Train to Another World.

Chapter 335 Reason
It was not yet evening when Li Zhuoguang and his party settled down in the Honglu Temple.

Dong Taishi's carriage stopped not far from the gate of Honglu Temple, and he got off the carriage with difficulty, supported by his servant. He stretched out his hand, and the servant took out a medicine box and handed it to Dong Taishi.

Master Dong pinched out a piece of ginseng and put it under his tongue. After a slight hesitation, he pinched out a few more pieces, put them into his mouth, chewed them up and swallowed them.

"master!"

Master Dong waved his hand and said, "I know my own body. Two days earlier or later, it makes no difference."

Grand Tutor Dong sat in front of the carriage and took a short rest. Perhaps the ginseng slices had taken effect, and he no longer needed the servant's support. He straightened his back and walked towards the Honglu Temple.

When the officials from the Honglu Temple saw Grand Tutor Dong coming, they immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Master Dong did not say much, but just said: "I would like to see those people, please inform them."

Although Master Dong did not specify who it was, he had already asked for an audience, so there was probably no one else. The officials of the Honglu Temple led Master Dong to a side hall to rest, and then quickly went to where Li Zhuoguang and the others were staying.

"Three belts and one."

"I'm sorry."

“Check.”

"Align the frame!"

When the officials from the Honglu Temple came to Li Zhuoguang's room, they saw this group of celestial beings playing a different kind of leaf game with exquisite little cards. Seeing someone coming, everyone looked at him.

He bowed and said, "I am Lord Dong, the current Grand Tutor of the Dashun Dynasty, and I request to meet with you all."

Li Zhuoguang thought about it and realized that it was the one who had taken sick leave and was absent from the meeting. So he agreed, "Then bring him here."

"I'll be back soon, you guys play first." He threw away his cards. Huang Shiren, who was sitting below him, looked at the three bombs in his hand and felt for the first time in his life that his thoughts were not making sense.

Soon, a handsome old man came to the reception room next to Li Zhuoguang's room.

After Master Dong walked in, he bowed and said, "I am Dong Zhen Dong Wenchang, nice to meet you all."

Li Zhuoguang felt uncomfortable being saluted by this old man who looked to be in his seventies, and he quickly asked Master Dong to sit down. Master Dong not only did not sit down, but bowed to the ground and said: "My general Dashun is in great trouble, and I hope you will have mercy on me."

Li Zhuoguang reached out and helped him up, saying with a smile: "You didn't come to the Imperial Study today, so you don't know. We came here this time to understand your problem."

Master Dong shook his head and said, "I already know about the strange beast. I came here for another reason."

Li Zhuoguang was stunned for a moment: "Do you have anything else here?"

Master Dong explained: "It's not an external worry, but an internal turmoil."

"If I remember correctly, wasn't your Dashun in its heyday?"

"Ah! Have you heard about the turmoil twenty years ago?"

"The former crown prince's tragic murder?"

"Uh...yeah."

"I have heard of it, but you came to see me today, so I guess there must be something else going on?"

"That's right." "Oh, tell me about it." Li Zhuoguang felt around, but didn't find any tea or snacks. Then he remembered that this was the reception room.

But suddenly the door opened, and Xiong Facai and others came in one after another with tea and snacks. It seems that everyone likes to listen to gossip.

Although there were many more listeners, Master Dong was not embarrassed at all, but continued to talk: "You must know that there were originally six countries coexisting in the heartland of the Central Plains, but the six countries were constantly fighting and strife each other. It happened that the north suffered a white disaster that year, and the three major barbarian tribes, with other tribes, went south to plunder.

They killed people and massacred cities. They divided the looted money and food on the spot and then moved on to the next city. That year, not only the north suffered disasters, but also the central plains were affected. There were many starving people in the six countries. It was difficult to resist the barbarians coming from the south. "

Xiong Facai discovered the key point: "In the past, the six countries were able to resist the barbarians when they were at war. Now that foreign enemies are invading, isn't it easier for the six countries to deal with them together?"

