longevity of self-cultivation

After Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi saw the misery of "The Gate Snake", they returned to the study and began to work hard to strengthen themselves.

Three months later, as expected, both of them passed the examination of scholar and gained fame.

The two were relieved.

Mo Changsheng also heaved a sigh of relief.After all, ancient times are not modern times. Ordinary people have to kneel when they see officials to show their respect and their low status.The Mo family was originally just a farmer, a farmer with no status who could be bullied by anyone. Now that there are two young talents with bright futures in the family, Mo Changsheng felt a little relieved.

Then, Mo Changsheng deliberately asked the wives of Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi with a heavy gift. He knew that the two of them were still young. However, the two did not have much hope.But this is also normal. There is often a saying in the folks that "thirty old Mingjing, fifty young Jinshi".

Mo Changsheng pondered for a moment, then continued to ask: "What about the exam in five years? Is there hope for the two of you?"

The master who taught the brothers of the Mo family didn't dare to lie to this "immortal", and said bluntly: "The third son is down-to-earth and serious. If you work as hard as you did in the past five years, after five years, you will definitely be able to pass the exam. ; but, although the fourth son is sensible, but probably because he is a young son, he still has a childish heart. After five years, I am afraid it will be..." The master was afraid of angering Mo Changsheng, so he added, "The fourth son has just reached the end of his life after five years. Guan, eight years later, will only be a mere 24 years old. Although the fourth son may not be able to hold on to the exam in five years, but in the exam after eight or 11 years, as long as the fourth son is willing to take the exam, he will definitely win the exam day."

For the sake of his two younger brothers, Mo Changsheng also accompanied him for a period of time. Knowing that the master was telling the truth, he thanked him solemnly and left.

Indeed, he was a little impatient. The 16-year-old Xiucaigong is already very good. He shouldn't force his two younger brothers.

Mo Changsheng did some self-examination, and when he returned home, he praised his two younger brothers. Seeing the flushed and excited faces of the two younger brothers, he inevitably felt a sense of responsibility as an elder brother being a father.

After praising his younger brother, Mo Changsheng discussed with his parents, planning to hand over the previously shelved Jianshantang, school and road construction to Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi respectively.

Father Mo was a little hesitant: "The two of them are only 16 years old, can people listen to them? Besides, didn't Changsheng want them to continue taking the imperial examination? Wouldn't this delay their studies?"

Mo Changsheng glanced at the two younger brothers with glowing eyes, and said with a smile: "This money is from our family. Xiao San and Xiao Si are my own brothers. If they are not obedient, we will replace them with obedient people." Just help. As for the imperial examination, I heard that many people are admitted to Jinshi at the age of 30, or even 50 years old, and then become officials. Although Xiaosan and Xiaosi have some talents in reading, they are not like that. Geniuses who never forget, we can’t ask them to be admitted to Jinshi once, and then to be admitted to Jinshi, we must give them time to grow.”

"It's just that during the time when we didn't pass the exam, we can't let our two younger brothers just stay at home for nothing, with no food to earn a living, right? It's not easy to ask for a wife like this." Mo Changsheng looked at the two men teasingly. Brother, "take a step back and say, if the two younger brothers are unlucky in the future and can only donate officials, then we also need to have the capital, connections, and skills to donate officials, right? So no matter what, Xiaosan and Xiaosi must be here It’s good to have a foothold and ability.”

Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi blushed immediately, and they had nowhere to put their hands.

Mr. Mo and Mrs. Mo looked at each other before agreeing.

Mo Changsheng ordered Mo Xiaosan to undertake the task of opening charitable halls in the county and town respectively.

But this shantang, Mo Changsheng made it clear that, first of all, shantangs are divided into men and women, and they are built in two adjacent places, but they cannot be together; secondly, shantangs only accommodate helpless or over 16 years old. Abandoned men and women, men over 60 years old and not seriously disabled will never be taken in, and homeless women over 16 years old will only be taken in if they are willing to work in the shantang, and these people cannot be raised for nothing; Among the inmates, all those over six years old must do their best for the shantang; fourthly, the shantang invites people to teach the people in the shantang how to read every two days. Don't learn, it all depends on personal opinion...

The Mo family all nodded in agreement with the first three points Mo Changsheng said, but the last point surprised the Mo family. After all, the cost of hiring a wife is really too much.

