Chapter II Bureaucracy
Tai Bai Xing now has an urge to beat people.
Is this kid talking about human beings?
What does it mean that the Queen Mother has remarried?
Oh, you killed other people's men, and you have to remarry other people's wives, could it be that this Jade Emperor really has a grudge against you in your past life and a grudge in this life?
However, although this Tai Bai Xing was dissatisfied, he didn't show it on his face, just smiled bitterly.
"That, even if the Queen Mother remarried, his husband could not become the Jade Emperor, the reason why the Jade Emperor became the Jade Emperor was not because he was the husband of the Queen Mother, but because he was originally the Jade Emperor, and the reason why the Queen Mother became the Queen Mother was because he was the wife of the Jade Emperor!"
Mo Xuan raised his eyebrows, "Sounds quite machismo!"
There was a hint of sourness in his tone, "So, the guy I killed last time was a fake?"
Tai Bai Xing shook his head very nervously, "I can't answer this question right now, because even I haven't figured it out yet!"
"You haven't figured it out, aren't you, your old man is a big celebrity in Heaven?"
Tai Bai Xing listened to Mo Xuan's words and smiled bitterly, "I really don't know!"
"Didn't everyone in that court see the truth or fake?"
Li Changgeng said, "Although this thing sounds weird, it makes sense to think about it!"
"What do you mean by that!" Mo Xuan asked with interest.
"When it was said that the mountain monarch killed the emperor, not many people knew about it, except for Li Tianwang who was present, no one else knew about it at all, and I only learned about it from my brother later!"
The brother Li Changgeng said was Taishang Laojun, and the two were brothers.
Therefore, Mo Xuan always thought that if he wanted to rank a list of immortals who were old enough to live to dogs in the Three Realms, this Tai Bai Xing would be among the top three if not the first.
It's all born to a mother, what is it like to be too old man, and what is he like to be too platinum?
How can the gap be so big.
However, Mo Xuan didn't have the habit of saying this kind of thing in front of others, so he just pretended to be puzzled and asked, "In other words, except for that Li Jing, no one knows about it?"
"And Niangniang also knows!" Tai Bai Xing said, "In the heavenly court, only the three of us know, as for the others, they all thought that the last time the Tianhe River collapsed was just an accident, as for the Queen Mother, for some reason, she didn't tell the truth of the matter." ”
"Didn't you say it too?"
"I-?" Tai Bai Xing was stunned and smiled bitterly, "Yes, I didn't say it, this matter is too involved, so at the beginning, I could only treat the Jade Emperor as missing, but I didn't expect that it wouldn't be long before there was an identical Jade Emperor, so everyone thought that the Jade Emperor was just lazy for a while, and went out to relax. ”
Hearing this, Mo Xuan couldn't help but think about it, there are some things worth playing with here.
Maybe it was the Queen Mother who got a fake Jade Emperor and a puppet to rule the Three Realms.
The problem is that there is no point in ruling the Three Realms!
To mortals, ordinary youkai, this Heavenly Court seems to be a very authoritative thing, but in fact?
The real big demon, a strong man who has achieved a lot of cultivation, is disdainful of the bureaucracy of Heavenly Court, and the only purpose of Heavenly Court's existence is not to let these three realms not make a mess, so that these powerful guys look upset and can't help but destroy the world.
Of course, the number of these powerful creatures is far smaller than that of ordinary creatures, so in the sense of quantity alone, Heavenly Court does manage the Three Realms.
Seeing that this Tai Bai Xing didn't seem to be lying, he really couldn't figure out the twists and turns here, Mo Xuan smiled and said, "In this case, then let's talk about it then, please tell the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, just say that Mo Xuan will definitely go to Yaochi on time to attend the meeting!"
"In that case, don't bother much!" Tai Bai Xing saw that Mo Xuan should respond, and the smile on his face became thicker.
Mo Xuan followed Tai Bai Xing and got up and sent him to the door of the small shop.
