Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 165 The journey of spiritual practice is not easy
It was late at night and the lively banquet was over.

In the Xiping Hou Mansion, Muchun set aside a separate courtyard for Zhu Chu to rest.

On the soft couch in the room, Mu Qiu lay on Zhu Chu's body as if he was boneless. His little face was flushed, as if he had just finished some strenuous exercise and was too tired to open his eyes. He was lying lightly on Zhu Chu's chest. Rubbing lightly.

After a moment, Mu Qiu suddenly thought of something. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Zhen who had closed his eyes to rest and tried his best to control himself from fighting for another [-] rounds. He felt guilty in his heart.

With Zhu Chu now as strong as a cow and with a monster-like physical strength, she really couldn't handle it.

Every time the two of them competed, she would be tortured until she begged for mercy, and then she would have endless aftertaste.

She had endless aftertaste, but Zhu Xun had not yet reached the sage's time.

"Your Highness," Mu Qiu pulled out his jade-like arm from under the red quilt and reached out to gently wipe away a few drops of sweat from Zhu Chu's forehead. It was not tired, but hot.

"Aren't you afraid that your ambition will be exposed before and someone will inform His Majesty?" Mu Qiu asked worriedly.

At the banquet, after some testing by Mu Chun, and with Wang Fu and Mu Sheng standing by to show their allegiance, Zhu Zhen actually revealed his true ambition to rebel.

It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang was not wrong in suspicion.

But Mu Qiu was worried, what if these three people reported on him?

After all, Mu Chun had just returned from Yingtian, God knows what he is thinking now.

This is rebellion, not buying a slice of cake.

If Zhu Yuanzhang really knew about it, even if he would not implicate Zhu Zhen with the nine clans, he would still imprison Zhu Zhen until death.

Just like Zhu Wenzheng, no matter how great his contribution to the defense of Hongdu was, once Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that the boy was suspected of seeking refuge with Zhang Shicheng, he would be put under house arrest until his death.

Although Zhu Wen is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, not his son.

But Zhu Wenzheng didn't really take refuge with Zhang Shicheng. He also had great achievements, which were far more exaggerated than Zhu Chu's immortal achievements.

That was a siege involving tens of thousands of people against 60 people. The disparity in strength was even greater than that of the Battle of Dingbian.

Therefore, once Zhu Yuanzhang knows Zhu Yu's ambition, he will never bypass him. That will be the result of being imprisoned until death.

But Zhu Zhen smiled.

Mu Qiu's worries were not unfounded, but after all, she didn't know that she had a system.

If there is no system, let alone Zhu Zhen, he will never reveal his ambition. Before Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he will not even do anything. Even after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he just wants to lie down and be a free king.

But after awakening the system, as the system gained more and more functions and became more and more powerful, Zhu Zhen's mentality also changed.

Gradually, Zhu Zhen became less cautious.

He even dared to directly reveal his ambition to rebel.

Moreover, Zhu Ming had absolute confidence that Muchun and the others would not betray him.

The reason is that the system has previously activated a function called the National Internal Affairs System.

Because Zhu Ming was not the emperor after all, many functions of this system were not activated, so Zhu Ming never paid much attention to it.

But even though many functions have not yet been activated, the national internal affairs system also has certain functions.

For example, the tax system obtains certain resources based on the population in the territory.

But how to determine the scope of one's territory and population?
The data was obtained from the country's internal affairs system.

The country's internal affairs system will divide the territory that belongs to Zhu Chu, so that he can clearly see which places belong to his territory, which places have surrendered to him, and the population of those places.

Even in a more subtle way, you can know how many people in a city are loyal to you, and how many people are resisting you or even hating you.

This is not all, there are also issues such as the amount of local land, land ownership, and even the maturity of seasonal grains, and even the health and loyalty of the people, as well as how many officials there are in the territory under their jurisdiction, and where there are vacancies for officials. Wait for the question.

Zhu Qi can be clearly and directly observed through this internal affairs system.

For example, Wang Fu, Muchun and Mu Sheng all have no problem with their loyalty, and their loyalty is only to Zhu Zhen himself.

In other words, they are all loyal ministers of Zhu Chu. Even if Zhu Chu wants to rebel, they will follow him and hold high the banner of rebellion.

That's why Zhu Zhen, who had hesitated without hesitation before, finally clearly revealed his ambitions to the three closest and most capable generals today.

