This is an impeccable ceremony. For such a powerful empire, it has been preparing for several years. How could anything go wrong?
This ceremony was majestic and exquisite, both in terms of scene and details, it was perfect.
But there is one thing in it that makes people think it is worth pondering.
The gold-embroidered red robe, which symbolizes the status of the headmaster, and the lotus seal are two things that are supposed to be passed on to the new headmaster from the previous generation.
But this time, Mr. Xin inherited the position of headmaster, and it was the emperor who put a gold-embroidered red robe on him and handed him the lotus seal.
The rules for the succession of the Jade Emperor have not changed for more than two hundred years. It is the headmaster who crowns the new emperor with the Kowloon Golden Crown.
Now, it seems to be reversed, and it looks like Emperor Dayu is crowning the new generation of masters.
Careful people will know when they see this scene that from this moment on, in Dayu, the imperial power is determined to be supreme.
It is a custom for the emperor to be crowned from Shangyang Palace. It is not an easy task to abolish this custom.
Therefore, Mr. Xin will first inherit the position of the real person in charge of teaching, and then inherit the position of emperor.
In this way, Mr. Xin will become the first emperor since the founding of Dayu whose coronation ceremony was not completed by a real leader.
This game today is a big plan, a big plan for Dayu in the future.
For the past twenty years, the emperor has been working hard for this grand plan every day. Today, Shangyang Palace has been weakened and has become settled. The emperor no longer needs to care whether it is only the crowning of Shangyang that can be called orthodoxy.
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Everyone who saw this scene had mixed feelings in their hearts.
No matter whether they were opponents or ministers, they had to fear the emperor.
Dayu has been around for more than two hundred years, but today it is only today that it has been able to do this.
After twenty years of struggle, he first suppressed the powerful ministers until they could not lift their heads, and then knocked Shangyang Palace down from the clouds into the mortal world.
For such an emperor, if given another twenty years, he might have brought the imperial power to an unprecedented height.
Even the real person in charge was chosen by the emperor, and the imperial power was superior to anyone else, and it was truly realized.
Not only did the emperor personally preside over the succession ceremony of the new leader, he also presided over the abdication ceremony of the old leader in a more grand manner.
In front of all the civil and military officials and countless people, the emperor bowed to the old master and saluted.
In a daze, what people saw was not an emperor bidding farewell to his former pillar, but a disciple bidding farewell to his mentor.
Back then, there was no real leader who broke the rules and stood firmly by the emperor's side. The current situation of Dayu Zhi may be a dilapidated scene.
In many cases, the emperor treated the master as a father and respected him as a father.
However, this does not mean that the emperor will not weaken Shangyang Palace.
Ruthless and correct have always been his principles for doing things.
Lin Ye sat on the guest table, watching the emperor send off the old headmaster and ushering in the new headmaster. His mood was indescribably complicated.
He seemed to see that in the near future, the new leader who was welcomed by the emperor would bid farewell to the emperor.
Just like the emperor bid farewell to the old master today, Mr. Xin will bid farewell to the emperor.
The emperor accelerated the replacement of the old with the new, which proved that the emperor's body could not hold on for much longer.
Many people were wondering if there was something wrong with the old headmaster's health, but they ignored the emperor's health.
Therefore, the emperor is also invincible in deceiving people.
If he hadn't revealed his intention to give up his position in a step-by-step manner, no one would have suspected that his health was not in good condition.
But after reaching this point, the emperor no longer seemed to care whether people speculated or not.
When Lin Ye looked away from the emperor, he saw Chen Weiwei among the crowd in Shangyang Palace.
Already wearing a red robe, he seemed to be at the level of a priest.
At this moment, Lin Ye was in a trance.
Chen Weiwei also succeeded and realized his dream.
Back when he was in Yunzhou City, that young man with low self-esteem and arrogance was cautious even in his sweet dreams.
At that time, Chen Weiwei could not even imagine that one day he would become the priest of etiquette in Fengyu Temple.
I can't even think about it, whether he will appear at the enthronement ceremony of the real leader, or be one of the people standing high in the crowd.
Lin Ye saw the joy on Chen Weiwei's face, which was a sense of pure pride.
After the replacement of the old and the new, as a new generation of masters, it is natural to make adjustments to the personnel of Shangyang Palace.
Xin Yanque, wearing a red robe embroidered with gold, walked up to the high platform and stood there overlooking the thousands of people below.
Today, Shangyang Palace Fengyu Temple is open to the people of Geling. At least 40,000 to 50,000 people gathered in the square below the high platform.
Outside Fengyu Temple, the street was also overcrowded, and the surrounding areas were packed to the brim.
Xin Yanque slowly let out a breath.
He loudly announced three things.
The first thing is that in order to inherit the legacy of the previous masters of Shangyang Palace and to make Shangyang Palace more pure, he announced as the new master that from now on, no disciples of Shangyang will be allowed to become officials.
The second thing, Xin Yanque said, was that after asking the emperor for instructions several times, he finally got the emperor's consent, and the Ministry of War took back the black cavalry guards stationed in Shangyang Palace. From then on, Shangyang Palace no longer set up guards.
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The third thing is the personnel appointment in Shangyang Palace. Compared with the first two things, this thing seems to have less impact.
The first thing is quite cruel. It directly cuts off some people's curved path to becoming an official. They first become a disciple of Shangyang and then become an official. This kind of operation has been common in the past two hundred years.
