The storm that was supposed to have been stirred up in the court has now subsided. The officials who had the memorial to impeach Chang Xiao rolled up on their sleeves were wiping sweat at this moment. They were secretly glad that they were not too impulsive and presented the memorial directly.
The atmosphere in the court was a bit strange, even weird!
In such an atmosphere, the first thing to start was Zuo Liangyu’s work report.
Zuo Liangyu was anxious and first asked for an order to accept the crime.
"I have failed in conquering the rebels, and the people of Wuchang have suffered a lot from the rebels. I still ask the emperor to punish them." Zuo Liangyu did not dare to mention the matter of dragon veins in the court. Not many people in the world know about such a secret matter.
There are so many that you can count them on your fingers. It's so shocking to say that Zuo Liangyu doesn't want to die.
Chongzhen did not comment on Zuo Liangyu's plea. Zuo Liangyu had no choice but to kneel down and continue to describe the attack on Wuchang City. Zuo Liangyu was very discerning, and Chongzhen saw Chang Xiao's faint smile falling in his eyes.
He immediately knew that Chang Xiao's importance was higher than he thought, so he mentioned Chang Xiao during his work report and praised him again and again for leading 5,000 troops to wipe out Li Zicheng's 10,000 troops.
All civil and military officials in the court had goosebumps. Then the matter of the Holy Religion was mentioned again.
What fell into Zuo Liangyu's mouth was that Chongzhen was so angry that thunder fell from the sky and chopped Zhang Xianzhong to death. In this way, the whole court knew that the Holy Religion showed its saints and killed Zhang Xianzhong. If this had been said before
It's ridiculous, but now it's natural.
Chongzhen nodded, said a few words to Zuo Liangyu in a serious way, and then issued an order to reward the three armies. The matter was revealed. Zuo Liangyu breathed a sigh of relief. He did something wrong this time, which led to Chongzhen's loss.
Taking two hundred dragon veins was a serious crime, but Chongzhen's anger seemed to have passed, and treating him without reward or punishment was considered the best outcome.
Chongzhen then summoned a young eunuch, who fetched a stack of memorials and placed them in front of Chongzhen.
Chongzhen opened the memorial, waved it in front of the ministers and said: "This time, Chang Xiao did not spend a penny on the court, but he gave the court nearly 10,000 heads of thieves and wiped out Li Zicheng and his gang of rebels. Chang Xiao made great contributions.
Smile, what do you want me to reward you with?"
Chang Xiao heard the words and quickly came out of the queue, bowed and said: "This is all due to the mighty power of the emperor. I am just using the power of heaven to defeat the rebels. Even if I have the credit, it is due to the emperor's majesty. I really don't dare to take it."
Chang Xiao spoke in disgusting words on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking about the chair under Chongzhen's buttocks. It was shining with golden light, with a dragon head and a tail. The shape was extremely beautiful. If Chongzhen rewarded him with this chair, he would definitely accept it immediately. As for the
As for other things, he always smiles and is really not lacking.
Chongzhen smiled faintly, but did not talk about this matter again, and announced another matter that shocked Chang Xiao.
Ten days later, Chongzhen will lead the royal family to convert to the Holy Religion, and from then on the Holy Religion will become the state religion of the Ming Dynasty.
This news is quite a thunderbolt for Chang Xiao. There is a deep hatred between Chang Xiao and the Holy Cult. Although Chang Xiao still has not figured out where the source of this hatred comes from, the relationship between the two sides
Everyone has shed blood at each other's hands, and this debt cannot be resolved unless blood is used to make amends.
If the Holy Religion becomes the state religion, it means that the Holy Religion, which is always laughing to death, has suddenly become countless times more powerful. This is definitely not good news.
When he retired from the court, Chang Xiao was left alone, which made all the officials more and more afraid of Chang Xiao.
"Chang Xiao, you have accomplished a great feat this time." Chongzhen seemed to be in a good mood, and actually walked into the imperial garden with Chang Xiao.
"Speaking of it, it seems that I haven't been in the sun like this for a long time." Chongzhen said lightly, standing under the sunshine of Chunri Hexi.
