Ming Dynasty: Emperor Wanshou is cultivating immortality!

"If you offend someone and they retaliate against you in this way, then it's... Tsk..." Wang Yongji shook his head and said, "Isn't this a big deal?"

But after hearing Wang Yongji's words, Hai Rui remained silent. The only thing that came to his mind was the scene he had just seen and what Wang Yongji said, that the court was creating something strange.

Regardless of the purpose of the person in the dark, he just needs to understand, if this is true, how should he face it?

Of course, from Hai Rui's perspective, there was nothing wrong with using a weapon like a strange plague to poison the lives of the people in the world of immortal cultivation.

Your stance determines right and wrong!
He was an official of the Ming Dynasty. Although it was not glorious for the court to use such means, he also knew that the Ming Dynasty was also constantly developing. If there were not enough resources, it would collapse, which was not what he wanted!
Hai Rui was never a pedantic person.

The wars between civilizations have always been a fight of life and death, and your destruction has nothing to do with you.

But in Hai Rui's opinion, this method can be used by all ministers in the court, but only one person cannot use it. And this person is undoubtedly the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In Hai Rui's heart, his great father, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, cannot have any stain.

This was Hai Rui's bottom line, and it was also the resolution he had silently made in his heart since the day he embarked on the path of cultivating immortals.

The emperor has been very kind to him and is like a father to him. Hai Rui is just an ordinary man and cannot repay him in any way. The only way he can repay the emperor is to be more strict with himself and all officials.

Even, strict requirements for the emperor!

He wanted to make the emperor, the immortal emperor who founded the Ming Dynasty, flawless and immortal in the eternal history!

Therefore, anyone can resort to such dishonorable means as creating strange plagues and conquering the world of immortal cultivation, except the Emperor!

However, if we consider that Lu Fang, Li Shizhen and others were previously imprisoned, as well as the strange plague that has now appeared in the world of immortal cultivation, it seems that the court really used this weapon.

And the person who uses it is most likely the emperor!
Not only that, the person behind the scenes dared to be so sure, and the eunuch who recorded the video also showed that it was certain that the imperial court was creating a strange plague!
Therefore, Hai Rui could not think of anyone else in the entire Ming Dynasty who dared to do this and could take responsibility for it afterwards, except the emperor.

Thinking of this, Hai Rui's heart sank slightly. What he was most worried about was that the emperor did this personally.

"Brother Gangfeng? Brother Gangfeng?" Hai Rui didn't come back to his senses until he heard Wang Yongji's voice in his ears.

"But what did you think of?"

There was a hint of worry in Wang Yongji's eyes.

"Ming Shou, who do you think is able to command the eunuchs to do things, record videos, and travel freely between the two worlds?"

As he spoke, Hai Rui stood up, stepped forward and stretched out his hand, feeling the cool touch of the rain falling on his palm.

Hearing this, Wang Yongji was startled, looked up at Hai Rui's back, and then said thoughtfully, "One of the kings."

"Or maybe it's someone from the Imperial Household Department."

"Besides that, no one else can command the eunuchs to travel between the two worlds and compile the video data of these sects infected by the strange plague."

Wang Yongji also began to analyze it seriously.

"The four eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department represent the emperor. If they show up, regardless of whether it is their personal behavior or not, as long as they take action, they represent the emperor."

"I guess they don't have the courage to do that."

"Then the only ones who could possibly do this are the kings who are also members of the royal family. Hiss!" Wang Yongji suddenly seemed to have thought of something and said incredulously:
"Could it be that someone wants to use this video to target one of the kings? So to put it bluntly, this matter is essentially still a fight between the kings?"

"This time, are the kings going to borrow your sword?" Wang Yongji couldn't help but sound worried. "Brother Gangfeng, you should listen to my advice. If you get involved in the court dispute, it means the emperor wants to use you."

"As long as you are the sword in the emperor's hand, you can get through any dispute safely."

"But if you get involved in matters such as the succession of imperial power and the succession to the throne, I'm afraid it won't end well for you."

