Chen Kan's decision to go to Yunnan can only be regarded as a helpless method.
Yunnan is the Buddhist country of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty did not need so many Buddhas, so Chen Kan could only go and brush his face.
As for private sponsorship?
Sorry, it’s true that Chen Kan is rich, but Chen Kan’s money was brought back by Yun Niang and her family steward after they worked hard to conquer the sea.
There is no way he would donate it to Taoism or Buddhism for free.
What's more, building a Buddhist temple is definitely not something that can be done with just a little money.
Of course, the most important thing is that he cannot open this hole.
You donate to a Buddhist temple, what do you do with the rest?
Moreover, Chen Kan is now a member of the Ming Dynasty Honorable Group. If Chen Kan donated, should other distinguished members donate?
If you don’t donate, you will inevitably be resented.
If he donated it, the day would not be far when Chen Kan would be isolated by the noble group.
You must know that the most important post of Dean of the Naval Academy that Chen Kan and Qiu Fu traded has not yet been obtained.
What did he do for so many years in the Ming Dynasty? To put it bluntly, isn't it just for power?
Chen Kan doesn't have too much power.
Giving up the power you are about to gain for a Buddhist is an act of fool.
Since they decided to go to Yunnan, there was no need for the master and apprentice to continue discussing. Just at the sound of the maid calling out for dinner, they got up and walked out of the study to the small courtyard.
Dinner at Fang Mansion is very simple, with three dishes and one soup, a stir-fried cabbage, a plate of soft tofu, a plate of egg custard and a pot of chicken soup.
However, such a dinner is already very rich for Fang Xiaoru.
When the two maids did not come to the table, Chen Kan took the initiative to take on the important task of serving Zheng.
First, he gave Zheng a bowl of chicken soup to chill, and then mixed the egg custard and rice together.
Zheng's hands were shaking so much that she couldn't use chopsticks, but she still refused Chen Kan's move to feed her, and instead used a small spoon to feed her into her mouth in small sips.
"I can still eat by myself, which proves that I am still a living person. If I have to be fed by others, I might as well just die."
After Zheng said this with a smile, Chen Kan couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
Although he is no longer the same soul as before, the instinctive emotion is still there.
After all, this body was raised by the old woman in front of me.
What's more, after so many years, Chen Kan has already integrated into the Ming Dynasty, and he can no longer tell who is who.
After a heavy meal, the sky turned dark.
After the two maids had cleared away the dishes, Chen Kan pushed Zheng into the room to lie down, then moved a small mat and sat in the yard with Fang Xiaoru to admire the moon.
Neither the master nor the apprentice were talkative people, so they just sat quietly.
After sitting for a while, Chen Kan said: "Teacher, the students may make some big noise in the morning tomorrow. The officials will need the teacher's help to rectify the situation."
Fang Xiaoru nodded slightly and said calmly: "It doesn't matter. Although I am old as a teacher, I can still handle this matter."
Chen Kan hummed, then continued to remain silent.
Fang Xiaoru closed her eyes and began to rest. She didn't know how long it had passed before she suddenly asked, "Yuan Sheng, what do you think of His Highness the King of Han's leadership of the army on the expedition?"
Chen Kan was stunned, and after thinking for a moment, he replied: "Actually, from the students' point of view, this is just a way for His Majesty to balance the East Palace. Even if His Highness the King of Han does not lead the troops to go on an expedition, Your Majesty will not let him idle, and His Highness the Crown Prince, He is destined to be the one who is suppressed from birth.”
After listening to Chen Kan's words, Fang Xiaoru couldn't help but feel sad.
"Your Majesty is now in the prime of life, but the queen's health is getting worse day by day. The Ming Dynasty will probably be busy for many years to come."
Fang Xiaoru sighed with emotion and fell silent immediately.
Chen Kan didn't answer, but sighed silently in his heart.
How to put it, the Ming Dynasty in history was indeed lively for many years. The gloomy Zhu Gaochi and the fiery Zhu Gaochi fought from the death of Queen Xu until the death of Zhu Gaochi.
Although many major events in the current historical time and space have been changed to a great extent, the fight for the reserve cannot be changed at will by Chen Kan as a time traveler.
This matter is largely related to Zhu Di's lifespan.
If Zhu Di was now sixty or seventy years old, Chen Kan had no doubt that Zhu Di would banish Zhu Gaoxu to a far away place without showing any mercy.
But as Fang Xiaoru said, Zhu Di is now in his prime.
Therefore, Zhu Gaochi was obviously far stronger than Zhu Gaoxu in all aspects, but he still could only live in frustration.
Even his dissatisfaction with Zhu Di for favoring Zhu Gaoxu and allowing him to lead the army could only be vented through Chen Kan's hands. He did not dare to move at all, let alone expose the power of the East Palace.
Speaking of which, even if Zhu Gaochi is not the number one aggrieved prince in history, he can definitely be ranked in the top three.
After looking at the moon for a long time, Chen Kan stood up and left.
