"The Taoist sect must have an emperor, and there must be an emperor in this world."

The person who said this was Cheng Taiyuan, the high priest of Confucianism, and he was also the leader of the cabinet, the second person in the court, the teacher of Qin Lingge, the head of Neo-Confucianism, and other a bunch of titles.

His most important identity is the royalist party, the only one among the three high-ranking priests who are absolutely loyal to the emperor. He is at the height of the temple, and the other two high-ranking priests are not so loyal, and they are somewhat reserved and far away from the world.

So this sentence came from his mouth, not only without any sense of incongruity, but instead made people feel that it should have been like this.

"Why must there be an emperor?"

The person who asked this question was not Qin Lingge, but Emperor Daxuan himself.

Cheng Taiyuan explained: "The top leaders of the Taoist sect are actually traditional families of the Taoist sect. This is a typical noble class. The ancestors followed Xuansheng to conquer the world and remained in the ancient aristocratic system. Today, the Taoist sect lacks the rise channels of imperial examinations. The so-called Taoist sect exam is just to select minor officials, not officials. Although a five-generation master was born, it was just a flash in the pan."

The emperor did not speak, but just signaled the prime minister to continue speaking.

Cheng Taiyuan continued: "As early as the Xuansheng era, the territory of the Taoist sect was relatively small, and this set could still be maintained, but with the expansion of the territory of the Taoist sect, this set was destined to be unsustainable. Because no matter how abundant the martial virtues of the Taoist sect family were, there would always be times when they were weak, and they could not suppress such a large territory, not to mention that there were many contradictions within the Taoist sect family. After an inevitable civil war, weakness was destined.

"The conservatives led by the Li family restricted other up-and-coming celebrities to the top leaders of the Taoist sect. For example, the powerful people from overseas continents clearly have vast land and strong strength, but cannot enter the core class of the Taoist sect and master the corresponding rights. They will inevitably feel dissatisfied. The rebellion of Fenglin and Borneo has shown the problem. This is just the beginning, not the end. With the decline of the Taoist sect, such rebellions will become more and more frequent. This is not the case with Xidao Gate that has not returned, and the problems faced by Xidao Gate are even more serious.

“To solve this problem, there are only two ways.

"First, expand the core basic foundation of the Taoist sect, include rising talents who are not nobles, and give them channels of improvement and equal treatment. This is what the Taoist sect has been promoting, including the young master Qi Xuansu, even if he does not recognize this very much.

"The second is to implement the monarchy system, and the privileges of the nobles can be partially retained, but they must be diluted. The sage master said: The princes use barbarian etiquette to barb them, and advance to the Central Plains. Regardless of the domestic and overseas, no matter whether the aristocratic families or poor families, all people share the loyalty to the monarch himself. Except for the emperor, the rest of the people have no essential difference between high and low."

The emperor raised the first question: "Why can't it be the first road?"

Cheng Taiyuan replied: "Because the conservatives led by the Li family will never allow it, why should the defeated generals be on an equal footing with the winners? It would be fine if the losers of the Zhang family are defeated, after all, they are defeated but not their own people, and those who have completely failed and are not their own people?

"When the minority becomes the majority, although it is powerful, it cannot be reversed and difficult to remedy. At this time, the old aristocratic families are not united. Driven by their dedication and desire, the party will fight against each other, and the situation will become complicated. If the clams and snipers fight and both lose, these later people will be the main guest. The Taoist families make wedding dresses for others and lose without defeat. On the contrary, these defeated generals won by defeat. Use the Taoist sword to get more for the Taoist sect. Is this the Taoist sect of the Li family? This is something the Li family absolutely does not want to see.

"At that time, Xu Zu had a famous 'big theory'. As long as the cake is constantly expanding, even if the existing interest distribution structure is not changed, it can cover up all contradictions. The Taoist sect has been implementing this idea for almost two hundred years. The continuous expansion of the Taoist sect not only consolidates the orthodox nature of the Taoist sect, but also covers up the three contradictions within the Taoist sect. Now, the Taoist sect has expanded to the extreme, and the big cake can no longer continue to expand, and the three contradictions cannot be covered up, and the problem of heirs has intensified this contradiction.

