As part of the repercussions of the change of Guangfu and the change of name, Xie Wen and Xie Xiao'an from Jiaozhou were really happy during this time. He finally got his wish and gained a place in the rebels; Although he is only a teacher in the new education department under Liucao, he is not far from his original identity as a student official;

Although there is not much money in the specific materials, it is enough to eat and dress and warm and taste some meat for three days, sometimes it is pickled fish, sometimes it is wind cured birds; There are also single-stay communal houses available. made him sigh that it was easy to look forward to the day when he came out.

In addition, he found that he had a large collection of books to read in the convenience of his position; That's right, the library building in the Guangzhou University Seminar where he works has at least 100,000 newly printed books. Although most of them are generalized works that are full of errors and fallacies for the general public, they are also mixed with some recompiled and corrected versions of the original, ancient and fragmentary texts that should have been treasured in the homes of the eunuchs;

There are even special printing workshops and bookstores to disseminate some of these carefully selected works, or songs and poems that are easy to understand. God knows how these grass thieves collected and preserved these things after they conquered Guangzhou, and what kind of plans they had to make all these arrangements.

He was even selected to be part of one of the compilation groups that specialized in writing variations (popular stories). It's like a rat falling into a rice jar, but it makes him happy. After all, compared to the time when he was hungry and full when he was studying in Jiaozhou Prefecture, and even had to sell his ancestral collection of books or days, this is undoubtedly a new experience and touch.

Therefore, within a few days of taking office, he couldn't wait to go to the patrol detention center to find his old friend Qu Chengyu to chat and express his gratitude; Under the guidance of the other party, he picked up a box of sour jujube cakes, and turned around to find another fellow villager and old-timer in Jiaozhou, who was quite famous in Jiaozhou and held many positions in the left-behind division, known as Mr. Qiu Da's residence.

It's just that he came a little unfortunate this time, but this Mr. Qiu Da went out to visit friends, so he could only leave his name and suppose at the door and go back, but he still has several borrowed copies of "Five Classics of Justice" and "Yan's Collection", which need to be read back and forth for the rank examination in the big training center.

In the somewhat dilapidated and depressed courtyard of Longfeng Temple in Guoxicheng, Guangzhou, the invited eunuch was also cooking tea and tasting tea with a few familiar old and old friends, and under a grass pavilion, and the atmosphere was quite relaxed and harmonious.

"Brother Changsheng is really unique, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands for rain, and in a moment, this pearl of the South China Sea has changed hands again."

A slightly rich and gray-sidedness scribe held the head, staring at the Tao of the ups and downs in the tea soup

"Next, with this person's means and the city government, even those who were behind the scenes, it may not be better."

"I never thought that such a person would be born among the grass thieves."

An old man with the same gray hair who described Qu as thin sighed.

"Did he come with no purpose, or at the behest of others, for the sake of trouble... This world. ”

"What are you thinking, such an outstanding person, what kind of background can be indicated?"

Another middle-aged man with a resolute and emaciated scarf shook his head.

"I'm afraid that the Tang Dynasty's qi has been exhausted, and the grass dragon and snake that were originally dormant and submerged have begun to compete to be born; It's like the story of the late Sui Dynasty. ”

"If what I expected, this person is at least afraid of the pattern and atmosphere of the master of one side.."

But the gray-sideburned scribe said with a sigh

"But in the future, even if you want to endure and hibern, it will be difficult to continue."

Qiu Eun, who has always been in the city, suddenly spoke up here.

"Do you still want those protégés to go all the way to the hopeless Jingke? It would be better to break up your school. ”

"Anyway, those eunuchs and Hao surnames who support and support you. Most of them are no longer there or have other plans. ”

These words are the so-called "big truth is the most hurtful", and for a while, these people fell into a covetous, speechless silence.

"Why is the teacher so outspoken? After all, it's been years of intersecting. ”

Follow the children and nephews who take care of their daily life.

"It's just some hesitant first try"

Qiu Yan said to the junior who accompanied him.

"Those are still hiding behind their backs, waiting to see what will happen next."

"However, now that the Left-behind Division has announced that the "Thousand Character Text" and "Three Character Classic" will be used as the model for the "Rabbit Garden Book" under the rule of the Mongolian Academy, I don't believe that those self-proclaimed clans and crowned families can sit still for long. ."

