Chapter 242: "White Horse Preaching" hits a wall soon...

A few days later, Emperor Donghua also came to the door, bringing his disciple Sha Ji.

Sha Ji was originally a mortal, born into the Sha clan in Shu. While traveling in the mortal world, Emperor Donghua saw a young man with a sturdy build and remarkable bones, believing him to be a promising cultivator. Inspired by his talent, he offered him some guidance.

It must be Sha Ji's good fortune. With just a little guidance from Emperor Donghua, he had an epiphany. After returning home, he bid farewell to his parents and siblings, and followed Emperor Donghua to travel around the world alone.

Emperor Donghua guided and observed him all the way, and seeing that he was mentally resolute and kind-hearted without being pedantic or weak, he accepted him as his disciple out of satisfaction.

The reason we brought him here this time is to give him some experience and experience, and hopefully get him a job in the West.

Emperor Donghua was the leader of the male immortals, and had been devoted and loyal to her for years. Making such a request now gave Fuli an opportunity to show him some favor. After a brief thought, Fuli agreed and recommended Sha Ji's account to Jiang Ziya.

"I've given Ziya full responsibility for this matter. You two are from the same generation, so anything can be discussed together."

As soon as she opened her mouth, she started to praise herself as a senior. Emperor Donghua smiled and had no objection at all, as if he was not one of the three thousand guests of Zixiao Palace, and not of the same generation as the Six Saints of Heaven.

When you are under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head. Is it a good thing to be senior to your boss?

Sha Ji saluted in a serious manner: "Thank you, Great Lord."

Fu Li raised her hand to support him and said with a smile, "You don't have to do that. Your master taught you well, otherwise I wouldn't have given you this opportunity."

Sha Ji bowed to Emperor Donghua again and said, "Thank you, Master, for your cultivation."

Emperor Donghua was somewhat helpless: "Didn't your master tell you long ago that there's no need to be so serious between master and disciple?"

But Sha Ji agreed verbally, but in his actions he continued to do as he pleased, with no intention of changing at all.

Emperor Donghua couldn't do anything about him, so he took him away.

Unexpectedly, just as he left, the Dragon King of the West Sea, Mo'ang, arrived with his younger brother Ao Lie.

Needless to say, the purpose is to get involved in Journey to the West, and it would be best if I could get a regular position.

This person is an old minister, and we have been friends for many years.

Fu Li thought for a moment and said, "Wait until the Buddhists have finalized the route and arrange for Ao Lie to be a calamity along the way. What do you think?"

Mo Ang smiled and said, "I heard that the pilgrim has three more disciples. Has the quota been filled?" Fu Li didn't bother to lie and said directly, "You're a step too late. Emperor Donghua just took the last spot."

Mo'ang's expression changed slightly, and he was still a little unwilling: "There's not much difference between three people and four people. Can't we add one more?"

Fu Li said, "This was calculated by the Buddhist sect and has long been agreed upon. How can it be changed at will? There are a total of eighty-one tribulations in the Journey to the West. At worst, when Zi Ya arranges it, he can add two more tribulations to Ao Lie's section."

Having said that, Mo Ang knew there was no turning back. He was about to nod his agreement when Ao Lie suddenly spoke up, "Great Celestial Venerable, it's said that the pilgrim will be stripped of all his immortal powers and reincarnated as a mortal. How can he possibly walk from Nanshan to Lingshan in his mortal body? He must have a good mount, right?"

Fu Li hadn't expected Little White Dragon to volunteer as a mount. For Mo'ang and Hongxin's sake, she hadn't even bothered to mention it, fearing their youthful arrogance might lead them to consider it an insult.

But since the other party had brought it up himself, Fu Li would not stand in his way and said, "A pilgrim who is seeking the scriptures does need a good mount. If you don't mind the roughness of this errand, I'll give it to you."

Ao Lie said, "I don't mind, I don't mind. This is a good job to accumulate merit, how dare I despise it?"

