The burial has been completed, and then the ancestral hall is opened for worship.
The so-called Zhai means fasting; and Jiao is another name for sacrifice. In reality, the officers and family members of Ding Haijun are respected and protected by Ding Haijun and Guo Ning, but for the vast majority of contemporary people
For us, the comfort of the spiritual world is also indispensable.
Guo Ning established the ancestral hall to show his sincerity in caring for the soldiers and their families, and he was not negligent in this regard.
Therefore, he asked Du Shisheng, who was in Zhongdu, to pay his respects to Meng Zhiyuan, the Chongxuanzi at the Taiji Palace in Zhongdu, and asked Meng Zhiyuan to convey to the senior officials of the Quanzhen Sect that he wanted to invite a Taoist to reside in Laizhou.
In fact, the center of the activities of the Quanzhen Sect was in Qixia, Dengzhou. The current leader of the Quanzhen Sect, Changchun Zhenren, whose real name was Qiu Chuji, was a native of Qixia. Meng Zhiyuan, the Chongyang disciple, was one of his eighteen disciples
.
According to the Quanzhen Sect, it has tens of thousands of followers in Qixia, Dengzhou, and hundreds of thousands of followers in the entire Dengzhou. This statement is ridiculous. There are not that many people in the household registration book of Dengzhou.
So many people gathered that even the roots of the bark and grass were gone.
However, this is indeed a force that is deeply rooted in the local area, and its religious background gives them great influence.
Guo Ning has never used strong measures to control Dengzhou, and he also has some vague intention of throwing a tantrum into the trap, and does not want to cause trouble during this period.
After all, people of an era have a level of understanding of that era, and there is no way to talk about cognition without being separated from the era.
Now that Ding Haijun has established a foothold in Shandong, and with Du Shisheng and Meng Zhiyuan's old friendship as an introduction, Guo Ning doesn't mind being more polite to the Quanzhen Sect. He will first listen to what the Quanzhen Sect thinks, and then see how the relationship between the two parties should be.
Walk.
At this time, the sacrifices began in the ancestral hall, and the old Taoist with white beard and bare feet stepped forward to preside over the ceremony, while Guo Ning read a sacrificial article in a mellow tone.
Guo Ning originally wanted to ask Yi La Chucai to write this memorial essay, but Yi La Chucai has been so busy lately that he can't concentrate on writing the essay. Therefore, he recommended a newly recruited professor to write it.
This professor was called Xia Qinghou, and he was recommended because of his good literary talent. The memorial essay was impressively written. In addition to the mournful mourning, there was also a high-spirited and unyielding ambition, which excited everyone who listened.
After reading the memorial text, Guo Ning and the senior military officers left one after another. For the rest of the ceremony, it is enough that the family members are here. The generals each have a lot of things at hand and there is no need to wait.
Guo Ning left the ancestral hall and was waiting for Jing'an Min.
When he returns, he plans to talk about how to deal with the restless situation among his subordinates. Jing Anmin figured it out, which is a good thing. As for the other people, relying on their own prestige and the six-character mantra, they can also suppress it for a while. But
In the long run, so many generals and commanders will watch Yang An'er's power surge. In order to understand everyone's thoughts, they still need some other means to assist.
Just as he was thinking this, the old Taoist rushed out: "Jie Shuai, please stay!"
Guo Ning glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "The matter of the Zhaijiao is very important. If the Taoist priest just goes out without caring about it, I'm afraid he is not sincere and sincere, right?"
The old Taoist bowed slightly and said: "Recommend sincerity to heaven and earth, pray to the ghosts, be sincere in your body, and have your right intention in God, but not in a certain hall."
This kind of pretentious talk was of no use to Guo Ning. He shook his head and said to a subordinate beside him: "I wanted Quanzhen to teach me a Taoist, but they gave me a smooth-tongued person."
The old Taoist responded: "I think Jieshuai is wrong. What you want should not be a high Tao."
"Ha, how do you say it?"
"What Jieshuai wants is someone who can speak in the Quanzhen Sect; what Jieshuai wants is someone who can help the Quanzhen Sect to stabilize the navy and smoothen the situation in the capital. To do this, you need to
It is a human method, not a divine method."
