Chapter 52: Collecting the World's Martial Arts

Li Fei is by no means sloppy in his position, but in terms of title, Li Fei is relatively relaxed.

Yang Xiao, Fan Yao, Xie Xun, Yin Tianzheng, and Wei Yixiao were all crowned princes of the country, and the original six founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty were demoted by one level, and they were named marquis, and the five scattered people were also named marquis.

The masters of the Ming sect, the altar masters, the flag bearers, and the six major factions who are willing to enter the court as officials are also named marquis.

It's just that Li Fei made it clear to everyone that their titles are not hereditary, but automatically downgraded by one level for each generation.

For example, Yin Tianzheng is the duke, King Yin Ye is the marquis, the son of the king of Yin Ye is the earl, and the grandson of the king of Yin Ye is only a viscount.

If their descendants want a knighthood, they need to earn it on their own and get merit in exchange.

In this way, their children and grandchildren will maintain an upward heart, and there will be no such foolish children who eat and wait for death, bullying men and women.

Li Fei's statement was understood by everyone, and he didn't say anything more about the fact that the title could not be hereditary.

Zhang Sanfeng was named "Protector of the Great Road", and his nickname was "Qingxu Yuan Miao Zhenjun".

Except for Song Yuanqiao, who stayed in Wudang Mountain and will take over as the head in the future, the other five were all named generals.

In short, all those who followed Li Fei had their own rewards, and although some people were not very satisfied with their rewards, most of them were still satisfied.

The small number of people who are not satisfied can't afford to make any waves.

Li Fei was not as ruthless as Zhu Yuanzhang, and after the founding of the country, he destroyed Mingjiao with his backhand.

But under Li Fei's various divisions, Mingjiao has basically existed in name only.

Li Fei did not completely dissolve the Ming Sect, and he still bears the title of the leader of the Ming Sect.

He simply regarded Mingjiao as his spokesperson in the rivers and lakes, and let them supervise the affairs of the rivers and lakes for him.

In this way, Li Fei became an emperor who could enjoy the treatment of the emperor, but did not have to bear the duties of the emperor, and of course, there was no cabinet emperor with the real power of the feudal emperor.

He is just a symbol of the Ming Dynasty and the spiritual leader of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

He can't directly participate in the government, but he still has the title of the leader of the Ming Sect after all.

His own martial arts are also high, and he still has the terrifying power of the Spirit Sword Guard in his hands, so those ministers from the Ming Sect will naturally listen to him.

Because they are the people who know Li Fei's horror best, and now Li Fei has a bit of Qin Shihuang's flavor, as long as he is there, no one in the Ming Dynasty will dare to make trouble.

Although Li Fei introduced the cabinet system, he also wanted to retain a certain right to speak, at least in other aspects that have nothing to do with political affairs, the cabinet must meet his requirements.

Therefore, based on the more than 200 spirit sword guards, he specially took in orphans and cultivated more spirit sword guards until the number was enough to overwhelm the forbidden army in the entire capital.

Only in this way can he ensure his absolute security and ensure his right to speak in the court.

Although the current forbidden army is the one he led before, it is loyal to him.

But it's only this generation, and no one can say what will happen in the future, or it is best to have a force that belongs to itself.

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Two years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the world has basically stabilized, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Since the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, there will be no peasant uprisings caused by famine in the future, and there will be no market for rebellion.

The beggar gang has completely declined and almost disappeared, not because of anyone, but because there are not many beggars in the world.

Except for a small number of lazy and lazy people, who wants to be a beggar if they have land to grow and can be fed and clothed with their own hands?

Li Fei asked His Excellency to nationalize all the lands of all temples in the world, and monks no longer enjoyed tax-free benefits, and monks also needed to work.

At the same time, he ordered an inventory of Shaolin monks, and if it was found that there were Jiangyang thieves who had committed great crimes and had not been punished, they would be severely punished, and it was Zhang Wuji who was responsible for this matter.

The people who had persecuted Zhang Wuji's family before were liquidated by him one by one.

For example, Huashan Xian Yutong was used by Zhang Wuji as a "soul transfer Dafa", so that he himself told about the mutilation of Hu Qingyang and the killing of his senior brother Bai Yuan.

Zhang Wuji didn't kill him, but Xian Yutong was cleaned up by the elders of this sect.

Li Fei only targeted Shaolin and Buddhism, but did not mention Wudang and Daomen, which made two words pop up in the minds of people all over the world - destroy Buddha.

The destruction of Buddha has happened many times in history, and no one expected that Li Fei would also be an emperor who worships Taoism and suppresses Buddha.

It's just that there has never been a dynasty that has done so well as him, almost digging the foundation of Buddhism.

Fortunately, Li Fei mainly targeted Buddhism, but did not move other sects, and Zhang Wuji's character would not be too extreme.

As for the act of destroying the Buddha, Li Fei only gave a two-sentence explanation: Bodhi in troubled times does not ask about things, and Lao Jun carries a sword to save the common people. The Taiping Buddha welcomes pilgrims, and the Taoist returns to the mountain.

As soon as these words came out, the direction of public opinion in the world suddenly changed.

This is reasonable!

Throughout the history of Middle-earth, except for an incident in the Tang Dynasty where a thirteen-stick monk rescued the Tang king, when did other dynasties hear of monks participating in the world?

Even if there is, it is a very rare phenomenon, and more often than not, Shaolin will not be able to come out of the mountain as soon as it is in troubled times, but the disciples of the Taoist sect have come out of the mountain to help the world.

Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that the Quanzhen Sect in the Song Dynasty, the founding patriarch Wang Chongyang fought against Jin, and the contemporary Zhang Zhenren once said the sentence "The life of the old Tao, specializing in killing Tartars".

Another example is the war before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, which represented the power of Buddhism, that is, a group of Shaolin lay disciples composed of a righteous army, but the Shaolin monks did not make a move.

And the Daomen forces, the Daomen disciples led by the Wudang Six Heroes, are all on the front line.

The voice that was originally crying for Buddhism suddenly stopped, and expressed support for the decision of the imperial court.

For a time, in the land of Middle-earth, the status of Taoism rose sharply, and Buddhism declined.

Because becoming a monk can no longer escape the punishment of the law, and can no longer enjoy the benefits of tax exemption, what is the difference between being a monk and being at home?

The decline of Buddhism was a foregone conclusion, and after a while of the discussion in the world subsided, no one paid attention to it anymore, because they were attracted by another matter.

In the third year of Hongwu, the imperial court suddenly issued an edict that Li Fei, the emperor of Hongwu, wanted to collect the world's martial arts and create a martial arts book that surpassed the "Nine Yin True Scripture".

Half a year after the edict was issued, the emperor would send the spirit sword guards to each sect to copy the manuscripts.

The emperor promised that after this martial arts holy book came out, he would give one to every sect that contributed to the Zhen School's peerless learning.

And in order to avoid the worries of each faction, Li Fei also gave a time limit.

Fifteen years.

If this martial arts canon has not come out within fifteen years, he will give a copy of the "Nine Yin True Scripture" to the sect that contributed to the Zhen School's peerless learning.

This matter is announced to the world, and all the people of the world are witnesses.

As soon as this guarantee came out, where would the various factions hesitate, they couldn't even wait for Li Fei to send the Spirit Sword Guard to copy it, so they immediately copied it and sent it to the Jingshi.

For a time, the world's top martial arts completely fell into the hands of Li Fei.