Can you live forever

Chapter 404 Three Disasters and Nine Disasters, Taiyi Golden Elixir

The Han Dynasty was completely annihilated, and the first time was Mongolia.

After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, King Qin's army in Shangzhou never stopped.

But there are limits to what can be done.

The Yuan Dynasty defended the Bering Strait, which could basically stop the King Qin's troops in Shangzhou.

The Yuan Dynasty would attack Dongying, not because it wanted to conquer all the land, let alone to avenge the Song Dynasty, but to train troops. The real goal of the Yuan Dynasty was Shangzhou.

But just like King Qin of Shangzhou, the Yuan Dynasty was also out of reach.

Thousands of miles away, how much power can be exerted?What's more, although the Yuan Dynasty was different from Mongolia and adopted the Han system, after all the people in the world were devastated, the population was greatly reduced after all.

Moreover, the Yuan Dynasty's fiscal and governance methods based on the tax package system made it difficult to integrate the power of the whole country.

The imperial court played its own game, while the Mongolian nobles enslaved the people and enjoyed themselves wantonly, while the local gentry squeezed them more thoroughly, respecting the Mongolian lords while making their own fortune...

The power could not be concentrated at all, so there was nothing he could do against Shangzhou.

And Shangzhou was in a state of enfeoffment until the Ming Dynasty, and the efficiency of the use of national power was also low, and this low national power was to some extent an important reason why Shangzhou had always been a vassal of the Central Plains.

Therefore, after Zheng He's voyages to the West, the Ming Dynasty did not change the system of Shangzhou, but directly divided the provinces, reformed the land and brought it into the rule.

the reason is simple.

The size of Shangzhou is too large. Once it enters the centralization and completes the great unification, it will no longer be a "temple in the court", but another... imperial court.

Of course, another court is also fine.

After all, it’s just a country of brothers. I’m afraid that it’s here. It’s clear that the unification has been completed, but it’s unwilling to obey the legal system of Ming Dynasty.

That was Daming's henchman's trouble.

Moreover, the Yin and Shang royal family had long been extinct, and Ying Zheng knew very well that once he left, Shangzhou would lose a "king" who could convince the public. Internal strife was small, and apostasy was great.

If the monarchy is retained, the first emperor can train heirs and inherit all the legal system naturally.

In terms of law, Shangzhou will be equal to Ming Dynasty.

And reject the monarchy.

The first emperor took Shangzhou, who had been running for a century, after the first emperor left, who could control this huge empire?Without strength and legal system, civil strife is bound to happen. Regardless of the outcome of the civil strife, Ming's legal system will eventually be higher than Shangzhou.

This is determined by strength after losing their reputation.

Even if Daming did not exploit Shangzhou in any way, the substantive difference in power would produce an exploitative effect. In this way, after several generations, whether it was careerists or the people of Shangzhou, they would all have ideas in their hearts.

A real man was born between the heaven and the earth, how can he live in depression for a long time?
But if you want to surpass Ming Dynasty, you must subvert Ming Dynasty's tributary system...

The best solution is the monarchy.

Whether it is recognized or not, the word "emperor" represents the highest centralization and legal order. It is a "name" that has been continuously created for nearly 2000 years since the first emperor.

If you lose this name, you can only make it up with strength.

Since ancient times, the role of names has been known, so there is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan": only objects and names can not be fake people, and the ruler is also in charge.A name is a letter, and a letter is a weapon.

But since Yiqiong didn't want this name, and Emperor Shihuang wouldn't ask it a second time, today's choice and future karma are all the ordeals that Ming needs to go through on the road to civilization awareness.

It is easy to destroy the thieves in the mountains, but it is difficult to destroy the thieves in the heart.

It was easy for the Ming Dynasty to conquer the world by force, but it was extremely difficult to change the ideas and people's hearts of all races in the world. Therefore, the awakening of civilization did not happen overnight.

Longevity in civilization does not mean resting easy. Learning is like sailing against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat.

Longevity civilization will also be subverted.

"Since you don't need it, I won't force it. You are about to give birth now, so stay in Titlan City. Some people don't want that child to be born smoothly." Shi Huangdi looked into the distance with deep eyes, and said so.

……

February, the tenth day of the lunar month.

Five days before Jingzhe, Zhang Baichuan and Wang Jiangque arrived at Wudang Mountain with Wang Jiangque.

But when they arrived in Wudang, they could only watch from a distance under Tianzhu Peak, they couldn't go up the mountain, they couldn't go to the Golden Summit, and they couldn't talk to or meet Zhang Zhixiang.

This year's Wudang is very different from previous years.

