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Chapter 36 Spiritual Power

"I heard that the East Palace is filled with alcohol every day, and His Royal Highness often hangs out in the back house. Is this possible?"

But no matter how careful you are, there are no secrets in the Forbidden City.Less than ten days later, Shen Li suddenly appeared in the Wenhua Palace. In front of Ye Xianggao, he asked the prince unceremoniously why he valued wine, sex, dogs and horses over the country and the country.

"Don't worry, Master Shen. The student is not addicted to wine and sex at all. As for the taste...Wang An, go find the Crown Princess and bring her the bottle that I have stored with her!"

Fortunately, Hong Tao knew in advance that the smell of distilled alcohol and prepared concentrated sulfuric acid was unavoidable, and he had already thought of a way to deal with it, but he didn't expect that Shen Li would be the first to ask.It seems that there are not only the empress, Concubine Zheng and the emperor's spies in the East Palace, but also the eunuchs who are having affairs with the courtiers. It is a mess.

"...This wine tastes so pungent, wouldn't it be even more intoxicating!"

Wang An soon came back with the brocade box. Hong Tao picked up the glass bottle and opened the cork. Suddenly, a strong smell of wine wafted out.Shen Li was really very strict. He was afraid that he might wrongly blame the prince, so he got closer and took a smell. Yes, it was definitely wine, and the alcohol content was not low!

"This wine is the essence of wine, called alcohol. It has been refined by my secret method and absorbed the essence of heaven and earth. Ten dendrobiums cannot be used even one. It is no longer an ordinary food. Its efficacy is comparable to the golden sore medicine, which can prevent wounds from becoming red, swollen and suppurating. , it can also treat sores, but it is not suitable for drinking, sir, you can tell by just tasting it."

It's hard to explain what alcohol is in a sentence or two, and Hong Tao doesn't bother to explain it in depth.Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. If you don't believe it, just try it and see if it is a fine wine.

"Hiss... Your Highness must not learn the art of alchemy!" Shen Li was so brave. He dared to pour it into his mouth without even knowing what it was, and then he believed it. No one wanted to drink this kind of stuff.But immediately there was another worry. If the young prince was addicted to the art of immortality, it would be useless.

"Grandmaster Shen, you can rest assured. Birth, aging, illness and death are human nature, and I have no intention of going against God's will. I just had a whim after reading some Qihuang books, and I just want to verify it a little. I will definitely not waste my studies!"

If you want to ask why Shen Li is so opposed to alchemy, Hong Tao can understand.Historically, my great-grandfather Zhu Houcong, the Emperor of Jiajing, was superstitious in Taoism. He always wanted to practice and become an immortal. He ignored government affairs all day long and ate too many unreliable pills before he died.

I definitely won't play those tricks of chewing to death. It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. In a few days, the preparation of ether will be completed, and I won't distill liquor again in the future.However, what he wants to do is not as safe as refining elixirs. Taking elixirs indiscriminately will cause death slowly. If you assassinate the emperor, you will be pushed out of the Meridian Gate and be cut to pieces.

However, Ether alone had no chance to get along with the emperor alone, nor could he achieve the goal of assassinating him without anyone noticing.For this reason, Hong Tao had to do something to see if he could create an opportunity.

This has been delayed for more than half a year. History is so stubborn. Even if a time traveler who has lived for several lifetimes, filled his mind with the technology of later generations, and made preparations for two lifetimes, can travel through it, it will still not be easy. Easy to change.

Fortunately, Hong Tao is not too anxious. The coke kiln and glass kiln have gradually got on the right track. The output has steadily increased and the quality has become more and more stable. He has become a regular supplier of Jingdezhen Guanyao. Even if it is more expensive and the freight is high, the supply exceeds demand.

With a large number of glassware produced for King Fu, the business of the glass kiln became booming. The first people who were keen on these transparent things were not the wealthy households in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but the vassal kings from various places.

If King Fu can use it, why can't they?For a time, the vassal prince's family members, who were carrying large amounts of gold and silver, gathered in the west of Beijing, and some asked people to contact Wang An, trying to find a way to buy the finished product as soon as possible.On the other hand, the production of chiming clocks and telescopes has not improved. We cannot blame the craftsmen for being lazy, but Hong Tao's reckless direction.He also asked Chen Ju to find ten eunuch craftsmen from the inner palace prison and serve as apprentices with the more skilled eunuch craftsmen.

But if you only let them study for three months and then switch to another group, the output and quality will definitely be greatly affected.Chen Ju also asked why he did this, and Hong Tao replied that although the self-ringing bell was built by the East Palace, it cannot forget its origins, let alone monopolize it.

When one day a suitable talent is selected from the craftsmen in the Imperial Guard, all the skills will be taught to them, and then the business of producing the chime bells will be handed over to the Imperial Guard and the Banking Bureau to repay the father for his upbringing!

Faced with such a shameless but serious answer, cunning and cunning people such as Chen Ju and Tian Yi had to be moved and praised the prince's pure filial piety.As for whether he believed it in his heart, whether he believed it in love or not, Hong Tao would take lies as the truth and tell them every day, every month, and he was very sincere. Sooner or later, someone would believe him.

"The society and the country that the prince talks about are things that old men have never heard of but yearn for so much. I wonder if they will ever see them in my lifetime!" In fact, some people already believe it, such as Li Zhi.

Since the old man arrived at the Siyi Pavilion, he would meet with the prince every now and then, and every time he met, he would have an argument.The topic gradually expanded from the Four Books and Five Classics at the beginning to the government and even the ancestral system, and the results were mixed.

But the prince is still the prince, and Li Zhi becomes less and less like Li Zhi.The specific manifestation is that he no longer talks about life and death, actively cooperates with imperial doctors in diagnosis and treatment, and even actively asks how to prolong life.

For this reason, I also adopted the prince's advice and insisted on going out for a brisk walk every day after dinner, ranging from a few hundred steps to a few thousand steps.In less than two months, my body actually started to improve.

At this time, Matteo Ricci and some people in the Seyi Hall also followed suit, and often a large group of people circled the Hanlin Academy.If there is a way and a law, don't blame everyone. Even if some people don't like it, there is nothing you can do about it. You can't even deny people the road.

What happened that made the old man who had no love for life and went to die calmly suddenly turned into an old man who cherished life and was spirited?Two words, hope!

No one is unafraid of death, but some people are tired of living.They are not satisfied with just maintaining vital signs, but also need higher levels of nutrition, such as spiritual pursuits.Once this nutrition is gone, there will be no attachment to life.

Hong Tao just satisfied Li Zhi's spiritual nourishment. Even if his knowledge of philosophy is only superficial and he knows what he does but doesn't know why, it can still bring great inspiration and impact to thinkers hundreds of years ago.

With so many unknown and vague concepts, it’s like Xixi’s last stab, or the first love’s look back with a smile, which makes people reluctant to let go and close their eyes. They always want to study why, and then forget most of their worries.

Mental power can often influence a person's physical state.Being anxious all day long will accelerate the aging of body functions and significantly reduce immunity.Being fulfilled and happy every day is to a certain extent comparable to the effects of antibiotics and targeted drugs without any side effects.

(End of this chapter)