Chapter 188: "Torture of the Heart"
The name "Torture Heart" should mean to torture one's own heart. Chu Yun only looked at the first layer and sighed that it was worthy of being a top-level telekinetic exercise, and the exercise was definitely the top telekinetic cultivation technique that Chu Yun had ever seen, but it was really too difficult to practice.
The first layer of "Torture Heart" needs to overcome your greed, hatred, and ignorance. Each of these three thoughts is the dark side of the human soul, the moon is cloudy and sunny, as long as he is not a saint, how can he not have the three emotions of greed, hatred and ignorance, this "Torture Heart Record" is precisely what needs to be overcome to be able to improve, Chu Yun is a layman, let him have no desire or no desire, it is better to kill him.
No matter how advanced the exercises were, Chu Yun thought that he could easily practice them, but if he was difficult to cultivate, he could also practice them with a strength that far exceeded ordinary exercises. As long as this exercise is practiced to the first level, it is more powerful than the "Sitting and Forgetting Sutra" to perfection, not only the accumulation speed of mental power, but also the use of mental power after practicing the first layer, which is far beyond the "Sitting and Forgetting Sutra".
The first method is called the door of desire, which can arouse the greed in the heart of the enemy, so as to produce the corresponding illusion that you cannot extricate yourself, whether it is against the enemy or torture, it is a first-class method. Of course, Chu Yun's use of telekinesis to invade the enemy's sea of consciousness can also have the same effect, for example, this time, but once a martial artist's telekinesis leaves the body, it will produce a lot of accidents, although telekinesis has many wonderful uses, but it is very fragile. And using the Gate of Desire does not have these dangers, it directly triggers the desires in the depths of the enemy's soul, it is just an introduction, and it does not require one's own mind to leave the body, and there is indeed not much danger. Once used, people will say everything unconsciously, and even many prohibitions will not work at all, which is really a wonderful method.
The second method is called Death of Fire, and this method can arouse the anger of the enemy, and desire and anger are possessed by everyone. Agni represents anger, and it is a nemesis for those short-tempered warriors, and once used, this method will magnify their own anger. As we all know, anger makes people lose their minds, and when a person is angry, he is not far from failure, except for the Hulk, of course.
The third method is called the Dark Path, this method is even more perverted, its function is to close a person's five senses and six senses, so that the opponent can't see, hear, smell is like locking a person in a small dark room, that kind of darkness and silence that makes people collapse, enough to make anyone collapse. Even if it is a slight problem with the enemy's facial features and six senses, it can also give Chu Yun an advantage in the battle, and a master's move, a negligence is the difference between victory and defeat, so that a moment of distraction, Chu Yun can kill the opponent. And not to mention this, this is also a top-level method of torturing people, enough to make the strongest people in their hearts collapse, why is confinement in the army and prisons so deterrent? Loneliness is one of the strongest opponents to break a person's will.
These three methods correspond to the greed, hatred, and naivety of the "Torture Heart Record", and they all belong to the last kind of perception of the four major functions of mental power strengthening, changing, operating, and perceiving, and they are all outstanding methods in the perception category. This is only the method of the first layer of "Torture Heart Record", this exercise has a total of four layers, Chu Yun guessed that they correspond to the four functions of mental power, if he really learns them all, Chu Yun can imagine that his mental power will definitely be perfect, and there will be no flaws at all, but after thinking about it, this exercise is not so easy to practice.
The first point is that after practicing this exercise, you can't practice other telekinetic exercises, in case Chu Yun gets stuck while cultivating, then there is no hope of increasing telekinesis. You must know how many exercises there are in the world, Chu Yun believes that it is not impossible to encounter the Heavenly Rank Exercises or even higher exercises, what kind of realm is this Exercises Chu Yun does not know, whether he is hanging on this tree or not, it is difficult for Chu Yun to choose.
In addition, this exercise is too difficult to learn, for example, the first layer of this exercise is divided into three small stages, just related to greed There are five small layers of color, sound, fragrance, taste, and touch, such as lust and greed, this is not the color, but the female color, the shape, etc., just the female color, you need to practice to quit the female sex, unless the greed can be successful, Chu Yun has not been contacted, how do you know how much time it will take, if it is three years or five years, Chu Yun has no problem, what if it is decades or hundreds of years? Chu Yun is not a monk, he has a large number of women. And if you don't practice to break your lust, then it will never be possible to practice again, and Chu Yun's mental power will not be able to grow. If the mental power does not increase, how can Chu Yun's strength be improved? You must know that the realm needs the cooperation of mental power, otherwise it will never become a "domain", so that Chu Yun's strength will not be able to advance an inch in his life, it is better to kill him.
