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Xiao Daoling's father, Old Master Zhang, was ordered by the imperial court to serve as an official in Sichuan, and Xiao Daoling followed his parents from Peiguo Fengyi to hurry up for several months before arriving in Sichuan to listen.
Along the way, plagues were rampant, unrest was rife, there were groups of hungry people, and the sight of corpses on the road left a deep chrome mark on the trail. From his father's lament and his mother's tears, he knew more or less the root cause of such a tragic scene, that is, the emperor was in charge, the crowds were fighting, the war was constant, and the world was chaotic.
Therefore, he secretly made a vow in his heart that he would study hard and be a pillar of the country like his ancestors in the future to save the people in the depths of the water.
Since then, Xiao Daoling has been more diligent in reading, and at a young age, he was admitted to Luoyang Tai College in Kyoto, devoutly studying Confucian classics, astronomical geography, and the secrets of books.
Zhang Daoling, who was young and vigorous and flesh-and-blood, with a passion for saving the country and saving the people, wrote to the imperial court with the title of "Xianliang Fang Zheng Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi Ke", which was deeply appreciated by Emperor Zhang of Han, and He was appointed as the Commander of Jiangzhou (present-day Chongqing) in Ba County.
Zhang Daoling left Luoyang and went south, and went up the river through the waterway to Jiangzhou to take up his post. Although it was a hot summer, the majestic and beautiful scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River deeply attracted him.
Zhang Daoling stood at the bow of the ship, but did not feel the scorching sun overhead, taking in the beautiful scenery.
When the boat arrived at Wushan, it entered the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River with steep waters, and the boat relied on the tracker to pull, and if the porter had the slightest stealing power, the boat would have to go backwards for several inches.
Seven or eight haulers, carrying ropes on all fours, pulled the water boat the rocky reef on the shore, taking every step, no, climbing to be precise, exhausting all their strength to suckle.
The boat walked slowly in the high pitch of the porter and the boatman, mixed with the mournful sound of the Sichuan River trumpet.
Zhang Daoling was tired of listening to the ritual songs of the witches and witches during the sacrifice, similar to the ghosts crying wolf howling, and listening to the court music, when he suddenly heard the Chuanjiang trumpet, he began to feel quite fresh, and stood around the bow of the ship with interest to enjoy it. When he saw the seven or eight barefoot and naked haulers on the rocky beach on the shore desperately pulling the fibers under the scorching sun, the oil light emitted from the light back and the slowly squirming body were no different from the reefs, there was a desolation in his heart.
What a fresh Sichuan River trumpet, what a majestic and beautiful Scenery of the Three Gorges, made him feel bored. He sullenly returned to the ship's cabin and did not come out again.
The boat, moving slowly, finally arrived in Jiangzhou.
Jiangzhou, a distribution center for the west to go to the sea, has been bustling since the establishment of the town. When Zhang Daoling's official ship arrived at the Jiangzhou wharf, the wharf was already full of people greeting the new Governor of Jiangzhou.
The sound of firecrackers resounded over the pier. After Zhang Daoling disembarked, the rich gentlemen rushed to bow to him and welcome him into the official residence.
The official residence was full of lights, and he had already set up a feast for him to wash the dust, delicious food, flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water.
Zhang Daoling saw this table full of sumptuous wine banquets and a flattering smiling face, and then remembered the bare-bodied limbs of the greasy body in the reef on the beach in the past, and his heart was quite unpleasant, so he casually said that he was physically tired, so he got off the mat early and went to rest.
Zhang Daoling was single-mindedly committed to being a good official who was beneficial to the imperial court and the people.
After investigation, he was determined to start with bullying and hegemony to eliminate harm to the people. Therefore, he arrested all the tyrants who endangered Jiangzhou's water tyrants, city tyrants, business tyrants, and black tyrants and threw them into prison.
Before he could be interrogated and questioned, his superiors sent him an official document asking him to release him, and after the four masters released him, instead of repenting, they intensified their deception of the people, and repeatedly challenged the government, made difficulties with the government, and opposed Zhang Daoling in Jiangzhou.
Slowly, he also realized a truth: the imperial court was in decline, the official government was corrupt, the officials colluded with each other, and the officials and bandits were all in one breath; in this situation, if he wanted to do things for the people, it was impossible to make a difference, and if he wanted to work hard to govern, he would undoubtedly be alone, and soon after taking office, he felt powerless and fell into the trouble of being unable to extricate himself.
