Sword Xia of the Shu Mountains Chapter 59: Stone is jade
Speaking of which, when Boduojin planned to die together with the swordsmen of Shushan in the Immortal Realm, he was suddenly covered by a golden light that looked like three dragons, and finally disappeared in the cave.
When he disappeared from the Demon Demon Cave under the influence of golden light, he was instantly transferred to an unknown cave. When he was about to know where this was, two familiar figures appeared in front of him, and he was Zhenjun Erlang and the roaring dog that turned into a human shape beside him. Only then did he realize that it was God Erlang who saved him
"Why did you save me?"
Potokin asked Erlang God with great doubts in his heart
"Because you are useful to me, you can't die. If you die, there will be no demons in this world. If you want to revive the demons and avenge your beloved woman, you will have to work with me"
When Erlangshen mentioned Ziyan, Potokin's heart was once again in pain as if being torn apart by thousands of daggers, he clenched his fists and shouted at Erlangshen
"Shut up and don't bring purple smoke in front of me"
But Erlangshen deliberately wanted to stimulate him in order to inspire hatred in his heart
"What should be faced is still to be faced. As a man, you can't even keep your own woman, and you have to let your own woman die for you. What kind of man are you?"
"Shut up, I don't care about you"
"You useless coward, you don't have the courage to face pain, you only know how to escape. If I were you, I would do everything possible to avenge Ziyan"
Faced with Erlangshen's stimulation, Potokin seemed a little passive, he almost begged and said to Erlangshen
"Please stop talking"
But Erlang Shen did not take into account the feelings in Potokin's heart, and showed no mercy, still destroying Potokin's glass-like fragile heart
"Of course I want to say, you are a useless coward, Ziyan is wrong, following you such a useless person, only knowing that she is sad and unwilling to face the pain and accept the reality, thinking of revenge for her , what do you mean when you say you're alive"
At this time, Potokin was completely irritated by Erlangshen's words. He jumped like thunder with a few blue veins on his forehead, frowned and clenched his teeth, his eyes full of killing intent
"I'm going to kill you three eyes"
After he finished speaking, he concentrated the remaining internal force in the palm of his right palm and turned into a purple light to attack Erlang God. Erlang God stood motionless and used his body to smash Potokin's this one without any effort. The palm bounced back to Potokin, and Potokin immediately fell to the ground after being hit
"You let Master Yuxu give you a slap before. With your current internal strength, you must not be able to beat me. If you want to recover your internal strength, you must learn my Yuding magic"
"Jade Ding Shen Gong?"
"Yes, that's right, this is a first-class magic skill that my mentor Yuding Zhenren has devoted his life to cultivating. If I teach this magic skill to you, your strength will become equal. Like me, then you can take revenge on the woman you love"
After finishing speaking, Erlang Shen squatted down and looked at Potokin's eyes seriously and continued to say
"How is it? Do you want to take revenge for Ziyan, if you want, I will teach you the magic of the jade tripod"
Erlangshen's stimulation to him just now made him have the idea of revenge for Ziyan
"You're right, if I don't take revenge for Ziyan, I'll be a coward. I'm willing to learn your jade tripod skill, and I will kill Shushan to avenge Ziyan in the future"
"Okay, you're right if you can think this way. As a man, it's a shame to watch the woman you love die in front of you. If you don't want to avenge the woman he loves, such a man is more natural. No; do you know why you can't always beat your junior brother and junior nephew, it's because you are lazy, always want to borrow the power of your helpers and never think about making yourself stronger, so you will fail; if you From now on, keep practicing and make yourself stronger, and you can defeat them, so from now on, I will strengthen your training to make you stronger.”
As soon as Erlangshen said this, Potokin immediately felt Erlangshen's good intentions for him, so he arched his arms and thanked him
"Thank you for your help"
However, he wants to know why Erlang Shen wants to help himself
"But there is one thing I don't understand, why do you want to help me"
After listening to Potokin's words, Erlang Shen immediately got up and stood with his back to him, saying
"Because I want to use your power to obtain the Sword of War God for me, and then help me to rebel against the heaven and drive the Jade Emperor out of power"
"But can I help you with my strength?"
"As long as you practice the Jade Cauldron Divine Art, everything is possible. Isn't your lifelong ambition to unify the five worlds? As long as you practice Divine Art and get the Chiyou Divine Sword, you can destroy the heavenly court. To rule the world, I have read the Heavenly Book given to the Jade Emperor by Empress Nuwa, so I know the whereabouts of Chiyou Excalibur"
"Your mana is many times higher than mine, so why don't you take the Chiyou Excalibur yourself?"
