There is no trivial matter in the heavenly family, not to mention that this matter involves the emperor's body, today the emperor star is shaking, the golden dragon is sluggish, and it is suddenly rumored that the emperor fainted in the Taimiao, and then the Donglin Party brought the monks to break into the Taimiao with the intention of setting up a new monarch, and the Taizu summoned the emperor to reduce the royal family.

In the inner city of Wu Zongda's mansion, the luxurious hall is brightly lit at this moment, dozens of singers are dancing in the hall, there are many slender and charming women leaning on the arms of the guests, the hall is full of laughter and laughter, the table is full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, wine and delicacies, and the core ministers of the Donglin Party who went to the Taimiao during the day today are gathered here to enjoy themselves.

Only Xiao Ming, who was sitting in the last seat, had neither a maid pouring wine and cloth by his side, nor did anyone take care of him, so he was alone and restless, forcing a smile.

It is impossible to say that Xiao Ming has no resentment against Wu Zongda's action of using him as a scapegoat today, he just wants to hold the big tree of the Donglin Party to be promoted and make a fortune, not really die for the Donglin Party! I think he studied hard for more than ten years before he was admitted to the Jinshi, and because he had nothing to do with it, he was excluded to Qintianjian as an official.

Qin Tianjian said that it is good to manage the world's strange people and lead the world's monks to serve the imperial court, but the Ming Dynasty is no longer the time when the sun is in the sky, at that time, the emperor's will The ghosts and gods in the world dare not obey, and Qin Tianjian can be said to call the world's monks to come and go.

And today's Qin Tianjian, most of them are scattered cultivators in the Qi cultivation realm, and there are only a handful of people in the realm of transforming gods, and the only great monk in the realm of returning to the void realm is the person who has been suffocated and died, Jingxu Dao Chang or Wen Zhenmeng, but he is greedy for the Qin Tianjian method, so he was arranged by Wen Zhenmeng to hang up a name in the Qin Tianjian.

Fortunately, when Qin Tianjian was strong, he collected a lot of magic tricks and secret techniques, and of course the monks from the gate sect couldn't look down on it, but it was quite attractive to a small sect monk like Jingxu who did not have the Dafa of becoming an immortal, so it attracted a group of good and bad casual cultivators to support the façade, and today's Qin Tianjian's attitude towards monks is completely different from before.

Now the monks who have cultivated Qi are all serving as guest secretaries in Qin Tianjian, and they don't listen to the announcement! They still have to serve the monks as uncles, otherwise now the imperial court can't even make up the salaries of the border army, let alone the Qingshui Yamen like Qin Tianjian, if they don't do a good job of encircling these monks, Qin Tianjian is afraid that they can be disbanded directly.

He Xiao Ming thinks that he is also outstanding, and all the children of the poor family have become the chief secretary of the Qintianjian by virtue of their own drilling, but to do his part, and in this backwater Qintianjian in the future, he can only count on external forces, and after thinking about it again, he defected to the Donglin Party, hoping to transfer out of the Qintianjian with the help of the strength of the Donglin Party.

So Wu Zongda asked him to carry the black cauldron, although he was reluctant. But I also have to carry it, one is counting on making meritorious contributions to the Donglin Party, and another important reason is that in this Ming Dynasty, even if the ministers unite to be the emperor, they can only retreat, and the consequences of betraying the Donglin Party are more serious than offending the emperor!

After a dance, the atmosphere of the ministers in the hall became more and more enthusiastic, Xiao Ming sighed in his heart, since he had no shame to come over to participate in the banquet, what face did he care.

Xiao Ming gritted his teeth and took a big sip of wine from the wine jug, and only after a long time did he sigh deeply, wave his sleeves and wipe his tears and cry.

"Lord Xiao tonight is my Donglin party, there is a beautiful scenery, good wine and food, and it is in Lord Wu's mansion, why is Lord Xiao so rude, it is simply insulting?" Someone complained.

"Isn't it that Master Xiao thinks the old man is not well entertained?" Wu Zongda suddenly put the wine glass in his hand on the table and asked in a deep voice.

"No, no, Lord Wu is very rich tonight, to be honest, this spirit beast meat, drunken immortal brewed Xiaguan is still the first time to eat it, Xiaguan is crying because I am afraid that I will never have the opportunity to drink with you adults in the future!" Xiao Ming choked and wiped the corners of his eyes, and hurriedly bent down to apologize to everyone present, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry that the officials are too drunk to disturb the interest of all the adults, it's really damned!" ”

Seeing Xiao Ming's performance so explicit, he didn't know what he meant, some laughed at it for a while, and some disdained it, but everyone remained silent and watched the development of the situation, and the hall was suddenly silent.

