I am collecting entries in reincarnation

Chapter 4: Literary and Military Achievements
Seeing Li Ming being so well-behaved, Mr. Li nodded with satisfaction.

Then Mr. Li began to give a formal lecture, while Li Ming was obediently flipping through the "Duiyun" in front of him and listening to Mr. Li's lecture attentively.

The writing system here is indeed similar to that of ancient China. They developed into square characters, which are pictographic. After reading a book called "Duiyun", I felt that 30% to 40% of the characters looked familiar. Mr. Li said that the content was mostly some basic knowledge involving benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety. The text they are studying is "The Book of Filial Piety".

It was mainly stories about filial piety. Mr. Li told two stories throughout the day. The school provided a meal at noon and the food was pretty good with vegetables, meat and eggs.

Mr. Li was very happy to see that Li Ming, who was only six years old, did not cry or make a fuss on the first day of school. He just read quietly and even listened to his lectures. He waited until other students finished school.

Mr. Li called Li Ming over.

"Did you listen to what the teacher said today?"

"The teacher was teaching the Classic of Filial Piety. There's a story about Zhang Long, who lived deep in the mountains. One day, his mother fell ill, so Zhang Long traveled over the mountains to the town to seek medical help. However, the doctor, upon hearing that Zhang Long lived too far away, refused to see him. Zhang Long pleaded with the doctor, who finally said he was moved and wanted to treat her, but that he was too old to walk the rugged mountain roads. Zhang Long immediately put the doctor on his back and rushed home. All the wild animals on the road retreated, and he ultimately saved his mother's life."

“The second one is.”

"That's enough, you've written it all down?" Mr. Li looked surprised.

"Yes." Li Ming nodded.

Mr. Li asked again, "Are you really six years old?"

"Just six years old."

"Never been able to read?"

“I never could read.”

"Hahaha, good!" Mr. Li laughed a few times and opened the "Couplet".

"Let me teach you. This 'Double Rhymes' originated eight hundred years ago. It was written by the great scholar Cheng Xinming during a time of peace and prosperity."

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Mr. Li still seemed to be the same Mr. Li as before, but Li Ming had grown much taller and stronger, looking like a handsome young man.

At this moment, all the students had left school, leaving only Mr. Li and Li Ming in the classroom. Mr. Li put down his book, sighed, and said in a complicated tone, "At this point, I have nothing left to teach you. Do you blame me for holding you back for three years? You could have taken the civil service exam at thirteen, but I made you keep a low profile after passing it, for three full years, until today."

Li Ming bowed deeply to Mr. Li. This bow was 100% sincere. If it weren't for the panel reminding him that this was a game, Li Ming would have been immersed in it and thought he was living a third life. Apart from his parents in this life, Mr. Li treated him the best. Not only did he teach him lessons, but he also often taught him some principles of life. He treated him as his own son. How could Li Ming not respect him?

Seeing that Mr. Li's jade-like face had a few fine lines on it and there were traces of frost and snow on his temples, Li Ming felt a little sad. He then made up his mind that he would be unwilling to not pursue immortality with such an opportunity as the "Record of Reincarnation". Small town life was definitely not what he wanted!
So he said, "Teacher, I don't blame you. If you are three points better than ordinary people, you will only be called a genius. But if you are a hundred times better than ordinary people, I am afraid you will become a freak that everyone fears. Teacher, you are doing this for the good of the students, and the students will naturally know it."

Mr. Li smiled and nodded, "You are truly a good student of mine. Your personality is not much different from mine back then. Well, are you going to leave tomorrow?"

"Yes." Li Ming replied, "Everything is ready at home. I just came to see the teacher."

Mr. Li did not answer, but looked carefully at the child who had grown up under his care. The child was tall, but not as thin and frail as an ordinary scholar. At first glance, he even had a somewhat heroic air, and he was very satisfied.

"Well, go ahead. I'll wait for you to win the first place in the imperial examination!"

"Thank you, teacher!"

What Li Ming didn't know was that shortly after he left, Mr. Li wrote a letter to his former mentor, now the Grand Tutor.

He had rejected the political marriage arranged by his mentor and ended his official career, but now he really didn't want to bury Li Ming's talent.

He also knew that it would be impossible to get ahead without a background, and it was still unknown whether his mentor was willing to help Li Ming.

But even if it was just a fair competition opportunity, Mr. Li was confident that Li Ming could stand out, so he bowed his head!
After walking out of the school where he had stayed for ten years, Li Ming felt very sad and looked at his panel.