"Because the Chiyou Excalibur belongs to the demon world, I, the **** of the heavens, can't get close to me at all. Once I get close, the Chiyou Excalibur's demonic energy will be hurt. But you are different, you are a person from the demon world, The evil spirit can't hurt you at all; after you get the Chiyou Divine Sword, you can destroy the fairy world first and then enter the heavenly court, while I will make troubles in the heavenly court and come together with you. And I only need to be in charge of the heavenly realm, and I will follow your demon realm as the leader of the five realms, what do you think?"
After listening to Erlangshen's words, Potokin felt a burst of joy in his heart, he laughed
"Hahaha, of course"
But he has a question in his heart
"But where is the Chiyou Excalibur? Can you tell me one or two"
After listening to Potokin's question, Erlang Shen replied
"Of course you can, the Chiyou Excalibur was sealed by the Yellow Emperor in the Myriad Demon Kingdom. From now on, I will help you recover your inner strength, and then I will teach you the Jade Cauldron Divine Art, and you will be able to go to the Myriad Demon Country to get the Chiyou Excalibur, which is purple. Tobacco took revenge"
Now turn your attention to the human world. It is said that when Chang Lingyun was ordered by Emperor Wanli to go out to the demon world and left the capital for a month, the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian took charge of almost all the power within the court and brutally suppressed the Donglin party members;
Ideologically, they exercised ideological control over the people of the Ming Dynasty. They closed the Ricci Academy, abolished the Chinese and Western scientific knowledge required in the imperial examinations, and dismissed the progressive officials headed by Xu Guangqi. The officials who obeyed the eunuchs were replaced, and the eight-legged system of taking scholars was restored, freedom of speech was prohibited, and the people were completely obeyed by the imperial court, becoming obedient people under the feudal autocracy;
In the civil society, they abolished the system of equalizing land and freeing grains that Chang Lingyun implemented during the implementation of the constitutional government, restored the feudal land ownership system, and returned all the land previously divided from the vassal kings to the vassal kings. With the support of these vassal kings, they also restored the vassal king's privileges, allowing the vassal king to have a part of the army, so that Wei Zhongxian's position in the court was supported by the vassal kings;
Politics, in order to improve the status and power of **** members in the imperial court, they restored the Jinyiwei who controlled the imperial court by Dongchang and Xichang, and made Jinyiwei become Emperor Wanli and Wei Zhongxian in order to exclude dissidents, persecute and divide the East A tool of the Lin Party.
At this time, Wei Zhongxian had become the right-hand man next to Emperor Wanli. His power and status were far greater than that of all the ministers in the court. After Gu Xiancheng's death, Emperor Wanli ordered the construction of an ancestral hall of Duke Wei in the private sector in order to commend Wei Zhongxian's contribution in restoring his imperial power and ruling the state, and Wei Zhongxian himself became a little complacent under the favor of Emperor Wanli;
In private, he asked his subordinates to call himself nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years old with the face of Emperor Wanli behind his back. In his opinion, as long as he added one more year, he would be Long Live. However, he has a very rare advantage, that is, he is never arrogant and arrogant, and he never does anything out of the ordinary because he is favored by Emperor Wanli. The main reason why Emperor Wanli was trusted.
At this time, after Gu Xiancheng's death, the **** party headed by Wei Zhongxian was brutally persecuted and attacked, and it became a mess, and it has long been unable to control the internal affairs of the court. To criticize the Donglin party members, Wei Zhongxian decided to follow the Qin Dynasty **** Zhao Gao's strategy to eliminate dissidents and wipe out the remaining Donglin party members.
In the early morning just after Emperor Wanli came to court, when all the ministers gathered in the parliamentary hall to discuss state affairs, Wei Zhongxian ordered the two eunuchs beside him to carry a large stone into the parliamentary hall. , while Wei Zhongxian himself followed behind the two of them.
After seeing this situation, Emperor Wanli, sitting on the dragon chair, asked in doubt
"Wei Zhongxian, why did you bring a broken stone to this council hall?"