"You must know that the Lord also intends to set up mongolic schools (boys) and night schools (adults) in various cantonments to enlighten wisdom."

Speaking of this, he stopped and looked at the junior.

"The next is the period when my generation will be useful, and we should be more cautious and conscientious. Don't be involved with these first rats and hesitant people anymore. So as not to make a mistake. ”

"If it's as I expected, I'm afraid that someone will come to invite and make friends soon. But there is no unwarranted benefit or goodwill in this world. ”

"The teacher taught, the kid saved."

The junior said respectfully.

At this moment, Qiu Eun remembered that one of his proud disciples, Fang Yuan, wanted to get out of the pattern of Annan because he couldn't get out of the pattern, and went to Guangfu to open a school with ambition and enthusiasm; However, after becoming famous at the Bodhi Tree Literature Conference of Longhua Temple, he was invisibly excluded by the scholars of the Nanling schools, and finally suffered setbacks and changes and was ruined, so he had to return to his hometown with regrets, and died of depression in a few years; This has also become a little heart disease and regret that Qiu Yan has always been unable to ignore.

However, all this is like the reversal of feng shui in the east of the river in the east and the west of the river in the past thirty years; How could he let it go so easily. Now the lord he serves is obviously not only capable of killing people with swords, but also good at using the soft knife of moral articles to cut off, the heels and the foundation of existence of those who violate the yang and yin.

In fact, among the many newly established departments of the Left-behind Division, in addition to Hu Cao's Oral Service Room and Accounting Room, Cangcao's Agriculture and Forestry Department and Reclamation Department, and Gongcao's Craftsman Department, the manpower and investment of the Department of Education and Chemistry under his participation were the most sufficient.

This can also be seen the mind and intention of this lord. He still remembers that on the returning sea boat, the other party once swore in his heart:

"I don't want those moral gentlemen who are excellent in writing and poetry, or erudite people who are rich in learning. In these troubled times, it is just a whitewash to decorate the façade. ”

"All I want is to read a few books, know a few words, and be able to read the numbers; People who can still bury themselves and do things in a down-to-earth manner; ”

"Whether it is working and farming, or mining and management, running ships and business, and educating and preaching, as long as it is beneficial to the people's livelihood."

"Under this premise, I will further advocate that those who do not work must not eat, and those who do not benefit must not be transferred and appointed. Supervise and encourage whistleblowing by charter at the same time. ”

"Regardless of whether Li Shu is noble or low, he must be given more or less the opportunity to improve his own situation and the possibility of choosing a path."

。。。。。。

The confined door of Baoning Temple, the largest Zen forest in Guangzhou, was once again forcibly smashed open from the outside in; and collapsed on the dusty ground. Immediately, amid the sound of countless dense footsteps and shouts, many figures wearing blue-blue tight-fitting robes and holding signs and weapons swarmed in; And in the noise and roar of fierce copying and driving, this deep and wide temple was given

The leader was a young official wearing a black gauze and a light blue shirt, and his expression was subtle and a large number of old and young monks who had been forcibly gathered, but he pursed his lips tightly and did not speak; It also made these monks, who were like frightened birds, all kinds of fears and hearts jump.

"It's up. . . Finish... May I be a brother. ”

"That's not going to be Senior Brother."

"Is there really a resurrection of time?。。

This is the last recognition among those trembling monks, the other party was sent out to make up the number, it is said that he has died in the hands of the angry grass thief to give the head of the monk of the transcription room who accompanied the burial.

He looked at the horror and fear on these familiar faces of the past, and he did not taste the wanton and pleasure of raising his eyebrows, and then it was not long before he became a little dull and boring. These people have not changed much as always, but he is no longer the stunned young monk who indulged in scriptures without leaving home and didn't know much about human affairs.

You know, he was once a member of the Dog Fly Camp and didn't know it, and he was arrogant and wanted to leave a hand-me-down work, and it was his life's wish to obtain the position of the Governor's Academy. However, thanks to the confusion of losing his backer after the death of the division commander, he was fortunate to meet that legendary figure in the rebel army, and was able to see many unimaginable things and scenes, and embarked on a completely different and grand life path.

"I don't know. Why did the officials come?"

In the end, it was the old magistrate with a wrinkled face, and the trembling crowd stepped forward and sang.

