I stole divine power in Daxia

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That night, Moon-Watching Tower.

The peach blossom outside the building, covered by the snow, did not bloom forever as Zhou Tieyi wished it would this spring. In the past one or two days, although the bright red petals withered very slowly, they had already fallen from the branches.

"There is no such thing as an undefeated business in this world."

Miaoyu in the building opened her eyes from her meditation, looked at the peach blossom outside, and sighed softly.

As a fellow practitioner of the Five Emperors' method, she naturally knew the reason why the peach blossoms had fallen in recent days.

The peach blossoms were always in full bloom because of the Green Emperor's pardon. Now the peach blossoms have fallen because the Five Emperors removed the sacrifices to Daxia and its fortunes have been greatly reduced.

In fact, from the withering of this peach blossom, even if she didn't know the intrigues within the court, Miaoyu could infer that the removal of the worship of the Five Emperors was a foregone conclusion.

"Sister, it didn't affect you, did it?"

Zhou Tieyi transformed into a ray of yang energy and quietly entered the Moon-Watching Tower, melting all the winter snow in the garden.

However, even though the winter snow melted, the peach blossom did not improve. Instead, because of the yang energy, a few more petals fell from the branches.

When Miaoyu saw this scene, she realized that Zhou Tieyi would not stop the removal of the worship of the Five Emperors, but would go with the flow.

"Do we really want to remove the Five Emperors from Daxia's sacrifices?"

Miaoyu asked.

This is not only related to her own practice.

The Five Emperors are the ancestors of the human race. Removing sacrifices to them is more related to the changes in the world situation. At least in the short term, the strength of those who practice the Five Elements in Daxia will be greatly reduced.

The Five Elements Method, as one of the foundations of military formations, is also related to the fighting on the front lines.

She really couldn't understand why this matter suddenly became a foregone conclusion.

"Yes."

Zhou Tieyi said affirmatively, "There is no construction without destruction. If we want the way of gods and the way of humans to merge, then naturally we must first let the people of the world accept the concept that the Five Emperors are both human and gods. Although the removal of the Five Emperors sacrifice this time is beyond my expectations, I am not going to oppose this matter. Instead, I will go with the flow and strike at the core of Confucianism. This will lay the foundation for further reforms."

"Of course there is an impact, but my foundation is in the way of Tai Chi. The change in the luck of the Five Emperors this time will not damage my foundation. But you..."

Miaoyu looked at Zhou Tieyi worriedly. Although she did not go to the Fourth Yama Palace with Zhou Tieyi, the two of them had a telepathic connection. She could sense how much Zhou Tieyi would have to pay for not resisting but going with the flow if the sacrifices to the Five Emperors were removed.

Dao injury has never been a simple word. For top practitioners, it is second only to death and reincarnation.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "There is no such thing as smooth sailing in cultivation. Learning increases day by day, but the Dao decreases day by day. If you can't even understand this principle, don't expect to see the scenery of the Holy Dao."

Miaoyu thought for a while and said, "You are becoming more and more like a great practitioner, but there are too many people in this world who can't figure it out."

Zhou Tieyi chuckled, "Senior sister, are you referring to the Confucian group?"

Miaoyu nodded and said, "I have heard a little about what is happening outside. I have been idle in Zhou Mansion these days to review the cause and effect. Now that you have decided to damage the foundation, it will be the most fatal blow to Tang Anshi this time."

The disturbance over the removal of the Five Emperors worship in Tianjin originated from Ke Anran.

However, Ke Anran did not say that this was the purpose at the beginning. Ke Anran only said that this was a means, and based on this, he contacted Tang Anshi and others.

Tang Anshi was already increasingly dissatisfied with Dong Xingshu, and after receiving contact from Ke Anran, he naturally began to make plans.

According to common sense, Ke Anran's plan this time has the opportunity to kill three birds with one stone.

The first is to link the theory of human desire with the removal of the Confucian theory of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven, in order to intimidate the budding reformists in Confucianism.

People like Wang Mingyi and Li Jianhu have made great achievements in local reforms.

Tang Anshi saw this. He was not against reform. He also wanted the people to live a good life.

However, in his eyes, Confucianism would definitely not agree with what Zhou Tieyi's people said.

Therefore, even if it had to be changed, Tang Anshi wanted to change it to the theory of the interaction between the three elements of Heaven, Sage and People.

