Chapter 190: Tao

The emperor laughed out loudly. Some of the people in the house laughed knowingly, while others breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor was happy and would probably save his life.

"Li Ruolian, you said it very well, very well. I will follow you in this matter. Those six people will give up this month. Li Ruolian, if you do the work of giving away the seal money, it is also your credit. I will not be stingy, do it well!" Yang Jingwei was very happy. It seems that this money is still a big deal.

"As for your order, Your Majesty." Li Ruolian was very happy to receive the emperor's praise. It seemed that he had a right bet. As the emperor said, the fact that he could make money by putting money on seals must be valued by the emperor. I believe that his status will also increase!

"Your Majesty, I have another word, I don't know whether to say it or not." Li Ruolian's confidence burst out. He was ready to say another word to gain greater "profits".

"Oh? Haha, Li Ruolian, what else do you have to say?" Yang Jingwei really wanted to see what else could this guy say.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that the mother's money this month can be doubled to 1.2 million taels. Thinking that the loan is so popular now, I guess the harvest will definitely be rich this month." Li Ruolian was about to add a scoop of oil to the burning fire. To completely make this matter popular and the emperor can't help but not pay attention.

With one-third of the annual income of the Ming Dynasty, even Yang reformed himself, this bold idea is a bit crazy!

"Li Ruolian, so, money is not a problem. The question is, how sure are you? If you make a small profit or get things done, then you will be happy for nothing." Yang Jingwei was about to see how brave this guy was.

Li Ruolian seemed very calm when facing the emperor's question, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I think the Imperial Prison is so popular now. In order to get into prison as soon as possible, many juren must borrow money. The juren is only 1.2 million taels, which is nothing. Besides, it is not all 1.2 million taels to the juren. This ordinary seal money is a business and is still good. I am willing to guarantee it with my life. The profits this month must be rich. If you cannot reach the level of profits that Your Majesty requires, I am willing to be punished!" Li Ruolian also saw the opportunity and prepared to place a heavy bet, so as to achieve the effect of making the emperor look up and remembering it, and give the emperor an impression that he can be competent for heavy responsibilities. Use this seal money as a magic weapon for himself to enter.

Crazy, crazy! Yang Jingwei didn't comment on this person like this. When he asked how large the scale of the capital's seal money was, Li Weiren said it was about 500,000 taels, but now, not counting the seal money posted by other people, there are 1.2 million taels alone, which is twice the original scale. If other people's seal money added, this scale would probably be more than three times! But then he thought, with the "business" of the Imperial College, it is probably because Li Ruolian has such courage.

Yang Jingwei couldn't help but look up to Li Ruolian, a young man, has a brain and courage. He is the kind of confidant and person he trained, and now he is short of giving him a stage.

"Okay! Since the Li Qing family is so generous, I am not stingy. If you can accomplish what you said, I will upgrade you to a higher level as a compliment." Yang Jingwei also decided to "gracefully" and throw out a bait for thousands of households.

Li Ruolian was overjoyed and immediately fell to the ground and shouted: "I will do my best to serve Your Majesty."

The king and his ministers were very happy. Li Ruolian was highly respected by the emperor and guaranteed by the emperor. Yang Jie was happy that he had a person who could do things. He was now worried about lack of people. The six people responsible for lending loans were even more happy. Now, the emperor seemed to not kill us. The happiest one was the one named Zhang Degui. He thought he would die, but unexpectedly, he walked in the Hall of Hell and came back.

May 5th.

Dragon Boat Festival.

This day will be a day that many people like in the 21st century, because it will be a holiday and you can have a good meal. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, in the palace, this day was not very good. This was a bad day, a very taboo day.

On this day, Zhang Xianyong, the real person of Zhengyi who was appointed by the court, came to the palace to pray for blessings, and practice rituals to ward off evil and drive away disasters. Zhang Xianyong danced and sang on the platform for most of the day before he finished the ritual of praying for blessings and driving away evil and disasters.

