People must have communication, even if it is a lonely person, it is difficult to escape this trap, so there are so many eunuchs around the emperors of the past dynasties, and they have real power. In the dynasty where the eunuchs are at the peak of their power, the eunuchs can hold the power of the forbidden army, and the change of imperial power is always indispensable to the existence of eunuchs, to this dynasty, the real power of the eunuchs has been weakened, not to abolish the emperor, but it should not be underestimated, the inner court twenty-four yamen, twenty-four eunuchs, among which the chief eunuch is headed by the celebrant eunuch, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor is respected as the "inner minister", and the cabinet chief assistant who is known as the "foreign minister" respectively holds the power of "approving red" and "voting", and the chief of the ceremonial supervisor is in charge of the Qingluan Weidu Governor's Mansion, and is respectfully called the "Governor" , more than 100 years ago, the "Dugong" was even more famous in the rivers and lakes than the earth master and the holy monarch.

Li Daoxu also has such a character by his side, that is Li Daoshi. The two are senior brothers and have known each other for a long time, no matter what his own character is, Li Daoxu is loyal to Li Daoxu, so among the many senior brothers, Li Daoxu values this junior brother the most. Later, the two married the master's eldest daughter and second daughter respectively, became brothers-in-law, and the relationship became closer, so after Li Daoxu became the sect master, Li Daoshi also became a pivotal figure in the sect.

Over the years, Li Daoxu has felt the threat from his disciples more than once, and among all the immortal immortals, he is the only one who has such troubles.

Needless to say, Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu is not bad, Zhang Jingshen is certainly not good, but that is his brother, not a disciple, there are few successful people among the younger disciples, Xu Wugui only accepted two disciples, which is also ordinary, and the Holy Monarch Taiyun is the youngest, not to mention. Only Li Daoxu has the earliest time to accept disciples, the most accurate vision, and the highest disciple achievement.

Others are suffering from the lack of success, thinking about how to let the disciples grow up as soon as possible, but Li Daoxu is helpless The disciples are entering the realm too fast, the six disciples, if the eldest disciple Situ Xuance is still alive, now I am afraid that he has set foot in the immortal realm, the second disciple and the fourth disciple have already entered the heavenly artificial realm, and there is only one step away from the immortal realm, the third disciple is decent, and it is also the immeasurable realm of heaven and man, and the disciples of the sect are also very qualified, even more than the fourth disciple and the eldest disciple, and there is hope for immortality. It's not that Li Daoxu is talking big, except for one of the five disciples who are slightly inferior, the remaining five disciples are likely to become immortal realms in this life, and their qualifications are enough, mainly depending on the chance, so for Li Daoxu, the threat of the disciples has never been an empty word.

Since ancient times, the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince has been very delicate, the prince must not be too incompetent, otherwise it will be difficult to inherit the throne and take on great responsibilities in the future, but the prince must not be too virtuous, otherwise he will threaten the emperor. The emperor can suppress the crown prince, so as not to threaten the imperial power by the princelings, but he can't weaken the prince into a lonely family, if the prince does not have his own team, the future succession will inevitably be hollowed out by the ministers, or held hostage by the ministers, the degree of which is difficult to grasp.

Even Li Daoxu, in the face of outstanding disciples, did not grasp the middle of it, especially Situ Xuance and Li Xuandu, these two people have their own ideas, they are not filial sons in the traditional sense, and their opinions are different from Li Daoxu's in many things, and they do not intend to be subservient to their father. Zhang Haishi didn't have too many differences with Li Daoxu, but his temperament was too extreme, because Situ Xuance's matter had a knot with Li Daoxu. So Li Daoxu chose the relatively mediocre Li Yuanying

There is no way to do it, mediocrity also means being obedient, and I am more willing to bear some unnecessary troubles for my master, so it is most in line with Li Daoxu's heart. As for Li Taiyi, Li Daoxu loves his talent, but he doesn't like him very much.

In this way, the relationship between master and apprentice has become complicated and delicate, Li Daoxu has a lot of words that are not good to talk to his disciples, plus his wife is gone, Li Daoxu can speak, and the only person who can speak is left with his junior brother Li Daoshi.

I don't know how many times there have been conversations like this over the years. Li Daoshi was used to it, he knew Li Daoxu better than anyone else, so he could only be silent at this time.

Li Daoxu's eyes moved to the heavy rain outside the window, "The six people are divided into two factions, Situ Xuance, Zhang Haishi, Li Xuandu, and Lu Yanbing are one faction, Li Yuanying and Li Taiyi are one faction, they are not sincere, and now even you are not sincere." ”

It was only at this time that Daoist Li looked up at Li Daoxu, "Senior brother, where do I not have sincerity?"

Li Daoxu said: "I just asked you what you think of this peace discussion, why don't you say what is in your heart?"

Li Daoshi said in a low voice: "Senior brother has his own wealth in his chest, and the light of the candle is bright, where do you need me to give advice to my senior brother." ”

Li Daoxu said expressionlessly: "What I do is my business, you just have to say it." ”

"Yes. Li Daoshi lowered his hand and responded, "It is said that it is the trend of the times, then it is not necessarily, after all, there is also a Confucian sect involved in the middle, and the people of Confucianism will not agree to the unification of Taoism, whether it is Li Xuandu or Zhang Jingxiu, they are also afraid of Confucianism, if the senior brother does not agree to the peace discussion, they will offend Confucianism, and they will not be able to start a war with us, but we can take this opportunity to befriend Confucianism, get the support of Confucianism, and even use the power of Confucianism to eliminate Zhang Jingxiu." However, there are drawbacks to this......"

