Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Just when Zhu Di personally went deep into the south of the Yangtze River, he experienced how Jiang Xinghuo's strategy of "sharing the corvee into the land" quickly regained the hearts of the people who were scared away by the Jingnan Campaign, and how it used the abolition of corvee to fundamentally destroy the countryside. The powerful foundation of rule, and the beginning of rural fortressization that has just begun to emerge.

Zhang Tianshi, who was hundreds of miles away, had just woken up.

Yes, I just woke up at night.

"I have known that there are immortals and wonders in Lingshan since the yellow rice was not yet ripe.

The jade dew in the elixir pool makes up Zhupu, and the cold light of the sword pavilion shimmers green.

The jade tower is covered with clouds and covered with snow, and the harp is crossing the river and the crane is spreading its knees across the river.

Someone asked Junshan Jing who he was. "

Zhang Yuchu, dressed in silk lining and with his arms slightly open, got up from the bed, rinsed his mouth and chanted.

As a heavenly master, he naturally doesn't have to worry about things like dressing. Taoist boys have already helped him. Zhang Yuchu stood with the character "big" in his face and asked while watching the Taoist boys dressing him and combing his beard.

"Qingfeng, how are you doing with the sprouts today?"

The Taoist nun at the door waved the whisk on her arm and said in an indifferent voice: "Reporting to Master, I just went to the corridor to see it this morning. It's the same as before."

Zhang Yuchu nodded as expected.

In fact, he just asked casually and didn't expect to get any other answer at all.

After all, the emperor asked him to plant some of this stuff. If he didn't plant it or didn't ask, it would be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor if the emperor found out.

Zhang Tianshi spent his whole life to revitalize Taoism, but it was useless to revitalize Taoism on his own. Confucianism had long suppressed Buddhism and Taoism, and he could only rely on the emperor's appreciation to have a chance, so Zhang Yuchu, who was really sincere, didn't even think about it. offend the emperor.

Asking a question every day to express your concern for sprouts is just a matter of one sentence, so why bother?

"Master, where are you going today?"

Zhang Yuchu said calmly: "I went to Duke Qi's mansion today. Although the old general has a strong body and is as fierce as before, he is getting older after all. The way of yin and yang still needs to be recuperated a little with the secret recipe of this heavenly master." .”

After hearing this, the Taoist boy next to him, well, the Taoist boy was actually quite old, all showed a "you understand" look.

The Taoist nun lifted the fly whisk and made a few bah bah bah noises.

However, this is actually a matter of course.

Although there is a saying that peace is determined by generals, generals are not allowed to see peace.

But Zhu Di is not this kind of person. Zhu Di said to the heroes of Jingnan, it doesn’t matter whether you followed Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng’s 800 warriors to seize the nine gates of Peking, or whether you fought bloody battles in Baigou River, Jiahe, Gaocheng, or even Zhu Di basically treated the Daning faction and other local factions who surrendered equally.

Therefore, after Zhu Di entered the city of Nanjing and sat on the throne, he began to grant large-scale awards to those who had contributed to Jingnan, and the rewards were generous, including fields, salaries, titles, official titles, gold, silver, and beauties. As long as it is you. Zhu Di was basically satisfied with every material or reputational reward he could think of.

It is also true that although the situation in the Ming Dynasty is still relatively complicated and full of various unstable factors, the generals who have entered the wealthy nest of Nanjing City have generally begun to relax and start to pay attention to enjoyment. .

In fact, this was also a secondary reason why Zhu Di led his army to clean up Jiangnan.

It's only been a few days of peace, and you're already looking so lazy? Get everyone moving!

During the Jingnan period, the Yan army was fighting one country against another. Li Jinglong sent him off once in Peiping, then returned to Texas and still organized a 600,000-strong army at Baigou River. And what about Yan Jun? Don’t lose even once!

Even in consecutive battles, because they went too deep into the hinterland of the Southern Army and suffered a small defeat, the morale of the army began to waver. It was Zhu Neng who drew his sword and remonstrated to stop the idea of ​​retreating. Don't so many famous generals in the world know this truth? No, it's just that the string in my mind has been tightened for too long, and it is easy to break when encountering any accident.

Now that the days of licking blood from the edge of a knife are over, there is no need to worry all the time that the rebel generals like him will be dragged to Nanjing City by Emperor Jianwen to behead their heads. Qiu Fu, who has always been strong and strong, naturally has the idea of ​​​​having more children and more blessings. It is not surprising. .

Zhang Tianshi walked towards the corridor outside while thinking about the joints inside.

Although it has not been a long time, Zhang Yuchu is now doing well in the circle of heroes who contributed to the Jingnan War. Whether it is providing some yin-yang harmonious maintenance, treating the generals' old injuries, or doing rituals to pray for blessings, in short, Zhang Yuchu gets won the general respect and recognition of the new rich.

