When Qi Xuansu went to the Imperial Palace, he was just a principal, so he was not ranked in the entire Taoist palace. It can be said that any deputy palace master is higher than him. After going to Ziweitang, he was also the last of the many deputy palace masters.
position, there is really no right to speak.
But this time it was different. Looking at the entire Borneo Taoist House, he ranked fourth, equivalent to Li Tiangang of Fenglinzhou Taoist House. There were only three people in front of him, namely the head master Lan Hexu and the head master.
The master of the palace is Wang Jiaohe, the chief deputy palace master Chen Shuhua. There is also a first-grade spiritual officer. Although he is of high rank, because he is not a Taoist priest, he is ranked behind Qi Xuansu.
When Qi Xuansu first arrived, the first thing he did was to introduce Qi Xuansu to others, and the second thing was to introduce others to him one by one. The welcome ceremony was essentially to eliminate the strangeness between the two parties. Of course, if the children of the Zhang family go to Wuzhou Taoist Prefecture,
It's another matter if the Li family's children go to serve in the Qizhou Taoist Government.
Yao Shu announced Jin Que's appointment to everyone on behalf of Jin Que as the chief deputy master of Ziwei Hall. From today on, Qi Xuansu officially becomes one of the nine deputy masters of the Borneo Taoist Palace, assuming the duties of the acting second deputy master.
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Then the master in charge, Lan Hexu, introduced the master in charge and the other eight deputy masters to Qi Xuansu.
There are seven great masters of Pingzhang, one from each of the three Taoist circles, and the remaining four are neutral. Among them, the one who represents Taiping Dao is naturally Zhang Qihan, the master in charge of Fenglinzhou Taoist House, while Lan Hexu is the representative of Quanzhen Taoist Ping.
Zhang Daren.
It can be seen from the name of this great master that he is a disciple of the sixth generation, and he is of the same generation as the third master. For the eighth generation disciples, he is already a grandfather, and for the ninth generation disciples, he is already a grandfather.
In other words, they are the ancestors.
In addition, "Hexu" is also a sacred mountain recorded in the "Great Wilderness Eastern Classic" "In the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain named 'Hexu', from which the sun and moon emerge."
As for the Lan surname, there are indeed not many in the Taoist sect, and it is not a popular surname. However, this does not mean that the Lan surname is a rising star. It can also be traced back to the earliest thirty-six Zhenzhi Zhenren. Among them, there is a founder named Lan, who belongs to Quanzhen Taoism. However,
The inheritance comes from Guge Zaodao. ??
At that time, the Jinzhang took control of the Central Plains, and the world was in chaos. The red land was thousands of miles away, and ten houses were empty. As a result, the ghost path prospered. The Gezao Dao built the ghost kingdom cave in Beimang Mountain, intending to build the ghost kingdom on the ground and unify the Taoism through violent means.
This led other Taoist factions to join forces to attack Beimang Mountain. At first, Gezao Dao was not at a disadvantage, until the Golden Tent withdrew from the Central Plains, the world turned from chaos to order, the Wei Dynasty was established, human Dao flourished while ghost Dao withered, Ge Zao Dao
Only then did the Tao completely decline and be basically destroyed, with only a few branches left to withdraw from the Central Plains.
One branch went to the Golden Horde and merged with Shamanism. One branch went to Fenglin Continent and merged with Yin and Yang Tao. The other branch went to Posu Continent and merged with Dangdao.
There has been a certain degree of integration of the Buddhist forces in the world.
This Patriarch Lan is from the Posuzhou lineage, and he also practices both Buddhism and Taoism. However, the Cihang lineage has already begun to integrate the three religions into one, while this Patriarch Lan prefers methods such as "White Bone Viewing"
, still has a somewhat sinister temperament.
Lan Hexu is a descendant of Patriarch Lan. Naturally, like the Li family and the Zhang family, he has many family traditions.
In fact, Qi Xuansu had already done his homework before coming here, and now it was just a matter of matching names with faces one by one.
But having said that, for a deputy to take over the new position, everyone from the head of the family to the real person is present, which is an extraordinary thing in itself.
This brief welcome ceremony was hosted by Dazhen Lan Hexu. After announcing the appointment, Qi Xuansu also briefly said a few words, which was regarded as a declaration of office. Dazhen personally introduced his colleagues, and then there was a reception banquet.
Among those who are qualified to sit at a table, who is not a fasting person? It can be seen that dining is no longer a simple matter of food and clothing, but a ritual and a social behavior.
At the end of the banquet, Wang Jiaohe, the real person in charge, was the first to get up and leave on the pretext that he had important matters to attend to.
From the beginning to the end, Wang Jiaohe's attitude was always lukewarm, and he didn't even say a few words.
Not many people know what Qi Xuansu's "mission" is specifically. Except for the Earth Master, Tianshi, Donghua Master, Cihang Master, and Dazhen Lan Hexu, only Qi Xuansu himself and Gong Jiaojun know it. Gong Jiaojun knows
Naturally, I won't reveal these things to anyone. That would be to cut myself off from Master Donghua and give up my own future.
Most people who are interested can only roughly guess that the Quanzhen Taoism will move the Borneo Taoist government, and some people will be unlucky. As for the specific extent of the move, it is difficult to guess.
Killing a few small fish and shrimps and beating them is still moving, and uprooting the Wang family is still moving. The difference is huge.
However, few people think that Quanzhen Taoism will be determined to uproot the Wang family. After all, it involves a real person called Shenzhi, and most people think that they just want to give the Wang family a beating.
