The Supreme Emperor finished his Xuanxiu and came to the main hall of Fengtian Hall with the chief steward Dongfang Zhu.
Guangde Emperor Liu Kan had been waiting in the palace for a long time. When he saw his father coming out of seclusion, he quickly stepped forward and knelt down:
"I respectfully wish your majesty to be in peace. I would like to ask, is your majesty in peace?"
The Supreme Emperor waved the Buddha dust, fluttered his Taoist robes, and said softly: "I bow in peace."
Liu Kan then stood up and looked timidly at the Supreme Emperor.
My father looked taller and more majestic than usual, and his complexion was more rosy. He did not look like a man in his forties at all.
There are rumors in the palace that the Supreme Emperor and Zhang Zhenren have completed their spiritual cultivation. They just need to kill Tokugawa Iemitsu, the evil dragon from the East China Sea, and then they can become immortals and live as long as the heavens.
Emperor Guangde Liu Kan received formal Confucian education since he was a child and did not believe in ghosts and gods at all.
In his opinion, his father's practice of Xuanxuan was an unreasonable thing. He himself hated Zhang Yi Xing, Tao Wenhe and a group of Taoist priests deeply.
However, the recent miracles that happened to his father gave the twenty-year-old emperor Liu Kan a new perspective on the world.
"To be too old to die is to be a thief. I am old."
The Supreme Emperor waved away Dongfang Zhu and motioned for Liu Kan to sit next to him.
Only the father and son were left in the main hall.
"My father's life span is as long as the sky, how can he grow old? I heard that my father will soon lead a military expedition to pacify the Japanese country."
The Supreme Emperor nodded noncommittally.
Emperor Guangde clasped his fists and said: "Father, I am willing to personally fight for my father. As long as Tokugawa Iemitsu is killed, my father will be among the immortals. Now that the army has set off, it will be just around the corner to take down the heads of the Japanese pirates."
Liu Zhaosun looked at Liu Kan carefully, looked him up and down, waved his hand and said: "Killing Tokugawa Iemitsu is only the first step. You must kill seven mandrills before you can become an immortal."
Master Zhang told the Supreme Emperor, in a situation like yours, it is impossible to achieve enlightenment by eating fast and chanting Buddha's name alone, and it is not possible to release animals. Only killing mandrills may lead to immortality.
The so-called mandrills refer to those evil people who appear once in a hundred years, commit great crimes, and poison all living beings.
Generally, the killing is very serious and goes against the laws of nature. According to a certain Taoist theory, a person who is determined to become an immortal can kill seven mandrills before he can achieve enlightenment.
It's just that mandrills usually work for high-ranking people, and ordinary immortal cultivators can't come into contact with them, let alone eliminate harm for the people.
By the fourth year of Guangde, the mandrills killed by the Supreme Emperor included Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Li Xianzhong, and Zhu Youjian.
Needless to say, the slave chief Nurhachi slaughtered Liaodong and enslaved the people of Liaodong. Under his rule, no less than ten thousand people of Liaodong were killed and starved to death. This man did not even spare his own brothers, and even chopped his brother-in-law to death. With two halves, it can be regarded as a standard mandrill.
As for Huang Taiji, because of his stubborn resistance in Hetuala, Sun Chuanting had to choose to massacre the city, involving tens of thousands of people. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a mandrill.
Li Xianzhong's crime was even greater. He led the refugees all the way from northern Shaanxi to the capital. The team snowballed and grew bigger and bigger. They not only burned, killed and looted all the way east, but also brought the plague from Xuanfu in Datong to North China, which eventually caused Wu Dingyuan's death. There was a plague epidemic in 2008, and millions of people in the capital were killed or injured. This blood debt must of course be recorded on Li Xianzhong's head. As the saying goes, don't die peacefully and starve, just follow the example of the mantis with its arms full. The travel between Chu and Shu was rampant, and the troops were in chaos.
The Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youjian, under the premise that the Supreme Emperor had completely controlled the situation of the Ming Dynasty, ignored the peaceful transition of imperial power and acted as a chariot for his own selfish interests. He colluded with Zhang Chun, bewitched the rebels, and attacked the capital. In the end, he did not hesitate to die with the Supreme Emperor. Zhang Chun rebelled. Zhu Youjian was the culprit for hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty military and civilian casualties.
In short, the above four people are all extremely evil people who have brought disaster to the country and the people.
More than a million people died directly or indirectly at their hands, so they are all veritable mandrills.
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The seven mandrills needed to become immortals, plus Tokugawa Iemitsu who had not yet been executed, were still two short.
Who are the last two mandrills?
Looking at the world, there are only a few people who commit heinous crimes.
The Supreme Emperor had reason to suspect that he was also a mandrill.
