NovelsAlex Chapter 2641: Nature is hard to change
Chapter 2641: Nature is hard to change
Chapter 2641: Nature is hard to change
this day.
Wen Rensheng and others got the news.
The emperor began to take the royal children hunting.
The four immediately realized that this might be an opportunity.
After all, it is easier to get information when going out hunting than staying in the palace.
Many assassinations occurred during hunting.
They followed immediately.
The royal hunting ground is located in a large forest in the southern suburbs.
Originally, civil officials restricted the emperor from doing this.
But after the emperor succeeded in cultivating immortality, no one could restrict him.
It is said that the previous emperor wanted to go hunting, and the chief civil official took the emperor directly to a ruined garden and said, "This is the royal hunting ground."
After seeing this, the emperor returned home disappointed.
No civil servants were punished either.
If it were the Qing Dynasty, he would have been punished for deceiving the emperor long ago.
This is the nature of civil servants bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
The four of them came to the forest in the southern suburbs.
From a distance, there is a large fence that sparsely separates the forest from other places.
There are also wooden signs and stone tablets on it.
"The Royal South Game Reserve."
"No one is allowed to hunt or cut wood here. Violators will be put to death."
"It's really domineering. The emperor's cultivation doesn't mean that the people will be free." The novice man said contemptuously.
The four of them quietly climbed over the fence and ambushed directly in a forest.
I don't know how much time passed before I heard the sound of blowing and beating.
That is the palace music.
There was also the sound of people and horses boiling.
"The old emperor is here!"
Everyone quickly looked out from the tree.
I saw a team stretching for several miles on a road.
In front is the guard of honor, on both sides are the cavalry, and in the middle is a dragon chariot.
It took sixty-four people to carry it, and the area was at least hundreds of square meters, so it must have all kinds of facilities.
Each of these sixty-four people is obviously not an ordinary person.
The force weighs at least two or three tons.
In this way, they can lift hundreds of tons.
And it's lifted very smoothly, with human springs and human shock absorbers.
Looking closely, a curtain blocked the view.
After a while, the emperor began to give orders.
Wen Rensheng used a skill, Mirror Flowers and Water Moon, to project the distant scene over.
The emperor just said a few words to a eunuch in a red robe.
The other party immediately trotted back.
Soon, two princes on horseback dismounted and walked over.
"I have met my father."
"Well, today is sunny and perfect for hunting."
"You go hunting separately, and whoever catches more will get a big reward." The emperor said calmly.
"Yes, Father."
The two princes looked at each other and smiled.
They immediately rode into the hunting ground with their guards.
At this time.
The senior frowned, he seemed to have discovered something.
The novice man said directly: "Strange, why do I feel that the relationship between the emperor and his son is a bit hypocritical?"
"It's hypocritical in the first place. How can there be true love in the royal family?" The novice girl asked doubtfully, "Is there a problem with this?"
"That being said, I always feel that the emperor seems to be trying to sow discord between the two children, and he seems to want to suppress his own prince." The novice man said again.
"Humph, it's nothing more than a fight. The emperor is a cultivator, so he has to be careful that his children's cultivation progress exceeds his."
"In that case, let's cultivate immortality through resources. The one with the most resources is the emperor, so he will naturally cultivate the fastest." said the novice man.
"Any cultivation that involves practice involves the concept of comprehension. What if the emperor's comprehension is not as good as the prince's?" the novice girl asked.
"That is to say, the internal situation of this Immortal Dynasty is also unstable. The emperor will also be suspicious of his subordinates, but he also needs the people below to provide resources. No matter how powerful he is, there are only 24 hours in a day. It is impossible for him to do everything by himself."
"Yes, this is the contradiction. In order to get subordinates to provide resources for cultivating immortals, you have to lead them into the Tao. Once they are led into the Tao, there is the risk of betrayal. After all, no matter how amazing the immortal method is, as long as you are willing to learn and accumulate, you will slowly understand it, improve it, and innovate it." The senior sighed.
The four of them looked at each other, and they all felt that something was going to happen today.
really.
An hour later.
The two princes were hunting in the vast forest when suddenly someone attacked them.
They used a kind of immortal crossbow, which was specifically designed to break through the immortal cultivator's own protection.
"careful!"
"There's an attack!"
"Damn it, who is so bold!"
The attackers came quickly and left quickly.
Wen Rensheng remained indifferent, and the three of them looked at each other.
