Chapter 220: A strict hierarchy? The emperor always wants stability!
"I think it's feasible."
Upon hearing Hu Zongxian's proposal, Yan Shifan spoke up before Yan Songsong could speak: "But even if we take over the entire Mongolian grassland, the resources must be divided in half."
When Hu Zongxian heard Yan Shifan's words, he frowned.
He could see that Yan Shifan had no intention of having a good talk, or even if he knew in his heart that there were conflicts in resource allocation in the Ming Dynasty, his instinct was greed.
"If this is the case, then the contradiction in resource allocation in the Ming Dynasty will never be resolved. When the emperor blames us, no one will get away with it!"
Hu Zongxian was obviously a little angry. This was the first time he spoke to Yan Shifan in such a tough tone in Yan's house.
Yan Shifan had not expected that Hu Zongxian would dare to confront him so harshly in Yan's Mansion in front of his father Yan Song. He was a little stunned, but then his face darkened, and the anger in his heart rose, and he was about to scold.
But at this moment, Yan Song suddenly spoke, interrupting what Yan Shifan was about to say.
"The northern grasslands will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty sooner or later, but not now. The court will not start a war with other countries at present," Yan Song said in a submissive tone, "Let's wait and see what the emperor means tomorrow before making any plans."
With Yan Song stepping in to smooth things over, the tense atmosphere between Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian immediately dissipated.
"Perhaps, the emperor has other considerations..." Yan Song looked out the window, but an idea completely different from that of Hu Zongxian and Yan Shifan came to his mind.
However, he didn't say it out loud.
Prince Yu’s Mansion, in the main hall.
At this time, Prince Jing, Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou were all there. What they were discussing was naturally Jiajing's coming out of seclusion, tomorrow's meeting in Yuxi Palace, and the affairs of the nine princes in the palace.
"My father has come out of seclusion." King Jing's tone was a little emotional, his expression was extremely complicated, and there was a gloomy look between his brows.
Prince Yu glanced at his fourth brother, but his heart was calm. He didn't have much expectations for his father, the emperor who was cold-hearted by nature, so naturally he didn't have any extra emotions in his heart at this moment.
On the contrary, it was King Jing who he did not expect. He actually cared so much about him. He just felt that he had overestimated his fourth brother before.
Having lost the chance to become the crown prince, Prince Yu felt as if he had unloaded a certain burden. He felt relaxed all over, and even his heart became extremely strong.
"After all, they are just a few young boys who have not even reached adulthood." Prince Yu blew on the tea leaves floating in the teacup, took a sip, and said calmly, "The most urgent task is the allocation of military resources!"
Prince Yu and Prince Jing divided the Five Military Camps and the Shenji Camp among the three major camps, and also controlled the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple. Not only that, their layout in the past ten years was not just that.
It can be said that there is no room for these princes to "survive" in the court. Even if they are favored by their father in the future, they will not be able to easily compete with them.
Hearing Prince Yu say this, Prince Jing immediately put away the slight loss and complicated emotions in his heart, nodded, and said: "I think the only way is to add more 'Spiritual Warehouses' within the territory of Daming."
"The uneven distribution of resources is simply a lack of resources. Father, you can't stop developing the army, right?"
Hearing what Prince Jing said, Prince Yu also nodded.
Jiajing had come out of retreat, and the news that he would hold a political meeting in Yuxi Palace tomorrow immediately attracted the attention and discussion of officials in the court.
Of course, those who have great ambitions start to look forward to it. What are they looking forward to? Of course, they are looking forward to the emperor's arrangement for the nine princes.
In everyone's opinion, the future crown prince of the Ming Dynasty is likely to be among these nine princes.
If they place their bets in advance before the prince grows up, then if the prince becomes the crown prince in the future, it will be a huge fortune for them and their families.
Since ancient times, the merit of following the emperor has represented glory and wealth, promotion to a higher position, becoming a crown prince, and even the future emperor!
The next day, Prince Yu, Prince Jing, Yan Song and others knelt down and congratulated Jiajing who was sitting on the throne in Yuxi Palace.
There was another figure in the crowd, and the owner of this figure was none other than the Minister of Works Xu Fan.
The two princes and the cabinet members always discussed politics in Yuxi Palace. However, considering that Xu Fan was the person in charge of national policy of Xianming Heavy Industry, he had to report for seven years.
