Xitian Mansion, Hongde Hall.
Fang Jian was sitting on the sandalwood chair, leaning over the jade desk, and was constantly flipping through one memorial after another.
Before becoming the Minister of Xitianfu, he did not need to read those memorials, because he was doing what he wanted to do.
Even if there is something within his scope of authority, it will be a document sent by someone else. After reading it, he can choose to handle it or not.
But things are different now. He is now the Shangshu of Xitian Mansion, the number two figure in the entire Xiniu Hezhou Immortal Official System, and is in charge of the power of Xiniu Hezhou.
Therefore, he now has a large number of memorials to read every day, and these memorials are all memorials to the gods of land, mountains, water, etc. from various places.
Some are asking gods to rid the lower world of demons, some are cutting down altars and destroying temples, and some are asking Fang Jian for approval for various matters.
After Fang Jian read these memorials, whenever he wanted to approve them, he would pick up a red pen and write the word "accurate" on the memorials, and then return them the same way.
If it cannot be approved, or it cannot be done now, just write "not allowed" and return it in the same way.
Of course, there are also some memorials, which are written by the immortal officials below to report someone or something to Xitian Mansion. Such memorials generally depend on Fang Jian's choice. Regardless of whether Fang Jian is accurate or not, such memorials do not need to be returned. , but directly archived in the database.
So now Fang Jian has such a memorial in his hands. The reputation of this memorial is also very simple, just three words: "Spiritual Instrument".
Fang Jian glanced at it casually at first, then his expression condensed, and then he took the memorial and read it very carefully.
After reading the memorial, Fang Jian immediately fell into deep thought. He was considering whether what was said above was feasible.
After burning the incense, Fang Jian leaned on the sandalwood chair, holding the memorial in his left hand and tapping the fingers of his right hand lightly on the jade case.
"Here comes someone." After a while, Fang Jian turned around and called outside Hongde Hall.
A divine general walked in immediately, bowed to Fang Jian and said, "Master Shangshu."
Fang Jian said to the god general: "You immediately go down to the realm and declare the French stone hill land god Zhang Qingyi to go up to heaven to have an audience."
"Obide by the law and decree." The god will sing and worship.
While he was talking, a figure walked into Hongde Hall. Fang Jian turned his eyes and saw that it was General Tang Yu who was capturing and killing.
At this time, Tang Yu's chest clothes were stained red with blood, her face looked a little pale, and her steps were a little sloppy.
"My subordinates pay their respects to Lord Shangshu." Tang Yu came to the center of the hall and paid homage to Fang Jian.
Fang Jian smiled slightly, raised his hand towards Tang Yu to help her, and then asked: "How is the injury?"
Tang Yu bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for your concern. It's just a minor injury. It only hurts some essence and blood, so it won't be a problem."
"Okay, then you go back home and recuperate. I'll give you ten days of leave and you must recuperate properly. There will be more things to do in the future, and it's not okay to have hidden injuries on your body." Fang Jian said with a smile.
Tang Yu's face lit up with joy when he heard this, and he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Shangshu!"
Originally, he wanted to go back to the Qingxiao Treasure Realm to see his two mothers, but he never had time in Xitian Mansion. This time, Fang Jian gave him ten days off, so he took this opportunity to go back to the Qingxiao Treasure Realm.
So Tang Yu said: "Master Shangshu, I would like to go back to Beiju Luzhou Qingxiao Realm to see my two mothers during my vacation."
Although Tang Yu was born to Chang Yi, Xi He became Emperor Jun's wife earlier than Chang Yi, so Chang Yi always called Xi He her sister.
So from the time she was sensible, Tangyu called both Xihe and Changyi "mother" or "mother". Xihe even loved Tangyu more than Changyi.
Fang Jian smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "Yes, as long as it doesn't delay recuperation."
"Please rest assured, Lord Shangshu, there will be no delay!" Tang Yu bowed and said, "Sir, Lord Shangshu, I will take my leave now."
"Go ahead." Fang Jian smiled.
About half an hour after Tang Yu left, the voice of the general sounded outside Hongde Hall: "Your Majesty, Lord Shangshu, Shiqiu Earth God is waiting for you outside the hall."
Fang Jian raised his head and said outside the hall: "Xuan."
As soon as Zhang Qing heard Fang Jian's announcement, he immediately became nervous. He followed the general into the Hongde Hall with a tense look on his face and a respectful look on his face.
As soon as he entered Hongde Hall, Zhang Qingyi felt a great divine power shrouding him, and the divine will in this divine power made his heart suddenly become solemn and peaceful.
"Zhang Qingyi, the land god of Shiqiu, Xiaguan, pays homage to Lord Shangshu." Zhang Qingyi walked to the center of the hall, bowed and bowed to Fang Jian.
Fang Jian looked at Zhang Qing and said, "Is it the "Spiritual Weapon" written by you?"
Zhang Qingyi immediately replied: "Returning to Master Shangshu, yes."