"Come and sit often when you have time!"
Looking at the back of Tai Bai Xing's escape, Mo Xuan said loudly.
...... After sending Li Changgeng away, Mo Xuan walked to the backyard, and before he entered the courtyard, the little flower came out again, pounced on him, and shouted, "Sixth, sixth, what's the matter, what's the matter, is that white-bearded old man really too platinum star? is it really the star monarch in the sky?"
Mo Xuan helplessly lifted her up from his body, "Yes, he is Tai Bai Xing Li Changgeng!"
"What did he come to you for?" Xiaohua said, "I heard that he is a famous immortal in the sky, did you want to be an immortal?"
In his tone, he couldn't hide the envy in it.
This little flower has been in the world for a long time, and naturally it has been contaminated with some human thinking habits, and the fairy thing, for her, is still high, and belongs to one of the most people.
Mo Xuan smiled bitterly, "No, he's here to send an invitation to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, inviting me to go to Yaochi to participate in the Pan Tao Meeting!"
"Pan Tao will be!"
At this moment, not only Xiaohua, but even Hu Dani and Hu Erni on the side showed a look of surprise.
You must know that in their hearts, although this Mo Xuan is famous, he is also a demon king, but he is the opposite of Heavenly Court, logically speaking, this Heavenly Court should send Heavenly Soldiers to capture this demon king, just like last time, sent 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, if it weren't for the unknown middle-aged man, now my family may have all repaid the fee.
Speaking of the middle-aged man, somehow, Hu Dani and Hu Erni's hearts unconsciously sped up.
The might, the temperament, the demeanor, and the invincible strength.
The heart is beating fast, the face is hot, and the heart is like a deer in a little bloody word!
"What's wrong with you?!" Mo Xuan asked when he felt that something seemed wrong between the two.
"Oh, it's all right!" the two said in unison, glancing at each other again, and a spark of hostility flashed in their eyes.
"Wow!" Mo Xuan waved his hand, "Two, what's wrong with you?!"
"It's nothing!" again in unison, but the tone was not very good, and after glancing at each other again, they each shook their heads and left.
"Can anyone tell me what's wrong?" Mo Xuan spread his hands out, his expression helpless, his eyes wandered around, as if he wanted to find some answers from the people around him, but all he got was a wry smile.
After a while, Aunt Hu hesitated and said, "They seem to have moved their hearts to that person!"
"That person, who is it?" Mo Xuansha frowned, "It can't be Li Changgeng, right?"
"That's it, the one who saved us last time!" Aunt Hu said, "That middle-aged man with a wine jar!"
Mo Xuan was completely stunned, and between opening and closing his mouth, if the silver carp was general, "Uh, that, that ......!"
It's been a long time, and there's still nothing coming out.
After a while, he reacted, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just the legendary girl's feelings, it's not a big deal, just wait for them to grow up!"
"The legendary girl's feelings?"
This new word, Mrs. Hu does not understand very well.
"That's it, it's just that the girl's aesthetic concept is a little weird, and she prefers the middle-aged decadent weird uncle, it's good to grow up, it's good to grow up!" Mo Xuan can only comfort himself like this now.
However, in his experience, this kind of thing is very normal, for most female surnames, mature, personable successful men are always more attractive to women than those cream students, the so-called cream students, but many middle-aged ladies YY objects, which is why girls always like sugar daddy, and the middle-aged housewives are keen on talent shows.
Of course, this is Mo Xuan's own summary, as for the real situation, he doesn't know, and now he doesn't care.
"Jade Emperor, Jade Emperor, are you fucking true or fake?"
...... On June 15, it is a strange thing that the Peach Victory Club will open now.
Why?
Because this peach will be opened once in 360 years, and every time it is opened, it is the third day of the third month of the third month of the heavenly court, and this day is the birthday of the queen mother.
But what does it mean to get to June 15 now?