Even though Lu Fang has already said all these things, the necessary procedures still have to be followed.
Moreover, in today's political discussion, Xu Fan's "Xianming Heavy Industry" national policy is also a very important part.
Therefore, Xu Fan naturally had to be present!
"Your subjects, congratulate the Supreme Daluo Celestial Immortal/Purple Extreme Immortal/Holy Wisdom/Tong San Yuan/Zheng Ying Yu Xu/General Manager Wu Lei Great Immortal/Xuan Du Realm/Emperor Wanshou on his promotion to the Golden Elixir, and his immortal body is at peace!"
Although Jiajing did not specifically tell everyone that he had successfully broken through the Jindan stage, such a small matter did not require him to arrange it personally. Lu Fang had already revealed it when he conveyed the imperial edict.
Yan Song and others are such smart people, how could they not know what to do?
"I am fine," Jiajing raised his hand, "Please stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After expressing their gratitude, everyone stood up and returned to their respective positions.
"Since the development of our Ming Dynasty, there are four major national policies being implemented," Jiajing's face was slightly relaxed, and he raised four fingers, "changing rice to mulberry, stationing troops to promote agriculture, initiating innovation, and strengthening Xianming industry."
When everyone heard this, they all listened attentively.
"These four national policies have created the current Ming Dynasty, and will even continue to influence the development of the entire Ming Dynasty."
"All of this is inseparable from your efforts." Having said that, Jiajing smiled, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
"It is all thanks to the emperor's good leadership. We dare not take credit for it." Yan Song and others bowed one after another, indicating that they did not dare to take credit for it.
In fact, they were not wrong. Not to mention the national policy of "concentrating fields and reducing clans" which has been implemented and has achieved excellent results, just the national policies of changing rice to mulberry and stationing troops to promote agriculture, if they did not tighten their control over the overall situation, I am afraid these national policies would not have been able to be smoothly implemented.
Even if it is implemented, the final effect will be greatly reduced.
"Now, the Ming Dynasty has entered the Immortal Dynasty," Jiajing waved his hand, signaling that everyone should not be modest, "but it has also exposed many problems... Xu Qing, tell me about your 'Xianming Heavy Industry' first."
coming!
Hearing this, everyone knew that the opening was over and the emperor was going to talk about serious business, and he would start with "Xianming Heavy Industry".
When named by Jiajing, Xu Fan, dressed in a red official robe, was not stage-frightened. He walked out from the back and came to the middle of the hall.
Since Xu Jie was demoted to Yingzhou Prefecture, Xu Fan can be said to have become more stable and mature.
"Your Majesty, since the 2nd day of October in the 52nd year of Jiajing, the national policy of Xianming Heavy Industry has been officially established. Until now, in the 60th year of Jiajing, in eight years, we have forged heavy industry equipment for the court..."
Xu Fan began to summarize the past eight years, from the proposal of "Xianming Heavy Industry" to its current achievements.
After a full hour, Xu Fan took a deep breath and said, "However, whether it is the 'Earth Treasure Wheel', or the 'Percussion Gun', or the 'Immortal Boat', or the 'Warship', the forging requires a large number of cultivators with talent in refining equipment."
"Moreover, the consumption of spiritual energy for refining equipment is also extremely huge. Therefore, the spiritual resources allocated by the Ministry of Revenue to the 'Heavy Industry Institute', 'Armament Institute', and 'Immortal Equipment Pavilion' every month are far from enough."
Hearing this, Yan Shifan, who was now also the Minister of Revenue, immediately glared at Xu Fan fiercely. If the emperor was not "asking about politics", he would have been unable to resist.
Well, the military is trying to steal my meat, and you, a mere Ministry of Industry that is independent of all other forces, who are you? You also want to steal my meat?
Xu Fan ignored the vicious look Yan Shifan gave him and continued speaking:
"Therefore, I hope that the Ministry of Revenue will increase the spiritual resources allocated to the 'one cabinet and two courts' by 30% each month."
Thirty percent!!!
When these two cold words were spoken, almost everyone in the Yuxi Palace looked at him sideways, thinking that Xu Fan had gone crazy.
Do you really not care about the distribution of "immortal salaries" to other people in the court, or whether the military supplies are sufficient?
What's the matter? So you are completely unaware of the fact that the civil officials and military generals in the court are so anxious that they want to beat their brains out, right?
