The Taoist Priest of the Fourth Grade Jijiu seems to have a high position, but in fact he has just passed the first threshold. In the words of the imperial court, he has become an official.
There is only a gap of three levels from the fourth-level Taoist Priest of Jijiu to the first-level Taoist of Innocence, but in fact it is far more than three levels.
This involves the Taoist Jinque discussion system.
The Jinque Council is the highest authority of the Taoist sect. Excluding the Grand Master and other great masters, there are a total of thirty-six real people participating in it. These thirty-six real men are all second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests. Their full name is "Shenzhi Jinque Council"
"Zhenzhen", referred to as "Thirty-Six Zhenren" or "Zhenzhi Zhenren", if he resigns or is dismissed from his post and loses the right to participate in Zhijinque's discussions, he still retains the rank of a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest and can be called a Zhenzhen.
In other words, there are far more than thirty-six real people in the Taoist sect, but the thirty-six real people who know the Jinque Discussion are the most important.
In the same way, the three great masters known as "Heavenly Master", "Earth Master" and "National Master", their full title is "Deputy Master Dacheng". If they retire and resign, the person who resigns is actually the deputy master.
Position, still retains the title of "Dacheng Zhenren", referred to as "Dacheng Zhenren".
Under normal circumstances, unless it is a major crime such as apostasy, rebellion, etc., the Taoist sect will not remove the title of Da Zhenren or Zhenren.
Ordinary real people are qualified to observe the discussions of Jinque. Ordinary great people are still qualified to participate in the discussions of Jinque, and their status is higher than the thirty-six real people who participate in Jinque. In order to distinguish the deputy head masters, these great people are called
"Pingzhang Jinque Discussion Dazhen", abbreviated as "Pingzhang Dazhen". It means: manage it in an even way, make it harmonious, teach etiquette and law, make it clear and clear.
In short, the upper level of Daomen can be divided into five levels.
The highest one is the Grand Master, also known as the Grand Master. There is only one person with a respected status and he is the leader of the Taoist sect.
Next are the three deputy head masters, who are also the leaders of the three realms. They have great power, one person is subordinate to them and ten thousand people are superior to them.
Thirdly, there is the Pingzhang Jinque Discussing Master, whose number is not fixed. He can be regarded as a kind of figure such as a veteran, an old man, and an elder. He is highly respected and has many old disciples. Although he is relegated to the second line, he has great influence.
Then there are the thirty-six real people who participated in the Jinque discussion, the mainstay, the real power figures, most of them are the masters of a hall or the masters of a local palace.
Finally, there are the ordinary real people whose number is not fixed. Although they are not as good as the thirty-six real people, they cannot be underestimated. They may hold important positions or are quite popular. If there is a vacancy among the thirty-six real people, they will be chosen from these
Real people complement each other.
Looking at it from another perspective, there are differences between the same first-grade innocent Taoist priests or second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests. Putting aside the great master who is in the super grade, the first-grade innocent Taoist priests and the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests are actually at the fourth level.
Including the third-grade Youyi Taoist priest and the fourth-grade Jijiu Taoist priest, it is the sixth level.
The Taoist Priests of the Fourth Grade Jijijiu are at the bottom, and there is still a long way to go before they can truly reach the upper echelons of the Taoist sect.
If you add in the top Grand Master and the levels below the fourth level, then the Taoist sect is exactly the ninth level and the twelfth level.
This is not a secret. Anyone who has reached a higher level of Taoism can know it. After all, if you want to climb up within the Taoist sect, if you don't even know these basic information, then there is no need to camp.
The reason why Zhang Yuelu is feared by all the disciples of the aristocratic family is not only because of her own abilities, but also because she is paid attention to by the two deputy headmasters, Da Zhenren. Although outsiders cannot guess how much attention the two deputy headmasters attach to Zhang Yuelu, it is only
It was the attitude itself that was enough to intimidate Xiao Xiao.
As for those powerful people, of course they will not be intimidated, and they can even know the truth and falsehood, but what reason do they have to get involved in the fights of these children? Even people like Master Tiangang and others like Zhang Yuelu very much.
Zhang Yuelu's status in the Taoist sect can be imagined.
On the other hand, Qi Xuansu was just an insignificant seventh-grade Taoist priest. He had to be respectful in front of Sun Yongfeng, a fourth-grade Taoist priest who offered wine, and was not even qualified to "sit and discuss Taoism."
From this point of view, the gap between Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu, not to mention the difference between Yunni and Yunni, is almost the same.
But the gap between Zhang Yuelu and the Grand Master was several times greater than the gap between Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu.
Because before the fourth-grade Taoist priest, you can still rely on people to promote you. If there is a noble person who appreciates it, it is just a matter of words. But after the fourth-grade, it is different. There is a carrot and a hole. If someone goes up, someone has to come down. Whoever goes up has to come down.
Who will go down? After reaching the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, everyone has a backer and power, and they are all intertwined, and one move can affect the whole body.
As for the positions of the three deputy leaders and the chief leader, they cannot go to Taishang Taozu to promote themselves.
It can be said that it is one step at a time.
There is a saying in Taoism that it is easy to rise to the top, but difficult to become a great leader.
If you want to be a great master, one lifetime is not enough, you have to practice for several lifetimes.
Zhang Yuelu said that she wanted to be a great leader, even if she was an unparalleled genius, even if she was really the reincarnation of an immortal in the sky, if word spread, she would still be laughed at.
