Chapter 4: The Heavenly Court Council
A decorated antique conference room, smoky, at a glance, seems to be vast and boundless, in the center is a peaceful-looking elder, short hair, face like a full moon, kind eyebrows, thick lips and heavy ears, although smiling, but exuding a treasure* temperament.
The conference table is a big oval-shaped guy, and on both sides of it sit a group of dignitaries and dignitaries, in different shapes, most of them are white shirts and jackets, and occasionally a few soldiers in military uniforms, but they can't tell which country's army is the clothing. There are a few thermos cups lined up on the table, and occasionally a few bigwigs suck and sizzle into their mouths.
The camera panned to the head of the elder in the center, and vaguely saw a huge calligraphy work, the font is vigorous, and the framing is luxurious.
"Here we go again......" Zhao Xiaolei secretly panicked in his heart, followed this inexplicable meeting for two consecutive nights, last night's meeting seemed to be inextricable, but now the person in the middle has changed, if you look at the arrangement of the gods last night, this should be the Buddha.
Before waking up from a dream last night, the Jade Emperor in the center shouted solemnly: "Come to the Buddha!"
This reminded Zhao Xiaolei of the excerpt from "Journey to the West" that made trouble in the Heavenly Palace......
Zhao Xiaolei was a little confused, this Lingxiao Treasure Hall is the territory of the Jade Emperor, and the office of the Buddha should be in the West Tianling Mountain, this configuration is a bit unpredictable.
was thinking about it, but saw the elder in the middle speak: "Yesterday's meeting, due to various reasons did not go on, today I will preside over this meeting, I hope everyone can treat the ...... correctly" This voice is not like a bell, but it is full of confidence, the voice is full of magnetism, just a few words, but let Zhao Xiaolei listen to it like a heavenly sound, the whole body is incomparable, involuntarily concentrating on the Yuan, looking forward to him to continue, that feeling is really like drinking sweet rain, floating immortals.
The big men of the fairy class at the round table also looked solemn, nodded frequently, and the elder in the center said to the white-haired old man who was the first to speak yesterday: "Taibai, let's introduce the situation." β
Zhao Xiaolei knew that this was a well-known immortal Tai Bai Xing in the Heavenly Court, and the battle of yesterday's meeting was initiated from him, although it was said that the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional, Erlang Shenjun Yang Jian was the most taboo for others to talk about his life experience, and it was not okay if he had no intention! In addition, all the immortal classes had been unhappy with each other, and it was inevitable that the meeting would get out of control.
Tai Bai Xing still coughed dryly, took a sip of tea, and said, "This...... If you come to the Buddha, let me first introduce the situation to you, over the years, many things have happened in the mortal world that have made the heavenly court unpleasant, such as, cough cough ......"
The boss of the fairy class at the conference table immediately looked at the old man vigilantly, with his ears and different expressions.
Zhao Xiaolei was also secretly amused, waiting to see who this old man plans to offend today?
"For example, recently, the work of our space-time management department has not been good enough, resulting in a lot of time-travel incidents that are difficult to control, seriously interfering with the normal process of time and space, and crossing one when there is nothing to do, and even a handful of mortals who illegally travel through use some improper means to rewrite history, causing irreparable huge losses, which is just nonsense!"
Tai Bai Xing looked around, and seeing that no one raised any more objections, he said bitterly: "As the chief officer of the time management department, I have an unshirkable responsibility, here, on behalf of the twenty-eight constellations and the four values of Gong Cao, I make a review, it is our work mistakes, which caused some negative incidents......"
The immortals nodded frequently, indicating that they had accepted the review of Tai Bai Xing, and Zhao Xiaolei also suddenly realized, yesterday he said that the fairy went down to earth angered Erlang God, today he is obviously obedient, take his own knife, no one will have an opinion, right?
