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Ji Haodian had great trust in Su Xin. This trust started when Su Xin captured the Human Emperor Sword for him in the Kunlun Secret Realm.
Although Dazhou has now established a country and its own foundation is considered stable, and strong men such as Tie Ao from Liumen and Lin Zongyue from the military are also in their prime, this does not mean that Dazhou does not need a new generation.
power, so Su Xin is the new generation of heroes that Ji Haodian plans to cultivate vigorously.
It's just training, but Ji Haodian will not allow Su Xin to mess around.
Although on the surface there is no problem with Su Xin's plan, what if Tantric loses?
So Ji Haodian asked directly: "What should you do if the Tantric Sect loses? Several calculations have failed, and the Shaolin Temple has taken an advantage."
Looking at Ji Haodian, Su Xin sneered in his heart.
His Majesty the Human Emperor is actually very selfish, as you can tell by his attitude towards his sons.
He would rather choose an obedient son than a capable son, just because he is still sitting on the dragon throne.
In fact, whether the Xijiang Tantric Sect wins or loses has nothing to do with him. However, according to the bet, the Xijiang Tantric Sect will withdraw from the Central Plains. In this case, who will help Ji Haodian study the secret of the white jade slab?
Now the strong men of the Western Xinjiang Esoteric Sect have proven that they are indeed capable of helping Ji Haodian research the secret of the white jade slab, so even if they use each other, Ji Haodian is still reluctant to let them go.
Su Xin smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry about this. We will not violate the content of the bet. The Tantric Sect of Western Xinjiang will withdraw from the Central Plains, but we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, can also go to Western Xinjiang to recruit monks and become the state religion of our Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Looking at Ji Haodian, Su Xin said slowly: "Your Majesty, the Tantric Sect is only cooperating with us now, and both parties are actually on an equal footing.
But if Tantric Buddhism is defeated by Shaolin Temple, then they will be able to feel how big the gap is between themselves and Shaolin Temple. At that time, we will not tell them that they will find another way.
At this time, if we take action to recruit it as the state religion, it will not be cooperation between the two parties. The Tantra must surrender to me, Dazhou, otherwise they will lose even the last hope of counterattacking the Shaolin Temple and fighting for the orthodoxy."
Ji Haodian's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard Su Xin's words. This was something he didn't expect.
The state religions consecrated by the dynasties in the Central Plains have always been extremely powerful. Even if the dynasty wants peace in the world, it must join forces with it, so as to ensure peace in the world.
After the first dynasty, both Taoism and Buddhism served as the state religion of a certain dynasty, and that was when they were the most powerful.
Therefore, later generations have entered into a misunderstanding. As long as any dynasty canonizes the state religion, it must be the result of a compromise caused by the power of the sect being equal to the power of the dynasty. A dynasty without a state religion is the truly powerful existence.
Now that Su Xin said this, Ji Haodian realized why he had to make these sects the state religion when they were strong, but not when they were weaker?
The current great Zhou Dynasty can have such a strong scene because of Ji Haodian's delegation of power.
But he did not delegate power randomly, otherwise the Great Zhou would have split long ago. What Ji Haodian did was just turn the Great Zhou into a group of interests. Everyone is not fighting for you, Ji Haodian, but for the Great Zhou.
Fight for your own interests.
The six doors have the interests of the six doors, and the military also has military interests. The Royal Enshrinement Hall naturally has the interests of the Royal Enshrinement Hall.
At this time, if anyone dares to provoke Da Zhou, he is provoking everyone's interests, so everyone will take action with all their strength without any scruples.
This is the case with Su Xin now. With the help of Da Zhou, at least there are very few forces that dare to provoke him openly. Even his subordinates are actually here because of his powerful status.
Even now Su Xin can guarantee that as long as he dares to reveal his identity as an underworld and openly rebel against Zhou, it would be good if one-tenth of his subordinates can continue to be loyal to him.
Therefore, even Su Xin himself is a member of this combination of interests, and he will naturally safeguard the interests of Zhou Dynasty when necessary.
And with the characteristics of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there is no problem at all in turning the Western Xinjiang Esoteric Buddhism into the state religion of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Anyway, there are already so many interest groups in Dazhou, so adding another Xijiang Tantric Sect is nothing.
Although there is one more food grabber, with the addition of the Western Xinjiang Esoteric Sect, their power in Dazhou is stronger, and they can naturally lay more foundations, so they will not suffer any loss at all.
Ji Haodian looked at Su Xin with eyes filled with admiration.
In fact, what Ji Haodian admired most about Su Xin was not his strength but Su Xin's methods.
After all, the most indispensable thing in the Great Zhou Dynasty is the strong. There are not many people in the Yangshen realm in the Royal Enshrinement Hall, but there are definitely a lot of them. Among them, there is even Zhao Wunian of the Zhenwu realm, and Su Xin is not short of an existence of the Fusion of God realm.
Ji Haodian was impressed by Su Xin's unconstrained style of acting. Some seemingly impossible plans were able to run normally in Su Xin's hands. This was also a skill.
Anyway, no matter what it is, as long as Su Xin has the ability, it will be fine.
