Chapter 214: Embarrassing Emperor Selection

Wang Shichong was cold. All the chess pieces he had inserted into the Luoyang defenders were pulled out by Yang Guang. Yang Guang also brought an army to replace the defense and Zhang Xutuo fell.

This veteran was a famous Sui general and a hard-core Yang supporter. During the years when Yang Guang was undermined by the Yuwen clan, I don’t know how many forces had to win over the veteran, but this person was indifferent.

As soon as Yang Guang came back, he wrote a military order and easily transferred him over.

Luoyang was the eastern capital of the Great Sui Dynasty. Yang Guang urged to build it as soon as he took office. This city has a profound mark of Yang's family. Yang Guang dared to enter Luoyang by car lightly because of this reason.

That’s right. In Luoyang now, Yang Guang can not control many resources.

In recent years, Wang Shichong has been the Luoyang Order, and has used the power of the Ming Dynasty's supreme sect to exclude other forces and step up control of Luoyang City.

But he never raised the anti-flagship like the Li family and directly occupied Luoyang City, leaving aside the marks of Sui Dynasty officials.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to do this, but that he is powerless for the time being. The situation in Luoyang City is so complicated that Yang Guang had to retreat to Jiangdu.

Yang Guang retreated into Jiangdu, which calmed down the political storm in Luoyang and provided the best environment for Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong is quite capable, but he cannot leave the identity of a Sui official to regulate the situation in Luoyang.

Wang Shichong spent several years cleaning up and balancing the forces in Luoyang, with a very thorough plan, and he was also waiting for Yang Guang to die. Otherwise, the deep-rooted Great Sui seal on him would become a stain on his struggle to dominate the world.

If you want to dominate the world and attract talents, you must not have moral or political stains.

You should know that in the original work, when Yang Guang died, all the former Sui officials and title owners competed for dominance of the world, they brought the descendants of the Yang family as shields, and then sent troops to dominate the world.

Only people like Kou Zhong who are so innocent that they cannot be more innocent can take their own banner.

Kou Zhong was born as a civilian and did not eat official food, so Yang Guang's death had nothing to do with him.

Such a clean background, there is no moral or political stain on the face of his own banner.

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The problem that Wang Shichong is facing now is a choice. Before his ambition has been revealed, Yang Guang has restored his original talent and strategy, even more terrifying than before.

He now has two choices. One is to directly rebel. After all, three years of operation have left him with some power and strength in Luoyang City. The other is to secretly lie dormant and wait for the opportunity.

Every choice has its pros and cons, which is hard to say. But if the choice is wrong, it is really unpredictable.

The previous choice seems to have the greatest chance, but the person who is most anxious now is not him, Wang Shichong. And if he wanted to rebel, he would have rebeled long ago, so why wait until now?

So, Wang Shichong finally chose the latter. Now the time is wrong, so let's lie down temporarily.

If Yang Guang really reveals any flaws, it will be a good opportunity for him to take advantage of them.

Did Yang Guang know that Wang Shichong had a strange intention? How could it be possible? Even if the original Yang Guang didn’t know, Yang Guang now definitely knew that Wang Shichong’s background was no secret in Yang Guang’s eyes.

But so what?

As an emperor, you must have extraordinary minds and means. Yang Guang consciously could suppress Wang Shichong. As long as Wang Shichong did not raise the anti-flag flag clearly, he would always be an official of the Sui Dynasty and would listen to the emperor's imperial edict. Wang Shichong is also a rare talent, so he naturally needs to use everything and make full use of his talents.

As for the Ming Zun Sect, they are really second-rate forces compared with the Buddhist Demon Sect. Will Yang Guang care about them? As long as they don’t jump out, Yang Guangli is too lazy to pay attention to them.

If they dared to jump out, Yang Guang wouldn't mind slapping the fly to death with a slap.

Although Yang Guang cannot perfectly control Luoyang now, he is also an existence that other forces cannot ignore.

Now all forces are waiting to watch the show.

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Cihang Jingzhai has been preparing for a grand drama for several years and Luoyang has elected the emperor.

Such a drama will undoubtedly expand the influence of Cihang Jingzhai and Buddhism, enhance one's own elegance, and raise oneself to the position above imperial power.

This is the highest pursuit of a sect.

The power of religion is above the imperial power.

Don’t other forces know what Cihang Jingzhai is thinking?

How is that possible?

They knew absolutely that they just had a crush on the imperial seal in Cihang Jingzhai's hand and had to cooperate.

The Buddhist idea is so ding-dong.

But the problem is that since ancient times, there has been no precedent for the power of religion to override the imperial power.

Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors established the orthodox Yanhuang, unified the Central Plains, and expanded the four fields, countless foreign barbarians were either eliminated or assimilated. During the Han Dynasty, a huge and great Han nation was formed.

The concept of "All under the world is the king's land, and the shore of the earth is the king's minister." is deeply rooted in people's hearts. After experiencing the Five Barbarians invading China, the newly emerging Han people have become even more undestroying.

Imperial power is supreme!

Even the powerful schools of thought are supporters and advocates of this concept.

