Chapter 210: The Ming Dynasty, the Spiritual Era
"Buzz!"
At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the imperial seal that was spinning above the plateau and under the sky.
As the dazzling light burst out from the Emperor's Seal, everyone felt as if something in their body was being pulled out. The next moment, they felt their body go empty, and then they saw a golden stream of light rushing out from their bodies.
At this moment, everyone understood that it was their destiny.
All I saw were clusters of golden mucous membranes of varying sizes, with golden light floating on the membranes, mysterious and eye-catching.
"Dad, I saw my true self!" Yan Shifan pointed at the golden light floating above his head. He saw a pitch-black poisonous snake with scarlet eyes spitting out its tongue.
Of course, at this moment, Yan Shifan was not the only one who saw his own destiny. Everyone else also saw the appearance of their own destiny from these golden streams of light.
Especially Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and others who had been kicked out of the cabinet before, when they looked at their own destiny, there was a look of shock in their eyes. They had never imagined before that there would be such a foreign object in their bodies, and it is something that everyone is born with!
If you hadn’t embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, you would never have seen such a wonder in your lifetime!
At this moment, a shocking and unforgettable picture was formed on the Mingming Plateau!
In the sky, under the imperial seal that symbolizes the supreme power of the Ming Dynasty, Jiajing stood with his hands behind his back.
On the plateau below, all the powerful ministers from the Cabinet, the Imperial Household Department and other departments gathered together, creating a shocking scene of worship.
"From today on, all of your natal lands will enter this natal plateau," Jiajing's calm voice sounded, and with a wave of his hand, all the natal lands turned into streams of light and sank into the natal fields that everyone had chosen.
In order to allow their clansmen's natal fields to be reunited with their own in the future, Yan Song and others chose natal fields of large size.
As for Hu Zongxian's natal field, although it was next to the natal field of Yan Song's family, he did not put his own natal field into Yan's family's natal field. After all, he also wanted to develop his own family.
As for this, neither Yan Song nor Yan Shifan said anything. After all, this is human nature.
"You have now handed over your destiny to the destiny field, and now you just need to focus on polishing your destiny objects," Jiajing said, looking around at everyone, and then said: "Later, after you return from the destiny plateau, the court will grant you a batch of resources."
When they heard that resources would be bestowed, everyone knew that this was a reward for their tacit consent to hand over their lives, and the emperor was very satisfied with their performance.
"Your Majesty, thank you!" Everyone knelt down slowly to express their gratitude.
"... Let's all go back." Jiajing waved his hand, and then everyone felt a flash before their eyes, and then their bodies felt an uncontrollable pull from a huge force.
The next moment, the natal plateau was cleared.
Jiajing, dressed in white Taoist robes, stood alone on the plateau. At this time, the clouds in the distance were rolling and the cloud pressure was getting lower and lower.
"Patta, patta, patta..." After a while, the ground was quickly wetted by raindrops as big as beans, and then a violent storm suddenly came.
At this moment, Jiajing slowly closed his eyes.
His sleeves fluttered in the wind and rain, and his robe was rustling, but the magical thing was that the dense raindrops falling on him mysteriously disappeared, while Jiajing was not affected at all.
"Buzz!" Suddenly, Jiajing's body shook, and at this moment, a faint white light vaguely floated around his body. Seeing this, Lu Fang, who was standing not far away, suddenly blinked.
"Why do I feel that the master's body seems to have become more..." Lu Fang frowned and thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an appropriate word. After a while, he whispered to himself: "Solidified?"
Lu Fang’s use of the word “solidify” is really just right.
At this moment in his natal Ming Dynasty, Jiajing's body is in a state of spiritual consciousness, and his body has become "solid", which means that his cultivation has improved again!
Jiajing's "natal field" itself is a part of his natal Ming Dynasty. Now the natal fields of Yan Song and others have all been incorporated into his natal field, which is equivalent to the cultivation of these people, all pouring into his natal Ming Dynasty.
And the most direct beneficiary is naturally Jiajing!
Among all the people, the ones with the highest cultivation are undoubtedly Lu Fang and Lu Bing. Both of them are at the fourth level of Qi training, having reached the middle stage of Qi training. Even Lu Fang's cultivation is about to break through to the fifth level.
