I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 567: Divine Strategy

In the palace, smiles appeared on the faces of the gods one by one, but in contrast, the pacification envoy who was invited to be the guest, Prince Ning, had a solemn expression.

If they take the lead in acknowledging the identity of the gods, regardless of whether it is just or not, in the eyes of the Daxia royal family, they will completely sided with Zhou Tieyi, which is almost a rebellion. If the Zhou party falls in the future, they will inevitably be liquidated.

But the difficulty lies in the fact that they seem to have no room for rebuttal. If they do not agree at this time, according to the duties of the God-Slaying Department's Pacification Envoy, they will have to punish the gods who gather their beliefs without permission. With their strength, confronting Zhou Tieyi's current court of gods is simply no different from seeking death. Didn't you see that Zhou Tieyi asked the second-rank and first-rank gods to go out and "invite" them, the third-rank gods, to come over? This is deterrence.

They didn't worry before because they had the imperial court behind them, but now the imperial court is unable to take care of itself. There is Yuan Meng in the north, Buddhism in the west, the thirty-three heavens in Taiyi Temple, and countless pure lands in the underworld. How can it mobilize the energy to fight Zhou Tieyi in the Taihang Mountains?

At best, they would be ordered to hold fast, but what is the difference between this order and asking them to be loyal?

Just when the pacification envoys were in a dilemma, one of them stood up and said, "My lord, I have a plan."

The two pacification envoys who had just called Zhou Tieyi a "traitor" saw the man standing up and angrily shouted, "You He family are indeed running dogs!"

However, as soon as they finished speaking, Zhou Tieyi and the Taihang gods would not tolerate them this time.

Hong Yang, who had just been promoted to the position of True Lord of the Red Law of Chaos, raised his eagle eyebrows and said in a majestic voice, "When the Divine Court inquires, there is a hierarchy. How can we allow you to bark wildly? Slap your mouth! Silence!"

The second-grade god position directly mobilizes the original power within the divine court, compiles rules within this divine court, and makes wishes come true.

Four crisp noises came out of nowhere, directly slapping the two third-rank pacification officers so hard that their cheeks became swollen. They wanted to scream, but no matter how hard they screamed, they couldn't make any sound this time.

Prince Ning played with his wine glass and looked at Hong Yang with an increasingly solemn expression.

The news about Hong Yang has spread to the top of the world through the Taixu Illusion Realm. Everyone knows that this man has the eyes of an eagle and the back of a wolf. He betrayed the Tianyi Taoist sect and helped Zhou Tieyi seize the Hundong Red Book.

But he didn't expect Zhou Tieyi to give such a huge benefit, as if letting Hong Yang directly grasp part of the power of the Hundong Red Book. As the god in charge of criminal law in the Divine Court, for a fourth-grade god who was originally just a marginal god, this was undoubtedly a step to heaven.

While he lamented that Zhou Tieyi had many talented people under his command and that Zhou Tieyi had enough profits to share with his subordinates, he turned his gaze back to He Qigong who was speaking. As for the two pacification envoys, they were fools who could not see the current situation clearly and it would be useless to save them.

Zhou Tieyi did not order further severe punishment.

He has never been reluctant to kill people if killing can help him establish his authority or achieve results, but in fact, in most cases, killing is just destructive and cannot achieve better results. Keeping some idiots, as long as they are on the opposite side, may bring unexpected results. Of course, the prerequisite is to alienate the relationship between these idiots and the people, which is actually very easy to do, so Zhou Tieyi looked at He Qigong with a slightly expectant look.

Originally, Zhou Tieyi was ready to give up the He family in the Moshi case, but He Qigong's performance in all matters was not hopeless. In addition, at the beginning of the local reform in Shantong Prefecture, Zhou Tieyi needed someone "of his own" to keep an eye on him.

This "own people" are not people without roots like Li Jianhu and Mo Tianheng, but a local family with deep roots that can influence all aspects, so the He family was left behind.

The He family also performed well in their subsequent performance. At least, the He family did a very good job in the "task" Zhou Tieyi left for them, which was to promote basic education in vernacular Chinese.

Seeing Zhou Tieyi looking at him with expectant eyes, He Qigong immediately understood that his chance to show himself had come. His previous promotion of vernacular Chinese and watching over the Shantong Mansion's aristocratic family could only be regarded as redeeming himself for meritorious service. Today, his suggestions and advice could be regarded as allowing the He family to become a member of the Zhou family again.

He Qigong reorganized his thoughts and said, "My strategy has three aspects. First, all the gods in the Taihang Divine Court will be given titles such as Sanren, Zhenren, Tianjun, Dijun, and Tianzun according to their ranks. When they walk in the world, they are people who have attained the Tao. When they sit in temples, they are gods who have come out of the world."

