Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 127 Completely Overflowing Ability

Next to Mr. Yuewei, Qiu Yuzi was silently flipping through the scroll in the wooden box.

He then put the scroll aside and sighed, "Our junior is showing us his overflowing administrative abilities."

Yuwei Jushi smiled bitterly and said, "Looking at these scrolls, I feel as if Fenglin County, that distant place on the horizon, is spreading out before my eyes."

"With these, even a fool can be a good magistrate of Fenglin County."

"There's just one thing. He handed in an assignment like this. What are others supposed to do?"

"He left no room for others."

Qiu Yuzi smiled and shook her head, saying, "Since his assignment is so special, let him be the only one."

"Of course, I still need to verify it before that. I want to see how this kid managed to get these Fish Scale Yellow Books to this level in just four months."

Yuwei Jushi clapped his hands and said, "Excellent! The Sect Leader's Yang Spirit has traveled, and all causes and effects can be known with a single thought."

Qiu Yuzi nodded with a smile, then half-opened and half-closed her eyes, looking like stars sneaking in them.

About an incense stick later, he suddenly opened his eyes, and then: "Hiss~~"

An indescribable look on his face.

Seeing this, Yuwei Jushi was a little confused. He asked, "Master, did something unexpected happen?"

Qiu Yuzi twirled his beard and frowned in thought, and at this time, Yuwei Jushi did not dare to disturb him.

After a while, Qiu Yuzi finally heaved a sigh of relief and said, "This kid...it seems that the position of a mere county magistrate is unfair to him."

Yuwei Jushi nodded and said, "Indeed, with the talent he has shown, he can already work directly in the Ministry of Revenue."

"It's a pity that he has only been in office for four months. Promoting him to be the county magistrate is already an exception."

Qiu Yuzi slowly shook his head and said, "Working in the Ministry of Revenue? I think it wouldn't be a problem for him to take your position and become the Minister of Revenue."

"But if he were to enter the center like this, I'm afraid the entire court would be in turmoil."

When Mr. Yuewei thought of the box of very curly things he had received, he nodded with deep understanding.

Qiu Yuzi said, "He is indeed not suitable to serve in the imperial court, but I think he is suitable to sit in my position."

Mr. Yuewei was stunned for a moment, and then his scalp began to tingle.

Where is the location of autumn fish roe?

Is this the prime minister of the current dynasty?

No, I just said that Zhao Yifu is not suitable to enter the central government. How can he become the prime minister if he doesn't enter the central government?
So it’s… the Sect Leader?!

Qiu Yuzi sighed again.

He said, "Do you know that in order to accomplish all this in such a short time, that guy actually forced eleven village chiefs to death or to retreat, and most of the rest were also seriously injured?"

Yuwei Jushi was surprised: "Isn't it good to be so inconsiderate of the people?"

Qiu Yuzi shook his head again and said, "But he has done nothing wrong to the people!"

"Those who are exhausted and regress are actually those who can't let go of their own interests and power. They always do things at their own pace, and it's those people who desperately try to catch up and end up exhausting themselves."

Yuwei Jushi: “…”

He felt that his previous idea was indeed naive. He actually thought of transferring Zhao Yifu to the Ministry of Revenue to help him... Wouldn't he exhaust himself?

But he still didn't understand, even so, why did the leader think that Zhao Yifu could take over the position of leader?
Qiu Yuzi sighed, "A book called 'The True Numbers of the Universe' and a book called 'The Art of Splashing Ink' are both the basic entry methods of our Danqing Sect, but he used them to accomplish something great!"

"At the entrance of every village and every township, there is a household registration map of the local fields drawn by him."

"He posted these paintings in a conspicuous place, using a simple sealing technique to preserve them for a long time, allowing the people to admire them every day..."

Yuwei Jushi suddenly revealed a look of fear. He said, "Our paintings and calligraphy are for people to appreciate. Three or five people is the limit. They will inevitably be criticized."

"But if the common people all admire it, even if they can't see the exquisiteness of the strokes, then the combined yang and spiritual energy will definitely be astonishing..."

Qiu Yuzi nodded and said, "Indeed, I have already seen signs of 'Pure Yang True Fire' in that child."

Yuwei Jushi immediately revealed an enviable look and said, "Pure Yang Fire. Only those with the purest and most yang Qi can begin to cultivate it after forming a pill. However, it is usually not until they have cultivated the Yang Spirit that they can achieve any success."

