I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 499 The dust has settled
The solid golden bricks reflected the sunlight coming from outside. The golden light shone on the vermilion pillars of the temple, and the hovering golden dragon seemed to be about to fly.

The officials, who were supposed to follow the instructions of the emperor through eyes looking at the nose, nose looking at the mouth, and mouth looking at the heart, all looked stunned.

They naturally recovered the situation in the past few days, so they came to the same answer as Tang Anshi.

It is impossible for the Emperor of Daxia to give up the theory of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven, because this would damage the foundation of Daxia and cause further deterioration in the already unstable situation on the front line.

It is impossible for Zhou Tieyi to give up the theory of the Five Emperors' Destiny, because Zhou Tieyi uses the Five Emperors' Five Elements ancestral Qi to refine his Qi, which is his foundation. Once he gives it up, at best his practice will regress, and at worst his Taoist tradition will be damaged and his body will suffer Taoist injuries.

And as far as they knew, the article in the newspaper "The Non-Human Origin of the Five Emperors" was not written by Zhou Tieyi at the suggestion of anyone, but was written by Ke Anran himself, so at this point, it is normal to deny this article.

But Zhou Tieyi has always been an extraordinary person.

After the initial surprise, the first to react were the military heroes in the hall.

They were furious and even more anxious than the Confucian officials.

"What Lord Zhou said is inappropriate. The Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven not only affects whether people in the world have enough to eat, but also affects the war on the front line. If the Five Emperors' sacrifices are removed and the Five Emperors' Five Elements Avenue is affected, then the foundations of countless military formations on the front line will be weakened."

"I know." Zhou Tieyi looked at the military hero calmly.

If the right general Yuchi Pojun had not been transferred today, the abolition of the worship of the Five Emperors might have had some twists and turns.

However, Yuchi Pojun was transferred to the front line, and now Zhou Tieyi has the greatest military honor in the court.

"However, except for the army led by the Right General of the Northern Wolf Hunter, the rest of the army is still defending the city. This is a situation where the offense is insufficient but the defense is sufficient. Even if the abolition of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven has an impact on the basic military formation, it can be adjusted back within two or three months. On the contrary, now it is time to destroy the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven and then rebuild it."

"Zhou Tieyi, do you know what you are talking about? You are using the safety of tens of millions of soldiers on the front line to 'break and then rebuild'. I think you are really like what the Confucianists said, you have lost your mind and are misleading the people with your lies."

An old veteran couldn't help it and called Zhou Tieyi's name directly, which was enough to show his shock and anger at the moment.

After being scolded, Zhou Tieyi did not rush to propose the policy of integrating officials and staff.

Today's abolition of the Five Emperors' worship was the result of a compromise between him and the Emperor of Great Xia.

Naturally, someone suppressed his military merits for him.

Ke, who was wearing a lavender robe, stepped out sadly and retorted, "General Ge, what you said is wrong. If the soldiers on the front line are attacking, then abolishing the Five Emperors Sacrifice will naturally be a hindrance. However, since October, the front line has been defending the stronghold. Now it is December, the cold winter, and counterattack is nonsense. How can it threaten the safety of the soldiers on the front line? Moreover, even if the Five Emperors Sacrifice is abolished, there are still alternatives."

Ke bowed to His Majesty the Great Xia on the throne and said, "I propose to abolish the worship of the Five Emperors and replace them with the Sun and Moon Great Dao Zun."

Ke Anran's bow immediately made the ministers, who were just filled with indignation, react. They looked at the Emperor of Great Xia on the throne in astonishment, with shock, anger, grief and disbelief in their eyes.

The worship of the Five Emperors was abolished and replaced by the Sun and Moon Emperors.

That is to say, the fortune of Daxia, which originally belonged to the Five Emperors, will later begin to turn to the Great Daoist Sun and Moon.

And everyone knows who the Sun and Moon Dao Zun is.

At first, I just thought it was a flattering poem written by Zhou Tieyi, but now it seems that the Sun and Moon Dao Zun in the poem is the current target of the Emperor of Great Xia.

He wanted to be holy so badly.

This thought flashed through the minds of many people.

When Tang Anshi saw the smile on the face of the Great Xia Emperor, he realized that the situation was not as simple as he thought. Now that Ke Anran spoke, he completely confirmed the Great Xia Emperor's true thoughts.

Abolishing the worship of the Five Emperors has always been a goal, not a bluff.

Tang Anshi turned to look at Zhou Tieyi. He wanted to know why Zhou Tieyi agreed to this. Could it be that Zhou Tieyi's foundation was not based on the Five Emperors and the Five Elements?

It's impossible. At that time in the court, Zhou Tieyi manifested the form of Qilin and absorbed the ancestral Qi of the Five Emperors and the Five Elements. This cannot be faked. The Five Emperors and the Five Elements must be one of his foundations. Why would he agree to damage his own foundation?

