Chapter 393: Warding off evil and eunuchs

"The so-called cleansing of the soul is probably the result of the brain being hypoxic and its function declining after reaching the oxygen-thin plateau, causing one to forget those troublesome things in the back of one's mind."

Zhang Jie directly evaluated the promotional slogan "Tour the plateau, cleanse the soul" in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the Left Chancellor requests an audience."

While Zhang Jie was wandering in his thoughts, Li Dequan, who had finished serving tea, came to report softly.

"It's Zhengdao, let him come to see me directly."

Zhang Jie, who had withdrawn his thoughts, ordered.

The Left Chancellor is Wang Lun.

This first leader of Liang Shan, who was a bit narrow-minded and didn't have much capacity for others according to the original work, indeed had decent ability.

With him pressing down from above, he didn't do anything jealous of talent,

and made great contributions in the process of Great Gan replacing Great Song.

So after the establishment of Great Gan, he also reciprocated and granted him the position of Left Chancellor of the Secretariat.

However, although that is what is said, from Wang Lun's perspective,

Liang Shan was his foundation, how could he just hand it over to others?

His rejection of Lin Chong coming up the mountain, and his later refusal of the request of Chao Gai and others to join, were all out of this thought.

Unfortunately, under the greenwood rules where violence is the foundation,

if a leader hinders the expansion of collective interests (such as refusing strong reinforcements), he will inevitably be replaced.

He eventually died in the infighting of Lin Chong, and left behind the notoriety of being narrow-minded and jealous of talent.

Under the leadership of Li Dequan, Wang Lun, wearing the purple court dress of Great Gan and with an extraordinary temperament, rushed to the Chuigong Hall.

"Subject Wang Lun pays respects to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

The moment he entered the hall, Wang Lun bowed to Zhang Jie behind the imperial desk.

"Zhengdao, you and I are monarch and subject, but we are actually brothers, no need for extra courtesy, please rise quickly!"

For this old minister, Wang Lun, who generously gave up the position of Liang Shan leader and served him wholeheartedly,

making great contributions to Great Gan, Zhang Jie felt very respectful in his heart.

"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abolished!"

Wang Lun insisted on bowing.

It is precisely because he and His Majesty have a deep friendship that he must be even more observant of etiquette:

As the head of the civil officials, he is the model for all officials.

If he were to be negligent by relying on his friendship with His Majesty and his past contributions,

could other meritorious and senior officials do the same?

The higher his status, the more he must set a good example!

"You."

Zhang Jie, who understood why Wang Lun did this, shook his head:

"Li Dequan, grant a seat."

Li Dequan, who received the order, did not use other attendants, but personally moved a low stool from behind the screen.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wang Lun did not refuse this time and accepted it generously.

"Thank you, Grand Eunuch Li."

Of course, Wang Lun, who took the low stool, did not forget to thank Li Dequan.

"This is my duty, Chancellor Wang, no need to be polite."

Li Dequan pinched an orchid finger and smiled softly.

Wang Lun returned a smile: Don't look at this Grand Eunuch Li acting low and small in front of His Majesty,

seemingly doing the work of a servant or slave, but outside the palace, he is honored as the Inner Chancellor.

Even because he can get closer to His Majesty than they, the outer court officials,

his status is faintly above him, the Left Chancellor of the Secretariat, and Chen Wenyun, the Right Chancellor.

It can be said that in Great Gan, except for the Son of Heaven, whoever dares to underestimate the eunuch who is bowing his head in front of him,

will fall into a big tumble, the kind that you will never get up from once you fall!

"Uh, this Li Dequan is really a eunuch, and he has mastered the essence of being a eunuch."

Behind the imperial desk, looking at Li Dequan's orchid finger, which was three parts more enchanting than a woman's, Zhang Jie rubbed his forehead.

However, he didn't say anything: people have already lost their brothers,

is it not allowed for people to make some movements that shouldn't be made by men?

After all, if you really count it, Li Dequan is no longer a man.

"Speaking of which, why isn't there a Zhang Jie from *Smiling Proud Wanderer*?"