"Lord Xiao's life is short, why don't you enjoy it well, you have to find sorrow, since you are not satisfied, it is better to learn from Qinglian Sword Immortal Li Bai Ming Dynasty to spread the flat boat, in the future, send love to the landscape, raise my Confucian heroic spirit, maybe you can break through to become a great Confucian! Don't wait until the old man's age to know that he regrets. Wu Zongda said that when he regretted it, his expression seemed to be smiling, but there was something in the joke.

"But ......," Xiao Ming was stunned and wanted to say more.

was interrupted by Wen Zhenmeng's laughter, "The singers in Lord Wu's mansion are beautiful, all of them are captivating, charming and moving." Wen Zhenmeng, who was upright and high-spirited during the day, hugged an unclothed woman with his soul at this moment, and put his hands on it in front of everyone, causing the woman's face to flush and her mouth to be distracted!

"Haha, the beauty of a gentleman's adulthood, since Lord Wen likes it, the singer in my house, Lord Wen can take it away at will" Wu Zongda is also full of red light at the moment, and there are two singers who are twenty-eight years old on the left and right. "These singers are all given to the old man by others, don't look at them yet~ out of the cabinet, but they have all been trained by special personnel, comparable to Yangzhou thin horses, and the adults are satisfied."

"Thank you, Lord Wu" The officials all smiled obscenely and said kindly, and no one paid attention to Xiao Ming who was standing aside.

By the end of the late-night banquet, the low-status officials had already left with the beauties in their arms, and Wu Zongda sat on the Taishi chair, closing his eyes and recuperating.

In the end, he was old and frail, and he failed to break through the Great Confucianism, even though he had all kinds of elixir nourishment, but he was not in good spirits and drowsy at night.

Wu Zongda told Xiao Ming before that he regretted it, but it was not false. Now he is also a very good minister, and he is well-favored, but the only pity is that he can't break through the Great Confucian.

The first step of Confucian cultivation is to read and reason, and then aspire, and then have ambition in the heart, you can cultivate the spirit of Haoran, if you can break through to the great Confucianism, a spiritual power will not be inferior to the monk, if it is a demon and a monster, it is just a shout to make their souls fly.

In the past, when King Mingyang of Yasheng pacified King Ning's rebellion, there was a large array of hundreds of ghosts traveling at night to stop Wang Mingyang, but he never thought that Wang Mingyang would shake three hundred miles with a long roar, and the big array would be self-defeating, and King Ning would be captured in a battle.

What's more, once you break through the Great Confucianism, Haoran's qi can feed back to itself, although it can't increase longevity, but it can live a long life.

After the death of ordinary people, even if there are descendants to sacrifice, but it is difficult to become an ancestral spirit, even if Wu Zongda is destined to leave a reputation in history with his status during his lifetime, coupled with the mourning of the court after his death, maybe he can still enjoy a trace of national luck in the Ming Dynasty, plus the Wu family is also a big family in Jiangnan, and there is no shortage of all kinds of spiritual artifacts and spiritual objects for the soul, which can ensure that his soul is not destroyed, but even so, he does not dare to guarantee that he can become an ancestral spirit.

But once you become a great Confucian, it is different, that pure and vast spiritual power will live forever after death, and it is the guest of honor that the major forces are vying to envelop.

Wu Zongda recalled in his mind his ambition to cultivate himself and rule the country and the world in the past, and couldn't help but sigh, did he regret it?

Regret! But if he were given another choice, he would still go down this path.

Looking at Wu Zongda's old age and drowsy appearance, none of the ministers present dared to despise him, not only because of his status, but also because of his methods.

"Today, thanks to Lord Wu's proper handling and the introduction of Xiao Ming to resist the matter, otherwise we will be bitten by Wang Chengen, a gelding dog, and we will be passive!"

"It's ridiculous that Xiao Ming can't recognize the current situation, but he is just the master of the Qin Heavenly Prison, and today's invitation to him to the banquet has already given him a lot of face, and he made a big mistake and still cherished power, which is simply ignorant of current affairs."

"He's a northerner, and he still wants to cling to my Donglin, it's just wishful thinking!"

"Master Wu, I saw that he had a gloomy face when he left, this person is afraid that he has already resented me Donglin! Why don't we get rid of such a villain? Wen Zhenmeng stroked his long beard, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"No, Xiao Ming still has merit to me Donglin no matter what, although this action will remove the troubles, but I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of other officials, and now Wen Tiren is forming a party and running a private business against us step by step, and we must recruit villains like Xiao Ming, and we can't easily push them out." Wu Zongda finally opened his eyes, shook his head and vetoed, took another sip of ginseng tea, changed his posture, and comfortably leaned on the Taishi chair and pretended to sleep.

"Besides, although the emperor did not pursue it this time, he must still have a bad heart, the emperor is young and vigorous, if he does not extinguish it, it will be sent to me Donglin sooner or later, I have asked the housekeeper to send Xiao to understand the silver thousand taels, and then let him take the initiative to resign, he is from a poor family without any foundation, and there will be no threat to us without this officialdom."