But Mo Changsheng said: "What's so difficult about it? It's fine to take out a student who has been studying for a long time from the school every time to teach. If you do good deeds and the reputation of the students is good, there must be someone willing to go. Besides, those who are good at the school People only need to be literate and polite, and for the rest, if they are really talented in reading and have a kind heart, why not let the Mo family subsidize them to study in the school?"

Then, without waiting for Mo's father, Mo's mother, and the two younger brothers to say anything, Mo Changsheng took out a stack of land deeds from the storage bag, and continued: "This is thirty acres of high-quality fertile land, one hundred acres of medium-grade fertile land, and one hundred acres of dry land. I have thought about it, the road construction is a temporary matter, and the banknotes sent by the wealthy households are enough, but the shantang and the school are not. It is a long-term matter. The Mo family does not raise dandyism. The land deeds I just mentioned are used to support the shantang and the school. Those who want to learn embroidery, dyeing, printing, carpentry, etc. in the shantang, It is also necessary to sign a five-year contract with the Mo family's embroidery workshop, cloth workshop, etc., and must work in the Mo family for five years before leaving the Mo family. In this way, the shantang and the Mo family's industries are mutually dependent and continue."

Only then did Mo's father and Mo's mother realize what a big deal their son was going to do!

Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi also became excited. They were well-educated and understood better than their parents what kind of impact Mo Changsheng's actions could bring.

Mo Xiaosan was more calm than his younger brother, and said: "Second brother's idea is very good, but... if second brother is here, everything will go well for us. I can't keep what my second brother left behind."

Mo Changsheng looked at Mo Xiaosan more kindly, but he had no intention of explaining it for the time being, he just said: "You start the shantang in the county and the town together first, and then talk about it. I will take care of other things."

Mo Xiaosan understood immediately, nodded yes, and at the same time thought about how to make the good things of Shantang better.

As for building the school, Mo Changsheng handed it over to Mo Xiaosi.

"Although the school is built in the village, the school I want to build is not an ordinary school, but a school for men and a school for women; there are two types of schools for men, one is the school that wants to take the imperial examination, and the other is the school. Just for the sake of literacy, the latter kind of school can be attended by children as young as six years old, and seniors as old as seven or eighty years old.”

Mo Xiaosi's eyes sparkled, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

But Mo Changsheng hit him and said: "Don't be too happy, boys' schools are okay, but women's schools are not easy to build, and, it is impossible to say that women's schools may only recruit three or four people in the early stage, and women's schools are hard to find. , These, you have to think about what to do."

Mo Xiaosi gradually calmed down a bit.

"As for the road construction..." Mo Changsheng looked at Father Mo, "Father, you and the housekeeper Mo Zhong are responsible for this matter, okay?"

Father Mo is in good health. After taking the elixir sent by Mo Changyou, he is already in good shape. He will look old before because he is worried about his two sons who are in the cultivation world. Now Mo Changsheng When he came back, he also brought news of another unfilial son. Father Mo's health has gotten better in the past few days.

That's why Mo Changsheng wanted to hand over the road construction to Father Mo.

Father Mo is only in his early sixties, and Mo Changsheng doesn't want him to stay at home to support him as he grows older.

As expected, Father Mo happily agreed.

After hearing that Mo Changsheng wanted to set up a women's charity hall first, and then build a women's school in the village, Mrs. Mo realized that what her son was going to do seemed particularly difficult. She looked at Mo Changsheng , and became softer.

Even when discussing the name of the shantang and the school, Mrs. Mo directly said that it would be named after Mo Changsheng.

Mo Xiaosan said: "Eternal Life Hall, Longevity Academy? They are all very good, why not settle down like this?"

Mo Xiaosi and Mo Daddy nodded immediately.

Mo Changsheng originally planned to name it after himself, although his reason for doing so was different from what the Mo family suggested, but in the end it was the same goal by different routes, and he also laughed.

It's just that he only promised that the shantang would be named after him.

"As for the schools... In addition to the schools scattered in various villages, didn't someone give us a mountain before? The sign of Wuyou College was hung there, and every school should also hang the sign of Wuyou College."

Mo Xiaosi was startled: "The Wuyou Academy on the mountain is about to start construction?" He felt that he probably couldn't spare so much time.

Mo Changsheng smiled slightly, glanced at his thoughtful parents, and said, "No. When eldest brother comes back, let him build Wuyou Academy."

It was only then that Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi realized that this Wuyou Academy was exactly named after their eldest brother, Mo Changyou.

Don't worry, don't worry, isn't it worry-free?

