The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 301 Go to the Hall of Hell for a meeting

Fifteen days are not enough time to deliver the news, let alone rushing to Luoyang. This looks like embarrassment.

But that’s what Chen Jingke did.

Talkers from various schools of Buddhism and Taoism actually gathered in Luoyang City in just three to five days.

It was as if there was some tacit understanding between the two parties.

Moreover, the talkers from various families did not visit each other as usual.

After entering Luoyang, I found a temple to stay, closed the door and thanked guests without seeing anyone.

Many people who were waiting to see the excitement were disappointed.

For example, Zhu Xiongying threw the information in his hand on the table and said disdainfully:

"These people are so cowardly that they don't collude in private?"

"If you don't worry, everyone in the world will be anxious too."

Zhu Xiongying suddenly realized it and said happily: "So that's it, hey, then I'm relieved."

The so-called Neilizhu is a book dedicated to recording some of the emperor's affairs in the harem.

Chen Jingke said seriously: "It's not my plan, but the court is standing behind me."

Zhu Xiongying said a little boringly: "Everything is under your calculation, it's boring."

When the concubine becomes pregnant, you can check the records and estimate the time of pregnancy.

"If people's hearts were so simple, a harmonious world would have been realized long ago."

Chen Jingke felt a little ashamed knowing that this was his first time cheating, and he became thicker-skinned after doing it a few more times.

Chen Jingke laughed and said: "You are still jumping up and down at this time. Isn't it because you don't want to die fast enough?"

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "You don't seem to be afraid at all that they will unite to oppose your new law."

Let's put it this way, the ministers are not afraid of the emperor's "spring night is short and the sun is high", but they are afraid that the emperor is not close to women.

Zhu Xiongying naturally understood this truth, but he was still confused and said:

Chen Jingke was even more speechless: "What, you still want to hide it for the rest of your life?"

"I didn't want to either, but the palace attendant helped me take a shower last night, and it was like that in a daze."

"Aren't I afraid that she will be angry?"

Seeing that Zhu Xiongying was still grumbling, he shook his head and said helplessly:

"The maids around you are all girls from good families specially selected by Madam Xu after she entered the palace."

"So the closer the critical moment comes, the more cautious everyone will be and will not leave any clues to others."

Zhu Xiongying suddenly stopped talking. After a while, he finally said to Ai Ai:
"You...don't tell Miaojin."

"It's you, I heard that you favored a palace servant last night?"

For example, if you favor a certain concubine on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, it will be recorded.

"Besides, they have already reached consensus on some things."

"Why do you think I do this? Do you think I don't know?"

Chen Jingke said disdainfully: "What innocence? Do you want me to look through your internal notes?"

"I am a swordsman and he is a fish-meat. Naturally, what I say will be what I say."

Zhu Xiongying nodded, he naturally understood this truth, and then asked:
"How are you preparing? Do you need me to help you calm down?"

Chen Jingke rolled his eyes and reminded: "Now is the time for you to grow, so pay attention to moderation."

"You are the grandson, and your heirs are related to the country and the country."

Chen Jingke said: "You really think they can work together."

"If you act like this, people will mistakenly think that she is jealous and cannot tolerate other women. On the contrary, you are harming her."

As mentioned before, the heir to the throne is related to the country and the country, so people cannot ignore it.

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "It's better to say goodbye. This is a job that offends people. You'd better not show up."

"I was trained in the palace for several years and was only placed with you when you were sixteen."

"Everyone knows in their hearts that allies are only used for betrayal at critical moments. A dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist."

"Mrs. Xu is only eleven years old, and she has not yet been able to consummate the marriage."

"If she gets angry, I'm afraid she won't have the chance to be the grandson concubine."

The prince and grandson also all have such a eunuch responsible for this matter.

"You are seventeen years old. It is normal to have other concubines."

"Just give that palace official an identity and that's it."

In fact, many people are paying attention to the grandson's harem recently.

Zhu Xiongying's face turned as red as a monkey's butt: "Why do you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air?"

The prospective concubine is too young, so concubines and other concubines should be registered in advance.

Don't worry about anything else, just give birth to the child.

If Xu Miaojin can successfully give birth to an heir in the future, it will naturally be his eldest son who will inherit the throne.

The eldest son of the emperor was granted the title of prince and that was all.

If she has no son, then the eldest son of the emperor will succeed.

There is a prince there, so even if he is not appointed as the heir, everyone will not panic.

When Zhu Xiongying was just sixteen years old, a minister asked him to have some concubines for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately issued an order to move Zhu Xiongying out of Qianqing Palace and set aside a separate palace for him to live in.

Queen Ma sent the four palace servants who had been prepared in advance to serve him.

It was regarded as blocking the mouths of the ministers.

These four palace servants were all selected from the families of ordinary scholars. They were all of good appearance and conduct, and they had been trained in the palace for several years.

As the saying goes, love and adultery... bah, as the saying goes, knowing lust and admiring Shao Ai.

Zhu Xiongying was a hot-blooded young man who could endure it for more than half a year before losing his virginity at the hands of four women.

If it had been anyone else, he would have been disarmed that day.

