The Immortal Emperor was intrigued: "What do you mean?"

Li Changgeng's face was not blushing, his heart was not beating: "Evil people will be beaten by evil people. Since Li Ye is a monster, then let him face the real monster."

The Immortal Emperor pondered, as if he was thinking.

Li Changgeng continued: "For thousands of years, the immortal court ruled the monks of heaven and earth. If the monks in the mortal world want to ascend, they must be recognized by the immortal court. In addition to the mortals, the creatures in the mountains, wild and lakes have received the review of heaven and earth, and have been practicing for thousands of years, and their cultivation has reached the standards of immortals. If Your Majesty can promise that they can ascend to become immortals after they are accomplished and be in the immortal class, they must be willing to drive His Majesty."

The King of Tota's face changed and immediately stopped him: "This matter must not be done! Since ancient times, only Taoist cultivators can become immortals. Even if the cultivation level of the mountain and wild cultivators are strong, they cannot be ranked in the immortal class. This is an iron rule, and it is also the most important means for the Immortal Court to maintain the orthodox status of the Taoist sect! If the Immortal Court makes these casual cultivators become immortals, then the orthodox status of the Taoist sect will be in danger in the future?"

The Immortal Emperor fell into deep thoughts again.

orthodox.

The weight of these two words is as heavy as ten thousand pounds.

What is the most important thing in heaven and earth?

resource.

For monks, cultivation resources are the most important. The elixirs, magic weapons, heaven and earth spiritual energy is the future of the monks' lives.

For ordinary people, resources are land, food, and property. Without these, people cannot survive. If they master more resources, they can live better. What is the distribution of resources? Power. Who has power? Why do officials and officials have such power? Because officials are officials of the court. The court is the orthodox world.

What is orthodoxy? Rule the world with justification.

In the mortal world, the powerful weapon that the emperor ruled the world and controlled by the government is the career of officials. Talented men in the world, no matter how talented and learned, must pass the court's assessment in order to become officials. Once they become officials, they will have power, control the power of resource allocation, and become the ruling class. Their status and strength will rise, and they will live a better life and become nobles on earth.

If a scholar who has not passed the imperial examination, no matter how talented he is, he will not be an official, and he will not be able to control the power of resource allocation. The imperial court uses the official selection system to control the career and resource allocation. This is the orthodoxy.

The Immortal Court ruled the monks of heaven and earth by controlling the way of monks becoming immortals. No matter how high your cultivation level is, you cannot become an immortal without being recognized by the Immortal Court, and you will inevitably be destroyed in the end. The selection of immortals in the Immortal Court is only among Taoist monks. The Taoist Sect is the private school, the Immortal School, and the army of the Immortal Court is the only channel for the Immortal Court to select monks. If you do not enter the Taoist Sect and do not make contributions under the Taoist system, you cannot become an immortal.

At present, the only way to select officials in the court is to tribute and the only way to select immortals in the immortal court is to choose Taoist merits. By controlling the ascension of scholars and monks, we can control the scholars and monks in the world, and maintain our orthodox status through the uniqueness of the ascension of the ascension.

Of course, in addition to this path, the children of high-ranking officials can also become officials through Mengyin, which is the privilege of the ruling class. The ruling order is originally to serve the ruling class. Let’s not talk about this for now.

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

This is the current situation in the world at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Those butchers and green forest heroes did not pass the court's assessment and gathered a group of people and occupied the prefectures and counties. The court was forced to recognize their status and grant them official positions due to the current situation. In this way, the only way to promote identity is broken and the orthodox court will be questioned.

People in the world no longer respect the court, so heroes emerged, and the world was in chaos and they fought for the Central Plains. Whoever has strong strength will be strong soldiers and horses will become an emperor. At this time, strength is the only reliance for status promotion. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he ruled the world and rebuilded the court to assess talents and select talents - whether it is the tribute examination or the imperial examination, or to make meritorious service for the court, to maintain the orthodox status of the court.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have never changed since ancient times. Why are scholars so high? Why have the emperors on earth always belittled merchants? For thousands of years, countless outstanding people and countless ambitious people, can’t they really see the role of merchants in the country? Why do they still have to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce?

It is a very simple truth. When merchants make money, they have more resources, but they are not directly controlled by the court. Only scholars, only scholars who become officials, are the minions of the court's rule over the world and are the support for maintaining the orthodox status of the court.

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

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

The Immortal Court is the Immortal Court of the Taoist Sect. It has never recognized the status of casual cultivators and prevented them from becoming immortals.

Because the casual cultivator is not a disciple of the Taoist sect, he has not made merits for the Taoist sect, even the strongest cultivator 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. Making merits for the people does not mean making merits for the Taoist sect. Just as making merits for the people does not mean making merits for the court.

But now, Li Changgeng actually said that if those casual cultivators have the opportunity to become immortals, the challenge for the orthodox status of the Taoist sect is great. No wonder the King of Tota disagreed.

Li Changgeng was not arrogant or impatient, and smiled and said, "Don't be angry, please listen to me finish my words. If you have not made meritorious service for the court, you cannot be an official, if you have made meritorious service for the Taoist Immortal Court, you cannot become an immortal. Now is an extraordinary period, and you don't have to be obsessed with people. As long as those casual cultivators can deal with Li Ye, even if they have made merit for the Immortal Court and give them the opportunity to become immortals, it is naturally a matter of course. This does not endanger the orthodox status of the Immortal Court Taoist Sect."

