The ancestor of all monsters in Shushan

Shi Feiyang thought that the Ming Dynasty had existed for more than three hundred years, and the political system had evolved naturally, resulting in various drawbacks.

Over the years, he transported water to create seas and fill deserts, increased temperature to resist the Little Glacier, and opened up the Xian City to engage in overseas trade, extending the Ming Dynasty's national fortune for nearly a hundred years.

However, the problems within the country were not eradicated, but became more serious. The various secret societies that had originally united and formed alliances had more capital and more power, and even the Donglin Party had earthly immortals. Not only did they practice themselves, they also hired and sponsored a large number of independent practitioners and searched for talents suitable for practice across the country.

Among them was a knight who was famous in Hunan and made a living as a bodyguard. His name was Tiebian Lian Shoujing and he had a daughter named Lian Hongyao.

She was met by the then Hunan Provincial Governor when he was returning home. After being tested by practitioners, she was found to have excellent aptitude and talents, so she was recommended to the top leaders of the Donglin Party and adopted as their goddaughter.

In the original novel, Lian Hongyao was first valued by Xu Fei'niang, then forcibly taken away by Yan Mian, and finally joined the Emei Sect. Although her aptitude was not as good as that of the Three Heroes and Two Yuns, it was almost the same, and she had also practiced for many lifetimes.

She received a lot of resource support from the Donglin Party, which hired many teachers and bought her various secret books on cultivating immortals. In the end, she managed to become an earthly immortal within a few decades.

Shi Feiyang knew that there were people practicing Taoism in the court, but he never thought that they could produce an earthly immortal!
From a long-term perspective, these are not a big deal. When the Dharma Ending Age comes, if they are not allowed to go to the Sacred Mountains in Heaven, all the treasures they purchased at high prices will eventually lose their spirituality and become ordinary objects.

The more immortal cultivation resources they acquire, the better!
From the perspective of keeping the Ming Dynasty going, the money had to be taken out of the hands of these secret societies and transferred to the hands of ordinary people at the bottom.

"Reducing the surplus to make up for the deficiency" is the long-term way.

In fact, he had planned this many years ago. All the goods sold from Tianwai Shenshan in recent years were "luxury goods of the immortal way". These luxury goods flowed into the hands of these secret society groups, and the gold, silver, copper and other wealth in their hands were transferred to the Mingyu Xianshi Bank. Then Shi Feiyang asked Jiang Dachuan to use the money to buy real estate, mountains, rivers and rivers all over the country...

Shi Feiyang had formulated this strategy when he was refining the dragon coins, and later asked Jiang Dachuan and others to execute it. However, he was diligent in practicing over the years and did not follow up in real time. Although he had been doing it, he was not very active, especially when Shi Feiyang brought Li Zhenchuan along. Jiang Dachuan saw that Shi Feiyang wanted to divide his power, so he became even less active.

The current situation was that the Ming government was very poor, and the annual tax revenue in the national treasury had been decreasing year after year. A large number of tax sources were seized by secret societies by various means, and they even went so far as to instigate a civil uprising in Shandong and beat to death the people sent by the emperor to collect taxes. A large amount of taxes could not be collected, and there was always some deficit every year.

As a result, the emperor was very stingy, and he tried every possible means to get money. He didn't send it to the national treasury, but kept it all in his private treasury. When he needed money, the ministers had to beg and plead for a long time before the emperor would give him a little...

The previous emperor Zhu Cixi directly trained his grandson to take the throne because his sons were all cowardly and could not defeat these ministers.

The country is poor and the emperor is not rich either. The secret society owns mines, land and various capitals. Shi Feiyang's Mingyu Bank has a large amount of dragon coins, gold, silver, etc.

Shi Feiyang found Jiang Dachuan, Li Zhenchuan and eight other main leaders of Mingyu Immortal City, and asked them to spread the word that the Tianwai Divine Mountain would be closed, and the trade with the Middle Earth would be completely cut off. The price of all immortal cultivation resources would be increased, so as to squeeze more wealth from the Huidang Group.

At the same time, they will ask others to acquire the various industries they have.

Real estate, minerals, forests, river transportation, etc., we welcome all!
There are also physical items such as food, cloth, silk, copper and iron, and they all want what they have.

However, the acquisition must be carried out quietly, without using the name of Mingyuxian City, disguising all of them as retail investors, and putting on several layers of white gloves.

As soon as the Tianwai Divine Mountain was closed, the supply in Mingyu Xian City had been greatly reduced. There was no need for them to advertise, as the prices of many immortal herbs and elixirs had already increased. After their hype, the prices increased even more.

If those secret societies want to continue to obtain resources for cultivating immortals, they have to spend more money to buy them. If the money is not enough, they have to sell their assets.

Shi Feiyang has a lot of money and luxury goods. He first withdraws the liquidity of dragon coins from the market, reducing the number of dragon coins in the country, causing the dragon coins to appreciate and goods to depreciate, but at the same time he increases the prices of luxury goods.

These luxury items of his are not just to show off one's social status, but can also help one cultivate immortality and prolong life. For some older officials and tycoons, they are life-saving necessities and they will buy them no matter how expensive they are.

When the price of Dragon Coin goes up, we can buy more assets from them.

At this time, the lower-class people were also having a hard time. There was less money in the market, their labor and the things they produced were worthless, and they began to fall into deflation.

As time goes on, the entire Ming Dynasty's market will be exhausted, otherwise they will have to find a new currency.

At this time, Shi Feiyang distributed a large amount of food, cloth and other supplies to Taoist temples across the country through the Qingcheng and Snow Mountain Sects!