However, after listening to his friend's advice and concerns, Hai Rui shook his head slightly.

He looked up at the gloomy sky.

"What if the person behind this is targeting the Emperor this time instead of a particular prince..." Hai Rui thought to himself.

He did not tell Wang Yongji this. The more you know about something and the more you are involved in it, the more dangerous it is.

My good friend has long lost the sharpness of his youth. He now only wants to take good care of his family descendants and live a stable life in Nanjing. I can't drag him into this anymore.

"Let's take it one step at a time. The person behind this wants to drag me down, so he won't just do this one move." Hai Rui regained his composure, turned around and looked at his friend's nervous expression, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid."

"Oh, that's good!" Seeing that Hai Rui was not impulsive, Wang Yongji nodded. In fact, he still had a lot of things to say to Hai Rui, but he swallowed them back as soon as they came to his lips.

I am no longer suitable to participate in these important court affairs, so why should I continue to say some useless empty words?

In fact, after receiving that video, his first reaction was to suppress it and not tell Hai Rui.

But he knew that since the other party came to him, it was only for Hai Rui behind him. This was his only value to the top dignitaries in the entire Ming Dynasty.

If he didn't hand this video over to Hai Rui, the consequences would be unbearable.

It was equivalent to sending this bomb to his good friend Hai Rui. At this moment, he felt guilty.

"Ming Shou," Hai Rui seemed to see through his friend's thoughts. He smiled and said, "In the final analysis, it is because of me that you are dragged into this dispute without reason."

"Brother Gangfeng, you..." After hearing what Hai Rui said, Wang Yongji's pupils shrank. He opened his mouth but didn't know how to speak. He knew that Hai Rui saw through his dilemma.

It was clearly he who sent the bomb into Hai Rui's hands, but he was trying to comfort himself instead.

Wang Yongji was filled with mixed feelings. He really wanted to be as high-spirited as he was when he was young, to stand up, pat his friend on the shoulder, and tell him that he was willing to fight with him again.

But when he thought of his family behind him and the people and forces involved in this matter, he backed off again.

"Hahaha," Hai Rui suddenly laughed loudly, then he put on a serious face and said righteously, "The Wang Yongji I know is not so timid."

"Since you have chosen to retire from the court, then this matter is nothing more than someone else using you to deliver a message. Why bother about it?"

"Since the person behind this only asked you to deliver the letter to Hai Rui, I will accept it. If he dares to implicate innocent people, Hai Rui will pursue this matter to the end."

"Mingshou, this matter has nothing to do with you. Today, you and I are brothers, so let's just talk about love and romance, not the court. Come, I toast you!" Hai Rui said, taking the wine glass on his own initiative.

"Brother Gangfeng..." At this moment, Wang Yongji was shocked by Hai Rui's carefree and decisive spirit. After being stunned for a long time, he suddenly smiled and raised his wine glass and said, "Okay, since you said this, Hai Gaofeng, I will have to trouble you a lot in the future."

"Hahaha!" The two looked at each other and burst into laughter, their laughter seemed to penetrate the rain.

“…Boom!”

Low, muffled thunder was heard among the dark clouds, and the continuous heavy rain shrouded the entire capital city in an extremely gloomy and humid environment.

Nanzhili, Changzhou Prefecture, Wuxi, Donglin Academy.

Although before this, when the Ming officials were in seclusion, the Donglin Party had already been completely destroyed with the fight for the throne among the Nine Dragons and the dispute between the hidden dragons, and all the old Donglin members had been eliminated.

However, Donglin Academy was preserved.

During this hundred years, under the arrangement of Prince Yu's Mansion, Donglin Academy has transformed from a powerful force that could compete with the Yan Party in the court to a place dedicated to training officials and talents for the Prince Yu's Mansion.

The person in charge of Donglin Academy was none other than Zhu Youjian, the most valued talent of the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun's lineage.

"Swish, swish, swish." The drizzle continued, and above the gloomy sky, bursts of muffled thunder could be heard from time to time.

