Chapter 15 Drinking

As the saying goes, a trick doesn’t have to be new, as long as it works.

This set of tricks has been used by the Taoist sect more than once, and can even be traced back to the Xuansheng era. It is not a secret. Many people are aware of the routines, but it is not so easy to distinguish when they are in the game. After all, you cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because you are in it. Even if you can distinguish, you may not be able to resist.

This is like the "Enfeoffment Order" of the year, which is known as an unsolvable conspiracy. In fact, the key is not the "Enfeoffment Order", but the strong power of the central court.

If you want to be more detailed, it is actually the continuous efforts of four generations from Baidi to Wudi, breaking through the bottom line of the vassal states little by little, and finally completing the eternal great cause.

In fact, we have to count Zulong. First, Zulong implemented the county system, disintegrated the authority of the vassal states that had been formed since the ancient human emperor era, and forcibly centralized power. Although Zulong was eventually backfired, the foundation has been laid. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Baidi had to compromise and take the path of parallel counties and kingdoms, but he solved the powerful kings of different surnames. Next, the Queen of Baidi dealt with a large number of dragon sons and grandsons. Emperor Wen divided the largest Qi into six, and Emperor Jing won the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. There were various official reforms, solving the meritorious group, etc. It was not until the era of Emperor Wu that the Enfeoffment Order was successfully implemented with the great prestige of victory in foreign wars.

This is not just as simple as the remnant of the six generations, but a huge change across two dynasties, which can not be summarized by a "Enfeoffment Order".

"Enfeoffment Order" is like a wedding ring for Westerners. It is the last procedure. It seems to be critical, but if there are no previous efforts, this ring cannot be worn anyway.

In this process, Confucianism also developed and eventually defeated Taoism and became the common master of the world. From then on, Taoism stayed away from the rivers and lakes, focusing on rebellion and rebellion, and tirelessly rebelled against Confucianism, such as the secession of Shuzhou by Zhengyi Dao, and the Yellow Turban Uprising of Taiping Dao. It was not until more than a thousand years later that Taoism finally defeated Confucianism and regained the position of the common master of the world.

Therefore, the Enfeoffment Order was never an unsolvable conspiracy.

If it were the end of the Wei Dynasty, the Wei court would issue an edict to let the sons of the Qin, Li, Zhang and other local tyrants split up and issue the so-called "unsolvable conspiracy" Enfeoffment Order. If these families looked at it for a second, they would lose.

There was a Wuling King in the Central Plains, who wore Hu clothing and rode and shot arrows, and was a great leader of his generation. In the end, he touched the fundamental interests of powerful interest groups and was eventually starved to death.

In fact, Taoism also faced such a dilemma. Xuansheng wanted to replace the three ways with the nine halls and strengthen centralization, which was actually a disguised Enfeoffment Order. Xuansheng had the great martial arts of rebuilding Taoism, replacing Confucianism, and defeating Buddhism. He had unparalleled prestige and mastered the absolute strength of Taoism. Naturally, he could promote and forcibly establish the nine halls, and took back the power of "creation", "ghosts and gods", and "human world" from the three ways and redistributed it to the nine halls.

But because of some special reasons, Xuansheng did not complete the whole work, which was equivalent to doing half of it.

As for the remaining half, no one of the successive grand masters could push them even a little bit. It is not denied that some people did not want to push them, but if they really wanted to push them, they would not be able to hold the position of grand master. The only exception was probably the fifth grand master, who used Zixiao Palace as a starting point to further centralize power. He was the second grand master after Xuansheng who could replace three deputy grand masters at the same time.

It was just that the fifth grand master paid too much attention to personal authority and only cared about others' submission to him, while ignoring the reform and construction of the system. In the end, not only did he fail to complete Xuansheng's unfinished business, but also left hidden dangers. After he ascended to heaven, the three paths launched a full-scale counterattack, and his successor could not suppress the situation, but became the sixth grand master.

At the beginning of the sixth grand master's rise to power, the three paths, under the leadership of the three deputy grand masters, reached a peak of internal fighting, and its power also reached the peak of all generations, almost comparable to the three paths when Xuansheng initially integrated the Dao Sect. At this time, the three sects naturally wanted to shake the authority of the Nine Halls left by Xuansheng, disintegrate the Zixiao Palace system of the five generations of grand masters, and marginalize the direct line of the grand masters.

The sixth generation of grand masters naturally wanted to continue to maintain the system left by Xuansheng, so as soon as he came to power, he had a violent conflict with the three deputy masters who supported him to the position, and tried to imitate the five generations of grand masters to replace the deputy masters. But the three masters were not ordinary people, but joined hands to sideline him, and finally disbanded the Zixiao Palace.

When the six generations of grand masters ascended, the three masters simply did not establish a grand master, and took turns in power, so there was a rotating grand master.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, and if a grand master is not established, how can the unification of the Taoism be discussed? The trend of the three sects to separate has begun to show signs.

So Zhang Yuelu is not radical. In this context, she seems to be a moderate reformist. She still has to work hard to maintain the framework of the Taoism, and then check for loopholes. If the radicals really come to power, there should be three Taoisms.

