Zhao Ran still agreed to the request of Butcher and Rich Shen. Although the qualifications of these two people were not evaluated, they were not picky in terms of character. They were old friends who knew everything about them.
Of course, he would not let the butcher and Rich Man Shen become his nephews, so he went to see his teacher Jiang Tenghe.
Jiang Tenghe continued to look up at the stars on the observatory, while Zhao Liniang had moved into the small world of the upstairs view and was currently painting on the railing.
Zhao Ran didn't talk about the nonsense of the two brothers, but just told the teacher that these two wanted to join the Zongsheng Hall. They were independent practitioners who knew their roots and had no support from the sect or aristocratic family. He thought they could consider it.
Jiang Tenghe is quite familiar with them and is fine with them, but he said: "With their qualifications, it may still be difficult for them to practice the water-stone elixir method..."
This was a sincere consideration for Butcher and Rich Master Shen. Otherwise, given the current shortage of people in the Zongsheng Hall, Jiang Tenghe just waved his hand to express his agreement, and then just accepted it at will. As for whether he could cultivate it, there was no need to worry about it for the time being.
The secret technique of Lou Guan, the Water and Stone Dan method, can only be taught after reaching the Jin Dan level, so the disciples below the Jin Dan level still have to rely on themselves, which fully embodies the master's principle of leading the disciples and cultivating the individual. Of course, Wei Zhizhen's teaching is
It is a recognized fact that there is a way. Maybe after joining the Zongsheng Hall, the two of them can understand this and make a breakthrough?
Zhao Liniang suddenly said: "I know these two guys. They came to help with the cooking at the Double Cultivation Ceremony, so I might as well accept it. But one thing, you have to make it clear to them, Zhi Ran, I don't care how they live outside.
The Zongsheng Hall must be clean when you come under my door. Well, what Zhiran said is... pay attention to hygiene!"
So these two people were brought into the mountain by Zhao Ran and worshiped under Zhao Liniang. During the apprenticeship ceremony, the first rule Zhao Liniang set was to pay attention to hygiene, including: they must take a bath at least every three days, and they are not allowed to pick in public.
Picking your feet and nose, and putting food in your arms and under your body are strictly prohibited... Once any of the above behaviors are discovered, you will be beaten every time you see them!
Seeing these two people kowtowing to Zhao Liniang with grim faces, Zhao Ran couldn't hold it in anymore, turned around and left the Four Holy Temples, laughing with the outsiders.
At the end of March, Zhao Ran waited in Tianhe Palace until the third fire started by Zhang Yuanji opened the edict for the abbot of the Taoist Palace in the state to be appointed as a monk. This was the "Edict on the Appointment of the Monks in the Pavilion and the Ten Directions Forest" issued for five years.
This is the first time since then and is the second major step in this policy.
There are currently 158 Taoist palaces in the Ming Dynasty. After five years of deliberate suppression, thanks to the efforts of the former supervisor Zhang Yangming and abbot Shen Yunjing, 36 of them did not have a replacement abbot, and the abbot's position was vacant.
, this is the "legacy" they left behind.
It is precisely based on this rich inheritance that in the general edict, the implementation plan for the appointment of monks as the abbot of the palace was divided into three steps: before June this year, first of all, the thirty-six people with vacancies in the abbot position will be
The replacement appointment of Taoist palaces has been completed; the second step will be started next year, striving to complete the appointment of the second batch of thirty-six abbots of Taoist palaces. This also means that thirty-six abbots of Taoist palaces will face the fate of transfer, transfer, or resignation.
; By the end of the 30th year of Jiajing, the third step was completed, and all 158 Taoist palaces were staffed by monks, achieving the second full coverage.
As for the qualifications for the abbot of the palace, the edict also reiterated that it must be a monk of Jindan or above. If the Taoist temple of the prefecture is unable to select a monk to be the abbot of the Taoist palace, the general view will uniformly arrange for a monk from another family to take over.
At the same time, the edict stipulates that every Jindan monk who takes up his post must serve for at least two years. Unless he really needs to retreat, he must not stop. The general view will accept reports from all places. Once such a phenomenon is discovered, the abbot of the house will be
, will also be appointed by monks selected by the General Viewpoint.