After He Qigong made the first suggestion, everyone present, whether they agreed or opposed, frowned and thought about the consequences and exchange of interests.

First of all, the Taoist "Zhenren" is a special title, which generally corresponds to the third grade of Taoism, that is, the stage of returning to the mortal body, condensing the Yang Shen Qi, and transforming into a congenital person in the Taoist "celestial phenomenon". This refers to truly becoming a "human" in practice, and it is also a title bestowed by the dynasty. It is recorded in the Taoist certificate and can enjoy privileges such as not having to bow in front of the emperor, choosing a mountain to establish a sect, etc.

Now He Qigong not only fixed it as a Taoist rank title, but also added the titles of Heavenly Lord, Emperor, and Heavenly Venerable at the end, which obviously correspond to the second grade, first grade and saint.

This strategy is obviously intended to confuse the difference between gods and Taoism. The people may not be able to accept gods for a while, but if you mention a certain real person, then the people will naturally be able to accept it.

Prince Ning was getting a little impatient at this point, "The matter of enthronement has always been the responsibility of the imperial court..."

Before Prince Ning finished speaking, He Qigong interrupted him and said, "Prince Ning, what you said is wrong. May I ask who presided over the canonization of the immortals before the Great Xia Dynasty?"

Prince Ning did not answer for a long time.

He Qigong was in high spirits and continued, "The matter of conferring titles on Taoist priests was originally done by the Taoists, but Daxia has unified the world for three hundred years, so the Taoists allowed Daxia to confer titles. Since Prince Ning does not want to answer, I will explain it for you. The conferring of titles on Taoist priests can be done in Xuandu Mountain. The court only needs to confirm the title, and it does not have to be done in the court. Back then, the Lord's biological mother obtained the first sacrifice in Xuandu Mountain and was conferred the title of 'Fourth Rank Gaomiao Zhenren'."

At that time, Zhou Yulong also used the word "additional title" at the Tianhou Peony Flower Festival. Since it was "additional", there must have been previous awards, which means that after she obtained the first sacrifice in the Luotian Grand Ceremony, Xuandu Mountain had already awarded her the title of Immortal, indicating that even if Zhou Yulong was not of the third rank, she was also a seed of Taoism and a future third rank Immortal, and Yujing Mountain was just a further recognition of this title.

"In the past, Xuandu Mountain held the Luotian Grand Ceremony, which brought together Taoists from all over the world. Therefore, as the leader of Taoism, he had the power to confer titles. But now it is no longer the case. The Lord holds the Zhoutian Grand Ceremony at Taiyi Temple, which not only brings together Taoists from all over the world, but also brings together hundreds of schools of thought from all over the world, far more than the Luotian Grand Ceremony. As the leader of Taoism, how can he not be conferred the title of Zhenren? Even if Xuandu Mountain does not allow it, it is only you who conferred the title of Xuandu Zhenren on Xuandu Mountain, and my Taiyi Temple conferred the title of Taiyi Zhenren."

He Qigong was full of confidence and spoke passionately.

Upon hearing this, King Ning sighed inwardly, thinking that the plan had been mostly accomplished.

How can common people distinguish the difference between Xuandu Zhenren and Taiyi Zhenren? All they need to do is make the terms more complicated and make Zhoutian Dajiao far superior to Luotian Dajiao in the future. Then this Zhenren will be real no matter what!

As for Xuandu Mountain's opposition, the Lishan Taoists have already clearly opposed it, and anyone else jumping out will not make the situation worse. Zhou Tieyi nodded slightly.

This is the further integration of immortals and gods.

In his previous life, there was no method of cultivation, so in order to promote longevity through cultivation, Taoism conferred titles of deity on Taoist immortals to demonstrate that they had ascended to heaven and become gods, coexisting with the Tao.

The essence of God is the personification of a natural law. It cannot prove that humans can live forever, but it can prove that the law is eternal.

For example, the True Man of Thunder was a real person when he was alive. How could Taoism prove his immortality? It only needed to confer the title of True God of Thunder on him, saying that he went to heaven to be a priest, and then all the thunder that struck in nature could be regarded as the manifestation of this True Man of Thunder, a trace of his existence and objective proof.

The situation I am in now is that gods and methods of cultivation are objective, but they need to be accepted by ordinary people. Then the other way around, give gods the title of Taoist immortals to prove that gods are part of humans, just more powerful humans, rather than two absolutely opposite individuals.

Of course, there are many problems that need to be solved. The first is the expansion of the authority of the gods. They are both gods and humans, which means they have a dual identity, just like people who had dual identities in their previous lives.

However, this is not an issue that needs to be considered now, it will not be too late to consider it later.