When Chongzhen said this, Chang Xiao really felt that he had never seen Chongzhen in the study or outside the court. Oh, the other time was at Concubine Chang Guifei's family banquet. Chang Xiao had been watching the whole time.
It can be seen that the dragon energy on Chongzhen's body is indeed a little sluggish. Chang Xiao even saw the real dragon on Chongzhen's body falling off piece by piece.
"Your Majesty..." Chang Xiao opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Chongzhen waving his hand.
Then Chongzhen waved away the palace maids and eunuchs around him. He looked at Chang Xiao for a moment and said, "Chang Xiao, tell me, why did you lead people to fight so hard after leaving the capital? What do you want again?
What do you get?"
Chongzhen still had doubts in his heart at this time. In his opinion, there was always one purpose or another behind everyone's hard work.
Although Chongzhen was very satisfied with Chang Xiao's performance, in Chongzhen's eyes Chang Xiao's performance seemed too positive. Faced with the situation where all the civil and military officials in the dynasty were just eating and waiting to die, suddenly there was such a Chang Xiao, no matter what
It looks a little weird.
Chang Xiao thought for a while and then replied: "Your Majesty, I have a dream. I dream that my Ming Dynasty will be unparalleledly powerful. I dream that everyone in my Ming Dynasty will have food to eat. Even if there is a drought, there will be more food in the treasury than the people can eat.
I dream that the Ming Dynasty will be as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty, with all nations coming to court and the people living in peace and harmony. The subjects of the Ming Dynasty will receive the most solemn courtesy even if they go to the ends of the earth. The reputation of the Ming Dynasty will be spread in every corner of the world. No matter who dares to insult the Ming Dynasty, even if
It's just disrespectful words, and I, the Ming Dynasty, will trample them into powder."
Everything Chang Xiao said at this time was from the bottom of his heart. Except for the words "Da Ming", there was no falsehood. Chang Xiao's eyes were shining when he said this. He really wanted to build such a country. He just wanted to build such a country.
But this country has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, let alone Chongzhen.
No one in the court would believe him if he puts his words of laughter in the court, and would even laugh at him! Because those ministers would only show a sarcastic smile or even contempt when faced with crazy words like dreams. In their eyes, dreams are such a thing
It is the least valuable thing. Only those stupid young people will talk about dreams. They have no dreams in their hearts for a long time. The last thing they believe in is dreams.
However, Chongzhen is different from them. He is an emperor with dreams. People with dreams are more likely to believe in the dreams of another person, and even regard the other person as the same kind!
Therefore, Chongzhen believed Chang Xiao, whose eyes were shining and his face was sincere, because Chongzhen understood Chang Xiao's state very well. He could tell at a glance whether what Chang Xiao said was true or false.
In a sense, Chang Xiao's dream is Chongzhen's dream. The two dreams are even the same. But if there is no conflict point in this dream, Chongzhen and Chang Xiao will definitely come together and become the best cooperation.
partner!
But with such a conflict, it is absolutely impossible for the two to become partners.
This conflict is because both of them dreamed of building a country as described by Chang Xiao and realizing this dream. Because of this conflict, they were destined not only to be unable to cooperate with each other, but to become the biggest sworn enemies.
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It's a pity that Chongzhen didn't know about this conflict, but Chang Xiao knew it very well.
Chongzhen felt that he had finally found a like-minded minister who could share his worries, but Chang Xiao felt that Chongzhen was the biggest obstacle to him realizing this dream.
The two couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
After Chongzhen walked a few steps forward, he stopped and looked at the buds sprouting from an old branch that was about to die. He sighed slightly and then said: "Chang Aiqing, this old tree can pull out new branches seriously."
It’s not easy. The Ming Dynasty has experienced nearly three hundred years of ups and downs, and it can be considered an old tree. Now I have to make such a new sprout, are you willing to help me?"
"I am willing to do my best." Chang said with a smile on his face but not a blush on his heart.
Chongzhen nodded when he heard this and then suddenly said: "What do you think of the Holy Religion?"