Ideas emerged from Tang Anshi's mind one by one, but now was not the time to think slowly. He turned around and faced the Great Xia Emperor on the Danbi. "The theory of the Five Emperors' Mandate of Heaven is the foundation of Confucianism and Legalism. Confucian scholars in the world will not allow the Five Emperors' worship to be abolished."

When Tang Anshi said that Confucian scholars all over the world would not allow it, an illusory road began to form with him as the center.

However, this great way has not yet solidified and met the wishes of Confucian scholars all over the world.

A bright full moon rose into the sky from under the pearl curtain of the Queen Mother of Heaven. The moonlight was cold and illusory, falling from a very high place. For a moment, the golden dragon that was originally preparing to fly in the Golden Throne Hall really rose into the sky, and combined with the most essential national destiny of Daxia, it turned into nine golden dragons, accompanied by the moonlight, cutting off contact with the outside world.

The burning righteousness that rose from Tang Anshi was suppressed to the extreme under the influence of the golden national destiny, making it difficult for him to display even 30% of his Confucian and Taoist practices.

"Is Minister Tang also going to learn from Dong Simin and roar in the court?"

The Queen spoke calmly.

She was able to suppress Dong Xingshu two days ago, so she could naturally suppress Tang Anshi again.

Tang Anshi did not bow his head, and looked at the Queen behind the pearl curtain, "The Queen can suppress me and Dong Xingshu, can she suppress the scholars of the world? If the Confucian scholars of the world do not allow it, the country of Daxia will be in chaos from now on!"

Tang Anshi said in a resounding voice.

This is also where the practitioners in this world need to compromise with ordinary people. In the end, ordinary people will still be the majority in ruling the world. Moreover, except for the top three practitioners who are almost beyond the mundane world, the difference between the rest, even the middle-grade practitioners, and ordinary people is not that big.

"That's nothing for Minister Tang to worry about."

Zhou Tieyi spoke at the right time, "What Minister Tang said about not allowing Confucian scholars in the world actually relies on the fact that the world is governed by Confucian officials. There is no need to say it in such a high-sounding way. I have something to report."

Zhou Tieyi took out the prepared "Official and Civilian Integration Strategy" from his sleeve. Xue Minghao walked down the steps carefully and took the memorial from Zhou Tieyi.

"The reason why I agree to change the theory of the Mandate of the Five Emperors is that Confucianism regards itself as the Mandate of the Five Emperors, and therefore is self-contained. Since the death of the Confucian sage, the first-class Confucian "establishing virtue", except for a drunken swordsman, has all been based on the Five Emperors and Five Virtues. In the past two thousand years, I have never seen the progress of Confucianism, but only the stubbornness and incompleteness of Confucianism."

"If the world is still the same as before, Confucianism can certainly maintain the stability of the world, but now the Shinto is in chaos, and the nine ancient gods are about to revive. If Confucianism cannot make progress, then the past stubbornness and incompleteness will be the reason for its death in the future!"

"So if the Confucians really think that the world cannot be governed without the permission of Confucian scholars, I am willing to give it a try and truly let the world be governed by the hundreds of schools of thought. I ask that officials and civil servants be made one, and that special subjects become the norm, and that scholars from hundreds of schools of thought be admitted. If Confucianists do not want to be officials, there are plenty of people who do!"

Zhou Tieyi said loudly.

Zhou Tieyi's memorial was presented to the Emperor of Daxia. He opened it and read it quickly.

His brows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes relaxed; this policy paper was a mixed bag of good and bad.

In the past, the Emperor of Daxia would never agree to the above reforms. The integration of officials and civil servants not only undermines the foundation of Confucianism, but also damages the centralization of power.

But now, he wanted to suppress Confucianism and completely abolish the worship of the Five Emperors, so naturally he would not hesitate at this time.

If he could become a saint, he would be a saint in the forty-nine states and even in the greater world. Naturally, the imperial power of Daxia would not be confined to Yujing Mountain as before, and there would be no need to worry about damage to the centralization of power.

If he cannot become a saint, and even the world is not his, then there is even less need to worry.

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Unlike what most people think about governing the world, which is about choosing the best from the best, after being the emperor for more than 20 years, His Majesty of Daxia knows that governing the world is mostly about choosing between one bad outcome and another, worse outcome.

While the Emperor of Great Xia was reading the memorial, all the officials were also thinking about what Zhou Tieyi had just said. Through these words, they could probably guess what was written in the memorial.

Therefore, apart from Confucianism and military strategists, the expressions of the other schools of thought in the court became hesitant.

The situation in the court today was full of twists and turns. From the very beginning, Tang Anshi's involvement in Zhou Tieyi's case was expected, but the other two subsequent changes were unexpected.

