Thinking about the Buddhist Kingdom, he wanted to go south more and more, not only because of the so-called Buddhist Kingdom, but also eager to meet the Wenren Taishi. This old man could not see the beginning of the dragon, and it was too difficult to find him. Fortunately, he was going to go at the end of the year. Canngling, Jiang Fan doesn't want to miss it no matter what.
But it definitely won't happen now, because there is something he must go back and personally participate in.
Ding Taohua is getting married.
It was originally said that he would return in half a year, but he did not expect that it would take so long. It was not until before going to Taibai Mountain that he received a message from him that he would return to Mortal Residence to prepare for the marriage.
Counting the days, there is at most one month left, so there are a lot of things to prepare for. According to Ding Shaoan's information, he should have gone to collect the generous "betrothal gift" with Ba Xiong at this moment.
Tens of millions of silver, one hundred thousand sets of armor, one hundred thousand soldiers, these are extremely important resources for the Qin Dynasty. Ding Shaoan has made great contributions.
Of course, even without these, as a friend he had made since his first days in the world, Jiang Fan would definitely attend his wedding ceremony in person.
Without any further delay, after settling down the Yuzhou army and bidding farewell to Pei Yunjin, Jiang Fan and the empress set off immediately under the escort of the Dragon Eagle Guards.
Dressed lightly and simply, soon Yangdu was in sight, and the empress was studying the map of Nakan along the way.
This made Jiang Fan a little confused and asked her if she was also interested in the so-called dragon vein.
The empress shook her head: "This map not only records the distribution trend of earth veins in the world, but also points out that those earth veins can be called heavenly formations, just like the dragon veins of the Great Zhou Dynasty. These heavenly formations are of great benefit to Taoist cultivation."
Jiang Fan was surprised. After being pointed out by the empress, he found out that it was indeed the case. He couldn't help but laugh at himself. Fortunately, he was still practicing formations. He looked at it several times but didn't notice it.
As for Dazai's inheritance, he mainly relies on wisdom. In terms of martial arts, he is a bit like Jiang Fan. He is not very strong. If it were not for the magic whip and other magical weapons, his combat power would not be outstanding. But just like Jiang Fan, he is surrounded by There are many strong ones, and they are even protected by strange beasts from the mountains and seas, such as the mount he mentioned, the Thunder Roc.
And his so-called inheritance mainly refers to his status and the magical whip weapon. Others are some secret records and wisdom insights.
Let’s talk about status first. According to the imperial edict of Emperor Taizu, the person who wields the magic whip of Dazai is regarded as the successor of Dazai. The people of the Zhou Dynasty should respect him as the chief assistant. He can use the whip to knock out the emperor and slander his ministers. There is no punishment from the king, and there is no punishment. The constraints of etiquette and law.
This sounds impressive, but it's been almost a thousand years, and Dazhou has fallen into this state again. In fact, no one takes it seriously. Especially since Jiang Fan's identity has not been exposed now, the whip can only be regarded as stolen and he dare not expose it.
Of course, those who have inherited Dazai's heritage should naturally be regarded as the descendants of the ancestors of the Jiang family. However, the same principle applies. Even the Jiang family's Dragon Guard Army in Longmen has found another master, and 90% of this deterrent power no longer exists.
Under normal circumstances, if this inheritance wants to have some nominal influence, Jiang Fan probably needs to confirm his grandson's identity and re-enter the imperial court. Some elders of the Zhou Dynasty may also look at it for face. The prerequisite is that the Dazai inheritance has the ability to revive the great emperor. Zhou's method.
As for the secrets of inheritance, there are only a thousand words. Among them, there is a list that interests both Jiang Fan and the Empress. Dazai called it the feudal lord list, which was the list of the three hundred feudal lords after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. This thing exists in the Dragon Head Secret Treasures.
Of course, this list has long since changed and is of little use. What really interests them is Dazai's political intentions.
Jiang Fan understood from a few words that the reason why Dazai did this in the first place was because of the establishment process of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Everyone knows that Zhou Taizu was abdicated by the Fenghuang Dynasty, but in fact, during this period, he experienced countless bloody struggles between the parties. In order to minimize the killings, Taizu agreed with Taizu Human Emperor to implement the enfeoffment system to seek support from various forces and maximize the Smooth transition.
However, Dazai also pointed out that this move will definitely cause hidden dangers in the future. He hoped that after the Zhou Dynasty was stabilized, he would find ways to get rid of the bad government as soon as possible, but it obviously failed to do so. The most fundamental reason is that after Taizu ascended the throne and the country was stabilized, only Not mentioning the abdication system promised back then, some powerful vassal states lost hope of becoming emperors and became dissatisfied.
Then under the circumstances of the family world, the Zhou Dynasty began to intentionally weaken the princes in an attempt to strengthen the imperial power. However, many problems arose in operation, triggering many confrontations, and various princes began to vigorously merge and develop themselves.
But fortunately, those powerful men who were the first to follow him were included in the title list. Many of them followed Dazai's will and took control of the country for Great Zhou. But the years have changed, and as the first generations gradually passed away, the old and the new came over, and changes gradually occurred.
Finally, after the strong period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when the repressive power began to weaken, as the princes became more and more powerful, a truly fierce war inevitably broke out. After more than two hundred years, what is now known behind the scenes as The turbulent years in the later weeks.
"This shows that no system can last forever and is suitable for any era."
The Empress’ final comment.
Jiang Fan agreed: "So, what we need to discuss is which system is more suitable for today and can maintain stable development for a long time. As for future generations, it depends on the people who come after us."
The empress mused: "It would be best if this system had greater plasticity and room for growth."
He suddenly looked at Jiang Fan, thoughtfully: "You are sequestered in the city in Lishan, and the political system and laws you implement are far ahead of the times. Have you been considering this issue from a long time ago?"
Jiang Fan shook his head. He really didn't have that kind of awareness. It was purely because of the memory books of later generations. Those books had evolved over a long period of time, and they certainly seemed to be too advanced.
But just like the last time I discussed the three revisions of Lishan Law with Shang Chu, it seemed that they had gone back a lot. Jiang Fan finally understood that it was impossible to be too out of touch with the times and too aggressive.
In retrospect, throughout history, this kind of reckless advancement has resulted in many failures, and Wang Mang and Yang Guang are examples.
Compared to the treasures, the two of them discussed these more.
After constant discussion, they finally returned to Yangdu, and because the discussion was not over yet, the empress also moved into the mortal residence. She planned to stay for a few days to thoroughly study Dazai's inheritance, and at the same time, she also studied the magic whip.
The problem was that Xiao Xixi was not curious enough yet. Fortunately, Jiang Fan had a way and soon asked Hu Xiaoling to use medicinal wine, Jiang Xiaoyu, and Maoqiu to coax her into a smile, and then left the magic whip to play.
The empress shook her head and reached out to pick it up.
But when he touched it, his expression moved slightly.
"So heavy?"
Jiang Fan nodded: "With the same virtue as Men Lei, without the blessing of innate energy, it is extremely heavy."
But the next moment, a faint light shone on the empress' body, and the next moment she picked up the whip with one finger.
Jiang Fan was immediately shocked. Without him, in just a short breath, Jiang Fan actually felt something similar to innate energy.
