Please don't force me to be a god.

"What is a true man? He does not tremble when he climbs high, does not get wet when he enters water, and does not feel hot when he enters fire. This is what it means to be able to ascend to the Tao."

"The most perfect man is one who is not heated by the burning of a great marsh, nor is he cold by the freezing of the Milky Way; nor is he frightened by the violent thunder that breaks the mountain, nor by the wind that shakes the sea. Such a man rides on clouds, rides on the sun and the moon, and travels beyond the four seas."

"On the Miaoguye Mountain, there lives a divine man... He rides on clouds, controls six dragons, and travels beyond the four seas."

"The sage does not engage in business, does not seek profit, and does not violate harm; he does not like to seek, and does not follow the Tao. He does not care about what he cares about, and what he cares about is not what he cares about, and he travels beyond the dust and dirt."

"Therefore, Zhuangzi said: The most perfect man has no self, the divine man has no merit, and the sage has no name."

These passages are from "Zhuangzi".

Although they have been deleted and refined by Prime Minister Cai, all the officials in the court are people who are familiar with poetry and books, so they naturally understand them as soon as they hear them.

Prime Minister Cai bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven on Earth, which is in line with the sage's way of 'not seeking profit, not violating harm; not seeking, not following the Tao'."

"And that Master Zhang, who can ride on clouds and control dragons, is not a sage or a god?"

After a long speech, Prime Minister Cai quoted classics.

Not only did he give the emperor face and praise him as the highest level of "sage", but he also provided "legitimacy" for Zhang Tian's identity.

This is the "sage" and "god" mentioned by the ancient sages, not "strange and chaotic gods", nor "demon" or "sorcerer". It is reasonable to ask him to stay in the court, right?

Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism and Taoism have been inseparable.

Except for the Taoist part of cultivating immortals and refining elixirs, civil officials do not reject Taoist thoughts, and it can even be said that Confucianism and Taoism are one.

As the prime minister, Prime Minister Cai had to have a reason even if he asked Zhang Tian to stay.

Just like those civil officials who resisted Zhang Tian's entry into the court, they had to bring Confucius to their side to give themselves courage.

When these words came out, Emperor Anyou's eyes lit up.

This is what the ancient sage said, now no one dares to stop him, right?

So, he immediately said: "That's right. This matter will be handed over to you, the Prime Minister, to host, and the Minister of History to assist."

"He has been to heaven and knows the miraculousness of Master Zhang."

Speaking of this, he glanced at the officials in the court, his face became serious, and said: "If even a god like Master Zhang can't stay, there is no need to support so many idle people in the court!"

The officials were shocked, this was obviously a warning from the emperor to them.

They tried so hard to stop him yesterday. If Master Zhang left because of this, the emperor would definitely punish a group of people.

The officials said it was important, and it was not important.

If they really changed a group, except for some short-term shocks in the court, it really wouldn't affect anything.

Prime Minister Cai and Minister Shi stepped out at the same time and said, "As ordered!"

The two looked at each other, and a haze flashed across Cai An's eyes.

Sure enough, the emperor has begun to lean towards the Qingliu faction.

In the past, whoever proposed these things was responsible for supervising them.

Now the emperor has forced a minister to come over to "co-organize", obviously worried that Mr. Zhang would not like him, so he is making preparations.

Prime Minister Cai is so active not just because he is afraid of being demoted.

Now he is old, even if he is beheaded, he will not be too worried.

The only thing he is worried about is his family.

If he is demoted and leaves the power center as a criminal, it will be devastating to the future of the entire family.

The emperor is unlikely to reuse the Cai family, and the court officials are unlikely to let the descendants of the Cai family climb to high positions and retaliate against them.

In this way, the entire Cai family may quickly become a third-rate clan.

Cai An used to cling to the emperor's thighs, and he was still rich and prosperous despite three ups and downs.

Now, there is another Zhang Tian.

As long as there is any one party to support him and he can retire smoothly, the Cai family can slowly accumulate strength and start over.

As for Zhang Tian's words to him "not very good", Cai An pretended not to have heard it.

Just like the royal family made him up and down three times, he dared not have any resentment in his heart.

If he died, he still hoped that Zhang Tian would say hello to the King of Hell.

The morning court was over.

Prime Minister Cai and Minister Shi received the order to leave the palace.

…………

Zhang Tian's side.

After breakfast with Xu Wen and Su'er, he went back to take a nap.

Xu Wen didn't know what he was busy with, so he said something to Zhang Tian and slipped out alone.

When Prime Minister Cai and Minister Shi came to Zhang Tian's house with a group of people, there was no one suitable to wake up Zhang Tian.

Su'er was too young to speak.

Tiedong was not high enough, so he could only watch over the little short legs, and dared not wake up Zhang Tian without authorization.

Prime Minister Cai and Minister Shi naturally did not dare to force Tiedong to wake Zhang Tian up.

The only suitable candidate, Xu Wen, was nowhere to be seen at this time.

A prime minister, a minister, and more than a dozen officialsMembers, forced to wait in the mansion without anyone to greet them, and waited until noon.

Fortunately, there were two eunuchs sent by the emperor in the mansion, who served tea and snacks, otherwise, more than a dozen officials in the court would not even have tea to drink.

It was noon.

Xu Wen hurried back from outside.

Seeing more than a dozen big men sitting at home, he was shocked and bowed quickly and said: "Hello, adults, I will go to wake up the immortal master."

"Well, thank you, Xu Xiucai."

Everyone thought to themselves that this scholar was very sensible. As soon as he came in, he knew that his teacher had not gotten up.

"I dare not say so as an adult." Xu Wen hurriedly returned the greeting.

As long as Xu Wen did not give up his status as a scholar and still had illusions about the imperial examination, these big men in the court would be like mountains to him.

Passing through the garden.

Xu Wen walked to the bedroom and whispered through the window: "Master, the Prime Minister and the Minister are here to see you."

After shouting a few times, Zhang Tian's drowsy voice came from inside: "Don't disturb my sleep, tell them to go back and come back when they are free."

Seeing this, Xu Wen had to change his approach and said: "Master, it's lunch time, Su'er is waiting for you to eat. If you don't get up, she won't start eating."

"Oh..."

There was a faint sound of struggle in the room.

After a while, Zhang Tian opened the door and walked out, sleepy.

Prime Minister Cai and Minister Shi, who were standing opposite the courtyard, greeted him and said, "Mr. Zhang, we meet again. Are you doing well today?"

"Fine. Why are you here?"

Prime Minister Cai said, "The emperor saw that Mr. Zhang would not enter the palace today, so he asked me to come and see him."

"Oh, what does the emperor want?"

"Nothing important, he just invited Mr. Zhang to come to the palace for a gathering when he is free."

"Then we'll talk about it when we are free. It's time for lunch now, so let's all go back and eat."

"Uh..." The bigwigs in the court were speechless.

It was the first time they had been to someone else's house, and they didn't even say the polite words of inviting them to dinner.

Usually, they would occasionally visit each other, and I don't know how many people hoped that they would give them face and stay for a meal.

Zhang Tian glanced at Xu Wen and asked, "You look anxious and have been out all day. What difficulties have you encountered?"

Xu Wen glanced at the dozen officials, then at Zhang Tian, ​​and suddenly knelt down and said, "My disciple has encountered a little difficulty at home. I am alone and powerless, and I beg the Immortal Master to help!"