In the Donglin Academy, on the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Zhu Youjian, dressed in a bright yellow noble robe, stood with his hands behind his back, quietly watching the rain.

"Cheng'en, is everything done?" Zhu Youjian suddenly asked.

"Master, everything has been done." Wang Chengen opened his mouth and said hesitantly.

"You seem to have concerns in your heart." Zhu Youjian said, turning his head slightly, looking at his confidant Wang Chengen, and said: "You and I have been master and servant for many years, you may as well speak frankly if you have anything to say."

"Yes." Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen bowed and said, "I have always been a little worried."

"If the Lord of Rongchang knew about this, I'm afraid he would blame me..."

Wang Chengen did not continue to say what he was afraid of, but the meaning was self-evident. If Zhu Changluo knew about it, Zhu Youjian would definitely be punished, and severely punished.

It is even possible that it will never be reused again.

As the Ming Dynasty continues to develop, the competitive pressure is not only among ordinary people, but also among the royal family.

Only the royal family at the upper level knows that the competitive pressure is much greater than that of ordinary royal families!
Therefore, Wang Chengen was worried that his master would be punished by the prince, and all his previous efforts and plans would be wasted. Moreover, this time the person his master wanted to plot against was not a cabinet minister or a royal prince, but the emperor!

Wang Chengen didn’t dare to think about what the consequences would be if the truth was revealed.

"Cheng'en, are you afraid?" Zhu Youjian spoke with no expression of joy or anger on his face.

"I'm not afraid." Facing Zhu Youjian's question, Wang Chengen shook his head and answered very straightforwardly.

"I have been following my master and have long been prepared to serve him until my death."

"I am just worried that all of my master's plans and efforts will go to waste."

"In my opinion, there is no need for a great man like my master to take risks. He can just proceed steadily and plan step by step. It would be a pity if he fails."

"In my heart, my master is the best among all the royal family members of the same generation, no doubt about it!" "That is why I cannot bear to see my master take risks."

After hearing the loyal servant's advice, Zhu Youjian smiled softly and then turned his gaze back to the lake.

"I don't want to wait any longer," Zhu Youjian said softly, "The current Ming Dynasty is powerful, but it has fatal drawbacks. If we wait until the Ming Dynasty invades the world of immortal cultivation and its foundation is completely settled, it will be too late."

"In today's Immortal Dynasty, there is no Confucian classics."

"The people lack education. Everyone laughs at poverty but not at prostitutes. Even the most basic sense of propriety and honor has been gradually forgotten. In the Ming Dynasty today, every citizen is fighting for resources, using any means necessary."

"In those days, the so-called school beauty who was expelled from the Ming Military Academy actually openly posed on the spiritual network for some spiritual resources. She had no shame at all..." As Zhu Youjian spoke, he seemed to be thinking of some new words.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen was slightly stunned, and then immediately added: "Master, that's called Brother Bangda."

"Ahem!" After saying that, Wang Chengen couldn't help but cough when he saw Zhu Youjian looking at him, and said, "In my spare time, I occasionally watch the live broadcasts of some cultivators' explorations of the stars outside the domain."

"The Ming Territory is now being developed on a large scale. Many star worlds violate the laws of nature and attract a lot of people."

Wang Chengen explained it quickly.

"She used to be a top student and had a good chance of passing the college entrance examination and entering one of the three major camps or various military divisions." Zhu Youjian said coldly, "But she chose live streaming."

"Not only that, she is wearing the special female officer uniform of my Daming Military Academy and recognizing the so-called No. 1 brother on the list as her godfather. Humph!"

"In my Great Ming Dynasty, everyone is now well fed and clothed. The beggars in reality have disappeared, but a new type of beggar has appeared on the Internet."

“It’s these so-called anchors!”

"For the sake of rewarding resources, there is no moral bottom line. Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teachers, for money, you can call someone who has no blood relationship with you "Dad" without any bottom line. Is there any moral code?"

"The so-called national policy of 'initiating innovation' was wrong from the beginning. It was a poisonous plan made by grandfather and grandson to destroy the Kong family!"