This is only the first time that this is a small stage of the three small stages, which shows that this exercise is definitely not so easy to cultivate.
Chu Yun had a hard time choosing, so he prepared to return to Daming and said that he didn't know where he was now, so he should ask someone first, and the horse he rode out was fortunately not his favorite black horse, and if he lost it, he would lose it. He inquired about it, and found that he had come to Jiaozhou, that is, the territory of Guangdong in later generations. Chu Yun still found a town and bought a horse to hurry, although it was much slower than his own light skills, but his mental power was exhausted, and his body also needed to rest, Chu Yun was ready to return slowly.
Three months later, Chu Yun returned to Daming, and on the way Chu Yun heard that something big had happened in Daming, so after more than two months of slow travel, Chu Yun directly abandoned his horse to perform light skills and hurried, and it only took eight days for Chu Yun to complete the journey he had walked in the first two months.
Chu Yun quietly returned to the prison of retreat, and then came out openly, not even Hu Tiezhu, who was guarding Chu Yun, did not notice it, as soon as Chu Yun came out, he was surrounded by several people from the cabinet and the Privy Council, this matter was so big that the cabinet and the Privy Council could not make the decision.
"Where is Lu Zhong now? Ah, he's a great general. Chu Yun heard the report of a few henchmen, and found that the matter was more serious than what he heard on the road, and he couldn't hold back his anger anymore.
Before Chu Yun went out, Chu Yun ordered the end of the war with Da Liang, because Da Ming had the advantage, and Zhangye County was already in his hands, and it would be no good to continue fighting. So Chu Yun ordered Lu Zhong to withdraw his troops, which also maintained the face of Lu Zhong, a general, because Da Liang had already fought hard, and Lu Zhong could not take advantage, his command ability was limited, and he was likely to fail if he continued to fight.
Chu Yun didn't expect that he was thinking about Lu Zhong enough, after all, he was an old minister who had followed him for decades, but he never expected that Lu Zhong would disobey his orders and disobey Chu Yun's orders, and led an army of 120,000 to Jiuquan County, but was ambushed by the Great Liang State and returned defeated. However, Lu Zhong still has some ability, the two sides are stunned, Lu Zhong believes that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty will arrive soon, after all, he arranged for Liu Dongyong's nearly 100,000 troops as backup. Although he was surrounded, the grain and grass could still support him for a month, and the Ming army was well-trained and advanced, so it would not collapse easily.
But no one expected that Liu Dongyong was ambushed on the way to the rescue, and a top master seriously injured Liu Dongyong, Chu Yun knew that this master must be a master of the Divine Stone, if it wasn't for the desperate rescue of the secret guards, Liu Dongyong probably wouldn't have survived. Moreover, they not only attacked the main general, but also took advantage of the chaos to burn the grain and grass of the reinforcements. The Ming Army is not an ordinary army, even if the commander dies, it will not collapse, but the deputy general will be on top. Every time the Ming Army sends troops, in addition to the commander, two to five deputy generals will be set up to prevent this situation.
But the loss of grain and grass prevented the rescue of reinforcements, after Chu Yun decided to stop the war, the household department did not send grain and grass to the front line, Lu Zhong this time privately sent troops to loot half of Liangzhou's grain, so the reinforcements were immeasurable, so they could only ask the central government for help, this time back and forth, the daylily was cold.
Lu Zhong held out for a month, and finally ran out of ammunition and food, he led his troops to break through, but unfortunately the enemy outside had built strong fortifications, and in the end, only 50,000 of the 120,000 troops broke through. Lu Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief after killing back Zhangye County, but no one expected that they would encounter an ambush again, an energetic Xianbei cavalry suddenly killed, the tired and hungry 50,000 troops resisted for a long time and were finally defeated, Lu Zhong was protected by Ran Min and broke out, the general Yang Ye was killed, and the 50,000 army finally escaped only 10,000. The 120,000-strong army was almost wiped out, Yang Ye was killed in battle, and Liu Dongyong was seriously wounded.
