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Chapter 1045 Radiant Flames, Holy Fire Shining Brightly

Marion got her wish; she became the light that guided people forward, and the name of the Holy Maiden of Light spread throughout the entire Western region.

When King António of Portugal received Marion's remains and the piece of linen, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity. If he kept his promise, he could gain the approval of all the followers of the Great Light in the West.

The support from ordinary people is still a bit too vague; the organization of religious believers is much more tightly knit.

However, his decision was blocked by the Portuguese Han Chinese, who were all members of the Great Light Church, totaling eighty-eight people, divided into four groups: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, who judged state affairs and submitted them to the royal palace.

This system was adopted out of necessity after the death of Minister of State Xu Fan, when there was a lack of both ministers and capable officials.

The advantages are quite obvious: Antonio can get enough advice on state affairs. He is very qualified as a captain, but he lacks some ability as a king.

This is nothing to be ashamed of. Judging from the values ​​of the Ming Dynasty, the West had no qualified kings. Even Philip II, who single-handedly created the British Empire, was not qualified because he was too militaristic.

Because Felipe II was caught in the most typical dilemma of the end, he was frequently launching all sorts of meaningless wars.

The expeditions against England and France were both acts of militarism that did not serve the overall interests of Spain.

The invasion of France in the seventeenth year of the Wanli Emperor's reign not only angered the Protestant faith, which was already widespread in France, but also enraged the French common people who were weary of religious wars. They were already in dire straits, and the war destroyed their only peace.

Spain gained neither territory nor any benefit from this conquest. Instead, it depleted its hard-earned national strength, rendering the once invincible Spanish phalanx no longer invincible and shattering its myth.

The method of joint decision-making by the four groups of Han gentry—Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow—could effectively prevent the king from acting recklessly, but it also hindered the king's will.

For example, the current issue of the disposal of Marion's remains.

The four groups of Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow unanimously requested that the remains be preserved and that a temple of the Church of the Great Light be built in Lisbon to house Marion's ashes, and that this be used as a landmark building to signify that the Holy City had completely settled in Lisbon.

The Holy City does indeed require the approval of the Ming Emperor, but it also needs to be fought for. As long as the Grand Palace, which houses the remains of Marion, still stands in Lisbon, the Ming Emperor can only place the Holy City here, rather than relocating it elsewhere.

The Heavenly Group has already prepared the posthumous title for Marion: the Holy Maiden of Light. They also plan to establish a series of policies around this authoritative symbol to enhance the authority of the Holy City, the Holy Temple, the Holy Maiden, and the sacred objects.

For example, churches were to be built throughout Portugal to perform social functions, such as answering questions for ordinary people, praying for blessings and warding off disasters, presiding over weddings and funerals, and guiding ordinary people in farming and sericulture.
For example, a more explicit and rigorous moral review of clergy would be conducted based on the eight virtues.

For example, establishing strict rules and rituals to discipline priests and believers;

For example, the scattered and unsystematic wisdom of the Ming Dynasty can be revised into a holy book of light, and then the priests can be assessed on their professional abilities.

For example, establishing a more comprehensive mechanism for selecting priests, and examining the Holy Scriptures, etc.

All of these policies are aimed at adding one more thing: giving the Great Light Cult a stronger organizational capacity.

In the past, the Great Illumination Church had a cultural symbolic significance far greater than its organizational power. It was more like a moral concept. Whether it was Catholic or Protestant, the Great Illumination Church was almost harmless until the priests began Huang Chao-style missionary work, using extreme violence to pierce through the darkness.

Now, the goal is to make the organizational power of the Great Brightness Sect far exceed its cultural symbolism, and to establish a more rigorous sectarian organizational structure.

The Tianzi Group believes that the failure of the Great Light Cult in France led to the death of Saint Marie Antoinette in Paris, and the reason for the failure lies precisely in the lack of organizational capacity.

"The goals of the four groups of Han gentry, Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, seem perfectly legitimate. But once they achieve their objectives, will I still be the King of Portugal?" Antonio sat on his throne, looking at the sky outside the window of the Sintra Palace, his face filled with deep sorrow.

Antonio was not afraid to appoint a capable minister of state, because no matter how capable the minister of state was, he was still just a person, his subject.

