Chapter 108 Hai Rui: Altan is a great man! Prince Yu and Prince Jing said nothing! Let's ask our father for clarification!
"Immortal? Changshengtian?!"
Altan naturally also saw the mysterious figure that flashed across the gap in the rolling dark clouds above the sky.
At this moment, he suddenly understood where he failed! In the Ming Dynasty, there were immortals and Changshengtian!
"Immortal! There really is an immortal. The immortal will protect our Ming Dynasty!" At this moment, all the soldiers at the border knelt down together, kowtowed and shouted to Jiajing who had already gone far away in the sky.
At this moment, everyone's face showed a fanatical look.
Even many soldiers began to kowtow devoutly and pray. Some wished for blessings from the immortals, some hoped for family reunions, and some prayed to the immortals for blessings for their parents at home, and so on.
But the only thing in common is that everyone will say at the end: "May the immortals bless us and protect our Ming Dynasty!" and then begin to kowtow devoutly, with their heads banging loudly.
In this way, we pray to the immortals for blessings.
Listening to the Ming army soldiers shouting "May the immortals protect the Ming Dynasty" and the sound of their sincere prayers.
Even though Altan Khan was defeated in the battle, he still maintained his proud and arrogant back like a heroic leader, but at this moment, it finally... bent.
For a moment, endless regret welled up in my heart.
If his ambitions were smaller and he did not intend to use the Ming Dynasty as a whetstone, perhaps everything would be different.
At that time, we only need to continue to be on good terms with the Ming Dynasty with a sincere heart... Why is it necessary? There is no regret medicine in the world!
He has strength and ambition, but when he encounters beings like immortals and Changshengtian, they are simply beyond the reach of mortals like him.
Of course, it was not only Altan who had other ideas in his mind at this time, but also Wang Chonggu.
"The sudden closure of the trade and the expulsion of the Mongols is just to provoke them, so..." Wang Chonggu calmed down and stood in the rain, his brain working rapidly.
"So, what the Imperial Master said about observing the stars at night and predicting a natural disaster might just be a bunch of lies..."
"In fact, Imperial Master, no, to be exact, the Emperor knew what the result would be?!" Thinking of this, Wang Chonggu suddenly shuddered, and at the same time he couldn't help but take a breath of cold water vapor, muttering to himself in his heart,
"Doesn't that mean that the Emperor has achieved great success in his cultivation? That's why he summoned this legendary immortal to help the Ming Dynasty?!"
Then Wang Chonggu came to an important conclusion.
The Emperor has made great progress in his cultivation, and it is very likely that he has established contact with immortals... Immortals really do exist in this world!
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Governor's office, back hall, study.
Hai Rui was still somewhat dazed.
Shocking! So shocking! Although it failed to turn the entire Yinshan Mountain Range into complete ruins, well, it was too huge.
But the spectacular sight of half of the mountain collapsing, a horrible hole being torn in the ground, and swallowing up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses was enough to shock him beyond words. Who could resist such power?
If the emperor takes action a few more times, then there will be no rivals among all the kingdoms in the world. Wouldn't all the kingdoms submit to him?
"Boom!" Another loud thunder exploded. Hai Rui trembled all over, and then he suddenly came to his senses.
Looking at the emperor sitting cross-legged on the bed in the study with his eyes closed in meditation, the excited emotions in my heart also calmed down.
Hai Rui took a deep breath, walked to a chair nearby, and was about to sit down when there was a hurried knock on the door.
"Knock, knock, knock!" accompanied by the anxious voice of Li Zhiyuan, the councillor, "Governor, Governor, come out quickly!"
Hearing Li Zhiyuan's voice, Hai Rui had no choice but to stop moving to sit down and stand up to open the door.
"Futai, something big has happened!"
Li Zhiyuan, who was covered in moisture, put his umbrella aside, shook off the rain on his sleeves, raised his arm to wipe the moisture on his face due to the rapid speed.
Seeing that the door was still only open a crack, enough for one person to enter, and Hai Rui had no intention of letting himself in, he didn't care.
Because at this moment, he had something more important to say. Compared with that matter, Hai Rui not letting him in was nothing.
"What's the matter?" Looking at Li Zhiyuan's expression, Hai Rui asked on the surface, but he had already guessed something in his heart.
It has been a while since he and the emperor returned, and the good news from the front should have arrived by now.
As he is the governor of Datong, naturally someone would come to report to him.
It is even estimated that the victory report has been sent to the capital as soon as possible by flying eagles. After all, in such a large-scale war, Datong will fall if one is not careful, and the cabinet must be waiting anxiously.