"Someone actually assassinated the prince. Why do I feel like the emperor staged this himself?"
The two princes were very frightened.
Although they practiced, the effect was not very good because they were too focused.
Of course the most important thing is that the emperor denied them important resources.
Don't let them practice too fast.
They had just been nearly assassinated.
There are many powerful people who have been assassinated in history.
Sun Ce is one of the more famous ones.
Even the emperor of this dynasty experienced fire, flood and being strangled by palace maids, all of which were real events.
This made them feel terrified.
And at this time.
The emperor came over to comfort the two men.
"For your safety, we can't let you out again."
"And one of you has no offspring, and the other has only one."
“It’s very easy to have an accident.”
"What about my Ming Dynasty?"
"They want to threaten me by killing you, so that I will have no descendants!"
"Some people want to seize my kingdom in this way. We, father and son, must not let them succeed."
As soon as the prince heard it, he understood his father's hint:
This was done by other princes.
After all, their father was able to inherit the throne as a minor clan because the previous emperor had no descendants.
As a result, his cousin got a huge bargain.
An emperor with so many women couldn't even have children.
Persistence leaves people speechless.
Some said it was due to physical reasons, some said it was due to court struggles, and some said it was because of excessive indulgence that caused her to lose her vitality early.
After hearing this, everyone said, "These damned traitors must be killed!"
"Your Majesty, a few years ago you said that there were demons from other regions causing trouble. Could it be them?" a senior official speculated.
"It's very likely." Prince Yu said angrily.
Wen Rensheng was speechless. He didn't do anything but was blamed first. Who could he complain to?
The emperor then achieved his goal.
After placing his two sons under house arrest in the palace, he sent a large number of imperial guards to guard them.
And send in a widow every three months.
A widow can give birth to a son.
It is uncertain whether a new couple will have children.
Then, starting from this day.
The emperor began to change.
He began to exploit the people again.
In order to practice better and faster, and to distance himself from others, he began to use some methods that were like drinking poison to quench thirst.
After watching it, the four of them couldn't help but sigh.
"It is true that it is hard to change one's nature, even though it is easy to change the country."
"Yeah, it's really interesting. After practicing, everyone thought he would become a better person."
"It turned out to be just a disguise."
"Yes, at first he made things better for the people, but it was only for the good fortune of the dynasty."
"Now that he has realized our threat, he has once again abandoned the people of the dynasty and chosen some quick-success methods." At this time.
The emperor ordered the people to grow all kinds of magical herbs.
And these elixirs can only be used by the emperor.
Growing ordinary crops is difficult and hard work.
Even hundreds of years later, farmers were still synonymous with poverty.
Only by advancing to a farmer can life be better. Even so, a lot of subsidies are still needed. Otherwise, there is no way you can expect to make much profit.
The people suffered terribly because of this.
And something even more terrible happened.
The emperor must speed up his ascension to become an immortal.
To ascend to become an immortal, besides luck, more external things are needed.
As soon as the news spread, it caused an uproar.
The wealthy families and the common people all began to feel nervous.
Sure enough, the emperor sent out factory guards to various places to collect elixirs and spiritual stones.
Ask them to hand over these resources immediately.
Only by handing over those resources can the family continue, otherwise, you will be killed.
Originally, these things did not exist in this world.
But after the emperor succeeded in cultivating immortality, they began to appear one after another.
This is a process of spiritual revival.
At the beginning, the emperor still regarded the entire dynasty as his own, and was willing to resist the urge to plunder and exploit for the sake of the dynasty's fortune.
Some resources were even given to others to expand their foundation and increase the labor force used for cultivation.
However, faced with new threats, the emperor reverted to his old ways.
Including this time, he thought the princes were going to rebel, which was also a misunderstanding.
After Wen Rensheng and others disguised themselves, he couldn't see where the threat was.
But I can feel threatened.
They mistook it for a threat posed by the prince.
In addition, the princes did say this in private:
"If this continues, my father will live forever. When will I be able to ascend the throne?"
"Is there a prince in the world who lives for ten thousand years?"
Once such words spread, the emperor naturally thought that they were colluding with the extraterritorial demons and wanted to rebel.
So after being kind to the people for the first few years, Emperor Jiajing began to return to his old ways.
In the TV series, he didn't change in the end, but died.
Do you think he can live another forty years? Will he repent?
Will not.
This is the nature of this person.
Steal the world to satisfy one person.
Use power and tactics for your own benefit, and apply them on yourself.
