In Yongzhou City, the monks suddenly became agitated. After a period of life-and-death struggle, some monk groups raised a considerable amount of spiritual stones, but some monk groups suffered heavy losses, losing both their lives and wealth.
In the Guanxue Pavilion of Huanzhu Tower, Wuxu, Yu Xianzi and others looked at each other and said slowly, "Spiritual tax collection has always been the responsibility of each state and government level by level. Although the tax payment deadline is approaching, Yongzhou belongs to Yanjing Prefecture.
, but now we have not received any relevant notification from Yanjing Mansion..."
Cai Jing, who had an elegant look on his face, smiled slightly and only replied, "The new tax order has been announced to the world before. Now that the deadline is approaching, the Council of Elders sent us to patrol and supervise." After a pause, he lowered his head and took a sip of wine.
He seemed to be feeling well again, and continued to speak softly, "Since the reform, all the people in the Yanjing Mansion have acted against the will and have ulterior motives. Yesterday, they were all captured. Anyone who disobeyed orders and did not pay the spiritual tax has been executed."
Everyone present was shocked. Why is there no news about such a big thing?!
Wuxu also felt a sinking feeling in his heart. These days, I have been staying in Yongzhou, doing this and that, but I didn't expect that there would be another bloody storm outside.
"Your Majesty the Tax Inspector, Your Majesty the City Lord, fellow Taoists, I have important matters in this palace and must go back to deal with them immediately. I apologize for the haste." Fairy Yu suddenly stood up and said.
The Nitian Alliance returned to the Xiang Pavilion for Zhang Chunqiu, and the Qi Pavilion of the Great Freedom Palace called Yanqing, and then they all stood up to leave.
They were obviously in a hurry to go back and deliver the news. There were thirty-six state capitals in the Zhou Dynasty, including Yanjing Prefecture.
"You don't have to be like this." Cai Jing sat there, stroking his beard and looking around, "The Xuanyin Reform is a consensus between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the six major sects, and all measures are decided and issued by the Council of Elders." The implication of his words.
, this situation is also known to the six sects of the Demon Realm and there is no need to report it.
Fairy Yu, Zhang Chunqiu, and Hu Yanqing stopped and sat down again. The head of the Xiao family, Su Ji, and others, as well as the garrison generals, looked very solemn.
Everyone looked at Cai Jing, who looked enigmatic, but Cai Jing chuckled and stared at Wuxu, "What are Master Wuxu's plans for Yongzhou's spiritual tax collection?"
Wuxu's heart was filled with lightning, and he looked outside below, "The real monks are all in the city, and they will be collected as soon as the time limit is up. If Mr. Cai has any orders, Wuxu will obey."
When the new tax order was promulgated, it only required monks with real-person cultivation level and above to pay a spiritual tax of one thousand spiritual stones. Therefore, Wuxu said so.
Cai Jing looked at Zhang Cuilu and others and smiled without saying a word.
Zhang Cuilu and others are now in spiritual form and have each cultivated the Mandala Dharma Realm. According to the standards of the Buddhist practice system, they are undoubtedly real monks.
"Their spiritual tax, the young monk has already prepared it." Wu Xu said lightly.
These days, a lot of spiritual resources and spiritual stones have been spent on the preparations for the construction of the monastery, the Pearl Tower, and the repairs in Yongzhou City, plus Zhang Cuilu and other retreats, but Wuxu does not have many spiritual stones now. Of course,
Wuxu also had some magic weapons, some of which were stolen from the previous Yihui and snatched from the casino. Wuxu secretly thought about it, if it didn't work out, he should take out one or two of them and use them as spiritual taxes for Zhang Cuilu and others.
"No rush." Cai Jing nodded, and looked at Fairy Yu and others again, "All the subordinates who are real people and monks above are included in the collection of spiritual taxes."
Fairy Yu first changed her expression, "We monks from the Demon Sect are ordered to take charge of border trade and other matters in Yongzhou, which is not under the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou. Does the tax inspector also want us to pay taxes to the Great Zhou?"
Cai Jing replied calmly, "The Great Zhou Dynasty and the Six Sects have jointly implemented reforms. No Xuanyin monk dares to disobey the orders of the Elder Council." His tone was indifferent, but quite arrogant, and he seemed to completely ignore everyone present.
