Watch the sea

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Ji Wuyue, Junji of Lishan Mountain, handed a letter to the emperor in the name of a lonely city in Ningzhou.

It only said three things in it. First, the sixth Mahayana realm appeared in Kyushu; second, the seals of the two Mahayana realms in Lishan; Return to the imperial capital.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Dayin established the country with force, and the appearance of every Mahayana realm may completely change the pattern of forces in Kyushu.

For example, Yiye Gucheng was revered as the Eastern Capital, and it really became a force that all the aristocratic families in Kyushu feared and scrambled to win over. A few years ago, Lishan suddenly had an Eastern Lord.

If you are not Mahayana, you are not Dongjun. This is the testament of Lishan Gong to everyone. The appearance of Ji Wuyue is to announce to the world that Lishan has entered the second Mahayana realm.

Prior to this, the original four Mahayanas in Kyushu, Wuling Daozong Tianxuanzi devoted himself to seeking Taoism, Master Wuju of Nanshan retired to hermitage, Ye Jianwei, the master of Lishan Mountain, did not care about world affairs, Cangwu Martial Venerable Fang Hongzhen was arrogant but But he also lives in Yunzhou.

At that time, Kyushu was in troubled times, and the sudden appearance of Dongjun undoubtedly pushed Lishan to the pinnacle of the power struggle, making everyone stretch their necks, waiting for Lishan to make a move, but it was beyond everyone's expectation. In addition, Lishan still upholds the usual style of avoiding the world. This Dongjun is even more low-key than the master of Lishan, not to mention the world, even the disciples of Lishan have not seen him a few times.

So far, the Lishui River is still calm, the Lishan Mountain has not changed at all, and Kyushu is still the same Kyushu.

But if the weather is calm for too long, there will always be waves.

Xuanxi's 11 years is destined not to be a peaceful age.

The sixth Mahayana, Dong Jun only said in the booklet that there is a real person. He had a face-to-face meeting with this Mahayana, but he knew nothing about the rest.

The second thing is that the formation seals of the two Mahayana realms in Lishan, except for Master Wuji who has indeed retired, the formation seals of other Mahayana realms are little known, and there is nothing in the Mahayana realm that others can easily know. fake.

So the dead man in Ulsan had Dongjun's seal on his body, which is very strange and subtle.

Since ancient times, all the Mahayana realms in the Kyushu of the world have listened to the tune but not the propaganda, saying that I am not a vassal, and this has been the case for several dynasties.

Dongjun had no responsibility to report the matter of the sixth Mahayana emperor, and there was no need to present Lishan's formation seal to the imperial court. This already showed sincerity beyond Lishan's usual attitude.

There is no other reason, just to tell the emperor that the matter of Ulsan Qiusun dead man has nothing to do with him, and the twists and turns may not be known, but he does not need to make any more excuses for this, because Lishan's position will not change, Qinghe The promise of the Dongjun Token in the eldest princess's hand will not be changed, and that is enough.

There is a kind of sin that makes the emperor think you are guilty, but similarly, there is a kind of innocence that the emperor thinks has nothing to do with you.It just so happens that the Ulsan dead man can be either the former or the latter.

As for the reason for the third matter written in the booklet, it seems absurd. It is completely because the Mahayana Dongjun who "obeyed the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and called me not a minister" was afraid that he would be killed by His Majesty after returning to the imperial capital because he had not returned for a long time. Tossing a lesson, giving yourself a written plea for forgiveness in advance.

When Su Lang received the news from the palace, he and Xinghui were trimming a rare green plum plant sent by Jiangnan in the warm pavilion in the backyard of the Duke's Mansion.

The sixth Mahayana realm, no one knows who he is, and no one knows what power he belongs to, but judging from the current situation and Ji Wuyue's unfinished words, I am afraid that the comer is not good.

However, before they could discuss and respond to this, a major incident occurred in Changzhou.

