Honghuang: Senior Brother of the Chan Sect, I am Guangchengzi

Chapter 275: When the King Rebelled

However, even with Ji Chang's assurance, there was no joy on their faces. Instead, they looked more worried.

When a minister saw this, he thought that they were greedy and wanted more, and secretly felt that these inferior people were indeed greedy, so he wanted to step forward and scold them, and tell them to stop while they were ahead.

Ji Chang, on the other hand, was more benevolent. Seeing that they were hesitant, he thought that they were afraid of dying in Xiqi, so he said kindly, "You don't have to worry about not finding work in Xiqi.

With my handwritten letter, the ministers will naturally arrange a way for you. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will not be afraid of starving to death, and you will also be able to find a place to settle down. "

Hua Xu shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about this. I'm worried that other friends and relatives won't have the same luck as me. I'm just worried."

Ji Chang had not expected this, and asked curiously. Hua Xu sighed, "My family lives in Xuanzhou, but there is a severe drought in Xuanzhou. Ten thousand miles are dry and there is no water. The seedlings we planted have turned into dry grass. We can't pay the taxes to the landlords and the levies to the soldiers.

They were reveling every day and having fun every night, but I was forced to move with my family. Unexpectedly, we encountered refugees and bandits on the way and were forced to separate from my family. Only my niece followed me.

I have now received your mercy, the prince, and have been able to save my life, but what about my other brothers and sisters? What about my husband and my children? Who can take care of them?

I only hope that there can be more kind-hearted people like you in the world. In this way, no matter where my family is rushed to, I don’t have to worry about them being bullied or insulted.

Eventually they had no choice but to sell their children and slowly died one by one. What's more, the people of the world were so miserable. All we wanted was a bite of food and a drink of water.

A house that can shelter us from the wind and rain, a field that can fill our stomachs, we will be satisfied and live in peace forever, but when will such a place appear in the world? "

Others also had sad faces and tears in their eyes. They were not seeking benefits for themselves, but for the well-being of the people of the world.

The minister who previously suspected that they were greedy and wanted more blushed with shame. He never expected that the inferior people in his eyes could actually be so kind and righteous.

They were more humane than he, who was always sarcastic.

Ji Chang was deeply moved and sang: "Who says that ordinary people have no heart, who says that the rich and powerful have kindness?

Those who defend their country are noble men, while those who die on the battlefield are ordinary people.

Thousands mourn the death of a general in battle, but who knows about the corpses of the soldiers?
The general gets fame and fortune for his success, but the soldier gets death for his failure."

After Ji Chang finished singing, he bowed deeply to the common people in front of him.

This bow was not a pretense on his part, but an apology to the common people who just wanted to earn a living.

He had been living a life of luxury since childhood, and his meals were prepared by thousands of chefs. As the saying goes, "the finer the food, the more delicate the meat", Ji Chang always followed this principle.

Although he still maintained a benevolent heart when facing these common people who were digging for food in the soil, he was like other nobles and always had a bit of the mentality of a superior in his heart.

They believe that everything they do is to help them, and that these ordinary people should not have any more meaning than devoting themselves.

Especially when he heard that someone refused to send troops, he was extremely angry. He believed that this was defending the country and was a great thing that benefited the country and the people.

As a citizen of Xiqi, you actually avoid such a thing, you deserve to die!

But today, he saw these real common people, saw their emotions, saw their hearts, and saw that they were no different from himself. Suddenly, he felt that he had been very ridiculous before.

They are all defending their country and achieving success.

However, whenever he rewarded the three armies, he seemed to only remember the faces of those generals, but he didn't know or recognize any of the dead soldiers under him.

Even when one or two outstanding generals were occasionally summoned, they seemed to be the sons and nephews of these generals, or simply people who were promoted.

The general gets fame and fortune after success, while the soldier dies in battle.

This is the feeling that moved Ji Chang. The victory in defending the country was due to the contribution of the general, but who knows the contribution of the soldiers?
Everyone wants to be a general, but how many can become a general? Most people are soldiers charging on the battlefield. If a soldier dies, the court will give compensation to his parents, wife and children.

But do their parents want these cold gold and silver, or a living son?
Do their wives and children want a plaque of praise, or a living husband and father?
Ji Chang didn't know, nor did he understand. He could only repay his pitiful kindness with his most humble actions.

Seeing Ji Chang like this, the others were also moved and bowed to these refugees.

