Chapter 13 The Tide of Seizing the Heir
After staying in Chaotian Temple for a long time, Zhu Zaijing finally left with satisfaction.
Lan Daoxing's "Xiantian Kung" really works wonders. I have just tried practicing it a few times, and my body feels warm, as if I have been soaked in a hot spring, and all the fatigue has been swept away. And the void is replaced by the spirit of Yiyi.
This feeling of comfort also made Zhu Zaijing even more convinced that if he continued to practice like this, his current body would be able to turn a profit around the corner!
Of course Zhu Zaijing would not place all his hopes on this kind of Taoist cultivation method.
Zhu Zaijing believes that no matter how powerful the Taoist training method is, it is just an auxiliary skill to strengthen the body.
To truly keep your body healthy, you still need a normal diet and a happy mood.
Otherwise, no matter how brilliant the training method is, it will be in vain in a living situation where you can’t eat well and can’t think about things!
After all, people are people, and they cannot survive by eating the wind and drinking the dew, and the so-called detached mentality of not taking pleasure in things and not feeling sorrow in oneself.
Since people live in this chaotic world of mortals, they will inevitably encounter all kinds of problems, as well as all kinds of calculations and human hearts.
The so-called detachment is nothing more than the sublimation of one's state of mind after one's status reaches a certain level.
Nine times out of ten people who can produce such a sublimated state of mind either have a high status or have no worries about food and clothing.
Without these two foundations, even if a god descends to earth, he will have to cry back: This world is too miserable and he will never come back again.
Now Zhu Zaijing has these two foundations at the same time. In terms of status, he is the son of Emperor Jiajing, and in terms of living conditions, he is supported by the Prince of Ming Dynasty.
As long as Zhu Zaijing can think openly and clearly, and is not frightened by the Gaoyuan and indifferent attitude of Emperor Jiajing, he can eat, drink and play when he should, unless he encounters a sudden disaster, otherwise Zhu Zaijing will There is no reason why Zai Jing should not live long.
Looking at Zhu Zaijing who was full of energy, Lan Daoxing was also shocked by Zhu Zaijing's cultivation talent. If it weren't for Zhu Zaijing's identity as the son of Emperor Jiajing, he couldn't help but be tempted to accept him as a disciple.
Lan Daoxing said: "Since the prince is not ill, Pindao will not allow the prince to continue to stay in the temple, so as not to take advantage of him for a long time."
Zhu Zhu Zaijing immediately understood what Lan Daoxing meant, and he quickly returned the gift, first thanking him and saying, "Thank you so much, Taoist Master, for preaching. I will bear in mind the Taoist Master's kindness, and I will surely repay you generously in the future." Then, Zhu Zaijing formally said : "I take my leave and do not disturb the Taoist priest."
Lan Daoxing gave Zhu Zaijing another Taoist ceremony to send him off.
Zhu Zaijing did not stay any longer. He left Lan Daoxing's courtyard with Meng Chong and walked straight out of Chaotian Temple.
The reason why Zhu Zaijing left so decisively was also because of Lan Daoxing's identity.
Zhu Zaijing knew very well that Lan Daoxing would become a Taoist scholar trusted by Emperor Jiajing in the future, and Emperor Jiajing was also talented and wise, and the emperor's heart was as deep as the sea and the sky. It was impossible to predict. If he was dating Lan Daoxing Being too close would not only affect Lan Daoxing's weight in the heart of Emperor Jiajing, but also the scholars in the world who originally supported the law of orderly inheritance from elder to younger.
So in order to live a leisurely and easy life in the future, Zhu Zaijing must not have too many contacts with people whom Emperor Jiajing trusted, so as not to arouse the emperor's suspicion.
After all, the Tian family is ruthless. The relationship between the emperor and his son is not only the relationship between father and son, but also the relationship between monarch and minister, and a competitive relationship that can replace each other.
Faced with such a complicated parent-child relationship, when their power is threatened, many emperor fathers will not hesitate to slash their sons with the butcher knife in order to stabilize their power and position.
Although the prince is dead now, Zhu Zaijing is still not the only child of Emperor Jiajing. He also has a younger brother of the same age.
