The next day, the wind and the warm sun, the spring breeze blowing, the world is clear and bright.

Forbidden City, by the Taiye Pool.

After a night of fierce fighting, His Majesty the Emperor, who finally won a great victory, sat on the place of the Diaoyu Tai, a fishing rod fell into the water, and the goldfish swam around the fishing rod, with a few ripples.

At this time, by Zhu Xiongying's side, Liu Bowen was also sitting, this old man was not fishing, but meditating on his knees, exhaling the breath of heaven and earth.

"Your Majesty, this is the situation in the past half a month."

During the days when Liu Bowen was in retreat for Zhu Xiongying, everything that happened in the court was told to Zhu Xiongying about everything in 1510.

Of course, they are all important big things, and Liu Bowen digested the small things himself.

Some of these things surprised Zhu Xiongying.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising to say that it was an accident, after all, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds, let alone when the forest is on fire.

"All the courtiers in the court who have the intention of passing through Zhu Quan, you can deal with it yourself."

When Zhu Quan's soldiers were in response to the Heavenly Mansion, and Zhu Xiongying did not know where, many ministers in the Ying Heavenly Mansion secretly sent letters to Zhu Quan, expressing their surrender, and some even expressed their willingness to help from within.

Zhu Xiongying is not Cao Cao, since these wall grasses like to swing, then he simply let them return to the state of grass seeds and push them to the end.

"Yes."

Liu Bowen nodded.

Of course, he understood the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor's words, the so-called self-disposal, the lightest is to dismiss the official, to eat directly in prison in serious cases, and then to kill his head and rob his home, etc.

"How's the Death Saving Gold Medal going?"

Before Zhu Xiongying retreated, he ordered Liu Bowen to be responsible for confiscating all the gold medals for avoiding death and exchanging them for knighthoods, so as to combat the arrogance of the nobles.

"Back to Your Majesty, most of the death-free gold medals among the nobles have been recovered, and the remaining few pieces, the old ministers have already sent someone to send a message to warn, and they will all be withdrawn in the next few days."

After Liu Bowen finished speaking, he paused again.

After a moment of silence, he decided to speak.

"Your Majesty, the recent outbreak of a rat plague in the southwest has spread very quickly, and it has affected the five surrounding political envoys in half a decade.

Zhu Xiongying heard that Liu Bowen had something to say.

"Speak up."

"Yes."

Liu Bowen nodded.

"The plague of rodents is different from disasters such as floods, and the situation in one place is different."

"Therefore, all localities need to use the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court to the local areas according to the actual situation of each locality, which makes it impossible for the imperial court to effectively supervise the disaster relief funds in various places."

"Officials at all levels in various localities can make a fortune if they put their minds to this disaster relief fund."

Zhu Xiongying glanced at Liu Bowen again.

He knew what Liu Bowen meant, and there was something in his words.

What does it mean to be 'unable to monitor effectively?'

It's all pure.

As long as it is a matter of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing that cannot be checked.

To be precise, it's not that it can't be checked, but Liu Bowen doesn't dare to check it.

Even though he is the first assistant of the cabinet, the head of the hundred officials, and the highest status and power of the Ming Dynasty, this is also the case. ….

The reason is also simple, involving five political envoys, that is, involving nearly 10,000 officials.

Even Liu Bowen did not dare to easily investigate nearly 10,000 officials, after all, once the matter was found out, how should it be handled?

After all, everyone knows one thing in the temple, let alone an old fritter like Liu Bowen.

In the place of the temple, even the radish with mud, that is, layer after layer, if you pull out the radish and even the mud is pulled out, then I don't know how many small fish and shrimp are skewered under the radish whiskers.

Of course, Liu Bowen can also have a way to deal with it.

That is to pluck a few large turnips and cut off the roots, so that you can

It can play the role of a warning.

But Old Man Liu knew very well that if he did that, he would be discovered by His Majesty the Emperor afterwards, and with His Majesty's decisiveness, he would definitely be punished.

"Check."

Zhu Xiongying opened his mouth.

"No matter what the outcome is, how many people are involved, they will be punished by national law."

The archmage patted Old Man Liu on the shoulder.

"You old man, why do you live more and more and go back, I asked you to do the first assistant, you have to show some courage, I have a lot of things, I don't have time to take care of some trivial matters in the court."

That being said, in fact, Zhu Xiongying is not busy, but he is just too lazy to care.

"The old minister understands."

