Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Zhang Sanfeng fell into deep thought and didn't say anything, so Zhang Xin just waited silently.

Wanxiu seemed to be controlled by Zhang Sanfeng's magical power again and stopped talking.

She was actually a little curious at this moment.

Is Taoism really so magical?

Since ancient times, those emperors who sought immortality and enlightenment were not just imagining things! If emperors could live for 100 to 200 years like Zhang Sanfeng, they could really do a lot more.

"Master Zhang has such magical powers, why doesn't he serve the court?"

Zhang Xin couldn't help but ask.

"I am an idle wanderer, I cannot stand being restrained."

Zhang Sanfeng smiled and glanced at Zhang Xin, then gave him just a few polite words.

"Okay, let's get back to the matter of Your Highness."

Zhang Xin didn't get to the bottom of the matter. When she asked, she already felt it was a pointless question.

"The destiny of the royal family is very mysterious. I cannot explain it clearly. I can only try to do it."

Zhang Sanfeng himself didn't understand it clearly, and he couldn't explain too much to Zhang Xin.

He just changed the topic and talked to Zhang Xin about Taoism.

Yuan Zhou talked about the origin of Taoism, while Zhang Sanfeng was imaginative and free-spirited.

Whether it is Confucianism, Taoism, or Buddhism, Zhang Sanfeng knows everything about them.

Regardless of the advantages and disadvantages, Zhang Sanfeng can tell them all.

When talking about the early Mohist school, Zhang Sanfeng also has his own personal views.

The Mohist school takes law as its core and wants to govern the country by law, but the imperial court governs a country with people as the foundation.

There is bound to be a conflict between the two.

Therefore, as dynasties developed, the Legalists gradually declined.

Zhang Xin mentioned some of the current malpractices in the imperial court, and Zhang Sanfeng was well aware of them.

He just listened but didn't mention any improvements or suggestions. He was completely out of the matter.

Zhang Xin never mentioned it again later.

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Ming Dynasty, February of the 13th year of Yongle.

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Xin and Zhu Gaochi had lived in Yuzhen Palace for more than two months.

It was Zhang Xin’s first time to celebrate the New Year outside the palace, and she felt pretty good about it.

Unlike in the palace, where one is busy from the end of the year until after the Lantern Festival.

There is no need to meet so many people.

There were only three of us in the family, and we had a simple New Year's Eve dinner.

Over the past two months, Zhu Gaochi has made quite encouraging progress.

On the first day, Qian'er and his men carried him down. A month later, he was able to climb halfway up the mountain and climb down by himself.

Although my appetite has doubled, my waistline has actually shrunk a lot.

On this day, Zhu Gaochi had just come down the mountain and was trying to beg Zhang Xin to eat the noodles made by her when Wei Guan brought him two pieces of good news.

"Your Highness, the underwater mine No. 2 has been made! It uses sugar."

"Drink, you really used it?"

Zhu Gaochi was wiping his sweat, and he was so happy that he just wiped it and threw the towel to Qian'er.

"Yes, Your Highness. The Japanese pirates in the north have created a ship-sinking machine. Our underwater mine is just in time for this."

Wei Guan, who had just received the news, was also very excited.

"Shipwreck?"

It was the first time Zhu Gaochi heard of it.

"Your Highness, I don't know who did this, but it has caused harm to many merchant ships. Now if they come, we will kill them all!"

Wei Guan, rarely seen with excitement, explained the whole story to Zhu Gaochi.

During the Hongwu period, the Japanese pirates on the sea included Japanese, Ryukyuans, Koreans, and some profit-seeking Ming people.

Since the maritime ban was lifted during the Yongle reign, the Ming navy had guarded several important ports. Fewer and fewer Japanese pirates dared to go ashore, and finally all of them were floating on the sea.

Most of them did not dare to go ashore, so they could only plunder passing merchant ships.

But the merchant ships were not without the ability to fight back, and if they failed to succeed in their first strike, or if the ship that broke through the siege escaped and asked for help, the Ming army patrolling nearby would quickly arrive to support them. They would not be able to rob anything, and would suffer heavy casualties.

So these people came up with a new idea.