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"Pretending! A fox is pretending to be a tiger!" Hu Yanqing from the Wonderland of the Great Freedom Palace suddenly roared, and his figure transformed into shapes and flew towards Cai Jing.
Cai Jing sat there, seemingly unaware and indifferent.
However, they saw streaks of brilliance flying out from the city defense formation, converging around it from all directions, forming a circle of golden halo, completely blocking Hu Yanqing's attack. Then, Cai Jing raised his right hand holding the token.
, pointed forward slightly. In the halo, a golden dragon flew out, whirling around, scattering all the attacking figures transformed by Hu Yanqing.
Hu Yanqing, as if struck by lightning, the real body sitting there was shaky and almost fell to the ground, "You can actually completely control the city defense formation?!" Hu Yanqing's eyes showed a hint of shock.
In the Guanxue Pavilion, half of the eyes were directed towards Wuxu. Wuxu secretly smiled bitterly. At this moment, he, the Lord of Yongzhou City, seemed to have lost control of the Yongzhou City Defense Formation.
"I also ask for your forgiveness, Master Wuxu. Just now, this Taoist friend from the Great Freedom Palace suddenly got into trouble, and I had to temporarily mobilize the city defense formation as a tax inspector." Cai Jing saluted Wuxu.
Wuxu, with a serious look on his face, did not speak, but silently returned the gift.
The Yongzhou city defense formation was set up by the Zhou Dynasty. It has been used by successive city lords to guard one side for thousands of years. It goes without saying that its power is natural. But now it seems that it was arranged by the Zhou Dynasty after all. At the critical moment, it became a success.
Due to this situation, Cai Jing, the tax patrol officer, was able to seize control of the city defense formation so easily, and seemed to be able to exert greater power.
Everyone present looked unhappy.
There was silence in Guanxue Pavilion.
After a moment, Fairy Yu suddenly smiled and said, "Since it is the order of the Elder Council, I will obey it." After saying that, she immediately took out a storage ring and sent it to Cai Jing.
When Zhang Chunqiu and Hu Yanqing saw this, they also looked solemn and took out a storage ring for themselves.
Xiao Jiadong, the head of the Xiao family, also took out a storage ring with a smile.
Li Mingshan also took out a storage ring and paid the spiritual tax for Murong Yan beside her.
Is it my turn? Wu Xu smiled half-heartedly and was about to take out a magic weapon he had snatched from the casino owner.
But I heard Cai Jing say, "Everyone, please wait a moment." As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flew out. However, he did not take away the few storage rings in front of his seat.
I saw it standing in the void, and a somewhat lazy voice spread throughout Yongzhou City, "All real people and monks above the realm of cultivation, please come quickly to pay the spiritual tax."
After a few breaths, someone slowly came forward and respectfully presented the storage ring.
Cai Jing was extremely serious and checked everything with his spiritual sense. Of course, no one dared to cheat.
"Your Majesty, my envoy is Mingcha, junior Zhou Yifan..." A real monk flew up low and was saluting.
"I can't even afford a thousand spiritual resources." Cai Jing said lightly, interrupting the man's words.
"This junior is from Feihongzhou..."
Feihong Prefecture of the Great Zhou Dynasty is adjacent to the Confucian sect. Many monks are inextricably linked to the Confucian sect. This week, Zhou Fan, whose family background is probably related to the Confucian sect, saw Cai Jing in a wide robe, and looked like a Confucian monk in his every move.
It was obvious that he wanted to get close to her.
However, as soon as Cai Jing flicked his sleeves, Zhou Fan's voice suddenly stopped, and then his whole body lost all life and fell straight down. When it landed on the ground, it was already a pile of bones.
There was also a real monk, who must have never collected a thousand spirit stones. He stood there shivering, not daring to fly up and speak, and of course he didn't dare to run. In front of the real monk, under the city defense formation, he ran
It's just death.
Cai Jing gave this man a cold look, said nothing, and flicked his sleeves. Then, he turned around and returned to Guanxue Pavilion.
Looking at the pile of storage rings in front of his seat, Cai Jing smiled at everyone present and said, "My envoy, I have been ordered to inspect. All the spiritual stones acquired in Yongzhou are located here. Please bear witness."
"Your Majesty, it seems that there is something missing?" Hu Yanqing sneered, "The garrison generals on the left and right will pay a knife. It seems that Murong Xue has not paid the spiritual tax, right?"
