Daming: Father, I am no longer a teacher

Chapter 77 The Ming Dynasty is Too Difficult to Mix

In front of Fengtian Hall, all officials were silent.

Even the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a while.

Zhang Normal's rewards are innocuous. It's normal for Lao Zhang to be an outsider and to offer auspiciousness.

What's more, most of the officials could see that Zhang Normal was nothing more than a prop used by the emperor to stimulate the Kong family. To a large extent, if the emperor did not want to clean up the Kong family, Lao Zhang would not have received such benefits.

But even so, Liu Ji stood up against Lao Zhang.

What's even more rare is that Li Shanchang actually seconded Liu Ji's decision.

This kind of turbulent scene made the old foxes present feel uncertain for a while, and all fell silent.

You must know that although the Ming Dynasty has just been established, the conflict between Li Shanchang and Liu Ji has gradually become public, with different ideas and different interests.
The two sides have vaguely formed two forces wrestling with each other in the court.

It's definitely not common for Liu Ji and Li Shanchang to unite because of one thing!

But after a while, all the officials realized that since the two most powerful people in the court knelt down, what choice did they have to make?

"Minister Yang Xian seconded the proposal!"

"Subject Wang Guangyang seconded the proposal!"

"Minister Hu Weiyong seconded me!"

……

The officials in front of the emperor all knelt down.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank in an instant, and Zhang Normal was even bigger than ever.

All the civil and military men in the court suddenly became his enemies, and he instantly felt that the whole person was not well.

"Liu Ji, tell me what you mean. Could it be that you are not satisfied with the canonization of Daoist Zhang?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and questioned Liu Ji directly.

Liu Ji's expression remained unchanged, and he said:

"Your Majesty, the two families of Zhang and Kong are both my Huaxia family, and the Kong family is the most holy teacher, with a noble status. Now that your majesty has granted a reward, why is it that Kong Xi is only awarded the second rank, while Zhang Zhenren is ranked the first rank. Since ancient times, Saints are only respected by Confucius, how can Taoists be placed above Yan Shenggong?”

"No matter what your majesty's intentions are, I think it's wrong!"

Liu Ji almost pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang's face and said that you deliberately retaliated, but Zhu Yuanzhang's expression did not change.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew Liu Ji's temperament in his heart, and his doubts were probably the reason why some officials were dissatisfied.

Everyone has a position and their own calculations.

These Ming officials in front of them, if the emperor only taught the Kong family a lesson, they would probably pretend to be crazy. Just like Zhang Yi said, most of them actually don’t like a Kong family who is nostalgic for power.

A mascot should have the awareness of a mascot. The Confucian family who does not touch the fireworks of the world is the best Confucian family in the hearts of scholars!

So from this standpoint, the interests of the emperor and the officials are actually the same.

But the emperor absolutely shouldn't, he shouldn't use the Zhang family to suppress the Kong family.

When the emperor suppressed the Confucian family, scholars can be regarded as internal struggles, but if your Zhang family suppressed the Confucian family, what kind of thing is your Longhushan?
The circulation of China's political power has always been between the king and the scholar class. Taoist priests are just playthings of the king.

Zhu Yuanzhang understood this truth, and Zhu Biao gradually realized it.

Liu Ji brought all the officials to kneel down, not because of Kong Xixue, but to remind Zhu Yuanzhang not to ignore the status of Confucianism because of the Confucius family.

It's no wonder that Li Shanchang and the officials who usually fight each other will kneel down unanimously. This is the "exhortation" of the entire scholar group to the emperor!
Zhu Biao felt a little sympathetic to Zhang Normal, who somehow became a pawn in the game between officials and the king.

"Ha ha……"

There was no joy or anger on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and he smiled lightly after a long time.

When he smiled, the officials kneeling on the ground couldn't figure it out.

"Liu Ji, I ask you, should merit be rewarded?"

"Should!"

"Then I want to ask you, the last time Zhang normal came to Beijing, I already granted him the status of Daoist, rank two, this time he has made great achievements, should I reward him?"

Liu Ji hesitated for a moment, and replied:
"Should!"

Even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty don't know the details of the four words of monstrous merit, but meritorious deeds should be rewarded.

"Then you teach me that Daoist Zhang is already a real person with a rank of second rank, and he is an outsider. How should I reward him? Should I confer a title on him, or regard Zhang Normal as a national teacher?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, the anger in his words was no longer concealed.

Everyone fell silent for an instant.

Only Liu Ji turned his head, and replied:

"I think that if Daoist Zhang really made great achievements, no amount of rewards would be too much, but if His Majesty is just because of a certain auspiciousness..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang asked to shut up immediately, pointing to Zhang Normal:
"you say……"

Zhang Normal was somehow involved in this turmoil, with the king on one side and civil and military officials on the other, he had long been secretly crying in his heart.

The Ming Dynasty was too difficult to mix. Although he had also been a celestial master in the Yuan Dynasty, he had never seen such a scene.

Seeing the emperor forcing himself to play, Zhang normal bite the bullet and began to say:

"Pindao dreamed in his dream that the patriarch would come and give him a volume of scriptures and a volume of medical books!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that everyone's eyes fell on him with all kinds of disdain.

Cut~ Do you think it is a new routine?

Although the ancients believed in ghosts and gods, they couldn't hold back China. For thousands of years, auspicious incidents have emerged one after another. Everyone is a bit tired of aesthetics. Are you still playing this game?
Hundreds of officials are eager to try, if the emperor is not here, many of them will probably jump out and criticize others.

Zhang Normal was stared at by others, and he couldn't help cursing his family's Nizi in his heart.

If you offer medical books, you will offer medical books. What apocryphal scriptures are you doing?
You are so happy, but in the end, you are not the one who took the blame?

He took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to finish the next sentence.

As he spoke eloquently, the fighting spirit of the officials gradually turned into astonishment, and finally fell silent.

Leaving aside such things as fairy dreaming, the word smallpox is too familiar to the big guys.

Everyone has experienced the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.Victims circulated, and the plague was rampant.

No one in any family died of smallpox, and even many wives, children, and grandchildren died before their own eyes.

Even now that the Ming Dynasty has unified the south, the influence of the exiles in the troubled times is still there,
As the plague king, smallpox still affects everyone.

If Zhang Normal had a way to eradicate smallpox forever, it would not be an exaggeration for him to confer titles based on it.

Because this matter is not a matter of one generation, but a matter of benefit for thousands of years!

The only thing everyone doubts now is whether this Taoist is pretending to be a ghost?

After all, since ancient times, there have been at least ten emperors who were killed by Taoist priests. Zhang Normal was promoted to the position of celestial master by the emperor. It is common sense for him to take risks in speculation.

"Is this...reliable?"

Liu Bowen asked all the officials what they wanted to ask, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have a good face:

"You think I'm the kind of fool who is superstitious about Huang Lao?"

All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, Zhu Yuanzhang was in his prime at this time, and it really didn't look like he would be superstitious about the art of longevity.

If this is the case, then their reasons for getting ahead have become very embarrassing.

"Everyone is thinking about intrigue all day long, and they don't know what to do! Liu Ji, Li Shanchang, and Zhang Zhenren will all come to the imperial study room soon!"

Furious, Lao Zhu slapped all the officials, and then left Fengtian Hall with Zhu Biao.

As soon as he got to a place where no one was around, the emperor immediately smiled.

"very good!"

Seeing the emperor happy, Zhu Biao was stunned!

(End of this chapter)