However, it is useless to be suspicious now, so I can only go and see it.
On the fifteenth day of May.
Mo Xuan drove the clouds to the Nantianmen and went up, all the way around the auspicious clouds, the purple mist was colorful, it turned out that they were all immortals in various caves, and they also went to the meeting, but Mo Xuan met a lot of immortals.
Although Mo Xuan is quite famous now, there are not many immortals who have seen him, so he is not very familiar with these immortals, but there are four immortals who have caught his attention, mainly because of their appearance and distinctiveness: the first has a green face with fangs, green hair on the top, wearing a golden hoop on his head, and a green robe; the second, with red fangs, red hair on the top, wearing a golden hoop on his head, and wearing a vermilion robe; the third, with a black fang, black hair on the top, wearing a golden hoop with a bundle of hair, and a yuan-colored robe; the fourth, with a yellow fang, with a yellow hair on the top, wearing a golden hoop with a bundle of hair, and an apricot yellow robe。 Everyone held rare treasures and also marched towards the Yao Pond.
These people's images, you don't have to guess, they are demon clans at first glance.
At this moment, I heard a few people talking about these four people, and when I looked back, I saw several fairies dressed in different clothes.
Mo Xuan listened attentively, and only then did he learn that these four immortals were the lords of the four spirits of Lin, Phoenix, Turtle, and Dragon: the one who wore the green robe was the head of the Mao clan of the world, the master of the beasts, and the great immortal of the hundred beasts; the one who wore the red robe, the head of the world of the poultry clan, the lord of the hundred birds, and the name of the hundred birds and the great immortal; the one who wore the black robe, the head of the world, was the lord of the hundred intersects, and the name of the hundred immortals; the one who wore the yellow robe, the head of the world of the scale clan, was the lord of the hundred scales, and the name of the hundred scales of the great immortal.
After a closer look, Mo Xuan recognized it, it turned out to be a green-haired wolf spirit, a grass pheasant, a black turtle and a golden carp.
This so-called general division of the world beasts refers to ordinary animals, animals that have not opened their minds, and once animals have turned into demons, they are beyond their control.
For the first time, Mo Xuan became interested in this heavenly court.
In the past, Heavenly Court, in his heart, was just a dispensable institution, but now it seems that this power and function are also quite interesting.
"A few great immortals are invited!" Mo Xuan stepped forward with a smile and arched his hand.
The Lord of the Four Spirits was all stunned, and after seeing Mo Xuan's appearance clearly, the green-haired Hundred Beast Immortal laughed, "It turns out that it is the Mountain Monarch, who has admired the name for a long time!"
As he spoke, he came to Mo Xuan affectionately and looked Mo Xuan up and down.
"Good, good, worthy of being the first demon of the millennium, better than our old guys, but much stronger, not bad, not bad!"
This attitude is so similar - it is almost the same as the attitude of the Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng.
At this moment, the other three spirits also surrounded them, still the same rhetoric, but Mo Xuan knew that this was not a cliché, just because this demon clan was too bad at expressing their feelings, and although they were enthusiastic about people, they couldn't express it, although they were clumsy, they could clearly feel their sincerity.
So Mo Xuan laughed and chatted with them.
You must know that Mo Xuanyun is fast, and a few of them are not slow, but people, when they talk together, especially when they meet some friends with similar surnames, when they chat, they will forget the time, and their pace will slow down unconsciously.
When a few people walked to the South Heavenly Gate, more than two hours had passed.
Nantianmen!
From afar, seeing the four King Kongs greeting guests at the Nantian Gate, with a smile on his face, Mo Xuan was full of emotion.
Just now, he chatted with the Lord of the Four Spirits for two whole hours, and finally had a very in-depth understanding of Heavenly Court.
