Section 240 Rebellion
Heaven has never been a monolith.
In fact, today's Emperor Zhang Yu is not the first Emperor of Heaven, but should be considered the second. As for the first Lord of Heaven, it is obviously the Nuwa who established the Heavenly Court back then. It is precisely for this reason that everyone in the Heavenly Court is willing to call him Emperor Wa.
Many of the heavenly officials in the Heavenly Court were actually enthroned by Nuwa. The time they entered the Heavenly Court was actually far before Emperor Zhang. In other words, they were originally Nuwa's ministers, not Jade Emperor's ministers.
As the saying goes, when the emperor and the ministers are not the same as him, the Jade Emperor's heart is naturally extremely awkward, but after all, he is a backward and has unstable foundation, but he has to endure it himself.
As time passed, the Jade Emperor's power became stronger and stronger, and his dissatisfaction became stronger and stronger. After all, as the lord of the Three Realms, he could not rule the three realms as he pleased. There were always people around him to persuade him, and even reject his imperial edict. No one would avoid resentment. When this resentment became deeper and deeper, he finally made up his mind to kill these people who hindered his supreme power.
What everyone knows about is a scene. He used various reasons to trick these old ministers into the secrets of heaven and turned them into the nourishment of the heavenly court. At the same time, he also vigorously cultivated the forces of trust. He even reformed his official positions and established new positions of the Three Pure Land, Four Imperial and Nine Stars, and placed his confidants one by one in key departments. Only then did he gather most of the power of the heavenly court into his own hands.
From this we can see that the fundamental forces of the Heavenly Court actually consist of three types.
The first category is the official positions enthroned by ancient Nuwa, such as the dead head of the Ministry of Personnel, Houyi, the still alive Tianlao Star Lord, the broom Star Lord, etc. Most of these types, whether they live or die, have been excluded from the core of power.
The second type is people who are born in Taoist disciples, such as Taiyi Saved the Ku Tianzun, the God of Wealth Zhao Gongming and others. Obviously, although this type has a good status, it is difficult to grasp real power and cannot be regarded as a confidant of the Jade Emperor.
The third category is the talents promoted by the Jade Emperor, such as the Barefoot Immortal, the King of Tota, the Queen Mother of the West, and some small officials such as Jin Xiu and Sun Wukong. Regardless of their official positions, they often hold some of the most critical powers in the heaven.
Of course, during this long period of time, small circles like Yang Jian and Dongtian appeared, which can actually be attributed to the third category. However, after being valued by the Jade Emperor, they gradually escaped from the control of the Jade Emperor, and in the end, without exception, they all became losers in the Game of Thrones.
Among all the heavenly officials, one of them is actually the most special one, that is, they were officials enthroned by Nuwa, but they were very sensible. They turned their loyalty to the Jade Emperor early on, and they naturally became the most powerful group of people in the heavenly court, such as Taibai Jinxing and Yinglei Tianzun, which are the representative figures.
However, what will happen when these people know that their former colleagues were actually murdered by the Jade Emperor? This question is obviously what the Jade Emperor is about to face.
It turned out that after Yun Xiang informed Taiyin Star Lord about this, Taiyin Star Lord had already developed a rebellious heart. As the first wife of Houyi, the great marshal of the military and horse, he had already contacted many of Houyi's old subordinates and spread the news, which made these Nuwa's remains feel dissatisfied. After all, no one knew whether he would be the next person to be killed by the Jade Emperor.
Faced with the reproach of Lei Tianzun, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but feel panicked, speechless, and unable to speak for a long time. In this way, the ministers understood that the rumors were probably not groundless, and the ministers died at the hands of the Jade Emperor. For a moment, everyone's eyes were like lightning, staring at the Jade Emperor, just wanting to see how he ended.
"Rareless!" Seeing that the Jade Emperor was intimidated by the aura of the ministers, Taibai Jinxing quickly stepped forward and scolded: "Wen Tianzun, do you still have the king's laws and regulations in your heart? The ministers you mentioned were all those who escaped from the Three Realms and whose whereabouts were unknown. What does it have to do with Your Majesty?"
Ying Lei Tianzun was not showing weakness and said coldly: "Li Taibai, you and Jiang Shang were friends for ages back then. If he hadn't recommended him fully, how could you have today? Could it be that you wouldn't want to know what ended up?" Speaking of this, he paused and said slowly: "Or, you actually have you participated in these bloody cases?"
Taibai Jinxing's expression changed drastically and said hurriedly: "All nonsense is talking. Since Lord Jiang left, the immortal talisman has been under the control of this official. I have carefully investigated everyone's whereabouts. Their final whereabouts are originally outside the Three Realms. You said that they were harmed by Your Majesty, so what is the real evidence?"
Pa, Pa, Pa, suddenly there was a laugh of laughter from the hall. There was no doubt that the only one who could laugh at this time was the demon Yun Xiang. He only heard him laugh: "It's wonderful, it's so exciting. It's really not a waste of time to see such a good show today."
After saying that, he gave Taibai Jinxing a thumbs up and said, "Especially you, Taibai Jinxing, really opened Yun's eyes. Wen Tianzun just asked the whereabouts of those missing people. Which ear did you hear him say that these people were all harmed by the Jade Emperor? It's so interesting that it's so interesting."
When everyone reminded him, they all looked at Taibai Jinxing with anger, waiting for him to explain.
Taibai Jinxing was also shocked and hurriedly said, "Shut up, I am just making a brief inference. When they questioned Your Majesty like this, they clearly suspected that the person was harmed by Your Majesty, but I can guarantee that people did die outside the Three Realms."
"Li Taibai, I think it's you who should shut up?" An old voice came from the gate. It was the long-lost Ma Lao Xingjun and the Tianlao Xingjun. I saw that Ma Lao Xingjun, who was the most kind on weekdays, was full of resentment and said slowly: "For the past few years, the old woman has left the Heavenly Court for more than a month every year. Do you know, where did I go?"
Taibai Jinxing frowned and said, "Dirty woman, I am a scattered person every day, how can I take care of you wherever you go?"
Ma Lao Xingjun sneered, "I'm not afraid to tell you that the old woman was inspired by Yun Xiang a few years ago. She would go to explore outside the Three Realms every year, and met many cultivators outside the Three Realms, but she had never heard of a powerful person in the Three Realms dying outside. Just imagine, even the old woman's cultivation level can come and go for nearly a hundred years. With my old man's ability to die, who would kill him?"
Taibai Jinxing said in surprise: "Dirty woman, how dare you escape from the three realms privately? Do you know that it is a great sin of the Heavenly Order?"
Ma Lao Xingjun didn't want to pay attention to him and just continued, "Everyone was clearly deceived by the Jade Emperor as a sacrifice to heaven, and you must be the accomplice!" As he spoke, Ma Lao Xingjun had already arrived in front of Taibai Jinxing, pointed at him and scolded him, and saliva was almost sprayed on the other person's face.
At this time, Taibai Jinxing was no longer as elegant as before. His face turned red and he shouted angrily: "Old guy, are you trying to die?" As he spoke, a golden light appeared in his hand, falling towards the old Ma Xingjun who was close to him.
Chapter completed!