Chapter 181 Playful Zhu Yijun
Looking at the noisy officials who were taking an unprecedentedly tough attitude and looked like they wanted to force the emperor to abdicate, Prince Yu's face suddenly darkened.
Of course, even Prince Jing on the side had an unhappy expression on his face at this moment. Although he and Prince Yu did not get along well on weekdays, they represented the royal family after all.
Although the officials were forcing the emperor to abdicate with the permission of Prince Yu, he was also assisting the cabinet, which was a demonstration and provocation to him!
Seeing that Prince Yu and Prince Jing's faces turned ugly, Yan Song glanced at Yan Shifan imperceptibly.
After noticing the eye signal from his father Yan Song, Yan Shifan immediately understood and knew that it was his turn to take the stage.
"Bang!" Yan Shifan slammed the table, stood up, and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? What do you want to do!"
Yan Shifan was not only a cultivator at the first level of Qi training, but also a martial artist at the first level of acquired martial arts. Even without using any martial arts, he could still exude a terrifying aura.
In a pair of vicious eyes, there was a flash of vicious light that seemed to choose anyone to devour, and he looked around at every one of the officials.
Yan Shifan's sudden attack made the originally noisy Wenhua Hall suddenly quiet down.
Everyone was shocked by Yan Shifan's terrifying aura, and almost instinctively, a sense of fear arose in their hearts.
This feeling gave everyone the illusion that they were facing a wild beast; it was an instinct born from danger.
At this moment, even Li Chengwu, who had always looked down on everyone in the cabinet, subconsciously sat up straight after Yan Shifan spoke.
"Strange, this villain Yan Shifan actually gives me a sense of danger..." Li Chengwu couldn't help but frowned.
Yan Shifan didn't know what Li Chengwu was thinking. Seeing that everyone was shocked by him, he continued to speak in a cold voice, "Are you trying to threaten the two princes?"
"Your Highness Prince Yu explained yesterday's events very clearly, didn't he?" Yan Shifan said, staring at the director of the Imperial Observatory, Fang Tianyi, who had spoken first, and said:
"Let me ask you, what did His Highness say yesterday?"
Being stared at by Yan Shifan's sinister eyes, Fang Tianyi subconsciously looked away, but he still answered Yan Shifan's words, "The earth dragon turned over, the Huagai Palace collapsed, and the underground river gushed out."
"The earth dragon turns over, the underground river gushes!" Yan Shifan shouted and looked at everyone present, "Is it clear enough?"
"The court supports you guys, don't you even understand what people say?" Yan Shifan said, turning his eyes to the second speaker, Xu Zhengzhi, the Minister of Justice. "Are you slandering the court? Are you spreading rumors? Tell me, what does the Ming Dynasty law say?"
Being suddenly scolded by Yan Shifan, Xu Zhengzhi, the Minister of Justice, could not help but sweat on his forehead. He hurriedly said, "In the 18th volume of the Great Ming Code, Article 3 of the Criminal Law, anyone who creates prophecies, evil books, evil words, and spreads them to confuse the public shall be beheaded. All means that regardless of the leader or the follower, the crime shall be punished as a whole. The other articles that mention "all" also apply to this. If anyone possesses an evil book and hides it without reporting it to the authorities, he shall be caned 100 times and sentenced to three years in prison."
"How should I do it? Do I need His Highness to tell you?" Yan Shifan finished speaking, and without waiting for Xu Zhengzhi to answer, he continued, "Investigate and handle it according to the law!"
"Yes!" Xu Zhengzhi looked up at Yan Shifan's vicious eyes and could only quickly agree.
"When the people gather in large numbers, should we strengthen our defenses and suppress them? As the Minister of War, you are unable to judge?" Yan Shifan continued to fire at Huang Wenjie, the third Minister of War who spoke up. "I think your job as a Minister of War has come to an end!"
"Overseas countries sent envoys?" After Yan Shifan mocked the Minister of War, he turned around and sneered at the Minister of Rites, "Since when do we need to report our actions to foreign countries? Are you an official of the Ming Dynasty, or a lackey of another country?"
Yan Shifan's firepower was very fierce. After a series of angry curses, all the officials immediately shut up.
There were a few who were dissatisfied and wanted to retort, but when they saw the gloomy faces of Prince Yu and Prince Jing at the top, they knew that the two princes were standing behind Yan Shifan.
Even if they fought back by saying that Yan Shifan had no right to say that to them, if Prince Yu and Prince Jing stepped forward, they would only bring humiliation upon themselves, and even Li Chengwu could see this clearly.
"Hmph, as expected!" Li Chengwu snorted in his heart.
He knew that all the officials joined forces to stage an alternative drama of forcing the emperor to abdicate, and would never let the second king commit a crime and confess the matter of the immortal fate to them. However, the more indifferent the second king was, the more beneficial it would be to him!
Only in this way will all officials realize that if they fight on their own, they will eventually be eaten to the bone. The only way is to stick together and form a force to fight against the cabinet.
Only in this way can you avoid being ignored and truly enjoy the immortal fate.
