Chapter 789: Jade True Palace Master

With the enthusiastic help of Duyi Qiu and Pan Liao's pragmatic operation, the main residence of the Guanlong family in Chang'an removed the seals, the soldiers were evacuated, and everyone moved back to their respective mansions.

Returning to the long-lost home, everyone began to gather up, buy furniture, recall the old domestic helpers, ask someone to clean the house, remove weeds, and reopen the lights at the gate of every house, and return to the old house where they have lived for generations.

Chang'an Yuzhen Palace, which is the largest female Taoist monk in Chang'an, is located in Anye Fang, it was originally called Yuling Palace, but because Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's sister Princess Yuzhen became a monk here, it was later renamed Yuzhen Palace, and Xuandu Temple, the same as the Royal Taoist Temple.

There are more than 300 female Taoist priests in the Yuzhen Palace, basically all of them are the families of the emperor's relatives who have become monks here.

In the morning, Ying Caihe, who changed her name to Li Ying, was officially inaugurated as the thirteenth palace master in Yuzhen Palace, with the legal name Qinglian, and the Jin King Guo Song named her as the heavenly master, and in the melodious bell, more than 340 female Taoists and thousands of female monks gathered in the square to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the new palace master.

The previous palace master has been feathered for two years, the position of the palace master has been vacant, the abbot is responsible for daily affairs, according to the custom, the abbot or the master of the Tang Dynasty Royal Temple must be canonized by the Son of Heaven, and then promulgated and appointed by the Zongzheng Temple or Taichang Temple, the young Qinglian Heavenly Master was canonized by the Jin King Guo Song, and was appointed by the Ministry of Scholars.

Her identity naturally interests many people, because the King of Jin was born in Kongtong Mountain, and many people speculate that this Qinglian Heavenly Master is the younger sister of King Jin and also from Kongtong Mountain, basically nine out of ten are guessed like this, but no one would have imagined that this beautiful and gorgeous female Heavenly Master turned out to be the pink skeleton Ying Caihe who killed people without blinking.

However, the coffin of Gongsun Auntie was officially buried in the cemetery in the backyard of Yuzhen Palace, and several real people knew that the new palace master was a disciple of Gongsun Zhenren, and he was ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Jin to guard the spirit of the master.

Today, thousands of female monks came to attend the inauguration ceremony, Ying Caihe specially covered her face with a thin veil, and she couldn't see her appearance clearly, in fact, many people in Chang'an had seen her, when she was the deputy owner of the Tibetan Sword Building, she also killed countless people in Chang'an, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she still adopted the way of not revealing her appearance, which is also allowed, adding a sense of mystery.

However, when she took office last night, she showed up, and donated 10,000 pieces of wealth, which made the Dao Palace very excited, they are the same as the Ganye Temple, and they have not been allocated money by the imperial court for many years, although there are monks who offer incense oil money, which is slightly better than the Ganye Temple, but after all, there are more than 300 people to feed, and the Dharma body of Sanqing has to be repaired and gilded, and the Yuzhen Palace is also unable to make ends meet, and it is very poor.

With the 10,000 yuan donated by the new palace master, for at least ten years, the female Taoist priests of Yuzhen Palace will have no worries about food and clothing.

The ceremony was presided over by Yunxiu Zhenren, the oldest qualified person in Yuzhen Palace, who was the famous poetess Li Zhi, who was old and spent her old age in Yuzhen Palace, where she had been a monk when she was young.

Compared with last night's internal appointment, today's ceremony is much simpler, the officials of the Ministry of Scholars read out the letter of appointment, and then worship Sanqing, and receive the canonized jade kept by the palace masters of the past dynasties from the hands of Yunxiu Zhenren, and finally all the Taoist aunts and monks meet the new palace master, and the ceremony is over.

At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Scholars announced that all the registered Taoist priests of Yuzhen Palace could receive three buckets of grain and rice and 500 Wen per month, and the Ministry of Scholars allocated money to repair the statues of the Three Qing Dynasty and reshape the golden body.

The inauguration ceremony was over, and Ying Caihe met with four Jurchens in the backyard, all four Jurchens were about forty years old and had been monks since childhood, and they fought secretly for two years for the position of palace master, but finally a new palace master came from outside, which made the four frustrated.

Ying Caihe had already taken off his veil and said to the four: "I think you also know that since my master is Aunt Gongsun, then I am also from martial arts, I came to Yuzhen Palace mainly to practice martial arts, unless there is a major matter in the palace in the future, I will not ask about ordinary daily trivial matters, and I have two disciples, they are my left and right protectors, when I go out to travel, I will leave one person, you may not be able to find me, but you can find them first." ”

The four Jurchens looked at each other, and it was difficult to hide the secret joy in their eyes, it turned out that the palace master was a hands-off shopkeeper, that was simply great, one of them said: "The palace master is concentrating on cultivation, of course there is no problem, but we manage trivial matters, is there any charter?" ”

"Of course, there is a constitution, I am considering the establishment of a senate, mainly because all kinds of money and financial receipts and expenditures are reviewed by everyone every month, large expenditures are decided by the elders, and daily affairs are taken care of by the abbot, and the four of you take turns to serve as abbots, each for three months."

