"The emperor's order is that the servant is worried that the emperor's dragon body is a little messed up. These people must be caught and the mastermind behind the scenes must be found out!"
Then he turned around and bowed to Gao Jingfei:
"Master Qin, since I can see that the emperor's dragon body is ill, is there any way to rescue him? Please help me at all costs. Zhongxian is very grateful..."
If you were an ordinary person, your heart would beat faster if you were grateful to this powerful 9,000-year-old man, and you would try your best to do it.
But Gao Jingfei just smiled indifferently. He was already prepared for Wei Zhongxian's question.
I saw him waving his hand again and releasing two glass bottles. Inside were a clear liquid glowing with crystal light and the other with a slight golden glow.
"This is the Moon Spirit Spring Water and the Sun Holy Water. They are both spiritual springs that replenish vitality, restore physical strength, strengthen the body and eliminate evil spirits. Your Majesty can mix it into three portions a day and take it. This will generally eliminate the toxins and restore your health."
Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed when he saw it. Of course, he did not dare to ask the emperor to take these directly. After all, this Huashan Qin Taoist was strictly speaking an unknown person to them.
So Wei Zhongxian carefully poured out a little of each of the two spiritual springs, drank it himself to test the medicine, and then suddenly realized the wonders of this spiritual spring.
However, Wei Zhongxian was still uneasy and wanted to wait for a while to see how he was doing, but Zhu Youxiao directly picked up the bottle, stopped Wei Zhongxian's dissuasion, and raised his neck in his worried eyes.
took a sip.
After one sip, one-third of the Lingquan was half warm and half cool. Zhu Youxiao felt a warmth quickly spread to his limbs and bones, and a coolness followed, straight through the heavenly spirit.
Before he could feel it carefully, he suddenly felt a wave of nausea in his chest and abdomen, and then he leaned over and vomited on the spot.
Seeing the emperor vomiting, Wei Zhongxian was shocked. On the one hand, he helped the emperor, and on the other hand, he glared at the Taoist. Just as he was about to question him, he heard Gao Jingfei say:
"It doesn't matter, this is a detoxification reaction. The toxins in Your Majesty's body are accumulated. Except for those remaining in the chest, lungs, intestines and stomach, it is estimated that it will take several trips to the toilet to eliminate the toxins deep inside."
After hearing Gao Jingfei's explanation, Wei Zhongxian was hesitant and just kept stroking the emperor's back.
Although Zhu Youxiao was a little weaker, he was still young. Under the influence of the two spiritual springs, he quickly vomited out a pile of purple-black filth with bloodshot eyes.
You can tell at a glance that these things are not good things.
Zhu Youxiao, who had finished vomiting, sat down and calmed down with the help of Wei Zhongxian. Then he felt that his whole body seemed light and relaxed, so he smiled and said:
"Haha, buddy, I feel great, the Taoist spiritual spring is indeed effective!"
Wei Zhongxian was also overjoyed and apologized and thanked Gao Jingfei again and again.
Gao Jingfei also shook his head kindly and said it didn't matter.
"Duke Wei is just loyal to protect his master, how can I blame him?"
In his opinion, this Wei Zhongxian was not at all the domineering and ostentatious person in gold and silver that people in later generations thought of him. Instead, he was just an ordinary servant who served the emperor wholeheartedly.
However, both the official history and the unofficial history of later generations were written by scholars. As a hostile party competing for power with the imperial power represented by the eunuchs, Wei Zhongxian would naturally not have anything good to say!
In fact, history records that Wei Zhongxian brought disaster to the world. In fact, the factory security detectives under his command were beaten to pieces wherever they went, regardless of whether the plot was true or false.
But they are targeting people in the officialdom and have nothing to do with ordinary people at all. It is just that the public opinion is controlled by the so-called Qingliu, and the military attachés and nobles are also very jealous and hostile to them. As a result, the reputation of factory guards has been ruined and the people are afraid of them.
Like a tiger.
The factory guards also deeply resented these bandanas for speaking ill of them everywhere, so Qingliu who fell into the hands of the factory guards was probably not good at all, which further aggravated the conflict between the two.
To put it bluntly, in the final analysis it is just a struggle for power and interests between the imperial power and civil servants.