"I believe the young minister has explained this matter clearly enough. Do you have any objections?" Prince Yu asked coldly at this time.
All the officials could hear Prince Yu's dissatisfaction. This matter was just a rash act on their part. They united to force the two princes without any specific plan. How could they resist the combined forces of the two princes and the cabinet?
"We have no objection!" All the officials bowed.
"Let's discuss politics." King Jing smiled and raised his hand, signaling the officials not to be nervous.
"The two princes are working together better and better..." Zhao Zhenji glanced at the two princes on the throne and thought to himself, "Prince Yu's imperial arrogance is beginning to emerge, and Prince Jing is beginning to be humble..."
"The Emperor's training of the two princes was successful. Unfortunately, both of these qualities should be present in one person. Only in this way can that person be a truly qualified candidate for the crown prince!"
"The Second Prince is getting further and further away from that position..." Zhao Zhenji thought, his brows drooping, his hands crossed, his two thumbs gently intertwined, the voices of officials discussing politics in his ears no longer important.
Xiyuan, inside Yuxi Palace.
Jiajing looked at the capital of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, the "∞" spiritual vein under the ground, and the branches of the spiritual vein that led to various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's finally over!"
From yesterday afternoon to evening, and then to this morning, for nearly two days, Jiajing has been dealing with the spiritual vein.
In order to prevent the spiritual energy of the capital from dissipating over a large area, Jiajing set up a larger reverse spirit gathering formation around the entire capital. In this way, as time goes by, the capital with a seventh-grade spiritual vein will inevitably develop into a true paradise for cultivating immortals.
"Master, you have paid too much for us to cultivate immortality," Lu Fang handed over a bowl of cooked spiritual porridge. She spoke with a tone of heartache and shame, saying, "If I work hard, I can share the worries of the master. You have made the master worry about you and your subjects for nothing..."
"You know, this spiritual vein also has grades," Jiajing's face widened slightly after listening to Lu Fang's sincere words. He took the spiritual porridge, stirred it with a spoon, and said:
"Ninth grade is the worst, first grade is the best."
"If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't be able to subdue this seventh-grade spiritual vein by myself!"
“Even if we succeed in planting it under the capital, it will not be possible to calm the situation down in such a short time.”
“By then, I don’t know what kind of situation my Ming Dynasty will be in because of this spiritual disaster…” After taking a sip of porridge, Jiajing pointed at his own destiny floating in front of him.
The next moment, the natal capital city first shrank slightly, then rotated and enlarged, and came to a dense forest on the outskirts of the capital city.
"This is..." Seeing this, Lu Fang's eyebrows showed a hint of curiosity, and then he took a few steps forward and looked carefully. However, when he saw the wolf pack in the mountain stream that was two times larger than ordinary wild wolves, he said, "Mutated spiritual beasts? Is it because of this spiritual rain?"
Looking at this group of wolves moving around, hunting, and dividing territory unscrupulously in the mountain stream, Lu Fang guessed the reason at the first moment.
"More than that!" Jiajing finished speaking, and then the entire capital appeared in front of him. The next moment, he saw a silver ring snake about six or seven meters long somewhere under the ground of the capital, swallowing and spitting out its tongue. The longest silver ring snake is only two meters long, but the silver ring snake in front of him is six or seven meters long, like a python.
There are also rats in the drains...snakes, insects, rats and ants. The smaller they are, the faster they are mutating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
On the contrary, the larger ones, such as the group of wolves, also mutated, but the changes were not too obvious in nearly two days. They were just two sizes larger than usual.
But even so, the speed is surprisingly fast.
Moreover, Jiajing could naturally see that these birds, beasts, snakes, insects, rats and ants were still digesting the spiritual energy in their bodies. After all the spiritual energy was absorbed that day, it would probably be even greater.
"It seems that the growth rate of the group of spirit beasts in the suburbs is much faster than what Lord Yan recorded..." Lu Fang said in a serious tone.
"This is the difference between a spiritual source and a spiritual object." As Jiajing spoke, his eyes were always in front of him, constantly turning and moving, to the place where the large beast mutated, marked by the imperial seal.
"Even if the spiritual energy was diluted by the rain that day, it was not diluted much within the capital. Overall, it is much richer than the spiritual resources you usually eat."
"Naturally, the beasts will mutate faster and more obviously. This is just the beginning. Next, the chickens, ducks, fish and other poultry in the capital will also mutate. We must deal with it properly."
"Some cats and dogs, if they are too big, may hurt people. As for the wild beasts outside the capital, let the Immortal Guards kill or drive them away as much as possible."
"Other areas outside the capital must also prepare countermeasures..."
"Yes, I'll give the order right away." Lu Fang wrote down everything Jiajing said.
In fact, Jiajing was not too worried about whether these mutated animals would become a problem for the court.
After all, it's only two days at most, and the Immortal Guards are enough to handle it. Besides, the spiritual beasts of the Ming Dynasty are called spiritual beasts, but in fact they are just mutated wild beasts after all.
