Chapter 154: Letter of Submission

Before Zhang Yuelu led his men to the Wang family mansion, the spiritual officials behind him immediately surrounded the Wang family mansion.

The Wang family mansion certainly occupies a large area, but it can't withstand the large number of people brought by Zhang Yuelu. Jiang Dazhenren has taken over the spiritual official team, so there is no shortage of spiritual officials.

There is no real owner in the Wang family mansion now. Wang Danqing went to Lion City, Wang Jiaohe and Wang Jiaoying were attending a temporary meeting, and only Wang Jiaoyan was left in the mansion, but now Wang Jiaoyan is not allowed to see the light.

Zhang Yuelu stopped, and a spiritual official came forward and knocked on the door: "Open the door! Open the door!"

The gatekeeper had heard the noise outside a long time ago, and he didn't dare to come out at all, so he could only shrink inside.

It's true that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door is true, but it depends on the time. Facing someone who has something to ask of the "prime minister", the gatekeeper can naturally be arrogant, but facing the "imperial envoy" who is obviously looking for trouble, the gatekeeper dare not come out.

To put it bluntly, the dog relies on the power of the master.

Wang Jiaoyan was in the main hall at this time, not far from the main gate. She could clearly hear the knocking sound of the courtyard door. She stood up subconsciously and sat down slowly.

Wang Jiaoyan knew the current situation. Nanyang United Trading Company was finished. The people involved in the case were either dead, ran away, or imprisoned. Now it was finally her turn.

She never thought that after Qi Xuansu came to Borneo, not only the situation changed unexpectedly fast, but also the speed of change was unexpected. It deteriorated to such a point in almost an instant.

"Auntie, it's Zhang Cixi from Lingnan Daofu who came in person." The housekeeper stumbled in.

The Great Yu Kingdom regarded itself as a small Central Plains everywhere, and naturally followed the customs of the Central Plains.

The eunuchs and palace maids in the previous dynasty mentioned the emperor, and all the emperors of the past dynasties were called by the reign title. For example, Emperor Taizu was called "Taizu Laoye" and Emperor Xuanzong was called "Xuanmiao Laoye". The current emperor was called "Wansui Ye" or "Huangye". Later, the kings were also called in this way, which is the origin of "Wangye". Later, there were titles such as Guogongye, Guojiuye, Xiangye, etc.

In ordinary families, the head of the family was called Laoye, the older generation was Laotaiye, and the younger generations were called Da Shaoye, Er Shaoye, San Shaoye in order of seniority, or simply omitted the word "Shao" and directly called Daye, Erye, Sanye. Women were called Taitai and Nainai, such as Taitai, Laotai, Gu Nainai, Shao Nainai.

In short, men were mainly called "Ye", and women were mainly called "Nanye" and "Madam". Women often called their husbands "Ye".

After the Taoist sect came to power, this kind of custom was regarded as the dregs of Confucianism and was banned. The emperor was called Your Majesty, and the kings were called Your Highness. The titles of "Ye" and "Nanye" were completely abolished. However, Nanyang seemed to be a lawless place, where all kinds of dregs were preserved very intact. Not only were the relationships between men and women chaotic, but the master-slave mentality was also serious, and even openly believed in Buddhism. To put it in a more official way, the belief in the Supreme Taoist Ancestor was shaken, and the Taoist concept of equality disappeared.

To put it bluntly, even if he was the Heavenly Master, the Zhang family only called him "Old Master" in private. The difference of one word has nothing to do with the old master, but it has the meaning of "old man". No one dared to call him "Old Master", and it must be in private. Zhang Yuelu even called him "Aweng", which shows that people in the Taoist sect are somewhat taboo about the title of "Old Master", and even to the point of being somewhat taboo about the word "Master" in public. Grandma, grandma, "Grandpa" is "Dad", which is easy to remind people of the Confucian monarch, minister, father and son.

