Chapter 52: Expelling the Crocodile

After Haixing went to Xu Qing, Yan Ku vigorously developed the sea salt industry in accordance with Xu Qing's arrangement. The salt-making workshops by the sea were opened and opened, expanded and expanded, and under these expansions, they provoked the saltwater crocodiles living on the seaside, and several people in the sea salt workshops were bitten by crocodiles.

The people of the seaside revered this behemoth beast like a god, thinking that it was the making of sea salt that angered him. This kind of rumor spread ten, ten and hundred, and soon everyone believed it. The salt was not made either, and the people were panicked, and they poured the prepared salt back into the sea in the hope of appeasing the crocodile's anger.

At the same time, several ordinary people were eaten by crocodiles at the beach and ran to report the crime. In fact, the harm of crocodiles has been there for a long time, but there are few people on the beach, and few people pay attention to it.

Recently, there have been frequent incidents of crocodile attacks, and rumors are running around, and it seems that the people are a little restless. But Haixing County Ling Yanku was also helpless against crocodiles, but there was a small official under him, who was in a hurry and proposed: "The people say that crocodiles are gods, but are we Cangzhou thorn history also gods?" If you provoke the one in the sea, it is better to ask the one on the shore to intercede, they are all immortals, and they should have a friendship......"

When the people heard this, they all said that this method was good, and Yan Ku had no better idea, so they came to invite Xu Qing, the "land immortal".

Please God still have to go to the temple.

Yan Ku took the people to the Xu Thorn History Temple to worship in order to appease people's hearts, but secretly sent someone to Xu Qing to clarify the situation.

After Xu Qing found out, he was speechless for a while, and shook his head, feudal superstition is not shallow......

Crocodiles hurt people, most often because humans invaded their territory and affected their survival. In terms of reason, this wicked person can only be regarded as a human being. But if Haixing wants to develop, and the people want to get rich, they can only sacrifice nature temporarily, anyway, there was no species crisis in the Tang Dynasty.

If the crocodile is not removed, the people's fear of the sea will be deepened. The more you fear the ocean, the less you will discover its riches. Xu Qing decided to make great efforts to get rid of this threat.

thought that Gu Hongming was often laughed at when he didn't cut his braids, but he explained: "The braids on the top of your heads have been removed, but the braids in your hearts are still there, and I am just the opposite." ”

Xu Qing not only wants to get rid of the crocodile on the seaside, but also gets rid of the crocodile in the hearts of the people. In this case, Xu Qing wanted to make good use of the role of feudal superstition.

The people think that it is very useful to worship in the Xu Thorn History Temple. Because the next day, the Thorn Mansion issued a document to open an altar by the sea to drive away crocodiles.

You must know that ordinary people generally can't even meet the county master, let alone the history of thorns so many levels higher than the county master. Except for the last time Xu Qing took the initiative to open a court trial, basically Xu Da stabbed Shi like a woman in the boudoir, and no one had seen it.

The true spirit of the Xu Thorn History Temple!

From now on the next three months, the incense of the Xu Thorn History Temple is at its peak, far exceeding other temples in Cangzhou, and there is no need to mention it.

Choosing a good day and auspicious day, he brought 800 pacesetters, set up a mound altar, spread three animals, and lit incense and candles. Xu Qing placed a roll of juan cloth in front of him, on which was written the text of expelling crocodiles.

Eight hundred pacesetters, each dressed in costume, tied with a red belt, and carrying bows and arrows. Two or three miles behind the seaside, there stood a group of pious people, watching Xu Qing set up the altar to cast spells.

Xu Qing pinched the lotus finger with his left hand, and his right hand could not move the seal of the Ming King, dressed in a cyan wide robe, pretending to sit upright on the altar. Of course, these actions of pretending to be B are just fooling the majority of ordinary people.

Suddenly, Xu Qing stood up, picked up the scroll on the altar, and first read:

"Evil Creek! Evil Creek! Xu came here to make a history of assassination, in order to protect the land and protect the people. but here you are evil to the people. Now I will remember your ignorance, and there will be no punishment, but you will be limited to three days, take your fellow tribes to the sea, go away to the island country, and eat the people of the island country, I heard that the people there are often in Panasonic. If you don't go for three days, you will leave for five days, and if you don't go for five days, you will leave for seven days. If you don't leave for seven days, you will be punished severely! ”

Evil Creek is the name of the crocodile by ordinary people, and Xu Qing's words are also said to ordinary people. Every time Xu Qing said a word, the eight hundred pacesetters behind him repeated a sentence, and this time, the people behind him could hear it clearly. After Xu Qing finished speaking, they also shouted in unison:

"Evil Creek go, Evil Creek go!"

There were also many scholars present, so Xu Qing prayed to the heavens for a while, and then unfolded the scroll in his hand and read:

"The former kings had the world, the mountains and rivers, and the blades of Shu with ropes and blades, so as to remove insects, snakes, and evil things; Those who harm the people, drive them out. Beyond the four seas. Later, Wang Debo can't be far away, then between Jiang and Han, they are all abandoned, and the barbarian Chu Yue, the situation between Cangzhou and the sea, go to Beijing for thousands of miles? …… Today's heir to the Tang throne, the holy mercy. Outside the four seas, within the six combinations, all caress ......

