South Zhili is the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty, including Yingtian, Fengyang, Changzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Zhenjiang, Luzhou, Anqing, Taiping, Chizhou, Ningguo, Huizhou, Chuzhou, Xuzhou, and Hezhou,
Guangde and other eighteen prefectures have a population of 16 million, and the credibility of Jiajing in the 28th year was 96 million.
Since it is a Zhili area, these eighteen state capitals are directly under the jurisdiction of the six ministries. In other words, there are no chief envoys in the southern state capitals.
From another perspective, the status of Wenchang Temple in the entire southern Zhili is actually quite high, because there are no constraints from the Chief Envoy. Unfortunately, over the years, due to the existence of the policy of walking on two legs, the status of Wenchang Temple has been greatly reduced.
Life was not easy. A large amount of power was transferred to the imperial government and the road was very difficult.
Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages, because without the assistance of the Chief Envoy, Wenchangguan was a little embarrassed when preaching, and when it came to a lot of common affairs, it was lame.
The quality of doing things in this position really depends on personal ability.
According to Zhang Yuanji's three-year plan, the policy of appointing monks as the abbot of Wenchang Temple should not be implemented until next year. That is to say, Maoshan will send monks to serve as the abbot of Wenchang Temple. Now that Zhao Ran has taken the position in advance, I don't know if it was Zhang Yuanji who took the position.
Due to the time difference in Maoshan, Sima Yunqing was still consulted for his opinion, but this was not known to outsiders.
Zhao Ran arrived in the capital in June last year and stayed in the lecture hall on Jilong Mountain for half a year. At the beginning of this year, he was transferred to the abbot of Yingtian Mansion and worked for another half a year. Now he has become the abbot of Nanzhili. He can be said to be familiar with the situation.
There is no feeling of strangeness.
Suchuan Yao pushed him to check in at the abbot's courtyard first, and began to browse the various documents piled up on the desk. These documents were prepared by Zhao Ran and Gu Tengjia yesterday, including the personnel composition of Wenchang Temple, property expenditures, and responsibilities.
The archives of Taoist priests, various documents processed in the past year, various regulations established in the temple...
Whenever you take over a new place, these are must-sees. After reading them, you have to talk to Taoist priests above the Eight Deacons. After the talks, you should take time to visit the seventeen prefectures except Yingtian to see the local areas with your own eyes.
In this way, we can barely start preaching, otherwise we will make a joke - for example, we will even pronounce the names of places incorrectly.
Don't veto the previous measures easily before you understand the situation. It's best to follow the rules. Even if these measures seem unreasonable, they must have their reasons.
After Zhao Ran read one copy, he asked Suchuan Yao to read one too. He first read the archives of the eight Taoist priests above and then asked Suchuan Yao to retell it. Suchuan Yao retold it verbatim before continuing.
See the financial accounts below.
Seeing that in the evening, Zhao Ran received a very unexpected flying talisman. There was no unique mark of the sender of the flying talisman in his consciousness, and he could not tell the identity of the other party.
"Where are you?"
After receiving such an inexplicable flying talisman, Zhao Ran was a little confused. It was quite difficult to identify the other party's identity from these four words.
He answered carefully: "I am in Yingtian..."
"Of course I know you are in Yingtian, I just arrived."
Zhao Ran continued to be confused and chose a broad question: "Have you eaten? How about eating together?"
The other party replied: "Where can I have leisure time to eat? Can I move?"
"……active……"
"Come here quickly! Watch the rooster crow!"
Zhao Ran analyzed it and wondered whether they were his classmates in last year's lecture hall? Or maybe they were students in the second lecture hall this year? He had gone to teach a few classes, and a few people didn't leave each other's flying talisman marks. Could it be that
Is it one of them? No, who dares to talk to me in this tone?
Forget it, don’t guess, you’ll find out when you go there and see who is so bold.
Zhao Ran asked Suchuan Yao to prepare a donkey cart and traveled overnight, arriving at Jilong Mountain half an hour later.
As soon as he entered the Cock-crowing Temple, he met Jinghui, the official seal of the Daolu Division, who was waiting for him at the door. Due to the major changes in the capital in June, the third lecture class originally scheduled to start in July was postponed to September. Jinghui
It was supposed to be in Lushan Jiuzhou Pavilion, but now it appeared in Jiming Temple. Zhao Ran realized that it was not Master Zhou who was here.
Sure enough, Jinghui led him to her house and said: "Go in... Master Yun Zhi is waiting for you. Well, let your disciple wait outside, and I will push you in..."
When Zhou Zhenren saw Zhao Ran sitting in a wheelchair, he was a little surprised: "Isn't it better yet?"
He stretched out his hand to grab Zhao Ran's wrist, and without any explanation, he inserted the real energy inside. Zhao Ran's face turned pale immediately in pain, and beads of sweat broke out.
"Zhenzhen Zhou, don't... ouch... it hurts..."
"Hmm? Can't get in?"
Master Zhou frowned and let go of Zhao Ran: "Is it so sad to lose your life for forty years?"
Zhao Ran smiled bitterly: "In short, the Qihai has not recovered yet."
"Can it be recovered?"
"I know my own injuries, and I can definitely recover within a year."
Master Zhou nodded doubtfully: "Don't hide your illness and avoid medical treatment. If it doesn't work, come to me quickly."
"Don't worry."
After Jinghui said goodbye, Zhou Zhenren said: "Originally, I didn't want to stand out. These people don't respect other people's opinions. Suggestions always don't go well, and voting is useless. But Lao Song told me, this time it's you
I’ve thought about the suggestions you’ve put forward, and I should come over to support you.”
Zhao Ran thought to himself that it was Master Song, and he hurriedly leaned over and said, "I am really grateful to you for taking care of me."
Master Zhou waved his hand and asked: "Old Song said, you made a suggestion like one, three, three, three, etc., but you sent me a copy of the text. I took a rough look at it and thought it was very good. It is a letter to the whole world."
There are bound to be great benefits to increasing your strength! Another thing I want to ask is, how much confidence do you have in the field of overseas casual cultivators?"
Zhao Ran said: "It depends on the population overseas. Based on some information that disciples have learned, it is estimated that the number of overseas casual cultivators is between 10,000 and 30,000. The number of people covered cannot be estimated because we don't know how many of them are
Most of the indigenous monks on this island ran away from the Central Plains, so there is no way to calculate the ratio of one in a thousand. But I estimate that if temples and statues were built on every island in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, maybe there would always be faith.
The strength will be between 30 million and 100 million, because overseas crises are too risky, and the contribution to credibility will be increased."
Zhou Zhenzhen said: "That is equivalent to the increase of a province, and it is indeed worthy of attention. Tomorrow's meeting of the Zhenshi Hall, Lao Song and I will do our best to support the passage of your proposal!"
Zhao Ran was a little embarrassed: "Well... Master Zhou, can you and Tianshi Song discuss it and not approve the disciple's proposal tomorrow?"
Master Zhou asked strangely: "Why is this?"
Zhao Ran thought about the wording and said: "The development of things is often independent of personal will. The disciple is too young and is not very mature to think about the problem." At that moment, he explained the reason tactfully.
ps: Luoye Tingfeng and Qingzpzpzp600, these two fellow Taoists did this on purpose, right? It was hard to finish the fourth update today, but you have added two more to the poor Taoist? It hurts my heart...