Chapter 610: The Great Spending of the Celestial Dynasty
The next day, Yunzhou Taoist Temple was quite lively.
The Taoist priests from the eight counties in the southwest came one after another and gathered in front of the altar in the main hall of Yunzhou Taoist Temple and took their seats one after another.
A practitioner's age cannot be discerned at first glance. Under various facial rejuvenation techniques, a young man with red lips and white teeth may very well be 180 years old.
The mortal body cannot see it with the naked eye, but many spiritual eyes, supernatural powers, and spiritual consciousness can distinguish it a little bit.
As the senior layman Qingzhu said, Chu Chen belongs to the younger generation among the mountain chiefs of the county Taoist monasteries. Most of the other mountain chiefs are from the generation of his master, Taoist Master Xu Ping.
He, a young man in his early twenties, was placed together with a group of mature and steady Taoist masters. One of them was eye-catching, and the other was eye-catching.
Colleagues who are also the mountain chiefs of the County Daoyuan looked at each other frequently, their minds and eyes met, and from time to time there were exchanges of minds and thoughts, and there was a lot of discussion. It was a lively scene.
"Brother, we are so beautiful. They are all looking at us. Are all young heroes so dazzling?"
The little kid squatted on Chu Chen's shoulder and was quite excited when he saw this scene.
Chu Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, that is to say, the little devil felt that he was enjoying the scenery right now.
He was quite depressed.
The county chiefs who were looking at him all around could not praise him in their hearts. I'm afraid they all secretly murmured, feeling that his virtue was not worthy of his position.
Having high talent, fast practice, and profound Taoism does not mean that you can preach and educate someone.
Practicing one's own practice is one thing, preaching and teaching the Dharma is another.
A great teacher does not necessarily produce a great disciple.
Many masters with profound knowledge are not good at teaching disciples, or in other words, they are not good at teaching disciples with stupid qualifications.
People with high talents will not be able to solve many cultivation problems at all, while stupid disciples who do not have high talents will encounter endless problems. The more they learn, the more confused they will become.
Many senior masters have extremely high requirements on the qualifications and understanding of their apprentices, and they will not accept stupid apprentices.
In this regard, Taoist priest Xu Ping has a strong say.
To teach Chu Chen, the great disciple, he only needs to give a little bit of guidance, but to teach Zhenqing, Zhentong and others, he has to break it down and explain it bit by bit.
Even if the lectures are detailed and the key points of practice are explained clearly and clearly, junior fellow apprentice He Tong will always come up with a lot of strange questions after practicing, which is an eye-opener for Xu Pingdao.
Zhenqing, He Tong's talent and understanding are pretty good. If his qualifications were a little duller, it would be even more torturous for the teacher.
As the mountain leader of the Taoist Academy, Chu Chen is in charge of preaching in a county. In the future, he will encounter all kinds of disciples, with high and low talents, and different training methods. It is not an easy task for him to be a good mountain leader.
The chiefs of the surrounding county and Taoist monasteries looked at him and discussed him. I'm afraid they could not help but talk privately and question his ability to preach and teach disciples.
If you want to achieve great things, it is inevitable to encounter criticism.
Chu Chen had confidence in himself, and he was able to control his anger at the moment. He was good at cultivating his energy. He sat calmly on the seat, ignoring the strange looks and criticisms.
Fortunately, the embarrassing scene of "all the attention" did not last long.
Not long after, Mr. Ming Jing led the mountain chiefs of the eight southwest Taoist temples to arrive, and immediately stopped the intertwining divine consciousness transmissions in the temple.
All the county and Taoist mountain chiefs stood up and bowed in salute:
"We pay our respects to the Heavenly Master!"
Mr. Ming Jing sat down in the main seat in front of the hall, looked around at all the county and Taoist priests, and nodded with satisfaction.
"No need to be polite, please take a seat."
Chu Chen sat down with everyone, feeling a little confused about whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.
Just now, Mr. Mingjing, the prince, had his eyes on him for a moment, and sent a message to him with his spiritual consciousness, asking him to do a good job.
When he received the transfer order from Xianting in Guangping, Qingzhou, he had not really understood what it meant to be the head of the Wanquan Taoist Academy. But these days, after entering Wanquan County in Yunzhou and understanding the situation, he understood what kind of person he had accepted.
heavy burden.
Mr. Mirror, you really think highly of me.
Of course, except for being slightly stressed, Chu Chen was in a pretty good mood.
For no other reason than he saw an acquaintance again.
Han Chen's senior brother, Taoist Chonglou, who used to take good care of him in the Imperial Taoist Temple, also came to Yunzhou and sat on the throne with layman Qingzhu and other state Taoist temple chiefs.
Chu Chen was not surprised. Mr. Mingjing once served as the mountain chief of the Imperial Taoist Academy, and among the many doctors of the Imperial Academy, his teachings and training naturally became his team. It was not surprising that he would be reused.
"Ling Xiao, we meet again. What happened to my junior brother last time was all thanks to you."