Name: Zhu Chang

Age: 16
Life span: 78
Health: 200/200
Stamina: 200/200
Constitution: 20
Luck: 1
Perception: 10
Root bone: 2
Item: None
[Evaluation: A strong and powerful sixteen-year-old scholar]

That's right, he is strong and powerful. In the past ten years, in addition to studying, Li Ming has also tried to practice the martial arts in Mingxin's memory. Fortunately, they are all external martial arts. Mingxin has also practiced them since childhood. With the memory as a reference, he is not afraid of any mistakes.

When his physical fitness broke through ten points, a stream of true qi was naturally born in his dantian. However, Mingxin himself had not been taught the internal strength secrets, so during this period of time, even though his physical fitness had increased by ten points, the true qi had not been strengthened much. Li Ming's so-called practice was only to be able to control this true qi like an arm, and he also found that this true qi seemed to be able to enhance physical strength, but other than that, he gained nothing.

Over the past decade, Li Ming had already gained a deeper understanding of this world through the descriptions of others. However, various signs indicated that this world did not have so-called martial arts, at least not the internal skills that Mingxin and Li Ming remembered. These so-called martial arts were more like fighting techniques, and even the best could only keep three or five strong men at bay, a far cry from the masters Mingxin remembered. However, the town was remote, and Li Ming's access to information was limited. Perhaps the secrets of this world were beyond his reach, which was why he chose to pursue a degree. After all, the ruling class possessed far more information than the ruled.

Back home, the Zhu family was now a completely different place. Zhu Chang, at the age of thirteen, passed the imperial examination and even came in first in the provincial exam. From that moment on, everyone said the Zhu family had produced a "Literary Star." A thirteen-year-old scholar was rare in the two hundred years of the Qi Dynasty. With such a reputation, many wealthy families invested in the family, and the government granted them tax exemptions and reductions. Farmers even brought their own land to the family, and they were now a well-known family in the town.

We will just briefly mention the concern of Zhu's father and mother. As Zhu Chang grew older, especially after he passed the imperial examination, he actually had the final say in the Zhu family. The two elders had started to enjoy a leisurely life and even opened two concubines. Zhu Chang had no objection to this. In fact, before Zhu Chang, the two elders had a son, but they encountered a disaster and the child did not grow up. I heard it was a severe drought.

Although this world is just like the real world, the game panel reminds him all the time that what he is pursuing is not here. If he indulges in pleasure and corrupts his character, the consequences will be disastrous.

He wants to pave the way for his cultivation in the main world and achieve more and better achievements. This place is ultimately just an illusion.

The next day, Li Ming set out to take part in the provincial examination. Although the development trajectories of the two worlds were similar, they were different after all. Li Ming relied on the classic words of the saints that he knew in his previous life and won the provincial examination in one fell swoop.

Later, during the palace examination in Beijing, Li Ming directly quoted the words of Confucius and Mencius. Combined with the solid literary foundation he had acquired through ten years of studying with Mr. Li, the essay he wrote was so full of gems that the examiners exclaimed in disbelief that he was the reincarnation of a sage.

Of course, few people know what role Mr. Li’s teacher, the Grand Tutor of the time, played in this.

During the palace examination, because Li Ming was too young, the emperor even allowed him to meet with him alone. Li Ming talked a lot, and with the vision of a time traveler from the future, he fooled the young emperor. He could only sigh that it was really Wenqu who came down to earth. Then he personally selected Li Ming as the top scorer and even promoted him to the fifth-rank Hanlin. At the same time, he gave him a gold medal, allowing him to enter the palace to meet the emperor at any time.

But for Li Ming, this is just the beginning.

With power, everything became convenient. On the one hand, Li Ming did not dare to slack off in his martial arts training. At the same time, he began to investigate the martial arts halls, martial arts schools, and military martial arts in Kyoto.

Later, I discovered that there really was no such thing as internal energy in this world. Instead, there was qi and blood!

People who practice martial arts control their qi and blood, build up their strength, and temper their bodies. By exercising in this way, after their physical fitness has increased to a certain level, they will possess this kind of power, which is the power of qi and blood.

After generating the power of Qi and blood, one will possess explosive power several times or even dozens of times that of an ordinary person. However, each burst of Qi and blood will put a great burden on the body. If used continuously, it may even shorten one's lifespan. However, even if one possesses the power of Qi and blood, once surrounded by dozens of soldiers, one will still be doomed to death. Therefore, a warrior in this world can only play the role of an assassin, and his status is much worse than Li Ming imagined.

