Chapter 216 Recommended by Mr. Shui Jing, Wang Zuozhicai, Leader of the Ancient White Lotus Sect

All the ministers who accompanied the resignation were escorted to prison by the imperial army.

The hall became very quiet.

There was no other sound except the sound of the armor shaking outside.

After a quarter of an hour.

Lu Mingyuan, who was originally sitting in the position of chief minister, looked away from the empty dragon chair, stood up, looked at the remaining ministers, and said with bright eyes:

"Wait, do you still have any objections?"

This cold tone showed no intention of discussing with them.

The ministers looked at each other in confusion. Even though they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to raise objections.

Afraid of giving orders to His Highness the Crown Prince, he would be dragged away in front of the court.

When a new official takes office, he still has three things to do.

What's more, the crown prince ascends the throne?

Lu Mingyuan glanced around and found that no one dared to look at him, so he waved his sleeves and said:

"Since there is no such thing, then proceed in accordance with the imperial decree."

"Retreat!"

The decision to establish the East Palace was made immediately and there was no room for delay.

Without interference from the cabinet, Lu Mingyuan quickly ended the meeting.

After leaving the court.

A young Celestial Master wearing a white Taoist robe and carrying a mahogany sword was waiting in the back hall.

Lu Mingyuan recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

Xu Changqing is the deputy head of Leichi Taoist Academy and one of the twelve Celestial Masters of Tianshi Mansion.

He stayed at the door and did not leave, obviously he had something to say.

Among the three courts, there are very few who can hold official positions. Their most important role is to maintain the law and order of the Great Yan Dynasty. Even if they come to the court, they are just a background version and do not participate in any political activities. If there are any terrible monsters When the world is born, the demon path is divided into one side, and maybe you can stand up and take the initiative to ask for help.

In fact, this is true for the vast majority of officials, and not many can actually make suggestions and implement them.

Therefore, before Lu Mingyuan became the crown prince, all major decisions were directly decided by the cabinet and did not involve officials.

Therefore, my father trusted him with the power of supervising the country, knowing that he would not be able to accomplish anything in the court.

"It turns out to be Master Xu Tian."

Lu Mingyuan was quite polite to this young Celestial Master. After all, he was someone who had helped him during his trough period.

If you can convince the other party to join the East Palace, it may be a strong force.

You must know that only those who are above the twelve realms are qualified to be called Heavenly Masters.

The total number of all the Heavenly Masters in the Heavenly Master's Mansion does not exceed twelve.

Among them, the most powerful one is undoubtedly Longhushan Laotianshi. He is a being comparable to Taoist kings and saints. He once used his own power to draw a thunder talisman of heaven and earth and suppressed millions of people in a continent. Monster clan.

The old Heavenly Master holds the immortal weapon Celestial Master's Seal. He is the contemporary headmaster of the Celestial Master's Mansion, and his status is unparalleled.

Xu Changqing glanced at Lu Mingyuan, and then at Yun Qinghe, one of the maids behind him. A talisman burned on his fingertips, and a barrier was formed here. He asked with a smile: "His Royal Highness is indeed majestic today, but, Your Highness Have you ever thought about offending the entire court?"

Lu Mingyuan nodded honestly: "I have thought about it, but if I don't do it, the situation will only get worse."

"Appreciate further details."

Xu Changqing smiled.

Lu Mingyuan said seriously: "On the surface, I have the power to supervise the country. In fact, without my own cabinet and my father's will, nothing can be done in the court."

"So His Highness is so angry on purpose?"

Xu Changqing seemed to have some realization.

Not only Xu Changqing, but also Yun Qinghe understood Lu Mingyuan's intention and chuckled: "You want the Holy One to feel at ease."

"good."

Lu Mingyuan nodded: "If the atmosphere is too harmonious, that is the real danger."

If he and the court officials are in harmony, then he has seen a ghost. His father will probably doubt whether he has given these people ecstasy.

If he had a falling out with his ministers and got angry, then his father would naturally be happy about it.

This is more evidence of your inability to accomplish anything.

I feel more reassured.

His father obviously wanted to see him full of ambition but unable to do anything.

If this is the case.

At present, there is enough time to form his own direct lineage.

Lu Mingyuan sighed in his heart: "If there had not been Zhou Pingfu, the commander of the imperial army, the scene just now in the court might have embarrassed me even more."

If it wasn't Zhou Pingfu, he probably wouldn't move the imperial guards.

Maybe you can think about it and recruit Zhou Pingfu.

Based on the scene just now, Zhou Pingfu may not have a good life if he stays in the palace any longer.

"The Heavenly Master came to me, obviously not for court matters, right?" Lu Mingyuan asked tentatively.