To make the people suffer is the first priority in practicing Taoism.
Wen Rensheng shook his head.
If he was not afraid of scaring away the main god, he could control the mysterious seed, amplify Xiaohuan, and create an illusion.
The emperor's true nature can be exposed early on.
And it’s not too late now.
What kind of person is the emperor? Even if he succeeds in becoming an immortal, his nature will remain the same and it is impossible for him to change.
And at this time.
Hai Rui appeared again.
He went to write again.
"Those who cultivate immortality also cultivate people."
"As long as the saints die, the thieves will continue."
"If you don't cultivate yourself, how can you cultivate immortality?"
"If the people of the dynasty are destroyed, how can the emperor survive?"
"The emperor can only hold on for a while, but not for a lifetime."
"If this is the case, then the cultivation of this immortal is in vain."
Of course, the words are not so clear...
That's what I mean.
He cursed the emperor harshly.
The emperor was so furious that he wanted to kill Hai Rui.
But when he saw the end, he suddenly woke up.
This is not right.
His immortal is clearly an immortal of luck, why is this happening?
Why is he so obsessed that he starts to exploit the people again?
I see, he must have been possessed.
This is the work of the devil.
Then he began to try to change himself.
But no one believed him anymore.
All forces began to think about how to kill the emperor...
And at this time.
Seeing the emperor like this, the four of them couldn't help but start discussing.
The novice man said, "In my opinion, this emperor is nothing special."
"He was never a good person. As long as he changed a little, as long as cultivating immortals did not require the participation of the people, he would not care about the lives of the people."
“Yes, even if you change for a while, it’s only temporary.” The novice girl followed.
"That's what happened in history. He only wanted to be immortal and even forced people to build a palace for him."
"Those palaces are obviously useless, but he still created a Yan D for this and made many conspiracies, fearing that others would know that he was the mastermind behind it."
"Everyone knows the result."
"The so-called political power has become a joke. God is watching what you do."
"In that case, we can get rid of him without any psychological burden." said the senior.
"Yes, after this small change, we know that it is not reliable to rely on this emperor. He will not really care about the people."
"So we have to overthrow him and create a new Ming Dynasty."
The crowd made a decision.
Just at this time, some people also started to contact people everywhere, looking for a way to kill the immortal.
"It seems great minds think alike."
"We can't let the immortals oppress all the people."
The three of them asked Wen Rensheng for advice.
"If you want to kill the immortal, you have to cut off the emperor's roots." Wen Rensheng said, "The emperor uses the Ming Dynasty to practice, so we will cut off the dynasty's offerings to him."
"To put it bluntly, it is to make more people not recognize him as the emperor in their hearts."
"If everyone believes in him on the surface but does not believe in him in their hearts, then he is finished."
"Why couldn't Chongzhen give orders to a minister in the end? It was because he repeatedly let ministers take the blame, and people no longer trusted him."
Everyone understood and took action immediately.
Their natural action was to inform the common people and gentry about this matter.
Gentry are naturally not good people.
But it doesn't prevent you from using one or two.
Sure enough, after these people understood this, they immediately and privately told the people under their rule to no longer obey the emperor.
They privately say that Jiajing is dead and that the Dachang Emperor is on the throne now...
My goodness, these gentry are much braver than Wen Rensheng and his friends imagined.
They also couldn't tolerate an immortal emperor.
This means they are constantly being exploited.
In this way, the emperor's memory in the minds of the people became increasingly superficial.
There is a saying that imperial power does not extend to the countryside.
The local people knew the gentry even better than the distant emperor.
When this happened, the emperor quickly realized that something was wrong.
The fortune of the Ming Dynasty has not changed, but he can absorb less and less.
"Damn it, who is causing this?"
He quickly analyzed the situation throughout the country and saw that gentry in various places were secretly telling the people to change the era name!
In fact, he didn't need to deduce it, as the factory guards had already reported it!
"This is outrageous, a bunch of unruly people!"
"Catch him and kill him!"
"You're deceiving the heavens!"
He immediately sent people to catch him.
However he was disappointed.
Because it’s like this everywhere, it’s hard to catch them all.
The most fundamental thing is that the gentry are not on his side.
In the past, he had no magical skills and had not practiced cultivation, so he knew that he had to use political tactics because he was worried about being abandoned by the gentry.
He needed fame and legitimacy, but he was worried that if his reputation was ruined, no one would recognize him as the emperor.