In the past, Mo Xuan never thought of knowing about Heavenly Court in the past, he just knew that there were several Heavenly Emperors in this Heavenly Court, but when he learned the news that another Jade Emperor had appeared, he was not only interested in the truth of this Jade Emperor, but also interested in the Heavenly Court ruled by the Jade Emperor, wanting to know what kind of institution this Heavenly Court was, and what kind of power the Jade Emperor, the Lord of the Three Realms, had.
In addition, I met the Lord of the Four Spirits again, and I found out that there were also demon clans serving in the Heavenly Court, so I happened to ask in passing.
I have to say that Mo Xuan's comprehension ability is still very strong, and in the clumsy descriptions of these four people, Mo Xuan finally has a detailed and in-depth understanding of the functions and status of Heavenly Court.
It is not difficult to understand, and the entire Three Realms can be understood as a mortal state.
This Jade Emperor is the emperor, but this emperor is not as powerful as the emperor of the traditional centralized state in China, but a bit like some monarchs in Western Europe in the Middle Ages, whose power has been restricted to a certain extent, of course, these restrictions are all high-level, and in the hearts of the low-level people, he is still the lord of the Three Realms.
As for the Heavenly Court, it is an institution of political axes, corresponding to the court of the mortal world.
As for the immortals, they can be understood as officials, and more popularly as civil servants.
There are two kinds of civil servants, officials and officials, officials are leaders, and officials are specific work, the so-called 36 righteous gods, the 365 lords on the list of gods are all officials, and there are countless officials under the officials, in terms of quantity, it can be said that it is a huge bureaucracy.
When he was on Earth, Mo Xuan saw a Chinese immortal character genealogy, and when Mo Xuan saw it, he felt that there were too many Chinese immortals, but now that he thinks about it, if he thinks about it carefully, Mo Xuan can't help but scream, it's not enough!
Yes, not enough!
There were only a few people, hundreds of them who died.
If all the people in the four sets of teams are counted, plus the retired, temporary, and non-compiled, the messy things add up, and a thousand can't fight to the end.
That's a county-level city.
How big is this world?
Countless times larger than the previous earth, can you let the leadership team of a county-level city lead it?
The leader can't come!
Therefore, it is not good to say that there are not many people.
It is precisely because the place is too big and there are too many people that it will look bloated, and it will seem that everything needs to be managed but cannot be managed.
I'm afraid that even the Jade Emperor himself can't figure out how many immortals, how many departments, how many immortals with positions, and how much salary they have to pay every year.
Of course he couldn't figure it out, so it's weird to figure it out.
Moreover, because of various needs, it is necessary to add some institutions and personnel every year, which has led to more and more people in such a management body as Heavenly Court, and there are more people, and there are more people who eat idle food, and there are more people who eat idle food, and there are more things in the lower realm of Sifan.
Of course, in addition to the immortals, there is another group of people, which is the so-called Taiyi Sanshu.
What is Taiyi scatter number?
In layman's terms, it is a cultural person, and Mo Xuan is a cultural person!
What does that mean?
If you regard Heavenly Court as a court and a political axe, then the entire Three Realms can be regarded as a complete country.
This country, there has to be someone to manage it, the administrator, that is, the immortals, but how did this immortal come about? You have to choose, just like the country in the human world chooses officials, the human world chooses officials, most of them are selected among scholars, managers are selected in the heavenly court, and they are selected among cultivators.
Therefore, this practitioner is equivalent to a scholar in the world.
This is a question, you can't say who you want, you have to be fair, what is the fairest?
Examination!
There has to be an exam, which was called the imperial examination in ancient times, and it is called the civil service examination now.
The civil service examination in the Three Realms is a heavenly tribulation.
When the strength of a cultivator is reached, this catastrophe will come, you can bear it, you will pass, you have the qualification to be an immortal, you can't pass it, start over, reincarnate or not, it has nothing to do with our immortals.
However, this tribulation is not a formal exam, and what is it after the tribulation?
The people who are engaged in the imperial examination system in the world admit that you are a literate person, but you may not be able to be an official, you have the qualifications to be an official, but it depends on whether you have good luck.