Originally, when Ke Anran proposed to abolish the Five Emperors and replace them with the Sun and Moon Great Dao Master, the Hundred Schools of Thought still tended to lean towards Confucianism and Military Science.

Although they are usually suppressed by Confucianists and military strategists, many of their methods are based on the Five Emperors. In particular, as the military strategists said, the worship of the Five Emperors is not only related to the Taoist orthodoxy but also to the war on the front line.

If something goes wrong in the war on the front line, then they won't have to discuss the orthodoxy anymore, as they will all have to wear feathers in the future.

But the temptation of the integration of officials and civil servants proposed by Zhou Tieyi was too great.

Many officials from other schools of thought raised their heads and looked at the face of the Great Xia Emperor who was reading the memorial, wanting to see whether the content was the same as what they thought.

They were able to become court officials, and many of them, even if they did not practice Confucianism or Taoism, had read Confucian classics and passed the imperial examinations.

It is precisely for this reason that they are more aware of the injustice of the imperial examination system towards the various schools of thought.

If the imperial examination system could be reformed to truly admit people from all schools of thought, then now would be a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Therefore, the attitudes of officials changed from leaning towards Confucianism and military science to being hesitant.

If the removal of the Five Emperors worship would not affect the war on the front lines, they would be more inclined to support Zhou Tieyi's policy of integrating officials and staff.

After reading the policy paper, His Majesty the Great Xia closed his eyes and meditated for a few breaths, then looked at Ke Anran, "The Five Emperors originated from Shintoism, is this true?"

Ke bowed his hands sadly and said, "This theory has been around for a long time. There are even speculations that the Five Emperors were divine fetuses prepared by five of the Nine Gods of the Ancient Times, but the Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have never said it out loud."

It is a fact that the Five Emperors originated from Shintoism, but it has never been spoken out in the past for the sake of common interests.

The Great Xia Emperor nodded in thought and said, "Now that Shintoism is causing trouble for the world, and the Nine Ancient Gods are about to revive, if the Five Emperors originated from Shintoism, or are the fetuses of the Nine Ancient Gods, this matter must be prevented. At least until the truth is found out, I want to temporarily stop the worship of the Five Emperors to prevent Shintoism from borrowing the fortune of the Great Xia country. What do you think?"

This is another angle to explain the various schools of thought. As the top of the hundreds of schools of thought, they probably know the foundation on which the Five Emperors founded the country. The human race did not build its own empire out of thin air. The Five Emperors divided the territory from the territories of the Nine Ancient Gods to establish the human empire. Naturally, the Five Emperors could not have been insignificant pawns in the power of the Nine Ancient Gods. This can be easily inferred.

Now the Emperor of Great Xia has publicly stated that the Five Emperors might be the fetuses of the Nine Ancient Gods, further illustrating the seriousness of the matter.

Previously, the hundreds of schools of thought were worried that removing the worship of the Five Emperors might affect the war with Yuan Meng. However, compared to the revival of the Nine Ancient Gods, the war with Yuan Meng suddenly seemed not so important.

Politics is mostly about compromising between one bad thing and something worse.

The officials were silent. Wu Xun still wanted to persist. The old general who had just confronted Zhou Tieyi was about to speak, "Your Majesty..."

But before he could finish his words, the Great Xia Emperor interrupted him and said, "General Ge also wants to learn from the Confucian scholars of the world. Can you stop him?"

"I have not held the soldiers on the front lines accountable for the inkstone incident. I have also tried every possible way to gather the money and food supplies. I did not ask a single question about the loss of Ju Ma City. Now I hope that the soldiers can hold the city for three months. If they can't do this, what is the point of raising so many soldiers!"

The Great Xia Emperor rebuked the military heroes with just one sentence. All the previous concessions on the front lines now became the key to refuting the military strategists.

If a military strategist cannot even hold a city for three months, then there is really a problem with the ability of the frontline military strategists.

General Ge opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't find a suitable reason to refute.

The Great Xia Emperor turned to look at Tang Anshi, "As for Mr. Tang, if you still disagree, then please resign. If the others also say 'Confucian scholars are not allowed', they can also resign. All vacancies will be filled by adjutants in turn. If there are not enough officials, they will be filled by clerks."

As the Emperor of Great Xia confirmed this matter, the fortune of the world began to change violently. The huge change even affected the reality from illusion. A wave of earthquakes spread to the world with Yujing Mountain as the center.

Countless earth dragons that symbolized the luck of the Five Emperors wailed and turned from strong to weak.

Even the usually impregnable Golden Palace was covered in dust due to the earthquake. Tang Anshi's complexion suddenly changed from rosy to ashen, and then he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. The blazing white righteous energy fell on the golden bricks of the hall along with the blood, making a sound like ice falling on a hot iron plate.

(End of this chapter)