Chapter 714 Huanglong Mountain, Chongshan Cave(2/2)
"Pindao makes a bold guess that what your Majesty wants is not the Dragon Bird Seal, but the earth vein dragon energy in it?"
The expressions of the three people changed.
Yang Ye and Cai Jing were still angry, but Zhao Ji blurted out.
"How do you know?"
"His Majesty…!"
Yang Ye hurriedly stopped him, but it was already too late.
Zhao Ji also knew that he had made a mistake and couldn't help but regret it.
But once the words were spoken, they could not be taken back.
His calm gaze slowly swept over everyone, and Xu Junming stretched out his left palm.
A bright yellow ball the size of a goose egg appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Along with the yellow-orange brilliance flashing, the three of them heard the desolate and deep dragon roar in a trance.
"Earth Vein Dragon Qi."
Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, and Yang Ye understood instantly.
At first, the Longque Treasure Seal was the most precious treasure of the Longque clan, one of the nine powerful clans in ancient times. Later, the Longque clan was destroyed by Shaohao, and the Dragonque Treasure Seal came into his hands.
For some reason, he didn't take away the rich earth-vein dragon energy from the Dragon Bird Seal, but kept it inside.
But no matter what, just put this earth vein dragon energy into the Great Song Dynasty dragon vein.
It was enough to make the Song Dynasty's fortune last for another thousand years.
"With such great achievements, even if I die in the future, I will enter the Zhao Family Heroic Soul Hall, rebuild my golden body, and live as long as heaven and earth!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji's eyes instantly became hot when he looked at the earth vein dragon energy.
If Xu Junming hadn't been so powerful in cultivation, he would have let Yang Ye and Cai Jing grab it right now.
He quickly suppressed the unnecessary distracting thoughts in his heart.
"Master, can you hand this thing over to me? Master, don't worry. Our royal family of the Song Dynasty has been in power for 8,964 years and has accumulated countless treasures in the treasury. In exchange, Master can choose any three."
Xu Junming smiled faintly and shook his head.
"The poor Taoist is an outsider and doesn't need any treasures."
Zhao Ji's expression changed.
"Is it possible that the real person doesn't want to give this thing to me?"
"Of course not."
Zhao Ji felt relieved.
"Then what does the real person mean...?"
"Pindao has already broken through to the Golden Immortal. In two months, it will be the period of preaching that he promised to the monks all over the world when he was in Qingyang Mountain."
"After preaching, the poor Taoist will start a mountain to recruit disciples and establish a sect."
"Now in the Great Song Dynasty, every Taoist sect with a Jinxian in charge owns a county as a fiefdom!"
"Today, I am going to use this earth vein dragon energy to ask Your Majesty for a county as a fiefdom for Chongshan Academy."
"manor!"
Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment.
When Taizu Zhao Kuangyin founded the country, in order to win the support of Taoist sects in the world, he promised to grant the states and counties where each Taoist sect was located to each Taoist sect.
A middle-level Taoist sect with a real immortal in charge will get a county.
The superior Taoist sects with Xuanxian as their commander will have a place in the palace.
The top Taoist sect with the Golden Immortal in charge will get a county.
Everything in the fiefdom, including population, taxes, etc., was under the jurisdiction of the Taoist sect itself; except for not opposing the court, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and practicing magic methods, the Song Dynasty did not interfere.
Later, as the Song Dynasty consolidated its power in the world, some Taoist sects with fiefdoms declined or wandered into the devil's way. They were mercilessly executed by the Song Dynasty's imperial army, and their fiefdoms were also taken back.
Nowadays, the number of sects that still have fiefdoms has been reduced by more than half compared to when the Song Dynasty was founded.
And the newly emerged sect never received the fiefdom reward again.
"After the founding of the Song Dynasty, I no longer have a fiefdom, so I would like to ask Zhenjun to change my condition."
Yang Ye was the first to speak.
Xu Junming put away the earth vein dragon energy.
"I only want the land. If your Majesty refuses, then please take it back."
After Zhao Ji exchanged vague glances with Cai Jing, the former said: "General Yang, please go out first."
Yang Ye suddenly stood up with an angry look on his face.
"Your Majesty, after Taizu passed the throne, he ordered that no more territories be granted to Taoist sects in the world. Could it be that Your Majesty has forgotten?"
Zhao Ji, who had been angered by his repeated offenses for a long time, suddenly stood up with an angry look on his face.
"Yang Ye, you are so bold. You speak arrogantly. Do you still have me in your eyes?"
"Yang Ye, although you are an old minister of Taizu, you are also a minister of our Song Dynasty. Now in the Song Dynasty, His Majesty is the emperor and your lord. You have repeatedly contradicted me, but it is a crime of disrespect." Cai Jingyin said.
Yang Ye took a deep breath and clasped his hands into fists.
"I don't dare!"
Chapter completed!