I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 546 The Queen is Always Fair

All the strange phenomena in the sky above Yujing Mountain subsided, but the changes tonight were far from stopping. Instead, they spread from the mountain to the human world.

In Si Lu's mansion.

Mei Juncang stood up and bowed to Si Lu Qingkonggui, saying, "It seems that Si Lu needs to ask someone else to translate the Great Xia Tian Constitution. I will send the relevant information to Si Lu's residence later."

Qingkong Gui looked at Mei Juncang who had stood up and sighed softly, "Things may not have come to this point. With me mediating..."

Just now he said that Mei Juncang would have a smooth path to the third rank, but the situation changed so quickly that even he, a legalist, was dumbfounded.

It's not that the Great Xia Emperor doesn't care about the changes in power below. On the contrary, he may be one of the few people in the world who cares the most. That's why the timing of opening the library this time is so clever. Even if Zhou Tieyi maintains a situation of neither losing nor winning, he can only save the lives of his disciples, but not the power in their hands.

Mei Juncang smiled carefreely, "Si Lu just said that I have the potential to become a third-rank official in a year or two. Although I don't have the saying 'read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles' for a third-rank official in the legal school, I grew up in Tianjing since I was young and have never known the hardships of ordinary people. I'm leaving today, so it's just right for me to travel and study for two years."

Qingkong Gui was silent for a moment.

Things would definitely not be as simple as Mei Juncang said. He had translated most of "The Great Xia Constitution" and already had an illusory appearance of Taoism. If he suddenly stopped now, as long as the Great Xia Emperor withheld the remaining "The Great Xia Constitution" from translation, it would be equivalent to cutting off Mei Juncang's Taoism. Even if he traveled all over the world, even if Zhou Tieyi gave him the One Day Law to translate, he would not be able to complete his incomplete Taoism.

However, at this point, he could only nod slightly and said, "You can go by yourself. I will explain to His Majesty at the court meeting tomorrow."

What he meant was that Mei Juncang should leave Tianjing as soon as possible. The Emperor of Daxia had a lot of things to deal with today, and might not be able to take Mei Juncang into consideration. He and Mei Juncang's father would naturally be in charge of the court affairs in the future.

Mei Juncang bowed again, then rode down Yujing Mountain in a leisurely carriage.

Just as Mei Juncang's carriage was slowly descending Yujing Mountain, a team of cavalrymen holding imperial edicts came out of the north gate and rushed down at lightning speed. The man in the lead had an imposing appearance, a full forehead and deep eye sockets.

Just then, Gao Wencan saw Mei Juncang's carriage moving slowly in front of him. He remembered the verbal grudge between him and Mei Juncang this morning, so he raised his arms. The surrounding Yulin soldiers immediately understood what was going on and surrounded Mei Juncang's carriage.

Gao Wencan pulled the reins of his horse and slowly walked to the front of the carriage, "You guilty minister Mei Juncang, why don't you get off the carriage and pay your respects to me!"

Mei Juncang sat in the car and smiled without getting out, "I haven't seen you for half a day. Editor Gao's tongue has become more and more sharp. It seems that in a few days, he will be able to enter the fourth level of 'confusion of right and wrong'."

The fourth level of famous artists' art is 'inversion', which enables them to change the reality of things, to make specious arguments, and to obtain the method of saying that a white horse is not a horse.

This has always been despised by all schools of thought, so the famous four-grade scholars originally called themselves "upside down", but everyone else called it "confusing black and white".

Gao Wencan was indeed about to enter the fourth rank. He was originally a fifth rank 'Criminal'. This time, he not only made great contributions, but also took a risk and killed the collection official. In the end, the collection official's death caused this earth-shaking change and benefited himself. There were many things in this that he could not control at all. If he made a slight mistake, he would be doomed.

Fortunately, his bet was right. In the end, the Emperor of Great Xia and the Queen Mother both accepted the fact that he was a cruel official. Not only was he not punished as a murderer, but he was also promoted to a higher position. Isn't this the biggest reversal of right and wrong in the world?

His own strength naturally expanded rapidly.

Originally at this time, Gao Wencan knew what he should do, but he didn't know if it was because the Legalists and the Writers of Names conflicted with each other, or if he was born to be incompatible with Mei Juncang. Anyway, when Gao Wencan saw Mei Juncang's carriage, he wanted to get up and step on it.

"It's just a verbal dispute. Someone, come and drag him out of the car for me!"

One by one, the Yulin soldiers, armed with sharp weapons, marched forward.

But the next moment, one after another Netherworld cracks expanded with Mei Juncang's carriage as the center, and one ghost soldier after another appeared with the help of the Netherworld cracks. The lingering cold and gloomy air was like a substance. The leading ghost soldier general even condensed the yin energy almost to a human body. He was the Yujing Mountain's powerful ghost soldier who patrolled Huang Yuquan at night.

"Who dares to openly attack an official appointed by the imperial court?"

Huang Yuquan didn't give any face to the Yulin soldiers who were approaching him. He directly threw a punch at the qi and blood formation formed by the Yulin soldiers. The vigorous qi and blood that rolled like heat waves quickly condensed into ice, making the more than 30 Yulin soldiers present have cold hands and feet, and they retreated in horror.