Fang Jian nodded, and then said: "Give me a seat."
Zhang Qingyi was startled when he heard this, but a god general had already brought a sandalwood chair and placed it behind Zhang Qingyi. Only then did Zhang Qingyi react and immediately bowed to Fang Jian and said, "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for giving me the seat."
Then Zhang Qing sat down on the sandalwood chair very gently, then straightened his body and looked forward, without looking directly at Fang Jian from beginning to end.
After Zhang Qing sat down, Fang Jian took the "Spirit Weapon Manual" in his hand and said, "You said in the Spirit Weapon Booklet that Xitian Mansion should apply for a large number of 'spiritual weapons' from the Heavenly Court and transfer these spiritual weapons to the Heavenly Court." Send it to those creatures in Xiniu Hezhou who have their hearts set in heaven?"
As soon as Zhang Qing sat on the sandalwood chair, he immediately raised his hands and said: "Yes, I have long heard that Tiangongyuan once refined a kind of spiritual weapon. This kind of spiritual weapon contains divine power, and every piece has it." The power of a true immortal level magic weapon. Moreover, it has special divine prohibitions and cannot be
It will cause no harm to the immortal officials and gods in heaven. Moreover, this kind of spiritual weapon does not require mana to be used and can be used by mortals. "
This was the first time that Fang Jian had heard about this spiritual weapon, but it was not surprising. After all, he had been in Heaven for a short time and there were many things that he had never heard of.
Fang Jian asked Zhang Qingyi again: "Then do you know why this spiritual weapon was sealed again?"
However, even Zhang Qingyi, a land god, knew about this spiritual weapon, but he had never heard of it. It was obvious that this 'spiritual weapon' had been sealed away.
Zhang Qingyi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Back to Master Shangshu, because many spiritual weapons were lost in the world, which gave mortals great power and caused many harms to the order of the world, Taixuan Province sealed them .”
Fang Jian nodded slightly and said, "I understand."
It seems that this matter is difficult. Although Zhang Qingyi said it very simply, Fang Jian can imagine the turmoil caused by these spiritual weapons in the human world.
Now that Taixuan Capital Province has sealed it, Fang Jian will encounter great resistance if he wants to refine the spiritual weapon again and distribute it to the mortal world.
Especially since the current chief envoy of Taixuan Capital Province is still Taiyi, who saved Ku Tianzun, it would be very difficult to facilitate this matter.
"You didn't make it clear in your memorial. Let me ask you, what if these spiritual weapons disrupt the order of the world again after they are decentralized?" Fang Jian asked Zhang Qingyi.
Zhang Qingyi had already prepared for this question and answered unhurriedly: "Master Shangshu, you can first distribute the spiritual weapons to those demon cultivators. Any demon cultivator who has given birth to spiritual wisdom can distribute the spiritual weapons to them. "
"First of all, the demon cultivators in Xiniu Hezhou are now leaderless. They have no choice but to join Xitian Mansion."
"Secondly, the demon cultivators of Xiniu Hezhou have surrendered to the majesty of Lord Shangshu and Xitian Mansion. As long as they are strictly controlled, they will never dare to make mistakes."
Fang Jian stared at Zhang Qing and said, "So, what is the purpose of doing this?"
Zhang Qing said: "The purpose of reporting back to Lord Shangshu is to weaken the power of Buddhism. If Lord Shangshu wants to thoroughly implement the law of heaven in Xiniu Hezhou, then it is imperative to weaken the power of Buddhism in Xiniu Hezhou."
"It is not wise to directly fight against Buddhism. The strength of Xitian Mansion is still insufficient compared to Buddhism. If we really want to have a head-on battle with Buddhism, then Xitian Mansion will fall into a difficult situation." Zhang Qingyi said.
Fang Jian nodded and said, "You are right."
Since Fang Jian came to Xitian Mansion, the methods used have been to use the flaws and handles exposed by the major Buddhist temples to carry out targeted attacks.
But if he directly fights the entire Buddhist sect, no matter how strong Fang Jian's personal strength is, he can only take care of one side. So far, the Buddhist sect has only lost some Buddhist temples in Fang Jian's hands. The real strength of the Buddhist sect is not yet at all. reveal.
"So, if you want to weaken Buddhism, you must first weaken Buddhism's belief. If all sentient beings in Xiniu Hezhou have a spiritual weapon, then their belief in Buddhism will also weaken." Zhang Qingyi said.
Why do people believe in immortals and Buddhas? The original purpose is to 'survive'. When mortals face threats from natural disasters, man-made disasters, beasts, monsters and ghosts, they will naturally pray to gods and Buddhas for protection.
But if every mortal possesses a true immortal-level spiritual weapon, do they still need to seek the blessings of gods and Buddhas?
Even though this would shake the faith in Heaven, Heaven more often assumes the responsibility of 'ruling' and 'governance', rather than simply religious belief.
