Early the next morning, Chen Kan was woken up by a series of intensive slaps.
Chen Kan opened his eyes blankly and met a pair of big, bright eyes.
Fengyang sat on the pillow, waving his hands wildly, pulling Chen Kan's hair and scratching Chen Kan's nose from time to time, or else patting Chen Kan's face randomly.
When she noticed that the person she was ravaging opened her eyes, the little fat girl subconsciously stopped waving her little fat hands randomly.
Chen Kan suddenly grabbed the little guy's armpits and lifted her up high.
After a few random flutters, the little fat girl suddenly giggled. When she smiled, she revealed two small crystal clear teeth. With just one glance, Chen Kan fell in love.
The chubby little meat dumplings, the lotus-rooted hands and lotus-rooted legs, and the baby fat on his face, everything hit Chen Kan's heart hard.
It's so cute, who can stand this?
The little guy's giggle woke up Chang Ning who was sleeping inside.
Chang Ning stretched out his hand sleepily, and found that the father and daughter were interacting closely. He retracted his hand, covered his head with the quilt, and murmured: "Remember to ask the wet nurse to breastfeed and change the baby's diaper later."
"good!"
Chen Kan responded and continued to tease the little guy.
It's strange that the little guy who was so cute last night is particularly close to Chen Kan today. No matter how much Chen Kan teases him, he just giggles.
"Call daddy!"
Chen Kan lifted the little guy up in the air and shook it. Hearing Chen Kan's words, the little guy also shouted out in cooperation: "Ah~Dad...Dad"
Chen Kan was elated. At this moment, he suddenly understood what blood is thicker than water and what the meaning of life is.
He swore that if Daoyan gave him an order today and said he was destined to die early, he would definitely let Buddhism and Taoism know what real early death and the real punishment from heaven were.
Facing such a cute little guy, Chen Kan would never be reconciled if he couldn't watch her grow up, get married and have children.
Therefore, from now on, he will never allow anyone to openly threaten his life, even if this person is the leader of the Taoist sect, or the Buddhist sect, or even the emperor.
The father and daughter interacted for a long time, babbling some words that others could not understand.
"Wow~"
Suddenly, the little guy's mouth tightened and he burst into tears. At the same time, a stench spread from above Chen Kan.
"Is this a poop?"
Chen Kan put down the little fat girl with some suspicion, and was about to pull away the diaper to take a look. Chang Ning suddenly sat up, snatched the little guy away from Chen Kan, and said angrily: "I'm not telling you. Do you want the wet nurse to come in and change the diaper?"
Chen Kan scratched his head and was about to speak when the two nuns opened the door and walked into the house.
"Master Marquis, Your Highness the Princess."
The two nuns bowed, and Chang Ning handed the little guy over to the two nuns.
Seeing Fengyang being carried away by two nuns, Chen Kan's soul almost followed her out.
Chang Ning rolled her eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't worry, your precious daughter is just pulling her daddy. She can't fly."
"Oh~"
Chen Kan responded, and after looking away, looking at Chang Ning's graceful body, his body suddenly became restless.
He went out to be a monk for a year, and only worked as a groom for one night in Guangzhou. At Chen Kan's age, he was at the peak of his physical strength.
Now that there is no interruption from the little one, how can I bear it anymore?
In an instant, he turned into a wolf and rushed towards Chang Ning.
"Yeah~"
Chang Ning only had time to exclaim before Chen Kan blocked her mouth.
...(omitting 10,000 words)
There is a saying that the harmony of yin and yang is in line with the laws of nature and human desires. When the sky was bright, Chen Kan stretched out of the backyard feeling refreshed.
Today Zhu Di summoned Dao Yan to come to give him instructions. No matter what the conclusion was, considering the friendship between the two, Chen Kan still had to follow the etiquette.
As it happened that today was New Year's Eve, the house had already been in a festive mood, and all kinds of supplies were well prepared, so Chen Kan planned to cook a table of vegetarian food himself.
After thinking about it, he asked Yuncheng to prepare a gift and send it to Fang Xiaoru's house, and invited him to come to the banquet.
Logically speaking, when he returned to the capital, he should visit his teacher as soon as possible.
But now that the situation was special, Chen Kan had no choice but to be rude once.
Not long after, Yuncheng left and returned, followed by Fang Xiaoru and Dao Yan. They came hand in hand.
When the two of them entered the house, they heard that Chen Kan was cooking in the kitchen, so they entered the atrium and went straight to the kitchen.
Chen Kan was holding a plate of spinach in his hand and was startled when he saw the two of them appearing at the door of the kitchen.
"Tsk, there are green vegetables at this time of the year. The Marquis Mansion is indeed rich and powerful, and let the poor monk first offer sacrifices to the five internal organs temple."
