Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 504 Confession of last words, regardless of skill or Taoism.

Going to the capital is not just a matter of leaving, Qin Zhiyong also has to arrange the official affairs of the city lord's mansion.

Arranging the spare time for official business, Qin Zhiyong took Zhou Gong around Dongyang City.

Dongyang City is just a small city on the border of Great Zhou, and this is the first time for Duke Zhou to come here.However, Duke Zhou felt that the common people in Dongyang City did not even have the energy and vigor of the common people in the capital.

Dongyang City is not as prosperous as Kyoto. Even if the outer city is expanded, it still cannot be compared with Kyoto.However, the advantage of Dongyang City does not lie in its size and prosperity, but in the inner spirit of the people.

Dongyang City is full of vitality.

Compared with Dongyang City, Kyoto seems a bit dull and insensitive.

Qin Zhiyong said: "The first thing I do as the city owner is to order the dismissal of the slaves. No one is born to like to be a slave. Give the people hope, and Dongyang City has hope."

Duke Zhou is a top-notch wise man, and he likes the changes in Dongyang City very much.However, Duke Zhou found that he could not do it if he wanted to turn Kyoto into Dongyang City as full of vitality.The vested interests of the generals, civil officials, and sects are all huge obstacles.

Reform is not a dinner party, it touches the interests of the old forces, it requires conflicts and bloodshed.It's okay if the reform succeeds, but if it fails, Dazhou might fall into chaos.

How Qin Zhiyong governed Dongyang City, Zhou Gong knew very well, it was using iron and blood methods.Among them, two major families in Dongyang City were uprooted, which shocked many people.

But Zhou Gong couldn't do this in Kyoto, because the Ji family didn't have such a powerful force.It is impossible for the decree of Dongyang City to be replicated successfully in Kyoto.

Duke Zhou fell into deep thought.

When he came back to his senses, Duke Zhou nodded and said, "Dongyang City... is very good. Qin Zhiyong, you are doing very well."

He can only give such an evaluation.

Qin Zhiyong smiled slightly and said, "Does Duke Zhou know about Yang Xie?"

Duke Zhou nodded and said: "I know. Yang Xun is from Yuqing sect. According to his seniority, he is Prime Minister Jiang's nephew. However, Yang Xun is only Shen Gongbao's registered disciple, and cannot be regarded as an authentic heir of Yuqing's lineage."

Shen Gongbao was a well-known figure in the Battle of the Conferred Gods. He was very cunning and well-connected, but it was a pity that he was on the wrong team to help Shang Zhou.

When Shang Zhou perished, Shen Gongbao's fate was naturally not very good.

Yuqing's lineage has already removed Shen Gongbao.

Qin Zhiyong nodded and said, "That's right. Shen Gongbao is Jiang Chengxiang's younger brother. Since Yang Xi is Shen Gongbao's disciple, he can't be regarded as the authentic Yuqing sect. Zhou Gong, Yang Xi is no longer a human race, he is a demon."

There was no surprised expression on Zhou Gong's face, but a sigh.

From this point of view, Zhou Gong knew that Yang Xie had betrayed the human race.

Duke Zhou said: "Isn't Yang Xi the only one who betrayed the human race and wanted to become a monster? The human race has almost no hope of becoming a celestial immortal and ascending to the fairy world. Many people naturally want to make changes..."

What changes?Of course, like Yang Xie, he took refuge in the Yaozu and turned himself into a Yaozu.In that way, there is no need to go through the tribulation, as long as the cultivation reaches the consummation of the earth immortal, you can go to the fairy world and become a heavenly immortal.

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Ji Zhongze couldn't believe it, his son, daughter, and a little girl, Yunzhu, all became great monks in the Yuanshen Realm overnight.

With the primordial spirit, there will be supernatural powers, and he can be regarded as a great practitioner in the world.

Ji Zhongze had a new understanding of Qin Zhiyong's abilities.

In awe.

For the first time, Ji Zhongze felt real awe of Qin Zhiyong.

"Shan'er, Qingqing, tell me, how did you easily become a primordial spirit? Your father and I were lucky enough to become a primordial spirit after being taught by your grandfather and spending less than half of the family's resources."

Ji Zhongze stared at Ji Shan and Ji Qingqing and asked.

He has asked this question six times.

Ji Shan looked helpless, and said, "Father, it's not as easy as you imagined for us to become a primordial spirit. My sister took a shorter time than me, but it took a full 800 years."

Ji Zhongze frowned, and scolded: "Nonsense. Your sister is only in her twenties, how could it take 800 years? You are using this excuse to prevaricate the old man."

Ji Shan glanced at Ji Qingqing, shook his head, and told the truth, but his father didn't believe it, so what could he do?
Ji Qingqing said: "Father, what my elder brother said is true, I have indeed spent 800 years in a fantasy world, or in the spiritual world. Mr. Qin said that skills and kung fu must be honed over time. .Without enough time, it is impossible to make achievements.”

"The spiritual world is somewhat different from reality, just like a dream. It can be described as a real dream for thousands of years. However, the sentiments and memories in the illusion are all engraved in my mind and integrated into the primordial spirit. No wonder Mr. Qin It would be said that it is difficult to define the real and the unreal, and the 800 years I have lived and studied in the illusion, for me, is the real existence."