Seeing this scene, Gao Wencan's eyes were as vicious as a venomous snake, "Mei Juncang, do you want to team up with the evil soldiers and rebel?"

Mei Juncang sat in the car and chuckled, "Editor Gao, you know what the emperor means, and I know it too. If you want to take my life today, I'm afraid that my whole family will have to accompany me to the underworld. After all, my father is still alive, and my teacher is also here. What do you think, Editor Gao? If you just want to show off and scare me, then you are really a bird that catches a rotten mouse and is afraid of a phoenix that passes by."

After hearing Mei Juncang's words, Gao Wencan's rising ambitions were poured cold water.

Indeed, he knew the contents of the imperial edict, and Mei Juncang could also guess it.

The Emperor of Daxia did win tonight, but that does not mean Zhou Tieyi lost.

The Emperor of Great Xia won, so the power of the Zhou family in Tianjing was naturally weakened. Mei Juncang did not engage in any unnecessary struggles and simply gave up the positions of editor of "The Xia Constitution of Great Xia" and acting president of the Inspection Institute as an explanation.

But if he wanted to go a step further and kill Mei Juncang, the Emperor of Great Xia would have directly overturned the chess table with Zhou Tieyi. If the Emperor of Great Xia really wanted to do that, he would not have easily let Zhou Tieyi leave on the Small Heavenly Palace during the battle in the library today.

Although he had broken through to the second level, he was still only at the second level, far from being a living saint.

As a trusted and ruthless official of the Emperor and Empress of Great Xia, Gao Wencan has no other abilities, but he is good at guessing the Emperor's intentions. He just wanted to scare Mei Juncang and detain him first, waiting for the Emperor of Great Xia to change his mind.

After all, the Emperor of Great Xia is getting stronger day by day, and the situation in the world is changing more and more day by day. Maybe today or tomorrow, the Emperor of Great Xia's thoughts will change because of the situation.

This is also the reason why Mei Juncang is in a hurry to leave Tianjing. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone living with the king is like living with a tiger.

The current situation is that Gao Wencan cannot defeat Mei Juncang by martial arts, nor can he defeat Mei Juncang by literature. He can only sneer and say, "A grasshopper in autumn still wants to compare himself to a phoenix."

Inside the carriage, Mei Juncang chuckled and said, "My teacher taught me before that cruel officials are only brainless people. Today, I see that it is true. Do you know why I walked slowly on this official road and didn't avoid you?"

After being reminded by Mei Juncang, Gao Wencan exclaimed, "Not good!"

He glanced at Mei Juncang who was surrounded by the Yin soldiers. This was a bait!
Mei Juncang has Yin soldiers as guards, and a team of Yulin Guards cannot take him down. Even if a third-rank officer takes action, his third-rank Confucian father can protect him. Now the second-rank officers on Yujing Mountain are only Qingkong Gui and Dong Xingshu, and the rest are only the emperor and the empress who can take action personally. That situation is almost impossible to achieve, unless the emperor and the empress have the ability to keep Zhou Tieyi during the bookstore battle today. After thinking it through, Gao Wencan did not dare to delay time with Mei Juncang any longer, and threw the reins and galloped towards the Zhuque City Train Chamber of Commerce.

At this time, in the Railway Chamber of Commerce, Hao Ren was wearing his clothes and looking at the various blueprints and plans burning in the furnace, with no expression of sadness or joy.

Before the fire was completely burned out, there was the sound of horses galloping outside.

However, just as the Yulin Guards were about to rush into the Railway Chamber of Commerce, the lotus pond surrounding the Railway Chamber of Commerce formed a barrier, blocking their way. It was Taoist Lan Cang who had achieved something thanks to Zhou Tieyi's preaching that day.

Today was the day for a great victory, but first he was suppressed by Mei Juncang, and now he was blocked by Taoist Lan Cang. Gao Wencan was furious, "You bold Taoist, you are helping the tyrant, aren't you afraid of punishment from heaven?"

A lotus blossomed, and Taoist Lan Cang appeared. In just one or two months, he had grown into a child of seven or eight years old. He wore a red robe with golden thread and lotus flowers reflecting the sun. He didn't care about Gao Wencan's threat at all. "My Great Xia has always respected Taoists. I am a third-rank Taoist, recorded in the Taoist books, and named a Taoist. Even in front of the emperor and the queen of heaven, I have a seat. Since when can a cruel official like you order me around!"

Taoist Lan Cang was not afraid at all, because he knew what the consequences would be if he stopped Gao Wencan today.

However, Zhou Tieyi was instrumental in his enlightenment, and his base as an earthly immortal was at the foot of Mount Fuyao. As the saying goes, the monk can run away, but the temple cannot, and this applies to earthly immortals as well.

A few days ago, Zhou Tieyi talked about the practice of becoming an earthly immortal at Taiyi Temple. Although he was thousands of miles away, his voice was as loud as thunder and Taoist Lan Cang could hear it.

Today, Gao Wencan came towards him with great momentum, and he instantly realized that this was his calamity.