After hearing the words, Chang Xiao pondered for a moment and said, "A wolf's ambition."
Chongzhen looked at Chang Xiao with some surprise, then clapped his hands and said: "Yes, that's what I think. This holy religion is indeed a wolf's ambition!"
Chongzhen continued: "Do you know what this holy religion is like in Folangji? Hey, we in China also have the theory of divine right of kings, but in Folangji, it is a theocratic monarch, and the divine power is completely superior to the monarch.
, and God, that is, the God of the Holy Religion, would be fine if he did not interfere with the secular monarchy like the monks in Middle-earth, but the disciples of God, the so-called bishops, control the kings of the world in the name of God.
Even kings must obey the authority of these bishops... Hehe..."
Seeing Chongzhen sneer, Chang Xiao knew that if he didn't step on the Holy Religion at this time, he would definitely regret it in the future, so he quickly asked: "Since the Emperor already knows that the Holy Religion has great ambitions, why do you still want to convert to the Holy Religion and convert the Holy Religion to the Holy Religion?"
Should Christianity be established as the state religion? This kind of crooked cult should be purged from China."
Chongzhen's eyes were slightly dazed after hearing this, and then he sighed, looked up at the sun in the sky, and then squinted slightly because of the sunlight. He did not continue the topic, but said: "I, there is something I want to do.
You go and do it.”
Chang Xiao heard the words and immediately acted like he was listening attentively. But he frowned secretly in his heart. He didn't want to be used as a knife for Chongzhen to stab people.
"You have also practiced immortality, right? How far has your cultivation reached?" Chongzhen asked.
Chang Xiao frowned slightly, thought for a while and replied truthfully: "I just formed a golden elixir."
Chongzhen originally asked casually, but upon hearing Chang Xiao's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Chang Xiao in surprise.
Chongzhen knew that Chang Xiao had some cultivation. He also knew that when Chang Xiao left the capital, his cultivation was still in the realm of true energy. He really didn't expect that Chang Xiao would have formed golden elixir seeds after half a year.
The reason why Chang Xiao told the truth was that he felt that he could not lie and conceal his cultivation level in any case. After all, Chang Xiao did not know how many monks there were in the palace. Maybe someone could see how far his cultivation level had reached.
To what extent? If it is true that he lies to Chongzhen and does not hesitate to play with fire, and often laughs to increase his weight in Chongzhen's mind, then his alchemy cultivation is also a very heavy weight.
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A hint of joy suddenly appeared on Chongzhen's face, and he said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Chang Aiqing turned out to be in the realm of Dancheng. I am worried about running a business without someone I trust in my position. We, the monarch and my ministers, just follow the example of Taizu and join hands."
Create a new team to show off."
Chang Xiao was stunned when he heard this. Rebuilding Tianzhang? This kind of thing was completely beyond Chang Xiao's expectation.
"Your Majesty, what happened to Tianzhuo?"
Chongzhen's face became more solemn and said: "Tian Zheng has abandoned me and left."
Chang Xiao was stunned when he heard this, and then almost laughed on the spot. If even Tianzhuo left Chongzhen, then it really means that Chongzhen's strength has been exhausted, and the Ming Dynasty has completely come to an end. Without Tianzhuo's protection, then
Chongzhen became a complete layman in the immortal way. Without Tianzhuo as a crutch, many things that Chongzhen did would be extremely lame. Tianzhuo was actually a divine needle that fixed the sea for the royal family. As long as Tianzhui was around, those cultivators would
Scholars did not dare to provoke the royal family. Even if they wanted to run a dojo in the capital, they had to ask the emperor for permission. Just like the Linglong Pavilion, if the royal family did not allow them, they could not build any Linglong Pavilion in the capital to collect the power of desire.
From this point of view, it is no wonder that Chongzhen was eager to rebuild Tianzhi.
On this occasion, under Chongzhen's sad eyes, Chang Xiao was really embarrassed to laugh out loud, and put on an angry look on his face, scolding Tian for his success.
However, Chang Xiao was also a little surprised that Chongzhen, a matter as big as the reconstruction of Tianzhuo, had directly left it in his hands.