"Oh? Old Taoist, do you have a way of doing this?"
"To be honest, Commander, I have both divine and human skills."
"What a shame!" Guo Ning immediately asked: "Come here, show me what skills you have, what methods you have."
The old Taoist shook his robe sleeves and stamped his feet: "Commander Ji, please see, I have practiced Taoism for more than sixty years, and I have endured frost and snow in deep winter without fear of cold. With these bare feet, I can even walk on dangerous cliffs like shoes."
Flat earth. This is my magic."
Guo Ning looked at the old Taoist up and down, and saw that he was wearing a thin gray Taoist robe. The whisk in his hand was fluttering in the wind, and the Taoist robe was also fluttering. As expected, it was just a single garment. With his long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, his appearance
He was calm, his complexion was as rosy as a child's, and he didn't seem to feel cold at all.
Look at the snow-white beard under the chin, the white hair and white eyebrows...
Really some fairy spirit?
"You might as well try this magical technique slowly. Then, what about your human technique?"
The old Taoist looked around and saw no one was around. He coughed twice and laughed:
"To be honest, Commander, I haven't arrived yet, so I have no choice but to live wildly in the world. This magical skill is a claim to attract believers, but in fact it is nothing more than some small skills to guide the formation of pills. In this cold weather, I am getting old.
, weak in energy and blood, but still holding on to the cold, and from time to time climbing barefoot on the cliff to watch others... all out of Guangzhao's virtue and the great wish to benefit all living beings. I have devoted myself to Hongji Grand Sect.
, don’t care about yourself, this is my way in the world.”
"That's true."
Even though Guo Ning had just come out of the solemn environment where he was offering sacrifices to the soldiers, he couldn't help but laugh: "But your human methods, no matter how true or false they are, are just based on the magic of pretending to be gods and ghosts... What does that have to do with me?
What does it have to do with my Dinghai navy?"
"I think the navy really needs some real and fake things."
"What does this mean?"
"Jie Shuai, please step aside."
Guo Ning shook his head: "Speak directly! What is there to avoid?"
The old Taoist nodded and said without hesitation: "Now that the astrological signs are changing, the great fortune is in the north, and the territory will suffer misfortune. But the Commander-in-Chief is in a small corner, and his military and political actions are just like planning for the world. In my opinion, Commander-in-Chief is a rare wise man.
Man, what you want is to lie dormant and dive deep, to build up your inner strength. When the time comes, when you rise up, you will be able to resist the flow of luck and stifle the prosperity of a strong clan!"
He took a step forward and looked up at Guo Ning who was riding on the horse: "Jie Shuai, am I right?"
Guo Ning did not answer, but asked: "What next?"
"In this world, there are only a few people with long-term vision, and many long-term plans are complicated and cannot be easily announced to the public. But the generals under Commander Ji, and even the subordinates who have defected to them these days, more or less know how to do it.
Do you think about your own rich and prosperous future? Seeing others sweeping the four cards, you are dormant...many people will inevitably be impatient and confused."
"Hey!" Guo Ning was really impressed now.
Such big figures in religious circles really have some special sense of understanding the trend of people's hearts, which is beyond the reach of other people.
"Well...what do you call Taoist Priest?"
Lu Han should have mentioned this old Taoist's name before, but Guo Ning had so many things on his mind that he really didn't remember it well.
The old Taoist priest rubbed his hands, and then rubbed his two bare feet against each other. If others did this action, it would definitely look awkward, but when he did it, he felt a bit cool and casual:
"The poor Taoist Yu Yangzi, whose common name is Wang Chuyi... is very handsome. This place is close to the wind outlet, and it is really cold. If I continue to stand like this, I will not be able to maintain the posture of an immortal master. In the eyes of outsiders, I must
It doesn’t look good. If Jieshuai thinks what I just said makes sense, let’s find a quiet room to chat and make a fire while I cook, okay?”
"Hahaha, that's what it should be. Taoist Priest Yuyangzi, please."