Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2896 The Test of the Human Heart
Afterwards, Zhao Qingyu quickly became a famous writer in the modern world by relying on feudal society, with an annual income of over billions.

After all, he is more productive than ever before.

And even if someone doubts, what can we do?

Modern society is a place with rules and order.

Besides, Zhao Qingyu didn’t display any characteristics of “immortality”, but only displayed harmless characteristics such as “a genius writer” and a wealthy man.

A wealthy and great writer is naturally very safe.

Even in times of war, his enemies would not easily attack him because of his reputation.

In the past, his mind was focused on the feudal world. He just made a little money in the modern world and used the money to buy some necessary materials and send them to the feudal world.

And now, he is trying to catch both worlds at the same time.

Finally, in the modern world, wherever he went, he was met with kindness - high society opened up to him.

He has enough security, enough fame, and enough safety.

Now Zhao Qingyu finally understood what it meant that "a person's greatest enemy is always himself."

He understands now.

Why is it that ancient novels always emphasize that "cultivating immortals requires cultivating the mind".

He used to think that those ancient novels were too idealistic.

And now he understands.

When a person reaches an invincible state, his mentality is the fundamental factor that determines whether he can continue to make progress and control his power.

Otherwise, this person will only fall and make wrong decisions.

He now completely understood why the ancient immortals repeatedly emphasized that one must have a "heart as calm as still water", a "heart without worries", and a "heart as clear as a mirror, free from dust".

Because as one's strength grows, if one's mind is not strong, it is easy to fall into evil.

For example, the simplest one is that when you are in a bad mood one day, you just want to destroy the world.

For ordinary people, it doesn’t matter if you are in a bad mood and want to destroy the whole world with a slap, because you can only think about it and you can’t do it no matter how hard you try.

But for a powerful person like Zhao Qingyu, it is very possible for him to destroy the world with a slap if he is in a bad mood.

In that feudal dynasty world, the divine power he has now accumulated is enough to destroy the land.

But if it were in the modern world, he would have no personal power and could only rely on money to mobilize power.

Here, decisions are made collectively. Even if he is in a bad mood and wants to order the destruction of the world, there are others to restrain him.

Even if he has more money and power, it is difficult for him to go against the collective interests and do something suicidal.

At most, you will do some bad things that are within the tolerance of others.

He couldn't just distribute mushrooms to the whole world.

But if it were in a feudal dynasty world, he would be able to do it.

And now, Zhao Qingyu returned to the feudal dynasty world, and there were several times when he was in a bad mood.

He heard someone insulting him.

He was so angry that the earth shook.

Fortunately, he still had some control, as they were in an uninhabited area and the ground was shaking.

Of course, those who insulted him were quickly burned to death.

However, in another world, there is no way to vent the bad mood caused by the real world.

For example, if someone mocked him on the Internet and scolded him for his poor writing, even though he had a lot of money, he had no way to send anyone to teach the other person a lesson.

Firstly, it is troublesome, and secondly, there are too many people scolding him.

There are many reds.

No matter how good a book is, there will always be a lot of people criticizing it.

In the real world, he felt oppressed. Although he wanted to slap to death all those who offended him, he couldn't do it.

He could only hire a few top hackers.

When he sees someone scolding him online, he will quickly block that person and create some trouble for them.

For example, destroy the opponent's computer, set some traps, and make the opponent unlucky.

It is easy for a top hacker who is proficient in computers to deal with those who curse him online.

You know everything.

Ordinary people are defenseless in front of top hackers.

If I were really targeted all the time, I would go crazy.

For example, at a critical moment, the network is disconnected, the mobile phone or computer freezes.

This kind of key includes important work times.

For example, you have worked hard to write a work summary and create a document.

As a result, the next moment, the computer was infected and the files were lost. The key point is that most people don’t have the mind to back up files in a different place.
At most it's cloud backup.

However, when I looked again, the cloud backup was gone.

Then just wait to die.

Zhao Qingyu was satisfied only when he saw the hacker's revenge here.

Although he really wanted to slap to death those guys who laughed at him, he couldn't do it and could only do this much.

And this situation will affect his state of mind.

Zhao Qingyu had already realized this problem at this time, and he decided to cultivate his state of mind.

