Pawn Crossing the River

Just when Qi Xuansu went to the ocean to make trouble behind the enemy's rear, Zhang Yuelu was not idle either.

After all, Xiao Yin had sneaked out and Zhang Yuelu couldn't take care of her. It showed that Zhang Yuelu was really busy.

What is Zhang Yuelu busy with?

She mainly focuses on internal issues.

Although Wang Jiaohe and Sun Heyu were both eliminated by Qi Xuansu, when Qi Xuansu was in power, the whole Nanyang had a clear atmosphere, but it was a little different when it was Zhang Yuelu.

The reason is very simple. Why does Qi Xuansu have prestige? To put it harshly, it was Qi Xuansu who killed him. Both the Wang family and the Sun family were defeated. Who among the remaining people would dare to go against Qi Xuansu? That's because I think I have lived too long.

Now, Qi Xuansu is gone and replaced by Zhang Yuelu.

Zhang Yuelu was not killed like Qi Xuansu. She rose to the throne normally. The difference is like an emperor who is about to win the world and an emperor who inherits the throne. The prestige must be different.

In addition, Qi Xuansu's three years in office mainly focused on stabilizing the situation internally, making up for the financial deficit externally, and seeking stability and tolerance. Naturally, the situation was relatively stable. But after Zhang Yuelu came to power, the situation stabilized, and she began to implement some reform policies and carry out internal reforms.

Don't forget that Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu had differences when they were discussing how to deal with Nanyang United Trading Company.

What Zhang Yuelu meant was that such a large company could not be run by private individuals. To prevent illegal activities such as slave trading from happening, Daomen should also hold shares, preferably 50% of the shares, and have absolute control.

Qi Xuansu held objections. First, after two wars, Daomen's finances did not support Daomen's excessive involvement. Second, too much involvement of Taoist sects will inevitably lead to a series of personnel problems, which may not be a good thing.

In the end, the two reached a compromise on their opinions, and they could bring in Daomen, but they would not occupy an absolute share, nor directly participate in the operation and management, but would only send representatives to exercise supervision rights.

It can be seen from this that Qi Xuansu is soft when it comes to huge vested interest groups. Zhang Yuelu, on the other hand, is much tougher and not afraid of offending others. If Zhang Yuelu is asked to preside over the reorganization of Nanyang United Trading Company, it will never be a good thing for you and me and good for everyone.

At that time, Qi Xuansu was the chief of the Borneo Taoist government, and Zhang Yuelu could only suggest that he should not seek political advice if he was not in his position. Now that Zhang Yuelu has become the chief of the Borneo Taoist Office, she can not change personnel matters, and she will pursue her own policies in her position.

Domestic reforms will inevitably touch those with vested interests. Destroying people's financial resources is like killing their parents, and some people will inevitably jump out to oppose it.

The psychology behind it is also very simple. Chief Qi has made such a big contribution, but he didn’t do this when he was in office. Chief Zhang, who has no great merits and relies on his family background to get to the position, dare to do this?

be opposed to! Must be opposed!

Zhang Yuelu cannot give in. If she wants to change the Taoism, she can't just talk about it, she must put it into practice. If she can't even promote it in Nanyang, how can she talk about promoting it to the entire Taoist sect?

In a sense, Nanyang is a pilot project.

So the two groups of people faced each other.

The nature of this is different from that of Wang Jiaohe. It cannot be said to be disloyal to the Taoist sect, nor can it be said to be a betrayal of the Taoist sect.

Human nature is always complicated. If a foreign enemy comes, most of the opposition will dare to fight to the death with the foreign enemy. Many of them are even meritorious Taoist priests who participated in the Borneo War. But the benefits they usurp cannot be less.

They are loyal to the Taoist sect and have made great contributions to the Taoist sect. He is also greedy and thinks he deserves everything.

There are no absolutely good guys or absolutely bad guys here.

Because of this, it becomes complex and difficult to deal with.

Zhang Yuelu would not use violence to crush him. Jinque would not agree, Yao Shu would not agree, and even Landa Zhenren would not agree. But every time Zhang Yuelu does something, there are people who interfere with it. The progress is slow and there are many obstacles.

Zhang Yuelu had no choice but to unite with Xu Jiaorong and take advantage of the situation. This move was not to adjust personnel and rebuild the balance of power on a large scale like Qi Xuansu did, but to remove anyone who stood in the way in a small area.

This is also a necessary means. Zhang Yuelu has never been the kind of person who blindly pursues moral integrity.

Some female Taoist priests always value the power of rules too much, which is also their biggest limitation. They always believe that power comes from the top down, as if they can do whatever they want with an empty name. There are often "puppet emperors who seize the evidence of the crimes of powerful officials and then This is a fantastic idea that all the powerful officials will be executed with just one piece of edict.

A powerful minister who kills someone with just an edict without resorting to force is not called a powerful minister, and such an emperor is not called a puppet emperor.

The Li family suppressed all the evidence and eliminated the evidence because Zhengyiyi and Quanzhen Tao did have the ability to punish the Li family. The Li family did not want to fall into a passive position, so they wanted to silence them. When both sides are evenly matched, legal systems, rules, righteousness, and principles are meaningful. It's not that the Li family is afraid of the so-called rules and laws.

If these two families combined are no match for the Li family, the Li family can say, look at which law I broke, and I can change it on the spot. Whatever sin you want, I will write you one right now.

