Chapter 128 I hope you will encourage each other

"I climbed Mount Qingcheng, clouds and rain were watching below. The moonlight shone on the rocks and valleys, and I wanted to sleep but couldn't bear to leave."

"I have been in Qingcheng Mountain for fifty years, and I have never enjoyed the beauty of Qingcheng so calmly. No wonder you fellow Taoists are reluctant to go out, and it is me and my disciples who have to be the first to go out."

Yu Canghai sat cross-legged on a piece of blue stone, looking at the picturesque scenery in front of him with longing. The green mountains were undulating and lush, the trees on the mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, and the river was gurgling at the foot of the mountain.

"master."

Behind Yu Canghai, more than fifty disciples of Songfeng Temple were kneeling on the ground, crying inconsolably.

"Haha." Yu Canghai stroked his goatee and said in a carefree manner, "Have you forgotten the "Nanhua Jing" you studied recently? What is the joy of life, and what is the sorrow of death? In the beginning, there was no life, not just no life, but also no form, not just no form."

"A hero, a hero, a hero, a great man, a great man."

"Master, disciple is here!" The Four Beauties of Qingcheng responded immediately.

Yu Canghai said calmly: "Master Ou ordered us to observe seclusion for ten years. Although I am leaving, you must abide by your promise and not break it. Anyone who breaks it will be expelled from the sect."

"Yes, Master. I will remember this." The Four Beauties of Qingcheng City agreed immediately.

"Songfeng Temple martial arts, Songfeng swordsmanship was passed down to Renying, Crushing Heart Palm was passed down to Renhao, Black Sand Palm was passed down to Renxiong, and the swordsmanship I recently realized, Zhile Sword, was passed down to Renjie. After you have mastered it, you should communicate and learn from each other. You must not learn from Huashan, whose own sect even split up."

"Yes!" The Four Beauties of Qingcheng responded again. Now they listen to their master very much.

"The abbot of Songfeng Temple will be replaced by Renying." Yu Canghai said this, looked at Hou Renying, and gently reminded him: "In the future, you must be kind and friendly, and don't lose your temper! Renying."

"Master." Hou Renying knocked his head to the ground, unable to utter a word.

Yu Canghai smiled, looked at the scenery and said with satisfaction: "Qingcheng Mountain is a good place, but it's a pity that Master and I realized it too late. You have ten years to calm down and comprehend it."

"Yes." The disciples of Songfeng Temple responded one after another, but it was not known how many of them could calm down.

However, these are no longer issues that Yu Canghai should consider.

Facing the Qingcheng Mountain, he said in a loud voice: "I passed away last night, and my heart was as calm as still water. I was reborn this morning, and my heart is as bright as the rising sun when I come here!"

The sound followed the mountain wind and drifted to all parts of Qingcheng.

The masters of each Taoist temple woke up from their morning classes and looked towards the location of Songfeng Temple.

There is appreciation, recognition and regret in the eyes
"My fellow Taoists, I am leaving now!" As soon as Yu Canghai finished speaking, his internal energy flowed backwards and broke his heart meridians.

A great swordsmanship master from Mount Qingcheng died here.

There was crying inside Songfeng Temple.

At this time, chanting voices came from all over Qingcheng Mountain, and finally gathered together:
"What the world respects is wealth, honor, longevity, and goodness. What it enjoys is a comfortable body, good taste, beautiful clothes, and the pleasure of beauty and sound. What it despises is poverty, humbleness, and early death. What it suffers from is not being able to rest, not being able to eat good food, not being able to wear beautiful clothes, not being able to see beauty, and not being able to hear sound. If one does not get what one wants, one will be greatly worried and fearful. How foolish one is in being a physical being."

The Four Beauties of Qingcheng suddenly raised their heads, their eyes full of surprise.

At this moment, they realized that there were so many senior masters hidden in Qingcheng Mountain, but they had different pursuits and were wholeheartedly seeking immortality and the way to enlightenment.

The four of them looked at each other and suddenly understood what their master said before he transformed his corpse. Qingcheng Mountain is a good place!

The disciples buried Yu Canghai in the back mountain of Songfeng Temple, and then held a simple ritual and Hou Renying's succession ceremony.

Afterwards, Hou Renying wrote a letter as the abbot of Songfeng Temple, explaining the process of Yu Canghai's corpse transformation. He took his sword and entrusted a friend from the escort agency to deliver it to Hengshan County to tell Ou Zanghua that their master had fulfilled his promise and was a real man.

At this moment, Ou Zanghua, who was far away in Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, was teaching more than a thousand people to read and write. The reason why there were several hundred more people was that children from some poor families in Anren County also wanted to learn.

Based on the principle of "releasing one cow or a group of cows", Ou Zanghua agreed to let them all in.

Because there were no pens, ink, paper or inkstone, Ou Zanghua asked them to bring chopsticks or something else and write directly on the ground.

As a result, the trees and bamboo forests around the school ground were damaged and were plucked out by those who loved learning.

On the tenth day, everyone sat up straight and chanted along:

"The Ying Qin clan began to annex other states. In the second generation, the Chu-Han War broke out. Emperor Gaozu rose to power and the Han Dynasty was founded. During Emperor Xiaoping's reign, Wang Mang usurped the throne. Emperor Guangwu rose to power and established the Eastern Han Dynasty. After four hundred years, it finally surrendered."

Behind Ou Zanghua is a large blackboard. He ordered people to make it out of wood, polish the surface and then paint it with a layer of black paint to make a simple blackboard. Two vertical characters are written on it with a large chalk made of plaster. In fact, during the Chenghua period, ordinary people had gradually broken through the restrictions of the law in terms of food, clothing, utensils, and house decoration, including lacquerware.