The true Qi that Li Ming possessed might not have enough destructive power at the beginning, but long-term practice would only benefit the body and not harm it. By nourishing the body day by day, the foundation of the meridians seemed to be slowly getting stronger. However, he did not know the secret formula and did not dare to practice on his own, so there was no result.

Seeing that the martial arts in this world had so little potential for development, Li Ming, on the one hand, dealt with government affairs and studied, trying to achieve some accomplishments, and on the other hand, tried to cultivate Qi and blood. This was unexpectedly smooth. Perhaps because Li Ming practiced martial arts, he quickly mastered this power.

In contrast, his political career was not going smoothly. After all, Li Ming was just an ordinary young man. Although he had lived through three lives, the oldest of them was only in his twenties. Time travelers have higher standards, but it is inevitable that they are overconfident and lack the ability to achieve their goals. In the court, the open and covert struggles can easily lead to setbacks. As the saying goes, it is easy to dodge an open spear but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark.

In this way, Li Ming, who was only 19 years old, was framed by his political enemies and demoted to the frontier because his big backer died of illness. He became a chief priest in the army, which was also a civilian position, similar to a staff secretary, and was actually demoted two levels.

After all, he had a shallow foundation in the Grand Tutor's lineage, and was only accepted because of his decent ability and some sense of kinship. He had been in office for a short time and had not had time to manage the family. The Grand Tutor passed away suddenly. After all, he was less than sixty years old and in good health, but he suddenly fell ill.

The other people in this group were busy taking care of themselves, so how could they care about him, a newly crowned top scholar who only had some literary reputation.

As for the emperor, he seemed to gradually realize that Li Ming was only good at talking big. The prospects he described were beautiful, but when it came to putting them into practice, he was still a little lacking.

If Li Ming had been given another two years, perhaps the result would have been different. Unfortunately, there are no ifs in life, so Li Ming embarked on another path he had never imagined.

At that time, the northern border of the Great Qi State was invaded by barbarians. Everyone thought that Li Ming would lose his life in the war, but Li Ming was forced into a corner.

The border of Da Qi was unstable, and he was in danger of losing his position in the army. The general did not know how to judge people and did not use him. In order to protect himself, he displayed his military power and even went into battle to kill the enemy. Finally, he gained autonomy based on his military achievements. Then he urgently developed gunpowder. Whether it was fate or good luck, Li Ming succeeded in developing it in one fell swoop.

With the help of gunpowder, equipment was upgraded. In addition, Li Ming himself was brave, and the effect of the sum of his true energy and blood was greater than two, which made him capable of defeating a hundred enemies. He led his troops and even counterattacked the barbarian headquarters. Wherever he passed, there were corpses and endless fireworks. Afterwards, he was called General Lei Gong by the barbarians.

As for military tactics, Li Ming naturally learned them while fighting. After all, he had some military knowledge from his previous life. After surviving hundreds of battles, he had some experience. Although he was not a famous general in history, he was at least passable. He also had a good military management method of training troops and had trained several personal soldiers to rely on.

Nowadays, the Great Qi Dynasty values ​​culture over military affairs, and there are few capable fighters in the army. As for the country and the family, there are many treacherous ministers who form cliques and factions, and there are countless gangs and factions. To be honest, it is a bit like the end of the dynasty.

If it weren't for Li Ming's sudden rise and his killing spree that not only suppressed the barbarians but also eased the internal population pressure, I'm afraid the world would have been in chaos.

This kill established the victory of the Great Qi Dynasty and he was praised as the first person in fifty years. It also made those who used to call Li Ming the incarnation of Wenquxing change their words and say that he was the incarnation of Wuquxing.

When he returned to Kyoto with the head of the Barbarian King, the entire court was shocked, and the emperor even personally welcomed his return outside the capital.

This also made Li Ming feel a lot of emotion. When he was a writer, his literary reputation spread throughout the world and he was praised as the reincarnation of a saint. However, despite all his efforts, he was still found to have a weakness and was almost imprisoned, or even exiled to the border. Now that he is a military man and has made great achievements in battle, the emperor went out of the city to welcome him. A certain idea in his heart became more firm.

Naturally, Li Ming became even more unwilling to give up his military power. After all, he knew very well what the royal family's attitude was now. He resisted several attempts and secretly felt fortunate that he did not really kill the barbarians without leaving them with no chance of fighting back.

Although they haven't colluded with each other yet, they seem to have some kind of tacit understanding and they always make trouble every now and then. Li Ming doesn't investigate it too deeply and just asks the people to stay away from the border.

(End of this chapter)