Daliang Garden inherits from Dasong, and incorporates the heaven and earth into the garden step by step. It also abandons the exquisiteness and elegance of Song Dynasty gardens, making it look majestic and magnificent.
The middle-aged Zhang Jushi was wearing a purple official uniform and walking among the gardens. He only felt that he had forgotten both things and me. For a moment, his expression was in a trance.
He thought of his mentor's advice to be loyal to you!
He also thought about how he started from a lowly position, climbed up step by step, and had a chance to meet the emperor.
At that time, the young emperor asked: "King Chu Lie has not sounded for three years and will die as soon as he does. What's the explanation?"
King Chu Lie was an ancient king who was also controlled by powerful ministers in the country. After he ascended the throne, he only quietly observed the government for three years, and then launched a coup in one fell swoop.
However, it failed...the little emperor was directly killed!
At that time, Zhang Jushi was overjoyed, because His Majesty read a Confucian book, and King Lie of Chu was also a Confucian story!
Immediately, he replied sternly: "If the scholars rebel, it won't happen in three years, but what about thirty years?"
This is also a Confucian theory, which emphasizes that a gentleman needs to lie dormant, hide his weapon in his body, wait for the moment, and wait silently for good opportunities.
At that time, His Majesty did not respond much and asked Zhang Jushi to step down, and he was not summoned much after that.
However, he did not fall out with the Prime Minister at that time, but silently accepted the Prime Minister's request and ascended the throne as the Human Emperor, abandoning the title of Emperor!
But Zhang Jushi knew that he was already in the emperor's heart!
The clear proof is that I have been promoted several times without any obstacles!
In reality, there are actually very few people who are lucky enough to be promoted in the officialdom. Most of them are people who have merit but cannot be promoted!
Zhang Jushi did not receive special care, but he was promoted after making contributions and achieving results, which is a treatment that many people dream of.
It is precisely because of this that he was able to join the cabinet at such a young age and at the same time defeated his biggest competitor Lu Xiaoyi!
'Teacher, my disciple has finally avenged you!'
Zhang Jushi came to the imperial garden and saw a military general striding out from outside a small pavilion.
Zhang Jushi immediately gave way to the roadside: "Old Mingge!"
The person who came was none other than Si Yunming. When he saw Zhang Jushi, he just said politely: "Xiao Xianggong is also here..."
He strode away immediately.
Although they all joined the cabinet, Si Yunming took advantage of the opportunity of the prime minister's retirement to develop vigorously. His disciples and old friends were all over the navy, and even the emperor could not easily touch him. This was his confidence!
Zhang Jushi knew the gap between himself and such big guys, and smiled all over his face: "Exactly..."
After watching Si Yunming leave, he stood up straight, his eyes a little dark.
At the same time, a purple-robed eunuch came over and said, "Your Majesty summons Mr. Zhang Ge to see you!"
Zhang Jushi immediately arranged his manners and entered the small pavilion. He found that besides the Emperor of Daliang, there was actually a third person in the pavilion!
This man is fat and plump, with simple and honest features. He is not Tai Chong or Tai Yin, but Tai He!
"Your Majesty, the five thousand divine fire army has been fully trained, and the divine fire guns and artillery shells are complete..."
Taihe bowed and said.
"Yes, I will issue an order to praise the Supreme Taoist Academy!"
Xiao Liang had two small mustaches, which made him look heroic, walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger, which made people feel disappointed.
Seeing Zhang Jushi arriving at this time, he smiled slightly: "My great bachelor is here..."
He waved his hand and told Taoist Taihe to step back.
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Jushi, who led the post of Grand Scholar of Hongwen Pavilion, took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Taoist monks and others are good at pretending to be gods and ghosts with strange arts. It is really not suitable to get close..."
What's more, this Taihe also has a direct master-disciple relationship with that Xu Lingzi!
"Needless to say, Taishang Taoist Academy's research on steam engines, divine fire guns... and even Taoist power, Brahma power... all these years have been meritorious!"
Xiao Liang waved his hand disapprovingly.
"I'm afraid it's not just about studying Taoism and Sanskrit law..." Zhang Jushi took out a memorial from his sleeve, knelt on the ground and presented it to Xiao Liang.
Xiao Liang reached out and took it, looked at it carefully, and his expression changed.
On the memorial, it is impressively recorded that some of the research conducted by Taishang Taoist Academy involves not only the supernatural power of the Taoist and Buddhist families, but also the study of dragon energy and even destiny!
There are even rumors that some dragon seeds have been captured in the north and are being held in a secret base for research and experiments!
"this……"
Xiao Liang clapped his hands, and Zhang Jushi suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him had become much more chilling.
Knowing that there must be royal masters guarding and ambush on all sides...
At this level, except for Xu Lingzi, the national master in his heyday, probably no Taoist monk can approach and eavesdrop...
