Baozhong listened to the Taoist priest reciting a sentence, and he recited a sentence below. At this moment, surrounded by the fragrance of the letter, he felt that his soul seemed to be washed, quiet and peaceful, as if he had suffered all kinds of sufferings in the past period.
, it’s nothing.
Zhao Ran and Yuan Hao stood at the back of the palace and watched this scene. Yuan Hao sighed: "The Han people just want to pay it back. I don't know when these Dangxiang people will truly convert."
Zhao Ran smiled: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, take your time. Furthermore, our group of relief efforts may be able to achieve some results if we combine prayers with prayers." He did not need to tell Yuan Hao for the time being that he was there.
In the main hall, a simple magic circle was set up with Wei Dao talismans to help focus one's energy.
The beginning is very important, especially the first step to enlighten the believers. In order to lay a good foundation, Zhao Ran also tried his best to smash the talismans and set up the formation regardless of the cost, hoping that the first snowball could start rolling as soon as possible.
The incense of the letter burned for two inches. After the recitation, there was a sound of drums. Baozhong followed the crowd to the outside of the hall, lined up and moved slowly towards the desk. As he moved, he looked back at the solemn Ci in the mist of the incense.
Hanging Hall, I secretly vowed in my heart that I would borrow more Taoist scriptures and read them after I went back.
After signing, stamping, and collecting grain, Baozhong soon received this month’s relief—three pounds of grain, half and half of highland barley and millet, and half a tael of salt!
In addition to grain and salt, there was an unexpected surprise. Baimayuan announced that the cloth bags containing grains did not need to be returned to Baimayuan. If there was a similar relief in the future, each family could just bring this bag to collect food.
Baozhong took a look and found that it was equivalent to two feet of white cloth being given to each person in Baimayuan, including the elderly and children. Some families with many people could already make clothes from this!
Baima Yuan held a relief operation for three days in a row. As expected, not only the people in the city, but also many party members living in villages of all sizes outside the city rushed there after hearing the news and followed the brigade to receive relief food.
After December 19, there were still party members from villages outside the city who came to receive food supplies, but were regretfully told that the relief distribution had been completed this month, so please wait until next month.
According to subsequent calculations, Baima Yuan released a total of more than 80 kilograms of highland barley, more than 80 kilograms of millet, and more than 370 kilograms of salt in three days, and helped more than 7,400 people.
Zhao Ran selected several Taoist priests with excellent academic performance in the Sutra Hall and set up a writing group to write two reports. The first was a report on Li Yansi and Qiang Xiong's suspected rebellion, and the second was a report on distributing relief to the people of Hongyuan.
Yuan Hao once again postponed the departure date for his personal inspection of land surveying work, took the initiative to ask for help, and took over the task of writing two official documents. After two days of hard work, Yuan Hao handed the completed two official documents to Zhao Ran
in hand.
Zhao Ran felt that he was far behind Yuan Hao in terms of the sophistication of the essay's writing and sentences, and he expressed deep admiration after reading it.
Zhao Ran especially noticed that in these two official documents, Yuan Hao intentionally or unintentionally placed the blame on the former abbot Zeng Zhili. He implicitly pointed out that it was because of Zeng Zhili's inaction that Li Yansi and other party leaders rebelled.
The will gradually grew, which led Li Yansi and others to complete the accumulation of food and the preparation of soldiers and armor; it was even more because of Zeng Zhili's connivance that it led to serious antagonism between the Hongyuan party members and the Han people, which led to the Hongyuan missionary affairs and
Civil affairs have never been able to get on the right track.
Zhao Ran had been considering whether to submit an essay to impeach Zeng Zhili. He believed that as long as he impeached Zeng Zhili and there were so many irrefutable evidences, Zeng Zhili would be disgraced.
However, Zhao Ran had not yet thought about how to word the impeachment, because the impeachment of Zeng Zeng would inevitably involve Yuan Hao, the three capitals of the White Horse Court, and even the eight deacons. It was difficult to figure out the appropriateness.
