Chapter 641: Selection of the New Marshal of the Heavenly Army

Chapter 641: Selection of the New Marshal of the Heavenly Army

Chapter 641: Selection of the New Marshal of the Heavenly Army

After stepping down as the Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Army and receiving his rewards, Wen Rui retired with ease, returning to his original position, finally freed from the burden and looking relieved.

"Since no one objects, the matter of the Western Church and the Heavenly Court's coalition can be decided during the court session."

The Jade Emperor was also in a very good mood. Without the treacherous Wen Rui coming out to cause trouble, he could finally make the decision on his own for once.

"The coalition is about to be formed. The position of the Heavenly Army Grand Marshal is extremely important and cannot be left vacant. Please nominate candidates and make your own comments."

The Jade Emperor gave another oral order, and the gods in heaven began to discuss in a low voice, but no one stood up to nominate a candidate at the first time.

Seeing that Rui did not express his opinion, the gods from the Dou and Lei departments also chose not to express their opinions. In fact, when the court meetings were used to make decisions, the immortal officials from these two departments often did not speak. Even if they did, they were often refuted by the heavenly officials from the Jade Emperor's faction and could not win the argument.

That's because Dou Mu Yuanjun and Wen Zhong are too lazy to get involved in court disputes. They only fulfill their duties as the main gods of their own department and ignore the rest. If they jointly propose advice, the Jade Emperor will have to weigh it and it will be difficult for him not to agree.

It was in recent years that Wen Rui, the spokesperson for the two departments, appeared in the court, representing the two great gods by borrowing the power of others. Only then did the celestial officials of the Fighting Department and the Thunder Department have a backbone and a voice.

Although the gods of the Plague Department, Fire Department, Finance Department, Smallpox Department, and Water Department were relatively neutral, they also slightly inclined towards Wen Rui. After all, they were all old acquaintances of the Shang Dynasty or fellow disciples of the Jiejiao Sect. It would be fine if they did not support Wen Rui, but if they stood up and showed their opposition, it would be a bit ungrateful.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Tai Sui were originally the direct lineage of the Jade Emperor, but Wen Rui had just resigned from the Ministry of War and his influence was still there. The generals of the Ministry of War were holding the Ruyi Immortal Soldiers he created, and they also knew that this guy could control the authority of the Immortal Soldiers, so how could they dare to jump out and be the first to stand out and be secretly hated by him.

The permissions of Ruyi Immortal Soldiers are very important, similar to system upgrades. For the same Ruyi Immortal Soldiers, if advanced permissions are enabled, the immortal weapons and magic weapons that can be transformed into will be of higher quality and have more functions.

Many heavenly generals have become accustomed to using the Ruyi Immortal Soldiers in combat. If they are deprived of this authority, they may not even be able to defeat their own soldiers.

In the army, martial arts are respected and combat power is dignity. The superiors are no match for the soldiers under them. It will certainly not be smooth for them to command the soldiers on the battlefield, and they also have to restrain and suppress arrogant and powerful generals on weekdays.

The discussions in the Lingxiao Palace continued for a long time, but no one stood up to nominate a candidate. Even the Jade Emperor felt a little embarrassed.

In the past, the Jade Emperor had no personal experience of strong ministers and weak rulers, but he had always been worried about it. Today, he truly felt the helplessness of a weak emperor when powerful ministers were in power.

The Jade Emperor's eyes fell on Taibai Jinxing, who sensed his master's will and knew he could no longer play dumb. He stepped out of the class with his head held high and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, I recommend that the former Heavenly Army Grand Marshal, Li Jing, be reinstated."

He spoke these few words as if they were his last words. After he finished speaking, he stole a glance at Wen Rui. Seeing that he squinted his eyes and did not react, he boldly continued, "Li Tianwang has served as the Marshal for hundreds of years. He is very familiar with the Heavenly Army and has had brilliant achievements in the past. He should be reinstated and lead the Heavenly Army again."

Li Jing tried hard to suppress his excitement and looked at the Jade Emperor with anticipation.

God knows how he got through all these years. Since he did not participate in the labor, he was not even qualified to receive the Ruyi Immortal Soldiers. As a result, he was very depressed to find that among the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, his strength was at the bottom.

Is this the last one?
His orderly, armed with magic weapons, could defeat a hundred of him.