In fact, Zhu Ming is also expressing his attitude. If you follow me and work hard, sooner or later I will become the emperor. Can I still treat you badly?
Muchun had met Zhu Yunwen, and if Zhu Yuanzhang did something slutty again, it wouldn't be a good idea to drag this fierce general to Zhu Yunwen's side.

This also had the effect of making Muchun feel at ease.

But why is this guy Mu Sheng so loyal?This is what surprised Zhu Zhen.

After all, Mu Sheng didn't spend much time with Zhu Zhen. He was fully prepared. He only fought side by side when he intercepted Silunfa. Even when he conquered and pursued Dao Ganmeng, he did not participate.

Therefore, Mu Sheng's loyalty was so high, no less than that of his elder brother Mu Chun, which Zhu Zhen couldn't understand.

Is it because of Muchun?

In addition, Zhu Ming actually already knew that there was indeed a Jin Yiwei hiding under his command.

Not many, just one.

And it was no one else but Li Gui, one of the two lieutenants commanding under Wang Fu. At first, Zhu Chu complained that the three of them were Fu Lu Shou brothers. It was a pity that Li Gui was not called Li Lu.

He is Jin Yiwei, Zhu Yuanzhang's secret agent.

I'm afraid he secretly reported many of Zhu Yu's things to Zhu Yuanzhang, right?
But it's a pity that since Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a beating, he has completely gone dormant. He has kept a low profile for nearly a year and left everything to others.

Even though Li Gui was Wang Fu's deputy general and someone close to Zhu Chu, he didn't know anything.

After all, Li Gui was just a colleague in the final analysis. Not to mention that he was not a commander. A general did not have that much power, nor did he have so many channels to inquire about Zhu Xi's affairs.

And since Zhu Chu already knew who the second and fifth boys around him were, it was easier to operate. The way he looked idle all day long was just for him to see, and then through him, he gave a signal to Zhu Yuanzhang that he was harmless to humans and animals.

But actually?Zhu Chu had already gone underground to make many preparations and actions.

Including this time, Zhu Ming also deliberately left Li Gui in Dali, and also asked Zhao Kuo to be in charge of Dali personally to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

"There are still a lot of things to do when I come out this time. I might as well go to Simoden by the way." Zhu Ming held the beauty in his arms and gently stroked Mu Qiu's beautiful back, making her look like a little baby. It sounds as comfortable as a cat.

At the same time, he was still thinking about what happened next.

It was a rare opportunity to come out this time. Although Zhu Zhen had already arranged many things, such as asking Shen Rong to send many ready-made bullets to Simodian so that they could study the principles of modern bullets.

But Zhu Chu also knew that, let alone whether the Simodian natives had the ability to deduce bullets, they probably wouldn't be able to produce them based on today's industrial level.

Even if it was really made, Zhu Zhen would not be willing to use the big pineapple to use those crude bullets, for fear of exploding the chamber again.

But Zhu Zhen's real purpose is to let the people of Smoudian try to find out the ingredients of black gunpowder.

Today's gunpowder is too crude, and is more often used to make fireworks, or it is filled with a large amount of gunpowder and used as a firecracker to shoot iron pellets.

But Zhu Zhen thought this was too wasteful.

"As long as black powder can be manufactured in batches, even if there is only explosive bag, I can throw it out in an iron bucket. Not to mention if it can be made into cannonballs by filling them with copper and using the principle of primer to activate, if such a cannon can be made, Then the power of our Ming army will be truly invincible."

Zhu Zhen secretly thought about some very dangerous things.

In fact, artillery has already appeared, but today's artillery is actually a large firecracker. In other words, it is based on the same principle as a firecracker. A large amount of gunpowder is first filled, and then a large iron ball is used as a shell. After ignition, the power of the gunpowder is released. go out.

Its power relies entirely on the propulsion of gunpowder and the impact of heavy iron balls.

But honestly, is there any difference between this and a catapult?

The artillery that Zhu Zhen was thinking of was already a modern artillery shell. There was no need to fill the barrel with gunpowder. Instead, gunpowder was filled into the warhead and fired as a primer.

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the times, it is still unrealistic to think about this now.

The most important thing is that because Jin Yiwei is around as an eyeliner, many of Zhu Chu's things have been put on hold.

Originally, he bought the blacksmith shop and later expanded the surrounding area with the intention of carrying out industrial reforms this year after the Battle of Dingbian.

