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Zhang Daozhang stood in the "main hall" of "Yunshengguan" - it is said that the "main hall" is actually just a three-bay tile-roofed house. However, in this rural area of Shandong Province, the houses can be regarded as very neat and orderly - overlooking the living beings in the yard who looked at him devoutly. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
There are only statues of the Three Pure Ones in the main hall. According to the New Taoist philosophy, there are "no idols". However, Zhang Yingchen considered that it is not appropriate to be too unique and shocking at the moment and attract the attention of local gentry and officials, so he still regarded the traditional Celestial Master as It is better for the Tao image to appear.
Yunshengguan itself is small, but it has been expanded a lot due to the strong support of the bookmaker. In addition to some "donations" from the bankers, most of the land was bought by Zhang Yingchen himself. Although it was easier to buy land in lean years, the bankers also contributed a lot during the period - Zhang Yingchen deeply felt that the support of the gentry in the Ming Dynasty was so important.
Because of the uneven ground, several bosses in the Taoist temple suggested that Zhang Yingchen should quickly "turn it into a copycat" of the Taoist temple. Natural disasters are frequent in the Lunan area, and refugees and bandits are everywhere. Larger villages and villages are rushing to build village walls and practice village bravery. Although Yunshengguan is only four or five miles away from Dadianzhuang, it is still isolated in the wild. It was originally a shabby courtyard that no one wanted. Now it has gathered hundreds of families of refugees, and it has become the entrance to the new Taoism. It has become a Attractive target too.
Zhang Yingchen felt that the dealer's bosses were right. Anyway, he now had a lot of manpower. In addition to a large number of believers, he also had enough food on hand to recruit a large number of refugees who were willing to work hard in exchange for food. He immediately Start building a fence.
Money is also indispensable, although he declined the banker's donation and exempted the believers from "incense and ritual silver". After the Nanwuliang sect collapsed in the local area, most of the real estate under his name fell into the hands of the Taoist priest, except for floating wealth and part of the real estate that was occupied by Ma Weisan. He sold part of his real estate to a banker and received hundreds of taels of silver and hundreds of shi of grain.
He didn't even bother with building materials: there were many abandoned villages in famine years, so Zhang Yingchen mobilized refugees to demolish houses, bricks and stones. wood, and even adobe bricks. None of them were hauled back, and a wall with a circumference of 500 meters was quickly built around Yunshengguan, and a trench was dug outside the wall. Corner towers were built around it, making it look like an earthen village.
Zhang Yingchen made a sign in order to firmly grasp the word "charity". The charity hall "Tzu Chi Hall" organized by the banker is also located in the Taoist temple. This is not only to ensure a close relationship with the banker, but also to downplay the color of the Taoist sect.
The Tzu Chi Hall is now located in the left and right wing rooms of the main hall. Zhang Yingchen doesn't care about the organization and personnel of the charity hall: after all, it is the banker who provides the money, food and connections, and he is only interested in the refugees.
The refugees all live outside Yunshengguan and within Tuweizi. According to Zhang Yingchen's design drawings, the villagers built rows of refugee camp-style longhouses using adobe bricks and straw. Specially designed to accommodate refugees. Those responsible for caring for and caring for the refugees were all followers of Zhang Yingchen.
Zhang Yingchen had extremely strict control over the believers and did not allow them to preach to the refugees. He only preached to the believers that visiting the poor and redressing the sufferings was "a great merit" and "the immortal saints on the sea save people", so as not to arouse the suspicion of both the Ming Dynasty and the Senate.
Of course, many of his followers themselves became refugees, starved of food and clothing. Zhang Yingchen also distributed relief rations and quilts through the team leader to help them survive the winter, but did not take them in or send them out. He could not yet guarantee the reliability of this group of ex-infinite believers. If something happens when it is transported to Jeju or Taiwan, it will be seriously detrimental to him and his new Taoism.
Zhang Yingchen walked down the steps slowly - the morning medical consultation was over - and he continues to watch the clinic in Yunsheng for half a day every day. Because the medicine is so effective and does not take any money from the poor, its reputation becomes even greater. The refugees, believers, and office workers gathered in the courtyard all moved out of the way. Zhang Yingchen had a compassionate smile on his face. From time to time, he would return the favor, and sometimes he would even say a few words to others.
When some believers saw him approaching, they knelt down one after another. Some shouted his name wildly, while others rushed forward and tried to touch his clothes. The scene was a bit chaotic for a time. Zhang Yingchen knew that some believers even tried to bribe the Taoist boy who served him personally, trying to get some of his face wash or old clothes to use as medicine. He had to denounce this practice at the doctrinal study meeting of each group leader and denounced it as a "demon".
Surrounded by several close associates including Ming and Qing, he finally left the main courtyard and walked to the backyard: there were three entrances to the backyard. It is the office of New Taoism and his residence and office. It is also the nerve center of the Senate in the Lunan region.
