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Chapter 149: The world is unified, Zhang Laodao emerges?

In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, the remnant Mongolian army surrendered under the leadership of Chahan, King of Ruyang. From then on, both the north and south banks of the Yellow River belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Xin led his army to sweep the north, but Chahan, the king of Ruyang, failed to sweep away due to the "cooperation" of various Ming armies in the south. Within a few years, the world was unified again.

Dading in the Central Plains was recuperating and Xu Xinyuji ascended the throne as emperor, but all wars were not over.

Xu Xin used the Central Plains as his base to prepare for war. His army became more powerful and attacked the Chagatai Khanate in the north. Chahan was responsible for this route.The southern army, headed by Chang Yuchun, eliminated the cancer of coastal landowners, strangled the rebellious pirates, and reopened sea routes.

The army of the Northern Expedition to the West, the Chahan soldiers left the Yumen Pass, crossed the desert, swept the Western Regions, destroyed the Chagatai Khanate, and then headed westward. With the cooperation of the Persian Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Empire's heyday territory was included in the Ming Dynasty. 's rule.

North of the Great Wall, the infinitely vast grasslands, as well as the Western Regions along the Silk Road, have since become the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This area and India further away will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty kings in the future.

Facts have proved that only the enfeoffment system can make it easier to turn the territories captured from outside into one's own inherent territory.

As for the people living in the grassland chasing water and grass, and the people of the Central Plains are not adaptable... that is a joke. The Han people are the most tenacious nation, and it is just a grassland. As long as the imperial court is willing to move Han people to support development, there are many ways to conquer it.

The army to the north marched smoothly to the west, and the land and sea army to the south also progressed smoothly. Wherever the Ming treasure ships passed, pirates were wiped out. In the process, the Ming navy also opened up safe routes, reaching Japan in the east, Southeast Asia and even further seas in the south. Still exploring.

The Ming Dynasty established base ports in Japan, Ryukyu, Sanyu, Champa, Siam, Java and other countries, and ordered them to regard Weiguo as Zhengshuo, open ports, trade, and sell porcelain, tea, silk and other handicrafts from the Central Plains here. Then transport local rice, sugar cane, fish catch, wood, silver, gems, etc. back to the Central Plains.

It developed during the Song Dynasty. When our maritime trade flourished again, Quanzhou Prefecture also became a place directly under the central government. This was the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. Goods produced in the Ming Dynasty were shipped from here to all parts of the world, and materials from overseas countries also came from here. Landed here, shipped to various provinces.

As early as the Song Dynasty, this place was very prosperous, and you could see all kinds of foreigners. Now the Ming Dynasty is supporting development, and freight is developing rapidly. Ships come and go, with sails and masts like forests, and boxes of various goods are carried ashore. Send it to the market for trading.

The tax collectors set up by Xu Xin were inspecting the boxes, then appraising them, issuing documents, and collecting customs duties. Now this alone accounts for more commercial taxes every year than several provinces produce.

Xu Xin set up a separate tax department and said jokingly, "In Ming Dynasty, taxation and death are inevitable."

He gave the tax department extremely high powers. It was obviously to investigate and collect taxes, but in fact it was also responsible for collecting various intelligence.

Of course, there is more than one person doing intelligence work, and some departments such as Jin Yiwei are also decentralizing their powers. They are not subordinate to each other and supervise each other to prevent anyone from covering up.

In addition, there are various internal reforms, such as changing the head tax to land tax, land reform, etc. In addition, there is also the redefinition of the imperial examination policy, focusing on practicality, putting officials first and then officials, and limiting the age. Those over 35 years old are no longer allowed to participate in the examination. .

In addition, passing the imperial examination no longer means directly becoming an official, but starting from a minor official.As for whether doing this will bury talents...of course there are other channels, and there are also joint supervisions from various departments to ensure that the channels for upward leaps and bounds will not be cut off.

In fact, there is nothing we can do about it. There have been omissions in the selection of talents in all dynasties. It would be good to ensure a general fairness.