The Wang family openly called Wang Jiaohe the eldest master, Wang Jiaoying the second master, and Wang Jiaoyan the aunt.

From this point of view, the Wang family is somewhat "on the way to death".

Of course, this is only a trivial secondary reason. The main reason is that the Wang family committed the taboo of changing the sect.

Whether it is the Taoist sect or the court, it is taboo to switch positions at will.

Everyone knows clearly what a person's origin is, who promoted him, and what faction he belongs to. There is no such thing as rootless water, let alone lonely ghosts. Everyone rises and falls together.

The same is true for advocacy. The pro-war faction is the pro-war faction. It cannot advocate war today and advocate peace tomorrow.

The word "faith" is involved behind it. A person cannot stand without faith.

For example, the pro-war faction cannot win the war now, so it must keep a low profile. The pro-war faction can temporarily step down and lie dormant until it can win the war. It cannot become the pro-peace faction just because it cannot win the war.

There is no absolute truth, but there is an absolute position.

The same is true for changing parties. If loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal. Double-dealers and opportunists are not pleasing. Most of the time, there is no such thing as jumping left and right. Every time you change parties, you need a suitable reason, and you can't do without a letter of surrender.

Take Qi Xuansu for example. He was born in Quanzhen Dao and was promoted by Donghua Zhenren. He belongs to Donghua Zhenren's direct line. If Qi Xuansu wants to surrender to Qingwei Zhenren now, he is finished. Donghua Zhenren will not let him go, and Qingwei Zhenren dare not accept him. Because you dare to betray Donghua Zhenren, you will naturally dare to betray me. This is a very simple truth. Unless Donghua Zhenren is unkind first and forces you to change your sect, in addition to this, you have to pay a letter of surrender, such as turning against Donghua Zhenren and completely drawing a clear line.

The Wang family had the idea of ​​changing their sect because they had a premonition that Quanzhen Dao was going to attack them. It can also be said that the two were in a state of mutual suspicion. Quanzhen Dao suspected that the Wang family had two minds, and the Wang family suspected that Quanzhen Dao wanted to get rid of them, so they had two minds. This reason is barely justified. So Taiping Dao was very hesitant, and did not explicitly refuse, nor did it directly agree.

The key is the pledge of allegiance.

The first pledge of allegiance chosen by the Wang family was Qi Xuansu.

At that time, Qi Xuansu had already begun to show his prowess, and he was the fourth best in the Dao, and he had some conflicts with the Li family. So the Wang family wanted to use Wang Danqing as an excuse to get rid of Qi Xuansu, the direct descendant of Quanzhen Dao, and pay a pledge of allegiance to Taiping Dao.

However, the Wang family did not expect that the matter between Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu progressed so quickly that the Heavenly Master intervened, and a storm that should have put Qi Xuansu in a quagmire disappeared like this. Not only was Qi Xuansu fine, but the Wang family was exposed. As a result, the surrender was not successfully submitted, and Qi Xuansu and Qi Niang behind Qi Xuansu were offended, which also aroused the vigilance of Quanzhen Dao and made them determined to take action.

Taiping Dao did not receive a satisfactory surrender, so naturally it was unwilling to protect the Wang family.

Then the battle of Fenglinzhou broke out, the contradictions between the three sects eased, and the relationship between Qi Xuansu and the Li family also improved. Taiping Dao had no time to take care of other things, and Quanzhen Dao took the opportunity to take action and sent Qi Xuansu to Borneo.

This is why Qi Xuansu settled all the new and old hatreds and wanted to uproot the Wang family.

This is the cruelty of factional struggle.

That's why Wang Jiaohe said that he took a wrong step and lost everything.

The power field is like a big whirlpool. Once you enter it, how can you get out so easily? Stand in a line, factional line, when you take a line, your friends and enemies are determined, and it will not change because of personal will.

The gun picks a line, and the stick sweeps a large area.

