Ming Dynasty: Emperor Wanshou is cultivating immortality!

"We'll discuss this later."

As the Taotai, Jiajing naturally already understood all of Zhang Juzheng's plans. As for whether to abolish the innate cultivation system, he would not give an immediate answer.

Jiajing's silence now is actually a form of protection for Zhang Juzheng.

If he agreed at this time and made it clear to everyone that the court would abolish the innate cultivation system in the future, the entire world would inevitably fall into turmoil.

Those crazy monks will definitely attack the entire Zhang family.

Zhang Juzheng’s cultivation was so high that they couldn’t touch him, but the situation with Zhang family’s other businesses and children was not certain.

In the past, the cultivation levels of ordinary cultivators in the Ming Dynasty were generally low, because there were too few resources and not enough spiritual veins.

The entire Ming world is not just a world of cultivating immortals.

The current Ming world is already full of spiritual veins. Although we cannot say that it can be compared with the entire Arcturus world, if we talk about the grade, it has reached the sixth grade.

Perhaps the sixth rank does not sound very high, but it must be considered based on the number of sentient beings and the number of cultivators in a world.

It seems that although the Ming Dynasty now has a population of several billion, the number of monks is less than half of the total population.

Therefore, in today's Ming Dynasty world of immortal cultivation, if we only talk about the grade, although there is only the sixth grade, it is enough to cultivate many cultivators with high cultivation, such as those who have reached the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages.

Even if we calculate based on the normal training time, the Ming world is enough to train ten cultivators who have reached the fusion stage.

As far as Jiajing knew, in the past hundred years or so, among the cultivators hidden in the Ming world, there were dozens of those who had reached the Golden Core Stage, twenty in the Nascent Soul Stage, and the number of those in the God Transformation Stage reached the number of one hand, and there were no cultivators above that.

After all, if we count strictly, from the 40th year of Jiajing to the 170th year of Jiajing, only 130 years have passed.

There is still too little time for development.

It was not until thousands or even tens of thousands of years later that the entire Ming Dynasty's world of immortal cultivation began to develop normally and vigorously.

However, if these forces were to cause trouble, it would be enough to stir up a civil uprising in the current Ming Dynasty.

Well, if a civil uprising broke out when the Ming Dynasty was still a mortal world, the imperial court could suppress it with numbers, and if troops were sent in time, it would not cause too serious consequences.

But now it’s different.

Now the Ming Dynasty has become a mature world for cultivating immortals. Once a civil uprising is aroused, the damage caused by the cultivators cannot be underestimated.

Of course, the most important thing is that now is not the time to talk about these things. Right now, the focus of the Ming Dynasty should still be on the world of cultivating immortals and discussing the future and how to invade.

And, after the invasion, how should the Ming Dynasty take over and establish a new order for the entire world of immortal cultivation.

After all, the world of cultivating immortals is too huge.

If we fail to plan ahead on how to supervise and establish a new order so that all beings in the immortal world can accept the Ming Dynasty and integrate into it, then what the Ming Dynasty will receive is nothing more than an empty shell.

Sooner or later something unexpected will happen!

"Okay, let's continue." After Jiajing finished speaking, he spoke to everyone again.

Knowing that the emperor would not agree on the spot, Zhang Juzheng bowed and quietly retreated to the right side of Gao Gong.

"Humph," At this time, Yan Shifan, who was standing on the right side of Zhang Juzheng, sneered like a younger brother, and said, "You don't know your own abilities. You want to take on such a big taboo by yourself?"

"If the emperor agrees to your request, won't the world be in chaos?"

"Not everyone can bear the weight of this world!" Yan Shifan sneered.

With the growth and sophistication of the young cabinet minister now, he would naturally not speak to Zhang Juzheng and others with sarcasm and ridicule as he did before. The reason why he did so was actually to test Zhang Juzheng.

Because everyone present knew that Zhang Juzheng was not a stupid person, but today he proposed to abolish the innate cultivation system in public, which offended all the cultivators in the world.

Such stupid behavior is so abnormal.

In Yan Shifan's opinion, Zhang Juzheng must be planning something big, and he would not be at ease if he didn't find out.

In the past, if Yan Shifan spoke against any of Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, and Zhao Zhenji, regardless of whether these three were now ruling their own countries, the other two would certainly join in.

But this time Gao Gong and Zhao Zhenji remained silent.

Obviously, they also wanted to know what Zhang Juzheng really thought.

Unfortunately, in the face of Yan Shifan's provocation, Zhang Juzheng said nothing, as if he had not heard it at all.

"Humph!"

Seeing this, Yan Shifan snorted coldly and stopped pestering. He didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to speak with this simple provocation.

"Your Majesty, I think that after the war in the world of immortal cultivation is over, our Ming Dynasty still does not need to act rashly." Xu Jie spoke after looking at the drowsy Yan Song.

