Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Huangfu Yanxiong, had a great strategy. Although he was successfully abdicated by Emperor Shun of Zhou with the support of aristocratic families, after he put down the Gongsun regime that had ruled Western Shu for more than 50 years, he began to promote a large number of poor families to try to resist These are the people from the Zhou family who occupy the mainstream of the court. Of course, Emperor Wu of Jin did not go into battle himself. He used Queen Jia Zhi's father Jia Chong.
Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Huangfu Yan, had a total of sixteen sons, including those who died in infancy, six of whom were extremely talented. These six did not include Huangfu Zhong, the current emperor of the Jin Dynasty. But Huangfuzhong was the only one who did not have close contacts with the aristocratic family back then. Only Huangfuzhong fully supported Emperor Wu of Jin in establishing Hongdu College! In the end, Emperor Wu of Jin married Jia Chong's eldest daughter Jia Zhi for Huangfu Zhong.
In Shen Xiu's view, Hongdu College is the last place for the poor family! It is a symbol of resistance to the Zhou sect of the aristocratic family!
Shen Xiu saw through this and persuaded Zhao Wang Huangfulun, who was originally the military commander of Liangzhou and Yongzhou, to support Huangfuzhong. Shen Xiu was originally a subordinate of King Zhao Huangfulun before becoming the dean of Hongdu College. And just three months ago, when the crown prince Huangfu Yu was imprisoned and people in Shangluo City were moved, it was Zhao Wang Huangfulun who personally led five thousand elites from Chang'an into Shangluo City overnight. This finally made the people in Shangluo City feel moved. Political forces had to calm down.
Therefore, in Shen Xiu's view, Wang Tianci's coming to challenge this time was the Zhou family's counterattack against Huangfu Yu's dethronement. Although the two old foxes, Situ Wangrong and Taiwei Wang Yan, ostensibly supported Queen Jia Zhi in deposing the prince Huangfu Yu, they were members of the aristocratic Zhou sect and it was impossible for them to betray the aristocratic Zhou sect. As for what they wanted to achieve this time, Shen Xiu didn't know. But if Wang Tianci loses, then let’s not talk about everything that follows.
Therefore, Dean Shen is in a good mood now!
Many people don't know the inside story of the deposed crown prince, but Shen Xiu knows it very well, because he did a lot of work behind the scenes. It can also be said that he is the mastermind, but he always stands behind King Zhao Huangfulun, and King Zhao Huangfulun stood behind Queen Jia Zhi.
Humph, members of the aristocratic family, one day I, Shen Xiu, will finally change the situation where you all dominate the world with just one hand. I, Shen Xiu, will let even the poorest people in the world have a large amount of cultivation resources!
"Master Dean, Zhao Yu has come to see you!" Just as his thoughts were wandering, he remembered a familiar voice outside his room.
"Please come in!" Shen Xiu valued Zhang Bu very much, but Shen Xiu valued Zhao Yu even more. Although on the surface, he treated all students equally, and although everyone in Hongdu College said that the three heroes of Hongdu were Dean Shen's favorites, Shen Xiu's favorite in his heart was Zhao Yu.
No one else, because he could see that Zhao Yu was the one who looked most like him.
Zhao Yu's talent surpassed that of Zhang Bu. He was born with four spiritual veins. His Qi sea was larger than that of ordinary cultivators. More importantly, his spiritual consciousness was much greater than that of ordinary cultivators. Zhang Bu's ability to become the top three heroes of Hongdu relies on hard work and perseverance, while Zhao Yu's ability to become the number one talisman of Hongdu College relies on his talent.
The most important thing in Talismanology is talent!
There are three major schools of cultivation: body training, magic, and talismans.
Legend has it that in the ancient times, the protagonists of this world were not humans yet. It was an era when the witch clan and the demon clan were fighting for hegemony. Weak humans imitated the witch tribe and learned body refining techniques, and imitated the demon tribe to learn magic techniques. The Lich War finally led to the destruction of the ancient era, known in history as the Age of Destruction. Then, humans slowly became the protagonists of this world.
But when there is no inexhaustible spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and only a small amount of spiritual energy is stored in the sea of qi, the magic gradually declines. Because spells consume the most spiritual energy, and body refining consumes very little spiritual energy. Not only that, body training can greatly increase the body's physical strength. Even if you don't use those exercises that consume a certain amount of spiritual power, strength alone can greatly improve human beings. Once a spell is used, the spiritual energy is consumed.
It was the ancient Sage Fuxi who creatively issued runes. According to the combination of various runes, and these combinations are appended to specific animal skins with specific spiritual stones or animal blood containing spiritual power (later a great sage issued talisman paper), it only takes a little bit to trigger the spiritual energy. Power can produce effects similar to magic. Later generations of cultivators called it Talismanism!