Not to mention Lu Fang, who was with Jiajing every day, and had all kinds of spiritual resources and countless benefits. Even the large amount of treasures that were stolen from Li Changqing were kept by him.
Some ordinary elixirs that Jiajing looked down upon were obtained by Lu Fang himself, and Jiajing turned a blind eye to this.
Moreover, Lu Fang started practicing the earliest.
He started practicing Qi training in the 40th year of Jiajing's reign. Now it has been nearly 12 years. He has broken through the fourth level of Qi training and is about to break through the fifth level. This speed is considered fast in the Ming Dynasty.
The second is Lu Bing, who followed closely in Lu Fang's footsteps and had also reached the fourth level of Qi training, only half a year behind Lu Fang. In order to make up for Lu Bing, Jiajing also bestowed a lot of resources on him.
Secondly, the ones with the highest cultivation in the Ming Dynasty are Prince Yu and Prince Jing. As the sons of Jiajing, they naturally have plenty of resources and benefits. Their cultivation has reached the third level of Qi training. Of course, there is also the national teacher Qingfeng, who broke through to the fourth level only in the past year or so.
Then the third echelon includes Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Xu Jie and Zhao Zhenji, the first group of court officials to obtain the immortal magic.
These four people have all just recently broken through to the third level of Qi training.
After that, it was Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Huang Jin, Chen Hong, Xu Fan and others, who were at the second level of Qi training. After that, it was Yan Shaoting and other members of the court officials' families, most of whom were at the first level of Qi training.
Of course, among them is the Buddhist national master, Chan Shuang!
Even though these people's cultivation generally had not broken through the late stage of Qi training, the sudden infusion of so much of their life force still gave Jiajing a little help, causing his cultivation to fluctuate a little.
The late stage of foundation building and breaking through the Golden Core stage is destined to be a long process. The world of immortal cultivation is vast and boundless. If the Golden Core is really as bad as described in the vernacular stories, the academy would not have controlled the apparent ceiling of Dahuang's cultivation at the Golden Core stage.
"...The second time." After feeling that his cultivation had improved, Jiajing said softly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he opened his eyes. This was the second time that his cultivation realm had fluctuated since he broke through the late stage of foundation building.
Although it is still a long way to go before he can feel the barrier of the realm, he believes that with the development of Ming Dynasty, more and more people will be planted in the Nascent Soul Plateau, and the feedback will increase exponentially.
After reaching the late stage, the cultivation speed of others became slower and slower, and the progress became slower and slower, but his cultivation became faster and faster after reaching the late stage!
Jiajing looked at the heavy rain in the sky, then waved his hand. The supreme divine power was revealed and his will descended on his natal plateau.
At this moment, the rolling angry clouds stopped, the heavy rain in the sky was suspended in stillness, and time and space seemed to be frozen.
Looking at the figure standing on the plateau, Lu Fang's breathing couldn't help but stagnate. Such a shocking scene made his scalp tingle and his hair stand on end.
The next moment, Lu Fang knelt down with a plop, and then shouted loudly:
"The Supreme Daluo Celestial Being/The Purple Extreme Immortal/The Holy Wisdom/The Ruler of the Three Origins/The Proven Jade Void/The Chief of the Five Thunders/The Mysterious Capital Realm/The Longevity Emperor, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Imperial Might Is Unparalleled!"
Hearing Lu Fang's loud shout, Jiajing's face widened slightly. He raised his hand, took Lu Fang out of the Ming Dynasty and returned to Yuxi Palace.
"Congratulations, master. Congratulations, master. Your cultivation has improved again!" Lu Fang, who had just woken up from the futon, quickly offered his congratulations.
"There is indeed progress," Jiajing said, looking at Lu Fang, "Pick some things from the treasury as a reward for the person who handed over my life this time. Also, notify the cabinet to hold a political meeting at noon tomorrow..."
"Yes." Lu Fang bowed and said, "I will arrange it right away." After saying that, she bowed and left Yuxi Palace.
"Godfather!" As soon as Lu Fang came out of Yuxi Palace, he saw Huang Jin approaching him and bowing to him respectfully.