If something happened to Donghua Zhenren, would Qi Xuansu, who was promoted by Donghua Zhenren, be able to escape, whether innocent or guilty? Qi Xuansu enjoyed the treatment of "eldest son", so he should fulfill the responsibility of "eldest son" and avenge his father, so if Donghua Zhenren is to be touched, Qi Xuansu must be eradicated.

The logic is like confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. Men must die, especially adult males. The head of the family and the next generation of the head of the family will definitely not survive, but the female family members may save their lives.

It's not that Qi Xuansu has to recognize a father, but in the eyes of outsiders, the two have such a relationship. No matter what Qi Xuansu thinks, in the eyes of others, if you don't avenge Donghua Zhenren, you are a disloyal, unfilial, and unrighteous person, a villain who cannot be trusted and cannot be made friends with. Friends and enemies look down on you.

Some people say that Cihang Zhenren's attitude towards Qi Xuansu is far worse than Donghua Zhenren, which is reasonable. Can the mother-in-law be compared with the father? The biological daughter of Cihang Zhenren is Zhang Yuelu. Cihang Zhenren is very generous to Zhang Yuelu, and even gave her the "Six-Character Bright Mantra Sword".

In fact, the Wang family also made some struggles. Li Tianzhen came to Nanyang, perhaps to communicate with the Wang family. However, there were disagreements within the Taiping Dao. The faction headed by Qingwei Zhenren intended to abandon the Wang family, an unruly speculative faction. In addition, Li Tianzhen acted impulsively and was caught by Qi Xuansu, which led to Qingwei Zhenren gaining the upper hand in the disagreements within the Taiping Dao, and finally made the Taiping Dao completely abandon the Wang family.

As for when did Qi Xuansu notice the disagreements within the Taiping Dao? It was first because of Zhang Juquan's matter, and Lu Yushu's initiative to show goodwill made him more certain of this guess.

This is that there are small factions in the big faction.

Li Changge, Li Zhuyu, Li Tianzhen, and Li Minghuang are not of one mind, Zhang Yuelu, Bai Yingqiong, and Zhang Wenyue are not of one mind, and Qi Xuansu and Yao Pei are also hard to say that they are of one mind.

When can they easily change their factions? When the old rules have been destroyed and the new rules have not yet been established, the world is competing for supremacy, and the flags of the kings are changing on the city walls. This environment is very relaxed and can accommodate changes.

In the process of rebuilding the Taoist sect, Xuansheng took a large number of enemies under his command, such as Donghuang, Shangguan Zushi, Yan Zushi, etc., who were more or less enemies of Xuansheng, and finally all returned to the sea in the vastness of the vastness, and no one blamed or criticized them.

Therefore, it must be noted that the environment at that time is different from the current environment. What can be done at that time does not mean that it can be done now.

"Zuo Zhuan" said: "You will rise with this, and you will fall with this."

Qi Xuansu is a person that Donghua Zhenren uses. One day when the big tree falls, Qi Xuansu will eventually fall with Donghua Zhenren.

Of course, Xiao Yin, Chen Jianchou and others are closely related to Qi Xuansu.

On the day when Qi Xuansu falls into the dust, they will also go to destruction with Qi Xuansu.

"Friends who have read this far know that the last few dozen chapters of each volume will pave the way for the next volume. For example, the end of the second volume begins to involve the Jiangnan case, and the end of the Imperial Capital volume begins to pave the way for the overseas part through court reports.

This volume is about to come to an end. This chapter and the previous chapter about the relationship between Qi Xuansu and Donghua Zhenren have little to do with the content of this volume, but they are very related to the next volume. In the next volume, Qi Xuansu will return to Yujing and should solve the secrets of Qi Niang, such as why Qi Niang chose Qi Xuansu. It may also involve the New World and the Western Dao Gate, as well as Donghua Zhenren and the Earth Master, etc. However, the volume title has not been decided yet. Do you have any good suggestions?"