Pawn Crossing the River

Faced with Zhang Yuelu's forced order, Zhang Wenyue had to obey the order.

Not to mention that the second deputy palace chief is a step above the ordinary deputy palace masters. In terms of family relations, Zhang Yuelu has been recognized by the Tianshi as the leader of the third generation of the Zhang family. This is not an empty talk, nor is it an empty name, but it is real, and Zhang Jucheng and other Zhang family members have also recognized it.

Now that it has passed the stage of controversy and has become a decision, Zhang Wenyue, as a contemporary of Zhang Yuelu, opposes Zhang Yuelu, which actually becomes the authority against the Tianshi. Da Zong will not speak for him, and the consequences are very serious.

[In view of the general environment,

The more important point is that Zhang Yuelu is right.

So Zhang Wenyue ordered his men to arrest the people involved in the case, including those who did nothing within the Taoist government.

After doing this, Zhang Yuelu presided over a meeting in Dongdu Mansion, which went all the way down to the deacon level. Many deputy heads of the palace also participated in the meeting remotely through the "Mother-in-Chief Mirror". Zhang Yuelu did not directly mention the Lin Yin case during the discussion, but only talked about one issue.

There is no vacuum in power.

Once they retreat and create a vacuum, other forces will immediately fill this part of the vacuum, thus gaining control of the corresponding power.

To put it more clearly, if the people who should take care of things don’t take care of them, others will take care of them.

Specifically, why do beggars exist in major towns? Because many things that were supposed to be under the control of the government offices were not taken care of by the government offices, the beggar gangs developed and expanded. A series of tasks such as cleaning ditches, moving corpses, guarding the village, and doing night patrols, etc., became the errands of the beggar gangs. At the same time, beggar gangs grew and became a gray existence between secret societies and normal societies. They then monopolized some special industries and even developed into a local hegemon.

In the New World, the people of the Holy Court did not take care of things, so an illegal association called the "Mafia" filled part of the gap. They administered "justice" to the people, and their leader became a priest-like being, called Your Excellency. .

To this end, Zhang Yuelu also gave an example. A man's land was seized by others. He went to report it to the government, but the government just responded perfunctorily and did not take care of the matter. At this time, his clan stood up, upheld justice for him, and regained the land through armed fighting. Do you think this person recognizes the clan rules? Or do you recognize the government's decree?

Power comes from the bottom up.

If the people below recognize the clan but not the government, then the government will be ignored and the clan will control this part of the power.

Over time, the clan grew stronger, and then the gentry and rural sages took control of the power at the bottom, and the imperial power did not go to the countryside.

Was this part of power snatched away by the gentry? Or did the government give up on their own initiative?

Therefore, there is no vacuum in power. If you withdraw, other forces will inevitably fill the vacancy.

In the same way, the same is true for the survival soil of so-called secret societies.

It seems very difficult to solve the problems of secret associations and gentry clans. If we really want to cure them, it is very simple to say that it is to establish an effective system, manage the things that should be managed well, and prevent a vacuum in power. Naturally, there will be no There is space for secret societies and gentry clans to exist.

This leads to another issue, the integration of rights and responsibilities. The prerequisite for holding power is taking responsibility. There is no way to hold power without taking corresponding responsibilities.

Zhang Yuelu pointed out that many Taoist priests in the Taoist government have this kind of thinking. They want to have power, but when they encounter problems, they want to slide over and don't want to accept the responsibility.

Take responsibility. There is power but no responsibility, there is responsibility but no power, there is great power but little responsibility, so can power be stable? What ends up being damaged is the foundation of the Taoist sect.

Only then did Zhang Yuelu point out Lin Yin's case.

This case reflects a fundamental problem: inaction.

The top management is perfunctory and solves problems. At the same time, there are still problems such as collusion and collusion of interests. The final result is that small problems become big problems and are ultimately irreversible.

This is the way things should be

?

Zhang Yuelu also talked about the story books. Nowadays, the story books are very popular among Jianghu knights. One kind tells about grudges and grudges, and the other kind tells about chivalry, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. They are very popular. Why are knights popular with ordinary people? In other words, why do ordinary people place their hopes on these so-called knights? What kind of current situation does this chivalrous spirit reflect?

After the Lin Yin case happened, how many people stood by Lin Yin? Why is this?

Shouldn't it cause some thought?

Now that things have happened, people cannot be resurrected after death, and it is irreversible, but why is everything still the same? It seems that even though so many people have died, it hasn't affected them at all. Is it so insensitive?

Zhang Yuelu asked many questions in succession during the meeting, but no one, including many deputy palace masters, gave answers. It's not that they don't know the answer, but that they can't answer it. Should they admit it directly?

Zhang Yuelu didn't want to limit himself to Lin Yin's case. If he only limited himself to Lin Yin's case, it would be no different from treating a headache and treating a headache. If he treats the symptoms but not the root cause, similar things will still happen in the future.

