When you walk into the Earth Palace, the first thing you see is a huge statue of Taishang Daozu, which is written to the Great Saint Patriarch Gaoshangdao Jinque Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor.
Wang Jiaohe walked around the statue from the left, and Qi Xuansu walked around the statue from the right.
The two groups of people are like big waves, and the statue is like a rock in the middle of the current, dividing the big wave into two halves.
After bypassing the "reef", they merged into one again. .??.
Because of the large number of people, the meeting place was chosen to be in the small auditorium instead of the assembly hall. The small auditorium has a "冂" structure, that is, the "mouth" is missing a horizontal line below it. The direction of the missing horizontal line is the entrance and exit door, which is directly opposite the door.
The row of chairs facing south and back to the north is the main seat, which is where the palace master and deputy palace masters sit. Then there are two rows of chairs on the left and right, facing the main seat and sitting opposite each other.
After everyone came to the small auditorium, those with the word "Palace Master" on their bodies all walked towards the main seat, the assistants walked to the left, and the spiritual officials walked to the right.
Chen Shuhua sat on Wang Jiaohe's left hand side, next to Wang Jiaohe. Qi Xuansu was on Wang Jiaohe's right, but there was an empty seat between the two. That was the seat of Master Lan Da. Even if Master Lan Da couldn't come, he couldn't
Regardless of his position, he still needs to have the attitude he should have.
After everyone sat down, Wang Jiaohe, as the real person in charge of the government, said some formal remarks, which were nothing more than emphasizing the necessity and importance of this Taoist government meeting. They were all clichés and had nothing to say.
Then we have to enter the topic. Because it was Qi Xuansu who proposed to convene a Taoist meeting, Qi Xuansu spoke first.
Qi Xuansu first looked around, and then said unhurriedly, "There is only one theme of this big discussion, and it is also a commonplace issue, and that is the secret association. It can be said that since Xuan Sheng rebuilt the Taoist sect, the secret association has always been the Taoist sect.
When they were at their most rampant, seven ancient immortals even dared to invade the Kunlun Cave. In the past two hundred years, some ancient immortals either ascended or fell. Some of them are still active in the world today.
There are still three ancient immortals left, which are what we often call the three major secret societies. Among them, the most rampant and insane ones are the Lingshan Witch Cult and the Zhiming Cult."
"Speaking of the Lingshan Witch Cult and the Zhiming Cult, I have dealt with them many times. I was a witness to the crash of the flying boat at the Kunlun Mountain Pass, and I also went to the scene with the master Cihang of the fall of Cuowenbu Yinglong.
There was the second major Jiangnan case, when Lord Si Ming came to the world in Jinling Mansion. I was a person who personally experienced it, and I have a deep understanding of their unscrupulous tactics."
"This time, the two secret societies secretly created two divine vessels through Nanlong's dragon energy under the nose of Shenglong Mansion, that is, the Taoist Mansion. It is simply appalling. If two ancient immortals were allowed to do so in Shenglong Mansion,
A group of people from within the city came to the world and turned the entire Shenglong Palace into a dead city. How should we explain to Jin Que? Fortunately
Thanks to the master in charge, he found out in time and quickly took action to eliminate these two hidden dangers, and the crisis was finally turned into safety."
One fact, two understandings.
It can be said that Master Landa made an oversight and did not notice the secret actions of the ancient immortals in advance, which resulted in the current situation. It can also be said that Master Landa was vigilant, discovered quickly, suppressed quickly, and saved the situation.
The former is a fault, the latter is a merit.
It all depends on how you say it.
People who are in the same boat as Qi Xuansu and Master Landa naturally have to speak from the perspective of Master Landa, and they also speak for themselves.
Master Da Zhenren, because he discovered it in time and saved the situation, he has merit. So how was it discovered? It was the result of Chen Jianchou's investigation. And who arranged Chen Jianchou's investigation? It was Qi Cixi. Zhenren Lan Da was the first to do so.
There is always no problem if the team members get an assist together.
At this time, it is impossible for anyone to oppose Qi Xuansu.
Because there is no way to object, if it is said that Master Landa has failed to observe, then other people in the Taoist government have not failed to observe it? So no matter who it is, as long as it is a member of the Taoist government, they can only choose the second statement, which is that Master Landa
It was discovered in time and the situation was saved.
In other words, it is because the secret society is too cunning and difficult to guard against. They were able to invade the Kunlun Cave and fight against Donghuang, which shows how difficult it is to deal with. Even Jinque and Donghuang could not guard against the secret society. We are just locals.
It is reasonable for the government to fail to take precautions and should not be criticized harshly. On the contrary, because our local government discovered and prevented the secret association's conspiracy in time and repaired the problem, it still has merit.
This is somewhat like celebrating a funeral.
It's not that Qi Xuansu likes to do this, but the situation is such that it has to be like this. Qi Xuansu must not only eliminate the black sheep of the Taoist government internally, but also not let the Taoist government fall apart, and also maintain internal unity and balance. To put it bluntly, he wants to
Winning some people to fight against Wang Jiaohe. If he opened his mouth and framed the matter as the fault of the entire Taoist government, everyone would record it and offended a large number of people. Who would still stand on his side? Why should he deal with Wang Jiaohe alone?
crane?
When doing things, you must pay attention to methods. To unite all the forces that can be united, you must pay some prices and make some compromises.