"Although our Great Ming has made great progress in all aspects, in terms of resources, let alone compared with the entire cultivation world, the Great Ming cannot compare with the Great Ming in terms of resources."

"Although we have powerful tools like Qiankun Realm, which can catch up with the world of immortal cultivation in terms of time, the resources are non-renewable."

"Therefore, I think that the Ming Dynasty can take advantage of the war to move more resources from the immortal cultivation world to enhance the overall strength of the Ming Dynasty's army. As for the specific degree of improvement, we can temporarily set it at one or two realms."

"For example, the armies of cultivators from the dominant giant forces in the world of cultivation all start from the Golden Core Stage."

"My Daming, the forces of the three camps, are now only at the foundation-building stage, so my Daming must also keep up!"

"Your Majesty," Gao Gong also took a step forward and said after Xu Jie finished speaking, "In addition to the overall improvement of the military's strength, our Ming Dynasty also needs a higher level of combat power."

"Cultivators at the Fusion Stage and Mahayana Stage are capable of influencing the direction of a war. This must be on par with those overlord-level giants, or even surpass them!"

"After all, in the world of immortal cultivation, behemoths like the Four Great Academies are still nothing in front of those ancient dynasties."

"Even if there is such a war," Gao Gong said, as if he had thought of something, and paused for a moment, "or there may be other changes that will cause the world of immortal cultivation to fall into a great collapse."

"Our Ming dynasty still cannot underestimate its opponents."

"As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Therefore, when facing the entire world of immortal cultivation, our Ming Dynasty must do its best."

“Sometimes, even, you have to prepare for the worst.”

After Gao Gong finished speaking, Zhao Zhenji also spoke up and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to these, there is also the combat power of the Sanxian level."

As he spoke, he bowed to Immortal Venerable Long Yang and said, "I think we can ask you to come forward and recruit those scattered cultivators from the immortal cultivation world to join our Ming Dynasty, so as to strengthen the protection of Ming Dynasty."

Seeing that he was being pointed at, Long Yang Xian Zun subconsciously straightened his back and bowed to Jia Jing, saying:
"I know quite a few immortals in the immortal cultivation world. As long as the Ming Dynasty needs them, I am willing to go to the immortal cultivation world to win them over."

"Everything should be done according to the cabinet's wishes," Jiajing nodded in agreement with the others, and then looked at the sleepy old man Yan Song and said, "Does Lord Yan have anything to add?"

"Your Majesty, I have nothing to add." Although this old man looked drowsy and ignored the voices in the court, he answered questions abnormally quickly.

"In this case, the focus of Ming Dynasty's development will be on two points: improving military strength and winning over high-level combat forces."

"In three days, I will open Qiankun Realm again. You can go into seclusion. This time, each household in the cabinet can bring ten people."

“The princes’ palaces and royal clans can bring up to 20 people, the six ministries can bring five people, each provincial governor and his family can bring three people. After that, some meritorious generals and officials such as county magistrates with outstanding local achievements can enter the Qiankun realm themselves.” “Your Majesty is benevolent and wise!” The ministers knelt on the ground, praised him, and then stood up and left Yuxi Palace one after another.

At this time, it was raining heavily outside Yuxi Palace.

However, in order to show their respect to the emperor, everyone did not use spiritual energy to cover themselves, but left with umbrellas.

All the way out of Yuxi Palace and out of Xiyue, the crowd still had no spiritual energy or intention to bounce away the raindrops.

Instead, they were walking and chatting in the rain, one by one, holding umbrellas.

Before they became immortals, they were all mortals, and holding an umbrella was a must for them, after all, the cold wind could be fatal. Later, after they became immortals, they used their spiritual energy to repel the rain, dew, wind and frost for a short period of time, which was a new experience.

Gradually, everyone began to become more reserved.

Instead, people enjoy this style of walking in the rain with umbrellas in the manner of cultivators, and gradually a reserved atmosphere has formed.

This style of work has even affected the provincial governments overseas.

For example, officials of the British Governor's Office and some aristocratic families like to travel with umbrellas and ride in carriages. In their view, this is also a style of the upper class!

Only common people would use spiritual energy to avoid wind, frost, rain and dew in order to save time, because they have to work hard for their livelihood and resources.

A world of cultivating immortals requires not only resources, but also the maturity and sedimentation of immortal concepts to develop unique characteristics.

Today's Great Ming Dynasty has developed its own unique customs and practices in the field of cultivating immortals.

Even with this kind of custom, even an immortal like Luoyang Xianzong, who has seen through the worldly world, has chosen to follow the local customs.

In his words, this way of returning to the primitive state, being in the world but restraining one's inner fairy spirit, is actually a kind of tempering of one's state of mind.

This unique custom was recognized by all the immortals and powerful people, and for a time it became popular among the powerful circles in the entire Ming Dynasty.

“Swish, swish, swish.”

The heavy rain rushed down, hitting the umbrella, making bursts of dense sounds.