And the Great Liang Kingdom did not stop the pace of attacking, they counterattacked Zhangye County, Lu Zhong was forced to evacuate, and Zhangye County, which had just been in possession for half a year, was lost and lost, which happened when Chu Yun left for more than half a year. After the defeat of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Zhao was about to move, and the Ming Dynasty was in danger again. No wonder Chu Yun was so angry, the good situation was ruined by Lu Zhong's stupidity.
"Your Majesty, General Lu is now stationed in Wuwei County, Your Majesty has not been out of the customs, and we can't force General Lu to return, this is a twist and turn sent by him. Ma Liang handed the fold to the chief manager Feng Zhao, and Chu Yun took it in annoyance.
"This idiot still has the face to ask me to send him reinforcements. I ordered him to get back for me, revoke his title, and let him go home to retire. After Chu Yun finished speaking, everyone's faces changed greatly.
"Your Majesty, General Lu now has more than 100,000 troops under his command, which is the barrier of the Western Front of the Ming Dynasty, and now Da Zhao frequently annexes the border, in case General Lu disobeys again, the Western Front is likely to be eroded because of this, and when the time comes..."You Ziyuan's son, who is also a cabinet minister, You Ling opened his mouth and said, before he finished speaking, his face was beaten by the fold thrown by Chu Yun, although Chu Yun did not use much strength, but You Ling was still knocked to the ground.
"Are you saying that Lu Zhong will rebel? Hahahaha, I want to see if he has the ability, come here, send someone to arrest Lu Zhong on the spot, and escort him back to Chang'an. After Chu Yun finished speaking, everyone was taken aback, especially the old ministers of the Iron and Blood Army, they all looked at You Ling with murderous aura in their eyes, didn't this add fuel to the fire?
"Your Majesty, how could General Lu rebel, he has followed His Majesty since His Majesty's last days, even if he was imprisoned by the Huns for nearly ten years, he did not betray His Majesty, he is loyal to His Majesty. This time, he was earnest, not deliberately disobedient and disrespectful, and begged His Majesty to calm his anger. Ma Liang directly knelt down and pleaded, and as soon as he used his feelings, Chu Yun's anger was immediately extinguished a lot.
"Your Majesty, what kind of character General Lu is Your Majesty should know, he once told Lao Chen that he did not give much credit to His Majesty, but he was in a high position, he felt ashamed, he felt sorry for His Majesty, and he would cherish this opportunity so much. General Lu is not in any way, and he will not betray His Majesty. I beg Your Majesty to think twice. Mo Han also spoke immediately.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to guarantee with his life that General Lu is absolutely loyal to His Majesty. Ran Liang also knelt down.
As a few of them exonerated Lu Zhong, the rest of the important ministers also pleaded one after another, even You Ling knew that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately opened his mouth to explain. Chu Yun's anger also slowly dissipated, how could he not know that Lu Zhong could not rebel, but he was too disappointed in Lu Zhong, he didn't expect that Lu Zhong was really rotten wood and could not be carved, and he was disobedient and disrespectful, if you said that you would disobey the order, you could win the battle, you also had a big defeat, and even lost Zhangye County, which was fought with great difficulty.
"How is General Liu's injury?" Chu Yun no longer mentioned Lu Zhong's matter, and several courtiers were relieved, they knew that Chu Yun was nostalgic for the old and was ready to start anew.
"General Liu was pierced through the chest with a sword, and the injury was not light. However, we have already sent a physician to the hospital, and now his condition is stable, but it will take at least a year for him to fully recover. After Ma Liang finished speaking, Chu Yun nodded.
