Daoism is the state religion of the Great Zhou, but not only the state religion of the Great Zhou. Long before the founding of the Great Zhou, Daoism was the state religion in many dynasties.
The pope is the ruler of the state religion and the co-lord of believers in the world. In a sense, he has a higher status than the king.
How to be a good pope
Chen Changsheng read the Daoist Canon thoroughly, and read the deeds of countless generations of popes in the books, but there is no way to learn this kind of thing.
Or it is for this reason that his uncle, the Pope, never taught him how to do it, but just tried to influence him through his words and deeds.
For example, the world is the most important, keep a low profile, be prudent and prudent, don't care about temporary gains and losses, don't care about the reputation of the world, and only care for all beings.
After leaving Kyoto, he went directly to the north like many young ascetics, wanting to contribute on the battlefield, but it turned out that this was useless, and it would easily cause confusion on the front line and shake the morale of the army. Then he began to use medical skills to save people and refine cinnabar pills. He did save many people, but it was still not enough.
Wang Zhice said in his notes that positions are relative, and in different positions, it is natural to choose different ways of doing things. He is now the pope, and if he wants to contribute to this world, he cannot act like a swordsman or a doctor, but should use different methods.
For this dark and decaying world, Su Li disdains to associate with it, disdains to look at it, if the world of mortals touches him, he will kill it with a sword, the method of Tianhai Holy Empress is to use darker and crueler methods to suppress, to try To dispel all those old-fashioned spirits, the uncle Pope's method is more gentle and conservative.
In Chen Changsheng's view, these methods were wrong.
It is impossible for him to give in constantly for the sake of the so-called overall situation like his uncle, willing to sacrifice himself, and he is not so alienated from the world like Senior Su Li. Although the world does not have any kindness towards him, he still likes this world and life People in this world, of course, it is even more impossible for him to act like the Holy Empress of Tianhai. After reading Wang Zhice's notes in Lingyan Pavilion, he has given up any ambition to let the world dance with him.
His method or method or what he wants to do is actually very simple.
Since you don't want to hand over the world to those corrupt and boring people, you should stand up.
Just like the spring breeze greening the south bank of the river, like wild flowers blooming all over the hillside, just like this, it is upright and upright, and it is announced to the world.
Of course it would be difficult if he was alone, but fortunately, he has many peers and like-minded people.
It would be great if that guy was willing to join in, but it's a pity why he doesn't want to go out
Chen Changsheng looked at the room that was still brightly lit in the distance, wondering what Rob was thinking at this moment.
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The demons really withdrew without any traps or reservations. From the north of Tianliang County to the wilderness and snowy field at the western foot of Hanshan Mountain with a radius of about 2,000 miles, there was no figure of a demon again. Only the Lahu River remained. There are two teams of wolf cavalry, which should be used to monitor the movement of the human army.
Many people are still puzzled as to why the demons withdrew their troops, but no matter from which point of view, this is a victory for the human race. More than a dozen military mansions and even more military villages in the northern snowfields have begun to celebrate. There are relaxed smiles on people's faces, as if it is a festival.
The atmosphere of the Songshan Military Mansion is different from other places, tense and depressing. The two sides of the main street are crowded with people. Whether it is a sergeant, a businessman or a small number of ordinary people, their faces are full of worry and uneasiness. Here is not waiting to celebrate the withdrawal of the demons, but waiting for the result of a trial.
In the past few days, many chariots entered Songshan Military Mansion one after another. Some chariots came from Yonglan Pass and Yongxue Pass, some chariots came from Hanqiu City, and a few chariots even came from distant Kyoto. The chariots represent a real great man.
Because Ning Shiwei died.
One night, he left his camp with his own soldiers and disappeared without a trace. His body was found to be incomplete afterward. The most important problem is that he did not die on the battlefield of the snowy field, but in an extremely remote area. In the snowy ridge.
A god will die mysteriously, of course the truth needs to be found out.
The sergeants and merchants on the street also wanted to know what was going on.
They didn't know that many people died that night. Zhu Ye, the new head of the Zhu Clan, Tian Hai Zhanyi, the second-generation son trained by the Tian Hai family, and the Seventeenth Master of the Tang family, like Ning Shiwei, all died in that cold night.
With so many big shots dead, more big shots are naturally needed to investigate.
The two god generals came from Yongxue Pass and Yonglan Pass respectively, and a real big man came to the Tianhai family—Tianhai Chengwen, the younger brother of Patriarch Tianhai Chengwu, but he is not the person with the highest status in Songshan Military Mansion today, because Zhongshan Wang rushed over from Kyoto as an imperial envoy of the imperial court. Only the Zhu family in Tianliang County lost two powerful leaders in succession, and their power declined sharply. They just sent someone randomly, and they only had the role of listening in on the trial.
When a big shot comes to the Songshan Military Mansion, the first and foremost thing is to investigate the cause of death of Ning Shiwei and others, but it is obvious that the location is more important.
The position of the general of the Songshan Army Mansion.
Back then when the Holy Empress was in power, the war against the demons did not go smoothly, but the military was still not inferior to what it was in its heyday, with a total of thirty-eight generals. During the change of Tianshu Mausoleum, famous generals such as Xue Xingchuan and Tianzhu died one after another. Afterwards, the court battle was also extremely fierce, and there were only twenty-three left.
Kyoto and Luoyang need to be guarded by generals, and the number of generals who can stay in the north is even smaller.
Now on the snowfield, except for Yongxue Pass and Yonglan Pass, which have special status, the rest of the military mansions have only one general. After Ning Shiwei's death, the position of the general in the Songshan Army Mansion became vacant, and he could not be transferred from other army mansions, which meant that the imperial court needed a new general.
For the Great Zhou military and even the imperial court, the god will be the most critical position.
Because the god general has military power, he can even deploy troops against his will at critical moments.
No matter what the cause of Ning Shiwei's death is, now that a position is vacant, a new general can be promoted, no matter whether it is Xiangwang's faction, Tianhai family or other powers in the court, they will never miss this opportunity .
In the midwinter season, there was no snowfall in the Songshan Military Mansion, but the city built on the mountain was covered with dark clouds, and the sky was very cold.
Just like the expressions of these big shots sitting in the main hall of the military mansion at this time.
King Zhongshan sat in the middle, as in the rumors, with a violent aura in his eyes.
Tianhai Chengwen and Jianxi God from Yongxueguan will sit on the right.
The Minister of Dali Temple who came with King Zhongshan and the God Cheng Tao from Yonglanguan sat on the left hand side.
The camp is very clear, so is the position, otherwise, why would the atmosphere in the main hall be so depressing, even a bit gloomy.
General Cheng Tao looked at the commander of Gaoyang Town under the hall, his face was extremely ugly, and he shouted: "The general has arrived at your camp, and you don't know anything?"