Master Qingwei can compromise for the overall interests of Fenglinzhou. Qi Xuansu must also learn from Master Qingwei for the sake of the overall interests of Borneo.
The word "overall situation" is sometimes missing.
It sounds nice, but the so-called "taking the overall situation into account" is even more likely to make people feel disgusted, but there is nothing I can do about it.
In this world, who can do whatever they want? The Sixth Generation Grand Master has not been promoted early, so he always has to make choices.
After Qi Xuansu finished speaking, he paused slightly and looked around again.
Everyone's expressions were relatively relaxed. They might not be able to take any credit, but as the old saying goes, no fault is credit.
Qi Xuansu continued, "Because of this, Master Lan Da suffered some injuries and is in seclusion to heal. Before Master Lan Da went into retreat, he entrusted me with some of the responsibilities. After communicating with the master, Chief Chen, I declared martial law to prevent two major secrets.
The association will kill another one in return."
"But before I talk about the two secret societies, I want to talk about my half-finished inspection trip. Because it was half-way, I only went to two places. One was the Lion City in Java. This is the entire Nanyang trade.
You should all have been there and understand the focus of this place, so I won’t go into details. The other one is Bainangben Mansion in Funan Kingdom. I came here for a private visit incognito, and what was the result? I was greatly shocked."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ke Qingqing had already begun to adjust the recording stone. At the same time, someone put down a curtain in the direction of the entrance of the auditorium for projection.
Soon, the projection appeared in front of everyone's eyes. It was obvious that this was a very hidden angle for taking pictures. The angle of view was shaking wildly and vibrating up and down. Ke Qingqing could not turn on the picture stone anytime and anywhere. He usually turned it on after something happened.
It’s a photo-taking stone, so these photos didn’t last long, but they already illustrate the problem.
Everyone's expressions gradually became serious.
Especially when someone grabbed Qi Xuansu's chest and skirt, someone even patted the small coffee table next to her.
When the photo session was over, Qi Xuansu continued, "In just one day, I encountered so many secret societies one after another. It is true that these small secret society forces will not directly threaten the Taoist government like the ancient immortals. Many Taoist friends have also said
, if we want to rectify the secret association forces throughout Nanyang, we must take the lead of Jinque, consider the overall situation, and coordinate and cooperate with all aspects to achieve it. But these are not reasons for us to let these small forces of secret associations go unchecked. If we sit back and watch for a long time
If you ignore it, there will be big problems with the foundation of our Taoist government."
Qi Xuansu didn't give others a chance to interrupt, and then said, "These small forces in secret societies are so overbearing and are committing lawlessness in broad daylight. I think we should simply remove the word 'secret'. So I wanted to find the local leader and ask
Ask him what is going on and what is the result? And let him
It opened my eyes.”
"I waited at the Taoist temple for a whole night. It was not until dawn that the Taoist priest in charge came to see me drunk. I asked him what he was doing last night. It turned out that he was drinking and playing with women. He called it reading Buddhist scriptures. This is what happened.
Is it possible for the Taoist priests in charge to prevent secret associations from becoming rampant? Yesterday, there was also a highly respected old Taoist friend, senior, and real person. Maybe he heard some rumors from hearsay, so he came to me specifically to ask me what happened to Qi Cixi. I
I had no choice but to take out the evidence that I had kept from that day and let this old man listen. The old man was very angry and said that today's young people are immoral and come to cheat and fool the Taoist government. I said, this is not as simple as being immoral.
But he has violated the laws of Taoism and must be dealt with severely."
Hearing this, Zheng Jiaohe's face turned completely black.
Qi Xuansu made a staged summary: "So I believe that there are always two reasons for changes in things, namely internal factors and external factors. External factors change based on internal factors. In other words, it is internal factors, not external factors, that determine this change.
.External factors are only inducing factors, while internal factors are the original driving force for change.”
"As for the secret associations, the external cause is the rampant secret associations, while the internal cause is the inaction of some people in our Taoist government, or even cooperation inside and outside. It is precisely because of these people that the secret associations are rampant."
"Let's go back to the two major secret societies and Shenglong Mansion. There is a Taoist priest in charge of Bainangben Mansion who does nothing. So, is there a Taoist priest in Shenglong Mansion? Are there any similar people among us deputy palace masters?"
The picture is poor and can be seen.
The previous foreshadowing is all arguments, just to prove the correctness of the last sentence. Seeing the big from the small makes it impossible to refute.
By this time, anyone could tell that Qi Cixian was a drunkard who was not interested in drinking. By using the excuse of a secret association, he actually pointed to the inside of the Taoist government.
Wang Jiaohe was not in a hurry to speak, but sighed once again in his heart, the younger generation is terrible. It would be great if such a young man were a child of the Wang family.
What a pity.
After Qi Xuansu's words fell, Xu Jiaorong immediately said, "Da Zhenren has always felt that secret associations are a very serious problem and believes that secret associations must be cracked down on. However, they involve too many areas and cannot affect maritime trade. We must also take into account the attitudes of various countries."
, we need an opportunity and we need to take comprehensive action. I think this incident in Shenglong Mansion is a very suitable opportunity. We should launch a comprehensive action against secret associations, starting from Shenglong Mansion. After all, we don’t sweep every house.
Why do you want to clean up the world? Clean your own door first before talking about anything else."