Chapter 331: Three Things the New Emperor Started
Chapter 331 The New Emperor's Three Major Events
Auspicious clouds descended and Wen Rui landed in front of the door of a palace.
The palace is magnificent, with white jade pillars, sacred trees as beams, golden tiles and green eaves, and it looks majestic.
I don’t know what high-end building materials were used to build the palaces and pavilions in heaven, or maybe they were nourished by immortal energy, but their exteriors appear to have not been worn down by the passage of time.
Every house looks like it was newly built.
This hall belongs to the Jinque Fairy Palace complex, and is not far from the Lingxiao Palace where the Jade Emperor holds court. Its architectural style is similar to that of the Lingxiao Palace, which is noble and magnificent, but a little exaggerated.
Above the door of the main hall, there is a huge golden plaque with four large characters written in ancient mythological fonts: "Creation Mysterious Hall".
Outside the palace gate, two heavenly generals led a group of heavenly soldiers to guard in formation. Upon hearing Rui's arrival, they bowed in unison.
The leader of the team clasped his fists and said, "This humble general is here to see you, the Emperor!"
Wen Rui glanced over and took it as a return gesture, then walked into the hall with an indifferent look.
Logically speaking, Wen Rui could be considered to have risen rapidly in status, from an ordinary man to being crowned as the Great Emperor. However, his arrogant attitude made him seem like a mean-spirited person who had achieved success.
The heavenly generals and soldiers who were ignored by him did not feel neglected at all. Instead, they retreated silently with some fear.
Wen Rui is not some ordinary-headed boy who has never seen the world. As a former important official of the Shang Dynasty, he already knows how to show dignity when he is in a high position.
In today's era, being approachable and treating people equally with those in lower positions will only lead to contempt and encroachment.
What's more, these soldiers and generals are all guards of the Jinque Immortal Palace who are directly under the Jade Emperor. They surrounded the Creation Palace. It would be more accurate to say that they are surveillance rather than guard post.
Walking into the hall and looking up, Wen Rui felt it was empty.
In the huge hall, there were only three immortal officials standing alone.
This hall is only slightly smaller than the Lingxiao Palace. Even with all the immortals gathered in the Lingxiao Palace, it does not seem cramped. If only three immortals were standing there, it would naturally appear extremely empty.
At the top of the hall is a jade platform, and the throne of Emperor Jie Tian is located in the center of the jade platform.
The three immortals waiting in the hall were shocked when they saw Wen Rui entering the hall, and they all bowed to him.
These three immortals are two men and one woman.
The two male immortal officials were tall and strong, with a look of middle-aged men, and muscles bulging under their immortal robes.
The female fairy official has a graceful demeanor, with cloud-like hair and rings and hairpins, and is dignified and beautiful. She wears cloud-colored clothes and has an elegant temperament.
"Lu Bi, the Minister of the Imperial Academy of Heavenly Works."
"Luo Qi, the weaving official of the Heavenly Clothing Bureau."
"Zhao Jie, the chief architect of Tianjianjian."
The three immortals admitted their identities one by one and said in unison: "Your humble servants pay their respects to the Emperor Wen!"
Wen Rui still didn't answer. He walked past the three immortals, walked up to the high platform and sat on the throne. Then he waved his sleeves and said, "No need to be polite."
These three immortal officials are Wen Rui's direct subordinates, and are the chief officers of the Tiangong Bureau, Tianyi Bureau, and Tianjian Bureau.
Like Bima Wen, they were both minor officials.
In charge of one palace and three supervisors, that is, the configuration of a Heavenly Lord.
Although there are many immortals with the ranks of Heavenly Lord and Star Lord in the Heavenly Court, they can be considered as serious immortal officials with a certain status, so they will not be laughed at by the immortal officials and fairies.
Although Wen Rui was an emperor, the Jade Emperor not only demoted him to a lower rank, but also failed to equip him with ceremonial guards, attendants, and personal soldiers, so that the government office hall was so deserted.
This was obviously intended to embarrass Wen Rui and make things difficult for him.
Although he is an emperor, he is a lonely man without any subordinates to support him.
In this way, even if Wen Rui wanted to achieve something, he would be alone without help. Although he looked calm and solemn, Wen Rui was secretly complaining that the Jade Emperor was born as a Taoist child and was a villain in power. He was really narrow-minded and lacked tolerance. No wonder he could get angry with the mortal county governor in the lower world, raise dogs and chickens in the Jinque Fairy Palace, and act like a child.
