Luoyi Imperial Palace. Having left the palace after morning court, Grand Priest Dongyang Lige walked with somewhat unsteady steps.
He was completely unlike the high-spirited man he had been when he took office as Grand Priest more than a year ago.
Especially today—he seemed even more dejected. Even when his colleagues took the initiative to greet him, he gave no response.
Yet no one blamed him.
Because what had happened in court today was simply absurd.
Even the word "absurd" was not enough to describe what had happened in court today.
The appointment of a Heaven Temple High Priest as Grand National Teacher, with concurrent authority as a military affairs commissioner and an executive council commissioner, had shaken the court. Every official opposed it.
Yet Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long had remained obstinate and forcibly issued the Imperial Decree. Even Prime Minister Wen Gang's fierce opposition had been of no use.
The moment the decree was issued, it immediately caused an uproar both in court and among the people.
This was because of the origins of the Great Zhou position of Grand National Teacher.
Great Zhou had once established the position of Grand National Teacher, during the early and middle years of Founding Sage Ancestor Ji Bang's reign.
Ji Bang's military advisor at the time, Zhou Wenjing, possessed astonishing cultivation and was famed for his divine calculations.
It could be said that without Military Advisor Zhou Wenjing's assistance, Ji Bang could never have successfully founded Great Zhou and accomplished this magnificent undertaking.
Military Advisor Zhou Wenjing commanded strategies from within the command tent in military affairs, calmed the people's hearts in domestic governance, and established Great Zhou's official framework.
At that time, whether in military or political affairs, Great Zhou could not do without Military Advisor Zhou Wenjing.
Thus, in the