In this way, it recuperated at home and conquered, plundered and colonized externally. After ten years of great rule, the Ming Dynasty quickly became prosperous. When Xu Xin ascended the throne for almost 20 years, a special guest visited the capital, Zhang Laodao from Wudang Mountain.

When Xu Xin saw Zhang Laodao again, the old man with white beard and hair was still full of energy, and he didn't look like an old man at all.

Zhang Wuji beside him has changed a lot. He has begun to grow a beard, and he looks somewhat like an immortal.

"Wuji pays homage to the emperor!" Zhang Wuji knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Xin. After Xu Xin ascended the throne, the two main things he did were to govern the world and continue the bloodline. He made great achievements in making children, but accidentally gave Zhang Wuji his own brother. come out.

After this incident came out, we had to face it. An imperial decree arrived at Wudang Mountain. Zhang Wuji was adopted by the emperor as his adopted son and became a monk on behalf of the emperor to pray for the people of the world.

After this was completed, the golden light in Xu Xin's mind became brighter and clearer.

"Why is the real person here?"

Xu Xin saw that something was not right about Zhang Sanfeng and that he had something to say to him, so he ordered Zhang Wuji to see his mother, and then dismissed the people around him, leaving only Zhang Sanfeng and himself in the palace.

"Your Majesty, Pindao is about to leave!"

As soon as Zhang Sanfeng opened his mouth, what he said made Xu Xin frown.

"Really, what do you mean by that?"

Xu Xin observed Zhang Sanfeng's condition carefully. The old man was in high spirits and didn't look like he was dying at all. Did he come to make him happy on purpose?
"The day after tomorrow is perfect, life spans two decades, it's just destiny..."

Zhang Sanfeng said this, and then performed the Tai Chi secret that he had perfected in front of Xu Xin. The hazy black and white Qi circulated, but in front of Zhang Sanfeng, a Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram formed by condensation of true Qi emerged.

This Tai Chi diagram is no larger than a foot, but it contains infinite mysteries.

"Your Majesty, the world is shackles and does not allow you to seek immortality, but the great road has its own glimmer of vitality. The three treasures are integrated into one, the profound entrance is open to the orifices, and there is transcendence..."

Zhang Laodao pushed hard, and the Tai Chi figure flew down in front of Xu Xin. The energy-absorbing method in his body activated independently, absorbing all the opportunities that came to his mouth.

Xu Xin only felt that there were thousands of voices in his mind, and his vision suddenly became blurry. When he regained consciousness again, there was no trace of Zhang Sanfeng in his eyes.After asking the chamberlain around him, the news he got was that Zhang Sanfeng and Zhang Wuji had already left the capital.

A few days later, news came from Wudang Mountain that Zhang Sanfeng became immortal at the Golden Summit of Wudang.When the news reached Xu Xin's ears, his first reaction was that he didn't believe it, but later he gradually realized it and understood some deeper mysteries.

What Zhang Sanfeng said about the existence of shackles in the world means that there are certain limitations in the current world, and it seems that it is impossible to break through the innate realm.

Xu Xin understands this very well. He practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu and transformed into the "Essence Flower". He practiced and perfected the Great Shift of the Universe to transform his true energy and became the "Qi Flower". Later, in the battle of Dadu, he plundered everything from Pasiba and became the "Goddess". "Flower" is also perfect.

With three flowers of essence, energy and spirit gathered at the top, he has gone further than Zhang Sanfeng on the road of acquired transformation. It is supposed that he should have opened up the mysterious door and rebelled against his innate nature.

But for more than ten years, no matter how hard Xu Xin tried, he was always still a little short of the mark. His Dragon-Elephant Prajna Kungfu also stagnated, and he was stuck on the threshold of promotion to the eleventh level.

This situation lasted for more than ten years. Xu Xin naturally realized some of the reasons. He made various deductions and actually came up with some methods that seemed to be able to break through. However, at present, his life span is still long and he is far from exhausted. So there is no rush to try desperately.

But Zhang Sanfeng's visit gave him a different kind of insight. It seemed that... Is there any other way to transcend this world?
(End of this chapter)