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Skills: Brilliant Pen Blossom Level 5

Skills: Perception Level 3

Skill: Magical Brush Level 3

Skills: Calligraphy Level 6, Painting Level 6, Chess Level 6, Temperament Level 6

This time, Gu Ming did not go to the suburbs, but stayed in the magic weapon space to upgrade.

Relatively speaking, it is safer here than in the suburbs.After all, there are formations and chess game protection on the periphery, as well as She Ji, Bai Suzhen and others.

There are still big changes in this upgrade.

If the promotion to Jinshi last time was a butterfly breaking out of a cocoon, then this time it is a bit like a fish leaping into a dragon's gate.

For example, Gu Ming used to use the Wind Control Technique to fly, but now he can fly through the clouds with just one thought, and the speed is much faster than before.

In addition, he also realized the art of soil control, which can not only be used to defend against enemies, but also to escape underground.

In this way, it can be said that he went to the sky and entered the earth, becoming a real land god.

Regarding Gu Ming's cultivation progress, although Snake Ji, Bai Suzhen and the others were used to seeing it without surprise, it was only more than a year since the last time, and it was inevitable that they were a little surprised and envious of their rapid improvement.

Although now that there is a magic weapon space, their cultivation progress is much faster than before, but compared to Gu Ming, it is completely incomparable.

Generally speaking, after a cultivator's cultivation reaches a certain level, it takes a hundred years to achieve a significant improvement, but Gu Ming's changes almost every year, it's hard not to envy.

However, Gu Ming knew very well that it might be three or four years before the next upgrade. After all, the experience of this upgrade has soared to 12, but the daily tasks have not increased, and can only be accumulated slowly.

After finishing the promotion, Gu Ming traveled back and forth to the capital frequently to help prepare for the ceremony of enshrining Chan.

After all, this is a major event related to the fate of the world, and it has an effect that cannot be ignored on the future of the Great Yan Dynasty.

The more prosperous the Great Yan Dynasty is, the smoother Gu Ming's cultivation will be, which will greatly increase his strength, so naturally he must go all out.

After some orderly preparations, the Taishan Fengchan Ceremony proceeded as scheduled, and the process went very smoothly.

Moreover, in the process of enshrining Zen, the sky reproduces the auspicious image of dragon and phoenix.Moreover, not only the sky above Mount Tai, almost all the people in the Great Yan Dynasty saw this spectacle.

Undoubtedly, this time Taishan Fengchan will leave a legendary mark in history.

After returning to Beijing, Emperor Yongping, Longyan Dayue, promulgated four consecutive imperial decrees, each of which was enough to cause a sensation in the world:

The first holy decree, amnesty for the world!

Of course, amnesty does not mean that all prisoners can be pardoned. For example, some heinous criminals, conspirators, or court criminals cannot be pardoned.

This amnesty is undoubtedly the luckiest for some people who have been implicated innocently.

For example, the female relatives of the prison officials in the Jiaofang Division.

The pardon will not only allow them to regain their freedom, but also change their low status to good status.

The second decree exempts land taxes for two years and military service for two years.For those who have no land or property, the imperial court will uniformly distribute food subsidies for two years.

For this edict, the imperial court will have to provide a lot of treasury silver to subsidize it.

Not collecting land tax for two years, and subsidizing those who have no land at home, this is not a small amount of money.

In addition, the two-year exemption from military service means that there will be no conscription for two years.

In all dynasties, no emperor dared not to conscript for two years. Emperor Yongping's move was a precedent and became the first emperor in history who dared not to conscript for two years.

Of course, he also has reasons, confidence, and certainty in doing so.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Great Yan Dynasty has entered an unprecedented glorious period. The surrounding small countries and tribes have come to the dynasty one after another, and there has been no war at the border for more than a year.

Even if there is, it is just a negligible little friction.

Of course, if it was just because of this, it would be impossible for Emperor Yongping to do so.

One is that the army needs to be replaced, and the other is that the current situation is changing. At present, it seems to be calm, who can say that someday there will be a guy who doesn't have long eyes and will not be happy?