And don’t forget, spiritual weapons are sent down from heaven. The moment mortals accept spiritual weapons from heaven, it means that they have begun to believe in heaven.
So what is the use of weakening Buddhist faith? The effect is very great. First, it can directly reduce the luck of Buddhism. Second, as long as the faith of all sentient beings in Buddhism weakens, Buddhism will not be able to incorporate these believers into Buddhism's own 'reincarnation' path.
For example, if another figure like Erlang Shen or Nezha is born in the world, if they firmly believe in Buddhism, then their fate and reincarnation will be in the hands of Buddhism, and it will be difficult for heaven to interfere.
But if this belief is weakened, then their fate and reincarnation will be controlled by heaven and hell.
As we all know, Taoism and Buddhism have their own "small reincarnation path", which can control the reincarnation and destiny of their believers on a small scale at the level of belief. The underworld that belongs to heaven is the "big reincarnation path", which is controlled by heaven. The entire three realms.
Speaking of this, Zhang Qingyi added again: "Xitian Mansion can set up a yamen department to supervise the decentralization and use of spiritual weapons to prevent possible changes. The reason why the original spiritual weapons caused a bloody storm in the world and disrupted The order in the human world is entirely due to the murky attitude of heaven towards spiritual weapons, and there are no strict laws to impose restrictions."
"The most important thing is that the current situation in Hezhou, Xiniu, is very conducive to doing so."
"So if Xitian Mansion reopens the spiritual weapons and sets up a government agency to supervise them, we can avoid making the same mistakes again." Zhang Qingyi said with conviction.
The reason why he was so convinced was that the name of the Minister of Xitian Mansion in front of him was Fang Jian. If it were Wen Tianxiang, he would never have such confidence.
This is not to say that Zhang Qingyi looked down on Wen Tianxiang. Wen Tianxiang was upright and could serve as a moral example for immortal officials, but to do such a thing, he definitely did not have the power of Fang Jian.
"Very good." Fang Jian nodded after listening, "Your memorial and your views are clear and well-organized, with clear goals and very feasible. It's very good."
After Fang Jian pondered for a moment, he said to Zhang Qing: "You go back first, and I will report this memorial to the chief envoy first."
Zhang Qingyi quickly stood up and bowed: "I will obey the law and resign."
After Zhang Qingyi exited the Hongde Hall, Fang Jian pondered for a moment, then picked up the ink pen and began to write a memorial to the chief envoy. This memorial combined Zhang Qingyi's memorial and the content of the conversation between the two, and was better than Zhang Qingyi's. Qingyi's memorial to Fang Jian is more comprehensive and concise.
After writing the memorial, Fang Jian immediately ordered the historian to submit the memorial to Taixuan Capital Province.
As Fang Jian expected, just one day after this memorial was sent, a huge turmoil broke out in Taixuan Province. All the Wenlin officials in Taixuan Province, without exception, all opposed the memorial. Open the contents of the spiritual weapon.
Unsurprisingly, an urgent edict came from Taixuan Province, ordering Fang Jian to return to the heaven immediately and give a detailed report to the chief envoy regarding the spiritual weapon memorial.
After Fang Jian received the edict, he did not hesitate at all. After making some arrangements, he rode the third prince straight into the West Tianmen and went to the heaven.
When Fang Jian arrived at Taixuandu Province, he found that many immortal officials had gathered outside Taixuandu Province. Fang Jian took a quick look and found that they were all Wenlin immortal officials from Taixuandu Province.
When these immortal officials saw Fang Jian coming, they gathered around and started asking Fang Jian a lot of questions.
"Master Hongqing, I heard that you are going to distribute 'spiritual weapons' to the mortals in Hezhou, Xiniu?"
"Master Hongqing, don't you know the great turmoil caused by spiritual weapons in the world back then?"
"Master Hongqing, what is your purpose for doing this?"
"Master Hongqing."
Listening to everyone's questions, Fang Jian felt like he was in a vegetable market, with all the noise and noise in his ears.
Fang Jian was so annoyed that he frowned and shouted loudly. This shout immediately stunned the surrounding immortal officials, and then they heard Fang Jian say: "What's the noise? Can't you just ask one by one? It's like the chickens in the human vegetable market." What kind of manner is this chirping?"
The surrounding immortal officials looked at each other in confusion. After a long period of silence, everyone finally pushed out a second-grade immortal official and came to Fang Jian.
The second-grade immortal official coughed, then bowed his hands to Fang Jian and said, "I have read thousands of books, and I have met Master Hongqing."
Fang Jian's eyes fell on Wan Zhong, and he said in a calm tone: "What do you want to ask, fellow Taoist?"
Wan Zhong, a copywriter from Taixuan Province, raised his voice and said to Fang Jian: "I would like to ask, what is the purpose of Master Hongqing wanting to distribute spiritual weapons to the mortal beings in Xiniu Hezhou?"
There will be more later. If you can't wait any longer, you can rest first and watch again tomorrow morning.
(End of chapter)