Grand Tutor Dong shook his head. "The six kingdoms have deep-seated grievances, and the barbarians are cunning. They attacked the three northern kingdoms while they were vassal states to the three southern kingdoms. The three southern kingdoms not only did not stop them, but also helped them. Moreover, those years were too cold. The northern barbarians are naturally cold-resistant, and we Central Plains people are far inferior to them. Later, the three northern kingdoms collapsed, and the three southern kingdoms followed suit."

"Wait a minute." Wei Changfeng interrupted Master Dong. His family was also a noble family. Although he had never been to the battlefield, he knew some basic common sense: "You said that the barbarians invaded with their entire tribe. Does that include women and children?"

"Of course."

"It's difficult to prepare food and fodder for the army. If even women and children follow the army, who will produce food?"

"The barbarians make their livings by raising livestock and hunting, and do not engage in farming. Women and children drive the sheep slowly in the rear, while the barbarians are accompanied by two riders, raiding and plundering like the wind, traveling between the front and the rear. What's even more outrageous is that in order to ensure that there is enough food, the barbarians' first choice of food is human flesh. When there is no human flesh, they will eat mutton."

Crunch! The sound of metal twisting rang out in the room. Everyone looked towards the place where the sound came from and found that it was William. The metal flat pot in his hand had been crushed by him, and the wine flowed out of the pot. For a moment, the room was filled with the aroma of wine.

Although he didn't say anything, everyone knew that there were probably no more barbarians in this world.

Li Zhuoguang waved his hand, and Minister Dong continued, "When the heartland of the Central Plains was in ruins, one man stepped forward and united the people of the six kingdoms to fight against the barbarians. The white disaster eventually faded away, that is, in the eighth year of the barbarian invasion, the weather turned warmer, and the coalition forces of the six kingdoms defeated the barbarians in one fell swoop and drove the remaining barbarians out of the Great Wall.

More importantly, this campaign was the first to capture the Barbarian Horse Farm and seize a large number of stallions. Until now, the number of Barbarian horses has not yet recovered to the level of the past. "

Li Zhuoguang nodded: "Let me guess, the person who stood up was the founding emperor of Dashun. After he drove the barbarians out of the Great Wall, he was elected as the new emperor by everyone. He was too lazy to return the territories of the six countries, and simply established Dashun on them."

"Well, the late emperor was the popular choice."

"Tsk, what kind of thing isn't what everyone wants? Maybe they'll even decline it several times."

What was recorded in history books was indeed "what everyone expected", but Minister Dong also knew that such records would use some Spring and Autumn style of writing, so he did not refute it again and again.

"And what is the connection between these events and the turmoil that happened 20 years ago?"

After thinking for a while, Grand Tutor Dong said, "Under the scourge of the barbarians, many prominent families in the six countries survived. Some of them are noble families, and some are even royal families.

The previous emperor expelled the barbarians, and all the people in the Central Plains owed him a debt of gratitude, but the establishment of the Dashun was not something everyone wanted to see. "

Wei Changfeng shook his head: "The one who conquers the world on horseback has the greatest power, and ordinary tricks are not worth mentioning."

Grand Master Dong nodded and said, "Your Excellency is right, but you must know that for cultivators in this world, what they need to cultivate is only money, friends, Dharma, and land, and money happens to be the most important thing. In the past, during the time of the Six Kingdoms, the best of the major sects, even the elders or masters of the sects, were mostly from prominent families in the places where they were located. The Six Kingdoms lasted a long time, and the Great Shun was short, so there was no difference between suppressing the various families and suppressing the various sects."

Li Zhuoguang probably understood: "I guess the former crown prince must be in favor of suppressing all the noble families and sects?"

Master Dong nodded, then shook his head: "Not only that, before his death, the former crown prince had already mastered the methods to subdue the various families and sects."

"Since he is dead, he must have failed. The throne of Dashun can still be passed on smoothly, so there must be a balance, right? Since it has been balanced for so many years, where does the internal trouble come from?"

Master Dong answered honestly, "It's because of you all."

(End of this chapter)