Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 268 Introspection
Of course, Jiang Tian would not be surprised by such a sudden airborne deputy.After all, as a mature regime that has been in operation for nearly 300 years, it should be a big heart to casually throw a powerful department to a rising person outside the system.

Therefore, no matter how professional and capable the other party is, it is a normal mode of long-term operation and maintenance to arrange someone to restrict and balance your own people; Potential sacrifice to take the blame.

In contrast, Jiang Tian is more concerned about the background and standpoint that this secretary, Sheng Dianzheng, Dongge editor, Yu Cong, himself represents.As the secretary province of his own official, it is one of the three provinces together with Gongtai Province and Dianzhong Province.

As for the low rank of Dongge editor, it is an enviable noble position; because in addition to Zhongshu and the internal value court house under the door, the three academies of Hanlin Academy, Hongwenguan, and Jixian Academy are all bachelors. It works in the east of the Taiji Hall in the inner city of the Imperial City, so the relevant people are collectively referred to as the East Pavilion;
Therefore, walking as a trainee in the East Pavilion is also a noble official and beautiful position that can only be let go by the top Jinshi in the imperial examinations of all dynasties.Because the best among them, from time to time, as servants of the imperial court, served as imperial edicts and sages for banquets; at the same time, they also participated in the drafting of imperial edicts, or attended the official affairs of the government affairs hall.

On the other hand, these bachelors and officials are collectively referred to as servants; but the bachelors of each palace are actually led by the prime minister of the current dynasty.Therefore, these royal servants/daizhao/chengzhi who were born in the imperial examination elite were under the dual leadership and constraints of the internal and external dynasties (Da Nei and Zhengshitang).

Therefore, it is far from enough to be able to work in the Dongge Pavilion known as the Prime Minister/Preparation Prime Minister.Because this is also the highest achievement that the billions of people in the world, thousands of candidates, can achieve through the imperial examination, it is almost a radish and a hole.

And after walking/gilding in the Dongge Pavilion, the starting point of going out to the prefectures and counties is much higher than most of the imperial examination backgrounds; it is also a smooth path in the follow-up career.After all, although there are ways to get in the door, enter the curtain, recommend and conquer in this world, it is generally recognized that the imperial examination is the most expensive.

Although Dongge Editing belongs to the lower level, there is no specific affiliation to the museum, and there are only eight ranks in terms of rank.It can't compare to the Sheren who are on duty in the Zhengshitang and Shangshu Province, or the edict/waiting system in the Taiji Gate, or the living and writing Lang who record words and deeds with the king.

Theoretically, he is mainly responsible for the compilation of documents on a daily basis, that is, the compilation of various national histories, annals, and meetings of the previous and current dynasties.It is a rather lengthy writing project; often the emperor who ordered it to be compiled is dead, and it may not be completed yet.But still expensive enough.

If it is released to the outside world, at least take charge of a county attached to Guoda, or Chi County, Gyeonggi;There is no precedent for directly putting a supervisory censor Lixing.However, he was actually appointed as the deputy supervisor of the Dark Department.

Therefore, compared to those ready-made lists that have obviously been brewed for a period of time, or under the trade-offs and compromises of various forces behind the scenes.The appointment of the airborne deputy supervisor without warning seemed a bit abrupt and hasty; therefore, this could only represent two possibilities.

Or, he is a transitional existence; for example, before there is no better suitable candidate, or when the parties behind the scenes are at odds, because of the imminent need, he hastily pushed up to the pit; A loyal and reliable person trusted by internal and external courts.

After all, just judging from Cong’s birth inscriptions, he is neither from a famous family, nor from a vassal vassal background, nor does he have a well-known origin from a famous family; he is just from an ordinary noble family in Luoyang, Henan, and his ancestors are known as It is the origin of Yu Jin, the Taishi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

But on the other hand, he was also in charge of supervising and supervising the renovation project of this underground ghost city from the very beginning; it can be said that he is not the type who is only good at paperwork or talking on paper.Therefore, the documents he submitted later were also classified into three categories.

The first category is about the basic planning drawings of the underground ghost city renovation project, and various details of the progress of each project; it mainly refers to the functional layout of Yongjin City.It is only necessary for Jiang Tian to make further additions, subtractions, adjustments, and corrections based on actual needs.

The second category is a compiled briefing and a search catalog of accompanying materials; it is mainly about the records of various beasts and ghosts that were reported and killed in various places west of (Tong) Guan (to) during this period, As well as notifications of various incidents suspected to be related, with follow-up analysis.

From this, Jiang Tian can also be quite relieved to see that it is obvious that Xijing's enforcement of "beast disaster" is far stronger than that of Luodu, which has always been secretive and unwilling to disclose it on a large scale.Therefore, when the correct countermeasures and procedures are found, the situation can be alleviated to a great extent.

In the face of the gradually mobilized state machinery and regime violence, even groups of ferocious beasts entrenched in the mountains and forests are nothing more than roving bandits, rebels, and rebels.As long as they are discovered by the police posts, they will be recruited by the army to kill them through summons.

