Taiping Inn

After the world was settled, Qin Qing conferred titles on his meritorious officials. Read М

The civil officials, led by Zhao Zheng, laid the foundation of Liaodong, and the military generals, led by Qin Xiang, led the army to sweep most of the world.

Qin Qing conferred the title of Duke of Jin on Zhao Zheng. In addition to Zhao Zheng's own merits, he also inherited the worship of the Zhao family of the Great Jin.

Since ancient times, military merits have been more important than civil governance, so Qin Qing conferred the title of Duke of Jiangling on Qin Xiang, who had conquered half of the country, but this duke had no fiefdom.

The next two were Qin Daoyuan and Qin Daofang, who were members of the royal family.

To be fair, their merits were lower than those of Qin Xiang and Zhao Zheng, but as members of the royal family, they always had some advantages in terms of titles. Qin Daoyuan was conferred the title of King of Liao, and Qin Daofang was conferred the title of King of Qi. They were both princes, and they were the only two kings.

In addition, the rest were conferred the titles of duke, marquis, and earl according to their merits, a total of 24 people.

It must be said that Qin Qing was very restrained when conferring titles. He did not confer titles on meritorious officials, but mostly replaced them with official positions.

In addition, one person had to be selected from the Xu family to inherit the Xu family's sacrifices in the Great Wei Dynasty. Originally, the Grand Princess Xuanzhen was the most suitable candidate, but the Grand Princess Xuanzhen took the initiative to give up the title of princess and became a monk, Yuying Zhenren, which was not very suitable. It happened that the original Tang King Xu Zaixu was demoted to a commoner and married Mu Qingci, a Taoist. In addition, when Qin Xiang's army swept across the world, Xu Zaixu also made some meritorious deeds in the army, so Qin Qing conferred Xu Zaixu the title of Zhongli Hou to inherit the Wei Taizu's sacrifices.

The Duke of Yansheng in the Saint's Mansion was able to keep the inheritance of the Duke of Yansheng's title because he surrendered early and actively cooperated with the new policy. As for the death of Mrs. Jiang, it was nothing. The Duke of Yansheng did not mention it at all, but only expressed gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor.

The Daoists did not exterminate the Confucians, but only abolished the Wanxiang Academy and Tianxin Academy, and retained the Sheji Academy and the four major academies. Xie Heng and Sikong Daoxuan retired, and Ning Qi was invited to become the chief priest of the Sheji Academy.

Mr. Bai Lu was the only one among the seven hermits who was pardoned. In the second year of Taiping, he was appointed as the chief priest of the Imperial Academy by Qin Qing.

Mr. Bai Lu asked Qin Qing to pardon Xu Yihou, and Qin Qing agreed, giving Xu Yihou a student status and making him a disciple of Mr. Bai Lu. Mr. Bai Lu suggested that Xu Yihou take part in the provincial examination and obtain the title of Juren. Even if Juren could not be exempted from taxes, they could become officials. However, Xu Yihou declined his teacher's proposal on the grounds of mourning for his mother.

As for Xie Zhi, Li Xuandu respected the last wish of Emperor Muzong of the Great Wei Dynasty and agreed to let her be buried with Emperor Muzong. So after Xu Yihou's funeral for seven days, with the assistance of Mr. Bai Lu, he transported Xie Zhi's coffin to the imperial mausoleum in Tianshou Mountain, opened the tomb, buried him in it, and then completely sealed the tomb.

Chi Yangweng, who fled to the Western Regions, was captured by Tan Taiyun, who killed Chi Yangweng and sent his head to Li Xuandu.

After Li Xuandu wrote a letter to thank Tan Taiyun, he ordered Chi Yangweng's head to be sent back to his hometown for burial.

So far, except for Mr. Bai Lu, the other six of the seven hermits of Confucianism have all died, and none of them survived.

Tianxin Academy was burned down in the war, but Wanxiang Academy was not destroyed by the war and was well preserved. Ning Yi rebuilt the Wanxiang Academy on the basis of the Wanxiang Academy, and it became the famous Wanxiang Dao Palace in the future.

