Although we don’t know what will happen, many wonderful things in this world always happen inadvertently!
The deep hall was solemn, because Guo Rong's physical decline was not mentioned to the outside world. But because everyone knew about Guo Rong's injury, it seemed to be cast a shadow.
In the past few days since the emperor returned to the palace, all the idle palace maids and chambermaids have been withdrawn outside the side hall. They are absolutely not allowed to come over when there is no need to serve. Nowadays, apart from Fu Diqing, the head of Luquan County, the only person who can enter this hall is Chen Shouyuan, the shadow guest who has been following the emperor.
Although there are people in the hall at this time, it does not make the hall appear more energetic!
"Don't you feel strange, Your Majesty?" Chen Shouyuan thought thoughtfully, looking at the empty and see-through eyes of the palace door window, which seemed to make people feel that he had a certain temperament all over him.
This is a mysterious and mysterious feeling, which makes people think that his existence is somewhat unreal. It feels like you can see his existence, but it also seems a bit ethereal! He was clearly standing there, but it seemed that his position was unclear.
His whole demeanor was enough to make people feel intimidating.
"Sir, what you are saying is that they have completely grasped the dynamics of the court officials? Their power in the dark is huge, and their ability to grasp information is clearer than mine?" Although Guo Rong was unwilling to admit this, but thinking about what happened before, he felt But this is an indisputable fact. In fact, he understands the extent of his physical decline better than anyone else, but as a ninety-five-year-old man, there is no way he is willing to believe in his own end.
Especially Guo Rong, who has great ambitions, can be said to feel that he is the master of this era!
But it happened that this master was said to be coming to an end soon. No one could accept this fact.
"According to Lao Dao, the rise of White Wolf Village in the Central Plains area has not been long. However, it is well-organized and extremely united. It is not a fluke that the White Wolf King can successfully stand out! But what makes Lao Dao strange is, why did he want to Are you sending those things to His Majesty?" Although he had a lot on his mind, even the White Wolf King was heavily implicated, Chen Shouyuan did not say anything out loud.
After all, as a Taoist master of the generation, what Chen Shouyuan represents is completely different from Taoist Master Shi Zhenren. What's more, he should have been dead for a long time, but he is still living in the Great Zhou Palace. This is a fact that many people cannot accept! It can be said that he has mixed feelings about Guo Rong.
Because their branch of Taoism originally had a bloodline with the overseas Paradise Sect, but of course there were differences, so they were called the Ziwei Sect by the world.
As the leader of this generation of Ziwei Sect, Chen Shouyuan and his two other junior disciples, Xu Yanlin and Sheng Tao, were originally known as the Three Saints of Ziwei. At that time, the reputation of the Three Saints of Ziwei could be said to be as good as that of any top master in the arena. But this era is changing so fast. In less than thirty years, people in the world seem to have forgotten it.
They also once made waves in the coastal Fujian country, and they also had a great reputation in the world, but it seems that all of this is like a passing cloud. However, because the Wang family and his son who were in charge of Fujian could be said to be idiots who did not understand politics, they ultimately wasted their fortune and were eliminated in the tide of time.
The Ziwei Sect, which was originally very powerful in the Fujian Kingdom, quickly disappeared due to the demise of the Fujian Kingdom.
Outsiders naturally don't know the inside story, but Chen Shouyuan is actually in trouble. Because the reason why I am standing here today has to be said to be due to my experience in Fujian. Recalling the original situation, when looking at Guo Rong in front of him, Chen Shouyuan's mind was like images, with countless shots flashing quickly.
The Ziwei Sect in Fujian was founded because of Wang Yanjun, but it also perished because of Wang Yanjun. Of course, it was indeed because Wang Yanjun liked Buddhism and Taoism that Ziwei Sect first entered Fujian. In addition, Chen Shouyuan had some means, which allowed the spread of Christianity in Fujian quickly.
However, it seems that after hearing about the rise of Ziwei Sect, it offended someone and slowed down.
This was the pressure from the Lingnan court, because Wang Yanjun had not yet proclaimed himself emperor at that time. Due to the power of the Lingnan separatist dynasty, he had to make some concessions later.
Maybe today few people know the reason, but at the beginning it was known to everyone in the Central Plains. Because Liu Yan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty who was able to proclaim himself emperor in Lingnan, was not only related by marriage to Dali, which was rising in the southwest, but he was also the son-in-law of Ma Yin, the king of Chu. Moreover, they are also related by marriage to Fujian and Wu Yue. Although this relationship is not strong in this era, imagine that the second generation descendants are the children of both parties. This family relationship is somewhat tied.
The most famous among them is Wang Yanjun, Emperor Taizong who founded the Republic of Fujian. His Queen Mingde, Liu Dexiu, was the daughter of Liu Yan, the founder of the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu Yan, who is known as the real Jiao Zhe, ranks first in the "Celebrities and Strange Arts List". It can be said that he is a figure that even the Central Plains does not look down upon. If it weren't for the fact that more than half of his sons were born to the Ma Chu Ma family, Liu Yan would have already marched north.
Of course, there are too many factors involved in this kind of thing, and Liu Yan may not necessarily have the ambition to dominate the world. But during the twenty or thirty years he was emperor, he really felt like he was the only one in the world. Not to mention that the Wang family in Fujian did not dare to rebel against Liu Yan, I am afraid that even the separatist regimes in the Central Plains did not dare to openly and truly oppose Liu Yan.