Because he knew that if he continued like this, he would only end up dead.

the reason is simple.

If one day, he could not control his anger and destroyed the feudal dynasty world, the people would be gone and his divine power would eventually be exhausted.

Once his divine power is exhausted, he will die of old age.

Don’t think that humans have strong adaptability, that is only when they face ordinary natural disasters.

Faced with a human-shaped disaster like him, people would be very vulnerable.

How to cultivate your mind?
In the past, he only expanded his territory and accumulated divine power. Now that his divine power has increased, it can be said that in the feudal society, if he wants to be invincible, he can stay in the feudal society and not come out.

But he needs to return to the real world because he needs to transport various industrial products from the real world.

Why not develop industry in the feudal era?
nonsense.

Those who understand will understand - a secular god will naturally hate industry and technology.

Who would like a being that poses a threat to themselves?
Then he must control his heart.

So he began to cultivate his mind.

First of all, we need to cultivate our mind, control our inner self, and get rid of our impetuousness, laziness, and all kinds of negative emotions.

In short, he must quickly strengthen his heart.

Otherwise, if he loses control one day, his golden finger will be wasted.

He believed that this was the area where a superhuman, a guy with a golden finger, needed to be most vigilant.

As long as you are cautious enough, foreign enemies will eventually be defeated by the golden finger.

The only enemy within is the inner laziness, impetuosity, and irritability that are difficult to fight.

How many wise men have defeated all their enemies, only to be defeated by their own hearts in the end?
There are too many such people.

There are countless of them, both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Napoleon, Yuan Datou...

Their personal experiences are completely reversible and there is no inevitability caused by the overall environment.

Although they cannot change the overall situation, they can change their own destiny.

Zhao Qingyu found various methods.

It’s a pity that he didn’t find any effective skills.

From the past to the present, he has accumulated countless divine powers only by relying on the glass ball, as well as the convenience brought by double penetration.

And these divine powers, like electricity, can be used at will, but they are of no help to his character.

It is like a person who can use a gun and cause great damage, but does not make much progress in the growth of his character.

He searched and searched, and he studied Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism...

There are many methods of meditation among them.

Suddenly, he became interested in the tough Magistrate Li.

The other party was also an ordinary child at first. How did he become so principled and strong-willed through reading those books?

Or is it just a disguise, a disguise for fame, and it will last until death at most?

He wanted to test the other party. If County Governor Li passed his test, he would secretly disguise his identity and become his apprentice.

This is the magnanimity that a god should have.

Soon he began to arrange for people to lift Li County Governor to a very high position...

The mountain god issued an edict, appointing Li County Governor as the king of a vassal state and giving him full control over all rights.

He wanted to see if the other party would change his mind or succumb to various temptations.

After gaining great power, County Magistrate Li did not use it for his own enjoyment.

All he thought about was how to do good for the people.

He first set up an organization to save expenses in various departments.

He got rid of all the useless palaces, luxuries, welcoming and seeing off guests, and all kinds of bad habits.

Of course, he couldn't do it himself, but under Zhao Qingyu's behind-the-scenes control, he did it.

Afterwards, County Magistrate Li went to beg for good varieties of seeds and good medicines. He set up a nursing home and allocated funds on a regular basis.

He also redressed wrongful convictions and released innocent people.

At the same time, various labor services were greatly reduced, and even money was given.

He himself took the lead in being frugal. Compared with the previous emperor, he was the one who truly lived up to the saying "even had patches on his clothes and lived like Yao and Shun."

He didn't even marry a new queen. He just brought his old wife and mother into the palace to take care of them, and he didn't take any concubines.

But soon, things began to change.

Magistrate Li has always been concerned about state affairs.

Because now there is another fatal problem: the people are multiplying too much and there is no land to divide.

Even if we try our best to suppress the gentry from annexing land, if the people continue to multiply, there will not be enough land.

How can this be good?

On the one hand, he worked hard to increase the yield per unit area, on the other hand, he tried to find ways to reclaim wasteland, and on the other hand, he summoned talented people from all over the world to solve this problem.

"People should migrate to overseas and cultivate the land," said his good friend Lao Wang.

The old king had followed him to the vassal state and served as prime minister.