Liu Bowen actually knew that he would get such an answer, otherwise he would not have been able to say it.

Because what he wanted to get was this answer, if it weren't for His Majesty the Emperor's words, he, Liu Bowen, would never dare to touch the heads of nearly 10,000 officials at one time.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Bowen was stunned again, then frowned and sighed, looking very weak.

"The old minister has felt that this strength is not very strong recently, and I am afraid that he will not be able to continue to serve His Majesty..."

Before he finished speaking, a bottle of elixir had already fallen in front of Liu Bowen's eyes.

"Eat one, and you'll be alive for seven days."

Liu Bowen's heart was suddenly happy, and he put it away beautifully.

Although he is old, with these elixirs, he is still strong and can still gallop on the field.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still has important business to do, and please ask the prospective old minister to retire first."

Carefully putting away the pill, Liu Bowen stood up and saluted.

He had been meditating here for half an hour, and he felt refreshed like never before, which was completely different from what he felt when he meditated at home.

I don't know why, he found that His Majesty the Emperor now looks a little different than before, but he can't tell what is different.

"."

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand.

When Liu Bowen was meditating beside him, Zhu Xiongying deliberately guided the vitality circulation in Liu Bowen's body, which naturally made Liu Bowen feel refreshed.

After Liu Bowen left.

"Stepping on the Heavens."

Zhu Xiongying lay back, looking at the blue waves of the Taiye Pool and muttered, falling into thought.

From the red moon found on Alia's body, Zhu Xiongying can draw conclusions.

That is the Red Moon Saint Sect Master in the West, and the strength he has should also be in the Qi Heaven Realm, and it is very likely that he has found a way to cultivate from the Qi Heaven Realm to the Heaven Treading Realm, and he has been cultivating in this method for a long time.

As for the logic of the method, it is very simple, it is nothing more than giving the Red Moon Mark to the sect members, and then the sect members will absorb the origin power of this great world, and finally take back the red moon, which is a bit like a way to grow Gu. ….

This method is to use this big world to fill your own small world, so as to achieve the purpose of breaking through the Heaven Stepping Realm.

Of course, in this process, those so-called believers are just some pawns at their mercy, tools for sacrifice.

From the perspective of normal logical deduction, this is indeed a very good method under the premise that there is no method that can be cultivated.

Because the realm lord of this great world has a strength that must be above the Heaven Stepping Realm, digging into his corner to boost his strength is naturally the easiest shortcut.

Zhu Xiongying can actually do the same.

As long as he leaves his own mark on those people of the Ming Dynasty who have awakened the spiritual root, then everything that these people will practice in the future will be working for him.

However, Zhu Xiongying was unwilling.

Even, in his heart, he hated this model.

sacrificing hundreds of millions of living beings to accomplish his goal is definitely not the path he Zhu Xiongying wants to take, and it is definitely not a long-term way.

If you achieve the Heaven Stepping Realm in this way, I am afraid that the moment you break through, this life will come to an end.

"Yes

How can I continue to practice?"

Now in front of Zhu Xiongying, this is the problem that has to be solved.

Previously, Zhu Xiongying thought that he had enough time to think about this problem and solve this problem, after all, at that time, he thought that he was the only one in this heaven and earth, that is, he was absolutely invincible.

But now, it seems, he doesn't have much time.

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and there will definitely be a battle between him and the Holy Sect Master of the West.

This time in the battle of the Dayan River, the reputation and approximate strength of the Ming Emperor will definitely be transmitted to the West and to the ears of the Red Moon Holy Sect Master.

According to Zhu Xiongying's estimate, this Red Moon Saint Sect Master is definitely an out-and-out old silver coin.

Since it is an old silver coin, it will definitely not rush out, but will send stronger forces to come, so as to gradually explore its own strength.

Not only does the other party want to test his strength, but Zhu Xiongying also wants to test the other party.

As the saying goes, only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles.

'Turn on the system. ，

Zhu Xiongying's mind moved, and he chose to open the system, and glanced at the store and the lottery page, there were a lot of things in it, all kinds of pill magic weapon exercises, at a glance, dazzling, countless.

But none of them are suitable for Qi Tian Realm to use.

And Zhu Xiongying found that since the system was completely awakened, the prompt sound that originally appeared every once in a while had also disappeared.

At this time, the fishing rod shook, and a few rays of water splashed with excitement, which called Zhu Xiongying's attention back.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the fishing rod and hooked his fingers slightly.

