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Su Emei understood Li Ye's eyes.
She bit her red lips, and stared at Li Ye with her water-cut eyes: "Your Highness is thinking that Bailudong's assistance to His Highness was a conspiracy from the very beginning. The purpose is to use this as a bargaining chip to the Immortal Emperor when His Highness becomes powerful." The exchange of benefits will allow our people to have more resources and a higher status in the Immortal Court, and live a more comfortable life. If the Immortal Emperor agrees to our proposal, we will sabotage His Highness's campaign at a critical moment and let His Highness defeat the Central Plains? "
Li Ye did not avoid Su Emei's gaze.
He said: "Aunt Song is in charge of the Tsingyi yamen, who has mastered the core secrets of Pinglu, and has won the trust of the lonely king, which is no different from the eyes of the lonely king. Chu Nanhuai is far-sighted and has the ability to make generals and ministers. If he comes to give advice to the lonely king , the Gu Wang will not refuse to listen. Wei Xiaozhuang established the Quanzhen Temple, and his disciples spread across nine towns and dozens of states, and there are more than tens of millions of disciples, which is enough to bring chaos to the Gu Wang's backyard."
Having said this, Li Ye paused for a while.
He continued: "You follow the lonely king, you are closer than a close servant, and the lonely king will not take precautions against you."
Su Emei was silent.
Li Ye looked at her, "When Aunt Song misreported the military situation, when the army was facing a critical situation, Chu Nanhuai came to offer a plan to break the game, when the lonely king adopted it, he was in a desperate situation, and he had a desperate fight with the Taoist immortal. Sword, how can the lonely king deal with it?"
Su Emei still didn't speak.
Li Ye withdrew his gaze and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.
This time, I didn't taste the fragrance of the new tea, I just felt like chewing wax.
The silence made the atmosphere in the dimly lit courtyard gradually chill.
Finally, Su Emei spoke.
Her voice was soft: "After the Emperor Zhuanxu broke through the heavens and the earth, the immortals were cut off, and the control of the fairy court over the mortal world is not as good as before. How to effectively maintain the order of the heaven and the earth, the fairy court is divided into two factions."
"The leader of Tongtian believes that the deeds of immortals are for the benefit of the common people. If they can make great merit in the mortal world, the common people will worship the immortal court and regard it as an inviolable god. In this way, the immortal court will continue to be firmly established. To control the mortal world, if there is enough merit, the power of merit can reopen the gate of heaven, and it may not necessarily break the barrier between heaven and earth."
"The act of the Lord Tongtian to let the immortals go down to the earth to relieve disasters and benefit the common people was ridiculed by the emperor's faction. They could not accept the high and powerful, running around to save people like a country doctor, cultivating wasteland and plowing fields like cattle and horses. Small officials are far inferior."
"The Immortal Emperor and others believe that most mortals live in poverty, and their desires are hard to fill. They are born with the instinct to worship the strong and pray for blessings. Therefore, the immortals only need to show a little trick from time to time, so that the mortals can see the power of the immortals, and they can win them. Worship and reverence from generation to generation, the incense in the world will last forever."
"The so-called Sheng Mi En fights Mi Qiu. Immortals give up their noble status and run around, doing their best to seek blessings for ordinary people. It will only make them feel that enjoying the blessings of immortals is a matter of course, and they will no longer be grateful. After a long time, immortals are no different from Cows and horses—cows and horses have worked hard all their lives and worked hard without complaint. How have they ever been respected by mortals? They have to be killed for their meat after dying of exhaustion on the ridge of the fields."
"Shang Emperor Xin is a rare discerning person. He saw through the true face of immortals enslaving the mortal world. Therefore, he disrespected the gods, destroyed Kyushu Taoist temples, and wanted to make the mortal affairs return to the mortal world. The immortal emperor was furious. So he supported King Wen of Zhou to carry out his actions, and this was the beginning of King Wu's battle against Zhou."
"In order to contend with the Immortal Emperor, the Master Tongtian led his disciples to assist King Zhou, and fought against the Immortal Emperor faction. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the end and became a bandit in the history books. The talented and bold Emperor Xin also became the King Zhou that everyone denounced."
Speaking of this, Su Emei paused.
Pain and reminiscence appeared in her eyes, as if she was looking back on the glorious past and remembering her comrades who fell in the blood.
Li Ye didn't speak.
The winner and loser, the new king who replaced the old dynasty, in order to explain to the world that his change of dynasty was in accordance with God's will and what everyone expected, would always try to discredit the old emperor, so the history books may not be true.
But how can you trust the words of the master disciple of Tongtian Sect
People are always used to beautifying themselves, and if they talk too much, they will gradually believe in it.