He didn't think that just this one thing could make the famous Xu Changqing wait here for so long.

"Your Highness is indeed smart."

Xu Changqing stretched out his hand, pointed to the other side of the door outside the palace, and said softly:

"I was entrusted and introduced by someone. Your Highness, please follow me."

"Entrusted by someone?"

Lu Mingyuan said something strange and followed Xu Changqing towards the gate. After a while, he saw two young heroes.

A tall man with a Confucian scarf on his head and a feather fan in his hand. He has an majestic face, no beard under his chin, and is very fair. He is dressed in a white auspicious cloud Confucian robe, and has a calm and unhurried temperament.

The other man in a blue scholar's shirt is smaller, has long hair, and is a little lazy, but he has a pair of deep eyes, which seem to be able to see into people's hearts, like the kind of shrewd person who has no plans left, his eye sockets are slightly sunken, and his skin is He is quite dark, with some stubble, but his face is very calm and majestic.

"Who are these two?"

Lu Mingyuan saw the appearance of these two people and felt from their aura that they were scholars practicing Confucianism.

Xu Changqing introduced with a smile: "These two are scholars recommended by Mr. Shui Jing. They have come all the way from the Nanli Dynasty. Mr. Shui Jing seems to have noticed your unspeakable secret."

"Mr. Shuijing."

Lu Mingyuan did not expect that this third disciple of Wen Sheng, Mr. Shui Jing, the master of Nanli State, would be so reasonable.

Think about it carefully.

When Chen Ke suddenly realized his inner learning that day, the other party already had the intention to show his kindness.

On the surface, it is to help myself, but in fact, I hope that the lineage of literary saints can be carried forward by assisting me.

Chen Ke is now summarizing the study of mind and thoroughly developing this knowledge. He has been in Wenyuan Pavilion and has never appeared.

It was not that Lu Mingyuan had never thought that Chen Ke was the head of Zhan Shifu in the East Palace, but the other party was too busy and could not satisfy his handling of various affairs.

Now it seems that Mr. Shui Jing is still reasonable.

"You two, what do you call me?"

Lu Mingyuan asked kindly.

The tall man wearing a Confucian scarf and holding a feather fan was the first to say: "I am Su Youhuai of Nanyang Mansion in Dayan. I studied under Mr. Shui Jing and later studied in the Confucian temple to learn political skills. He once served as the temple blessing officer of the Confucian temple and was responsible for Classify and summarize the wishes of students from all over the world.”

"He once wrote twelve volumes of "Government by virtue" and advocated the theory of "new style of governance by virtue"."

After Lu Mingyuan listened, he roughly understood.

Political talents can work as housekeepers and secretaries, and are good at handling paperwork and files.

"And you?"

Lu Mingyuan looked at the other one.

The man in Confucian robes with long hair disheveled and a slightly lazy posture beside him also became serious at this moment, cupped his hands and said:

"South from Guangling Mansion, Shen Yuanxi."

"Studied under Mr. Shui Jing, and later studied in the Confucian Temple. He was a military strategist affiliated with the Jixia Academy of the Confucian Temple. He mastered the theory of "fighting and planning" and was good at military planning and puppetry and Mohist equipment. He is still a student of the Confucian Temple. , no works yet.”

"Mr. Shui Jing said that this is a place where you can express your ambitions, so the villain came."

Lu Mingyuan thought this person was interesting, smiled and nodded: "It turns out he is a great military talent."

He did not expect that Mr. Shui Jing had already thought about letting the two of them assist him half a month ago. Did he know that after King Lu Xinxue was born, he would be crowned prince sooner or later?

Nanli is very far from Dayan, so if we start early, it will take half a month.

So it can only be done in advance.

Is Mr. Shui Jing really so good at predicting events?

He didn't even expect that the other party would arrange a civil and military arrangement.

One happens to be a political talent, and the other is a military talent, which just makes up for his vacancies in the two fields.

The staff of the Prince's East Palace requires many talents to fill.

Including the transfer of personnel, the writing of the prince's orders, the commanders of the East Palace soldiers, the feather guards, and the patrols, etc., all need to be handled by specialized personnel.

If his father were to send someone, he would be really worried.

Lu Mingyuan asked very curiously: "How did Mr. Shui Jing convince the two of you to join our East Palace Mansion?"

Su Youhuai, holding a feather fan, said softly: "It's embarrassing to say that Su stayed at Guanshui Academy for ten years, but failed to succeed in three imperial examinations in the Sui Dynasty. He could only study in a Confucian temple, and finally achieved good governance. It was a new trend, but it was not popular in the Sui Dynasty."

"Mr. Shui Jing said that there might be a place for me in Dayan, so Su came, but I didn't expect that it was His Highness the Crown Prince. I was really frightened!"