In an instant, the line was raised, and a white and red koi fish hung on the straight hook at the end of the line, drawing a perfect arc in the air.

As soon as he raised his hand to grab it, the koi fish broke away from the straight hook and fell into Zhu Xiongying's hands.

The koi exuded a familiar glow, and when the light disappeared, there was an extremely quaint old booklet that appeared in Zhu Xiongying's hand.

The booklet is slightly yellowed, and there is no title on it.

"What's that?" ….

Zhu Xiongying looked at this quaint booklet and was about to open it to study it.

Fishing is a technical job, and sometimes there are always some unexpected surprises.

"Your Majesty!"

A familiar voice came.

I saw Xiao Bao, who was dressed in an official uniform, ran forward quickly, with a happy smile on his face, and three feet away from Zhu Xiongying, he knelt down and kowtowed respectfully.

"Chen Zheng Fan, I have returned from the Taihu Lake Water Training by the Holy Order, and I would like to return to Your Majesty!"

Before Xiaobao went to Taihu Lake for special training, Zhu Xiongying had made a special order to remove Xiaobao's identity as a eunuch in the inner court, and gave him a temporary position as a Guanglu Siqing of the Foreign Dynasty, and with this temporary status, he went to Taihu Lake to officially receive special training on the water.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Xiaobao, who was dressed in an official uniform and was in good spirits.

Sure enough, as the old saying goes.

Clothes make the man.

This little eunuch wears eunuch clothes on weekdays, and he always looks like he has a sense of yin and yang, but now he has changed into a heroic official uniform, but he does have a bit of momentum.

In fact, Xiaobao is eight feet tall, and among the men, he is also a tall existence, plus his facial features are already erect, and he wears an official uniform, and he has the temperament of an elegant Confucian.

"Get up."

Zhu Xiongying put away the quaint booklet.

His instincts told him that this thing he didn't know what it was worth taking the time to study it.

"Yes!"

Xiaobao grinned, got up and walked quickly to Zhu Xiongying.

After half a month of special training, Xiaobao's skin has darkened a little, and it looks like a little vicissitudes, and it can be seen that this kid did not dare to relax at all during the special training on the water of Taihu Lake.

"The trainer officials of Taihu Lake have written an excerpt of the report to me, and you don't need to say the details again."

"You've had a good rest these days, three

In the future, I will arrange for you to go to the sea for training."

Zhu Xiongying said.

After all, Taihu Lake is an inland lake, and navigating on the lake is still very different from the real sea.

Now that the entire territory of the Indochina Peninsula has been settled, the Great Voyage can also begin.

Of course, before Xiaobao goes to sea, Zhu Xiongying still has to do some things.

When he killed the realm spirit, while absorbing the power of the realm spirit origin, he deliberately left more than 300 realm spirit origins, and he was ready to use these origin powers to improve the group of people with the strongest qualifications in the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Fa also had to take a dozen of them to the sea on this big voyage, just in case.

"Your Majesty."

Just when Xiaobao was excitedly preparing to be grateful, a palace man walked quickly outside the Diaoyutai with his head down, and saluted respectfully.

"Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is here to see him."

As soon as he heard the name 'Li Jinglong, Zhu Xiongying was immediately happy.

At that time, when there was a rebellion in the north, the imperial court only ordered the removal of the princes of various vassal kings, but forgot about Li Jinglong, a talent, so from the system of the Eight Classics, Li Jinglong still retained the identity of Cao Guogong.

In addition, Zhu Laosi has returned to the imperial court, and no one remembers the existence of Li Jinglong.

I didn't expect this product to dare to return to Yingtian in a grand manner, and dare to come to see him.

"Let him..."

Zhu Xiongying wanted to say, 'Let him go,'

Zhu Xiongying was not interested in seeing this kind of bad food inside and outside, for the sake of his blind stirring up peace in the north back then, which could be regarded as a disguised meritorious service, Zhu Xiongying did not cut off his title, let him eat and wait for death.

But in the blink of an eye, Zhu Xiongying suddenly thought of something.

"Waste utilization is a Chinese virtue."

Zhu Xiongying changed his words in an instant.

"Declare him in."

Xiaobao stood obediently aside, he had been by His Majesty's side for more than ten years, and he knew Zhu Xiongying's style very well, so he naturally knew that His Majesty had something to arrange.

As for my own business, I'll talk about it later.

"Yes."

The palace people hurriedly saluted, and then quickly ran away and went to the palace to summon Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, who was kneeling outside the palace gate.

96.

Yokai are not tasty