The gods of the gods

So far, no one knows how strong the power under Emperor Zhengde is. After all, Hulong Villa is the most powerful institution in the entire Ming Dynasty. Same.But now these forces have all returned to the hands of Emperor Zhengde, allowing him to control the entire court and power to a peak.

At this time, even Cao Zhengchun, the head of the eunuchs, who controlled the two major powers of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, faced Emperor Zhengde with fear and trembling like walking on thin ice.I'm afraid that if one is not good, it will be wiped out by Emperor Zhengde.

Cao Zhengchun also planned to resign from office to Emperor Zhengde and go home, but Emperor Zhengde refused, and instead asked him to manage Dongchang and Jinyiwei well.At first he didn't understand what Emperor Zhengde meant, but it didn't take long for him to understand.Although the imperial court governs the world in an upright manner, it also needs someone to secretly deal with some things that cannot be dealt with on the surface, and Cao Zhengchun is the emperor's secret knife.

After knowing this situation, Cao Zhengchun heaved a sigh of relief.The current self is still useful to the emperor, which means that the emperor has no intention of killing him. As long as he shows some value, Emperor Zhengde will definitely not really kill him.

As for resisting Emperor Zhengde, Cao Zhengchun had not thought about it, but his thoughts were completely dispelled after he accidentally discovered that Emperor Zhengde was also a master at the level of a great master.

Emperor Zhengde turned out to be a master at the level of a great master, such a thing is enough to make Cao Zhengchun feel cold.He has practiced Tiangang Boy Kungfu for more than 50 years, and he is only at the level of a great master. Emperor Zhengde is only about 20 years old this year, and he has such strength. Rebelled against Emperor Zhengde.

The power of the Hulong Villa was brought back under the command of Emperor Zhengde, and the Dongchang and Jinyiwei under the control of Cao Zhengchun were also restrained. .For a time, the entire Ming Dynasty could be described as clear and bright, with talents coming out in large numbers, coupled with commercial reforms to promote industrial progress, the entire Ming Dynasty was thriving, with a tendency to move forward to the prosperous era of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Faced with the Qingming of the court and the prosperity of the world, Emperor Zhengde also started to make new changes again, that is, to increase the salaries of officials.

Emperor Zhengde once said to all the officials that now the court is clear and bright, the world is prosperous, the Ming Dynasty has a large number of talents, the treasury is full, and the economy of all prefectures and regions is improving rapidly.And the hundreds of officials in the court should be rewarded for managing the government and sorting out the world with their professionalism.Therefore, the salaries for all officials have been greatly increased, making them more energetic and aggressive, and working harder for the progress of Ming Dynasty.

Five years after the commercial reform of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty at this time is completely different from the Ming Dynasty five years ago. Five years ago, there were still a large number of beggars and poor people all over the country.However, there are many poor people in the Ming Dynasty today, but beggars are very few, and even the beggars are lamenting that their beggars are likely to be cut off from then on. The sect laughed at it.

Inside the palace, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.The place where the ancient santong was used to provide for the elderly has already become the retreat place of Emperor Zhengde at this time.

A year ago, after the commercial reforms of the entire Ming Dynasty were truly perfected and thoroughly spread all over the country, Emperor Zhengde became more relaxed.He is a king of a dynasty, what he has to do is not to do everything himself, but to learn to grasp the overall situation and grasp the direction.Ever since he took the power of Hulong Villa for his own use, and Cao Zhengchun's Dongchang and Jinyiwei were completely ups and downs, he can be regarded as a true promise in the entire Ming Dynasty.

But after he achieved this step, he was in charge of the world, and even after letting the four countries come to worship, his desire for power became indifferent.In other words, the power in this world can no longer arouse his interest, but another thing makes him more interested, that is, practice.

He has not forgotten that his true identity is a person from the Great Illusionary Realm, and he came to this world with the help of the Great Thousand Mirror of Primordial Mengmeng.In the Taixu Realm, I only have half a year at most to go to the Heaven-Mending Holy Land, and according to the adjustment of the time flow rate by the Great Thousand Mirror of Hongmeng, I can only stay in this world for 180 years at most.

