Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

Chapter 320: Focus on the overall situation
"I will ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds to rebuild Taichang Academy. During this battle, I will also send imperial doctors to treat the injured scholars. We must make sure they recover."

In the Imperial Study Room, Emperor Qi looked at Zheng Changsong with a gentle face, whose breath had not yet been balanced due to a battle.

"Your Majesty, is this the end of the matter?" Zheng Changsong looked at Emperor Qi with sorrow and indignation, "Shi Ni, the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was rectified by Ge Changqing and was killed by thunder in public. He was skilled in killing with his commoner body. Officials ordered by the imperial court shall be punished by death according to law.”

Although he has never been an official in his life, this is something he does not accept. He is respected everywhere in Daqi. This is the first time that he has been subjected to such a shame and humiliation, and has been knocked on his door.

"It's not commoner, Master Zheng forgot. Although Taoist Changqing is not in the imperial court, he still has the false title of second rank. If there is a traitor in the court, the Heavenly Master can execute the punishment on behalf of Heaven." Emperor Qi said tactfully.

Don't say it makes sense, even if it doesn't make sense, I can't touch him.

What's more, Ge Xianweng directly gave the sword to me and asked me to kill Ge Changqing. How could I do it?
"Your Majesty, Ge Changqing is not the leader of the Lingbao Sect, so how can he be considered a Heavenly Master? Has Your Majesty forgotten the great chaos three hundred years ago, when Taoism was the dominant one, and Taoist disciples interfered wantonly in government affairs, were lawless, arrogant and licentious, and built mansions and fertile land. Qianqing, having a wife outside, and setting up a concubine, caused Da Qi to almost fall. These gifts are just words, and they must not be taken seriously." Zheng Changsong said sincerely.

"I also know what Mr. Zheng said. But this is the ancestral teaching of Da Qi and cannot be violated." Emperor Qi said.

"Your Majesty, if this example is made, then Taoist priests will follow suit in the future, and they will take action at every turn. If they are not careful, they will repeat the chaos of the past. Confucian disciples are so frightened, especially Yan Guan, how can they dare to do great things for the Qi Dynasty? Effectiveness?" Zheng Changsong said.

"Mr. Zheng, it is a fact that Ji Ren is a high Taoist in Xuanmen. It is also a fact that you rectified your name and took action in public. But now you are secretly communicating to take action against Ji Ren. It is reasonable for the Lingbao Sect to take action for Ji Ren." Emperor Qi said.

For example, he now dislikes Ji Ren, but even without the Lingbao Sect, he would never allow Confucian people to touch Ji Ren, the future god general of Da Qi.

Especially Xiliang and his party, after going to Xiliang to face serious troubles, the country's fortunes rose, and their cultivation level unknowingly surpassed that of the King of Heaven.

Of course, no one knows this yet.

"The Immortal does not interfere in worldly affairs and advocates that all official matters should be handled openly. It's just that I feel the need to be lenient." Emperor Qi said.

So Emperor Qi understood.

Even though he is known for his gentleness, an emperor is still an emperor.

"Our alliance is to support the orthodoxy of the road and the integrity of ethics. Your Majesty, you have not yet made a decision, so how can you make a decision? Ji Ren first wrote a letter, and then he wanted to kill the third-rank censor in the street and insult the bachelor. Is it possible for these majesties to make a decision? Don't care? If you are arrogant, how can you calm people's hearts?" Zheng Changsong said.

After sitting in this position for almost forty years, dominating the world, taking life and death, how can the majesty of Emperor Qi be trivial?

"Mr. Zheng, you have learned the way of being loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and supporting the country since you were a child. Now you should consider the overall situation. Not to mention that Ge Xianweng has become a transcendent and is the pillar of support for our great Qi. Just talk about Confucian disciples taking action against Taoism. Spiritually The Bao Sect takes revenge for this. If I blame Taoist Changqing harshly, then Xuanmen will be unstable and the foundation of our Qi will be shaken. In this way, the country will not be able to survive. "Mr. Zheng, the overall situation is important," Emperor Qi looked directly at Zheng Changsong and spoke. Although it was plain, there was an overwhelming oppression in his words that made people dare not resist.

He went to see Ge Xianweng. Ge Xianweng had no idea what Ge Changqing had done. He reprimanded him harshly and said business was business as usual. However, he also expressed all kinds of dislike for Ji Ren in his words.

After all, if Emperor Qi takes action in the imperial capital of Da Qi, it means that Da Qi is really seriously ill.

But this disgust and disgust are also different.

"So I want Mr. Zheng to help me appease the scholars, including explaining the next matter of Qiao Qingyin's knighthood." Emperor Qi looked straight at Zheng Changsong and said.

"His Majesty?"

"Taoists are not engaged in production, and those who govern the world are countless disciples." Zheng Changsong said again.

"Your Majesty, I am just a commoner in the mountains and fields. I am afraid that I can't do anything." Zheng Changsong looked at Emperor Qi for a while and said.

