People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 495 The future national master knows the truth

The errand that Lao Zhu gave him was not a good thing?
The imperial court established the Daolu Department and the Senglu Department to better manage Buddhism and Taoism.

How could he allow Taoism to override Buddhism?
Emotionally speaking, Lao Zhu has more feelings for Buddhism than Taoism, if it weren't for an anomaly like Zhang Yi.

Life in Longhu Mountain is probably much more difficult than in Buddhism.

But the real watershed in the emperor's views on Buddhism and Taoism began with the dispute with Huitan.

Zhang Yi proposed the concept of human Taoism, which won the hearts of Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu's fear of religion is nothing more than fear of the people's hearts that have been condensed by Buddhism and Taoism for thousands of years.

If it is used well, the people's hearts will naturally return to the emperor.

But if it is not used properly, it will become a big disaster for the people.

Lao Zhu once suppressed religion, but he was not willing to let the monks and Taoists locked up in Taoist temples do nothing.

Zhang Yi mobilized the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain and Zhengyi, and made many contributions to the court over the years.

Among them, the promotion of simplified Chinese characters has been silent and seems to have disappeared, but its influence has been expanding.

Although this kind of influence is unlikely to eliminate illiteracy like in later generations!
But even if they could read and write, the number of people called intellectuals doubled, and the pressure on the existing scholar-bureaucrat class would be very great.

Zhang Yi still remembered that in his previous life, a group of people mourned the grave of the Republic of China, and the one who cried was Ruyun, the great master of the Republic of China.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called masters are just a group of people suppressing the information of another group of people when the illiteracy rate is 99%!
Once the illiteracy rate goes down, it will be hard for everyone to fool us.

The aura of the so-called master is naturally much less.

This is what Zhang Yi wants to do...

I think the emperor has also seen the effects over the years.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang is enjoying the benefits here, he must hope that others will also take action.

This involves the religious reform...

It's not just the reform of Zhengdao, it also involves the reform of Quanzhen, Lingbao... and even various sects of Buddhism.

Lao Zhu thought that he was going to make this reform himself.

Zhang Yi was not surprised that Lao Zhu pushed him out to offend someone.

Lao Zhu and even Zhu Ping were pushed out to be lonely ministers, and naturally he, an outsider, was no exception.

Being a solitary minister is actually safer.

It's one thing to offend someone, but another to handle things well. Zhang Yi already has his own ideas in his mind.

As a Taoist priest, he takes charge of religious affairs in the world.

When it comes to being a Taoist priest, Zhang Yi actually has more authority than his father who lives far away in Longhu Mountain.

He understood that this was a test given to him by the emperor.

Just like the matter of running a school, as long as he can do it, the false reputation of national teacher will naturally fall on him...

With Lao Zhu's suppression, the matter regarding General Zhang Yi's religious affairs was finally settled.

Everyone looked at Zhang Yi with deep eyes.

The emperor seemed to be looking forward to this little Taoist priest.

But they were also relieved at the same time. Regardless of whether he was in charge of religious matters, at least the emperor did not want him to become an official in the court yet.

At least, if he takes the path of a Taoist priest, he will be just like those demons in history, and he will just be named a national master.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament, this child probably won't even be able to get the imperial master.

Don’t worry about him yet!
"Zhang Yi, you go down first! I'll look for you later!"

Zhu Yuanzhang arranged Zhang Yi's affairs and asked him to leave first.

When he walked out of Fengtian Hall, someone came to meet him.

"Uncle Dead Sea, Your Majesty asked your servant to accompany you during the handover!"

"Father-in-law, you'd better call me Zhenren!"

Zhang Yi didn't really like changing the title he was called by, so he took the initiative to change his title.

The eunuch didn't insist and changed his tone according to Zhang Yi's tone.

The eunuch led Zhang Yi out of the palace. There were already chariots waiting for him.

The driver is still Lao Mo.

Since the emperor and Zhang Yi recognized each other, Lao Mo has not concealed his identity.

Zhang Yi nodded and got in the car.

The car slowly headed towards the city.

Not long after, Zhang Yi came to a Taoist temple that was being built, yes.

This Taoist temple is not any existing Taoist temple, but was built by Zhu Yuanzhang!
Zhang Yi was a little surprised, and then he heard Lao Mo say:
"This Taoist temple has been left to the real person by His Majesty from the very beginning. You will know when the real person enters it!"

Zhang Yi nodded silently and glanced at the plaque above.

There are three words written on it, Spring and Autumn Views.

Spring and Autumn are time, which also implies that the owner of this Taoist temple can see through the secrets of time and space and predict the future.

Zhang Yi somewhat believed that this Taoist temple was indeed built by Zhu Yuanzhang for himself.

When he stepped into the Taoist temple, he was even more sure.