From the Battle of Saarhu to the Three Massacres of Zhangzhou in Ten Days in Yangzhou, the number of people killed directly and indirectly by Liu Zhaosun ranged from 800,000 to 1 million.
Regardless of the facts, killing so many people, regardless of the motive, is considered a heinous crime.
Therefore, regardless of the facts, it is reasonable to attribute the Supreme Emperor to the last two Mandrills.
Finally, the Supreme Emperor realized that if he wanted to become an immortal, he had to kill himself first.
Perhaps this is the legendary Nirvana of the Phoenix rising from the ashes.
Who's in the last spot?
The Supreme Emperor was puzzled.
In the dark, a voice told him that the mandrill was also in Japan.
"The Japanese country is a knot in my heart. The failure of the Eastern Expedition and the disastrous defeat of the army were all because of my military control... Only by killing Tokugawa Iemitsu with my own hands can I go out. Only by killing the Japanese pirates can I become an adult. Ascension to the Immortal. You stay in Nanjing to guard and wait for me to kill the murderous mandrill. After returning from the Eastern Expedition, you will ascend in the daytime. All the military and political power of Da Qi will be handed over to you. You will be the real emperor of Da Qi. I can rest assured and accompany your mother. "
Before the Supreme Emperor could finish speaking, Liu Kan knelt down with a plop, his eyes red, and his voice whimpered:
"My father's prosperity is as great as the heavens, and his longevity is as long as the heavens. Great Qi cannot live without my father. My father is at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period. My son and I ask my father to continue to be regent. I can go to the Eastern Expedition."
The Supreme Emperor helped Liu Kan up and said with relief: "I am old and tired. What is old is not my appearance, but my enterprising spirit. I don't want to bother anymore. When the Japanese country is destroyed, Daqi will be on the right track, and the country will be prosperous. The remaining It’s up to you to do it.”
Liu Kan looked at his father with red eyes. He knew that his father was determined to delegate power in advance this time.
"I may not be able to take on big responsibilities. The affairs of the country are complicated. Bashu and Lingnan have not yet been settled. Government orders from the north to the south are inconsistent. I am afraid that there will be a bloody storm in the future. I am worried that my qualifications are shallow and I am afraid that I will not be able to control the people below..."
Emperor Guangde was terrified.
Over the years, the Supreme Emperor has been protecting Liu Kan like a big tree, shielding him from wind and rain. Now that the big tree is about to fall, Liu Kan suddenly feels a little scared.
The territory of the empire is vast, several times that of the previous Ming Dynasty. At present, the four directions are not peaceful, the borders are overgrown with grass, and the temples are fighting with each other.
Liu Kan, who was only twenty years old and didn't even have much of a team, suddenly came to power, so it was naturally difficult to give orders.
"There is no road in this world. If there are more people walking, there will be a road. Kan'er, you are doing very well in Yangzhou. Running the country is not as difficult as you think. My father is from a humble background. If I hadn't met my adoptive father, Liu Wei, I’m afraid you are still working as a magician in Junzhou, cheating money by cheating every day... The situation you are facing now is much better than when you were your father, so there is no need to worry."
"But, so many people died in Yangzhou..."
Liu Kan hesitated to speak. The Qi army slaughtered in Yangzhou for ten days, killing all the Cao army, Luo Jiao, and Yashang who rebelled against the empire. Because there were so many people killed, the Qinhuai River was dyed red with blood. In the end, Liu Kan couldn't bear it and was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
"Father, there is something that I have always wanted to ask you."
Liu Zhaosun put down his fly whisk and looked at his son lovingly.
"Just ask."
Liu Kan said uneasily: "Father, not even one out of ten people in Yangzhou can survive, and tens of thousands of people have died in Zhangzhou. Is this the great road and justice?"
The Supreme Emperor thought for a moment and then replied:
"Kan'er, my father's understanding of the right way is very simple. The right way, or justice, has nothing to do with right and wrong. As long as people in the world want to do something and finally accomplish it, what you do is justice."
The Supreme Emperor gave an example: "Just like the eastward expedition to the Japanese country, Zheng Yishi landed in Ezo and attacked the Japanese south. If the army wants to occupy the Ezo land, it will inevitably encounter resistance from the local indigenous people - even if these people have enmity with the Japanese pirates - The army will kill all the natives of Ezo, and then continue to attack the Japanese country. In the future, there will be no accusations against the empire, and no one will regard the massacre of the Northern Route Army as a massacre. Because the people of Daqi want to occupy More land reclamation, of course including Ezo land. Because in the end we won, this is justice."
The Emperor's definition of justice is jaw-dropping.
Emperor Guangde bit the bullet and asked again:
"Father, if we can capture Edo and occupy all the feudal lords in this eastern expedition to Japan, how many great names will our father prepare to leave behind?"
Liu Zhaosun said lovingly:
"Kill them all without leaving any one alive. This is justice."
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