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Chapter 994: Not Taking Side, the Real Dao Master

When people get old, they will disdain the so-called rules.

Chen Zheng is such a person. When he is happy, he can be like a child. He does not hide his dissatisfaction with anyone and says whatever he thinks.

"... That day when I entered the palace, I happened to meet that person... Lu Wei, who was complaining to His Majesty that his daughter did not want to get married. His words were full of hints.

Boy, I am very curious, why did you abandon Lu and choose that inconspicuous woman? Are you worried that His Majesty will be afraid? You think too much, for His Majesty, the so-called foreign relatives are nothing but monkeys. "

Chen Zheng ate Jiang Qingzhi's pickled broad beans and drank some wine while happily gossiping about Jiang Qingzhi. "Since ancient times, deep love is the most precious thing! Boy, don't waste your best years. While you can still make a living, make a living. As for women, what's wrong with taking a few more?"

Xu Wei smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, the master already has a wife."

That is Lu's daughter, how can she be a concubine? Aren't you worried that Concubine Lu Jing will be angered to death!
Chen Zheng glanced at him sideways, "You, Xu Wei, claim to be wild, but you are also bound by these so-called rules. People should live freely. As long as it does not harm others, you can do whatever you want.

If you don't want to get married, then stay single. If you want to marry as many women as you want, then marry as many as you want as long as we are willing. What about wife and concubines? That's just a bullshit rule made up by men."

Jiang Qingzhi was somewhat curious about the old man's mentality, "Then Mr. Chen, tell me, how many men can a woman have?"

Xu Wei thought his boss was crazy.

Chen Zheng said without hesitation: "As long as you and I are willing, why not?"

He looked at Jiang Qingzhi and said, "Boy, do you think I am too unorthodox?"

King Jing standing next to him was stunned.

Jiang Qingzhi said: "This is a very good statement."

Chen Zheng looked at Jiang Qingzhi and suddenly laughed, "He is indeed an interesting boy. I am not alone in my path! Hahahaha!"

Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "Men and women are actually both human beings."

"Great!" Chen Zheng's eyes lit up. "Humans are actually no different from pigs and dogs."

"No, people have souls." Jiang Qingzhi did not agree with this.

"Humans have five internal organs, pigs and dogs also have five internal organs, why are they different?"

The old man and Jiang Qingzhi got into a fight.

"The body is just a carrier of the soul." Jiang Qingzhi lit up the incense, his eyes dim, "The essence of all things is the soul, and the external body is just a form of existence in this world, a carrier."

"Carrier?" Chen Zheng fell into deep thought.

"Master, there's a young man outside who said he had something important to tell us. When we asked him, he just shook his head and said he wouldn't tell us unless he saw you."

When Jiang Qingzhi saw Muramasa's eldest son, he was squatting in the corner eating dry food. The dry food was pancakes, which he ate very sweetly.

"Uncle!"

Hearing the voice, the eldest brother stood up, somewhat at a loss. He lowered his head, not daring to look at Jiang Qingzhi, "Hello, uncle."

"What's the matter?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.

Mo Zhan stood on his left and Sun Chonglou on his right. Jiang Qingzhi was sure that even if the world's best master came, he would not be able to assassinate him.

The eldest brother lowered his head and said, "My father said that there was something wrong with the merchant caravan that came to the village. The rice balls they ate were the same as those of the Japanese pirates, and they smelled like the sea. Those people were very silent and didn't look like merchants... Their eyes were not right either..."

What the boss said was a little messy, but it was enough.

Jiang Qingzhi asked some more questions, and then ordered: "Give him some hot food. Oh, can we continue on our journey?"

The eldest brother nodded vigorously, "We can still walk a few more times."

Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "Then I'll take the trouble."

He went back and saw Chen Zheng still in deep thought... For an old man of this age, death is the biggest threat, and the meaning of life can support them to persist in living in their old age when they are full of illnesses.

"The local village has discovered Japanese pirates." As soon as Jiang Qingzhi started talking, Xu Wei suddenly stood up and said, "The soldiers guarding the city are unreliable."