It was not until the time for the Three Masters to ascend to heaven was approaching that the election of the Seventh Grand Master was put on the agenda, and the candidates for the Eighth Grand Master were also initially determined. It is precisely because of this that the three Daoist heirs are so young, and they are not even immortal yet. This has to be said to be the result of the internal suppression by the Three Masters.

In terms of status, the current Three Masters are only slightly inferior to the three first-generation deputy masters of the Daoist sect after its revival, namely Li Daoxu, Zhang Jingxiu, and Emperor Daxuan Gaozu, who correspond to the three major tyrants of the Li, Zhang, and Qin families respectively.

At that time, the initial integration of Taoism was in name only, and there was no Grand Master who could convince the public, so there were only three Deputy Masters, and the fledgling Xuansheng was only the fourth person in Taoism. It was somewhat similar to the position of Qi Xuansu's fourth show today, which was significantly different from the other three.

It was not until the two ancestors of the Li and Zhang families ascended to heaven, and the Emperor of the Great Xuan focused on competing for the Central Plains and gradually faded out of Taoism, that Xuansheng was able to monopolize the power of Taoism, and eventually became the first Grand Master, and led Taoism to defeat Confucianism.

Many people who believe in destiny are worried, will the majestic Taoism start with three Deputy Masters and end with three Deputy Masters?

Is it because of some strategy that the Third Master was able to sideline the six generations of Grand Masters? The key is strength. Was the six generations of Grand Masters sidelined because he was a good person? Or because of strength.

So there is no difference between open and secret plots, it only has to do with strength. If you have enough strength, you can use open plots. If you don't have enough strength, you can use secret plots to win big with small. It's that simple.

Now that the Dao Sect is strong enough, with the power of a great victory, it is openly plotting. Even if a few people with discerning eyes see the benefits and disadvantages, it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

While implementing the new policy of Fenglinzhou, Qingwei Zhenren also paid close attention to foreign affairs.

When it comes to Westerners, we must not be careless. If the distance between the East and the West is not too far, the Holy Court is the biggest enemy of the Dao Sect.

For this reason, Zhang Qihan, the Great Zhenren in charge of the government, personally went to Satsuma Domain and asked Satsuma Domain to hand over the hidden Westerners.

Facing the aggressive Great Zhenren Zhang Qihan, Satsuma Domain lowered its posture. Now that Tianmen was defeated and the royal family surrendered, the Dao Sect was in full swing. Satsuma Domain, a small corner of the country, naturally did not dare to confront the Dao Sect head-on. It was told truthfully that Brown, White and others had already left Fenglinzhou as soon as the Ise Shrine fell. As for Satsuma Domain, it only had some business dealings with the Xiposuzhou Company and would never dare to do anything wrong.

Because there was no solid evidence, Satsuma Domain was located in a remote area, and there were many things to do, such as redistributing land, implementing new policies, and reforming the royal family and aristocracy. The Taoist sect could not spare any time to deal with Satsuma Domain in a short period of time. They could only give a warning and then put the matter aside, and slowly settle the matter in the future.

Qingwei Zhenren had an overall view of the situation and made simultaneous progress. Everything was in order, and the fruitful results achieved were enough to make all the members of Jinque look at it sideways. However, this was also a matter of course. Qingwei Zhenren was competing for the position of the Grand Master. If he couldn't even handle a small Fenglinzhou, how could he lead the Taoist sect and dominate the entire Eastern world?

In addition, it was about Izanagi.

This was the most important thing, and it contained the secret of resurrection from the dead, which was something that Jinque would be excited about.

When the national teacher left Fenglinzhou, he had a secret talk with Qingwei Zhenren.

The state teacher's tone was gratified: "You did a good job."

Qingwei Zhenren no longer had the frivolity of his youth: "Don't make fun of me. I have a rough idea of ​​how well I did. In terms of the resources I can mobilize, I can only say that it is average, not amazing."

The state teacher said: "The Supreme Taoist Ancestor said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. The key lies in the word 'stable'. It is not easy to do the word 'stable' well, but as for more, I don't expect it now. You are not even sixty years old, and you have just passed a little more than half of a hundred years. You still have a lot of time, unlike us old people who have not much time left in the world."

Qingwei Zhenren remained silent about this.

The national teacher continued, "Fenglinzhou's affairs are not the Central Plains' affairs after all, and they have nothing to do with our foundation. Even if we go too far, as long as it doesn't affect the Central Plains, it won't be a big deal. So you don't have to do it yourself all the time. You might as well let go and let Yongyan train and let him get in touch with some practical work as soon as possible. This is the right way. The methods used by the Beichen Hall to discipline people are not worthy of being on the table, especially for a great headmaster."

Qingwei Zhenren nodded in agreement.

The national teacher finally got to the point: "There is one more thing. We can ignore those Westerners for now, and the land reform in Fenglinzhou can be postponed, but this matter must be done well and properly."

Qingwei Zhenren probably knew what it was: "Is it about Izanagi and Huangquan Country?"

The national teacher no longer had the gentleness he had towards the female Taoist priest, and became serious and majestic: "It's about resurrection from the dead, which reminds me of the immortal medicine of the ancient witch religion. This may be related to surviving the first heavenly disaster. So don't worry about anything, you must take this opportunity to get it in your hands."

Qingwei Zhenren replied solemnly: "Yes."

The national teacher said in a deep voice: "Remember, this is a big deal."