"Ai Qing, Jie Fu!"
"God, God, let's talk about it. Will we, the people under the mountain, be able to live forever?"
After a long while, the blush on Zhao Xu's face dissipated a little. When he saw Wang Wen Gong standing solemnly like a statue in front of him again, Zhao Xu tried his best to suppress the joy on his face, and asked with a bit of anxiety in his words.
Zhao Xu can be called a promising king, and he and Wang Wengong recommended Xining's new method. Naturally, he knew that the man in front of him was not happy with the king's question about immortality.
However, the things between gods and men were close before his eyes, and immortality seemed within reach. Although Zhao Xu knew it clearly in his heart, he still looked eagerly at Wang Wengong in front of him.
Wang Wengong saw Zhao Xu's expression, and then thought about the unparalleled trust that the officials had in him during the Xining years, his expression was just a little dazed.
After taking two or three breaths, Wang Wengong calmed down his unknown emotions and bowed before speaking again.
"The man of God never told me about immortality!"
Despite Zhao Xu's expectant gaze, Wang Wengong looked calmly. When Wang Wengong finished his words, Zhao Xu's face in front of him became even more visibly depressed.
"Although the man of God never spoke of immortality, he told me that he wanted to establish a Taoist lineage in this world and open a gate to immortality!"
This time, Wang Anshi just bowed his head and did not look at Zhao Xu's face in front of him. He truthfully told all Yuan Sheng's previous words.
"According to the meaning of the words of the god, when the god opens the Taoist line in the future and establishes the Immortal Sect, there may be three or five talented and amazing people in the land of Xia who can obtain the Tao, be called immortals, and become sacred!"
"Although the gods want to open up a Taoist lineage and establish an immortal sect, they do not teach their own immortal way. They only need to take the martial arts as the root and practice martial arts to reach the Tao. I hope that in the world, there will be two or three people who enter the Tao through martial arts and become the martial arts immortals and martial gods. Top notch!”
Wang Anshi never raised his head, but softly and recited everything Yuan Sheng said that day.
Even if Wang Anshi didn't raise his head, it could be guessed that Zhao Xu's eyes must be disappointed at this moment, and his expression was mostly depressed.
Above the temple, the Gong Gong masters controlled the world's power, so they were no strangers to Jianghu martial arts. But except for the military attachés in the court, most of the civilized ministers despised this martial arts.
Even they know that after cultivating internal strength, one will be energetic and strong. If one can cultivate top-notch Qi and maintain good health, one can even live a hundred years.
However, the Song Dynasty was originally a scholar who despised military officers, and even looked down upon the knowledge of military officers. He, Wang Anshi, was once one of them.
In the eyes of literati, what if martial arts attainments are due to merit and luck? Their literati serve as officials in the court and hold power in the world, while their warriors can only live in the rivers and lakes, doing things like licking blood from the edge of a knife.
If the literati were willing, a single order would be enough for the army to move forward and pacify the world.
Even if someone masters the art of martial arts, is it possible that one person can resist an army of ten thousand people?
In addition, practicing martial arts does not happen overnight, but is hard work over many years.
If there is such time, those who are ambitious enough to serve in politics will be diligent and diligent.
Those who flatter people are more likely to form cliques for personal gain, or to accumulate wealth, or to make further progress in their career.
Martial arts requires skills, money, and time.
Instead of wasting that time fighting for an uncertain future, it would be better to study hard in a cold window and wait for the future to live in a temple, hold the power of the sky, and leave a name for the ages!
"Are you going to use martial arts as the foundation to practice the way to immortality?"
When Wang Anshi finished speaking, the eyes of the Song Dynasty official in front of him were full of disappointment. After a dozen breaths of silence, Zhao Xu let out such a disappointed sigh.
As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he naturally knew martial arts, and he also tried to see if he had any talent in martial arts.
However, even though there were martial arts masters in the palace who washed his essence and cut his marrow, warming and nourishing all his veins, Zhao Xu was no more than a beginner in martial arts, and could only cultivate a wisp of inner strength.