Furthermore, these past events had little to do with the situation he was now dealing with.
If it weren't for the old friendship with Su Emei, Li Ye might not even have listened to what she said without interrupting her in the middle.
Su Emei didn't pause for too long, she looked up at Li Ye again, and continued: "In that battle, both sides suffered heavy losses. Although the Master Tongtian was defeated and was imprisoned in Dongfu Palace, the Immortal Emperor couldn't send all his disciples away. If the disciples are all killed, then the Immortal Court will lose three to four out of ten of its power, and will be unable to deal with the attack of the army of the gods of the Immortal Realm."
She said seriously: "In fact, over the years, our people still occupy about 30% of the power in Xianting."
Li Ye chuckled, "Thirty percent, what a delicate ratio."
When Xianting needs to employ people, 30% is a large proportion, but when Xianting is fine, 30% is a very dangerous proportion.
Su Emei said sternly: "Thirty percent is enough for us to protect ourselves and not be wiped out by the emperor. So we don't have to rely on selling out the mortal princes who assist us, and use the general trend of the world to exchange something with the emperor. What's more, even if we want to If we do it, the Immortal Emperor will not agree. Thirty percent is the maximum he can tolerate, no matter how powerful we are, he will not agree."
Li Ye was noncommittal.
After a while, he said: "So, you all came to help me from the bottom of your heart."
Su Yumei said: "To rule the world and the fairy court is stable, we can only restrain our words and deeds. In the troubled times, the world is unstable, so we can take advantage of it, and we must do something - as long as we are not willing to sink. People from the White Deer Cave Gate intervene in the troubled times, isn't it? In exchange for winning chips with the Immortal Emperor, but for a comeback!"
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Li Ye glanced at her, "But you all failed in the end, and many good situations were shattered in the end. It was rumored that Li Si was a member of the Bailu Cave, but he colluded with Hu Hai to kill Fusu and make Daqin perish... "Daqin, that is the first dynasty in the world that does not respect Taoism, and has swept the world, and is reshaping the order of heaven and earth."
"During the Southern Dynasties, Liu Yu succeeded in the Northern Expedition, captured Chang'an, and was likely to recover the entire north. Liu Muzhi, the first minister under Liu Yu who stayed in the capital, died suddenly of illness, causing Liu Yu to worry about the instability of the rear and was forced to withdraw his troops. , From then on, the Southern Dynasty lost the best opportunity to unify the world. Finally, it led to the Great Sui Nanping Chen Dynasty who respected Daoism. Isn’t Liu Muzhi also a disciple of your Bailu Cave? There are too many similar examples.”
Whether it is Li Si or Liu Muzhi, they are all people who can change the course of history, and they are also assisted by monarchs who do not respect Taoism.
Su Emei's eyes were gloomy, and there seemed to be a river of sadness in her eyes.
After a long time, she looked at Li Ye and said slowly: "The remnants of the Lord Tongtian account for only 30% of the Immortal Court. In troubled times, they can take the opportunity to affect the general situation of the world... We really want to change the situation of the world, but in the end we were all defeated by the Immortal Court." The people sent by the emperor suppressed it."
She didn't wait for Li Ye to reply, and immediately asked: "Is your Highness also curious, why many shrewd and talented heroes suddenly made extremely low-level and almost impossible mistakes during the critical period of determining the ownership of the world, and thus lead to a change in the general situation?”
"For example, Li Si, the power is in the hands of the government and the public, and Che Tonggui's books and texts are all from his suggestions. Why did he collude with the eunuch in the end, supporting the stupid Hu Hai and murdering the talented Fu Su, making Da Qin lose his tenderness and continue the inseparable status of Guozuo? Good opportunity? For example, Fu Jian, the hero of a generation, was so thunderous when he swept the north, but why did he let a million troops lose to tens of thousands of Southern Dynasty troops in the Battle of Feishui? For example, wise and cautious people like Kong Ming, in the Northern Expedition The most likely time for success, but let Ma Di, a mediocre talent who has been judged by Liu Bei as not worthy of a heavy responsibility, go to guard the most critical street pavilion?"
Li Ye was silent.
He has been puzzled by this question for a long time, and he has vaguely got some answers, but he is not quite sure.
Su Emei smiled miserably: "Ordinary people will say that all of this is God's will. But God's will is actually just the meaning of the Immortal Emperor. It was he who used unpredictable means to affect the thinking and will of the parties involved, making them suddenly change. I was so stupid that I made such an insane move!"
Li Ye's expression was shocked, and he looked at Su Emei sharply.
Su Emei's eyes did not dodge.
Li Ye fell silent.
