Evolution of the heavens

Chapter 228 Transforming into a Dragon
Lu Dang, courtesy name Jiangling, was a child prodigy in Huguang, born in a poor family.

Literate at the age of five, recite the scriptures at the age of seven, was selected as a scholar at the age of 12, and participated in the provincial examination at the age of 13.

At the age of 16, he came to Yangzhou to take part in the government examination.

He ran out of money and was shy in his pocket, so he was taken in by the famous monk Lu Ya Abbot, and temporarily lived in the Mulan Temple in Yangzhou, where he ate monk meals, and waited for the bell in the temple to ring every day to eat with the monks.

this day.

The bell in the temple rang loudly.

Holding his own small wooden bowl, Lu Dang walked through the Buddhist forest of the monastery, stepping on the bluestone slabs, and the drizzle in the yard blew on his face, which made him very excited.

After arriving at the fasting courtyard, I saw a group of monks had finished eating and were cleaning up the dishes. ,

In that hall, it was empty and there was nothing left, only he was there alone in a daze.

I saw Lu Dang coming holding a bowl.

The monk who deliberately rang the bell after dinner smiled and looked over.

A monk came forward and put his palms together, and said with a smile:

"Lu Xiucai, I'm really sorry, you are late today. We have already finished our fast, but the clock struck a little late."

Usually in the temple, the bell is used for fasting.

Lu Dang also waited for the bell to ring, and then came to have dinner with all the monks and monks.

Today, I ring the bell after dinner.

Obviously it was specifically aimed at Lu Dang, and he didn't want him to spend any more time.

call!
Lu Dang's face turned red all of a sudden, filled with shame and anger, he fell into an unprecedented embarrassment, his self-esteem was hit all of a sudden, he immediately went back to the Zen room to pack his bags, and was about to leave Mulan Temple.

Before leaving.

A cavity of depression was indescribable, and in a fit of anger, he took out a pen and ink from his bag, and left two sentences on the red wall:
"It's time to go to the hall, and I'm ashamed of the monk's bell after dinner."

Then he threw a pen with anger, and walked quickly down the steps of the mountain temple, leaving only the backs of the crowd.

"What is written this is..."

A group of monks ran to read the poems and looked at each other.

Among the temples, there are not many literate monks.

At this time, a burly pilgrim witnessed the whole process, and couldn't help but sneered: "The dignified Buddhist sect takes the precept of begging for food from the people all over the world, and is full of charity from all living beings. Now, it's really embarrassing for someone to be unwilling to give a few meals to a poor scholar." Parents know."

All the monks were ashamed when they heard the words.

A little monk whispered: "Just playing with him, besides, he has been eating and drinking in our temple for half a month..."

"Heh!" The burly pilgrim left without saying a word.

Soon.

Walk out of the land cliff in the temple.

The monks asked: "Abbot, look at these two poems, why don't we scrape them off..."

Lu Ya looked at the two poems with a smile, and said, "What are you scratching, keep it."

Down the mountain.

In a broken grass reed, Lu Dang beat the ground shamefully and angrily.

"Only by knowing the shame can you be courageous, and only by working hard can you be strong."

Suddenly, a thunderous voice exploded in his ears, saying:

"I have seen all the humiliation you received in the temple. Those monks are indeed wrong, but if you can use this as an incentive, it would be better to pass the college entrance examination and then go to that temple to wash away the shame."

Lu Dang asked quickly after hearing the words: "Who is the strong man?"

The burly pilgrim came forward: "A certain Qiu Xianxia."

Lu Dang talked with him for a while, and they had a very happy conversation. Before parting, Qiu Xianxia gave Lu Dang ten taels of silver.

A few days later, Lu Dangfu passed the examination and became a Juren.

The first thing is to find his benefactor, Qiu Xianxia, ​​to thank him, and to repay the ten taels of silver.

In the end, he found Qiu Xianxia in a house and gave him ten times the silver as a gift.

