Zhang Tie slightly narrowed his eyes as he watched Meng Shidao's back disappear at the end of the steps outside Nine-Heavens Palace. Then, he moved his eyes away and glanced over all the officials and officers in the palace.
Facing Zhang Tie's eye light, many officials and officers dared not look straight into Zhang Tie's eyes.
'No matter what, I've already accomplished the first step to drive Meng Shidao out of here …' Zhang Tie muttered inside. Actually, there were only two things left, first, pacify the internal forces; then, resist the external forces. After that, he had to completely end this holy war in the homeland of humans. He had to drive all the damn demons back to the underground world first …
This was the only and highest target in Zhang Tie's mind.
For the sake of this target, Zhang Tie could do many things that he didn't want to do before, such as becoming the regent; such as being more ruthless facing his enemies and opponents; instead of sparing any chance for his opponents to launch a counterattack.
"The position of prime minister is of great importance. It can't be vacant. Now that Lord Meng has left, do you have any recommendation?" Zhang Tie continued to ask.
How could common officials recommend the position of prime minister? After hearing Zhang Tie's question, all the officials and officers in the palace fixated onto those people who were still sitting below the steps.
'If I'm not mistaken, Monarch Qianji might have long reached a tacit agreement with a certain lord. If not, how could he drive Meng Shidao away so cleanly just now?' Many officials and officers were as shrewd as ghosts.
"I have a candidate!" Zuoqiu Mingyue stood up and opened his mouth.
"Please go ahead, prime minister!" Zhang Tie said with a solemn look.
"I recommend Tang Ling, the former commander-in-chief of Feathers Army, to take the position of prime minister!" Zuoqiu Mingyue said in a muffled voice, "Before taking the position of the former commander-in-chief of Feathers Army, Tang Ling had served as the finance minister. He has rich experience in politics. Later on, Tang Ling promoted to a heavenly knight and commanded Feathers Army and made more meritorious deeds. Before the holy war broke out, Tang Ling had to enter secluded cultivation to promote to a semi-sage level knight. After gaining the permission of Emperor Xuanyuan, he resigned from the position of the former commander-in-chief of Feathers Army. According to my knowledge, Tang Ling had already promoted to a semi-sage level knight last year and had just stabilized his realm. He could come out of secluded cultivation at any time. If Your Highness decrees, Tang Ling would definitely like to come back to power and serve Taixia Country as the prime minister!"
Zuoqiu Mingyue had long discussed this candidate with Zhang Tie. After knowing that Zhang Tie would never allow Meng Shidao to serve the position of prime minister, Zuoqiu Mingyue proposed the most suitable candidate of the prime minister on behalf of the military and the top four armies of Taixia Country.
In the holy war, undoubtedly, the most satisfactory candidate of the prime minister must be a mogul in the military.
The position of prime minister was very important as it could influence all aspects. If a mogul from the top four armies could serve as the prime minister, it would definitely be a good news for the military.
Actually, long before Meng Shidao served as the prime minister, the military of Taixia Country had already been looking for a candidate of this position. However, at that time, the candidates in the military of Taixia Country were not qualified to compete with Meng Shidao in all aspects. Additionally, with the full support of the crown prince, many mogul in the military even had some illusions about Meng Shidao. Therefore, the position of prime minister finally fell in Meng Shidao's hand.
However, over these years, the military of Taixia Country had long been dissatisfied with Meng Shidao; especially after Crown Prince Changying was assassinated, Meng Shidao's deeds made those mogul in the military furious. Among them, Meng Shidao had two points that made the mogul in the military dissatisfied with Meng Shidao the most. First, although a large part of Taixia Country's territory had been lost in the holy war, Meng Shidao still hadn't run all the war gears in Taixia Country. Many official enterprises and national logistics supplies in Taixia Country had not been fully devoted to the military. The trade of fiery oil and fiery oil weapons was still heavily taxed in Taixia Country. Second, the theory of benevolence, righteousness and morality of Meng Shidao's Gobbling Party was unacceptable after being interpreted by some members of the Gobbling Party.
According to the theory of benevolence, righteousness and morality of some people in the Gobbling Party, some backbones of the Gobbling Party even believed that demons launched the holy war against Hua people because of Hua people themselves; instead of demons. If all the Hua people could reach the standard that they advocated, demons would never launch the holy war against Hua people. As a result, all the disasters in the world would not fall on Hua people.
All in all, according to the theory of the Gobbling Party, if someone wanted to slash or kill you by saber, what you should do first was not to resist or kill the opponent; instead, you should review yourself and check whether there was any defect in your moral conduct. Only those with defects in moral conduct, mistakes and imperfections would be attacked by others and meet disasters. By contrast, a person with perfect etiquette and morality would not encounter all these. They would live in a perfect world.
Over these years, due to the incessant attacks of demons, Taixia Country constantly lost territories and suffered many internal problems. Under the double stress of the holy war and daily life, many people at the bottom had less and less confidence about the holy war. As a result, they had been gradually brainwashed by the Gobbling Party and accepted the theory of the Gobbling Party. Facing the butcher saber of demons, many people influenced by the Gobbling Party didn't think about how to defeat demons and chop off demons' heads; instead, they prayed and confessed all day long. They felt that it was their own sins that caused demons to launch the holy war against them. They all wanted to be a moral perfect person so as to defuse the disasters caused by the holy war and reach the "trueness state" of "moral conduct and position".
In the words of Zuoqiu Mingyue, the military god of Taixia Country, if the theory of the Gobbling Party was carried forward, from then on, Hua people would have to kneel down and fight all the enemies. Of course, it would bring great harm to the army.
Even Zhang Tie couldn't stand swearing after hearing those words. Zhang Tie really couldn't understand how despicable a person was to treat the injuries caused by bandits and wild beasts as his own sin and the reason for his repentance.
Before Zhang Tie came back, nobody in Taixia Country could hurt Meng Shidao and the Gobbling Party, not even Zuoqiu Mingyue. However, after Zhang Tie came back, Zuoqiu Mingyue and those military moguls saw the hope …
It was the tacit understanding and consensus of Zhang Tie, Zuoqiu Mingyue and those military moguls of Taixia Country to suppress Meng Shidao.
Even without the old scores between Jinwu Palace of Huaiyuan Palace and the Gobbling Party, Zhang Tie would never allow Meng Shidao to remain as the premier of Taixia Country based on the theory spread by the Gobbling Party. Because as long as Meng Shidao was the premier of Taixia Country, the theory of the Gobbling Party would continue to spread unscrupulously and completely castrate Taixia Country and Hua people spiritually …
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