The area of ​​​​Chunqiu Temple is more than ten times larger than that of Qingxin Temple, but Zhang Yi can see many shadows of Qingxin Temple in it.

Many designs of Qingxin Temple are unique, such as water towers, drainage systems, etc.

“This Taoist temple was built three years ago!

But after you returned to Beijing, His Majesty the Emperor ordered the temple to be expanded. But this time you have received the reward, I am afraid that the Taoist temple will continue to be expanded..."

Lao Mo whispered:
"After your Majesty returns to the mountain, he no longer plans to let you stay in Qingxin Temple permanently. This Spring and Autumn Temple is the place he has prepared for you!

It's just that as soon as you came back, you got involved in Chen Ke's trap, and you also know a series of things that happened next! "

Mentioning Chen Ke, Zhang Yicai thought of him and Chen Man, and Zhang Yicai asked:

"How are they two?"

"Shopkeeper Chen and Chen Man are now considered members of the Jin Yiwei. His Majesty took a fancy to Chen Ke's intelligence analysis ability and sent him to Fujian...

Shopkeeper Chen will probably have to prepare for going to sea next!

Judging from his condition, he seems to be very satisfied with His Majesty's arrangements! "

Zhang Yi smiled and Chen Ke, from a rat in the underworld to a royal guard, can be regarded as a professional counterpart.

And this old boy, in the words of later generations, has always yearned to be in the system.

Now that he has finally joined a staff and has a professional counterpart, he is probably going to seriously work for Lao Zhu.

overseas?

Zhang Yi understood that the emperor had already begun planning for the attack on Japan!
He nodded silently.

A person like Chen Ke is familiar with maritime trade and is also an intelligence officer. He can indeed play a big role in Jinyiwei.

As for his sons!
Wushan and Zhu Yuanzhang had already made arrangements.

This is also the condition for the emperor to control Chen Ke.

"Next year, we will probably go to sea..."

When he was fooling the emperor into going to sea at Qingxin Temple, Zhang Yi only learned from His Highness the Crown Prince yesterday that Zhu Yuanzhang had been preparing for this!

The Xuanwu Army was born because of Zhang Yi!
As for the world map, Lao Zhu was also looking over it again and again.

In Zhang Yi's mind, Zhu Yuanzhang is also a person who loves expansion.

The Hongwu Dynasty can be called a military force.

If there was a chance to go out, the emperor would be more interested than him!

Back then, he deceived the emperor by claiming that he would be the emperor for eternity, but this goal may have gradually taken shape.

If China could go to sea, Lao Zhu would not be the same emperor as Emperor Taizong of the Han Dynasty, Wu Shi, and others throughout the ages, but would be superior to everyone.

If it weren't for the time it takes to build a ship and the pressure from the north has not eased for the time being, Lao Zhu would have gone out long ago.

Next year, all problems will be solved.

Especially after the business tax was restructured and new species entered the Ming Dynasty.Daming’s future will get better and better!

“Going to sea is a good thing!”

Like Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Yi also has expectations for going to sea.

Moreover, his expectations were even greater than those of Lao Zhu.

Everything Lao Zhu did could be said to be for the continuation of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Yi's greater expectation is that the land of China has more resources.

He had many things that he would not tell Zhu Yuanzhang.

Perhaps after going to sea, the changes in Ming's social structure will evolve in a direction that he himself cannot imagine.

The result of evolution may be that the Zhu family, as a symbol of imperial power, has lost power, or something else.

But from the perspective of historical trends, it is good for China.

"It's a good thing to go to sea. Maybe in a few years, my Ming Dynasty will have its first overseas territory!"

Zhang Yi said to himself, and then followed the father-in-law from the palace to inspect the Spring and Autumn Temple.

After the handover was completed, Zhang Yi went to the door in person to see his father-in-law off.

"Go to Qing Xin Guan and pick up Meng Yao and her daughter!"

Zhang Yi asked Lao Mo to quickly go to Qingxin Temple to pick up Meng Yao and her daughter!

Everything about this Spring and Autumn Temple has been arranged by the emperor a long time ago!
The place where Qingxin Temple is located, as the emperor and Zhang Yi recognized each other, it is estimated that there will soon be no Jin Yiwei to look after the house.

Only then did Zhang Yi understand that the reason why Qingxin Guan was so safe was because someone was monitoring it silently!

"The next time I see His Majesty, I'm afraid I'll have to give him a satisfactory answer!"

After Zhang Yi waited for Lao Mo to leave, he silently came to the study room. There were four treasures of the study room inside, and he began to sit down and write a plan.

"Sure enough, you shouldn't be acquainted with the emperor. If you work under this evil boss, your life will be miserable in the future..."

Zhang Yi wrote quickly and began to write a plan for Lao Zhu on how to reform religion.

Using human Taoism as a standard to get these people to move and contribute to society, Zhang Yi can find many models from later generations.

