My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 98 Beyond the Martial Festival
Do again in Huazhou what you did in Linxian.

This is what the emperor's uncle ordered.

"……what?"

Li Bailong's body trembled.

N-Nani?
Have you been discovered?
Does he already know that I am the author of the Imperial Book?
What a joke! You are talking about such a ridiculous thing! What did I do in Lin County? It is annoying for officials to say such riddles!
If you have something to say, just tell me directly instead of listening to my excuses!
calm down.

Li Bailong has always been bold and careful. After hearing what the emperor's uncle said, he remained calm and asked immediately: "What did Lin County do? Did they arrest Long Batian, the author of "Legend of the Imperial Battle of Heaven"? Did he run away to Huazhou?"

King Zhao was stunned: "What a mess?"

--call.

Fortunately, that’s not what I’m talking about.

Li Bailong glanced at the emperor's uncle's face in an instant. There was no trace of joking or mocking in the other's expression. It was obvious that King Zhao did not know about Long Batian's vest.

I passed!

Then he showed a strange look at the right moment: "What is that?"

The uncle leaned forward, his expression slightly agitated, and said in a gentle and persuasive manner: "Think about it carefully."

Even if you say so...

Li Bailong thought about what he had done recently in Lin County.

Wrote a vulgar and exciting novel.

The website owner was put in jail.

Use sugar-coated bullets to corrupt public officials who come to investigate you.

Collude with government officials and crack down on pirates to vent personal anger.

Open the box readers and blackmail them to force them into the right path.

An off-site investigation team came to investigate his involvement in terrorism, so they decided to go all out... Okay, let's stop here.

Uncle, how many of these heinous crimes do you want me to do in Huazhou?
King Zhao smiled and said, "Why, you didn't expect that?"

No, I just thought too much...

"Never mind, I'll just remind you."

The uncle sat upright with a solemn expression, lowered his voice, and whispered: "Before I say it again, I will never tell you the inside story of this major event, but you are a smart person, maybe you can guess it yourself. If you guess it, you have to keep it in your heart. After all, living a confused life is a comfortable life."

Li Bailong nodded slowly.

"About a few decades ago, some people in the court began to work on a major project, and the Education Department was established. The Imperial Academy selected the elite and capable officials of the court and filled them into the Education Department to promote the law and try it out across the country, with remarkable results. The various achievements at that time have been passed down to this day."

"This includes selecting officials to go to the countryside and teach people to read and write, county and state governments regularly holding literacy activities, encouraging and supporting opera troupes to sing and perform, developing and improving metal movable type, and improving papermaking technology..."

Li Bailong was stunned at first, and then slowly became serious.

"Everyone says that teaching children to read and write and eliminating illiteracy fundamentally improves the rate of martial arts among children, and the incidental benefit is the great development of industries such as drama, vernacular novels, and folk art. I can tell you that it is actually the opposite. The increase in the rate of martial arts can only be regarded as a pleasant surprise. The original intention at that time was actually the latter."

Looking at Li Bailong's somewhat serious expression, King Zhao nodded approvingly.

"Okay, it seems you understand a little bit, but just understand it in your heart, and don't say it out loud. Sometimes, disaster comes from the mouth, which is actually the literal meaning."

He took a sip of tea, apparently waiting for Li Bailong to digest the information.

He paused for a moment before continuing speaking.

"However, the functions and tasks of the Education Department are actually a completely new and elusive field. Due to some reasons, the senior officials in the court could not directly state their true intentions, lest the secrets be discovered and used by the scoundrels, which would lead to unexpected events. Therefore, although the head of the Education Department at that time was extremely talented and intelligent, he still could not understand the true meaning of the above, and could only try his best to do it, but he always failed to do it in the right way..."

"So after experiencing the initial brilliant results, the work of the Education Department inexplicably came to a standstill."

"For example, if you are a landowner and hire a farmer to till the land, and he says that he works hard and the crops grow well, but the yield of the land he submits to you is actually decreasing, what would you think?"

"The Education Department claims that the work is going smoothly, folk literature and music is flourishing, and cultural and creative vitality is increasing. Opera troupes, bookstores, and brothels that make a living from this have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. People all over the world respect Taizu and worship the Six Saints... It seems that the situation is very good, but the higher-ups can see clearly that the output is decreasing instead of increasing."

"After all the trouble, nothing was accomplished. The ancient saints didn't know what was going on, so the Education Department was reprimanded. But the Education Department was also wronged. They had worked hard and achieved remarkable results, so why didn't they get any good results?"

"Things started to go wrong at this stage, and soon fell into a cycle of 'reprimand - coldness - perfunctory - replacement - reprimand'. The more anxious the seniors were and the more they replaced people, the worse things became. After all, although they were powerful, they also had enemies. The enemies took the opportunity to attack and disrupt them. The power of the Education Department quickly declined and collapsed, and it was no longer the same as before. It soon became a cesspool that Beijing officials avoided."

"Because here, I can't achieve anything, I can't see a future, and if I get involved, there's no hope..."

