Chapter 749 There are also wise ministers in heaven

Chapter 749 There are also wise ministers in heaven

Chapter 749 There are also wise ministers in heaven
"I was wrong. It's not a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days, but several banquets every day."

Wen Rui sneered, "Banquets are held for the Jade Emperor's birthday, Queen Mother's birthday, and the Yulan Festival. These festivals are held once a year in the mortal world, which is equivalent to once a day in heaven. The Heaven Peace Conference is held when the heavenly army is sent to the lower world to eliminate a few monsters, the Danyuan Conference is held when the Taishang Laojun refines a furnace of elixirs, and the Pantao Conference is held when the peaches in the Pantao Garden are ripe..."

Counting on his fingers, Wen Rui counted them one by one as if they were his own treasures.

It is said that the peaches ripen once every three, six, nine, or three thousand years, which gives people the feeling that it takes at least three thousand years for the Heavenly Palace to hold a Peach Banquet.

But people who think this way usually have no experience in growing fruit trees. It takes many years to grow fruit trees, or they can produce medicinal herbs. How can you plant them all at once and only harvest one crop?
They are all planted in rotation in separate plots. In a huge orchard, there are peach trees of many years. With proper planning, a batch of fruit trees will reach the fruiting period every year.

In other words, the peaches will bloom every year, so there is no need to wait that long.

"Now that the power of the gods has weakened, we can only live a hard life for the time being. We won't hold banquets, play music or continue to dance. But we won't suffer from the five decays of the gods, right?"

Wen Rui raised his eyebrows, patted his chest and said responsibly: "Let the gods suffer, and I will bear the blame! Anyone who has opinions, who is dissatisfied, who still wants to live the happy and carefree life in the past during the most difficult time in the Three Realms, can stand up and oppose, I will take it!"

All the gods lowered their heads at the same time. No one dared to step out and accuse Wen Rui of depriving them of the benefits of being gods.

Wen Rui's gaze swept across all the gods, looking down on the world with disdain.

Even if there were a few gods who were unwilling to give in, they opened their mouths but didn't know how to object to Wen Rui.

"Your Majesty, I have made many suggestions before, but you rejected them all as too radical. Now, is the strategy of asking everyone to calm down and lay low to wear down the opponent conservative enough? What do you think?"

After intimidating the group of immortals, Wen Rui's gaze fell on the Jade Emperor again and he said with a smile.

"This... it's fine if the gods suffer a little, but we are blessed with a heaven-given destiny, so we should protect the three realms and seek welfare for all living beings..."

The Jade Emperor's eyes flickered, and he hesitated and said, "If you do nothing and let the demons wreak havoc on the world, wouldn't that make you unworthy of being a god and lose your duty as a god?"

"Still want to make trouble? Then it's up to you."

Wen Rui said indifferently: "I have expressed my opinions completely and explained them clearly enough. Your Majesty is unwilling to accept advice, and I can do nothing about it. It was the same with King Zhou back then. I couldn't do anything to a mortal emperor back then. Now I am just a small god with merits. Can I still depose and enthronize the Jade Emperor like I did when I conspired against King Zhou?"

He spoke words of treason without showing even the slightest respect, and the sarcasm could be smelled from a hundred meters away, but the Jade Emperor could only clench his fists and hold back his anger.

Firstly, Wen Rui was right, and his proposal was the most stable response to the current dire situation.

Secondly, don’t forget that the responsibility of guarding the four gates of the Heavenly Palace now falls on Wen Zhong’s shoulders. Only with Wen Zhong’s Demon-Suppressing Thunder guarding, the demon mosquitoes will not dare to attack the Heavenly Palace.

Wen Zhong was guarding the key points for the Heavenly Court and was the last solid line of defense for the Heavenly Court. However, the Jade Emperor brutally killed him in the rear because of his son's reasonable advice. King Zhou was not willing to do such a stupid thing as slaughtering their relatives in the rear while his loyal ministers and brave generals were fighting hard against the Zhou army in the front.

"I understand. Emperor Wen, please step aside first. I will discuss this with the gods..." "Anyway, the mortals can't be released. So don't think about it while you are thinking about it."

The Jade Emperor offered Wen Rui a way out, but Wen Rui jumped down without saving any face, and walked back to the Emperor's group with a cocky look.

The Jade Emperor also dragged his heavy feet back to the throne, almost collapsed on the throne as if exhausted, and said with a bitter face: "My dear ministers, do you have any good suggestions to offer?"

Originally, the Jade Emperor who was forced into a desperate situation could still shout "Go and invite Tathagata Buddha", but now this trick has lost its effect. Tathagata took the Buddhas and ran away in front of the immortals, obviously not intending to clean up the mess for Heaven.

The Jade Emperor has now come to his senses and recalled the past. The reason why the Western religion has been so deliberate in establishing good diplomatic relations with the Heavenly Court is that isn't it because they are thinking about the tens of millions of human beings in the Southern Continent who contribute incense and vows?

The real purpose is to spread Western religion to the East and gain millions of believers.

Without sentient beings as bargaining chips, it is impossible for the gods to convert to Western religions. Why should Tathagata Buddha care about the lives and deaths of a group of pagan gods?
Today, the heavenly court is filled with gods, because the Jade Emperor relied on his own ability to kneel down and beg Hongjun Daozu for this. In the future, people were able to survive the calamity of the Journey to the West because the Jade Emperor lay under the imperial desk and shouted loudly, "Quickly invite in Tathagata Buddha."

Apart from his seniority, the Jade Emperor has no other achievements to show for himself. Now he has no one to turn to and can only rely on the gods in the Lingxiao Palace, whom he has always felt are unreliable.

However, just as in his stereotype, this group of useless things were, unsurprisingly, still very useless. After he had been asking questions for a while, there was complete silence in the Lingxiao Palace.

"Okay, okay, since you won't say it yourself, I'll name you!"

The Jade Emperor raised his hand and pointed, saying, "Wenquxingjun, before you were canonized as a god, you were also a loyal and upright minister who dared to give advice. You go ahead and speak!"

Among the Star Gods, an immortal official dressed in a dragon robe and Yuanbao boots stepped out. He was elegant and dignified. He bowed to the Jade Emperor and said, "In my opinion, the advice of Emperor Jie Tian is mature and prudent. It is to control movement with stillness and to respond to changes with constancy. It is not that we are doing nothing, but to avoid putting sentient beings in danger. As your majesty said, if we can protect the lives of the people by making the immortals suffer, then no one will complain."

"I almost forgot that you are also an old official of the Shang Dynasty, and you had a close relationship with the Wen family!"

The Jade Emperor impatiently waved his hand to dismiss Wenquxing Bigan, and his eyes fell on Taisui God Yang Ren again. He raised his hand and pointed, "My dear Yang, the Lutai project that you risked your life to stop was supervised by Wen Rui. I don't think he will be biased. Tell me about it!"

Yang Ren walked out of the Tai Sui Department, frowned and thought for a long time, then said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan, but I dare not say whether it can succeed. This plan needs Your Majesty to condescend to carry it out personally, only then there is a glimmer of hope for success."

The Jade Emperor's eyes lit up, and he bowed and asked, "Just tell me!"

"Your Majesty just mentioned the map of the country and the people of Nuwa. If we can use this map, millions of people can be properly settled, and the disaster of the incense being cut off will be solved..."

Yang Ren was also a virtuous minister in the court of the Shang Dynasty. He had the chance to become an immortal and his practice was extremely smooth. He soon became an immortal and went down the mountain to assist King Wu in defeating King Zhou. He was smart and capable, and he actually came up with a good idea.

(End of this chapter)