Father Mo said with a straight face: "Whose credit is due to this is whose credit it is. No one else has come back, so you don't have to help this gang for him. Who knows if he will appreciate you when he finds out?"

Mrs. Mo also kept a straight face and remained silent.

Only then did Mo Changsheng say: "Father, mother, if I only planned to set up a philanthropic hall and a school in this small town of ours, I would naturally only name it after myself, but what I want is to name such a philanthropic hall and a school In our country, and even in the entire mortal world, we are doing more and more, accumulating virtue and doing good deeds. As a result, I have to borrow my brother's credit."

Mrs. Mo and Mrs. Mo looked at Mo Changsheng.

Mo Changsheng said: "Even though my brother is still practicing qi, he has an extraordinary talent for formations. He has already worshiped a Taoist Yuanying Daoist as his teacher, and that Daoist Yuanying Daoist is likely to enter within a hundred years. Step into God. And that Nascent Soul Taoist Lord is also at the completion of the golden core, and the advancement of the Nascent Soul is just around the corner. With my cultivation base and the power of the Mo family alone, these philanthropic halls and schools run are likely to be You will encounter all kinds of difficulties. However, if you have the help of your elder brother, just because your elder brother is the head of the four major sects in the Wuling Continent, the Xiaoyao Sect, and the closed disciple of Yuanying Daojun, the Shantang and Xuetang will become more and more prosperous. It gets smoother."

Seeing that his parents were still a little unhappy, Mo Changsheng continued: "This is a good thing. If I think about it, even if I don't talk to my brother, my brother will fully support me, and I won't mind if my name is used. But, brother Love me, and I also respect elder brother. I am willing to ask elder brother to help me with such a good thing, and I am willing to let elder brother benefit from it."

Father Mo and Mother Mo sighed, waved their hands, and did whatever Mo Changsheng wanted to do.

Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi knew a lot about Mo Changsheng, the second brother, and their parents would often tell them how good this second brother was; but for Mo Changyou, the eldest brother, their parents kept secrets until Mo Changsheng came back. , occasionally talking to them about Mo Changyou, they realized that the elder brother actually missed his family very much, and even specially prepared a lot of gifts for the two younger brothers they had never met.

So Mo Changsheng looked over with one look, and Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi surrounded Mrs. Mo and Mrs. Mo and began to say good things for Mo Changyou.

At the end, Mo's father and Mo's mother couldn't keep their faces. Pointing at the two younger ones, they laughed and cursed: "You haven't even seen your elder brother's face, how do you know how good he is?"

Mo Changsheng heaved a sigh of relief, well, finally, his parents have admitted that Mo Changyou is still their eldest brother, which is considered a good thing.

Because Mo Changsheng came from the world of comprehension after all, the two younger brothers both passed the examination of scholar, and then opened a philanthropic hall and a school that were completely different from other families. Within two months, the imperial court sent the idle Ninth Prince Tete rushed to Qingshui County, where Mo's family is located, to see Mo Changsheng.

Mo Changsheng met with the Ninth Prince, and the Ninth Prince quickly understood that what this "immortal" was going to do was a good thing for the country and the people. But what Mo Changsheng is going to do has nothing to do with power. If he does it well, he will be famous forever. The Ninth Prince went back and thought about it all night, and when he came back, he looked at Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi a few times. Changsheng said that he wanted to marry the Mo family, and directly asked Mo Xiaosan by name.

The corners of Mo Changsheng's mouth twitched, but he also understood that the names of Changshengtang and Wuyou College had been decided, and the future masters must be Mo's family. The Ninth Prince was willing to help, but he refused to help for no reason, so he proposed marriage .

Mo Changsheng turned his head and glanced at Mo Xiaosan, seeing that Mo Xiaosan blushed, but nodded at him invisibly, and immediately understood that his younger brother didn't have much objection to this matter.

Mo Changsheng paused for a moment, and wanted to understand that most of the marriages here are blind marriages. No matter who Mo Xiaosan marries, he can only take a look at that woman before marriage.

In this way, for Mo Xiaosan, marrying who is not marrying?Being able to marry a princess is not a good thing for the Mo family, for what his brother is going to do, and even for himself.

But if you know it, you know it, Mo Changsheng loves his younger brother after all, he can't help saying: "My younger brother is honest and gentle, I'm afraid he won't be worthy of the little princess."

The Ninth Prince recognized Mo Changsheng's implication at a glance, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Wang Xu married the daughter of the former concubine, and now she is being raised under the lap of the old concubine of the palace. Although she is only 12 years old, she is generous and gentle. , never arrogant."