As the saying goes, to start a family and a career, Ning Yi married Shi Wuyue not long after the reconstruction of Wanxiang Dao Palace.

Although both of them had a bad past, it was their first marriage. Li Xuandu and Qin Su and his wife personally congratulated them, and Xiao Shiyu and Mrs. Leng, two senior sisters, acted as the bride's family. Even Bai Xiushang personally congratulated them. There were many guests and friends, and it was very festive and lively.

During the worship ceremony, Ning Qi finally untied his knot and accepted the worship of the newlyweds as an elder.

Shortly after the two got married, Lu Yanbing's marriage was also confirmed. It was to Hu Liang, Li Xuandu's life and death friend. Li Xuandu was very satisfied with this marriage. As an elder brother, he naturally wanted his sister to have a good home, so good brothers and good friends who knew him well were the first choice.

Of course, if Lu Yanbing disagreed, or Hu Liang disagreed, Li Xuandu would not force them to arrange it. But the two did not object. After all, they were both old, and they had known each other for a long time and had a lot of understanding. It was not a blind marriage, and they were well matched, so they agreed.

Li Xuandu never thought that his joke back then would come true. He married Hu Liang's junior sister Qin Su, and Hu Liang married his junior sister Lu Yanbing. The two were each other's brother-in-law and brother-in-law, and neither of them took advantage of the other in terms of address.

There are so many things in the world.

After Li Xuandu's wedding, he kept attending other people's weddings, as the most distinguished guest, congratulating different people, as if he had set off a trend, a trend of getting married.

After Ning Yi and Shi Wuyue, Lu Yanbing and Hu Liang, Zhang Luanshan and Shangguan Wan also decided to get married.

This wedding was extremely grand because it was mixed with extremely unusual meanings.

Or in other words, it was originally a marriage.

This is also reasonable, even Li Xuandu and Qin Su, can't escape the custom.

Zhang Luanshan is the descendant of the Heavenly Master, and Shangguan Wan is the descendant of the Earthly Master. Their marriage means the reconciliation of the Heavenly Master and Earthly Master lineages. Just as Li Xuandu hoped, this is a landmark event that eliminates the distinction between good and evil.

Li Xuandu is the main promoter of this marriage, so he naturally cannot be absent. However, this time he is not a guest who comes to watch and congratulate, but acts as Shangguan Wan's family.

In any case, Li Xuandu still calls her "Sister Shangguan".

In addition to Li Xuandu, Xu Da, Xu San, Xu Wu, Xu Qi, Xu Jiu, Xu Shisan and other guests of King Qi, Li Shixing, Zhong Wu, Wang Zhongfu, Zhuge Zuan, Wei Zhen and other famous officials of Yin Yang Sect, as well as Lan Xuanshuang, Yu Ying Zhenren, Lu Yanbing, Zhang Luanshan and other friends, also participated.

In a sense, it was also a gathering of evil masters.

Correspondingly, Zhang Luanshan's side was a gathering of righteous masters.

This time, Zhang Luanshan set out from the Shangqing Palace in Yunjin Mountain, Wuzhou, to the Shangqing Palace in Beimang Mountain, Zhongzhou to welcome the bride. There were only a few hundred people when he set out, but along the way, people kept following the rear of the wedding procession. When they entered the territory of Beimang Mountain, there were already more than 2,000 people, and ordinary unknown people did not dare to participate rashly. It can be said that those who can participate are all well-known people, and the battle is not small.

On the side of the Shangqing Palace on Cuiyun Peak, the lights were on and the men gathered together to drink and chat after finishing their own work. The women kept going in and out of the bride's boudoir to dress up the bride, and bursts of laughter were heard from time to time.

Who would have thought that a few years ago, many people were still fighting each other, but now they meet and laugh and forget their grudges.

When Zhang Luanshan's wedding procession arrived at the Shangqing Palace on Cuiyun Peak, Li Xuandu came out to greet them.

