Jiajing pondered for a moment. He had already thought about the question a long time ago, but now that he wanted to ask it, he had to think more carefully and clearly.
"I, is it possible to practice Taoism?"
There was no one in the house, so Lu Bing and Huang Jin both stayed away. Because they knew that even if they were as close as they were, there would still be things they couldn't know.
Xiao Feng looked at the word "Tao", but his mind was spinning rapidly. Should he tell the truth? If he told the truth, could the ideal he designed still be realized? Will Jiajing be broken?
"The Tao has a head and a path. A snake can't do it without a head, but it can do it if it has a head. What Long Live asked is doable." Xiao Feng secretly forgives himself, Teacher Cangjie, although I don't really worship you as my teacher, after all,
I learned this skill from your book. Now there is no way to deliberately misinterpret it. People have to learn to be flexible.
Jiajing's face was like a thousand-year-old stagnant water with a stone thrown into it, and there were small waves in it, which showed how excited he must be! Xiao Feng gritted his teeth, and it was time to tell the truth.
"But Long Live, as the Son of Heaven, is the head of hundreds of officials and people in the world, but this head cannot escape. There is a way to escape, and those who escape hide and run away. As the Son of Heaven, how can you escape without knowing it? And there is no leader.
It is difficult to do, it is a dilemma, so although it is feasible, it is also difficult to do.”
Jiajing's face wrinkled slightly, looking like he was ten years older: "What can I do? What should I do?"
Xiao Feng said sternly: "Tao has the shape of luck, and the luck of the country complements it, which should be able to equal the success of escaping! If the Ming Dynasty is strong and the country's luck is prosperous, long live the Taoism, it will be a matter of course!"
Jiajing became happier again: "Can you see anything more specific?"
Xiao Feng pointed to the words on the paper: "The first one starts with the word "lan", and walking is the way to do it. If someone has the word "lan" or "walking" in his name in the future, he should follow his path and be a long-lived and prosperous person.
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Jiajing nodded, silently noted it, and then gave a rare smile. His smile was only for a few people, and rarely seen by anyone, but he showed his love to Xiao Feng, and he smiled twice in a while.
"Since junior brother has entered the world, you should have a place to preach. I think you can build a Taoist temple to save people from running to your house. And your house is too small. How about I give you one?"
Xiao Feng bowed and said: "Thank you, senior brother. I have my own plan for the Taoist temple. I am choosing a place. However, although the capital is large, there is not much open space, so it will take time. As for the house, my family has a small population, and it is enough now.
, it’s not too late to say it in the future when it’s not enough.” When Jiajing called himself me, Xiao Feng immediately called him Long Live. When he called himself his senior brother, Xiao Feng also changed his words very quickly.
Jiajing nodded: "That's fine. If you have any difficulties, just come in and see me. You are talented and have the Taoism. Come to listen to politics more and participate in political affairs. This is also the way to join the world."
Xiao Feng hesitated for a moment: "Brother, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Jiajing nodded: "But it doesn't matter."
"Long live, if we allow the minister to listen to the government, then the minister should have the status of listening to the government, and cannot listen to the government as the Taoist master. Whether it is the Taoist master or the junior disciple, I can only use it when Long live appears as a Taoist. Otherwise,
If Taoist masters go to the palace to listen to government affairs, they will not only alienate scholars more, but will also create a bad trend for future generations."
Jiajing closed his eyes habitually, thought for a moment, and felt that what Xiao Feng said made sense, so he slowly said: "I understand, Xiao Feng is appointed as the secretary of the Central Committee and can act for the cabinet counselor."
This official position was awarded very wisely. Zhongshu Sheren was originally a seventh-rank official from Zhongshu Province. The Zhongshu Province had been abolished as early as the Hongwu period, but only the official position of Zhongshu Sheren was retained. This
The official position was originally the miscellaneous officer in the Zhongshu Province. After the Zhongshu Province was abolished, it became a very strange existence.
Let’s talk about a big official, you can only start from the seventh rank, and to be serious, you don’t care about anything; let’s say a small official, you can see the emperor just by raising your leg, in theory, you are on the same level as the cabinet, and you can say anything you want to.
Two sentences. It is a typical flexible official position, with great power and very little power.
Because of this characteristic, this official position has been basically idle for many years in the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Jiajing had an idea to activate it today.
Xiao Feng thanked him, chatted with Jiajing for a few words, and left the palace to go home.
The iron triangle of Yan Fu, Yan Song, Yan Shifan and Zhao Wenhua were drinking and discussing issues again.
Because Yan Song was present, Yan Shifan was too embarrassed to hold a beautiful woman and talk to his father, so he was a little depressed. Zhao Wenhua was going to go to the south to collect some protection money from the southern contractors, so today he said it was like saying goodbye.
At the same time, he also wanted to entrust Tan Xinren to his godfather.
Hearing the news brought back by Yan Song, Zhao Wenhua blinked: "From Zhongshushe? This official has been idle for a long time. From the seventh rank, Zhima Junior Official, Long Live What do you think?"
Yan Song glanced at Zhao Wenhua: "Xiao Feng has the identity of Wenxuan Zhenren, who is naturally above the fourth rank. He can meet the emperor without kneeling down, so what does his actual position matter? The problem is that Zhongshu Sheren can not only go to the palace to listen to politics, but also enter the cabinet.
Counselor, the cabinet can’t control him in name! Long live this! We want to reuse him!”
Yan Shifan put down his wine glass and chuckled: "Father is overly concerned. I haven't thought about how to use it in Banzai, so I temporarily got such a vague official position. When Banzai thinks about it, I will naturally change it. Now is the time to say that I want to use it again.
It’s too early, it’s just that he’s coming up step by step, and it’s indeed a bit fast, so we can’t ignore it completely.”
Zhao Wenhua looked at Yan Shifan carefully: "East Tower, we encouraged the Hanlin Academy and scholars to besiege Xiao Feng, but in the end we gave Xiao Feng a chance to become famous in the literary world. What should we do next? Tan Xinren heard that Xiao Feng
After Feng convinced the Hanlin Academy, he was a little scared. We have to reassure him so that he can make money for us."
Yan Shifan glanced at him and sneered unabashedly: "Brother Wenhua said it nicely. Before Tan Xinren got into trouble, you hid it, for fear that he would have contact with my Yan family, right? Now you
You can't settle it yourself, and you're talking about him making money for us again?"
Zhao Wenhua's face turned red, and he secretly scolded Yan Shifan for being unkind, but he didn't dare to protest, so he had to look at his godfather for help. After all, his godfather was his godfather, and he coughed and said: "Donglou, Wenhua is one of our own, don't
So mean.”
Yan Shifan then smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's a business dispute between Tan Xinren and Xiao Feng. As long as he stabilizes his position, bankruptcy is not that easy. As for dealing with Xiao Feng, I have another trick. He wants to be both literary and Taoist, and not only
Scholars don't like him, even those Taoist priests who work for a living, and the masters of Taoist temples also regard him as an alien. The key is that he will harm the interests of these people."
Zhao Wenhua's eyes lit up: "Yes, those Taoist priests are not easy to mess with, and there are quite a few who are well-known in the court. If they want to deal with Xiao Feng, then he is the one to look good at!"
Yan Shifan drank another drink: "So, let Tan Xinren go to places like Baiyun Temple, Longhu Mountain, and Wudang Mountain to spend money. Just say that Long Live favors Xiao Feng. In time, Xiao Feng will be the leader of the Taoist sect. Look at these awesome people.