"So there is another very critical reason. The cake is so big. If others eat more, the old aristocratic families will eat less. Even if the leaders of these aristocratic families foresee this, ordinary members of those aristocratic families will not agree.

"So, in this case, the Taoist sect will sooner or later go to the second path. The Taoist sect needs an emperor not the ambition of someone, but the common wish of the Bhasa, Bornean, Fenglin, and even the Tawanting people, as well as all those who do not belong to the Taoist family but are eager to ascend channels."

The emperor finally spoke: "Only after the enlightened faction fails, an emperor is needed. If the enlightened faction fails, then there is no need for an emperor. After all, no one wants to have a sky above his head, and he hopes that he and Tian are in harmony."

"This is exactly the third point I want to say." said the Dajijiu. "From the Li family's standpoint, there are primary and secondary contradictions. The main contradiction now is the contradiction between the conservatives and the enlightened. It has become so intense that it is a life-and-death point. If the Li family needs our help, we must also provide help. Next, we just need to let it go. People's hearts are on our side."

Cheng Taiyuan provided a complete set of theoretical foundations for His Majesty, a beautiful vision, and argued that the Taoist sect needs an emperor's legitimacy, urgency and inevitability.

The emperor also readily accepted this statement.

Cheng Taiyuan concluded: "Qingwei Zhenren is from the Li family. He should have been a conservative, but he is also called the Li family rebellion. Many of his ideas are biased towards neutral factions and recognize some of the ideas of enlightened factions. In the last election of the Grand Master, it was Qingwei Zhenren who tried his best to prevent the outbreak of three internal strife. But this time, Qingwei Zhenren is powerless. He not only has to watch the outbreak of civil strife, but also inevitably be involved."

Cheng Taiyuan bowed: "The wise see danger invisible, and the wise see disaster invisible. We have been planning for too long. When Your Majesty ascended the throne, he asked the old minister for advice. At that time, the old minister replied to Your Majesty with the word "wait". This wait took decades. Now it has reached the critical moment of the decisive battle. Your Majesty should lead the army in person, and the old minister will also happily accompany you."

The emperor said, "Good."

This is a secret talk, with only the Emperor, Cheng Taiyuan, and Qin Lingge.

Qin Lingge didn't speak from beginning to end, but just listened. With his current identity and realm, he could not be compared with Qi Xuansu. However, Qin Lingge's mood was still excited, because being able to attend such confidential discussions itself shows many issues, especially the premise that King Qin Quanxiao of Liao did not appear.

Qin Lingge believes that this is a hint, and that Qin Quanxiao's elimination has become a foregone conclusion.

Qin Quanxiao repeatedly disappointed the emperor, and Qin Quanxiao's age was also one of the reasons, but the most fundamental reason was that the Confucian school made efforts.

If His Majesty the Emperor wants to achieve great things with the help of Buddhism, he needs a successor closely related to the Confucian sect to rest assured the Confucian sect. This is a kind of exchange of interests. The emperor has begun to lay out the relationship between Qinling Pavilion and Confucian sect for a long time. In the emperor's view, the real emperor is not only a secular emperor, but also a great leader of the Taoist sect and the leader of the Confucian sect.

As many people are worried, even if the emperor's plan is successful and he will take down the Taoist sect, it will only conquer the world immediately. It is considered a pioneering achievement. How to solve the problem of seizing the world?

After all, the emperor always wants to ascense, and his successor problem is also difficult. The current successor Qin Quanxiao only has a blood advantage and is mostly unable to suppress the government and the country - he struggles to suppress Xiao Yin, can he suppress all the rebellious princes and the Li family, the general of the foreign relatives?
Chapter completed!