"But how can I bear to leave my hometown and go to the vast ocean?" County Magistrate Li sighed.

This is also true.

Although he provided ways and ships to go to sea, very few people were willing to leave their hometown.

The number of refugees began to increase.

He ordered the collection of taxes from wealthy families and officials.

Under normal circumstances, his approach would surely fail.

Just like Wang Anshi.

But Zhao Qingyu helped him. With Zhao Qingyu's help, the rich families took on the high land taxes.

But they soon learned a trick - abandoning the land, they started business and opened handicraft workshops.

Anyway, doing business is protected by the mountain gods, and the princes cannot forcibly deprive them of it.

The abandoned land was divided equally, and the situation was temporarily eased.

But more than ten years later, new landlords appeared and annexed various lands. Because of the intervention of the mountain god, all the purchases were normal and reasonable.

Zhao Qingyu once again solved the problem by asking the rich to pay more taxes.

This also applies to businessmen.

Taxes collected, grain purchased from overseas...

The purchased food was used to help the refugees.

But the population is growing.

County Magistrate Li was already in a very difficult situation and was powerless to do anything.

Only then did he realize how difficult it was to be a good king - Emperor Wen of Han was able to be a good king because there were few people at that time...

If people were squeezed to the point of exploding, it would be of no use even if Emperor Wen of Han was wise.

It is of no use even if we allow the people to rest and recuperate.

The people themselves had no land to farm.

At this time, he still gathered everyone together to start thinking of a solution.

"People have no land to farm, so they can work and weave silk..."

"With silk, we can buy grain from overseas."

County Magistrate Li suddenly realized the situation and vigorously developed the factory.

Then a new thing emerged: the people in the factory were no longer willing to have more children.

The reason is very simple. For people who don’t have land, their children have to be over ten years old before they can go to the factory.

In fact, there were people who entered at the age of six, but County Magistrate Li did not allow them.

Work in a factory is different from work on the farm - the latter is less dangerous. In feudal agriculture, there were no dangerous machinery, and a three-year-old child could pull weeds all over the fields.

At most, the snake is dangerous.

It’s not okay to go to the factory. Children under ten years old don’t have enough awareness of the dangers.

Of course, if the emperor doesn’t care, the factory owner won’t care either, and children as young as six can go to work in the factory.

Now that they are not allowed to enter, people feel that having a baby is a bit of a loss.

They chose to drown.

In fact, a large number of people had drowned before.

This made County Magistrate Li unable to eat for several days... In the end, someone started selling sheep intestines and promoted them on a large scale, so that the people didn't have to give birth to babies.

Zhao Qingyu kept watching, he admired the county magistrate very much.

The other party is indeed consistent, always living and working for the people.

Only when many things were resolved and the vassal state was running smoothly did the real test come.

"My child, you should leave a descendant for the family." With the persuasion from his mother, the ministers, and the words of the saints, County Magistrate Li had no choice but to take a concubine.

He could choose not to do so, but Lao Wang persuaded him: "If this position is given to someone else, how can you be worthy of the people?"

"If it is your child, you should educate him in your own way, just like you."

"In other families, it will just be another old emperor."

Lao Wang is very capable and convinced him with just one sentence.

But neither of them knew the phrase, "unfilial descendants."

Children are often impossible to teach.

Especially the mind.

It's more of an innate genetic configuration.

With the emergence of concubines, things started to happen in the harem.

The concubine wanted something better, but Magistrate Li scolded her several times.

After that, the concubine endured for a few years and gave birth to a child. Then she took her family members to murder the county magistrate.

the reason is simple.

The county magistrate died, and relying on the child, she became the empress dowager.

Later, this matter was exposed, and County Magistrate Li was very distressed.

But he still persevered.

He continued to do good for the people.

At this time, many people praised him and wanted to build a temple for him.

He stopped it.

Others presented various elixirs and things that could bring immortality.

He scoffed.

Others said, "My king, the people are well off when you are in power, but when you are gone, the people will be poor again."

"You have to stay in place."

When County Magistrate Li heard this, he fell silent.

Yes, no matter how good Emperor Wen of Han was, and his son was also good, but after they died, Emperor Wu started to act up.

(End of this chapter)