The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 307 The hero of a moment

Facts have proven time and again that the ancients also liked eating melons and conspiracy theories.

When rumors emerged that Buddhism and Taoism had stolen the country's destiny, they spread at an alarming speed.

In just a few days, everyone in Luoyang City knew about it, and it spread to all parts of the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible.

At first, everyone took it as a joke. It was nonsense to steal the national destiny.

Yet the evidence soon emerged.

Why did the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties last so long? Because there is no Buddhist path.

Why is it so difficult to have a dynasty of three hundred years after the Han Dynasty? Because Buddhism appeared.

What, you said it was a coincidence?
Okay, let's talk about new evidence.

The life span of the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty was relatively normal, with an average life span of forty-one years.

If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not a human being, perhaps the people would not say anything.

But even so, Buddhism and Taoism have also encountered an unprecedented crisis of trust.

Especially after he implemented the abolition of the poll tax and divided people into acres, Zhu Yuanzhang became a saint in the eyes of the people.

It was discovered that they were stealing the country's destiny and they tried to resist, but unfortunately they failed.

But after rounds of reforms, Ming Dynasty's policies can be said to be unprecedentedly loose.

Correspondingly, Buddhism, a foreign religion, flourished in China.

It is very likely that Buddhism and Taoism were absorbing the luck of the Ming Dynasty and hurting the heir to the throne.

Now there is an organization that wants to steal the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, which is an unforgivable crime.

Why do most of the rebels in the past dynasties pretend to be Buddhists and Taoists?
Just to steal the destiny of the country with the help of religion.

Now that I think about it, it’s so abnormal.

Think about it, if your grandson is gone... the consequences will be disastrous.

The imperial court's previous suppression of Buddhism and Taoism failed to stop everyone from burning incense.

Secondly, even if it is true that Buddhism and Taoism steal the country's destiny, it is not something that we ordinary people can afford to offend.

Of course, people's thoughts are indeed easily swayed by public opinion in many cases, but that doesn't mean they won't weigh the pros and cons.

When you fall from a horse and get injured, it affects the celestial phenomena.

Before the emergence of Buddhism in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the life span of emperors was pretty good.

Although the educational work led by Zhu Xiongying has only begun, it has already had a certain impact.

As a result of everyone's suspicion, the rumors spread wider and became more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

He even curses a few words, saying it's best to be sucked to death quickly.

First of all, the rumors are just rumors. The court has not yet spoken.

The name of the temple was also changed to Longxing Temple.

But since Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty ushered in Buddhism, the Eastern Han Dynasty was basically dominated by child emperors, and few lived long.

……

There is also Taoism, which is not clean either.

There is more and more relevant evidence, saying that there are noses and eyes.

If it weren't for the virtuous ministers from heaven, the grandson's life could be saved.

Let’s wait and see the reaction above.

The average life span of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty was less than thirty years old, which was the shortest in all dynasties.

The new temple covers an area of ​​more than a thousand acres and is extremely luxurious.

Needless to say, the origin of the Emperor of Heaven and Buddhism goes without saying, right?
I believed in Buddhism and Taoism so much that I rebuilt the Yuhuang Temple where I became a monk.

Even the emperor of the current dynasty was involved, so even those with a strong will had to have doubts.

At least the common people knew that the Ming Dynasty was better than all previous dynasties, and they also had a sense of identity with the imperial court.

Don't start to rebel against Buddhism without thinking.

Why did the Three Martial Arts and One Sect want to destroy Buddha?

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of Han Dynasty, what was Zhang Jiao's origin?
Taoism.

Isn’t this enough to show that Buddhism is stealing luck?

But why did the emperor go against the norm this year and start cracking down on Buddhism and Taoism?
Think about my great-grandson again. First he was seriously ill and almost died, and then he fell off a horse and was injured.

This is not stealing the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty. This is destroying the hope of our people to survive.

It's just that the man's strength was not exhausted, and his action failed.

Although the people would not believe all the rumors and did not dare to offend Buddhism and Taoism, at least they could control their own legs and not burn incense.

Why did he call Cang Tian dead and Huang Tian should stand?
Because he stole the destiny of the sky and tried to change the dynasty.

Now, because this rumor has come true, the number of people going to temples to offer incense has dropped sharply.

Many powerful bureaucrats who maintained good relations with them began to ask privately whether it was true.

Buddhism and Taoism were completely panicked.

They naturally knew that the emperor was beating them, but the beating was too violent.

Are you planning to beat them to death with a stick?

Buddhism acted very quickly and sent people to see Chen Jingke to express his surrender.

