Chapter 106 Zhang Yuelu's Reform

While Qi Xuansu went to the ocean to stir up trouble in the enemy's rear, Zhang Yuelu was not idle either.

After all, Xiao Yin had sneaked out, and Zhang Yuelu could not take care of her, which shows that Zhang Yuelu was really busy.

What was Zhang Yuelu busy with?

She was mainly dealing with internal issues.

Although Wang Jiaohe and Sun Heyu were purged by Qi Xuansu, when Qi Xuansu was in power, the entire Nanyang was peaceful and prosperous, but it was a little different when Zhang Yuelu took over.

The reason is also very simple. Why does Qi Xuansu have prestige? To put it bluntly, it was Qi Xuansu who fought his way out. The Wang family and the Sun family were both defeated. Who else dared to go against Qi Xuansu? That was because they thought they had lived too long.

Now, Qi Xuansu is gone, and Zhang Yuelu has taken his place.

Zhang Yuelu did not fight her way up like Qi Xuansu. She came to power normally. The difference is like the emperor who immediately won the world and the emperor who inherited the throne. The prestige must be different.

In addition, Qi Xuansu was in office for three years, mainly stabilizing the situation internally and making up for the fiscal deficit externally. Seeking stability and appeasement naturally made the situation relatively stable. But after Zhang Yuelu came to power, the situation tended to be stable, and she began to implement some reform policies and carry out internal reforms.

Don't forget that Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu had disagreements when discussing how to deal with the Nanyang United Trading Company.

Zhang Yuelu meant that such a large company could not be managed by private hands, and illegal affairs such as slave trading should be prevented. The Taoist sect should also hold shares, preferably 50% of the shares, to have absolute control.

Qi Xuansu opposed the opinion. First, after two wars, the finances of the Taoist sect did not support the Taoist sect's excessive involvement. Second, if the Taoist sect intervened too much, it would inevitably lead to a series of personnel problems, which might not be a good thing.

In the end, the two reached a compromise in their opinions. The Taoist sect could be introduced, but it would not hold an absolute share, would not directly participate in the operation and management, and would only send representatives to exercise supervision.

From this, it can be seen that Qi Xuansu was flexible when it came to the huge vested interest group. Zhang Yuelu is much tougher and is not afraid of offending people. If Zhang Yuelu is allowed to preside over the reorganization of Nanyang United Trading Company, it will definitely not be a win-win situation.

At that time, Qi Xuansu was the chief of the Borneo Daofu, and Zhang Yuelu could only suggest that she should not interfere in the affairs of others. Now that Zhang Yuelu has become the chief of the Borneo Daofu, she can leave the personnel unchanged, but she should interfere in the affairs of others. She should follow her way in terms of policies.

Internal reforms will inevitably affect the vested interests. Cutting off people's financial resources is like killing their parents, and there will inevitably be people who will jump out to oppose.

The psychology is also very simple. Chief Qi has made such a great contribution, but he didn't do this when he was in office. Chief Zhang, who has no merit and relies on his family background to get to the top, dares to do this?

Oppose! Must oppose!

Zhang Yuelu can't give in. She wants to change the Taoism, and she can't just shout it out, but must put it into practice. If she can't even promote it in Nanyang, how can she talk about promoting it to the entire Taoism?

In a sense, Nanyang is a pilot.

So the two factions confronted each other.

The nature of this is different from Wang Jiaohe. It is not disloyal to Taoism, nor is it a betrayal of Taoism.

Human nature is always complicated. If foreign enemies come, most of the opposition dares to fight to the death with foreign enemies, and even many of them are meritorious Taoist priests who participated in the war in Posazhou. But the interests they have occupied cannot be reduced by a single cent.

They are loyal to Taoism and have made great contributions to Taoism. They are also greedy and think that everything they have is what they deserve.

There are no good people in the absolute sense, nor bad people in the absolute sense.

It is precisely because of this that it becomes complicated and difficult to handle.

It is not easy for Zhang Yuelu to use violent means to crush the past. Jinque will not agree, Yao Shu will not agree, and even Lan Da Zhenren will not agree. But every time Zhang Yuelu does something, there are people who hinder it, and the progress is slow and there are many obstacles.

Zhang Yuelu had to join forces with Xu Jiaorong to counter the moves. This move is not to adjust personnel on a large scale like Qi Xuansu to rebuild the balance of power, but to remove whoever is in the way in a small range.

This is also a necessary means. Zhang Yuelu has never been the kind of person who pursues moral perfection blindly.

Some female Taoist priests always overemphasize the power of rules, which is also their biggest limitation. They always think that power is from top to bottom, as if they can do whatever they want with an empty title. They often have the strange idea of ​​"the puppet emperor catches the evidence of the powerful minister and then executes the powerful minister's family with an imperial edict."

The powerful minister who does not use force and is sentenced to death with an imperial edict is not called a powerful minister, and such an emperor is not called a puppet emperor.

The Li family killed people all the way and destroyed the evidence because Zhengyi Dao and Quanzhen Dao do have the ability to punish the Li family. The Li family does not want to fall into a passive position, so they have to kill people. When both sides are evenly matched, legal system, rules, righteousness, and reason are meaningful. It is not that the Li family is afraid of the so-called rules and laws.

If these two families combined are not the opponent of the Li family, the Li family can say, look at which law I have violated, I can modify it on the spot. What crime do you want, I will write you one now.