Qiu Xianxia only took ten taels, and said: "Brother Lu, you are full of knowledge. This is just the beginning of the selection. There is a possibility of Jinshi in the future. If you are an official for a day, I just ask you not to be with that traitor Zhao Yue. Fish and meat people, just search the world."

Zhao Yue, the chancellor of the court, the scholar of Huagai University, and the powerful minister of the court, is good at flattering his superiors, stealing power without profit, and vigorously eliminating dissidents.

He is the world's most treacherous minister known to everyone in the world.

However, he has been a dictatorship and regent for ten years, and he is still domineering. The people of the world and Qingliu have suffered for a long time.

Lu Dang said excitedly when he heard the words: "To be honest, brother Qiu, my ideal of studying is to straighten out the administration of officials for the country. If I were an official, I would never let any corrupt officials go."

"Okay!" Qiu Xianxia was inspired by Lu Dang's ambition, and he took Lu Dang to drink three big bowls with pride.

After parting.

After Lu Dang was elected, he finally didn't have to suffer from the embarrassment of his pocket. The first benefit after being elected was that he was exempted from corvee taxes. Someone specifically asked him to put the land in his name to avoid taxes reasonably.

Without the pressure of life, Lu Dang was able to concentrate on studying and study hard.

A few years later.

In the 31st year of civil and military affairs, Lu Dang passed the Jinshi examination at the rare age of 23. Because of his excellent grades, he soon became a lieutenant of Baima County near the capital, responsible for the work of public security, arrest and law enforcement in a county.

On his first day in office, Lu Dang pushed aside the banquets of all the officials and colleagues in the county, plunged into the dusty files, and then chose a case that no one had thought of and began to settle the case directly.

"Lu Dang, you are crazy. The case of my nephew has already been prosecuted. Do you want a new trial?" The county magistrate rushed to the county office from the restaurant and slapped the table angrily.

Facing the glaring stares of his colleagues, Lu Dang treated the case coldly, ignoring the county magistrate's pressure, and tried the case as usual.

In the end, the county magistrate's nephew was imprisoned for three years.

Since then, in Baima County for a year, Lu Dang has never been afraid of the powerful, and tried all the old and pending cases in Baima County in one go. On crime.

The local people cheered excitedly, and the blue sky has eyes, and finally a real good official was sent.

Qiu Xianxia heard the news, came to Baima County, and praised that he was right.

And because of Lu Dang's judgments on prison lawsuits during his tenure in Baima County, he was very aware of the details, and he was quickly appreciated by the censor Zhongcheng in the capital, and he was elected as a court censor.

This fit Lu Dang's mind.

Because he knows how dark the officialdom and court are today.

The censor is the official position responsible for supervising and impeaching officials for violations of laws and disciplines.

Just like the self-denial and dedication he showed in Baima County.

After taking up the post of censor, he held the attitude of being responsible for this official position, and soon, he set his sights on a high-ranking official.

This official is two ranks higher than his.

During the preparation of Lu Dang's impeachment materials against this official.

He received threats from the official.

It turned out that the official had gotten wind of it a long time ago, and sent him a letter with a sneer: "You can try to impeach me, and see if you will lose your official position first, or will something happen to me?"

For threats.

At this time, Lu Dang was full of passion, hating evil like hatred, how could he take it to heart, he was already prepared, even if he lost his official position.

He still presented the impeachment memorial.

What Lu Dang and the official did not expect was that Lu Dang's impeachment was successful.

Many years later, Lu Dang realized that the reason why his impeachment was successful at this time was because a fierce struggle was going on in the court at this time.

The struggle between Zhao Dang, Prime Minister Zhao Yue's party, and several other adults was fierce.

In short.

The successful impeachment of this senior official who was higher than him made Lu Dang's confidence stronger, and he must eliminate the officials.

As a result, he was promoted and became a censor.

Perhaps the confidence is too firm.

No one expected that Lu Dang would be so bold that he would directly choose to impeach officials at all levels.