"He's really lucky!"

Qiu Yuzi shook his head and said, "No, the one who got great fortune this time is probably my Danqing Sect."

Mr. Yuewei was confused at first, then he seemed to understand, and then he shook his head bitterly.

He sighed, "Yes, both 'Universe True Numbers' and 'Ink Splashing Technique' are the foundation of our school. He has demonstrated the path to success. If the rest of you want to advance, you should also study hard."

Qiu Yuzi nodded. "To be honest, we previously thought that pursuing elegant and refined products would bring us more Yang and spiritual energy. Now it seems we've overlooked a truly broad path."

Yuwei Jushi continued, "Now that the path has been opened, and even the correct demonstration has been given, I wonder how many of the younger generation in the sect are willing to endure the hardship?"

Qiu Yuzi said calmly, "Jun Xin was able to spend four months tirelessly completing this task. Even if they don't have that ability, as long as they can endure half the hardship, they can still complete it within a year or two."

"And the Yang and spiritual energy will be fed back to them even after they complete the land survey of the first village."

"If you are unwilling to do even this, then you are unteachable."

Only the head of the sect can say this.

Yuwei Jushi said helplessly, "But this matter will ultimately offend the powerful clan. I am afraid that the disciples' actions will bring disaster upon themselves. After all, not everyone has the military power like my nephew Junxin."

Qiu Yuzi pondered for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then we'll let the disciples master the 'Shou Ren Fa' before they can serve as officials. If they fail to master the 'Shou Ren Fa', they must undergo a martial arts test."

Yuwei Jushi was confused. He asked, "Martial arts?"

Qiu Yuzi nodded and said, "It's time to make some changes."

"You also know about Governor Zhou's campaign to suppress the bandits. He was originally the academician, but for the sake of local peace he had to lead the troops himself. On the contrary, the commander of the Mozhou camp did nothing."

"In Daxu, the military has been suppressed to a certain extent. Or perhaps it is because of this suppression that only a few incompetent military officers remain in the court."

"This won't work. How can we support our revitalization plan?"

Mr. Yuewei silently complained: So you want to turn all the disciples of our sect into warriors?

Qiu Yuzi said: "Actually, this can be considered retro."

When 'retro' came out, Yuwei Jushi was speechless.

Okay, do whatever you want, he is tired.

……

Zhao Yifu felt extremely happy as he felt the small flame in his dantian that grew from his true energy.

Did he really achieve the Pure Yang Fire in this way?
The so-called pure yang true fire is actually the true yang fire, and it is also called the "Samadhi true fire".

This kind of true fire is bred by the cultivator's own true yang after he reaches a certain level. It has the magical effect of burning all distracting thoughts and purifying all filth.

Although Zhao Yifu's Pure Yang Fire was only a small seedling, it already had the effect of purifying his own Qi and thoughts. In other words, he was no longer afraid of the inner demon.

The Pure Yang True Fire was actually also constantly strengthening his primordial spirit, but since his golden elixir had not yet been formed, some of it was visible externally.

This made his eyes look like colorful glass.

It cannot be seen in broad daylight, but in the dark his eyes seem to emit a faint colorful light.

Well, it looks a lot like his cats.

At this moment, the chief clerk Li Liang excitedly knocked on his door with a roll of account books.

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "Come in."

Two big cat-men immediately stood up at the door and opened the gate.

Li Liang shuddered when he saw this scene, but he finally calmed down and walked in.

"Sir, guess how much tax we collected this year?"

Zhao Yifu waved his hand disinterestedly and said, "Just tell me the numbers."

Li Liang said: "After all the calculations, we can collect 23,100 taels of tax silver this year."

"This is 30% more than in previous years. It's really not easy!"

Zhao Yifu frowned unsatisfactorily and asked, "This number doesn't seem right."

Li Liang asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Yifu replied, "Since the annual tax revenue of this county is only about 20,000 taels, why was there a deficit of 70,000 taels when I arrived?"

"You can't possibly not collect taxes for three consecutive years, right?"

Li Liang replied helplessly, "Of course it was collected. However, the former county magistrate kept robbing Peter to pay Paul in order to improve his political achievements, and forced the tax silver to be sent up. This led to a growing deficit in the account."

Zhao Yifu nodded after hearing this and then asked, "Is the harvest good this year?"

Li Liang shook his head and said, "No, it's just that we collected enough taxes this year, and since the adults have visited various places, everyone is working hard to perform."

