Chapter 173 Officials: What does Daming Immortal Palace mean? "Xianwuwei, you all know about it. But Xianwuwei is the product of the military improvement of my Ming Dynasty. The reform should also include military improvement, starting with the five armies of my Ming Dynasty. Xianmiao is not..." When everyone heard Jiajing say that the entire Ming army would be replaced by the Xianwu Guards, they were not surprised. After all, the Ming Dynasty will expand infinitely in the future. As of now, the strength of the mortal army is enough to deal with weak dynasties in the surrounding areas, but if it faces some powerful overseas powers, such as the Ming Dynasty, which also masters artillery technology, the outcome is unknown. Even if the Ming Dynasty could win, it probably wouldn't be easy. But they knew that the artillery technology of overseas countries was not weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty, and was even stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty. Prior to this, Yan Song had purchased some artillery technology from Portuguese merchants. After joint research, the Shenjinying, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works also provided them with a lot of technology. It is enough to show that the overseas countries are not all barbarians! It is even possible that as time goes by, the strength of overseas countries will increase overall, and the goal of the Ming Dynasty is to incorporate all the territories of these countries into its territory.
There will be a war between the two sides sooner or later, so the military strength of the Ming Dynasty must be improved. The only thing that can increase the military strength of the Ming Dynasty rapidly in a short period of time is the immortal martial arts practiced by the Immortal Martial Guards. "The Immortal Seedlings are the second batch of immortal cultivators in the true sense. These immortal cultivators must start from children aged four or five," Jiajing continued, regardless of what everyone thought. "They are the future of our Great Ming Dynasty!" "Therefore, I have decided to build another 'Da Ming Immortal Palace' in the capital after laying the spiritual veins," Jiajing said, "I will personally serve as the principal, and you, the cabinet and the Ministry of Ceremonies, will serve as professors." Daming Immortal Palace? The second batch of immortal cultivators in the Ming Dynasty? And they are all children aged four or five? Not only that, these cabinet elders, the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, and the first batch of immortal practitioners in the Ming Dynasty, are all going to serve as professors? After hearing Jiajing's words, everyone present was stunned for a moment. They had never imagined that they would have to cultivate this Ming Immortal Seedling themselves. "After the spiritual veins are planted in the capital, you will definitely be able to break through to the third level of Qi training in a short period of time!" Jiajing was not discussing with everyone, but giving an order: "Remember, the first batch of immortal seedlings cultivated by the Immortal Palace will continue to cultivate new immortal seedlings for the Ming Dynasty after they mature. Later, the high-ranking officials of the Immortal Dynasty will also give priority to selecting and recruiting from among them." Hearing Jiajing say this, everyone was shocked. People like Yan Song and Yan Shifan, father and son, had gleams of light in their eyes at this moment. They had already seen the huge benefits hidden in it. Of course, at this moment, not only Yan Song and his son, but also Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and others, were feeling pounding in their hearts. No, there are also people from the Imperial Household Department! Especially Chen Hong, who has always been ambitious and wants to stand out and be taken seriously by everyone. At this moment, he was so excited that his body trembled slightly. "If I can cultivate a large number of immortal seedlings, then these children will be my disciples, and the disciples of my disciples will be my grandchildren... If I can cultivate a peerless genius, who will dare to look down on me in the future?" Well, these eunuchs cannot have children, so they regard their master and apprentice, and adopted sons as their own children. In the future, as they slowly live longer, if they can have disciples and grandchildren and have many children, it can be considered that they have descendants in this life. Of course, everyone in the cabinet is thinking about the growth and development of the immortal cultivation family. When this group of immortal seedlings grow up, they will surely hold important positions in the Ming Dynasty. The lifespan of an immortal cultivator is long, and three to five hundred years is the norm. While these three to five hundred years may not bring about substantial development for a person's immortal cultivation, for a family, they can accumulate certain resources and foundation for the family. For a moment, everyone in the hall had different thoughts. "What? Do you have any objections?" Jiajing fixed his eyes and looked at everyone. "We dare not, we will obey your order!" Everyone quickly agreed.