The Imperial Metropolitan Examination in February is just around the corner, but the literati who took the exam in Changzhou last year in Qiuwei made trouble, crying loudly at the Confucian Temple, saying that the sky is unfair, not only is there no one to control the fraud in the state exam, Jindu Prefecture also killed several people crying for grievances. Candidates, a thousand people in prison, etc.A few literati who were lucky enough to escape from the prison called the sky should not call the earth nowhere, so they went to eat and sleep in the open all the way, and the god Duo Dengwengu knelt down and begged the emperor to avenge his grievances.

The aristocratic family is powerful and powerful, with nine-rank talents, and the upper third class has always been only from the gentry.Decades ago, Emperor Lie reformed the system. Under the premise of guaranteeing that the top-ranked nobles of the noble families who ruled a city will be admitted to the official position, and three tribute students will be selected, they will be exempted from the state examination and go straight to the palace examination. Students from poor families hold a scientific examination every three years, set up a Jinshi department, and no longer use the ninth rank to take the poor family official.

There are no low-ranking families in the upper class, and no noble families in the lower class. The spring and autumn trials are their only chance.

These poor students have been working hard for ten years in order to be able to "be a farmer in the morning and a member of the Tianzitang in the evening".Now ten years of ox horns hanging books, once they are all vain, what do you think will happen to them?

The future is hopeless, these four words can extinguish the enthusiasm of all young people, and can also make the seemingly weak scholar burst out with a destructive power that cannot be tolerated by a literati.

The violent wind starts at the end of Qingping, and the violent waves form between the small waves.At the beginning of Xuanxi's 11th year, a few literati from poor families set off the first turbulent waves in the calm Dayin Kyushu.

The emperor was furious, and he added Yushi Taichung Cheng Pei Yuande as the second-rank governor of Changzhou, and immediately went to Jindu, Changzhou to investigate the case of fraud in the state examination.The emperor's guards Su Lang and Ye Xinghui were promoted to be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and they went to Changzhou to assist them.Another four shadow guards of the Son of Heaven are sent to act cheaply, and those who block the way will be killed without mercy.

How many pairs of eyes are secretly watching this case is secondary, what is more important is that all the poor students in the world are watching, so it is inevitable that no one from the noble family can be sent to investigate, otherwise no matter what the result is, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.At that time, if someone with a heart manipulates public opinion, the consequences will be disastrous.

However, Changzhou is also the place where the richest families are most concentrated. In the nine cities of Changzhou, apart from Jiwang, where none of the gentry’s surnames are in Jinzhou City, the Dingkang Zhou family, the Guangling Ye family, the Yichong Xiao family, the Yuchun Han family, The Yinghai and Su clans, all of them are aristocratic families that can shake Kyushu three times.

The forces of all parties are too complicated, and Pei Yuande, who has no obvious family background, can't be suppressed. Guangchang Prefecture is in charge of the governor, the governor of the army, and the governor of the army. Well, if these people were also involved, what pressure would he have?

There must be someone who is actually of sufficient status, and on the surface, his official position is not higher than that of Pei Yuande to help him hold the line, so that he can see clearly the direction of the water in the deep pool of Changzhou, but others can't easily get involved in the power of Changzhou. Only Han Chengmiao and Su Lang could be freed to send to Changzhou, Han Chengmiao was silent and stern, he was not very suitable, and the only one who could go was Su Lang.

As for Ye Xinghui, in fact, he heard that Su Lang was going to Changzhou, so he asked for his order to follow.Li Shan has always avoided the world, and avoided family entanglements the most, so Li Shan himself will never be involved in the cheating in the Changzhou State Examination, so Ye Xinghui is willing to go, and it is of course beneficial and harmless. With his identity and the power behind him, he can go No matter where you go to Dayin Kyushu, you will not be underestimated, especially now that the sixth Mahayana has appeared, Lishan's attitude and stand cannot be ignored.