One side sent a representative to the Taoist side.

The meeting was just a question: If you want to die, don't implicate us. Quickly come up with a charter to calm the anger of the court.

Otherwise, don't blame us for being unethical and helping the court deal with you.

At this time, people from various Taoist sects were talking about things, and their intestines were filled with regret.

Why fight passively? This time I really need to give it a try.

But they were also unhappy when they heard Buddhism's questioning.

When will it be your Buddhist turn to comment on my Taoist matters?

I just wanted to reply.

However, after hearing the second half of the sentence, I immediately turned off.

Among the people who know you best, there must be your opponent.

The one who knows Taoism best is Buddhism.

If they really help the court deal with themselves, the consequences will be serious.

Even though they knew that Buddhism would say angry words again, it still made them feel afraid.

In addition, this time it was indeed my family that had caused the other party to suffer, and I felt a little unjust.

In the end, he suppressed his anger and persuaded the person to leave with kind words.

Then everyone found Zhang Yuchu. Didn't you say you wanted to ask Chen Jingke to apologize? Why haven't you gone yet?

Zhang Yuchu was also helpless. I had already submitted my greetings, but the problem was nowhere to be seen.

However, he also knew the seriousness of the matter. After expressing his stance, he slept at the door of Chen's mansion until the day he met the real owner.

True to his word, he immediately came to Chen Jingke's house to deliver the greeting card.

After being rejected this time, he did not leave. Instead, he sat on the ground and meditated in the open space on the side of the gate.

Show your sincerity by not being able to move without eating or drinking.
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This rumor was naturally spread by someone sent by Chen Jingke, and he also produced all the subsequent so-called evidence.

Needless to say the purpose.

Lao Zhu didn't say anything about him using this move.

But Lao Zhu was still very angry that he actually involved me and his grandson.

'哐哐哐' gave him three kicks in the butt.

Chen Jingke screamed and bolted out of the palace gate to go home from work.

When he arrived at the palace gate, he saw Xu Da waving to him not far away.

He immediately guessed what it was for.

The two of them were not riding horses, just walking side by side on the street.

Xu Da said: "I can always think of ways to collect land taxes in a stepped manner that others can't think of."

Chen Jingke said modestly: "It's just an idea."

Xu Da sighed: "As soon as you come up with this plan, you will offend everyone in the world."

Chen Jingke smiled and said: "I'm offended if I offend you. What can they do to me? Uncle, you don't hate me too, do you?"

Xu Da was not in the mood to joke with him and said, "You really don't think about yourself or future generations?" Chen Jingke pointed to the sunset in the sky and said, "He is guiding me."

"I didn't have that ability before. I could only think about him in my heart and hide in the dark to comfort myself."

"Now that I have this ability, my conscience prevents me from pretending to be stupid anymore."

Xu Da glanced at the sky, his face full of doubts.

What do you mean?
Chen Jingke did not explain, but smiled and said, "Do you really think I haven't thought about it? It's just following the old story of Wang Jian and Xiao He."

In order to destroy Chu, Qin used 600,000 troops, half of Qin's army.

No matter who becomes the monarch, there will be doubts about whether the commander of this army will rebel.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, what did Wang Jian do?
Ask the First Emperor for beauties, money, and rewards.

As expected, the First Emperor no longer had any doubts and confidently handed over the army to his command.

Liu Bang was fighting on the front line, and Xiao He was helping him look after his house at the back.

He also had doubts in his heart, would Xiao He betray him?

So he sent people to find out what Xiao He was doing from time to time.

What did Xiao He do after learning about this?
Corruption, misappropriation of people's land, and proactively ruining one's reputation.

When Liu Bang heard about this, he was really relieved.

To put it bluntly, it is self-protection through self-defilement.

Xu Da naturally knew about this and said with a very solemn expression:
"I can understand if you want to defile yourself, but there must be a limit, right?"

"By running the army in a civilized manner, you have offended all the military generals, and now you have offended all the powerful, bureaucrats and gentry."

"If... you will only die."

Chen Jingke naturally understood what he meant. He had offended so many people, and now that the emperor protects him, he can still live.

If the emperor does not protect him, he will have no choice but to die.

Also beware of the emperor using his head to appease public anger.

With a long sigh, Chen Jingke said softly: "I'm just trying to save myself."

Xu Da was stunned for a moment and suddenly understood.

Is it so easy to control the future of a country?
From the moment we embarked on this path, there was no way out. We could only place everything on the emperor's trust.

Once the emperor doesn't trust him, no matter how popular he is, he will only die.

If the emperor trusted him, Chen Bandu would still be the superior one.