In *Smiling Proud Wanderer*, there is a divine martial arts manual very suitable for eunuchs—the *Sunflower Manual*.

From Dongfang Bubai, the world's number one, to Lin Pingzhi, this little martial arts novice, all rose to power relying on the *Sunflower Manual*.

Of course, Dongfang Bubai's world number one is definitely not entirely relying on the *Sunflower Manual*;

his own talent and aptitude also definitely contributed, after all, whether it was the Jueyuan Zen Master before him,

that is, the Lin family ancestor Lin Yuantu, or the one after him,

Yue Buqun, who vividly defined the term hypocrite, none of them were able to be invincible in the world.

However, it is an undeniable fact that the *Sunflower Manual* can mass-produce first-class masters in *Smiling Proud Wanderer*,

well, as long as you are willing to cut off the two taels of meat between your legs.

In the early stage, to protect his mother, Lady Wang, he attacked Fang Renzhi, one of the "Four Beasts of Qingcheng" with mediocre martial arts,

but was easily tripped by another beast, Jia Renda, and his acupoints were struck,

unable to move. After Lin Pingzhi practiced the *Evil-Warding Sword Art*, a remnant of the *Sunflower Manual*,

he was able to challenge Yu Canghai, the master of the Four Beasts of Qingcheng, at the Fengchan Terrace,

and with the speed advantage of the *Evil-Warding Sword Art*, he quickly subdued Yu Canghai and slapped him.

In the final battle of revenge, he fought fiercely with Yu Canghai and Mu Gaofeng for more than twenty moves,

although Lin Pingzhi was blinded by Mu Gaofeng's poisonous spray during the entanglement of the three,

he also cut off Yu Canghai's arm and blinded his eyes, which was considered a great revenge.

Later, he allied with Zuo Lengchan and led fifteen blind masters,

slaughtering the masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sect at Siguo Cliff, with only Linghu Chong, Ren Yingying, and Mo Da spared.

Although he was eventually severely injured by Linghu Chong, who saw through the secret signal, with the "Silent Slow Sword" when fighting Linghu Chong at Siguo Cliff,

his limbs were crippled, and he was imprisoned at the bottom of the West Lake like Ren Woxing,

but this did not diminish his power, or rather, did not diminish the power of the *Evil-Warding Sword Art*.

If there was the *Evil-Warding Sword Art*, Zhang Jie could fully exert his advantage as an emperor,

training three thousand evil-warding eunuchs to use eunuchs to better rule the world.

By that time, the title of eunuchs as the claws and teeth of imperial power could be considered fully worthy of the name.

"But forget it, this seems too inhumane."

Zhang Jie thought about it and erased such a plan.

No matter how useful they are, there is an unavoidable fact,

and that is that eunuchs as a species should not actually appear in the world.

Their appearance can be said to be entirely born of the disgusting desires of those in power, mainly imperial power.

After all, if there was really no other way, what psychologically normal parents could sit by and watch their child become a eunuch?

What psychologically normal man would be willing to lose the brothers who grew up with him?

It is not without reason that there are many perverts among eunuchs.

Zhang Jie is planning to use other people to replace eunuchs,

except for the batch of eunuchs left over from the Great Song like Li Dequan, he is not prepared to accept new eunuchs.

Even if it is like the Ottomans, using foreigners as eunuchs, he will not take it.

Of course, the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire using foreigners as eunuchs was not because they were kind-hearted,

pitying their own people, but because the castration technology at that time was not mature,

and to prevent fake eunuchs who were not castrated cleanly from putting a green forgiveness hat on the Sultan,

they simply used black people as eunuchs: because black and black is black, black and white is black,

and black and yellow is still black, as long as a black eunuch had an affair with the Sultan's concubine,

the skin color of the child born could easily be recognized,

avoiding the absurd occurrence of the Sultan being replaced by the neighbor Wang. ===== CHAPTER 394 =====

Black and yellow are still black in their characteristics; as long as a black eunuch has an affair with a sultan's concubine,

the skin color of the child born can be easily recognized,

avoiding the occurrence of such an absurd event as the sultan suffering from being cuckolded by the neighbor next door.