Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 500 The Three Immortals at the End of the Han Dynasty
At the New Year's Eve banquet, various government agencies once again discuss merit and rewards, and look forward to plans for the new year.

There are many things to talk about in the third year of Chu Li, from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs’ support for major projects, to the Ministry of Rites’ scientific research on Confucius’ relics, and the re-evaluation and interpretation of classics, to the tireless purges of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Punishment. The administration of officials, the popularization of the law, and the self-defense counterattack against Yizhou planned by the Privy Council are all worthy of special mention.

Needless to say, the Ministry of Industry, although the Ministry of Industry only provides PhDs to coordinate the overall situation in specific projects, everyone knows that the plan for the Qi ship and the Qi train is ultimately due to the Ministry of Industry.

Looking forward to the fourth year of Chu Li... What attracts most attention is the imperial examination held every three years. In the fourth year of Chu Li, it is time to hold the second session!
Looking back at the first imperial examination, it was as if it had been held (geng) a month ago (xin).

In addition, in the fourth year of Chu Li, a pre-heated "study examination" mechanism will be set up. It is expected that in the fifth year of Chu Li, examinations will be available in all parts of Chu State.

In fact, government-run universities all over the country have started recruiting students this year, mainly based on "recommendations". After the academic examination system is established, each university will begin to recruit people who have passed the "study examination" from the private sector!
Next year’s Rites Department is destined to be a busy and focused year.

At the New Year's Eve banquet, Bai Tu not only performed vigorously... ah, no, he praised the Ministry of Rites for its rigorous attitude towards the textual research on the origin of Confucianism, encouraged the emerging "Wang Xue", and also expressed his appreciation for the upcoming second imperial examination and academic examination. Take the scheduled test and try your best.

After drinking for three rounds, Bai Tu specially called Yu Ji to his side. Although Yu Ji considered himself a Taoist priest, his position in Chu State was more towards the Ministry of Works, so everyone just assumed that Bai Tu had something to do with the Ministry of Works. To explain.

Yu Ji was very rigid, but he was also polite and sat aside. It was obviously a chair, but he was just sitting on the side.

As for Yu Ji, who has contributed a lot to the Ministry of Industry, Bai Tu is not going to directly force him to say something - just like if someone knows the location of a treasure, do they have to tell the court?

Bai Tu felt that he should give him a subtle hint first to let him know what he wanted, but not force him to say it.

"Taoist Master Yu, look at this plate of fried yellow croaker, do you think of the yellow turban worn by the yellow turban thief?" Bai Tu asked vaguely and naturally.

Yu Ji:......

"Looking at this plate of soybeans again, do you think about the time when Zhang Jiao scattered the beans and formed an army?" Bai Tu continued to hint.

"Ahem, Your Majesty...have you also heard about Huang Tianji?" Yu Ji accepted Bai Tu's hint and said proactively.

"Ah! It turns out that Taoist Priest Yu was thinking about my report. I was worried that if I said it too explicitly, Taoist Priest would be under pressure." Bai Tu said quickly.

Yu Ji:? ? ?
It turns out that what you just said is not an "explicit statement"?
Resisting the desire to complain, Yu Ji sighed, looked at the white picture carefully and said: "Yes, in fact, before I joined the king, the reason why I was in Jiangdong was because of Huang Tianji..."

"So that's it. Before meeting Master Ming, Taoist priest came to Jiangdong for Huang Tianji." Bai Tu corrected him slightly.

Yu Ji:......

"Taoist Priest doesn't seem to be a very ambitious person in terms of political affairs. Why is he still obsessed with Huang Tianji?" Bai Tu asked next.

"This matter has nothing to do with ambition. Pindao did not want to do the same as Zhang Jiao, but because of the appearance of Huang Tianji, Pindao owes a debt!" Yu Ji said with some emotion and sadness.

Bai Tu:? ? ?
This time it was Bai Tu's turn to be shocked - Could it be that Yi Ji had a third way of birth besides human transformation and dragon vein metamorphosis... sexual reproduction?
Yu Ji seemed to be aware of Bai Tu's thoughts. He shook his lips and said, "To be more precise, it's Zhang Jue's debt..."

Bai Tu:! ! !
You and Zhang Jiao...

Yu Ji seemed to be lost in memories, and did not pay attention to anyone. Instead, he continued to talk under the influence of alcohol: "Fifty years ago, Pindao and Zhang Jiao became disciples of Master Nanhua... The master was Duke Jizhuang. Later successors of "Book of Heaven Volume 50: Worshiping Gods" fully understood its secrets.

None of the three Pindao people had such fate and qualifications, and could not inherit the Heavenly Book. However, the master divided the Heavenly Book after he had understood it into three volumes of the Book of Devotion, for heaven, earth, and human beings. The Heavenly Book was passed on to Zai Pindao and Zhang Senior Brother Zuo Ci, who started before Jiao, passed the Earth Scroll to Pindao, and the Human Scroll to Zhang Jiao..."

As Yu Ji spoke, Bai Tu also remembered what Lu Su had said to him when he first heard Lu Su talk about the Book of Heaven many years ago - Zhang Jiao seemed to have some of the abilities in "Volume [-]: Worshiping the Gods", but the inheritance was very limited. Maybe he was manipulated, so he died suddenly because he deified himself.

Now it seems that Zhang Jiao does not have the Book of Heaven, it is just the inheritance of the holder of the Book of Heaven - the Book of Heaven can only choose its own master, and the holder cannot interfere with its inheritance, unless it is like "Lu Su discovered Lu Xun", "Xi Zhicai discovered "Guo Jia" situation, that is, when there is already an owner, and other suitable holders appear, only then can the inheritance be carried out artificially.

