Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Xuanwu three years, the ninth day of the seventh lunar month.

Emperor Xuanwu suddenly made a decree that was announced to the world, and he named Hu Xueyan, the Supreme Elder of the Tiannv Palace, as the Imperial Master of Dayong and the Imperial Master. He was ranked as the highest grade and would not worship you when he saw you. At the same time, the Tiannv Palace was enshrined as the state religion, in charge of sacrifices, issuing ultimatums to Buddhist and Taoist monks, and becoming the supreme martial arts master in the world.

In addition, the disciples of Tiannv Palace were summoned to Beijing.

And stop hunting down martial arts sect disciples.

All plans to destroy the martial arts world were cancelled.

As soon as the news came out, the civil servants and generals were shocked and surprised. At the same time, no one dared to stop him. After all, everyone knew that Emperor Xuanwu had a lot of lives in his hands. The martial arts sect that had been passed down for thousands of years could be destroyed at a moment's notice, and the entire martial arts forest was destroyed by him. Now, he still has an unknown number of demon-like monster armies in his hands. If they are against him, aren't they looking for death?

The most important thing is that this decree does no harm to their interests, and there is no need to come forward to persuade them.

Some people even think this is a good thing.

I feel that Emperor Xuanwu suffered a big loss.

It is a last resort.

It's a very simple reason. Not long ago, he was shouting to kill the entire martial arts world, and the Tiannv Palace was also within the scope that must be wiped out. As a result, such an earth-shaking change suddenly occurred. You don't need to think about it to know that it is most likely not that he abandoned evil and turned to good, and suddenly discovered his conscience.

But the Supreme Elder from the Heavenly Lady Palace was too powerful. He entered the palace and gave him a violent beating. The blow left him unable to resist and his life was in danger. He had to make compromises and even give the other party so many extra benefits.

Therefore, in their opinion, this holy book was almost equivalent to the extortion bill of the Supreme Elder.

Since ancient times in the world, the more imperial power has grown, the less power they have as ministers. Now that Emperor Xuanwu has suffered a setback, it is a good thing for many people, and they are even ready to watch the excitement without taking it too seriously.

Just waiting to see Emperor Xuanwu’s joke.

And let's see how this ends.

As for why Bai Sheng did this?

It’s really not that she is greedy for power. The main reason is that now the entire martial arts world has been ruined by Emperor Xuanwu. While the major sects and forces have been destroyed, it has also directly led to the complete destruction of private information circulation channels for warriors. Bai Sheng can’t even find it. Issue summons orders through appropriate channels.

Let the disciples of Tiannv Palace enter the capital.

It is true that she could ask the court to help announce it and let Emperor Xuanwu order various post stations to announce the news for her.

However, the imperial court directly issued a convening order for the Tiannv Palace.

There must be disciples from Tiannv Palace who dare to believe it!

Who knows if it is a trap and conspiracy by the imperial court, waiting for them to enter the capital, and then catch them all.

Therefore, Bai Sheng could only use this method. While summoning the disciples of Tiannv Palace to Beijing, he also let them understand that this was not a scam, not to catch them all, but to really take down Emperor Xuanwu.

Otherwise, she would not be able to become a national master or an imperial master.

As for whether he will slap Emperor Xuanwu in the face, it doesn't matter. He won't live long anyway. Now he is just used as a puppet to help stabilize the world. If there is an alternative later, he will die.

But, even if Bai Sheng has already done this.

The effect is still very poor.

A month has passed, and only a dozen disciples of the Heavenly Lady Palace have come to Beijing to pay homage to Bai Sheng, and a few of them have helped deliver messages to the dozens of people who don't want to come.

It means they are engaged or married.

I don’t really want to get involved in the so-called martial arts arena anymore.

Most of those disciples were not high in cultivation and had no ambitions. After experiencing the fright of this martial arts catastrophe, they just wanted to live an ordinary life. This was actually quite normal.

So Bai Sheng immediately said that he could understand.

They even asked the disciples who helped spread the word to give them some gold and silver, which they regarded as dowries from the Heavenly Lady's Palace.

