Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Di dropped the topic and raised his eyes to look at Jiang Xinghuo.

"Then Mr. Jiang, since he is a banished immortal, and since he has been reincarnated for so many lives, what exactly must he accomplish to become an immortal again? And where is the place where the immortal lives? What does it look like?"

Zhu Di did not ask why Jiang Xinghuo was relegated since he was a relegated immortal. This meant nothing to him.

Zhu Di is more concerned about what Jiang Xinghuo's ultimate goal is, and whether there are immortals in this world who can live forever.

After all, Fertilizer Immortal is the honorific title given to Jiang Xinghuo by Zhu Di, the emperor of the world. Before the two of them actually met today, everything about whether Jiang Xinghuo was an immortal or not was just speculation by Zhu Di and others.

Facing Zhu Di's question, Jiang Xinghuo answered without hesitation.

"I can't answer you for the last two questions. I can only tell you that it's not something you can understand or imagine."

Seeing Jiang Xinghuo decisively rejecting him without any hesitation, Zhu Di felt a little relieved.

Zhu Di is the iron-blooded emperor who stands at the top of the human world.

If Jiang Xinghuo hesitated for even half a second in his answer, Zhu Di would think that the other party might be telling a lie.

And if Jiang Xinghuo really described to him a so-called "fairy world" with birds singing, flowers fragrant, and three thousand fairies, Zhu Di would be even more suspicious.

If mortals could really find the immortal world, then in the past thousands of years, emperors would have sought enlightenment and become immortals.

Do you think Qin Shihuang and Han Wu Emperor, who also spent countless manpower and material efforts to seek immortality, are doing nothing?

If there is such a good opportunity, can he still get Zhu Di, who is so low in the order?

"What about the first question?"

Since Jiang Xinghuo didn't directly refuse to answer the first question, Zhu Di immediately realized that there was something going on.

After all, Zhu Di was different from other emperors. His experience of fighting hundreds of battles and brushing against death countless times had long made him look down on life and death.

Zhu Di lived only to complete the great cause in his heart and write a mark in history that others could never ignore, not to survive as an individual.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Xinghuo answered.

"What I want to accomplish is to prevent China's history from heading towards a future in which it is humiliated by foreign countries that took the lead in industrializing."

When Zhu Di heard this, a light flashed in his eyes.

I, the mighty Chinese, have stood for thousands of years and are unparalleled in the world. How can I be reduced to a situation of being bullied?

But Zhu Di couldn't help asking: "But just now, Mr. Jiang, you clearly said that you were in the history after the Ming Dynasty. Will the Ming Dynasty continue to follow that historical track? If not, how to explain the previous history? What about the Ming Dynasty, which itself has become history?"

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head.

"I have no idea."

"have no idea?"

A trace of surprise flashed across Zhu Di's eyes.

"I really don't know whether the current Ming Dynasty is an independent historical line or a retrospective of the previous history."

"But there is no doubt about it."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Zhu Di seriously and said softly: "We have changed history now."

"The history of the Ming Dynasty originally did not have all this."

"The test method was originally implemented one hundred and seventy years later by Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty who said, 'I am not a prime minister, but a photograph.'"

"The prototype of the system was implemented by the Yongzheng Emperor, the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty who established the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou 310 years later."

"In addition, there are many, many things that should not have appeared, and these have now appeared in the land of Ming Dynasty."

Listening to Jiang Xinghuo's words, Zhu Di felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.

The Buddhist scriptures say that a moment is a thought.

At this moment of thought, Zhu Di thought a lot. He had many questions, and Zhu Di wanted to ask Jiang Xinghuo.

After all, when the banished immortal who truly knows the "future" is sitting in front of him, no one will resist the possibility of knowing his destiny.

This longing originating from the depths of life cannot be eradicated at all.

Just like, almost everyone longs to go back to the past and change their destiny at a certain moment.

Similarly, everyone will be eager to know what will happen in their future.

Although I know very well in my heart, once I know this possible "future", all the meaning of life will temporarily become boring.

In the end, Zhu Di chose to ask the latter first between himself and the future of Ming Dynasty.

After all, if nothing unexpected happens, Zhu Di can still roughly guess his future, but he can't be sure of the specific things.

The future of Ming Dynasty has a longer time span and more variables, which is beyond his personal ability to guess.

Zhu Di only knew from Jiang Xinghuo that the Jurchens would rule China again in the future and establish a Jurchen dynasty for the second time.

But now, Zhu Di has formulated a complete plan to obliterate the Jurchens and asked Gu Cheng to implement it step by step. Thinking about it, this future will probably not happen again.

But Zhu Di still wanted to know how Ming Dynasty perished in the future that Jiang Xinghuo knew.