This time, those who followed Zhang Luanshan to welcome the bride were all acquaintances, so there was no need to introduce them one by one.

According to Li Xuandu's suggestion, the newlyweds first worshipped the portrait of the geomancer Xu Wugui in the Shangqing Palace, and then the bride boarded the sedan chair, left Cuiyun Peak, and went to the Shangqing Palace on Yunjin Mountain.

Li Xuandu and other family members of the bride also followed.

Arriving at the Shangqing Palace on Yunjin Mountain, the newlyweds worshiped the portrait of the great heavenly master Zhang Jingxiu, and then entered the Great Zhenren Mansion.

The following process was nothing special.

From now on, Shangguan Wan has another identity, that is, the mistress of the Great Immortal Mansion, which is of great significance to eliminating the contradiction between good and evil.

It is not easy to conquer the world on horseback, and it is even more difficult to rule the world on foot.

Since the first year of Taiping, apart from trivial matters, Li Xuandu has actually done only one major thing alone, that is, to further integrate the Taoist sect, eliminate internal contradictions, and make the Taoist sect truly a whole, rather than an empty alliance.

Now it seems that it has achieved initial results.

This has disappointed many people who hoped that Li Xuandu would give up power and retire after the world was peaceful. Judging from this situation, Li Xuandu will still be in charge of the Taoist sect for many years. Today, Li Xuandu is like a hard-working gardener, and the Taoist sect is his flower garden. How to take care of the flower garden and make it full of flowers is what Li Xuandu is most interested in.

In addition to the Taoist sect, there is also the human world.

Qin Qing said that Taoism can supervise the court, but how does Taoism supervise the court, and how does the court check and balance Taoism? Li Xuandu has not found an effective way. He can only continue to explore, which is another long and tortuous road.

However, Li Xuandu firmly believes that he can find this road and reach the end.

The trend direction of the development of things is always from low to high, from simple to complex, and moving forward.

However, this road ahead is not smooth, but tortuous, rising in the spiral and moving forward in the twists and turns.

So Li Xuandu can't open the eternal peace, he can only do his best to seek eternal peace.

As for Qin Qing's emperor, Li Xuandu doesn't want to comment on anything for the time being, because the time is too short and nothing can be seen. It is too against one's will to say that Qin Qing is a wise monarch now, but Li Xuandu is sure that there is a mistake that emperors of all dynasties will make, and Qin Qing will definitely not make it.

That is to seek immortality.

Of course, immortality and staying in the human world for a long time are two completely unrelated things and cannot be generalized.

Li Xuandu did not say anything about Qin Qing's evaluation. The glorious history books of later generations will tell about it, and future generations will tell about it. Li Xuandu does not need to worry about it.

After Zhang Luanshan and Shangguan Wan got married, Li Xuandu returned to Qizhou and met many old friends, including Qin Daofang and others. He also came to the cave heaven of Qingqiu Mountain and returned Su Rong's tail to her. As for whether Su Rong should go or stay, Li Xuandu did not force her.

In the third year of Taiping, Li Xuandu returned to Kunlun and began a three-year long period of pure cultivation.

During this time, Li Xuandu's incarnation Li Ruqi was responsible for handling various mundane affairs, and he was able to handle them with ease. Many people did not understand the situation, and Li Ruqi's appearance was very similar to Li Xuandu, so they just thought that Li Xuandu had returned to his youth.

The Purple Mansion Sword Immortal went down the mountain to travel and walk in the human world, not to play in the human world, but to inspect the four directions.

During these three years, Li Xuandu accidentally discovered the remains of Shen Wuyou. Xu Wugui's statement that Shen Wuyou's body was gone was not accurate. Shen Wuyou's body accidentally entered a gap between Yin and Yang, and finally fell into the depths of Kunlun Cave Heaven.

Xu Wugui was affected by the "Returning Soul Incense" at the time, and was eager to escape, so he mistakenly thought that Shen Wuyou's body was gone.

Li Xuandu decided to send Shen Wuyou back to Taiping Mountain, so that he could return to his roots.