This is a unique release of mankind. It is one of the most important tools that mankind has relied on since the Great Sage Fuxi to gradually defeat other creatures on this planet and eventually become the undisputed protagonist of this planet. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of countless predecessors.
In the early years of Dashang, a legendary cultivation master once asserted: Talismanism is the future development direction of cultivation!
Shen Xiu was convinced of this. He himself is a great expert in Talismanism, and it was only through Talismanism that he advanced to the ranks of fourth-level cultivators.
This is very, very rare!
Not to mention magic, no cultivator from a poor family would have the luxury to practice magic! Even those Zhou sects of aristocratic families with extremely rich cultivation resources would not let all their disciples practice magic. Because the technique consumes too much cultivation resources and is extremely cost-effective. Of course, the lethality of the technique is also extremely low.
More than 99% of cultivators from poor families do body training. Even if they do body training, many people still have insufficient supply of cultivation resources, let alone practicing talismans and spells.
A master of talismans like Shen Xiu has three key points in his understanding of talisman science: First, he must have an amazing memory, because by the time the runes developed into the Jin Dynasty, they already had more than 7,000 characters, and each rune had a complex structure. Many runes look almost identical at first glance, and the only differences are subtleties. And what does a single rune, double runes, or even a combination of multiple runes mean? What attributes of spiritual minerals and runes should be used for each part of each rune, etc. Without a strong memory, it is impossible to achieve certain attainments in talismanology. Just this point makes many cultivators shy away from the study of talismans. The second is that the consciousness must be strong. Runes are extremely fine symbols, and even if they are just a little bit different, the consequences will sometimes be completely opposite. If a talisman master wants to draw precise runes, it is impossible to do so without strong spiritual consciousness. Third, one must have the talent to understand runes. Those who can truly become a Talisman Master do not rely on rote memorization of every rune and every combination of runes. It would never be possible to memorize all the rune combinations that require such precision. Many junior talisman masters just memorize certain limited talisman combinations by rote, and this is their limit. They can only engage in talisman work related to the combinations they memorized for the rest of their lives. And if you want to become a talisman master, you must have a deep understanding of each rune, and you must understand why this rune is structured the way it is, and why that rune is structured that way. This is the most profound thing in talisman science. Shen Xiu himself had just begun to get a glimpse of these things. In this world, only those wealthy families that have been passed down for thousands of years can systematically study these deep knowledge. It is the crystallization of the talisman geniuses of various families in the past generations. It will never be passed on to the outside world. It is simply inaccessible to poor families. thing!
Shen Xiu had this kind of talent, and he found that Zhao Yu also had it, and compared with him, he was no weaker than him.
Zhao Yu is a talented talisman master, but unfortunately he was born into a poor family, just like him Shen Xiu. Shen Xiu felt sorry for Zhao Yu more than once. If such a talented talisman master were born in the Zhou sect of the aristocratic family, he would have become a famous talisman rookie all over the world, and he would have even broken through the sixth-grade cultivator and become a fifth-grade cultivator.
And this is not what Shen Xiu values most about Zhao Yu.
What he valued most about Zhao Yu was that Zhao Yu was a cultivator who cared about the world, a cultivator who was dissatisfied with the Zhou family's monopoly on everything, and a cultivator who longed for changes. It’s not about changing yourself, it’s what 99% of cultivators in the world do, including Zhang Bu. But change the world!
It's not that we are wrong, but that society is wrong. This society is sick, and it is very sick!
It’s not Shen Xiu or Zhao Yu who needs to change, it’s the entire society that needs to change!
This is what Shen Xiu values most about Zhao Yu!
Zhao Yu's feelings for Shen Xiu are complex and contradictory, just like his feelings for the Zhou family of the aristocratic family.
Zhao Yu likes reading, not only about cultivation, but also various other books about history, geography, social characters and customs. Since the three generations, China has experienced the Great Xia, the Great Yin, the Great Qin, the Great Shang and then the Great Zhou and the Great Jin. Being familiar with history, he has liked to think about why Da Xia was replaced by Da Yin since he was a child, and why Da Yin, which lasted the longest, eventually declined and Da Qin finally unified the world. He is a very smart man, but he is still confused about it. The sages had different opinions on these things, and they all seemed to make sense.
The Great Zhou Dynasty accepted the abdication of the Great Shang, and the Great Jin Dynasty accepted the abdication of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Everyone in the world says that this is what the three ancient generations should have been like. This world belongs to the people of the world, and the position of emperor must be occupied by a virtuous person, rather than a family sitting at the end like the great merchants of Daxia, Yin, and Qin.
Zhao Yu strongly agrees with this view. He very much recognized that Da Jin finally replaced Da Zhou. At that time, two generations of the Huangfu family took turns to be the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty. Meritocracy was the rule. No matter whether the virtuous people in the world were from a Zhou family or a poor family, as long as they had both ability and political integrity, the Huangfu family would not hesitate to take any position.