I only heard Tai Bai Xing continue to state: "As the chief official in charge of space-time management, I have ordered the relevant departments to respond quickly to this series of events, in line with the principle of 'two responsibilities and two noes', that is: responsible for the problems that arise, responsible for the history of deviation, do not interfere in the mortal world, do not crack down on the travelers, analyze the problems in a targeted manner, solve the problems, and the relevant departments have introduced a series of remedial measures, including setting up new servers, opening new copies, guiding parallel history, Crack down on organized and premeditated crossing crimes, etc., and actively guide the healthy, stable, orderly and reasonable conduct of crossings caused by force majeure. β
The immortals saw that the Buddha bowed slightly, and couldn't help nodding frequently, thoughtfully, Zhao Xiaolei also saw Yan Luo and Nezha burying their heads in the notebook, with a good attitude.
The Buddha looked around and asked, "What else do the other immortal classes have to say?"
Yama Luo coughed dryly at this time and said: "Taibai's speech is very pertinent, the attitude towards the problem and the efficiency of solving the problem are worth learning, today I take this opportunity, I also report to the Buddha and the Jade Emperor about the work of our underworld, and also ask the Buddha and the King of the Earth to correct." β
The Buddha motioned to Yama to continue with great interest, Yama looked around, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Recently, the work of the underworld is not very easy to carry out, mainly concentrated in several aspects, first, the development of the mortal world is too strong, many of our underworld's offices in the mortal world - the City God Temple have been demolished, and the reincarnated masses can not find a place to do business, and the poor preparation is not enough, resulting in too many wandering souls and wild ghosts staying in the mortal world, which has brought great safety hazards to the mortal world, as the heavenly court and the earth, our work is not enough!"
When the immortals heard this, there was a buzzing sound, and they nodded frequently, Zhao Xiaolei watched it with relish as if he was watching TV.
I only heard the Yama King cough dryly, and continued: "This second, there are too many fake temples and fake monks in this mortal world, pretending to be gods and ghosts, and swaggering and deceiving...... Uh, Buddha of Rulai, King Bodhisattva of the Earth, I'm not targeting anyone, I'm just seeking truth from facts......"
The Buddha smiled slightly: "King Yama doesn't have to shy away from anything, if there is a problem in our work, we have to point out more, so that our cause can develop steadily, and I have to thank King Yama for his outspokenness.
King Jizo sucked the tea while humming continuously, Zhao Xiaolei couldn't help but be impressed by the mind of the Buddha, look, this is the mind of the leader, it is all like yesterday, small belly chicken intestines, eyes will be repaid, yesterday this will not kill anyone, uh...... It was a blessing to be out of the immortal fate.
Seeing that the Buddha did not show unhappiness, Yama did not dare to take it seriously to "speak out", so he reorganized his language and said: " Chenghuang has now lost his role, I, every day I receive resignation letters from Chenghuang everywhere, the reason is very simple, I can't eat, I don't even have a place to live, not to mention incense, it is even more difficult to do business, Jade Emperor, I have a small suggestion, that is, to abolish the establishment of Chenghuang, improve the business carrying capacity of the temple, since Buddhism and Taoism are co-located, then the business should also be merged, so as not to overlap the institutions, separate affairs, such as the Buddha, this report I have submitted to Guanyin Bodhisattva......"
Guanyin nodded slightly, signaling that he had received the report, and then raised his hand to signal two sentences: "The question of the Buddha, the Jade Emperor, and the King of Yama is very pertinent, very practical, and imminent, and everyone may not pay much attention to the things of the mortal world recently, and the Buddha has proposed many times that we must keep pace with the times, emancipate our minds, and take the mortal as the foundation, and we must pay more attention to the mortal world and keep in mind the idea of serving the mortal world......" (1024 words omitted here) Zhao Xiaolei said in his heart, this Guanyin Bodhisattva is indeed verbose enough, and the tirade is done in one go, empty but not leaking!