This reaction... King Jing nodded, "For a large group of Japanese pirates to penetrate into Songjiang Prefecture, there must be someone leading the way."

The fourth brother is really good. Jiang Qingzhi found that Chen Zheng was looking at him with interest, obviously wanting to see his attitude towards King Jing.

The fight for the throne is about the supreme position. As the prince's teacher and the prince's elder, how do you, Jiang Qingzhi, deal with being caught between two princes?

Chen Zheng felt that he would have a headache if he were in her shoes.

He coughed dryly, "King Jing should go to study."

This excuse was so poor that Jiang Qingzhi even felt that the old man did it on purpose.

Prince Jing, who wanted to participate in this plan, left, leaving only Jiang Qingzhi, Chen Zheng and Xu Wei in the study.

Chen Zheng asked: "Which of the two princes do you think is better?"

Xu Wei sighed, "Mr. Chen, the Lord will not be involved in this matter."

"He is the prince's teacher and also an elder. The dispute over the new policy will continue for many years... the attitude of the new emperor is crucial." The old man did not even shy away from the topic of the emperor's life and death. Even someone as bold as Xu Wei could only sigh that he was inferior to him.

"Taking sides is for profit, why should I take sides?" Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "As for the new emperor and the new policy, that is the general trend. If the general trend is with me, then everything will come naturally. If the general trend is not with me, even if I try my best to please him, it will be useless."

"The general trend..." Chen Zheng thought of the general trend when Emperor Jiajing first ascended the throne, "Where do you think the general trend is now?"

"It's with me."

"The Ming Dynasty is said to be ruled by the Zhu family, but in fact, it has been ruled by Confucianism since Emperor Chengzu. Confucianism still dominates the Ming Dynasty. How can you say that the general trend is the New Deal?"

The old man did not come to the south to play. In fact, he did not come out again for fame and fortune, but because the Emperor Jiajing sent a message:
——Sir, the new policy has started again!

When Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he carried out drastic reforms. Although he did not call it the New Deal, all of his measures were considered New Deals.

Implement new policies again?
Chen Zheng thought of the situation when Emperor Jiajing was in danger several times after the failure of the first new policy, and finally fled to the Western Garden to avoid disaster. The second time he implemented the new policy, it was almost a death sentence.

This disciple... is so damn stubborn!

When Chen Zheng inquired, he learned that Emperor Jiajing actually let his cousin, a young man in his twenties, take charge of the new policy. Even though he was a person who didn't follow the rules, he still thought that the Taoist was crazy.

He hurried to Beijing just to see if the emperor was really crazy or just pretending to be crazy. But after a conversation, Daoye praised Jiang Qingzhi highly. He told Chen Zheng everything that Jiang Qingzhi had done in the past few years, which shocked Chen Zheng.

A great figure of the Mohist school.

The famous general of Ming Dynasty!

An early planner and executor of the New Deal.

The biogas digester benefits the country and the people, and the cleansing of the imperial guards has enabled the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Chengzu to face the foreign tribes on the grasslands for the first time and win the battle...

Suppress the Japanese!
Let the southeast be at peace.

The Northern Expedition defeated Altan Khan, the greatest threat to the Ming Dynasty, and allowed the Ming Dynasty to balance the situation in the north again.

The nine borders welcomed the long-awaited peace.

Clean up the fields, kill the monkey to scare the chickens...

The more Chen Zheng listened, the more he found this young man interesting, but he kept mumbling something about him being talkative and unreliable.

The Taoist priest was sentimental and smiled, "Since you are worried, why don't we wait for Qingzhi to come back and let him have a discussion with you?"

Jiang Qingzhi once had a debate with a group of scholars and won a great victory. The Taoist felt that his cousin could impress the scholars.

But Chen Zheng couldn't bear it any longer, so he went south to look for Jiang Qingzhi.

Chen Zheng's status was different, and as he was old, he no longer cared about the rules, so he asked Emperor Jiajing about his opinions on the two princes and his intention to establish a crown prince.

