Chapter 221: Sects are a destabilizing factor for cultivating immortals! The first life-transplant surgery in the Ming Dynasty?
The imperial decree was issued quickly.
For a while, the soldiers in the three camps were talking about it, and most of them were resentful. Because they already knew that the reason why the emperor ordered the cancellation of the spiritual resources of the three camps was entirely because the three elders in the cabinet could not speak, which annoyed the emperor.
For most of the soldiers in the army, the distribution of immortal martial arts has extraordinary significance to them.
Although the imperial court has now announced to the world that the Ming Dynasty has entered the Immortal Dynasty, they also know in their hearts that the immortal methods are too far away, and compared with the immortal methods and immortal martial arts that have been circulated, in their opinion, the immortal martial arts are the most suitable for them.
The senior generals in the three camps have magical powers, and the realm of Qi training is no secret, and many people know about it.
Why? The reason is very simple. Not to mention that it is not their turn to practice immortality now, although cultivating immortality can make one live forever, it requires a huge amount of resources and has no combat power.
Yes, that's right. In their opinion, cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage have no fighting power at all. If they don't have magical weapons or talismans, they can be easily suppressed with just one encounter.
But how could the imperial court's magic tools and talismans be so easily obtained? Even if they were issued, it would probably be impossible for them to get them. How many people are there in the entire army? More than three million!
If they were to distribute them all, would everyone get one? That’s simply not realistic!
On the contrary, if they practiced Immortal Martial Arts, their combat effectiveness would increase, which could save their lives on the battlefield.
When serving in the army and fighting in a war, no one can guarantee that he can survive forever. At this time, the more strength one has, the more hope of survival, even if they are confident that they will survive if they go to the battlefield now.
But, who would think that they are too strong?
However, although the soldiers in the army were somewhat resentful about this, Hu Zongxian and others had led troops and fought on the battlefield. They could not be considered pure civilians, so they could easily deal with such small problems.
All the soldiers were given some reward money and were arranged to write letters to their families. Their families could also reply to the letters, which could be transmitted by "spiritual birds" trained by the court, so they would receive the reply on the same day.
Afterwards, he "painted a big picture" and told all the soldiers that the court's spiritual resources were currently in short supply and that the construction of the Ming Dynasty was important. In the future, when the spiritual resources were sufficient, they would be distributed.
For a moment, the little bit of resentment in the hearts of the soldiers was successfully dissipated, and was soon replaced by the joy of receiving rewards and being able to exchange letters with their families immediately.
Nanjing City, Zhao Zhenji’s mansion, back hall.
"Boom!" Looking at the falcon flapping its wings, soaring into the sky, and disappearing into the rain, Gao Gong brushed off the moisture on his sleeves and cursed with a smile: "This beast!"
Zhang Juzheng, who was standing by, couldn't help but smile and shook his head when he saw this. "Who told you to scold it just now? This is a fifth-generation spiritual falcon. Its comprehension is no less than that of a 15 or 16-year-old boy."
"Then it should be sensible and understand the ways of the world!" Gao Gong sat down in his seat unhappily, and while speaking, he opened the letter in his hand, "Whose fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy is so ignorant?"
"...Haha, you." Zhang Juzheng smiled and shook his head. Zhao Zhenji, who was sitting at the top, also chuckled and shook his head.
"As expected," Gao Gong smiled after reading the contents of the letter, "What these people are thinking of is to build other spiritual veins in the territory of Daming and increase the 'spiritual warehouses'."
"In order to resolve the differences in uneven resource distribution! However, as expected, the emperor did not agree to lay other spiritual veins and build 'spiritual warehouses' within the territory of Daming."
“Humph,” Zhao Zhenji snorted and laughed, saying disapprovingly, “With an army of more than three million, even if only 50% of them break through to the Xiantian realm, let alone all of them, the Emperor will definitely not allow it.”
Upon hearing this, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly, expressing their agreement with this matter.
"By the way," Zhao Zhenji and the other two were not surprised by the court's decision, nor did they take it to heart, "How are those immortal cultivation families doing now?"
When Zhang Juzheng heard Zhao Zhenji ask this, he naturally knew that he was not asking about the immortal cultivation families registered with the court in Nanjing City, but the families that were originally allowed to run free.
"In addition to the 20,000 families that Xu Jie sent out to obtain the Immortal Technique, we have distributed a total of 30,000 Immortal Techniques throughout Yingtian Prefecture over the years."
"These immortal skills were secretly spread in various ways, and families or individuals who obtained the immortal skills were constantly killed," Zhang Juzheng chuckled and said, "But these families and individuals who obtained the immortal skills seemed to have formed a tacit understanding with each other."
"Understanding?" Upon hearing this, Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji both cast inquiring looks at Zhang Juzheng.
Over the years, the three of them have controlled the entire city of Nanjing and obtained half of the power, with the other half in Hai Rui's hands. Therefore, the three of them have a clear division of labor among themselves.