For a moment, Prince Yu, Prince Jing, Hu Zongxian, Wang Chonggu, Yu Dayou, and Yan Shifan looked at Xu Fan with dangerous eyes.
However, Xu Fan seemed not to notice it, and continued to raise his chin, saying straightforwardly: "Not only that, Yingzhou Prefecture and Nanjing's 'Spiritual Warehouse' must also allocate 30% to promote the national policy of 'Xianming Heavy Industry'. After all, the construction of the Xian Dynasty cannot be delayed!"
Tsk, this son of a bitch! The young cabinet minister couldn't bear it anymore.
On one side, in the Imperial Household Department, Chen Hong, Huang Jin, Shi San and others felt a pang of annoyance when they heard Xu Fan's words.
I just think that Xu Jie's son is so brave.
Well, originally the military and the civil officials were competing in the court, and now a third party has suddenly appeared to grab a piece of the pie. It can only be said that Xu Fan is too ignorant of the ways of the world and the rules of officialdom.
"Anything else?" Jiajing changed his sitting position comfortably and looked at Xu Fan, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with great interest.
"...Yes." Xu Fan was not polite. After he finished speaking, he seemed not to notice the cold looks from all directions and continued, "I hope to increase the immortal salary of all the cultivators in the 'One Pavilion and Two Academy'."
"I have finished speaking!"
After saying this, Xu Fan bowed deeply to Jiajing.
After Xu Fan finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall began to become solemn.
At this moment, except for Yan Song, who looked calm and composed, sitting on a small stool and nodding his head continuously as if he was about to fall asleep, everyone, including Prince Yu and Prince Jing, stared at Xu Fan unkindly.
"Yan Shifan," Jiajing did not rush to agree to Xu Fan, but raised his chin to Yan Shifan, "Tell me about yours."
"Yes!" Yan Shifan naturally knew that the emperor was talking about the national policy of "initiating innovation" for which he was responsible.
Yan Shifan stepped forward and stood side by side with Xu Fan. After giving this "arrogant villain" a fierce look, he began to report on the achievements of the "Qisi Innovation" over the past seven years.
"Nowadays, the people of our Ming Dynasty are all independent and confident. Even the waiters who serve dishes and sweep the floor in teahouses and restaurants have a self-respecting heart, work hard, and actively change themselves."
"Although there are still stereotypes about people from all walks of life, they are gradually improving."
"The era when everything was inferior except for studying is gone forever. In the Ming Dynasty today, everything is superior and anyone can become the top scholar in any field," Yan Shifan avoided the important issues and talked about the good ones with a smile on his face.
"Compared to material satisfaction, the thoughts of our people are also enriched!"
"Most importantly, the words and deeds of every household to their children, and their expectations for a better life in the future, make me more confident in the next generation. If I embark on the path of cultivation..."
"I believe that everyone's morality is as solid as a rock!"
Everyone knows that the purpose of the court's implementation of the national policy of "inspiring thinking and innovation" is to break the shackles and constraints on people's thoughts under the inherent old dynasty system.
Even many ordinary people have two inherent perceptions.
The first is that everything is inferior, only studying is superior, and other professions are of low quality.
The second is that a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son can only dig holes. The difference in social status and class determines that a bamboo door is a bamboo door and a wooden door is a wooden door. This is the idea that people are born different in status.
The purpose of the imperial court is to establish a belief in the hearts of the people that "do not believe in fate, do not accept fate."
In this way, it will be passed down from generation to generation, and in the future, when the cultivation of immortals is fully spread and benefits everyone, the immortal practitioners of the Ming Dynasty will have a heart as solid as a rock, which cannot be easily shaken.
Jiajing could develop the country to the utmost prosperity and turn the Ming Dynasty into a true immortal dynasty, but changing people's hearts is the most difficult thing.
"I have finished speaking." Yan Shifan also bowed.
"...Not bad." Jiajing cast an approving look at Yan Shifan. Although the national policy of "innovation" was still in progress and would continue from now on, it was finally effective.
"Lord Yan," Jiajing cast his eyes on the aging, sleepy Yan Song again, "it was you who proposed the national policy of replacing rice with mulberry trees and stationing troops to promote agriculture."
"Tell me, what problems did you encounter during this process?"
Although he looked old and sleepy, Yan Song did not dare to be careless when it came to business. He stood up and said, "Reporting to the Emperor..."
