Chapter VIII The People Join the Worship of God
Half an hour later, Hu Yihuang led a group of beggars who had just eaten, and asked Li Yunzhong whether he could start. After getting Li Yunzhong's affirmation, he whispered to the beggars behind him.
The beggars heard that they could join the God-worshiping religion, without worrying about food or drinking, and gave each person five cents of silver on the spot. Although they didn't know who God was, it was enough to make them excited. Without the scruples of going to the small temple, they rushed to the small temple and drove out the people inside. The young men and women in the temple did not understand what was going on. Some pushed and shoved beggars in the temple, but they were unwilling to come out. This angered the beggars, and a lot of swear words came out of their mouths:
"What kind of temple do you want to worship for a dog, man and woman? Just learn from him."
"Bah, I'm ashamed and embarrassed, I've never heard of it. Is it possible for my parents to get married to count if my matchmaker's words?"
"What other guys are you looking for? I'm much more handsome than him."
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Those who insisted on staying blushed and covered their faces and left quickly. Miaozhu was also held out by two beggars. He twisted his body like a scoundrel, shaking his head, dancing with his hands, and shouting, "What are you beggars doing? Do you have any kingly law? Let me go."
The beggars began to smash the temple. The earthen wall made of thatch, soil and stone was pushed down by a group of beggars who had just eaten. Two of them climbed onto the "divine platform", retreated the bronze statue, rolled to the edge of the door frame before stopping. The beggar who was almost smashed glared at the people on the stage, and stopped after the beggar who pushed the statue down and clasped his fists and admitted his mistake.
When beggars started to smash the temple, many people heard the movement and surrounded them, pointed at the temple, and asked each other: What happened, they all got a shaking answer.
Li Yunzhong saw Zhang Suimou leading a group of people over, pointing at the small temple and saying something while walking. After a while, Zhang Weikun and Lin Daji also brought a large group of people to each.
After the beggars smashed the temple, they seemed to be hesitating. Someone had an idea to light the fire. After a while, the small temple was burned clean.
Many people were very angry about this and their voices became louder. Li Yunzhong estimated that the time was ripe, cheered himself up, and learned the scene he had watched on TV: During the Republic of China, [***] gave a speech in front of the masses to save the country. He walked to a raised place opposite the crowd, put his left hand on his hips, and his right hand suddenly shone upwards, shouting, "Friends, quiet, quiet, quiet, are you thinking, why are we smashing temples and why are we burning temples? I tell you, I am saving you, you have committed a crime, a very serious crime, what are you worshiping? A couple of husband-killing silver women! They are not worthy of your service."
When the crowd heard Li Yunzhong shouting for peace, they gradually became quiet. When they heard his crime, they were even more shocked. The sound of breathing was low and they carefully shrank their heads and listened, fearing that Li Yunzhong was from the government.
Li Yunzhong was very satisfied with the effect of his words, so he put his right hand down and inserted it on his waist, and then said, "There is only one god in the world, that is, God. The others are fake. If you worship them, you will not receive blessings. Instead, it will bring disasters. Some people will ask: What kind of disaster? Okay, I tell you, suffering and burdened in your lifetime is the reason why you live in poverty now. After death, you will go to hell and be tortured by the eighteen levels of hell." Li Yunzhong was intimidated, afraid that the Chinese people would not understand the horror of the Western hell, but instead used the eighteen levels of hell in China.
"You can only be saved if you believe in God. Believing in God can eliminate disasters and difficulties. If you get sick, pray to God to relieve pain. If your family is poor, you can give you food and clothing." Li Yunzhong stopped and winked at Zhang Suimu.
Zhang Suimou nodded and understood what he said to a despicable man next to him.
"What is God, how should we believe in Him and worship Him." The despicable man asked loudly.
"God is the only true god in the world. In order to save you, he sent his sons to establish the worship of God. As long as he joins the worship of God, he can believe in God and ascend to heaven after his death. There is endless money to spend, endless food to eat, and endless clothes to wear, and enjoy happiness forever. In the world, we will eventually build a small paradise. In the small paradise, there are fields to farm, food to eat, clothes to wear, and money to serve. It is uniform everywhere and everyone is full of warmth." Lieutenant General Li Yun said the slogan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom later.
The people below were stunned. Li Yunzhong's words were not easy to make a thunder sound in their ears. From later generations, Li Yunzhong would never understand the people's desire for food and clothing. They worked hard all year round and were full and hungry. When they encountered famine, they not only couldn't eat, chewed tree bark and ate grass, but also had to sell their children and daughters. In severe cases, they all starved to death. Now they heard that someone could take them to farm with fields, eat with food and wear clothes with clothes. That kind of mood was simply indescribable.