Ji Shan said: "Sister, you are right. When Mr. Qin taught me psychology, he said that materialism and idealism are both important. Idealism is not really illusory..."

Ji Zhongze looked a little puzzled, why couldn't he understand the conversation between his son and daughter?What did they learn from Qin Zhiyong?
Ji Zhongze became a little annoyed and said, "Shut up both of you, and speak in human terms if you want to speak. Forget it, you two are ready to go to the capital with Mr. Qin in two days. Your Majesty is critically ill. As the descendants of the Ji family, even if we It’s a side branch, so you should visit it to show your heart.”

Ji Shan nodded and said, "Yes, Dad."

Ji Zhongze waved his hand to let Ji Shan and Ji Qingqing leave.

Ji Shan and Ji Qingqing walked out of the study.

Ji Qingqing said: "The business at home has not yet started. As long as the business plan and craftsmanship given to our family by the master are strictly followed, we can make a lot of profits and make more people earn a living. That's right, it's bigger than Wei. Brother, is father really not going to do business?"

Ji Shan sighed, and said: "In the past, the person I admired the most was my grandfather, and then my father. But now, it seems that my father is really stubborn. Mr. Qin said that when people get old, they will keep the old ways. I don’t know what to do. It’s true after reading it. Dad said, our family is a royal family, and doing business is a lowly job, so we can’t do it. Dad is really old.”

Ji Qingqing said: "Since Dad doesn't agree, let's do it. Business matters are up to you, Brother, and don't report to Dad anymore. I heard that Huang Yao's workshop is almost finished."

Ji Shan said: "Huang Yao is taking care of the Huang family's business now. That kid Huang Yao is very fast."

Qin Zhiyong opened Ji Shan and Ji Qingqing's horizons with his knowledge, making them a bit incompatible with the thinking of the older generation like Ji Zhongze.In layman's terms, there is a generation gap, and it is not an ordinary generation gap. It is very difficult to communicate with different ideas.

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Kyoto, the royal palace.

Ji Fa's face was haggard, but his eyes were bright. He knew that he didn't have much time left for him.

Jiang Ziya sat next to Ji Fa.

Ji's illness is dying, and the source of life is about to be exhausted. Even if Jiang Ziya has the perfect cultivation base of an earth immortal, there is no way to continue his life.

Ji Fa was holding some exquisite parchments in his hand, which actually recorded the information of Dongyang City, including the content of Qin Zhiyong's lectures to several young people.

After reading the contents of the parchment, Ji Fa put down the parchment: "I have a little impression of Ji Shan, the things he handed over are very precious. Xiangfu, have you met Qin Zhiyong, what kind of person is he?" ?”

Jiang Ziya said: "Qin Zhiyong is very talented and has a high level of cultivation, but what kind of person he is, the veteran still doesn't know. However, Qin Zhiyong's understanding of art is unprecedented."

Technique is the way of doing things.

Tao is a philosophical theory.

The two are indispensable, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior.However, Chinese people pay more attention to "Tao" and ignore art.

Most of Qin Zhiyong's lectures are mathematics, and mathematics is the pinnacle of art.Ji Fa possesses the secret method of gossip passed down in his family, and Jiang Ziya is even more perfect as an Earth Immortal. Both of them can comprehend some of Qin Zhiyong's mathematics courses.

Because of this, they felt that Qin Zhiyong was really not simple.

Innate gossip and numerology, in the eyes of ordinary people, are very mysterious.But now, the art of numerology has been developed by Qin Zhiyong, and it has become a knowledge that everyone can learn.

Ji Fa said: "Father Xiang, I plan to make Song'er the crown prince and let him succeed. If Qin Zhiyong has a decent character and is loyal to Da Zhou, I will ask him to be Song'er's teacher."

Although Ji Song is young, he is well-educated and sensible, and knows how to respect his parents. He is a good boy. Jiang Ziya and Zhou Gongdan like him very much.

Li Jisong is the prince, and all civil and military ministers will recognize it.

But if you want to invite Qin Zhiyong to be Ji Song's teacher, those civil and military ministers in the court may not agree.

Jiang Ziya said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter needs to be discussed in a long-term manner. Qin Zhiyong's decree in Dongyang City is good for the common people, but..."

What is good for the common people is bad for the slave owners and big families.

Ji Fa nodded, and really wanted to make a long-term plan.

What Qin Zhiyong did made the civil and military ministers in the court feel afraid and threatened.And those civil and military ministers are all slave owners, or the spokespersons of big families.It would be weird if they could like Qin Zhiyong.

Ji Fa said: "I have asked my fourth brother to go to Dongyang City to invite Qin Zhiyong to come to the capital. If I can persist until the fourth brother returns, I must have a good talk with Qin Zhiyong. People are afraid that Qin Zhiyong will be a traitor and seem loyal, then I'm in trouble. Ahem..."

Ji Fa coughed a few times, his face turned red, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Jiang Ziya immediately used his true energy to sort out the breath in Ji Fa's body.

Ji Fa said: "Father Xiang, my body is already terminally ill, and there is no cure for it. Don't waste your true energy. I'll just take a few breaths."

Jiang Ziya said: "Your Majesty rests at ease, don't think too much. If Qin Zhiyong is really treacherous and loyal, and threatens Da Zhou, the old minister's whip will definitely beat him out of his wits."

(End of this chapter)