aircannonsinc Chapter 314 The First Emperor
Chapter 314 The First Emperor
Seeing that the two had finalized the rewards after returning to Beijing, Jiang Chengdao immediately realized that his test and trial were basically meaningless to Lu Chen.
So he suppressed the idea of testing.
Forget it, let her be.
Anyway, as long as he, the Saint King, is there, Jiang Chengwan's throne will be as stable as Mount Tai. If something really happens, he will take action. Even if Daxia is in chaos, he can reorganize the sun and moon and clean up the mountains and rivers.
Even if the enemy is the top ten sects with unfathomable strength and foundation, it will be the same at most. It will be more troublesome and take a lot of effort, not to mention the 20,000 or 30,000 semi-cultivators who have not yet grown up.
Since he is in an invincible position, let his sister be more willful.
After Jiang Chengwan cleverly revealed this matter, Jiang Chengdao did not bother about it anymore.
Then Lu Chen discussed the specific matters of the new army with Jiang Chengwan.
It is not so simple to establish a guard army. Even if you don't go through the process of the Ministry of War, the personnel composition, organization, selection and appointment of officers, garrison area, duties, treatment, training and other military affairs must be finalized as soon as possible. It is definitely a big project.
Jiang Chengwan's intention is to select outstanding talents from Qingning Guard and Cangling Guard to serve as the commander of the new army, and the people of Xuanwu Guard will not be moved. Xuanji Guard is short of manpower and is not suitable for transfer.
The new army is stationed in the southwest of Luojing and is responsible for the defense of Taixing Road, which was recently opened and built with cement, connecting Taihe County, Xingping County and Luojing.
Lu Chen had no objection to this, but just added that the soldiers of the original Qingning Guard and Cangling Guard should not be transferred to the new army by force, but a notice should be issued to let the soldiers of the two armies voluntarily participate in the selection, and the best will be selected in the end.
Jiang Chengwan has no objection.
Watching the two men discussing military and national affairs with a serious face, Jiang Chengdao inexplicably recalled the scene of his previous conversation with the Qingxuan Saint King.
For no reason, the next second after the two men finished discussing important matters, he suddenly looked at Lu Chen and raised a topic that puzzled the two of them-
"Lu Shaobao, what do you think of the First Emperor Ying Zheng?"
Huh?
Lu Chen looked at Jiang Chengdao with a puzzled look: "Why does His Royal Highness ask this?"
Jiang Chengwan frowned and looked at her brother with an inquiring look.
With her intelligence, she didn't understand why Jiang Chengdao cared about this.
What about the First Emperor's opinion? Could it be that the brother wanted to test something again? But... what can this test out?
In the puzzled eyes of the two, Jiang Chengdao slowly said: "Nothing, this king was on a whim, just asking casually, Lu Shaobao, just treat this as a casual chat after dinner."
Although Lu Chen was puzzled, he didn't think much about it.
Then he thought about it carefully and recalled the life of the First Emperor Ying Zheng in this world.
The deeds of the First Emperor are the foundation of the foundation for the literati in this world. Therefore, even if Lu Chen has not learned it, he can quickly integrate it into his cognition through the memory of his predecessor.
Soon, he found that the Ying Zheng in this world is quite similar to the Zulong he knew.
It's just a high-level martial arts version.
The reason why he is called the First Emperor is naturally because he created the imperial system.
The Central Continent tens of thousands of years ago was not like today, where the four seas are united. Instead, it was a world of great struggle with many sects, frequent wars between countries, and the strong becoming stronger and the weak perishing, which is similar to the current situation of many countries in the Western Continent.
It's just that the Western Continent has now formed an alliance of all nations, while the Central Continent has the final outcome of the nine states being united, and this concept of great unification is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it still affects countless creatures living in the Central Continent.
After hundreds of years of chaos, the Central Continent gradually formed a situation where seven major countries and ten major sects were on par with each other, and the First Emperor was the king of Yan among the seven major countries.
The experience of the First Emperor in his youth was quite similar to that of Zulong. Both of them went through hardships before they could firmly sit on the throne of the king.
However, the reason why he unified the world was not because of the "remaining power of six generations", but because of the full help of the four great saint kings of Central Continent, he destroyed the other six countries one by one with overwhelming power, and overwhelmed the ten major sects, making them bow down.
He was also the only king in the history of Central Continent who could be recognized by the Saint King and get his full help, except for Jiang Chengwan today.