——A country cannot be without a crown prince.

Otherwise, if the emperor suddenly leaves, there may be chaos.

But Emperor Jiajing smiled bitterly and said the verdict that the two dragons should not meet, and the death of the former crown prince. I met him, and then... I left.

As for which of the two princes to choose, Emperor Jiajing did not say it clearly, but remained silent.

Chen Zheng stared at Jiang Qingzhi. "Confucianism is as bright as the sun. How dare you say you can shake it? Also, when I was in the capital, I talked to your Majesty about you for a long time. I have never seen your Majesty think so highly of anyone. If that's the case, why don't you suggest establishing a crown prince? You know the dangers of a country without a crown prince."

"Your Majesty is worried about the judgment that two dragons cannot meet, so let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the crown prince." Jiang Qingzhi did not avoid this question. Seeing Chen Zheng's bright eyes, he couldn't help but smile, thinking that the old man was interesting. "Mr. Chen only thought about the danger of the country without a crown prince, but forgot one thing."

"What's the matter?"

Chen Zheng felt that he had planned everything. "Boy, don't think that you have planned everything. In the past, I assisted His Majesty in fighting against Yang Tinghe and others. I have experienced more than you. Although there is no swordplay, the bloodless fighting is really terrifying!"

Jiang Qingzhi said calmly, "Your Majesty said that he was worried about having two dragons coexisting after the crown prince is appointed."

Chen Zheng nodded.

The crown prince is a young dragon, but once he is appointed as the heir, there will be two dragons.

One of them must die!

"Your Majesty is sentimental."

"That's why I'm willing to come out of seclusion again. Otherwise, I'd rather learn from Zhuangzi and roll in the mud."

"Your Majesty has only two sons. Once the crown prince is appointed, no matter who he is, the two will become monarch and subject. The other prince can only go to his fiefdom in disgrace... and the father and son will be separated from then on."

Chen Zheng's body trembled. "I have never thought about this, but he is the emperor! The emperor..."

"Shouldn't an emperor have family affection? Should an emperor be heartless and ungrateful, and should he be a lonely man?"

Jiang Qingzhi looked at Chen Zheng and said softly, "The more you value something or a person, the more you will involuntarily come up with various reasons to keep it. People like constancy the most. And what your majesty is pursuing is the constancy of family affection."

Chen Zheng was stunned. "You mean, the two dragons not meeting each other... is just an excuse for His Majesty. His real purpose is to keep both sons by his side?"

Jiang Qingzhi nodded, "Your Majesty is stubborn. What do you mean two dragons cannot meet? The former crown prince was poisoned. Your Majesty's family has been in danger many times. How could he not understand the absurdity of the judgment that two dragons cannot meet? He believed half of it, but the other half was self-deception. The purpose..."

Capital.

"Father! Father!"

Changle's voice came from outside the hall, and it sounded very happy.

The Taoist looked up.

Changle came in happily, carrying a food box. "Dad, today I made the sweet and sour pork that my cousin taught me. I tried it and it's...delicious."

Why does the tone sound a bit guilty?
Huang Jin shuddered.

Dao Ye said calmly: "Oh!"

Changle opened the food box, took out the homemade food, and served it to Daoye attentively, "Dad, try it."

The Taoist picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork and put it into his mouth, and his back suddenly tightened.

"Dad, is it delicious?"

Changle looked at him eagerly and asked with some guilt.

Every chef thinks that the food he cooks...even if it's not delicious, it's not bad either.

Daoye's brows relaxed, "Okay."

Changle was immediately happy, "Then I will go back...when my cousin comes back from the south, I will learn a few more dishes from him."

"it is good."

Watching Changle leave, the Taoist looked down at the sweet and sour pork... Huang Jin had a bitter look on his face, ready to take over.

The Taoist picked up another piece and put it into his mouth, chewing it slowly.

"It tastes good."

He chewed slowly, as if tasting something...

(End of this chapter)