However, after establishing such a religious structure, the true masters of Portugal became the Church of the Great Light and its eighty-eight high priests.

Antonio was a little confused and didn't know what to do. He suddenly remembered what Xu Fan had taught him, and then he smiled and said, "I want to convene a council and summon eighty-eight Han gentry to wait in the Chinese Hall. It will officially begin at three o'clock this afternoon."

The Chinese Hall in the Royal Palace of Sintra, after being renovated starting in the ninth year of the Wanli reign, became the decision-making place for Portuguese national affairs. It used to be the office of Xu Fan, and now it is the place where the parliament convenes.

This thing is jokingly referred to by the Portuguese as the Portuguese Senate.

Antonio arrived at the China Hall at 2 p.m. His court guards, all of whom were coastal defense inspectors from the Ming Dynasty, numbered 120 and rotated every five years, and were responsible for Antonio's security.

At 3 p.m. sharp, Antonio appeared in the Chinese Hall and announced his decision.

Antonio sat on the throne, looked at all the Han Chinese, and then spoke: "Patriarch Marion sacrificed herself for the Light. She left behind a wish that her soul would return to the Holy Land of Light. I promised her to fulfill this wish, and I cannot break my promise."

These words immediately sparked a flurry of discussion among everyone. They assumed that Antonio had summoned them to preserve Marion's remains, as this would be more advantageous for Portugal.

"Ding ding ding!" Antonio picked up the small copper hammer on the table and struck the small bell several times. He had seen this thing when he met the emperor and had one made and placed in the Chinese Hall.

It is said to have been left behind by His Majesty's grandfather, the Jiajing Emperor. I must say, this little bell is indeed very useful.

“Let me finish,” Antonio said, waiting until everyone had quieted down. “I have decided to keep Marion’s relics and dedicate them to the linen of light.”

"These were her last clothes covering her body, and her only legacy. They were left in Lisbon, encased in glass, and placed in the Grand Sanctuary for worship."

"I have decided to adopt all your suggestions, except for the matter of preserving the remains."

Marion herself was never after power; her father’s attempt to seize the throne through the Church of the Great Light failed.

Marion had a sincere faith in the light, and she gave away all her wealth, even using the holy water and penicillin that the emperor had given her to save her life on wounded soldiers.

It's no wonder the priests of the Great Light Church are fanatical. Marion has been practicing her faith with her life. That piece of linen cloth is Marion's last legacy; it's the only piece of cloth she has.

Antonio knew he couldn't possibly do it. He admired Marion and was determined to keep his promise and send her to the Ming Dynasty so that her soul could return to the Holy Land of Light.

Considering the development of Portugal and the Church of the Great Light itself, he left behind the linen cloth stained with Marion's blood.

"The Portuguese King is wise!" Upon hearing this, the Han Chinese immediately bowed and clasped their hands in respect. In their eyes, this decision by the Portuguese King was the wisest decision Antonio had made in recent years.

The remains are more important than the sacred objects, but it was Marion's last wish that her soul return to the holy land of light. The demands of the Han Chinese were somewhat disrespectful to Marion's last wishes, but this is normal. Funerals are for the living. Once someone dies, they are gone. The main purpose of the funeral is to comfort the living.

Antonio's final ruling both fulfilled Marion's last wishes and took into account the needs of the Church of the Great Light's development.

Moreover, the return of Marion's remains to the Ming Dynasty signifies that the Ming Dynasty still retains the ultimate right to interpret the attribution of doctrines, relics, holy cities, and so on, just as the Portuguese king's throne and the Patriarch's status require investiture by the Ming emperor.

Antonio began to make specific arrangements for the tasks, such as building the temple, the scriptures, selecting missionaries, and choosing the location of the church. He divided these tasks into four parts and assigned them to the four major Han Chinese clans.

Antonio was certainly willing to give the Portuguese more responsibilities, but the Portuguese nobles did not support him, and few commoners were literate enough to formulate and advise on national policies, which led to this distorted Han Chinese parliament.

Portugal needed a force to counterbalance the old aristocracy. As Lisbon became a hub for Ming Dynasty goods, Portugal grew wealthier and had the material foundation to do these things.