Although many of them in the Heavenly Maiden Palace are frustrated people, betrayed people, or divorced women, and at the same time they are responsible for killing all the unfaithful people in the world, but in fact they are not strict enough to prohibit the disciples from contacting men, or from marrying. To the extent that if they really like each other, they are actually willing to give blessings.

What is different from other sects is that.

If anyone dares to betray and is found out by them, he will definitely die. Even if the sect disciple who is married is a love brain, it is useless to help him and plead for mercy.

So as time goes by, fewer and fewer people dare to come to ask for marriage from their sect disciples. After all, in this era where three wives and four concubines are normal, how many people can guarantee that they will be married to each other? There are so many women in the world. , why bother to marry yourself a time bomb?

Therefore, now those young disciples can get married.

Of course, Bai Sheng still focuses on blessings. As for whether he will regret it or whether he will be happy in the future, let's talk about it in the future. You can't just worry about the future and not do it.

It’s really unfortunate that the Heavenly Lady Palace can also help make the decision.

As for the three palace masters, a dozen elders, and most of the inner disciples of the true disciples, why didn’t they come? Some of them died and couldn’t come, but most of them are still alive. Those who didn’t come The main reason is that they are no longer in Dayong.

A few months ago, not long after they made plans to leave Dayong and go overseas, or to the Northern Wilderness, there was a split within them. Some of them chose to go to the Northern Wilderness, while others went overseas.

What is obvious is that, whether overseas or in the Northern Wilderness, logistics and information circulation are not very fast. One month of information transmission time is too short.

It's so short that they may not know it yet.

It wasn't until one month and nineteen days later that Bai Sheng, the Ninth Elder, who was neither willing to go overseas nor to the Northern Wilderness, only planned to stay in Dayong incognito and die alone, knew this from Du Huaijing's mouth.

Although Du Huaijing did not leave, after all, the more remote the place, the less strict the household registration management and the safer it was, so her seclusion place was not far from overseas.

Not only was the date of receiving the news lagging behind.

It also takes a lot of time to rush to the capital.

It's normal to be late.

"So you have already sent a message overseas before coming here. Theoretically speaking, if they are willing to come back, they should be able to arrive in no more than a month, right?"

Bai Sheng, who was in the side hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, said thoughtfully.

Now her official identity is Dayong Imperial Master and Imperial Master, and she is also a woman. Even if she is over a hundred years old, it is not easy for her to live in Emperor Xuanwu's harem.

Therefore, she has been staying at the Ancestral Temple recently.

Anyway, the national sacrifices are now under her control. Just like Miao Zhu can live in the temple, of course she can also live in the Ancestral Temple.

"That's right, and according to my estimation, they will all come back, because I have heard them complain more than once about the difficulties of overseas construction and how difficult life is.

He also said that if he had known this earlier.

You should have chosen to go to Beihuang in the first place.

After all, no matter how the Northern Wilderness is a barbarian land, at least there is civilization and a country. Buying things and hiring people is just a little more difficult and the cost is a bit higher, but generally speaking, it is still within the acceptable range.

Unlike overseas desert islands, there is really nothing.

The island they chose didn't even have any savages. Except for seafood, everything else was in short supply. They had to buy it from the mainland. Even if they wanted to be self-reliant, there was no manpower, let alone the corresponding technology and ability.

It feels like they are having a hard time living overseas.

Some time ago, I wrote to ask me if Emperor Xuanwu had made any new moves. He probably wanted to come back a long time ago, but he was just worried that Emperor Xuanwu would insist on killing everyone. Maybe he also didn’t want to be ridiculed by those who chose to go to the Northern Wilderness, so he never did. Ability to make up one's mind.

But now I know that you have suppressed Emperor Xuanwu.

Will definitely be back soon. "

After giving a clear answer, Du Huaijing hurriedly expressed joy and said: "Although I feel that asking this question is a bit knowing, but I still want to ask, Taishang Elder, have you successfully broken through the realm of heaven and man? After all, if you don't have the cultivation of heaven and man, It will be difficult to suppress Emperor Xuanwu."