Not only did they pay the sword, but Murong Xue, Zhang Cuilu and others also did not pay the spiritual tax. How could Hu Yanqing not know this? Wu Xu gave him a faint look.
"I almost forgot." Cai Jing seemed to be waking up from a dream, looking towards Fu Yidao and Murong Xue with a smile.
After paying a knife, Murong Xue looked extremely ugly and looked straight at Wuxu. Tonight's banquet was for Wuxu to bid farewell to Bi Lanlan and others. For Wuxu's sake, the two of them came to the banquet, but they never thought of coming.
An inspector was appointed, and something like this happened.
Wuxu lost his composure and was about to speak. Cai Jing secretly sent a message, "Master Wuxu, please be patient and don't be provoked."
"We are affiliated with the army. We have spiritual resources and spiritual taxes to deal with, and we have our own Privy Council to coordinate." Fu Yidao saw that Wuxu didn't speak. He looked at Murong Xue and could only speak in a deep voice.
"Army? Privy Council?" Cai Jing heard the words and smiled faintly again, "General Fu, does he think that your so-called thousands of troops are worth a flick of the finger of the great monk Tongxuan?"
Fu Yidao was a little confused, as if he didn't fully understand what Cai Jing meant. After a moment, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and replied, "There are also many monks in the army, from bottom to top, including real people and true spirits."
"Confused!" Cai Jing snorted coldly, "Xuanyin's reform law, spiritual resources order, promotion order... were promulgated one after another! Can't you see it?"
After paying a knife, Murong Xue looked at each other again, even more confused. Bewildered, feeling Cai Jing's unfriendliness, or contempt for the army, the two people's expressions gradually became serious.
Wuxu vaguely understood, but didn't know how to say it for a while. Seeing the serious expressions of these two people, even a little stubborn, he sighed secretly and had to speak, "There is an order from the Presbytery that real monks must pay spiritual fees."
Of course, the two Taoist friends must be respected and obeyed. Even if General Zeng is here, I am afraid the same is true. It should be noted that this is the world of monks. In the world of monks, the emphasis is on cultivation. In the realm of cultivation, how can an army with more people be more powerful?
How can it be compared? Don’t you hear what the inspection envoy said just now, that thousands of troops like you are worth a flick of the finger of the great monk Tongxuan?"
After paying a sword, Murong Xue and Murong Xue, who originally expected Wuxu to come out and make peace, changed their expressions. Then they had to bow their heads and each took out a thousand spirit stones and sent them to Cai Jing's seat.
However, he was still a little unwilling and unconvinced. He clasped his fists at everyone present and said, "I have been waiting to come out for a long time. I must return to the military camp to avoid any trouble." Then he left on his own.
"I don't know how to praise!" Cai Jing sneered, "A mere real monk, relying on his skin, actually becomes so powerful that he pretends to be a tiger!"
His voice seemed not loud, just like before, but it spread throughout Yongzhou City.
Fu Yidao and Murong Xue stopped, turned around slowly, stared at Guanxue Pavilion, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, although you are a tax inspector, you cannot humiliate me, Sergeant Zhou, like this!"
The sound also spread in all directions. Immediately, many soldiers responded to the noise everywhere.
Hu Yanqing looked at Cai Jing sideways and said maliciously, "Although your envoy has a high order, it would not be appropriate if it provokes a mutiny in the army, right?"
Cai Jing ignored him at all and just looked at Wuxu with a smile, "These sergeants are a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, both good and bad. They usually show off their power and are unruly and unruly. I'm afraid I also have a lot of headaches at ordinary times, right?"
Wuxu replied calmly, "Brother Yuan, as a sergeant, you don't have a bit of ruffianism or a bit of bloodiness. I'm afraid it won't be of much use when it comes to use."
Cai Jing was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Wuxu and smiled slightly, "Master, I'm interested. I wonder if there are younger subordinates in the army?"
Wuxu shook his head, but there was a wave of confusion in his heart. Yin body Confucian cultivator! In the world, Wuxu met a Yin body Confucian cultivator like Li Bai.
The sect is very popular in the human world and is worshiped by ordinary people and will not fall into the ghost way. Wuxu also knows that Ma Linghua came down from the sky and used secret methods to gather a group of Confucian yin cultivators so that they were not afraid of the sun and secretly worked for Zhu Yuanzhang.