But when the Jin Dynasty pacified the Gongsun family and the Qian family in Jiangdong, which had been separatist in Western Shu since the end of the Shang Dynasty, the world was unified, the barbarians bowed their heads, and everything was peaceful. What should a cultivator from a poor family do and stand out at this time?
He often thinks about these issues, but Zhang Bu doesn't, and neither do many practitioners in the academy. They think about how to improve themselves, or make friends and have fun.
Zhang Bu also dislikes the Zhou sect of the aristocratic family, but he dislikes the Zhou sect of the aristocratic family because he believes that the Zhou sect of the aristocratic family occupies the position that should belong to him and takes away the opportunities that should belong to him. He doesn't hate the unfairness itself, but hates himself for being in an unfairly disadvantaged position.
Zhang Bu didn't understand Zhao Yu, but Zhao Yu understood Zhang Bu.
Therefore, these facts often make Zhao Yu, who likes to observe, even more confused.
Are cultivators from poor families really better than cultivators from Zhou sects from aristocratic families? Whether it is cultivation or personality quality?
The colleges of Hongdu College are all poor students recommended by various states and counties, and the recommenders are the most upright students in each state and county. Almost without exception, the Zhengzheng of the various states and counties in the Jin Dynasty were people from the Zhou clan of aristocratic families in various places. Zhao Yu was from Zhaojun. He was strongly recommended by Li Yi, who was from the Li family in Zhaojun, one of the eight most powerful families in the world, and eventually came to Shangluo to become a student at Hongdu College. Li Yi was very optimistic about his talent in talisman science. Zhao Yu remembered the way Li Yi looked at him when he passed Li Yi's test. He was very excited.
"This child will become the pride of our Zhaojun cultivators in the future!" Li Yi publicly praised him in front of everyone.
Not only that, learning talismans requires a huge amount of resources. Every year, Li Yi would send people to send Zhao Yu a considerable amount of various talismans, fluids, and even various spiritual stones and spiritual sand, which always made Zhao Yu grateful.
The two parties are not related, and with the strength of the Li family in Zhao County and Li Yi's own cultivation as a fourth-grade cultivator, there is absolutely no need to deliberately please such an unknown and humble person like him. Even if he, Zhao Yu, wears scarlet and purple in the future, even if he becomes a first-class black-robed grand master, he will still not be enough in front of the Li family of Zhao County. As a wealthy family with a history of thousands of years, the Li family of Zhao County has produced countless third-grade and second-grade cultivators in its history, as well as many first-grade great masters. With such a deep foundation and strong strength, how can a humble family be able to match it?
He knew their dean Shen Xiu, and he admired his dean Shen Xiu from the bottom of his heart, but he did not fully agree with Shen Xiu's political philosophy.
The system of recommending talents in the Jin Dynasty is called the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System. The three aspects of family background, personal cultivation, and personal quality are each classified into three grades: upper, middle, and lower, so it is called the nine-grade Zhongzheng system.
In Shen Xiu's view, personal cultivation and personal quality naturally need to be rated at the upper, middle or lower grades, but the family background should definitely be deleted! Not only that, even the state and county magistrates need reform.
He and Shen Xiu are both teachers and friends, and many of Shen Xiu's ideas can only be discussed when facing him. He could feel Shen Xiu's expectations and attention from him. He agreed with Shen Xiu's view on deleting the line about family background, but he and Shen Xiu had different views on Zhongzheng's criticism.
Shen Xiu believed that strict and unified standards should be set for the judgment of personal cultivation, and then everyone should take a unified examination. As it is now, just letting Zhongzheng make the judgment is too subjective, and there are too many tricks in it.
Zhao Yu and Shen Xiu have discussed it many times. In his opinion, the unified examination standards are a big problem, and Shen Xiu cannot provide any standards to ensure that the selected talents are excellent and truly useful to society.
Therefore, Zhao Yu has always been very conflicted and confused. Although he is very smart and excellent, he still can't figure out many things.
"Is it the Zhang Bu sword technique you taught me?" Shen Xiu looked at Zhou Xing who followed Zhao Yu in. He didn't take the Zhu Guo from Zhou Xing's hand, but just asked him to put it on the table aside first, so directly. asked.
"Yes." Zhou Xing knew that he could not hide these profound fourth-level cultivators, so he nodded without hesitation.
"Your name is Zhou Xing. You are from Shangluo, Sili. Both of your parents are dead. In the fifth year of Yonghe's reign in the Jin Dynasty, you entered Hongdu College and became a handyman. Am I right?"
Zhou Xing continued to nod his head and replied: "What the dean said is absolutely correct."
"A big event happened in Shangluo in the fourth year of Yonghe in the Great Jin Dynasty," Shen Xiu continued to say with interest, but this time he was passing the news in the direction of Zhao Yu.
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