Jiajing pondered for a moment. He had already thought about the question a long time ago, but now that he wanted to ask it, he had to think more carefully and clearly.
"I, is it possible to practice Taoism?"
There was no one in the house, and both Lu Bing and Huang Jin stayed away. Because they know that even if they are as close as the two of them, there are still things they cannot know.
Xiao Feng looked at the word "Dao", but his mind was spinning rapidly. Should he tell the truth? If I tell the truth, can the ideal I designed still be realized? Will Jiajing break the jar?
"The Tao has a head and a path. A snake can't do without a head, but it can be done if it has a head. What Long Live asked is doable." Xiao Feng secretly forgives himself, Teacher Cangjie, although I don't really worship you as my teacher, after all, I learned this skill from your book. Nowadays, there is nothing we can do about deliberately misinterpreting things. People have to learn to be flexible.
Jiajing's face was like a thousand-year-old stagnant water into which a stone had been thrown, and there were small ripples in it. You can tell how excited he must be inside! Xiao Feng gritted his teeth, and it was time to tell the truth.
"However, as the Son of Heaven, Long Live is the head of hundreds of officials and people in the world, but this head cannot escape. The way has the shape of escape, and those who escape hide and run away. As the Son of Heaven, how can you escape without knowing it? And there is no leader. It is difficult to do, it is a dilemma, so although it is possible, it is also difficult to do.”
Jiajing's face wrinkled slightly, looking like he was ten years older: "What can I do? What should I do?"
Xiao Feng said sternly: "Tao has the shape of luck, and if it is supplemented by the luck of the country, it should be able to equal the success of escaping! If the Ming Dynasty is strong and the country's luck is prosperous, the matter of cultivating the Tao will be a matter of course!"
Jiajing became happier again: "Can you see anything more specific?"
Xiao Feng pointed to the words on the paper: "The first one starts with the word "lan", and walking is the way to do it. If someone has the word "lan" or "walking" in his name in the future, he should follow his path and be a long-lived and prosperous person. .”
Jiajing nodded, silently noted it, and then gave a rare smile. His smile was only for a few people, and very few people saw it at ordinary times, but he showed his love to Xiao Feng, and he smiled twice in a while.
"Since junior brother has entered the world, he should have a place to preach. I hope you can build a Taoist temple to save people from running to your house. And your house is too small. How about I give you one?"
Xiao Feng bowed and said: "Thank you, senior brother. I have my own plan for the Taoist temple. I am choosing a place. However, although the capital is large, there is not much open space, so it will take time. As for the house, my family has a small population, and it is enough now. , it’s not too late to say it in the future if it’s not enough.” When Jiajing called himself me, Xiao Feng immediately called him Long Live. When he called himself his senior brother, Xiao Feng also changed his words very quickly.
Jiajing nodded: "That's fine. If you have any difficulties, just come in and see me. You are talented and have the Taoism. Come to listen to politics more and participate in political affairs. This is also the way to join the world."
Xiao Feng hesitated: "Brother, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Jiajing nodded: "But it doesn't matter."
"Long live, if we allow the ministers to listen to the government, then the ministers should have the status of listening to the government, and they cannot listen to the government as the Taoist master. Whether it is the Taoist master or the junior brother, I can only use it when Long live appears as a Taoist. Otherwise, If a Taoist master goes to the palace to listen to politics, it will not only alienate scholars more, but will also create a bad trend for future generations."
Jiajing closed his eyes habitually, thought for a moment, and felt that what Xiao Feng said made sense, so he slowly said: "I understand, Xiao Feng is appointed as the secretary of the Central Committee and can act for the cabinet counselor."
This official position was awarded very wisely. Zhongshu Sheren was originally a seventh-rank official from Zhongshu Province. The Zhongshu Province had been abolished as early as the Hongwu period, but only the official position of Zhongshu Sheren was retained. This official position was originally the miscellaneous officer in the Zhongshu Province. After the Zhongshu Province was abolished, it became a very strange existence.
Let’s talk about a senior official. You can only start from the seventh rank, and seriously speaking, you don’t care about anything. Let’s talk about a junior official. You can see the emperor just by raising your legs. In theory, you are on the same level as the cabinet. You can talk about anything you want. Two sentences. It is a typical flexible official position, with great power and very little power.
Because of this characteristic, this official position has been basically idle for many years in the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, it was activated by Jiajing today.
Xiao Feng thanked him and chatted with Jiajing for a few words before leaving the palace and going home.
In Yan Mansion, the iron triangle of Yan Song, Yan Shifan and Zhao Wenhua were drinking and discussing problems again.
Because Yan Song was present, Yan Shifan was embarrassed to hold the beautiful woman and talk to his father, so he felt a little depressed. Zhao Wenhua is going to go to the south to collect some protection money from the southern contractors, so today is a farewell, and at the same time he wants to entrust Tan Xinren to his godfather.
Hearing the news brought back by Yan Song, Zhao Wenhua blinked: "From Zhongshushe? This official has been idle for a long time. From the seventh rank, Zhizhi junior official, long live what you think?"
Yan Song glanced at Zhao Wenhua: "Xiao Feng has the identity of Wenxuan Zhenren, who is naturally above the fourth rank. He can meet the emperor without kneeling down, so what does his actual position have to do with it. The problem is that Zhongshu Sheren can not only go to the palace to listen to politics, but also enter the cabinet. Counselor, the cabinet can’t control him in name! Long live this, we want to reuse him!”
Yan Shifan put down his wine glass and chuckled: "Father is over-concerned. I haven't thought about how to use it in Banzai, so I temporarily got such a vague official position. When Banzai thinks about it, I will naturally change it. Now is the time to talk about using it again. It’s too early, it’s just that his step-by-step progress is indeed a bit fast, so we can’t ignore it completely.”
Zhao Wenhua glanced at Yan Shifan carefully: "East Tower, we encouraged the Hanlin Academy and scholars to besiege Xiao Feng, but in the end we gave Xiao Feng a chance to become famous in the literary world. What should we do next? Tan Xinren heard that Xiao Feng After Feng convinced the Hanlin Academy, he was a little scared. We have to reassure him so that he can make money for us."
Yan Shifan glanced at him and sneered unabashedly: "Brother Wenhua said it nicely. Before Tan Xinren got into trouble, you hid it, for fear that he would have contact with my Yan family, right? Now you You can’t settle it yourself, and you’re talking about him making money for us again?”
Zhao Wenhua's face turned red, and he secretly scolded Yan Shifan for being unkind, but he didn't dare to protest, so he had to look at his godfather for help. After all, the godfather was a godfather. He coughed and said, "Donglou, Wenhua is one of our own, don't be so mean."
Yan Shifan then smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's a business dispute between Tan Xinren and Xiao Feng. As long as he stabilizes his position, bankruptcy is not that easy. As for dealing with Xiao Feng, I have another trick. He wants to cultivate both literature and Taoism, not only Scholars don't like him, even those Taoist priests who work for a living, and the temple leaders in Taoist temples also regard him as an alien. The key is that he will harm the interests of these people."
Zhao Wenhua's eyes lit up: "Yes, those Taoist priests are not easy to mess with, and there are quite a few who are well-known in the court. If they want to deal with Xiao Feng, then he will be the one to look good!"
Yan Shifan drank another drink: "So, let Tan Xinren go to Baiyun Temple, Longhu Mountain, Wudang Mountain and other places to spend money, just say long live your favor and trust in Xiao Feng. In time, Xiao Feng will be the leader of the Taoist sect. Look at these awesome people. Don’t be in a hurry!”
