Chapter 641 Selection of the New Marshal of the Heavenly Army

After resigning from the post of Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Army and receiving the reward, Wen Rui retired and returned to his original position leisurely. He finally unloaded the burden and looked relaxed.

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

The Jade Emperor was in a very good mood. Without Wen Rui, the traitor, jumping out to make trouble, he could finally make a decision.

"The coalition is about to be formed. The position of Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Army is very important and cannot be left vacant. Please nominate candidates for evaluation."

The Jade Emperor gave another oral order, and the gods in the Heavenly Court began to discuss quietly, but no one stood up to nominate at the first time.

Seeing that Wen Rui did not express his opinion, the gods of the Dou Department and the Lei Department also chose not to express their opinions. In fact, when the court made decisions in the past, the immortal officials of these two departments often did not speak, and even if they did, they were often refuted by the heavenly officials of the Jade Emperor's faction and could not argue with each other.

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

It is because Wen Rui, the spokesperson of the two departments, appeared in the court in recent years, representing the two great gods with the power of the fox and the tiger, that the heavenly officials of the Dou Department and the Thunder Department have a backbone and a channel to speak.

Although the gods of the Plague Department, Fire Department, Finance Department, Pox Department, and Water Department are neutral, they are also slightly inclined to Wen Rui. After all, they are all old friends of the Shang Dynasty or fellow disciples of Jiejiao. It's okay not to support Wen Rui. If they stand up and clearly oppose, it would be a bit ungrateful.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Tai Sui were originally the direct line of the Jade Emperor, but Wen Rui had just resigned from the Ministry of War, and his influence was still there. A group of military generals held the Ruyi Immortal Soldiers he made, and they also knew that this guy could control the authority of the immortal soldiers. How dare they jump out and be secretly hated by him.

The authority of the Ruyi Immortal Soldiers is very important, similar to the system upgrade. The same Ruyi Immortal Soldiers, with advanced authority enabled, can be transformed into immortal soldiers with higher quality and more functions.

Many heavenly generals have become accustomed to using Ruyi Immortal Soldiers to fight. If they are deprived of authority, they may not even be able to beat their own soldiers.

In the army, martial arts are respected, and combat power is dignity. The superiors are not the opponents of their own soldiers. It is certainly not smooth to command the soldiers on the battlefield, and they usually restrain and suppress the arrogant soldiers and generals.

The discussion in Lingxiao Hall lasted for a long time, but no one stood up to nominate candidates, and the Jade Emperor felt a little embarrassed.

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

The Jade Emperor's eyes fell on Taibai Jinxing. The latter felt the will of his master and knew that he could no longer pretend to be a quail. He stepped out of the class with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I recommend the former Heavenly Army Marshal Li Jing, the Heavenly King, to resume his post."

These few words sounded like a last will, and after speaking, he glanced at Wen Rui. Seeing that he squinted his eyes and did not react, he continued with courage: "Li Tianwang has served as the Marshal for hundreds of years and is very familiar with the Heavenly Army. He also has a brilliant record in the past. He should be reinstated and lead the Heavenly Army again."

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

God knows how he got through these years. Since he did not participate in 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, his strength was at the bottom.

The last one, right?

His orderly with the immortal soldiers could beat a hundred of him.

It was so shameful. He felt like a thorn in his back every day. He was like the real-life annotation of the two idioms "unworthy of the position" and "monkey in the crown". The orderly looked at him as if he was looking at an ant.

The Linglong Pagoda was confiscated, and his son's rebellious period came again. He knew how to play games with the Ruyi Jade Card every day. What's more annoying is that he laughed at him with the soldiers!

Li Jing ran to the Jade Emperor every day to report Wen Rui's bad behavior. He waited for ten years just to wait for an opportunity and to fight for a breath. He didn't want to prove that he was great; he wanted to tell others that he must get back what he lost!

After ten years of sleeping on straw and tasting gall, his efforts finally paid off!

"Lord Li, what you said makes sense. Do you have any other candidates to recommend?"

The Jade Emperor nodded happily, and it seemed that he was quite 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 opened, and his eyes kept glancing at Wen Rui.

Whether he could sit back on the Marshal's throne was no longer dependent on the favor of the Jade Emperor. If Wen Rui jumped out to oppose at this time, there would be absolutely no chance.

The eyes of the gods in the hall were also focused on Wen Rui. Most of the heavenly officials also wanted to know Wen Rui's attitude, especially the middle factions such as the Water Department, Fire Department, Finance Department, Plague Department, and Pox Department.

Wen Rui's attitude represented the attitude of the Fighting Department and the Thunder Department. The Fighting Department and the Thunder Department were also full of fierce generals. There were countless strong men who were capable of serving as the Marshal of the Heavenly Army. Any one of them would be a hundred times stronger than Li Jing, who had lost his precious son in the Linglong Pagoda.

Wen Rui's 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 push his own people up.

If he holds this idea, he will definitely argue in the court and stir up a storm.

Li Jing waited nervously for a long time, but Wen Rui still did not say a word, with an attitude of noncommittal and none of my business.

The Jade Emperor has seen that Wen Rui has no intention of competing, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart again, and couldn't help but have a little doubt, wondering why Wen Rui is like this.

Don't powerful officials like to fight for power?

Did I misjudge this treacherous villain? Is he just a loyal and capable minister? He has no ambition for power?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

That is, the position of the Marshal of the Heavenly Army is not easy to sit on. The expedition of the two coalition forces to the blood sea is a tough job, or even a fatal disaster?

This is also impossible. The Heavenly Court and the Western Religion have joined forces. How can there be any force in the Three Realms and Nine Provinces that can resist the military force?

Wherever the gods and Buddhas go, all evils will be shunned, and all demons will be wiped out.

A few mosquitoes hiding in the stinking ditch dare to despise the power of heaven and Buddhism. Obviously, they don't know how to live or die, and they are like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

This battle will definitely win, and it will also create a precedent for the first joint battle between the Heavenly Court and the Western Religion. Whoever becomes the marshal will have an unprecedented achievement.

Li Jing's great contribution gave the Jade Emperor a 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 eliminate the arrogance of the Jiejiao faction.

After careful analysis, the Jade Emperor finally guessed that the reason why Wen Rui did not dare to touch the position of Marshal of the Heavenly Army was the pressure from the Western Church.

The coalition army went on an expedition to the earth, and three Bodhisattvas with boundless magic power and a group of powerful Ming Wang guardians from the Western Church followed the army. Even if 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 the Western Church to suppress the powerful officials of the Heavenly Court was indeed effective.

He was so confident that even though he had suffered countless losses, was pressed to the ground by monkeys, was beaten by his nephew, and even by his nephew's nephew, he still never felt that he could lose before the war.

"Since no one objects, then we will appoint Li Tianwang according to the recommendation of Taibai Jinxing..."

"Wait a minute!"

The Jade Emperor was about to announce the result when a loud shout came from the palace.

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