All things are difficult at the beginning.
People who learn martial arts on the first day will definitely not be able to get the hang of it so quickly.
Jiang Zhihong had anticipated this.
His plan was to wait until enough people had their acupoints opened before starting to teach the next step of the technique.
As long as the acupoint is opened, even if there is only one, it means that you have completely mastered the trick.
And those who have opened up their acupoints can then guide the rest of the people.
Therefore, Jiang Zhihong walked back and forth at the four city gates, demonstrating and explaining the Zongyun Jin over and over again.
Chu Wei moved among the crowd, and every time he passed a certain distance, he would instruct one person to strike the correct posture and let the others follow suit.
Time slowly came to evening.
Jiang Zhihong stopped his posture and shouted loudly with the last bit of his strength: "All those who have opened their acupoints, come to the city gate to register, but if anyone hides anything, once discovered, they will be expelled from the wind drum and will never be allowed to approach again!"
At this moment, the obstacles of knowledge and views are not only the court, but also the tools of Taipingdao.
He also became Jiang Zhihong's tool.
The millions of people outside the city, except for the babies, were all firmly under Jiang Zhihong's control.
After Jiang Zhihong left, Xu Chong took the initiative to change his appearance and blended into the crowd.
As for what form to use, that is really easy to solve.
Not to mention that there were so many newly dead people on the way to Fenggu, even in Fenggu County at this time, people with weak bodies were still dying every day.
No matter what time it is, as long as he is near a mass grave, Wuxiangyi can create a new false appearance.
In this way, Xu Chong disguised himself as a refugee, and with his identity as a newly-awakened person, he displayed strength and speed far beyond that of ordinary people.
After the desires of the people around him reached a higher level, Xu Chong spoke again, deepening these people's fear of the obstacles to knowledge and views.
Of course, there is no .
The main purpose is to deepen their dependence on Jiang Zhihong in order to cooperate with subsequent plans.
Xu Chong was doing this all night long.
Occasionally, he would encounter people who took advantage of their opened acupoints and wanted to steal other people's food. Without exception, he would kill them directly. His death in an extremely horrifying way announced to others the consequences of such behavior.
Overall, it went relatively smoothly.
But time is limited, one person's strength is limited, and the number of people who can interfere in an entire night is also limited.
But Xu Chong is not in a hurry, as there is still a lot of time.
Before daybreak, the number of people who had successfully opened the acupoints was counted.
There are more than 30,000 people who have opened up one of their minds.
There are six thousand people who have opened two orifices.
There are only a thousand people who have opened the three orifices.
It’s not that there are more people who have opened their minds, but their number is too small, less than twenty people in total.
After dawn, Jiang Zhihong appeared again.
First, everyone's memory was awakened, and then arrangements were made for those who had become enlightened.
The areas in all directions were roughly divided into tens of thousands of regions.
Those who have achieved the first level of enlightenment have become instructors in these areas, responsible for teaching others in the area to practice Zongyun Jin.
For those who have attained the second level of enlightenment and above, there are teams of five and battalions of a hundred, which are divided into different levels and are responsible for walking among the crowd and maintaining order.
On the third day, the number of new awakenings began to decline.
On the fifth day, there were very few new additions.
So on the sixth day, Jiang Zhihong changed the teaching method.
The cycle repeats itself.
On the tenth day, food consumption began to decline slightly.
On the fifteenth day, the first gifted person who reached the first level of enlightenment was born.
He is a middle-aged man in his thirties with a calm and down-to-earth personality.
This middle-aged man was appointed by Jiang Zhihong to lead 30,000 people with more than 30 awakened minds to go out and look for food.
The sixteenth day, at the hour of Yin.
Jiang Zhihong was about to go out when he was stopped by Xu Chong.
"Are you going to catch up with that group of people and awaken their memories?"
Xu Chong asked, then said, "I'll take care of this."
"you?"
Jiang Zhihong frowned, "I told you before, you are still young, so don't get involved in this matter."
"You don't have to worry about me."
