The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 13 Being an Official
Since he died in the line of duty, it has nothing to do with treason or remnants of the previous dynasty.

Li Jingxiao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Li Jingxiao was not the 15-year-old Taoist priest in his previous life, so he resisted the urge to jump off the roof to ask.

Be careful that these people may deliberately use the words just now to trick you out.

Moreover, since they came at such a late hour, it was obvious that they were not a legitimate imperial institution.

However, if it was the Jinyiwei, Li Jingxiao thought about it carefully and found that he was not actually opposed to the Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei of the Great Zhou Dynasty continued the system of the previous Ming Dynasty. To call it a secret agency would be to underestimate Zhu Yuanzhang.

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "Now Taoist Chonglin and his six disciples have died in the line of duty, except for the young Taoist priest at Zhenwu Temple.

Where can I find a Taoist master to help Prince Yishun, who is far away in Dali, break the Nanyang curse?

The four men in black were silent for a few seconds before someone spoke up, "Sir, would you like me to send someone to Xinzhou Prefecture?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said that the Tianshi Mansion was in Xinzhou.

However, since the previous dynasty, the three sects of Tianshi Mansion, Maoshan and Zaoge have been deeply feared by the royal family.

When it came to the Great Zhou, the defenses were even tighter.

Not only was the golden seal of the Three Mountains Talisman taken back by the court, but the rank of the Heavenly Master was also downgraded from the first rank to the fifth rank.

More importantly, they lost even the right to preach.

Nowadays, it only maintains a high status in Xinzhou.

If you want to preach everywhere, you need permission from the government.

Therefore, Taoism has indeed declined a lot since the previous dynasty.

"Let's go! The little Taoist priest might have gone to visit a friend. The weather has gotten colder these past few days, and my old injury is starting to hurt again."

Since the young Taoist priest is a good doctor, come over tomorrow morning and let him take a look, and explain it to you in person.

After all, the Saint has granted that boy the title of 'Daolu Si You Yuanyi', which is considered an explanation to the Taoist priest Chonglin who died in the line of duty and to all the Taoist priests in the world."

The four men in black nodded.

I couldn't help but feel envious again.

Even though the official positions of Daolu Si and You Yuanyi were only of the eighth rank, the first official position granted to the top three Jinshi was also of the eighth rank, that's all.

Moreover, the Daoluosi was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, which in turn was in charge of all matters, big and small, of Taoist priests throughout the world.

The actual power is not great, but the situation is high and there are a lot of benefits.

The more the imperial court restricts Taoists and monks, the more room for maneuver there is, and the more money there will be to make.

Li Jingxiao watched the five people leave, and then he flashed and appeared on the eaves of a house more than 5 meters away.

We followed them all the way to the Ministry of Rites and watched the five people enter the four-courtyard office not far away.

Li Jingxiao felt relieved when he saw that this was the Daoluo Si (Road Records Office) by the light of the four big red lanterns on the gate of the government office.

As long as they are not from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the East Factory or the West Factory, things will be much simpler.

Moreover, from the conversation between the middle-aged man and his four subordinates along the way, he learned that his seven masters had gone to Dali to rescue Prince Yishun.

First, break the Nanyang curse on Prince Yishun, and then be ordered to kill the evildoer.

After a fierce battle, not only were they ambushed, but no one escaped.

The evil man actually ran back to Dali and used magic again to make Prince Yishun go crazy.

Li Jingxiao thought about this method silently and felt that it was similar to Ma Dao Po's.

This Ma Dao Po is also Jia Baoyu's godmother, but she is cruel and greedy for money, and she instigates Jia Zheng's concubine Aunt Zhao at will.

That woman was so bold that she paid Ma Dao Po to curse Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng to death.

After Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng went crazy, it took two months for their health to gradually deteriorate and they almost died.

It’s similar to the situation of that prince.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to wait for our master and his men to go south to Dali to rescue people.

Since the master and others were able to save him once, the middle-aged man and the people in Prince Yishun's mansion naturally felt that their young Taoist priest should be able to save him a second time. Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao, knowing the whole story, would not save him even if he could.

As for the saint, he must be the emperor emeritus.

The official position of You Xuanyi in the Daolu Si was not a Taoist official in the early Ming Dynasty, but an official under the Ministry of Rites.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were Taoist priests who held the position of Shangshu, and there were as many as six of them.

However, these people only enjoyed the treatment of Shangshu, rather than actually being in charge of the six ministries.

But in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that these Taoists were treating him like a fool and fooling him.

The Tianshi Mansion was so stupid as to marry Zhu Yuanzhang's son, the prince, that Zhu Yuanzhang later stripped the title of "Tianshi" and changed it to "Zhenren".

The reason was that the title of Heavenly Master was taboo and made him seem greater than the emperor.

Son of Heaven, Son of Heaven, the Son of God.

Naturally, the title of Heavenly Master was not favored by Zhu Yuanzhang.

He also demoted Zhang Tianshi's official position from the first rank to the second rank.

After that, he was still not satisfied, so he simply demoted him to the fifth rank, and even took away his gold seal, leaving him with only a silver seal.

Similarly, Maoshan and Zaoge Mountain were also severely suppressed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, the Maoshan and Zaogeshan sects are relatively better off.

After all, the Tianshi Mansion is the most famous and has suffered the greatest blows and suppression.

And it was the Heavenly Master himself who caused the trouble.

Maoshan and Zaoge Mountain were just implicated.

During the founding period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were Taoist priests serving as officials in the Daoluosi.

While managing Taoism, he also dealt with matters involving demons and evil spirits.

But not many years later, the Taoist priest once again brought disaster upon himself by using his power to collect materials for his Taoist practice.

Scandals that brought disaster to the local area were exposed. The founding emperor of the Great Zhou was so angry that he simply followed the example of Zhu Yuanzhang and began to suppress Taoism and Buddhism.

Then all the officials of the Daoluo Si were replaced by civil servants who passed the imperial examinations.

The Daoluo Si was also placed under the control of the Ministry of Rites.

The retired emperor gave Li Jingxiao the official position of You Xuanyi, which was a favor he showed to win over the people.

Li Jingxiao thought about it and realized that although being an official had its limitations, it also had many benefits.

Although the Daoluosi nominally manages Taoist priests, in reality, their main responsibility is to exorcise demons and eliminate evil spirits.

If you want to upgrade quickly, being an official in the Daoluo Division will make it easier to find out where evil spirits are causing trouble.

However, Li Jingxiao was worried that if he encountered a powerful demon, he would not be able to gain any experience, but would fail and be killed by the demon.

But on second thought, although there is definitely no shortage of beauties in this world.

But when marrying a wife, if she is beautiful and can provide experience, there is no need to say more about how to choose.

If you want to marry Qin Keqing, Taoism and medical skills alone are not enough.

Qin Keqing's adoptive father, Qin Ye, seems to be only a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Works.

But many officials in Beijing are of low rank but have great power. If you want to marry his daughter, you can't just be a Taoist priest.

Moreover, Qin Ye has always had a good relationship with the Jia family, otherwise Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion would not have the opportunity to target Qin Keqing.

In the end, he pretended to marry his son Jia Rong, but in fact he wanted to take Qin Keqing, his daughter-in-law, for himself.

The thought of this beautiful girl who combined the advantages of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, but was finally ruined by Jia Zhen and died of illness.

Li Jingxiao thought it would be better to give himself a bargain.

Besides, in this era, if the emperor issues an order, how can you refuse?

(End of this chapter)