Zhang Yuelu had no intention of delving into whether these people had any difficulties or difficulties. She only had one answer: You are blocking my way, and you are not clean, so I will take you away and go to hell to slowly repent. Even if you are clean or the problem is not serious, I can transfer you and go to other places to shine. Don't block my way here.

There is no room for weakness in this kind of struggle. If you don't touch others, others will touch you.

In a sense, Zhang Yuelu's ruthlessness was not inferior to Qi Xuansu's.

Therefore, under the influence of these two people, even Xiao Yin knew that "you have harmed me."

During this period of time, Zhang Yuelu has successively taken down four Taoist priests in charge and brought them to justice. Because the handling speed of the Beichen Hall Branch and Fengxian Hall Branch was too slow and was suspected of deliberate delay, she changed to an assistant manager. , replaced by Lu Yuting to personally supervise the case, and strive to close the case in the shortest possible time.

For a while, many people were saying that Chief Zhang was engaging in persecution.

Early this morning, as soon as Zhang Yuelu arrived at Tianfu Palace, he saw an old Taoist priest with white hair and white beard waiting in front of the door.

This old man's name was Zhou Hegang. Although he was not as good as Sun Heyu, he also retired from the position of the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest. He once served as the chief deputy head of the Borneo Taoist House before Du Yuhua and Wang Jiaohe, and later went to Yu Jing serves as the chief deputy hall master. After Sun Heyu was captured and Du Yuhua fell silent, he became the leading figure among the elders of Borneo. Read the book

Zhang Yuelu naturally knew what Zhou Hegang was doing here, but he still didn't want to show off his face and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, what advice can you give me?"

Zhou Hegang said with a straight face: "I don't want to take advice seriously. I'm here to ask for a meeting with Chief Zhang."

Zhang Yuelu didn't seem to hear the resentment in Zhou Hegang's words, and just said: "Let's go in and talk. Mr. Zhou is coming over without notifying him in advance, so I can send someone to greet Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Hegang said coldly: "Chief Zhang has a lot of things to do every day. I, a bad old man, don't dare to waste Chief Zhang's precious time, so I came here. If Chief Zhang has time to see me, then come and see me. If Chief Zhang doesn't have time to see me, then come and see me." Me, then I will stand here and wait until Chief Zhang is free."

Back then, the Grand Master of the Five Dynasties personally led an army to the West Posu Island. Not only the ancestors of the Wang family were among them, but Zhou Hegang, who was still very young at that time, was also in the army. In the blink of an eye, Zhou Hegang was already very old. Zhang Yuelu respected his past experience, and even though his words contained a strong smell of gunpowder, he still refused to betray him: "Since Mr. Zhou is here, no matter whether he has time or not, he will always have time."

After all, this is an old man who has worked hard for the Taoist sect, and Zhang Yuelu is willing to give him the greatest respect within the allowable range.

Entering the reception room, Zhang Yuelu and Zhou Hegang took their seats respectively under Ke Qingqing's arrangements.

Zhang Yuelu took the initiative and said, "Mr. Zhou, you can point it out if there is anything wrong with what I did. I will accept it with an open mind and make corrections seriously."

Zhou Hegang was also polite: "I heard that Chief Zhang and Chief Qi have already arranged a marriage, which is a good thing. Chief Qi recommended Chief Zhang to come to the Borneo Taoist Palace as the chief deputy head. The meaning is very clear. Borneo entrusts Chief Qi to He was afraid that others would ruin his hard work, and he was also afraid that people would take political risks, so he recommended Chief Zhang to take his place. But what did Chief Zhang do?

What? Every time I think about it, I seem to think of Borneo as a place where you go to fool around. "

"Chief Qi spent three years trying to correct the chaos and created a good situation. Are you not afraid that it will be destroyed in your hands? How can you be worthy of Chief Qi? The same goes for Master Qingwei. Xiao Qi did a good job by replacing him. What are you doing? Now that we are in this situation, who are you fooling by talking about humbly accepting it and making serious corrections?"

The smile on Zhang Yuelu's face gradually faded away, and he ordered: "Qingqing, write down all Mr. Zhou's words, and we can discuss them carefully in the future."

"Mr. Zhou, if you still have any dissatisfaction, please tell me all at once. Don't be so general. It's better to be specific about something or someone. I'm not afraid of being serious, and I'm afraid that you won't be serious."

Zhou Hegang was not afraid at all: "Don't do this. Before your father was born, I followed the fifth generation of great masters through life and death. I crawled out of the corpse mountain and sea of ​​blood in Xibasa Island. I am not a king." Jiaohe, I have been loyal to the Taoist sect all my life, and I am not afraid of my shadow being distorted. Am I still afraid of you, a junior?"

Zhang Yuelu's tone turned cold: "Mr. Zhou, you are old, but Sun Heyu is even older. He has also made contributions to the Taoist sect. Where is Sun Heyu now? Let me tell you, the Taoist sect has always had merits and demerits that cannot be offset, no matter you No matter how many meritorious services you have made, it is not a reason for you to make mistakes. You have been on the battlefield, and I, Zhang Yuelu, am not a delicate flower in the flower garden. I have been to the Fenglinzhou battlefield, and I was directly involved when Chief Qi defeated Wang Jiaohe for rebelling against the party. If you plan to seriously report the problem, I welcome it, but if you want to rely on your old age here, then I advise you to stop this idea as soon as possible, so as not to be in trouble later!"