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"It doesn't matter, this is all superstition - we don't advocate it." Cui Hantang laughed loudly and shouted again, "Jiang Ziya is here!"
Fu Meng was confused and didn't know what kind of trouble he was making. However, after hearing this, everyone lost interest in ringing the bell, so they went back to their rooms to pack their bags and rest for a while.
Cui Hantang's current mood is like that of a nouveau riche showing off his newly purchased villa in front of guests. Among the confidential emails that followed the arrival of this wave of guests were two letters of appointment. One was issued by the New Taoist Church, and it was stamped with "Theft".
Quanzi's seal, the official seal of the New Taoism and the certification seal of the Religious Affairs Office. Cui Hantang was officially appointed as "the Patriarch of the Diocese of Guangzhou and the Abbot of the Five Immortals Temple"; the other letter was from the Organization Department, appointing him as the "New Religious Affairs Office"
Chief of the first section of the Taoist Department, and concurrently promoted to the Five Immortals Temple Envoy."
He was admiring these two appointment letters in the office, feeling very happy. It felt different to have his own territory. He would do more big things next!
Just as he was thinking about how to get more divorces in the "religious reform" that Mayor Liu was about to launch, Qingyun came in and reported that he had caught a "spy".
The "spy" came just a few days after moving in? Cui Hantang was a little surprised. Could it be that Shi Weng's people were deliberately seeking revenge? He said: "Bring him in!"
After a while, I saw Qingyun and others dragging a middle-aged man in. He was wearing a patched Taoist robe and a torn Dongpo scarf on his head. He looked very shabby.
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"Master, this is the spy. He has been sneaking around the streets outside Guanwai for several days. I have seen him a long time ago. I just happened to catch him sneaking in today." After saying that, he looked at Cui Hantang eagerly.
, with a "praise me" look.
Before Cui Hantang could say anything, the man on the ground called out to Chong Tianqu: "Master, you are wronged!"
When Cui Hantang heard this, he quickly shouted: "Wait, wait, wait, we don't have any national teachers in the Song Dynasty, and Pindao is just one of the Taoist directors of the Song Dynasty, hehehehe."
The man didn't understand what "director" meant, but he guessed that he was in charge of things. He quickly said: "Master Director, I would like to inform you: Xiaodao was originally a Taoist priest of the Five Immortals Temple. Since the abbot escaped, there is no one in the temple.
, Xiaodao had no choice but to take his disciples to the office of Master Liu of Sanyuan Palace. However, he had exhausted all his expenses in the past few days, and suffered a lot of harassment from the Huo Gong Taoist at Sanyuan Palace. He heard that Zhenren Cui had established a sect here.
I came here specifically to seek refuge. Firstly, it is hard to leave the old sight, and secondly, good birds have chosen trees to roost in..."
"Oh, I understand. It turns out that the Five Immortals Temple is your territory. Have you come back to occupy the place?" Cui Hantang suddenly realized.
The Taoist heard the words and said: "Don't dare, Xiaodao used to be just a Taoist in the temple. Cui Zhenren's magic power is profound, and the poor Taoist can't match it. How dare he say that he should be the master of the temple. I only ask Taoist Cui to take care of him and reward the poor.
Tao and his disciples have enough to eat, and the little people will work hard to clean the courtyard..." As he said, his knees weakened and he knelt down.
Cui Hantang's original intention was not to cause trouble, but he found out that the Taoist and his disciples were only three people. Considering that he did not understand the language and the disciples knew very little about the city of Guangzhou, it would be easier to take in such a few locals, so he immediately agreed. Anyway, he
There are many people, so we are not afraid of them causing any trouble.
At that moment, Cui Hantang waved his sleeves: "Please get up. No need to be polite. Since we are going to place orders at Wuxian Temple, we are a family. I don't know what to call my friends? How many comrades are there wandering outside?"
The thin and withered Taoist priest was still able to kneel down when Cui Hantang supported him like this. He used the steps to stand up and tried his best to speak in Guangzhou Mandarin and said: "Return to the director, I am a poor Taoist, ahem, the Taoist layman calls him Zhang Houdao.
He is known as the "Honest Man". There were dozens of people in the audience, but they all fled after the abbot escaped. Only Pindao still had two disciples waiting at Sanyuan Palace, and there were also some young Taoists scattered in various temples.
With nowhere to go, we can only survive. But they are afraid of Song Tianwei and dare not come here."
"Honest man? Haha, it's funny, hahaha!" Cui Hantang couldn't help laughing. The old Taoist didn't know why Cui Hantang was laughing, so he had to laugh along with him.
After Cui Hantang laughed for a long time, he remembered that he was waiting for a reply, so he quickly told the Taoist priest that he could let them come back, and asked him to bring his disciples back. When the kind priest went out, Cui Hantang turned his eyes and called Qingyun to give him a few words, and Qingyun took the order and went out.
After leaving, Cui Hantang called Xiaoqian again and asked her to tidy up the vacant wing of the house for the old master and apprentice to live in. Anyway, there are many empty houses now.
Not long after, the honest Taoist came back with two thin Taoist priests in their teens. The young Taoist priests had to kowtow to pay their respects. Cui Hantang asked Qingyun to lead them to settle down. The honest man said a few words to his disciples and went out again.
It was time to turn on the lanterns. Behind the kindhearted man were four young Taoist disciples carrying large and small bags. Cui Hantang was proficient in the art of fortune-telling. At first glance, he saw that there were no evil disciples, so he recruited a young Taoist disciple to lead him.