Zhang Yuelu had no intention of investigating whether these people had their own difficulties or not. She only had one thing to say: if you are blocking my way and you are not clean, I will kill you and let you regret it slowly in the dark prison. Even if you are clean or the problem is not serious, I can transfer you away and let you shine somewhere else. Don't block my way here.

This kind of struggle does not allow for the slightest softness. If you don't move others, others will move you.

In a sense, Zhang Yuelu's ruthlessness was not inferior to Qi Xuansu's.

Therefore, under the influence of these two people, even Xiao Yin knew that "you have harmed me."

During this period of time, Zhang Yuelu has successively taken down four Taoist priests in charge and brought them to justice. Because the handling speed of the Beichen Hall Branch and Fengxian Hall Branch was too slow and was suspected of deliberate delay, she changed to an assistant manager. , replaced by Lu Yuting to personally supervise the case, and strive to close the case in the shortest possible time.

For a while, many people were saying that Chief Zhang was engaging in persecution.

Early this morning, as soon as Zhang Yuelu arrived at Tianfu Palace, he saw an old Taoist priest with white hair and white beard waiting in front of the door.

This old man's name was Zhou Hegang. Although he was not as good as Sun Heyu, he also retired from the position of the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest. He once served as the chief deputy head of the Borneo Taoist House before Du Yuhua and Wang Jiaohe, and later went to Yu Jing serves as the chief deputy hall master. After Sun Heyu was captured and Du Yuhua fell silent, he became the leading figure among the elders of Borneo. Read the book

Zhang Yuelu naturally knew what Zhou Hegang was doing here, but he still didn't want to show off his face and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, what advice can you give me?"

Zhou Hegang said with a straight face: "I don't take advice seriously. I'm here to ask for a meeting with Chief Zhang."

Zhang Yuelu didn't seem to hear the resentment in Zhou Hegang's words, and just said: "Let's go in and talk. Mr. Zhou is coming over without notifying him in advance, so I can send someone to greet Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Hegang said coldly: "Chief Zhang has a lot of things to do every day. I, a bad old man, don't dare to waste Chief Zhang's precious time, so I came here. If Chief Zhang has time to see me, then come and see me. If Chief Zhang doesn't have time to see me, then come and see me." Me, then I will stand here and wait until Chief Zhang is free."

Back then, the Grand Master of the Five Dynasties personally led an army to the West Posu Island. Not only the ancestors of the Wang family were among them, but Zhou Hegang, who was still very young at that time, was also in the army. In the blink of an eye, Zhou Hegang was already very old. Zhang Yuelu respected his past experience, and even though his words contained a strong smell of gunpowder, he still refused to betray him: "Since Mr. Zhou is here, no matter whether he has time or not, he will always have time."

After all, this is an old man who has worked hard for the Taoist sect, and Zhang Yuelu is willing to give him the greatest respect within the allowable range.

Entering the reception room, Zhang Yuelu and Zhou Hegang took their seats respectively under Ke Qingqing's arrangements.

Zhang Yuelu took the initiative and said, "Mr. Zhou, you can point it out if there is anything wrong with what I did. I will accept it with an open mind and make corrections seriously."

Zhou Hegang was also polite: "I heard that Chief Zhang and Chief Qi have already arranged a marriage, which is a good thing. Chief Qi recommended Chief Zhang to come to the Borneo Taoist Palace as the chief deputy head. The meaning is very clear. Borneo entrusts Chief Qi to He was afraid that others would ruin his hard work, and he was also afraid that others would become political, so he recommended Chief Zhang to take his place. But what did Chief Zhang do?

What? Every time I think about it, I seem to think of Borneo as a place where you go to do mischief. "

"Chief Qi spent three years trying to correct the chaos and created a good situation. Are you not afraid that it will be destroyed in your hands? How can you be worthy of Chief Qi? The same goes for Master Qingwei. Xiao Qi did a good job by replacing him. What are you doing? Now that we are in this situation, who are you fooling by talking about humbly accepting it and making serious corrections?"

The smile on Zhang Yuelu's face gradually faded away, and he ordered: "Qingqing, write down all Mr. Zhou's words, and we can discuss them carefully in the future."

"Mr. Zhou, if you still have any dissatisfaction, please tell me all at once. Don't be so general. It's better to be specific about something or someone. I'm not afraid of being serious, and I'm afraid that you won't be serious."

Zhou Hegang was not afraid at all: "Don't do this. Before your father was born, I followed the fifth generation of great masters through life and death. I crawled out of the corpse mountain and sea of ​​blood in Xibasa Island. I am not a king." Jiaohe, I have been loyal to the Taoist sect all my life, and I am not afraid of my shadow being distorted. Am I still afraid of you, a junior?"

Zhang Yuelu's tone turned cold: "Mr. Zhou, you are older, but Sun Heyu is even older. He has also made contributions to the Taoist sect. Where is Sun Heyu now? Let me tell you, the Taoist sect has always had merits and demerits that cannot be offset, no matter you No matter how many meritorious services you have made, it is not a reason for you to make mistakes. You have been on the battlefield, and I, Zhang Yuelu, am not a delicate flower in the flower garden. I have been to the Fenglinzhou battlefield, and I was directly involved when Chief Qi defeated Wang Jiaohe for rebelling against the party. If you plan to seriously report the problem, I welcome it, but if you want to rely on your old age here, then I advise you to stop this idea as soon as possible, so as not to be in trouble later!"