Jiangcheng, once known as "the four gatherings of the world", the four famous towns in ancient times, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and the land of great rivers.

However, the Central Plains Taoist College is not in this bustling city, but on the shore of Mulan Lake, 60 kilometers away from the city center, it is rumored that the filial piety general Hua Mulan drank horses when he was a child.

After the New Year, after Xin Yifan, Li Chengran, and Ye Zilan arrived here, Ye Zilan shouted that she had been deceived, and she originally wanted to sell the property in the capital to the thoroughfare of the nine provinces to continue to inherit her father's business and do that literary business, but she didn't expect that this Taoist college was too far away from the prosperity! There is a Mulan Mountain not far from the lake, and this Central Plains Taoist College is built between this mountain and lake, in Xin Yifan's opinion, this is a good place to study.

The area of the college is not large, about 300 acres, the gate of the college is also antique, but it is not the appearance of the Taoist temple, but a memorial arch, there is a plaque written with the official script as "Central Plains Taoist College" a few words, there is a stone tablet next to the cursive writing with a "Dao" word. There are also many signs hanging next to it, such as: Taoist Research Association, Taoist Friends Association, Patriotic Education Base, Chinese Martial Arts Training Base and so on.

Xin Yifan looked at the address of "No. 593 Jiaotong Street, Mulan District" written in the lower right corner of the archway at the gate of the college.

As soon as he entered the gate of the academy, he saw Ling Heng Sanren coming out with a spring breeze on his face, walked up to Xin Yifan and gave a deep salute, and said, "Sir, I finally have you here! This is the luck of Yun Heng, the blessing of the academy, and the light of Taoism." ”

Xin Yifan also bowed to him deeply, and said in his mouth: "The Taoist is serious, and the younger generation is panicking!" His heart was even more miserable, could it be that he would not be able to speak like this for the rest of his life? Thinking of this, I really felt a chilling feeling from the tail vertebrae to the spine.

At this time, Ling Heng Sanren saluted Li Chengran Ye Zilan and said: "Dao Gong is happy to welcome the two laymen to the Yuanyuan, and I hope that the two laymen will give advice in the future, which is not very honorable." ”

I saw Li Chengran and Ye Zilan also stiffly saluting back, but it looked really funny, the two of them were wearing ordinary casual clothes, bowing to Ling Hengsan in a magic robe, this scene may only be seen on this occasion, or through the play.

Lingheng Sanren led Xin Yifan to visit the academy very affectionately. The college is divided into three functional areas: teaching, living, and office reception.

The teaching area is four connected courtyard-style antique buildings, equipped with multimedia classrooms, music classrooms, calligraphy and painting classrooms, computer classrooms, meditation and practice meditation rooms, etc., and dozens of other supporting rooms, which are divided into various teaching and research departments, academic affairs offices, archives, conference rooms, college offices, legal affairs halls, libraries, etc.

The student living area is a group of 15 courtyard-style antique buildings, all of which are double apartment dormitories, which can accommodate thousands of students and are equipped with air conditioning and other facilities.

The dining hall can accommodate six to seven hundred people at the same time. The office reception area is five antique buildings, with offices, exhibition rooms, rehearsal halls, etc.

In addition, the multi-functional auditorium has more than 1,000 stepped seats, and the stage can accommodate about 100 people, which is suitable for holding various conferences and martial arts, Taoist rituals and cultural performances.

There are many tall trees in the college, and there are quiet paths connecting various areas, and the college also has a seven-a-side football field, four basketball courts, two tennis courts, and six badminton courts. There is also an indoor gymnasium next to it, which has an indoor swimming pool, several table tennis tables, two indoor badminton courts, and an indoor basketball court.

At this time, there were more than ten people standing outside the auditorium, mostly dressed as Taoists, and also mixed with a few people dressed as laymen, among which there were four Kun Dao, and the rest were dry roads, and several laymen were dressed as two men and two women.

Lingheng Sanren first introduced a 50-year-old Qiandao, the Taoist name Xuanyou, who is the executive dean of this college, and the latter few are the vice presidents Gandao Xuanyuan, Gandao Xuanzhen, Qiandao dustless, Kundao Fan.

Behind are the director of the teaching department Qiandao Wenqing, the deputy director Kun Daoqingming, the director of the teaching and research department Kundao Lingji, the deputy director Gandao Xuanzheng, the director of the office Tian Mingli, the deputy director He Xiaoguang, the head of the martial arts troupe Gandao Zhenwu, and two ladies, one is Fang Yuan, the financial director of the college, and the other is Liu Li, the director of the Jiangcheng Religious Affairs Bureau.

