Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 462



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462 Officials (2)

The next morning.

The leading figures of the Cheonmasingyo gathered at the scriptures.

Wi Jin-hak, who confirmed that everyone who was supposed to attend had gathered, turned his head and looked to the side.

“Silver footnote. Please prepare it.”

At Wei Jin-hak’s command, Eun Wi-gak-ju hung a large piece of paper on a stick and spread it out.

At the top of the paper was written the word “Pope,” and on either side of the Pope were lines drawn in ink, and at the end of each line were the words “Eunwi-gak” and “Umyeong-gak.”

Additionally, a line was drawn beneath the word Pope, and the line branched down into several branches.

“After much discussion with those gathered here, this is the new central control center of our new religion that our leader has decided on.”

Some people looked puzzled.

Obviously, it was because the names of Buddhas I had never seen before popped up, and conversely, Buddhas I thought would be there disappeared.

To answer their questions, Wei Jin-hak calmly explained them one by one.

“First of all, now that we have become an empire, I will call myself Pope from now on.”

“That is indeed true.”

Wei Jin-hak nodded his head to the cries of those gathered in the scriptures and said.

“In addition, there will be two institutions to assist the Pope, the Dark Pavilion and the Silver Pavilion. The Silver Pavilion will perform the task of assisting and protecting the Pope as before, and the Dark Pavilion will act as an auditor to prevent corruption among officials.”

Those who noticed that the Dark Pavilion was a Buddha with a similar role to the former royal family’s classmate opened their mouths.

The majority of them were from political factions or bureaucratic backgrounds.

“Your Majesty. If we establish such an organization and are not careful, there is a danger that someone like Taekong-gong will be born in the future.”

“Yes, Your Majesty, didn’t you rise up with us because you saw your fellow students making a mockery of the imperial family and harassing the people?”

“Please contact me!!”

Wi Jin-hak glanced at them for a moment and asked.

“Then what do you think is the right thing to do?”

“We should disband the Dark Pavilion and transfer its members to other ministries, or give them a role in gathering information from all over the Central Plains instead of monitoring the bureaucrats.”

During the war, Wei Jin-hak asked back at the words of King Jie of the Ark of Openness, who had been handling information with the Dark Pavilion.

“If the officials become corrupt and commit corruption later on, who will reveal their corruption?”

In response to Wei Jin-hak’s remarks, this time Cheon Ryang, a former Left Department official and former government official, offered his opinion.

“I believe that it would be right to establish a dark light, but also to create a separate organization to keep the dark light in check.”

“Then, isn’t there a danger that the organization, rather than the Dark Shadow Pavilion, will have omnipotent power? It’s no different from a secret society. Then, are you planning to create an organization to check that organization, and then create an organization to check that organization, and continue to expand endlessly?”

Cheonryang also kept his mouth shut at Wei Jin-hak’s remark.

While the opposition was racking their brains to refute the argument, Wei Jin-hak opened his mouth again.

“As I said before, the Dark Pavilion is an organization that prevents corruption among officials. On the other hand, if the Dark Pavilion gains power and becomes corrupt, the officials can report this to the next generation’s Heavenly Horse or the Pope. The Dark Pavilion and the officials are in a relationship where they check each other.”

As he said that, Wei Jin-hak was thinking of something else.

‘Hahaha. The left-hander’s mind is truly miraculous.’

This logic was what Ichimoku had told me last night.

Wi Jin-hak also noticed that some people would express opposing opinions about the role of the dark pavilion.

Just when he was wondering whether to just stamp it out with the authority of the Pope, Ilmok solved his dilemma.

Since most of the leaders are unmanned, here are examples that are easy for them to understand.

“A sword is just a sword. If a wicked person wields the world’s best sword, it will become a demonic sword, but if a good person wields it, it will become a sword that saves the world.”

While everyone was keeping their mouths shut at Wei Jin-hak’s words, Hwang Bo-ak carefully opened his mouth.

“What if, in the future, an evil person ascends to the throne and wields the sword for evil purposes?”

The answer to this question was not revealed at first glance.

However, it was not an unexpected question at first glance. Even without being told, Wei Jin-hak already knew the answer.

“You ask the obvious. If an unjust man ascends to the throne and commits tyranny, he should be killed through a just life-or-death decision in accordance with the doctrine, and a new person should ascend to the throne.”

In the first place, it was a rule that any believer of the Cheonmasingyo would know.

Punishing evil with martial arts. That was the Cheonmasingyo.

There were no exceptions here.

Knowing this fact, the leaders of the Cheonmasingyo did not express any particular complaints about the Amyeonggak.

On the other hand, the bureaucrats and political leaders looked at Wei Jin-hak with shocked faces.

Now, they were starting to realize that they had truly joined the Cheonmasin Church.

Even if the Cheonmasingyo created a new empire through a kind of rebellion, if not, then they can just kill the Pope and become the Pope.

Even though it is an action according to doctrine, since the Pope himself said it, there was no fanatic like this fanatic.

As the opposition fell silent in shock, Wei Jin-hak nodded and pointed to the paper again.

“First of all, in the case of the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it will be in charge of coordinating the relationship between the various countries and forces that border the Shinkyo. It will also be in charge of missionary work to cultivate new believers in regions outside the Shinkyo’s territory. The head of this Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been decided to be Baek Woon-hak, who is still fighting in the North, and the vice minister will be Jong Ri-chu, who served as the vice-minister of the missionary center.”