Seeing that he was sincere and not at all reluctant, Fu Li asked Mo'ang again. Seeing that Mo'ang had no objection, she asked him to take out his mobile phone, added his account, and then passed it to Jiang Ziya.

Being able to obtain the account of the Emperor of Heaven was another unexpected surprise for Ao Lie, and he felt that this trip was worthwhile.

At this point, the pilgrimage team was completely assembled. Kong Xuan, who arrived later, tried his best to persuade the Phoenix Clan, but he only got two places in the disaster rescue.

One is his younger brother Garuda, whom he found with great difficulty, and the other is a rising star of the peacock clan.

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Before anyone knew it, more than half a year had passed in Heaven, and nearly two hundred years had passed in the mortal world.

The Hinayana Buddhist faction headed by Maitreya Buddha finally gave up on squeezing resources from Tathagata, and wanted to rely on the method of sending dreams to important officials and concubines in the harem on earth to create a "white horse preaching the scriptures."

When I actually did it, I found it wasn't easy.

At this time, the Qin Dynasty was ruled by the sixth emperor Ying Chuo. His queen, Zhang, was from Shu and was the niece of Zhang Tang, a new nobleman in Shu.

Since the First Emperor, there have been eight empresses in the Qin Dynasty, six of whom were from Shu.

The candidates recommended by Shuzhong for empress all possessed high political literacy. However, this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that the empress of Shuzhong would never think of marrying her nephews or nieces to her daughters or sons in an attempt to make the position of empress hereditary.

Because of the advanced medical science in Shu, people avoided inbreeding like the plague.

Although as Shu Chinese medicine spread in the Central Plains, many people began to pay attention to this aspect and tried to avoid marriages between people with blood ties within three generations, it still could not stop a family's desire for power.

For the emperor, letting his relatives by marriage go unchecked would only bring trouble to his own family.

After one or two times, the emperors did not dare to gamble anymore. They chose their empresses directly from Shu and only selected concubines from the Central Plains.

The Shuzhong education system had been operating in a virtuous cycle for nearly two thousand years, making it easier for those at the bottom to rise, and the frequency of replacement at the top was much faster than in the Central Plains. Furthermore, they were very averse to inbreeding, even to the idea of ​​consanguinity, so there was no need to worry about them becoming powerful relatives.

For example, there was Empress Zheng at the beginning of the Qin Dynasty. Not only is there no trace of such a person in Shu now, but the Zheng family has also fallen into great decline.

This branch that moved to the Central Plains in the early years still had some influence, but had long lost contact with the Shu area.

Although the people of Shu worship gods, after passing the imperial examinations or becoming officials in the court, they would automatically abandon superstitions and believe more in the power of man to conquer nature.

Therefore, Empress Zhang dreamed of a "white horse carrying scriptures" for three consecutive days, but she just thought it was a dream. After waking up, she acted as if nothing had happened and did not mention it in front of the Sixth King Ying Chuo at all.

The Buddhists had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and send a dream to the two ladies whose status was second only to the queen.

Ying Chuo had three wives in his harem, but Madam Huang, like Empress Zhang, was a man from Shu. Maitreya Buddha had hit a wall with Empress Zhang once, so when he appeared in a dream again, he simply ignored Madam Huang and only looked for Madam Yin and Madam Chen.

I had hoped that they would talk about it when they were together in private with Ying Chuo, but I didn't know that Empress Zhang was strict in managing the household, and was clear about rewards and punishments, so the concubines in the harem were very convinced of her.

Having had the same dream for several days in a row, Madam Yin and Madam Chen were both suspicious and felt that this was unusual, so they reported it directly to Empress Zhang.

Empress Zhang immediately remembered that she had had the same dream for three consecutive days. He sneered inwardly, but gently comforted the two ladies and gave each of them a jade ruyi pillow.

When the Sixth King Ying Chuo arrived in the evening, Empress Zhang told her about this matter.

The sixth generation Ying Chuo's talent was not outstanding, but he was also a qualified king to defend the city. Fortunately, her eldest son Ying Che was gifted and had an unwavering drive. Ying Chuo and Empress Zhang carefully selected famous teachers for him, determined to train him to be an enterprising king.

