In the end, Miss Ninth did not clearly explain her purpose of coming to pay homage to the mountain gate, but her words contained a sense of resentment for her father. It seemed that Zhang Yunyi had already thought of retiring.
Zhao Ran figured out that this was Zhang Yunyi's way of telling the truth through Ninth Girl: Regardless of whether the Great Heavenly Master, the foreman of the True Master Hall, retired, he was clearly expressing one idea. Regarding the birth of Nazhen Fairy Boy, Zhang Yunyi and Zhang Yuanji did not have the same idea. He did not agree with the large sum of cash offered to Nazhen Tianzun.
This also shows that Zhang Yunyi has obvious resistance to the issue of enshrining Nazhen Fairy Boy.
Worshiping the gods in the sky is what Taoism should do. This is the foundation of Taoism. But the problem is that everything is mutual. When people worship immortals and gods, they seek their care. Seeking blessings and well-being, monks seek career and ascension. Heaven wants faith, and Taoism strives to worship faith. Heaven has obtained faith and gives Taoism permission to ascend. To put it bluntly, it is essentially an exchange.
But there has never been any immortal god like Nazhen Fairy Boy who has come forward to ask for it in person. It doesn’t matter if you ask for it. The key is that you, old man, have to come up with something, right? So many people have worked hard to offer you money, so you can at least come up with something. You are here to "give back" something useful, but it has been three years and tens of millions have been paid to you. Why don't you even say a word?
If it weren't for Yingzhou's money, Ming Dynasty would have been like this for three years. It would be strange to have no money.
Of course, it is undeniable that although Nazhen Fairy Boy did not do anything serious after his arrival, it still greatly stimulated the credibility of the people. The common people recognized this kind of thing and liked it very much. Not only the people of the Ming Dynasty, but also the people of the Ming Dynasty. The Buddhist countries also fell into "surprise and suspicion" and did not dare to go more than half a step. At the same time, in Xixia's publications, the matter was covered up, and the deeds of Nazhen Fairy Boy were never published in the press.
This is the influence of the Immortal God. Even if he plunders arbitrarily, everyone can only obey his orders. Even Zhang Yunyi cannot muster the courage to object. At most, he can "retreat" to protest.
Lou Guan and Ge Zaoshan do not dare to act rashly now, and the same goes for Helin Pavilion, which they brought into the "informed circle" in Yingzhou. Everyone can only wait silently, continue to pay attention, and wait for the story behind the birth of Nazhen Fairy Boy. Countermeasures will be decided after the reasons are revealed.
The new year's Dharma transmission season has soon arrived, and this is the seventh year of large-scale promotion of merit practice. Speaking of which, until now, the Taoist sect still has no clear attitude towards the promotion of merit practice. It just refers to this practice as The method is included in the Taoist Canon and is recorded as one of the Taoist practices.
The reason why there is no clear encouragement is that no one can tell clearly whether this path can lead to ultimate ascension. Zhao Ran, who "created and researched" this set of exercises, has only reached the level of a great master. How far can this set of exercises be cultivated? Let’s see how far Zhao Ran can go.
Of course, no one dares to criticize and oppose openly. To do so is to go against the entire Shifang Jungle, and even the top leader of Shifang Jungle, Zhang Yuanji, cannot bear the consequences.
Because Zhao Ran returned to his homeland from Yingzhou, the calls for the restoration of quotas in each province became louder and louder. Zhao Ran could only express his compliance with public opinion and restore the quota of each province to 200. Of course, he had to make great efforts, and the teacher and The senior brother said that they needed to take a break. They were too tired from the past three years.
Zhao Ran understood this very well, so he took over all the work. This year, a group of special personnel were also included in the target list of Zhao Ran. They were commanders from the fifth military camp and the third inner hall of Goryeo, a total of ten.
He was a meritorious person who helped Lu Zhiyu control the political affairs of Goryeo in the past two years.
In addition to teaching the Dharma, Zhao Ran accepted twelve more disciples, all of whom were Huangguan Perfect and needed the Golden Elixir Kung Fu, such as Wang Zongyi and Liang Yougao who had made great achievements in the cabinet's Huaihe River control project, and Gu Teng of the Xuanyuan Temple Supervisor
Jiahe Baimayuan Supervisor Jin Jiu and others were among the first batch of beneficiaries of Zhao Ran's teaching of the Dharma in the first year of Longqing's reign. After practicing for ten years, they all successfully formed elixirs.
Zhao Ran roughly calculated that he has taught the Dharma to more than 18,000 people so far. So far, there are less than 20 people who can be accepted as his disciples. The success rate is quite low. Even in the first year of Longqing
Counting it alone in the second year of Longqing, the elixir formation rate was less than 5%. This also shows that the higher the level of merit cultivation, the more difficult it is to practice.
But from another perspective, for a Shifang Jungle Taoist priest with a cultivation level below Huang Guan, he is already qualified for their work. And with the continuous expansion of the team of practitioners, it will also have great influence on the popularization of Taoism.
benefits.
The selection of building monks and captain monks was much wider than ten years ago, and some Taoist priests took off their robes to join the army, which greatly strengthened the strength of the Ming army.
In addition, the research and development strength of Junshan Technology has been greatly enhanced. During Zhao Ran's three years in Yingzhou, Wei Zhizhen also taught the Dharma to nearly a hundred promising auxiliary personnel in accordance with the nominations of Cai Yunshen and Guo Zhiwei, allowing them to embark on the path of spiritual practice.
Junshan Technology has laid a good foundation for its strength improvement.
Zhao Ran also heard that many Shifang Jungle Taoist priests, after cultivating to Huang Guan, could not withstand the high-paying poaching from some large private businesses, so they resigned directly and turned to making money through Taoism. In this regard, Zhao Ran actually
It's a pleasure to see it come to fruition.
In the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes. The completion of the Huaihe River Control Project has greatly benefited tens of millions of people in Nanzhili, Shandong, Henan and other provinces. The benefits will last for centuries and millennia. Wang Zongyi and Liang Yougao, who participated in the Huaihe River Control Project
Although they had just broken through the golden elixir, the merit they had gained was definitely enough to support their practice until they reached the age of being a great mage or even a master. And Zhao Ran, who led the start of this project, naturally had a lot of merit in his account, which made him
The Yang Shen in the Qi Sea is growing vigorously.
Zhao Ran's steel base in western Sichuan has been initially built, with an annual output of 5 million jins of rune special steel and 60 million jins of ordinary steel. It is making steady progress towards the goal of a 100 million catty steel base in western Sichuan. The output of rune steel in the entire Ming Dynasty has reached
The scale is 10 million jins, and ordinary steel exceeds 100 million jins!
Nowadays, the official roads connecting the various states in the Western Sichuan Steel Base have been improved day by day, which is sufficient for the smooth operation of wooden oxen, which also makes the improvement of wooden oxen very fast. Junshan Heavy Industry’s wooden oxen has developed to the second generation, with a load of 10,000 kilograms.
Under normal conditions, it can run eighty miles in one hour. Today, there are more than 800 second-generation wooden oxen running on the official roads of the various states in western Sichuan. Half of them transport ores and finished steel ingots, and the other half are on the backs of wooden oxen.
Two rows of seats were installed in the wooden frame and began to serve travelers.
From goods to people, this transformation has extremely practical significance. All the state governments in Sichuan Province are customizing Muniu second-generation buses from Junshan Heavy Industry. At the same time, they are also spending their own money and efforts to rebuild official roads that are suitable for the Muniu second-generation buses.
The entire Sichuan Province is undergoing tremendous changes.