Especially after the Great Xia Emperor made concessions and issued the "Ming Ji Edict", the three elements of Heaven, Saint and People felt that there was a basis for restraining the Holy Emperor, which was more in line with Tang Anshi's theory of governing the world.

So when he was planning this matter, Ke Anran tied Zhou Tieyi's words and the removal of the sacrifices to the Five Emperors together in order to get his approval.

Because no matter how bold the local Confucian reformists were, they would never dare to touch the theory of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven.

This is not only the foundation of Confucianism, but also the foundation of many methods of various schools of thought. If it were normal times, it would only ruin one's personal future. But now, with Yuan Meng pressing in, Shinto causing chaos, and Buddhism harming the West, the theory of the Five Emperors' Destiny has been disturbed, causing the power of many core methods of various schools of thought to be greatly reduced. Younger generations like Wang Mingyi and Li Jianhu would definitely not be able to bear the responsibility for the defeat on the front line, so they dared not change it.

The second is to hold Dong Xingshu accountable through the student riot.

The duty of the Simin is to stabilize the people's hearts. Now that the people's hearts are unstable, coupled with the emperor's will represented by Ke Anran, it is natural to take down Dong Xingshu.

In Tang Anshi's view, Dong Xingshu's repeated compromises with Zhou Tieyi were the reason why Zhou Tieyi became more powerful, so he could not allow Dong Xingshu to continue to be the leader of the Confucian court.

The third is to take down Zhou Tieyi, or at least force Zhou Tieyi to give up the power of the central bank to stop this incident.

Unfortunately, Tang Anshi had a good idea, but except for the second point, the remaining two points were wrong. Even the second point itself might not have succeeded, because Dong Xingshu might have gone with the flow. Otherwise, with Dong Xingshu's cunningness, even if he knew that he was being plotted against and betrayed by his own Confucian colleagues, he would not have roared at the court and been caught with such an obvious handle.

Tang Anshi's biggest mistake was that he took the theory of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven too seriously.

In his opinion, Daxia is now in turmoil, so it is impossible for the Emperor of Daxia to give up the theory of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven. Zhou Tieyi practices the Taoist Five Emperors' Treasures and uses the Five Elements' ancestral Qi to refine the Qi. The worship of the Five Emperors is also its core foundation and it is impossible for him to give it up. Neither of them will give up the theory of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven, and the people of the world will not give it up even more.

This is also the judgment of most smart people, and King Zhao Fu of Chongshan also made this judgment.

But just as Zhou Tieyi explained in the Qingdi Ancestral Temple, their judgment is based on the foundation of stabilizing the world.

Unfortunately, for the Emperor of Great Xia, cultivation is more important than stabilizing the world, so he can accept taking certain risks to suppress Zhou Tieyi's cultivation speed. Therefore, the Emperor of Great Xia regarded the removal of the sacrifice to the Five Emperors as a goal rather than a means from the beginning.

Similarly, Zhou Tieyi can also accept damaging the foundation to promote reform. From the very beginning, when he and the Lord of Daming Palace were deducing the situation in Tianjing, Zhou Tieyi was planning and making arrangements from a different perspective.

He doesn't have to win, but others can't win either. This is the principle of Zhou Tieyi playing chess!

Since Zhou Tieyi had never deliberately sought the Dao from the beginning to the end, he could naturally accept the fact that he was injured by the Dao. However, after paying such a huge price, he had to get enough benefits in return.

And the benefits of reforming the Confucian imperial examination system, promoting the integration of officials, and further promoting industrial reforms in the world today are enough to make the price he pays.

This result was acceptable to the Emperor of Daxia, because he had achieved his goal. On the contrary, the situation that Tang Anshi had in mind was not the best result for the Emperor of Daxia.

So it seems that Ke Anran and Tang Anshi set up a game to plot against Dong Xingshu and Zhou Tieyi.

But Dong Xingshu takes retreat as advance, while Zhou Tieyi takes loss as gain.

In the end, the Emperor of Great Xia and Zhou Tieyi each gained something, Dong Xingshu made no profit or loss, but Tang Anshi might suffer a great loss.

"This time, Ke Anran got lucky. My core school of thought is about the fusion of humans and gods, and I have always presented the Five Emperors and Five Elements to the outside world, so he seized the opportunity."

Zhou Tieyi sighed, and then talked about the reason why he came to see Miaoyu today.

"Senior sister, I want to borrow the 'Book of Fish and Dragons' that my mother gave you."

