Chapter 192: Issues in Nanyang
In fact, the reason here is not that simple.
Chen Jianchou's rapid promotion is not only the credit of Qi Xuansu, nor is it only the credit of Xu Jiaorong and Donghua Zhenren.
People from the Zhang, Li, and Yao families can serve as the chiefs of the three upper halls at a young age. In addition to their own abilities, they are more of a bonus from their families. They represent the interests of their families.
The same is true for Chen Jianchou.
Chen Jianchou represents the Chen family of Dayu State.
Although the upper limit of the Chen family is locked, the lower limit is quite guaranteed.
With the fall of Chen Shuhua and the abolition of Chen Shuzhen, the Chen family, as a local snake, suffered a great blow. Although Qi Xuansu promoted Chen Shuwen and Chen Jianqiu, at the Taoist level, the Chen family lost a person who spoke for the family and lacked an official figure of sufficient weight.
In this case, it is inevitable that the people in the Chen family will be uneasy. The Taoist sect either decides to uproot the Chen family and complete the actual punishment to eliminate future troubles. Or give a slap in the face and a sweet date to appease.
Now it seems that the Dao Sect does not intend to give up the Chen family and does not want the Chen family to be buried with Chen Shuhua. It is enough for Chen Shuzhen to bear the main responsibility.
In this case, we cannot suppress them blindly. We need to appease them. We need to promote an official figure representing the Chen family to reassure the Chen family and let them know that the Dao Sect has not given up the Chen family. The Dao Sect is concerned with the matter at hand. Chen Shuhua's affairs have nothing to do with other people.
Obviously, this person must be a member of the Chen family and recognized by the Dao Sect.
At this time, Chen Jianchou became a suitable choice.
The role of Qi Xuansu and Xu Jiaorong also stood out. They can make Chen Jianchou stand out from many Chen family members-there are so many people with the surname Chen, why choose Chen Jianchou? Just because of Qi Xuansu and Xu Jiaorong.
In the eyes of the Dao Sect, it doesn't matter whether Chen Jianchou is a side branch or not, as long as the surname Chen is enough. The key is that Chen Jianchou is the adopted son of a Dao Sect person. Side branches are better, because he relies on the Dao Sect to get to the top, and will be closer to the Dao Sect and rely on the Dao Sect. On the contrary, Chen Shuhua, who relies on his own ability to get to the top, will inevitably be alienated from the Dao Sect after the upper limit is locked.
There are not many core members of the Chen family, but after hundreds of years of reproduction, the entire Chen family has penetrated into all aspects of Nanyang, especially the Great Yu Kingdom, and has a huge influence.
In a big way, appeasing the Chen family is related to maintaining stability.
Everyone knows that stability is no small matter.
For stability, merit or not, it doesn't really matter.
Chen Jianchou can be the deputy lord of the palace without merit or qualifications. In the future, Chen Jianchou will not be able to enter the Golden Palace even if he has merit and qualifications. He will most likely be the chief until he dies. Now Chen Jianchou is thirty years old, and he is the deputy lord of the palace. In a few years, he will be the third lord of the palace. When he is forty years old, he will be promoted to the second place, and when he is fifty years old, he will be promoted to the chief, and then he will wait to retire in the position of the chief.
This is the case of gain and loss. The lower and upper limits are locked, which is more like a chieftain with a new skin.
Of course, Chen Jianchou is not completely hopeless. If Qi Xuansu becomes the chief, then Chen Jianchou can enter the Golden Palace with Qi Xuansu without much problem. At this time, it is completely dependent on Qi Xuansu, and it has nothing to do with the Chen family.
So when discussing this matter, Donghua Zhenren put forward three reasons. The first is that the problem of the Chen family needs to be solved; the second is that Chen Jianchou is reliable enough and will not repeat the mistakes of Chen Shuhua; the third is that Chen Jianchou is familiar with the situation and capable.
It happened that Nanyang had problems one after another, and the old Taoist priests were making trouble, and Xie Jiaofeng was reported. It was natural for Donghua Zhenren to raise the issue of Nanyang's stability at this time.
Others did not object. First, the influence of the deputy palace master was limited and did not affect the overall situation. Second, under the premise of stability, if you want to oppose Chen Jianchou, you must come up with another replacement plan and candidate, and then compare them. There is really no more suitable candidate for a while.
Under such circumstances, Chen Jianchou rose rapidly and quickly caught up with his predecessor Xie Jiaofeng.
However, this appointment still needed a few days, and Qi Xuansu could not leave immediately. After all, he went to Borneo Daofu in the name of sending Chen Jianchou to take up his post. He couldn't go to Borneo alone. That would be too ulterior motive.
When Qi Xuansu returned home, he found that Wu Niang and Xiao Yin were not there. After asking around, he found out that the two had gone to Taiqing City.
Qi Xuansu had nothing to do, so he went to Taiqing City.
Taiqing City was still the same, with the familiar statue of Daozu, various shops, and the extremely conspicuous Phoenix Building.
Then Qi Xuansu saw from a distance that several people were standing on the pedestal at the foot of the statue of Daozu, promoting the protection of Jiaolong. The content of the promotion was nothing special, just that Jiaolong had not been seen for many years, and the Jiaolong clan was almost extinct.
There were many people around, and I didn't know whether they were watching the excitement or really believed it.
