aircannonsinc Chapter 2895 The Benefits of Taking Refuge
Chapter 2895 The Benefits of Taking Refuge
Chapter 2895 The Benefits of Taking Refuge
Capital City, Imperial Palace.
Eight hundred miles expedited.
"Reporting to His Majesty, the mountain god showed no reaction to the three imperial edicts."
"We asked the temple manager, and he actually said that this is a real immortal and how can mortals control it?" said Chen Gong, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, while kneeling on the ground.
"Does this mean that I have to visit you three times? Have you found out anything?" the emperor said sarcastically.
Chen Gong hurriedly said carefully: "The servants have carefully investigated and obtained some so-called miracle drugs from there. They were all obtained by the local gentry themselves."
As Mr. Chen spoke, he raised a brocade box with both hands.
"Have you opened it and taken a look?" the emperor said coldly.
"I have seen it, and I have also seen someone eat it with my own eyes."
"Then open it and let me see it." The emperor was still very cautious and suspicious.
What if it's poison? Wouldn't that be terrible?
Soon, Engineer Chen opened the box ten steps away from the emperor.
The emperor and the eunuchs, both big and small, all saw some capsules in the box, with some patterns and writings on them.
A simplified Chinese character for “clearing heat”.
In ancient times, there were two kinds of fonts, one simplified and one traditional.
Many people have started using simplified Chinese.
"This is a medicine for treating high fever and cold. It is especially effective for children. According to the local gentry, in the past, children would die if they could not overcome a high fever."
"Since the advent of this medicine, very few children have died from high fever."
"Hmph, their child survived, but my son never became an immortal!" The emperor was unhappy.
He thought of his three sons who had died young.
He originally had five sons, and he was very happy.
As a result, three of them died in succession.
Another one is already fifteen years old.
It would be difficult for someone to die young at this age, but he died of illness.
Those imperial doctors are completely useless!
"Go find a seriously ill eunuch and feed him this medicine and see how it goes." Even after seeing it, the emperor still didn't fully believe it.
What if the people below are colluding to cheat me?
It's not like this hasn't happened before.
While on an inspection tour in the south, the palace caught fire for unknown reasons. No one came to rescue except a childhood friend.
Simply outrageous.
Can he be at ease?
He usually made the herbal pills himself, so he naturally didn't worry about the poison.
And the pill was given by a stranger.
How could he eat it?
Soon, the eunuchs found dozens of seriously ill people among the 100,000 eunuchs and palace maids. They still had high fever and were obviously dying.
After feeding the medicine, the emperor watched with his own eyes as he went from having only one breath to regain consciousness.
It's impossible for someone to fake this.
If someone really forged something to this extent, the emperor would admit it.
"He is indeed a strange man. Could he be an immortal?" The emperor was still hesitant.
But this prevented him from making a decision.
"Immediately issue an edict to withdraw the previous edict and order the cabinet to draft an imperial edict to confer the title of Daqing Mountain God as the Protector of the Nation... the Great Law God, with an annual salary of 50,000 dan, 3,000 taels of silver, and 1,000 rolls of silk."
If this number is given in reality, it is quite a lot.
After all, the actual salary of the prince is just this much, and in reality the civil servants all get discounts or even use banknotes to fool people.
Of course, the princes were not stupid. They relied on their relationships to cover up for each other and annexed large amounts of land and shops and set up checkpoints to collect taxes.
Only those members of the royal family of middle and lower levels were the most unlucky.
There are only shackles but no rights.
According to ancestral teachings, they were not allowed to engage in business or take imperial examinations, nor could they work as workers or farmers. They could only live on their salaries, but their salaries were often in arrears.
Some people did not receive any salary for more than ten years. It was not uncommon for members of the royal family to starve to death or become beggars.
There are countless strange phenomena in the feudal dynasties.
But the emperor really wants to give it.
……
When the emperor's order to draft the imperial edict was conveyed, the cabinet was in an uproar.
"The Emperor actually bestowed such a gift on the wild mountain god? It has caused an uproar in the court and the country." A fat deputy minister said angrily.
“What should we do? The emperor is a cultivator, and now there is a mountain god appearing. There will be a lot of trouble in the court in the future.” Sanfu sighed.
"But what should we do with this imperial edict?" asked the Prime Minister.
"Just write it." Sanfu said helplessly, "If you don't write it, can you stop it?"