However, lacquer is still relatively expensive and ordinary people cannot afford it, but lacquerware is no longer a necessity for scholar-officials and merchant families.

For example, there is a story called "Old Servant Xu Makes a Fortune Out of Righteous Indignation" in "Stories to Awaken the World". The old servant Aji accumulated wealth by investing in raw lacquer and made great contributions to his master's family.

Another example is the "Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua", which uses the Song Dynasty to write about the Ming Dynasty, and has repeatedly used the perspective of Ximen Qing's family to explore the popularity and expensiveness of lacquerware at the time. When Ximen Qing's wives and concubines went to the Lion Street to watch the lantern festival, it was written that "looking east, there are carved lacquer beds, mother-of-pearl beds, and golden and green brilliance."

The novel depicts the grand business of the Lantern Festival through the eyes of these wealthy women, and also highlights their love for gorgeous, exquisite and expensive lacquerware and mother-of-pearl beds.

This also indirectly shows that lacquer tree planting was very widespread and the lacquer industry was developed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the Ming Dynasty.

The most direct reason is that the expansion of the urban middle class has led to a surge in demand for raw lacquer.

So Ou Zanghua was able to get a large bucket of black paint to paint a blackboard. Although this behavior was a waste, it was just a waste and did not involve any other problems.

"The name 'Han people' originated in the Han Dynasty, and originally meant people of the Han Dynasty. But in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, it gradually evolved into a nickname for the descendants of Yan and Huang." Ou Zanghua looked at the people below who were eager to learn, and spoke slowly.

"The so-called Han Dynasty is what you just recited. The Qin Dynasty died in the second generation. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, ended the chaotic times, inherited the Qin Dynasty and established the Han Dynasty. However, the Huns in the north wanted to take the opportunity to go south and humiliate the Han Dynasty. Emperor Gaozu of Han personally led the army to resist, and thus the Siege of Baideng took place."

As Ou Zanghua told the story, everyone felt as if they were there, feeling the helplessness and indignation of the officials in the early Han Dynasty.

"After that, through the efforts of several generations of Emperor Hui, Empress Gao, Emperor Jing, and Emperor Wen, revenge on the Xiongnu was finally accomplished during the reign of Emperor Wu."

"Champion Marquis Huo Qubing, with his valor and bravery, rode six times with lightning speed, beheaded more than 110,000 captives, and made the Hunxie King surrender with tens of thousands of his men. He accomplished a great feat, drank from the Hanhai Lake, and sealed the Wolf Mountain."

"it is good!!!"

I don't know which idiot couldn't help but yell when he heard this. Everyone was stunned at first, and then they cheered loudly, wishing they could follow the champion marquis Huo Qubing to drink from Ma Hanhai and to Fenglangju Mountain!

However, there was also a more sober person in the crowd. He raised his hand high, obviously wanting to ask a question.

Ou Zanghua pointed at him, and the man stood up, bowed, and asked, "May I ask, Lord Ou, the Han Dynasty is probably more than a thousand years away from us! What do their great achievements have to do with us?"

After this was said, many people realized that it seemed to make some sense!

"What's your last name?" Ou Zanghua smiled and asked gently.

The disguised Wang Chenger was startled and said, "My surname is Wang, and my name is Erba."

"Surname Wang. Have you ever thought that your ancestor might be Wang Ling, the Marquis of Anguo, one of the 18 heroes of the early Han Dynasty?" Ou Zanghua said calmly, "Isn't it the responsibility of future generations to restore the glory of their ancestors?"

Everyone was shocked after hearing this, and many young men with the surname Wang began to discuss whether they were descendants of Wang Ling, Marquis of Anguo. If so, wouldn’t they be hung up and beaten when they saw their ancestor after they died?
Wang Chenger was also stunned. It turned out that his second brother had such a powerful background?

No, no, that’s not the point!
Wang Chenger immediately realized the flaw in Ou Zanghua's words, and said, "How can Lord Ou be sure that I am the descendant of Wang Ling, the Marquis of Anguo, and not the descendant of Wang Sanqi from a village in the Han Dynasty?"

"If you think so, I can't help it." Ou Zanghua spread his hands and answered casually.

Wang Chenger was delighted, thinking that he had won the debate against the third place winner, leaving him speechless.

But the next moment, he heard someone say, "How could I be the descendant of Wang Sanqi from the village? I am so brave, I must be the descendant of Marquis Anguo!"

"That's right, my grandfather was a scholar in the Chenghua period, so my grandfather's grandfather must be better than my grandfather! Otherwise, how could there be money to support my grandfather's education?"

"That makes sense. There's a stupid old man in our village who has never married because of his poverty. If he had a scholar father, he might have grandchildren!"

"Eh? There seems to be something wrong with what you said."

Ou Zanghua raised his hand and pressed it down, and the scene became quiet again. He then continued, "Emperor Taizu of our dynasty drove out the Tartars and restored China, making immortal contributions. As citizens of the Ming Dynasty, what should we do?"

"It's normal that you haven't thought about this issue. After all, life is not easy for everyone."

"But as an official appointed by the court, I made a wish in my heart from the moment I took office."

"If you haven't decided what to do yet, why not take a look at mine first."

As he spoke, Ou Zanghua wrote a sentence on the blackboard: Restore the old traditions of Han and Tang Dynasties, and open a new chapter for China!
"This is my wish. I will fight for it my whole life. I hope you will share my wish with me."

(End of this chapter)