For example, all those who had two children received subsidies, those who had three children received double subsidies, and those who had four or more children received super double subsidies. All military households with troops stationed in other places received double subsidies, and those stationed on the frontier received super double subsidies. Those who performed corvée labor in various places, whether repairing city walls or rivers, received subsidies based on the number of people. Among the artisan households, those who had skills, such as those in the Firearms Battalion, the Indigo Factory, and the Porcelain Factory, received subsidies based on the number of people.

As well as all orphans, widows, widowers, disabled people, etc., who are under 16 years old and over 60 years old, they will be given it if they are confirmed to meet the conditions.

Anyway, as long as they can find a reason, they will give out money, food, and horses, and all kinds of materials will be distributed as if they are free.

The reason why it is not done through the government system is because the government system is also controlled by secret societies. If ten portions of grain are distributed, after being deducted at various levels, anyone who gets one portion of it will be considered a great official.

He did not give out money but directly gave out supplies. In order to avoid waste, he asked the Snow Mountain Sect's Taoist temples in various places to buy back these supplies with dragon coins. Ordinary people could sell their uneaten food at the Snow Mountain Sect's Taoist temples and exchange the dragon coins for other supplies.

In this way, the goal of taking supplies out of the hands of the secret society and distributing them to the grassroots was achieved.

As for the properties and real estate, there was no use for him to keep them, so he continued to distribute them to people who had made great contributions to the country.

He kept the minerals and set up a department under Yuanyang Palace to manage them. Ninety percent of the profits were donated to the country, which was considered as collecting taxes for the country.

At Shi Feiyang's command, the three major systems of Xianshi, Qingcheng and Xueshan all began to move, and a large amount of materials were transported to all parts of the country. This was a huge project that would take at least ten years.

As for the important positions in the court, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, this Lord You is also a member of the Donglin Party, and that Imperial Concubine You also belongs to the Donglin Party.

Shi Feiyang thought about it and prepared to call Shi Longgu to ask her. After counting with his fingers, he found that Shi Longgu was not in Mingyuxian City, but in Southern Xinjiang...

He then figured out what Shi Longgu was doing and realized that she was in a deep pit and was in trouble.

The reason why she went to southern Xinjiang was to find Bai Guanhong.

Bai Guanhong was cursed by the fairy Dongxuan. Shi Feiyang sent him to Zen Master Zunsheng, who kept him after he ascended to heaven. Now he is entangled with many sorcerers in southern Xinjiang, and is also involved with Li Ning who lives in seclusion in southern Xinjiang... It is really a complicated matter and it is hard to make sense of it.

After some careful deduction, Shi Feiyang still saw the clues even though the other party had tampered with the number of days and went through layers of disguise. He finally came to the conclusion: someone deliberately set up a trap to lure him out of the capital.

But Bai Guanhong cannot just ignore him. It is not difficult to save him, and he can send someone else to go, but he must touch the trigger and release Princess Honghua!

This is a dead end that can only be properly resolved if he goes there in person. But as soon as he leaves, trouble will arise in the capital.

It's quite interesting. This doesn't seem to be the work of Chi You, but it is related to Chi You. It seems that there is a master who is secretly helping Chi You.

Well, the other party will never think that I still have someone available!
He cast a spell to bring Zhu Changyuan over.

Soon, Zhu Changyuan arrived and saluted Shi Feiyang.

Shi Feiyang asked him: "Has your grandfather ascended to heaven?"

Zhu Changyuan nodded: "After receiving the jade slip you sent, he left the next day."

Shi Feiyang sighed slightly: "Well, it's good that he ascended to heaven. Lu Sheng, it's only right for him to ascend to heaven and become a god."

Zhu Zaiyu had children and entered Taoism in old age. His vitality had declined and he should have reincarnated again to achieve success. However, he had a deep understanding of Taoism and was not inferior to Shi Feiyang in terms of Taoism. He encountered setbacks when he was young and saw through the world. His mind was ahead of others and his practice was twice as effective with half the effort. In addition, he took various elixirs for many years and accumulated merits, and finally achieved the achievement of cultivating immortals in old age and ascending to heaven in one lifetime.

But it is not as high as the position he can obtain in the next life. This is what the jade talisman that Shi Feiyang gave him said.

Zhu Zaiyu didn't care about this and ascended directly.

However, even if his own cultivation level is not high, with his Taoism and achievements in music, the Lord of Heaven should be able to make him a god of music of a high rank.

It’s a perfect ending!

Shi Feiyang asked Zhu Changyuan: "Your brother Geng Kun died in the East China Sea at the hands of the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword of Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan. You took his soul away. Where did you send him to be reincarnated in the end?"

Zhu Changyuan was surprised: "You don't know? The one sitting on the throne now is him."

"What?" This was beyond Shi Feiyang's expectation. During this period, he had been guiding the little emperor in sword-making, and they had met several times, but he had not noticed anything unusual.

As for Geng Kun, he did not calculate his past. He just met Zhu Changyuan today and recalled the time when he worked under Geng Kun in Donghai. He asked casually, but he didn't expect to get such a result.

Zhu Changyuan said: "I brought his soul back to my grandfather. After some calculations, my grandfather said that in the future, the Ming Dynasty will face a catastrophe that will cause the earth to break apart. Although you will protect us with all your heart, we will be able to survive, but many people will also die. At that time, the several sons of the late Emperor Cixuan either died young or were cowardly and could not take on important responsibilities. So my grandfather sent his soul to the palace to be reborn, and that's how the current Tai'er was born. In order to prevent people from discovering, my grandfather changed a lot of things about his destiny and made many arrangements..."

"No wonder I didn't notice it even when I wasn't paying attention! It's not surprising if it was your grandfather's work." (End of this chapter)