They went to settle down, leaving only the old Taoist priest in the front hall for questioning.
It turns out that this "kind man" has been a monk in the Five Immortals Temple for several generations, and his grandfather has been in the temple since then. It can be regarded as a family origin. Not only is he proficient in writing and ink, but he can also recite several Taoist canons. This is a Taoist who lived in the Ming Dynasty.
It is an anomaly among them. According to Cui Hantang’s knowledge, except for the Tianshi Dao in Longhu Mountain, the Zhenwu Temple in Wudang Mountain, and the Quanzhen Sect, which was quite powerful at the time, the Taoist priests in the late Ming Dynasty were basically wild.
Lu Zi, not only do not know how to practice, but they also have basically no understanding of Taoist classics. There are not many people who can recite the Tao Te Ching and Huang Ting Jing. They are basically landlords and farmers wearing Taoist robes.
This "kind man" was not only proficient in Taoist classics such as "Tao Te Ching", "Huang Ting Sutra" and "Blood Lake Sutra", he was also proficient in the art of painting talismans, fortune telling, and Feng Shui. In the context of the desolation of Taoist priests' business at that time, he was simply a member of the flock.
A goose popped out.
This person is very useful - Cui Hantang thought, at least he can be asked to do many things in Taoist rituals and sacrifices, without having to do it himself. As for those rituals that have been changed beyond recognition by the stolen spring, with the cultivation of a kind person
, it won’t be too difficult to learn it again.
The honest man visited Cui Hantang that night and presented "Guangzhou Feng Shui Theory". Cui Hantang flipped through it and felt that it was "very comforting to my heart." Seeing that he was very interested, the kind man carefully asked Cui Hantang about protecting Guangzhou's Feng Shui veins.
plan.
Honesty Chang originally wanted to take this issue as his starting point - the emerging political power, which was particularly focused on "inherited by heaven".
However, Cui Hantang looked unhappy when he mentioned the Dragon Veins matter. Not only did Liu Xiang refuse to comment on his suggestion, but according to a telegram from Master Dai E, some people even criticized him at the Lingao headquarters for engaging in feudal superstition, making alarmist remarks, and not asking about the people or ghosts and gods.
This led to another discussion on the value and significance of religious existence, and even led to the publication of a thick discussion album on Daystar. This made Lingao's religious reputation disgraced. Dean Wu complained to Daoist Dai.
Fan, saying that they are "fooling around", "sooner or later they will be implicated by you to death", and "want to draw a clear line with you"...
Seeing the displeasure on Cui Hantang's face, the Honest Chief did not dare to mention the matter again. Instead, he got a few books of "The Complete Collection of New Taoist Rituals".
"You should take your apprentice and practice hard."
"Yes, yes, thank you, abbot, for giving me this precious book."
After that, more than a dozen Taoist priests from the Taoist temple who had escaped came back one after another and asked Cui Hantang to take them in. Most of these Taoist priests had lower status in the temple and had little savings. Most of them were sent to be Taoist priests since they were young.
Apart from serving the master, cleaning, and acting as an extra when practicing as a priest, it can be said that he has nothing to do. After he escaped, he only made a living for it. He could only live in various Taoist temples and in the houses of wealthy people he knew well.
The food they brought was not delicious and would not last long. Now that they heard the news about Honest Chief, they all ran back. Cui Hantang also accepted them one by one.
At present, people from all walks of life have settled down in the Five Immortals Temple. Cui Hantang leads the Taoists every morning in the small square in front of the central hall of the temple to practice Tai Chi, Tai Chi sword, and meditation. After returning to the temple, they study cultural classes. According to the Australian
Habits: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, study the Lingao Textbook "Elementary Physics", "Elementary Biology", "Elementary Geography"; "Chinese Herbal Medicine Knowledge" and "Simple Treatment Manual" compiled by the Ministry of Health; on the second, fourth and sixth days
Studying "Tao Te Ching", "Qing Jing Jing", and "Huang Ting Jing" is indispensable. The classics revised by Taoist Zhang Yingchen himself are indispensable; in the afternoon, Tao students take turns to learn "painting", "calligraphy", "pharmaceuticals", "musical instruments", "
Practical skills such as "massage" and "manufacturing"; and sports activities on weekends. During breaks, entertainment programs such as "basketball", "badminton", and "Tao Qing" are occasionally interspersed.
Taoist students were also responsible for various chores in the Taoist temple, and worked in shifts every day. A vegetable garden was opened in the open space of the Taoist temple, and the Taoist students took turns planting vegetables. For a time, the entire Five Immortals Temple was in order, and it was surprising.
Liu Xiang, who was busy preparing for the religious reform, was quite surprised.
"I didn't expect that Taoist Cui has some real talent and learning." Liu Xiang said.
Cui Hantang himself took the Taoists who came to Lingao and the Taoist priests who "joined the gang" to practice the rituals of public sacrifices, especially the rituals. He was determined to make a large ritual unprecedented in Guangzhou. To this end, he even sent letters to the city.
In each palace and temple, they are required to set up altars for worshiping at the same time.
While he was worrying about organizing the "Guangzhou Taoist Federation" - yes, he was already planning to unify the Taoist sects in Guangzhou.
He fought for this job on his own. Of course, he inevitably made a dirty deal with Mayor Liu. The general principle is that Mayor Liu wants to get the Taoist temple property: a large amount of land, rented shops and housing... New
Taoism, through the Taoist Federation, has incorporated these temples into the new management system and has full administrative control over the temples of the old Taoist system.