Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Time for a Showdown Has Arrived

The scene of father and daughter recognizing each other was touching, but Di Feng was still wary of Xiang Minghai, and it was a long conversation between Xiang Minghai and Di Feng that Di Feng dispelled his concerns. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiang Minghai handed over the distribution of forces and the list of personnel of the Maitreya Sect to Di Feng, obviously preparing to transfer power, Di Feng did not look down on this Maitreya Sect, just glanced at it and gave it to Di Xiaohua casually.

Di Feng didn't plan to let Song Zuiwei get involved in the Maitreya Sect, Di Xiaohua was Xiang Minghai's righteous daughter, and now she was about to marry Shi, and handing it over to Di Xiaohua could be regarded as handing it over to her own people.

It seems that Xiang Minghai really doesn't want to ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes anymore, there is no doubt about Di Feng's transfer of Maitreya to Di Xiaohua, hundreds of thousands of sect forces are like a piece of waste paper being turned around, but Xiang Minghai has a request, he wants to take Song Zuiwei to live in Taibai Peak, how could Di Feng agree, so after some "bargaining", Shicheng gave it to Xiang Minghai.

Maitreya became a branch of the Divine Cult, the main altar was set up in Shicheng Town, the leader was served by Di Xiaohua, and Shi also followed him to Shicheng City to be the governor, while Xiang Haitian stayed in Di Mansion to help Song Zuiwei take care of Empress Di.

With the Maitreya Sect joining Anxi, it is basically safe, but Wu Zetian secretly ordered Di Feng to return to Beijing, and Li Lingyue took the opportunity to follow Di Feng back to have a look.

Before Di Feng left, Zhao Ling'er gave Di Feng a token, which was a holy order of the Divine Sect, which only the Holy Lord could have.

Di Feng looked at the token and then remembered that he was still the holy lord of the Divine Cult, and at this time, the Divine Religion had become the largest religion in the Tang Dynasty, and there were many vassal states with the Divine Religion as the state religion in the southeast and overseas, and the Wa Kingdom has now completely become a religious country, and the power of the Pope has been greater than that of the Emperor, and even the promotion of Emperor Tenmu to his niece Tsuno Sanliang as the empress must first ask for the consent of the Divine Sect Pope.

Not long ago, Emperor Tenmu was seriously ill, and Empress Morino Sanryo sent someone to the Holy See (Jeju Island) to ask the new Cardinal Jing Shi if she could be allowed to rule the throne. It was only after Jing Shi agreed, that Empress Tsuno Zanliang dared to change the name of the country and proclaim herself the Emperor of the Reigning Heaven.

Of course, Di Feng didn't know these things, he had forgotten the identity of the Holy Lord of the Divine Sect, Zhao Ling'er was still a holy woman, and she knew exactly how powerful the Divine Sect was now, not to mention that there were eight thousand disciples of the Divine Sect in Chang'an City, and these people were elites from all walks of life; Even the Holy Maiden lineage she is responsible for already has more than 100,000 believers in the entire Tang Dynasty, but the Holy Maiden has not been reformed like Di Feng, but has been secretly developing according to the ancestral system, which is Granny Gu's request, just in case.

Zhao Ling'er was afraid that Di Feng would be in danger of going to Chang'an, so he handed over the Holy Lord Token to Di Feng, which could directly mobilize the disciples of the Divine Sect who hid their identities in Chang'an, and Zhao Ling'er could rest assured that these people were by Di Feng's side.

Chang'an is still prosperous, but the palace gate set up a "report box" to make Chang'an's officials appear cautious, the interior of this copper box is divided into four grids, east, west, north and south, on the top of the box set up a letter mouth, once the letter is put in, it can no longer be recovered, the east side of the box is written "Yan'en", which is to praise Wu Zetian and thank her for her political achievements; On the west side, it reads "redress grievances", which is set up for those who have been wronged to express their grievances and demand justice in law enforcement; On the south side, it is written "admonishment", which is set up to ridicule the gains and losses of the government; On the north side is written "Tonggen", which is set up for various natural disasters and military secrets.