A young and strong man was the first to squeeze in front and asked Li Yunzhong excitedly, "Can you really eat a full meal and wear warm clothes?"
Li Yunzhong, who thought that the cold incident, quietly wiped his sweat, looked at Zhang Suimu and the others with praise, and said with certainty, "Yes, as long as you believe in God, you can eat enough and wear warm clothes." Seeing such a strong man, Li Yunzhong was not willing to let him be hungry, and he still hoped to charge him in the future!
"Li Desheng is willing to join the God worship religion, please take it in." The strong man heard that he could join the God worship religion, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times at Li Yunzhong.
"That's not, is Li Desheng, a servant of the Wangcaizhu family? Why did he get ahead? He is so edible, I'm afraid he will be poor if he worships God's religion, let him eat alone." Someone recognized the strong man kneeling on the ground.
"That's a foodie. I heard that last month, the rich man Wang was curious about how much he could eat, so he let him eat openly. The rich man Wang went to take a nap. Unexpectedly, he took the opportunity to eat for a whole afternoon and finished all the food for the rich man Wang's family for three days. Haha, the rich man Wang was so angry that he hung up and beat him up. Li Desheng lay in bed for three days before he got out of bed. The rich man Wang also asked him to do the work of three people to pay off his debts in the future." A commoner showed off his own secret information.
"Stop talking, you haven't heard that you can eat and wear a good meal and wear as long as you join the God Church. Do you still have fields to plant? Why don't you ask the God Church if you want us?" A clever person said to the person who was gossiping.
"Yes, it's better to be honest. If we want to join the God-worshiping Church, can we have a full meal every time!"
Before Li Yunzhong could help Li Desheng up, he was overwhelmed by the surrounding people. He heard all over his ears, "I want to join", "Do you want me?"... these similar words.
Seeing that Li Yunzhong was speechless, Hu Yihuang, Zhang Suimu and other brothers helped to appease the people, and kept saying to the people, "As long as you want to join the God worship meeting, stand under the tree on the right."
After a while, the crowd stood around the tree, but none of them were still standing there. They all looked at Li Yunzhong expectantly.
"As long as we want to join the God worship club, we all want to build a small paradise together." Li Yunzhong said without hesitation.
The crowd made excited cry, and from time to time, "My wife hasn't passed, I'll pull him over quickly" and "Yes, my brother hasn't come, I'll call him."
Li Yunzhong seemed to know the concerns of the people, and smiled and said to the people, "Very good. You can go back and take your family with you now. After an hour, I will baptize you. After baptism, you will be worshipped by God. If you have no family members, you can call on friends or people you know. God will remember your contributions to worshiping God."
The crowd quickly dissipated with this excitement. Even Li Desheng, who had no relatives, expressed his intention to go to the Wang Qianzhu's house to call his brothers together."
Lin Daji said to Li Yunzhong with a little concern, "Now so many people join the God worship club. They only joined after hearing that they had enough food. No matter how much food we have, we are not enough, and what about more people?"
Hu Yihuang also nodded in agreement with worry
"Haha, Brother Liu is overly concerned. These people living at the bottom don't have that much demand. Just give them hope. As long as we let some of them have enough food and let them promote it, more people will join. Besides, I have a plan to let those people have enough food." Li Yunzhong's confidence infected the person, so he discussed with Li Yunzhong: What should we do when the person arrives later.
In less than half an hour, someone came one after another. Li Yunzhong brought the brothers to act as they had just discussed.
Hu Yihuang and Zhang Weikun maintained order and guided the first people to wait at designated locations to answer their questions.
Zhang Suimu observed the crowd and saw that there were a large number of people following behind him, so he asked Lin Daji to get close to him and then told Li Yunzhong the information.
Li Yunzhong set up a table incense at the front and got a stack of white paper. He originally wanted the newly joined people to write a letter of repentance. Considering that most people are illiterate, let alone write, they wanted to change the way they talked to the white paper as a letter of repentance and sent the white paper.
An hour passed, and seeing that no one was coming to this side anymore, Li Yunzhong silently counted the number of people, thirty people in a row, forty-two rows, about 1,200. He thought to himself: I didn’t expect that so many people were summoned today. It seems that the people of Siwang Town are almost here. I can’t help but think: I can also rebel like the heroes on TV.
Chapter completed!