This is the great master of Taoism.
To this day, the Grand Master has been vacant for a long time, and the Jinque meeting has been held twice, but there is still no result, so
The three deputy masters, Da Zhen, take turns exercising the power of the chief master.
This is also known to everyone.
There are even rumors that the three deputy head teachers deliberately did not elect a new chief head. After all, how could they hand over the power they had obtained? When the new chief head takes the throne, he will inevitably take over the power. The three deputy head teachers not only
They cannot take turns exercising the power of the Grand Master. Instead, they have to obey the orders of the new Grand Master. Naturally, they have to maintain the status quo.
This kind of rumor spread more and more fiercely, and later it was even rumored that the three deputy head masters, Da Zhenren, had conspired to kill the previous chief head, forcing the ancestral court to order the arrest of those who spread the rumors and spread the rumors.
However, the rumors have spread, and even Qi Xuansu, who has not been in the ancestral court for many years, has heard about it. In Qi Xuansu's view, this rumor is a bit strange. It may involve a struggle among the top officials of the ancestral court. Some people want to use this rumor to form a large-scale discussion.
This forced the three deputy headmasters, Da Zhenren, to elect a new headmaster as soon as possible.
As for why one of the three deputy sect masters is not appointed as the grand master, it is because there is an unwritten rule within the Taoist sect. The candidate for the grand master must come from the thirty-six masters. It is like a royal inheritance, mainly
The inheritance is passed down from father to son, and will not be passed down from brother to brother.
Even if the three deputy sect masters wanted to break this rule, the three could not form a unified opinion and restrain each other. No matter who wanted to be the chief sect, they would be opposed by the other two.
The current situation is that only one person can be recommended from among the thirty-six Masters, and the requirements for the Grand Master are very high. He must be a "young man" who can convince all the Masters at the age of about sixty.
Tiangang Zhenren is now sixty years old. This age is considered ordinary among real people, and is considered a young person among Da Zhenren. Just like a thirty-year-old age, placed in the seventh-level Taoist priest, it is too old, and placed in the fifth-level Taoist priest.
Taoist priests are young and promising.
Zhang Yuelu is less than twenty-five years old this year. Counting five years as a step, he will be promoted to the third level at the age of thirty, to the second level ordinary real person at the age of thirty-five, to the second level ordinary real person at the age of forty, to the first level Ping Zhangda at the age of forty-five.
A real person cannot be promoted to the rank of deputy head master until he is fifty years old.
But in fact, it is impossible to achieve a level every five years. When Tiangang was fifty years old, he was one of the thirty-six real people. Ten years later, he was still one of the thirty-six real people. Except for the change of position, the rest
There has been no change, and it can be said to be stagnant. If there are no changes by chance, in another ten years, he will still be one of the thirty-six real people, and maybe he will be promoted to Pingzhang Dazhen after he is eighty years old.
From this point of view, the sixty-year-old Grand Master can indeed be regarded as a young man.
Qi Xuansu's dream in this life is to wear the sword of wisdom and climb to the position of a real person without even having to
He is satisfied with being a real person, just an ordinary real person.
How difficult it is.
The reason why it is a dream must be that it is difficult to realize, or even hopeless.
For Zhang Yuelu, there is almost no suspense for her to become a real person in the future. At worst, she is an ordinary real person with a sword of wisdom. If she develops smoothly, she should be one of the thirty-six who participate in the Jinque discussion.
She is in the ranks of real people, so her dream is to become a great master.
The end point that Qi Xuansu longed for was actually the starting point for Zhang Yuelu to reach the end.
Qi Xuansu was not a fool, so he naturally realized this from Zhang Yuelu's attitude and words.
For a moment, the two of them were speechless.
Whether it was a meeting where they had known each other for a drink, or whether they were on guard against each other and testing each other, some things that neither of them cared about, after they gradually let go of part of their guard, finally emerged from the water and turned into an invisible barrier.
The charming thoughts that Qi Xuansu had just had disappeared in the blink of an eye before this barrier.
He is not a carefree and heroic ranger, nor is he a wild and wild man, he is just a little person struggling at the bottom of the Taoist sect.
Therefore, in order to survive, he is unlikely to do anything out of the ordinary, such as treating hierarchy as nothing, or being in control of his destiny. These are very enjoyable, beautiful, and unrestrained, but they do not belong to him.
At least it doesn't belong to him now.
Zhang Yuelu also felt the subtle change in the atmosphere between the two, stopped and said, "It seems that our fate ends here."
Zhang Yuelu said in a tone that sounded like a fortune teller: "But our fate in August is not over yet, we will meet again."
Qi Xuansu thought very quickly: "Are you talking about working with Tiangang Hall? But whether I can enter Tiangang Hall, I still have two questions."
Zhang Yuelu looked deeply at Qi Xuansu and said, "If you can enter Tiangang Hall, Sun Yongfeng can't stop you, I said so."
Qi Xuansu was shocked and pointed out: "As far as I know, the new deputy hall master of Tiangang Hall is named Zhang, and his age is not much different from that of the Tantai girl. Could it be that the Tantai girl has an old relationship with this deputy hall master Zhang and plans to do it for me?
Say a few nice words?"
Zhang Yuelu walked away and said without looking back: "Brother Tianyuan, if I say you can enter the Tiangang Hall, you will definitely be able to enter the Tiangang Hall."