Da Zaojun

After the establishment of the Yunchao, many conveniences will be available, including the establishment of officials to manage the rituals and ceremonies of all industries at the grassroots level, without the need for sacrifices to gods.

At the same time, by controlling the "right of sacrifice," one can abolish or establish deities. Abolishing means seizing their titles and status, labeling them as evil gods, and thus causing them to fall from their pedestal. Immediately praising their merits and establishing their names makes them righteous gods.

The divine way is not superior to the human way, but rather a continuation of the human spirit.

Song Wuji always adopted a pragmatic approach, so he immediately ordered Lin Fajing to handle the matter. Once they were stationed in Hongzhou Prefecture, preparations would begin.

To be precise, the strategy was to take Hongzhou Prefecture as the core, establish a presence along the Yangtze River, and first subdue both the north and south banks of the river.

Before that, we must subdue all the secret realms under our jurisdiction, large and small, and kill or enslave any demons or monsters that can be killed or enslaved.

Back in Taichang Realm, Song Wuji sat cross-legged in the Qi Luck Secret Realm and began to use the "Mengtou" supernatural power to calculate the fate of the dynasty.

Song Wuji's cultivation level had actually surpassed the seventh rank, reaching the sixth rank.

Mengtou Shentong was a divination tool used to gather a lot of information, so after consuming some of his luck, he used the Luobaozi coin as a divination tool and shook it a few times.

Song Wuji concluded: Three tribulations.

This is the path of humanity, the calamity of establishing a nation.

The first tribulation is the counterattack of the external demons, also known as the external demon tribulation.

Whether it's the path of demons, gods, ghosts, or Buddhas, it doesn't matter what path it is; they are all paths of depravity, capable of causing trouble both internally and externally.

The cause and effect are almost clear here. On Song Wuji's side, there will be traitors and collaborators, but there are no specific names or more obvious hints.

"The Weaver Girl? Or the City God of Hongzhou Prefecture? Or perhaps the Mirage Dragon has seen an opportunity to wreak havoc again?"

The fact that it's an unorthodox path indicates that the human path itself is safe. Song Wuji wasn't worried about the prefect of Hongzhou or the general rebelling.

The second tribulation is called the "Tribulation of the Sages," where ancient sage kings and saints descend to test him. However, it should not be too difficult. Although it is called a test, it is actually a legacy. Song Wuji only saw a burst of firelight, which could be Suirenshi, Zhurongshi, or something else.

The third tribulation is the "Heaven and Earth Tribulation," a test sent down by Heaven and Earth. After all, once the dynasty loses order in the Three Realms and Six Paths, it is possible for it to become the next Heavenly Court. Although the current Heavenly Court has not completely disappeared, it is in a similar state. Heaven and Earth support you, surely to see how capable you are and whether you are qualified.

Song Wuji stopped his deduction: "To overcome these three tribulations, the external demon tribulation cannot be handled by me alone. It is similar to a monster siege in a game. It requires overall improvement. We need to build high walls, store up grain, train troops diligently, and delay declaring ourselves king."

"As for the Tribulation of Saints, it is very mysterious. I don't know what these ancient saints and sages are thinking, but they have already made it clear that they will go easy on us, so it shouldn't be too difficult to pass."

"Only the Heavenly Tribulation, the Heart of Heaven and Earth, seems not to favor the human path. After all, the human race has lost its position as the protagonist of Heaven and Earth. However, it also doesn't favor the demon path. What it truly favors is the divine path, hoping to replicate the previous Heavenly Court model, establishing many gods, with mountain gods for mountains and water gods for water. Then, the gods will compete with each other, and a Heavenly Court ruler will be created. This great calamity will then pass and be quelled..."

"I may need to refine more fragments of divine power, or officials who are both human and divine, to achieve the unity of man and god, and to cultivate the divine in human form, in order to tilt the heavens and earth in my favor."

The remnants of divine power mostly appear in demonic realms, and demons intend to control these remnants... In other words, cleaning up or sorting out demonic realms is itself a process of sorting out divine power and authority, which can bring comfort to heaven and earth.

"This matter cannot be rushed. At the very least, my own strength must be strong enough to reach the fifth rank. Some of the scattered emperors in the Heavenly Court are actually only at the fifth rank. In addition, I need to accumulate more Heavenly Mandate."

Song Wuji immediately examined several secret realm tokens to determine how to set up the decrees.

These secret realm tokens all have some use. The first is the Eastern Palace Token. Previously, when officials were appointed, Song Wuji would personally stamp and approve their appointments, but this only applied to the county government. Now, all professions can be represented by officials.

For example, artisan households could have artisan officials who could oversee other artisan households. After all, skills and management are two separate systems. Many construction projects or shipbuilding projects require a "chief engineer" or "chief person in charge," which is essentially equivalent to a "mini-Ministry of Works." Previously, there was only one yamen official, at most a ninth-rank official, which was not enough.

Besides the artisan officials, there were also agricultural officials and medical officials. In fact, it was based on the county-level government offices of the previous life, and officials were appointed for each of them.

For example, the river management office that oversees water conservancy.

The market supervision department that regulates the market.

The government office in charge of commercial establishments.

However, most of these government offices were ninth-rank offices, with a few being eighth-rank offices.

Song Wuji did not explicitly involve any specific individuals, but instead issued an order: the capable should be promoted, and the proper procedures would be to handle the corresponding matters. If handled properly, the official position would naturally be commensurate with that.

In addition, three major official banks were established.

This did consume a lot of luck, and it was anchored to the [Precious Spring Token].

But the treasures of suppression are a money tree and a treasure trove, and the connections between people represented by the earthly network are another kind of "humanitarian network."

Money shops that rely on the development of fertile fields and focus on grain production are agricultural money shops.

Those that rely on the market are called market money shops.

They built money shops based on the reconstruction of cities and various projects.

These three major money houses only established the money house institution, without officially appointing officials to manage it, as there were other things that needed to be prepared.

For example, although the Tiger Realm has copper mines, it doesn't have coin-minting machines. You have to find the Copper Buddha Temple Realm, which has coin-minting machines and craftsmen.

After all, issuing currency requires first estimating the market.

After all, Song Wuji had already begun to distribute homesteads and land to the people, and the people gradually had surplus resources. They exchanged these resources with each other, but it was quite troublesome. They used the old currency, but this currency was actually worthless. What was valuable were the demon materials.

Therefore, the coins that Song Wuji planned to mint also needed to include demonic materials, such as demonic ashes or something else, so that they could at least have some value.

After careful consideration, he still decided to align with the [Ritual of the God of Wealth]. As for who should be the God of Wealth, Song Wuji currently had no one to choose from, and his own family was definitely not suitable.

"If the City God is sensible enough to relinquish his position and start over, he could take up the position of a money shop owner."

"The Beggars' Sect has a secret realm involving the position of a fifth-rank God of Wealth, and also a training ground for such a person."

"In the secret realm of Tongfo Temple, let's see if there are any suitable people to recruit under our command, so that we can also manage a money exchange."

(End of this chapter)