When the emperor completely recovered from the strange behavior just now, and even looked so energetic that he didn't look like someone who had been poisoned, he thanked Gao Jingfei personally and continued the previous topic.
"Thanks to the Taoist for saving me this time, I agreed to your two requests. Xiong Tingbi himself is not guilty, so he should be pardoned and reinstated. But what does Yang Lian and others have to do with you, Taoist?"
He had just heard that the Taoist had revealed the truth about those Qingliu, and felt that this Taoist should not be a member of the Donglin Party, but he wanted to save Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others who were imprisoned. This was really a bit contradictory.
Gao Jingfei chuckled and explained:
"Your Majesty does not know that I have nothing to do with the Donglin Party. I am asking your Majesty to pardon them this time, not for my own sake. As I just said, it is for your Majesty's consideration!"
Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian did not doubt anything this time, because the Taoist's previous performance had already proven his actual attitude.
The Taoist continued:
"The so-called Six Gentlemen of Donglin, Yang Lianzuo Guangdou and others are just Confucian fools. If they talk about Confucian classics or great talents, they will be of no use to the country's prosperity. Confucianism is just a trick.
After more than two thousand years, has there ever been a dynasty lasting more than five hundred years?"
"The so-called time has changed and the world has changed. That system is outdated. It is still useful for teaching and educating people, but when it is used to govern the country, one must consider a few things and select the few essences and discard most of the dross."
"Therefore, if Your Majesty executes these people, it will allow them to take the opportunity to win sympathy and spread the word among the people. In this case, it is better to announce their crimes to the world first, and then announce that they are pardoned. But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is difficult to forgive.
You can send them to remote places such as western Hunan, western Yunnan or Qiongzhou to serve as county officials, and squeeze them so that they will do their best for the Ming Dynasty in the rest of their lives!"
"If we can really educate a few local people through this, it can be considered a waste, and wouldn't it be beneficial to the country? And your majesty can also earn a good reputation among the people as a generous and benevolent king by pardoning them!"
"In this way, the Qingliu group among the scholars can no longer slander His Majesty's holy name. After all, although Qingliu is the leader among the scholars in the world, there are also many people who can't even piss in a pot with them!"
Zhu Youxiao is a little expert in power struggle. After hearing this, his eyes couldn't help but shine, he clapped his hands and shouted:
"What a way, what a way! I don't think so, but you are still a good player at playing with people's hearts!"
After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian also felt that this Taoist's method was too harmful, no, it was too wonderful. It not only punished the enemy, but also exiled him to the miasmatic land as an official, and faced the threat of death and disease all the time, without the emperor having to bear it.
The infamy allowed these turbans to exert their spare efforts to educate the remote people for the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't this kill three birds with one stone?
"Wei Banban, are you listening? Just do what Taoist Qin says. Those Donglin Party members will be of no use if they are executed. Instead, they might as well be used as waste!"
Wei Zhongxian was also shocked when he heard this. In the past, he and his group only knew how to collect evidence or even forge evidence to try to bring down the enemy, but they had never thought of such a good plan that could kill two birds with one stone by removing the firepower. Today, he can learn
What a coincidence!
So he quickly responded:
"It's your Majesty, I'll make arrangements now!"
After saying that, he quickly killed his trusted confidant.
"Go to Jinyiwei's prison and let the boys over there take care of them! I want these guys to be useful alive..."
This is to prevent his subordinates from accidentally torturing people to death in order to please themselves or vent their anger at being smeared, which would be a spoiler!
But we must not delay the emperor's grand plan or affect the emperor's reputation.
Now Zhu Youxiao was very interested in this strange Taoist priest. He then asked:
"What you suggested just now is very good, and I will reward you for it. However, I see that you have a good understanding of the way of governing the country. Can you tell me, if you don't use Confucianism to govern the country, what else do you use?"
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but pricked up his ears and was very interested in this.
Although he was originally a street gangster who didn't like reading, after he was admitted to the Bureau of Ceremony, in order not to be looked down upon by others, he studied a lot of books and often asked knowledgeable servants to explain the meaning of books to him, so
His level of education is by no means the illiterate people who cannot read a lot of characters as those scholars slandered him.
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