At least the steelmaking technology must be raised to a higher level.

All I can say is that plans are worse than changes.Unconsciously, the sky began to turn white.

And the beauty in her arms didn't know when she fell asleep quietly.

Zhu Chu smiled and shook his head. It was already this time, and he probably wouldn't be able to sleep for a few hours, so he simply pulled out from under Mu Qiu.

The beauty was indeed exhausted, and even Zhu Zhen's movements did not wake her up.

Zhu Chu got up and went to the ground, putting on a pair of obscene clothes.

Xingyi means underwear. In ancient times, women had Xingyi, and of course men also had it, but the styles were different.

For example, the bellyband belongs to a woman, while Zhu Zhen is wearing a silky gown and trousers.

He also deliberately left his clothes open, since he wasn't afraid of the cold anyway, and it looked no different from a modern nightgown.

He walked aside, picked up a cup of tea from the table and took a sip to quench his thirst. Then he came to the outhouse, sat on the floor with his legs crossed, then hugged Yuan Shouyi with both hands and started practicing.

Ever since he obtained the Qi Training Technique, Zhu Xi has been practicing for a while every day. Now the Qi is sinking into the Dantian, nourishing it with his own blood, and then circulates along the meridians for a week, and finally accumulates in the Dantian.

But even though he had been practicing for a while, the Qi in his Dantian still seemed weak.

With his current physical condition, his progress is still so slow, which shows how difficult the path to immortality is.

I'm afraid that only by being like Zhang Sanfeng, hiding in a deep mountain and old forest without paying attention to worldly affairs, paying no attention to anything, and only focusing on practicing hard, can we have a chance to become enlightened, right?
What's more, even Zhang Sanfeng, after how many years did he become enlightened?
For example, Zhang Sanfeng is now over 140 years old. Even during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, some people said they had seen him.

But this is unofficial history. At least during the periods of several emperors in the early Ming Dynasty, there are records of Zhang Sanfeng's existence in Ming history.

But if someone really saw Zhang Sanfeng again during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, it can be seen that this veteran has not yet ascended to the throne after living hundreds of years.

Not to mention that Zhu Chu has just been practicing for a short period of time. Even if he wants to practice to the level of Zhang Sanfeng, it will take years, even decades or hundreds of years.

Zhu Zhen wasn't in a hurry, he was still young anyway.

Moreover, practicing Qi Jue is a mental method for cultivating immortality, which is not comparable to those mental methods of martial arts.

According to the realm of martial arts, it is divided into innate masters and acquired realms, and innate masters have just reached the realm of Qi training.

Zhu Zhen directly skipped the day after tomorrow to practice the innate skills. It is normal for the progress to be slow.

So even though it is just an early Qi training technique, it is actually a hundred times more advanced than the Nine Yins and Nine Yangs.

Because practicing Nine Yin and Nine Yang to the extreme, you can only reach the level of practicing Qi Jue.

"Only by nourishing and practicing Qi can you absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish your own blood, energy, and meridians. I haven't even completed the period of nourishing Qi, let alone practicing Qi," Zhu Zhen sighed.

After several hours of practice, although my cultivation has improved somewhat, it is not much, and it can barely be considered so-so.

"Your Highness, are you practicing again?" Mu Qiu's voice came from the side.

It turned out that Mu Qiu had woken up at some point, and when he got up, he saw Zhu Chu missing beside him. When he came out, he found that he was meditating outside. Knowing that he was doing it so as not to disturb his rest, he was moved and sat aside and waited quietly. Don't dare to disturb Zhu Zhen's practice.

Zhu Zhen nodded, stood up, walked to Mu Qiu, bent down and kissed her forehead as a good morning kiss.

Mu Qiu rolled her eyes at him shyly.

At first, Mu Qiu couldn't accept Zhu Zhu's modern style of intimacy. He could do anything in bed at night, but it was hard to accept it in broad daylight.

But now behind closed doors, she is beginning to slowly accept this.

Mainly because she couldn't refuse, right?

"Go brush your teeth," Zhu Zhu took Mu Qiu's little hand and began to prepare for personal hygiene issues.

Now that Shen Rong has started researching toothbrushes, they may not have appeared on a large scale outside, but Zhu Chu has naturally used them long ago.

It's a pity that today's toothbrushes are still too simple. They just use bamboo as the main body of the toothbrush, and then have a bunch of bristles on it.

