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The Immortal Emperor came to be interested: "What do you mean?"

Li Changgeng's face was not red and his heart was not beating: "The wicked have their own wicked grinding, since Li Ye is a demon, then let him face the real demon." ”

The Immortal Emperor groaned, as if he was thinking.

Li Changgeng continued: "For thousands of years, the Immortal Court has ruled the Heaven and Earth Cultivators, and if the mortal monks want to ascend, they must be recognized by the Immortal Court. In addition to mortals, those creatures in the mountains, wilderness, lakes and rivers have been taken care of by heaven and earth, and they have practiced for thousands of years, and there are many who have cultivated to meet the standards of immortals. If Your Majesty can promise that after the matter is completed, they will be able to soar to become immortals and rank in the immortal class, presumably they will be willing to drive for Your Majesty. ”

The Tota Heavenly King's face changed, and he immediately spoke out to stop him: "This matter must not be allowed! Since ancient times, only Daomen monks can become immortals, and even if the mountain and field scattered cultivators are strong, they cannot be ranked in the immortal class. This is an iron law, and it is the most important means for the Immortal Court to maintain the orthodox status of the Dao Gate! If the Immortal Court allows these loose cultivators to become immortals, then wouldn't the orthodox status of the Dao Sect be in jeopardy in the future?"

The Immortal Emperor fell into a deep groan again.

Orthodox.

The weight of these two words is very important.

What is the most important thing in heaven and on earth?

Resource.

For monks, cultivation resources are the most important, and the elixir magic weapon Heaven and Earth Aura is the monk's life and future.

For ordinary people, resources are land, food, and possessions. Without these, man cannot survive. With more resources, people can live better. What is the basis for the distribution of resources? Who has the power? Why do officials have this kind of power? Because officials are officials of the imperial court. The imperial court is the orthodoxy of the world.

What is orthodoxy?

In the mortal world, the emperor rules the world, and the weapon in his hand is the official career. Talented people in the world, no matter how talented they are, must pass the assessment of the imperial court before they can become officials. And once he becomes an official, he has the power, the right to allocate resources, and becomes the ruling class. If your own status and strength rise, you will live better and become a noble person in the world.

If he has not passed the imperial court assessment, no matter how talented a scholar is, he cannot be an official and cannot grasp the right to allocate resources. The imperial court used the official selection system to control the career and the distribution of resources. This is orthodoxy.

The Immortal Court rules the monks of heaven and earth by controlling the way of monks becoming immortals. No matter how high your cultivation is, if you don't get the approval of the immortal court, you can't become an immortal, and you will inevitably disappear in the end. The immortal court selects immortals, only among the monks of the Daomen, and the Daomen is the private school, Taixue, and army of the immortal court, and it is the only channel for the immortal court to select monks. If you don't enter the Daomen and make meritorious contributions under the Daomen system, you can't become an immortal.

At present, the only way to select officials in the imperial court is to pay tribute, and the only way for the immortal court to select immortals is to make merits. By controlling the ascending path of scholars and monks, he can control the scholars and monks of the world, and maintain his orthodox status through the uniqueness of the ascending path.

Of course, outside of this path, the children of high-ranking officials can also become prominent through the shadows, which is the privilege of the ruling class. The ruling order is meant to serve the ruling class. I don't want to say that.

What if one day those who did not pass the imperial court's examination could also become officials? The legitimacy of the imperial court was challenged, and people no longer feared the imperial court, and the world would be in chaos.

The current general trend of the world at the end of the Tang Dynasty is like this. Those butchers, those heroes of the green forest, did not pass the assessment of the imperial court, gathered a group of people, occupied the state and county, and the imperial court was forced by the current situation to recognize their status and make them officials. In this way, the only way to promote status is broken, and the orthodoxy of the imperial court will be questioned.

The people of the world no longer fear the court, so the heroes rose together, the world was in chaos, and the Central Plains were chased. Whoever is strong and strong will become an emperor. At this time, strength is the only reliance on identity promotion. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he ruled the world and rebuilt the only way for the imperial court to evaluate and select talents-whether it was a tribute examination or a imperial examination, or meritorious service to the imperial court, to maintain the legitimacy of the imperial court.

Since ancient times, this ranking has not changed, why is the status of scholars so high, and why have the emperors of the world always belittled businessmen? For thousands of years, countless outstanding people and countless people with lofty ideals really can't see the role of businessmen in the country? Why do they still have to emphasize agriculture and suppress business?

The reason is very simple, when the merchants make money, they have more resources, but they are not directly controlled by the imperial court. Only scholars, only scholars who become officials, are the minions of the imperial court to rule the world, and they are the basis for maintaining the orthodox status of the imperial court.

In the eyes of the imperial court, only they are entitled to have more resources and have the power to allocate resources.

Suppressing merchants is an inevitable choice for the emperor to rule the world, maintain the ruling order, and maintain his orthodox status.

The Immortal Court is the Immortal Court of the Dao Gate, and it has never recognized the status of loose cultivators and does not allow them to become immortals.

Because Sanxiu is not a disciple of the Daomen, and has not made merits for the Daomen, no matter how strong the monk is, he will eventually be wiped out. These casual cultivators may have done good deeds for the people and made merits for the people, but they are useless, and making meritorious contributions to the people is not the same as making meritorious contributions to the Tao. Just like making meritorious service for the common people, it is not the same as making meritorious service to the imperial court.

But now, Li Changgeng actually said that if he wants to let those loose cultivators have a chance to become immortals, this will be a big challenge to the orthodox status of the Daomen, no wonder King Tota disagrees.

