After leaving Shaanzhou, Yis and his party headed east, passing through the eastern capital Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and other places.
Along the way, the branches of scriptures and religions in various places treated Yis with warm hospitality at first. However, after hearing the other party's intentions, they unanimously agreed and their attitudes changed drastically.
The religious fellows who traveled with Yis became more and more disillusioned as they went on, and eventually, they all persuaded Yis to give up the tour.
Faced with everyone's persuasion, Is made no move and just continued walking eastward.
When a group of people entered the territory of Bozhou, Yis summoned the fellow Buddhist monks and said to everyone: "My brothers, we have traveled through countless cities and met many Buddhist monks in the Tang Dynasty.
Any ideas?”
The monks looked at each other.
After a long time, a Sogdian monk said: "Brother Yis, I am very confused."
Yis asked: "Why are you confused?"
The Sogdian monk said: "God teaches us that we should be fraternal and treat all living beings as equals, but the teachings make us divide believers into three, six or nine classes based on wealth and power. I don't know now which side is correct.
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Another Persian monk said bluntly: "The scriptures have become corrupted. They have abandoned the will of the Lord and are only interested in amassing money and enjoying themselves. In my opinion, it is no longer under the protection of the Lord."
Upon hearing this, the monks began to argue.
Some people say that they should be reported to the Pope, some say that those who are hesitant should be won over, and still others say that existing doctrines should be abandoned and new ones should be established.
Iss asked: "The Pope is thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty. Even if he wants to be orthodox, how can he act? As for those who hesitate, as they said themselves, they can lose their lives, but they cannot lose their faith. Once they are with us
Being in the company is tantamount to being an enemy of the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty scriptures, so how will they deal with themselves?"
After hearing what Is said, the monks all fell silent.
Yis looked at everyone and asked: "My brothers, do you believe me?"
The monks nodded one after another.
Iss added: "If we want the glory of the Lord to return to this eastern land, and to prevent those hypocrites who only care about making money from deceiving the world, we must do everything possible to establish a brand-new doctrine that will allow the Tang Dynasty to
Every one of our people can hear the gospel of the Lord.”
After Yis finished speaking, he looked around at everyone's expressions, then took out the Book of Yinglong Heavenly Book from his arms and slowly placed it on the ground.
Someone asked: "What is this?"
Yis replied: "This is an oracle."
A monk opened the book and read out the contents.
When everyone listened, there were some who questioned, some who were confused, and some who were amazed.
Is said: "This book was placed at the door more than a month ago. I don't know who wrote it or why it was placed there. I only know that the things written in it are true."
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The monks read the first few pages of the Book of Heaven and found that the thunder in the sky in Shaanzhou and the mountain fire in Dengzhou were real events that happened not long ago.
Yisi pointed to the next page of the Book of Heaven, and saw that it read: "In the autumn of Tianbao's fourth year, in eight counties including Henan, Huaiyang, Suiyang, and Qiao, floods flooded the city, sweeping away many houses and shops, and drowned
There are countless of them.”
Yis said: "The oracle states that the flood in Henan Road may occur within these few months."
Some of the monks still didn't believe it: "Will there really be a flood?"
Yis looked at him and said: "The prophecies in the oracle have already predicted two natural disasters, how can the rest be lies?"
After hearing this, the monks felt that it made sense and no longer had any doubts.
Yis said: "According to the holy edict, the eight counties of Huaiyang, Suiyang, Qiao and so on are all affected by floods. I plan to take separate actions. Everyone will copy the incident of the flood, hide in the city, and then post the warning.
In the neighborhood, let the people see it."
A monk wondered: "Will people believe this warning?"
Is whispered: "Most people may not believe it, but as long as we do it, they will believe it after they see it and experience it."
Another monk asked: "Then when we copy the holy edict, should we use the name of the Lord or the name of Yinglong in the book?"
Yis said: "Since the omnipotent Lord has placed this holy edict in front of me, all the words on it, whether it is Yinglong or other gods, must be the Lord's deep meaning. Naturally, it is difficult for us servants to
Speculation.”
"We should follow the Lord's will and spread this disaster to people in the name of Yinglong."
The monks heard this and all agreed.
Next, everyone worked together, those who bought paper bought paper, and those who copied it copied.
After all the notices warning of the flood were copied, Yis asked three monks to form a group and rush to the eight counties of Henan to conduct secret operations.
So, at the end of August, a strange notice appeared in the streets and alleys of eight counties in Henan.
The literate people read out the contents to their neighbors.
Most of the people listened with half-belief, but a few people regarded it as a major event.
Among them, Mou Wanxing from Qiao County is one of them.
Mou Wanxing ran a restaurant in Qiao County.
What is called a Di store? It is probably a warehouse or wholesale store in later generations. Generally, it does not engage in retail sales, but only deals in bulk. Therefore, Mou Wanxing was considered a well-off family in Qiao County and was considered a small and prominent figure.
When Mou Wanxing saw the Yinglong Heavenly Book posted in the corner of the market, his first reaction was that it was just a prank.
After reading the warning document twice, Mou Wanxing felt that the writing in it did not look like something Bai Ding had written casually, but rather something that could only be written by a talented and learned person.
With doubts in his mind, Mou Wanxing first went to Shuiwenzhi and found that the last flood around Qiao County was in the 27th year of Kaiyuan, which was five years ago.
The previous time was in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan, which was eleven years ago.
Calculating it this way, we can actually match it in terms of time interval.
So, for the sake of safety, Mou Wanxing spent a lot of money to transport all the inventory in his store to a warehouse on high ground.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Mou Wanxing originally wanted to sell out all the shops and warehouses in his hands and exchange them for cash. However, under the strong obstruction of his family, he finally had to
Can give up.
When the people in Qiao County learned about Mou Wanxing's actions, most of them laughed at his ignorance.
However, some people who had always had a good relationship with Mou Wanxing or who trusted him also moved their property to prevent the flood from coming.
So, after the end of August, in early and mid-September, everything was uneventful.
The hydrological records reported daily by the hydraulic engineers and Kanlu on the river embankment are all normal figures from previous years, and there is no trace of floods at all.
Even Mou Wanxing himself couldn't help but start to wonder whether the Yinglong Heavenly Book was a joke created by a group of literati?
By the end of September, when the grain was received, Mou Wanxing's warehouse was located on a high ground, making transportation inconvenient and expensive.
The accountant of the commercial bank calculated an account for Mou Wanxing. If things continued like this, most of the profits from the store would be spent on land and water. After working hard for several months, they could not make a penny, and I was afraid they would have to lose money.
At this time, Mou Wanxing was also riding a tiger and was hesitant.
If we bring the goods back, I'm afraid it will make the whole county laugh; but if we don't, the daily freight charges will be too much.
One morning in early October, when the people of Qiao County had just woken up, they heard a rumble from outside the city.
At first, people thought it was a thunderstorm, but after waiting for a while, no rain fell, and the thunder became louder and louder.
Not long after, the bell rang from the pavilion at the city gate, and people hurriedly walked through the streets, shouting: "The flood is coming!"
A white line rolled up from the river embankment outside the city gate, like a galloping horse, rushing toward both banks.
Wherever it passed, houses collapsed and submerged, trees were uprooted, and corpses of people and animals were scattered everywhere like driftwood.
In the autumn of the fourth year of Tianbao, a flood in Henan Province swept through eight counties and prefectures, swallowing up tens of thousands of acres of farmland, destroying countless houses and shops, and leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
However, after that, a rumor gradually spread in Henan Province, which simply said that Yinglong appeared and wanted to save the people from the fire and water. However, the people were ignorant and did not follow the teachings.