Li Daoxu said: "The disadvantage is that if the Daomen is not unified for a day, it will not be the opponent of Confucianism for a day, even if we can take this opportunity to make friends with Confucianism, but in the final analysis, it is a kneeling friendship, and life and death, honor and disgrace are still in the hands of Confucianism." What if Zhang Jingxiu is destroyed? It's not that the mussels and cranes are fighting each other, and the fishermen are profiting, in a word, this is the divisive strategy of the Confucian sect. ”

Li Daoshi said: "Exactly. Now the people of Confucianism have figured it out, over the years, the Daomen has become more and more powerful, has threatened the Confucianism, how can life and death be in the hands of others, the people of Confucianism can't trust Zhang Jingxiu, but they can't trust us either, only if we and Zhang Jingxiu have become invalids, they are willing to give up. But they don't want to go to war directly with the Daomen, after all, it has been too peaceful for a long time, and they are sorry for their lives, so they want to divide and conquer, and then press step by step, as long as we retreat one step, we will retreat step by step, this is like a little bit of cutting flesh and bloodletting, and when we are forced to a desperate situation and want to fight hard, we find that we have no strength for a long time, so it will return to the previous situation where the Confucian family is dominant. ”

Li Daoxu sighed, "Cut five cities today, cut ten cities tomorrow, and then have to sleep peacefully." Looking at the four realms, and the Qin soldiers are at the top. However, the land of the princes is limited, and the desire of the tyrannical Qin is insatiable, and the worship is complicated, and the invasion is more urgent. Therefore, without a fight, the victory or defeat of the strong or weak has been decided. As for subversion, it makes sense. The ancients said: 'To do things with the land, it is still necessary to put out the fire with salary, and the salary is not exhausted, and the fire will not be extinguished.' That's right. ”

Daoist Li said loudly: "What Senior Brother said is extremely true. ”

Then the two fell silent

Middle.

Things in the world are always in a dilemma, not harmonious, it is Confucianism who benefits, and peace, and unwilling, after all, in this north-south dispute, it is Li Daoxu who has the advantage. Although after the peace discussion, it was Li Daoxu who benefited the most, but one of the three masters was still much worse than the big masters.

This decision needs to be made by Li Daoxu himself, which is also the main purpose of Li Xuandu to meet Li Daoxu.

Daoist Li looked at the silent senior brother, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Senior brother, there is one more thing ......"

Li Daoxu seemed to have expected it, and only replied with one word, "Say." ”

Seeing this scene, Daoist Li knew that the senior brother had already made a plan in his heart, and he no longer cared about anything, and said: "Shangguan Guan went to see the third lady, and the third lady met the sect master again, and the sect master sent someone to see me this afternoon. ”

Li Daoxu closed his eyes again, "Don't be so complicated, just say what conditions have been opened by the Confucian sect." ”

"Yes. Daoist Li suppressed the shock in his heart, "Senior brother's expectation is good, Shangguan Guan is coming to negotiate the conditions on behalf of the Confucian people, but she has not said the specific conditions, and she will not speak until she meets the senior brother." ”

Li Daoxu was silent.

Daoist Li didn't dare to speak rashly, so he could only follow the silence.

After about half a pillar of incense, Li Daoxu spoke: "You go and tell her, if she doesn't want to say it, then don't say it." Tomorrow I will meet my disciples, just to catch up on the old days, and at the same time to meet our Li family's daughter-in-law, and the day after tomorrow I will formally discuss peace with Zifu. ”

Li Daoshi's heart was shocked, and he already understood Li Daoxu's intentions, so he no longer shy away from it, "Those Confucian hermits are used to arrogance, it seems that the death of a Tiger Zen Master still can't make them wake up, they have to die a few more, they know that the world has changed now." Since it is a request for someone, there should be a look of asking for someone, and don't want to put on the shelf of a lobbyist. Senior Brother gave them a day to think about it, I think it was enough, but the sect master's side ......"

Li Dao said lightly: "What's wrong with Mingxin?

"The Sect Master has no such meaning. Daoist Li was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "It's just that the sect master is worried about the four ...... Zifu will be embarrassed by him, after all, senior brother, you also know that there is an old grudge between the third and fourth children, and they have not been resolved for so many years, and now Zifu is behind the Qin family, as well as Zhang Jingxiu and Bai Xiushang, as for the second gentleman, not to mention, Zifu is in power, and he is full of spirit, and Mingxin is worried that Zifu will take advantage of the reason for this peace meeting to find him. ”

Li Daoxu said: "If you want me to come forward to suppress the Purple Mansion, it's very simple, as long as it doesn't involve the family and the country, the Purple Mansion is still a filial son, willing to listen to my teachings, but I can take care of Mingxin for a while, but I can't take care of it for a lifetime." Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, don't be horses and cattle for your children and grandchildren. You go back and tell Mingxin that when Zifu left Qingwei Sect alone, he didn't have a master to rely on, but he achieved today's fame, he is a brother, do you want to admit that he is inferior to this brother, if he admits it, then immediately resign as the sect master, and then I will send him to Fenglan Prefecture, there is no great wealth and nobility, and there is still peace in my life. ”

Li Daoxu's tone was flat, but the content of his words was extremely harsh, and Li Daoshi did not dare to defend Li Yuanying, so he responded respectfully: "Yes." ”