Chapter 299: Laying out plans for the world of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, planning to swallow up the Qinglong Domain!
Hearing everyone's congratulations, Jiajing, who was in a good mood, smiled on his serious face.
"I am fine. Please stand up." As Jiajing spoke, the people kneeling on the clouds also stood up one after another.
"That's right." After sweeping his eyes over everyone present and taking in everyone's actions, Jiajing nodded in approval and said, "Since all the ministers have completed their training, then you may leave."
"But remember, I will arrange a heavenly tribulation for you after you get out. You better be prepared."
Arrange a heavenly calamity? Upon hearing this, Yan Song and the others were stunned, and looked at Jiajing with disbelief in their eyes.
They are no longer newcomers on the road of cultivating immortals. They all know that there will be a heavenly tribulation when one breaks through from the Jindan stage to the Yuanying stage.
After that, every time you advance to a higher realm, you will experience a heavenly tribulation of varying degrees.
But heavenly calamity is the maintenance of the order of the laws of heaven and earth by the way of heaven. All living things have a destiny at birth. If any living thing wants to break the destiny and change its fate against heaven, it must be punished.
But the Great Dao has fifty days and forty-nine days, and God still has a glimmer of hope for all living things. All practitioners are walking on the "single-plank bridge" under this glimmer of hope.
Naturally, not everyone can pass through this "single-plank bridge" and have a smooth journey on the immortal road.
People like them, although their cultivation has reached a height that most cultivators cannot reach in their lifetime, can still think of themselves hiding in the Qiankun realm to practice.
It can be said that there was no natural disaster along the way.
But their hearts are as clear as a mirror, and they know that the laws of nature will not give them any loopholes.
What would Heaven do to these cheaters when they found out? Would Heaven punish them with a more powerful and severe calamity? After all, Heaven's might was unpredictable!
But what they didn't expect was that the person who arranged the heavenly tribulation was actually the emperor? This was simply... too surprising!
In the eyes of Yan Song and others, isn't this easy? Even the Mahayana stage of overcoming the tribulation is easy?
Everyone felt dry in their mouths at the thought of being able to easily overcome the heavenly tribulation of ascending to heaven and becoming the legendary immortal.
Realizing that everyone seemed to want to take the back door, Jiajing said: "The laws of heaven and earth will benefit you after you get through them. Remember not to slack off."
"Moreover, when a Mahayana cultivator goes through the Immortal Tribulation, it is not the Heavenly Dao of a small world that arranges the Heavenly Tribulation, but the Great Dao!"
"I'll tell you straight," Jiajing said, his face slightly relaxed, "Every star in the universe that nurtures life can be regarded as a small world."
"But the existence of these small worlds is also subject to the laws of the great way, which is the law of this universe!"
"To become an immortal is to leave this universe and enter a higher world of existence. The one who brings down the heavenly calamity is naturally the great way of the universe."
Hearing what Jiajing said, the heat in everyone's hearts cooled down in an instant.
But think about it, becoming an immortal is not that easy, how could they be allowed to find loopholes?
But soon, everyone's hearts became excited again!
The Emperor said that to become an immortal, one must not take advantage of loopholes in the Great Dao, but he did not say how difficult the heavenly tribulation is below the Mahayana stage!
"Go back. Ten years have passed and a lot of things have happened outside waiting for you to deal with." Jiajing did not reveal anything more because of everyone's expectant eyes.
Indeed, in this world of Earth, as the Heavenly Dao, he has complete control over the matter. Within his authority, it will be easy for the Ming cultivators to overcome the tribulation.
As his cultivation broke through the Mahayana stage, his understanding of the laws of the Dao became more profound and clear.
Regarding the law, it can be simply understood that the entire universe is a huge world.
And under the big world, there are countless small worlds, that is, those starry worlds that are qualified to nurture intelligent life. The most straightforward example is naturally the earth.
There are so many worlds like the Earth in the universe that it is not an exaggeration to describe them as vast and boundless.
These starry worlds all have their own unique laws and operating rules, and these laws are naturally the laws of the small world.
As for why there are unique operating rules, it is naturally because every perfect world is different.
After all, in some worlds, intelligent life does not need air, food or water, and may even only need to absorb natural energy.
In the Mahayana stage, although the life of the cultivator is undergoing transformation, in the final analysis, it is still within the scope of the small world.
Therefore, when cultivators in small worlds go through tribulations, it is usually arranged by the laws of nature of that world according to its operating rules.
And because we are in the same universe, the degree and size of the heavenly tribulation basically follow the principles of the Great Dao.
When a cultivator's cultivation breaks through to the Mahayana stage, the next level he has to face is no longer his own small world.
