In the middle of November of the year 382, the chime bell rang leisurely above the sea of clouds, and the court officials appeared one by one on the long river of phosgene.

The court officials who participated in the court meeting last time have not fallen this time, and they have all arrived.

The first Taoist first ordered Daotong to send the submission from the Yujing Dynasty to the court governors to read, and then asked everyone for their opinions.

After discussing for a while, everyone finally decided that one capital protector should be added to each of the four directions of the thirteen continents as the prefecture, and the rest will be decided later.

Among them, the north, west, and south are not much different from each other in these three directions, and the remaining Metropolitan Protectorate is relatively rare, so after some discussion, it was quickly decided, but when it was the turn of the Metropolitan Protectorate outside the East China Sea, there was a controversy.

On the top of the submission, the Yujing Dynasty Mansion sent a total of five capital protection mansions for reference, and listed their respective short and long in the book, but who knows this, three of them are only used to set off the embellishment, the most important of which is still in the Dragon Tooth Metropolitan Protectorate and the East Courtyard Metropolitan Protectorate.

The Eastern Courtyard Protectorate is far away from the easternmost part of the Tianxia Territory, guarding a land and land, and the importance of this place is needless to say.

The Dragon's Tooth Protectorate guards the island pass, and there is a water eye under the island where it is located, and according to the investigation, there seems to be a vast land in it, and there are various indigenous gods living in it, which seems to be very important.

Zhong Daoren stood up from his seat at this time, and said to the head: "The first deacon, all the court deacons, and listen to Zhong's words, Zhong thinks that the dragon's tooth capital is the right place to establish a continent."

After the turbidity tide, the Dragon's Tooth Protectorate was the first to light the beacon fire, and it was also the first Metropolitan Protectorate to return from the east, which shows the sincerity of the Metropolitan Protectorate. And the population of the capital is large, about more than 4 million, of which more than eighty percent are Tianxia pureblood, and the indigenous mixed blood accounts for only a minority, while the Dongting Metropolitan Protectorate has 3 million people, but only one million are pureblood, which is extremely inappropriate. ”

When Wei Tingzhi heard this, he immediately retorted: "Even if they are mixed-race, in the past hundred years, these people have been educated by my Tianxia rites and music, and they know etiquette and words, and they are already the same as the pure-blooded people of Tianxia. ”

Zhong Daoren said: "Wei Tingzhi, Zhong does not despise these mixed-race people, no matter the blood of the world, in the eyes of my generation is no different, where can Zhong be as narrow as the world?"

But Wei Tingting insisted on one thing, and now these half-breed people are more likely to be bewitched by foreign gods, which is an indisputable fact. Since our generation set up the capital continent to strengthen the inner defense, then naturally we can't ignore the inappropriateness in this. ”

Wei Tingzhi shook his head and said: "Zhong Tingzhi also said that those people are people in the world, and the head of the Xuantou who used to protect the mansion was only in the middle position, and his life changed, so it was naturally difficult to defend it, but once the mansion was turned into a continent, it should be guarded by Xuanzun or Xuanzun incarnated in the nether realm, as long as he was careful, it would not be hindered."

In addition, since Dingzhou, I should have underfilled the population from the mainland, and the multiple was the same as before, so I should not have this concern again. ”

Zhong Dao said: "If there are flaws, why don't you erase them as soon as possible? On the contrary, if they are still preserved, isn't it asking for trouble?" Zhong thought that those mixed-race people should be moved into the mainland, so that they could be safeguarded, and the Dragon Tooth Protectorate was very close to the mainland, and there were fewer mixed-race people, so it was easier to do this. ”

Wei Tingzhi shook his head and said, "Zhong Tingzhi is too vigilant. ”

And just as the two were arguing, they heard a chime sound, and everyone turned their eyes, but saw that the sound came from Zhu Yisheng's seat.

Zhu Yisheng stood up at this time, made a joke on the seat, and said, "First deacon, all court deacons, and let Zhu say a few words." ”

The first Taoist nodded and said, "Zhu Ting's request." ”

Zhu Yisheng looked at everyone: "Zhu has been in Qingyang for 70 years, and I have seen the return of all the protectors on the East China Sea before, but in my opinion, the Dongting Protectorate is more suitable for the Lizhou Mansion than the Dragon's Tooth Protectorate." ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said, "Most of the reasons for this have already been written in the statements submitted by Yujing and the various capital protectorates, and I will not repeat them here, I will only say things that have not been said above."

The topography of the Dragon's Tooth Protectorate is unique, it is the pattern of confrontation between the two gorges, there are sea and land water eyes in the middle, which looks dangerous, but as long as this formation is set up, it can stop the variables, but the east court is different, here is facing the vast land, and there are countless alien gods and gods and monsters lurking in the depths of the interior.

And I am only separated from this land by a foreign ocean, so for my generation, what is the difference between this and an open belly? In the face of such a situation, there is no natural danger to defend, this matter is extremely inappropriate, if an outer monk falls here and colludes with the indigenous gods, this is a great disaster!

If you want to mention that the Dragon Tooth Capital Protector Mansion is Shangzhou, Zhu has no objection, but Zhu thinks that the expansion of the East Courtyard Continent should be before the Dragon Tooth!"

After he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and sat down again.

And on the long river of phosgene, there are many court officials who are in the middle of thinking.

The first Taoist seemed to have thought of something at this time, and nodded slightly.