"Teacher, please leave now. I'll see you again in a few days."
Fang Xiaoru gave up indifferently: "Go ahead, go ahead~"
After bowing respectfully to Fang Xiaoru, Chen Kan walked out of the courtyard.
Wang Can, who was guarding the door with his personal guards, saw Chen Kan coming out and hurriedly stepped forward to surround Chen Kan.
Back at the house, Chen Kan washed himself casually under Chang Ning's service, and then fell into a deep sleep.
...
The next day, Chen Kan climbed out of bed before dawn.
Without waking up Chang Ning and Fengyang, who were still sleeping soundly, Chen Kan walked quietly to the outside, and under the service of two maids, he put on the court clothes he had not worn for a long time.
After the two maids finished doing this, Chen Kan couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the young man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes in the bronze mirror was no longer as immature as he had been many years ago.
I especially remember that when he first arrived in Ming Dynasty, he was still a vigorous young man.
Unknowingly, after so many years, he is no longer a boy, and he has also grown a short beard under his chin.
According to Ming Dynasty's average life expectancy and age of marriage, he will be able to call himself an old man in five years.
The maid presented a ceremonial knife and asked, "Master Marquis, would you like to hang a ceremonial knife?"
Chen Kan nodded and took the ceremonial sword from the hand of the maid, which had only appeared with him once since he became a marquis. He couldn't help but feel even more emotional.
Last time, this ceremonial sword showed great power and killed a second-grade Zuodu censor.
Hanging the sword on his waist, Chen Kan strode out of the room.
Chen Kan is now a military general. Although the three guards of the East China Sea have followed Zhu Gaoxu on the expedition, he still carries the name of the chief soldier of the three guards, so there is no reason to sit in a sedan chair.
After riding on his horse, Wang Can called out to his bodyguards, and then the group of people left Wuyi Alley to fight their horses.
Have you ever seen Ming Nanjing at four in the morning?
Chen Kan has seen it.
After many years, Chen Kan once again embarked on the road to the morning court.
Honors and nobles do not rule the court, do not interfere in political affairs, and separate military and political affairs. This is what the Ming Dynasty has been doing since the generation of Taizu.
After Zhu Di came to power, he was also committed to the separation of military and political affairs. To this end, he deliberately established the Five Army Governor's Office separately from the Ministry of War to supervise the world's military affairs.
A cabinet was also established to serve as the emperor's personal secretary and assist him in handling government affairs. It can be said that the possibility of military personnel intervening in politics was completely eliminated.
Therefore, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty basically did not have to go to court except for the court meeting once every fifteen days.
Based on the above reasons, when Chen Kan and his personal guards came to wait in front of Hongwu Gate, they immediately attracted the attention of all officials.
After seeing Chen Kan, many officials couldn't help but whisper.
Some officials who were familiar with Chen Kan hurriedly came forward to say hello to Chen Kan.
After Chen Kan returned the greetings one by one, he couldn't help but sigh again.
After several major purges in the court, there were fewer and fewer familiar faces to Chen Kan, especially officials below the third rank, most of whom were unfamiliar faces.
Only a few court officials and ministers from the Sixth Department were Chen Kan's acquaintances.
Of course, some people came forward to greet Chen Kan, and naturally some people glared at Chen Kan.
Officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate: "Yes, that's right."
Back then, Chen Kan slashed wildly with his sword, and cut off Chen Ying, the second-rank Zuodu censor, to see the court of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, he was ordered by Zhu Di to seize the nine clans.
They didn't care that Chen Ying was confiscated from the nine clans. After all, everyone was an official and had long been prepared to have their families confiscated and their clans exterminated.
But what they couldn't accept the most was that Chen Kan chopped down randomly, destroying the majesty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Before Chen Kan started hacking away, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was really killing gods and Buddhas. They even knocked down two high-ranking officials at the ministerial level, and the number of old nobles was also lost.
Even famous generals such as Licheng Hou Shengyong had to succumb to their power and voluntarily die on the battlefield in exchange for them letting go of the purge of Licheng Hou's lineage.
And since Chen Kan's hacking, they have become little transparent in the court.
The only power left is to hear rumors and report things.
The job of supervising hundreds of officials was snatched away by Jin Yiwei, and the power of inspecting officials' illegal activities was also taken by the rising star Dongchang.
How did they all rely on the Procuratorate to become famous? It was not just these two powers.
As a result, Chen Kan chopped at him randomly and was killed by them.
Before this person came into contact with power, he didn't care about anything. But once he tasted the sweetness, it would be too difficult to return to the state of not fighting or grabbing.
There is a saying that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Another way is that if I had not seen the light, I could have endured the darkness.
How could they not hate Chen Kan to the core?
The other one is naturally the Jinyiwei commander Ji Gang, whose power has been greatly reduced.
Ever since Dongchang and Wucheng Military and Horse Division took away most of Jin Yiwei's power, Jin Yiwei has lost its former power.
