Chapter 8 Everything is Difficult at the Beginning
There were not many people on Qi Xuansu's flying boat, in addition to Han Yongfeng and Ke Qingqing, there was also a first-grade spirit officer, and a hundred elite spirit officers.
Strictly speaking, the spiritual officers of the Borneo Provincial Government are divided into two parts, one is responsible for daily security, and the other is responsible for large-scale military affairs.
This first-grade spirit official is the Ding Chou spirit official among the six dings, and he has been stationed in Borneo for many years and is familiar with the local situation. Although he is a first-grade spiritual official, he is equivalent to a second-grade Taiyi Taoist, so it makes sense to let her travel with Qi Xuansu after Qi Xuansu, the second deputy lord of the Borneo Daofu.
In addition, there is another meaning, which is to serve as a guard.
As soon as Qingwei Zhenren arrived in Fenglinzhou, he was assassinated. Although Borneo is relatively peaceful and there is no Zun sect, there is no guarantee that it will be foolproof. After all, the struggle within the Daomen has always been cruel, and there are so many secret societies on the ground in Borneo, if there is really any accident, it is not impossible to casually put the crime on the head of a secret association.
With Qi Xuansu's level, he naturally can't take the "Ying Long", that is the treatment only at the level of the third division, he takes a "white carp", but the interior has been modified, no longer divided into independent small rooms, but opened up half of the rooms, divided into living rooms, study rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, quiet rooms, guest rooms, warehouses and so on.
At this time, Qi Xuansu and the others were in the largest living room, Qi Xuansu and Ding Chou Lingguan sat opposite each other, and the others were scattered in other positions.
Qi Xuansu didn't speak, but closed his eyes to recuperate.
What is the key to his success on this trip?
It's balance.
At present, the power of the province of Borneo is seriously unbalanced, and there are many reasons, including the reason why the former deputy head of the second deputy government has stumbled, and the reason why the real person in charge of the government has been the shopkeeper for many years, and the reasons why the royal family has been entrenched in Borneo for many years, and the list is endless. All in all, now the Wang family is dominant, and there is an imbalance of power.
It is unrealistic to talk about accountability now, and whose responsibility can you pursue? Is Landa a real person? This is to push Lan Da Zhenren to Wang Jiaohe's side, so he can't be held responsible, he can only put all the responsibility on Wang Jiaohe, he is too cunning, and he has deceived Lan Da Zhenren and Jin Que.
Qi Xuansu wants to reverse this imbalance, what needs to be done is not difficult to say, easy to say, it is unrealistic to expect Jin Que to give support, Jin Que has already given him enough support, what he wants to do is to unite all the forces that can be united in Borneo and form a force that is enough to balance with Wang Jiaohe.
In a sense, there are only two ways to deal with this kind of local powerful faction that cannot be defeated, one is to move like thunder and directly use violent means to uproot it. The second is to slowly figure it out, under the current power structure system, use reasonable means such as promotion, transfer, and demotion to change the existing power structure and achieve a new balance of power, so that the Wang family is no longer dominant, and then take action against the Wang family.
Comparatively speaking, the second method is milder and easier to maintain the stability of the situation, but it also tests the means and wisdom of the specific executors. The former is a cause for endless troubles, and may even cause division, affecting the prestige and reputation of the Daomen.
Qi Xuansu wants to practice the second method, it is not difficult to say, because he has Jin Que behind him, and there is a real person of Lan Da above his head, and it is not that he himself directly came out to erect a big banner, and then opened a mountain and set up a cabinet to argue with Wang Jiaohe, so it is not so difficult. It's not easy to say, because he is almost single-handed, alone, and his opponent seems to be monolithic on the surface, and he lacks a grip to exert power.
Qi Xuansu didn't pin all his hopes on Chen Jianqiu's side, he still acted according to his original plan, hoping that he could find such a grasp through this trip to the prefecture and county.
Qi Xuansu's first stop is the hundred bags of Benfu, translated into the Central Plains is the meaning of the mountain of Mrs. Ben, said to be a mountain, in fact, it is also a city, here Buddhism is prosperous, there are a large number of Buddhist temples, but Borneo Buddhism is relatively mild, and did not resist the Daomen on the bright side, and the Daomen did not preach the Taoist monopoly, but talked about the unity of the three religions, but to take the Taoist as the main backbone.
Of course, in terms of distance, Qi Xuansu's first stop should be Yongtian Mansion in the Lancang Kingdom, which must be prepared, but as with many ???????????????? As expected, Qi Xuansu played a surprise attack, bypassed Yongtian Mansion, went all the way south along the border between Dayu and Lancang, and then entered the territory of Funan and came to its capital, Baisang Benfu.
Because it was a sudden attack, the Baibao Benfu didn't know about Qi Xuansu's arrival, and Qi Xuansu didn't show up in a hurry, but asked people to lower the flying boat and moor it in the Baibao Ben Lake, and then he took people off the flying boat.
The first-grade spirit officer is too eye-catching, if she rashly takes off her armor, the spirit officer himself is too fragile, so she has to stay on the flying boat for the time being, but if she finds any accidents, she wants to rush to help in an instant.