However, Ji Haodian still looked at Su Xin with a half-smile but said: "Your strategy is definitely good, but you are just playing a word game with the Shaolin Temple.
Everyone in the world says that you, Su Xin, are true to your word, so aren't you afraid that your reputation will be ruined in the world from now on? Even the Shaolin Temple will hate you to the core."
Su Xin smiled indifferently: "Reputation doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, as long as it spreads far enough and is strong enough.
As for whether the Shaolin Temple will hate me to the core, I’m really not worried about that.
If Shaolin Temple wants to hate me to the core, then they can hate me to the core. Anyway, they don’t dare to go directly into Shengjing City to demand justice from me.
And literally speaking, this is not wrong. The Western Xinjiang Tantric Sect has indeed never set foot in the Central Plains. The people recruited by His Majesty now are all members of the state religion of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but they were originally from the Tantric Sect.
Besides, there is no Tantra now, only the state religion of Zhou Dynasty!"
Ji Haodian nodded with satisfaction after hearing Su Xin's words. Su Xin completed the last plan, which even involved himself, so Ji Haodian was very relieved about Su Xin.
But then Ji Haodian suddenly said: "Su Xin, actually your plan is the most beneficial to you, right?
If the Tantric people win, you can get the secret skills of the Shaolin Temple.
But the people of Shaolin Temple won, and the Tantrics returned to Western Xinjiang in disgrace. In the end, even if they became the state religion, they would not dare to be so arrogant, and you no longer have to worry about managing it. In this way, no matter who wins or loses in this bet, you
Su Xin is the one who ultimately profits."
Although Ji Haodian believed in Su Xin and was also prepared to train Su Xin, he still had to find an opportunity to give Su Xin a beating.
Otherwise, he would worry that one day Su Xin would really become so big that he would dare to plot against himself, the emperor. This kind of thing would never be allowed by Ji Haodian.
However, Su Xin's expression remained unchanged at this time and said: "Your Majesty, although I have some selfish motives, no matter how I calculate, it is still for the sake of Da Zhou. Da Zhou will benefit. As long as I can follow you and take a sip of soup, it will be enough."
Already."
Ji Haodian nodded with satisfaction. Putting aside the truth of what he said, his attitude was very upright.
Anyway, no matter what Su Xin's plan is, as long as it can benefit him, Ji Haodian, and Da Zhou, it is enough.
"Tang Xian, hereby declares that I cannot personally act as the middleman between the two factions, so I have entrusted Shenwei General Lin Zongyue and my imperial uncle Ji Xuanyuan to act as the middleman in this bet on my behalf.
Tang Xian's writing was as fast as flying. After Ji Haodian had just finished speaking, he had already finished writing the imperial edict.
After Ji Haodian put his seal on it, he said to Tang Xian, "Just follow Su Xin. Then you can write down the entire process of this battle and tell me."
Tang Xian saluted and said: "Old slave, please obey your orders."
With the imperial edict in hand, Tang Xian followed him out of the palace and asked Lin Zongyue and Ji Xuanyuan to come with them.
On the way, Tang Xian smiled at Su Xin and said, "Master Su, you are very capable. In the blink of an eye, you have tricked the Shaolin Temple and the Tantric Sect. I guess they won't even have the heart to cry later."
Su Xin shook his head and said: "Eunuch Tang's words are wrong. Although I plotted against them, it is also because the Western Xinjiang Esoteric Sect and Shaolin Temple have a life-and-death feud. I am just a little behind.
It just added fuel to the flames.”
Tang Xian secretly curled his lips when he heard Su Xin's words, adding fuel to the flames? You obviously don't think they died fast enough!
It's just that Tang Xian didn't say this. Now Su Xin is no longer the Su Xin who came to visit him and wanted to impress him and make friends with Tang Xian.
Now Su Xin is a hot new talent in the imperial court, a popular person in His Majesty's eyes. Even though Tang Xian felt a little uncomfortable with Su Xin in his heart, he could only treat him in a different way.
"Master Su, speaking of which, our family would like to thank you very much. If it hadn't been for the suggestions you made in Shengjing City, our family's strength might not have been preserved." Tang Xian cupped his hands at Su Xin.
With so much power in Shengjing City, the presence of the masters in Tang Xian's hands was relatively low, so much so that even Ji Haodian despised those powers and even had thoughts of abolishing them.
Later, it was Su Xin who suggested that Tang Xian take the initiative and not let his group of people just eat for free, and this was how he saved the power in his hands.
Otherwise, no matter how sharp the knife is, it is just a piece of scrap metal if it does not come out of the sheath.
The most important thing is that the incident in the Kunlun Secret Realm caused all the princes to lose power, which also made Tang Xian breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, given his status, if the new emperor takes office, he is very likely to be purged.
So from this point of view, he still has to thank Su Xin.
However, Su Xin knew that this old eunuch was not a good person. He did not belong to any faction in the court. He only relied on the emperor to consider his own interests.
Regardless of whether they were allies before or something else, if he really hindered the old eunuch's interests, he would definitely stab him mercilessly.