"Zhang Zhenren, Zhang Zhenren." A small yellow gate called.

"I am polite, I am polite. I wonder what this father-in-law calls me?" Although Zhang Xianyong's official rank is very high, he still puts his posture very low, kind and approachable in the palace. Even though the other party is a little eunuch, he still has polite and attitude.

"Zhang Zhenren doesn't need to be too polite. Your Majesty invites Zhenren Zhang to the palace and the back garden to discuss it." The little eunuch told Zhang Xianyong about his purpose.

"Go to the palace back garden? His Majesty the Emperor summoned him?" Zhang Xianyong was excited. Although he was Zhengyi Zhenren, the imperial court, it was really not so easy to meet the emperor. It is also a happy thing to be summoned by this young emperor himself.

"Don't be confused by Zhenren Zhang. Come with our family quickly and don't let His Majesty wait for a long time." As he said that, the little eunuch took Zhang Xianyong to the palace backyard.

Wanchun Pavilion in the Palace Back Garden.

Today, Yang Jing not only invited Sun Chengzong, but also Xu Guangqi. His two right-hand men were not busy with state affairs, so they came to the palace and the back garden to enjoy the flowers. This was the first time they had experienced.

When Zhang Xianyong saw that in Wanchun Pavilion, in addition to His Majesty the Emperor, there were the eunuch Wang Chengen and two old men. After a closer look, they were two real "imperial masters", not the kind of imperial masters who recited the title of imperial masters. These two imperial masters were called masters by the emperor in person! They were not comparable to ordinary people.

"Immortal life and blessing, I, Zhang Xianyong, bow to my emperor long live!" Although he is the leader of Taoism in the world, when he sees the emperor, he still has to kneel down.

Yang Jie stared at the 40-year-old Tianshi, with a calm expression, wearing a luxurious Tianshi Taoist robe and a Tianshi hat. After careful examination, he really looked a bit "immortal" like a Taoist. However, Yang Jie knew that if he was a human, he had to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate. How could he be "immortal"? It was just a glamorous face.

Yang Jingwei was also a little worried, for fear that like the plots written in many time travel books, an old Taoist priest could see at a glance that he was a little different from the ordinary "common people". He was a dead person, a rewrite of fate, and other things like things like this. If that were the case, Yang Jingwei considered that he might have to abandon atheism and convert to superstition.

However, obviously, this guy who dresses very richly is not a strange person, nor has any extraordinary ability, and does not have the ability to see that he is "abnormal". He is very diligent in kowtowing. Yang Jingfu was relieved.

"Haha, there is no need to be too polite for real people, get up." The space in this pavilion is not wide. Except for the emperor sitting alone, everyone else stands and has no place to sit.

Zhang Xianyong wondered, what did the emperor invite him to come to this back garden? Appreciate the flowers? Although there are already a look at the flowers in May, it is obvious that this back garden of the palace is not a place to talk about serious matters!

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

"Haha, Zhenren Zhang? How busy are you asking for rain for the people in the world?" Yang Jing understood the guy in the past. An old minister in the court asked him to ask this guy to ask for rain to relieve drought. He sneered at the time, but later he learned that this guy was not solving the drought in reality, but the drought in people's hearts. Faced with drought, even if the court had no way to deal with it, even if this rain was impossible, the court still had to do this, because the people in the world believed in this. If they did not do it, the people in the world would believe it and the court would not care about them at all.

With this, Yang Jing was also inspired. Although this guy looked down on him, he was actually very useful. He was not as useless as he imagined. So he put a lot of ideas on him. For him, Yang Jing made a lot of preparations.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have already made a decision to ask for rain, but my magic power is so small that I am afraid that the rain will be difficult! It's difficult!" Zhang Xianyong, who is fairy-like, looks like he is trying his best, and he seems to be limited in his ability and cannot rescue the drought for the court. He shows that he is powerless and has done his best.