"What's the matter?" Seeing Huang Jin, Lu Fang smiled and raised his hand to straighten his collar while speaking.
He can be said to be very satisfied with these godsons.
"Two things," Huang Jin said with a smile and raised two fingers. Then, under Lu Fang's gaze, he said, "The first thing is that Feng Bao and Yang Jinshui have both looked for my son just now."
"Oh?" Hearing that Feng Bao and Yang Jinshui had found Huang Jin, Lu Fang seemed to be thinking about something, and then said with a smile: "What did they say?" While speaking, he raised his hand, indicating that he could talk while walking.
Huang Jin quickly followed Lu Fang's steps and said after organizing his words: "They didn't enter the plateau today. They were very scared and worried that the master would punish them, so they went to find out what the godfather said."
That’s right, this time when I went to the plateau to hand in my life, no one from Prince Yu’s Mansion or Prince Jing’s Mansion came.
Not only Prince Yu and Prince Jing, but even the two princes' princes, Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yijin, as well as Feng Bao and Yang Jinshui who were beside them, did not enter the plateau. Their meaning and attitude were very clear.
"It seems they have made up their mind." To Huang Jin's surprise, Lu Fang was not angry about this.
"Godfather, you're not angry?" Huang Jin asked with a blink.
"Angry?" Lu Fang glanced at Huang Jin, then smiled and shook his head, saying: "Why should I be angry?"
"This is their own choice, and it also shows that they have grown up." At this time, the two of them had already reached Yuhe Bridge. While Lu Fang was speaking, his tone paused slightly, looking at the shimmering Taiye Lake, and said: "This also means that the future honor and disgrace will be one with the palace."
Hearing this, Huang Jin lowered his head, thinking about something.
"Prince Yu and Prince Jing did not hand over their lives, which is considered the inherent suspicion of the royal family. The two young princes also did not hand them over because of the same considerations. In the final analysis, it is just that the royal family has no relatives, which is normal."
"If their own masters don't surrender their lives to them, but they do, how can they be considered confidants?"
"Tell them not to worry about it. The master has no time to think about them. The master's heart is to be tolerant of all races in the universe, so why would he care about them? They should do their job well and assist the two young masters. That is the greatest reward for the master."
Waving his hand, Lu Fang continued, "Let's talk about the second thing."
"Yes," Huang Jin said after getting the answer he wanted from his godfather, "Nanjing's Minister of Revenue, Zhao Zhenji, Zhao Butang and others came to find my son when they were on the plateau today..."
As he spoke, Huang Jin's face revealed a strange look. "Zhao Zhenji?" Hearing that Zhao Zhenji came to Huang Jin, Lu Fang paused, turned around and looked at Huang Jin, wondering, "Why did he come to you? And Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong?"
Lu Fang was really confused this time. Zhao Zhenji and the other two were framed by Xu Jie and banished to Nanjing by their master. If an ordinary person offended his master and was banished to Nanjing, then there would be no hope for his official career.
But the ministers who were once powerful in the cabinet would naturally not be willing to become ordinary people, so they would take action and finally come to the court. Lu Fang was not surprised at all. However, what he did not expect was that these three people did not come to him, but actually came to Huang Jin?
"It's these three," Huang Jin nodded, his expression becoming more and more strange as he spoke, then he took out a small green jade bottle and said slowly, "Bribery..."
Bribery? Hearing these two words, Lu Fang almost thought he had heard it wrong. Looking at the small green bottle in Huang Jin's hand and feeling the rich spiritual energy, he naturally knew that it contained the spiritual source.
When the spiritual veins were being laid for the capital, the master bestowed rewards on everyone, including a bottle of spiritual source for each person.
Zhao Zhenji was demoted to Nanjing City, where resources were scarce, but he was able to take out a small bottle, which showed his sincerity.
"They want to stir up a spiritual energy storm in Nanjing City, so that Nanjing City can become a real immortal cultivation city. However, in order to completely turn Nanjing City into an immortal cultivation city, a lot of resources are needed..."
Then, Huang Jin told Lu Fang about the difficulties and ideas of Zhao Zhenji and others.