Not only that, but all contact between Shangyang Palace and court officials was cut off. From then on, Shangyang Palace was a pure Jianghu sect.
The second thing is to protect the black knights. This is clearly telling the world that Shangyang Palace is no longer so special.
As for personnel appointments, it is inevitable at the transition between the old and the new.
When Xin Yanque announced these personnel appointments in public, he once again surprised everyone present.
Because Nie Wuzhi did not become the master of Fengyu Temple as people speculated.
Because from then on, the position of temple master of Fengyu Temple in Shangyang Palace was also held by the real person in charge of the temple, and there was no longer a separate position of temple master.
The two priests of the Great Rites Sect, Shang Qingxu and Lu Junji, are still members of the Great Rites Religion. In order to show their special status, they each added a title.
Shang Qinghang was appointed as the ceremonial elder of Fengyu Temple, and Lu Junji was appointed as the teaching elder of Fengyu Temple.
Nie Wuzhi was appointed as a priest of the Dali Sect, but he did not have the status of an elder.
The most surprising thing, and I don’t know why, what everyone present can’t understand is that... Chen Weiwei was also appointed as the priest of Shangyang Palace.
When Xin Yanque announced this, Lin Ye was stunned because he had just seen the brocade robe of an ethical priest on Chen Weiwei.
Obviously, the matter had not been settled before this, and it was Mr. Xin's impromptu idea.
Lin Ye looked at the emperor sitting on the high platform again. The emperor's expression also changed obviously. It was obvious that even he didn't know.
The reason given by Xin Yanque is... What Shangyang Beizong did in Dongbo is exactly what every Shangyang Palace disciple should insist on throughout his life, which is to save the world and save people.
Because the disciples of Shangyang Beizong were busy and exhausted, at least one million poor people in Dongbo were able to survive.
Keeping more than a million people alive is a merit that no one can deny.
When Xin Yanque made the announcement, Chen Weiwei was also frightened, his face became extremely complicated, and his lips even turned a little purple because of the shock.
Lin Ye looked at Mr. Xin who was standing on the high platform and making an impassioned speech. He seemed to have thought of something vaguely.
Mr. Xin is still the same Mr. Xin who was able to escape from Shangyang Palace and Geling City. He is still resisting the arrangement of fate for him with a bit of childishness.
He can't resist the emperor, he can't resist the leader, because he wants to be the leader but also the emperor.
But he didn't want to be manipulated by others, so Chen Weiwei got lucky and became the counterattack method chosen by Mr. Xin to protest against the arrangement of his fate.
This is what Mr. Xin announced in front of the people, so the emperor has no way to stand up and say that this matter is unacceptable at this time.
But Lin Ye could see the anger and disappointment in the emperor's complex expression.
As a member of the royal family and the eldest princess of Dayu, Xie Yunxi sat closer to the emperor.
So she could see more clearly. When the emperor heard Mr. Xin announcing that Chen Weiwei was the priest of the Dali Cult, the emperor's hands clenched the armrests of the seat tightly.
It was also at this moment that Concubine Wan Gui gently placed her hand on the back of the emperor's hand.
"Children always get angry, but it's not a big deal."
Concubine Wan Gui whispered in the emperor's ear: "A great ritual priest without any helpers will not affect the situation in Shangyang Palace. In the near future, your majesty will give instructions and ask the headmaster to assign Chen Weiwei something to do."
The emperor whispered: "What I'm angry about is not that he beheaded first and then reported later. What I'm angry about is that he is still so naive. He uses this kind of thing to tell me that he is not so obedient..."
Concubine Wan Gui said: "But think about it, Your Majesty, after all, his temper is very similar to Your Majesty's?"
The Emperor said: "I don't want to be manipulated by others, but I will not be so naive. If he is not my brother, then what he just did is enough to make other people's heads fall to the ground."
Yes, he is also unwilling to be manipulated by others. Compared with what the emperor has done in the past twenty years, Mr. Xin's angry approach is really too childish.
"Your Majesty, it's not all bad."
Concubine Wan Gui continued to persuade: "There are not many young people around him, they are all elderly people. Now there are Nie Wuzhi and Chen Weiwei, who are also his right-hand men."
She could feel that the emperor's hands had become very cold, so she was afraid.
Over the years, every time the emperor was angry, his body would get cold, which was a sign that his health was getting worse.
The emperor always takes a deep breath to relieve his emotions. Concubine Wan Guifei requested the emperor to do this.
In this world, no one is more afraid of losing the emperor than Concubine Wan Guifei.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please adjust yourself. Your body is tight."
Concubine Wan Gui almost said this into the emperor's ear. The emperor knew that she was worried and afraid.
So the emperor took deep breaths again, each time, long and slow.
Concubine Wan Gui held the emperor's hand and was also injecting her power of cultivation into a gentle warm current into the emperor's body.
Slowly, the emperor's hands were no longer so cold, and Concubine Wan Gui breathed a sigh of relief.
This scene was all seen by Xie Yunxi.
Even if she didn't see it, with her intelligence, she would have already guessed that the emperor was in poor health.
She just didn't expect that the emperor's health had deteriorated to this point.
So when she looked at the somewhat smug Mr. Xin again, there was a bit more sarcasm and contempt in her eyes.
Xie Yunxi looked at Lin Ye again, and she saw worry on Lin Ye's face.