Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Hearing this, Li Xiu looked at the old housekeeper with gray temples in front of him: "What's your name?"

"The younger one's surname is Wang, and he is the fifth eldest in the family, so he named him Wang Wu!"

Wang Wu hurriedly bowed and responded: "The young one was originally working in Huangzhuang, and the palace issued a decree, so I came to the Hou Ye's mansion to serve you, Lord Hou..."

"Tell Benhou, what's the current situation in this mansion?"

Li Xiu nodded, stepped forward, and asked a casual question.

"Reporting to Lord Hou, there are now 50 maids in the house, 18 singers, carpenters, gardeners, painters, and cooks, a total of 30 people, and others such as accountants, servants, nurses, servants... a total of 150 people. Two people, plus your personal guards, Lord Hou, there are 53 people..."

"There are more tenants outside the house..."

"There are thousands of acres of fertile land outside the city, and there are three restaurants, two inns, a coal yard, a forest farm, and several hills in the north of the city..."

"These are the high-quality properties selected by His Majesty from the Huangzhuang. According to a small estimate, they can earn at least 7000 taels of silver every year..."

"There is still a balance of more than 7000 taels of silver in the accountant of the mansion, which was bestowed by the palace, and the small ones dare not touch it..."

Hearing these words, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile. His Zhenbeihou Mansion, it can be said, has just opened, and it has already gathered such an intricate group of interest groups. Tens of thousands of people need to rely on his Marquis Mansion. to live.

It is conceivable what kind of situation those wealthy mansions that have been in operation for tens of hundreds of years are like.

In this way, it is completely conceivable why every reform in history is always so powerless when facing vested interests!Even if it is a fluke, why is backlash always so terrifying and unstoppable!

From his newly opened Zhenbeihou Mansion, one can see it clearly!

Chapter 177 Li Xiu's Yearning

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

At this moment, in the Beihou Mansion of this town, it is vividly displayed.

Just before today, he was still outside the city, clearing the remnants of the bandits, witnessing countless people who were displaced due to the plundering of gold, witnessing scenes of horrific scenes.

At this time, he is already a carnivore aloof, enjoying the unimaginable extravagant life of those people who struggle at the bottom and are not as good as livestock.

The jade pond in the incense tent, the hot spring surging, Li Xiu's body full of ferocious scars was revealed, leaning against the jade biscuit, wearing a tulle skirt beside him, surrounded by the faintly visible beauties, carefully serving Li Xiu who closed his eyes slightly.

Such extravagance, Li Xiu did not feel uncomfortable at all, he is not a saint, he has all kinds of emotions and six desires.

Although what he did was a major event of saving the country and the people, at its root, it was nothing more than satisfying the needs of the soul.

As for his body's needs, with his status and power in Daming, he could easily satisfy them long ago.

"Siyan, Bingqin, Yelan, Chimeng..."

"These names are interesting..."

While the beauty was carefully serving her, Li Xiu slowly opened his eyes, looking at the looming delicate body with unceremonious eyes, and his voice also slowly sounded.

As soon as this remark came out, several beauties trembled, and after a long silence, one of the women in pink gauze said cautiously: "If you don't like it, Lord Hou, you can choose another name." No problem..."

Seeing the trembling and terrified appearances of the women, Li Xiu couldn't help feeling quite amusing. He shook his head with a smile, and stood up from the water. While the water splashed everywhere, his ferocious body was completely and clearly revealed in front of the women. ...

The desire accumulated in the army for several months was completely released on this night.

Jiaoyin twitched non-stop until late at night before slowly dissipating in the jade pond.

A night of indulgence, but as usual, when dawn broke, the Martial Arts Arena in the Hou Mansion was already full of soldiers.

Even though they are stationed in the Hou's Mansion, under Li Xiu's arrangement, these dozens of personal soldiers strictly follow the military system, and there is no shortage of drills that should be there.

And Li Xiu himself was even more so.

As for martial arts, even though he has such a heaven-defying opportunity as the system panel, he has never relaxed since he came into contact with martial arts.

It's just that at this time, Li Xiu was rare and had never practiced martial arts in the martial arts arena. Instead, he was sitting by the side, holding a thin booklet and studying it intently.

The title of the book is Hunyuan Yiqi Jue. Obviously, this is a book of martial arts, but it is different from the previous martial arts. This book of Hunyuan Yiqi Jue is a book of inner qigong!

The perfect body training has arrived more than half a year ago.

As for the so-called initial rise in aura, after nearly half a year of accumulation, it finally arrived naturally after the decisive battle with Nurhachi.

