Prison Dragon

Chapter 55

Many people have great ambitions when they are young, with incomparable determination and vigor, dare to break through, fight and fight, and will not turn back when they hit the south wall. The older they are, the more rounded they are, and they are no longer like when they were young. So bruised and bruised.They have gradually mastered the ability to deal with worldly affairs, forbearance, balance, and caution have become more important ingredients than the hearty free and easy youth.

The deeper their understanding of the world, the more constrained they are, the deeper they enter the world, the harder it is to get out of the world, and every shackles of the world of mortals are pulling their choices around.

However, there is another kind of people, they have excellent talents, those scheming and manipulating methods that others can only learn by stumbling in society. To them, it's just something they picked up at random.These people know how to play in the rules of life when they are young, and then play the rules, they can always make choices that are beneficial to themselves, and they can easily reach the heights of the world.

The continuous deepening of experience will only make them more handy. After external problems can no longer bother them, there is only one thing left - themselves.

Who you really are, what you really want, what you really want to do.

Zhang Chengwang is this kind of person, and so is Shangluo.

Therefore, people who know Shangluo can't understand that Shangluo's talent is the best in the world, and he can stand alone in the vortex of officialdom and build his own power.He has achieved the ultimate level of ordinary people, and he only needs to enjoy his old age in peace. If he participated in the battle for succession for the sake of glory and wealth, why would he bet on Yang You, who has nothing and is nothing?

For Shangluo, the answer is actually very simple.

An unprecedented and unprecedented talented man who won three yuan at a young age, but what he faced was a dark and corrupt court and a bunch of princes and grandchildren who were completely useless.

When he is young, he can only climb up the system, but when he is old, all the major life issues that should be solved have been solved, and he has nothing to worry about.

Enjoy your old age?

He never longed for a stable life, what he wanted was the days when he galloped the world in the history books, made great achievements, and was admired by future generations.

If the emperor is not what he wants, then he will personally shape an emperor, if the country is not what he wants, he will personally reshape a country!

This is what he really thinks, a crazy wit's true self!

It is precisely because Yang You has nothing and is nothing that he can enter his sight.

He can do it, and he believes he can do it!

Zhang Chengwang took over the burden of the Taifu with the same confidence, but unfortunately, wherever he looked, only Yang Ni was what he thought and hoped for.

Fortunately, it's not too late.

The first emperor knew Zhang Chengwang's desire for power and kept him on the edge, but he didn't want to give up Zhang Chengwang's ability to do things.

As for Yang Ting, it seemed that he didn't realize what he wanted to do at all, and only thought that he was a clean stream left by the former emperor, an old-fashioned old man who only knew how to read sage books.

He had watched the internal struggles in the imperial court with cold eyes for many years, and now it was finally his turn to go down and solve everything in person.

He needs a chance, a chance to re-enter the court.

Yang Ting was not on guard against him at all, this was his best opportunity!

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Zhang Chengwang is a veteran of the three dynasties, and his character and reputation are not bad. The key point is that he does not belong to any faction, and he can convince the crowd without causing disputes. There is no more suitable person in the court than him.

Yang Ting recognized him as an imperial envoy and was ordered to handle disaster relief with full authority.

How about a family with an old man, such as a treasure?

Zhang Chengwang did not stay in the capital, but went to the worst-hit places, and quickly figured out everything about disaster relief. He arranged for the chiefs of each place, counted the victims, collected supplies, and established resettlement sites. Dot advances all work in an orderly manner.

Most officials didn't dare to move their minds when they saw his resume, and Zhang Chengwang had already seen through what the rest of the officials wanted to move.

Everything is moving in the direction he prescribed.

Disaster relief does not happen overnight. At the same time, a more wonderful show will be staged in the capital.

Once the natural disaster occurs, the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony and banquet will naturally be cancelled. Not only must it be cancelled, but the emperor will also issue an imperial edict to worship the heaven and the earth for forgiveness.

Taichang Temple has changed from holding ceremonies to holding apology meetings.

Yang Ting will offer sacrifices to the heaven, earth and society on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, and make it known to the world.

Logically speaking, there are conventions for this kind of thing, and the emperor of Qi State didn't do many other things, and the promulgation of the edict of sin was recorded in the history books in a long way, and there were as many old rules as there were.Taichang Temple is to do as before.

The trouble is that Yang Ting is the first person who presented the tribute to pray to the heaven and earth, called Shouxian, and the second person who presented the tribute after him is called Yaxian.

Following closely behind the emperor gave the position of Yaxian a more profound meaning.

In the past, Yaxian was always Grand Master Qian, but now Grand Master Qian has been demoted to a commoner, Yang Jian has been deposed, and he has changed from a prince to a marquis, with no master in the harem.

Ya Xian is like a piece of fat hanging from the beams of the house, everyone has to jump up to eat it.

Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites are the departments in charge of ceremonies. All of a sudden, white money flowed into these two places like flowing water.

Relying on having a prince, Taichang Temple directly packaged the bribe money and sent it to the Jiaodong Palace. By the way, a meeting was held to celebrate that Taichang Temple finally got some fat.