The meaning of not conscription is that it does not forcefully apportion the number of people as before, but adopts the method of recruitment.

This time, it's an attempt. If feasible, perhaps the traditional corvee method will be abolished in the future, and a unified recruitment method will be adopted.

In other words, it is a way of voluntary enlistment.Moreover, it doesn't mean that you can enlist in the army after signing up, you have to pass the assessment and pass the test.

On this point, Emperor Yongping actually adopted Gu Ming's suggestion.

In the past, there were more than 100 million soldiers and horses in the Great Yan Dynasty, most of whom were stationed at the border.

According to Gu Ming's suggestion, the soldiers and horses of the Great Yan Dynasty can be doubled or even more, and 60 million is enough.

To put it simply, soldiers are more expensive than elites.

First of all, in the selection of the source of soldiers, try to select the physically strong and carry out unified, strict and effective training.

The second is excellent equipment.

Since the establishment of the Ordnance Department, its results have been quite gratifying.

The firecracker has been improved many times, and its performance has become more and more perfect. Both its range and power have been greatly improved.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the improvement of gunpowder and smelting technology, and there is a complementary relationship between the three.

In addition, the power and range of the Divine Machine Cannon have also been greatly improved. The conventional effective range is almost four miles away, and there is another large-scale artillery that has just been developed, and the effective range has reached more than ten miles away.

This is undoubtedly a nightmare for other small countries that still use traditional bows and arrows.

Of course, given the current conditions, firecrackers are not yet popular, but the Ordnance Department has also developed a hand-held repeating crossbow, which can be equipped with twenty crossbow arrows at a time, which is very effective in close-range combat.

Therefore, as long as the army of the Great Yan Dynasty is equipped with a certain number of firecrackers, magical machine guns, and strong crossbows, and the soldiers are carefully selected and trained strictly, its combat effectiveness will increase many times compared to before.

Coupled with the [-] special operations troops in mobile operations, who else would dare to fight?

That's why Emperor Yongping made such a decision. On the one hand, it can reduce the source of troops and save expenses. On the other hand, it also shows the mighty kindness of the emperor. Why not do it?

The third decree is to set up an agricultural department under the Ministry of Industry and set up branches in each state capital to recruit talents from all over the country.

The purpose of establishing this department is to introduce and cultivate excellent crop seeds in accordance with local conditions and local conditions, so as to increase food production.

This point is naturally also Gu Ming's suggestion.

The fourth sacred decree, canonize Gu Ming as "Prince Shuguo" and at the same time confer the title of "Yasheng".

Duke is the highest title that foreign ministers can enjoy. Gu Ming was only in his 20s to get this title, which can be said to have created another miracle.

But this miracle is not so dazzling compared to the title of "Yasheng".

Since ancient times, the sages people are most familiar with are Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Zhuangzi and so on in the era when a hundred schools of thought contended.

After the glory of an era, there are few saints or inferior saints accepted by the world.

Wang Xizhi should be counted as one. The preface to Lanting written by him is famous through the ages, and he is hailed as the sage of calligraphy.

Guan Yu was regarded as a martial saint, and the common people called him Guan Gong, Guan Sheng.

Now, Gu Ming has been canonized as a sub-sage by Emperor Yongping. Although some people are not convinced, in general, most people still agree.

After all, his strength and achievements are unmatched.

Poetry, calligraphy and painting, rhythm, all are excellent.

Not to mention, he also single-handedly promoted the phonetic notation method and Dayan dictionary that popularized the world, and planned the unparalleled Yongping ceremony. His merits will last forever.

The common people may not be very clear about it, but all the ministers in the court knew it well. The reason why the Great Yan Dynasty rose to glory in just a few years was definitely due to the emperor's contribution, but it was Gu Ming who was behind the scenes to promote all this.

For such an outstanding achievement, it is not an exaggeration to be named a sub-sage.

So far, Gu Ming's reputation has reached a new height.