In fact, after reaching the perfect state of body training, Li Xiu could clearly perceive the existence of Qi in his perception.

However, body training is already at the top of the rivers and lakes, even if it is the arsenal of the palace, there is not much martial arts for the so-called sense of qi, or even the inner qi environment.

Without enough reference, Li Xiu didn't dare to act rashly. Under such circumstances, it was allowed to grow naturally for nearly half a year, until it fully manifested when it came naturally.

The sense of qi has already appeared, and it is much thicker than that described in the handbook given by the old eunuch. In the handbook, the sense of qi is described in units of strands and strands. At this moment, in Li Xiu's perception, The inner qi in the dantian is already like a puddle of water!

Even, it can no longer be described as a rising sense of qi, as if he has completely stepped into the inner qi environment.

The so-called inner qi environment, Li Xiu finally had a general understanding after reading all the martial arts about the inner qi environment hidden in the palace.

The inner qi environment is actually exhaling and refining qi.

The so-called qi refers to the qi and blood of the human body!

The thicker the qi and blood, the stronger the body foundation, the more this qi!

Therefore, the three realms of body refining can also be regarded as the foundational realm of breathing and refining Qi!

However, in Li Xiu's view, the state of body training, and the state of inner qi...

Compared with the connection between the past and the future, the two seem to be more complementary to each other.

The Body Refining Boundary also refines the essence and strengthens the Qi and blood, while the Internal Qi Boundary refines the Qi and blood and turns it into inner Qi!

Between the two, there should be a parallel existence, not a link between the past and the next to lay the foundation!

All kinds of thoughts circulated in his mind for a long time, but there were too few inner qi martial arts for reference, and his personal understanding of the inner qi environment was not deep enough. These thoughts could only be hidden deep in his heart in the end.

"Inner Qi..."

After putting down the booklet, Li Xiu stood up slowly and sighed softly.

Regardless of those personal whimsical thoughts in his mind, the magical effect of inner energy really opened Li Xiu's eyes.

Inner Qi is like panacea.

If the body is injured, you can mobilize the inner qi in the dantian to the injured area, which will greatly speed up the healing process, or suppress the deterioration of the injury.

Under normal circumstances, mobilizing the inner qi to each part of the body also has different magical effects.

If you transfer the inner energy to your feet, you will be as light as a swallow, which is far stronger than those light body martial arts in the body training state.

If the internal energy is transported to the arms, the energy will increase sharply in a short period of time, as powerful as a cow.

And so on, it can be said to be extremely magical.

Having said that, moving the internal energy is by no means a simple matter.

Li Xiu has read medical books thoroughly, and his medical skills can be described as superb. He also has an incomparable understanding of the meridians of the human body.

The transportation of internal qi is difficult to understand, and the meridians of the whole body are like an extremely rough and bumpy road. Although it is barely passable, how can the rugged mountain road be compared with the spacious road.

Moreover, the mountain road is rugged, and the internal energy is running. Before reaching the destination, most of the internal energy is consumed by the rugged mountain road, and the magical effect is also drastically reduced.

But despite this, the state of inner qi is definitely not comparable to the state of body refining.

Even if the inner qi is not mobilized, the inner qi is safely placed in the dantian, which is like a powerful engine. Before the inner qi is exhausted, it can continuously provide energy to the body without exhaustion.

Just this, the wonder of the inner qi is enough!

"Lay a solid foundation of qi and blood, accumulate and strengthen the inner qi, and completely unblock the meridians..."

Glancing at the Hunyuan Yiqi Jue in his hand, these three sentences also flashed through Li Xiu's mind.

This is the path of breathing and refining qi that he summed up by collecting all the secrets of inner qi realm martial arts hidden in the palace.

Breathe and refine Qi...

Undoubtedly, it is a four-word that makes people yearn for.

From this path, he seemed to see a temptation that no one could refuse.

Li Xiu also couldn't refuse, or in other words, he has been longing for it since he unlocked the anti-sky effect of the system panel.

With this heaven-defying help, he should be able to go further on the road of martial arts, and even hope for the unattainable word of longevity!

Chapter 178 Reward and Punishment

In the first year of Chongzhen, the war that almost made the fate of the country shaky, Li Xiu's sudden emergence, saving the country from danger, seemed to make the government system that had been stable for tens of hundreds of years tend to collapse.

And all this is far from over.

With the power of great victory, and then suppressed with righteousness, a play called rewarding meritorious deeds and punishing deeds is also gradually on the stage.