"The temple has been raided by your ministry several times, and there is no money left, only some monks who have nothing left and daily use of rice, grain, melons and vegetables."

"We're not asking for money this time."

Liao Yuan smiled slightly

"We want the temple and your people."

"Please have mercy."

Hearing this, the old magistrate seemed to have misunderstood something and couldn't help but weaken his legs and feet, and sat on the ground with his hands folded and silently sighed.

"We and other people outside the party have never quarreled with the world, and we have never acted as traitors and criminals, but only want to be the essence of chanting and cultivating, why did we suffer from this calamity."

"Even if the officials had some resentment in the past, but please repay me with this body, don't implicate many innocents, let alone destroy the ancient temple, this is the dojo where the six ancestors came to teach the Fa."

"It's unreasonable, what's the use of asking for your life."

Liao Yuan became more and more sluggish, and said with a kind of summer worm's indescribable eyes

"What the rebels want to requisition is your premises, as well as all the literate monks in the temple."

"What... This.. This.. What's the matter? ”

The old magistrate's expression suddenly fell.

"We only have the method of cultivation, but we don't deserve that heavy servitude."

"As everyone knows, only reciting sutras and reciting Buddha without quarrel with the world is the greatest sin of you."

Thinking of the cruel and miserable things he had seen, and then thinking of these monks hiding in the temple to escape the world, Liao Yuan couldn't help but sneer.

"Neither can produce and buy property, nor can it circulate goods, and by reciting a few verses of scripture can be attached to the believers with peace of mind, and it is no different from stupid rice worms to spend money and food in the world."

"It is to give you an opportunity to repay and redeem the people of the world with the extra mercy of the righteous army, so that the vast number of monks will go to the places with their assignments to teach the people and practice the path of enlightenment by passing on the text and teaching the words."

"And here, this will be the future location of the agricultural institute of the Great Seminar, and all the furnishings are ready-made, not ?。。"

Then, in the midst of the cries and pleadings, with the decision he announced, only a few elderly monks, including the old Zhiyuan, were retained, and a separate courtyard was reserved as a place for future survival and worship of the Buddha; The rest of the monks were forcibly taken away in batches and embarked on an unpredictable future.

Then the statues of Buddha and the decorations, ritual utensils, and worship objects were rudely dismantled, and after being simply classified and sold for a price, they were all stuffed into the side houses that were used as temporary warehouses, and only the Buddhist halls and pavilions that were cleaned up and had only a few tables and tables remained, and the walls were vain.

"Give me all these unveils and hang them on the mountain gate. That's what you have to do in the future. ”

Liao Yuan continued to shout without stopping.

"From now on, all Buddhists must begin to learn to support themselves, and if they don't do it, they won't eat for a day."

"The people, but those who have a penalty, must set up a table of accounts, and shall not have private parts, and the expenses of all parties shall be supervised by the righteous army; Charitable deeds should be reported in order before doing good. ”

With the woodblock unveiled erected high on the archway on the door, it is from the ninth year of Yuan and the ninth year (814) of both the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism Hui Neng and another great virtue of Buddhism, Hongzhou Baizhang Mountain Huaihai Zen Master set the "Baizhang Qing Rules":

The jungle thrives on nothing. The practice is based on chanting the Buddha as a steady practice.

Diligence is based on keeping the vows first. Diseases are treated with food reduction as a decoction.

Afflictions are bodhi with forbearance. Right and wrong are relieved by not arguing.

Staying old has become a true feeling. Deacons are meritorious with their hearts.

Language is straightforward with reduction. The elders and children are virtuous and kind.

Learning starts with diligent study. Cause and effect are not faulted by understanding.

Old age and death are warned by impermanence. Buddhism is based on strictness and practicality.

Hospitality is supported by sincerity. The mountain gate is solemn for the old.

Everything is done without pre-ordination. Humility is justified in dealing with people.

In distress, we should not be chaotic. Compassion is the foundation of almsgiving.

At the same time, including the famous Baozhuangyan Temple, Qianming Dharma Temple, Wuxing Temple, Hualin Temple, and dozens of other large and small temples in Guangzhou City, known as the "Five Great Jungles and Thirteen Garans", similar things happened almost one after another;

In the end, only a few small and secluded temples with only a few old and weak monks were able to escape, but they were also nailed to the new rules and had to be supervised and reported daily by the left-behind department.

(End of chapter)