The sixth generation Ying Chuo was very clear about her own position. When she was in power, she sought stability, paid more attention to people's livelihood, accumulated more family wealth, cracked down on corrupt officials, and slowly disintegrated the major forces in the court.

To put it bluntly, she did all this to pave the way for her eldest son Ying Che, so that after Ying Che came to power, he could push the rule of the Qin Dynasty further forward.

In this way, she would have the face to meet her ancestors in the future.

For an emperor who seeks stability, what he hates most is this kind of sudden situation that comes without warning.

After hearing Empress Zhang's report, Ying Chuo's face turned cold. He asked Empress Zhang to inform the harem not to talk about similar dreams.

Seeing her attitude, Empress Zhang immediately understood what she was thinking. She turned around and invited all the concubines in the harem to the Weiyang Palace for tea and told them about this matter.

The concubines also understood Empress Zhang's temperament and knew that the more lightly she downplayed the matter, the more serious it would often be.

Therefore, after drinking tea in the Weiyang Palace, the concubines realized that this matter was not something they could touch, so they simply kept silent about it, and no news of it was spread outside the palace.

After trying twice in a row, there was no response at all, like a stone sinking into the sea. The Moonlight Bodhisattva, who was ordered by Maitreya Buddha to carry out the task, was dumbfounded.

Isn't it said that those in the harem are lonely and bored, preferring to find solace in faith? Why is the harem of the Great Qin completely different? Could it be that men are simply more rational than women?

Men are superior to women in Xiniu Hezhou, and the teachings of Theravada Buddhism do not even consider women human. If someone is reborn as a woman after spiritual practice, according to their teachings, it means that their spiritual practice was insufficient, and they have "only" received a female body.

After arriving in the Central Plains, Moonlight Bodhisattva saw that there was a woman as the emperor and men were trapped in the harem, which overturned her previous cognition.

Now that the men in the harem are not bewitched by him, he naturally thinks: Men are indeed more rational than women. It is ridiculous that a woman is the emperor of Jambudvīpa!

The path to the harem was not feasible. Moonlight Bodhisattva looked at Zhangtai Palace with some regret, and thought: This emperor of the Central Plains is a woman, and women are always easily influenced. If it were not for the Heavenly Court's firm opposition to using the mortal emperor as a scapegoat, this Sixth Emperor would be the best candidate!

When thinking about these things, I subconsciously ignored the fact that the Emperor of Heaven is also a woman, and her character, methods and cold heart are even worse than many male immortals.

He turned his attention to the important officials in the court, and his first target was the Left Prime Minister Fan Yin.

Although the Qin Dynasty respected the right, the right prime minister Zhang Tang was a man and the uncle of Empress Zhang. After hitting a wall with Empress Zhang, Moonlight Bodhisattva was not sure that she could fool Zhang Tang.

Fan Yin was from Chang'an, which was right next to Xianyang. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had been blessed by heaven since childhood.

She was the study partner of the sixth generation Emperor Ying Chuo and understood Ying Chuo's thoughts best.

After having the dream for three consecutive days, Fan Yin went to see Ying Chuo privately with a dull face and told her the matter quietly.

Ying Chuo's face was so cold that it almost froze. He immediately asked Fan Yin to privately promote folk beliefs. Suddenly, the incense of the local gods in the Central Plains suddenly became prosperous.

Fu Li and Nezha, who were watching the Buddhist practices through the Fu Li Mirror—which was the Haotian Mirror, now refined by Fu Li and renamed the Fu Li Mirror—laughed so hard that they fell down.

Fu Li even ordered: "You immortals who have gained benefits should not remain indifferent."

衆仙秒懂，不管和靈山那邊有關系還是沒關系的，都找借口往靈山那邊去，美其名曰交流學習，其實就是上門看笑話。

彌勒佛差點破功，卻也心中暗惱，把月光菩薩給調了回來，準備親自出馬。