"Dad, is Zhang Juzheng crazy?" Yan Shifan looked at his father Yan Song and asked, glancing at Hu Zongxian while speaking.

"Zhang Juzheng is now as cunning and scheming as Xu Jie and I," Yan Song said, looking at Hu Zongxian and said in a submissive tone, "Ruzhen, do you see anything?"

"Master, please forgive my ignorance. I cannot understand Zhang Juzheng's thoughts for the time being," Hu Zongxian shook his head slightly, and then analyzed: "Now everyone knows that Zhang Juzheng supports His Royal Highness Prince An."

"Now that he has proposed to 'abolish the life cultivation system', it will inevitably spread throughout the entire Ming world in a short period of time. In this way, I am afraid that His Royal Highness Prince An will also be greatly affected."

"What would the forces under Prince An think if they knew about this?"

"Everyone follows a force just to seek more resources to cultivate immortality, but if everyone can't see hope, then why would everyone follow them?"

"Zhang Juzheng's move is a plan to wipe out his entire family, and it's not just the whole world that is being wiped out, it's also himself and everyone in his family."

"Isn't he afraid of being blamed by Prince An?"

"Of course, it's not just Prince An. You should know that Prince An and Prince Yu have already reached a cooperation."

"One move can affect the entire body, and it also affects all the family forces under Prince Yu's Mansion."

"To be honest, I can't see what Zhang Juzheng is trying to do."

“This is totally against the interests!”

The rain curtain and beaded curtain, the figure in front had long been blurred. Yan Song did not use his cultivation, but just watched with his naked eyes, took a breath of cold water vapor, and then said leisurely: "Some people cultivate immortality for immortality, some people cultivate immortality for the eternity of their family, and some people do it for political ambitions!"

"Zhang Juzheng belongs to the latter."

"His life is a book of reform."

“But precisely because of this, he must be deeply involved with the court in order to ensure that his cultivation is eternal.”

"Offend all factions in the court at once, and even offend all the cultivators in the world."

"Can his reforms still be implemented in the future?"

"Any political enemy who shows up can use this incident to leverage the world's momentum to stop him."

"Moreover, the possibility of successfully blocking the enemy is very high. If we raise our arms and call for help, countless practitioners will respond."

“And this is also the doubt in my heart.”

"Oh," Yan Song suddenly chuckled and waved his hand, "Forget it, the Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves forward!"

"As the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, I can rest assured that there are such cunning and calculating people in the Ming Dynasty."

"After the emperor retires to the immortal world, the new emperor of the human dynasty will ascend the throne. With such ministers to assist him, he will have no worries forever."

Listening to Yan Song's passionate words expressing his concern for the country and the people, Yan Shifan and Hu Zongxian looked at each other and chose to remain silent.

When listening to what their father (mentor) says, they should listen half and reveal the other half, and never believe everything. They naturally know this.

And following this, just listen to these words of concern for the country and the people. Which official in the court would not say such big words?

Of course, those who were discussing Zhang Juzheng's true purpose at this time were not just Yan Song and the other two. Xu Jie and his son, Gao Gong, Zhao Zhenji, Prince Yu, Prince Jing, Prince Gong, Prince An, and Prince Ning were all discussing it.

Now, among the important officials in the entire capital who are qualified to enter Yuxi Palace to discuss state affairs, apart from Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou who are heartless and only focus on improving the military's strength, there is only one Hai Rui who can focus on his work and not care about these trivial matters.

Well, in Hai Rui's view, no matter what Zhang Juzheng's purpose is, as long as it is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, he will not object.

It is precisely the abolition of the innate cultivation system proposed by Zhaoju that is beneficial to the future development of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Hai Rui believed that this point was worth supporting.

Just as Hu Zongxian had expected, there was no doubt that Zhang Juzheng's proposal to abolish the innate immortal cultivation system in Yuxi Palace soon spread throughout the world like wings.

For a moment, the whole world was in an uproar!
In the Ming Dynasty world, countless monks cursed Zhang Juzheng, calling him a great villain who brought disaster to the world, and even petitioned on the spiritual network to ask the emperor to depose Zhang Juzheng.

Many officials immediately submitted memorials to the cabinet through the spiritual network to impeach Zhang Juzheng and shake the foundation of the country!
In less than a day, Zhang Juzheng became a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to beat and began to be boycotted.

Miraculously, the Internet Monitoring Bureau did not take any action.

Although the spiritual network is managed by the Network Monitoring Department, the person in control behind the scenes is the cabinet. Therefore, when the Zhang family intended to step forward, they were blocked by others.

Naturally, it is self-evident why such a major event, which concerns the future national policy of the court and is only known to important officials who can enter Yuxi Palace to discuss state affairs, would be spread out and become known to everyone.

Obviously, someone in the cabinet or among the kings took action.

A political struggle that had been brewing invisibly began again, but Jiajing had anticipated all of this.

In the court, it is normal for the ministers and various forces to fight with each other.

"..." (End of this chapter)