But after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the grand formation in the secret realm of Lushan Mountain was opened, and when Wuxu came to the Xuanyin Star in the Sky, Wuxu had no news about these Yin-body Confucian cultivators. Just now, Cai Jing appeared in Confucian robes and announced his name.
, Wuxu had some vague guesses in his heart, and he tried it with the word "Yuan Chang", and it turned out to be true.
But at this moment, Cai Jing no longer had the aura of the bardo. He was sitting across from him with a complacent expression, calm and extraordinary. And, more importantly, he had become a true spiritual monk!
"That's very good!" Cai Jing, after listening to Wuxu's answer, turned slightly sideways and spoke softly to Fu Yidao and Murong Xue, "You will only have to wait for a stick of incense, and quickly bring the real-person monks among the generals. Pay the fee.
Spiritual tax!”
Fu Yidao and Murong Xue turned their backs to Cai Jing, did not turn around, did not reply, and just left quickly.
Cai Jing held up his wine glass, smiled playfully, and ignored these two people. He just chatted with Wuxu and others, looking calm and calm.
"How many people from back then are there?" Wuxu asked slowly. In the minds of the Xuanyin natives, monks who came up from the human world always had some unreasonable hostility, so Wuxu's question was rather vague.
"Not many, there are still some." Cai Jing, with a normal expression, replied calmly, with a gentle voice.
Wu Xu asked again, "Don't you know Yanjing Mansion?"
Cai Jing, with a flick of his sleeves, "disappeared!"
Nothing left? What does that mean?
"I recall that the great ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, with his heavenly appearance, gathered ordinary beliefs in the world of monks and created an unworldly career. However, monks were confused with ordinary people, and their spiritual path gradually became the road of officialdom. If things go on like this, it will be difficult for monks to make progress, and it will be difficult to return to the mysterious yin."
Cai Jing suddenly felt a myriad of emotions.
This time
He sighed, it was very taboo. Everyone present, except for the three people from Fairy Yu who came from the Demon Realm, the rest were considered to be people from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they all remained silent.
"A monk must truly become a monk, and the world will eventually become the world. The sect must practice its way and pass on the teachings. As for the feudal dynasty with kings and ministers, the so-called world is based on the world, not in Xuanyin, but in the human world.
"
It seems that it was said to Wuxu.
At this time, the time for burning incense has come.
Fu Yidao and Murong Xue were nowhere to be found, and no military monk came.
Cai Jing sneered silently, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and the token flew up in his hand.
The Yongzhou City defense formation was operating at full speed, radiating with brilliance, almost wiping out all the garrison troops inside and outside the city, no matter monks or laymen. Wuxu tried to stop him, but he couldn't. One of them was that he had already
I can't control the city defense formation, two or one, this process takes too short, almost only a few breaths.
There were more than a thousand troops stationed inside and outside Yongzhou, but they were all wiped out in just a few breaths. Fu Yidao and Murong Xue disappeared without a trace or aura. An army was wiped out in just a few seconds.
"Brother Yuan, why is this? Could it be that if a few real monks don't pay the spiritual tax, the whole army will be wiped out, not to mention there are many ordinary people in the army?" Wuxu asked sternly.
"The tax inspector has such great power? Can he wipe out a city's garrison at will?" Xiao Jiadong, the head of the Xiao family, also asked from the side.
"Cai was ordered by the Presbyterian Council to inspect the collection of spiritual taxes and related matters. The generals on the left and right of the Yongzhou garrison, together with other real monks, supported their own troops and refused to pay the taxes. Naturally, Cai has the right to deal with it."
The token had already flown into his broad sleeves. Cai Jing raised his glass again and murmured to himself, "The dynasty army, this tool, is nothing more than an earthly thing. What use do we monks have for it?"
In the world of monks, if a monk's cultivation level is high enough, as Cai Jing said, with a snap of his fingers, tens of millions of troops can't stop him. This is what it should be. In the past during the Great Zhou Dynasty, the army absorbed monks and used formations to
Systems, laws, and various constraints are used to check and balance the power of monks. But for true spirits and even Tongxuan Daxiu, under the absolute power, what does this army mean?
The essence of the army is a collective armed force composed of ordinary people and some monks. As Cai Jing said, the real monks of our generation are otherworldly, have high cultivation, and are free. What is the use of them?
Do you have to pay attention at all times? Do you practice with others? Do you have orders in every word and deed? Is this still a true monk?
