Wei Shan brought over paper and brush. After pondering for a long while, he put brush to paper.
He knew full well that he could not oppose a Tingzhi head-on, so he did not mention Zhang Yu's arrival in Jade Capital anywhere in the document. Instead, he meticulously listed the importance of constructs to people's livelihoods in every region, as well as the roles and benefits they would bring to Celestial Xia once they developed further.
He also stated that once people's livelihoods improved, not only would more Celestial Xia citizens gain enlightenment, but more citizens would also be able to enter the path of cultivation.
He further cited several examples. In the provinces where constructs were currently flourishing, such as Qingyang, Luyang, and Yiluo, the number of cultivators was likewise far greater than in other provinces.
He also argued that, aside from the small number of cultivators who withdrew from the world to cultivate, most cultivators, before attaining the Dao, required the people of the world to provide for their food, clothing, and daily needs—even excluding all forms of leisure and enjoyment. In the past, this would have been a heavy burden, but as construct techniques advanced, that burden was gradually diminishing.
And if constructs underwent even greater development, if people's livelihoods continued to improve and reached a certain level, then perhaps one day all cultivators would truly be able to remain apart from the world and devote themselves wholeheartedly to cultivation...
After writing at great length, he read through it several times and made a few deletions and revisions before finally setting down his brush in satisfaction.
He then took a memorial booklet and personally copied the text into it. Afterward, he walked to the offering platform at the center of the Broad Hall and placed the memorial