The other four emperor's shadow guards are the arrows that the emperor placed in Pei Yuande's hands, the emperor's weapon, which stops bleeding with blood and kills with killing. No one dares to stop them, but at the same time they are also a knife on Pei Yuande's head. .It's not for nothing that the imperial envoy colluded with the local government. After all, everyone has a surname and family.Aristocratic families know best that money, power, desire and weakness can easily disintegrate a person's will. If something really happens, the emperor has to guard against it.

Changzhou Jindu is far away, and their journey is not smooth.

At the junction of the two prefectures of Ningchang, they were repairing at the posthouse, and before they could put it back together, Xinghui met an acquaintance first—the chief elder of Lishanshui Jingtai who came here specially to look for him. He turned pale with fright, and immediately went to Su Lang hid behind him, not even daring to show the corner of his clothes.

However, Yan Lao didn't come to catch Xinghui and go back. He stroked his beard, poured a cup of light tea for Xinghui himself, and in front of Su Lang, he brought a sentence from the master of Dongdu: "Don't be afraid, the master said Well, I won't punish the young master this time, but I just have something to ask the young master, this is the acquaintance of Ningchang, it is not too late to turn around here, the young master wants to go back to Mount Li?"

Su Lang's heart froze for a moment, Xinghui poked his head out from behind Su Lang, the elder who watched him grow up had only a faint smile and kindness in his eyes, he was silent for a while, then shook Su Lang's hand , walked to the case and sat down, drank the cup of weak tea slowly, looked into the elder's eyes: "No, please tell my father for me, Mr. Yan, that I have a sense of propriety and won't get wet easily."

Yan Lao smiled when he heard the words, and shook his head lightly: "You, you are already in the water, so it's not just the corner of your clothes that got wet?" Without waiting for Xinghui to speak again, he said again: "The Lord of the Land asked me to take Give the young master eight words, the world is inevitable, but rely on your heart."

Xinghui was slightly stunned: "But..."

"Xinghui, you are not the only one in the water, and Lishan is already there." Yan Lao knew what Xinghui wanted to say, and interrupted him: "You have been smart since you were young, don't you understand? ?”

He put down the order in his hand: "Your father said, you didn't come back last year for your birthday. You have grown up and you always have to take something with you when you go out. Your elder brother lent you a sword. Now you Father will lend you another sword as a birthday present, I hope you will be careful with these two swords."

He took another meaningful look at Xinghui, and then got up and walked out: "Dark waves will surge, and the sea will flow, there is nothing to see, nothing to avoid, just follow your heart, but follow your heart."

Looking at Yan Laoyuan's back, Xinghui suddenly remembered what his father Dongdu Jingzhu and senior brother Ye Shuli said to him the day he left Lishan to come to the imperial capital.

The dark waves are about to surge, and the sea is flowing. In fact, no one has been able to stay alone for a long time, sitting on the wall and watching. He is never the only one who embarks on the road to the imperial capital, and the entire Lishan Mountain.

If Lishan really wanted to avoid it forever, he would never have gone to the imperial capital from the very beginning.

He is different from Chu Heng, the one who enters the imperial capital can only be Chu Heng from the Zhongli Chu family, not Dongjun from Lishan.But he can't just be Ye Xinghui.

"You are the young master of Lishan Mountain, and behind you is the entire Yiye Gucheng."

"The water in the imperial capital is deep, don't get wet easily."

"You are the only son of my uncle, you should enter the imperial capital."

"Lishan does not get involved in world affairs easily, but it is not afraid of trouble."

There are many roads in the imperial capital, and all roads are roads of no return. If you step on one of them, you will never turn back.How can a person not get wet in the sea?

He has always been taught not to be "easy".

The world is unavoidable, but it depends on the heart.

The author says:

Dayin can be regarded as the nine-rank Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination. The imperial examination started not long ago, and the aristocratic family is powerful. The current situation is the result of a compromise between centralization and aristocratic decentralization.Due to the need for an overhead background, the imperial examination system and official position system here are slightly inconsistent with the real ancient times, so don't take it too seriously.