Even before the start of the sting, the heaven and the earth have already been shaken by strong winds, the five poisons in the mountains and fields are afraid, and all things are mourning. Above the sky, the gathered dark clouds have already turned purple.

Even so, the flow of clouds still gives people the feeling that they are gathering crazily.

It's as if there is a black hole in the sky, constantly absorbing energy.

It can be faintly seen that at the core of the dark cloud, red light flashes from time to time, and the thunder and lightning have turned blood red...

It was not only Zhang Zhixiang's family who came to Wudang, but also monks from all walks of life. Such a vision of heaven and earth, although he knew that Zhang Zhixiang was forming an alchemy, it looked like he was crossing a catastrophe...

Practicing the art of longevity has three disasters and nine disasters.

The nine difficulties belong to the routine difficulties encountered in the practice, such as the difficulty of dealing with the cold and heat when the medicine is not completed, such as the deep evil, such as the fetters of the six relatives...

Each of the three disasters has its own interpretation.

In Journey to the West, it is listed as thunder, fire, and wind.

It is said that after 500 years of longevity, there will be a thunderbolt that will strike you, and you will have to see your nature to avoid it; another 500 years, there will be a yin fire burning you, from the spring to the mud ball, the internal organs will be turned into ashes, and the limbs will be rotten; In 500 years, there was a gust of wind blowing down from the chimney gate, passing through the six internal organs, descending to the dantian, passing through the nine orifices, leaving all the limbs and bones, and the bones and flesh disappeared...

In short, this is the catastrophe after Dan Cheng.

After forming the alchemy, you have to live for 500 years before you can suffer the catastrophe. It can be seen that ordinary people can't endure the catastrophe if they want to, but Zhang Zhixiang is clearly just forming the alchemy. That posture is definitely a catastrophe brewing...

"My God, Anping, Anping needs to go through this thunder disaster before he can successfully exit the level?"

Looking at the thunderclouds in the sky, Zhang Fushi felt a little dizzy. Only when he saw it with his own eyes, could he understand what kind of situation his son had to face.

"I'm afraid it's hard to say whether the ordinary Thunder Tribulation has such momentum..."

"Ah, it's okay."

"Auntie, look, the Taihe Palace is originally the core of the Wudang Great Formation. On the golden dome, it has been tempered by thunder and fire. It has not left any traces for more than a hundred years. It is a good place for lightning protection."

"Brother Anping will definitely get through this smoothly."

Zhang Jingdu also came to Wudang. She has already established her foundation, so she understands the power of this thunder disaster better than Zhang Fushi and the others.

Wang Cuiqiao clenched her fists, her knuckles were a little white, she said in a daze, "Didn't you mean to borrow the pure Yang fire from the Waking of Insects period? This sky, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like there is a pure Yang fire... "

In the purple-black sky, faintly flickering scarlet thunder.

This is the catastrophe manifested by Zhang Zhixiang's karma. It is the catastrophe manifested by practitioners who want to get involved in worldly affairs, change the world, and bear the weight of civilization...

Such a catastrophe, even Patriarch Sanfeng, is ready for it.

Outside the gate of the Golden Palace, Patriarch Sanfeng looked at Zhang Zhixiang, who had been pregnant for several months, and said nothing. Obviously, the thunder outside was getting heavier, but he seemed to be sleeping more and more deeply...

……

Since time travel, Zhang Zhixiang doesn't think much about his past life.

After all, it was just an unchanging life, seeking medical advice, hospitalization, transfer, and occasionally going to school without attending a few classes, no friends, no good classmates, and the only companionship, only books.

When he was sick in bed, what he missed most was the vague memory of his childhood.

It was in the Huangzhong Palace, during the three years under the care of Master Dao.

Daoye was once exposed because of his practice of medicine, saying that feudal superstition, and later practiced medicine for decades, cured seven cancers, but was scolded, beaten, and sued by those people. Since then, he burned the medical books, poured out the medicinal materials, and vowed not to practice medicine again.

But the Taoist priest is merciful.

Zhang Zhixiang vaguely remembered that when he went to Huangzhong Palace that day, a sparrow didn't look at the road and hit the wall and passed out. gone.

Birds are like this, let alone people?

It's not about saving people, it's just that they don't want to save people in the name of practicing medicine.

Master Dao taught him to practice kung fu and massaged him to promote Qi. During the three years in Huang Zhonggong, he never suffered from any illness. It was also the most relaxed and happy three years in his life. In those three years, he was like a normal child, able to Playing in the mountains, being able to jump and walk around...

It's a pity that the fate is limited.