Shen Yuanxi cupped his hands and said: "I heard that the origin of King Lu's Xinxue came from Great Yan. I was curious, so I came out of the Confucian Temple to find out. Your Highness is unaware of something. I have been trapped in the bottleneck of the Ten Realms for a long time. I am far away from Great Confucianism. The position is far away, so I went down the mountain to seek a breakthrough opportunity."

"Now that I know that part of King Lu's teachings came from His Highness, I feel even more excited and can't help myself."

Shen Yuanxi's tone was slightly excited, and he was obviously in a good mood to see Lu Mingyuan, who had made an indelible contribution to King Lu's psychology.

"You were all disciples of Mr. Shui Jing? Did Mr. Shui Jing tell you what to do here? It's impossible for you to come just because Dayan has a future."

Lu Mingyuan had a general understanding and asked clearly to avoid misunderstanding what others meant.

"We are all students from Guanshui Academy. We are entrusted by Mr. Shui Jing to assist His Highness the Crown Prince." Su Youhuai replied.

Shen Yuanxi said: "Mr. Shui Jing said that we will join the service of a big shot, but until today, we didn't know it was His Highness the Crown Prince."

"I see."

Lu Mingyuan nodded slightly, hoping to hear some different sounds through "mind-gazing".

But he found that these two people were at a loss of heart and had no voice to listen to.

Basically, just say what you have to say, without any intention of hiding or lying.

It shows that he is not the kind of guy with double intentions.

In the short term, it's pretty reliable.

These two, after all, are also great talents in the Confucian temple who have reached the tenth level, and are also disciples of Mr. Shui Jing.

If it were placed in some small countries, it would still be the target of looting. If it weren't for Mr. Shui Jing's Tower Bridge, I'm afraid he wouldn't come here.

On his first day as the crown prince, Lu Mingyuan got two great talents. Naturally, he was elated. He laughed loudly and said: "Okay! From now on, you two will be lonely sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks. I will definitely not treat you badly in the future."

"Crouching dragon and phoenix chick?"

Shen Yuanxi and Su Youhuai were a little confused when they heard these two words.

For some reason, it felt weird at first.

Lu Mingyuan patted his head.

He almost forgot that these two words had almost become derogatory terms.

Isn’t it a good idea to use Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chicks?

"It means right-hand man." Lu Mingyuan explained again.

After the two of them listened, they understood.

Su Youhuai covered his face with a feather fan and asked quietly: "Your Highness, is this an allusion? Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, I don't think I have heard of this allusion."

The corner of Lu Mingyuan's mouth twitched and he forced a smile: "It's an allusion."

"It is rumored that before the Middle Ages, there were two unparalleled and world-famous students named Wolong Fengxiao. They were talented in Taoism and strategy, and they were able to settle the world."

If you get one of them, can you bring peace to the world?

Hearing this, Shen Yuanxi and Su Youhuai looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

They didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would think so highly of themselves!

Consider yourself a talented person who can bring peace to the world!

Su Youhuai closed his feather fan and handed over his hands with a very serious look on his face: "Don't worry, Your Highness, we will definitely fight to the death!"

"Same goes for Shen!"

Shen Yuanxi said with a rather moved expression.

"By the way, this is the letter Mr. Shui Jing left for you." Su Youhuai suddenly remembered something, took out a white document from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Mingyuan.

After Lu Mingyuan took it, the documents turned into words and entered his ears instantly.

"Sir, he once said that His Highness will be in trouble recently, and he asked me to help one or two of them, and Chen Ke will help them become talents. These two are both Wang Zuo's talents, but they have lacked opportunities. So far, they have not missed a chance. Now they can help His Highness One or two, I also hope that His Highness can give some advice to these two people, and if they do something inappropriate, I hope His Highness will not blame them."

Lu Mingyuan couldn't help but smile after listening to the message.

Mr. Shui Jing sent his disciples to him for training.

Do you really think of yourself as a Confucian saint preaching?

But there is only one Chen Ke in the world.

Lu Mingyuan took a breath, looked at the two of them, and asked:

"Next, in addition to the preparations for the East Palace, the Holy One will also prepare the Flowing Feast, which will also be organized by the East Palace. He advocates celebrating with the people. Do you two have any suggestions?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Since the Flowing Water Banquet was announced to the world this morning, I have already thought of three plans, and I'm just waiting for Your Highness to take a look."

Su Youhuai has a well-thought-out mind.

The outer city of Imperial Capital.

The emperor became famous all over the world, the prince was born, and the whole capital was immersed in an atmosphere of celebration.

But not everyone can enjoy this joy.

Groups of caravans draped in white robes slowly entered the capital city gates. There was a huge white lotus pattern on the white cloth draped on the goods.