After thinking about this, Xu Da sighed and said:

"If you know everything, why do you push yourself into such a situation?"

Chen Jingke did not answer his question directly, but asked:

“If you were given an opportunity to change the world, would you be willing to do something about it?”

Xu Da argued: "Then we should try our best to protect ourselves."

Chen Jingke smiled and said: "There are so many choices in the world. Since you choose this path, you have to pay the corresponding price."

"I also asked myself whether I should be a coward for the rest of my life or a hero for a moment."

"If I had never seen the sun and felt the warmth of light, I could have enjoyed the darkness with peace of mind."

"In fact I did choose the former at first."

"Achieve yourself, do some small things for the country and the people, indulge yourself, and leave a mark in youth history."

"But I have seen the sunshine after all, and my conscience made me unable to help but take the latter path."

At first he wanted to protect his family, but later he wanted to do something.

Unknowingly, it became what it is now.

Looking back, he himself found it incredible.

Xu Da heard it in the clouds and fog, what about the sun and what light?

But he vaguely understood that Chen Jingke must have met someone and received some favor.

It was that person who led him on the path he is on now.

Thinking of this, his heart moved.

Could it be that he was the one who imparted knowledge to Chen Jingke?
Although everyone maintained a tacit understanding not to ask about his teacher, who could not be curious about who the mysterious man was.

How amazing and talented he must be to be able to teach a disciple like Chen Jingke.

If you can ask him to come out...

It is entirely possible for Chen Jingke to worship and imitate such a mysterious and powerful master.

Xu Da wanted to ask who the sun was.

Finally I endured it.

Once some secrets are mastered, it will not end well even with his identity.

"Try to protect yourself and try not to make the people who care about you sad."

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "I know, thank you uncle for your concern."

Xu Da seemed to have thought of something, and there was a hint of guilt in his expression:
"I arranged what happened to Yun Gong, don't blame him."

Chen Jingke understood this meaningless sentence and said:

"This is my own choice and has nothing to do with you."

As the heir to the Duke of Wei, Xu Yungong should have made friends with various dignitaries in Luoyang, but he has not been back for two years.

Chen Jingke didn't think too much about it at first, thinking he was just going to practice.

Later I realized that it was to avoid myself.

As soon as he figured this out, he felt really uncomfortable and aggrieved.

Later I gradually figured it out.

You choose your own path, you can't blame others.

Anyone who gets too close to him will be jealous of the emperor.

The key is that he chose to abide by the 'doctrine of ministers' and proactively reduce the danger in the emperor's mind.

After other people know what they are planning to do, they will not move closer to them. That would be like jumping into a pit of fire.

Xu Yungong is the heir to the Duke of Wei, and his sister Xu Miaojin is also the future concubine, so her identity is even more sensitive.

Xu Da asked him to leave Luoyang and alienate the relationship between the two parties, which became inevitable.

However, Xu Da only hoped that the two sides would maintain a safe distance, not break off diplomatic relations.

Therefore, the fourth son Xu Zengshou was sent to Luoxia Academy to study.

In the court, he has always supported Chen Jingke.

From a political perspective, this is perfectly fine.

But Xu Da was not a born politician after all, not to mention that Chen Jingke saved his life.

So he was full of guilt.

The more considerate Chen Jingke appears, the more guilty he feels.

Chen Jingke naturally saw this, so he changed the subject and said:

"His Majesty said that he wanted to talk to the nobles. I don't know what the result will be. There must be many people who oppose it, right?"

Xu Da collected his emotions, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has already represented his attitude by speaking in person. Who dares to object?"

Chen Jingke thought about it. The people who were most afraid of Lao Zhu were not others, but the people closest to him.

"It's not enough just not to oppose it. Without everyone's support, it will be difficult to implement this law."

Xungui is currently the largest landowner, and everyone in the world is watching them.

If they don't support it, the law is useless.

Xu Da said: "Don't worry, everyone supports this law."

"When the decree is promulgated, all members of the National Congress will immediately dispose of the land in their hands."

Chen Jingke was surprised to see that he didn't seem to be lying and showed no reluctance:
"What benefits has His Majesty given you to make you so cooperative?"

Xu Da said mysteriously: "It can't be said, it can't be said."

"Anyway, this benefit is huge, big enough for us to support His Majesty's decision."

Having said this, he solemnly said: "So, if you have any ideas, just come up with them."

"As long as it is beneficial to Ming Dynasty, we will fully support it and suppress all objections."

Chen Jingke became even more curious. What conditions did Lao Zhu impose to make these nobles work so hard?
(End of this chapter)