Dao Yan unceremoniously took a plate of vegetables from Chen Kan's hand, half grabbing, half grabbing, and then ordered to the cook: "Give the poor monk a bowl of rice."
Seeing this, Chen Kan saluted the two of them dumbfounded.
"I've met the teacher, Master Daoyan."
Fang Xiaoru's eyes were softer than ever before. After seeing Chen Kan, he never looked away.
It wasn't until Chen Kan saluted that he pursed his lips and said softly: "Forgive me."
Chen Kan straightened up and looked at Fang Xiaoru's white hair, and couldn't help but feel sore eyes.
Fang Xiaoru is only in his early sixties, but he looks as old as he is seventy or eighty years old. How can he not make people feel sad.
After quickly regaining his composure, Chen Kan saluted the two of them again and said, "Teacher and master, please go and sit down in the main hall first, and the students will come as soon as they prepare two more dishes."
Fang Xiaoru nodded and pulled Daoyan, who was already carrying a large bowl of spinach and vegetable bibimbap, out of the kitchen.
Chen Kan didn't keep the two of them waiting for long. He stewed another lotus root and stir-fried an autumn cabbage, then went to the main hall to accompany the guests.
The capital is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there has been a tradition of planting green vegetables in winter as early as the Song Dynasty, it is still not easy to put together a dozen green vegetables on the table. Many vegetables are shipped from Lingnan and even Qiongzhou. .
So Dao Yan's statement about the Hou Mansion's wealth and wealth really hit the point.
Fang Xiaoru sat on the main seat, with Chen Kan and Dao Yan sitting on either side of him.
When Chen Kanping left the hall, all the servants who were waiting on him personally gave the two of them a glass of warm vegetarian wine and said, "Teacher, Master Dao Yan, please forgive me. The student has just returned to the capital and should have paid a visit in person, but today But I had to rudely invite the two of you to the student residence for a banquet, and I feel really guilty. For this drink, I ask the two elders to forgive the junior for being rude."
Daoyan gave up and drank the cup in one gulp.
Fang Xiaoru said: "It doesn't matter, you and I, master and disciple, no longer need to care about those false etiquette."
Chen Kan drank the wine in one gulp, and then began to serve the two of them.
Daoyan ate his food regardless of his appearance, but Fang Xiaoru was much more gentle, eating the food slowly.
After three rounds of food and five flavors of wine, Fang Xiaoru put down his chopsticks, turned his head and looked at Chen Kan and asked: "Your Majesty gave you the three decrees yesterday, do you plan to accept them all?"
As soon as he said this, a wry smile suddenly appeared on Chen Kan's face.
Putting down his chopsticks, he replied: "Teacher, to be honest, students don't have much choice."
The two masters and apprentices started talking about business. Dao Yan immediately put down the big bowl in his hand and gloated: "Marquis Jinghai planned the world. What a great effort it was. Now it's just a dip in the muddy water of fighting for reserves. Little one." The problems are all minor, so don’t worry about them, my friend.”
Chen Kan let out a long sigh, turned his head and looked at Dao Yan and asked: "Master Dao Yan, since you were ordered to come to see Chen today, have you seen what Dao is coming? Is Chen as Zhenren said?" Is that a sign of premature death?"
Dao Yan shook his head decisively: "How can a poor monk with some meager skills be as good as Zhenren Zhang who has been practicing Taoism for 170 years? The poor monk did not see any signs of premature death. He only saw that the courtyard of Marquis Jinghai was full, and he was a man of great wealth. Mutually."
After listening to Dao Yan's nonsense, Chen Kan was silent for a moment, looked at Fang Xiaoru and asked, "What do you think, teacher?"
Fang Xiaoru pondered for a moment and said calmly: "You had a bad fate when you were young. It wasn't until Your Majesty Yu Ji that your fortune turned around. Now you are ranked among the first-class county princes. Although Zhang Zhenren has cultivated a great path, this matter is determined by the teacher. Master Zhang must have made a mistake."
Hearing Fang Xiaoru's eloquent words, Chen Kan couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
Will he die young?
No one can say for sure.
But after all, he did not fight alone in the Ming Dynasty. Even when he was in desperate situations, there were still people he could rely on.
Fang Xiaoru expressed his stance, and Dao Yan also became serious and said calmly: "Whether I am a Buddhist sect or the Taoist sect represented by Master Zhang, there are all kinds of scum, such as White Lotus and Tianli among the Buddhist sects, Yinshan and Lushan among the Taoist sects, etc. There are many major branches who take advantage of the chaos in the world to open their gates to make money. This time, His Majesty wants to take back a lot of land and people from the hands of the two religions. At least in the eyes of the poor monks, this is a good thing. It may be said that it is to rectify the source. No matter whether you return to your original nature or return to your true nature, for outsiders, the most important thing is to practice.”
