This time the 'merger of Heavenly Court and Daomen' is not a 'merger', because Heavenly Court and Daomen have always been about me in you, and you in me.
However, Taoism has always been different from Heaven in subject before. Heaven is the 'Lord of the Three Realms' and the main body of the ruler, while Taoism is the main body of religion.
One is based on Tiantiao and seeks stability of rule. One focuses on 'doctrine' and seeks to preach and practice, so they are very different in nature.
Nowadays, "Heaven and Tao merge" means that Taoism voluntarily gives up its own teachings, and takes "Trail of Heaven" as its own teachings, preaching on behalf of heaven and educating the common people.
At the same time, Taoist monks will generally enter the Heavenly Court as officials. The two will be completely integrated and worship the Jade Emperor and the Taoist ancestors together, without distinguishing between them.
Therefore, when the Heavenly Court officially issued an edict announcing the "merger of heaven and Tao" to the three realms, all the immortal monks in the three realms were shocked.
Among them, the ones who were most shocked were naturally Buddhism and Mysticism. For them, this was definitely not good news.
But unexpectedly, Buddhists took the initiative to send congratulations to the "Union of Heaven and Dao". This congratulatory form was signed by all the Buddhas in Buddhism. Even the Buddhas said in the congratulatory form: "The union of Heaven and Dao is the three realms." The great welfare of all living beings is a great event that benefits all living beings in the three realms.”
However, congratulations are congratulations, and Buddhism's actions are not sloppy at all. The power of Buddhism in Nanzhan Buzhou has once again been strengthened unprecedentedly. According to the report of the Taoist sect guarding Nanzhan Buzhou in the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism has at least The combat power of more than thirty Taiyi Golden Immortals has been increased, and there are countless people below Taiyi Golden Immortals.
The Buddhists knew very well that the Taoist sect was forced out of temper by Buddhism and Xuanjiao, so they chose this path, because the Heavenly Court originally had the foundation of the Taoist sect, and joining the Heavenly Court did not put any psychological pressure on the Taoist sect.
Once the merger between Heavenly Court and Taoist sect is completed, troops will inevitably be sent to intervene in the affairs of Nanzhan Continent. By then, Buddhism will not only have to face the Taoist sect.
Similarly, Xuanjiao was also surprised by this incident of the merger of Heaven and Dao. After a brief shock, they immediately approached Buddhism.
The final strategy discussed by Buddhism and Xuanjiao was to capture the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible before the merger of Tianting and Taoism was completed, and to expel all Taoism from Nanzhan Buzhou.
If the Taoist sect can be expelled from Nanzhan Continent before Heaven intervenes, then Buddhism and Xuanjiao will have enough time to make proper arrangements in Nanzhan Continent. Even if Heaven insists on sending troops, they will still have the advantage.
Buddhism and Xuanjiao can expect this, and so can Heavenly Court and Taoism.
However, the Jade Emperor would naturally not take care of such matters personally. Instead, after sealing the Taoist Daluo Jinxian and the Zhengdao Taiyi Jinxian, he returned to the "Taiwei Jade Qing Palace" to clean up and cultivate, and Ling Xiao The court proceedings in the treasure palace and all affairs in the heavenly court were handed over to the Five Emperors and the newly enthroned Taoist saints.
Of course, there is also the Supreme Lord. As long as the Jade Emperor does not attend the court meeting in the Lingxiao Palace, he is too lazy to come. He squats in the Tusita Palace every day to refine elixirs and weapons without caring about worldly affairs.
Here we mainly talk about the titles of Taoists:
Doumu Yuanjun was titled 'Zhongtian Brahma Qi Doumu Great Emperor Yuanjun'. …
Zhen Yuanzi was titled "Zhen Yuan Daojun".
The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit is titled 'The Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit'.
Empress Yunxiao was given the title 'Yunxiao Qingluo Taojun'.
Lishan's mother was titled "Jade Qing Holy Ancestor Zi Yuanjun".
Empress Qiongxiao was titled "Qiongxiao Yuluo Taojun".
Empress Bixiao was titled "Bixiao Jingluo Daojun".
Wudang Holy Mother was titled 'Wudang Holy Mother Taojun'.
