Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Dilemma
In the city of Wu County, there is a Taoist temple called "Jade Emperor Temple", and there is a temple called "Holy Buddha Temple", these two places are the most prosperous places of incense in Wu County.
Wu County is very poor, most of the buildings are relatively low and dilapidated, but only this Jade Emperor Temple and the Holy Buddha Temple are different. The buildings here are majestic and resplendent, not at all like those owned by a poor county.
The main reason for this situation is that the people of Wu County, although they are not well fed and clothed, are willing to donate their hard-earned money to the temple.
In addition, there is a case. The people of Wu County have very little trust in the imperial court and the government. As a result, they were unwilling to accept all the instructions issued by the county government, let alone carry them out.
For example, the county government called on the people to build water conservancy facilities during the dry season. It can provide a large amount of backup water for the crops in the field during the dry season.
It can also reduce the impact of floods on everyone during the flood season. This is a good thing, but the people are not willing to actively participate in it.
In the same way, Yang Yun also gave these people many suggestions for planting crops. But these people always ignore it, which makes Yang Yun and others, who hope to take everyone out of poverty and become rich, feel very helpless.
Another circumstance is that public order in Wu County is particularly poor, and incidents of theft, robbery, arson, and murder occur from time to time.
In the previous prefectural orders, when dealing with these matters, there were relatively few servants in the county government. The arrest of those responsible for handling various cases is even more insufficient, resulting in many cases that cannot be solved at all, and this vicious circle has made the people even more distrustful of the imperial court.
This kind of situation made Yang Yun and the others feel very difficult. In order to solve this situation, the core figures of Yang Yun's forces often sat together and discussed how to solve these problems. But they spent a lot of effort and thought of many methods, but they had little effect.
For example, in dealing with the reluctance of the people to go to the hospital to see a doctor, the county ordered Guo Long and the county Cheng Zhong Wenrui to reduce the cost of treatment or provide free treatment for the particularly poor people to encourage them to come to the hospital to see a doctor. But even so, there are very few people who come to the clinic to see a doctor.
In dealing with the problem of the people's special dependence on Taoist priests and temple monks, Guo Long and Zhong Wenrui personally went to the Jade Crown and the Holy Buddha Temple, intending to visit the Lord of the Jade Emperor Temple and the abbot of the Holy Buddha Temple.
Unexpectedly, these two people didn't even show their faces at all. These monks can't even beat the county order and the county magistrate, which is really unique in Dafu.
Finally, on the issue of public security, Liu Yuan, the county lieutenant, made a lot of efforts to recruit a group of arresters to maintain law and order in the county. However, it was a long time since the notice was issued, and very few people came to apply.
In desperation, he had to divide some people from the current county soldiers to be responsible for the security of the city, so that the security of the city had made some small progress.
There is another problem, but it is a headache for Ju Yuanguang. Yang Yun brought a lot of silver taels from Xijing, repaired the city walls in Wu County, recruited soldiers, and helped the people repair some dilapidated and even collapsed houses, spending a lot of silver taels.
A lot of money flowed out, but in terms of input, it was far from the speed of consumption. After Yang Yun came to Wu County, he announced a policy of reducing taxes.
However, even if the tax is lowered, the people still cannot pay all kinds of taxes on time and in full. A small part of the tax collected by the county government is far from being able to fill the daily consumption of the county.
This kind of thing did not go well, which made Guo Long, Zhong Wenrui, Ju Yuanguang and Liu Yuan anxious. These people are quite talented people, but they didn't expect that in front of such a small county, they would still be struggling.
In order to solve these problems, the county government has posted many announcements to explain to the people some of the measures taken by the county government and its attitude towards some things. I hope that the people can understand the thoughts of the county government and understand some of the decisions of the county government. Let them feel the kindness of His Royal Highness King Wu to the people of Wu County, so that they are willing to obey the arrangements of the county government.
But the status quo is that Yang Yun and others want to help the people of Wu County get rid of the status quo of poverty and ignorance, but all these measures are like playing the piano to the cow, and they have not received much effect.
Ju Yuanguang and others reported the difficulties they encountered to Yang Yun. Yang Yun also felt very helpless after hearing this, and he locked himself in the house for two days, trying to find a solution to this dilemma.
On the third day, Yang Yun finally walked out of his room. announced to everyone that he had some ideas, and everyone was stunned by Yang Yun's whimsical thinking, but there was no other way, and finally decided to give it a try.
The next day, some people washed their clothes by the river in the county seat. Suddenly, I found that among the sand grains by the river, there was a dilapidated stone tablet, which looked very old, and it should have been some years.
The people turned over this stele and saw a few big characters engraved on it: "The White Lotus Holy Sect shines in all directions, and the leader of the sect is the cloud, relieving the common people." ”
At night, a huge white lotus flower suddenly rose slowly into the sky, and the eight big characters on it, even if it was far away, everyone could see it clearly: "The white lotus was born, and the world was peaceful." ”
And among the children in the county seat of Wu County. Suddenly, a children's rhyme came out. "Wu County is poor, Wu County is bitter, the people of Wu County are in the fire and water, heaven and earth open their eyes to the world, rain down white lotus, and save the people."