Zhao Yifu nodded in understanding.

But he still said unsatisfiedly: "It's still too little. Our county should have fertile land, but the population and the prison mountain have restricted development."

"Also, we can't trust those powerful families too much. We need to appoint a tax inspector to oversee tax collection. You are responsible for recruiting some trustworthy people."

After hearing this, Li Liang immediately bowed to indicate that he had taken note of it.

According to the original situation, he would definitely not be willing to take on this kind of thing. After all, this would offend the local gentry to death.

But working under Zhao Yifu was different, because Zhao Yifu had personally brought those gentry into obedience. In Li Liang's view, this tax inspector existed more to form a supervision system, and was set up so that the yamen could continue to maintain its current execution ability for a while after Zhao Yifu left office.

This situation surprised Li Liang, because he realized that Zhao Yifu was really considering this place, unlike the officials he had met in the past who mostly considered their own future.

Just as Li Liang was about to leave and start preparing, Zhao Yifu stopped him and said, "Wait a moment."

Li Liang paused.

Zhao Yifu asked, "Please have someone keep an eye out. If any red-robed monk appears, please report it to me immediately."

"Also, have the documents regarding the Xie family been issued?"

Li Liang replied, "The documents from the Ministry of Justice arrived at the county two months ago, and everything has been handled according to your wishes."

He was a little nervous when he answered, fearing that his presumptuous decision would displease Zhao Yifu.

But he was obviously overthinking it. Zhao Yifu said happily, "That's good. I just remembered that there are still such a group of people to deal with."

"Brother, you are doing me a great favor by sharing my worries."

He then paused for a moment before continuing, "But I still need to visit those remote villages under Fengkou Town. Now that everything is settled, I'll leave the affairs of the county to you."

Li Liang was stunned. Although Zhao Yifu was nominally the county magistrate, he was actually no different from the county magistrate. Moreover, all the wealthy families in the county bowed to him. This was a good time to "enjoy the fruits of victory."

I didn't expect Zhao Yi Fu to go to such lengths and even go to those deserted villages?
He asked, "Sir, do you think there are still people living there?"

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said, "No, I'm actually worried that the yield per mu of land there is decreasing year by year, and I want to investigate the reason."

"What's more, I have a good friend who has been in the mountains for over three months and I'm really worried about his safety."

Li Liang hurriedly asked, "Sir, you want to go into the mountains? But you are a person of great wealth, how can you take such a risk so easily?"

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm just investigating the periphery."

Li Liang sighed when he heard this, knowing that this county magistrate could not be judged by common sense.

He could only say, "Young Master, please be extremely careful. I've heard many evil rumors in the past few years, saying that there are monsters haunting the mountains..."

Zhao Yifu smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't forget that I am a practitioner of both Confucianism and Taoism."

He laughed heartily, and Li Liang was helpless about it.

……

Two days later, after finishing his duties in the county, Zhao Yifu set off again in his donkey cart.

But the situation was different this time. He brought his family and a car full of cats, and he and Wu Zhong squeezed into the driver's seat again.

Because Hua Da Nv was unhappy at first when she knew he was going into the mountains this time.

Even the "powerful cats" such as Little Mustache and Little Tiger rebelled together, forcing Zhao Yifu to accept his fate and take them all with him.

Of course, in this situation, Wu Zhong cannot stay and has to follow.

It's just that Dahei has a harder time. All the cats can ride in the car, but it can only trot on four legs beside the wheel.

Zhao Yifu felt that this situation was quite good and he treated it as a family outing.

But he was also very cautious, because he knew that the cats at home were all capable. They followed him because they must be worried about his decision to go into the mountains.

They must know that there are some bad things in the mountain.

Now that the cats all followed him, he actually felt more secure.

But he still felt confident about it.

This reliance did not come from his cultivation, but rather that not long after he asked Huang Lin to send away all his Fish Scale Yellow Books that day, Huang Lin suddenly appeared in front of him and gave him something that he was quite familiar with.

It is the "square seal" of his master Liang Zhongzhi!
He knew that this chapter had been refined into a very powerful magic weapon by his master. The fact that it had been able to dispel the image of Zhong Kui in the "Summoning Gods Picture" last time alone had already made Zhao Yi Fu full of trust in it.

He felt that he could have fun again, because he had weapons to protect him if he encountered any trouble, so he had nothing to fear.

　Come on, I forgot about it because I was busy. Sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)