She wants to use this case as an opportunity to further clean up the laziness within the Taoist government.

After Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu took office, they have each put forward their own purposes, or their focus.

Forced by the situation, Qi Xuansu focused on the issue of secret associations, including the survival soil of secret associations he talked about.

Zhang Yuelu's environment was less urgent and more relaxed, so she took a step further based on Qi Xuansu and proposed to improve the atmosphere and clean up the world and people's hearts.

There is no distinction between the two. When faced with specific problems, Qi Xuansu naturally cannot talk about more general issues of ethics. He can only choose to solve the problems in front of him and even make some compromises. Among them, it is mainly reflected in the word "break". Qi Xuansu wants to break the original power structure of Borneo, establish a new balance, and form a confrontational situation. This theme is actually a sword he uses to deal with enemies, not his fundamental purpose.

Zhang Yuelu is freer and his environment is more relaxed, so he can stand at a higher position and talk about more ambitious propositions. Because Lingnan is close to Wuzhou and is the Zhang family's sphere of influence. Zhang Yuelu came to Lingnan with the support of Tianshi, which itself has broken the power structure of Lingnan and established a new balance of power. It can even be said that, She had no enemies here, so she could speak her mind without having to work too hard on it.

After the discussion, some people said privately that they had long heard that Zhang Yuelu was domineering, and today they had experienced it. He was obviously the second deputy palace master, but he talked and acted like a real person in charge of the palace. The future would be difficult.

Some people say that now she is only the second deputy palace master, and she can only survive for three years at most.

If she is allowed to become the Grand Master, I am afraid that she will go back to the era of the Fifth Generation Grand Master, and the good days now will be gone forever.

Some people also say that if you have to choose one of the four talents of the Taoist sect, it can be anyone, as long as it is not Zhang Yuelu.

However, this statement was opposed by others. As long as it was not Zhang Yuelu, how could Zhengyi Yiyi agree? If you want to win, you must at least take care of two things.

At this time, a person came up.

He is a person of Quanzhen Taoism, but he can take care of both righteousness and Taoism.

Qi Xuansu.

He is not as harsh and radical as Zhang Yuelu. Using him to replace Zhang Yuelu can not only lead a good life, but also take into account the interests of Zhengyiyi.

From this point of view, Qi Xuansu's role is much greater than Yao Pei, who can only represent Quanzhen Tao, and much better than Zhang Yuelu, who prevents everyone from having a good life. As for the little national master, he would not tolerate the Li family's hereditary behavior.

For most people, Qi Xuansu, who has no foundation, is better and easier to control when the big master teaches who to do or not. The Zhang and Li families, which have a strong foundation and are too strong, may not be a good choice.

This??????????????? reflects a mentality of people in Taoism.

How to reconcile personal interests and Tao

achieve a balance between interests.

Personal interests usually harm the interests of Taoism, but if there is no Taoism, personal interests cannot be protected.

In the past many years, the Third Division has also struggled with this problem, so the image of the Third Division is very complicated. They have acted to safeguard the interests of the Taoist sect, and they have also acted to harm the interests of the Taoist sect. It is difficult to use simple "good" or "bad" to describe Summarize them. They are like the signs of Taoism, where yin and yang intersect, and black and white intersect.

One can imagine a scene where half of the faces of the three divisions are bathed in light and glory, and the other half are hidden in dark shadows.

But now, the Third Division has entered their "twilight years", and they don't have much time, which will break the balance they have maintained for a long time. Are you considering your posthumous reputation and putting Taoist interests first? Or are you considering the real family and putting personal interests first? In short, the balance can no longer be maintained, and there should be a choice.

Now it seems that the three divisions still put the interests of the Taoist sect first. In their later years, they began to solve some problems and carry out some improvement measures. For example, the Fenglin Island issue, the Borneo issue, and the Taoist sect's moral issues are clear evidence of Zhang Yuelu's promotion and reuse.

However, it cannot be said that this is the final choice of the third division. It will not be revealed until the last moment.

Judging from the seventh-generation successor, Cihang's real hope is slim, and no one from the Zhang family can take the lead. It makes sense for the Tianshi to focus on the interests of the Taoist sect when the Zhang family has clearly been eliminated in the seventh-generation dispute. Because even if we compete for personal interests, we can't compete with others. If there is no profit, we only want fame. It is better to occupy the moral high ground and push Zhang Yuelu, who advocates reform, up.

On the contrary, Quanzhen Taoism and Taiping Taoism both hope to win the Seven Generations War, and may be more focused on personal interests. After all, the influence of a great leader is too great.

After the discussion, Zhang Yuelu asked Xu Kou, a former Qingluan Guard, to take charge of the case. Just because she doesn't want to limit herself to Lin Yin's case doesn't mean she doesn't care about the case. The case still needs to be investigated, and it must be investigated to the end.

At this moment, her scriptures lit up.

There is only one person who can contact Zhang Yuelu through the sutra, and that is Qi Xuansu.