Especially under the iron fist of Tu..., no one can sit back and enjoy the benefits.

Zhang Yi eloquently wrote many methods on how to use these people.

To put it bluntly, this was a plan he had already had in mind.

In Zhang Yi's understanding, everyone is a worker, and no one can be separated from the world and not engaged in production!

He is not afraid that what he has will cause dissatisfaction among those in Buddhism.

Because the Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain have done further and more than these people!

After writing almost everything, he heard movement outside.

Zhang Yi knew that Li and Meng Yao were coming.

Sure enough, when he walked out, Li and Meng Yao were walking into the Taoist temple with large and small bags, and they were looking around.

When Meng Yao saw Zhang Yi, tears welled up in his eyes and he was about to rush over.

But as if she remembered something, she felt a little shy and stopped in place.

Zhang Yi smiled, thinking that the child bride he had seen growing up had finally grown up.

He walked over and touched Meng Yao's head. Meng Yao lowered his head and shouted timidly:
"Brother, little landlord..."

"Meng Yun, let me hug you!"

Zhang Yi walked over, picked up little Mengyun, kissed her, and then led them inside naturally.

Over the years of getting along, they have long been like a family. Soon, a happy smile appeared on Meng Yao's face and he began to choose his own room.

The concept of Spring and Autumn is very big, and everyone has a choice.

Just like myself now, it seems that I have many more choices.

But Zhang Yi himself couldn't figure out whether his life was getting better or worse now.

After returning from Zhejiang, he seemed to be very busy and no longer seemed like he could do whatever he wanted when he was lazy.

After talking to Meng Yao and the others for a few more words, Zhang Yi went back to writing his plan.

……

In the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Biao to the imperial study room, and then handed a memorial to Zhu Biao.

"This Hu Weiyong seems smart enough, but he is too smart!"

Zhu Biao took the memorial and took a look, only to find that it was Hu Weiyong's plea for Lan Yu.

He had some intention of interceding for Lan Yu, but he didn't find the chance.

"Lanyu did it this time! It's just that my father..."

Just as Zhu Biao was about to continue talking about this topic, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand:

"It's useless for you to plead for mercy now, I won't let him go!

Hu Weiyong is smart and wants to win people's hearts!
He now considers himself the representative of the Huaixi lineage in the court, so he wants to bribe Lan Yu!
But where would this good man get his turn?

It’s up to you to do it!

However, if you beg for mercy now, doesn’t it mean that I am too talkative? "

Zhu Yuanzhang paused and continued:
"Just let him beg for mercy, I will punish him severely, and then you come out to beg for mercy, you can keep the favor yourself!

Recently, there should be many people asking for mercy from you at the Prince's Mansion, right? "

Zhu Biao laughed when he heard this:

"Yes, but all my sons and daughters rejected it!"

"Good refusal, I know you love your wife, but some things are of different importance. The state-owned legal family has family rules!

If you want to conquer Lan Yu, you must set up rules!
Lan Yu is a talent, but she is also a disaster!
One day, if you feel you can’t use it anymore, you might as well kill him..."

Zhu Biao was silent, he didn't like Lan Yu.

But he also understands that Lan Yu is his natural ally, and he must rely on it!

But Lan Yu's lawlessness also gave him a headache, especially the conflict with Zhang Yi in the north, which made Zhu Biao furious.

Emotionally speaking, Zhang Yi's relationship with him was better than Lan Yu's.

That matter itself was also Lan Yu's fault.

"I know, father, don't worry. I know the importance of the matter, although..."

"how?"

Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Zhu Biao seemed to have something in his words.

"The princess is pregnant, so I don't think much about it..."

"What, Xiongying is pregnant?"

Thanks to Zhang Yi's prophecy, Zhu Yuanzhang even knew the name of his grandson in advance.

The eldest grandson, who was destined to die young, was indeed pregnant.

Lao Zhu forgot about the tactics for a moment, only the joy of a grandpa holding his grandson in his arms.

"Okay, okay! Let her take good care of the fetus, and I will release Lan Yu as soon as possible!"

No principle is as important as one's own grandson.

Especially after Lao Zhu knew that the child would have a hard life and would die young, he felt even more pity for his grandson.

Zhu Biao said:
"Father, don't worry, the Zhang family's brother took her pulse. Speaking of which, it was the Zhang family's brother who told her about her pregnancy..."

Mentioning Zhang Yi, Zhu Biao had a complicated expression:
"The princess also feels sorry for the Zhang family brother, and she apologized to him yesterday!"

"Ugh!"

Thinking of Zhang Yi and Chang, Lao Zhu felt pity again and said:
"You probably don't know one thing yet! I'm telling you..."

A quarter of an hour later.

Zhu Biao's face became very ugly.

Brother Zhang, killed Chang Mao?
(End of this chapter)