"Feng Zhao, send this bottle of medicine to General Liu, take it internally and externally twice a day, and you will be able to recover almost in a week. In addition, the intention told him to take over as the commander of the Western Front, and that the vacancies of the Western Army and the Zhenxi Army would be filled for him, so that he could focus on defense and wait for orders. ”
"In addition, I will give Lu Zhong an order, let him hand over to Liu Dongyong, and return to Chang'an, and talk about his disposal when he comes back. ”
"I will give Ran Min a decree to let him serve as General Liu's deputy, and the front army of his five battalions of forbidden troops will suffer the least losses, let him stay on the Western Front and help General Liu guard the western gate of the Ming Dynasty. ”
"I plan to give the Yang family, entitle Yang Ye as the Marquis of Nanyang, and specially order the Yang family to inherit three generations without descending to the knighthood, and order General Yang Sheng to go home for the funeral, and bury it with the gift of the country. ”
"Ran Aiqing, you and Fu Hong and Fu Aiqing are fully responsible for rebuilding the few units that are lacking, the recruits have been trained for several years, and they should be useful. ”
"Ordered Xie Ai and Wang Jie of Sili Prefecture, let them make some big moves to deter the Great Zhao State, don't think that they will have a chance to take advantage of the failure of the Ming Dynasty on the Western Front, and they can dispatch a large army when necessary, and they don't need to report to me. ”
"The geographical location of Wuwei County is too important, and a county guard who knows how to soldiers is needed to cooperate with General Liu Dongyong and Ran Min, pass on my order, Ba County Guard Cui Repentance, eliminate bandits within a year, and make outstanding achievements, and order him to move to the position of Wuwei County County Guard. ”
"Zhou Yan, Cheng Yang, the two of you have increased your infiltration into the Great Liang Kingdom, and you don't even know that the master of the Divine Stone has appeared in the Great Liang, this time the enemy dispatched 300,000 people to ambush Lu Zhong, you didn't notice anything, what do you want you to do? Do you two departments have to lie on the merit book and eat the old book? Investigate the whole thing for me within three months, otherwise you two go back to farming." ”
"Zheng Aiqing, you were tired of sending an envoy to the Great Yan Kingdom, telling them that this time was just an accident, and strengthening their alliance with us, and you can also tell them that within two years, the Ming Dynasty will start a full-scale campaign against Great Zhao, and the previous agreement has not changed. ”
"Yao Yizhong Yao Aiqing, you are upright, famous in the Ming and Qing dynasties, I want you to be fully responsible for this meritorious assessment, the meritorious ones will be rewarded, and the guilty will be punished, and you will also serve as a compensatory for the dead and seriously injured soldiers, so be sure not to make the soldiers feel cold. ”
"Mo Gong, you are responsible for mobilizing the world's granaries to hoard in Hanzhong, and the Great Liang Kingdom can let them go, but what kind of thing is Qiu Chi? I was too lazy to take care of it before, and I actually sent troops to attack my Da Ming, and I want to destroy them. However, this matter cannot be disseminated, and the hoarding of grain is prepared in the name of preparing to help the victims, and there is not a small-scale drought in Yizhou, which is in the name of this. ”
"Ma Shoufu, you are in charge of the overall situation, and you can ask directly if you have any questions. By the way, Wen Ge is going to inspect Yizhou and will come back soon, after he comes back, you let him be in charge of the official assessment this time, and those who are not qualified will be directly dismissed, and those who have done well will be vigorously promoted. Now that the cabinet elders are a little old, it is time to vigorously train the younger generation. Chu Yun said.
It's no wonder that Chu Yun said this, You Ziyuan has completely withdrawn, he is now in his eighties, almost ninety, and he is absolutely old in this era. Although Mo Han and Ma Liang are younger, they are also limited, the two of them Mo Han are seventy-six years old, and Ma Liang is also seventy-five, and they have entered old age. The other ministers Wen Qiao, Yao Yizhong, Zheng Jie, and You Ling were sixty-four, sixty-six, sixty-six, and sixty-nine respectively, and none of the four was less than sixty. Chu Yun was afraid that if one of the seven people was careless, and two or three people were killed or injured, something would happen to Da Ming, this was not Chu Yun's worries, at this time, people who died more than forty would not be considered to have died young.
"Your Majesty, the imperial examination is held once every three years, so that the children of the Han family and the disciples of the scholar clan have the opportunity to jump the dragon gate, and it was opened once last year, and the world's talents gathered in Chang'an, which is really a grand event for the ages. However, because the news spread too slowly, many scholars came late. Most of them are children of poor families, and some of them came from all over the world by begging, and now they are living in embarrassment in Chang'an, according to Lao Chen, is there an additional imperial examination?" After Ma Liang finished speaking, Chu Yun immediately agreed.
"In October this year, the imperial examination will be held again, which can be regarded as Enke, so that the Supervision Department and Jinyi Wei will spread the world. It's only April now, and half a year is enough time for those poor people to come. In addition, all the scholars who entered Chang'an were provided by the royal family, so they allocated money from the inner treasury. Build a scholar's hall for them to rest. ”
"Your Majesty's move is like King Yan casting a golden platform, and the world's talents are all in the palm of Your Majesty's hands. After Ma Liang finished speaking, everyone immediately praised each other.