I don’t know how Zhu Xiongying comforted Xu Miaojin later, but it just passed.

Afterwards, Queen Ma issued a decree to confer the title of beauties on the four palace ladies.

When the news came out, the ministers naturally knew what it meant, and they all put down the stone in their hearts.

After all, the four palace servants had been waiting around the grandson for half a year without making any move, so it was difficult for everyone not to have other suspicions.

Is there something wrong with your body? Do you dislike women? Yes or no……

Now, the smoke has cleared and everything is normal.
-
Those who pay attention to the affairs of the grandson's harem are basically civil and military officials, and the common people are too lazy to worry about it.

Of course, they don't have the ability to worry about that. They are more concerned about the court's suppression of religion.

After half a year, the imperial court finally got the word out and asked each family to send spokespersons to Beijing for a meeting.

Those immortal figures who are rarely seen in ordinary times appeared in Luoyang, which really caused a sensation among the people.

Many faithful men and women went to the temple where they temporarily settled to watch, hoping to see the spokespersons of these gods.

Chen Jingke did not wait any longer and found an opportunity to send an invitation to Zhang Yuchu from Longhu Mountain.

After receiving the invitation, Zhang Yuchu's expression changed and he said:

"Bitterness."

His disciple Zhang Qingyang said in confusion: "When you meet Chen Bandu, you can find out some information in advance. This is a good thing. Why is Master so frowning?"

Zhang Yuchu sighed: "The imperial court's purpose has been revealed, which is to reorganize the Buddhist and Taoist families and formulate new rules."

"The new rules are nothing more than restricting the development of Buddhism and Taoism. This has happened in all dynasties, so there is nothing else to find out."

"There are only five days left before the meeting, and each family is watching each other, fearing that the other party will take small actions."

"When I meet Chen Bandu now, what will others think?"

Zhang Qingyang immediately stopped talking.

Emperor Hongwu attached great importance to the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain and decreed that Zhang Yuchu be the "Zhengyi Sijiao Daohe Wuwei Chanzu Guangfan Da Zhenren" and take charge of Taoist affairs in the world.

In other words, he is the Taoist leader currently recognized by the imperial court.

However, this time the imperial court's move to suppress Buddhism and Taoism completely turned him into a joke.

He immediately submitted a memorial requesting to meet the emperor, and the response he received was just two words: self-examination.

Self-examination?

Check who? Taoism as a whole?

Stop making trouble. If you do this kind of thing, will the Zhang family still hang out in the future?

But the emperor had given an order, and he couldn't do nothing. He could only investigate his own family. When I inspect my own home, I am also inspecting myself. It does not count as disobeying the imperial edict.

But others would not understand him. Jin Yiwei was arresting people like crazy, and other Taoist sects had no way to turn to him, so they had no choice but to turn to him as their leader.

What could he do? There was nothing he could do with his hands spread out.

After finally getting over the self-examination matter, he didn't dare to go to court again.

But this also declares that he has completely lost his heart.

Not only that, the entire Zhang family in Longhu Mountain was also implicated and became a laughing stock.

The butt of the joke is the butt of the joke. The Zhang family has been in the family for thousands of years and has never experienced any kind of ups and downs.

As long as the inheritance is not cut off, everything else is easy to say.

It's just dormant for a few hundred more years.

However, if he meets Chen Jingke in private now, what will others think?
Why did Chen Bandu only look for him?
What did they talk about? The Zhang family won't sell everyone, right?
Speaking of Jinyiwei's crazy arrests before, Longhushan didn't seem to be suppressed much.

Could it be that his surname Zhang betrayed everyone behind his back?

Therefore, Zhang Yuchu definitely couldn't go to the banquet.

So, the news came out that day that Zhang Zhen was bedridden due to cold.

Of course everyone knew why he was sick and laughed at him.

Wasn't your Zhang family very powerful before? The emperor granted the title of Great Master to take charge of Taoist affairs in the world.

Are you frightened and sick by an invitation now?
Only then did Chen Jingke realize that his invitation was somewhat inappropriate.

But with all his conscience, he really had no other plans.

I sent an invitation to Zhang Yuchu purely because I wanted to meet a historical celebrity.

Among the Taoist priests of the early Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng is probably the most familiar to everyone.

However, in real history, the first Taoist figure in the early Ming Dynasty was none other than Zhang Yuchu.

He is a standard scholar of hundreds of schools of thought, not to mention Taoist classics, and his Confucian and Buddhist knowledge is also very profound.

Being praised as the "immortal Confucian" by Song Lian shows his profound foundation in Confucianism.

He also learned from Buddhist knowledge and perfected the Taoist theory of ghosts and gods.

He draws on the strengths of many schools of thought and integrates the ideas of Fu Lu and Nei Alchemy.

In modern online cultivation novels, the source of internal cultivation of golden elixirs and external attacks with talismans started from him.

Medical ethics are not divided into different schools, and those who study traditional Chinese medicine are quite familiar with Taoist figures.

Many Taoist leaders are also national experts in medical skills.

As a doctor, Chen Jingke was very familiar with Zhang Yuchu.

