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Chapter 22: Selection

The immortal acts, does not end up in person, and manages the world's general trend, just like a chess piece, and the deity is calm and composed.

Isn’t the game between Qi Xuansu and Qin Lingge just an immortal to act for the characters in the world in the book?

Since Qi Xuansu has guessed the possibility that Qin Lingge would use the "world chess game", he is naturally prepared.

However, this preparation is just a review of the Xuansheng playing against Song Zheng back then, and it has little reference significance.

First, the story is different, and second, the age is long. The Taoist sect’s serious historical materials only mention the result of this matter, but there is definitely no specific experience. Many Taoist sect’s ancestors have mentioned it in their notes and memories, but each person has a different point of view, and there are even contradictory aspects. I don’t know who is lying. After all, memoirs are the easiest to beautify themselves and distort the facts. If you only look at Yao Zu’s memoirs, you might even think Yao Zu is the most loyal.

As for more records, there is no more. So there is no such thing as experience and lessons, let alone why Qin Lingge did not learn from the lessons of Song Zheng's failure, or why Confucianism did not learn from the lessons. After more than 200 years, this is just an example. Which lessons are learned from?

Because of one failure, this immortal object is not used? Then the ancestor dragon fails, and the ancestor dragon's immortal object is not used anymore?

Another thing is that when Song Zheng invited the battle against Xuan Sheng, Song Zheng became an immortal for a long time. Xuan Sheng had just attained enlightenment. Song Zheng had a high level and Xuan Sheng's realm was low. Now Qi Xuansu's realm was high and Qin Ling Pavilion's realm was low. So why did Qin Ling Pavilion want to substitute Song Zheng? Why couldn't he be Xuan Sheng?

It is really unreasonable to say that Qin Lingge has not learned a lesson.

After making a move, you actually choose a role.

When Xuan Sheng got up, he chose Madam Xuan Sheng as the incarnation in the book world, and the husband and wife were one. Qi Xuansu wanted to imitate Xuan Sheng and directly chose Zhang Yuelu, but there was no Zhang Yuelu in this story.

Because Xuan Sheng died unexpectedly at the hands of Xu Zu, the subsequent direction changed greatly. Without Xuan Sheng, no one naturally suppressed the Abandoned Heavenly Master. Then the Abandoned Heavenly Master was not the Abandoned Heavenly Master, but the genuine Abandoned Heavenly Master. After that, the Zhang family's sect lineage was transferred to the Abandoned Heavenly Master lineage. After a while, not only did Zhang Wushou and Zhang Wuhen disappear, but even Zhang Kucheng, Zhang Kuqi and others no longer exist.

Qi Xuansu could not find Zhang Yuelu's existence in this world, his own existence, and even Qi Niang and Xiao Yin's existence.

Because Xuan Sheng is the key figure connecting all major events, Xuan Sheng died, and the story context of Taoist sect and the great witch has changed.

There is no Taoist sect, nor Yao Zu.

Without Yao Zu, not only did there be no Yao family, but no one would refine the seeds of Emperor Liu, so naturally there would be no Qi Niang and Xiao Yin.

There are some other reasons that ultimately make Qi Xuansu can only choose from many ordinary characters.

Farmer, woodcutter, fisherman, destitute monk, wandering Taoist priest, beggar, street vendor, tomb robber, border soldiers, Qingluanwei small flag, poor scholars, red courtesan, apricot forest, a knight of the rivers and lakes, and even eunuchs in the great house, yamen clerks, slaves in the royal palace, concubines in the cold palace, aborted princes, concubines in the marquis's house, demon witches, etc.

This choice has a certain randomness. First, it depends on one's bond with the world. Unfortunately, there are no Zhang Yuelu, Xiaoyin, Qiniang and others. Second, it is impossible to choose a great person with great luck like the emperor, but you still have to start with a small person.

Qi Xuansu first ruled out the roles of being a popular courtesan, a concubine of the cold palace, a concubine of the Marquis's house, a demon witch girl. In the Confucian world, ethics are strict and it is difficult for women to stand out.

Then, the roles such as farmers, woodcutters, fishermen, street vendors, destitute monks, and Taoist priests of the Youfang are eliminated. It is not that these people cannot accomplish great things, but that it is too difficult to seize the world with a commoner. There is only one in ancient times. Qi Xuansu has a self-knowledge, so he is afraid that he will not do it well, so don’t show off.

Qi Xuansu's life was so long. He spent a period of time in the world and spent most of his time in the Taoist system. What he was good at was climbing within the system rather than starting from scratch.

So they are the heroes of the martial arts world, the tomb robbers, the soldiers of the border army, the small flag of the Qingluan Guard, the wonderful hands of the Xinglin, the poor scholars, and the useless young masters.

After thinking about it, Qi Xuansu also ruled out the options for Jianghu, because he roughly saw that the court in this world was still there, at most it was the eve of a chaotic world, and it was not a real chaotic world. People in Jianghu were afraid that they would not be able to make a big wave.

In the end, Qi Xuansu decided to take a more familiar path, so he chose the role of a poor scholar.

Poor scholars are just a category, and there are also subdivisions below.

The first one is the old man with white beard. He has never passed the exam for half of his life. No matter how old he is, I will ask if you are a scholar. This year, I am planning to prepare for a boy exam with my grandson. Although I usually teach, there is a family who fails to pass the exam again and again, so life is very tight and I am considered poor.

