Chapter 252 I dare to ask the great master, is there really immortality?
On March 16, the court finally came to a conclusion and drafted the late emperor's edict to order the current king of the clan, Zhu Houcong, to succeed to the throne.
On March 18, King Xing received all the ministers who came to announce his decree, and entered the imperial city with them.
Unexpectedly, after entering the imperial city, things that were originally thought to be going smoothly turned out to have the first conflict. The Minister of Rites proposed that King Xing honor the late emperor as Emperor Kao and change the title of King Xingxian to the emperor's uncle. As the crown prince succeeded to the throne, he cited the precedent of the previous Song Dynasty Cheng Yi's discussion of King Pu's etiquette to make suggestions to King Xing, but King Xing refused.
King Xing said to his left and right: "The posthumous decree is that my heir is the emperor, not the prince."
The two sides were in a stalemate, and in the end the ministers had no choice but to compromise.
The new king has already shown methods that surprised the officials before he succeeded to the throne.
On April 21, King Xing succeeded to the throne, but he insisted on his own opinion on the matter of succession and no heirs, with no intention of compromise. However, to everyone's surprise, the emperor's uncle and king, Zhu Yousong, took the initiative to stand up for the new king and expressed his strong support, suppressing many dissatisfied voices in the clan.
On April 26, the new emperor issued a decree that all the original charges against the Shenxiao Sect would be removed, and all property, land, etc. belonging to the original Shenxiao Sect would be returned to their original amount.
On April 27, the new emperor had another decree, canonizing the longevity son of the Shenxiao sect as the 'Great Master of Changsheng Yuanmiao', and the Taoist priest Qingxu of the Zhenwu Sect as the 'Great Master of Qingxu Xuanmiao'. At the same time Let the two be the leaders of the Taoist sect and lead the Taoist sects in the world.
This move made all the forces jealous, and many forces connected with each other and seemed to want to imitate Pei Xuanjing's actions.
On April 29, Qin Tianjian was established, and Bai Xiaosheng became the first supervisor.
On June 11, Jiang Bin, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, was found to have colluded with the blood demon Yang Tinghe for his unscrupulous plot. He had indulged court officials, engaged in massive corruption and bribery, fostered private parties, and used family members.
The emperor lured him into the palace, captured him and his accomplices Xu Tai, Li Cong, etc., and took them back to the prison to beheaded in public until the case was ascertained.
The next day, Lin Qingyi, the former commander of the Jinyiwei, was ordered by the emperor to temporarily take over the position of commander of the Jinyiwei, and became one of the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty.
On June 23, an official from the Ministry of War wrote a letter to expose Wang Qiong, the Minister of War. Although the emperor kept the memorial without publishing it, the pride of Wang Qiong, the Minister of War, who had originally supported the new emperor, came to an abrupt end.
On the ninth day of the seventh lunar month, the Ming Dynasty suddenly announced that the Zhang family of Luzhou was planning to rebel. The evidence was conclusive. Two supreme masters from the royal family and the imperial court personally dispatched and led the guards to kill everyone in the Zhang family. , and for a time the whole world was silent.
Because they know clearly that although the Luzhou Zhang family has ruled one side and has been running rampant in the countryside for a long time, it has attracted the anger of heaven and people. But the real reason why they were exterminated by the imperial court was not like this.
But it was because the Luzhou Zhang family was the most arrogant among the many forces. They blatantly united with many parties and wanted to imitate Pei Xuanjing and segregate Luzhou to dominate, which caused the disaster.
The Luzhou Zhang family, which had been inherited for hundreds of years, was destroyed overnight, which shocked all parties. All the forces that had been secretly colluding and wanting to imitate the Shenxiao sect suddenly stopped their actions. Dare to make any more changes.
This new king has only been on the throne for just over three months, and the things he has done one after another have left countless people stunned and not knowing what to say.
Fortunately, it is precisely because of the emperor's extraordinary methods that he knows those people who can be offended, and those who he cannot deal with now.
After he ascended the throne and consecrated Pei Xuanjing and Taoist Qingxu, the emperor was very curious about Pei Xuanjing.
What surprised Pei Xuanjing the most was that after the night banquet, the emperor retreated from everyone and chose to face Pei Xuanjing alone.
The two had a brief but meaningful conversation in a side hall.
At that time, the first words the emperor asked surprised Pei Xuanjing.
“I dare to ask the great master, has there ever really been immortality?” At that time, Pei Xuanjing looked at the emperor in front of him. Although he was extraordinary in appearance, he was only sixteen years old. In his previous life, he was just a middle school student. Tell him seriously:
"I believe that immortality must exist."
After hearing this answer, a trace of longing appeared in the emperor's eyes, and he asked the second sentence: "Dare to ask the great master, except Besides practicing martial arts, is there any way to live forever? ”
A smile appeared on Pei Xuanjing's face, and he replied with a smile: "In Pindao's view, in addition to martial arts, there should be a way to live forever."
The emperor showed a satisfied smile on his face and asked again : "I dare to ask the great master, whether it is possible for me to live forever?"
The new emperor had nothing to hide and no mincing words. He stated his purpose straight to the point.
Pei Xuanjing pondered for a moment and replied: "Whether you live forever or not does not depend on anything else, but on your Majesty himself."
"Please make it clear, please." The emperor asked.
Pei Xuanjing smiled mysteriously: "The time has not come yet. If your Majesty is willing, you can wait for some time."
"Some time, how long is it?"
"Maybe three Two months, maybe three or two years.”< br>
"Okay, I will wait for three years. Within these three years, no matter what the great master does, I can help you. I just hope that the great master will not deceive me."
< br>“Your Majesty is wise!”
Pei Xuanjing read what was passed back about what the new emperor had done, and then recalled the conversation between the two in the side hall that day, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"It seems that this emperor really wants to pursue immortality!" He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Although according to the information collected by Bai Xiaosheng, the previous King Xing loved to practice Taoism, so he had a profound influence on the emperor. He had a good impression of Taoism.
But Pei Xuanjing did not take the conversation in the side hall that day seriously, but only regarded it as a test by the other party. After all, even if the emperor really wanted to practice Taoism and seek immortality, he should seek advice from the Zhenwu Sect with whom he was closely connected, and not from the Shenxiao sect, who had brought shame to the Ming royal family.
What he said at that time was just to express his position, and he had no intention of competing for power with the other party. What he did was just to practice practice, and he didn't want to cause any trouble to himself.
Unexpectedly, what the emperor did so far did not cause any trouble to himself and others. Even many objections in the clan were suppressed by him.
Thinking of this, he took out a book from the bookshelf next to him and called for Tamaki.
“Please give this book to the emperor.”
Yu Zhenzi couldn’t help being frightened when he saw the book Pei Xuanjing took out, and asked: “Sect Master, do you really want to Give this thing to the other party.”
(End of this chapter)