Marion's remains will travel on a treasure ship departing in January of next year and arrive in the Ming Dynasty around June.

The legitimacy of the current Portuguese throne comes from the investiture by the Ming Dynasty.

When legal principles are not needed, they are indeed like toilet paper, but when needed, they are more valuable than gold. The Ming Dynasty's investiture had real benefits. The power of the Ming Dynasty to distribute goods was the power of wealth, which was the foundation of Antonio's reign as king.

Power must be accountable for its source; he must be accountable for the source of his power, and similarly, he must give Portugal a way out.

Specifically, a set of policies should be established to protect, mobilize, and organize the Portuguese to resist invasion and to get a share of the spoils during the Age of Discovery and Exploration.

In short, the goal is to lead Portugal towards a brighter future.

The sacred texts of the Great Light Cult are what he wanted to leave behind.

Xu Fan had told him many principles of governing the country, but he had forgotten most of them. However, he remembered one sentence Xu Fan had said to him very clearly: "Don't forget the path you came from."

Antonio didn't necessarily want to be king. He was just an ordinary abbot before. Because he was an illegitimate child, he never coveted the throne. He simply gained the support of the common people. His path to power was simple: to make Portugal belong to the Portuguese.

The Church of the Great Light will not allow the Portuguese to lose their homes, because the Han Chinese members of the Church of the Great Light are ultimately a minority. As light dispels darkness, more and more Portuguese people will become literate and understand principles, and will be able to participate in the governance of the country.

The West is undergoing dramatic changes, much like the travelogues written by Marco Polo, which instilled in the West a yearning for civilization.

King Henry IV of France was assassinated sixteen times in just three months!

Robbe-Spierre, the member of the Paris Sixteen-Management Committee, died a gruesome death. He was left naked, nearly dismembered, and hung from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral.

No one even dared to collect the remains, because doing so might enrage these fanatical believers even more.

This was revenge from fanatical followers of the Church of the Great Light, who blamed Marion's death on Henry IV, and considered Robespierre, who attempted to tarnish the light, to be the worst of the worst.

Sinners should be judged, so he died, in a most shameful way.

Henry IV was forced to issue a decree of pardon for the Church of the Holy Light, allowing them to preach peacefully in France. This decree was more about appeasing these fanatics and at least preventing them from targeting him, the king.

As an enemy, he had actually shown Marion a great deal of respect.

The situation was worse than he had imagined, as wider unrest was unfolding across France.

Previously, the Great Brightness Church failed to gain the support of free people during its missionary work in the style of Huang Chao.

With the fall of Great Bright City, some feudal lords who had fled returned to their territories and treated the peasants with even greater brutality. To the surprise of these lords and nobles, the peasants, who had previously been submissive, began to rebel.

In just three months, Henry IV received several obituaries. Peasants from Périgord, Limousin, Kelsey, St. Tonge, Poitou and other places stormed the manors and residences of nobles, killed nobles, tax collectors and tax farmers, and even the priests in the church were not spared.

France used a very common tax farming system, which contracted out the tax revenue of a certain area to a certain family. This family only needed to pay enough taxes to do whatever they wanted. The riots known as the Crocan Rebellion were spreading rapidly.

In French, Crocan means roughneck, peasant, or country bumpkin.

The Crocan Rebellion was caused by these country bumpkins who had been granted freedom by the Great Light Cult no longer obediently accepting exploitation, no longer passively accepting their fate, and no longer swallowing their anger; instead, they chose to fight for their own interests.

Moreover, more and more farmers are joining the ranks of Crocan.

What terrified Henry IV most was that Crocan, a disorganized mob, had been transformed by the addition of elite members of the Church of the Great Light. These elites acted as a tuberculosis at the grassroots level, completely changing the previously disorganized Crocan.

Previously, peasant rebellions had broken out in France, but these rebellions were usually short-lived and quickly quelled.

The reason is simple: riots are merely an outlet for one's anger, indiscriminately destroying everything in their path. This quickly provokes resentment among fellow farmers. Without any rules or principles, and without knowing what to do or what one can do, riots are like a sudden wildfire—coming and going in a flash, burning and then gone. The following spring, the grass is green again.

Now these priests are involved, leading this anger. Their proposition is to drive out darkness with light, not to create more killing. Whoever creates darkness is the enemy of light.