The purpose of changing rice cultivation to mulberry cultivation was to make money for the imperial court, and the purpose of stationing troops and promoting agriculture was to restore the military-land system, thereby restoring the Wei Suo system that had collapsed at that time. Now all of these have been completed.
"However," Yan Song paused for a moment, looked up at Jiajing, and said sincerely:
"With the three camps and more than three million elite soldiers, nearly 70% have entered the third level of the acquired realm. It won't be long before the soldiers of the three camps will start to move towards the innate realm."
Yan Song understood Jiajing and knew that asking them to summarize national policies was ultimately to solve the current problem of uneven resource distribution.
So after talking about the national policy achievements of "changing rice to mulberry" and "stationing troops to promote agriculture", he took the initiative to turn the topic to military supplies.
When Prince Yu and Prince Jing saw Yan Song take the initiative to bring the topic to military supplies, their expressions became serious.
Everyone present knew that the main purpose of today's Yuxi Palace meeting was to resolve the conflicts facing the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone even had a vague guess in their minds that if the emperor wanted to solve the problem of uneven resource distribution, he would most likely add another "Spirit Warehouse" within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
As long as the "Spirit Warehouse" is added, the current conflicts between civil officials and military generals caused by resources can be perfectly resolved.
Even the resources needed by Xianming Heavy Industry that Xu Fan just mentioned will be resolved.
"The entire army of the three battalions is about to enter the Xiantian realm, and the demand for spiritual resources will be greater in the future," Jiajing spoke slowly, and after looking around at everyone, he said: "But just now, as Xu Fan and Yan Shifan said, it did expose a lot of problems."
"In recent years, the court has been arguing over the issue of resource allocation. I have also heard what Lu Fang said."
After hearing what Jiajing said, everyone in the cabinet bowed their heads.
"If it is just a problem of uneven distribution caused by shortage of resources, then it is simple. Isn't it just laying spiritual veins and increasing 'spiritual warehouses' within the territory of the Ming Dynasty?" Jiajing said, looking around at everyone.
Afterwards, he directly pointed out what everyone was thinking, "I do have quite a few spirit veins. Not to mention adding one 'spiritual warehouse', eight or ten is not impossible!" However, when they heard the emperor say that the solution was to add more "spiritual warehouses", and even that the emperor still had quite a few spirit veins, they felt something was not good when they heard this.
From what he said, it seems that the Emperor does not intend to add more "Spirit Warehouses"!
"But this is not a solution to the problem, nor is it the best solution!" Sure enough, Jiajing directly rejected the possibility of adding a "spiritual warehouse" to reconcile the conflict.
For a moment, everyone present felt a sinking feeling in their hearts, except for Yan Song, who looked calm, with his head lowered and his expression unrecognizable.
"What is the most important thing for the Ming Dynasty now?" Jiajing said, looking at Xu Fan and Yan Shifan. Jiajing raised his finger and said, "It is the implementation of the two major national policies!" Then he looked at everyone.
"If we add more 'Spiritual Warehouses', it means that there must be at least one immortal cultivation city in a province. Nanjing is an example! Should we develop this immortal cultivation city that suddenly appeared or not?"
"If we develop, Nanjing City alone has not yet realized the cultivation of all its people, and within the Yingtian Prefecture, it has not yet fully utilized its resources... If we build a few more cities, wouldn't it be a waste of spiritual veins?"
"In this case, will the people of the world still have the heart to cultivate ordinary good fields? The national policy has not yet stabilized, and people's hearts are still changing. Why are we so hasty to lay spiritual veins on a large scale throughout the Ming Dynasty and popularize cultivation? Are you thinking of running before you have learned to walk?"
"In the future, if the people of our dynasty want to obtain the immortal cultivation techniques, how should they obtain them? Is it reasonable? Have you ever thought about it?"
At this point, Jiajing's tone had become extremely serious, and he was basically saying that these people were acting without thinking.
A Jindan-stage pressure was released, pressing down on everyone. Everyone's hearts were shaken, and they all fell to the ground.
"Besides, laying spiritual veins and adding 'spiritual warehouses' is just a temporary solution. In recent years, our dynasty has focused on recuperation and promoting national policies. When did I ask you to vigorously develop the army?"
"From the initial one million, it has expanded to more than three million. I heard that the three camps are still recruiting soldiers. What do you want to do?" At this point, Jiajing's tone was no longer emotional.
"Puff! Puff!"
