This is the first time Zhao Ran has spoken to Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly explained: "The abbot forgives the sin." It was only after the lower officials arrived at the palace that they knew King Yu's original intentions. And whether to ask the abbot to check the qualifications is also decided by His Royal Highness King Yu after talking with the abbot, which shows that His Royal Highness King Yu has a very good impression of the abbot today......"

Zhao Ran was silent for a while, and said, "If there is such a thing again, you have to say it in advance." Don't take it as an example!"

Zhang Juzheng wiped his sweat and said, "Yes." ”

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Has the abbot heard that His Majesty is cultivating?"

Zhao Ran was very surprised: "Where did you hear the news?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "Feng Daban said. ”

"Does he have any evidence?"

"No, Feng Daban has never seen it himself. But he said that the reason why he was demoted from the palace was related to this. Chen Hong and Meng Chong controlled the inner court, and the news in the palace was extremely guarded. When he was just serving as the master of ceremonies the year before last, he once met Meng Chong, the supervisor of Shangshan, who personally moved a box at night and didn't know where to go, he stepped forward to say hello, Meng Chong was so frightened that he dropped the box to the ground and sprinkled cinnabar all over the ground...... Less than seven days later, he was dismissed from his post as the head of Yuwang's Mansion. ”

"Cinnabar is normal, and it doesn't mean anything. ”

But he was later removed from office for no reason, which makes one have to be suspicious...... What's more, about His Majesty's cultivation, there are actually rumors in the palace...... Feng Daban said that His Majesty once got drunk and went crazy in the palace, and was very dissatisfied with the rule that the emperor was not allowed to practice in the Daomen, and said that he would have to choose an heir who could practice to take over as Dabao in the future. ”

"Is this true or false? Why are they all rumors? King Yu is in a hurry to cultivate because of this rumor?"

In February this year, His Royal Highness King Yu entered the palace to greet the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother also said to His Royal Highness King Yu that it was a pity that he had no talent for cultivation. When His Highness returned, he became more and more depressed, and often lamented himself for the night. ”

Zhao Ran asked: "Which queen mother?" After the emperor was decided in Yuanfu Palace to pursue King Xing, there were two queen mothers in the palace, one was the queen mother of Xiaokang, and the other was the queen mother of the emperor. But generally speaking, the world still respects the Empress Dowager Xiaokang, who is the main lord and lives in the West Palace, and the mother of the Empress Dowager, that is, the original Princess Xing, lives in another palace - Xingqing Palace.

Zhang Juzheng replied: "It's the Empress Dowager Xiaokang of Xigong." ”

Although King Yu is not the grandson of the Empress Dowager Xiaokang, he has been close to Xiaokang since he was a child, but he has no relationship with his biological mother, the Empress Dowager, which is no wonder, after all, Princess Xing only moved from the feudal country to Ouchi seven years ago. If this sentence came out of the mouth of the Empress Dowager Xiaokang, I really don't know what it means.

Zhao Ran didn't know what to say for a while, but said: "My Daomen does not allow the Son of Heaven sitting on the throne to practice, this is a rule for hundreds of years, King Yu only relies on these few words, he wants to take the path of cultivation, I'm afraid it's a little rash, right?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "Isn't it said that the government belongs to the Son of Heaven now?"

Zhao Ran said: "That doesn't mean that this rule will change." ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't continue to refute Zhao Ran, and if he refuted again, he would not be happy, so he said: "The abbot doesn't have to worry too much, the lower officials and others are also afraid that King Yu will lose confidence and will be depressed and sinking." As long as the abbot gives His Royal Highness Yuwang a reason to persevere. ”

Whether King Yu has the talent to cultivate, in fact, everyone knows it, and Zhao Ran also believes that he must have tested his qualifications after he was five years old, but he still keeps letting people check it, so he can only say that he is too persistent, and he smiled bitterly at the moment: "Where can I find this exercise for him?"

Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but say: "I heard that Your Majesty also had no qualifications back then......

Zhao Ran Zhengse said: "First, my Daomen has never said that the emperor can practice, don't say that I can't find this kind of exercise, even if I find it, I won't pass it on to him; As for the emperor, let's find empirical evidence. ”

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said: "Yes." Feng Daban and I also want the abbot to come forward to coax him, so that he can be content if his body is stronger. ”

When he arrived at the foot of Jilong Mountain, Zhao Ran said to Zhang Juzheng: "I will go to Yuwang's Mansion in a few days." ”

Zhang Juzheng sent Zhao Ran up the mountain and sighed softly.

Zhao Ran's Monk Lecture Hall Refresher Course is still continuing, and the third and fourth rounds of the cultivation ball have also been successfully completed, which is already halfway through the competition.

On the ranking list, Xing Tenghe of Zhaozhen Pavilion ranked first in the Grand Mage Group, Du Xingyan of Lingxu Pavilion won the first place in the Jindan Mage Group, and in the Huangguan Group, Yan Shifan temporarily took the lead, as a monk from a non-Xuanmen authentic background, it was extremely rare to be able to get the first place in the group.

The first place in each group will become the champion of next year's spring competition, and the bottom seven will get a "wild card" to directly qualify for next year's spring competition and continue to fight for a place in the finals.

When it comes to next year's spring tournament, the first place winner in the final stage of each group will play three big battles against the champions, this is an offensive battle, and the winner will receive a huge prize money. Each subsequent season will have a champion in the ring, and the rest will compete for the challenge, which is the most attractive part of next year's tournament.

And as the practice ball competition continues to heat up,Four seasons money village one by one to make up for the outlets,There have been more and more state capitals to join the lottery sales boom,Lottery sales are rising,To the fourth period,It has risen to 136,000 taels,Happy everyone's face is smiling.

In this regard,Zhao Ran's expectation is,By the time the spring tournament and the postseason challenge are held next year,Lottery sales should be able to easily break through the 200,000 mark,The income of all parties will be twice as much as originally expected!

In November, the main course of the Lecture Hall Refresher Course had already begun to enter the later stage, and the Daolu Division arranged for the three classes of refresher monks to go down to various Taoist palaces and monasteries in Nanzhili to visit and discuss one by one.

This is a learning method that combines theory and practice, and the person who contributed to this method is Zhao Ran, and even Daolu Si Zhengyin, the Jinghui Great Refiner who has never been smiling, also smiled and agreed with this.

Zhao Ran is a monk in the palace advanced training class, so the places where the thirty-six monks in their group visited the symposium were all the Taoist palaces of Nanzhili, and the first one to go was the Xuantan Palace of Yingtianfu.

Xuantan Palace is not far from the Qinhuai River, in a prosperous and lively place, and the main god enshrined is Marshal Zhengyi Xuantan Zhao.

Yingtianfu is the great government of the world, under the jurisdiction of Shangyuan, Jiangning, Jurong, Liyang, Lishui, Gaochun, Jiangpu, Liuhe eight counties, Xuantan Palace also correspondingly under the jurisdiction of eight counties.

This is a large mansion with a total population of 3 million, and the population and resources faced by such a Taoist palace are four times that of the Tianhe Palace! Therefore, Zhao Ran was full of strong interest in visiting the Xuantan Palace.