The term of office of the abbot has also been clarified again: one term is five years, and re-election shall not exceed three terms.
Zhao Ran has been serving as the governor of Tianhe Palace for two years. Today, two years later, with the issuance of the general edict, he naturally became the monk "selected" by the Zongsheng Hall to serve as the abbot. The abbot of Tianhe Palace belongs to
At the level of the three provincial capitals, it is the high road directly managed by the Zongguan Dianzhuyuan. Recommendations and appointments require the vote of the three capitals of the Zongguan. He was originally worried about whether there would be any problems with the Zongguan at this level. Now, now
With this edict, no problem will be a problem. This is a personnel appointment and dismissal under a major situation. If you catch such an opportunity, the huge difficulties will not be difficult, and you will be able to get the job smoothly.
What followed was a series of intensive writings and procedures. There were four Taoist palaces in Sichuan Province that needed to complete this appointment before the end of May. Otherwise, the general view would take back this responsibility and "parachute" a monk to take up the post.
This is where the power of Zhang Yuanji as the abbot of Xiaguan comes from the realm of refining the void. If it were Zhang Yangming, the former secular Taoist, how could he have decided on such a severe measure? Even if it was formulated, he would not be able to implement it. There is no cultivation hall.
Will truly care about the "strict orders" of a lay abbot.
But this time it was different. If a monk had not been elected to take over as the abbot of the Taoist palace, Zhang Yuanji would have been able to take back this position!
So Songfan, Longan, Tongchuan and Baoning immediately started busy.
Song Fan has no pressure, but the other three state capitals are not so easy. It is already not easy for Huang Guan monk to go to Shifang Jungle to perform his duties, whether it is Huayun Pavilion or Qingyun Pavilion
, or the Hengfu Pavilion, it is already quite difficult to fill up the abbot of the county hospital. Even many of the Huangguan monks are somewhat reluctant and reluctant. It is difficult to ask the Jindan monk to serve as the abbot.
I'm afraid it's not too small.
After all, Huayun Hall has two senior uncles, Dazhuo and Xiaozhuo, who are supporting the situation and are willing to take turns to take charge. In this case, they can deal with it for four years. Moreover, the two senior uncles Dazhuo and Xiaozhuo are also very familiar with secular affairs.
As soon as the latest policies of the Overview are explained, they know what choices to make.
There is also Pei Zhongze in the Qingyun Pavilion who is willing to transition to the level of a master for two years, and then wait two years to see if Pei Zhongning and other children of the Pei family can break through the core formation.
But Hengfu Hall was in some trouble. As a last resort, they simply selected a Jindan from among the casual cultivators and promised him many benefits. He was appointed as the Supervisor of Baoning Mansion. This was also within the permission of the general government.
There was nothing we could do about it. The Boryeong Prefecture definitely didn’t want the abbot of the first house on its territory to be parachuted in from Zongguan, so they had to come up with this method to make things more comprehensive.
In mid-April, the four candidates for the abbot reported to Xuanyuan Guan. After Xuanyuan Guan reported to Yuhuang Pavilion for approval, they compiled it into a document and submitted it to Jian Ji Guan. Jian Ji Guan quickly issued a reply and approved the official document.
It was sent back to Sichuan in late April.
As a result, Sichuan Province held four public promotion ceremonies within a month. Tianhe Palace was relatively well prepared and took the lead in holding public promotion ceremonies on May 1st. Zhao Zhiran was promoted to the abbot of Tianhe Palace.
Next came Huayun Hall, Zhuo Tengyun was elected as the abbot of Xizhenwu Palace on May 12th. Then Pei Zhongze was elected as abbot of Ziyang Palace of Tongchuan Prefecture on May 18th. By May 30th, it was stipulated that
On the last day, Granny Ye Xing, a casual cultivator, was elected as the abbot of Yuyang Palace in Baoning Prefecture. She was actually a female cultivator.
At this point, all the four gymnasiums breathed a sigh of relief, and the Jade Emperor Pavilion even breathed a sigh of relief.