"Governor, just now, there was news from the front line that a natural disaster had struck. The Yinshan Mountains suddenly collapsed, and the ground was torn for a long time..."
As he spoke, Li Zhiyuan opened his hands and gestured, "This long, yes, it's this long, a huge cut!"
"They swallowed up tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in one gulp. Our army pursued them and won a great victory!"
Hearing this, Hai Rui couldn't help but smile.
"And there's more to it than that..." At this time, Li Zhiyuan approached Hai Rui mysteriously, looked around, and as if he was afraid that others would hear his secret, he lowered his voice and said:
"I heard that the sudden natural disaster was caused by the intervention of the immortals in heaven, who helped our Ming Dynasty. That's why we were able to achieve a great victory!"
"Boom!" Li Zhiyuan's words made Hai Rui's head buzz. He felt a little dazed. He then looked at Li Zhiyuan and asked, "What did you say?"
At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: Exposed? !
Seeing that Hai Rui seemed to be stunned by the news, Li Zhiyuan was not surprised. When he first received the news, he was also in a daze.
The immortal took action, and the Yinshan Mountain collapsed to form a natural moat, swallowing up tens of thousands of elite Mongolian troops? Do you think this is just a storybook legend to fool children?
However, when the battle reports from the front line arrived and the news from their own people on the front line were placed in front of him as supporting evidence, he believed it!
There really are immortals in this world!
Moreover, there were some deeper things that he only thought about and then buried deep in his heart, not daring to touch again.
"Immortal!" Seeing that Hai Rui still looked as if he hadn't recovered from his shock, Li Zhiyuan emphasized his tone, "The tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line, as well as General Wang, saw it all!"
As he spoke, Li Zhiyuan took a breath, took out a rolled-up secret report from his sleeve, handed it to Hai Rui, and said:
"This is from the lieutenant general at the front. The governor should also take a look. I believe the governor will call you over later."
Hai Rui took the secret report handed over by Li Zhiyuan, and after a moment, he finally confirmed that it was really exposed and tens of thousands of people had seen it.
"I understand!" After saying this, Hai Rui slammed the door shut.
Looking at the closed door, Li Zhiyuan opened his mouth, and then his expression became solemn.
Staring at the closed door, I wonder what I was thinking.
This time he did not make any criticism of Hai Rui's behavior.
Well, in the past, I thought Hai Rui's worship of gods and immortals was just a trick. I just thought that this person was well versed in the ways of officialdom and knew that the northern border was related to two factions, so he began to hide his shortcomings and did not feel ashamed.
I just felt that this person was extremely hypocritical... Now that I think about it, well, Hai Rui was really foresighted, could it be that he knew it long ago?
Thinking of the guess in his heart, Li Zhiyuan couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart. The guess in his heart became more and more certain!
That’s right, his judgment was the same as Wang Chonggu’s. He had never been able to figure out why the imperial court wanted to provoke Altan Khan before, but when he thought about the intelligence coming from the front line, everything suddenly made sense to him.
This would only happen if you knew the outcome already!
What does that mean? Doesn't it mean that the emperor or the imperial teacher must have achieved great success in his cultivation and really encountered an immortal, so he could ask for an immortal?
Li Zhiyuan, even though he is just a small political advisor sent to Hai Rui by the Qingliu faction, he is not a coward.
As I said, those who gathered in Datong Town now are the elite and capable officials from the Qingliu and Yan party factions.
None of these people are mediocre.
Any one of them, if sent to a local area, would be a reliable official capable of shouldering important responsibilities, but now they are gathered in the northern border.
Any slight detail, once suspected, will be magnified infinitely and then the correct judgment will be made.
Before, when Hai Rui prayed to the gods, Li Zhiyuan didn't think there was anything wrong with it. At most, he thought Hai Rui was just a silver-plated spearhead.
Knowing that the North was too deeply involved, he didn't want to go any deeper, so he simply left it alone and stayed at home all day.
But now it was different. There really were immortals in this world. It was very likely that the emperor had established contact with them! He had no choice but to re-examine Hai Rui's abnormal behavior.
Hai Rui is the emperor's man, and people from both the Qingliu and Yan party know it. So his desire to pray to the gods must be genuine!
Some thoughts flashed through his mind, and Li Zhiyuan picked up his umbrella, turned around, and quickly rushed into the rain and fog and disappeared.