Xiao Liang then said: "Why is it that after more than ten years in Daliang, there are still dragons born?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for the death penalty before I dare to speak."
Zhang Jushi kowtowed again.
"I will spare your life, just say it." Xiao Liang frowned and said.
"Your Majesty, kings have always had a destiny, but your Majesty does not... This is really because someone took away your majesty's blessing. Therefore, even though he has ruled the world for more than ten years, there are still snake seeds in the world!"
Zhang Jushi said firmly.
"Blessing? My father was told by Taoist Master Dulongzi that he had the destiny of being a king, but in the end..."
Xiao Liang smiled bitterly, thinking of his father, and couldn't help but think of Taoist Master Du Longzi.
Since the death of King Jin, Taoist Master Dulongzi has been practicing at Dulong Temple and does not often interact with him.
Coupled with the fact that my aunt sacrificed her life to become a Taoist, this emperor had no one around him who he could talk to.
Seeing this, Zhang Jushi knew that the heat was coming, and quickly said: "Your Majesty's choice back then was very correct... If there was no support from the Prime Minister back then, even if the Prime Minister retired, there would still be arrogant and powerful generals who would be difficult to subdue, and there might be a mutiny... Back then not only
The Prime Minister needs your Majesty, and your Majesty also needs the Prime Minister, but now, things have changed a long time ago, and they are no longer the same."
"It's not the same thing, that's a good saying."
Xiao Liang took two steps and suddenly sneered: "The three elders in the army... Tang Xun is still respectful and polite, but Si Yunming and Zheng Fang have placed people in place one after another, and even found their own successors... This arrangement
Where are we? But I still want to use them at this time... There is no doubt that that person was deeply embedded in the army back then. Although he has been cleaned up several times, the army cannot be trusted, and the only ones who can be used are the navy!"
"I am willing to do my best for Your Majesty."
Zhang Jushi's eyes were red, and he was saying in his heart: 'Master... have you seen it? This day has finally arrived.'
Although Daliang still does not recruit officials based on the Four Books and Five Classics, the officials who can be promoted still have the famous teachings in their hearts.
Unconsciously, they gathered towards Zhang Jushi, forming a huge potential force.
In fact, he and Lu Xiaoyi were not only competing for admission to the cabinet this time, but also for the identity and right to speak as the successors of famous religions!
The blood and weirdness in it are really not enough for outsiders to understand.
Fortunately, he won in the end.
With the support of those who aspired to the famous religion, both he and the emperor gradually became full-fledged and could challenge that big mountain.
"Let me think about it, let me think about it..."
Xiao Liang took two steps back, looking a little struggling.
After all, the Imperial Master has been very kind to his family, and his aunt is still cultivating the mind.
"His Majesty……"
Zhang Jushi wanted to persuade him again, but when Xiao Liang waved his hand, he had no choice but to retreat.
When leaving, I was also thinking in my heart: 'Your Majesty is still too deeply influenced by Xu Lingzi. This is not the blessing of the famous religion... Xu Lingzi did a little bit of work in expelling the Tartars... but for the sake of the world, he still has to kill...
'
'Fortunately, Your Majesty still has a child. This position of lecturer in the East Palace is very crucial and must be obtained by our people!'
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Xiao Liang watched Zhang Jushi leave, but remained silent.
After a long time, he left the imperial garden and came to a side hall.
The palace seems to have been abandoned for a long time, the courtyard is overgrown with weeds, and it looks like it has been uninhabited for a long time.
But when Xiao Liang came to the main hall, he discovered that there was something else going on here.
From a passage where the floor is opened, you can go all the way down to a huge space.
There is an altar in the underground palace.
The altar is divided into three floors, engraved with wind, rain, thunder and lightning, the four seasons of the country, and picturesque scenery of mountains and rivers... It is indeed an altar to worship heaven!
Ever since the Imperial Master ordered the human race to strive for self-improvement, abolishing the title of Son of Heaven, and calling the Emperor only the Human Emperor, the number of folk rituals to worship heaven and earth has gradually decreased.
If someone discovers that the Human Emperor is also secretly offering sacrifices to heaven, it will inevitably cause an uproar.
Xiao Liang looked at the Temple of Heaven, but didn't say much. He just ordered his confidants, the eunuchs, to place tributes in person, and he himself twisted three sticks of incense and inserted them into the incense burner.
In the surrounding darkness, a figure appeared faintly.
Gusts of sinister wind blew directly from the ground, and there was a voice mixed in, as if the voices of dozens of people were overlapped into one: "Not enough...not enough...Human Emperor, you must publicly lead hundreds of officials to worship heaven, in order to order
The destiny of the country forms the pillar of heaven, intersects with heaven again, and only when heaven and man interact, can you have your destiny... Do you know why although the world is stable, dragons still appear everywhere? Because you have turned your back on heaven!!!"
"..."
Xiao Liang was silent for a while.
He already knew this kind of thing.