"I will go to the palace gate and lead all the officials to make a death-defying appeal!" the second assistant said angrily.
"You can't do this. No, no, no. There are no bad parents in the world. The emperor and father are greater than heaven. You can't do this." The Prime Minister hurriedly stopped him.
"Are we just going to watch a wild mountain god being openly enshrined in the imperial court?"
"We, the well-read Confucian scholars who don't talk about supernatural things, are just going to watch this happen?" Ci Fu retorted.
Everyone was silent.
What else can I do but watch it?
The emperor has spent hundreds of taels of silver on building palaces and temples over the years, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on each project.
But who can do anything to the emperor?
No way.
On the contrary, there were countless officials who colluded with the emperor, made money for the emperor, and took the opportunity to make money for themselves.
Can't the emperor be deposed?
too difficult.
People's hearts are not united, and the emperor is not forcing most of the officials, but winning over some and dealing with some.
The biggest characteristic of managers who came from the landlord class was that they were never united.
Even when they were pushed to the point of death, they were not united.
They say that they are the grassroots of landlord interests, but the biggest problem is that their interests conflict with each other...
Because the land is limited, whoever's family has more managers can occupy more land.
So it was easy for the emperor to find supporters.
And when the emperor is smart, selfish, and cruel, the harm to the world will be too great.
Now, the cabinet is facing such an emperor.
What can they do?
They have no choice.
There is no other way except for forcing the emperor to abdicate.
The soldiers seemed to be in the hands of the Ministry of War, but they could not mobilize them to force the emperor to abdicate.
Because those who are directly in charge of the troops are the emperor's confidants, or they are well-fed.
How could they possibly offend the emperor for the sake of deifying himself?
The risks are enormous, and the rewards are almost non-existent.
Naturally, they would not listen to the cabinet and force the emperor to abdicate.
That's seeking death.
Therefore, civil officials naturally could not restrain the emperor.
This was true even at the end of the dynasty.
Only military generals can restrain the emperor.
But it’s not possible now.
Afterwards, several ministers had no choice but to write memorials with their noses held.
The second assistant was very angry.
He then submitted his resignation and returned home.
Without waiting for the emperor's approval, he left the capital alone with his old servant.
This is what is called "hanging up the seal and leaving".
Of course, if the case is taken to a more serious level, the person may have his property confiscated and beheaded.
Disrespecting the emperor is a crime of great disrespect.
The problem is that the emperor feels guilty.
The emperor could only issue an edict to comfort him and let him go home.
In fact, the second assistant secretly took people to Daqingshan.
After some investigation, Ci Fu's attitude reversed.
Because he suddenly discovered that this mountain god was much better than the emperor.
Although the other party asked to build a temple, they also distributed good seeds, fertilizers and medicines to the people.
And protect the people.
A large number of tall buildings were built around the temple.
Many gentry lived nearby.
Because it's safe here.
Robbers, thieves, thieves, beggars - most importantly, the tyrannical officials - did not dare to come.
Don't think that the gentry are not afraid of officials. They are afraid of them too.
That's why his family had to work hard to take the imperial examination and pass it to get protection from the government.
However, this is a game of competing for the king's size.
There are always some gentry who have lost their officials and will be attacked.
This is what is meant by “a county magistrate who destroys a family, and a governor who exterminates an entire clan.”
Especially those merchants, who have no autonomy at all and are completely dependent on officials for survival, and may be slaughtered at any time.
Once small and medium-sized merchants were favored by eunuchs and officials, their property would be completely unprotected and a legitimate "harvest" could make them go bankrupt.
The so-called "Hemai" means that the merchant is given the task of purchasing certain goods, but the money given is very little, or even nothing.
But you have to pay for the supplies.
With such greedy eating habits, it will be hard for merchants to avoid bankruptcy.
It is called peace and purchase, but in reality it is suppression and seizure.
You don't have to worry about this near the temple.
Merchants can focus on development, accumulation of wealth, and inventions without worrying about being robbed by officials.
If someone steals or robs others, the mountain god will see through it and punish those people.
In fact, Zhao Qingyu used the computer management system to bring those people under computer management.
He trained a group of temple priests to use this "magic weapon" to manage public security.
And he uses his divine power to exercise supreme supervision.
As a modern man, he still has basic ethics.