Li Changgeng was not arrogant or impatient, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, and listen to me." If you don't make meritorious service to the imperial court, you can't be an official, you can't make meritorious service to the Daomen Immortal Court, and you can't become an immortal. At present, this is an extraordinary period, there is no need to be rigid in employing people, those casual cultivators, as long as they can deal with Li Ye, even if they have made meritorious contributions to the Immortal Court, and let them have the opportunity to become immortals, it is naturally natural. This did not jeopardize the orthodox status of the Immortal Court Daomen. ”

King Tota still disagreed, and he said angrily: "These loose cultivators have always refused to obey discipline, have not entered the Dao Sect to cultivate, and have not been educated by the Dao Sect, they are lowly and vulgar barbarians, and they cannot be allowed to become immortals!"

Li Changgeng shook his head and said: "The world says that if you learn and excel, you will be a scholar, and it is said that if you learn literature and martial arts, you will be in the emperor's house." What a straightforward truth. Emperors and courts rule the world, and no matter how capable they are, if they don't become officials, they won't get status and wealth. ”

"Those scattered cultivators in the mountains and wilderness, of course, do not obey the control, but if they don't obey, we don't care? Heaven and earth are all places ruled by the Immortal Court. Now, it is also time to let those casual cultivators know that they have achieved success in cultivation, and serving the Immortal Court is the only way out!"

King Tota was not convinced, and he hugged his fist to the Immortal Emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks ......"

"Okay, just do what Chang Gung said. The Immortal Emperor made up his mind, "Right now, there is a fierce battle in the Immortal Domain, and the gods of all directions want to occupy the Immortal Court, and the Immortal Court is at the time of employing people. It is also necessary to absorb these scattered cultivators to the Immortal Court and enrich the combat power of the Immortal Court. Chang Gung, you will preside over this matter. ”

The white-robed immortal official bowed and promised.

......

After exterminating Li Changyan, Li Yan stayed in Chencang for two days, on the one hand, to solve the remaining problem of Fengxiang's army, and on the other hand, to wait for the Pinglu army to arrive. A few days later, under the escort of the Pinglu army, Li Ye and Li Yan took the same car and returned to Chang'an.

With the Son of Heaven, the significance of this honor is naturally self-evident.

When Li Yan returned to Chang'an, the feudal army stationed outside Chang'an, including Li Keyong's Yanmen army and Wang Chongrong's Hezhong army, were all lined up to greet him, and countless civil and military officials were waiting thirty miles outside the city.

In the days that followed, it was to investigate the work of quelling the chaos and reward the ministers, which was really lackluster in addition to being busy.

Li Ye's identity as the first hero of the pacification of the chaos is beyond doubt, and Li Yan also took him along to evaluate the merits of the world's feudal towns. For many days, Li Ye went in and out of the palace during the day, very busy, and after returning to King An's mansion, he had to entertain an endless stream of visitors, which could be said to be not idle for a moment.

At present, the degree of the Anwang Mansion has exceeded that of the past, and even when Li Xian's power was at its peak, it could not be compared.

Officials at all levels and envoys from various feudal towns lined up to see King An. and piled up all the wealth he had scavenged in every possible way to Li Ye, not for money, on the one hand, in order to befriend him, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Li Ye could say a lot of good things for them and evaluate some military merits.

In this regard, Li Ye naturally refused all of them, and did not accept all the gifts. At first, he also selected some heavyweights to meet one or two, but later he was too busy and annoying, so he simply closed the door.

He has made great achievements in pouring the sky, but he also has to restrain his momentum and make friends with officials and envoys, which is inevitably feared by the Son of Heaven. Although Li Yan didn't think about it, Li Ye was unwilling to give people a handle and give Tian Lingzi and those people the truth to attack him.

In this way, the evaluation of military merits has been completed one after another, and countless people have been promoted to knighthood.

Zhu Wen served as the envoy of the Xuanwu Festival, Li Keyong served as the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and was named the king of the county, and Wang Chongrong also got the title of Tongping Zhangshi. Li Maozhen succeeded Li Changyan and became the envoy of Fengxiang Festival, and Wang Jian was transferred to the Shence Army. Gao Biao has not been canonized for the time being because the war in Chenzhou has not stopped, but the position of the Huainan Jiedu envoy will be firmly seated.

Li Ye, as the first meritorious minister, naturally got the most benefits.

Wenjia Shangling. Shang Shuling, since this dynasty, only one person has held this position, and that is Taizong Li Shimin. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, this position has been vacant.

Wu Feng all the soldiers and horses in the world are unified. Li Yan made it clear at the court meeting that Li Ye had the power to inquire about the political affairs of the Kwantung region, and the military affairs of the world were all in Li Ye's office.

In this way, Li Ye became the first person worthy of the name in military and political affairs among the courtiers. In particular, the power of the military is so great that it can already be compared with the Son of Heaven. The former Li Xian is not as powerful as Li Ye's current position.

With these powers, Li Ye does not talk about mobilizing the world's soldiers and horses, at least wherever there is a war, he can ask about it. For example, if two feudal towns are at war, and his mediation fails, he can directly send troops.

As a result, there were rumors in the market again.

It is said that Xuanzong gave Li Xian the sword of the Son of Heaven with the intention of passing on the throne to him, so now Li Yan has crowned Li Ye as Shangshu Ling, but I am afraid that it also has this meaning.

When Li Ye heard such rumors, he naturally didn't react, this is something he experienced before he was reborn, so it is not surprising.

But after Tian Lingzi heard this rumor, he was restless day and night. These days, what is Li Yan's attitude towards Li Ye, Tian Lingzi can see it clearly, and it is not good to say that Li Yan will really pass on the throne to Li Ye, so how will he Tian Lingzi deal with it at that time?

Tian Lingzi was anxious and hesitant, but after a few days, he finally decided to take a risk.

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