Qi Xuansu and others had just arrived at Fenglin Continent and had already experienced the power of eight million ghosts and gods. However, Qi Xuansu also had a bold idea. Since the Taoist sect could take over the Qingqiu Mountain lineage for its own use, it could also take in some ghosts and gods. This It is also a kind of using barbarians to control barbarians. Naturally, there are those who are stubborn and unable to communicate, but there are also those who are good at adapting.
The eight million ghosts and gods cannot be regarded as enemies in general. They must be distinguished carefully and then treated differently.
For example, Suzuka Gozen, whom Qi Xuansu mentioned before, is a mountain god who is very good at cooperating with others. It is said that she once helped the Fenglinzhou court to defeat another mountain god, Otakemaru, so her image is more positive, which can obviously be won over. object.
In fact, this is also a common decision made by Taoists. When the New Deal was implemented at that time, it was to win over one faction first, stabilize another faction, and kill another faction, leaving only two factions. Then pull another faction, kill another faction, and only one faction remains. Finally, the remaining faction was killed. That faction was unable to resist and could only wait to be killed.
There were three major factions at that time: the new ones, the loyal ones, and the distinguished ones. Xinrui is an up-and-coming official who rose to power by virtue of the emperor's favor. To submit is to surrender, and to be a noble is to follow the old man from Liaodong who conquered the world.
Let the new faction and the loyal faction fight each other first. Will your nobles be saddened by this? No, they would only feel that the emperor still faced old people like them from Liaodong, and those who surrendered in defiance deserved their death. Therefore, those who win over are the new and cutting-edge factions, those who are killed are the loyal factions, and those who are stable are the noble factions.
In this process, all those who opposed the New Deal in the first faction were eradicated, and the rest were insignificant, leaving only the new and noble factions. The Xin Rui is a sword. They have no merits and no foundation. They can only cling to the emperor. Only by being the emperor's sword can they highlight their own value and have the necessity to exist. So in the second stage, use the Xin Rui faction to kill the Xun Gui faction. , at this time, will the new faction become sad because of the death of the old noble faction? They won't, they just think that after killing these old guys, it's time for them to show off their talents.
After the demise of the Xungui faction, only the new faction was left. They gained momentum from the imperial power and were unable to compete with the imperial power. If the emperor wanted his ministers to die, they had to die. After these three steps, the main opposition figures were eliminated, the tightly guarded factions were broken up, the centralization of power was completed, and the New Deal was successfully implemented.
Today's situation in Fenglinzhou can be the same. Winning ghosts and gods as new talents, surrendering feudal lords as surrender, and Prime Minister Toyotomi as nobles.
In this way, the barbarians were used to control the barbarians, the muddy water of Fenglinzhou was cleaned up, and the transformation was completed.
The next part of the trip was uneventful.
After the wind and snow stopped blocking the road, even if they were a group of wounded people, their cultivation base was there after all, so they walked very quickly, and finally walked out of the forest when the sky was dim.
Not far away there is a stone tablet similar to a boundary monument. Because the Fenglinzhou characters are mixed with a large number of Chinese characters, it is easy to identify. It has the word "rice stone" written on it.
Qi Xuansu said: "It seems that we have arrived in Fanshi County."
Tang Yongshui was a little surprised and said: "In just such a short distance, we passed through two counties?"
Li Mingshan explained: "The county of Fenglinzhou cannot be equated with our government. It should be regarded as a county in the Central Plains. After all, the Central Plains is too big. Fenglinzhou is not bad. I have heard that many Westerners A small country is about the same size as our prefecture.”
Han Yongfeng sneered: "It's a small country."
Qi Xuansu said: "Let's pass through Fanshi County as quickly as possible without making any noise." "Yes." Several people responded in unison.
On the other side, Master Qingwei had arrived in Xiujing three days ago.
That's right, the word "arrival" was used in the Daomen Residence newspaper.
The condescending attitude was clearly visible, and Daomen didn't even bother to hide it. In other words, if the Taoist sect wants to make one thing clear, Fenglinzhou should have the status of a vassal state.
However, the Fenglinzhou court did not hide its attitude and directly gave Master Qingwei a slap in the face.
At the banquet to welcome Master Qingwei, the envoy representing Emperor Feng Linzhou actually said: "Today's imperial court is so impoverished that it cannot even hold a decent banquet. This banquet was funded by His Majesty the Emperor from the inner treasury, so it should be Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor, for your gift."
The court and emperor here refer to Fenglinzhou and have nothing to do with the Daxuan court.
Many Taoist disciples changed their colors when they heard this.
Master Qingwei only said one sentence: "We are all fasting people and we will not thank anyone."
After saying that, Master Qingwei left the table.
All Taoist masters lined up in two rows and left one after another behind Master Qingwei.
That night, Master Qingwei summoned the Taizheng minister of Fenglinzhou court at his camp and talked for half an hour. Also participating in the discussion were the Commander-in-Chief Military Affairs Officer of Donghai Navy, the Chief Deputy Master of Tiangang Hall, and the Chief Lao Zhong of Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office.
Around the beginning of Tatsuki, a martial law order was issued in the name of Prime Minister Toyotomi, and about 200 officials were detained, put under house arrest, and put under review.
Although it was in the name of Toyotomi Prime Minister, everyone knew that it was the spiritual officer and the man in black who actually carried out the order. The spiritual officers are responsible for arresting people, and the men in black are responsible for martial law.
No one expected that the situation would change so quickly.
The next day, Qingwei Zhenren left the camp and went to Xiujing Prime Minister's Mansion. Taoist patriots who had already sneaked into Xiujing assassinated Qingwei Zhenren on the way.