Objection? The emperor's move could be said to be a "welfare" for them to develop a family of immortal cultivators. If they disagreed, they would be fools. "That's enough," Jiajing said, waving his hand and standing up, saying, "The Daming Immortal Palace will be supervised by the Ministry of Revenue. As for where the first batch of immortal seedlings will come from, you can solve it yourself... I won't keep you for dinner, so go away. Prince Yu and Prince Jing will stay." After saying that, Jiajing turned and walked towards the side hall. Prince Yu and Prince Jing immediately followed their father's footsteps. After Jiajing left, everyone said goodbye to Lu Fang and left Yuxi Palace one after another. However, they all started to think about three things, that is, spiritual veins, Daming Immortal Palace, and immortal seedlings! Outside Yuxi Palace, there is an empty space in the West Garden. In the distance the setting sun was blood-red, the orange-yellow setting sun was falling from afar, and the people in the cabinet were walking on the sunset, gathering together in groups of three or five. Yan Song and his son, and Hu Zongxian walked in the front. Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji walked in the middle, and at the end were Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou. In the New Party, Hu Zongxian has one foot in the Yan Party and the other in the New Party, while Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou are the people of Prince Yu and Prince Jing respectively. The current cabinet seems to have three factions, but in fact it has four camps. "Teacher," Hu Zongxian supported Yan Song with a serious expression, and said, "The spiritual veins have been laid, the spiritual energy is filling the entire capital, and there are arrangements for the immortal palace and immortal seedlings. It seems that the Ming Dynasty will soon enter the Immortal Dynasty." Yan Shifan walked aside with his hands up. Well, he was unwilling to support his father with Hu Zongxian. He really couldn't understand what was so good about Hu Zongxian that made his father regard an outsider as more important than himself. Humph, don’t you like Hu Zongxian? Then you must let him hold you firmly and comfortably, and never give way to me! Hearing Hu Zongxian's words, Yan Shifan couldn't help but roll his eyes and said unhappily: "What you said is all nonsense..." "Shifan!" However, before Yan Shifan could finish his words, he was met with a cold look and a low shout from Yan Song, "Can you be more steady? You are such a grown-up, and look at yourself now... Can't you learn from Ruzhen and act more steadily!" After being scolded like this, Yan Shifan's face became gloomy, and his eyes looking at Hu Zongxian became more and more cold. Sometimes he couldn't help but wonder, could Hu Zongxian be his father's illegitimate son? "Ruzhen, tell me what you think." Yan Song ignored Yan Shifan's sinister speculation and spoke to Hu Zongxian in a gentle voice. Hu Zongxian ignored Yan Shifan's cold eyes and chose to ignore them directly. Then he frowned and said, "The spiritual veins are leaking spiritual energy. First of all, the capital will inevitably become a paradise on earth in the future..." Paradise on earth? Hearing these four words, Yan Shifan seemed to have thought of something, and a sudden flash of inspiration came to his mind. How can a paradise on earth be a place for mortals to live? If you want to live here, you can, but you have to pay for it! If the Ming Dynasty becomes an immortal dynasty in the future, then the immortal capital will be a place where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. If you want to rent or buy a house, you will have to pay money. No, it’s spiritual resources. Wouldn’t this be another way to make some money? Well, there is also Nanjing, or other big cities in the thirteen provinces. If there are spiritual veins planted there, wouldn’t every inch of land be filled with spiritual resources? Hiss! "Okay!" Thinking of this, Yan Shifan couldn't help but let out a low shout, his face full of excitement. Standing aside, Yan Song and Hu Zongxian were both stunned when they saw Yan Shifan, who was fine just now but suddenly became extremely excited, like a lunatic. However, Yan Shifan, who was completely immersed in his future fortune-making plans at this moment, was too lazy to pay attention to the gazes of the two. "Go on." Yan Song shook his head slightly, signaling Hu Zongxian to continue. "What I want to say is, can the children of the blessed land on earth be considered as the first batch of candidates for the Immortal Seedlings?" Hu Zongxian said, pausing slightly, and said, "Although the emperor said that we can decide the candidates for the Immortal Seedlings ourselves, this is naturally the emperor's reward to his subjects." "Because everyone will first select the children from their own family members to enter the Immortal Palace, in order to expand the family!" “However, if all the immortal seedlings in this immortal palace are from the families of the ministers in the cabinet… even if the emperor doesn’t say anything, I’m afraid he will still have some grudges and suspicions in his heart.” "Students think," Hu Zongxian said, looking up at Yan Song who was listening quietly, then paused and said: "So, in order to avoid this kind of situation, we can appropriately select a certain number of children from the common people's homes in the capital. In this way, the number of quotas for all cabinet members will be limited. The teacher is the chief minister of the cabinet and should serve as a role model..."
"Also, tomorrow, the Emperor will be laying out the spiritual veins. If the spiritual energy is leaked, it will inevitably cause some shocks. We must prepare for these in advance and explain some things to the officials..." Hu Zongxian kept talking and Yan Song kept nodding. Similarly, Xu Jie and others behind were also secretly planning on laying out the spiritual veins and the affairs of the Daming Immortal Palace for tomorrow. Soon, everyone dispersed, but the difference was that Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou went home separately. The Qingliu faction all went to Xu Jie's home, and Hu Zongxian also followed Yan Song and his son back to the Yan Mansion. What happened today was too much for them, and they had to win over the core members of their faction for a long talk all night long. The next day, inside Wenhua Hall. The elders of the cabinet sat on both sides. At the top, Prince Yu and Prince Jing closed their eyes to rest. They had received a lot of benefits from their father yesterday, and were now quietly digesting what was in their minds. On both sides, officials from the six ministries, the Inspectorate and other organizations took their positions according to the Qingliu, Yan Party and Xin Party, that is, the factions in the military. However, at this time, the people from the six departments were in chaos. "The Immortal Palace of the Great Ming Dynasty?" The Minister of Rites frowned and opened his eyes, wanting to ask the elders of the cabinet what they meant. After all, they had never heard of this new thing, and had no idea what it was used for. Others were also talking and looking at the cabinet members. Doesn’t the Ming Dynasty have the Imperial College? Didn’t the young cabinet minister say before that we wanted to set up a new Imperial College? What is the purpose of this Daming Immortal Palace? "..." (End of this chapter)