It's not that Zhao Xu is unworthy of cultivation, but that he is too busy with documents, and there are powerful people inside and outside the court who can't even calm down, let alone practice meditation.
At this moment, I heard that the gods in the mountains wanted to open up the way to become immortals and transform into saints, but this destiny fell on the path of martial arts. Thinking about himself again, how could Zhao Xu not feel depressed?
"The man of God really spoke like this. I dare not lie in any way, let alone cover up in the slightest."
When Wang Wengong heard Zhao Xu sigh, his expression did not change at all, but he spoke again in a serious tone.
When Wang Anshi finished speaking, the imperial study room fell silent for a while.
Zhao Xu sat on the chair, his face undisguised with disappointment and dejection, while Wang Wengong looked like a statue, bowing his head and saying nothing.
"Guan family, I have something to offer you!"
Either Wang Anshi saw Zhao Xu's dejected look in front of him with his peripheral vision, or he thought about the relationship between the emperor and his ministers for more than ten years, Wang Anshi sighed in his heart, and after a long silence, he finally opened his mouth to break the silence.
While speaking, he took out another wooden box from his sleeve, held it in both hands and displayed it in front of Zhao Xu.
"When I met the man of God in the mountains, the man of God gave me three jujubes and asked me to do two things."
"The man of god gave me dates, and I ate two of them myself and secretly hid one date in my sleeve."
"The god gave the dates as a gift, which should contain the spirit of immortality. When I ate two of the dates, I felt that my whole body was light and peaceful, like an old tree in spring, floating as if it had transformed into a fairy."
"The man of God said that these jujubes can prolong life for two or three years. I have selfish motives and I have children at home. I want to hide the jujubes and leave them for my dogs at home."
"However, many ministers cannot do the things entrusted by gods and men. They have to ask for the help of officials. I respectfully offer the immortal dates from the mountains and ask officials to listen to the orders of gods and men!"
Wang Anshi presented the wooden box in his hand and spoke slowly. When he was drinking tea from the mountains, he heard Yuan Sheng say that one sip of the tea could prolong life by four to five years. Since the god took the jujube together with the tea, Wang Anshi probably saw it and it also had the effect of prolonging life!
Presenting the immortal dates from the mountains at this moment was because Yuan Sheng was asking for something that he really couldn't accomplish and had to get permission from the officials in front of him.
Furthermore, Wang Anshi felt that he had given up Zhao Xu's desire to seek immortality. He had to give this jujube as a gift to the emperor and his ministers, and as a courtesy to the world.
As for the other one...
People are not saints, how can they be selfless?
When Wang Anshi finished speaking, Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly brightened, and when he saw the wooden box in front of him again, his eyes were even more excited.
When Zhao Xu opened the wooden box, he saw a red date the size of a baby's fist. The jujube is glazed red, and just one look at it will make you feel that this jujube must be extraordinary.
Zhao Xu listened to Wang Anshi's words again, gently picked up the dates with slightly trembling hands, and after pondering again, waved to a tall and thin eunuch standing in front of the door. This eunuch's companion was like a ghost, and silently landed next to Zhao Xu.
The tall and thin eunuch first saluted Zhao Xu, and then carefully pinched off a piece of jujube skin no larger than a grain of rice from the jujube.
Seeing the tall and thin eunuch eating it, Zhao Xu suppressed the excitement in his heart.
"Whatever the gods have entrusted me to do, please speak frankly. There is no harm in speaking frankly!"
Wang Anshi didn't seem to notice that the tall and thin eunuch was beside Zhao Xu, he just lowered his head and spoke slowly.
"There are two things entrusted by the gods. The first is that the gods open a fairy gate and want to borrow all the martial arts books in the palace."
"Furthermore, there is a sacred tree in the divine dojo, which is an ancient building tree."
"Jianmu is a treasure loved by gods and men. Please ask the officials to ask for an edict for the sacred tree Jianmu, thinking that the sacred tree deserves the name of Jianmu!"