At 180 years, that's enough for him to do a lot.For example, if I broke through above the Grand Master in martial arts, I must know that the Grand Master corresponds to the third level of the Taixu Realm, and the Supreme Grand Master above the Grand Master corresponds to the fourth level, which is the level of land immortals who can fly in the air .

"At present, I have just broken through to the Grand Master, and because my practice in the Xiantian and Grand Master realms relies on the true energy passed on to me by the ancient three links, when I broke through to the Grand Master realm, I felt great difficulties. My infuriating energy is incomparably strong, and it is not inferior to the ancient three links passed down to me in martial arts, but the realm is indeed too poor, and the speed of progress is also very slow. At that level, I'm afraid it would be impossible without more than ten or twenty years of penance." Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengde couldn't help but sighed.

Back then, in order to protect himself, he bought his true energy from Gu Santong, but it was just as he expected.With the help of the ancient three links, I directly crossed the two thresholds of breaking through the innate and master, but my own breakthrough was achieved by relying on the power of others. The foundation of practice is very shallow, and even the power can not be mastered. Because even if the zhenqi in his body is pure, it still has the imprint of the ancient three links.

"Do you want to abolish martial arts and practice again?" Emperor Zhengde couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart. Judging from his current situation, he wants to continue to improve in the realm of the great master, abolish martial arts and practice again, and start from scratch. A solid foundation is his only way out.Because of his shallow foundation, it is already very difficult to break through the Grand Master, and it is almost impossible to break through the Supreme Grand Master and communicate with the world.

"But it is inappropriate to abolish martial arts." Emperor Zhengde frowned. It is true that the court is clear and the Ming Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous, but the biggest reason is because he is the emperor who suppresses the world and controls all forces. , all the power can be controlled in the hand.

Once he abolishes his martial arts, he will inevitably fall into weakness and be unable to manage the government for a long time, and the Ming court has not really been on the right track. Once he lets go, the chaos in the court will be small, and Daming may even do it for him. It would be very bad if it collapsed directly.

He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he can use all kinds of resources of the Ming Dynasty. This is why he was able to successfully break through the Great Master in just one year after accepting the true energy of the ancient three links. reason.How could he have done it without the nourishment of many elixir and treasures of heaven and earth in the Ming Dynasty.

"Martial arts cannot be abolished, at least within ten years. After ten years, the Ming Dynasty should be run by me like an iron bucket. At that time, even if I can retreat and ignore the government, there will be no major problems. "Emperor Zhengde secretly decided that after ten years, he would abolish martial arts and start over again, laying a solid foundation for his own practice, so that he could hope to glimpse the mysterious and unfathomable realm of the supreme master.

"However, during these ten years, I can't be idle." Emperor Zhengde murmured to himself, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and stood up abruptly, "That's right! In the world, what one cultivates is essence, blood and spiritual treasure, but in the Taixu world, there is more than just martial arts as a method of practice."

"Heaven-replenishing Divine Art." This exercise flashed in Emperor Zhengde's mind. The Heaven-replenishing Divine Art is a subjugated exercise of the Heaven-replenishing Holy Land in the Taixu Realm. Although no one has practiced it since ancient times, this exercise has It is the only method used by all the disciples of Butian Holy Land to build a foundation and practice. More importantly, the practice of this method does not rely on the spiritual treasure of essence and blood, but the divine treasure of vitality.

In other words, this technique is not a practice of martial arts, but a practice of qi training.

Chapter 20

"It just so happens that I used the reason of cultivating the Heaven-Bending Divine Art in retreat in the Taixu Realm. Now I have a long time to practice, and I am afraid that when I leave this world, it will be enough to cultivate the Heaven-Bending Divine Art to the peak of the third level .In this way, after I return to the Taixu Realm, I can completely re-train the Heaven-Mending Divine Art to the third level in the shortest possible time." Thinking of Emperor Zhengde's irritated mind because of the difficulty in making progress in martial arts, he gradually calmed down down.