Coincidentally, in just a few days, such news has spread in all corners of Wuxian County. Heaven does not want to see the suffering of the people of Wu County, and the white lotus immortal will descend from the sky to save the people of Wu County from fire and water.
As the so-called three people become tigers, when the news came out in the county, many people did not believe it. But I can't stop everyone talking about it.
Slowly, many people believe that God can't bear to see the people of Wu County living in dire straits. The White Lotus Immortal will descend from the sky to save the common people.
This time, it can make the Taoist soil in those Taoist temples and the monks in the monk temple anxious. These high-ranking figures hurriedly stood up, changed the attitude that no one on both sides looked down on anyone, and united for the first time to announce to the people of Wu County:
These rumors are all nonsense, and the people should obey the will of the gods and Buddhas, and not listen to the nonsense rumors of some evil people.
But because this thing is too magical, the people of Wu County, who originally worshipped the Taoist chief in the Taoist hall and the monks in the temple, were like gods. This time, it was rare to have doubts, and they were all quietly looking forward to seeing how this Hundred Lotus Immortal descended from the sky to save the common people.
Of course, all these ideas were all thought up by Yang Yun. Seeing the people of Wu County, who revered the gods and did not believe in science, Yang Yun stayed in the house and couldn't think of a way.
But then it dawned on him that since the common people wanted to believe in the gods, why not create the gods and let them believe in them.
It's just that those monks and Taoist priests claim to be the spokesmen of the gods, but they are for their own interests. And his plan to create the White Lotus Holy Sect is for the benefit of the general public.
Thinking of this, Yang Yun couldn't help but be happy. When it comes to pretending to be a god and playing ghosts, he has mastered so much advanced scientific and technological knowledge beyond this era, and I don't believe that even these monks and Taoists can't compare.
Three days later, it happened to be the "Gularaba" festival in Dafu. Legend has it that on this day, the gods will come to the world to observe the suffering of the people and solve their problems.
So on this day, the people of Wu County are also looking forward to it. This heavenly warning, the legendary White Lotus God, will come to Wu County on this day to observe the suffering of the people of Wu County.
The three-day time came quickly, and the weather was very good on this day, and people began their busy day in various places in the county as usual.
Suddenly, on the top of the tallest tower in the county, there was a burst of beautiful string music. For a while, the eyes of all the people in Wu County fell on the high tower in the county seat.
At this time, a miraculous phenomenon appeared, and I saw a huge lotus flower suddenly floating down from the height. The lotus fluttered and slowly descended from the tower, and after a while, the huge lotus flower landed in an open space next to the tower.
The people of Wu County, who came in a hurry, only then did they find that on top of this huge white lotus, there was actually a young man dressed in white and holding a long sword.
The young man sat upright on the white lotus, did not move or make a sound for a long time, and after a long time, the young man slowly stood up from the lotus. The long sword in his hand, the tip of the sword was wearing a piece of yellow paper, and then the person waved the long sword in his hand, and this yellow paper actually rose naturally in the air.
This made the people of Wu County completely stunned, but what they didn't expect was that what made them even more amazed was still to come. At this time, I saw the man in white swing his long sword, and a beautiful orchid slowly flew out of him and landed in front of everyone.
Immediately after that, the man in white waved his long sword again, and another lotus flower appeared in front of everyone. In this way, the long sword in the hand of the man in white swung continuously. Countless white lotus flowers flew out of him, one, two, three, four...... Many lotus flowers appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The people in the city were dumbfounded, looking at the white-clothed immortal. He was thinly dressed, how could he hide so many lotus flowers, obviously the white lotus created by the immortals with immortal arts.
This young immortal who fell from the sky was none other than Yang Yun. He used the principle of a hot air balloon to sit on top of a colorful lotus flower and slowly descend. The expression on his face was extremely calm, but he was very nervous in his heart, this time in order to conquer the people of Wu County, he took such a big risk to pretend to be cool.
In case of improper operation, you will fall to your death on the spot. That's too embarrassing, that will become the saddest traverser in the world, right?
Fortunately, the white lotus landed smoothly, and Yang Yun sat on top of the lotus, seemingly meditating quietly but actually calming his nervous heart.
The rest of the series of activities will be much easier, Yang Yun graduated from a prestigious university and studied medicine for many years, and also has a lot of research in physics and chemistry. Isn't it a piece of cake to do some small, tricky magic?
Relying on these several tricks carefully designed by Yang Yun, the effect was really obtained. Yang Yun was happy in his heart, he waved the long sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "The white lotus has come to the world, and the common people will be born." Serve the order of heaven, create the White Lotus Divine Cult, and save the people of the world from fire and water. ”