The uncle sighed when he said this: "The foundation laid by the Education Department in the past is still trying to play a role. The results are neither good nor bad. It is like a pool of stagnant water, with almost no fluctuations."

Li Bailong listened quietly with a solemn expression.

King Zhao's gaze fell on him again.

"But just a few days ago, I accidentally discovered that a county under Huazhou's jurisdiction had a very significant positive change in its half-dead 'results'. There are thousands of states and counties in the world, and it is common for some fluctuations to occur. It's just that I was inspired and carefully analyzed it, and I finally felt that it was not simple."

"I should have come to visit in person, but I was tied up with a more important matter at the time, so I sent a letter to my nephew in Huazhou to go there as soon as possible to investigate the local publishing, cultural and drama affairs in Lin County..."

Hearing this, Li Bailong's eyes revealed a trace of uncontrollable astonishment.

"You know what happened next."

"In my impression, the Sixteenth Old Man's son was a decent person, not bad at all, and relatively sensible. But I didn't expect that Fenglin and Huoshan would come at the same time. That guy coveted Fenglin's power and wanted to make friends with him. He was blinded by greed and misunderstood my intentions. He teamed up with Wenren Zhuo to stir up trouble in Lin County, targeting an inexplicable book. Not only did he mess up the local cultural market and make it difficult to investigate, but he also killed innocent people."

The uncle sighed heavily. "I came to Lin County and found that some of the local booksellers had run away, some had fled, and some had disappeared. It was almost impossible for anyone involved to explain what had happened in the past few days. When I asked the local officials, they were also confused. All the useful information pointed to one person..."

Li Bailong also let out a long breath.

"Li Bailong, you are the only variable in this matter. Even the methods you used to work with the government in Lin County and organize the local literary world are exactly what the Education Department had in mind."

Upon hearing this, Li Bailong wanted to explain his motive for doing so, which was actually just to cooperate with Mu Qingge in investigating the case.

But after listening for a moment, the emperor's uncle waved his hand to interrupt him.

The noble King Zhao didn't care about this.

He didn't care about Li Bailong's motives for doing this, nor did he care about the bullshit legend of Huangji Zhantian. He didn't even care whether Long Batian was a member of the Demon Sect. Any cause and effect of this matter was just a passing cloud. In his eyes, only one thing was the most important.

"There is a person who has the hope of doing something important that our predecessors have been unable to do for decades."

King Zhao stared at Li Bailong with a gaze as heavy as a mountain.

"You are a great talent. The Lin County Investigation is well-known in the court. I have also heard that you planned military reforms for the Lingyu Sect, and the results were amazing, as evidenced by Feng Lin's defeat. To this day, the Education Department has been almost abandoned, but when I saw that the person involved was you, I had hope... So I revealed so much to you."

"I hope you can come and help me to revive the Education Department, which is already on the verge of death. I hope you can revive the atmosphere of Huazhou, sort out public opinion, and reproduce the wonders of Lin County. If you can succeed, the Education Department can be handed over to you, so that you can take the whole country as your game plan and accomplish the task that the court has not been able to do for decades..."

Having said this, the distinguished imperial uncle lowered his head slightly.

"I can't guarantee anything else, but if you can really do it well and keep doing it well..."

He said darkly, "An unimaginably powerful ally, the power to do whatever he wants and get whatever he wants, these are the smallest benefits... That's all I can say."

Li Bailong sat cross-legged with an expressionless face and deep eyes.

All the promises made by King Zhao did not move him.

Seeing that he was not happy, but was lost in thought, the uncle nodded secretly. He is indeed a smart man... I hope he is smart enough.

"This is a serious matter. With your talent and wisdom, you cannot accept it at once."

King Zhao stood up and said gently, "Stay here and think about it. I will go talk to the Minister of Agriculture."

Li Bailong spoke, his voice slightly hoarse.

"Uncle Emperor has said all he wants to say. I'm afraid you won't allow me to refuse, right?"

"I've heard what you've said so far. If you don't join the game, how can I feel at ease? If you want to refuse..." The uncle had already walked to the door, and turned back after hearing this, and said coldly, "Then I have no choice but to ask the Lingyu Sect to persuade you again."

After saying this, he started laughing.

Raising his hand to stop Li Bailong from getting up, King Zhao left with a smile.

Li Bailong slowly stretched his legs and sat down in a more comfortable posture. After a while, he even spread out his limbs, lay on his back and looked up at the sky, breathing, breathing, without saying a word.

The emperor's uncle's words were vague, and many important key points were hidden, making him look like a riddle man.

However, even with King Zhao's wisdom, it was hard to imagine that this young man, whom he had high hopes for, had actually already been in the game and even saw it better than anyone else.

Li Bailong suddenly thought of that sunny morning when he used government power to crack down on piracy and achieved initial results. He County soldiers came to report the results to him and asked him whether he would only deal with pirated copies of "Legend of Emperor War Heaven" or clear out all pirated copies on the market?
On the one hand, he felt sorry for the small writers and websites who were oppressed by piracy, and on the other hand, he thought it was a bit conspicuous for him to make such a fuss only to crack down on the piracy of royal books.

