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At present, the Yong Domain is still a barren land, with only more than 30,000 registered military households and civilians, including 2,000 or 3,000 Jurchens and Mongols. Although the city of Vladivostok has been largely established, more than 30,000 people obviously cannot fill a city, not to mention that Zhu Yunxi also arranged 20 villages on the seaside of the road from Vladivostok to the Tumen River, not only to control this area but also to provide food and seafood to the city, and the people in the city are even less.

So now the business here is very underdeveloped, there is only a shop selling all kinds of groceries, a slightly decorated restaurant, a vegetable market, a leather market, a grain store, a breakfast stall at the entrance of the yamen, and the inn is not even a single hair. Zhao Xing's hundred households will not be able to take office until early tomorrow morning outside the city, so he can only stay at Qin Sen's house for one night.

Early the next morning, Zhao Xing got up according to his previous habits and was about to change the guards, when he suddenly remembered that he was no longer Qin Sen's guard.

He sat on the bed and chuckled, and said to the subordinates of the Qin Mansion that he was going to leave the mansion. Since Qin Sen wanted to be a good person, of course he wouldn't let him go like this, and instructed his subordinates to leave him after breakfast; Zhao Xing naturally would not refuse.

After eating, he went to the yamen, and easily received the customs and paperwork, and a policeman came out and took him to the station.

When the local police took their leave, Zhao Xing was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a few people wearing Taoist clothes walking in at the gate of the village on the side, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The policeman seemed to be familiar with this area, and said: "That is the village of the Jurchens over there, and this is the Taoist priests in the city preaching to them. ”

"The Taoist priest in the city?" Of course, Zhao Xing knew that there was a Taoist temple in the city, and the leading Taoist priest heard that he had some skills from Wudang Mountain, and he was very valued by His Royal Highness King Yong, and His Royal Highness was said to have asked the imperial court to crown him as a real person. 'Why does such a person come to the remote countryside, or is it a Jurchen tribe missionary?' Don't stay in the city. ’

But he was not so idiotic as to ask the question and talk to the police and go into his station.

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Zhang Yishan led people into the village, and the Jurchens who were near the gate immediately bowed to him and said in unskilled Chinese: "Zhang Zhenren." ”

Zhang Yishan also returned the salute and continued to walk with the two apprentices. After a while, I saw a wooden house in front of me that was already relatively neat in the village, and a sign was hung on it: Suining Village Taoist Temple.

Zhang Yishan walked in and saw several middle-aged and elderly women in the side hall wearing ill-fitting robes doing morning classes under the leadership of a young man; Two other little Taoist boys, who were less than ten years old, were cleaning the main hall, and they were also wearing ill-fitting Taoist robes.

Zhang Yishan nodded to them and walked into the main room in the back.

After a while, the morning class ended, and the young man who had just given the disciple a lesson came over and knelt down and saluted, "I've seen Master." ”

Zhang Yishan said: "Get up." The man had just stood up.

His name is Wang Shouqing, a native of Huguang, and he has been in Wudang since he was a child, worshipping Zhang Yishan as a teacher. Like Zhang Yishan, he was very interested in missionary work, so he not only followed Zhang Yishan to Yongfan, but also volunteered to be the first to be the master of the Taoist temple in the village.

He respectfully asked, "Why did Master come here at this time?" ”

"Today is the birthday of Emperor Nanyue, and it is the first big day that we have believers in this village.

"I originally promised you to preside, but after thinking about it, I still feel that you have too little experience, and when you were in Wudang Mountain before, your junior rank was too low to even take on the 'word confession' and 'confession', so I still presided over it myself."

Wang Shouqing said without dissatisfaction: "It is natural and safe for the master to preside over it personally. ”

However, Zhang Yishan was still worried that he had something in his heart, and sighed and said: "I'm still worried, although we finally have these believers now, they are just shallow believers, we must be cautious every time we fast, so that they can feel solemn and our ability, so that there are more believers." ”

He couldn't help but think of the hard work of missionary work these days.

First of all, of course, is language. The Jurchens did come into contact with the Han Chinese, many of whom could speak simple Chinese, but the Jurchens still did not understand what he was saying when they were preaching. Zhang Yishan had to organize Taoist priests to learn the language of the Jurchens. Fortunately, they had been prepared for this before, and after studying for a while, they were finally able to make the Jurchens understand what they were saying.

These Jurchens had never heard of Taoism before, and they generally believed in shamanism, and although shamans were not considered a true religion in the eyes of Zhang Yishan and others, no one was interested in the Taoism they spread. In particular, he was completely indifferent to the teachings he preached, which was both internal and external, and pure and non-action. It's just that they all know that these people are not ordinary Han people, not to mention killing, even if they are beaten, they will be in trouble, so they just ignore them.