The world is always rising in a spiral, and it always takes some tossing. Confucianism is right about one thing: when the food is full, people will know etiquette. When the world is peaceful, the moral level will rise, but there are also problems. It may become extreme, and all kinds of clean streams will prevail.
Qi Xuansu didn't know how these people who protect the dragons rose up, anyway, they are very popular among the Taoists in the flower garden.
At this moment, a small figure suddenly jumped up and said loudly: "Because of your words, I am very unhappy, so I decided to go back and eat dragon meat to cheer myself up. Remember, this dragon died because of you."
This small figure was not someone else, but Xiao Yin.
Xiao Yin really likes to eat dragon meat, and Qi Xuansu has given her the dragon meat he brought back, and also gave her the Sumeru object he replaced.
Xiao Yin is naturally a staunch "dragon slayer", and she doesn't like those who protect the dragon.
So there was this scene.
But Xiao Yin's appearance was not very scary, and the onlookers didn't think what Xiao Yin said was true. They just thought Xiao Yin was talking nonsense, and burst into laughter.
However, the Taoist who advocated protecting the dragon was very angry, and reached out to grab Xiao Yin, and then took this naughty child to find her parents to reason.
But Xiao Yin just looked harmless, but in fact she was a little bully, how could these ordinary Taoists do anything about it, but Xiao Yin grabbed the Taoist backhand and asked loudly if she was convinced.
Soon, the patrolling spiritual officer arrived, and these Taoists who protected the dragon immediately surrounded him, complaining to the patrolling spiritual officer, wanting to see who was right.
If the target of the accusation is a young man, then this trick can still work. But Xiao Yin is just a child. You are so many in number, and it doesn't make sense to say that a child bullied you.
Even if what you said is true, and this child can really bully you, a child who can have such a cultivation must be gifted and have a great background. Isn't it asking for trouble for them to provoke such a child?
The patrolling city spiritual officer is not a fool. He will not be fooled. Although he will not openly favor Xiao Yin, he will pretend to be impartial and do not believe the accusations of this group of people at all. Instead, he said that these Jiaolong Taoist priests were talking nonsense, bullying children, and suspected of provoking trouble. In the end, these Jiaolong Taoist priests were taken away.
Xiao Yin won a great victory and was very proud. He pointed at the Jiaolong Taoist priests who were taken away and laughed: "Justice is in the hearts of the people."
It was not until this time that Wu Niang appeared and called Xiao Yin down.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and Qi Xuansu came to the two and told Wu Niang about the situation.
After hearing this, Wu Niang said, "You are really busy all the time. You just came back and you are leaving again. I won't go."
Qi Xuansu said, "There is already Lan Da Zhenren in Borneo. There is no point in adding another Pingzhang Da Zhenren, because this is not a matter of physical action. I just ask Wu Niang to help me take good care of this girl and let her cause less trouble."
Qi Xuansu himself didn't believe this, and was afraid that with Wu Niang as a backer, Xiao Yin would be even more lawless. But Qi Xuansu had no other choice, so he had to try his best.
Wu Niang seemed to see Qi Xuansu's doubts and said seriously, "Don't worry, I won't indulge her."
When saying this, Wu Niang actually showed the same cold look when she first met Qi Xuansu, which often made people mistakenly think that she was a more serious person.
Of course, Wu Niang was never vague about major matters. Since she promised this, it was still guaranteed. Xiao Yin's carefree days are really coming to an end.
Two days later, Chen Jianchou's appointment was announced. His position was clearly stated in the official letter. He was appointed as the deputy lord of Borneo Daofu and took over the relevant matters originally handled by Xie Jiaofeng.
At the same time, Qi Xuansu was temporarily appointed to send Chen Jianchou to take up his post.
In this way, Qi Xuansu could go to Nanyang with a clear reason.
However, Qi Xuansu did not intend to go there in person. Because of He Luoshen, Qi Xuansu's Bingjie incarnation was greatly strengthened and changed. Not only did he have pseudo-immortal cultivation, but he did not need to rely on external objects and could exist for a long time, just like Zhou Mengyao's incarnation at the beginning.
Qi Xuansu wanted to play a two-pronged approach. The situation in Nanyang was complicated, so he let the Bingjie incarnation with higher cultivation go to Nanyang. When others thought he went to Nanyang, his original body secretly went to Jiangnan Daofu to meet Zhang Jucheng. This was also considered to be a plank road in the open and a secret way in Chencang.
Speaking of which, Nanyang was once the territory of He Luoshen. After He Luoshen became a Taoist, she lived in Nanyang for a while, and this place can be regarded as her second home. Of course, Nanyang at that time did not belong to the Taoist sect, and there were all kinds of people, so naturally no one came to trouble He Luoshen, which made He Luoshen very free for a while.
When Qi Xuansu's incarnation walked onto the flying boat, He Luoshen's voice also rang in Qi Xuansu's ears: "I don't know what Nanyang looks like now."
When necessary, He Luoshen can take over this incarnation with Qi Xuansu's permission, and naturally he can communicate with Qi Xuansu through the incarnation. The current state of the two is somewhat similar to the state when Qi Xuansu and Wu Niang shared a body.
Qi Xuansu responded: "Nanyang under the governance of the Taoist sect is naturally very different from the Nanyang of your time. Westerners have been driven away, and all kinds of monsters and demons have been swept away. It can be said that this is the most prosperous and heyday of Nanyang."