So, let’s sweep them all together.

As a result, readers who bought other pirated books were also forced to become authentic.

As a result, the pirated production and sales channels suffered a devastating blow.

As a result, Lin County's awareness of genuine copyright reached its peak in a short period of time.

Such an atmosphere is difficult to sustain for a long time, after all, people are profit-seeking and want to save money. However, not long after the special campaign to combat piracy, Fenglinhuoshan came fiercely, searching and torturing people in the city indiscriminately. The pirated dealers in Lin County suffered a huge disaster again, and the people were severely frightened.

Various factors led to...

The torch of Lin County’s vows is still burning brightly today, and is more radiant than ever before.

I……

Hold.

Li Bailong had calmed down for a long time, and said slowly: "Old Long."

"Ah."

Long Aotian’s answer was deep and solemn.

It's already obvious.

this world……

Li Bailong murmured, "Someone is doing the same thing as us."

"Correct."

However, those people’s utilization and understanding of the power of wills are far less profound than Long Aotian’s.

Therefore, every chief official of the Education Department failed to do the right thing.

Therefore, the imperial court had never known where the problem of disproportionate input-output lay.

There is actually a difference between genuine and pirated versions of Yuanli... Is it really just genuine and pirated?
Thousands of threads.

King Zhao himself did not know that the impact his words had on Li Bailong was far beyond his imagination.

Li Bailong just opened his eyes, looked at the beams of the room, then slowly turned his gaze to look at a corner of the room.

There is a geomancy map hanging there. The two countries of Southern Qi and Northern Ning are in opposition. Their national prosperity has been continuous since ancient times. After the end of the law, the Qi cultivators established the first country, and then they unified and established two unique huge countries. The six sects of Southern Qi and the six clans of Northern Ning are called sects, but they are actually princes. They use martial arts as a chain to hold all living beings in their hands, feed on their blood and sweat, and squeeze their flesh and blood...

In this cage called Wu Xiang, someone seems to have other plans.

The Department of Education was established several decades ago, but due to ineffective management, it was gradually abandoned.

Now the emperor's uncle has come in person, intercepted him from the Lingyu faction, and asked him to plan this matter. He is even willing to pay a huge price for resources to appease the furious Fenglin Huoshan and suppress the national war between the two factions.

Moreover, the conditions were extremely generous - if Li Bailong failed to do it, he could return to Lingyu Sect, and he would not have to repay all the costs paid to protect him.

And the Lingyu faction also agreed, no, it agreed with him to do this.

This shows that in their eyes, at least in the eyes of the Grand Minister of Agriculture, the benefits of doing this are far greater than the reform of the Lingyu faction's military strategy.

The world above the temple reveals a corner of its truth. The seemingly perfect, flawless and stable national system seems to be hiding a turbulent change. Li Bailong is confused and upset.

Long Aotian asked slowly: "Do you want to do it? I'll listen to you this time."

"No matter who they are, their application and understanding of willpower are far inferior to yours, otherwise they would be able to tell the difference between genuine and pirated products immediately. With a little experimentation, they would know the trick."

"But they didn't. Apparently, people in this world don't even have the concept of genuine and pirated products."

Li Bailong calmed down and said in a deep voice: "And they can't find the problem between you and me... After all, even you can't realize that there are other people guiding and absorbing the will power, let alone them."

"so?"

"So, do it."

Li Bailong exhaled, "This is a rare opportunity... And Lingyu Sect agrees with this, which means they are also involved. Then I will hide in Lingyu Sect to write books. As long as I want to use the power of Lingyu Sect to promote genuine products and crack down on pirated products, the possibility of them discovering or guessing my secret will increase greatly."

"If we want to absorb the power of will faster and better, we must make good use of the platform of the Education Department. Therefore, we must not only accept King Zhao's invitation, but also do his job to the best of our ability until we have complete control of the Education Department. While we are governing and enforcing laws, we can stuff our private goods into the Department, create a god for the government, and push "Legend of the Imperial Battle Heaven" to the altar."

"After all, nobles of their level look at people rather than things. As long as I can continue to be competent, they won't care about or delve into my operational ideas... Anyway, they can't figure it out."

"I can even do some more inexplicable operations to cover up the real and effective actions."

Therefore, no matter what person, organization, or force is trying to use the power of vows.

Anyway, he and Long Aotian are going to use this platform to make a lot of money.

Li Bailong slowly sat up, got off the couch, and stretched his body.

Department of Education, Huazhou, Tongwen Bureau.

King Zhao, Lingyu faction, Minister of Agriculture.

In this vast, dull and cold world, there is actually a group of guys with ulterior motives who are planning a new path that is different from the martial arts system.

What are you doing? Are you a demon sect?

but no matter……

"I hope they are not enemies."

Today is another 8,000 words... Damn, I really want to save some drafts.

A section of the previous chapter was swallowed alive, it was horrible.

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(End of this chapter)