The Heavenly King Tota still disagreed. He said indignantly: "These casual cultivators have never been subject to discipline, have not entered the Taoist practice, have not been educated by Taoist sects, are just lowly and vulgar barbarians, and they cannot become immortals!"

Li Changgeng shook his head and said, "The world says that if you study well, you will be an official. He also said that you will learn civil and military skills and make money from the imperial family. What a simple and straightforward truth. The emperor and the court rule the world. No matter how capable people are, they will not be able to obtain status and wealth if they do not become officials."

"Those wandering cultivators in the mountains and fields do not accept the control, but if they do not accept it, we will not care. The heaven and earth are all the places ruled by the immortal court. The so-called "all under the heavens are the king's land, and the shores of the earth are the king's ministers! Now, it is time for those wandering cultivators to know that their cultivation has been successful and the only way out is to serve the immortal court!"

The King of Tota was dissatisfied, so he clasped his fists to the Immortal Emperor: "Your Majesty, I think..."

"Okay, let's do what Chang Geng said." The Immortal Emperor made up his mind, "At the moment when the fairy realm is fiercely fighting, the gods from all directions want to occupy the Immortal Court. The Immortal Court is at the time of employment. It is also necessary to absorb these scattered cultivators to enrich the combat power of the Immortal Court. Chang Geng, you can preside over this matter."

The fairy official in white robe bowed to his promise.

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After extermination of Li Changyan, Li Yan stayed in Chencang for two days. On the one hand, it was to solve the residual problems of Fengxiang Army, and on the other hand, it was to wait for the Pinglu Army to arrive. A few days later, under the escort of Pinglu Army, Li Ye and Li Yan took the same car to return to Chang'an.

The significance of riding with the emperor is naturally self-evident.

When Li Yan returned to Chang'an, the vassal troops stationed outside Chang'an City, including Li Keyong's Yanmen Army and Wang Chongrong's Hezhong Army, all lined up to greet each other, and countless civil and military officials were waiting thirty miles outside the city.

The days that followed were to determine the achievements of quelling the rebellion and reward the ministers. Apart from being busy, they were really not good enough.

Li Ye’s identity as the chief minister of quelling the rebellion is no doubt. Li Yan also took him together to evaluate the merits of the vassal states in the world. For many days, Li Ye has been busy in the palace in the sun. After returning to Prince An’s mansion, he still has to enter and host a steady stream of visitors, which is not idle for a moment.

At present, the extent of the An Prince's Mansion being crowded has exceeded that of any previous time, and even Li Xian's power was at its peak, it could not be compared with it.

Officials at all levels and military governors of various vassal states lined up to see King An. They also piled up all the wealth they had plundered and didn't have money to Li Ye. On the one hand, they were to make good friends with him, and on the other hand, they also hoped that Li Ye could speak more beautifully for them and comment on their military achievements.

Li Ye naturally refused all the gifts and did not accept them. At first, he chose some heavyweights and met them. Later, he was too busy and annoyed, so he simply closed the door to thank the guests.

He made great contributions to the sky, and had to restrain his momentum and make friends with officials and governors. He was inevitably afraid of the emperor. Even though Li Yan did not care, Li Ye was unwilling to give people a handle and give Tian Lingzi the verbal criticism of his words.

In this way, the military merit assessment was completed one after another, and countless people promoted their positions.

Zhu Wen served as the governor of Xuanwu, Li Keyong served as the governor of Hedong, and was named the prince of the county, and Wang Chongrong also received the title of Tongpingzhangshi. Li Maozhen replaced Li Changyan and became the governor of Fengxiang, and Wang Jian was transferred to the Shence Army. Gao Pian was not yet enthroned because the war in Chenzhou had not stopped, but the position of governor of Huainan was firmly held.

As the chief minister, Li Ye naturally got the most benefits.

Wen Jia Shangshu Ling. Shangshu Ling. Since this dynasty, only one person has served this position, that is, Taizong Li Shimin. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, this position has been empty.

Wu conferred the commander of the military and horses in the world. Li Yan clearly stated at the court meeting that Guandong political affairs and Li Ye have the power to inquire about it, and that the military affairs in the world are all under the control of Li Ye.

In this way, Li Ye became the veritable military and political leader among his ministers. Especially his military power was so great that he could be compared with the emperor. Li Xian of the past could not match Li Ye's current power.

With these powers, Li Ye could not talk about mobilizing the world's troops, at least he could ask about any war. For example, if two vassal states were fighting, he could send troops directly without mediation.

As a result, rumors appeared in the market.

It is said that Xuanzong gave Li Xian the sword of Emperor Xian to him, and he intended to pass the throne to him. So now Li Yan has given Li Ye the title of Shangshu Ling, so I am afraid that this is the meaning.

When Li Ye heard such rumors, he naturally had no reaction. This was something he had experienced before he was reborn, so it was not surprising.

However, after hearing this rumors, Tian Lingzi was restless day and night. During these days, Tian Lingzi could see clearly how Li Yan was about Li Ye. It was hard to say that Li Yan would really pass the throne to Li Ye. Then how would Tian Lingzi do it?

Tian Lingzi was anxious and nervous, hesitant, and after a few days, he finally decided to take the risk.
Chapter completed!