After all, for the fairyland in a higher plane, the great road of the universe of living beings is also a special threshold.
Only those creatures who meet the standards and are qualified can pass the test and ascend to a higher level world.
Even though Jiajing is now the Heavenly Dao of the Earth and has reached the Mahayana stage of cultivation, he is nothing in front of the Great Dao of the Universe.
Treat everyone equally, and it will be the same when it comes time for him to go through the tribulation. It is even possible that because he is the way of heaven, the tribulation that comes down upon him may be even stronger.
But Jiajing had already prepared for all this!
"Buzz." The space was turbulent, and Jiajing led his ministers out of the Qiankun realm.
The sky was so gloomy that it was impossible to tell the exact time.
The sky was filled with heavy snow, and it seemed as if it was going to completely cover the entire capital city.
Among the cold steel forest, there are ancient buildings with quaint pavilions and towers from time to time.
From time to time, huge shuttles slowly passed by above the sky.
Although it was a snowy day, the streets were bustling with people and cars.
Some people drive private shuttles, some ride in horse-drawn carriages, and of course some travel on flying mounts.
However, as the Ming Dynasty became more and more prosperous and social competitiveness increased, even the monks in the Ming Dynasty at this time were still listless and everyone was in a hurry.
"Ding ding ding."
At the crossroads, traffic lights flashed, warning sounds rang, the train stopped and moved, and pedestrians in bright and beautiful clothes, holding briefcases or books, shuttled among the crowd.
On one side of the tall "East Building Square", silent advertisements are played on the huge stone wall.
Unfortunately, few passers-by would even take a look.
In the heavy snow, the city is prosperous, but it lacks the initial bustle. Instead, there is an invisible coldness everywhere.
The capital, the first city of the Ming Dynasty, is filled with solemnity and coldness, and an oppressive atmosphere permeates the world.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty today is not just like what is in front of us. The capital city, which is known by the people for its solemnity and majesty, is like this.
This is the case in almost all prefectures, states, districts and counties within the provincial administration. Social pressure is increasing, and coldness and repression are prevalent among people.
In the 150th year of Jiajing, the population was still surging, reaching an astonishing 2 billion. This was a huge population figure that no mortal dynasty could imagine.
But it is nothing for the Ming Dynasty today.
The Overseas Provincial Administration was incorporated into the Ming Dynasty in the 100th year of Jiajing. After 50 years of development, the population reached 1 billion, and this number is still growing.
And the growth rate is even faster than that of the Ming Dynasty.
The reason for this, of course, is that after being incorporated into the imperial court, the major families in power in the provincial administration offices began to consider the people. After all, they also want political achievements.
Naturally, the lives of the lower-class people improved, and then the population began to grow rapidly.
The spiritual veins that Jiajing had obtained from the world of immortal cultivation to deceive Li Changqing had already been injected into the entire earth.
In addition, he is now the Heavenly Dao, so the earth is now completely a world of cultivating immortals.
But even so, with the skyrocketing population and the increase in the number of immortal cultivators, spiritual resources began to become scarce.
Although Jiajing has been in seclusion in Qiankun in recent years, he is not completely unconcerned about the Ming world.
After all, now the entire earth, and even the stars in the solar system, can be regarded as his natal objects. As long as there is something wrong with his natal objects, he can keenly perceive it through his natal objects.
In fact, these problems had already existed since the 100th year of Jiajing's reign, but he already had plans at that time, and since they were not so urgent, he ignored them.
Now the Ming Dynasty is facing a crisis of shortage of resources for cultivating immortals, and he has also broken through to the Mahayana stage, and the combat power of the Ming Dynasty's top leaders has skyrocketed.
The next step is naturally to initiate the invasion of the world of immortal cultivation.
This time the invasion is not like the previous ones, where they simply entered a certain place and developed secretly, but a complete conquest. At that time, Jiajing will obtain a piece of land in the world of immortal cultivation!
And this piece of land will become his natal object, and the two worlds will be truly connected.
"Buzz!"
The space inside Yuxi Palace was turbulent, and all the people who had been kneeling in the snow for most of the day and were almost turned into snowmen were shaken violently.
"Father (Emperor) and the others have come out of retreat!" Thinking of this, everyone immediately mobilized their spiritual energy to bounce off the snow on their bodies, and began to organize their clothes. "Creaky." At this time, the tightly closed door of Yuxi Palace opened, and Chen Hong walked out. He nodded to Chen Ju who saluted him, then looked at everyone and said:
"The master has issued an order that the ten-year retreat in the human world has ended. The cabinet, the six ministries, the Imperial Household Department, and all the ministers have returned home."