Only this younger brother has always existed. Faced with a man like Emperor Jiajing who was almost perverted in his desire for power, Zhu Zaijing had to be extremely careful with him.
Otherwise, God knows whether Emperor Jiajing would use his children as pawns in chess in order to retain power.
Since he does not want to be a chess piece that is disliked or abandoned, what Zhu Zaijing has to do now is to stick to his duties and live a happy life as a Ming prince like a pig. He cannot actively participate in it. In the political struggle of Ming Dynasty.
As for those who want to engage in political struggle under his banner, Zhu Zaijing can only pretend that he has not seen and does not know. Just wait and win.
Meng Chong followed Zhu Zaijing cautiously and quickly. At this moment, his mood was still a little hard to calm down. Although Lan Daoxing said that everything was normal and Zhu Zaijing was not lost.
But as an old man who has followed Zhu Zaijing for ten years, Meng Chong can still keenly feel the changes in Zhu Zaijing from the past.
In the past, Zhu Zaijing had a gentle personality and was taciturn. Although he occasionally had a temper, most of the time, his temper came and went quickly, like a deflated ball. There is no power at all.
But Zhu Zaijing's performance today shocked Meng Chong. First he talked nonsense as if he had lost his soul, and then he got angry and threatened Chaotian Guan Immortal to teach the Dharma and Kung Fu.
This one after another performance shows that Prince Yu has changed.
But as a slave, no matter how his master's temperament changed, he did not dare to say anything. He could only attribute Zhu Zaijing's current changes to his prince's "enlightenment".
Other than that, Meng Chong had no other explanation, and he did not dare to have any other explanation.
So as a slave, Meng Chong is undoubtedly the most qualified slave, which also laid a solid foundation for his future career.
Just as Zhu Zaijing and Meng Chong quietly returned to Prince Yu's Mansion in a small carriage, Lan Daoxing was also writing a memorial to diagnose Prince Yu's illness.
The writing of memorials by Taoist priests was also a major feature of the Jiajing Dynasty.
During Jiajing's reign, Emperor Jiajing also classified the memorials of various officials.
Memories written by normal officials are called "Previous Dynasty" memorials; memorials written by Taoist officials are called "Later Dynasty" memorials.
Moreover, the memorials written by Taoist priests were not archived or made public, and were sent directly to the Emperor Jiajing for inspection.
So in form, the memorials of Taoist priests are more like a secret memorial.
However, there were only a few Taoist priests who could send memorials to "later dynasties", and Lan Daoxing, who was recommended by Xu Jie, had such qualifications.
So Lan Daoxing naturally took advantage of the opportunity of the secret report to the later dynasty to write down the situation that King Yu was suffering from a soul-losing syndrome and sent it to the emperor.
Such a "later dynasty" memorial would not have been done by Lan Daoxing in normal times.
Because the reason why these Jiajing Emperors gave Taoist priests the privilege of writing "Later Dynasty" memorials was also for the purpose of cultivation.
If it were not for cultivation problems, these Taoist priests would write memorials when they had nothing to do, and the consequences might have been serious.
After all, Emperor Jiajing's main job was to cultivate and become an immortal. How could he have so much free time to read the "Later Dynasty" memorials sent by Taoist priests?
If the memorials written by these privileged "later dynasties" cannot meet the wishes of Emperor Jiajing, the consequences can be imagined.
Therefore, these Taoist priests who can write "Later Dynasty" memorials are extremely cautious when writing every "Later Dynasty" memorial.
After Lan Daoxing finished writing this "Later Dynasty" memorial, he sealed it with a Taoist scripture representing his identity.
Then Lan Daoxing wrote another secret letter to Xu Jie, conveying his optimistic words about Zhu Zaijing in the form of secret words.
It can be said that from the moment the crown prince Zhu Zaihen passed away, the tide of seizing the direct descendants surged again in the Jiajing Dynasty.
It’s just that the protagonists who won the throne this time were not the sons of Emperor Jiajing, but Qingliu headed by Xu Jie, and the Yan Party headed by Yan Song and Yan Shifan.
(End of this chapter)