"Without the teachings of Confucianism, the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is distorted, and everyone is putting their own interests first. If this continues, how can the good qualities of the ancient sages, such as caring about the country and the people, the country and the world, be preserved?"

"If the country is in danger one day, will these people be willing to sacrifice themselves for their country?"

"If one day I can find those so-called valleys at home, will they make a fortune from the national crisis?"

"The current Ming Dynasty's customs have influenced generation after generation. Children are taught by example and are told from a young age to make money and laugh at poverty rather than prostitution. Is this right?"

"Thousands, tens of thousands of years, tens of thousands of years later, by that time, the Great Ming Dynasty will appear bright and beautiful on the surface, but secretly, I'm afraid it has already turned into a twisted monster."

"Then, where is the root of this problem?" Zhu Youjian said with a grim expression, staring at the sky.

Although he didn't say it directly, his meaning was self-evident.

Obviously, in his opinion, it is those people at the top level who have created the current atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, including the Six Ministries, the Cabinet, the Imperial Household Department, and their master, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
"I have long said that 'Law is the key to maintaining order and justice, and its implementation must be based on morality. Therefore, "governing the country with virtue" can improve people's morality, reduce crimes, and bring about social harmony and stability.'"

"And in order to achieve this, we must have the Confucian classics to educate all living beings. Otherwise, the world will not be at peace!"

"What a shame, no one realizes this!"

"I once submitted a letter to the cabinet, but it fell on deaf ears and did not cause any waves. Not only that, it even attracted a reprimand from my elder brother Zhu Youxiao!"

"Ha!" Zhu Youjian sneered and said, "I believe that there are people like me in this huge Immortal Dynasty. Men just see the disadvantages of the shoe trend."

"But even a royal family member like me who wants to submit a petition to the royal ancestor has fallen on deaf ears, let alone other powerless people? I'm afraid it will bring disaster to the entire clan!"

Listening to my master Zhu Youjian expressing his grievances and endless resentment, I fell silent.

In fact, he knew, he had always known.

Ever since the so-called great scholars of the old era in the Donglin Party were dealt with, the master has had a grudge in his heart, which has even become his inner demon.

However, this inner demon is different from the inner demon of cultivators in the traditional sense. The master's inner demon is too big.

How big is it? So big that even though he has now broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, it has never appeared when he was overcoming the tribulation.

Because the master's goal is to transform the current structure of the entire Daming Dynasty, and to rebuild the Confucian sect that had long been abolished by the emperor's order in the Daming Dynasty!
As for today's Confucianism, it is just one of the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Five Elements and the Eight Works, and no one has paid attention to it for a long time.

Those Confucian classics are regarded as dross by today's monks, and even as shackles on the spiritual mind on the road to becoming immortals.

All cultivators have only one understanding in their minds, that is, those who cultivate immortality are going against the will of heaven, and should take being free and at ease as their original intention, and the rules and regulations of Confucianism are constraints.

Therefore, what the master needs to do is to change the cognition of these monks first, and the first step is to abolish the national policy of "initiating thought and innovation", the second step is to rectify the name of Confucianism. The third step is to make everyone understand that the Confucian classics are absolutely indispensable.

The last step is to win the public's recognition of Confucianism and then rebuild the Confucian world.

He wanted to make all laws and doctrines centered on Confucianism! He wanted to tell everyone that the court's one-size-fits-all policy against Confucianism was completely wrong!

If these ideas were really implemented, it would be no less than just setting off a storm of reform in the current Ming Dynasty.

This storm of reform first challenged the six ministries, the cabinet, the Imperial Household Department and even the emperor!

The difficulty can be said to be beyond Wang Chengen's imagination. It is impossible for such an inner demon to appear when the Golden Core breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage. It is estimated that it will not appear even when the Nascent Soul breaks through to the God Transformation stage.

Thinking of this, Wang Chengen's worry about Zhu Youjian became more and more intense.