This was great for Zhang Yuchu. After all, although Longhu Mountain was high and the Great Shangqing Palace was far away, they could not avoid the troubles in the temple.

As for the black prime minister Dao Yan, Zhang Yuchu didn't want to see him from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, as long as Dao Yan at Datianjie Temple did not invite him, even if he was in Nanjing City, Zhang Yuchu would treat him as someone else.

if not?

He, Zhang Tianshi, is the leader of the Taoist sect in the world, and Dao Yan is the leader of the Buddhist sect in the world. However, Dao Yan's status in the heart of the new emperor is so much higher than that of Zhang Yuchu. It would be very aggrieved to be a lowly person in other people's Buddhist territory.

In this way, Zhang Yuchu walked out of the corridor with blind thought, and was about to come to the yard outside. Just when he had stepped out of the stone steps, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and staggered in shock. If it weren't for the two Taoist boys behind him, His eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Breeze!"

Zhang Yuchu's fingers were trembling a little. He pointed at the newly cultivated vegetable fields behind the corridor and shouted loudly.

"Master, I am here."

Taoist Sister Qingfeng was confused at first, but as her eyes moved over, she immediately stood there blankly.

"Crack!"

The snow-white whisk hanging on the crook of his arm fell to the ground, covered with a layer of mud, but the breeze seemed to be unaware of it.

She stared blankly at the newly cultivated vegetable fields behind the corridor.

"It's impossible, Master!"

"You said it's impossible." Zhang Yuchu rubbed his eyes and asked again: "Then what's going on? It's not filled with pots. How can these several pieces of land be stolen and replaced without knowing it?"

In the vegetable fields in front of me, the growth of sprouts is astonishingly different!

It's really a huge difference, not an exaggeration.

In three of the fields, the sprouts were still drooping and wilted, and sprouted into small sections.

In the other three plots of land separated from these three plots, the sprouts grew like bamboo shoots after a rain. They suddenly changed in shape, thicker and taller, and were obviously taller than the sprouts in the adjacent plots. The sprouts are growing much better.

It's golden and makes me want to scramble eggs.

Taoist Aunt Qingfeng ignored her manners and hurriedly crossed the wooden corridor and came to the vegetable field. She lifted up the hem of her Taoist robe and squatted on the ground, reaching in with her hands to inspect it.

"This this."

Aunt Qingfeng had a look of complete disbelief on her face. She couldn't figure out in her little mind why the sprouts, which were growing about the same in the morning, suddenly widened such a huge gap at night.

"Qingfeng, were you sure you watched it this morning?" Zhang Yuchu asked suspiciously.

Faced with Master's suspicion, the little girl almost burst into tears. Tears welled up in her big eyes. She pointed directly at the sky and swore: "Master, I really saw it this morning. It was completely different from now. I couldn't see it with the naked eye at that time." No distinction can be made. Disciple, if I deceive you, I am willing to be struck by thunder from heaven!"

The Taoist boy next to him also helped: "Sister, I'm not lying. We were fertilizing here in the morning. The growth was about the same at that time."

"I'm not doubting you as a teacher, it's just... ugh, this is too unbelievable!"

Zhang Yuchu sighed.

"wrong!"

Zhang Yuchu looked at the two Taoist boys and asked: "Did you fertilize? How did you fertilize? Could it be that you two were responsible?"

Seeing that the two Taoist boys were silent, Zhang Yuchu said with a serious face: "This is a major matter that His Majesty the Emperor entrusted to this Heavenly Master. How did you fertilize it? Tell the truth and don't lie!"

After the two Taoist boys looked at each other, one of them said awkwardly: "We were in a hurry to urinate, and the latrine was too far away, so we peed next to it."

Zhang Yuchu was speechless for a moment.

Children's urine definitely doesn't have this effect, Qingfeng didn't lie, and it was even more unlikely that Liu Pian Di had been tampered with.

So.

The only possibility is to point to one point.

Thinking of this, even Zhang Tianshi couldn't help but feel his hands go cold and his heart beat faster.

——Xianfang!

It’s Xianfang!

He was a little disapproving before, feeling that the emperor had been deceived.

But now the facts were clearly and plainly placed in front of him!

The elixir refined by the immortal recipe was turned into dregs by his own hands and blended into the soil!

Now, in the fields with the elixir added, the sprouts grow better than in the fields without the elixir.

And it’s not even a little bit good!

It’s really a world of difference in how well it grows!

Although Zhang Yuchu knew that due to the short growth cycle of sprouts, which only lasts seven days, the sprouts will indeed surge up at certain times, but all the sprouts are planted together, so how can one sprout and the other not sprout up? Woolen cloth?

