Chapter 215 The difference between immortals and mortals
On the court side, everything has been normal recently.
The order to deal with the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Industry has been issued. Surprisingly, the Prime Minister accepted it without any refutation.
The courtiers in other departments originally wanted to resist, but seeing the Prime Minister's style, they all stopped.
"If you do this, you must have your intentions. We should not be impulsive."
"Master Ji and Master Si have dealt with it. The crime is corruption. There must be some inside story about what this immortal cultivator wants those aduwu to do."
"It's strange. Your Majesty stayed in Lanzhou alone, and everyone else came back. Do you want to have a backup plan?"
"The trend in the court has been very evil recently, and your attitude is ambiguous. It's better to be careful."
"With our support, Your Majesty has already taken an important step toward Mingjun. Why did you suddenly make such a confused decree?"
"It is said that the two adults from the Ministry of Industry offended Concubine De because of the renovation of Lanzhi Palace."
"Really? Is there such a thing? Why did I hear that there is a private relationship with the harem?"
Whenever the emperor makes any noise, the courtiers will naturally be considerate of their superiors and try to figure it out.
There are various theories. After all, what Ji Junen and Si Tingxuan did this time are all in the scroll of mountains and rivers, and others don’t know what happened.
In short, the matter is concluded like this.
In the capital, Tang Derun and his embroidery envoys frequently went out. Teams of people went in and out of Ji's Mansion and Si's Mansion, pulling carts of things back to the palace.
The common people were in another different situation.
"What happened? So many embroiderers?"
"You don't know? His Majesty led people to search the house again. This time it is said that it was two adults from the Ministry of Industry, and they ransacked everything."
"Master Ji and Master Si? These two have the merit of serving the dragon, and they have done many practical things that are beneficial to the people."
"Hey, it goes without saying that after the reunification, His Majesty became obsessed with the harem. If the harem gets involved in politics, what good results can it have?"
"Bah! Doesn't anyone take the lead in rebelling against this foolish king?"
"You can say these nonsense, and you will be beheaded. I heard that Your Majesty was arrested and executed because two adults embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from some projects in Lanzhou."
"In the past two years, many courtiers have confiscated their homes. Some people say that it is a waste of time and the heroes must be eliminated."
"I don't know how the history books will write it, we ordinary people just watch the excitement."
"Look, look, that institute is starting to transport large railways out again. I don't know what it is going to do."
"The emperor is fatuous, and all major affairs in the world depend on the virtuous ministers in the court. I will go back to burn incense and pray for the prosperity of the country and the peace of the people."
"Oh, how can this last long by wasting people and wasting money and relying on confiscating homes to replenish the national treasury?"
All kinds of rumors and barbaric rumors, coupled with the people who didn't know the truth, came down, and Xu Mochen's national destiny actually decreased a bit.
But Xu Mochen could no longer take care of this. He met with local immortal cultivators in Lanzhou.
Note that this is an interview!
The meeting place was a nearby temple, which was also dilapidated.
Xu Mochen sat calmly, with a group of immortal cultivators standing in front of him.
I glanced over and saw that these people were wearing colorful clothes with different styles. They were obviously not from the same sect.
"So," he took a sip of tea. This tea was provided by local immortal cultivators, but the taste was too bad, so he put it down casually, "You are not unified into the same sect."
The immortal cultivators looked at each other, no one dared to speak. After staying for a while, a middle-aged man stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Lanzhou is just a remote small state with a small number of mortals and low food production.
Various materials are in short supply, so we are all small sects."
Xu Mochen nodded, immortal cultivators rely on the human race, and this will not change no matter where they go.
"I thought that in desolate places, there would be many immortal cultivators from other realms, such as elves and monster realms." Xu Mochen waved his hand, and the maids waiting around him understood and turned around to retreat.
"Your Majesty, there is an immortal destiny
"Some are formed by condensing the essence of heaven and earth," the middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "Some are born from the relationship with the human race.
Lanzhou is not a magical place, and there are very few immortal connections with the essence of heaven and earth, so most of it depends on our relationship with the human race, and we get some."