Buddhism, an external sect, wants to make the power of religion above the imperial power.

I have to say that they are really thinking too much.

Even in the original work, the final result did not change much, and the imperial power was still supreme. Buddhism was suppressed one after another. After the emperor suppressed it, the Taoist sect was suppressed. In the end, the Demon Sect Queen took office and even suppressed it. Cihang Jingzhai, all major Buddhist sects were severely damaged, and they did not recover their vitality until the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

At that time, Cihang Jingzhai's reputation in the world was still there, but in the whole world, he had no influence as in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

In this world, the arrival of Yang Pan, a visitor from another world, completely interrupted the process of original time and space.

Cihang Jingzhai is now forced to the edge of the cliff, which is completely embarrassing.

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In the Central Plains, most people can feel the deterrence of imperial power. All the families who have been passed down for thousands of years have extraordinary background and influence, but they also need to maintain the fear of imperial power.

The Great Sui Dynasty was already in turmoil and the world was reversed.

However, as long as Yang Guang was not dead, the imperial power of the Sui Dynasty would still exist, and the name of Dayi was in power. As powerful as the four major clans, except for the Li clans who had already rebelled before, the Dugu clan admitted defeat and followed Yang Guang obediently to shout, becoming Yang Guang's lackey, which is not surprising, because the Dugu clan itself is a rear tribe, and supporting the Yang clan is beneficial to them. Moreover, the old lady who was the master of the Dugu clan knew very well that there was no top talent in Dugu's next generation or even the next generation who could make the decision. The Dugu clan who had insufficient development and barely defended Chengdu, besides supporting Yang Guang and maintaining her immediate benefits in the world, are there any other choices?

Among the four major sects, the Yuwen Valve was eradicated by Yang Guang, which can be described as decisive and decisive, demonstrating Yang Guang's methods and reaffirming the power of imperial power again.

The name of great righteousness is in one's own name.

The Song family was located in Anling South. Although the Song family was not satisfied with the Yang family's world, they were also unable to compete for the world. Whether or not the master was changed, it was actually the same for the Song family.

Therefore, the Song family could sit still and become a neutral fencer. No matter how Cihang Jingzhai wins over, Song Que is as stable as Mount Tai.

In the original work, why did Song Que support Kou Zhong?

After all, I can't stand Li's face and bloodline.

Compared to the Li family who knelt down and licked the Turkish face when they were fighting for dominance in the world.

Song Que, who had always adhered to the Han dynasty, could not stand it anyway and had to support Kou Zhong as his final struggle.

Couldn't Song Que see Kou Zhong's character? No, he saw that, but he had no other choice at that time, so he could only take a risk.

Compared with the Li family, although the Yang family was not perfect in terms of blood, even Song Que had to admit that Yang Jian made great contributions to the entire Han nation. Without Yang Jian's end of the Five Barbarians' invasion of China, unify the world, and re-determine the dominance of the Han people. Then the whole world would probably still be in chaos. The Hu people were first-class citizens, and the Han people were second-class citizens.

Song Que was dissatisfied with his words, but in fact he still agreed with the dominance of the Yang family in his heart.

On top of big things, Song Que has never been ambiguous.

After taking a look, after Yang Guang was undermined and regained power, the Song family had been silent and understood.

For the Song family, the Yang family controls the world without hindering the interests and status of the Song family at all. No matter how long Yang Guang's hand is, he cannot reach Lingnan.

Song Que and Yang Guang had a mysterious tacit understanding. The Song clan did not support any rebel forces, and Yang Guang would not reach the Song clan.

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The situation in the world is very clear now.

Except for the Li family, who had to hold on and compete with Yang Guang, the other two family members were neutral and turned to Yang Guang.

As for the five surnames and Qiwang below, they are all typical fence-riding factions. They bet on both sides, and at most they secretly support other rebel forces.

It is almost impossible to get them to jump out and clarify which side to support.

Then there are several major rebellious forces under the control of the Jianghu forces and overseas forces.

Jingnian Zen Temple, Shi Feixuan, Fan Qinghui, and Lekong were gathered together to discuss major events.

The atmosphere in the Zen room was heavy.

"Now should we do it?"

"The disappearance of the four great saint monks may be in danger. We have mistakenly estimated Yang Guang's strength."

"There must be a great master level around Yang Guang, but I don't know who it is."

"Does this emperor selection activity continue?"

Countless questions linger in the hearts of everyone, making it difficult to make the right decision.

Especially the losses of the four great saint monks and 200 elite monk soldiers greatly damaged the Buddhist spirit.

Buddhism had to show its hidden background, and four late-stage masters with little reputation stood up and supported the Buddhist facade.

The Central Plains Buddhism even had to sacrifice the interests of the Central Plains and invited the Baha Living Buddha of Tantric Buddhism to take charge of the real master-level powerhouse.

Tibetan Buddhism has always been different from Central Plains Buddhism, with completely different sectual concepts and habits, and Tantric Buddhism is even more chaotic and primitive.

He has always been rejected by the etiquette of the Central Plains.
To be continued...