At first, Zhang Yishan wanted to inquire about their writings and print some excerpts from the Taoist scriptures in their words, but he had to dismiss the idea after being told by the policemen who often patrolled the area that these barbarians had no writing at all.

They never made any progress until Wang Shouqing proposed: "These barbarians can't understand our teachings of natural inaction, the unity of heaven and man, and the dual cultivation of internal and external cultivation, and they are even more scornful of purity and low desires, so we can't preach like this." ”

"So what do you say?" Zhang Yishan asked. Of course, he was aware of the problem.

"Master, the apprentice thinks that he should first tell them the story of cultivating to become an immortal, as well as the benefits of worshipping the Three Qings. For example, the double cultivation of life can prevent all diseases, and the worship of Sanqing can be smooth 、......"

He said a lot, and Zhang Yishan remained silent during the process, and finally said: "Disciple, but the scriptures say ......, what is the difference between this and the practice of those bald donkeys?" ”

"Master," Wang Shouqing said humbly, "the most important thing now is to win over a group of believers first. Moreover, what the disciples said did not contradict the doctrine. In vain, these barbarians are a little more simple than the common people, and with the right methods, they will definitely be able to develop a group of believers. ”

Zhang Yishan thought about it for a day and a night, and finally accepted Wang Shouqing's method.

The next day, he began to tell all kinds of stories about feathering into immortals and heavenly immortals.

At first it didn't work, but suddenly their most honorable shaman fell ill and died, and the young shaman couldn't cure them, so an old woman came to them with the intention of trying it out.

Medical skills are a big killer for barbarians, and they naturally learned some of them, Zhang Yishan gave her a simple treatment, and gave her a Taoist blessing bag.

After a few days, not knowing whether Sanqing really intended to appear in this barren land or the effect of spiritual healing, the old lady came to the church again, this time she respectfully asked to "invite" the statue of Sanqing to go back.

Zhang Yishan was very excited, and personally took out a statue to consecrate and gave it to her.

From that day on, their preaching was opened. History has proved that middle-aged and elderly women are infinitely energetic, and they are a gold mine for recruiting activists for various social activities, whether they are Han Chinese or other ethnic groups. Under the encouragement and drive of this old lady, many women and old people came to "listen to the truth", although no one has become a true believer for the time being, but gradually many people will come to listen to Zhang Yishan's sermon in the evening -- the long night is also a kind of pastime.

They also taught these Jurchens some simple methods of qi training, and after the practice, some people did feel more comfortable physically, more and more people came to listen to the preaching, and finally some people became believers.

Wang Shouqing also proposed that the layout of the Taoist temple should be changed, and the courtyard in front of the Taoist temple should be turned into a meeting place, and merchants from the city should be found to sell goods in front of their courtyard; And he also had to go against the morality of the Quanzhen Dao, learn from Zhengyi, and allow Taoist priests to eat meat.

In this way, there are more people who are willing to come to the Tao to watch and take a look, in addition to those who want to learn the means of Qi training, there are many people who are not interested in this and become believers, and there are even a group of old people who are willing to become Taoist priests and Taoist aunts. Although the old people are of little use, as the first batch of Taoist priests to collect them locally, they still attach great importance to them, treat their diseases, buy clothes, and care for them.

In this way, their situation gradually opened up, and there were also young people who were willing to become Taoist priests, and until today, there are even little Taoist children.

Zhang Yishan's thoughts returned to his eyes, and he instructed his apprentice to take out all kinds of ceremonial supplies brought from the city and place them according to etiquette.

The local people heard a few days ago that there would be Zhai Jiao to see, and whether they were interested in Taoism or not, they came to see the excitement.

Zhang Yishan meticulously held the ceremony, holding mantras, stepping on steps, reciting and singing steps, and greatly reduced the time for worship, chanting, and contemplation; Wang Shouqing and others served as deacons such as Jian Zhai, Gao Gong, and Du Jiao, and assisted on the side. Although there are still many places where the conditions have to be abbreviated, they still cause exclamations from the Jurchens present from time to time; Infected by the atmosphere of the scene, several young men on the spot were willing to become Taoist priests.

Zhang Yishan was very happy and hurriedly ordered Wang Shouqing to pass the precepts for them. At the same time, let the other people pack up all kinds of belongings and put them in the backyard, and these items will be stored in Suining Village in the future.

In the evening, when Zhang Yishan was about to return to the city, Wang Shouqing excitedly said to him: "Master, although a few old people still don't understand the teachings, they are willing to accompany us to other Jurchen villages that they know well to preach. ”

"It's really good," Zhang Yishan said, "that we finally have some devout believers." ”

Wang Shouqing pointed to the west and said, "Master, in the future, the people of these countless Jurchen villages will definitely become devout believers. ”

"I hope that the people of these countless Jurchen villages will become believers in the whole truth."