The inventor of Tongkuang, the mermaid protector, is a talent, but this guy is unlucky, and he made a report box and was also rewarded by Wu Zetian, but then he was voted an anonymous letter saying that he had provided Xu Jingye with weapon design drawings, and then this buddy was miserable, just like Lai Junchen's "please enter the urn" to deal with Zhou Xing, the things he designed hurt himself, but he was luckier than Lai Junchen, and Di Feng asked people to keep the fish protection family.

Now Tongkuang is still standing, but Yubaojia has gone to Anxi and is doing scientific research in Qiuzi.

And Junchen was not so lucky, in order to convince Wu Zetian, even Di Renjie dared to frame him, even if Wu Zetian didn't clean him up, Di Feng would not let him have a good time, not for Di Renjie but to deter those powerful people who took refuge in him, if the betrayer of himself was not dealt with, how would he serve the public in the future?

Who said Di Feng fell out of favor? Wei Suizhong contacted Wu Chengsi on a piece of paper, and Lai Junchen went to prison, Wei Suizhong is Di Feng's diehard loyalist, he started by Di Feng, and now someone wants to harm his backer is equivalent to harming himself, even if he is a former friend, he will not show mercy.

As a result, Lai Junchen was beheaded, and many people thought that he ended up because he offended Di Feng, but Di Feng knew that even if he didn't have himself, Lai Junchen would not have a good death, he offended too many people, and Wu Zetian used forceful means to eradicate dissidents in order to stabilize his position, and now that he is stable, she naturally wants to use another scapegoat to excuse her atrocities, Lai Junchen is undoubtedly the best candidate for this scapegoat, and of course there is an unlucky guy named Qiu Shenji who also followed suit.

As soon as Junchen died, Chang'an, which was overwhelmed by dark clouds, had a ray of sunshine, and there were more ministers who dared to give direct advice.

Correspondingly, some wealthy old officials were exiled by a little bit of power, and the alternation of new and old forces naturally made some people happy and some worried. Lou Shide, Fuyuan, Li Yuan, etc. were all promoted or reused.

On the second day after Di Feng returned to Chang'an, he participated in the court meeting, and the result was just in time for Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi, Fu Youyi and others to go to the table, please change the name of the country to Zhou, and give the emperor the surname Wu.

Wu Zetian hesitated, no one in the temple spoke, only Di Feng stood up against it, which surprised everyone, in the eyes of everyone, Wu Zetian was very kind to Di Feng, he should support it!

And Wu Zetian glanced at Di Feng and rejected the requests of Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi, Fu Youyi and others.

All the ministers in the court thought that Wu Zetian was deliberately asking for help, and they would only agree until everyone asked again, but no one knew that Wu Zetian came to Di Mansion that night.

"Di Feng, go out for a walk with me!"

On the Yangliu Embankment, Wu Zetian asked Di Feng, "What will happen to you if I agree to ascend the throne?" ”

"I promised a person to protect the Li family, and I will do what I say", Di Feng replied lightly.

"I know that Gaozong treats you well, but you're not afraid that I will kill you?" Wu Zetian asked again.

Di Feng smiled and said, "I was afraid before, but now I am not afraid." After speaking, Di Feng looked at Wu Zetian and said, "Four days, where to go, you will make a decision in four days." ”

Wu Zetian didn't answer, but turned around and asked, "Ling Yue is back?" ”

"I'm back, I should have returned to the palace by now." Di Feng pointed to the painting boat on the river and said, "Look, there should be a family outing." ”

On the painting boat, a family of men, women and children sat around the desk, drinking and chatting while enjoying the scenery on the shore, warm and comfortable.

"Hmm!" Wu Zetian nodded.

Di Feng spoke again: "I have an elder who is tired of power struggles and deceit, but is willing to live a happy and carefree life as a rich man with his children's elders. I think that's good. ”

Wu Zetian did not speak. (To be continued.) )