"Yes, maybe it was God's unstoppable martial arts that allowed me to successfully break through by chance. However, the specific situation is actually very complicated. Let's wait until everyone who has returned has arrived, and I will tell you in detail.

If you can save it, you have to say it a second or third time.

You have two tasks next. One is to contact the disciples of Tiannv Palace overseas and in the Northern Wilderness, and try to inform them of the news and ask them to come back quickly. Of course, if you really don’t want to come back, there is no harm in staying there, just It was then that a branch of the Tiannv Palace was built there.

The second is to try to contact the survivors of other martial arts sects. It is best to persuade them to come to Beijing, because Emperor Xuanwu's situation is very complicated, and some things must be informed to them, and they may even need their cooperation and assistance.

At the same time, the structure and rules of the martial arts world will also change drastically.

Their participation in negotiations makes it easier to implement later. "

Because there were too few senior officials of Tiannv Palace who arrived in the capital, or there was only one Ninth Elder, Bai Sheng didn't bother to tell the whole story. He just told her to work first, and planned to hold a unified meeting after everyone had arrived.

Save her the trouble of talking and tell the story over and over again.

The Ninth Elder was also very sensible and did not keep asking questions in this regard. In other words, for her, it was enough to confirm that the supreme elder of their sect was a genuine heavenly warrior, because a heavenly warrior has a lifespan of three hundred years. In theory, it is enough The Supreme Elder who told them should live for another two hundred years and be able to protect them for another two hundred years.

This undoubtedly means that while she is alive, she does not have to worry about encountering the same catastrophe as before.

As for what to do in two hundred years, it doesn’t matter.

Two hundred years from now her bones may be gone.

It was enough for her to be sure that she would be safe for the rest of her life, or rather for the rest of her life.

The main thing after that was that the Ninth Elder was busy alone. Bai Sheng was only responsible for talking. At the same time, he went to see Emperor Xuanwu to make sure that there was no problem with the imprint on his true spirit, and then tortured him again. It's not that Bai Sheng has any special hobbies.

The main reason is that Emperor Xuanwu's physical body and Si Tianming's soul will automatically recover. At the same time, the Soul Seizing Technique is not always useful. Not only does it need to be reinforced regularly, but it also needs to ensure that his soul is always in a weak state.

Therefore, it is necessary to torture him every once in a while so that his body and soul cannot recover. When facing the enemy, you can never be too cautious.

Almost a month later.

Those who could make it basically came to the capital.

To be more precise, except for those who have passed away, whether they were disciples of the Heavenly Lady Palace who chose to go overseas or to the Northern Wilderness, all of them have returned.

First, they really can't stand the life outside.

Compared with Dayong, other places and other countries are really civilization depressions. Even if there are countries in the Northern Wilderness, they feel that their living standards have plummeted.

Not to mention overseas desert islands where there are no savages.

Secondly, their foundation overseas and in the Northern Wilderness is still very shallow, and they haven't even built a place to live. There is nothing they can't bear to part with that little bit of foundation.

If they had been overseas, or had been operating in the Northern Wilderness for hundreds of years, and had settled there for generations, and at the same time had accumulated a huge family property, they would definitely be reluctant to come back. But it has only been a few months now. How can I save a fortune? I am in the hard stage of starting a business. When the sect's supreme elder summons me, of course I have to come back as soon as possible.

The most prudent thing is to go back to the original residence of Tiannv Palace before entering Beijing, and after carefully checking the specific situation there, it was basically confirmed that the Supreme Elder was indeed not dead.

After that, he successfully broke through to heaven.

And completely suppressed Emperor Xuanwu.

It's just a matter of course.

Therefore, the disciples of the Heavenly Lady Palace who rushed to the capital were basically very happy, but the survivors of other sects were not so happy. They were anxious and worried.

Because they don't know what they will face next.

