The Immortal Emperor became interested: "What do you mean?"
Li Changgeng didn't blush and his heart didn't beat: "Evil people will be punished by evil people. Since Li Ye is an evildoer, then let him face the real evildoer."
The Immortal Emperor pondered, as if he was thinking.
Li Changgeng continued: "For tens of thousands of years, the immortal court has ruled the heaven and earth monks. If the mortal monks want to ascend, they must be recognized by the immortal court. Besides mortals, those creatures in the mountains, wild lakes and swamps have the attention of the heavens and the earth, and they have practiced for thousands of years. , There are quite a few people who have reached the standards of immortals. If His Majesty can promise that they will be able to ascend to immortality and rank among the immortals after the event is completed, they must be willing to be driven by His Majesty."
Heavenly King Tota's face changed, and he immediately stopped him: "This is absolutely impossible! Since ancient times, only Taoist monks can become immortals, and mountain and wild cultivators, even if they are powerful, cannot be ranked in the immortal class. This is the iron law, and even It is the most important means for the Immortal Court to maintain the orthodox position of the Dao Sect! If the Immortal Court allows these casual cultivators to become immortals, then the orthodox position of the Dao Sect will be in jeopardy in the future?"
The Immortal Emperor fell into deep thought again.
orthodox.
The weight of these two words is extremely important.
In heaven and earth, what is the most important
resource.
For monks, cultivation resources are the most important, and the spiritual energy of heaven, earth and medicine is the life and future of monks.
For ordinary people, resources are land, food, and property. Without these, man cannot survive. With more resources, people can live better. How are resources allocated? By power. Who has the power? Officials. Why do officials have this power? Because officials are officials of the court. The court is orthodox.
What is orthodoxy? Justifiably rule the world.
In the mortal world, the emperor rules the world, and the sharp weapon in his hands is his official career. Talented people all over the world, no matter how talented they are, must pass the examination of the imperial court before they can become officials. And once you become an official, you have mastered the power, the right to allocate resources, and become the ruling class. As one's own status and strength rise, one will live better and become a noble person in the world.
Without passing the examination by the imperial court, no matter how talented a scholar is, it is impossible to become an official, and it is impossible to grasp the right to allocate resources. The imperial court used the official selection system to control official careers and the allocation of resources. This is orthodoxy.
The fairy court rules the monks of heaven and earth by controlling the monks to become immortals. No matter how high your cultivation level is, if you don't get the approval of the fairy court, you won't be able to become a fairy, and you will definitely disappear in the end. The fairy court selects immortals, only among the Taoist monks, and the Taoist school is the private school, imperial school, and army of the fairy court, and it is the only way for the fairy court to select monks. If you don't enter the Taoism, and don't make meritorious service under the Taoism system, you can't become a fairy.
In the current imperial court, the only way to select officials is through tribute, and the only way for the immortal court to select immortals is through Taoist merit. By controlling the ascending path of scholars and monks, we can control the scholars and monks in the world, and maintain our orthodox status through the uniqueness of ascending path.
Of course, in addition to this method, the children of high-ranking officials can also become officials through Mengyin, which is the privilege of the ruling class. The ruling order is meant to serve the ruling class. Let's not talk about this.
If one day, those who have not passed the examination by the court can also become officials, what will happen? The orthodox status of the imperial court is challenged, people no longer respect the imperial court, and the world will be in chaos.
This is how the current situation in the world at the end of Tang Dynasty looks like. Those butchers, those green forest heroes, failed the imperial court's assessment, gathered a group of people, and occupied the prefectures and counties. In this way, the only way to promote status is broken, and the orthodoxy of the court will be questioned.
The people of the world no longer fear the imperial court, so all the heroes rise together, the world is in chaos, and they compete for the Central Plains. Whoever is strong, who has strong soldiers and horses, can become an emperor. At this time, strength is the only reliance for status promotion. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he ruled the world and rebuilt the only way for the imperial court to assess and select talents—either the tribute examination, the imperial examination, or the meritorious service for the imperial court, so as to maintain the orthodox status of the imperial court.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, this ranking has not changed since ancient times, why is the status of scholars so high, why do the emperors of the world keep belittling merchants? For thousands of years, countless outstanding people, countless people with lofty ideals, can't they really see the role of merchants in the country? Why is it still important to emphasize agriculture and suppress business
The simple reason is that when merchants make money, they have more resources, but they are not directly controlled by the imperial court. Only scholars, only scholars who have become officials, are the minions of the imperial court ruling the world and the reliance on maintaining the orthodox status of the imperial court.
A novel app that has been running stably for many years, comparable to the old version of the book chasing artifact, the source-changing app used by old bookworms, huanyuanapp.org
In the eyes of the imperial court, only they are qualified to have more resources and have the power to allocate resources.
Suppressing merchants is an inevitable choice for emperors to rule the world, maintain the ruling order, and maintain their orthodox status.
The Immortal Court is the Immortal Court of Taoism, and has never recognized the status of casual cultivators and prevented them from becoming immortals.
Because casual cultivators are not Taoist disciples and have not made merit for the Taoist sect, no matter how strong the monk is, he will eventually be wiped out. These casual cultivators may have done good deeds and made meritorious deeds for the common people, but they are useless. Making meritorious deeds for the common people is not the same as making meritorious deeds for the Daoist sect. Just like doing meritorious service for the common people is not the same as making meritorious service for the court.
But now, Li Changgeng actually said that if those casual cultivators had a chance to become immortals, this would pose a great challenge to the orthodox status of the Taoist sect. No wonder the Heavenly King Tota disagreed.