When passing by many shops, I saw this sign and started talking about it:

"They are from the White Lotus Chamber of Commerce. I remember they were doing business on the border of Sui Dynasty. Why did they come to the capital?"

"The White Lotus Chamber of Commerce is the second largest chamber of commerce in the world, second only to our dynasty's Yunwan Chamber of Commerce."

"Perhaps he wants to expand his business and develop into Dayan."

"As a result, the Yunwan Chamber of Commerce, which has now been taken over by the imperial court and has declined, will probably face a lot of challenges."

In the crowd, the man in black robe stared at this scene silently, and with a solemn face reported to a tall woman behind him.

"Sir, people from the White Lotus Ancient Sect are here to confirm that everything is correct."

Luo Ying calmed down and blended into the crowd, looking at the central sedan of the caravan. Under the curtain, there was a kind-hearted middle-aged businessman who looked very amiable.

Luo Ying narrowed his eyes and said: "Duanmulian actually came to the capital in person. It's such a big show. He is definitely here for me."

"Duanmulus"

When the man in black robe heard this name, his heart trembled slightly.

The leader of the White Lotus Ancient Sect was none other than Duan Mulian, who was also the leader of the Infernal Affairs Party in the Sui Dynasty.

The White Lotus Ancient Sect has existed for a long time, thousands of years.

They are rooted among the people, and they cannot be killed under the stranglehold of successive dynasties.

Whenever a dynasty falls, it rises again.

The White Lotus Bible is a technique that confuses people's hearts and can improve the strength of believers in a short time. As a result, there are many followers of the White Lotus Ancient Sect, but they are mainly distributed in the Sui Dynasty.

Duan Mulian, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, met Xun Yu a hundred years ago and is one of the seven leaders of the Infernal Affairs Party.

In the Dayan Dynasty, the Jin Palace was the main helm, and the White Lotus Ancient Sect was the sub-ruler.

Now the general rudder has been destroyed and King Jin is dead.

Naturally, it aroused the covetousness of rudders from all over the country.

If the White Lotus Ancient Sect was allowed to take over the Imperial Capital Wujiang Pavilion, her idea of ​​becoming the leader of the Imperial Capital would undoubtedly be shattered.

Continuing to delay will undoubtedly make other branches focus on the piece of meat in Beijing.

The Mingyue Tianzong of Yuchanzhou is divided into two groups and worships Master Yue.

The owner of the Ashes Dragon Valley branch, Master Tianlong.

They are all famous leaders of the righteous sect, but who would have thought that these guys who appear to be righteous are all members of the Infernal Affairs Party.

Luo Ying muttered: "Right now, we must attract the attention of the imperial court and prevent the White Lotus Ancient Sect from infiltrating into the capital."

"This method is too dangerous to attract the court's attention." The man in black robe looked worried.

Luo Ying's figure under the black robe was quite slim, and he said calmly: "Right now, our strength is insufficient, and we are already stretched thin to deal with the three underground forces in the Imperial Capital. We can only use the power of the imperial court to deal with the White Lotus Ancient Sect."

"What do you plan to do, sir?"

"Flowing water banquet." Luo Ying said with deep eyes.

The man in black robe was slightly stunned: "Master Luo Ying is planning to take action at the Flowing Water Banquet so that everyone in the capital will know about the existence of the White Lotus Ancient Sect?"

Luo Ying nodded: "We can only give it a try. The flowing water banquet is something that the people of the Imperial Capital are looking forward to."

While she was looking at the caravan.

There happened to be a spiritual consciousness that captured their spiritual consciousness.

The man in black robe noticed that a white mist appeared in front of his eyes...

To be precise, it should be a figure standing in the white mist. His gender and age were unclear, but it made him feel unfathomable.

Just when he was staring at the white mist, an overwhelming spiritual pressure suddenly surged out of the mist.

"Boom."

He only felt that a sea appeared in front of him, and huge waves hundreds of feet high rose up on the sea and surged towards her.

Behind the water waves, a white lotus bloomed, and a pair of eyes appeared from it.

The surrounding space seemed to have become solidified. The man in black robe was locked by the other party's mental power, unable to move. He could only watch layers of huge waves rushing towards him.

Suddenly, a delicate jade hand stretched out from the water, grabbed his right hand, and pulled him back.

Suddenly, the man in black robe broke away from the lock of mental power, and the pressure on his body disappeared without a trace.

The black-robed man's back was covered in cold sweat: "What a powerful spirit. I just glanced at him and he discovered me."

Luo Ying said lightly: "This is the White Lotus Bible, which has the power to steal people's souls."

"Let's go, we've been discovered, we shouldn't stay here for long."