much. Starting this year, I am going to send people to promote the morality of the Mohists and the virtues of Mozi. With the word morality as the foundation of the world and the education of all people, what does Brother Gu think? ”

"I don't know much about state affairs, so you don't have to ask me. If people can live better, it will be considered a success. ”

Gu Dan this time, but did not give his own opinion.

"I see, I'll do it!"

Wang Mang nodded, and a scorching light erupted in his eyes.

In this world, it's time to hear the voice of the Xia Dynasty.

The imprint that Otsuki once left on this land will eventually become weaker and weaker.

Sooner or later, the people on this land will remember that there is a Xia Emperor above, even if he still has no sense of existence now, but soon, in this land, there will also be deeds about him.

Gu Dan watched Wang Mang leave, silently staying in front of the stone table, staring at the bright moon in the sky, lonely and cold.

For three years, he practiced medicine everywhere.

There was a lot of experience, but it was also lackluster, and there was nothing particularly worth mentioning.

However, there is still a long way to go before the requirement of 50,000 years of life.

For the first time, Gu Dan had a feeling that time was not waiting for me.

Everything is fading away.

And he's stuck where he is.

Hours, years.

Immortality, immortality!

(End of chapter)