Taoist Chonglou heard the sound from his spiritual consciousness, and his face was filled with gratitude.
"Senior Chonglou, you're very polite. It's just a matter of a finger."
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Chu Chen learned that Senior Chonglou was serving as the mountain chief of the Taoist Academy in Cangzhou next door.
Mr. Ming Jing spoke above, and the two did not talk for long.
Soon, the eyes of everyone in the hall fell on Mr. Ming Jing.
"Fellow Taoists, this time the Heavenly Dynasty wants to expand its territory and stabilize the border states. This is a big deal. As the chiefs of various Taoist temples, you have a heavy responsibility."
Mr. Ming Jing, who was vigorous and resolute in his work and always cheerful, gave a regular opening speech, encouraged and encouraged everyone, and then served the main course.
The so-called "main dish" is naturally the assistance provided by the Celestial Empire and the Immortal Court to various counties and colleges.
Chu Chen and other mountain leaders came here to beg people, money and resources this time.
The Celestial Dynasty was determined to manage Bianhuang Prefecture, but this time there was a wave of bloodshed.
First, the Kung Fu library in the Xianting Treasure House is open to all county Taoist monasteries, making it easier to preach and teach the Taoist disciples. As a mountain leader, you can browse the Kung Fu techniques in the Kung Fu library.
Although this Kung Fu library is not a complete treasure house, and many of the top Kung Fu techniques will not be fully recorded in the library, the stones from this mountain can attack jade, which is also a great opportunity for the strong ones with fifth-level Taoist cultivation. After understanding
There are many benefits.
Second, China dispatched a group of senior doctors to teach.
Each of them is a monk trained by the Great Jiuzhou Taoist Academy in the past. The exercises they practice are all from the Xianting Kung Fu Library. They are inherited from the same line and can assist the mountain leader in preaching.
This assistance won Chu Chen's heart deeply.
He just happened to teach a junior fellow student, He Tong, on weekdays. He had little experience in preaching and preaching, but he had a group of senior doctors to help him with teachings, which made him feel relieved.
Third, there will be a large amount of jade money, spiritual materials and precious medicine subsidies every month, which will be used to develop the Taoist temple and assist in subsidizing the cultivation of Taoist students.
This jade coin and cultivation resources are divided into two types.
One is fixed subsidy assistance, and there will be a corresponding subsidy for every formal Taoist disciple accepted.
Each county Taoist academy has an initial quota of 200 places. After subsequent assessments, if a certain Taoist academy is evaluated well, the number of places will increase accordingly.
In addition to the fixed subsidy assistance, there is also a sum of jade money and cultivation resources that the county Taoist mountain chief can freely and flexibly use.
Of course, this extra jade money and cultivation resources are not divided equally among the various monasteries, but must go through some assessments.
Layman Qingzhu cleared his throat and said:
"The Heavenly Master has issued an order to give a number of Taoist scriptures to the Taoist monasteries in the eight counties in the southwest. Each of the county and mountain chiefs can obtain the true scriptures according to their abilities."
"Those who perform at the first level will be awarded two million jade coins from the Taoist temple to which they belong; and they will be given thirty tributes from the mountain immortals;"
"Those who perform at the second level will be awarded one and a half million yuan in jade coins from the Taoist temple to which they belong, and twenty tributes from the immortals who will appreciate the mountain."
"Those who perform at level C will be given one million jade coins from the Taoist temple to which they belong, and ten tributes from mountain immortals will be given to them;"
"If you perform exceptionally well, the Heavenly Master will give you an extra reward."
The layman Qingzhu read out the results of the school examination from above, and all the mountain elders below were talking about it with great interest.
The extra jade money allocated by the superiors is crucial to the operation of the Taoist temple, the more the better, not to mention that the mountain chief himself will also be rewarded with immortal tribute.
If you perform well, you will receive thirty immortal tributes, which is equivalent to Zhenqing's six years as county governor of the Ghosts and Gods Division in a small county. It is a big fortune.
After layman Qingzhu read it, a dozen golden-armored generals soon entered the hall carrying boxes one by one.
"Snapped!"
The box was opened, and volumes and Taoist scriptures appeared in front of everyone.
Mr. Ming Jing saw everyone was surprised and immediately laughed and said:
"Fellow Taoists, these Taoist scriptures in front of you are the annotations of Taoist scriptures written by Xuanmen masters with great supernatural powers. They contain the true meaning of inheritance and are quite precious. How much you can ask for depends on your ability."
After hearing this, all the governors and mountain chiefs in the hall were talking about it. They were even more excited than when they heard Senior Qingzhu announce the reward before, and their faces were full of surprise.
Chu Chen was not immune to the vulgarity, and was even more delighted.
At first, he got a copy of "Commentary on the Purity Sutra" written by a Taoist master, which suddenly made his attainments in Confucian classics advance by leaps and bounds.
Now, with several boxes of Taoist annotations from Taoist masters before his eyes, how could he not be excited.