This time, it was Prince Yu and Prince Jing who knelt in panic.
After Jiajing's questioning, the new party members headed by Prince Yu and Prince Jing suddenly realized that they were moving too fast.
Without the emperor's consent, he was ahead of the national policy!
From the beginning to the end, the direction set by the court was to implement national policies, recuperate, and develop the Immortal Dynasty step by step.
The only national policies determined by the emperor were "Innovation" and "Xianming Heavy Industry", but he never mentioned expanding the army.
"We (your sons) acknowledge our guilt!" Prince Yu, Prince Jing, Hu Zongxian, Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou all confessed their guilt.
In fact, the expansion of the army is a big thing and a small thing at the same time, and it had already begun before Jiajing went into seclusion. He tacitly agreed to it. After all, with the population growing, the military strength cannot but grow.
However, before the emperor made a clear statement, some things could be used to convict people at any time if anything went wrong.
Prince Yu, Prince Jing, Yan Song and others knew this very well. This was the emperor's usual tactic!
"Listen carefully," Jiajing did not let Prince Yu and the others stand up, but said seriously: "First of all, from today on, stop expanding the army."
"Secondly, the three camps will suspend the distribution of all spiritual resources needed for the Xiantian realm cultivation, and only provide spiritual beast blood food."
"The spiritual resources provided by the 'Spiritual Warehouse' established in Yingzhou Prefecture and Nanjing are all used to distribute 'Xianlu' to the 'Xianwu Division', 'Jinyiwei' and officials in the court."
"Finally," Jiajing said, withdrawing the pressure of the Jindan period, and looking at Prince Yu, Prince Jing and the New Party, and said: "I have a spiritual vein in my hand, but this does not mean that you can squander it at will."
"Yes, (you) and your subjects will remember it!" Prince Yu and Prince Jing knelt on the ground, looked at each other, and sighed in their hearts.
Yan Shifan was secretly delighted when he saw this scene, and he immediately said loudly: "No one is more wise and witty than the emperor!"
The emperor had stopped the military supplies for the three camps. For him, this was naturally a victory for the civil service group represented by him.
In his opinion, the three camps should not have broken through to the Xiantian realm at this time. If more than three million soldiers all started to break through to the Xiantian realm, how much spiritual resources would be consumed? Crazy!
"Yan Shifan," Yan Shifan was not happy for long, and Jiajing followed up, "You have also heard Xu Fan's request. From today on, the spiritual resources required for the 'one pavilion and two courtyards' that Xu Fan is in charge of will be increased by another 30%, and the immortal salary will also be increased by 30%."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yan Shifan opened his mouth, but after meeting Jiajing's gaze, he could only agree reluctantly.
He didn't expect that without the military generals group to share the pie, Xu Fan suddenly appeared.
But this was the emperor's decision, and there was nothing he could do even if he was unhappy.
"Finally, I have two things to say," Jiajing continued, and under the gaze of everyone, he said:
"I have placed a 'gold essence vein' and a 'earth element crystal vein' in the Yanshan Mountains and Nanjing Zhongshan..." Jiajing explained the functions of the gold essence stone and earth element crystal to everyone.
"Mr. Xu," Jiajing said, and then he looked at Xu Fan again, saying, "Regarding the mining of the Golden Essence Stone and Earth Crystal, the Immortal Artifact Pavilion will be responsible for it."
"Yes, I obey your order!"
Xu Fan was also a little excited at this moment. With this refining material that represented solidity and defense, he could start preparing many of the immortal items in his "Museum of Immortal Crafts".
"From now on, you can use these refining materials to polish your own life objects to feed your life..."
After hearing that they could polish their natal objects, Hu Zongxian, Wang Chonggu and others, whose natal objects were objects, immediately showed delight on their faces.
Ever since they handed over their natal fields to the emperor, they no longer needed to break through the foundation-building stage. They had already connected their natal fields and natal objects together. They only needed to continuously polish their natal objects to feed back their cultivation to their natal fields, but they really didn't know how to polish them.
According to the books on refining passed down by the emperor, they all knew that if they wanted to polish their natal objects, they could only add various good materials to the magic weapons in their hands to improve their quality.
But the Ming Dynasty simply did not have any good refining materials, so they could only use the dumbest and least efficient method to polish their natal objects, which was to constantly nourish them with spiritual resources and their own spiritual energy.