Finally, he offended the governor of the capital.

Was demoted.

For this, Lu Dang has long been mentally prepared, so even after being demoted, he still insists on his previous thinking. After arriving in another county, he still chooses not to be afraid of power, and everything is equal before the law. Still brought to justice, no forgiveness.

In the final year-end examination, Lu Dang's political performance was "the best in all counties".

therefore.

He got promoted again.

This strengthened Lu Dang's confidence.

After promotion.

He continued to stay true to his original aspirations, strictly enforced the law, and severely cracked down on those who failed. Because of his outstanding political achievements, he was successively qualified as a doctor of the Ministry of Industry and a censor of miscellaneous affairs within one year.

Another year later, he became the governor of the capital.

The governor of the capital he offended back then is about to retire and return home at this time.

Lu Dang did not let him return to his hometown successfully.

This time.

He successfully sent this old corrupt official who had not been impeached back then to prison in one fell swoop.

That is, this winter.

It snowed heavily.

All parts of the capital were buried under three feet of snow, and an unprecedented catastrophe came. Under the feet of the emperor, starvation was everywhere, and countless people died of freezing and starvation.

"Master Lu, what are you doing? This granary can't be opened!" At the gate of the granary, an official cried and begged: "If this granary is opened, we can't bear the responsibility. The towns prohibit grain from leaving the country."

"Open warehouses to release grain, rush to help everywhere, and I, Lu Dang, will take care of things alone."

Lu Dang chose to withstand all the pressure and open a warehouse to release grain.

this winter.

I don't know how many people who should have died in the heavy snow survived.

After the heavy snow.

Because Lu Dang rescued tens of thousands of Si people, he finally became the minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the Sixth Ministry. During this period, he still defied the powerful and enforcing the law.

Not only was he appreciated by the emperor, but also vaguely regarded as a role model by the Qingliu in the court.

Another year passed.

Lu Dangguan went to the Minister of Rites.

to this position.

Lu Dang was considered qualified to impeach Zhao Yue, the most treacherous official in the dynasty. For this reason, he began to collect information and prepare evidence.

But he didn't expect that when he consciously made all the preparations, he was finally sure that he could impeach the world's most treacherous official.

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, no one came out to speak after him.

Those Qingliu who had been faintly standing with him before, even in the court hall, subconsciously moved away from him, and took half a step back.

All of a sudden, Lu Dang's heart went cold.

Facing the old Prime Minister Zhao Yue who was already very old, with white hair like silk snow, and dim and muddy eyes, but still revealing wisdom.

Lu Dang seemed to understand something.

"The reason why Zhao Yue has survived for so many years is because he is not just one person. To impeach Zhao Yue is to impeach a group of people, even including some people in Qingliu..."

"Even His Majesty the Emperor is among them."

"He needs Zhao Yue's presence."

Impeachment failed.

Zhao Yue was excluded by everyone in the court.

It didn't take long.

When it was his turn to be impeached by others, the emperor also found a reason to demote him from the central government, and the lower places were sent to the bitterly cold place in the south of the Five Ridges.

Before leaving.

Only that good friend from back then came to see him off.

Qiu Xianxia raised a bowl of wine and said, "I know you can withstand this blow, I hope you won't be wasted by it."

Regarding the bowl of wine from his friend, Lu Dang didn't say anything, just looked at Qiu Xianxia's eyes, and didn't drink.

Finally, I bid farewell.

It seemed that he was vaguely trying to understand something.

then.

What Qiu Xianxia never expected was that Lu Dang, who had been honest and upright for half his life and defied power, would be a completely different person after he left.

After arriving in Lingnan, he actually changed his behavior in the past few decades and dedicated himself to catering to the powerful.

And the benefits of this transformation are obvious.

Less than two years.

Lu Dang was transferred back from Lingnan, returned to the central court, and once again served as Minister of Rites.

His return made the older Prime Minister Zhao Yue feel a sense of crisis.

because.