To put it simply, it means poverty.
The people in Lanzhou are poor, and the cultivators are also very poor.
Therefore, the relationship between the human race and the immortal cultivators here is very peaceful, because there is no conflict of interest.
While they were talking, the palace maids came out one by one with plates and cups of tea on them, and Xu Mochen asked them to share them.
These palace maids were the immortal cultivators from the elf world who were originally recruited from Danzhou in the south. Their figures and looks were of course first-class, and the eyes of the local immortal cultivators were all wide-eyed.
After taking the tea and opening the tea lid, a refreshing fragrance and spiritual energy hit my face. The local immortal cultivators had never been treated so well before, and I almost cried.
"Good tea, this spiritual energy is really abundant, I will try to hit the realm tonight."
"I look forward to thanking Your Majesty for the reward."
Xu Mochen held the tea lid and rubbed the teacup: "I am the emperor of the human race, so logically I have nothing to do with you.
But I have always thought that since it is Daqian land, there are some things that I have seen and cannot bear.
If you ask about me, you will know clearly about my character. There are other states in the capital and the relationship with the Shifang World is very good..."
A group of cultivators sipped tea and listened to his nonsense.
The relationship with Shifang World is very good, and we will definitely live and die together.
"So," Xu Mochen said for a long time and then turned to the topic, "I plan to develop Lanzhou and develop Lanzhou into an important military industrial park. This will improve the living standards of the people to the greatest extent, so that the population will gradually increase.
Of course, if it develops well, there will definitely be people from other states moving here, so it won’t be a problem.”
Everyone looked at each other, and the middle-aged man said: "Your Majesty means..."
"Large-scale reconstruction and construction will inevitably involve your interests," Xu Mochen said as if I have already thought about it for you. "And I will also place some strangers in Lanzhou to build their cities.
These are things I want to do, so I came here to discuss them with you."
The silence of cultivators is not only related to interests, it is almost breaking the bones.
However, look at the maids behind the emperor, they are no less powerful than me.
I heard that there are other masters. When did this emperor summon so many immortal cultivators?
If they fight hard, they have no absolute chance of winning.
"We have heard about what your Majesty has done," the middle-aged man gritted his teeth, "We are not opposed to the rise and development of Lanzhou. In fact, that is also good for us.
However, we also have requirements, and His Majesty needs to consider our fundamental survival issues."
Xu Mochen smiled: "This is natural, and everything is born to exist.
You have become immortals, sensing the way of heaven, which is the existence recognized by heaven and earth and cannot be erased.
What I mean is that after all, there are differences between immortals and mortals, so everyone can just live a peaceful life.
As long as we don't interfere with each other, nothing is a problem."
The middle-aged man frowned: "Your Majesty, do you mean to isolate us from mortals?"
"It's a cognitive isolation in consciousness," Xu Mochen explained. "There is a difference between immortals and mortals. That's what I mean. It's not that you can't enter the mortal world, but you must be more cautious than before.
You can do good to others, but you can do evil to others. I will never tolerate it if I know it."
Xu Mochen means, in summary, you can be good immortals who exist in the dark and help protect the human race.
For some cultivators, this is an insult!
When immortals came in ancient times, they always had the status of immortal cultivators, superior to mortals.
The lowest level of the pyramid structure is mortal.
Now, Xu Mochen wants to turn this pyramid structure upside down.
Immortal cultivators can be at the top, but they have to hide deeper.
To put it bluntly, it becomes a kind of existence similar to belief in gods.
They can participate in the daily life of human beings, promote the development of society, and appear in various special roles.
This is the thinking of "there is a difference between immortals and mortals" that Xu Mochen gradually explored.
The immortal cultivators in Lanzhou were silent for a while and exchanged glances with each other. Finally, the middle-aged man asked: "So from now on, we will participate more secretly in everything human beings do, but we must never interfere. Is that what you mean?"
Xu Mochen nodded: "What I said is just an idea. You can understand the situation of Ningzhou Special Economic Zone and use it as a basis to implement it in Lanzhou."