The involvement of priests, who even organized production, made things exceptionally tricky and troublesome.

Henry IV, who was as powerful as a lion, felt a sense of powerlessness for the first time.

He was truly strong; he could defeat these peasant armies, who were weak, untrained, and lacked sufficient weapons. He could win countless times, but if he lost even once, the Crocans would know that even the king could lose, that the king was not invincible, and then he would be utterly defeated.

Henry IV had to launch a campaign to quell the rebellions, and he had to win every single one to completely suppress the uprisings in order to become a de facto king.

This is also why he never wanted Marion to die; he also wanted to kill those disobedient nobles. Once Marion died, these missionaries would be completely out of control.

While Henry IV was in a state of utter distress, Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty convened a grand court assembly at the Huangji Gate on the third day of the eleventh month of the twenty-first year of the Wanli reign. The assembly welcomed Liu Ting, the Sichuan General who had entered the capital, Liang Menglong, the newly appointed Minister of War who was returning to the capital to report on his mission, and others, as well as received prisoners, including Yang Yinglong, his family, and his associates.

Liang Menglong and Liu Ting waited outside the Meridian Gate for the emperor's summons.

"I'm a little nervous. This is my first time meeting the Emperor." Liu Ting noticed that his hands were shaking. He was a general, as strong as an ox, so how could his hands be shaking? But now they were shaking violently.

It wasn't fear, it was just nervousness. His father, Liu Xian, had written him many letters, telling him that His Majesty was a very easy person to get along with, and that those who made merits would be rewarded and those who made mistakes would be punished. But Liu Ting was afraid that he might say something wrong and offend His Majesty on his first meeting with the emperor.

He represents the Southwest Han Army. If he dislikes His Majesty, then the Southwest Han Army will be disliked by His Majesty.

Zeng Shengwu repeatedly said that the Southwest Han Army was trustworthy. The reason he said this was because the court did not trust the Southwest Han Army most of the time, fearing that they would become too powerful.

“Take a deep breath and tell yourself that you’re not nervous,” Liang Menglong said with a raised eyebrow and a smile.

"Huh?" Liu Ting looked at Liang Menglong in surprise. This scholar-official, who had been very serious since they met, was actually joking.

"Is it no longer shaking?" Liang Menglong glanced at Liu Ting's hand and said with a smile, "After court, go to Huimin Pharmacy and have the chief physician take a look at you."

Liu Ting was a military general, and trembling hands were not a good thing. He was the renowned Liu the Great Saber who was famous throughout the southwest. If he got sick, it would affect many things.

Liang Menglong recalled that Liu Ting's father, Liu Xian, seemed to have the same problem.

"Minister of War Liang Menglong and Marquis of Jiang'an Liu Ting request an audience!" A pair of eunuchs relayed the imperial decree, and the two eunuchs led the two into the Meridian Gate, across the Inner Golden Water Bridge, up the steps, and through the Imperial Gate, where a bright and open space suddenly appeared.

On the Danbi Square, banners fluttered, civil and military officials stood on both sides, holding tablets, solemn and dignified, while the sound of horns and drums resounded.

Led by a young eunuch, Liang Menglong and Liu Ting passed by the assembled officials and the imperial guards, ascended the three-tiered platform, and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Your Majesty, we pay our respects! Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!" Liang Menglong and Liu Tingxing performed the five bows and three kowtows.

Liang Menglong bowed again, and said obediently, "Your subject received the imperial decree to go to the southwest to quell the rebellion in Bozhou. The quelling of the rebellion went smoothly, and we returned victorious. We presented the captives and reported back, and we have not failed the emperor's grace."

Liu Ting followed Liang Menglong's example and bowed. In his nervousness, he forgot his words and could only say, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."

"Proclaim the imperial decree." Zhu Yijun smiled, unconcerned about Liu Ting's rudeness, and gestured for Li Yougong to proclaim the decree. Feng Bao was indeed going to take Li Yougong under his wing for a while, and these matters were gradually being handed over to Li Yougong.

Two eunuchs opened the imperial edict, and Li Yougong stepped forward, flicked his whisk, and said in a high-pitched, melodious voice, "By the mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."