Yuan Hao handed over these two articles, which solved Zhao Ran's problem. These two articles were not impeachments. They not only made Zeng Zhili's mistakes clear, but also did not implicate other colleagues in the White Horse Court. At the same time, they also avoided
Zhao Ran's reputation as "the successor who participated in the impeachment of his predecessor" has been confirmed - although Zhao Ran is not afraid of this reputation, I believe it is enough for Zeng Zhili to drink a pot.
After reading it, Zhao Ran asked: "Are the subsequent confessions and evidence connected?"
Yuan Hao said: "The abbot is so considerate, there will definitely be no flaws. Well, just as the abbot said, a chain of evidence has been formed."
Zhao Ran thought for a while and said: "The prison court praised the garrison sergeants in the article, which is good. My idea is, can you add a subtitle to specifically ask for credit for the garrison sergeants? Especially to Ning Shouyu of the garrison.
We might as well add a few more strokes to our achievements and raise them even higher."
Yuan Hao said "I understand" and drafted a text asking for credit for Hongyuan Guards Station on the spot, and submitted it in a moment.
The two looked at each other and smiled. Zhao Ran made a circle with his pen and signed: "Accurate report, Tianhe Palace, Governor's Palace of Western Sichuan."
At this point, all the affairs of the previous year have come to an end, and all that is left is to wait for the Zhengdan Festival. On the first day of the first lunar month of the next year, the Taoist priests of Baima Court will be divided into two parts. Among them, the officials in the government headed by Yuan Hao will
It is a long holiday, and after the Lantern Festival, the Taoist sect led by Zhao Ran will continue to work hard - the first month is the day when the Taoist sect's various fasting rituals are concentrated, and they will not wait until after the Lantern Festival.
Only then can you make up for the leave.
On December 23, the people Yuan Hao sent to Songzhou finally came back. They brought back two special funds allocated by Tianhe Palace and the Governor's Palace of Western Sichuan - refugee resettlement funds and special evangelism subsidies.
Zhao Ran ordered to go down and transfer five sheep and twenty taels of silver to Luoji Restaurant so that the restaurant could prepare the dishes. This is the day when the Kitchen God goes up to heaven to speak good words to the people in the lower world, also known as Xiaonian. Comrades of Baimayuan, thank you for your hard work.
The year is a good time to get together and celebrate together.
Hearing that Abbot Zhao was going to hold a banquet, the Taoist priests in Baima Yuan immediately went crazy! Baima Yuan is a newly established Taoist temple, and Hongyuan is a poor place. None of these Taoist priests moved their families to settle here, so these two
I can’t celebrate the New Year with my family every year.
The previous abbot Zeng Zengzhi was more "rigorous" in this respect, so everyone basically had no expectations for the Chinese New Year. They didn't expect Abbot Zhao to come and hold a banquet for everyone. Although the food and drinks were simple, it was such a heart-warming gesture!
That night, the lobby of Luoji Restaurant was filled with wine and food, and there were more than 20 tables of various sizes. Not only the Taoist priests who received the ultimatum came, but also the firework lay practitioners were able to attend the banquet. Everyone was beaming with joy and the atmosphere was extremely warm.
Yuan Hao coughed twice, and there was a sudden silence in the restaurant. He heard Yuan Hao say: "Comrades, this winter, many of my comrades must be like Yuan, thinking it is just an ordinary winter, thinking that we are going to be in this heavy snow again.
Feeling the misery of the borderland in the cold wind. But you and I were both wrong, our Baima Courtyard welcomed Abbot Zhao, so this winter, Yuan no longer feels cold, and Yuan arrived very warm!"
The whole hall was suddenly in an uproar. Those who were outspoken loudly agreed in agreement, and those who were reserved nodded their heads.
Just listen to Yuan Hao say: "Today is the New Year, and my colleagues from Baimayuan can gather together and arrange a banquet here. Who do we want to thank?"
"Thank you Abbot!"
"Can the abbot say a few words?"
"Thank you, abbot!"
…
"Then please ask the abbot to say a few words to your colleagues!" Yuan Hao stretched out his hand and invited Zhao Ran out.