Hai Rui naturally didn't know what Li Zhiyuan was thinking. At this moment, he was anxiously waiting in the lobby, waiting for Jiajing to finish meditating.
What Wang Chonggu, Li Zhiyuan and others could think of, he could naturally think of as well. Once the immortal took action, it would mean that everything that happened on the border, including the result of Altan's invasion, was already anticipated. This could only mean one thing, that the palace had a connection with the immortal.
All of a sudden, Hai Rui began to quickly think of various countermeasures to deal with this matter.
"Huh." At this time, Jiajing, who was meditating, exhaled a breath of foul air, and slowly opened his eyes. He couldn't help but think in his heart: "It is indeed a high-level talisman. It sucked away most of my spiritual energy in one activation..."
That’s right, a high-level talisman of such power requires spiritual energy to activate it when used.
Although Jiajing looked very cool when he waved his hands to send out talismans, it was true that most of the spiritual energy was drained away in that instant.
Of course, most of this spiritual energy is nothing in the world of cultivating immortals. It can be absorbed and restored from the heaven and earth by meditating for a while. However, in the Ming Dynasty, it can only be restored by using spiritual sources.
In fact, with his cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi training, even if most of his spiritual energy was drained, he could still use the Flying Talisman to go back. However, he was used to being cautious, and he always felt uncomfortable when his spiritual energy was insufficient.
Well, that's just his personality.
"Your Majesty," Hai Rui immediately stepped forward when he saw Jiajing waking up. He opened his mouth, but still bowed and said, "May Your Majesty be well and at peace."
Although he did not understand cultivation, the shocking and magnificent scene made him understand that even if the emperor was an immortal, he would inevitably lose some things. Now that he saw that the emperor was fine, he felt relieved.
"I heard it," Jiajing lifted his robe and got off the bed. He walked to the window and looked at the heavy rain. "In fact, I discovered it when I was in Yinshan."
Looking at Jiajing's calm and detached look, Hai Rui was stunned at first, and then he suddenly understood.
Yes, I am a mortal with mortal eyes, standing in the sky and naturally cannot notice the reactions of the soldiers below, and I would not know if I was discovered. But the emperor is an immortal, how could he not know if he was discovered.
But looking at the emperor like this, it is clear that he does not care about it. It seems that being exposed or not is just a matter of choice.
Seeing Hai Rui hesitate to speak, Jiajing's expression eased slightly. He did not say much to him, but just reminded him: "The national policy of stationing troops to promote agriculture still requires you to continue to stay here for me."
"Yes, I understand." Hai Rui bowed and said.
"Yes." Nodding his head, Jiajing looked at Hai Rui, who was full of sternness and seriousness, and chuckled. He said, "Now that the four most elite tribes of Mongolia have been dealt with, the border is relatively stable."
"Besides, after this, the court will probably be much more stable, and the national policy of stationing troops and promoting agriculture should be able to proceed smoothly."
Hearing what Jiajing said, Hai Rui was no fool and instantly understood what the emperor meant.
After this incident, all officials knew that the Ming Dynasty had the help of immortals, or more precisely, that the emperor had the help of immortals. In this case, who would dare to do anything under the emperor's nose?
As for the core of the struggle between the Qingliu and Yandang factions, it was nothing more than the dispute over the crown prince between Prince Yu and Prince Jing, but what about now?
An emperor who has reached the level of immortals, the crown prince? Well, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.
"Next, I will start to rectify the administration of officials. You should work on the national policy here. I will reward you when you come back."
"Yes," Hai Rui bowed and said, "I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust!"
Jiajing nodded, and as his mind moved, spiritual energy swept over his body, enveloping him, and his whole body turned into a rainbow of light and rushed into the sky.
"Did the emperor do this on purpose?" Looking at the misty sky, Hai Rui's thoughts drifted into the distance, and then he shook his head slightly, "Perhaps it was just a coincidence that Altan Khan invaded."
"The Emperor made a temporary decision to use this coincidence to achieve his own goal." Hai Rui also began to review the whole incident in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he agreed with it.
"According to the emperor's previous deployment, the correct order should be to first arrange the national policy of stationing troops and promoting agriculture in the northern border."
"This will lead to a result, that is, the north will gradually stabilize. The south has already gradually stabilized. The north and south are certain. The Ming Dynasty will be stable in the general direction. The next thing is the second thing."
"Rectify the administration of officials. Even if there is some unrest, as long as the north and the south are stable, we can quickly cut the Gordian knot with lightning speed."
"This is the correct order for the emperor to deploy all this."