Everyone felt the meaning of the poem that Ji Chang had sung earlier, and couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

Looking at Ji Chang who was bowing to the refugees in front of them, these people suddenly smiled, and then saw bursts of fairy light and auspicious aura shining, and the cook, the waiter and the big men in front of him all changed their appearance.

Each of them was wearing clothes that were a thousand times more luxurious than the most exquisite clothes they had ever seen. They stood high on the edge of the clouds, and their faces became blurred at any time.

Only one voice remained here: "Ji Chang, you are a benevolent and righteous monarch, and even more a holy king. We have seen what you did today. If one day we can meet again, we will help you accomplish your great cause."

As soon as he said this, dozens of fairy lights in the sky suddenly turned into meteors that shot straight into the sky and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The market in front of them also faded and finally disappeared completely, as if everything just now was just a mirage.

If the chairs they were sitting on and the food and wine in front of them had not disappeared, they would have thought it was just an illusion, a dream.

Everyone was silent until one of the ministers suddenly woke up and shouted, "They are immortals! They are immortals! We have met immortals!"

Afterwards, many civil and military officials also discussed the matter. They were all amazed and could not believe that they had actually met the legendary immortal.

Although there were many immortals within the Great Shang Dynasty, and it could even be said that the vast majority of ministers were immortals, at this time the Great Shang Dynasty was the orthodox human race, and was naturally shrouded in the fate of the human race.

It can be said that it blocks all laws and hides all gods, and all opportunities for perception disappear without a trace.

Those great immortals can only use magical spells such as the Small Cloud and Rain Technique and the Small Fire Element Technique, and the best they can do is to fly away.

They were nothing like the Twelve Immortals, who shocked everyone by using the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers such as the Golden Light Flying to the Ground in public. Naturally, they thought that they were real immortals, not the Taoists in Chaoge who could only bluff people.

That's right, in the eyes of these princes, the Jiejiao immortals were just some Taoist priests who could bluff people, and they didn't have the aura of immortals as the legend said. Ji Chang also came back to his senses at this time. He noticed the appearance of one of the immortals and couldn't help but said, "It seems that there is an immortal. I have seen him somewhere, but I just don't remember anything?"

He thought again and again, and suddenly said, "It's Master Guangchengzi! I remember that my father took me to worship Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi before, and my father told me that Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi actually had a master named Guangchengzi!"

Many ministers were completely unaware of the name Guangchengzi, simply because the Jiejiao immortals had done such great work in eliminating these external beliefs.

As a result, apart from the Six Saints of the Heavens and the immortals and gods of the Jiejiao Sect, they really don't know many people with great supernatural powers.

Ji Chang was able to recognize Guangchengzi's appearance because his family was wealthy and had connections with the Xia Dynasty and even the Yao and Shun tribes.

Ji Chang was now certain: "That must be Immortal Master Guangchengzi. I have seen an immortal map called "True Spiritual Career Map", which records the names of many immortals.

The top six names are the Six Saints of the Heavens, and under the name of Yuanshi Tianzun among the Six Saints, the first one to come up is the name of Guangchengzi! This must be the manifestation of Yuanshi Tianzun! "

After hearing what Ji Chang said, many ministers smiled and cheered, as if they were really blessed by the legendary Yuanshi Tianzun.

Regardless of whether they were sure in their hearts whether this was really Guangchengzi, since their master had said so, then even if that immortal was not Guangchengzi, it must be him.

The immortals of the Chan Sect also heard the cheers of these people. Jade Ding Zhenren couldn't help but laugh and said, "Big Brother, I have seen the True Spirit Karma Chart in your cave before. Could it be that you let Ji Chang see it?"

Guang Chengzi smiled and said, "Master has been very quiet lately and wants to decide on the orthodox names of many immortals and gods, but Master has something else on his plate and cannot personally take care of it.

So after writing the names of the six saints, the rest of the work was left to me. After writing your names, I would write the names of other great gods.

Maybe when I was out recording the names of the gods and immortals one day, Ji Chang accidentally saw me. After all, he is the Lord of Heaven, so this opportunity is nothing. "

The other immortals did not believe this statement. They knew Guangchengzi's personality best.

Although Guangchengzi appears to be calm on the surface, he actually attaches great importance to external etiquette just like Yuanshi Tianzun. Although Ji Chang is the lord of Xiqi, he is just a mortal after all and is nothing in their eyes.