One day, when he had finished his official duties, he returned to the back hall, and it was already time for the lights. He lit the lamp and read, and after a while he fell asleep on the desk.
At this time, Taishang Laojun was recuperating in the Heavenly Laojun Hall, and suddenly remembered something, so he shouted loudly: "East Sea Boy, where is the East Sea Boy?" ”
A little boy heard Lao Jun's call and hurriedly ran to Lao Jun and said, "Master, who are you calling?" ”
Lao Jun said, "East Sea Boy, where is the East Sea Child?" ”
The little boy said, "Since Master Donghai went with Master that day, he has never seen Brother Donghai again." ”
Lao Jun remembered that he had sent the East Sea Boy to the mortal world. He said to the boy who had entered the temple, "I know, go separately." ”
The child obeyed the order to withdraw from the Old King's Palace. After Tong Er withdrew from the Old Jun's Palace, Lao Jun pinched his fingers and said to himself, "It's time." After saying that, he got up and walked out of the Old King's Palace and rode up to the clouds and went straight to Jiangzhou.
Taishang Laojun came to the sky above the Jiangzhou Lingfu, lowered the clouds, landed in Zhang Daoling's room, saw Zhang Daoling sleeping, and gently patted him on the back, turned and walked out of the study.
Zhang Daoling involuntarily followed Lao Jun and also walked out of the study. Lao Jun waved at Zhang Daoling with Buddha dust and carried him straight to the east on the cloud.
Zhang Daoling with Taishang Laojun in the clouds, overhead starlight bird's eye view of the mountains and rivers, the first time from the top to look up feel very strange, the mountains like undulating waves, the river like a stretch of winding cloth belt, the lake like a pool, for the first time feel that everything is small, only the sky is vast.
Taishang Laojun took Zhang Daoling from Jiangzhou in Ba County, through Yunzi Mountain on the shore of Poyang Lake to Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi, and then through the East China Sea to return to Taiping Mountain on the bank of the Huai River, straight to Xianyuan Kunlun Mountain, and finally descended on Qingcheng Mountain in Bashu.
Zhang Daoling saw that Mount Qingcheng was so quiet and beautiful, so he asked, "Master, where is this mountain and what is its name?" Taishang Laojun narrowed his eyes and said, "Where is the name of this mountain, you will naturally know in the future, the heavenly opportunity cannot be leaked, don't ask more." ”
Since Taishang Laojun said so, Zhang Daoling naturally did not dare to ask more questions, did not dare to speak more, but just looked at Taishang Laojun silently.
Taishang Laojun said, "Disciple, there will be a period of five hundred years of turmoil in the next term, and Jiangzhou has ordered you to no longer be a minister, it is time to do what you should do." ”
"What should I do?" What am I supposed to do? Ask Master to make it clear. Zhang Daoling asked confusedly.
"There is a fixed number, ru xiu asks more questions."
After Taishang Laojun finished speaking, he slapped zhang Daoling hard behind him, and Zhang Daoling stumbled and fell down like a kite floating in the sky.
Zhang Daoling was shocked and woke up from his sleep, at this time, it was already five more chickens, he no longer had the slightest drowsiness, savoring the things in his dreams, the more he thought about it, the more he felt strange, the more he thought about it, the more he felt inexplicable.
For several days, he didn't bother to go up to the church to ask about things, and shut himself in the study thinking about the things in his dreams. In particular, "there will be five hundred years of turmoil in the next term" and "you should do what you should do" occupied his entire mind.
"There will be five hundred years of turmoil in the next session" is easy to understand. Based on his understanding and inference of what he has experienced, the world is constantly in flames, it is difficult to be peaceful, and it will be in a long period of instability. But "what you should do" is thought-provoking, what should I do? What am I supposed to do? It's really puzzling.
However, since it was a divine initiation, this errand that I didn't want to do--Jiangzhou Ling was the time to do it. Therefore, Zhang Daoling was determined, so he immediately wrote a resignation to the imperial court and put it on the book, and quietly hung up the crown.
Do you know why Taishang Laojun took Zhang Daoling around a big circle to Qingcheng Mountain?
A person who wants to make a big thing must go through arduous grinding to become a great instrument. One is to temper his will; the other is to ask him to recruit talents and realize the true way.
Zhang Daoling naturally had a sharp mind, resigned from the government and left Jiangzhou and headed east. Follow the route he had dreamed of following down the river and begin his long trek.
(To be continued)