Hearing the words "the overall situation is the most important thing", Zheng Changsong's body trembled suddenly, and he was shocked again, remembering what he said to Ji Ren, "the overall situation is the most important thing."

Today, someone suddenly wanted to tell him that the overall situation was the most important thing.

"But without them, this world would probably cease to exist. Mr. Zheng, do you understand? For the sake of the overall situation, sacrifice is necessary. To be honest, I love Ji Ren, but for Mr. Zheng, I wronged Ji Ren, but now for the sake of the overall situation Qi, Mr. Zheng needs to be sacrificed now." Seeing that Zheng Changsong still refused to let go, Emperor Qi looked directly at Zheng Changsong and said.

Zheng Changsong was shocked when he heard this and looked at Emperor Qi with an expression of disbelief on his face.

After a long while, Zheng Changsong said: "Your Majesty, is this Ge Xianweng?"

"Are you helpless or don't want to?" Emperor Qi looked at Zheng Changsong with a little displeasure in his eyes.

Ji Ren ignored the overall situation before because he was ignorant. After all, he is still a child. I understand him, but you are not a child.

"There is nothing I can do." Zheng Changsong insisted. "So Mr. Zheng is doing it for his own selfish reasons, regardless of his family and country?" Emperor Qi frowned even more, and a terrifying feeling spread in the study. .

"Your Majesty?" Zheng Changsong felt unspeakably uncomfortable listening to Emperor Qi's words. He felt as if he had been kidnapped.

No one had ever said these words to him, and no one had ever dared to say them to him.

"Forget it, Mr. Zheng doesn't want to, then forget it. Now that the Great Wall of Demonic Qi is in danger, Mr. Zheng might as well go and guard it, and educate the people along the way. I would rather be a centurion than a scholar. I, the Confucian scholars in Daqi, must learn from this. It's the Han and Tang Dynasties, not the Song Dynasty, right?" Emperor Qi looked at Zheng Changsong and shook his head slightly.

"Your Majesty is interested, I will retire." Zheng Changsong said with a slumped expression.

Seeing Zheng Changsong leave, Emperor Qi looked disappointed. He actually respected Zheng Changsong. After all, he really didn't want to be an official, unlike ordinary Confucian scholars who said no, but wanted more in their hearts.

Moreover, Da Qi indeed needs these Confucian scholars to govern the country, so all Qi emperors respected them.

Even when Zheng Changsong led the Confucian scholars to support the Song Dynasty, which made the Qin Dynasty displeased and caused a lot of trouble to the Qi Dynasty, the Emperor of Qi at that time turned a blind eye.

But now Emperor Qi is a little disappointed.

Ji Ren was fooling around before, but he was still young after all. He had never studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and did not understand the teachings of the saints. But if you read the Four Books and Five Classics, don't you know what loyalty to the emperor is and what the overall situation is.

In other words, that brat is right, there is never any overall situation in this world, only the strong and the weak.

Emperor Qi shook his head slightly, thought no more, and sent people to announce Jiren and Zhang Jingshou to enter the palace.

……

"Why are you here too? What did you do again?"

Ji Ren, who had just entered the palace, looked at Zhang Jingshou with a strange expression on his face.

He came over and it made sense.

But why did Zhang Jingshou come?

"I don't know either." Zhang Jingshou said with an aggrieved look. I was very careful. Didn't I just hit the sap a few times secretly?
The action was so clean that no one knew anything about it.

Even Tong Shiqi was transferred away by me. What did my father ask me to do?
"Really?" Ji Ren looked at Zhang Jingshou and asked with doubt.

"At most, when the Lingbao faction attacked Taichang Academy, I followed them and smashed a few walls. After all, I have been dissatisfied with that academy for a long time. A group of scholars chatted and discussed government affairs at all times. It was okay to discuss. He just took me as an example to say that the prince is doing business improperly, and the prince is acting recklessly and does not follow the etiquette. But now that so many people are here, it makes no sense and only I should be punished." Zhang Jingshou said in distress.

How could he not participate in such a great fun?

And with so many people involved, Father can't just cause trouble for me, right?

Hearing this, Ji Ren subconsciously distanced himself from Zhang Jingshou.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Jingshou looked at Ji Ren and said.

"I'm afraid of being splashed with blood." Ji Ren said truthfully.

"Hey, hey, hey, we're all brothers, can you live with your conscience?" Zhang Jingshou shouted dissatisfied.

"What else? If someone beats you, I can still help you. Your Majesty beats you, what else do you want? You want to drag me into the water, to accompany you? Dreaming!" Ji Ren said mercilessly.

The two people were talking and walking, and soon they arrived at the door of the imperial study. They stopped communicating and walked into the study together. Then they saw Emperor Qi knocking on the table, and Zhang Jingshou immediately knelt down.

Ji Ren glanced at Zhang Jingshou, can you be successful?
"What are you doing like this?" Emperor Qi looked at Zhang Jingshou's movements and was slightly startled. He hadn't even finished scolding him yet, so why did he skip the process and kneel down directly? It’s hard for me to scold you if you do this.

"I think this is more comfortable." Zhang Jingshou showed a flattering smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)