Moreover, the sprouts on the other side are growing normally without any problems.

Now that the matter has been deduced, even though Zhang Yuchu really doesn't want to believe in his heart, a prisoner in prison can come up with an elixir that can double the yield of a field per acre, and can make an elixir on the spot that breaks his cognition.

But if you don’t want to believe it, what can you do?

The facts were right in front of him!

Zhang Yuchu was extremely shocked. In this world, there really is such a magic formula for increasing production!

How important is increasing food production?

This is something that can determine the fate of a country!

Zhang Yuchu, who was shocked, clasped his hands tightly together, and just felt a hint of warmth.

There was a war between heaven and man in his heart.

"Swallowed up the immortal prescription?"

"No, no, no, the emperor also refined it and gave it to the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi and the Minister of Household Affairs Xia Yuanji to plant it in the imperial manor. This matter cannot be hidden under any circumstances."

"So, how can I maximize the benefits of this matter and revitalize the Taoist sect?"

Zhang Yuchu was pacing in place, Qingfeng and the two Taoist boys were at a loss.

After about dozens of breaths, Zhang Tianshi suddenly slapped his forehead with such force that a red mark appeared.

"Yes!"

Seeing several people looking at each other, Zhang Yuchu pointed directly at these fields and said.

"Auspicious!"

"Does Xiangrui understand?!"

The two Taoist boys nodded like they were pecking at rice, but Qingfeng still seemed to understand. She didn't understand why the sprouts became auspicious despite their scary growth.

Could it be that Master is referring to a deer as a horse? Test our obedience?

Thinking of this, Qingfeng suddenly realized and nodded accordingly.

Zhang Yuchu was pacing in place, like a black whirlwind spinning top, getting more and more excited as he talked.

"This is the auspiciousness sent by the immortal!"

"Because His Majesty has implemented a benevolent policy of dividing labor into every household!"

"The benevolent government has won the heartfelt support of the people of Jiangnan!"

"The common people are rushing to talk to the gods!"

"So the immortals heard what the people said!"

"The auspicious blessings have been sent down to prove the recognition of His Majesty!"

"An elixir that can double the yield per acre!"

Don't tell me, the old magic stick's theory can be completely justified, especially when you have the final right to explain it.

Why do you say that the gods recognized Zhu Di, so they sent down auspiciousness?

Because I am Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain, the leader of Taoism in the world, and I have the right to communicate with the gods in the sky. Do you accept it?

Zhang Yuchu's purpose has not changed from the beginning to the end. To put it bluntly, everything from going to Beijing for an audience to offering auspicious auspiciousness is to revitalize the Taoist sect, to improve his status in the Longhushan Zhengyi sect, and to save the people who were increasingly being criticized during the Jianwen Dynasty. Suppressive trends.

But Zhang Tianshi had to admit that this move would definitely make Zhu Di Longyan very happy. Zhang Yuchu had already roughly figured out the new emperor's mentality.

In Zhu Di's heart, what was most taboo and fearful was that he rebelled as a vassal king and held the position unfairly?

It doesn't matter, because you have implemented benevolent governance, and now the immortals have recognized your position as emperor, so feel free to take it.

Well, if you insist on saying so, there is nothing wrong with it. Originally, as soon as the "shared labor into the mother" policy came out, the people were destined to be loyal to him, so the throne would naturally be secure.

Zhang Tianshi just came to perform an artificial trance and go through a procedure.

As for the proposer of this immortal formula, the unknown prisoner in the prison, he had no status at all in Zhang Tianshi's heart.

I guess it was just a coincidence?

if not?

How could a wild Taoist priest with no name or surname and no sect inheritance come up with such an immortal recipe?

You must know that the elixir that can double the yield of crops per acre, no matter which dynasty or generation it comes from, will shock the world as long as it is taken out!

Who knows where this wild Taoist prisoner picked up the ancient relics.

It's just a fluke, I'm afraid I haven't even seen green vitriol or mercury.

With the new emperor's ruthlessness, dealing with such a person would probably only be a matter of one blow. And as long as you accept his proposal, the honor will belong to the Taoist sect!

With such excitement, Zhang Yuchu quickly sent someone to inform Duke Qi that he would not be able to go to the palace today. He sent a precious elixir in his room to apologize, and then went to the palace in person to ask for an audience with the eldest prince.

"Master Zhang is anxious to see me, why?"

Zhu Gaochi, who was truly responsible for the work of the emperor during the Ming Dynasty, was burying his head behind a mountain of memorials, reviewing them so quickly that he didn't even have time to raise his head.

