The guys on the cliff were Yin-Yang Masters. You Youzi's father was a Yin-Yang Master. Yi Qing had once told You You Zi that it was best to avoid Yin Yang Masters because Yi Qing had once had a friendship with them, but now, it was more hatred.
The representative force of Onmyoji was the Renhe Temple, and the leader of the Renhe Temple was called Master Shanghe. No matter who it was, after becoming a leader, they would be called Master Shang He. The conflict between Yoshikiyo Sato and the Onmyoji stemmed from the conflict between High Emperor Toba's government and Emperor Shonoku's.
Emperor Shonoku was the emperor in power, so power naturally belonged to him. High Emperor Bird Feather, who had abdicated, still held a certain amount of power, which led to a fight.
Emperor Chongde had just ascended the throne, and all his ministers were High Emperor Bird Feather's men. So Emperor Chongde found an opportunity to dismiss Minister Zuo and replace him with one of his own. However, although the newly appointed Minister Zuo was from Emperor Chongde's faction, he had his own plans. He actually started to buy and sell official positions.
High Emperor Bird Feather didn't care about this matter. He had originally wanted to slowly hand over power to Emperor Chongde until all the power was handed over to him. However, the ministers under High Emperor Bird Feather were no longer willing to do so. They gathered together and wrote a petition to High Emperor Bird Feather to intervene. Otherwise, Emperor Chongde would bring harm to the country and the people.
Of course, this was just an overt excuse. These ministers wanted to use High Emperor Bird Feather to curb Emperor Chongde's influence among the ministers. The most important thing about power was the surname. The intelligence of the person in power was secondary. If Emperor Chongde's faction grew stronger, these old ministers would definitely be " retired " and stay away from the center of power.
Thus, a political struggle under the banner of "anti-corruption" began. High Emperor Bird Feather's faction said that buying and selling officials would bring disaster to the country and the people, and they also listed a lot of evidence of the other party's corruption. Emperor Shotoku's faction also explicitly accused the other party of having ulterior motives. Besides, which official was not corrupt during the Heian period? Therefore, this faction also listed all kinds of evidence of corruption.
This matter was kept within the royal court and did not spread. Emperor Chongde sorted out the situation and realized that this could not go on. Every official had a stain. If they were to pursue the matter, who would govern the country if all the officials in this court were arrested?
However, he couldn't say this out loud. Although he knew this, he had to pretend not to know. Thus, they needed an extremely suitable candidate who could represent both High Emperor Bird Feather's and Emperor Chongde's forces.
At this moment, a perfect candidate appeared: Sato Yoshikiyo. At that time, Yoshiki Sato was obsessed with poetry, martial arts, and Yin-Yang Arts. He had caused a sensation in the court because of Fei Ju, and he had been appointed as a warrior of the north by High Emperor Toba because he was the first in martial arts. He had also been appointed as a national protector by Emperor Chongde because of Yin-Yang Arts. And the leader of the Onmyoji faction, Kin Wa Temple, was very close to Emperor Shonoku, and Sato Yoshiki learned it from there.
Therefore, everyone knew that Yoshiki Sato was a subordinate of Emperor Shonoku and High Emperor Toba. At this moment, as long as Yoshiki Sato stood up and said something like," Don't quarrel. If you quarrel, the country will not be united ", the leaders of the two factions would use the excuse of " putting the country first " to quell the riot. Then, Yoshiki Sato could become a great hero and become famous overseas. With his martial arts and Yin-Yang Art, it would not be a problem for him to rise to the top. Because he would serve as an excuse for the two factions to compromise, even though he was essentially nothing. At that time, the people belonging to the two major factions would use the excuse of " we didn't compromise because of the other party's power, we chose to restrain ourselves because of Sato's righteous words."
Therefore, as long as Yoshiki Sato stood up and said a few appropriate words, it would be fine. In this way, the game between the two factions could achieve a Nash equilibrium with the help of Yoshiki Sato.
However, poets always dealt with the contradictions of reality with a kind of romance that was separated from the secular world.
Yi Qing really wanted to solve the problem of corruption. Since the Ancient Tomb Era, corruption had always existed. Sato Yoshiki thought that the problem of corruption was dealt with by every emperor, and it had been dealt with for more than 1,000 years. There must be a wrong method.
It was just like treating a disease. The doctor could only slightly alleviate the symptoms, but the Chinese medicine could completely cure it. Not only could the doctor cure it, but he would also let you exercise and pay attention so that you would never get this disease again in the future. Yiqing believed that since ancient times, corruption had always been dealt with by doctors, and the root cause had not been found. Now that he was about to achieve a great feat, he suddenly felt a heavy burden on his shoulders, making him feel that his opinion might be earth-shattering.
Therefore, Yoshiki Sato spent more than a month investigating the root of corruption. Originally, High Emperor Toba and Emperor Shonoku had sent people to hint at Yoshikiyo Sato to come forward to express his stance, but they had sent people to urge him to do so. Yoshiki Sato compiled his opinions into a book and happily went to court.
What happened after that was so horrible that You Youzi couldn't help but hold her forehead every time she thought about it.
At that time, even the air had frozen. High Emperor Bird Feather and Emperor Chongde were both in the sky, and everyone was silent. Sato Yoshiki seemed to hear his own heartbeat, as well as the cheers of the crowd after his success.
