The other Shou religion, was simply called the Way and was more of an ethical philosophy than a true religion characterized by divinities, spirits, and a fully realized metaphysics. The majority of the people in Shou Lung practiced the Path of Enlightenment, in which they worshiped the Celestial Emperor and the Nine Travelers and a whole host of lesser immortals and spirits who make up what was called the Celestial Bureaucracy. The Shou practiced mainly two forms of religion, the Path of Enlightenment and the Way. It was a meritocratic system every year the Civil Service Examination held examinations to test candidates for government jobs. The government was composed of eight ministries: State, War, Magic, Faith, Sea, Agriculture, Public Works, and State Security. The wu jens were the Emperor's official court wizards, who advised the Emperor's policies with divinations and dealt with magical threats. In the mid-1300s DR, the Emperor was Kai Tsao Shou Chin. The official head of the government was the Emperor, but in practice everyday affairs of state were handled by the Chancellor, who executed the Emperor's decrees, oversaw the bureaucracy, and controlled the information that reached the emperor's ears. The empire was started by a simple peasant known as Nung Fu, who was invested with the Emblems of Imperial Authority by the semi-legendary Nine Travelers, though it was his great grandson that would be the first Emperor of the Li Dynasty.

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