Wei Zhongxian said to Emperor Wanli with a cold but smiling face
"Back to the emperor, Wei Chen wants to give you a piece of precious jade"
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli laughed immediately. He thought Wei Zhongxian was joking for himself, and some of his ministers were all talking and muttering in a low voice
"This is obviously a rotten stone, where is this precious jade"
"That's right, it's clearly a rotten rock"
At this time, Emperor Wanli said to Wei Zhongxian
"Wei Zhongxian, stop joking with me, the thing you brought up is obviously a rotten stone, how could it be a precious jade"
But Wei Zhongxian still insisted on saying
"It is true that Wei Chen brought you a piece of precious jade, Your Majesty, you may be dazzled"
As soon as Wei Zhongxian's remarks came out, some people in the court who opposed him were suddenly full of anger. An elderly official wearing a red official uniform, black gauze cap and long white beard pointed at Wei Zhongxian's nose and angered. Road
"Wei Zhongxian, you are so brave, the emperor is the Son of Heaven, his ears and eyes are better than ordinary people, you dare to say that the emperor is old and dim, this is a crime of deceiving the emperor"
Next, another minister said angrily
"Wei Zhongxian, don't rely on yourself to be favored by the emperor to become lawless, you must know that you are just a lowly eunuch, you are not qualified to say three or four here, you want to imitate Zhao Gao of Qin Dynasty , it's still a long way off"
At this time, Wei Zhongxian was not angry at all in the face of the opposition of the two ministers. He said calmly with a sly smile
"I know that you are usually dissatisfied with my Wei Zhongxian's actions, so no matter what I do, you will have opinions on me. Since you have to say that I am pointing fingers in front of the emperor, then I might as well ask Ask the emperor's opinion"
After speaking, Wei Zhongxian immediately walked to Emperor Wanli's side and secretly gave Emperor Wanli a wink and asked
"Your Majesty, do you think that is a piece of jade or a piece of rotten stone?"
Emperor Wanli responded with Wei Zhongxian's suggestion at this time
"Oh, I really didn't see it clearly just now, Wei Aiqing is right, this is indeed a precious jade"
The Wanli Emperor's answer made some ministers who were against Wei Zhongxian standing under the court stunned and dumbfounded. They wondered why even the emperor said that this rotten stone was a precious jade. Could it be that the emperor really Dazzled? At this time, another minister who opposed Wei Zhongxian stood up and said with a wat board
"Your Majesty, did you not see clearly? This is clearly a rotten stone, not a precious jade at all"
The Wanli Emperor took this opportunity to suppress the rest of the Donglin Party together with Wei Zhongxian, so he followed Wei Zhongxian's meaning and said the irony
"I can see clearly, this is a precious jade, not a rotten stone"
After listening to Emperor Wanli's words, Wei Zhongxian turned around and stood beside the Dragon Chair of Emperor Wanli and said with a gloomy smile
"Hahaha, I'm not mistaken, even the emperor said that this is a precious jade, not a rotten stone. Who do you think is telling the truth?"
As soon as Wei Zhongxian's remarks came out, the ministers standing under the court were once again discussing. In order to dispel the concerns and doubts in the hearts of the ministers, Wei Zhongxian decided to ask the emperor to ask, so he turned around and arched his back. The arm said to Emperor Wanli
"Your Majesty, since all the ministers are talking about it here, why don't you ask yourself to test your heart"
After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, Emperor Wanli stood up from the dragon chair and walked to the front of the throne to ask the civil and military officials under the court
"My dear gentlemen, I ask you, tell me, is this a rotten stone or a precious jade?"
After hearing Emperor Wanli's questioning, the chatter under the court rang out again. Some officials who were eager to curry favor with Wei Zhongxian were afraid of offending Wei Zhongxian and said it was jade according to Wei Zhongxian's meaning, while others said it was jade. Ministers who usually dislike what Wei Zhongxian did say it is a rotten stone;
In a short while, the ministers of the two factions soon turned red in the face of the dispute; however, at this moment, Wei Zhongxian suddenly thought of a solution. He arched his arms and faced the man standing beside him. Emperor Wanli said
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has an idea"
"What's the idea?"
"Let the minister who said this thing is jade stand on the left, and let the minister who said this thing is rotten stone stand on the right, and see which ones are loyal to the emperor and which ones are disloyal to the emperor"
"Okay, as you wish"
After speaking, Emperor Wanli ordered the ministers standing under the steps
"The one who said it was jade stood on the left, and the one who said it was rotten stone stood on the right"
After Emperor Wanli gave this order, many ministers in the audience who dared not offend Wei Zhongxian and were afraid of making Emperor Wanli suspect his infidelity stood on the left. Only the two who had insulted Wei Zhongxian just now stood on the left. The minister stood on the right.