Zhang Xianyong is not a fool. The emperor has already predicted that the astronomical phenomena in Shaanxi predicted that there would be more than ten years of drought. How dare he predict that he could relieve drought? Isn't that seeking death? So, just as the emperor said, "Anyway, he has nothing to do, and the emperor who is so eccentric in the legend that the gods taught in his dreams made Zhang Xianyong even more worried. If the rumors were true, then the emperor had really seen the gods and man, and he was nothing. When Li Gui saw Li Kui, everything was revealed.

Yang Jing scolded this charlatan in his heart, pretending to be quite like a person, as if he could really ask for rain. However, Yang Jing was not going to interfere in these matters, nor was he going to expose them. He called him here today, not for the sake of asking for rain, because even in the 21st century, there is still no good way to ask for rain, at most, it is to fire rain bombs or something, which is not much better than asking for rain to alleviate the drought in people's hearts.

"Zhang Zhenren, I invite you here today to talk to you about Tao. I am determined to seek Tao, but I don't know what Tao is and where Tao is. If you want Zhenren to control Taoism in the world, I must have some understanding."

When Zhang Xianyong heard this, the emperor wanted to seek Taoism. Could it be that there was another person who wanted to live forever among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty? Hehe, if this is the case, then this Taoist can be prosperous again. Now his heart is as sweet as eating honey.

When Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi heard that the emperor was about to seek Taoism, they were puzzled. The emperor looked at a very smart person, how could he believe those scoundrels? He believed that people could live forever? Could God no longer favor the Ming Dynasty? He made this very smart emperor obsessed with alchemy and immortality? His face turned dark at the moment.

"Your Majesty is asking the Tao?" Zhang Xianyong obviously didn't believe it. The legendary Emperor Ming would ask him for the Tao. Isn't this legend? Is this emperor taught him in his dream? Can he predict natural disasters? Zhang Xianyong actually wanted to ask the emperor, what does this god look like? Can you exchange your experience in practicing Taoism? Now the emperor asked him what Tao is? Asking Tao Yu Blind, asking Tao Yu Blind! It seems that the god in his dream of His Majesty does not often go to work!...

"Well, that's right, I'm thinking about what the Tao is? I can't understand it. Can Zhenren Zhang solve my doubts?" Yang Gui looked puzzled.

Zhang Xianyong was ecstatic. The emperor likes Taoism, and he must have thought about immortality. Will it be another matter? As long as the emperor likes it, the status of this Taoist will rise greatly, and the life of this Taoist will be easy. He said mysteriously: "Your Majesty, Tao can be told, it is extraordinary. Name can be named, it is very famous... At the beginning of the nameless world, it is famous for the mother of all things. Therefore, there is no desire to see its wonder..." Zhang Xianyong secretly and proudly recited the Taoist "Tao Te Ching" that Taoism regarded as a holy scripture, and believed that this profound "Tao Te Ching" would definitely make the emperor fascinated by the path of seeking Taoism. I believe that although the emperor had the teachings of the gods in his dreams, he probably could not see the gods and people every day, so he had the things he asked him about the Tao. Zhang Xianyong thought so proudly.

Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi, with a dark face, looked at Zhang Xianyong fooling the emperor with a proud look on his face. Although he was annoyed, there was no way. This was what the emperor asked himself and he was not easy to interfere.

"What does this sentence mean? What does it have to do with Tao?" Yang Jing pretended not to understand and asked Zhang Xianyong what this meant.

"Report to Your Majesty, the meaning of this sentence is 'Tao'. If it can be expressed in words, then it is always 'Tao'. If it can be named in words, then it is always 'Name'..." Zhang Xianyong began to explain the meaning of the "Tao Te Ching" in a long series.