"But the Qingliu and Yan Party made too much noise in the northern border, which attracted Altan's covetousness. This is a coincidence..."
"However, the result of this coincidence is that the emperor has made these deployments slightly earlier."
"I'm afraid that the moment the Emperor learned of Altan's invasion, he already had a perfect plan in his mind." Thinking of this, Hai Rui couldn't help but sigh at the Emperor's far-sighted strategy and deep thoughts.
"Your Majesty only needs to annihilate the elite of the Mongolian army and appropriately show his immortal presence in front of his subjects and soldiers. Then, it will be a signal to the court that your Majesty may have achieved success in his cultivation!"
"Perhaps, the emperor has long planned to gradually reveal some of the immortal secrets to the court after rectifying the administration of officials."
"At least, Prince Yu and Prince Jing are both looking forward to the emperor's cleanup of the enemy after rectifying the administration. But when the time comes, the emperor will obviously not deal with any of the parties."
"Then, Your Highnesses and the elders in the cabinet will know that the Emperor has succeeded in cultivating immortality."
"Oh," thinking of this, Hai Rui stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the rain, "So, your Highnesses and the ministers of the cabinet should thank Altan Khan for his sudden attack."
"Otherwise, if the two princes fight each other, all the officials in the cabinet and the ministers in the court and the country will become the whetstone for the prince..."
"In the fierce battle between the two factions in the northern battlefield, countless people will be executed, and the blood will flow like a river."
Thinking of this, Hai Rui shook his head and sighed again. He admired the emperor's far-sightedness and ability to calculate everything with ease, but he also disagreed with the emperor's cold and cruel methods...
But when I think of my own king and father, who is greedy, selfish, extremely suspicious, and has a paranoid personality that values power alone, well, these are all things he can do.
Otherwise, where did the suspicion between the emperor and his subjects, between fathers and sons, between officials, and between officials and the people come from during the Jiajing period?
A single word shocked the whole court and the whole country; a single action made the ministers tremble with fear. The ministers went down to guess, and guessed carefully; they went down to fight, and fought well.
There are two results, the one who gains the most profit will get it!
"Well, a large number of officials in the northern border have to thank Altan Khan. If it weren't for this coincidence, their future would be unknown... Altan Khan has done a great deed and is a great man..."
It has to be said that Hai Rui's vision is extremely unique, especially in his judgment of his own emperor and father, his grasp is extremely accurate!
"I just don't know what the emperor plans to do when he returns. The officials in the cabinet may not dare to ask the emperor, but Prince Yu and Prince Jing will probably ask." Thinking of this, Hai Rui shook his head and smiled, "These have nothing to do with me. The cabinet and the emperor will worry about them..."
"Governor, Governor, the Governor invites you to go to the headquarters for a discussion..." At this time, the voice of a servant from the Governor's office sounded.
"Right along!" Hai Rui shouted, picked up his umbrella, opened the door and strode into the rain.
Hai Rui had guessed it right.
At this moment, the Wenhua Hall was eerily quiet. Apart from the sound of the light rain outside, one could hear a pin drop inside the hall.
To be precise, the sound of rain outside made the hall seem to fall into an eerie silence.
At this time, officials from the six ministries had already left, and only Prince Yu, Prince Jing, and the elders of the cabinet were left in the inner hall.
Well, as soon as they received the intelligence, they dismissed the six officials, even though they knew it was useless. But it was not appropriate to talk to these people about the next discussion.
"Is this credible?" Suddenly, Zhao Zhenji opened his mouth, holding the note in his hand, his lips trembling.
Zhao Zhenji's speech broke the atmosphere in the inner hall.
Yan Song also held a note in his hand. Yan Shifan was startled, then turned around and glanced at Zhao Zhenji, saying, "Unless the people below are colluding with each other and want to manipulate the cabinet!"
Hearing Yan Shifan's sarcastic voice, Zhao Zhenji immediately shut up. He was too lazy to argue with him and was in no mood.
"Bang!" At this time, Prince Yu and Prince Jing, who were sitting on the throne, stood up together, without even looking at the people in the cabinet, and quickly rushed out of the door.
"Your Highness?!" The two young eunuchs quickly opened their umbrellas and followed, serving the two princes all the way to the sedan chair.
However, before getting into the sedan, the two brothers suddenly looked at each other with telepathy. There was suddenly an inexplicable look in their eyes when they looked at each other, and then the two brothers lowered their heads silently and got into the sedan!
The kind that doesn't make a sound!
They want to go to Yuxi Palace to find their father and ask for clarification!
"..."
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