"My master already knows everything that has happened in the world in the past ten years, and he will disappear today. Three days later, at noon, all provincial officials of the Ming Dynasty will discuss politics on the plateau and decide on rewards and punishments based on merits and demerits."
After reading Jiajing's oral order, Chen Hong nodded to the kings and turned back to Yuxi Palace.
At this moment, all the people kneeling in the snow felt their hearts sink slightly and their expressions became solemn.
They all heard the last sentence in the oral instruction just now, "Reward and punish according to merits and demerits"! Before this, the emperor had never said that there would be "punishments" for discussing politics on the plateau. This was setting a precedent.
It is obvious that the emperor was aware of everything that happened in the Ming Dynasty during these ten years.
Especially the kings, including King Ning, all of them couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Although they said that their hands were clean from beginning to end, how could they hide whether they were really clean from the emperor? No one knew what the emperor's attitude would be and how he would deal with it.
Yan Shaoting slowly stood up, looked around at everyone, then turned around and walked away. The most important thing in his mind was what his grandfather and father gained from this retreat.
As for the political discussion on the plateau three days later, as well as rewards and punishments for merits and demerits, he didn't care. No matter how big the storm was, it couldn't overturn the Yan family.
"Mingyuan..." Prince Gong Zhu Zaichun stood up and looked at Gao Gong's son Gao Wuguan. Just as he was about to speak, the latter looked at him and said, "Your Highness, I will go back and ask my father for instructions first."
As he spoke, Gao Wuguan's originally smooth face had already turned serious, no longer showing his usual Japanese expression.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty." After clasping his fists and bowing to Prince Gong, Gao Wuguan did not delay and hurriedly headed straight to the outside of Yuxi Palace.
At the same time, there was Zhang Jingxiu, the son of Zhang Juzheng, who was beside Prince An; and Zhao Dingzhu, the son of Zhao Zhenji, who was beside Prince Ning.
All of them bowed to the princes they were loyal to, and then hurriedly left Yuxi Palace. After a while, everyone outside Yuxi Palace dispersed.
Inside Yuxi Palace.
At this time, the people standing in the hall were Qingfeng, Chanshuang, Lu Fang, Chen Hong, Huang Jin, Shi San, and Wei Zhongxian.
As for Feng Bao and Yang Jinshui, they had already followed Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yijin back to the palace with Prince Yu and Prince Jing.
"Lv Fang, from today on, you can continue to expand your business in the Immortal Cultivation World's 'Tomorrow's Tower'," Jiajing, who was sitting high on the Taoist platform, raised his hand and said:
"If possible, then annex the Huoyun Sect. With your current cultivation level of the middle stage of the fusion, even if the Upper Yanyun Sect knew about this, they would only befriend you."
“That Nascent Soul cultivator has already passed away, and his kindness to the Huoyun Sect has long faded. Even if he hadn’t passed away, I’m afraid he wouldn’t offend you for the sake of a small Huoyun Sect.”
"As for how to obtain the Huoyun Sect, it's up to you."
"Yes, I know." Lu Fang bowed and said, and behind him, Wei Zhongxian also bowed.
After all, Wei Zhongxian was Lu Fang's godson, and he had been in charge of the affairs of Mingri Tower with Lu Fang. Knowing that his master was talking to his godfather, he was also talking to him, so he naturally had to be tactful.
"Chen Hong, Huang Jin." After giving instructions to Lu Fang, Jiajing named Chen Hong and Huang Jin.
"Master." The two of them immediately stepped forward.
"Next, the focus of the cabinet meeting will leave Lingxu Island. You two will be responsible for the business in Fengling Town. In addition to business, the focus will be on intelligence."
"We can't interfere in the Western Continent. We can only lie dormant step by step and take our time."
"If possible, we will use Fengling Town as the starting point, expand our influence step by step, and erode all the surrounding forces."
"Yes!" Chen Hong and Huang Jin looked at each other, bowed and stepped back.
"Shi San, you just continue to be in charge of the Ming Dynasty." Jiajing was still very satisfied with Shi San as the steward.
"I obey your command." Shi San, who was always steady, bowed and then quietly stepped aside.
"Qingfeng, Chanshuang." Finally, Jiajing named his two imperial masters.
The two girls were confused when they were named. Logically speaking, it should have nothing to do with them at this point.
Why did the emperor mention their names? Could it be that they would have a role in the next arrangement of the immortal world?
"Your Majesty." Although they were confused, the two girls still stepped forward and saluted.
The one who shouted "Your Majesty" was naturally Qingfeng.