Alligator! It can't be mixed with the history of thorns in this soil also! The assassin was ordered by the Son of Heaven to guard this land and govern the people; Whereas...... The officials of the proud son of heaven can be killed if they do not listen to their words, do not avoid them, and those who are stubborn and harm the people and things. The history of thorns is to select technical officials and people, use strong bows and poisonous arrows, and with them, crocodiles are engaged in it, and they will be killed. No regrets!

After listening to this, the people were all heart-to-heart, and it turned out that the gods were talking and quarreling like this. After reading the text, Xu Qing then ordered his subordinates to release three arrows at the same time as 800 bids to show a small punishment for the crocodile. In the end, a pig was killed and a sheep was thrown into the sea as a sign of appeasement to the crocodile. And the crowd shouted long live, and shouted:

"Evil Creek go, Evil Creek go!"

Since then, people call the place where Xu Qing sacrifices crocodiles "Qingpu", and after the seaside opened a ferry, called "Qingdu", also called "crocodile ferry", and also called the sea in front of him "Xu Hai", and a mountain next to it is called "Xu Mountain". Of course, that's a story for later.

What Xu Qing cares about now is how to really get rid of the crocodile after the ceremony is done. According to the text, if the crocodile does not leave for seven days, it will be severely punished, that is, the people will never see the crocodile again after seven days.

Cruel words can't scare crocodiles, Xu Qing had to take arrows, set off, and even set fire to the mangroves, clean up all the way along the seaside, and kill crocodiles when he sees them. Although the crocodile is fierce, it is also for a few humans, if you meet a group of people, as fierce as a crocodile, it is just a meal.

The living environment was destroyed by Xu Qing, and the little crocodile was also killed by Xu Qing.

The crocodile disappeared, Xu Qing's event was called "Xu Thorn Shiping Crocodile" by later historians, Xu Qing worked hard to kill the crocodile for seven days, but it was only said by historians: "Xu Thorn history sacrificed crocodile, prayed to the sea god, and the crocodile moved eastward." ”

If you want to say that the most extensive influence is Xu Qing's copy, oh no, the one he wrote. Coupled with the "Book of Persuasion to Agriculture" previously promulgated by Xu Qing, the two articles are both simple words and sentences, without any sense of rhetoric, but they are catchy and pleasant to read. Many literati have discovered the subtleties in Xu Qing's writings, but they can't grasp the tricks in them, and imitate a few articles, but they are not like them.

But there are still some people who only say that what Xu Qing writes is just a lower riba person, and it is not as sunny as those gorgeous words. There is also a group of people, who are centrists, who advocate that Xu Qing's article is vulgar and elegant, and those who are elegant can see its vulgarity, and those who are vulgar can also see its elegance. The three parties insist on their own words and do not give in to each other.

To this end, people on both sides have also held debates:

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"Therefore, Song Yu said that his song is high, and he is a widow, and he said that the journey of a saint is a beautiful and beautiful way, and he is detached and alone, and the secular people know what to do." One student gave the example of a pre-Qin allusion and said so.

Another student smiled and said: "I understand, this young brother, do you want to say that in the eyes of the common people, the lower riba people are the best, in the eyes of the scholars, Yang Axue Lu is the best, and in the eyes of the masters, the spring and white snow are the best?" ”

The first student said: "However, in the eyes of secular people, no matter how well the spring and white snow are played, they can't comprehend it, so what's the use of such a song and article?" For example, the two texts of "Sacrificial Crocodile Text" and "Book of Persuasion to Farmers" are simple in language, there are things to say, and the people can understand them, how is it not good? ”

Another old scholar stood up and retorted: "Wrong, wrong, in your opinion, there are many people who read the lower riba, and the article is good, but the articles in Liuxiang have a lot of readers, and that is not the best article in the world?" ”

It means that everyone loves to read small h texts, why don't you take the little h essay in the college entrance examination? The old scholar continued: "The purpose of the article is to convey the hadith and educate the people, so how can we use ordinary words? So what else is there to talk about? ”

A young scholar disagreed, and immediately stood up and refuted: "When it comes to education, although those poems and songs are gorgeous, where can ordinary people understand them? Even if there are no Lower Riba people, the people will not know the rites and music from the spring and snow, but it is better to step by step, and the Lower Riba people will learn about the rites and music. ”

When the old scholar heard this, he hurriedly shook his head: "How can the way of the article be kitsch to the readers, and to be confused by the public." This is not a way of cultural education. ”

Another student stood up and stopped the mouths of the crowd, but said: "The words of all the kings are bad, and the article needs to be appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar, so it should be ......taken from the Yang Axue dew."

This remark is pertinent, and some people agreed: "It is still the best Yang Axue Lu, the elegant are not tired of the vulgar, and the vulgar can see its elegance." ”

After this person finished speaking, someone immediately came out to oppose it, when you sang it, I appeared on the stage, and the words and swords continued.

Under such a debate, the scholars and students in Cangzhou worked hard to persist in the style of writing they supported, and after five or ten years, they finally matured and produced many commendable good articles.

Take a look at these articles, some are heroic, some are gorgeous, some are strange, and some are simple, but all the articles have more or less the same atmosphere, and then compare with Xu Qing's several articles, and future generations will suddenly realize. These Cangzhou articles were all influenced by Xu Qing. Therefore, the people who wrote these articles were called the "Cangzhou School".

And after expelling the old ancestor of the crocodile Cangzhou School, that is, Xu Qing, he was in a hurry to do a great thing.