Hearing Zhou Tieyi suddenly asking about the Fish and Dragon Book, Miaoyu's mind was filled with mixed thoughts, but after practicing the Transformation into Fish and Dragon, she had control over her emotions to the extreme, and even though Zhou Tieyi was very close to her, she did not feel anything unusual.

"What do you want this book for?"

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Miaoyu asked in a normal tone while taking out the second volume of Fish-Dragon Transformation from the Qiankun bag at her waist.

Zhou Tieyi took the scripture and whistled into the air.

The surrounding space spread out like water waves, and then a small rosy red fish swam out.

"Hypothetical fish."

Miaoyu recognized the origin of the little fish at once, but then she frowned slightly.

Because this virtual fish is very special. Originally, the virtual fish should be transparent and blend with the surrounding space, and its own intelligence is extremely low.

However, through her perception, she found that not only did the color of this virtual fish change greatly, but its intelligence also became extremely high, so much so that she couldn't even be sure whether this was the virtual fish in the hands of her uncle Zhou Yulong.

"This is Tianxuzi, the virtual fish that my mother gave me. Due to some coincidences, he gained spiritual intelligence, and I also got a part of the Xiaoyaoyou Taoist tradition of the Miscellaneous School. I was wondering if I could use Xiaoyaoyou and Yulongbian to help him deduce a method that belongs to him."

Zhou Tieyi explained, and at the same time said to Tianxuzi, "Why don't you thank Senior Sister for the gift of the scriptures."

Tianxuzi swam his body and rubbed Miaoyu's palm from head to express his gratitude.

Miaoyu also became very interested. Compared with the calculations in the court, she cared more about cultivation.

"Xuyu's method of cultivation..."

Miaoyu said this in a rather emotional tone.

The Xuyu is blessed with unique abilities. Not only can it travel through the cracks in space at will and find hidden worlds, it also has an extremely long lifespan. Its only shortcoming is that its intelligence is extremely low.

The virtual fish in the master's uncle's hand was passed to Zhou Tieyi, and it actually enlightened his spiritual intelligence, and he even declared that he wanted to practice. This is quite interesting.

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The next day, when the morning bell rang, all officials followed the white jade arch bridge into the Golden Palace. After the Great Xia Emperor and the Empress took their seats, Tang Anshi, the Minister of Education, became impatient.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Tang Anshi took out a thick memorial from the sleeves of his wide purple robe.

"This is a joint statement from all the academies in the world, criticizing the evil teachings of Zhou Tieyi, the Marquis of Shengshi, which confuses people and corrupts morality."

Tang Anshi's deep voice echoed in the Golden Palace. All the officials looked at him with their eyes, noses and mouths, and their mouths and hearts, quietly waiting for the subsequent development of the matter.

"Send it up."

The Emperor of Daxia ordered the eunuch Xue Minghao to present the memorial, and then he opened it and read it.

While the Emperor of Daxia was reading the memorials, Tang Anshi looked at Zhou Tieyi.

The way Zhou Tieyi tried the students yesterday was still unexpected, but the effect was obvious to all. Thousands of detained students, except for a very small number of parents who were not in Tianjing, had their legs broken and were taken back.

Moreover, it was their parents who broke the students' legs, and it had nothing to do with Zhou Tieyi.

At this time, if Confucians use these students to write articles, anyone with a discerning eye can tell who is right and who is wrong.

Therefore, without the support of students, the damage caused by today's memorial is actually not that great.

But the arrow is on the string and must be fired.

However, in Tang Anshi's opinion, he is not without a chance of winning.

His greatest chance of success lies in his tacit understanding with the Great Xia Emperor.

This matter was caused by Ke Anran from the very beginning. Although Zhou Tieyi managed to break the students' plan in the middle, the trend of most of the academy owners in the world jointly criticizing Zhou Tieyi had already been formed.

The Emperor of Daxia could take the opportunity to hold Zhou Tieyi accountable and deprive him of his official position first, so that the matter could still be satisfactory.

The Great Xia Emperor scanned the memorial and looked at Zhou Tieyi, "Does Mr. Zhou have anything to say?"

Zhou Tieyi stepped out of the line slowly and said, "I only have one thing to say."

"What's the matter?"

"If we can feed everyone in the world, then even if there is no Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven, it won't be a problem."

When His Majesty the Great Xia heard this, instead of getting angry, a smile appeared on his face.

Seeing this scene, Tang Anshi's heart skipped a beat.

(End of this chapter)