Although the Supreme Elders of Tiannv Palace should not yell at them like Xuanwu Emperor did, or even want to completely annihilate them, they are indeed uncertain. Now they have been canonized by Emperor Xuanwu as the supreme Tiannv in the world of martial arts. The Supreme Elder of Gong and Tiannv Palace, do you want to annex them and become the true supreme martial arts king in the world, or do you have other ideas?

And no matter what the other party's thoughts or ambitions are, it seems that these remaining forces are all man-made, and I are fish and meat, and there is no way to resist.

How can they be happy in this situation?

And this is the idea of ​​the remaining forces of the martial arts sect who originally had a good relationship with the Tiannv Palace, or at least had no conflict with it. Those who had a bad relationship with the Tiannv Palace, or were even considered enemies, did not dare to come.

After all, adding insult to injury.

But it's much easier than giving help when it's time.

But at this time, Bai Sheng was not in the mood to worry about everyone's thoughts. As the three palace masters and the eleven surviving elders all arrived, Bai Sheng immediately summoned them into the side hall of the Ancestral Temple for a meeting. .

As soon as the meeting began, Bai Sheng truthfully told everyone present some of the things he had experienced before, including the true situation of Emperor Xuanwu, Si Tianming's situation, and the current situation of Emperor Xuanwu. Stop talking and give them some time to digest and absorb this.

After all, there are a lot of things going on, and some situations are quite outrageous.

They are not as well-informed as Bai Sheng.

It will definitely take some time to slow down.

After about half an hour, the Great Elder Xu Qingyao finally cleared his thoughts, then looked at Bai Sheng and asked:

"Although it sounds a bit outrageous, I believe you will not lie to us, and if I guessed correctly, what you are worried about now is that Emperor Xuanwu must be killed, but how can you ensure that the world is not in chaos if you kill Emperor Xuanwu? This is the hardest part.”

"Yes, I have managed to kill all those blood-sucking monsters. The biggest hidden danger now is Emperor Xuanwu himself. If he does not die, I think not only me, but everyone in the martial arts world will find it hard to feel at ease.

But the key thing is his wife and children.

Including the clan members, everyone was gone.

In this regard, I won’t talk about whose fault it is and whether I regret it later. Anyway, this is the fact. It is easy to kill Emperor Xuanwu now, but after his death, who will succeed him and ensure that the world remains the same? Maintaining stability without falling apart is difficult.

I have several ideas now, but I'm not sure which idea is more suitable, so I want to negotiate with you to minimize the negative impact. "

Of course, it is impossible for Bai Sheng to have no ideas at all, but the key point is that she has too many ideas, and if something goes wrong, although the harm will definitely not be as serious as if a blood-sucking monster loses control, it will also cause great harm to ordinary people. Now the world has just become peaceful. Within a few years, the situation was generally stable and moderate, and it was best to treat the situation by doing nothing.

To put it simply, don’t bother the people.

Generally speaking, as long as there are no major foreign invasions at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the court does not trouble the people, then the country will definitely be able to enter a prosperous age thirty or fifty years after the founding of the country, or within a month at the latest. This is not about how good the policies are, nor how good the emperor is. , as long as the emperor is not too bad, he can do it.

It completely belongs to the objective development law of the feudal court.

The death of the second generation is simply the emperor's messing around.

Bai Sheng doesn't have too many extravagant hopes now. He only hopes that after Emperor Xuanwu's death, the Dayong regime will be stable and transitional.

It would be better if the world were not in chaos.

"Then why don't you tell me what you think?" The great elder Xu Qingyao was quite cooperative and continued to ask immediately.

"Okay, then I'll tell you what I think.

If there are any shortcomings in these ideas, or if you have any new ideas, you can put them forward later.

The first idea was to ask Emperor Xuanwu to recognize an adopted son, someone who had a certain prestige among civil and military officials in the court. In the previous times when the world was in chaos, there were no examples of adopted sons inheriting the family business.

The second idea is that we usurp the throne directly and ask Emperor Xuanwu to abdicate the throne to me or one of you, and then we also try to govern the country. Although we have no experience, after all, there are history books to follow, but I feel opposed to it. There will be more power.