Xu Chong shook his head and changed his appearance with the Wu Xiang Yi in front of Jiang Zhihong, "I can stay in the team and be responsible for awakening the memory."
"Uh... the fragments of the Illusionary Heaven?"
Jiang Zhihong was stunned for a moment, then he seemed to be thinking about something, "No wonder I felt that everything was going so smoothly these days. I guess you must have done a lot of things in secret, right?"
"Just guide public opinion so that those people can only rely on you completely."
Xu Chong replied.
"I see."
Jiang Zhihong nodded, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember not to leave any clues."
"Don't worry."
Xu Chong smiled and walked away.
Just like that, one more person quietly joined the search team.
This person was quietly influencing the direction of the team's search, heading towards a certain predetermined destination.
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Dingtianfu.
The backyard of the Blood-Clothed Guard’s headquarters.
Dou Tianyuan and Lou Youzhi sat opposite each other in the pavilion, each with a solemn look on their face.
There was a secret letter on the table.
The content of the decree was very simple, asking the Blood-Clothed Guards to find out if there had been any abnormalities in Yongzhou recently.
"Are there any anomalies? Are we looking for anomalies in natural disasters?"
Lou Youzhi slowly exhaled: "How ridiculous."
"It's ridiculous."
Dou Tianyuan had a blank expression on his face, completely losing his cynical look. "So, the natural disaster is related to Your Majesty?"
"No."
Lou Youzhi shook his head, "To be precise, it's not just His Majesty."
"What do you mean?"
Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows.
"Well, it's time to tell you about this."
Lou Youzhi looked puzzled and said, "You know, because of the drought in Bingzhou, I killed many, many people."
"All the families were executed, not even a single one was spared."
"But you don't know that I didn't want to kill them, but I had to kill them."
"Because my people rescued the Minister of Revenue who was on his way back home after retiring. He told me that the people who were really holding back the relief..."
Lou Youzhi looked at Dou Tianyuan deeply and slowly uttered three words: "It's the late emperor."
Dou Tianyuan's expression suddenly changed.
He originally thought that only the current emperor had problems, and never considered that the late emperor also had problems.
"so……"
After a long while, Dou Tianyuan let out a heavy breath, "The one with the real problem is the royal family?"
“No.”
Lou Youzhi continued, "Because, back then, the prince was on my side."
"then……"
Dou Tianyuan murmured, and the doubts that had been buried for many years were finally solved: "So, the one who killed the refugee was the prince's man?"
"Exactly."
Lou Youzhi gave an affirmative answer, "Not only that, Jiang Zhihong's impeachment was also suppressed by the prince's people."
"No wonder……"
Dou Tianyuan suddenly understood, "I was wondering why we couldn't find an assassin with so many people. If it was the current emperor, then it makes sense."
"In short, what I suspect is not a certain person, but the dragon throne and that position."
Lou Youzhi was also somewhat puzzled as he spoke, "What on earth was the reason that a prince who cared about the country would ignore state affairs shortly after ascending the throne and become an executioner who used natural disasters to commit crimes?"
"Will it be..."
Dou Tianyuan's eyes suddenly became inexplicable, "Is it related to life span?"
"Lifespan... Indeed, due to the limitations of Taizu's bloodline, the lifespan of the royal family is not only not long, but much shorter than that of normal warriors."
Lou Youzhi frowned, "But how is this related to the natural disaster?"
One is the natural disasters caused by heaven and earth, and the other is an individual’s life span.
The two concepts were so far apart that he couldn't find any clues to connect them.
"Forget it. If you can't figure it out, forget about it. I'd better go and see what's going on in Yongzhou."
Dou Tianyuan stood up and prepared to push the door and leave.
"No need."
Lou Youzhi suddenly spoke up, "I know what's going on."
"oh?"
Dou Tianyuan paused.
"It's Jiang Zhihong."
Lou Youzhi sighed.
"You mean the 500,000 dan of grain?"