Zhao Zhenji, who served as the Minister of Finance in Nanjing, was undoubtedly the backbone among the three. No matter what problems the three had, they would start the discussion with him as the center, and he seemed to be the leader.
Gao Gong is the Minister of War, dealing with the military forces in Nanjing, and is now a key figure in each garrison.
It even seems like he has the final say. After all, the family behind Gao Gong is still in the capital, and the family also has spiritual resources that they got from "Yingzhou Prefecture".
When the three of them first arrived, they relied on these resources to gain a foothold in the garrisons of these military families and quickly became the indispensable core existence.
Afterwards, the three of them used the resources in their hands to vigorously develop Nanjing, the great city for cultivating immortals. As for the people from military families who stayed behind in Nanjing, they did not dare to show up.
They just wanted these three to take the lead and they would reap the benefits. However, when it comes to killing enemies on the battlefield and fighting with others, these people are good at it, but they are complete rookies when it comes to court politics.
Once you fall into the circle of the three people, you will be trapped step by step, so that the Nanjing military generals group has completely surrendered.
Then there is the Minister of Personnel Zhang Juzheng, who is mainly responsible for the immortal cultivation families. As for the selection of officials, although he can intervene, but now in terms of "government affairs", there is also Hai Rui of the Liaison Office who is under pressure from above. It can be said that Zhang Juzheng has no place to use his talents.
Therefore, the affairs of the Xiuxian family fell on his shoulders.
"That is, no matter what kind of outrageous massacre of an entire family or murder and theft of treasures that happened in the entire Yingtian Prefecture, as long as it involves the cultivation of immortals, everything will be decided by the various immortal cultivation families and immortal cultivators through consultation."
"No one is allowed to collude with the government in Nanjing, let alone betray other cultivators, otherwise everyone will gang up on them!"
"The reason for doing this is naturally to prevent these immortal cultivators who are not allowed to exist by the imperial court from being caught and having their cultivation abolished, or even bringing disaster to the entire family."
"Well," Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly, "It seems like 'cultivating immortals is the way to cultivate immortals'."
"Not only that, there are also many independent cultivators who have hidden in the mountains, established sects, and started to accept disciples. Although there are only two or three big and small cats, none of them have practiced, but... can we see the big picture from the small?"
"If the imperial court continues to let this go, then I'm sure that in the land of Yingtian Prefecture, in the mountains and rivers of all sizes, there will be many hidden sects emerging one after another?"
"Similar to the shadow sect of Zhuangzi's school, who do not cling to the secular world, advocate seclusion, retreat from the world and practice, and their whereabouts are vague."
"In short, whether it's a sect or a family," Zhang Juzheng said, pinching his beard with his hands, his eyes burning, and said, "I dare to conclude that these two will definitely be the mainstream of our Great Ming Dynasty in the future!"
"Perhaps, one day in the future, when the imperial court wants to reform again, it will be related to this, which is not a bad idea!"
As he spoke, Zhang Juzheng had already begun to secretly plan how he would carry out reforms in the Ming Dynasty in the future and how he would restrain those families and sects that were likely to become the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
If you could see at this moment the natal field that Zhang Juzheng chose for himself and his family on the natal plateau.
Then, it can be clearly seen that the ancient book with the word "Da Ming" written on it has been turning pages. The golden ancient book is full of Zhang Juzheng's ambitions and ideas about reform. At this moment, the blank page is recorded again, and the focus this time is on sects and families.
"Sect, family..." Upon hearing this, Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji lowered their heads in thought.
However, their ideas were different from Zhang Juzheng's.
Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji were thinking about whether the development of the sect and family in Yingtian would have an impact on their political achievements. After all, they both always wanted to return to the cabinet.
And an important part of returning to the cabinet is achievements that cannot be ignored!
As for reform and realizing their ideals and ambitions for governing the country...well, of course, that is also a long-lasting belief in the hearts of the two.
However, unlike Zhang Juzheng who was constantly improving and revising his strategies for governing the country in preparation for future reforms, the two of them were thinking about how to take back power first and then carry out reforms.
This is not to say that the two of them lack foresight and are only concerned with the present. It is mainly because people have different styles and habits of doing things.
After all, people like Zhang Juzheng, who are absolutely confident that they can return to the cabinet, stand at the pinnacle of power again, and have already begun to perfect the reform, are ultimately a minority.
"We need to send people to keep an eye on these sects," Zhao Zhenji said slowly. "Unlike a family, the monk can escape but the temple cannot. The life and death of an entire clan is closely tied together."
"The imperial court only needs to keep an eye on their clan lands to observe an entire family, and every move can be recorded."
"But these sects are different. There is no blood relationship. Even if they are master and disciple, there is no time limit for cultivating immortals. As time goes by, the longer you live, the more indifferent you may become to life and emotions."
"In this case, if a sect commits a crime, it will be difficult for the imperial court to control it. At worst, the sect will be scattered. It will always be an unstable factor, just like the White Lotus Sect, which has been doing evil for a long time..."