He deserves to be taught a lesson by his nephew and his nephew's nephew.
The Jade Emperor's thinking as a leader is a bit rigid. Putting himself in other people's shoes, he really thinks that Wen Rui can't do anything because he has no one to use.
The Jade Emperor was indeed at a loss as he had no generals to use, and he had no choice but to lose face and go to the West to ask Tathagata for help.
Wen Rui started from scratch and built the Iron Man character template of the Jinling Immortal Sect's base with his own hands. He has been a one-man army for more than five hundred years. Why should he be afraid of such petty suppression tactics from the officialdom?
The hall was empty and Wen Rui was happy to have the peace and quiet.
His eyes fell on the three immortals in the hall. Wen Rui stroked his beard and thought. The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The three immortal officials suddenly felt pressured, their faces became solemn and they seemed quite nervous, not knowing what their immediate superior was intending to do.
The three of them were just sitting at home when disaster struck.
I was inexplicably assigned to serve an airborne emperor. I don't know what kind of person this emperor is. How can I not worry about my future?
Normally, their chief officer should be a celestial monarch, and there would not be any discomfort when the superiors and subordinates get along with each other because the difference in official ranks is not big.
But Shangguan is a great emperor, so it’s completely different.
The crime of disrespecting the God of Heaven means being sent to Sicao for a few days and being beaten with a golden whip.
Disrespecting the emperor can result in the highest possible punishment of being executed.
As for what is considered disrespectful to the emperor?
The emperor says you are disrespectful, and you are disrespectful.
Just ask you if you are afraid.
It can be said that the life and death of these three immortals depends on Wen Rui's thoughts.
Before Wen Rui arrived, several people were waiting in the hall and whispered to each other.
They inquired about Wen Rui's background through various channels.
Speaking of this new emperor, although he is a mortal who was conferred the title for his merits, his identity and background is quite terrifying.
It would be fine if he had a father named Tianzun, but he also had a mother named Yuanjun and the chief officials of the Eight Divisions of Gods. There was no one who he didn't know well.
Moreover, I have heard many rumors from fairies who often go to heaven and earth to bathe, saying that this Emperor Wen is not easy to deal with. He is known as a playboy in the mortal world, and his methods are ruthless and extremely rampant.
Recently, Li Tianwang, who is feared by low-level immortal officials and fairies, has been hiding indoors and not going out. This is because he was careless when he went to the lower world to convey the emperor's will and offended this gentleman, and he was almost beaten to death.
Lu Bi, Luo Qi and Zhao Jie were all officials with no background. They had never even stepped onto the platform of deification for their merits. They were only able to serve as supervisors because they specialized in a skill and had gained experience.
In the Heavenly Palace, he is a background board, a little transparent, a brick in the grassroots. It takes hundreds of years for him to be granted divine position. He is not even qualified to participate in the Peach Banquet and has never met several important figures in the Heavenly Palace.
Now that they had such a big boss as their immediate superior, the immortals were all very nervous, fearing that if they accidentally displeased him, they would be sent to the Immortal Execution Platform to be skinned and broken bones the next day because they stepped their left foot into the hall.
The atmosphere in the palace was not very good either. For some reason, the superiors of the Jinque Immortal Palace did not provide the new emperor with subordinates and attendants, and the emperor looked unhappy.
The three immortals were afraid of the emperor's anger, so they became punching bags when they met their superior on the first day.
"Zhao Shicheng Lu Bi, listen to my order. I order you to collect samples of raw materials for craftsmanship and label them by name, properties, and uses."
The three fairies were still nervous when they heard the emperor's loud voice: "Weaving Minister Luo Qi, I order you to collect samples of fabrics, dyes, and raw materials for fairy clothing accessories. Master Craftsman Zhao Jie will collect samples of building materials."
The three immortals were all stunned, wondering what the deep meaning of Emperor Wen's order was.
"What are you standing there for? Go and do it!"
Wen Rui urged majestically, and the three immortals woke up as if from a dream. They nodded in agreement one after another, trotted out of the hall, ran to their respective cells, and went all out to organize people to complete Emperor Wen's first order to ascend to heaven.
(End of this chapter)