But public worship to God is really not allowed!
Once you do it, it means an open break with the Imperial Master.
Although that man retreated to the Xuanwu Lake, even Xiao Liang did not dare to make a conclusion as to how many hidden forces there were.
"Hehe...are you scared?"
The voice sounded again, but it was a woman's voice that dominated: "What are you afraid of? Once you formally sacrifice to heaven, you will be the emperor, and you will be accompanied by hundreds of gods when you travel... We will help you."
"What's more... once you sacrifice to heaven and restore the title of Emperor, Xu Lingzi will definitely die! He is relying on your original imperial life to survive! Hehe... Every moment he lives, he is eroding your destiny.
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"Xu Lingzi, I hate it so much..."
"Xu Lingzi, kill, kill, kill..."
The sounds kept overlapping and began to change again.
One moment he looked like a strong man, another moment he looked like an old man, and then he became a child again...
"It's starting again...these ghosts and gods are not in the right state, why do they look so crazy?"
Xiao Liang cursed in his heart.
This is also the reason why he is unwilling to fully cooperate with these ghosts and gods.
His long experience has taught him one thing: to stand next to the winner!
No matter how fanciful these ghosts and gods talk, they are all losers!
"Well, it seems that I can only stay awake for this period of time today..."
Xiao Liang walked back to the palace. When leaving, he saw a palace maid in front of him, who seemed to have walked by accidentally.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
This palace girl was so beautiful and fragrant that she met her by chance. She quickly prostrated herself on the roadside, smelling the scent of orchids and musk deer.
"You humble servant, how dare you spy on my itinerary?"
Xiao Liang suddenly became furious: "Drag me down and kill you alive... Also, once this matter is investigated, everyone involved will be arrested and tortured... I don't need such thoughtful people around me!"
"As you command!"
A purple-robed eunuch nearby suddenly accepted the order and ordered someone to drag the palace maid down.
He was still shaking his head secretly in his heart: 'Too clever will lead to death... Can you find out about your Majesty's secret? What a pity... Whether you wanted to climb onto the dragon's bed before or something else, now you have no choice but to be beaten to death...
'
After venting his anger, Xiao Liang handed a kit to a young eunuch next to him: "Go...send it to Dulong Temple and tell Taoist Master Dulongzi that I miss him."
The little eunuch received the order, walked out of the palace, mounted his horse, and galloped with his guards.
It didn't take long to arrive at Poisonous Dragon Temple.
The Poison Dragon Temple and the Yangxin Temple can be called a moment of enlightenment. They are both places of pure practice. There is no incense and they appear lonely.
The little eunuch went up and knocked on the door. When he saw a Taoist boy opening the door, he handed over a gold medal.
When the Taoist boy saw it, he quickly opened the door and welcomed the angel.
The little eunuch went all the way without any obstruction, and when he came to the back of the Taoist temple, he saw a jasper-like waterfall falling vertically, and Poison Dragon lying on a piece of bluestone, as if he was sleeping leisurely.
His beard and hair were all white, but his face was red and full of energy.
"Meet Master Du Long."
The little eunuch stood aside and waited for a long time, until Du Longzi stood up, then he saluted and presented a gift bag: "Your Majesty said that he misses the Taoist Master very much!"
"Your Majesty's intention is already known to me. Please go back and tell Your Majesty that Du Longzi is old and cannot be used for much purpose. All he wants is to bury his bones in the mountains and forests..."
Du Longzi took the brocade bag but waved his hand.
When the young eunuch left, he looked in the direction of Jinshi City and sighed: "The fluctuations of dragon energy are very violent... I hope your majesty will not do anything unspeakable!"
However, as he has become a real person, he has already successfully escaped from this muddy water and is not ready to fall into it again.
After all, Liang Wang proclaimed himself emperor, he helped the dragon achieve great success, and both parties lost money and goods.
Even if Emperor Liang died at this time, the backlash would not be able to hit him.
'The old Taoist helped Prince Liang and his son become real dragons. He is worthy of this family, and then he loses the position of a real person that he has finally achieved. Is the old Taoist stupid?'
Du Longzi muttered to himself and rolled his eyes: 'I went to the Emperor's Mausoleum a few days ago to see the Qi, but it didn't feel as good as the original Dragon's Cave... And although the graves of the ancestors of the Imperial Master were not taken care of, they still had a vague majesty to them.
...'
'It turns out that not only the dragon's lair creates the king, but also the true king can create the dragon's lair by himself! This Feng Shui technique is of no use at all! Ridiculous, ridiculous!'
'My previous masters and brothers... died unjustly!'
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"Master, what about this tips bag?"
The Taoist boy next to him saw Du Longzi dumbfounded and couldn't help but ask.
"Burn it."
Du Longzi sighed: "Besides... the old Taoist wants to go into the mountains to collect herbs. You close the door and remember that no matter what happens outside, it has nothing to do with us!"