If you're lucky, you can get an official and a half-job in the heavenly court, that's a god, and if you're unlucky, you'll be left there, you won't be an official, you won't have a job, that's Taiyi Sanshu.
The gods are good as the gods, and the Taiyi scatter has the wonder of the Taiyi scatter, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Of course, the cultivators in the mortal world naturally want to be more immortals, just like those who read books in the world, the so-called ten years of cold windows are unknown, and they become famous all over the world in one fell swoop.
People, there must always be some hope, there must be a rush, right?
Naturally, there are also those who don't like to be officials, just like those university scholars in the world, or go to the deep mountains and old forests to live in seclusion, Tao Yan love, or find a quiet place with mountains and rivers, give lectures, and educate sentient beings.
These people are also in the Taiyi scattered number and the like.
In addition to officials, what else will be in a country, in a political axe?
A hereditary nobility of the nobility, a person who is born with a title.
These people do not need to have the imperial examination, they can rely on Zuyin as an official, or even if they are not officials, they will have a corresponding title and status.
This group of people is those who practice the high-grade immortal formula, such as the Nine Rank Heavenly Immortal Formula, it can be said that these people are born superior, but they are also the same as the nobles of the mortal world, there are many gentlemen, and few of them are promising.
For a political axe, although there are many institutions, but it is not guaranteed to be comprehensive, there are always places in the world where the sun does not shine, and there is always a shadow behind the high-rise buildings, which is the law of nature and is inevitable.
It's just that when placed within the scope of the Three Realms, the shadow of the Heavenly Court seems a little bigger.
Taiyi Sanshu, most of them are honest, but there are also dishonest ones, he is not appropriate to be an official, he knows that he confuses the world with his own fallacies and heresies, and even rebels, such as [***] and the like, oh, wrong, it is like the Monkey King and the like, this is the object that needs to be resolutely attacked.
It was hit once five hundred years ago, and now it's much more honest.
But in the Three Realms, there are too many dishonest guys like monkeys, and generally speaking, as long as they don't cause trouble for you, Heavenly Court doesn't bother to care.
So, in general, you just think of this heavenly court as a political axe on earth.
Naturally, the heavenly court is the heavenly court, and the political axe of the human world is the political axe of the human world, and there are still many differences, the more obvious ones are the officials and officials.
These guys can't die, immortals, they are always immortal and energetic.
This leads to a very troublesome problem, and some people do not for a long time.
When you first go to heaven, you may be full of energy, but after 8,000 years of work, you will slack off, be lazy, see through, covet comfort, and don't want to do things, what should you do?
Remove it, it's too faceless, sometimes, these masters are highly educated and powerful, and if you can't prepare it, you will be beaten.
But if you don't withdraw, it's not easy to do, you see, this new person has no place, but the old man doesn't take it, what should I do?
Increase the number of institutions.
One of the most serious consequences of this is not that the institutions are bloated, but that there is too much overlap in functions.
There are seventy or eighty people in charge of a thunderstorm, but now the only people who really do this are Lei Gong and Electric Mother.
One is raining, and the dragon king is the rain master.
The wind is blowing, and one of the windy women is enough, and there is also Aunt Feng, after the wind, the wind is this and that...... In a word, dozens of people in a pit are still few.
So, sometimes, some immortals, because the time is too long, you haven't heard of their names, but cold, when something happens, he runs out and stands in front of you, obediently, several levels higher than you.
This kind of thing is not nothing, it is a lot.
The above is right below.
There are also the opposites.
Saints.
This is also the biggest difference between the heavenly court and the human court, above the heavenly court, there are saints, just like there are many queen mothers on the emperor's head, these queen mothers don't interfere in politics, once they do politics, the court is bitter and can't say anything.
In this regard, Mo Xuan expressed deep sympathy.
This was the largest and bloated bureaucracy that Mo Xuan had ever seen.
(To be continued)