Chanshuang always behaved properly and was very respectful to Jiajing. She usually addressed him as "Your Majesty" in formal situations or when there were tasks to do.
"In the world of immortal cultivation, in the Eastern Azure Dragon region, the three groups of stars, Fangxiu, Xinxiu, and Dixiu, are ruled by the Taoist sect."
"The Wei and Ji constellations are ruled by Buddhism," Jiajing paused for a moment, looked at the two girls and said, "I plan to have the two of you go to the place where Buddhism and Taoism are cultivated to preach."
"Establish your own Buddhist and Taoist sects."
"Qingfeng, your natal item has not been found yet. Perhaps you will find it in the Taoist immortal cultivation area."
"What do you two think?" Although he was asking, Jiajing's tone was unquestionable.
Over the years, the dust of the natal object that was originally scattered to the world of immortal cultivation has now been taken to other star fields by those cultivators, ancient beasts, etc. who travel far and wide. At least within the twenty-eight star fields, he can now set foot in the Eastern Azure Dragon Field.
Since this is the case, Jiajing will naturally not give up the opportunity to lay out the entire world of cultivation.
When he took over Qingfeng, he just wanted to give Yan Song some rewards to reassure him and show that he would not touch his Yan family.
Later, Qingfeng was appointed as the imperial teacher in order to clean up the Qingliu and the gentry and big families and take back the land.
Later, as he got to know more about the world of immortal cultivation, Jiajing already had an idea in his mind about how to deal with the Buddhist and Taoist immortal cultivation circles in the future, and his initial idea was to preach.
Later, in order to eradicate the Confucian sect, Yan Song sent Chan Shuang, and Jiajing decided to train two daughters.
This is also the reason why Jiajing first gave the two girls the advanced Buddhist and Taoist skills in addition to Lu Fang and Lu Bing. It was to lay a good foundation for the two girls, waiting for this day.
Now the two girls, one in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation and the other in the early stage of the Void Refining stage, if they were to reach the Buddhist and Taoist realms in the world of cultivating immortals, they would each have their own way of preaching and would not be in too much danger.
After all, even if Qingfeng's cultivation was weaker, he was still a great cultivator in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and some large sects would have to retreat away from him.
For example, Chan Shuang is in the late stage of Refining Void. A cultivator of this level is only at the level of a supreme elder even in a large sect, unless someone in the Fusion stage takes action.
Moreover, even if he is in the Fusion Stage, he will not be easily dealt with. After all, Chan Shuang is so young and is in the Void Refinement Stage. Who would believe that she doesn't have a more terrifying force or master behind her?
Finally, with himself now in the Mahayana stage and standing at the top of the immortal cultivation world, looking at the entire immortal cultivation world, he can basically ignore everyone except those ancient sects and the immortals who will not appear unless it is a matter of life and death.
Even if the immortals come forward, they will not start a war. Well, they cannot afford it. As for the cultivators in the middle and late stages of the Mahayana period, they will not go against them just for the sake of preaching and building a sect.
Therefore, now is the best time to lay out the two worlds of Buddhism and Taoism.
The two girls said without even thinking, "Qingfeng and Chanshuang are willing."
"Okay, after the highland political meeting is over in three days, I will open a passage for the two of you to the Buddhist and Taoist world of cultivation."
"After you arrive, you will decide all your actions. If you encounter any danger, please contact me at any time."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" With Jiajing's words, the two women felt at ease and reliable.
"Okay, everyone go down." After everything had been arranged, Jiajing raised his hand and signaled everyone to go down.
"Yes!" Except for Lu Fang, Qingfeng, Chanshuang, Chen Hong and others bowed and turned to leave.
"The twenty-eight constellations, the star worlds in the Eastern Azure Dragon Region, are all ruled by Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism." Jiajing watched everyone leave, his eyes flickering, and he thought to himself: "The Azure Dragon in the East, the Vermillion Bird in the South, the White Tiger in the West, and the Black Tortoise in the North..."
"The layout of Qinglong Territory is complete, and the Ming Dynasty will gradually devour it!"
"Master, Princess Hejing and Princess Ningshu request to see you." At this time, Lu Fang, who was standing aside, stepped forward and spoke after receiving the spiritual report from Chen Ju who was guarding the gate of Yuxi Palace.
"Hejing, Ningshu?" Putting aside his thoughts, Jiajing's serious expression gradually relaxed as he thought of the two girls from back then.
These two women are his two daughters.
"It's been a few years since I last saw these two girls," Jiajing said, "Tell the two girls that I will see them after I take a bath."
"Yes." Lu Fang smiled slightly, bowed and left to pass on the message.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