For a long time, his many arrangements, calculations, and even actions in this world are aimed at allowing himself to live better and thus have more time to practice.After all, the Hongmeng Great Thousand Mirror is not unlimited to travel through the world, and it is impossible to carry yourself through the world without sufficient energy, so you have to seize every opportunity to travel through the world.

But now, he is the Lord of ZTE in the Ming Dynasty, the Lord of the Celestial Dynasty from all nations, and his power is unparalleled.No one in the world can kill him, he has fulfilled the most basic condition for himself to come to this world, to be alive.

There is no longer any threat to his own safety. As long as the Ming Dynasty is operating normally, he can already spend a lot of time on cultivation.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hao began to call out the memory that Dean Liu Mu had branded in his mind before, and began to think about the practice of the Heaven-Mending Divine Art.

The Heaven-Bending Divine Art is different from most of the cultivation methods in this world. What is cultivated in this world is the divine treasure of essence and blood, while the divine art of Butening the Sky develops the divine treasure of vitality.Essence, Blood and Divine Treasure is to refine qi and transform into essence, to nourish one's body with everything in the world, so as to cultivate an indestructible body.However, the practice of Yuanqi Shenzang is to draw qi into the body, refine qi and transform it into a god. It is another way to use one's own power to draw the power of heaven and earth for one's own use.

For ordinary people, it is almost impossible to open up a divine storehouse of vitality, or a divine storehouse of essence and blood without more than ten years of hard work.Even in the world of number one in the world, there are not many people who have broken through the innate and opened up the treasure of essence and blood before.

Don't you see, even the three spies of Tiandixuan who have followed the God of Tiedan Zhu Wushi for more than ten years, none of them opened up the treasure of spirit and blood before. No one can be found in the whole rivers and lakes.

But that is for others. For Jiang Hao, who has been cultivating in the Taixu Realm for more than ten years, and has already opened up the spiritual treasure of essence and blood and the divine treasure of vitality, it is not very important to him to re-open the divine treasure of vitality. difficult things.

Of course, it's not that simple. After all, his foundation in this world is all about martial arts, not the way of training qi.It will take a period of time to accumulate vitality to re-open up the Divine Vital Energy Treasure, but this is exactly what he meant.

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Seven years after the commercial reform, the economy of the entire Ming Dynasty has doubled again compared to the five years of reform, and after having money, the Ming Dynasty also began to pay attention to Wenzhiwugong, opened schools in various places and prefectures, and spread them on a large scale across the country. the cultivation of talents.At the same time, the progress of commerce, in turn, promotes the progress of industry, and industry promotes the progress of agriculture. Everything in the Ming Dynasty seems to be on the right track, developing towards a prosperous and prosperous direction.

In the Forbidden City, in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Emperor Zhengde sat under the Empress Dowager's hands, looking rather distressed. "Mother, over the years, my son has been carrying out business reforms, promoting the economy of the entire Ming Dynasty, and handling state affairs. There is no time to choose a concubine at all. Why don't we postpone this matter for now?"

The Empress Dowager snorted softly, "Emperor, of course I know a thing or two about the development of Daming over the years. The emperor has indeed done a very good job in state affairs, comparable to Taizu and Chengzu, and is the master of my Ming's revival. But emperor, although important national affairs are important, it is also a major event to continue the incense of the royal family. Before the Ai family thought that the reason was the queen and the others, but after asking, they found out that the reason lies with you, the emperor."

"Since the emperor's son became the emperor, I didn't say much about the sensuality in the past few years. After the emperor became enlightened, he worked hard to manage Daming in an orderly manner. The Ai family is very pleased. But you can't complain that the harem is not here. Take care, let the queen wait for the concubine to stay alone in the vacant room, if you mourn the family like this, you may not be able to hold your grandson after you close your eyes." The queen mother said very sadly.

"Mother, this matter can't be rushed. My son is now in his prime, and Da Ming is also developing. I really don't have time to manage the affairs of the harem." Emperor Zhengde politely declined.

"Huh! The emperor can't spare time, so let the queen and Aijia take care of it for you." The queen mother clapped her hands lightly, and several eunuchs walked in with a bunch of scrolls.The queen mother waved lightly, and many eunuchs opened the scrolls one by one, revealing portraits of ladies.