It was only one day after the prisoner offering ceremony ended, and before Li Xiu went to the Beijing camp to take up his post, Zhu Youjian couldn't wait to put out the scene.

Those who criticized Li Xiu's post-golden theory before the war, those who opposed the transfer of the Yongwei Battalion to the capital, and even all the corruption that was completely torn off the fig leaf when the capital was in crisis!

This storm, which affected the entire court, had also completely kicked off.

What is Gan Gang's arbitrariness, and what is the emperor's prestige.

At this time, Zhu Youjian really realized it.

The courtiers who once restrained and oppressed him so hard that he couldn't breathe, now let him knead him without the slightest resistance.

Zhu Youjian is full of confidence!

Unprecedented feet!

As Li Xiu said, now, now, is the best time.

The military prestige is in full swing, and the group of civil servants and nobles also suffered an unprecedented blow in this battle, and fell into a rare window period.

And he Zhu Youjian, Li Xiu, the Yongweiying, this monstrous victory, and the highest point of etiquette and morality!

The right time, the right place, and the right people, at this moment, is within his grasp, how could he miss such a great opportunity!

In a storm, I don't know how many high-ranking ministers who used to be famous have fallen, and many worthy ones who Zhu Youjian has observed for a long time have been promoted.

Zhu Youjian also has no intention of treating scholar-bureaucrats preferentially. Those who have committed serious crimes will all have their families ransacked and exterminated. With absolute confidence, Zhu Youjian also shows no mercy.

Li Xiu also never really participated in all this, he watched silently from the outside, and at the same time deterred any evildoers.

This can be regarded as the silent understanding between him and Zhu Youjian.

He led the army, gave Zhu Youjian confidence, and gave Zhu Youjian the confidence to ignore the rules.

Zhu Youjian came to power, released him to rule the country, pacify the world, and rejuvenate the dream of Ming Dynasty.

Just like the storm that swept across the entire court, before it started, Li Xiu issued an order in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army Commander's Mansion, to transfer all the troops of the Beijing camp to the outskirts of the capital.

At the same time, in the name of reorganizing the army, a battalion of infantry from the Yongwei Battalion was dispatched to be stationed beside the main army of the Beijing camp. Its real purpose is already obvious.

Losing the only power that the capital can rely on at present, whether it is a civil servant or a noble, it is like the meat on Zhu Youjian's chopping board, it just depends on how Zhu Youjian cuts the knife.

This storm lasted for nearly half a month. Whether it was the so-called Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, they suffered heavy losses.

And in this storm, the biggest movement is none other than the exit of the Nine Thousand Years, who continued the prestige of the two dynasties... Wei Zhongxian.

At the beginning of December in the first year of Chongzhen, Wei Zhongxian asked to resign as the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, saying that he was old and unable to bear the heavy responsibility, and wanted to enjoy the rest of his life.

The emperor refused, and Wei Zhongxian asked to resign again. After doing this three times, the emperor finally couldn't bear it, and allowed him to retire and return to his hometown to support his life.

Of course, this is not hypocrisy, but the real fact.

After all, neither Zhu Youjian nor Li Xiu included Wei Zhongxian as the target of this cleansing of the court.

After all, although Wei Zhongxian had a very bad reputation and even committed illegal acts, he actively cooperated with Zhu Youjian many times when Zhu Youjian became lonely and lonely, and even formed a tacit understanding with Zhu Youjian. Again, check and balance the phenomenon of Donglin.

And once this kind of tacit understanding is formed, for an eunuch, it is undoubtedly a new master.

Zhu Youjian obviously used Wei Zhongxian quite smoothly. Moreover, under Li Xiu's suggestion, Wei Zhongxian still needed to do a lot of dirty work, and it was far from the time to kill Wei Zhongxian to appease his anger.

But now, Wei Zhongxian obviously also realized that he was on the verge of riding a tiger, and his so-called eunuch forces were already vulnerable under the current general trend.

In this way, trying to protect himself naturally became his first thought.

For this reason, Wei Zhongxian is decisive enough!

He went to Zhu Youjian directly, pleaded guilty, and voluntarily donated all his family property, nearly one million taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of gold.

There is no doubt that Wei Zhongxian is gambling.

But obviously, this time, he won the bet.

His life, at least for now, is still useful.

He can retreat, but he cannot die under the law,

He retreated, even though the eunuch party collapsed, but the people were still there. In front of the emperor's obvious dislike of Donglin, they would naturally condense into another group, and even move closer to the emperor, becoming the emperor's voice.