As soon as Wu Zongda made the final decision, Xiao Ming's fate was decided by everyone in a few words, and the others had no opinions.

"I never thought that the emperor would wake up, it's not a pity to die quietly, boasting that he has a true Tao cultivation but can't even hope for it! It's a shame to lose our face! ”

"Alas, Jingxu still has some ability, and the great monk of the Void Realm, the emperor has indeed fainted, but I seem to have heard rumors that this is a plan of the Buddha Gate, and the Buddha Gate has been looking for the location of the Dragon Court! Today, the golden dragon suddenly languished because the Buddha Gate has broken through the Dragon Court and cut off the dragon vein! ”

"The son does not speak of strangeness, force, chaos, and God! Where is the dragon vein of Master Chen, there are still a few people who know it besides the royal family, not to mention the dragon court hidden in the netherworld, this is most likely a conspiracy of Buddhism! ”

"I also think so, the fate of the dynasty is a reincarnation for three hundred years, and the Ming Dynasty is only two hundred and sixty-seven years, I'm afraid that Buddhism can't wait to build momentum for the new dynasty, let's not be fooled!"

"It's a pity that I don't know which side the Buddhism is betting on this time? Otherwise, we'll ......."

"These are all things that Confucianism is concerned about, let's just need the last moment, hehe! We can't do without this world, no matter who is the emperor, we will always need us! ”

"Okay, the most important thing for you now is what the emperor said about reducing the vassal king's fortune, what should we do?" Wu Zongda reminded the people who were drunk and lost their words.

"I think we should resolutely oppose it, and you lords must not forget the old things of the Wanli Dynasty!"

"What Lord Li said is very true, the emperor is only afraid that the purpose is not only to reduce the vassal king's wealth, but the ultimate goal is to be on us and other ministers, I want us to wait for the scholars to study hard for ten years before being admitted to the Jinshi, and after being an official, I will try my best to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and sleep at night, but I just took some things outside my body, but the emperor is painstakingly trying to deal with us, which is really chilling!"

"Tomorrow must make the emperor regress!"

After everyone has discussed it and agreed on it. Wu Zongda opened his eyes, "The matter is settled like this, tomorrow morning, we will oppose it together, we are all descendants of Taizu, how can the emperor be so mean and unkind." ”

"What Taishi Wu said is extremely true, you must be consistent tomorrow, as long as we are united, the emperor has to retreat, this matter seems to be dealing with the vassal king, but the Wanli Dynasty also reduced the vassal king's Yulu, and finally the board hit us. How can the imperial court compete with the people for profit, as long as we are all united in this matter, he will not be able to do it! Wen Zhenmeng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said to everyone with righteous words.

A group of Donglin Party ministers nodded secretly, this is not the first time that this kind of thing has happened, as long as the government and the opposition all oppose the emperor and must compromise, this time it will be like this in the end, and the matter will be over.

Only Li Ruoxing sat alone and frowned tightly and said nothing.

Wen Zhenmeng was surprised when he saw this and asked, "Ziyuan, why didn't you say a word today?"

Li Ruoxing hurriedly stood up and explained, "We are waiting for us to unite to support the Ming Dynasty, and we will not hesitate to set things right, but I look at the emperor This time it seems that the attention has been decided, but Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, is the only villain who is flattering and stealing power, and he is now wooing the Qi and Chu parties, and a large number of eunuch parties, and the power has been achieved!" I'm afraid that he will spoil the big things we are waiting for tomorrow! ”

Hearing Li Ruoxing's words, the ministers of Donglin were also distressed. Wen Tiren, a thief who is an enemy of power and ministers, ignores the burning external troubles for personal grievances, and does everything to take revenge, only knowing right and wrong all day long, and is a traitor who misleads the country and the people.

even cracked down on the Donglin Party in order to exclude dissidents, and did not hesitate to overturn the case for the eunuch party. As the first assistant, he doesn't think about the country, he only knows how to spy on the will, but he supports everything that the emperor supports, and he opposes everything that the emperor opposes, which is indeed a great harm to the country.

Just when everyone was silent, Wu Zongda knocked lightly on the table, "You don't need to worry, although Wen Tiren is incorruptible and shameless, but the old man has been an official in the same dynasty with him for 30 years, although the Tao is different and disdains to be with him, but the old man has never lost his eyes when he sees people, this Wen Tiren old man also understands his personality, we are all important ministers of the imperial court are considered for the Ming Dynasty, and they are all Confucians, they should have the style of a literati, although there are factional disputes, but these are all small sections, he can still distinguish between right and wrong in front of the big ones, and he will definitely not let the emperor come to Hu, You don't have to worry too much about this matter, the old man dares to assert that although he will not support us tomorrow, he will definitely not oppose it, otherwise he will cut himself off from the scholars. ”