That's not pig hair, it's actually horse hair.

Not to mention, horse bristles are softer than pig bristles, so they work really well as a toothbrush.

It was only now that the number of horses was scarce that Zhu Zhen suggested that Shen Rong try the pig hair effect.

After all, it’s good to be able to use a toothbrush now, so why worry about so much.

While washing his face and brushing his teeth, Zhu Zhen was still thinking about his cultivation issues.

The progress of cultivation was so slow that Zhu Zhen even doubted whether he would have to stay in the Qi-refining period for his whole life?
"Speaking of which, in the fantasy novels I read in my previous life, there were all kinds of elixirs to assist in cultivation. Do I have to make elixirs too? I'm afraid this will give Lao Zhu another excuse to deal with me, right?" Zhu Ming muttered in his heart.

In fact, Zhu Zhen also searched for it, but he couldn't find the corresponding elixir in either the ability store or the medical store in the tax system.

Instead, he found prescriptions such as Jinshi Powder and Wushi Powder, which were very harmful.

Jinshi powder is also called Jindan elixir, which is the kind of thing refined by Yongzheng.

Wu Shi San was even more harmful for thousands of years. Sun Simiao even said, "If you encounter this place, you must burn it immediately and don't leave it for a long time."

Zhu Chu didn't want to imitate Zhu Tan and eat himself to death, and end up with the title of "King of Dian Huang".

After all, the process of refining alchemy has a mythical quality, either a legendary immortal or a setting in a modern fantasy novel.

Zhu Ming knew very well that wishing for immortality might lead to a quick death.

"But if the elixir fails, can we use the effect of the medicinal materials themselves to replenish blood and increase the speed of nourishing qi?" Zhu Zhen began to think about it again.

It turned out that he thought that since he could urgently purchase a large amount of medicinal materials for patients suffering from cholera last time, and the products produced by the system must be high-quality, he treated everyone overnight.

What if you buy some thousand-year-old ginseng, polygonum multiflorum and other medicinal materials?

Not to mention anything else, using thousand-year-old ginseng to make tea and stew chicken soup every day can make people's noses bleed.

Coupled with his current physical fitness, can he speed up his cultivation progress?

Maybe you can try it when you have time.

"Besides, I can't just practice by myself," Zhu Qi looked at Mu Qiu beside him. This would be his beautiful companion throughout his life. If he became an immortal by himself, he would only be able to watch after a hundred years. What’s the point of immortality when a beautiful woman grows old, even if she is sent to leave the world forever?
So Zhu Ming made up his mind and took the time to teach Mu Qiu the qi training skills so that she could start practicing as soon as possible.

"And when the time comes, you can also practice dual cultivation. I remember that there is a heart method called the Yellow Emperor's Heart Sutra. It is a dual cultivation method that uses yin and yang to reconcile and promote cultivation. It is still Taoist orthodoxy."

The theory of yin and yang is indeed Taoist orthodoxy, so this is not a crooked way, and Zhu Zhen would not use Muqiu as a cauldron to collect yin and replenish yang.

It's just that Zhu Zhen himself is still a novice. In many things, he can only cross the river by feeling the stones. For the time being, he can only take one step at a time.

By the time Zhu Chu and Mu Qiu finished tidying up and walked out of the room, it was already bright outside.

The Xiping Hou Mansion has also become busy, especially after learning that they finally got up, they quickly asked the kitchen to cook the food, but they didn't know whether it was breakfast or lunch now.

Mu Qiu's face turned red and he complained in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's all you who makes me feel ashamed to see anyone."

They sleep in the same room and don't go out until midnight. What do others think?
What's more, other people's conjectures are not just wild imaginations, they actually did it last night.

"Hey, I am the prince, who dares to gossip?" Zhu Zhen didn't take it seriously and looked a little proud.

As a man, this proves that he is strong.

Besides, although they are not married yet, Zhu Qi already treats Mu Qiu as his wife. All that is missing is a ceremony. After all, it is the thinking of modern people.

My own wife, what are you afraid of?

They are behind closed doors, and no one dares to listen. Who dares to say anything?

Aren't you afraid that I will kill them?
Mu Qiu stamped his feet, but he could do nothing.

Afterwards, Wang Fu and others also got the news and rushed over one after another.

"It's almost time to continue the crusade against the rebels."

But don't forget about business, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang will really get angry if the rebellion is not suppressed for a long time.

(End of this chapter)