Sato Yoshiki began to talk about his own ideas. He believed that the most fundamental reason for corruption was that power was not properly supervised, and every time there was corruption, the judicial power became the executive power to clean up the mess. Only when power was effectively monitored and judicial power was independent of executive power could corruption be prevented.
As soon as he said that, Yoshiaki Sato could clearly see Emperor Shonoku's eyes widening in anger. He hoped that Sato Yoshiki would say," Everyone should prioritize national unity!”No one cared how corruption was resolved.
Sato Yoshiki continued his opinion. He believed that power needed to be restricted by law, and the administrative and judicial systems had to be two separate systems. The biggest problem now was that both the executive and judicial powers were controlled by the system of ministers. To deal with corruption, the officials of the judicial power have to say to the minister, you are corrupt and we have evidence. Moreover, there was a need to set up the power of the law. The officials with the power of the law would define what corruption was and the degree of corruption. Sato Yoshiki emphasized once again that these three powers must be separated.
"For example, if the guy who controls the executive power is selling illegal salt, it's the law-enforcement agency that decides that it's illegal, and then the law-enforcement agency comes out to try the guy who controls the executive power.”
When Yi Qing told You You Zi about this, she had a deep impression of it. All the ministers in the court burst into laughter. Emperor Chongde was so angry that he threw his sleeves and left. Since then, Emperor Chongde had accused the temple of spreading heresy to confuse the public, and the temple had immediately expelled Yiqing to clear their name. After the Emperor of the Imperial Guard ascended the throne, Emperor Chongde separated Yoshikyo and Renhe Monastery from each other and approached them again.
It was also because of Sato's words that the Kin Hwa Temple burned a large number of his poems in order to sever their relationship with him. From then on, Sato Yoshikiyo hated the Kindness Temple to the bone.
After that, Yoshiki Sato went against the Kin He Temple everywhere. As time passed, he gradually felt that he had let the Kin He Temple down. However, after Xixing Temple became the representative of the monks, Yiqing could no longer lower his head and apologize to Renhe Temple. The generations of Master Shanghe of Renhe Temple could not forgive him either, so this feud had to be formed.
When Yi Qing had finished talking to You You, You You had also laughed. Yi Qing was a little angry. He asked You You Zi, from the perspective of a future person, how was his idea?
You Youzi said as if she was chatting with her father. That kind of system was called the separation of powers in the future. It was better than dictatorship and could slightly curb the corruption of the ministers, but it could not get rid of the root.
Yi Qing asked You You Zi, how did the people in the future deal with the corruption of the ministers?
You Youzi said that the root of corruption was not the lack of supervision. No matter how strict the supervision was, as long as there was a big picture and strong coordination, corruption could be done openly. The real reason for corruption was that power was tradable, so it became a commodity. The people of the future constructed a clever system that completely eliminated the tradable nature of power. Therefore, there was only rationality in decision-making, and there was no longer the problem of corruption.
Yi Qing asked You You Zi how the system was done. You You Zi sighed and said that it was impossible for such a thing to happen in a feudal dynasty. Yi Qing sighed and sat by the window.
Sometimes, You Youzi felt that although Yiqing was a father, he was more like a big brother. He could get wet in the rain when he was intoxicated by poetry, and he could also brush off the snowflakes for a plum blossom in the cold winter.
Once, Youyou Zi asked Yiqing why the vortex always turned left. This question troubled Yiqing for three whole days, and in the end, he felt that he was asking for a snub and forgot about it. Like all poets, Yi Qing pursued the answer with a kind of emotional self-interest.
It was because of his political naivety that his father had formed such a feud with Renhe Temple. You Youzi held it in her heart. She absolutely could not harm these people's lives. She just wanted them to suffer a little.
Since he had let them make the first move, he had already done his best. You Youzi mobilized the Earth element technique, and the ground instantly shook. A few tall hats were hidden on the cliff, but You Youzi took a deep breath and spat out a dead butterfly. The dead butterfly flew to the cliff. You You shared the information with the dead butterfly and saw the seven Onmyoji hiding with the Invisibility Spell.
"Taiye, I'll give you a dead butterfly.”You Youzi turned her head and ordered. A dead butterfly flew to Taiye's head under You Youzi's will.
The dead butterfly carried a strong smell of death, emitting a distorted evil and terrifying aura. Taiya suddenly had a near-death experience, and his entire life flashed through his mind. He barely managed to compose himself, but his face was as pale as a zombie.
The earth shook once again, and the entire cliff collapsed. A huge rock rolled down, stirring up a cloud of dust that did not dissipate for a long time.
"Is everyone interesting?" You Youzi put her hands on her waist and revealed a wicked smile.
The seven Onmyoji crawled out with their faces covered in dust, but when the dust settled, Youyou found that the original seven figures had become more than twenty. However, the ones that were extra were the Spirit-branded Retainers of the Onmyoji.
"Ghost Girl of Xixing Temple, Master Shang He has something to talk to you about. Are you willing to come with us?”The leading Onmyoji opened a fan and sat between the Onmyoji and the Spirit-branded Retainer.
You You Zi asked,"So, you controlled the dream ghost to attack me just now to invite me as a guest?"”
"Haha, we were just afraid that you wouldn't go, so we had no choice but to force you!”He put away his fan, and the dozen Spirit-branded Retainers pounced on You Youzi.
You Youzi was very annoyed. Since the other party had no intention of being polite, his pretentious words just now were purely to tease her. She had decided to teach this guy a lesson.
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