Seeing Zhou Tieyi nod, He Qigong proudly continued, "Now it's spring plowing time, the Lord has established the laws of ghost immortals, human immortals, and earth immortals. These immortals who have been assigned to different places can all be given the title of Taiyi. When mixed with gods, the people will naturally accept it. When a real earth immortal attains the status of a god, then the gods and immortals will naturally merge, and the people will get used to it."

"continue."

Zhou Tieyi spoke.

"Second, let's start with vernacular books. With the Lord's entrustment, I have compiled a dictionary and I am presenting it today to congratulate the Lord."

He Qigong took out a compiled dictionary from his Qiankun bag and presented it to him.

Zhou Tieyi stretched out his hand and the dictionary fell into his hand. He opened the first page and checked the paper first. The words were printed clearly, and it was obvious that a lot of effort had been put into it. Then, as he thought, there were two methods of checking words, one was the pinyin method, and the other was the radical method. All the words were written in simplified Chinese.

This is the most important cornerstone of the vernacular movement!
Normally, this kind of thing would take three to five years at most, but when Zhou Tieyi ordered He Qigong to do it, he had already given a main framework. The people in this world are practicing cultivation, and some of the abilities of the third-grade cultivators are no less than humanoid computers. With an instruction manual, all they need to do is enter the data, so it's naturally very fast.

In fact, the new workers' school in Shantongfu had already been using this method of teaching in the past two months, but He Qigong had never found an opportunity to show off in front of Zhou Tieyi.

As a subordinate, you must not only be able to do your work, but also be able to perform well in front of your leaders.

Sure enough, after seeing the dictionary, Zhou Tieyi's expression, which was constantly changing in all kinds of ways, showed an obvious smile, "Not bad."

He Qigong continued, "Confucianism has enlightenment books such as 'The Rules for Disciples' and 'Instructions for Women'. Buddhism and Taoism also have similar books. Now, thanks to the great blessing of the Lord, a new type of writing has been established, and the teaching of Yi Dao is being reformed today. I am willing to compile 'Ode to the Gods and Immortals' as a children's book."

This time Zhou Tieyi did not agree immediately. He tapped the table in front of him. He did want to develop Shintoism, but he did not want to put everything on Shintoism. Although education is insignificant, it is of utmost importance. Children should not be enlightened to become little charlatans.

He looked at Ju Zidan next to him, "You, Gongshu Ting, and Xu Wugui should also pay attention to the compilation of children's books."

Ju Zidan immediately stood up and said, "Yes, sir."

He knew that Zhou Tieyi wanted to strike a balance and could not allow Shinto to become the foundation of all policies.

He Qigong immediately realized that he had gone too far and shut his mouth.

Zhou Tieyi looked at He Qigong again and asked, "How is the training of the teacher going now?"

This was also the task Zhou Tieyi assigned to He Qigong before. It is not difficult to compile a new vernacular dictionary, but the difficult part is how to get teachers to teach it.

Previously, Zhou Tieyi had conflicts with Confucianists over vernacular and classical Chinese. What he was most worried about was that existing intellectuals would be unwilling to teach.

However, Zhou Tieyi's worries in this regard were obviously unnecessary. The fact that the workers' school in Shantongfu was doing so well showed how much effort He Qigong had put in in this regard. Otherwise, Mo Tianheng and Li Jianhu would not have been able to teach so many students.

He Qigong smiled again, "Your Majesty, are you worried that the teachers are unwilling to teach? Your Majesty is worrying too much. People have seven emotions and six desires when they live in this world. Those teachers are the dregs selected by the imperial examination. It is much easier to deal with them than you think. With the help of Gongshujia and Mohist scholars, once the new book for children is written, there will definitely be people to teach it."

Zhou Tieyi immediately realized that He Qigong had used many "special" methods on those teachers to test their literati character, but facts proved that local tyrants still had the ways to control these literati character. Zhou Tieyi did not want to hear the specific solutions, thinking that they would not be so clean. He only needed a factual result, that is, his new theories and new knowledge, even if this generation disagrees, can be passed on to the next generation, and the next generation is the hope.

"What about third?"

Zhou Tieyi took the initiative to ask. He Qigong glanced at the surrounding pacification envoys and said, "My Lord, this strategy is also simple. Since some people don't know right from wrong and want to stop a chariot with their bare hands, why don't we let the people see it? Now that summer drought is coming, the number of gods and earthly immortals is limited anyway. For those places that are unwilling to recognize gods, we will not send clouds and rain, mobilize water veins, and let them figure it out on their own. I think it will only take one or two months for the people to know who is good for them."

Although what He Qigong said was a bit cruel, it is indeed a good control group. Sometimes it is better to let them hit the wall once than to plan for them a thousand times.

At the same time, it also let those pacification envoys know that even without the use of force, the will of the people is not just empty words.

(End of this chapter)