Ying Caihe has also been the master of the Chengdu Tibetan Sword Pavilion for several years, and is well versed in the various tricks and checks and balances of her subordinates, although she is the shopkeeper, it does not mean that she can tolerate the chaos of the people below, so she set up the House of Elders, and let more than a dozen old Taoist aunts be responsible for auditing the income and expenditure of money and food every month, I believe they will be serious and responsible for the audit.

Then there is the abbot, who is appointed for three months, and his henchmen are replaced before they are cultivated, even if they are selfish, they don't have time to complete it, so let the four of them continue to intrigue, and they concentrate on cultivation.

Although Ying Caihe is Guo Song's lover, she still wants to continue to practice swordsmanship, like her master, not only enjoys a long life, but also has skin like snow at the age of eighty, without a trace of wrinkles on her face.

Although she can't keep her body perfect for the rest of her life like Master, Master told her that whether or not she has sex is not the main reason for affecting her longevity, the main reason is that she can't stop practicing sword weapons, and once she stops practicing for a month, she will start to scatter her skills, and Master's final feather is because of her scattered skills.

It is for this reason that most of the disciples of Gongsun Auntie have become monks and have practiced all their lives.

"What questions do you four have?" Ying Caihe asked again.

"Nothing else."

"Stand down if there's nothing else! You will draw lots to determine the order of the rotating abbots, and then I will announce it at the Senate. ”

The four real people bowed and withdrew.

Ying Caihe brought her two female disciples again, one of the two female disciples is called Jingyu, the other is called Jingyue, about seventeen or eighteen years old, both of them are abandoned babies adopted by Gongsun Auntie, since the age of five, they have worshiped Ying Caihe as a teacher, and have been practicing martial arts in the Tibetan Sword Pavilion, and their martial arts are very strong, before that, they were the personal guards of the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and now they are also monks with the master.

"Yuzhen Palace will be our long-term residence in the future, and in the future, you will be the left and right protectors of the teacher, if there is anything in the Dao Palace to find me, you are responsible for conveying it, I don't want to see them."

"Yes!"

Ying Caihe smiled again: "Our sword weapon nine styles must be practiced for life, and they cannot be stopped, and you are the same, just insist on practicing if you have nothing to do, in addition, I see that there are many little Taoist aunts in the Taoist temple, you can choose more than a dozen people, accept them as apprentices, and teach them to practice martial arts, and our sword weapon nine styles can be passed on from generation to generation." ”

"We get it!"

At this time, Jingyu cautiously asked, "Master, will we go out to run errands in the future?" ”

Ying Caihe sighed slightly, "Master's other identity, you know, if His Royal Highness King Jin has instructions, Master must do it, of course he will take you with him, but there is one thing you remember, this secret is only known to the three of us, master and apprentice, and it must not be leaked, understand?" ”

"Master, we understand."

"Alright! You go and invite Aunt Yunxiu from Laojuntang and a dozen or so senior aunts to discuss some things with them. ”

Laojun Hall is the place where more than a dozen senior Taoist aunts of Yuzhen Palace are cultivated, and they are going to be used to set up a senatorial association.

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At the time when the inauguration ceremony of the new palace master of Yuzhen Palace was held, the old city was also very lively, and today was the day when the Guozi Department moved.

The Guozi Administration is the Guozijian, the Ministry of Education of later generations, responsible for the imperial examination and schools, there are more than 100 officials, they can move a huge project, all kinds of documents, materials are piled up, hundreds of ox carts to transport several times.

Meng Jiao didn't have the heart to participate in the move, he paced back and forth in the new official house, anxious, after King Jin came back, he had to hand in the complete plan of Xinxue, but now he was stuck.

According to Guo Song's reform ideas, Taixue no longer taught Confucian classics, but Guozixue was responsible for teaching, and Taixue changed to teach various professional and technical knowledge, which was equivalent to the establishment of a liberal arts and science institution of higher learning.

In fact, the Tang and Song dynasties attached great importance to all kinds of science and technology, until after the Qing Dynasty, with the imprisonment of thought, they began to regard new inventions as strange and ingenious, and everything was inferior, only Confucianism was high.

The scope of the imperial examination in the Tang and Song dynasties ranged from scriptures to current affairs politics, economy, system, military, law, salt administration, Cao Yun, history, mathematics, philology, etc., which was very pragmatic, especially in the Northern Song Dynasty, for the study of weapons technology and even firearms, it was elevated to a national strategy.

The biggest problem encountered by Meng Jiao is the lack of teachers, which almost makes Meng Jiao feel white, not only to understand professional skills, but also to be able to stand on the podium, there are almost no such professors, so they can only be found from the current officials.

In September, Taixue will officially open school, but the teachers are not yet complete, Meng Jiao considered that more than 3,000 Taixue students can only learn arithmetic, law, agriculture, medicine and martial arts and fitness, as the basic disciplines, and then gradually open calendar law, metallurgy, water conservancy, weapons and weaving and other disciplines.

But this can only be done with the consent of His Royal Highness King Jin!

At this time, the agency Niu Jian hurriedly ran over with a list, "The agency order, the list has been sorted out!" ”