The real reason that hindered the development of Ziweijiao in Fujian, as Chen Shouyuan learned later, was probably because Liu Yan suspected the death of his daughter. At that time, Liu Dexiu was only in his thirties. He was not young in this era, but he was definitely not old either. Liu Yan suspected that she died at the hands of Taoists, and only Ziwei Sect was popular in Fujian, so he put pressure on Fujian to hold her accountable.
Originally, with Wang Yanjun's attitude, he really wanted to imitate his father-in-law and become the overlord of the coastal areas of Fujian. So the Ziwei Palace was built for Ziweijiao in an attempt to compete with Liu Yan's Southern Han Dynasty. However, at that time, he cleverly used Liu Yan's reputation and became very popular along the coast. Even the mainstream post-Tang Dynasty court had to take it seriously. Because of the strong support of Ziweijiao, Wang Yanjun finally decided to become the emperor himself.
Not only did Chen Shouyuan be conferred the title of Mr. Dongzhen, but he also adopted Ziwei Religion as the state religion.
Because Wang Yanjun understood that it was naturally impossible for someone like Liu Yan, who was already an emperor, to climb mountains and wading rivers to rush to Fujian to cause trouble for the Ziwei Sect. What's more, when Liu Dexiu died, he left six children to Wang Yanjun. If this family relationship existed, Liu Yan would not go too far. Because among these children, there were four boys and two girls including Wang Jipeng, the later Emperor Kangzong.
Liu Yan seemed to be a bit cunning. Seeing that things were irreversible, he just sent a letter to Wang Yanjun, hoping that after his daughter died, he could see his nephew. Wang Yanjun was planning to become an independent emperor and needed an in-law like Lingnan as a cover, so he naturally would not disobey Liu Yan's wishes. He sent his eldest son Wang Jipeng to Prince Xing's Mansion to visit his relatives, and at the same time, he drew closer to each other and showed the drama of licking the calf.
As for what Wang Jipeng experienced in Prince Xing's Mansion, no one knows. However, from the second year of Changxing (931) until the fourth year of Changxing and the first year of Longqi (933) before Wang Yanjun proclaimed himself emperor, Wang Jipeng set off from Prince Xing's Mansion back to Fujian.
In order to show his maternal love, Liu Yan, Emperor Gaozu of the Southern Han Dynasty, sent a team of 3,000 people to send his nephew back to Fujian. This caused a sensation in Fujian, which had not yet become independent at that time, and Wang Jipeng became his father's right-hand man at a young age.
Then three years after the death of Queen Mingde, Wang Yanjun finally got his wish and proclaimed himself emperor in Fujian. All this seemed normal, because the Central Plains was completely out of control, and the power of Yang and Wu at that time was also being transferred. As for Wu and Yue, they did not dare to go south, so the independence of Fujian came naturally.
Not to mention Wang Yanjun's triumph, he also later received support from Lingnan. After all, Liu Yan is not stupid. Regardless of whether Wang Yanjun is obedient or not, at least he is his son-in-law, not to mention that his successor can only be his own nephew.
The whole territory of Fujian was immersed in celebrations, and even Chen Shouyuan was very proud because he was granted the title of Heavenly Master by the Lord of Min, Wang Yanjun, and was promised to build a royal palace for the Three Saints of Ziwei. The Ziwei Sect actually became the state religion.
Just when everyone thought that all this style of painting was normal, no one thought that although Wang Jipeng, who had returned from Prince Xing's Mansion, was appointed as the crown prince by Wang Yanjun, he actually had other thoughts and quickly executed his own plans. action.
The subsequent painting style became well-known to the world, that is, in the third year of Long Qi, the king of Min, Wang Yanjun, changed his reign name to Yonghe. However, on October 18th of this year, Wang Yanjun was killed by his son, the right servant of the prince, Wang Jipeng. Outsiders only know that Wang Jipeng had an affair with Wang Yanjun's palace servant Li Chunyan, but they don't know Li Chunyan's true identity.
When Chen Shouyuan thought of this, he couldn't help but look into Guo Rong's eyes, only to find that there seemed to be hope there. It seems to be full of hope, but also has a bit of afterglow. Is my luck really like this? No matter who I follow, there will be no good ending in the end?
That person's curse really made Chen Shouyuan feel a little frustrated.
"There is someone behind this White Wolf King who really wants to plot something in the Central Plains!" Guo Rong seemed to have thought of something. When he looked at Chen Shouyuan, the horror on his face was beyond words. The surprise that came out of his mouth seemed to surprise him for an instant.
"According to Lao Dao's opinion, not only does he have someone behind him, but he also knows His Majesty better than anyone else. Judging from the current situation, this person's intentions are not small!" Chen Shouyuan said very slowly, because the more he thought about it, the more surprised he became. It's as if there is a pair of hands in the dark, pushing this destiny and walking towards an inherent trajectory.
"Who could this person be? He knows me so well!" Guo Rong gritted his teeth and looked at the beautifully decorated palace, seemingly lost in thought: "Sir, do you think this person can help me?"
"This person may not be able to help His Majesty, but the person behind this person must be the only one in this world who can be helpful to Your Majesty!" Although he was thinking carefully, Chen Shouyuan was surprised to find that in his heart That’s really what I thought.