Wei Ting thought for a moment, and said loudly: "Wei agrees with Zhu Ting's opinion, and should be the first to expand the East Court to protect the mansion into Fuzhou. ”

Chen Tingzhi said in a deep voice: "The original establishment of the East Court was to be able to set up a court outside the East China Sea to guard it, and now it should be all this wish. ”

While speaking, he picked up the jade mallet and knocked it heavily on the jade chime, and the chime sound suddenly drifted away.

Wei Ting insisted on himself without hesitation, and followed the ringing of the jade chime.

After thinking about it, the court officials also rang the chime bell in front of them one after another, unexpectedly, Zhong Daoren did not insist, he also picked up the jade mallet and knocked it.

But at this time, Chao Huan raised his eyebrows, stood up from his seat, and said, "Everyone, I have something to say." ”

The first Taoist looked at him and said, "I don't know what objections Chao Tingzhi has?"

Chao Huan said: "I just looked at the documents sent by the Yujing Imperial Palace, and there are attached books of the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Protector's Mansion, and the Xuanfu Supplementary Books, but where are the supplementary documents of the people of the Imperial Protector's Mansion? ”

Zhong Daoren glanced at him at this time.

Chao Huan immediately stared at him and said, "Is Zhong Tingzhi thinking, the people of the capital will naturally not object to such things, but if you don't ask, how do you know if the people of the capital are willing or not?"

Zhong Daoren was suddenly displeased, what did he say? He didn't say anything!

Chen Tingzhi said in a deep voice at this time: "All major matters have always been decided from above, and the people of the border are confined to one place, thinking narrowly, most of them only care about their own interests, and do not seek the overall situation, and my generation has this policy, for the sake of the people of Tianxia, the benefits of one place, how can it be compared to the great interests of the world, why do you need to ask again?"

Chao Huan immediately took his eyes off Zhong Daoren, turned his head to look over, and said loudly: "Otherwise, after the turbidity tide is cut off, many of the Metropolitan Protectorate are still there to support it, and as soon as the turbidity tide disappears, they will light the beacon fire and return to Tianxia, which shows that the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate are not as narrow as Chen Tingzhi said."

On the day when the Protectorate was established, there were the people of the Protectorate to defend against foreign enemies, and there were also the people of the Protectorate, so why did the people of the Protectorate not mention the matter of ascending to the Protectorate today?"

Wei Tingzhi nodded slowly and said: "Chao Tingzhi's words are reasonable, since the people of the Duhu Mansion are the people of Tianxia, I should also observe the public opinion, and add the people's letter on this matter." ”

In fact, he knew that most of the people of Duhu should agree to this matter, because it would also be good for them, but it was indeed inappropriate to ignore the attachment of the civil letter.

Only from the utilitarian point of view, once the government is expanded, most of the upper class has more rentier, and the lower class has less rentier, and with the civil book recognized by the Xuan Court as the basis, no matter how much or less, at least there is a basis for sharing the same food.

In fact, if such a loophole is left, there may be foreign gods or foreign enemies who will make a fuss about it in the future, especially if the Metropolitan Protectorate is far overseas, and it is easy to have problems, so it should be filled here.

The first Taoist thought about it for a while, and then said to Wei Ting: "Then order the Yujing Dynasty Mansion, order him to make up the civil book, and supervise the Xuanfu of the Protector Mansion, and not be perfunctory and negligent." ”

Wei Tingzhi immediately made a joke.

The first Taoist looked at everyone and said, "If these four continents are decided, they will be my thirteen continents outside the protection, and these four continents should be properly selected, can you have a suitable recommendation?"

Chen Tingzhi stood up, made a joke, and said: "Chen has two candidates here, both of whom are colleagues from Jiuzhen Waisu, and this time he should be reassigned to serve as the head of the inner level." ”

He took out a jade talisman from his sleeve and threw it into the long river of phosgene, and after this thing was sent to the top by the waves, a Taoist boy beside the chief executive walked down, took it, and handed it over.

The first deacon took a look at it, and not surprisingly, the two people recommended here were both Hun Zhang monks. However, these two people do have a lot of merit, and it is not an exaggeration to put them in Neizhou as the head of the Xuan.

Zhong Daoren glanced at Changsun Daoren at this time, and he also took out the jade talisman and threw it into the long river of phosgene.

The jade sudao man thought for a while, and with a wave of his sleeve, a jade talisman turned into light and fell.

The wind path man sitting at the end hesitated for a moment, and then took out a jade talisman, first put his mind into it, and then threw it down as well.

And the rest of the court officials also cast jade talismans one after another.

The first Taoist took these jade talismans up, and after reading them, he said: "I know the intentions of your court, and after the completion of the four continents' people's books, I will decide on this matter." As he spoke, the jade chime on his desk sounded and spread slowly.

Zhu Tingzhi stood up, sent him away, and then returned to the Dao Palace.

Zhong Daoren left the long river of phosgene, walked back to his Dao Palace, saw that Cen Daoren was already waiting there, and said: "Brother Zhong Dao, Cen has been waiting for you for a long time, I don't know how this court meeting is?"

Zhong Daodao: "Brother Dao, rest assured, Zhong has already submitted the recommendation of Daoyou." ”

Cen Daoren nodded and said, "Brother Zhong Dao said to Cen last time that there are two boundaries that are good places to go, I wonder if Cen can go there?"

Zhong Daoren said slowly: "Of these two realms, there is only one place left for Daoists to go to. ”

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