……

The imperial edict was very long, and Li Yougong read it for a full ten minutes before stopping. It listed a series of generals who had been rewarded, affirming the outstanding achievements of Liu Ting and other members of the Southwest Han Army. This victory was like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, which allowed the court to witness the loyalty and bravery of the Southwest Han Army.

"No need for formalities," Zhu Yijun gestured for the two to rise, and began to inquire about the details of this campaign.

Today's grand assembly has only one purpose: to celebrate the victory.

The most important thing in performance-based winning strategies is to actually win. If you lose, you lose and suffer a loss. You can always get back at the top next time. The Ming Dynasty never denied the devastation caused by the Japanese pirates in the southeast, nor did it deny the humiliation of Altan Khan's invasion.

This is all due to the court's dereliction of duty and the loss of the Mandate of Heaven, which needs to be regained.

Zhu Yijun clearly noticed Liu Ting's nervousness, so he stopped asking questions and ended the grand court assembly, leaving Liang Menglong and Liu Ting behind to continue their audience in the Imperial Study of Tonghe Palace.

Some things were not convenient to say in public, so Zhu Yijun ordered Pang Xian to bring the chief physician into the palace to treat Liu Ting.

"Marquis Jiang'an, when your father passed away, you were fighting in Dongyu. I did not allow you to come to the capital to mourn your father. This time, you will stay in the capital for twenty-seven days to fulfill your filial duty and save those officials from nagging you all day long." Zhu Yijun said this in the imperial study of Tonghe Palace.

Liu Xian, the Earl of Jiang'an, passed away at the Beijing Military Academy in the thirteenth year of the Wanli reign (1581) at the age of seventy. He died peacefully and had a happy funeral. At that time, the war between the Ming Dynasty and Toungoo was at its most intense. The court, citing the lack of expedient measures in the war, dismissed Liu Ting from his post and ordered him to continue fighting on the front lines. This delay lasted for a full nine years.

This was not only Liu Ting's first audience with the emperor, but also his first time returning to the capital to pay respects at his father's grave after his father's death.

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your great kindness." Liu Ting bowed again to express his gratitude.

Liu Ting was unable to care for his father in his old age and see him off in his final days. It was the imperial court that took care of him and provided him with an official funeral. This was an act of kindness, not enmity. His father would have preferred that he fight in various places and serve the country.

"There is one more thing. I would like to ask you two for your advice. The court is inclined to execute Yang Yinglong's entire family. What do you two think?" Zhu Yijun asked, referring to the proposed punishment for Yang Yinglong's entire family.

The current opinion of the Ministry of Justice, the Court of Judicial Review, and the Ministry of War is to execute the entire family.

The opinions of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Censorate were that Yang Yinglong should die, and the rest should be exiled to the Governor-General's Office in Jinchi.

Whether to kill everyone or just Yang Yinglong requires assessment of the subsequent impact by those who experienced it firsthand, such as Liu Ting and Liang Menglong.

This is a political case, similar to the Southern Court's selection of tribute officials case, not a criminal case. The Ming Dynasty law cannot be rigidly applied; the main consideration is its impact on the local area.

Yang Yinglong surrendered, and he is certain to die. However, whether his family and associates should also be executed is something that needs careful consideration.

If it is family members, henchmen, or subordinates, they will die whether they surrender or not, so it is better to fight to the end. If a consensus is reached that no one will surrender when the Ming Dynasty quells the rebellion, it will have a negative impact on the situation in the southwest.

This is not the situation that Zhu Yijun wanted to see, nor is it the situation that the court wanted to see.

Liu Ting and Liang Menglong exchanged a glance before Liu Ting spoke, “Yang Yinglong’s eldest son, Yang Chaodong, deserves to die. In fact, Yang Yinglong has been hesitant about whether to rebel or not. Yang Chaodong’s attack on and killing of my envoys Guo Cheng and Wang Zhihan was to force Yang Yinglong to make up his mind.”

"Huang Ping and Bai Ni, the two chieftains Tian Bufu and Zhang Zhian, should be killed. The two of them, together with Yang Chaodong, joined forces with the chieftains of six other chieftaincies including Caotang, Zhenzhou, Yuqing, Chong'an, and Rongshan, and the leaders of seven families including Tian, ​​Zhang, Yuan, Lu, Tan, Luo, and Wu, and launched a rebellion."