And his father, Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty general who conquered the north, was still eating sesame seed cakes leisurely in the farmyard in Jiangnan.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Great Prince, the elixir that your Majesty summoned to the prison to refine five days ago was sprinkled on the farmland. Now the sprouts in the farmland where the elixir has been sprinkled are growing much better than those where the elixir was not sprinkled. !”

A person of Zhang Tianshi's status, who has lived for more than forty years, naturally knows what to say and what not to say.

Although the eldest prince opposite was now only a young man in his early twenties and was very obese, Zhang Yuchu had no intention of looking down upon him at all, and he did not even offer to let the eldest prince take a look at the vegetables grown by the Minister of Household Affairs. Tell the truth and make it clear what you need to say.

After hearing Zhang Yuchu's words, Zhu Gaochi raised his head and put down his pen.

Zhang Yuchu, who is well versed in health preservation, couldn't help but sigh inwardly when he looked at the fat man's swollen eye bags, blackened Yintang, greasy hair, and hairline that receded slightly at a young age.

With a hard life and such a fat body, I am afraid that I will only live to be forty or fifty years old. I can barely survive now because of my youth.

Naturally, the thoughts in his heart cannot be explained to outsiders. As a fat black man with quick movements, Zhang Tianshi has great skills. He immediately bowed down and spoke sincerely.

"The farmland, sprouts, remaining elixirs, and alchemy equipment are all well preserved, and His Highness the First Prince can inspect them at any time!"

Zhu Gaochi waved his fat hand, indicating that he didn't have to do this.

Later, Zhu Gaochi put down what he was doing and personally recruited Xia Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, who was also working overtime at the Ministry of Revenue, busy preparing the implementation details of the Ming Dynasty National Debt and avoiding loopholes.

Xia Yuanji has been so busy recently that he can't go back home. Naturally, he doesn't have much time to care about how the sprouts grown in Huangzhuang are doing. Anyway, if there is anything abnormal, someone will tell him.

Well, someone did come, but they weren't the stewards of the Imperial Mansion who couldn't enter the Imperial City (not the Imperial City).

"The Heavenly Master is saying that the elixir is really effective?"

After being briefly shocked, Xia Yuanji sat upright and confirmed with him with a solemn expression.

"Yes, that's right."

Zhang Yuchu stroked the non-existent dust on Yuyi's robe and said affirmatively to the two of them.

"The elixir that can double the yield of crops per acre is definitely not taken by prisoners in prison, but by immortals!!"

To Zhang Yuchu's expectation, the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi and the Minister of Household Affairs Xia Yuanji seemed not to be surprised at all and nodded one after another.

"He is indeed an immortal!"

"Yes, there are various signs that this is indeed the case!"

Did Zhang Yuchu know that the two people opposite him believed that Jiang Xinghuo was an immortal?

At this time, he thought that his auspicious statement had been affirmed by the top officials of the Ming Empire, so he spoke more earnestly.

"I suggest that the miracle should be demonstrated on the spot in front of all civil and military officials!"

"And after all the civil and military officials believe it, statues of the immortals who descended from the immortal side should be erected all over the world!"

"In this way, everyone in the world will know that Your Majesty has been affirmed and blessed by the immortals!"

Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji exchanged glances.

Erect a statue for Jiang Xinghuo?

Sounds good

After all, Mr. Jiang has invisibly brought many beneficial changes to the Ming Empire, some of which can even be called the ones that prolonged the country's destiny.

But for Jiang Xinghuo, a relegated immortal with noble character and no desires, official titles, beauties, and money are nothing but dirt!

So, what else can Daming give to Mr. Jiang?

Zhang Tianshi's proposal is very good, erect statues for Mr. Jiang all over the world. Although it cannot be compared with Mr. Jiang's contribution to the Ming Dynasty, or even less than one of them, it can be regarded as repayment, right?

"What does His Highness the First Prince think of erecting a statue?"

Xia Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was a little moved. In fact, just what Master Jiang said before about opening up a bright future in the way of running the country and benefiting the people, Xia Yuanji felt that it was worth the statue, so his tone was actually A bit encouraging.

Zhu Gaochi nodded cautiously and said.

"Master Zhang's proposal is very good! The Ming Dynasty should build a statue of the immortal who sent down the immortal recipe, and let the whole world know about it!"

Zhang Yuchu was also ecstatic when he got the affirmation. Fortunately, his dark face did not show any redness.

It's just that he may be completely at odds.

Zhang Yuchu thought secretly: "The auspicious incident of erecting a statue of an immortal is a perfect opportunity to promote Taoism to the world!"

"I have to consider whether this is my only chance in this life!"

"It is our duty to restore the glory of Taoism under the guise of an immortal!"

Yesterday's sacrifice was indeed effective, 20,000 yuan was ordered.