The Great Seminary

Chapter 312 Rebirth
"Rebirth" implies rebirth and also carries the meaning of life's replacement and alternation.

It was extremely suitable for Zhang Gui's current situation, and it was something he had painstakingly come up with.

However, the problem is that the most powerful and mysterious force under the current ruler of the Eastern Continent, Changsheng Tiemu, is the "Changsheng Army," whose most mysterious and powerful force, which is also consistent with his title "Tianshengtian," is called the Imperial Guard.

Zhang Gui's sudden emergence of a "rejuvenation army" and his attempt to replace the old order with a new one could easily be misinterpreted by some "malicious individuals" as a covert struggle for power.

After all, everyone is superstitious, and sometimes the smarter people are, the more superstitious they are.

They even imbue the number of times they go to the toilet a day with special meaning, which is almost like going crazy.

Immediately, those in the main hall who were considered "greatly intelligent" vied to praise him.
"The Rejuvenation Army is getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, which is just right for today's 'era of great contention'! Good, good, good!"
"The Rejuvenated Army signifies a superiority over all previous powerful armies, perfectly reflecting the ever-changing rise of our True Dragon Kingdom."
"The 'military horn' of rebirth has a profound meaning, a mysterious destiny, and the more one savors it, the more wonderful and unstoppable it seems..."

Zhang Gui, blinded by his own involvement, didn't immediately grasp the reason behind these people's ambiguous agreement with him, and waved his hand with a smile, saying:

"In that case, the 'Stone Corpse Warriors' will be renamed the 'Regeneration Army' from now on."

The next agenda item is to initially popularize paid 'Taoist practice' education in the country.

Previously, because there was only one 'Shadow Water Spirit Wall', the variety of cultivation methods was insufficient.

Therefore, although we have the benefit of having military personnel and civilian officials with official ranks, each person can practice Taoist cultivation techniques for ten hours per week.

But in reality, the queues stretched for decades, and the results were poor, amounting to nothing.

But it's different now.

By forming an alliance with the Japanese Empire, we exchanged the 'Cloud Whale Kunpeng Ship' for a large number of complete sets of Daoist cultivation techniques.

They also learned how to create their own jade talisman books and spirit-returning steles, as well as how to arrange the spirit-stimulating and shadow-shaking text arrays.

It can be said that the cost of spreading the Daoist practice has been reduced by more than half.

Therefore, I have decided to open 'spiritual centers' nationwide, with fixed fees, to make spiritual practice accessible to the general public…

There are also the shikigami of Eigai, whose land area is 660,000 miles, yet it is said to have 'eight million gods', from which eight million shikigami have evolved.

Would a normal country possibly have such a fantastical tale as "ten miles of land, a hundred gods"?

Therefore, there must be more to it than meets the eye…

Zhang Gui already knew what the 'secret' was.

That was likely the earthly divine kingdom of Yingri, which was probably once the domain of some ancient god.

The divine power or elemental rules that great deity possesses are most likely involved in creating and controlling spiritual beings.

After He fell into slumber, perished, or ascended to the outer universe, the unique nature of His earthly divine kingdom continued to evolve, eventually forming the unique nature of the Sun God Land.

"However, it's not good to say this out loud, otherwise it's easy for people to associate it with my connection to the True Dragon Kingdom."

After a moment's thought, he coughed lightly.
"Yingri has been established for hundreds of thousands of years. If there is any mystery, it is related to ancient times, which we cannot investigate at all. We can only deal with the matter at hand now."

Aside from special countries like Yingri, the second-best place for sealing spiritual objects and creating shikigami is undoubtedly the Outer Wilderness Sea.

And we can take advantage of this.

Gradually, this sparked a craze among the people for capturing Pokémon, precious spirit creatures, and creating shikigami.

All shikigami are subject to national pre-ordering and export...

The following is the penultimate agenda item.

According to the plan, in two years, the True Dragon Kingdom will be streamlined into a three-tiered provincial system: 'nation, capital or province, prefecture or city'.

The prefectural capital was changed to a prefecture, and the county was changed to a city; the subordinate relationship between the prefecture and the county was no longer established…

The three-tiered Grand Council was officially established, wielding the power to legislate and review government executive orders…

The title of Prime Minister is changed to 'Prime Minister', who forms a cabinet to govern the country... The highest-ranking official in the national, capital, or provincial/prefectural/municipal administrative units is elected by vote every four years...

Because we are currently in an extremely unusual and highly competitive era, the Prime Minister and the head of state will be appointed on an equal-number basis. This means that for the foreseeable future, we will still have to trouble Song and Sang for a long time…

Finally, things will not happen more than three times, and after three years, the True Dragon Kingdom will no longer be closed off from the world.

We will embrace this world…

This impromptu grand court meeting shook the entire nation, including the 'True Dragon'.

However, Zhang Gui, as the instigator, as usual, handed over the country to his civil and military agents, Song Wenhua and Sang Gui.

That night, they were transported back to the Eastern Continent...

Late at night.

The spring rain fell continuously from the sky, and the drops still carried a slight warmth when they landed on people's heads.

This indicates that the scorching winds of the Yuanluan Ocean are about to dominate its climate.

Zhang Gui broke through the rain and arrived at the back gate of the Longhu Yamen in Zhihai Town.

To my surprise, someone was lying on a deck chair, using an umbrella to shield their head, fast asleep.

Upon hearing voices, the officer on duty at the yamen led a group of soldiers to surround the area.

Upon seeing that it was Zhang Gui, he quickly stopped, cupped his hands, and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness."

The crowd shouted in unison, creating quite a commotion. The person on the deckchair was startled and sat up abruptly, throwing off the whalebone umbrella that was meant to shield them from the rain.

Although the rainy night was gloomy, Zhang Gui recognized the person blocking his door at a glance and said dryly:
"Ding Chengqi, what brings you here in the middle of the night..."

"Your Highness, thank goodness you're back. There's an imperial decree summoning you to the capital immediately."

At this point, unless Zhang Gui went mad, how could he possibly leave his earthly divine kingdom?

He said with a half-smile, "You're confused. The death of the Ming Song emperor is a great loss to the country."

According to the rules of the Great Edict, foreign kings, princes, and their armies must not be moved lightly, and those who disobey the order will be executed.

Only after the new emperor ascends the throne, after submitting a congratulatory memorial, and after the new emperor issues an imperial decree to summon him, can one enter the capital.

Whose decree could be greater than the imperial edicts of the founding emperors of the Ming and Song dynasties?

“Young Master, however, ‘the local official is more powerful than the distant one,’ unless we switch allegiance to the True Dragon Kingdom and become ‘sea people.’”

Otherwise, at this critical juncture, they would openly disregard the decree of Crown Prince Kui.

Even if it's just to establish his authority after he ascends the throne, he will inevitably make an example of someone to settle scores later…

"Why is it necessarily the case that the King of Kui will ascend the throne? There might be changes."

"What could possibly change?"

"Let's wait and see," Zhang Gui said mysteriously.
"By the way, I'll be sending my family to Tianqiao Island tomorrow. You might as well send them there too."

Tenkyo, Tenkyo, and Tenkei are the three island cities actually controlled by the 'Ryuko Shogunate', and also the sea route of retreat for the shogunate's people.

However, once the escape route comes into play, it will inevitably be a time of great disaster.

Ding Chengqi's eyes darted around, his expression changed drastically, and he said, "Yes," without saying another word.

He picked up his deck chair, grabbed his umbrella, and disappeared into the rainy night, looking utterly lost.

(End of this chapter)