These, if not handled with care, could be shattered to pieces.

"And if we want to achieve all this, the first thing we need to do is to draw a clear line between ourselves and Prince An!" As he spoke, there seemed to be some inexplicable ambition flashing in Zhu Youjian's eyes.

Hearing this, Wang Chengen seemed to have thought of something and echoed, "Mr. Zhang is now supporting Prince An, and this time, his proposal to 'abolish the life cultivation system' will inevitably cause shock and anger among cultivators all over the world."

"In this way, Prince An is likely to lose the support of the people, and the palace must also cut ties with Zhang Juzheng in order to avoid suspicion," Wang Chengen lowered his voice, frowned deeply, looked at Zhuyou with difficulty, and said:

"I still don't quite understand."

"Even if Prince An's Mansion abandoned Zhang Juzheng, the cooperation between Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince An has not ended. The left and right sides have only abandoned Zhang Juzheng..."

"Cheng'en, have you forgotten the photo we gave to Wang Yongji?" Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "Wang Yongji will definitely give this to his good friend Hai Rui."

"What if he doesn't hand it over?" Wang Chengen asked.

"Oh," Zhu Youjian sneered, "Wang Yongji is a smart man. He knows that even if he suppresses this matter, if we are determined to let Hai Rui know, he can't stop us."

"But he and his family will have to pay a heavy price for this... It would be foolish to sacrifice his entire family for such meaningless protection."

"Master is wise!" Wang Chengen exclaimed.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel proud of his master's grasp of human nature. But the more so, the more he couldn't bear to see his master take risks because of his recklessness.

But he knew that he had no way to interfere with his master's decision.

Zhu Youjian didn't know what Wang Chengen was thinking, so he continued, "Add to that some rumors in Nanjing before, which is enough to make him realize that things are not simple."

"So, he must be looking for Hai Rui."

"Who is Hai Rui?" Zhu Youjian confidently looked at the lake surface splashed by the rain and said:
"That's a person who regards the royal ancestor as his father!"

"He will never allow the Immortal Emperor of the Royal Family, who founded the Ming Dynasty, to have any stain on him."

"Therefore, he will definitely write a letter to give advice!"

"At this time, we only need to add fuel to the flames in secret. Combined with Zhang Juzheng's proposal to abolish the 'life cultivation system', things will definitely get out of hand."

"Because the strange plague in the world of cultivation nowadays is targeting the cultivators' own destiny."

"If these images were to spread out, what would all the cultivators in the entire Ming Dynasty think when they saw them?"

"...hiss!" After listening to Zhu Youjian's words, Wang Chengen took a deep breath and said in a hissing voice: "They must think that the strange plague now targeting the world of immortal cultivation is an experiment to abolish the life cultivation system in the future!"

“That’s right!” Zhu Youjian stretched out his hand, feeling the cold rain, and said coldly: “At this time, the entire Prince An’s Mansion will inevitably be pushed to the forefront because of Zhang Juzheng!”

"Then by then, will the other princes miss this opportunity to trample Prince An's Mansion? Prince Jing, Prince Gong, and Prince Ning, each of them is not an easy person to deal with."

"At that time, Prince An's Mansion will definitely become the target of public criticism."

"I don't believe that my father, grandfather, and great grandfather will continue to be tied to Prince An's Mansion."

“By then, as long as they are not too confused, they will definitely not be involved with the Prince Ai’s Mansion again.”

"It will definitely be a complete cut."

"They may even turn around and swallow up all the power of Prince An's Mansion to strengthen the palace."

"Since they are unwilling to take the step of fighting for the throne, I will force them to take this step."

"I will not tolerate them shrinking like this!" Zhu Youjian stood with his hands behind his back, staring into the distance, and said in a faint voice: "Father is indecisive, grandfather is pedantic, and great grandfather is weak..."

After he finished speaking, he added in his heart, "The royal grandfather is arrogant and dictatorial. Such an immortal dynasty needs a new voice. Since no one is willing to speak, then I will speak!"

"..." (End of this chapter)