Taoist Master Piequanzi has accomplished several things here that he has always wanted to do but has not been able to do. One of them is that he finally gathered enough people to open a Taoist training class. In the past, he was constantly being criticized in order to obtain a few Taoist places. The ostracized and despised Taoist priest finally felt proud this time: with enough popularity and a large refugee population, he finally selected fifty handsome young men and women to be Taosheng according to his own aesthetic taste and selection criteria.
Rows of houses were built along the fence in the backyard: they were dormitories and classrooms for Taoist students. It was noon, because the cafeteria hadn't been built yet, so the Taoist students were scattered in the courtyard in twos and threes. Squatting and standing with a bowl in hand to eat.
The meals were very simple, even difficult: relief rations and dried vegetables cooked into a paste, but to the Tao students, it was the ultimate delicacy, and they all drank to the right taste. Every Taoist student wears short Taoist uniforms purchased locally from homespun cloth and made by the women's family members. Many of them are dismantled, washed and refitted from old clothes - they do not show much of Lingao's characteristics.
Zhang Yingchen did not approach the Taoists for fear of attracting "onlookers" from the Taoists. Recently, he has noticed that the "personality cult" in him has become more and more intense, and he is deeply worried about this.
For this group of Taoist students, he used his first disciples, Ming and Qing, as teachers. He first taught them basic reading, writing and calculation skills, and then taught them the doctrine. The so-called teaching doctrine means reciting the pamphlet he personally compiled: "Introduction to Taoism", "Taoism Questions and Answers" and "Collection of Essential Sutras". His time is limited, so he focuses on memorization and spends one class time every day explaining and instilling. It's just that the most important music course is not taught by anyone: Although Duo Quanzi is very knowledgeable about Taoist music, he is not good at both musical instruments and singing.
"This batch of fine jade cannot be left here. The environment is too dangerous. It would be a pity if it were wasted." He looked at the Daoshengs who were active in the yard for a while, and felt a little crazy.
"Taoist Master..." Ming Qing reminded in a low voice.
"Huh?! Oh." Zhang Yingchen came back to his senses, coughed, and continued walking along the corridor to his courtyard.
Several new tile-roofed houses were built in the courtyard for his personal residence and his few close disciples. Zhang Yingchen's medicine is also here on weekdays. However, as Qiwei's freight routes gradually became familiar and more and more proprietary Chinese medicines were shipped from Hong Kong, the pressure on him to make his own medicine became much less.
When he returned to his residence, Luo Chun brought a bowl of tea, and he drank half of the bowl in one breath. The house is neat and tidy. At first glance, it seems that it has been carefully cleaned. He felt very satisfied: there is a difference between having a woman and not having a woman.
Luo Saichun - Zhang Yingchen thought her name was too quaint, so he changed the word Sai to her name, and now she calls her Luo Chun - stood by silently. Since Luo Chun was subdued by his "magic power" at the "Dharma Conference", he has completely given up on the Taoist Priest. Zhang Yingchen understands the psychology of such women very well. Once the psychological support in their hearts is destroyed, their worldview, outlook on life, and moral outlook will be completely overthrown and their personalities will be easily reshaped. And he, Zhang Yingchen, has read a lot of psychological and practical books on this. After a stage of careful training, the results were remarkable. Although Zhang Yingchen was not 100% confident in her, he had at least 80% trust in her.
When the matter was over, he would send her back to Lingao for "purification" and "re-education." The Taoist priest thought that from now on she would be a qualified professional religious person of New Taoism.
Luo Chun held his breath and stood beside the "real person", ready to listen to his orders at any time. Now that he has changed his family, he is in awe of this "real person" with boundless power, almost worshiping him. On weekdays, she only dares to think of herself as a maidservant, serving the "real person" with all her heart. In order to achieve this, I asked the real person to show great mercy, practice the practices and chant sutras for Hu Qi'er, and save his soul to the "fairy mountain and divine realm on the other side of the sea". Although Hu Qi'er has no blood relationship with her, she has no other relatives in the world, and her only apprentice is also a close relative.
Zhang Yingchen used both kindness and power to win over Luo Chun as much as possible: Luo Chun had been the saint of the Inner Law Hall of Nanwuliang Sect for a long time and knew very well about the affairs of the sect. He wants to launch a larger-scale operation in Lunan to seize territory from the local sects, and Luo Chun is his guide.
He did not trust Ma Weisan - although Ma Weisan responded to his requests, he controlled a large amount of religious property and kept a distance from him, which made him very unhappy. When a group leader meeting was held, Ma Weisan would either excuse himself from the meeting or send a deputy group leader over to make up for it, obviously wary of him.
"It's easy to get rid of you anyway!" Zhang Yingchen thought to himself. As long as you tell Xiaoye, there will be no Ma Weisan tomorrow night. However, he still couldn't make up his mind: although this senior management was very unpopular, most of the current team leaders and deputy team leaders had worked with Ma Weisan for a long time. Killing him rashly would make them feel sad.
"Luo Chun, what do you think of Team Leader Ma?" Zhang Yingchen put down his tea bowl and asked slowly.
"Report to the Master: Ma Weisan's faith is weak, and he has talent but no virtue."
Although she was born as a prostitute, she had been among the upper echelons of the sect for many years, and her appearance was not vulgar. (If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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