The cultivation level of these Taoist warriors is quite good. According to the standards of the Taoist sect, they are all heavenly beings, and the leader is a false immortal with a death wish.
This battle was a brutal one. Four undead officials and one Taoist priest were seriously injured in the Taoist formation. Twelve spiritual officials and Taoist priests were seriously injured, and even forced Master Qingwei to take action himself. These assassins probably did not expect that Master Qingwei, as the leader of the army, would carry them with him. A fairy, and he himself is only one step away from being a fairy and can take this step at any time. In the end, there were a total of eighteen assassins, thirteen were killed, four escaped, and one was captured alive.
This attempted assassination quickly intensified the conflict between Xiu Jing. Qingwei Zhenren once again issued an edict in the name of Prime Minister Toyotomi. He no longer left any room like yesterday and ordered the whole city to search for the "Zunbo faction". If they dare to resist, , shoot without mercy.
Over the course of three days, hundreds of ministers and daimyo were arrested and asked to explain their issues within a specified time. In the end, twenty-three people were sentenced to death, and their heads were hung on the city gate. They were closely related to the royal family. The deep Yuan family forces were expelled from Xiujing.
Last time, only ordinary officials were arrested, but this time they were officials and dignitaries. The effect was immediate, and Xiu Jing regained his composure in a short time.
Later, Master Qingwei issued a third edict, but compared to the first two, the edict on the third day was very interesting.
In the name of Toyotomi Prime Minister, Qingwei Zhenren pardoned a group of demons, that is, ghosts and gods. He also sent the Onmyoji of the Tsuchimikado family among the three major Onmyoji families as envoys to summon them in the name of the Fenglinzhou Imperial Court. A group of mountain gods led by Suzuka Gozen.
The so-called Onmyoji originated from the Onmyoji family of hundreds of schools in the Central Plains. They know how to observe the stars, read people's faces, measure directions, identify disasters, find feng shui, perform sacrifices, and at the same time use talismans to subdue demons and eliminate demons. They call themselves Yin and Yang Dao is different from Tianmen.
Since the rise of Onmyoji, the Fenglinzhou court has established Yin-Yang Lao, whose status is similar to that of Qin Tianjian. The Yin-Yang Lao has one chief "Yin-Yang Head", one doctor each of Yin-Yang Doctor, Astronomy Doctor, Calendar Doctor, two Lukeng Doctors and Six Onmyoji. Its main responsibilities are to formulate astronomy and calendars, determine auspiciousness and disasters, determine geomorphology, geomancy, and hold rituals. There are eighty-nine people at its disposal.
Now that the Taoist sect controls the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office, which represents the Fenglinzhou imperial court, it naturally also controls the Yin and Yang Lao. In addition, the Taoist sect also inherited some of the theories and views of the Onmyoji, so they had some natural affection for the Onmyoji, so they naturally entrusted them with important tasks.
On the other side, Tianmen, which represents the "Zunban Sect", due to political needs, gave Yin Yang Dao the name of "Yin Yang Temple Cult", and Shinto officially broke with Yin Yang Dao.
All these have also made the mainstream Onmyoji headed by Tsuchimikado a trustworthy and important force in the Taoist sect.
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Suzuka Mountain is located in Suzuka County in Ise Province. Suzuka County is adjacent to Kawabashi County, where there is a famous city-Kobe.
There is also a feudal castle in Suzuka County called Kameyama Castle.
Both cities belonged to local feudal lords.
Toyotomi Prime Minister's power in Ise is located in Yamada Castle in Tokai County. It is separated from Suzuka County by Taki County, Iigao County, Isshi County, and Anno County. These feudal lords may not all intend to rebel, but their attitudes It is also very ambiguous. Whether Tsuchimikado can successfully go to Suzuka Mountain is still unknown.
Even if he met Suzuka Gozen, would this mountain god known as the "Titsuka hat" dare to leave his territory at great risk and go to the dangerous and unpredictable Hidekyo to meet the Taoist master who had just started a killing spree? It's also an unknown number.
In addition to Suzuka Gozen, there is also a quite famous youkai, known as the Lord of Oeyama.
The so-called Dajiangshan does not actually refer to the country, but the name of a mountain. Its owner calls himself "Shuten Doji". He is not only very ancient, but also the most well-known monster in the Hundred Demons Night Walk.
Dajiangshan is located at the junction of the three counties of Tiantian, Kazuowa and Xie in Heianjing, which directly threatens the imperial family.
This has to be mentioned in the capital of Fenglinzhou. The royal family lives in Heianjing, and Prime Minister Toyotomi's palace is located in Shuijing. The former is in name only, and the latter is in name but not, neither can be regarded as orthodox.
This time, the royal family, which had been neglected for thousands of years, started to make moves again because of the word "respect the king".
At that time, Shuten-dōji was rampant and seriously threatened the royal family, so the royal family sent the Minamoto family to kill Shuten-dōji and cut off his head. The sword Yasutuna used was also named "Dōji Kiri Yasutuna". , and together with Onimaru Kunitsuna, Daden Taimitsu, Mikazuki Munechika and Sukumaru Tsuneji are known as the "Five Swords of the World".
After Shuten-Douji died, Ibaraki-Douji took his place and was determined to avenge Shuten-Douji.
There are many legends about the relationship between Ibaraki-dōji and Shuten-dōji. Some say that Ibaraki-dōji is Shuten-dōji’s subordinate, while others say that Ibaraki-dōji is a female ghost and the wife of the ghost king. But one thing is certain, Ibaraki-douji is very hostile to the imperial family and the Minamoto family who killed Shuten-douji. For Taoism, this is enough, the enemy of the enemy can be a temporary friend.