Compared with Yan Song, Yan Shifan and others whose original nature was animals, they were far behind in the ability to repay their parents!
After all, animal spirits, like Yan Song's spiritual beast, the black tiger, only need to be fed spiritual resources, and it will cultivate on its own. No one knows how much cultivation it can gain in return.
When the emperor returns the cultivation to everyone in the near future, who knows whether Yan Song and others will be able to break through several realms in an instant?
"The second thing is, by the end of the year, I will hand over my lifelong love to you all, and we will work together to cultivate you," Jiajing said with a teasing smile, "so that you won't say in private that I cheated you."
Naturally, everyone knew that Jiajing was joking, so they all smiled, and of course they were really happy in their hearts.
In October of the 52nd year of the Jiajing reign, they handed in their natal items. Now it is October of the 60th year of the Jiajing reign. Nine years have passed. They have been polishing their natal items day and night, just waiting for the "wave of fat".
How can I not be excited when I hear this good news now?
"There are still more than two months left. You must hurry up and practice. It is best to stay at the same level. This way, a lot of your practice will feed back, and you may be able to break through directly."
As he said this, he looked at Lu Fang with a smile, and said, "For example, if Lu Fang can break through the ninth level of Qi training by the end of the year, with the feedback from his cultivation, he might be able to build a foundation!"
Build the foundation!
Hearing these two words, even Yan Song couldn't help but look at Lu Fang with envy.
During the foundation-building stage, one’s lifespan is three hundred years!
How can this not be enviable?
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. I won't keep you for dinner." Jiajing did not put forward the experiment of replacing one's own destiny for everyone to choose. He did not intend to try it on Yan Song and others.
Coming out of Yuxi Palace, outside Xiyuan, on the way back.
"Ruzhen, do you have a lot of questions?" Yan Song asked in a gentle tone, looking at Hu Zongxian who was frowning and silent.
"Nothing can be hidden from the elder," Hu Zongxian did not hide anything from Yan Song, and said frankly: "Although the emperor's words about stopping the breakthrough of the three camps are reasonable, I still feel that there are other considerations..."
"You are right," Yan Song turned his head and glanced at the West Garden, but he did not rush to get into the sedan chair. Instead, he walked forward slowly with the support of Yan Shifan, "Because the development of the military has taken the lead in national policy, this is something the emperor cannot tolerate."
"Are you worried that it's out of control?" Hu Zongxian thought about it for a moment and figured out the key point. He looked at Yan Song and asked tentatively.
"You're right!" Yan Song said confidently, "From the beginning to the end, the development of the Immortal Dynasty is controllable."
"Why did the emperor give the magic to Eunuch Lu and Lu Bing first?" Yan Song did not wait for Hu Zongxian and Yan Shifan to answer, and continued to speak:
"Because from the beginning to the end, the development of the Immortal Dynasty has been from top to bottom, layer by layer, to achieve the purpose of layer by layer control."
"Eunuch Lu and Lu Bing have both reached the eighth level of Qi training. Perhaps within a year or two, they will be able to successfully build their foundation and become cultivators in the foundation-building stage."
"In fact, it won't take that long." Thinking of what Jiajing said just now about cultivating and feeding back, Yan Song added:
“By the end of the year, after the emperor has refuted everyone’s cultivation, I’m afraid these two will be able to break through to the foundation-building stage.”
"With these two here, all the immortal cultivators in the entire cabinet combined can't cause any trouble. They can be suppressed with a wave of the hand. Even the army of immortal warriors in the Immortal Warrior Department can be easily suppressed!"
"And what the emperor wants is that at each level, there must be at least a force that can absolutely suppress the next level."
"And so on, and then all the immortal cultivators in the cabinet."
"We have all reached the late stage of Qi training now, and the officials of the six ministries under the cabinet, even the fastest one, is only at the first level of Qi training now."
"If I have talismans and magic weapons in my hands, I can suppress not only these people, but even the Immortal Guards!"
"Even though Nanjing is the first city for cultivating immortals in the Ming Dynasty, the most advanced cultivators in Nanjing, except for Zhang Juzheng and others, are generally only at the third or fourth level of Qi training, and the highest is no more than the fifth level."
"By the same token, these people are like chickens and dogs to the cabinet in terms of power..."
"Not to mention that the imperial court also has the Immortal Martial Arts Division, and now has an army of more than three million, with nearly 70% of them reaching the third level of the Immortal Martial Arts realm."