Wang Jiaohe, as the real person in charge, must have heard some rumors, and he also knew about the conflict between Wang Danqing and Qi Xuansu, so naturally he would not have a good look on Qi Xuansu.
But Wang Jiaohe also didn't think that Jin Que had made up his mind. It was no secret that Qi Xuansu had conflicts with the Wang family. In his opinion, Jin Que sent someone with whom
Someone who had conflicts in his own family came to serve as the second seat, which was more of a hindrance to him and played a monitoring role to prevent both parties from "complicit" and at the same time expressed Jin Que's dissatisfaction.
If we do it directly, the process should be to transfer him to Yujing as the head of the palace, first move the tiger away from the mountain, separate him from the Wang family, let him be isolated and helpless in Yujing, leave the Wang family leaderless locally, and then send a new leader.
Come over and sort it out slowly. But Jinque didn't do this, which means that Jinque didn't intend to complete the matter.
As for the real person in charge, he is old, has not lived for many years, and does not care about worldly affairs. Most of the time, he is a hands-off shopkeeper.
Wang Jiaohe would not have thought that Jinque would do the opposite this time. This was not a kind of paralysis.
After the banquet was over, the great master Lan Hexu said, "Chief Chen, take Chief Yao to have a rest for me."
Then he said to Qi Xuansu, "Qi Cixian, come with me."
Qi Xuansu is not the leader of this mission. His mission is to cooperate and assist the Great Master Pingzhang, so it is very necessary for the two of them to have a conversation.
However, in the eyes of outsiders, it was Wang Jiaohe, the real person in charge of the palace, who left first, leaving a mess, so that the real person in charge of the palace, who had never been in charge of things, had to come forward in person. After all, Chen Shuhua was only the chief deputy palace owner, and Qi Xuansu
They are both in the category of Deputy Palace Master. The two sides are evenly matched and there is no strict superior-subordinate relationship.
The Sheji Palace is divided into five parts. In the past, it corresponded to the Confucian benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, trust, and wisdom. Now it corresponds to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. It is not that the Taoist sect does not talk about benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, trust, and wisdom.
The necessary process of Confucianism.
Entering from the main entrance is the Earth Palace, with the Five Elements in the center, which is similar to a main hall. This place is the most solemn and solemn, and the most ordinary, just like countless Taoist palaces in the world. At this time, the Great Master Lan Hexu is
Lead Qi Xuansu to the Water Palace.
As soon as you enter the Water Palace, you can see a huge lake. It's summer, and countless lotus flowers are in full bloom, just like the ancient poem "The lotus leaves touching the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are uniquely red."
A zigzag water corridor was built on the lake, leading to the center of the lake, where there is a series of palaces built on the water. In addition, there are many water pavilions, and there are also some buildings on the surrounding shores.
Lan Hexu walked in front and introduced, "Qi Cixi, you and I will be on this side of the Water Palace, while the King and Chief Chen will be on the other side of the Fire Palace."
Qi Xuansu's heart moved.
Water and fire are opposite, water and fire are incompatible. This layout
, it’s really interesting.
The two walked through the water corridor and came to the palace. Lan Hexu went directly to his signing room.
After the five generations of great masters, the layout of all the pledge rooms in Daomen is similar, so there is no need to introduce it in detail. The difference is that compared to the Central Plains, Borneo is an important transit station for East-West sea trade.
, in addition to maintaining the Central Plains and some local features, there are also some Western influences.
Lan Hexu did not go to the study, but sat down in the living room. There was a coffee table and a set of Western-style sofas here. He raised his finger and pointed to the seat opposite: "Tianyuan, sit down."
Outside just now, Lan Hexu called Qi Xuansu "Qi Xuansu", adding his surname and position. Now that they are alone, he changed his title to Qi Xuansu's cousin "Tianyuan", which showed that he was close enough.
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Qi Xuansu sat down and was about to say his first words when Lan Hexu got straight to the point, "Tianyuan, you, the second deputy palace master, are not easy to do. You are a thorn in others' eyes and a thorn in their flesh. You must be prepared."
Qi Xuansu immediately continued the conversation and said, "I'm new here, and I don't understand all the situations. I'm just about to ask Da Zhenren for advice."
Between superiors and subordinates, the superiors can be approachable, but the subordinates must be cautious. Lan Hexu's nickname for Qi Xuansu is to express closeness, but Qi Xuansu cannot have the illusion that the two are close friends.
Lan Hexu said, "There seem to be many reasons why you were sent to the Borneo Taoist Government, but in fact there is only one reason, and this reason has only one key point."
This is Lan Hexu's signature room, so there is no need to worry about the conversation between the two being leaked.
Qi Xuansu asked, "What Dazhenren said is absolutely true. So what does Dazhenren think the key point is?"
Lan Hexu did not sell out his words: "In the Sheji Palace, the real person in charge is Wang Jiaohe."
Of course Qi Xuansu knew that if it hadn't been for Wang Jiaohe's incident, he might not have come to Borneo Taoist Mansion.
Lan Hexu continued, "The difficulty is that Taoists cannot kill people without teaching, nor can they kill people without reason. Last time, Donghua Zhenren asked Wang Jiaohe to go to Yujing and gave him a warning, but Wang Jiaohe was obsessed with it.
You have to teach and punish. But even if the Taoist sect decides to take action, it must be morally and legally defensible and convince others, which requires sufficient evidence to support it."
"This leads to a problem. By the time the Wang family actually takes action, it will be too late. It will have a very bad impact and even cause a considerable degree of damage. It can be nip in the bud, but it is difficult to grasp the Wang family's leverage.