Dou Tianyuan frowned, "I know that Jiang Zhihong used some connections to raise 500,000 dan of grain... But this is not unusual, right? Besides, His Majesty already knew about it."
"It's been so long since the locust plague, but the court has not yet started disaster relief. If nothing unexpected happens, Jiang Zhihong will start to doubt the royal family, or Your Majesty, just like us."
Lou Youzhi stood up and turned to face the pond. "If my guess is correct, what your majesty calls abnormality is that Jiang Zhihong is using his own method to rescue the victims of Yongzhou."
"Your own method?"
Dou Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, then his face changed suddenly: "Could it be..."
"You guessed right. If we want to save the entire Yongzhou with 500,000 dan of grain, there is only one way."
Lou Youzhi nodded and slowly uttered a few words: "Yongzhou Buwu."
Dou Tianyuan's face turned completely ugly.
Based on his understanding of Jiang Zhihong, he knew that this was very likely to happen.
No, it should be said that it has already happened.
Dou Tianyuan gritted his teeth and said, "I can delay...delay for a month."
"No."
Lou Youzhi said calmly, "One month cannot change the outcome of Yongzhou."
"Besides, you have already offended His Majesty because of Xu Chong's matter. If you do this again, I'm afraid you will end up in prison for the rest of your life."
"Since this has already happened, Jiang Zhihong's fate is doomed."
"Since he is bound to die, then don't let him die with doubts. Let him see everything clearly..."
By the way, let me see what His Majesty’s attitude will be.
Lou Youzhi added in his mind.
The two remained silent.
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Yongzhou.
On the twenty-third day of Buwu, the team that was looking for food returned.
Return with a full load.
There are edible young leaves, bark, rhizomes, as well as some fish, shrimps, snakes and birds.
The most outrageous thing was the 10,000 stones of aged corn.
There aren’t many things, but what they represent is the hope of survival.
cheer.
There was a thunderous cheer.
On the top of the intact city wall, Jiang Zhihong rubbed his temple and sighed, "You came back so soon, which proves that you didn't go far at all. Did you get those 10,000 shi of millet?"
"no."
Xu Chong shrugged. "I just happened to let the team choose a direction. There happened to be a granary that had been abandoned for many years in this direction. And in the granary, there happened to be a pile of old corn."
"Oh, you mean the granary in the southwest that has been abandoned and covered by trees, right?"
Jiang Zhihong smiled and said, "I've been there before, and there was nothing inside."
"Oh, that's really weird."
Xu Chong responded casually.
"That's all. Everyone has their own circumstances and their own paths."
Jiang Zhihong waved his hand, "But these ten thousand shi of corn can last for several more days."
"Several days?"
Xu Chong looked at the lights all over the mountains outside the city.
He asked the Hua family to get these foods simply to give these people some hope and increase their confidence.
With so many people, 10,000 stones should be consumed in one day.
unless……
"Seventy percent of people have already opened their acupoints."
Jiang Zhihong smiled and told Xu Chong what he had guessed.
“Seventy percent…”
Xu Chong was shocked.
The lights reflected in the eyes seemed to shine brighter in an instant.
"You may not believe it if I tell you."
Jiang Zhihong continued, "This 70% refers to all those who have already awakened."
"Among them, there are a thousand people who have reached the first level of enlightenment."
"The second level of enlightenment, there are more than three hundred."
"There are seven more, and they are at the third level of enlightenment!"
As he spoke, Jiang Zhihong stretched out his hand and pointed at the lights that were slowly passing by: "Can you imagine it?"
"Even these ordinary civilians and even craftsmen are at the bottom of the society in Daqing."
"The light they could have shone was actually so bright!"
Xu Chong listened quietly, but his mood didn't improve at all.
The greater the potential of the lower class, the more it proves the importance of the obstacles to knowledge and views to the court.
At the same time, it also proves the inevitable outcome of Jiang Zhihong.
"It's a pity that this brilliance is too short-lived."
Jiang Zhihong sighed and walked towards the collapsed city wall.
It's almost dawn.