It wasn't that the Ninth Prince wanted to demote himself, but because of Mo Changsheng's sect and his elder brother Mo Changyou's master, the Ninth Prince had to lower his airs and explain clearly when Mo Changsheng refused. The princess he wants to marry is not a domineering daughter, but the only girl left by the former princess who he doesn't know who to marry.

As soon as Mo Changsheng's mind changed, he understood what the Ninth Prince meant.The first daughter left by the former concubine would not be so arrogant if she thought about it, she took another look at Mo Xiaosan, and agreed to this matter, but the marriage was decided in advance, and the real marriage would wait until after the little princess and Ji.

With the support of the royal family and the silver taels brought by Mo Changsheng and those rich households for peace of mind, Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi will soon be able to achieve their goals within half a year. , built four philanthropic halls and seven schools.

Mo Changsheng knew that everything was difficult at the beginning, and the two younger brothers could do more in the future after doing well at the beginning, so he directly asked the two younger brothers not to build any more charity halls and schools before one of them won the election. In the next few years, the two of them were able to study well and gain a reputation in the mortal world, and they were able to take care of these charitable halls and schools in a down-to-earth manner, and honed their skills. If the younger brother goes down, no matter whether he is an official or something else, he will not act recklessly, so that he can feel at ease.

Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi are also aware of their elder brother's good intentions, and they know that they are still young, and what their elder brother wants them to do is not only a good deed that will make them famous through the ages, but may also help their two elder brothers. I agreed.

It's just that there are too few Mo family members. It is impossible to develop Changshengtang and Wuyou College without the full support of the Mo family members.What Mo Changsheng didn't expect was that five years later, Mo Xiaosan went to Beijing to take the exam after winning the exam, and was directly selected by the emperor as a candidate, and married the little princess of the Ninth Prince. He became an official, and directly led the little princess to start building the Changshengtang and Wuyou Academy where he went, benefiting countless people.

However, Mo Xiaosi, who seemed to be jumping a little at first, honed his temper with all his heart. Ten years later, he won the first prize in the examination, and 30 years later, he entered the cabinet, fully supporting what his third brother did.

After all, Mo Changsheng can't count on the future, so he only planted the seeds of the expansion of the Changsheng Hall and the Academy in the hearts of the two younger brothers, so that the two younger brothers can do it in the future if they want to and can do it, and they can only maintain the few things they have now. Just a Longevity Hall and academies.

After all, he is a monk and cannot directly participate in the affairs of mortals. Although he hopes that Changshengtang and Wuyou Academy will spread all over the country and even the entire mortal world, so as to gain merit and virtue, so that Heaven can do nothing to him, but he can't force and plot against his two younger brothers. Mo Changsheng pondered for a long time, finally sighed, and gave up the idea of ​​asking his two younger brothers to sacrifice their lives to help him. Instead, with a smile on his face, he discussed with his parents and younger brothers how they would spend the remaining months together. .

He can only stay in the mortal world for one year. After one year, the nameplate for entering and exiting the cultivation world will become a teleportation jade talisman that forces him to leave, throwing him out of the mortal world forcibly.

And this year, more than half of it has now passed.

Everyone in the Mo family knew about it.Mrs. Mo wiped her face and said: "In this case, let's go out together as a family. Didn't someone give a hot spring village a few days ago, and said that the flowers blooming there are very good? Let's go there alright."

Everyone naturally agreed.

Mo Changsheng suddenly said casually: "Call Mu Sheng together."

Mo Xiaosi wondered: "Who is Mu Sheng? But second brother's friend? Why don't you call him next time, this time... After all, we are going out together as a family."

Mo Changsheng smiled slightly: "He has guarded the door for our family for more than half a year, why is he not our family?"

Mo Xiaosi had an idea: "Second Brother said, but that snake?"

Mo Changsheng nodded.

Mo's father and Mo's mother immediately expressed that they would take the guard snake away together.The snake has been showing them the door for more than half a year. Although the two elders were a little afraid of it at first, but after a long time, seeing the snake foolishly guarding the door for them without eating or drinking, they would still look at it every time they passed by. Looking at them flatteringly, Mrs. Mo and Mrs. Mo also regarded this particularly "loyal" guard snake as a family.

Mo Xiaosan and Mo Xiaosi also nodded repeatedly.

Then the Mo family saw that the snake had disappeared.

The watchdog who was closely following Mo Changsheng was replaced by a young man with a particularly silly smile.

The Mo family: "..."