Li Changgeng was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and said with a smile: "Heavenly King, don't be angry, just listen to me. You can't be an official if you don't make meritorious service to the imperial court, and you can't become an immortal if you don't make meritorious service to the Taoist fairy court. Now is an extraordinary period, so there is no need to be rigid in employing people." , those casual cultivators, as long as they can deal with Li Ye, they are considered to have made contributions to the Immortal Court, and it is natural for them to have a chance to become immortals. This does not endanger the orthodox status of the Immortal Court."
King Tota still disagreed. He said angrily: "These casual cultivators have always refused to obey discipline. They have not entered the Taoist sect to practice and have not been educated by the Taoist sect. They are lowly and vulgar barbarians. We cannot let them become immortals!"
Li Changgeng shook his head and said: "It is said in the world that if you are good at learning, you will be an official. It is also said that you can acquire literature and martial arts, and you can buy it in the emperor's family. Such a simple and straightforward truth. The emperor and the court rule the world, no matter how capable people are, they will not be official If you are an official, you will not get status and wealth."
"Those loose cultivators in the mountains certainly don't obey the rules, but if they don't obey, we don't care? The heaven and the earth are the lands ruled by the fairy court. Is it the land of the king under the whole world, and the land of the land is the king's minister! Now is also the time Let those casual cultivators know that they have achieved success in cultivation, and serving the Immortal Court is the only way out!"
The Heavenly King Tota refused to accept, he clasped his fists to the Immortal Emperor: "Your Majesty, I think..."
"Alright, let's do as Chang Geng said." The Immortal Emperor made up his mind, "At present, there is a fierce battle in the Immortal Territory, and the gods from all directions want to occupy the Immortal Court. The battle strength of the Immortal Court is also very necessary. Chang Geng, you are in charge of this matter."
The white-robed immortal official bowed and agreed.
...
After destroying Li Changyan, Li Yan stayed in Chencang for two days, on the one hand to solve the remaining problems of the Fengxiang Army, and on the other hand to wait for the arrival of the Pinglu Army. A few days later, under the protection of the Pinglu army, Li Ye and Li Yan returned to Chang'an in the same car.
Riding with the Son of Heaven, the significance of this honor is naturally self-evident.
When Li Yan returned to Chang'an, the Fanzhen troops stationed outside Chang'an City, including Li Keyong's Yanmen Army and Wang Chongrong's Hezhong Army, all lined up to greet him, and countless civil and military officials waited thirty miles outside the city.
In the days that followed, it was to survey and determine the achievements of calming the chaos, and to reward the officials, there was really nothing to report except being busy.
Li Ye's status as the minister who made the first contribution to the suppression of the chaos was beyond doubt, and Li Yan also pulled him along to appraise the meritorious service of the military forces of the world. For many days, Li Ye was extremely busy going in and out of the palace during the day, and when he returned to Prince An's mansion, he had to entertain a steady stream of visitors, so he never had a moment of leisure.
Right now, Prince An's Mansion is full of people, which has surpassed any time in the past. Even when Li Xian's power was at its peak, it could not be compared with it.
Officials at all levels and Jiedu envoys from various feudal towns lined up to see King An. And he piled up all the wealth that he had tried in every possible way to Li Ye. On the one hand, he wanted to make friends with him. On the other hand, he also hoped that Li Ye would speak well for them and comment on some military achievements.
For this, Li Ye naturally rejected all of them, and refused to accept all the gifts. At first he selected some heavyweights and received one or two interviews, but later he was too busy and annoying, so he simply closed the door to thank the guests.
He has made great achievements, but he also has to restrain his momentum, and wantonly make friends with officials and envoys, which will inevitably be feared by the emperor. Even though Li Yan didn't take it seriously, Li Ye was unwilling to give others a reason to give Tian Lingzi and others a reason to criticize him.
In this way, military merit evaluations were completed one after another, and countless people were promoted to ranks.
Zhu Wen served as the Jiedu envoy of Xuanwu, Li Keyong served as the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, and was named the king of the county, and Wang Chongrong was also given the title of Tongping Zhangshi. Li Maozhen succeeded Li Changyan as Fengxiang Jiedushi, and Wang Jian was transferred to Shence Army. Gao Pian has not been canonized for the time being because the war in Chenzhou has not stopped, but the position of Huainan Jiedushi will be secure no matter what.
Li Ye, as the minister who made the first contribution, naturally received the most benefits.
Wen Jiashang Shuling. Shang Shuling, since this dynasty, only one person has held this position, and that is Taizong Li Shimin. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, this position has been vacant.
Wufeng made all the soldiers and horses of the world unified. Li Yan made it clear at the court meeting that Li Ye has the right to intervene in the political affairs of the Guandong, and Li Ye is in charge of all military affairs in the world.
In this way, Li Ye became the veritable number one in military affairs among the courtiers. In particular, the military power is so great that it can already be compared with the emperor. Li Xian in the past is not as powerful as Li Ye is now.
With these powers, Li Ye doesn't talk about mobilizing troops from all over the world, at least he can intervene wherever there is a war. For example, if two feudal towns are at war, if he fails to mediate, he can send troops directly.
As a result, another rumor appeared in the market.
It is said that Xuanzong bestowed Li Xian with the Son of Heaven Sword on purpose to pass on the throne to him, so now that Li Yan has granted Li Ye the Ministerial Order, I'm afraid he also has the same meaning.
Li Ye naturally didn't react when he heard such rumors. This was something he had experienced before he was reborn, so it's not surprising.
But after Tian Lingzi heard the rumors, he was restless day and night. These days, Tian Lingzi could see Li Yan's attitude towards Li Ye clearly. Maybe Li Yan would really pass the throne to Li Ye, so how would Tian Lingzi distinguish him then
Tian Lingzi was anxious and apprehensive, hesitated, and after several days, finally decided to take the risk.