It may be necessary to use force or kill a chicken to scare a monkey.

I am not sure whether I can govern the country well.

The third idea is that maybe we can give Emperor Xuanwu an adoptive son, and then let the current civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty form a cabinet to implement the policy of the virtual emperor. All matters, big and small, will be handled by the cabinet without giving the emperor power.

This will also prevent the new emperor from coming back to power as an adult and wanting to avenge his stepfather and target our Tiannv Palace.

The fourth idea is to give Emperor Xuanwu an adopted son, but let our Tiannv Palace override the imperial power and suppress the imperial power with divine power. I haven’t thought about the details yet. It will probably be similar to the priests overriding the imperial power thousands of years ago. The one who is above the emperor of the world cannot be recognized as the legal heir if it is not recognized by the high priest. "

"In addition, there are some assumptions that maybe we can tell everything to the Manchu Dynasty Cultural Relics, and then everyone can renegotiate a new emperor. We don't want much, we want a fiefdom and retreat behind the scenes.

Which idea do you think is more reliable? "

Bai Sheng knew very well that many ideas might be good at first, just like many policies were initially motivated by good intentions to make people's lives better.

But the reality is often not so smooth.

No matter how good the policy is, it will be useless if it is implemented incorrectly. No matter how good the idea is, if it goes wrong later, problems will still occur.

That’s why I hope everyone can brainstorm ideas.

Pick the bone in the egg.

The more problems you find and the more bones you pick out, the easier it will be to succeed when it is officially implemented in the future.

"this."

"Supreme Elder, speaking from my conscience, I am indeed very moved by the idea of ​​us becoming emperors ourselves, and I am also very moved by the fact that we can be above the imperial power like the high priests thousands of years ago, but I feel that it will be very difficult."

"The high priest has been eliminated, so this road will definitely not work. Even if you can rely on your cultivation to enforce it now, it will inevitably suffer backlash in the future, because the people of the world have already stopped thousands of years ago. No longer willing to accept the constraints of the so-called divine authority."

"Empress, this idea is too bold, but I really like it. When I was practicing martial arts, some people often said that we women are inherently inferior to men in terms of muscles and bones, and we are not as good as men in the same realm. But the facts have proved that we are not actually weak, and even During the period when martial arts was at its peak.

Land gods are basically evenly split between men and women.

But the number of men who practice martial arts in the world is more than ten times more than the number of women who practice martial arts. Why should the emperor be a man? Supreme Elder, let us usurp the throne.

When you said this, I suddenly felt that our sect's previous so-called killing all the heartless people in the world was really too low-end. How many can we kill? How many can be saved? Wouldn't it be more useful to change the world's deeply rooted concepts so that women all over the world can save themselves, and to have a government office that is willing to uphold justice for women all over the world, than to kill a few so-called heartless people with a sword! "

"No, this is too risky."

"The people of the world will not be willing to accept it. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are very dissatisfied with the Queen Mother listening to politics behind the curtain or being a regent, let alone allowing us to become emperor directly."

"And when we usurp the throne, we all have such unfair names. It doesn't make sense. The Queen Mother usurps the throne, but she is still the biological mother of the emperor. The princess usurps the throne, and she is also the emperor's daughter. Behind closed doors, we are actually a family.

We have no blood relationship with Emperor Xuanwu.

Not even related by marriage.

There seems to be no difference between usurping the throne and outright rebellion. "

"If Emperor Xuanwu adopts a child or adopts an adopted son, wouldn't there be no blood relationship?"

"It's different. Adoption and adoption have a legal basis, and the entire clan society actually recognizes this. For example, if there is no biological son, the stepson has normal inheritance rights. If there is no stepson, The adopted son also has the right to inherit."

"Then if Emperor Xuanwu recognizes the Supreme Elder as his godmother, is there any legal basis for passing the throne to the godmother?"

As soon as the Ninth Elder said these words, everyone present was stunned. This idea can be said to be so avant-garde!