Taiyi Zhenren was titled "Taiyi Xuanfang Daojun".
The real person Yuding was titled 'Princess Purple Qing Wenhua Taojun'.
Chisongzi was titled "Chixiao Lingwei Daojun".
Guangchengzi was titled "Guangsheng Ciming Daojun".
Yun Zhongzi was titled "Guangde Qingfu Daojun".
Among them, Doumu Yuanjun has the highest title, with the same rank as the Five Emperors, and the other Daluo all have the same rank as the Five Elders of the Five Directions. However, although Doumu Yuanjun and Zhenyuan Daojun were granted the title of Heavenly Court, they said they would not care about political affairs. Therefore, as long as nothing major happened during the subsequent court meetings, or the Jade Emperor did not convene a court meeting, they would not Will come to participate in the court meeting.
Therefore, during today's meeting at the Lingxiao Palace, Emperor Gouchen said to the Taoists: "Fellow Taoists, you must do your best to defend the Tang Dynasty until the integration of Heavenly Court and Taoism is completed."
Hearing this, the Daomen of the Taoist sect couldn't help but glance at each other, and then Our Lady of Jinling said: "Please rest assured, Emperor Gouchen, our Taoist sect will definitely defend the Tang Dynasty before the Heavenly Court sends troops."
"Okay." Emperor Gouchen nodded slightly. The highest authority of war and conquest in heaven was naturally held by Emperor Gouchen.
Then Emperor Gouchen's eyes turned and fell on the five 'Fuxing Tianjun' and 'Six Marshals' who had just been enthroned in the Immortal Class below.
One more thing to say here is that the original Six Saints of the North Pole have been revoked, and Emperor Zhenwu has become one of the newly established Nine Emperors of Shenxiao. The new Nine Emperors of Shenxiao are: Emperor Qinghua of Dongji, Emperor Yingyuan Leisheng of Jiutian Universal Heavenly Venerable, Xuantian Blessed Saint Zhenwu Emperor, Subtle Wutong Nanhua Emperor, Zhixu Guanmiao Chongxu Emperor, Lingmei Qingtongxuan Emperor, Zhaodao Hezhen Dongling Emperor, Hunyuan Zhengdao Qingxiao Shenwu Emperor, Zhengfa Mingshen Wenchang Emperor .
It can be seen that among the Nine Emperors of Shenxiao, four great emperors were newly enthroned. They are the original four great masters of Taoism, 'Nanhua Master Zhuang Zhou', 'Chongxu Master Liezi Yukou', 'Tongxuan Master Xin' Ji Ran', 'Dongling Zhenren Kang Sangzi'.
The four great immortals were also the first to enter the Heavenly Court and became Taoist sect masters with real power. Although the great Daomen of the Taoist sect have also been entrusted by the Heavenly Court, they, like the Five Elders of the Five Directions, hold very high positions in the Heavenly Court, but they do not actually hold the actual power within the Heavenly Court.
However, for these Daluo, having a high position is enough, and they don't care whether they have real power or not, because their power has reached the point where they can ignore the authority of heaven, and they themselves are the source of authority.
After talking about the Nine Emperors of Shenxiao, now return to 'Fu Tianjun' and 'Six Marshals'. The original "Six Saints of the Arctic", the Zhenwu Emperor and the Demon Emperor Emperor Jun, are now promoted to the "Nine Emperors of the Sky". The remaining four members of the original Six Saints of the North Pole were all promoted to the rank of 'Fu Tianjun'.
There are currently only five Futian Lords. They are: Erlang Xiansheng True Lord (Erlang Shen), Tianpeng Yuansheng True Lord (former Tianpeng Marshal), Tianyou Zhide True Lord (former Tianyou deputy marshal), Yisheng The True Monarch of Baode, Taiyi Shang respects the True Monarch of Dao and Youde (Kunpeng). …
The six marshals are second only to Fu Tianjun. They are: King Tota, the marshal of Anti-Demons, the third prince of Nezha, the marshal of Anti-Demons, Ma Lingyao, the marshal of Anti-Demons, and Zhao Gongming, the marshal of Xuan Tan Demons. , Wen Qiong, the generalissimo of the three realms that slays demons, and Guan Yu, the generalissimo of the three realms that slays demons.