The queen mother pointed to these portraits and said, "Your Majesty, look at these portraits, all of which are selected by the queen mother for you. You see, she is the third daughter of the Minister of the Household Department. Look at her bright eyes and teeth, born Beauty, you should have the image of a concubine. And this is the daughter of General Wu, she is slim and beautiful like a flower, and I feel pity for her when I see it..."

Seeing the portraits of these women introduced by the Queen Mother one by one, the corners of Emperor Zhengde's mouth twitched, and then he shook his head slightly and said, "Queen Mother, the child is now 24, and each of these women is only fifteen or sixteen years old. The age difference is too big. , inappropriate, inappropriate."

Unexpectedly, the queen mother didn't get angry when she heard this, but instead smiled and said, "It turns out that the emperor doesn't like people who are younger than him, come here! Change the batch."

After the queen mother finished speaking, the eunuch below quickly put away the scrolls and opened another pile of scrolls.The women in these scrolls were much older than the previous batch. What made Emperor Zhengde speechless was that he saw many women from foreign countries and other countries.

"Queen, how come there are women from other foreign countries!" Emperor Zhengde wondered.

The queen mother said with a serious face, "The emperor doesn't like the queen and the concubines in the harem. It is very likely that he is used to seeing women from my Ming Dynasty, so this palace has also collected a lot of portraits of princesses from other countries. Now the prestige of my Ming Dynasty All over the world, I don’t know how many princesses from countries are willing to come to our court to marry. In the past, the emperor was able to concentrate on government affairs and these things were suppressed, but now it’s no longer possible.”

Emperor Zhengde smiled wryly and said, "The mother thinks too much, the child was just busy with government affairs, it wasn't true..." Before Emperor Zhengde finished speaking, his eyes suddenly fell on a portrait, of course what he saw It's not the woman in the portrait, but the line written on the portrait, the daughter of the Liusheng family in Dongying - Liusheng Piaoxu.

Emperor Zhengde frowned, pointed to the eunuch who opened the scroll and said, "Come forward."

The emperor who was looking at it finally found one among the many scrolls, and the queen mother was naturally very happy, "Hurry up and bring the scrolls for the emperor to look at."

"Yes." The little eunuch replied, and quickly stepped forward, respectfully placing the portrait in front of Emperor Zhengde.

"Can the emperor take a fancy to this person?" The queen mother smiled and said, "Don't worry, the emperor, the women in these portraits are all princesses or heirs of officials from various countries. Clearly, but the Liusheng family is a first-class family in Japan, and has the qualifications to enter the palace as companions."

Emperor Zhengde shook his head slightly and said, "My mother, the Liusheng family is not just a first-class family in Dongying. It is quite interesting that such a woman is sent to my side!"

"What?" The Empress Dowager's heart skipped a beat, and she asked with an ugly face, "Is what the emperor said true?"

Seeing Emperor Zhengde nodding, the Empress Dowager's expression suddenly sank. The information system of Hulong Villa is famous all over the world, especially after the commercial reform, with the full support of Wan Sanqian, the richest person in the world, information from all countries will be passed on , the emperor must know much more than he knows.

"What a Dongying, what a Liusheng family, they want to send people with high martial arts skills to lurk beside the emperor. If she tries to harm the emperor, it will be too terrible." Thinking of this, the queen mother felt cold and cold in her heart. of.

Emperor Zhengde saw that the queen mother was full of annoyance, and quickly comforted him, "You don't have to worry about this, queen mother, women who want to enter the palace have to go through various screenings in the palace, so naturally they will not be given any advantage. You can rest assured, Queen Mother."

"As for the matter of the harem, mother, you can also rest assured that the child will follow your instructions and will take time to go to the harem in the future, fulfilling your wish to have a grandson as soon as possible. As for the matter of choosing a concubine, don't mention it again, how about it?" Emperor Zhengde took advantage of the Empress Dowager feeling sorry for him, so he opened his mouth quickly.