Yang Jing was very impatient. If he listened to Zhang Xianyong's "Tao Te Ching", it would be a hundred years. He would not have thought of finishing the "Tao Te Ching". He immediately said: "Zhang Zhenren should not be too complicated. It is easier for me to understand it if I am simple and simple."

Zhang Xianyong was very happy to accept the emperor's request. This was a good opportunity to show his profound Taoism. He said: "Report to Your Majesty, this sentence means that 'Tao' can be used to explain the original nature of the universe. 'Tao' is a method to unlock all mysteries."

Tao can be used to explain the universe. Tao is all the mysterious methods. Yang Jing understood these two sentences, and Yang Jing was just these two sentences. This guy thought he was a novice, and he fooled himself with the "Tao Te Ching", but he didn't know his origin. He has read too many famous sentences in the "Tao Te Ching", and has heard a lot, and he has also known some of them. He knows no less than him.

"Zhang Zhenren said that 'Tao' can explain the originality of the universe? Where are all the mysterious methods?"

"Report to your Majesty, that's true."

"Then what is the universe?" Yang Jing continued to pretend to be a novice.

"Report to Your Majesty, the word universe is originally two words, which are separated and interpreted. Yu means the four directions of the upper and lower parts; the universe represents the past and present, and the combined meaning is that the upper and lower parts of the past and present... represents the whole world, all..." Zhang Xianyong explained very well.

"Oh, I understand. This Yu means space, and the Zhou means time. Adding up is time and space. Is this right?"

"Indeed, indeed, Your Majesty is really wise and able to have such insights, which shows that Your Majesty has a great root of Taoism..." Zhang Xianyong wanted to fool the emperor into admiring Taoism. In this way, the power of Taoism would increase greatly and he began to give the emperor a soup.

"Well, very good. Since this Tao represents space and time, and represents everything in the universe, it is the place where all the mysterious methods are located, then I think that Taoism is named after the Taoist Taoism in the world, and I think that Zhengren, who holds the Taoist priest in the world, obviously understands many of the "Tao" in heaven and earth? Understand many of the mysteries and methods in the universe?" Yang Jing said to Zhang Xianyong mysteriously.

When Zhang Xianyong saw the emperor's mysterious appearance, he asked himself the principles and mysteries of "Tao", he immediately thought about what the emperor wanted to say? It was the mystery of heaven and earth? I'm afraid, I'd better think about how to live forever. This thing has always been loved by the emperor. Zhang Xianyong knew the principles of the universe and the mystery of heaven and earth. He had heard of the emperor's idea of ​​immortality countless times.

Zhang Xianyong felt that he had not understood the emperor's meaning wrongly, and he also said mysteriously to the emperor: "Your Majesty is looking for immortality?"

"Huh?" Yang Jing revealed in his heart. This guy is indeed a charlatan and he is fooling himself into immortality. You must know that he has been through nine years of compulsory education. He despises these things that violate the law of objective development of things the most. If you want to be immortal, you are still rushing to be a real person for yourself?

Zhang Xianyong obviously did not understand the emperor's "um" sound, with such disdain and great doubts, and said mysteriously: "Your Majesty, it is not easy to seek immortality! This method is hard to find!..." He continued to be a charlatan and fool the emperor.

Yang Jing thought this guy was despicable enough, and he was disgusted by his performance. He felt that the play could not be performed anymore. If he acted again, he would have to vomit.

"Zhang Zhenren, I have a lot of confusion about it today. I want to ask for Tao from Zhang Zhenren. I want to be the leader of Taoism in the world. I will definitely be able to explain the truth to me and explain the mystery and methods of the universe." The word "Tao" in Yang Jing's mouth was light and heavy, and he pronounced the word "Tao" mysteriously.

Zhang Xianyong was confused. The emperor did not seek immortality. He asked himself what "Tao" or what mystery and method he asked himself. He was really a ghost. He knew a big secret method. If he wanted to say that he would recite scriptures and meditate, he would be a good player.
Chapter completed!