Just like those saber-toothed tigers and mammoths hunted by primitive people in history.All kinds of ferocious beasts, although they have all kinds of quick self-healing and strength and speed advantages, it is just a lot of effort and effort.It has even become the target of private rewards.

On the contrary, ghosts with sanity and relative concealment are more troublesome.Because before its complete transformation, there are not enough identification and screening methods; it is easy to be confused with ordinary murders.There have even been some targeted assassinations suspected to be related to ghosts;

Or some people began to pretend to be ghosts or beasts as murderers, and chopped up the corpses at the scene, trying to confuse them or hide the truth about robbery and murder.In a sense, compared with the raging "beast disaster", the human heart is the most terrifying and unpredictable thing in the world.

Therefore, this leads to one of the root causes of Xijing's urgent need for Jiang Tian's return; or in other words, those big figures in the court need him with special discrimination ability, just like the fierce beast incident, to find ways and countermeasures. To identify ghosts before the change.

Therefore, this leads to the third category of file content.It is since the imperial court issued the "Tianxia Temple View Registration/Requisition Order", all kinds of foreign objects found and submitted in various places in Kansai, and related event records.But there aren't many really meaningful things in it.

For example, a pair of iron rings that make people feel numb and unable to move when touched; a piece of pebble that can quickly absorb impurities and purify dirt when placed in water; A piece of dead wood with an intoxicating scent; a wine jug that continues to rattle after being tapped.

In contrast, the foreign objects that can be found in those temples are even more pitiful and rare.For example, a banner hanging from the king of heaven that can automatically move without wind at night; a bronze statue that rings with the bell; it is also very interesting to see too much, and it is approaching the sense of sight in the science column.

In addition, there is also an appendix with a special seal, which is said to be a confidential document from Zuo Mi Pavilion, Minister of Shangshu.Among them are the Department of Anecdotes and the Files of Demons and Chaos, which are specially listed to record all kinds of abnormal events and strange rumors under the rule of the imperial courts since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, after Jiang Tian looked at it, he would find that most of them were far-fetched rumors; or in other words, various urban legends or prophecies were created to cater to those in power.For example, the Nestle on Zhuque Street gave birth to a white crow, and a dragon appeared in Longxing Pond;
For another example, in the mass graves on the Gouji Ridge, there was a human face in the dog's night, and he thought that he could predict disasters and fortunes; but he was beaten to death by Jing Zhaoyin at that time.For another example, a giant giant clam as big as a car was presented in the South China Sea, and it did not die when it arrived in the capital; but it rotted like mud when it saw a certain prime minister.

But, but!Ever since Duke Liang's name appeared in history books for the first time, witnesses of various omens and rumors seemed to have become more and more frequent.For example, after the fall of Tongguan in the Anshi Rebellion, there were many places claiming to see heaven and man descending into the world.

Among them, the Nestorians claimed that it was the emperor's father Aroke (God), who sent down an archangel with fluttering white feathers; some fire worshipers/Zoroastrians claimed that it was the supreme god Ahura Mazda who ordered the army One of the ten incarnations of the god Veleslana, the white horse came down to the world.

The Tantric School of Buddhism claims that this is the mantra of the Great Sun Tathagata performed by Vajra Wisdom, the Dharma protector at that time.The Louguan Sect and Maoshan Sect, who serve the royal family, say that this is the Beichen Star Falling among the 28 heavenly mansions, and it is the time of the cataclysmic changes...

From then on, almost every few years or ten years, there will be some strange and strange news appearing in the world.For example, when someone crossed the sea from Penglai to Liaodong, they saw a sliver-toothed shark hunting a giant whale;

Another person encountered a giant worm as thick as a car hub in the Tiger and Wolf Valley at the foot of Mount Tai; another person dug out a stone man as white as jade in the Bird and Mouse Tongdong Mountain in Hexi, but was killed by thunder and was blown to pieces. Like flesh and blood.Some people in the capital also exhibited snails as big as pots and worms several feet in size.

There was another butcher in Mianchi County, whose children were bought and swallowed by big pigs; and in Beimang Mountain, another good-natured person saw a big embarrassment walking in the shape of a human, and gathered his cronies to hunt him down, but the next day several people died in chaos Gang, blood is dry, organs are gone,...

Although there is no evidence handed down for most of the anecdotal and demonic incidents; but seeing too many such examples, Jiang Tian couldn't help but have a strange conjecture.Could it be that this continuous change is actually related to the arrival of the traverser?
In other words, Jiang Tian let his mind fly a little longer; among them, this kind of abnormal change happened from time to time after the arrival of the senior traveler.That being the case, could this be due to the time-space gap caused by time travel, and the leakage of some invisible force?

It's just that compared to the huge size of the Great Tang Dynasty, the sporadic changes and omens caused by these weak power leaks and claims can easily be eliminated and covered up.Until I also came to this world and expanded the invisible space rift, is there an upper limit for more mutations?
In other words, every time I use this half-baked auxiliary system to travel between time and space, I am also increasing and strengthening this gap and the influence of the intersection of different time and space?

(End of this chapter)