Looking at the five Futian Lords and the six marshals, Emperor Gouchen slowly asked: "Who among the five Futian Lords and the six marshals can command the generals, command the heavenly troops, and set out to conquer the continent in the south?" 'Buddhist and Xuan' religions?"
After hearing this, the Grand Marshal of An Tian's Conquering Demons, King Tuota, immediately walked out of the court and said: "I would like to report to the Great Emperor Gou Chen. I believe that this expedition is of great importance and cannot be assigned to someone other than him. I recommend Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun as the emperor." Commander-in-Chief, the general in charge of the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals."
After King Tuota finished speaking, Nezha also walked out quickly and reported: "I agree with King Tuota's report. It is most suitable for Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun to be the commander in charge of the expedition to Nanzhan Continent."
Emperor Gouchen nodded slightly, and then asked the immortals: "Do you have any suitable candidates? Feel free to report them."
As soon as Emperor Gouchen finished speaking, Emperor Zhuang Zhou of Nanhua, one of the Nine Emperors of Shenxiao, stood up with a jade tablet in his hand and said: "I think that the great director of Taixuan Province, Hongqing Zhenren Fang Jian, can also command the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals. , to conquer Nanzhan Buzhou."
After hearing the words of Emperor Nanhua, Emperor Chongxu Liezi Yukou, Emperor Tongxuan Xin Jiran, and Emperor Dongling Kang Sangzi also stood up and said: "I second my opinion."
Seeing that the four emperors of Nanhua recommended Fang Jian as commander-in-chief, not only the gods in the hall were stunned, but even Fang Jian himself was shocked.
"No." However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded, attracting the attention of the hall.
The gods and gods turned around to look, and it turned out to be Taibai Jinxing. Taibai Jinxing stood up and said, "Master Hongqing has enough ability, but lacks qualifications. He may not be able to command the heavenly soldiers and generals, so he may not be able to convince everyone."
You must know that in a war of this scale, those sent out will definitely not be ordinary generals, but generals like King Tota and Nezha. Not only are they more senior than Fang Jian, but they are also of higher rank than Fang Jian. Let Fang Jian go It is indeed difficult to convince the public to lead them.
As Taibai Jinxing finished speaking, a clear and soft and elegant voice sounded above the Qingyun in the sky: "Taibai Jinxing's words are reasonable. Fang Jian's qualifications are shallow. Although he is capable enough, he is a junior high-ranking official and lacks prestige. He is not qualified for the job." This job.”
Everyone looked up and realized that the person speaking was actually the Great Emperor of the Nine Heavens Xuannv.
When the four emperors and emperors of Nanhua heard what Jiutian Xuannu said, they immediately had no choice but to give up the idea of making Fang Jian the commander-in-chief. They all bowed and said, "Yes." Then they retreated to the immortal class.
However, Emperor Nanhua and the others did not have any other ideas when they recommended Fang Jian. They simply believed that it would be better for Fang Jian to deal with Buddhism and Mysticism, because Fang Jian was ruthless in his methods.
They didn't have a choice before, but now that they and Fang Jian are 'ones', they must 'team up' with Fang Jian and experience the thrill of crushing their opponents from the commanding heights of heaven.
In particular, Fang Jian is competent enough. You can doubt Fang Jian's character and his level of Confucian classics, but you cannot doubt his strength and means.
Because the Buddhists and the demon clan have repeatedly proved Fang Jian's ability with bloody heads, and he is not inferior to the six marshals at all.
As the four Nanhua Emperors returned to the Immortal Class, Fang Jian immediately stood up from the Immortal Class with a jade scepter in hand, and reported to Emperor Gouchen: "Start the memorial to the Great Emperor Gouchen, Erlang Zhenjun has boundless magical power and illustrious power. He is the number one god of war in our heaven, and I also recommend Erlang Zhenjun to command the heavenly army, control the ten directions, conquer and suppress, and make sure there are no mistakes!"
King Tota immediately said: "I second the proposal!"
Nezha also followed closely: "I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal."
"Seconded."