"...I see." After listening to Huang Jin's story, Lu Fang immediately understood Zhao Zhenji's plan, then smiled and shook his head, returned the small green bottle to Huang Jin, and said: "Zhao Zhenji, this old man, said he wanted to bribe you, but his real target was me."
"Godfather, I haven't agreed yet. Although it's a bribe, this thing is a gift from a good friend..."
Although Huang Jin's political sense was not as good as that of other people in the Cabinet's Imperial Household Department, he still understood the most basic official courtesy.
As the Chief Eunuch, he had no shortage of people offering him bribes, but he naturally knew that bribery could not be spoken of openly.
"Nanjing is a city that must be developed, but it is also a very sensitive city for cultivating immortals," Lv Fang said in a submissive tone, "so if we want to develop it, the officials can only do it on their own initiative!"
"All actions cannot be exposed. Who is Zhao Zhenji? Humph..." Lu Fang chuckled and said, "He is an old fox in the officialdom, whose ability is no less than Xu Jie!"
"Huang Jin," Lv Fang said, looking at his godson, "It seems that it is your turn to stand on the stage next..."
Hearing this, Huang Jin was startled and asked tentatively: "Godfather, what do you mean?"
"Godfather asks you, are you ready to sacrifice and dedicate yourself to the Great Ming Dynasty and the Emperor?" Lu Fang's eyes were burning.
"Of course!" Huang Jin expressed his opinion without even thinking, "My son has been following the master since he was in the palace. For the master, of course my son is willing to sacrifice himself!"
"From now on, you, Huang Jin, will be the greatest traitor in the Ming Dynasty. Your East Factory will be more hated than Yan Song and his son. No, it will be hated by all cultivators in the world!"
Huang Jin was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said, "My son understands. As long as the master gives the order, I will bear the consequences!"
Seeing Huang Jin like this, Lu Fang's eyes showed a touch of relief. He patted his shoulder and said:
"Go back and discuss this with the Imperial Master. You, the biggest villain in the future Immortal Dynasty, also need a backer..."
"Yes!"
Inside Yuxi Palace.
"Master, each person will need 100 taels of spiritual source, a bottle of 20 Peiyuan Pills, ten jars of spiritual wine, a pound of spiritual tea, and eight taels of spiritual seeds." Lu Fang said as he laid out the prepared things.
Upon seeing this, Jiajing waved his hand and sent all the things selected by Lu Fang into the Ming Dynasty and distributed them.
"Master, Huang Jin came here just now..." Lu Fang said, looking at Jiajing. Seeing the master's inquiring look, he said, "He said that he was on the plateau today..."
After listening to Lv Fang's story, Jiajing's serious face relaxed slightly, "Nanjing City, as the first city for cultivating immortals, really cannot be abandoned."
"I sent those three to Nanjing to see if they could comprehend it. Now it seems that they did not disappoint me," Jiajing raised his sleeves and said, "Let Huang Jin take care of this matter. In addition, you should pick out the Buddhist and Taoist skills from the skills library and send them to my two imperial masters."
"Under the general trend, a single move can affect the entire body. Huang Jin cannot handle this matter alone. The people in the court will not let go of the fat piece of meat of Nanjing City. It is time for Chen Hong to make a move..."
"I don't think I need to teach you how to do it, right?"
"I understand," Lv Fang chuckled, bowed, and said, "When everything starts, the people below will understand it."
At the same time, in Nanjing city.
The trio gathered at the residence of Minister of Revenue Zhao Zhenji.
At this time, the three of them were waiting anxiously.
"I wonder if Huang Jin will tell Lu Fang about this..." Gao Gong said, took a sip of spiritual tea, shook his head and sighed.
"Huang Jin is Lu Fang's godson. Although he has never participated in court affairs, I think, given the seriousness of this matter, he should not be ignorant of the rules, right?" Zhang Juzheng, holding a teacup, said uncertainly.
These former cabinet officials still had some prejudice against the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department.
Although all the eunuchs in the palace were slaves of the royal family, they were naturally much closer to the emperor than the ministers. But even so, there was only one person in the entire Silijian who caught their eyes, Lu Fang.