No one knows how he did it, just like no one knows why Saint King Cangming helped Jiang Chengwan to sit on the throne so unreservedly.
In the end, Yan Kingdom unified the world and became the first unified dynasty in the history of Central Continent.
After the unification, he abolished the feudal system, established the imperial system, set up counties, established the Yan Law, unified the measurement, built the Chi Road, and built the Great Wall, using all means to return the ruling power to the central government.
Relying on these extremely groundbreaking and far-reaching feats, as well as the great help of the four holy kings, the First Emperor finally reached the realm of the second sage with the highest level of the emperor's way, and was on an equal footing with the immortals.
If we only look at these, the First Emperor is a virtuous monarch praised by the world.
However, the facts are just the opposite.
The world's evaluation of the First Emperor is more negative.
The vast majority of "knowledgeable people" who mainly study the way of sages have defined him as a tyrant.
Because during his reign, the First Emperor ignored the way of sages, ruled the country with the way of law, always imposed severe punishments, and at the same time spared no effort to build large-scale projects, bullied the sects, plundered the gentry, and did many unkind and unjust things, so that the four holy kings were alienated and left in anger.
It was precisely because of the many tyrannies during his reign that the Great Yan Empire, which was established with great difficulty, perished in the second generation, which is a pity.
And the reason why he was able to become a saint is entirely because saints and immortals in this world are two completely different paths.
Although both of these are related to Tao, those who seek immortality will regard Tao as a guard of honor for ascension. They will continue to improve their strength through enlightenment, and finally rely on strong power to survive the heavenly tribulation and break the blockade of heaven on immortality. , the enlightenment soars.
Therefore, the former usually involves cultivating multiple Dao at the same time. After all, no matter what Dao, as long as you can understand it, your strength can be greatly improved.
This is also the path of most monks.
The latter, on the other hand, specializes in one path to the extreme and will not mix with other paths.
At the same time, there is a huge difference between saints and immortals——
Immortality is the result of a mortal body becoming an immortal, while sainthood is the destination of human beings after death.
No one knows whether he can become a saint during his lifetime, and no one can pass down the method. They can only speculate through the paths of sainthood of the lesser saints in the past generations. Therefore, the path to sainthood has always been more ethereal and mysterious than the path to immortality.
After the collapse of the First Emperor, visions descended from the sky, and a golden body came to the world, then shattered the void and floated away.
That scene was witnessed by many people and has been passed down to this day.
But this does not affect people's disparagement of the emperor who achieved great unification for the first time. After all, the various "tyranny" implemented by the First Emperor during his reign were not conducive to cultivators, and the death of Heyan Empire II was too stained.
Moreover, the history of Yan Kingdom was written by the later victors.
Of course, this is from Lu Chen's perspective, after digesting his predecessor's memories of the life of the First Emperor. People in this world view the First Emperor as a simple tyrant, and few people would think twice about it.
"Everyone says that although the First Emperor was an emperor, he did not have a trace of benevolence. He relied on the supreme power of the four holy kings to dominate the world. During his reign, he continued tyranny, oppressed the people, and brought unprecedented catastrophes to the creatures of Central Continent. , is an undisputed tyrant with no morals, which is also the consensus of the Four Realms Saint Kings."
Just as Lu Chen finished digesting the information about the First Emperor, Jiang Chengdao said: "I thought so too before, but Lu Shaobao, you often have different views on things that the world takes for granted, and occasionally you have thought-provoking and shocking words, and in the end All prove you are right, so."
"I would like to know if you have any unique insights into the First Emperor."
Hearing this, Lu Chen suddenly understood.
But Jiang Chengwan on the side thought more and deeper than him.
First Emperor.
She is actually no stranger to this legendary figure who lived tens of thousands of years ago.
It's not because as a member of the royal family, she has been familiar with history since she was a child and has long known the life of the First Emperor from textbooks, but because
The First Emperor is her only predecessor!
For tens of thousands of years in Central Continent, apart from her and the First Emperor, there were no other people who could be truly recognized by the supreme sacred object, the Imperial Seal.
The First Emperor has always been a taboo among the four holy realms.
Just because, for her own selfish reasons, she almost caused the ancient evil spirits suppressed in the four holy realms to break free and bring disaster to the world.
And Jiang Chengdao, the Holy King of Cangming, suddenly mentioned this matter, and it was Lu Chen who asked about it, so she couldn't help but think about it.
In just a moment, she was keenly aware that something was wrong.
In the past few days, Brother Huang seems to have not shown up much. (End of Chapter)