Qi Xuansu took Han Yongfeng and Ke Qingqing on foot and walked towards the Baibao Mansion.
Now Qi Xuansu is already a realm cultivation in the immeasurable stage, in addition to the half-immortal things, with the gifts of the earth master and Donghua Zhenren, even the ordinary creation of heavenly beings can also fight, if the pseudo-immortal stage personally moves, there is also a first-grade spirit official, there is no big problem in terms of safety.
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Chen Jianqiu deduced that the first time the lord of the country asked the Taoist priest of Huashengtang to treat him was after the day before the Shangyuan Festival, and there was no other action, as if this time the search for the palace entry and exit records was just a routine.
Since the Shangyuan Festival, more than three months have passed, and the condition of the lord of the country has always been good and bad, lingering on the sickbed, if it is poisoned, then it must be a chronic poison. On this basis, it continues to speculate that since it is a chronic poison, it is unlikely that it will attack immediately after poisoning.
In other words, the lord of the country was plotted before the Shangyuan Festival, and before that was the New Year's Day.
This is the busiest time of the year, and it is also a more "chaotic" time, which is best for fishing in troubled waters.
Chen Jianqiu, as the Qingluan guard who guarded the palace, remembered this deeply, and on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, all the clans and ministers came to the palace one after another, including Chen Shuhua, who had become the chief deputy head of the Borneo Provincial Government.
You must know that Chen Shuhua and the lord of the country are half-brothers and sisters, and the relationship between the mothers has also affected the relationship between their brothers and sisters, which is not harmonious. Especially after Chen Shuhua became the chief deputy palace master, he rarely returned to the palace. But just this year, Chen Shuhua came to the palace, which was very abnormal, which just corresponded to the statement of his stepmother.
However, after checking this, Chen Jianqiu couldn't check it anymore, because he didn't know the specific situation on the side of the Transformation Hall, nor could he know what happened between the Lord of the Kingdom and Chen Shuhua.
There was no way, Chen Jianqiu could only contact his stepmother Xu Jiaorong again.
Under normal circumstances, Xu Jiaorong is not good to leave Lan Dazhen's side at will, but she also has her own confidants, she did not meet Chen Jianqiu directly, but introduced two people to Chen Jianqiu to help him solve these two problems.
One is Lu Yuting, she is the chief Taoist priest of the Huasheng Hall, and because she is from the main hall of Yujing, she has some of the nature of Qincha, so the chief Taoist priest of the local branch hall also wants to let her score three points. More importantly, these branch Taoist priests are directly affiliated with the main hall of the Avatar Hall, and are not subject to the control of the local Dao government, and they do not need the assistance of the local Dao government like the Shibo Hall, so they maintain a fairly high degree of independence.
After Donghua Zhenren noticed the abnormality of Borneo Daofu, he had already begun to lay out in advance,???????????????? The rotation frequency of the chief Taoist priests of the various branches of Borneo has maintained a fairly high frequency, which has led to the fact that even if the people of the Borneo Taoist Prefecture can pull these chief Taoist priests into the water, they will not benefit much. Just corroded one, but it was transferred away within a few days, and a new one came in, and I had to start all over again. Over time, the local forces of Borneo Daofu no longer do these useless work, but only install people at the level of deacons and Taoists, after all, you can change the chief Taoist, and you can't change all the deacons and Taoists who do things underneath.
The other person is Chen Jianqiu, the lord of Furui with Western blood.
She is the favorite daughter of the lord of Dayu, and she often follows her father, and she also took the initiative to ask Qi Xuansu for help, so she not only knows the specific situation of the lord of Dayu, but also is reliable enough.
As the seat of Borneo, Dayu naturally actively responded to the call of Daomen, so there has long been no saying that the women's gate does not go out of the second door, and the lord of Furui can freely enter and leave the palace without restrictions.
Lu Yuting had just arrived, and it would take a few days to get acquainted with the Localized Birth Hall, and she couldn't provide specific help to Chen Jianqiu for the time being, so Chen Jianqiu met Chen Jianqiu first.
The two agreed to meet on the west bank of Guijian Lake through the messenger's servant.
Although both of them are surnamed Chen and are both "sword" generations, this is the first time the two have met.
Chen Jianqiu went to the appointment alone, but he didn't expect Chen Jianqiu to be also alone.
Chen Jianqiu's mother is a naturalist from the West, and under the influence of her mother, she is not as reserved and reserved as the Central Plains woman, and is affected by the overall environment of Borneo, nor is she as bold, unrestrained, and generous as the Western woman, which makes people feel close.
The first time Chen Jianqiu saw Chen Jianqiu, he felt his heart beat violently.
Over the past many years, he has never been concerned about the affairs of men and women, but his "heart to the Tao" is very strong, and today he knows that it is nothing but self-deception.
When the woman looked at him, he felt even more dizzy.
It's just that Chen Jianqiu reacted quickly, not to mention the huge disparity in status between the two, even if they are from the same family, it is absolutely impossible.