The status of Monkey King is actually far higher than people think.
We know that Sun Wukong was dissatisfied with Bi Ma Wen's official position being too small, and in a fit of anger, he fled back to Huaguo Mountain, raised the banner of Monkey King, and fought against the Heavenly Court Group. The Jade Emperor was furious and sent Li Jing, the king of Tota, to command 100,000 heavenly soldiers to suppress it, but he didn't expect that the 100,000 heavenly soldiers were not Sun Wukong's opponents, and they were killed.
The Jade Emperor had no choice but to adopt Tai Bai Xing's suggestion, restart the strategy of recruiting peace, and crown Sun Wukong as the Monkey King.
Some people believe that the Jade Emperor crowned Sun Wukong as the Monkey King, which seemed to satisfy his wish to be a great official, but in fact he was playing a monkey, because the Monkey King had an official but no money, but he was just a vain title.
However, if Monkey King is really in vain, how can this scene be explained?
In the fifth chapter of the original work, after Sun Wukong became the Monkey King, he made friends everywhere in the heavenly court, "see Sanqing, call the word "old"; and the Nine Stars, the Five Directions, the Twenty-Eight Nights, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Twelve Yuanchen, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, the Universal Stars, and the Gods of the River and Han Dynasties, all of them treat each other only as brothers and call each other."
The Heavenly Court Group attaches great importance to the etiquette of respect and inferiority, if the Monkey King is completely vain, Sun Wukong is still the fledgling monkey, in this case, how can a monkey be commensurate with the famous god brothers such as Jiuyao Xingjun, Wufang General, and Twenty-Eight Su?
Some people must say that Sun Wukong is a monkey who does not pay attention to the etiquette of dignity and inferiority, he has to be commensurate with the brothers of Jiuyao Xingjun and others, what can Jiuyao Xingjun and others do?
However, although Jiuyao Xingjun and others could not stop Sun Wukong's wishful thinking from calling him a brother, they would also be disgusted by such behavior. But the fact is that they are not disgusted at all, and they also call Sun Wukong brothers, so it is written in the book - "call each other".
In fact, although Monkey King did not have a salary, it was only because he did not have a specific position, so he could not receive income from his position. If you talk about status alone, Monkey King is very prominent.
In the fourth chapter of the original work, Sun Wukong once again accepted Zhao'an to heaven and entered the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to accept the Jade Emperor's sealing, and the Jade Emperor clearly said to him at that time: "Then Sun Wukong is here, and today you will be a Monkey King, and your official character is extremely good, but you must not do anything nonsense." ”
Monkey King's official residence is the best, what is the best official residence? It is not a product, but a super product, that is, it is higher than a product.
Speaking of which, everyone must be very curious, who has a higher status between the Monkey King and the Emperor Zhenwu, who has the highest status in the official residence?
Some people must think that the Emperor Zhenwu, as a great god under the command of the Jade Emperor, is at best a first-class master, and since the Monkey King is a super high-grade, his status is naturally above that of the Zhenwu Emperor.
But in fact, the ministers above the duke in ancient times were all super-grade, and since the Emperor Zhenwu was named the emperor, the title was naturally not lower than that of the duke, so he was also super-grade. As for who has a higher status between him and the Monkey King, we can see the clue from the words of the Jade Emperor.
In the fourth chapter of the original work, after the Jade Emperor crowned Sun Wukong as the Monkey King, he specially issued an order, saying: "Zhang and Lu Erban are on the right side of Pan Taoyuan, and set up a Monkey King Mansion for the Monkey King, and there can be two divisions in the house: a quiet division and a Ning Shen Division, for the office of the immortals who serve the Monkey King." ”
After Sun Wukong was named the Monkey King, the Jade Emperor actually ordered the construction of the Monkey King Mansion for him, and set up two major departments of the Quiet Division and the Ning Shen Division to serve him, which once again shows that the Monkey King is not in vain. However, it can also be seen from the fact that the residence of Monkey King is a mansion, and the identity of Monkey King is only equivalent to that of ordinary princes and ministers, because the residence of ordinary princes and ministers in ancient times was called "mansion".
On the other hand, Emperor Zhenwu, he sits in Wudang Mountain, and his residence is called Taihe Palace, and only ministers at the level of princes and kings can be called palaces, so the identity of Emperor Zhenwu is equivalent to that of princes and kings. Since this is the case, his status is naturally higher than that of Monkey King. What do you think?