Su Emei continued: "We are not handing over the good situation to others, it's just that after we were suppressed in the Immortal Court, we could no longer help the mortal world, which allowed the Immortal Emperor to regain the initiative. It was him who made those who disobeyed the Taoist sect unable to help." Continuing on the original path, it is him who makes those who respect the Taoism finally achieve a great cause!"
After saying that, her eyes suddenly became firm, and she looked closely at Li Ye: "But this time it's different! Throughout the ages, there has never been a monarch who can cultivate to the fairyland, and no lord can be blessed by heaven! Deer Cave chose His Highness from the very beginning, and there was indeed a reason why King An was a disciple of the sect, but the final facts proved, Your Highness, you are different from those before! You are the most likely to accomplish great things and reshape the order of heaven and earth! "
Li Ye didn't get emotional because of these words.
He didn't even answer Su Emei's words.
He was still brooding.
The courtyard was quiet, only the evening wind was blowing the branches and leaves of the locust trees, making a slight rustling sound.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Ye's brows gradually eased.
He pushed the tea bowl forward a little, "The tea has been drunk for a long time, maybe add another bowl of hot one?"
Su E's eyebrows were startled, and she immediately got up and took the tea bowl with both hands, "Your Highness will be later."
After Su Emei brought out a new bowl of hot tea and put it in front of Li Ye, he calmly took a sip.
Putting down the tea bowl, Li Ye said to the still anxious Su E, "Go to Caozhou in five days, you can go with me."
Su Emei was so pleasantly surprised that she almost thought she heard it wrong.
Then she burst into a gentle smile, as clear and beautiful as a lotus in full bloom.
Li Ye took another sip of hot tea.
As far as he is concerned, it is better to keep uncertain factors with him and keep them under his nose than to let her stay behind.
...
Immortal Domain, Dongfu Palace.
Master Tongtian, who has long been known as Taoist Nichen, is admiring the flowers on the high platform in the garden. It can be seen that he is in a good mood, and the flagons in hand are already several empty.
At some point, an extremely handsome Taoist with white hair and blue robes appeared outside the pavilion.
He appeared, but did not speak, just stood with hands tied, waiting quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, Taoist Nichen, who admired the flowers, suddenly smiled meaningfully, and said slowly, "Duobao, you came here on your own initiative at this time, but do you have something important to report?"
Taoist Duobao bowed and said, "Master, Fairy Guanghan has followed Li Ye to Caozhou."
Daoist Nichen hummed, without commenting, and said flatly, "What do you think?"
As the chief disciple of Taoist Nichen, Taoist Duobao has a high level of cultivation and insight, and has been taking care of chores for Taoist Nichen. At this moment, he said without hesitation: "Li Ye has alienated her for a long time before, and it is said that he is not on guard against her. Not much. Fairy Guanghan was able to regain Li Ye's trust, which shows that the two should have had a deep talk."
Taoist mud and dust drank in silence.
Taoist Duobao smiled and said, "The words of Fairy Guanghan can probably convince Li Ye."
Taoist Muchen nodded slightly.
After a while, he smiled: "If you want to convince a person, sincerity from the heart is the most important thing. Fairy Guanghan can undoubtedly do this. Because she thinks what she knows is the undeniable fact... It's just that I still feel a little guilty for deceiving Fairy Guanghan like this."
He said he was sorry, but there was no sign of guilt on his face.
Daoist Duobao respectfully said: "We have different political views from the Immortal Emperor. This is indeed a fact. To benefit the common people and make great merits for the people of Li, this is also our line of struggle. However, Fairy Guanghan will not know that the so-called ideal , The so-called route is nothing but a means to an end."
"The reason why we choose this route is not because it is noble and can bring much benefit to the people, but because it is the most suitable for people's hearts and can unite the people the most, so it is most likely that our ultimate goal of gaining power will be achieved." Realization—thankfully, this route is very popular, so that we always have many loyal wings, and we will not be wiped out from the fairy court by the immortal emperor all these years."
Taoist Muchen smiled and said nothing.
Some things don't have to be said. Many times it is not appropriate to speak out.
Only by grasping the power can one have absolute wealth resources. In the words of the mortal world, the purpose of Taoist Dust has always been to seize women and money.
As for the rest, it is just a means to achieve an end.
Human beings have no ideals.
In other words, the ideal of a human master has always been to hold supreme power.
As for the ideals spoken from the mouth of the owner, what benefits the common people and the welfare of the people, they are all spoken to others, in order to gather people for his use, to follow him and shed their blood, and to achieve his goals .
After a while, Taoist Nichen drank the wine in the pot in one gulp.
He threw the jug and laughed, "Now we are not strong enough, so we can only use the world as a chessboard to exchange for a place to stand. But one day, we will use the world as a chessboard to seize the power of the world!"