As for Yu Ji, Zuo Ci, and Zhang Jiao, those who were not selected by the Heavenly Book can only learn the "second-hand Heavenly Book" written by the Heavenly Book holder.

Each holder of the Heavenly Book can understand something different from the Heavenly Book, and the second-hand Heavenly Book can only comprehend the part that the holder can understand.

Nan Hua was able to write three volumes of books, and after listening to Yu Ji's wishes, he still analyzed the Book of Heaven from three angles. His attainments are profound...

The Book of Heaven is like a polyhedron, those who are recognized by it can see one side, but those who are not recognized can't see anything.

And if the person who sees it can actually understand this side, he can "draw" the content he has penetrated for future generations to learn from. Nan Hua... has seen and understood at least three sides!
"Thirty years ago, Master left on a far journey. Before leaving, he gave each of us a volume of the South China Sutra. He also told us that if we only learn and understand our own volume well, we will be considered to have obtained eight points of its inheritance. We must not If you are greedy for too much, you cannot share your insights..." When Yu Ji said this, his tone became more and more sad.

Bai Tu also nodded when he heard the words - it's all about this point, needless to say... some of you must have secretly learned from other brothers!
"Both Pindao and Zhang Jiao were undecided at the time, especially Zhang Jiao... who had the most evil ideas and was very competitive, so he took the initiative to take out his own identity card and wanted to share it with Pindao and Senior Brother Zuo Ci.

When Pindao was hesitating, Brother Zuo Ci directly pulled out the dagger he carried with him and stabbed one of his eyes out, saying that he saw the Taoist book handed out by Zhang Jiao out of his peripheral vision.

Pindao and Zhang Jiao were frightened at that time, and they wanted to stop the blood wound for the senior brother, but when the senior brother wiped the bad eye, there was no blood, and there was even an extra pair of eye patches... Pindao was just a young man at that time, and he didn't know. Senior brother, this was a cover-up, or he was really blind, but later I heard that some of the rumors about senior brother's appearance were all covered up.

Although the senior brother didn't say much, Zhang Jiao didn't dare to mention the sharing of Taoist books again. After that... the senior brother and we went down the mountain separately. Since Pindao and Zhang Jiao were from the same hometown, they traveled among the people together and understood their respective traditions. Taoist books.

Zhang Jiao's human scroll is about "inviting gods to receive immortals". In the past 20 years of apprenticeship, our senior brothers have actually learned similar things, but...it is not so much asking gods, but it is more of a kind of self-suggestion, just human beings. The content recorded in the volume should be more profound. "

When Bai Tu heard Yu Ji talking about the contents of the human scroll, he still guessed in tone, and knew that he was not the one who finally violated Nan Hua's words.

"Pindao's Earth Scroll focuses on 'spiritual clarity', which means understanding the nature of something. Pindao's 'drawing talismans' and 'alchemy' are essentially abilities that extend from this."

As everyone knows, Yu Ji's "drawing symbols" and "alchemy" are "separation and extraction machines" and "mixing and reaction simulators".

"Then what is the power of Taoist Zuo Ci's Heavenly Scroll?" Bai Tu remembered that according to unofficial legends and novels, Zuo Ci was also related to Cao Cao's death, so he asked specifically.

"Senior Brother Zuo Ci's Heavenly Scroll... we don't know about it either, but since he blinded himself in front of us, whenever I have the idea of ​​going against Master's words again, I will always think of Senior Brother himself. The sight of ruining one's eyes made me feel a dull pain in my eyes.

Even...sometimes I feel that the senior brother's eyes overlap with Pindao's eyes, and they are looking at us for the master, so I have never offended him again.Pindao once mentioned it to Zhang Jiao, and he also said that he had this feeling, but... Pindao remembered that Senior Brother Zuo Ci stabbed his left eye, but he remembered that it was his right eye!

This ability to psychologically suggest other people is also the basis that all three of our senior brothers have learned. However, Pindao and Zhang Jiao are not as proficient as senior Zuo Ci. I think the content of the Heavenly Scroll should also be related to this. "Yu Ji speculated.

When Yu Ji said this, he disregarded the rules that cultivators can drink alcohol and not drink too much, even contrary to his usual rigid image in front of Baitu, he still drank another glass when his face was already flushed.

"Later, Zhang Jiao got married." Yu Ji said with an abrupt twist.

Zhang Jiao is getting married. Why are you looking like this?Bai Tu looked at Yu Ji with a slightly subtle expression...

"I also liked his wife, but they were married."

Baitu: ...

As expected of a Taoist, Yu Ji said it very directly. If it weren't for the nostalgia on his expression, I would have thought that he had taken it lightly... and he unconsciously didn't call himself a "poor Taoist".

"Then what? I'm talking about the Yellow Turban Dao thing." Bai Tu asked urgently, and said that he was not gossiping.

"Zhang Jiao is different from Pindao, and he is also different from Senior Brother Zuo Ci. He saw that the decline of the Han Dynasty at that time had already affected the common people. He saw that the sick had no medical treatment, the old and the young had no support, and he saw the rich clothes of the noble families. Angry horse, seeing the nobles and officials in the fish and meat village...

Although Pindao will guide people to do good and use talisman water to save people when he sees it, he won't think about it if he doesn't see it.When Zhang Jiao sees it, he will feel angry if he puts himself in his shoes. "

"What about Zuo Ci?" Bai Tu asked curiously.

"Senior brother won't go see it."

　Dongdong: Note that in more common terms, the Three Immortals of the late Han Dynasty refer to: Nan Hua, Zuo Ci, and Yu Ji. There is nothing wrong with Zhang Jiao. This is the Cheng Ji version!
　　
　
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