Or maybe he wasn't evil enough.
In addition, since we have everything we deserve to enjoy, the moral bottom line of modern people is much higher than that of ancient people.
Even though Zhao Qingyu was falling, he still had a bottom line.
What's more, his foundation is in faith, so he cannot fall too far.
At least on the surface, you have to maintain a glamorous image - you can't be an evil god, right?
This is much better than the emperor.
The emperor wanted more and more, but never gave anything in return.
All his intelligence was used for his own power and enjoyment, but not for the management of state affairs.
So after seeing this, Ci Fu decisively chose to join the mountain god.
We all need a leader anyway, so why not find a sober one?
So the second assistant quickly defected.
Then he discovered the joy of doing things here.
He is a person similar to Li County Magistrate, but he also has certain political tactics and selfish motives.
Therefore the climbing position is higher.
When you are with the mountain god, you just do your job and don't have to worry about this or that.
A team does one thing.
Cooperate with each other, and the contribution will be determined by the mountain god, so no one needs to scheme against anyone else.
Relying on his level as the second assistant, he quickly expanded the entire mountain temple to a county and then to a province.
The approach he took was to seize those pain points.
Those gentry who lack protection are the ones who most welcome the mountain god to move in.
For example, a gentry who has not produced a senior executive for three generations, a wealthy businessman who has declined for two generations...
He used his connections to gather these people together and quickly win them over.
And they built temples in the villages from the bottom up.
The temple then expanded rapidly.
From one province to several provinces.
Exponential explosion.
……
Zhao Qingyu looked at the divine power map in his mind and couldn't help laughing.
More and more talented people came to him.
And the emperor had now been sidelined by him without him realizing it.
It’s so cool to attack by dimensionality reduction.
In fact, victory was inevitable from the moment he mastered the divine power.
The emperor could not be his opponent.
At this time, his real opponent appeared...
It's him.
He began to enjoy it.
It’s just like playing a single-player game, where you have no opponents left in the later stages.
Then destroy, enjoy, and pursue excitement without restraint.
And he was like this at the beginning.
Until one day, he traveled back to the real world to get new supplies. Because he was used to being superior for many years, his tone was different from that of ordinary people.
So he offended a few thugs.
In fact, he did it himself.
Those thugs just asked him to give up his seat while eating. If it were in the past, he would have left on his own.
But now he subconsciously scolded: "You bastards, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, what's the point? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
The thugs became furious, and he was blocked and beaten up by several of them.
After this incident, he immediately came to his senses.
"I only have divine powers in that feudal ancient world. In the real world, I am still an ordinary person!"
Yes, because his divine power was gathered by the glass ball given by Wen Rensheng.
But he cannot use his divine power in the real world.
If he wants to use it, he needs Wen Rensheng to give him a higher level cheat.
Obviously this is impossible.
So he became obedient again.
He recovered from the state of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and returned to the mentality of the founding of the country, being cautious.
He had a new goal: to find a way to possess great power in reality.
So after a few days, he returned to the feudal ancient world and began to work hard.
But he held his breath.
He had never been beaten like this before.
That would be a great shame and humiliation.
Ordinary people would feel so depressed just reading a novel, let alone him?
I don’t like stories like Zhao Qingyu, who is bullied to death and then travels through time.
Because this is a great poison to him: after being bullied and traveling to another world, it means that he can never get revenge again.
Or it will take a long time before revenge can be retaliated.
How can I bear this?
He is the same now.
After research, he found that as long as he accumulated divine power to a certain level, he would be able to travel back.
And after wearing it back, you will lose the ability to call upon divine power.
If you want to call upon divine power, you must study the glass ball thoroughly.
Soon he had a solution.
He can continue to make money and expand his power in the real world.
In the real world, money means power.
It’s just that in the past, his energy was focused on the feudal world. In the real world, he only made a small amount of money and tried to keep a low profile.
But now, he is going to change.
So he first gathered ancient people to write various vernacular novels.
Then take it to the real world and sell it.
He did not bring materials from the ancient world into the real world to sell.
The reason is simple, it is possible to be detected.
Only cultural information cannot be checked.
Even if abnormalities are found during the examination, it can be said that it was a dream.
As long as you write more vernacular novels, you will naturally have some excellent ones.
So he began to become a famous writer.
Especially famous writers who write classical literature.
(End of this chapter)