After the ministers of the two factions were all in place, Wei Zhongxian ordered the two eunuchs who carried stones into the council hall
"Now you can break the stone apart"
So, one of the eunuchs picked up the hammer in his hand and smashed it hard at the stone carried to the council hall. As soon as the hammer touched the surface of the stone, the stone was smashed in an instant. It was crushed, and after the fragments of the stone were scattered on the ground, there was actually a precious jade hidden inside the stone; it turned out that the so-called stone was actually hollow, and there was really a precious jade hidden inside it.
"Now everyone knows who is deliberately telling right and wrong. Whether a minister is loyal to the emperor cannot be seen on the surface, but can be seen on the inside"
When Wei Zhongxian finished saying this, Emperor Wanli pointed to the two ministers standing on the right who opposed Wei Zhongxian and ordered
"Come on, let me put these two traitors in the dungeon and be beheaded tomorrow"
"Yes"
When one of the ministers who opposed Wei Zhongxian was being escorted out of the council hall by two guards, he turned his head and cursed at Emperor Wanli above the court
"You're a foolish ruler who doesn't know right and wrong, and who doesn't distinguish between black and white. I never imagined that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years would be buried in your hands"
Another minister who was escorted down scolded
"In ancient times, Zhao Gao referred to a deer as a horse, and today there is a castration thief Wei Zhongxian who referred to a stone as jade. It seems that my Ming Dynasty has really run out of gas. Zhu Yijun, you will become my Ming Dynasty sinner through the ages"
At this time, Emperor Wanli couldn't listen to any words of the two ministers. He turned his back to the two ministers who were being held down, then slammed his right hand and closed his eyes.
"Take them both to me, I don't want to see them again"
The **** Zhao Gao of the Qin Dynasty used a deer for a horse to deliberately tell right and wrong, causing many ministers who opposed him to die; but now, Wei Zhongxian imitates his trick of referring to a stone as a jade, and uses it more wisely. Blue.
After retiring from the imperial court, Wei Zhongxian was invited by Emperor Wanli to the harem, where he and Emperor Wanli watched the singing and dancing performances of the palace maids, drinking wine and chatting; Get drunk, have a good drink, very relaxed, leisurely and casually chatting
"Zhongxian, your move to imitate the Qin Dynasty **** Zhao Gao's trick is really enough. You actually thought of hiding a precious jade in a hollow stone, which made those Donglin party thieves really There is nothing to say, this method may not even be thought of by Zhao Gao back then, if Zhao Gao can live to this day, he will be admired after seeing you."
After listening to the words of Emperor Wanli, Wei Zhongxian said
"That's not because the emperor is wise. If the emperor didn't understand the wink that the servant gave you, the servant's play could have been performed so smoothly. Come on, the servant will give the emperor a cup"
After a glass of wine, Emperor Wanli said jokingly
"You said in front of all the ministers that you were a small minister, but now you say that you are a slave. Could it be that you really want to be a slave?"
"In front of the emperor, a minion is always a slave, but in front of so many people, a minion always has to have a little face. Do you think I am right? Your Majesty"
"Yes, you are so right. In the entire imperial court, only you, Wei Zhongxian, are the most loyal to me; while Chang Lingyun and those thieves of the Donglin Party have used my power to establish a constitutional monarchy, Let all the people accept the democratic politics of the West, if everyone in my Ming Dynasty wants to be democratic, then there will always be people who will oppose me, and the majesty and status of my royal family will be messed up.”
"Yes, the emperor is still wise and understands the sincerity of the slaves. The so-called constitutional monarchy actually wants to take my Emperor Ming as a puppet in a peaceful way, and then maybe replace him. Fortunately, the slaves discovered it early. Otherwise, I will be finished in the Ming Dynasty.”
"He was embarrassed to say that he was the descendant of Chang Yuchun, the famous founding general of the country. He wanted to do his best to protect the Ming Dynasty for his ancestors. In fact, it was a false lie. What he did really made his ancestors lose face. "
Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli began to worry that Chang Lingyun would turn the situation around again after returning to the imperial court, and finally regain control of the imperial government
"By the way, Zhongxian, are you sure that your poison can really make that thief Chang Lingyun die on the way to the expedition?"
Wei Zhongxian patted his chest with the drunkenness of the wine and said,
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, my water of ten thousand insects is the most poisonous poison in the world. Anyone who drinks it is guaranteed to die, not to mention a Shushan swordsman in the poisoned area"
"That's fine, that's fine, hahaha, let him and the demons die together, go to hell, haha"
With Emperor Wanli's laughter, mixed with the music of the palace maids dancing, the entire Forbidden City was filled with arrogance, extravagance, corruption and debauchery, and the Ming Dynasty's arrogance may really come to an end.