His daily thoughts now are how to show his face in front of Zhu Di and how to find a way to re-establish the authority of Jin Yiwei.
There was no other way. The Jin Yiwei had offended all the officials so badly when they killed and snatched them away. So once Dongchang and Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division gained power, Baiguan chose to join Dongchang and Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division without hesitation. Suppress Jin Yiwei.
Therefore, Jin Yiwei's current life is not much better than that of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Feeling the hateful looks from the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Ji Gang, Chen Kan didn't feel any pressure.
He came today to declare his presence.
Half of this sense of presence was to remind Zhu Di that he and Zhu Gaochi were the wronged parties, and the other half was to show off the muscles of the East Palace in front of the officials.
This will prevent all officials from thinking that Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaoxu to lead the army on the expedition because he had the idea of changing the crown prince.
As for how to show his presence, this is why Chen Kan specially brought the sword with him today.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate did not have a bad mouth, nor did it impeach Dong Gong and Fang Xiaoru for improper employment, which led to the destruction of the national policy of returning natives to rural areas in Tonghai County.
Now Chen Kan, as the face of the East Palace and a disciple of Fang Xiaoru, would like to refute. It is reasonable to cry out for injustice for His Royal Highness the Prince and the teacher.
Of course, if reasoning doesn't make sense, Chen Kan also knows a little bit about punching.
As for Ji Gang, Chen Kan felt that Ji Gang should not hate him.
Instead, you should thank him properly.
If he hadn't single-handedly supported the Wucheng Military and Horse Division and Dongchang to take away the power of the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei would have swelled by now.
According to historical records, Jinyiwei was so arrogant that he had the idea that he could trample all officials, clans, and even the emperor Zhu Di under his feet.
Finally, he GG.
How good it is now, if he doesn't swell, he won't rebel if he doesn't swell, and if he doesn't rebel, he won't do it. This is a blessing to survive. Shouldn't he thank Chen Kan?
Chen Kan didn't bother to argue with the white-eyed wolf who repaid kindness with revenge.
Time passed by, and all the officials had finished their greetings with each other, and Fang Xiaoru also arrived late at this time.
The master and disciple looked at each other, and then looked away in tacit understanding.
"Pah~pah~pah~"
The palace whip rang three times, and the gate of Hongwumen was pushed open by the powerful warriors of Miyagi City.
All the civil and military officials tacitly shut up and began to enter the doorway and step onto the royal road under the leadership of the chamberlain who led the way.
Chen Kan was a military commander and should have walked to the right.
And now his position on the right is still very far forward. Zhu Neng is dead, Qiu Fu is in Beijing, and the only noble person in Nanjing City, Li Jinglong, needs to come to court every day.
Those from the Fifth Army Governor's Office basically never come back except for the Great Court Meeting. Therefore, if Chen Kan goes to the right, his current position will be second only to Li Jinglong.
However, Chen Kan never took the ordinary path, so he decisively squeezed an official behind Ru Yu out of the imperial path, and followed Ru Yu onto the imperial path that civil servants should take.
The man who was squeezed out by him was angry, pointed at Chen Kan's nose and cursed: "Jinghaihou, I respect you as a famous general of our Ming Dynasty, but don't you think what you did today went too far? Even if you are a military commander, you should take the royal road on the right to squeeze my officer. What's the point?"
Chen Kan turned over in confusion, remained silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "Dare you ask this sir?"
The man said angrily: "I am the new Minister of Industry, Xia Yuanji."
"Xia Yuanji?"
Hearing this name, Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, and then his expression turned strange.
Xia Yuanji, isn't that the imperial steward after Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, the one who was almost driven crazy by Zhu Di's northern expedition?
Why did he become a minister in Nanjing?
No wonder Chen Kan didn't see Zheng Ci today. His feelings have changed?
Since it was Xia Yuanji, a famous minister of the generation, Chen Kan would not trouble him. So, he stepped back decisively, vacating a position and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Xia, please."
Xia Yuanji walked back to his position angrily, but the official behind Chen Kan who was almost squeezed into a meat pie by him was very unhappy.
"Marquis Jinghai, please go back to where you belong."
Chen Kan turned around and said, "You again?"
"I..."
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Chen Kan: "Are your officials as good as my Grand Bachelor of Wuyingdian and Zhan Shida of Zhan Shifu?"
The official was stunned for a moment, then closed his mouth with an aggrieved look on his face.
The one who can follow Shangshu is naturally the Sixth Rank Minister. The last minister is also a third-rank official. Of course, the third-rank official is more powerful. After all, Chen Kan’s Zhanshifu Zhanshi is one of the six ministers, which is the third rank, but he can’t stand up to Chen Kan. I have a bachelor's degree.
Just this title makes him stand out among the civil servants except the six ministers.
As for officials such as the left and right deputy capital censors, although they are second-grade officials, they are independent from the six official ranks.
Therefore, as soon as Chen Kan said this, other officials who originally wanted to speak also shut up.