There are a total of more than ten boxes of silver, with white flowers shining brightly, all piled up in Yang You's warehouse.

Ruifang said worriedly: "My lord, you are not afraid of being investigated for accepting bribes in such a big way."

What are you afraid of?It's not that he wants others to give gifts, but Yang You wished that others would know that he had received gifts.

He has no psychological burden at all to collect this kind of money.

Zhuo Xinhong sat on the pile of silver, took a piece of silver and put it in his mouth to bite, "It's in good condition! Hey, where do you think they got so much money from?"

"Where else can it come from? Let's search. The prince searched the capital officials, the capital officials searched the local officials, the local officials searched for the small officials, and the small officials searched for the common people. Going down one by one, I don't know how much money went into the pockets of the officials." Jiang Ling sighed.

Yang You felt that he was still not good at pretending, and he didn't even know that there was such a way. He said: "No, I am also the prince. You put all the stolen money with me, so I can't charge some fees?"

Zhuo Xinhong jumped up and punched him in the chest, "Brothers are doing things for you and you still have to charge money, do you have a conscience?"

"It's not right for you to say that," Yang You punched him back, "Aren't you taking my money to eat, drink and gamble?"

Shang Luo dissuaded with a smile: "Eating and drinking men and women, people have great desires, saints are like this, let alone me layman?"

Xu Kaiji stroked his chin and thought about it, "What should I do with the money?"

Yang You looked at it, the actual silver alone was hundreds of thousands, and there were many banknotes and gold and silver treasures, "Send it to the Tai Tuo for disaster relief."

"No," Shangluo taught him, "Before you do something, you have to think about what you can get from it. Money, affection, loyalty... If you don't get anything, or if the gain is not proportional to the effort, then you are doing something wrong." Vain."

Yang You opened his mouth to speak, but Shang Luo interrupted him, "I know you think I'm too eager for quick success. Of course, there are many things in the world that cannot be measured by benefits. You can understand those things without me teaching you. You should think about it now." The most important thing is how to learn to weigh the pros and cons. Only by mastering this ability can you handle other things better. In order to maintain your image, you must quietly send money over. Disaster relief is disaster relief, but what can you get? The reward? The reputation in the hearts of the victims? Or the touch of the officials for your help? Or Zhang Taifu’s favor for you? You can’t get anything.”

This is indeed the truth. Shangluo is not forbidding Yang You to do what he wants to do, but to consider a few more steps and push all the factors in a direction that is beneficial to him.

Yang You asked, "Then what should we do?"

Shang Luo rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "Xinhong, I remember that your school seems to be quite famous?"

Zhuo Xinhong smiled shyly, "Hong's master is from Master Jingming Dao Xishan, and he erected gates and walls, which is not worth mentioning."

Yang You only knew that Zhuo Xinhong was from the martial arts world, but he didn't expect him to have a lot of background.

There are several branches of Taoism, such as Quanzhen, Maoshan, Lingbao, and Jingming.

Jingming Dao is a relatively special sect. Yang You has heard about this. Apart from teaching body skills and martial arts, they have extremely strict requirements for accepting disciples. The Eight Treasures of Filial Piety, Integrity, Respect, Generosity, Abundance, Tolerance, and Forbearance, the eight treasures of righteousness and sincerity, support the rules and regulations, and transform the people into the teaching of loyalty, filial piety, honesty and prudence.

Jingming Dao has the least number of Taoist sects, but all of them are gentlemen with both talents and learning, but as the world changes, they can no longer sustain it.

As long as Shang Luo tapped it lightly, Yang You would understand. He said to Zhuo Xinhong: "The Hongjiao of your school is a bright and righteous way. Although money is regarded as dung, after all, it still needs foreign things to support the livelihood of the Taoist priests. The money will be given to you." For the priests, it doesn’t matter if you build Taoist temples or help the victims, you can do whatever you want.”

Zhuo Xinhong didn't show any modesty with him, he just accepted it, he said: "I have thought about it for a long time. To tell you the truth, my lord, the school of Jingming Taoism has long been in short supply, and it is because of my constant help that the sect is able to succeed." Barely getting by, and His Majesty keeps secrets about Buddhism, life is really sad. Rest assured, my master will make good use of this money, and will never let down the painstaking efforts of the prince."

"It's good if it can be used practically." Yang You replied, "As for the ultimatum for the activities of the Taoist priests, I will make it clear to my father, and I will let the Ministry of Rites handle it. Let them not have to worry, and they can do things with peace of mind. It is enough to violate the laws of the country and human ethics.”

It is not enough to promote the teachings only by arguing with the mouth.The chaotic and painful world is the best time to promote the teachings. Yang You's move not only gave Jing Mingdao the opportunity to spread the teachings, but more importantly, as a prince who can speak in front of Yang Ting, Yang You's move is undoubtedly In order to guarantee Jingmingdao, so that Jingmingdao can operate with peace of mind under Yang Ting's high-pressure policy, this is a protection that Shangluo and others cannot provide.

Of course, Zhuo Xinhong understood the significance of this move, not to mention his relationship with Yang You in the officialdom, just the fact that he was a master, was worth all his troubles for Yang You.