At this point, Dao Yan's words are actually very easy to understand.
Whether it is Dao Yan or Zhang Zhenren, they are of course true practitioners, but in the world of mortals, how can they ignore the secular world.
Chen Kan believes that Dao Yan and Zhang Zhenren definitely hope that Buddhism and Taoism can return to the essence of practice, but they can only represent themselves.
They also have disciples, disciples, and grandchildren, as well as fellow disciples and brothers.
The interests belong to everyone and cannot be decided by any one person.
Otherwise, with Zhang Zhenren's indifferent personality, he would not even bother to pay attention to the wealth and splendor that Master Hongwu brought to his door several times. How could he come to embarrass Chen Kan, a junior.
At the end of the day, you still can’t help yourself.
With the development of Buddhism and Taoism, it is no longer a simple religious belief, but a collective with organization, content, core and interests.
As Dao Yan just said, no matter what kind of organization, when the scale develops to a certain extent, there will always be scum.
Chen Kan was silent for a long time, filled the wine glass for Dao Yan, and said calmly: "I can understand the master's worries. However, since your majesty asked the master to come to my residence today for a meeting, it must be the result of this matter. It has been concluded that since I am destined to be rich and powerful, I don’t mind mentioning some trivial matters. Master, please have a drink."
"Jinghai Marquis just needs to be open-minded."
Dao Yan smiled slightly and drank the plain wine in one gulp.
Chen Kan expressed his attitude in a few words, and Dao Yan also showed great kindness.
Now that the matter is settled, Chen Kan doesn't want to go into details.
Again, although he doesn't believe in religion, he won't be disrespectful.
After Dao Yan's words spread out of the Hou Mansion today, Dao Sect will definitely not hold on to him again. After all, their common opponent is not Chen Kan. The person who really wants to take away their interests is Zhu Di.
Chen Kan intended to end the topic, so Fang Xiaoru took over and asked, "Now that His Majesty wants you to take up a post in Zhan Shifu, you will have to give up your business in Beijing. How do you plan to arrange the follow-up matters in Beijing?"
This question is to the point. To be honest, Chen Kan had already set his sights on the position of dean of the Naval Academy when he led the troops.
But he has been working hard in Beijing for so many years, and he would definitely be unwilling to give up.
Especially the 5,000-strong army in Beijing was basically his base in the Ming Dynasty.
Although the 15,000-strong navy in the capital was large and the military power was still in his hands, Chen Kan knew very well that in the future, Zhu Di would most likely leave it to Zheng He to handle matters above the sea.
There was no other way. Although Chen Kan and Zhu Di were Weng's sons-in-law, Zheng He and Zhu Di were masters and servants.
It is obvious who Zhu Di trusts more, Weng's son-in-law or his master and servant.
What's more, if Chen Kan guessed correctly, Zhu Di would move the capital to Beijing within the next few years. When Liaodong settles down, Zhu Di will definitely move the capital.
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Chen Kan suddenly raised his head and asked, "Teacher, what do you think the students should do?"
Fang Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but laugh.
"Little Huitou, my master is asking you, but you are asking about my master."
The two of them did not talk behind Dao Yan's back, but Dao Yan still consciously began to turn his attention to the table of food.
The master and apprentice were discussing how to cultivate power, and since she was an outsider, it was best not to interfere.
Fang Xiaoru pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "What do you think about letting your fake self go to Beijing?"
The fake son in Fang Xiaoru's mouth is naturally spending time.
However, Chen Kan did not nod in agreement immediately.
Theoretically speaking, Fang Xiaoru's suggestion was naturally the most reasonable, but Chen Kan still had some doubts in his heart.
It's not that he doesn't trust Hua Shi, or that he doesn't believe in his abilities, it's just that he is too young.
At the age of thirteen, although he could already become the backbone of the family in Ming Dynasty, in Chen Kan's heart, he would always be the little kid who followed him when he was six years old.
Besides, those five thousand people in Beijing are all truly proud soldiers.
Although Fang Xu and Zhou Shi must be loyal to Chen Kan wholeheartedly no matter what Chen Kan arranges.
But Cheng Feng, unless he comes in front of him in person, he will definitely not be convinced by anyone.
And Hua Shi has a refined temperament, and may not be able to suppress the group of arrogant and powerful generals.
There are also matchmakers and others. Although they admire Yun Niang, they may not admire Hua Shi, a thirteen-year-old child.
Seeing that Chen Kan was silent, Fang Xiaoru did not urge him.
He is Chen Kan's teacher, and it is his duty to point out a clear path for him, but whether Chen Kan takes this path or not is not something he should interfere with.