The old Taoist ascended to heaven and returned to the sky, while he was wandering around in the world, and he was full of diseases brought by his mother's womb, but there was no cure for him.

It's not about congenital weakness or anything, but a disaster at birth.

Babies in the mother's womb cannot breathe on their own. During pregnancy in October, all nutrients and oxygen are supplied by the umbilical cord, and what goes in comes out, and fetal poison will accumulate in the mouth.

Generally, when a baby is born, whether it is a nurse or a midwife, it is necessary to pick out or use an instrument to suck away the fetal poison in the mouth of the fetus, then hang it up and slap it, cry out with a loud cry, and then spit out the remaining fetal poison.

This is also a change from nature to nurture.

It is the innate qi that is exhaled, and the acquired qi is inhaled.

When Zhang Zhixiang was born, he woke up too early, and he woke up before the nurses removed the fetal poison. Instead of being lifted upside down when he was delivered in the past, modern babies are just laid down and sucked with an instrument.

Before the machine started, he was awakened with a start, crying and swallowing too much fetal poison.

He was weak since he was a child, and he was victimized all his life.

This pathogen was not discovered after searching for doctors and medicines earlier, and it was the secret that Daoist showed him and told him in one word.

And when he was a baby, because he didn't know what the disease was, early treatment made the disease worse, and he missed the best opportunity, which made him die young.

"So this is ah……"

In the sunny ward, the young man holding a book in his hand suddenly came to his senses, murmured in a low voice, but his breathing was a little disordered, every time he thought of the pathogen, he seemed to have memories of his birth, as if the mouthful of fetal poison Swallowing it, even the first breath was messed up, I didn't know how to breathe...

He obviously practiced kung fu, and he also took countless western and traditional Chinese medicines.

Neither worked.

The condition is deteriorating, not only physically, but also psychologically. His breathing rhythm is getting more and more chaotic. It is not because he is consciously controlling it, or because of psychological shadows, but a sequelae of being blocked. It's a conditioned reflex...

Breathing is chaotic, but the heart is extremely calm.

Years of life in the ward has made him understand life and death, or in other words, it is not for himself to live hard. He doesn't want to see his father's gray hair, his mother's tears, or their hopes when they rush to seek medical treatment. , I don't want to see the home that has been heavily in debt for medical treatment.

It's not because I despise the poor family, but because I think...it's unnecessary.

In such a life, there is only paleness to speak of.

He didn't even know whether it was right or wrong for him to come into this world. Probably, he came to take revenge, because of him, his parents didn't live a day of peace of mind.

He didn't want to see his father crying holding his study notes in the middle of the night.

He thought, maybe when he was more sensible earlier, if he didn’t act so smart, his father’s guilt and reluctance would always be less. In fact, he is not a child prodigy, he just calms down and reads books better than others...

"Cough, cough..."

He coughed uncontrollably, but he didn't seem to care about it anymore, he was used to it, and he didn't even shake his hands turning the pages of the book. He knew that he was probably really going to die.

During this last period of his life, he was not what he used to be.

At first, I read all kinds of books, no matter whether I understand them or not, I read them first and wrote them down. Later, I wanted to save myself, but I couldn’t understand them after reading the alchemy scriptures. I didn’t travel thousands of miles. What awe-inspiring air.

He also tried to understand the universe, but it wasn't Hawking after all.

In the end, the book he held in his hand was still the Dream of the Red Chamber that he had read several times...

"If you don't have talent, you can go to make up for the sky, and you will spend a few years in the world of mortals in vain."

"You're in vain..."

He murmured, his face blushed inexplicably, and he felt strangely better. It wasn't because his illness was getting better, but because his oil was exhausted, and it was time to return to the light.

It seems good for such a person to leave quietly.

The fingers holding the book are getting stronger and stronger, but the beating of the heart is gradually weakening. The world around me begins to become quieter, and the wind becomes so clear...

Tired, finally, can rest.

Bad breathing, I can finally say goodbye forever, no need to breathe anymore, no need to worry about it...

Darkness, quietness, and a home.

……

The October fetus is in the abdomen, and it can move but cannot speak.The mother breathes day and night, and it communicates with me.

That beating is the sound of the heart.

The thing that croaks to the ground is the birth of life. I was born, came to this world, spit out a mouthful of pre-air, inhaled a mouthful of post-air, and was contaminated in the world of mortals.

Grow, experience, and marry.

The moment I gave birth to her, I suddenly understood that at that moment, I was also born, but this time, what I exhaled was acquired qi, and what I inhaled was innate qi.

The wobbly baby rushed to her.

He stretched out his chubby hand and touched her, at that moment, the golden light lit up...

(End of this chapter)