He borrowed Zhou Tieyi's luck to become a terrestrial immortal that day, but he had done nothing for the heaven and was unvirtuous towards the earth, so he was naturally doomed to suffer disasters. As the saying goes, success and failure are both due to human luck. In the conflict between Zhou Tieyi and the Emperor of Great Xia, even he, a third-grade terrestrial immortal, was like a lotus in the wind and rain. Although he had some foundation, he was in danger of being overturned at any time.

However, it is precisely because of this that Lan Cang Taoist is even more certain to side with Zhou Tieyi, because his practice of the way of earthly immortals has determined that he will never side with the Emperor of Daxia.

Gao Wencan knew that the other party was making trouble, so he didn't care about arguing with Taoist Lan Cang at this time. He took out the imperial edict and unfolded it, saying, "Saintly decree, the Railway Chamber of Commerce is a national treasure, but this matter is too important to be taken lightly. Order the person in charge to go to the Pingzhang Palace to pay homage to the emperor."

In the building of the Railway Chamber of Commerce, Hao Ren had just finished burning the drawings. He slowly stood up and thought about what he had missed. At noon today, he had already notified Qian Guangyun of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce to leave Tianjing with the accumulation of Tianjing merchants.

As for the miscellaneous families, they have been suppressed by the court for so many years and have long known how to survive the suppression. Now they have the support of grassroots trade unions. Once they really make trouble, it will not be as simple as dealing with students from Tai Academy.

Hao Ren had already done what he was supposed to do, so he naturally had no worries at this moment. He walked down the stairs slowly without looking at Gao Wencan, but just bowed in the direction of Yujing Mountain and said, "I accept your order."

When Hao Ren followed Gao Wencan into the brightly lit Pingzhang Palace from the north gate, the changes in Yujing Mountain tonight were far from over. Imperial edicts of promotion and appointment were sent out from the Pingzhang Palace one after another.

However, what was surprising was that when these edicts of promotion and appointment were being written, the Queen Mother, who had already returned to the Pingzhang Palace, would ask for the opinion of Zhou Yulong, who was sitting at the lower left.

As for the appointments and dismissals in Tianjing, including that of the Assistant Minister of Justice Changsun Dan, Zhou Yulong always followed the Empress Dowager's wishes. He was even more proactive and often asked those who were dismissed to retire and return home.

However, when it came to matters outside Tianjing, especially how to distribute human immortals and earthly immortals among the eight major grain-producing areas, and how much power each of them had accordingly, Zhou Yulong argued forcefully and refused to give in.

When Hao Ren saw this scene, he naturally understood what he meant.

This is the current situation in the court. The emperor of Daxia has gone from weak to strong. Among the three departments, the right general was transferred to the border, Dong Xingshu was seriously injured, and there was only one legalist, Qing Konggui, who has always been indecisive and can't restrain the emperor at all.

Now, because of the library incident, the Zhou party has begun to voluntarily withdraw from the core of power. In less than a year, the ruler of the world not only successfully practiced Taoism, but also took back the power he gave up three years ago. He used Zhou Tieyi to suppress the three officials and began to take power from Zhou Tieyi.

Of course, not everything is as the Emperor of Daxia had in mind. For example, regarding grain production, Zhou Tieyi controls the Taoist tradition of earth immortals. If he wants good weather and good harvests this year, he must ensure food supply under the premise of the divine way blocking the rain. In order to maintain Daxia's reform and strengthen its national strength, he still needs to rely on the Zhou family. The Zhou family also gave up the central government's power, and as the reform deepened, it was pushed to the local level.

The relationship between the two sides has always been a coexistence of struggle and cooperation, which is the only way to maintain the chessboard of Daxia.

"I, Hao Ren, have met the Queen Mother. I wish her the best of luck and happiness."

After hearing Hao Ren's greeting, the Queen Mother did not rush to question him like Gao Wencan did, but first said to the people around her, "Please take a seat."

Hao Ren declined, "I dare not sit down as a criminal. Please punish me, Queen Mother of Heaven."

The Queen smiled and said, "You manage the Railway Chamber of Commerce well, what crime have you committed?"

Hao Ren said immediately, "Although I don't know where I have done wrong, Editor Gao came to arrest me tonight with such a fierce attitude, so I must be guilty."

Gao Wencan's eyelids twitched.

The Queen's smile faded and she looked at Gao Wencan calmly, "Gao Wencan, is this true?"

When Gao Wencan heard the queen calling his name directly, his heart trembled.

It's time to come.

He killed the collection official without authorization, and the Queen Mother has not yet let this matter go. Although judging from the result, both the Emperor and the Queen Mother approved of this matter, he has not yet paid the price.

Gao Wencan said quickly, "I was in a hurry and misinterpreted the Holy Spirit. Please punish me, Queen Mother."

Everyone in the hall was silent for a while, and then the Queen said, "You should be punished for doing things this way. I will deduct three years' salary as a punishment, and this will not happen again!"

The Queen then smiled and said to Zhou Yulong, "Sister, what do you think of my punishment?"

How could Zhou Yulong not understand what the Queen meant? He sighed and said, "The Queen is always fair."

(End of this chapter)