Among the other three eunuchs, Chen Hong is just a villain and is not worth mentioning at all. Among the remaining two, Shi San, the one with the least presence, is in charge of everything in the palace and is ultimately just a housekeeper.
As for Huang Jin, he is born stupid, but serves beside the national teacher Qingfeng, and his presence is even comparable to that of Shi San.
This is also the case, so Zhang Juzheng looked down on these eunuchs in his heart.
Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji, who was sitting at the head, glanced at the two of them, lowered his head to blow the tea leaves in the teacup, took a sip, and placed the teacup on the table beside him. Then he said slowly:
"Don't worry. Although Huang Jin is stupid, he is a shrewd person compared to the people in the cabinet. If he goes to the court, he will be a shrewd person. He can't make the decision when it comes to Nanjing City!"
"Since he accepted the bottle of spiritual source, it means that he must report this matter to Lu Fang," Zhao Zhenji said in a gentle and comforting tone, "Just wait for the news quietly..."
"Buzz!" At this moment, a ripple suddenly appeared in the space in front of them, and then a package appeared in front of them, accompanied by a strong fluctuation of spiritual energy.
"The emperor's reward has arrived!" When the reward came down, the few people didn't care about whether Huang Jin reported it to Lu Fang, but immediately opened the package to check it.
They were exiled to Nanjing City, and their mansions in the capital were confiscated by the court and awarded to the new ministers of various ministries.
You have to know that it is a courtyard with spiritual veins. Practicing at home can be said to be twice the result with half the effort.
From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.
Now that they have arrived in this "barren" place of Nanjing, what they naturally hope for most is the reward of spiritual resources from the imperial court.
"Such a big bottle of spiritual source? It must be worth a hundred taels, right?" Gao Gong weighed the jar of spiritual source in his hand and couldn't help but smile.
"There are also pills, spiritual wine, spiritual tea..." The three of them looked at the full bag of rewards with joy on their faces.
Of course, there are other people who are just as happy as them at this moment.
At noon the next day, the sky was clear and everyone gathered in Yuxi Palace.
"In order to make the Great Ming Dynasty develop rapidly, I propose to reform the 'Xianming Heavy Industry'. And set up the 'Xianming Heavy Industry Institute', the 'Xianming Armament Institute' and the 'Xianqi Pavilion'. I hope the emperor will grant my approval!"
In the main hall of Yuxi Palace, Xu Fan, dressed in a red official robe, finished speaking, bowed, and waited for Jiajing's decision.
"Lord Yan, what do you think?" After handing the memorial in his hand to Lu Fang, Jiajing asked Yan Song.
At this time, everyone in the cabinet had different expressions.
No one expected that Xu Fan would actually propose the national policy of "Xianming Heavy Industry" and thus change the Ming Dynasty. However, if this is implemented well, it will naturally be a political achievement that cannot be ignored.
Today, the Ming Dynasty has completely transformed internally, so it is naturally time for a major change in appearance.
After all, an immortal dynasty must look like an immortal dynasty.
The things developed by the Ministry of Industry, such as the "Earth Treasure Wheel", are great for digging canals and improving roads. There are also various spiritual energy-powered devices...
In the past, the Ming Dynasty relied on human power for development. However, if many of the "immortal things" recorded in the "Records of Immortal Crafts" were researched, the Ming Dynasty would complete the transformation from human power to spiritual power.
This national policy of "Xianming Heavy Industry" should be implemented no matter from which angle it is considered.
After all, for the Immortal Dynasty, spiritual energy is the primary productive force, and it is time for the Ming Dynasty to enter the spiritual energy era!
"I think that Minister Xu's proposal of the national policy of 'Xianming Heavy Industry' is a great act of kindness, and I have no objection!" Yan Song immediately stated that the Yan family wanted to infiltrate all walks of life in the Xian Dynasty, and naturally hoped that the Ming Dynasty would enter the spiritual era as soon as possible.
Upon hearing this, the others also bowed and said, "We second the motion!"
"Okay, then I declare that starting tomorrow, the Ming Dynasty will officially launch the national policy of 'Xianming Heavy Industry', and the Ming Dynasty will enter the era of spiritual energy!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers knelt and shouted.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