It was so shameful that he felt like a thorn in his back every day. He seemed to be the real-life embodiment of the idioms "unworthy of the position" and "a monkey wearing a crown". The orderly looked at him as if he were an ant.

The exquisite pagoda was confiscated, and his son's rebellious period came again. All he did every day was play games with the Ruyi Jade Plate. What's more infuriating is that he joined the soldiers in laughing at him!

Li Jing had been waiting for ten years, running to the Jade Emperor every day to report Wenrui's evil deeds. He was waiting for an opportunity to fight for his place. It was not to prove how great he was, but to tell others that he must get back what he had lost!
After ten years of hard work, the results are finally coming!
"Lord Li, what you said makes sense. Do you have any other candidates to recommend?"

The Jade Emperor nodded gladly, and it seemed that he was inclined to hand over the military power to Li Jing. Li Jing was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes.

But at the same time, Li Jing also became nervous, his clenched fists slightly expanded, and his eyes kept glancing at Wen Rui. Whether he could return to the Marshal's throne was no longer dependent on the Jade Emperor's favor. If Wen Rui jumped out to object at this time, there would be absolutely no hope.

The eyes of the gods in the hall were also focused on Wen Rui. Most of the celestial officials also wanted to know Wen Rui's attitude, especially the centrists from the Water Department, Fire Department, Finance Department, Plague Department, and Smallpox Department.

Wen Rui's attitude represents the attitude of the Fighting Department and the Thunder Department. The Fighting Department and the Thunder Department are also full of brave generals, and there are countless strong men who are capable of serving as the Marshal of the Heavenly Army. Any one of them is a hundred times stronger than Li Jing, who lost his precious son in the Linglong Pagoda.

Wen Rui giving up the position of Marshal of Heavenly Army does not mean that he has no interest in this position. It is possible that he gave up the position voluntarily because he wanted to promote his own people to the position.

If he held this idea, he would definitely argue it in the court and stir up a storm.

Li Jing waited nervously for a long time, but Wen Rui still didn't say a word, as if he didn't want to make any comment and it had nothing to do with me.

The Jade Emperor had already seen that Wen Rui had no intention of competing, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief again. However, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled as to why Wen Rui was like that.

Don’t powerful officials like to fight for power?
Did I misjudge this treacherous man? Was he just a loyal and capable official? He had no ambition for power?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
That is, the position of the Marshal of the Heavenly Army is not easy to hold, and the expedition of the two coalition forces to the sea of ​​blood is a tough job, or even a fatal disaster?

This is also impossible. With the powerful alliance between Heaven and Western religion, is there any force in the Three Realms and Nine Provinces that can resist their attack?

Wherever the coalition forces of gods and Buddhas go, all evils will be scared away, and all demons will be wiped out.

Just a few mosquitoes hiding in the stinky ditch dare to defy the mighty Buddha Dharma. They are obviously courting death and are trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm.

This battle is bound to be victorious, and it will also set a precedent for the first joint battle between Heaven and Western religions. Whoever becomes the marshal will achieve an unprecedented achievement.

As Li Jing had made such a great contribution, the Jade Emperor had reason to promote him to the position of Emperor, so that he could compete with Wen Rui, balance the positive and negative forces in the court, and suppress the arrogance of the Jiejiao faction.

After careful analysis, the Jade Emperor finally guessed that the reason why Wen Rui did not dare to get involved in the position of Marshal of the Heavenly Army was ultimately due to the pressure from Western religions.

The coalition forces went on an expedition to the territory, and three Bodhisattvas of the Western Religion with boundless magic power and a group of Dharma protectors with great magical powers accompanied the army. Even though Wen Rui was arrogant, he had to be restricted everywhere, and even his life was in danger.

After coming to the conclusion, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but feel relieved, thinking that this time the plan of joining forces with Western religions to suppress the powerful officials in Heaven was indeed effective.

He was so confident that even though he had suffered countless losses, been pinned to the ground by monkeys, been beaten by his own nephew, and even by his nephew's nephew, he never felt that he could lose before a battle.

"Since no one objects, then we will follow Taibai Jinxing's recommendation and appoint Li Tianwang..."

"Wait a minute!"

Just as the Jade Emperor was about to announce the result, a loud shout was heard from the hall.

All the gods immediately turned their eyes to Wen Rui, who was also stunned and waved his hands quickly, "Why are you all looking at me? I didn't shout!"

(End of this chapter)