Wang Anshi did not elaborate on anything in his words, but only stated everything that Yuan Sheng entrusted him with.
But after listening to Wang Anshi's words, Zhao Xu had a look of embarrassment on his face.
If there were only martial arts classics in the palace, it would be nothing more than ordinary and trivial matters for Zhao Xu.
Even if there are countless martial arts books in the palace, there are only martial arts books on the left and right, so there is no harm in giving them to the gods.
But Zhao Xu couldn't decide the matter of rectifying the Jianmu sealing edict. Such matters must be handled by the Ministry of Rites, and he needs to discuss them with the Ministry of Rites at the court meeting before he can inform the whole country and issue an edict to rectify his name.
"Jiefu, I'm afraid I will invite Jiefu to the court again tomorrow..."
Zhao Xu didn't look at the eunuch Da Ban beside him, he just looked at Wang Anshi in front of him and spoke softly.
Others don't know Wang Anshi, but Zhao Xu knows in his heart that Wang Wengong resigned from the prime minister for the second time because he asked the skeleton to retire and return to his hometown.
It is true that Wang Wengong was still concerned about this matter in the temple, but after the failure of Xining's new law, most of the stubborn conservative ministers took power in the temple. Zhao Xu was worried that Wang Anshi did not want to see the former enemy party in the temple.
It's just that Wang Anshi proposed this matter. In terms of etiquette and law, Wang Anshi must discuss it with the above-mentioned princes and then issue an edict.
"Then, let's go to the temple again!"
Wang Wengong listened to Zhao Xu's words, but he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head for a long time before speaking slowly.
The conversation between the monarch and his ministers ended here, and after Wang Anshi finished speaking, he just bowed and left.
But several people in the royal study were unknown from beginning to end, but their words were clearly heard by others.
Although Wang Wengong left, there was a strange white man lying silent under the masonry of the royal study. This white weirdo didn't breathe or breathe, he could only clearly see and hear everything in the imperial study.
Half an hour after Wang Wen announced his retreat, the radiant Zhao Xu asked someone to take the scholar into the palace.
After meeting Xi Xiucai, the white weirdo clearly heard how Zhao Xu took the trouble to ask Xi Xiucai about the many miraculous things in Guishan, and he was very interested in the fairy grass and strange fruits in the mountain.
If someone observes more carefully, they can see that this white weirdo has clearly fallen from Wang Anshi's shadow, and only Yuan Sheng can command such a white weirdo.
At this moment in Zhongting Mountain, Yuan Sheng was lying on a bamboo chair with his eyes closed and taking a nap. He was accompanied by a colorful tiger and a yellow dog.
Yuan Sheng gently stroked the big, colorful cat. The big cat was extremely well-behaved. It just lowered its eyebrows and lowered its head, letting Yuan Sheng stroke its hair, but it didn't look like the king of beasts.
This time was pleasant, but Yuan Sheng's mind was traveling hundreds of miles away. He didn't know what he saw, but there was only a sarcastic smile on his lips.
Yuan Sheng didn't open his eyes, but he suddenly spoke.
"Gouzi, your enlightened teacher may not come back again."
As Huang Xiao listened to Yuan Sheng's words, he raised his sleepy head in confusion at first. After hearing Yuan Sheng's words clearly, a look of surprise could clearly be seen in his big eyes.
"Fame, fame and wealth are loved by everyone!"
"But is it so cumbersome to issue an imperial edict for Jianmu?"
"Tomorrow will be tomorrow!"
"I just hope that all the gentlemen in the court will not know what is good and what is good, and make me anxious to wait!"
Yuan Sheng seemed to have his eyes closed, but he was using Bai Jue to travel to places where no one could explore, listening to the secrets in the imperial study.
It's not that Yuan Sheng has such a hobby, but he has been prepared for it. After Wang Anshi came down the mountain, Bai Jue followed him all the way to protect Wang Anshi.
After all, Yuan Sheng also knew that Wang Anshi had many enemies, and was worried that Wang Anshi would die if he did not complete the commission!