Of course this doesn't work. Qi Xuansu is afraid that the old man's life will be dead in the middle of the journey.

The second is a middle-aged man who is in a down-and-out and blaming others. Because he failed the exam many times, he is now suffering from alcohol and beating his wife. Not only has he pawned his belongings at home almost done, but he has also lost his reputation.

Not bad. This man is more suitable for setting off a good woman who suffers and performs a bitter drama rather than a drama that can dominate the world.

The third one is more reliable. He is a pretty boy. Although his parents died early, his family was in a downturn, his life was relatively hard, and he was relatively short of money, but his skills were relatively solid and he was considered a little talent.

That's it.

Of course, it was not that Qi Xuansu's original ended up, but that he said that he could not sit still, stay out of the matter, and remain calm, but that "chess piece" fell into the boy's body.

Although both sides of the game could not see the other party's plan clearly, it seemed as if they were shrouded in fog. They could only see a little after the middle of the game, but the audience saw it very clearly.

However, there is no need to worry about the external moves. Both sides of the game have entered the world in the book and isolated the inside and outside.

Everyone could see clearly that Qi Xuansu chose a poor scholar, while Qin Lingge chose a useless young man. The one who was looked down upon was the kind. From the material basis alone, Qin Lingge's starting point was a little higher. These are actually two routes. Qi Xuansu took the poor route, and Qin Lingge took the aristocratic family route, which corresponded to the origins of the two.

By chance, this was the useless young master named Li.

But it was not Li of Xuansheng, after all, Xuansheng was already dead, but Li of Xuansheng's elder brother. When Xuansheng was two of the three brothers in the Li family, he had a younger brother below, the Donghuang in the future, and there was a big brother above, who belonged to the pro-Confucian school. He was not a member of the Xuansheng who firmly overthrew the Confucian school. As the struggle failed, he was completely marginalized. After the Donghuang took power, he deleted a lot of relevant information about the eldest brother, almost as if there was no such person.

In the timeline of the story in this book, Xuan Sheng died unexpectedly, so naturally the elder brother successfully took office. Because he was a pro-Confucian school, he jumped to a high position.

Even though the world is different, the Li family is still at its peak.

This is Li Zu's wisdom, not putting eggs in one basket. It is good that Xuan Sheng wins, but the Li family becomes the first family. If Xuan Sheng loses, the Li family will not be liquidated.

As for the Qin family, their lives were not good. Although they did not enter the Central Plains to seize the world, they had extremely high unity value. They finally reached a compromise and were named King of Liao and the king of Liaodong.

This world was suppressed by the Confucian sect with dragon energy, locked the country and closed down, and banned all kinds of magical powers. All living beings have their own roots and have the best and bad in order, and they cannot do anything randomly. Therefore, the big figures of the Li family and Qin family cannot choose, so they can only choose some marginal figures, such as this useless young master.

The time flow rate in the world in the book is different from that in the world. If Qi Xuansu and Qin Lingge played chess for decades, everyone outside could not watch the battle for decades, at most only a few dozen days.

One day in heaven and one year in the earth.

I also chose the Return to Zhen Hall because the time flow here is different from that outside, so I would not let so many people spend dozens of days without doing anything, and strive to end in one day.

The scholar chosen by Qi Xuansu is neither Li nor Qin nor Yin.

This is really a coincidence. Now it is not Xiao Yin and Qi Xuansu’s surname, but Qi Xuansu’s surname is Yin with Xiao Yin’s surname, and it is against Tiangang.

Qi Xuansu’s disadvantage is that his family is poor, his advantage is that he has talent, but his vision has some limitations. After all, he is young and has never been to other places, which is inevitable.

However, with Qi Xuansu, it can be completely compensated. Qi Xuansu has seen the world, including the Central Plains, the overseas continents, the imperial capital, the Northern and Southern continents. Except for not being able to visit the Western continent, they have basically visited them all, and even turned around in these places.

On the contrary, Qin Lingge is far inferior to Qi Xuansu in this regard.

The reason why Qi Xuansu chose this young scholar was mainly because of his talent. This is not a general concept, but reflected in fame and fortune, specifically because he had passed the child examination.

The boy exam is also called the boy exam, which includes three stages of examinations: the county exam, the government exam and the college exam.

The county examination is generally hosted by the magistrate. The students of the county must have five students who are the same as the exam, and the county's entitlements can only take the exam. The examination period is mostly in February, with four to five exams, including eight-part essays, poetry, policy and theory. Only after passing the exam can you take the exam.

The prefecture examination is hosted by the prefect. The examination content and number of examinations are the same as those of the county examination, and the examination period is mostly in April.

Only those who pass the government examination can participate in the hospital examination.

The college examination is presided over by the academic and political officials in charge of the affairs of Confucian scholars in a state. Only after passing the college examination is called a scholar can you enter the official school and officially take the imperial examination.

The so-called "working a boy" means not having the qualifications of scholars or having no fame.

In other words, Qi Xuansu had already passed the county examination and the prefectural examination at this time, and was only the last college examination. He was considered a quasi-scholar, but he was much better than the first old man when he was selecting people.

This is when scholars are not valuable in the late dynasty. If they were in the early or mid-dynasty, there were people who were so young that there were already people who were rushing to make friends and get married, and there was no such thing as poverty.

However, there are some privileges, at least there is no need for road guides, you can walk around at will.
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