After two years, he saw the change in Lu Dang.

Around two years.

Lu Dang is a completely changed person.

Just like that sentence, some people will be devastated in the heavy blow, and some people will think of a way out in the heavy blow.

The upright and honest Lu Dang seemed to die all at once.

No one knows what kind of psychological changes Lu Dang was in to complete such a turning point.

What everyone can see is.

After Lu Dang returned to the central court, he stopped communicating with others, and he began to form a party.

Start to form your own court team.

For this reason, selfishness is naturally unavoidable.

In the past, he was a model of incorruptibility who couldn't rub the sand in his eyes. Now, he chose to turn a blind eye, and even deliberately shielded some officials, so he pulled them into his team.

Lu Dang became a corrupt official.

He began to live in a large mansion and accepted bribes from the officials below.

One year later.

Lu Dang entered the ranks of the prime ministers of the three provinces.

He once again launched an attack on Zhao Yue, the most treacherous minister in the world, and impeached him.

This time.

He succeeded.

The 81-year-old Zhao Yue took off his official hat and left the capital half a month later with a few officials seeing him off.

before leaving.

Zhao Yue, an octogenarian with white hair, turned his head to look at the capital, and seemed to see a person whose face could not be seen on the city wall, but who could be recognized by his outline.

Just like my younger self.

Zhao Yue stepped down, and Lu Dang naturally became the new prime minister.

half year later.

Some people began to impeach Lu Dang's officials and wantonly exploited the people, but Lu Dang punished them.

Just like that, ten years have passed.

this day.

Lu Dang accompanied the emperor on a tour, and came to Yangzhou, where he had passed the examination, and came to the Mulan Temple.

"You are the monk who rang the bell back then." Lu Dang smiled and looked at the old monk in red robes who came to greet him.

The old monk trembled, "It's the little monk."

He took a second look and saw that the two poems he wrote on the wall of the temple back then were still there, even protected by the monks in the temple with sarongs.

"Hehe." Lu Dang smiled, thinking of the past.

An official accompanied him flatteringly said: "Whether Xiangye will make up for these two poems, it will be passed down as a beautiful story through the ages."

Lu Dang thought with his hands behind his back. After half a cup of tea, he took a pen and paper and added the next two sentences.

It's time to go to the hall, and I'm ashamed of the monk's bell after dinner.

In the past 30 years, the dust has hit my face, and now I have a green sarong.

"Good poetry, good poetry!" All the officials flattered and praised.

"There is one more." Lu Dang smiled, saw the abbot of the temple, Lu Ya, also came out, and wrote again:

30 years ago, this hospital was visited, and the Magnolia hair salon was newly built.

Now at the place where the scriptures are walking, the tree is old and the flowerless monk has a white head.

"Let's go!" After finishing writing, Lu Dang left the pen to the people around him, and flung his sleeves down the mountain.

A group of monks looked at the poor scholar and upright young man back then, and now he has become the distinguished prime minister, old and luxurious.

Righteous sigh.

Suddenly, there was a commotion from the steps of the mountain temple:
"Lu Dang, take your life!"

However, it was an old man with a curly beard, whose body was like a mountain, he killed Lu Dang's guards, and went straight in front of Lu Dang in blood.

A sword rested on Lu Dang's neck.

Lu Dang looked at the person and was startled: "Brother Qiu."

"You... poof..."

Haven't had time to say anything else.

The old man surnamed Qiu held out a sword, and the old prime minister Lu Dang was assassinated outside the mountain temple.

Ancient legend records:
Qiu Xianxia, ​​also an assassin.

on the verge of death.

Lu Dang's eyes were bloodshot, and he watched the old abbot Lu Ya at the mountain temple walking towards him, and closed his eyes for him:

"A young boy who slays a dragon does not become a dragon until he slays a dragon, but only after becoming a dragon can he slay a dragon. You will wake up."

A big dream.

Another dream ends.

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(End of this chapter)