The old Taoist priest looked at Yang Xuan with doubts on his face.
Yang Xuan explained: "Taoists build dojos for the purpose of praying for blessings."
The old Taoist priest nodded.
"Then the prayer will definitely come true?"
The old Taoist priest shook his head: "This is not certain."
"Yes, it depends on the sincerity of the person praying."
The old Taoist priest nodded: "Yes, yes."
"When you are in the dojo, Taoist Zhang, you only need to recite the scriptures sincerely, then it is not a lie." Yang Xuan said, "Taoist Zhang, you can recite the scriptures, right?"
The old Taoist rolled his eyes and said confidently: "I know all the Taoist scriptures by heart."
"That's enough," Yang Xuan said, "Taoist Zhang, you sincerely pray for people, why do you lie to them?"
The old Taoist priest nodded frequently.
"But how much money can you charge to build a dojo?"
"Daozhang Zhang, we can make the dojo bigger."
"Make it bigger? Make it bigger?"
Yang Xuan said: "As big as you can, do it as big as you want."
The old Taoist priest raised his head and recalled the largest dojo he had ever seen. After a while, he said: "When he was in Longhu Mountain, the emperor once went to the dojo. It was the largest dojo I had ever seen. But at that time
The emperor also rewarded me with some Taoist supplies and only three thousand taels of silver."
Yang Xuanxin said that the emperor was very poor back then and could only afford three thousand taels.
"Then let's do it even bigger than that time."
Yang Xuan said: "The emperor is a person after all, and one person only costs three thousand taels. Think about it, if we invite a hundred people, how much will it cost?"
The old Taoist priest's eyes shone: "One hundred people?"
"Wait, where are you going to find a hundred people?"
"Daozhang Zhang, you are looking down on Yingtian Mansion. Let me tell you, Yingtian Mansion can only afford three thousand taels of people to build the dojo. If not ten thousand, there are only eight thousand or one hundred people. I said that is less."
"I mean, how can you let these people come willingly and give money willingly?"
Yang Xuan chuckled: "That's my business. As long as you, Taoist Zhang, prepare the dojo."
The old Taoist priest waved his hand: "That's not a trivial matter. Just be optimistic."
Yang Xuan quickly stopped him: "That won't work. I'm too optimistic. If I bring over a thousand people, I won't be able to stand any longer."
The old Taoist priest was stunned: "Then how big a place do you want?"
Yang Xuan leaned over and said softly: "You have to ask the emperor about this. Isn't there a Tian Tan next to Shen Tiantan? I think it's quite suitable there."
The old Taoist priest's eyes widened: "That's a place for worshiping heaven."
"What is the purpose of offering sacrifices to heaven?"
"Pray for peace and prosperity for the country and the people."
"Isn't that just to pray for blessings? We also pray for blessings as a dojo, so why can't we use it?" Yang Xuan said: "The emperor refuses to give money, so why don't you borrow Tiantan for him? At worst, you can also pray for him when praying for blessings."
one time."
The old Taoist priest nodded silently: "Then I'll do what you say."
"By the way, although Tiantan is big enough, to build a dojo, you need to build a stage and hire workers, which costs a lot of money. You can afford the money, Taoist Zhang."
The old Taoist priest nodded: "Yes, yes, how much does it cost?"
"If this dojo is built so that people are willing to pay for it, it must be grand and grand enough. I will make it for 20,000 taels. Although it is a bit less, it can be done."
The old Taoist priest was startled. He even moved his chair two feet back, and looked at Yang Xuan warily: "What do you mean? Are you still trying to get my 20,000 taels of silver?"
"Daozhang Zhang, that's not what you said. Dojos here also have to pay attention to ostentation. The bigger the ostentation, the more money people have to pay. Just like when we eat, look at this dish, which costs three hundred here.
Wen, if the roadside tavern dares to sell it at this price, the shop will have to be demolished."
The old Taoist priest was obviously moved, but he was still a little reluctant: "But twenty thousand taels is too much."
"Daozhang Zhang, if you don't want to give up your children, you won't be able to trap the wolf. This is just like doing business. If you don't put in the money, where will the profits come from?"
The old Taoist priest slowly took out the two 10,000-tael banknotes and said, "This is my hard-earned money."
Yang Xuan rolled his eyes, it was clearly you who came here under false pretenses and paid for your hard-earned money.
"Then let's forget it. Save some money and repair Laojun Temple. It will be enough."
"No, no, no, no." The old Taoist priest gritted his teeth and handed the banknote to Yang Xuan.
Seeing the pained look on the old Taoist priest's face, Yang Xuan said: "Don't worry, even if Taoist Zhang can't trust me, he should be able to trust my elder brother. As for me, I cheated you of 20,000 taels."
The two discussed the details again, and when leaving, Yang Xuan specially reminded him: "You must never tell the emperor that you don't know how to sit in the dojo."
The old Taoist priest was stunned, and he was about to say that this was not deceiving the emperor, but then he thought about it, I am an old Taoist who has recited the scriptures sincerely, how can I be considered deceiving the emperor?
It must be said that the old Taoist priest was quite capable, and he received the imperial edict the next day, allowing him to use Tiantan as a dojo.
Yang Xuan asked him how many days the Taoist temple would last. The old Taoist priest said proudly: "This Taoist temple will last for nine days, which means nine days and nine days."
Awesome.
Tian Tan was used exclusively by the royal family, for worshiping heaven and praying for blessings. The old Taoist priest could actually borrow it. I don’t know what benefits he promised to the emperor.
There is no way, the emperor loves to practice Taoism.
Then Yang Xuan began to hire people to build the high platform needed for the dojo.
While building the dojo, we hired people to promote it. In addition to carrying banners all over the streets, there were also people who distributed flyers everywhere, and even published them in newspapers every day.
In a word, this dojo is personally hosted by Master Longhushan Zhengyi's uncle, with the emperor's permission.
After all, the dojo is in Tiantan, and no one dares to doubt it just because of this.
You must know that Tiantan belongs to the imperial court, and even the royal family is not allowed to enter at will except for the annual ceremony to worship the heaven.
It can be said that 99% of the people in Yingtian Mansion don't know what is inside Tiantan.
In addition, the promotion also mentioned that the number of people who want to pray for the opening of the dojo will be limited, so those who want to sign up must hurry up.
For such a grand event, the common people who were already lacking in entertainment immediately flocked to it, especially the wealthy nobles, who immediately started to sign up.
The registration method is also very simple. There is a special page on the Shengbao every day, and there is a registration form on it. Just cut it out, fill out the application form, and you can register.
The registration place is at the entrance of Tiantan. There is a table set up there. When you hand in the registration form, they will tear off a section from the registration form and put a stamp on it as a receipt, indicating that the registration was successful.
It's just that although the registration is successful, it's not certain whether you can be selected. You have to wait for their review to pass. After all, the number is limited to 1,000 people.
With these little tricks, these wealthy gentry and wealthy people were kept under control.
There were unexpectedly many people who signed up. In three days, tens of thousands of application forms were received.
Then under Yang Xuan's arrangement, the registration point at Tiantan Gate stopped registration, and then put forward the next requirement, that is, everyone who signed up needed to pay a fee of one thousand taels.