In fact, their intelligence is not very advanced, or even not advanced at all. The reason for this has long been recorded in academies in the world of immortal cultivation. Spirit beasts that do not possess intelligence and special blood talents will only be slaughtered by the immortal guards who practice immortal martial arts.
(Note: For the essential difference between the Ming Dynasty's spiritual beasts and the spiritual beasts of the Xiuxian world, see Chapter 159.)
The next day, the imperial court announced the establishment of the Daming Immortal Palace and the Daming Immortal Military Department, which naturally caused a lot of discussion among the people.
Especially the common people of the Daming Immortal Palace were shocked when they learned that the headmaster of the Immortal Palace was actually the emperor, and the professors were officials from the cabinet and the Imperial Household Department, and even His Royal Highness Prince Yu and Prince Jing.
Although the imperial court did not explain the reason for the holy water falling from the sky, and whether there really were immortals in the imperial court, at this moment, when the people saw the words "Immortal Palace" and "Immortal Martial Department", they all tacitly agreed that there must be immortals in the imperial court!
Then the news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and the news spread everywhere. The court did not issue any order to ban it, which made the people believe even more that there were immortals in the Daming Immortal Palace and the Daming Immortal Martial Arts Department.
Although the common people also have fantasies and yearnings for immortals, they have no way to get them. It seems that knowing that there are immortals in the court is enough, and they themselves don’t know what to do next.
However, the temples and Taoist temples inside and outside the city suddenly became lively, especially the nunnery Prajna Lin on the outskirts of the capital.
This is the place where the national teacher, Master Chanshuang Prajna Jinghui Mingxin, practiced as a monk. It is always crowded with people and is extremely popular.
Of course, thanks to Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West", people's understanding of gods and immortals has become much clearer, because "holy water" fell from the sky that day, so people believed in the existence of dragons.
Some even believed that the "holy water" from heaven, even if it was sent down by the Dragon King, had to obey the order of the Heavenly Court. It must be the mercy of the Jade Emperor, so suddenly more people worshipped the Jade Emperor.
In addition, gods such as the City God and the Land God, who are usually less popular than the Buddha in temples and the Three Pure Ones in Taoist temples, suddenly became very popular.
As a result, many businessmen saw business opportunities and began to make huge profits based on the legends of gods and immortals.
Many booksellers even set their sights on "Journey to the West: The Evil is Reborn", and people like Tang people actors, storytellers, and jugglers came in an endless stream.
For a time, the aura of immortals and gods became increasingly strong throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Time flies.
Half a month passed.
Under the full supervision of the Ministry of Works, the Daming Immortal Palace was finally completed and located next to the West Garden.
As for the Ming Xianwu Division, it was also formally established, and its headquarters was located on the outskirts of the capital.
For less than half a month, the Immortal Guards kept shuttling between mountain streams and dense forests, hunting down the spiritual beasts that were undergoing mutations due to the spiritual rain.
However, in just half a month, many wild beasts became extremely ferocious and their bodies grew larger, making it increasingly difficult to hunt them. In the beginning, a single Immortal Guard could kill a mutant adult wolf, but now it takes at least two Immortal Guards to take it down.
"Boom!" Under the cover of night, a tiger that was three times larger than usual flew backwards, smashed a locust tree as thick as a bowl, and then stood up whimpering.
"Roar!" The tiger shook its head, and its bloodthirsty and ferocious eyes stared at the boy in front of him, who was wearing black armor and looked only sixteen or seventeen years old.
A pair of bloodthirsty animal eyes stared at the young man while also watching a group of people not far away.
There are three floors inside and three floors outside.
Standing on the three outer floors were twelve young men and women in black robes with cold temperaments. Standing on the three inner floors were eunuchs uniformly dressed in purple.
Whether it was the eunuchs or the twelve men and women in black robes, they all looked to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old.
In the middle of this group of people was a luxurious and heavy dragon and phoenix chariot. On the chariot sat a child about seven years old, wearing a moon-white noble dragon robe.
Serving the child was a young eunuch with a fair complexion and no beard.
"Good!" The child clapped his hands and cheered when he saw the tiger being thrown out. At the same time, he pointed at the young man in black who was fighting with the tiger and said to the young eunuch beside him:
"Feng Daban, what's this man's name? I want him to be my personal bodyguard!"
"This..." Hearing that the prince wanted the young man, Feng Bao showed difficulty on his face, and then said carefully: "Prince, this man is called Guo Shuo, he is from the Xianwu Division, and the palace has no right to ask for him..."
"Humph," but upon hearing Feng Bao's words, the child's face darkened, and he said, "I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty. If I want it, I will take it. Let Lu Bing find me, and I will go find Grandpa Huang!"
This young man was none other than the grandson of Jiajing and the son of Prince Yu, Zhu Yijun!
And the young eunuch was his close companion, Feng Bao!
"..."
I’m stuck, I’ll update to 4K first, everyone, please watch, I’ll make up the outline tonight~
Everything is difficult at the beginning. Before entering the Immortal Dynasty, I need to think carefully. Please forgive me~~~I will definitely make up for what I owe later~~~
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