Liu Ting provided a list of those to be killed: Yang Yinglong, Yang Chaodong, Tian Bufu, and Zhang Zhian, in order to demonstrate the fairness of the court.

Of the six officials and seven clans who rebelled in Bozhou, the rest were coerced by the Yang, Tian, ​​and Zhang clans and tied to the war chariot. Their resistance was extremely weak, and they surrendered at the first sign of trouble, so they could be pardoned.

But if the four people from the three surnames Yang, Tian, ​​and Zhang don't die, they probably won't be able to deter others.

Moreover, Liang Menglong had already slaughtered countless people in Hailongtun, executing over 1,400 traitors, all of whom belonged to these three families.

If Tian Bufu and Zhang Zhian hadn't died, wouldn't Liang Menglong have killed the wrong person?

"Then we shall act as Marquis Jiang'an has suggested." Zhu Yijun consulted Liang Menglong again and, after receiving the same answer, made the decision.

Yang Yinglong and his group were all people of the Ming Dynasty. According to the imperial edict of the ninth year of the Wanli Emperor's reign, people of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to enter the Jieku Academy, so there were no elegant seats in the Jieku Academy.

"Are there really many Zhuge Liang shrines in the southwest?" Zhu Yijun inquired about the local customs and culture of the southwest.

"The legacy of Zhuge Liang." Liang Menglong spoke of the worship of Zhuge Liang in the southwest.

For example, the Torch Festival in Weishan, Dali, originated from the fact that after Zhuge Liang defeated the Great Demon Lord, he sent grain into the mountain, and the people spontaneously lit torches to welcome him, which led to the Torch Festival.

For example, it has been said for generations that Zhuge Liang sent them to guard Youle Mountain;

For example, the Wuhou Temple on Taibao Mountain is no less impressive than the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu.

For example, the beliefs of one's ancestors, etc.

Zhuge Liang has been gone for over 1,400 years, but in the relatively isolated countryside, little has changed, and these legends still circulate.

Zhu Yijun was very interested in these matters. After asking in detail, he nodded repeatedly. The situation in the southwest was much better than he had thought. At least there was no widespread consensus against the Ming Dynasty. In addition, with the change that Zhuge Tonggu was brought under the control of the court and granted the position of Tusi (local chieftain), the Ming Dynasty's policy of replacing Tusi with direct imperial officials in the southwest had taken another step forward.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physicians have arrived." A junior eunuch, observing the emperor's expression and seeing that the emperor had finished his conversation, reported the arrival of the chief physician Pang Xian and others.

After exchanging greetings, Pang Xian treated Liu Ting.

"Straighten your arm a little more and lift the teacup up," Pang Xian said sternly. "Put more effort into it."

Liu Ting did as instructed, but his hands began to tremble involuntarily, and the trembling became more and more severe with each effort.

Pang Xian had someone bring him a glass of strong liquor, a high-proof Guojiao. Liu Ting drank it down in one gulp, then stretched out his arm to hold the teacup, and this time his arm didn't tremble.

“It’s nothing.” Pang Xian had Liu Ting try a few more positions before smiling and saying, “Your father also had this symptom. At that time, Physician Li and Physician Chen were in charge of the diagnosis and treatment. It was a similar situation. It’s not a big deal. It may take decades for it to affect his daily life.”

The hospital diagnosed and treated this disease as primary tremor or essential tremor.

It refers to special movements or gestures that occur in the distal part of the upper limbs, namely hand tremors. It generally does not affect daily life, but the tremors will worsen during periods of high stress. Drinking alcohol can relieve the symptoms.

Tremors can be classified into many types, such as post-stroke tremors, which are resting tremors but do not tremble during movement.

According to the chief physician, Liu Ting's condition was benign, and because Liu Ting was a military general with strong muscles, he could control the tremors.

"Are you really alright?" Liu Ting asked with some concern.

"I'll teach you a few exercises that can improve this situation." Pang Xian taught you a few exercises.

Actually, these few movements are not very useful; their psychological effect is greater than their actual effect. However, people feel that they have improved and can better control their tremors.

(End of this chapter)