Although he is still far from the sub-sage in terms of system character level, being named a sub-sage in real life has also brought him both expected and unexpected benefits.

Naturally, what was expected was a substantial increase in fame and luck, which also meant that his strength in all aspects had also been greatly improved at the same time.

Unexpectedly, after being canonized as a sub-sage, overnight, he fully experienced the legendary "epiphany".

It's a rather subtle feeling.

There were many things that were vague before, and suddenly became clear.

When he calms down, he can even "see" the flow of time, and feel the invisible and intangible mysterious law between heaven and earth.

In such a subtle state, Gu Ming entered a state of sedation that transcends things for the first time.

It took almost half a month before I woke up.

In the seemingly short period of half a month, Gu Ming seemed to have relived his life.

In meditation, he seems to have returned to the moment when he was just born, babbling, toddler

Kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, university, stepping into society, traveling through time, taking exams, high school champion, getting married, becoming an official, resigning

The life of the two lifetimes gave him richer experience and more insights than others.

Witness the birth of new life, birth, old age, sickness and death, the fickleness of the world, and the blooming and fading of flowers

After half a month of meditation, Gu Ming not only greatly improved his state of mind, but also finally realized a set of mental methods suitable for Confucian cultivation.

He named this set of mental methods: Nine Characters Classic.

The reason why it is named the Nine-Character Classic is because the essence of this set of cultivation methods is derived from the nine-character mantra of Confucianism: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and fraternity.

There are more than a thousand words in the formulas of the heart method, which can be regarded as a beautiful appreciation and analysis, and can also be savored carefully, from which to comprehend the method of cultivation.

Even if you don't use it for cultivation, chanting it silently can also have the effect of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, just like the Buddhist and Taoist disciples chanting sutras

"Uncle, Uncle, you finally woke up"

Gu Ming woke up from the samadhi, and as soon as he walked out of the magic weapon space, Yu'er ran forward with a look of surprise.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Hee hee, uncle, go to Montenegro to have a look."

"Black Mountain? What happened to Black Mountain?"

But Yu'er put it off, and said mysteriously: "Young master, you will know if you go and have a look? Why don't you just leave, and you haven't finished talking yet?"

In just a few miles, Gu Ming arrived in the blink of an eye.

"This"

As soon as he arrived in Montenegro, Gu Ming was surprised, a little unbelievable.

Because at this moment, Montenegro has completely changed its appearance, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, grass growing and warblers flying, how can it still look lifeless before?

It's only been half a month, and the changes are so big?

Dazed for a while, Gu Ming had a flash of inspiration, thinking of a possibility, it must be because of the canonization of the sub-sage.

Montenegro is his fiefdom, so it is not surprising that God has blessed him.

This is another unexpected surprise.

That being the case, Gu Ming's plan changed again, and he decided to expand the scale of the college, and he also thought about the name of the college, which is called: Dao College.

After returning, Gu Ming discussed with Nie Xiaoqian and decided to set aside another [-] mu of land for the expansion of the college.

At that time, this college will become the largest and most complete college in the Great Yan Dynasty.

After the plan was finalized, Gu Ming began to recruit skilled craftsmen, and tried his best to complete the construction of the academy and put it into use within two years.

All of a sudden, craftsmen from the surrounding areas flocked to Guobei County, and some craftsmen who were thousands of miles away also rushed over after hearing the news

Needless to say, they all came here in Gu Ming's name.

Montenegro, which was once daunting, suddenly became lively.

Gu Ming had previously planned to build a residence on a slope, but now he has changed his plan and moved the location to Montenegro.

And it's not just his residence, he also plans to build a livable town with a beautiful environment and complete functions next to the college, so that some people can also be attracted to move to Montenegro to live.

After all, Montenegro is his fiefdom, so it can't be left unused like this all the time, it still needs to be a little popular.

As soon as the news came out, many country gentry came to the door and asked for cooperation.

It takes a lot of money to build a small town, and it is obvious that Gu Ming cannot do it alone with his current family background.

Then, it is undoubtedly the best way to cooperate with a group of squires

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