After Guanyin Bodhisattva finished speaking, the Buddha faced the Jizo King Bodhisattva and said with a smile: "Jizo King Bodhisattva, you and the Yama King team, you also have a few words with everyone?"
Jizo King Bodhisattva pushed his glasses, frowned, nodded and said worriedly: " The work of Hades has encountered many obstacles, just now King Yama has made an explanation, but today I want to say something off-topic, I want to emphasize one point, now there are some different voices, incite, provoke, and even distort the facts, destroy the harmonious atmosphere of the two houses of Buddhism and Taoism, Buddhism and Taoism work together, jointly serve the mortal world, and have been living in harmony for hundreds of years, so as to achieve the prosperity of our heavenly court today, the achievements of our cause, however, there are some mortals who pretend to be smart, distorted and distorted, and talk nonsense, what about me, I am a person in Buddhism, first make a review, fake monks, fake temples are so rampant, and even openly set up hexagram stalls in the holy land of Buddhism, fortune-telling and signing, completely deviating from the Buddhist rules, It has also seriously affected the purity and authority of Taoist thought, and I, even the Buddha, are responsible......" King Jizo Bodhisattva habitually pushed his glasses and looked at the Buddha, who was still smiling and looking at King Jizo Bodhisattva, his eyes were full of encouragement, and motioned to King Jizo to continue.
King Jizo Bodhisattva took a sip of water and continued: "Before attending this meeting, I had a very in-depth discussion with King Yama about this issue, and this time I raised it, Buddhism will do a review, do a self-criticism, and I also hope that in the future work in the mortal world, we will have a direction, principle, don't mess around anymore, and destroy the reputation of the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, which can be regarded as my third opinion for King Yama." β
The Buddha was very pleased, very reserved applause, the immortals saw the boss to express their attitude, applauded, expressed their support for the King of the Bodhisattva, for a time, the atmosphere of the meeting was harmonious and united, highly unified.
The Buddha looked at the Jade Emperor, and the Jade Emperor coughed dryly and asked, "Have the other immortal classes spoken?"
At this time, the rusty man Ao Guang raised his hand and signaled that he wanted to say two sentences: "If you come to the Buddha, the Jade Emperor, I also spit out, in fact, this is also a clichΓ©, the climate in the mortal world is not normal recently, as the leader in charge of the 'Disaster Reduction Committee' and the meteorological department, I have to talk to everyone about some things......"
Zhao Xiaolei looked at it with great interest, and felt out a cigarette and wanted to light it, but the lighter crackled but couldn't catch fire, so he had to put it back stupidly.
Just listen to Na Ao Guang continue: "The population of the mortal world is surging, the phenomenon of soil erosion is serious, and it is not uncommon for climate change to occur outside our control, and the current situation of the Dragon King Temple in various places is not much better than the City God Temple, uh, this can be seen from the Internet novels in the mortal world - the land temple is basically dilapidated, the statues of gods and Buddhas are basically mutilated, the Dragon King Temple is basically sheltered from the rain, uh, and the ...... of cheating"
Zhao Xiaolei couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, but when he saw that all the immortals at the venue couldn't help but laugh and covered it up by drinking water, the Buddha couldn't help but laugh, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about the point......
Ao Guang was a little embarrassed and continued: "The construction of the mortal water conservancy project is also becoming more and more perfect, and the traditional work of our heavenly court to ask for wind and rain is not enshrined, and the traditional punishment measures, such as 'three years of drought and no rain', are also very embarrassing by the artificial rain in the mortal world, and the authority of the heavenly court is gradually being lost, which makes it difficult for us to carry out our work......"
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The meeting was chattering endlessly, and basically all departments of the Heavenly Court were complaining.
Probably means that the mortal world is changing with each passing day, and the heavenly court should keep pace with the times, adapt to the development, and not stick to the rules, and finally the Buddha decided to formally establish the "Heavenly Court Office in the mortal world", which is directly under the jurisdiction of the heavenly court, and the Jade Emperor himself is in charge of this work.