Beginning with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, explanations were given about various ministries.

“The head of the Ministry of Education will be Hyukryun Cheon Gang.”

“I will entrust the position of head of the Ministry of Welfare to King Geul.”

Every time he called his name, those present bowed to Wei Jin-hak.

It could be said that it was a kind of reward and punishment that was carried out simultaneously with the announcement of central control.

In the case of King Geul, he had a satisfied expression on his face, perhaps because he liked the role of the Ministry of Welfare, while Hyukryun Cheon-gang had an indifferent expression on his face.

‘You may not have any idea what kind of hellish task is about to unfold.’

With that thought in mind, Ichimoku looked around with a relaxed mind.

Some people were as happy as King Geulwang, while others reacted indifferently like Hyukryeon Cheon Gang.

“The head of each ministry will be given the power to appoint a limited number of vice-ministers within the ministry he leads, and the power to appoint the vice-ministers of each ministry will belong to the Pope.”

Immediately after the roles of the various ministries and the internal arrangements for the heads and vice-ministers were finalized, a strange silence fell over the sutra hall. There were still a few people left who had not yet been granted official positions.

As if he knew their intentions, Wei Jin-hak added.

“As you can see, the system I have organized only applies to civil officials. Since the war between the North and the South has not yet ended, I plan to give positions to military officials after that war is over. I plan to give positions to each general according to their achievements.”

Only then did those who had not been called breathe a sigh of relief.

‘I see. So that’s why the left secretary wasn’t called either.’

Those gathered thought. Why was no position given to Ichimoku, who could be called a war hero without any regrets?

Even Usain Bolt was not mentioned.

But after hearing the explanation that the system of nobility would be established later, I could now understand.

Only Ichimoku had other thoughts in mind.

‘Just in case, I guess I should leave my name out when organizing the military control.’

While Ilmok was thinking about such calculations in his mind.

Wi Jin-hak, who had been giving his explanation while sitting on the dragon throne, suddenly stood up.

Then, as if he had been waiting, Eunwi-gak-ju handed him a brush.

Wi Jin-hak, holding the brush, approached a large piece of paper and drew a line.

A single line that descended from the Pope and was divided into several departments.

After placing the brush on that line, a single horizontal stroke was drawn.

Immediately after, Wei Jin-hak engraved the word “Tae-sa” (太師) next to the newly drawn line.

Why? A cold sweat ran down Ichimoku’s back as he quietly watched the scene.

While an inexplicable sense of anxiety was sweeping over my entire body, everyone gathered in the scriptures turned their gazes to Ilmok.

As if to prove that his anxiety would come true.

‘Why? Why is everyone looking at me?’

When Ilmok was trying hard to deny reality, Wei Jin-hak’s serious voice dug into his mind.

“The role of the Grand Master is to mediate the affairs of all ministries, and I will appoint the Left Master Ilmok, who contributed the most in the last war, to the position of Grand Master.”

* * *

Far away from the Forbidden City in Beijing.

In the Central Plains, it is commonly called the Western Regions, and somewhere where people commonly called Hui Muslims live.

The heart of a very large palace built in a style completely different from that of the Forbidden City in the Central Plains.

A middle-aged man wearing a black turban and colorful attire opened his mouth.

“What are the movements of the Christian bastards in the West?”

“Some of the merchants have recently been returning to major ports, including Beirut, but there also appear to be spies disguised as merchants.”

“Tsk.”

The middle-aged man clicked his tongue slightly with a displeased expression.

If it weren’t for the interference of those fucking Jesus freaks, it wouldn’t have stopped at this level.

The goal was not to simply advance to this place, which was somewhat of an imperial palace, and take it over, but to absorb the entire area where Muslims lived.

However, as soon as they started to rebel in earnest, the Westerners cut off trade, and when they expanded their territory further, they sent letters that were almost threatening.

“Those vile bastards. They’re usually just busy looking out for themselves, but they only band together when necessary, using the name of a fake god as a form of trash.”

“This cannot be anything other than the behavior of those who worship false gods.”

The man nodded in response to the words of the subject who had come to report.

“Resume trade with them and gather resources to arm your soldiers. Prepare for war and recruit soldiers in the interior, where their surveillance is difficult to reach.”

Naturally, the man was afraid of the Christians’ attempts at restraint and had no intention of ending it here.

“What about those apostate guys in the East?”

He overthrew an incompetent empire that could not even spread the will of Allah and established a new empire.

It is only natural that those who serve Allah would come to Him voluntarily and pledge their allegiance.

Those from the East who dared to watch out and not come to him until the end could be called apostates.

“Those wicked apostates also seem to be preparing for war. They have been hiring and arming soldiers with the vast sums of money they have earned in recent years from the sale of mysterious items imported from the countries of the East.”

“A mysterious object from the East.”

The corners of the man’s mouth went up at his subordinate’s report.

“After we wipe out the apostate bastards in the east, we can handle that thing. Come to think of it, the Jesus bastards seem to be crazy about that thing.”

It seemed possible to amass enormous wealth by buying and selling goods from both the East and the West.

But I had no intention of being satisfied with just that.

After increasing their military power through their vast wealth, they had to absorb both the East and the West.

This was not a conquest.

The only true God is Allah, and this world originally belongs to Allah.

“Allahu Akbar.”

If so, then it was only right that he, as Allah’s representative, should take on the role of ruling over all the territories of this world.