Chapter 455: Entering the Temple to Offer Sacrifices, the Emperor Tests

After all, the incense refining technique, which utilizes the power of faith incense, is useful to officials of the entire Ming Dynasty. Almost all officials have practiced this technique.

However, no matter how big the temple is, the number of worshippers it can accommodate is limited, and it is impossible to accommodate all of them.

The position of the accompanying priest is of great importance, related to the cultivation of every official and the promotion to the divine position. Even for Yan Weizhong, he would not dare to make such a decision easily without the emperor's will.

After all, if there is the emperor's will, then it doesn't matter if he takes the blame, and he is not afraid of others' impeachment and hatred, because the emperor is protecting him.

But if you decide easily, you will not only arouse the jealousy of your colleagues, but also lose the emperor's blessing.

Zhu Houcong took the memorial and looked through the regulations and plans above, while Yan Weizhong sat on his chair with a serious expression, waiting for the emperor's decision.

This charter plan seems very simple. It only requires planning to build temples at various state roads within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this is not the case. Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty now has thousands of miles of territory. The number of temples needed for this state road alone is an astronomical figure. After determining the number of temples, it is necessary to send people to determine the geomantic omen and select the location. Determine if it's really a good fit.

This is a huge project. In the past, not to mention how difficult it was to do such a thing, just because it was such a waste of people's energy, such a great success would be opposed by countless officials.

But now, after this plan was proposed, not a single official objected. On the contrary, there was no obstacle to the approval of the entire plan, no matter which department officials needed to cooperate.

Because all the officials know that this temple can absorb the incense of faith, which is what the Ming Dynasty needs most today, and what they need most in their eternal life.

"The temples are tentatively divided into three grades. The third-grade temples are limited to selecting a few first-grade officials to accompany the sacrifices. The second-grade temples are limited to selecting a few second-grade officials and above to accompany the sacrifices. The first-grade temples are limited to selecting third-grade officials and above to accompany the sacrifices." Zhu Houcong put down the memorial and said.

In fact, he had already made up his mind about this. Most of the power of incense and belief in this temple was collected by himself. Some of it was kept in the original temple and was under the control of state and road officials for prevention purposes; some of it was distributed to the emperor. These officials accompanying the sacrifice.

Of course, he will not use all of the collected power of faith incense for cultivation, but will use some of it as salary and distribute it to these officials, so that he can better control the divine dynasty. in it.

In Zhu Houcong's view, the power of these incense and incense is actually the same as the taxes that the Ming Dynasty had to collect every year. It is not more convenient than the taxes collected every year. After all, those who pay taxes can still hide it privately, but the power of incense and belief is not Just by distinguishing the thoughts of the Yin God, you can clearly understand the power of the incense of faith generated by each temple.

As long as he holds the power of these beliefs and incense in his hands, he is equivalent to holding the entire Ming Dynasty in his hands. Unless someone can seize the golden book and jade book, no one can shake his position.

"I obey your Majesty's wishes." Yan Weizhong nodded in agreement.

"By the way, there seems to be one missing person among the people accompanying the sacrifice?" the emperor said suddenly.

He looked through the lists of accompaniments in these sacrificial temples, and suddenly discovered something different. The name of the person he was thinking of did not appear on it.

One person is missing!

Yan Weizhong looked shocked, how could such an omission happen? He was personally supervising the matter, so it should be impossible.

But now that the emperor said it was less, it must be less. He quickly knelt on the ground and said: "I am scared, please give me some advice, Your Majesty."

"Where is the position of the Imperial Master?" Zhu Houcong asked with a frown.

As a national master, how could he miss the opponent's sacrificial position?

Hearing the emperor talking about the imperial master Pei Xuanjing, Yan Weizhong was stunned and realized what his omission was.

He originally thought that the master-disciple relationship between the emperor and the imperial master Pei Xuanjing was only superficial. After all, when Pei Xuanjing took action in the imperial city, it undoubtedly caused the royal family to lose face. Even though it contributed to promoting the divine dynasty, the other party had the power in his hands. The supplementary volume of the Golden Book and Jade Book will undoubtedly arouse the emperor's fear.

If the emperor's cooperation was forced out of necessity, now he is fully qualified to deal with the other party as an equal. Although it is impossible to really break off the relationship with the other party, he is also qualified to ignore the other party in some matters, so he put this matter I didn't want to offend the emperor, but now it seems that it is not what I thought.

Yan Wei felt a hint of surprise in his heart, but his face remained calm as he listened to the emperor's words.

"This position of deputy priest is reserved for the national master. Every temple where I have one will have a national master to accompany him in offering sacrifices."

In the emperor's view, since Pei Xuanjing taught him this technique, and the other party was also a fellow practitioner of the three paths of spirit, energy and spirit, then this technique must also have a huge effect on him.

So regarding this point, there is no need for Pei Xuanjing to point out. He also needs to share this incense belief with the other party, otherwise he will not be able to do things.

Of course, he has another test, which is to see if Pei Xuanjing will use this incense of faith. If the other party uses it, that's fine. If the other party avoids this incense of faith or puts it aside, then he needs to think carefully about it. It’s time.

"yes!"

Yan Wei was horrified in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face and said respectfully.

"Accompanying the sacrifice? Me?"

After hearing this news, Pei Xuanjing's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Yes, this can be seen as a gesture of goodwill from His Majesty. He has no intention of turning against you for the time being." Gu Ji said with a smile.

He was instructed by the emperor to convey this news to Pei Xuanjing, and also to thank Pei Xuanjing for his help.

You should know that although this god position can be obtained by officials above the fourth rank, if you want to carry and refine the god position, you need to have the strength of the third rank or above, otherwise you can't maximize the role of the god position.

At the beginning, it was Pei Xuanjing who personally helped him enter the realm of the third-rank master. Although he was only a pseudo-master, it was also a great gain for Gu Ji, allowing him to better carry the power of the god position.

"Haha. Brother Gu, you are really good at pretending to be confused." Pei Xuanjing chuckled. He had already understood the meaning of the emperor's move.

Although he was showing goodwill to himself and expressed that he had no intention of destroying the cooperation between the two sides, he was also testing himself to see if he also practiced the incense and fire refining technique.