After all, this is his Ming Dynasty.

Mencius has a very good saying: If you go in, you will be helpless at home, and when you go out, you will be invincible in foreign countries. The country will be permanently destroyed, and then you will know that you are born in sorrow and die in peace and happiness.

Even in another time and space, the many factors that led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty must have a preventive effect on the current Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Jiang, how did the Ming Dynasty perish in the history of another time and space?"

To Zhu Di's surprise, Jiang Xinghuo, who had previously predicted the future for him for free on the painting boat, did not readily agree to this request.

Instead, Jiang Xinghuo proposed his own terms of exchange.

"All the gifts of fate have a price tag in secret. I can't tell you the future I know for free."

After hearing this, Zhu Di smiled instead.

"What does Mr. Jiang want?"

Zhu Di opened his powerful hands and said loudly: "I am rich all over the world and can dominate the world. Whatever Mr. Jiang wants, just say it!"

"You can give it, but I won't take it."

Jiang Xinghuo replied calmly: "If I take any of the benefits you promised, it would violate my original intention, so I don't need all the worldly things in this world."

Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded to express his understanding and asked: "I wonder what Mr. Jiang wants in exchange?"

"I want a promise."

Jiang Xinghuo said calmly: "After you listen to the future I told you, whether you think it is really possible in another time and space, or whether I am talking nonsense, you must promise me a promise."

Zhu Di nodded slightly: "Well, I originally planned to worship Mr. Jiang as the national advisor. It's just a promise. As long as I am unable to fulfill it or it extremely violates my position, I can agree to it."

After the words fell, the two of them were silent for a few breaths each with their own thoughts.

Jiang Xinghuo slowly began to tell a story.

"If history does not change, in Shuntian Mansion two hundred and forty-two years later, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty will hang himself on a crooked-necked tree similar to the one behind us."

After a pause, Jiang Xinghuo pointed to the tree behind him.

Zhu Di was shocked. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty would actually hang himself? Could it be that the Jurchens mentioned by Jiang Xinghuo had captured the capital?

However, although he had doubts in his heart, Zhu Di did not interrupt Jiang Xinghuo's story about the "future".

Jiang Xinghuo continued: "This emperor, who is not very old, has a fairly shiny dragon robe, which is full of whitened patches washed out by starch, and an inner lining that is so tattered that it can easily be torn into strips. In an old man's robe, Accompanied by the eunuch, he staggered to the foot of the tree, preparing to leave the last edict, which was also his last edict."

Zhu Di looked at Jiang Xinghuo, and a thought flashed through his mind. It seemed that the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not a fatuous and tyrannical king who subjugated his country?

But if this is the case, how could the Ming Dynasty perish? Why not go to Nanjing to try to make a comeback?

Jiang Xinghuo's words continued.

"I have been in power for seven years. I have been punished by evil deeds, and I have been imprisoned three times in the interior. The rebels have been approaching the capital, and all the ministers have misunderstood me. I saw my ancestors lying on the ground without a face, and died with their hair covering their faces. "Let thieves split my corpse, but do not hurt any of my people."

When Zhu Di heard this edict, his whole person was stunned for a moment.

"Seeing your ancestors faceless underground?" Zhu Di murmured.

"How could it be? I have descendants like you, how could I think that you have no face to see me?"

Let the thieves divide my body, but do not harm any of my people.

Be diligent and thrifty and love the people.

Why did the Ming Dynasty perish in the hands of such an emperor?

Is it really what he said about "a bad act of virtue and an invitation to sin from heaven"? Is it really the so-called connection between heaven and man? The emperor's weak virtues led to the punishment from heaven that destroyed the country?

No, absolutely impossible!

Zhu Di had witnessed with his own eyes the torsion scale experiment that proved the existence of gravity, and knew clearly that there was no punishment from God in this world.

Even Jiang Xinghuo, a banished immortal who transcends the world and can travel through the long river of history, can still play an extremely limited role in the fate of the entire world.

Otherwise, Jiang Xinghuo might have accomplished his goal a few lives ago.

I will never wait until now, I need to join hands with myself to do this.

This shows that even immortals who may exist in a place beyond Zhu Di's understanding will not impose any so-called heavenly punishment because of the mortal emperor's misconduct.

Therefore, the demise of the Ming Dynasty definitely had a deeper reason!

Zhu Di keenly captured a sentence, "The mainland was captured three times, and the rebels approached the capital."

Prisoners definitely refer to foreigners.

And the rebels must be the rebels of the Ming Dynasty.

"Could it be that the Ming Dynasty was not actually destroyed by the Jurchens?"

Zhu Di suddenly raised his head and asked Jiang Xinghuo.