Hearing what Zhao Zhenji said, Gao Gong also nodded and agreed, "I agree. Regarding whether the immortal cultivation group such as the sect is allowed to exist, we still need to consult Eunuch Huang."
"After all, the existence of the Immortal Cultivation Family is tacitly permitted by the Emperor."
"And the court is likely to share the world with the family in the future, just like the Sui and Tang dynasties, when the interests of the court and the aristocratic families were closely linked. Only in this way can they unite as one and attack..."
Gao Gong did not continue speaking here, but Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji both knew that Gao Gong was talking about the legendary "fairyland".
Naturally, these first batch of old people in the cabinet had guessed long ago that with the current development of the Ming Dynasty, this world would definitely not be able to satisfy it and that it would inevitably expand overseas in the future.
Even when the Ming Dynasty develops to a sufficient size, it will invade the "Fairyland" and completely replace it!
After all, Zhang Juzheng himself was the person in charge of the court's land reform. The Ming Dynasty had only completed the first and second stages of land reform, and the third and fourth stages had not yet begun.
What are the third and fourth stages? They are a road of endless war, plunder, and devouring!
By then, the Ming Dynasty will have become a monster that is extremely greedy, and everything now is just a process of digestion and transition.
Of course, it was also because of the fear that the Ming Dynasty would develop into an uncontrollable or even self-destructive monster in the future, so Zhang Juzheng became more convinced that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to avoid destruction in the future, it would have to undergo one or even several reforms!
There is a long time, and it is time for him to show his talents. He can wait. He is confident that he can return to the cabinet and reach the peak!
"But the situation with the sects is different," Gao Gong continued. "The emperor has not yet asked about it. We must pay attention to those who may cause potential trouble to the Ming Dynasty. We cannot repeat Xu Jie's path a second time."
"Even you and I know that Xu Jie did not cause any damage to the Ming Dynasty at all. Instead, he created a great city for cultivating immortals for the imperial court!"
"And what the emperor cares about most is whether it affects the interests of the Ming Dynasty. This is the reverse scale that must not be touched... Therefore, causing losses to the Ming Dynasty is the most unforgivable!"
"I agree!" Zhang Juzheng quickly suppressed his thoughts, picked up the letter he had just read, and said, "But at this moment, I am more looking forward to the fact that the emperor will give everyone a reward for their cultivation at the end of this year."
"Neither you nor I have our own life objects. If we want to be nurtured, it depends on our political achievements." Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and said, "There are still two months left. Let's try harder!"
“Even if we cannot be rewarded with cultivation, we must let the emperor know our efforts and let the emperor see us! We must not let the emperor be disappointed in us and become someone who is still useful to the emperor and the court!”
"Hmm!" Thinking about the end-of-year cultivation reward, isn't it a great reward, and also an end-of-year imperial meeting?
But the difference is that in the past, they held the end-of-year imperial conference in Yuxi Palace, but this time they will be moved to Benming Plateau.
The emperor did not add a new "Spirit Warehouse", but instead stopped the follow-up resources for the three major camps to advance to the innate realm, which caused a lot of discussion in the court.
Jiajing naturally didn't know about this. At this time, his consciousness had already entered his natal realm and arrived on the natal plateau.
Well, Benming Plateau is actually the name he gave to Benming Field. It sounds more impressive.
In fact, the entire plateau is actually the natal field.
But can such a large area of natal field still be called a field? And it sounds too unbecoming of the Immortal Dynasty.
The northern part of the Benming Plateau.
Yes, Jiajing was not in the southern part where his ministers were born, but in the northern part of the plateau.
What is planted here are the high-quality natal fruits hunted from various places as part of the natal business that the Daming Immortal Sect and Li Changqing are cooperating on.
"Find a person, ask him to hand over his natal Ming Dynasty, and then directly transplant and replace it through the natal plateau..." Jiajing raised his hand, and the natal Ming Dynasty, the Yingtianfu part appeared separately and enlarged.
Then, Jiajing's deep gaze fell on Yingtian Prefecture, Jiangning County, Daoxiang Village, and the Li family.
A depressed fifteen-year-old boy.
As Jiajing's thoughts turned, the sky in the entire northern part of the plateau became gloomy, and the entire plateau became gray. The grass that was originally green under the sun became dark and deep.
The forest in the depression on the left was filled with strange gray fog, and the dark mountains on the right were shrouded in rolling mist and unpredictable changes.
"It's you, the target of my first 'life transplant surgery'..." Jiajing muttered to himself, with a black cloak covering his body, and his entire face hidden in the darkness.
"If you succeed, I will grant you a great opportunity. If you fail, I will reward you and your parents with wealth..."
As he was speaking, the young man who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with a depressed look on his face suddenly trembled.
Then, the consciousness was pulled onto the plateau.
"..."
I had something urgent to do today, so I will update less. I will make up for it tomorrow~~~
(End of this chapter)