Even if the monks in the army do not do anything, do not drill, and are free, what can they do in the army with strict disciplines and prohibitions? Can they let themselves go and gain some insights?
In the final analysis, the world of monks is a world that emphasizes the continuous self-liberation of individuals. Anything that is too collective is an obstacle and shackles. The army is an organization that is the most collective, disciplined, and restrictive.
organization. Therefore, when monks join the army, in most cases, their achievements will not be very high, because there are too many explicit or covert constraints, their spirituality is damaged, their understanding is limited, and many opportunities will be missed invisibly.
The True Spirit monks in Guanxue Pavilion understand it. All the monks in Xuanyin Star understand it. Therefore, most of the monks who have guaranteed training resources will not join the Great Zhou Army, unless they are the kind who want to get involved in the army.
The big families sent their children in, or some used the army to avoid their enemies.
But Cai Jing's casual destruction of a city's garrison was very strange. He dared to do this. Even if some of the charges were too serious, he must have been authorized to some extent. You must know that what he said before was eliminated.
Yanjing Mansion (may have been a little suspicious before, but now it seems that it is probably true), the Yongzhou garrison that was destroyed tonight, one government and one army, this is the cornerstone of a court. Such self-destruction of the cornerstone, how can the Great Zhou Dynasty,
Is it going to disintegrate?
Therefore, someone present asked, "Did Zhou prepare to disband the army?"
Cai Jing smiled but said nothing.
Wuxu suddenly felt something in his heart and asked, "Brother Yuan, did you bring an imperial edict when you came this time?"
Cai Jing put down the wine glass he had been playing with and took a deep look at Wuxu, "I have a token to take over the city defense formation. Does Master Wuxu still have any doubts?"
At the same time, Cai Jing secretly sent a message, "Master Wuxu, if Qixing is successful, he will have a place in the top. Are you still obsessed with a small city lord of Yongzhou City?"
Wuxu understood clearly and was horrified.
When Cai Jing came, he always said that he was under the orders of the Elder Council, and he kept calling himself Master Wuxu, and never mentioned the city lord... Could something have happened to Da Zhou? He had never thought about this before.
, because Cai Jing can be regarded as a member of the Confucian sect, and the Confucian sect has always been a potential supporter or ally of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Secondly, and most importantly, Cai Jing has a so-called token that can be snatched from himself, the city lord.
Over the control of the city defense formation. You must know that the city defense formation in each state capital city can be said to be the core and most fundamental part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is said that all the city defense formations form a huge national defense formation.
, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty could control it from the palace in the capital.
Yanjing Mansion and Yongzhou City are like this, but what about other places? If they are all like this, it can be said that the Great Zhou Dynasty has been disintegrated and exists in name only. There must have been a huge change!
Wuxu suddenly thought of the Heavenly Demon. He (she) was a great cultivator of Tongxuan, and he seemed to be on his (her) line. Why hadn't he received any news yet? As he said before, he would send someone to assist him.
I went to the Demon Realm to look for him, but there was no news.
Wuxu had these thoughts, and others present naturally had the same thoughts to some extent. After all, they were all monks at a high level. These seemingly convoluted questions were clarified in a flash of lightning.
No one spoke, they only stared at Cai Jing, who looked calm but was actually a little confused. Fairy Yu and others did not leave in a hurry. In such a big event and action, the Demon Realm must be involved, and now
Just to see the effect. Therefore, their eyes all glanced at Wuxu. The same was true for Xiao Jiadong and Su Ji.
This is because Wuxu is a prince of ten thousand households in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the lord of Yongzhou City. If the Great Zhou Dynasty is targeted and faces disintegration, Wuxu, the lord of the city in Yongzhou, will be the first to bear the brunt.
Wuxu suddenly laughed and looked around. Then he looked at Cai Jing, "Well done! These Qiu Ba soldiers are wearing skins, and they pretend to be powerful. They think they are so great. They seem to be inseparable from protecting the home and country, eradicating violence and keeping peace."
As if, but forgetting, Brother Yuan can make him disappear into ashes with just one finger. What's more, we monks, who understand the great way and practice, go to heaven and earth freely, how can there be such a thing as the state army under the imperial court?
Fettered by the world?"
Having said this, Wuxu clasped his hands together and solemnly said, "Wuxu is not only a Buddhist monk and a young man of literature and art, but also an anarchist."