Not to mention that Guangchengzi was the teacher of Huangdi and had a noble status. Even the Five Emperors could not be presumptuous in front of him. What's more, Ji Chang was just a mortal ruler before.
How could Guangchengzi accidentally let Xiqi see this true spiritual career map?
However, Guangchengzi's words were accidentally heard by Ji Chang, and they were not stupid enough to expose it in public, so they all tacitly revealed it one by one.

Chi Jingzi said, "Big Brother, aren't we trying to help Xiqi gain legitimacy? Why don't we take this opportunity to take control of Xiqi and officially become the state religion of Xiqi?"

Guang Chengzi shook his head and said, "Although I intend to let Xiqi defeat the Shang Dynasty and become the orthodox of the human race, this does not mean that the Chan Sect must be associated with it.

Just look at the miserable state of Jiejiao now, and you will know that although the human race has good fortune, it still needs to have its life contaminated.

The teaching of Chan is to explain the teaching of heaven and earth. We only need to explain the truth in heaven and earth, and Chan can gain the great fortune of heaven and earth. There is no need to live and die together with the human race.
What's more, being the one who helps is not a business deal. It is Xiqi who needs us, not us who need Xiqi. If we just rush forward to help him, it would seem that we cannot live without him.

We must let Xiqi suffer a lesson and realize the importance of immortals and gods. We can only set off after he kowtows three times and nine times. Otherwise, it would be too humble. "

After hearing this, the other immortals of the Chan sect nodded as if they understood, which meant that we cannot beg you, you have to beg us.

They did not understand the various meanings of it, but since Guangchengzi said so, they just followed his lead.

So they decided to temporarily open a temple here for rest.

After all, the evil spirits are rampant in the world nowadays, and all kinds of spiritual energy are impure, which makes it really not suitable for practicing. Naturally, there needs to be a pure land to maintain the magic power.

Because all kinds of incarnations of the underworld must stabilize the six reincarnations in the underworld to prevent Ping Xin from taking the opportunity to stir up trouble, the immortals of the Chan sect can only use their own magic power to travel.

Therefore, Guangchengzi sacrificed the Yin-Yang Diagram and temporarily opened up a Yin-Yang Xuansheng Cave to accommodate all the immortals, so that they could slowly hone their magic power near Xiqi.

When Ji Chang returned to Xiqi, although he was surprised by what had happened, he also remembered Emperor Xin's instructions, so he selected some troops to accompany him to conquer Jizhou.

But what happened just now also aroused Ji Chang's love for the people, so he did not have the idea of ​​mobilizing the army on a large scale as before.

He only dispatched a group of personal guards to protect himself, and then went directly to meet Chong Houhu.

His purpose of this trip was to supervise the army, not to help Chong Houhu, so naturally he did not make so many preparations.

And because Chonghouhu was the one who mainly attacked Jizhou, he had to dispatch all kinds of generals and soldiers on a large scale. As a result, after a few rounds of fighting, Ji Chang was the latecomer who gained the upper hand and went out of Jizhou first.

Su Hu returned to Jizhou in less than a day after leaving Chaoge. His eldest son Su Quanzhong led many family servants out of the city to welcome his father.

When the father and son met, Su Hu led all the soldiers to his own palace without even having time to exchange a few words of greeting.

Su Hu sat on the high palace and said loudly: "The emperor today is incompetent and does not think about governing the court. Instead, he covets the beauty of his servant. The tyrant asked me to enter the palace to meet him just to choose Daji as his concubine.

I advised the emperor in person that day, but he became furious and wanted to punish me. At that time, another treacherous minister petitioned to pardon me and send me back to the continent, just to get me to offer Daji to him voluntarily.

At that time, I was very unhappy, so I posted an anti-Shang poem on the Meridian Gate. I returned to Jizhou to rebel, and I thought that the foolish emperor must have known about it. He would definitely call many princes to come and punish me.

You should place more cannonballs outside the city to prevent anyone from attacking us, otherwise we will be caught off guard."

After hearing this, many soldiers guarded day and night, not daring to slack off, ready for the battle.

Seeing the troops and generals gathered in Jizhou, Ji Chang couldn't help but sigh, "What a pity! I wonder how many of these people will be left after this battle?"

Although he wanted to persuade the two men to lay down their weapons, he also knew that he could not disobey the king's orders.

Su Hu did not want his beloved daughter to enter the palace, and Chonghouhu was ordered to attack. Unless one side was willing to bow down and submit, the fight must continue.

So in distress, Ji Chang chose not to help either side and wait until the situation became serious before trying to mediate.

(End of this chapter)