"But have you ever thought about it?" Yan Song said, looking at Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian, and said seriously: "If 70% of the more than three million troops break through to the Xiantian realm, what kind of scene will it be?"
“By then, even if the cabinet breaks through to the late stage of Qi training and we have talismans and magic weapons in our hands, if we go to war with so many armies, we will be exhausted sooner or later and then be filled with human wave tactics.”
"In close combat, I think you should have seen the fighting power of a cultivator who has cultivated the Immortal Martial Arts to the Xiantian Realm."
Hearing this, Hu Zongxian nodded with a serious expression.
In the three major camps, there are coaches who were transferred from the Xianwu Division to teach the entire army the Xianwu methods.
These coaches are all warriors at the innate level!
In close combat, his body movements were so fast that even though he was at the fourth level of Qi training, he was unable to dodge.
“Below the foundation building stage, if a cultivator in the Qi refining stage does not have talismans and magical instruments in his hands, he will not be much stronger than an ordinary person when facing a warrior who practices immortal martial arts.”
"Of course, the emperor's cultivation has already broken through to the Golden Core Stage, so it is naturally a piece of cake for him to suppress this army of more than three million."
“But if all of these three million soldiers were to break through to the Xiantian realm, then the ‘Tower of Power’ designed by the Emperor would be destroyed!”
"Today, this 'Tower of Power' that suppresses people from top to bottom has not yet matured and stabilized. It can be said to be extremely fragile. Naturally, there will be no situation where the levels are broken."
“And this is also the purpose of the emperor suspending the spiritual resources of the three camps and preventing the three camps from breaking through the innate realm.”
"And when we break through to the foundation-building stage, that will be the time for the army to continue its breakthrough."
"Besides, with the current combat power of the three camps, any dynasty in the world would be defeated in an instant."
"In the past, the greatest weapons of war in the mortal dynasties were cannons and muskets. How could they gain an advantage against a post-natal third-level warrior with a ghostly figure?"
"Not to mention, the firearms of our Ming Dynasty are many times more powerful than those of other countries overseas. The Ming Dynasty is already the strongest country in the world, bar none."
"So what the Emperor wants is 'stability'!"
"Stable without any accidents!"
"After building this unbreakable 'Tower of Power' layer by layer and making the interior of the Ming Dynasty solid and unshakable, it will be the Ming Dynasty, an era where everyone cultivates immortality."
As he spoke, Yan Song's eyes were deep and far-reaching, and he thought to himself:
"I know too well what kind of person the emperor is. He is greedy, selfish, and forbearing. Not only does he have all the qualities that an emperor should have, but he is even worse. He is eyeing the magnificent 'immortal world'!"
"If the foundation is not consolidated, the Ming Dynasty will be exposed to various problems when it enters a wider world in the future. Once the problems are exposed, what awaits the Ming Dynasty is eternal damnation..."
"Thank you, Master, for clearing up my confusion. I understand." Hu Zongxian took a deep breath and sighed, "This time, I'm afraid the prestige of us so-called new party members in the army will be hit."
"Humph," Yan Shifan sneered at this time: "If I remember correctly, I warned you a long time ago not to touch things you shouldn't touch."
"Haha," Yan Song ignored Yan Shifan's sarcasm towards Hu Zongxian. Instead, he patted Hu Zongxian's shoulder in comfort and said with a smile:
"It was the Emperor who stopped the soldiers' spiritual resources, but it was you who failed to do the job. This is all your fault!"
"Ruzhen, you must be clear about this. You can't let the soldiers be dissatisfied with the emperor. You will be held solely responsible for the consequences."
"We, as ministers, are here to solve problems for the emperor, not to bring about problems. Otherwise, we will become useless people, and useless people will be eliminated."
"Don't worry, sir. I understand this principle." After hearing Yan Song's words, Hu Zongxian agreed with a solemn expression.
As a veteran in officialdom, Hu Zongxian naturally understood this truth.
At the same time, he also knew what to do when he returned, and naturally took all the blame on himself.
It was nothing more than asking a few close people around him to spread the news that he and others had said the wrong words and done the wrong things in the court, so that the emperor had suspended everyone's cultivation resources.
All of these can be accomplished with just a few little tricks.
As for whether the soldiers in the army would feel incompetent because of this, Hu Zongxian didn't care about that.
If he doesn't even have this ability, then he's been living in vain.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