Of course, it's not enough to say that I admire him too much.

After all, now he is also famous, so he is not like Xiaobai, who is shocked when he sees historical celebrities.

It's just out of curiosity and I want to have a chat with Zhang Yuchu.

Of course, if you can persuade this Taoist leader to cooperate with you, many tasks will become much easier.

I just didn't expect that it would bring such a big problem to Zhang Yuchu.

Forget it, if you don’t see it, then you will see it.

He didn't force it either.

The general situation is in his hands, and the Buddhist and Taoist families can only act according to his rules. Whether or not Zhang Yuchu cooperates will have little impact.

Five days later, the meeting got down to business.

Chen Jingke chose the Zhenfusi Yamen as the venue for the meeting, which was Jin Yiwei's home base.

There was no way. Originally, the Senglu Department was just a small agency under the Ministry of Rites, and its office was also located in the Ministry of Rites, with only two small rooms.

After the reorganization of the religious department, although it has been expanded, it is still not a big yamen.

There were so many people coming to the meeting this time that there was simply no room for them.

Chen Jingke thought for a while and decided to just put it in the Zhenfusi Yamen.

By the way, scare the big guys of these genres.

When Zhu Yuanzhang learned about the meeting place, he really couldn't laugh or cry.

"You kid, you are really doing a disservice."

Zhu Biao was also very helpless, but did not object.

Zhu Xiongying was very excited. If it wasn't really inappropriate to come forward, he would have wanted to see the expressions of these people in person.

When the Buddhist and Taoist sects received the notice to go to Zhenfusi Yamen for a meeting, you can imagine how wonderful their expressions were.

What's the difference between going to Jinyiwei's lair for a meeting and going to the Palace of Hell?
That Chen Bandu is really open-minded.

There is no hiding the fact that this is a Hongmen Banquet.

Although I was murmuring in my heart, I still had to go to the meeting.

So, on that day, the people of Luoyang saw a magical scene. Hundreds of Buddhist and Taoist masters lined up to Zhenfusi Yamen.

Those who didn't know thought they had committed something and turned themselves in.

Someone with bad intentions has started to spread rumors, and the people involved in both Buddhism and Taoism have been arrested by the Jin Yiwei. The emperor really wants to destroy Buddhism and Taoism.

Don't care what the truth is, it's very bluffing.

The people watching like this kind of breaking news, they are so unhappy.

On the other side, representatives of the Buddhist and Taoist sects came outside the Zhenfu Si Yamen.

As if to intimidate everyone, there were three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, and there were fierce-looking Jin Yiwei standing guard everywhere.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but everyone seemed to smell the smell of blood.

The open door was like a huge mouth of an abyss, trying to swallow everyone in one bite.

The rows of royal guards looked like ghosts in the underworld.

Originally, everyone sneered at Chen Jingke's decision to place the meeting venue here.

Everyone is a wise man with a high level of character and cultivation. Will they be frightened by your little trick?
Only then did I realize that I was happy too early.

However, those present were indeed the best figures in Buddhism and Taoism, and they quickly regained their composure.

A Taoist priest in his early forties took the first step and said to Zhang Yuchu:

"Zixuan, how about you go ahead with me and explore the Zhenfusi Yamen?"

Zhang Yuchu smiled casually and said, "It is Yuchu's honor to be invited by the teacher."

That Taoist is not relying on his old age to show off his old age. His name is Liu Yuanran, and he is the founder of the Changchun School of Taoism.

Zhang Yuchu once studied Taoism under him, and it was considered a serious teacher-student relationship.

The master and apprentice took the first step and entered the Zhenfusi Yamen.

"Amitabha." Shaolin Abbot Fazheng announced the Buddha's name and followed closely behind.

The other families didn't think much about it and entered the gate closely.

Everyone walked all the way to the conference room, only to find that they were not the first to arrive. There were already several people sitting inside.

When those people saw them, they stood up in a hurry and saluted.

Everyone saw that they wore strange clothes, the monks were not monks, and they were strange people.

I can't help but wonder, which genre is this?

Zhang Yu was well-informed at first and quickly recognized the identities of these people and said:
"Mazu's temple blessing?"

The person in front also calmed down and replied: "The Mazu Temple in Quanzhou celebrates Biliang Festival. I have met Master Zhang and all the seniors."

Everyone present suddenly realized that it was a Mazu temple blessing.

No wonder it appears here.

Although Mazu is a new religion, it is flourishing and has widespread influence in coastal areas.

The key is that they have the support of the imperial court and are the only faith that has not been suppressed this time.

Of course, everyone attributed this to Chen Jingke's belief in Mazu.

The evidence is The Pirates of Malacca. Although he uses a pseudonym, everyone knows who the author is.

This time, only the belief in Mazu was not affected, which further supports this speculation.

Therefore, although Buddhism and Taoism have a long history, they dare not take advantage of it and return the favor one after another.

Suddenly the venue became lively, and the depressing atmosphere was swept away.

At this moment, a voice came: "Did you have a good time chatting? How about I wait for you for a while?"

Everyone turned to look, and it was Chen Jingke who was looking at them with a smile.

(End of this chapter)