Xin Yifan greeted everyone one by one, and finally Lingheng Sanren brought him to the auditorium, which was full of people, most of whom were dressed as Taoist priests, and a few people were dressed as laymen, but they were also uniform blue cardigans, and most of them were Taoist priests.

Xin Yifan saw a row of long tables on the rostrum, with Lingheng and his Xin Yifan's name in the middle. Next to him were the academy administrators introduced to him by Ling Hengsan.

Then everyone sat down in turn.

"Fellow Daoists, students, Dao'an!" said Ling Hengsanren.

Everyone in the audience should arrive: "Dao Qi lasts forever!" The voice shook the entire auditorium.

"Today, my Central Plains Taoist Academy welcomes a distinguished guest, who is Mr. Xin Yifan next to Dao Qu!" Ling Heng Sanren introduced.

Xin Yifan hurriedly got up and said to the audience: "All Taoist friends are merciful!"

Everyone in the audience returned: "Sir merciful!" The auditorium buzzed again.

Li Chengran and Ye Zilan sat in the back row under the auditorium, listening to the humming, especially Ye Zilan staring at Xin Yifan on the stage, her mind was foggy for a while, and she called out in her heart what kind of place this is. Even Li Chengran, who has excellent psychological quality, feels uncomfortable.

The Linghengsan people on the stage began to introduce Xin Yifan, Dr. Yan Da, an associate professor (just evaluated), who has now been hired as the vice president of the college, teaching history and archaeology, and especially important is the selection of people to participate in special ministry.

The Taoist students and students in the audience did not react to history and archaeology, and when they heard the special preaching, there was suddenly a buzzing discussion below, but after Ling Hengsan said a quiet word, he fell silent, and then threw out an astonishing sentence: "Mr. Xin's preaching class is currently only taught separately, and Mr. Dao is the first student in this academy, so the selection of Mr. Xin's preaching class is very important, and the academy will select you from the aspects of Taoism, virtue, cultivation, etc., and only after passing the test can you accept the preaching." ”

After Ling Heng Sanren finished speaking, there was another buzz in the audience, and after Ling Heng Sanren raised his hand, everyone quieted down again, and then Ling Heng Sanren said to Xin Yifan: "Sir, what do you say a few words too?"

Xin Yifan didn't have any preparations, but he didn't want to be cold, so he had to nod.

Say hello to the following students again and say: "For Taoism, Yifan is the last to learn, there is no reason to talk to you here, however, recently Yifan has been studying my Taoist doctrine, and found a very interesting phenomenon, since the Zhou Dynasty, there are very few dynasties that really adopt Taoism as the study of governing the country, and the rule of Confucianism in the name of Taoism abounds, as philosophy, religion, Taoism, Taoism has been entered into the house, but it has always been used as an ornament for the ruler, and even the Li Tang Dynasty, which posthumously recognized the old monarch as the ancestor of the surname Li, also took Confucianism as the foundation of governing the country, why?"

Xin Yifan's question made everyone on the stage, including those on the stage, stunned, and no one seemed to think that Xin Yifan would suddenly ask everyone a question.

At this time, someone in the audience raised their hands, Xin Yifan looked at it, and he was still an acquaintance, Zhang Dingxin!

Xin Yifan smiled and motioned for him to get up and answer, "Sir, I think, no, Xiaodao thinks, these rulers are very hypocritical, whatever doctrine is beneficial to them, they will use whomever they want, and they are cobbled, I think, my Taoist is too focused on inaction, so those talents both use us and suppress us, I think that everyone has misinterpreted the words of the old gentleman for thousands of years, and nothing can be done! That is to say, we can try to do anything, and if we are wrong, we can change it, sir, you say yes." ”

Xin Yifan was afraid that if he continued to speak, Lingheng on the stage would be furious, so he raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and then said: "What this Taoist chief said makes sense, but what I want to say today is not this truth, I think the purpose of my Taoism is to seek the truth and seek the Tao, and what this person in power is most afraid of is a true word, even if someone says the truth, someone will cover it up, so in the past, those in power just borrowed the skin of my Taoist truth-seeking and practiced other laws." Even in many dynasties, my Huang Laozhi theory has become a heresy, which reminds me of a fable called the emperor's new clothes, only children can tell the truth. That's why I feel that true cultivators have a pure heart in their hearts, and all of them are idealists. This also reminds me of Owen, Fourier and others of the Western Sages, who were initially considered heretics and madmen, but their ideals were realized in different countries, so Yifan is still willing to associate with people who have ideals and beliefs, and borrow a line: If people have no ideals, what is the difference between them and salted fish! Yifan is also here with ideals, that is, to inherit my Shenzhou Taoism and promote my Chinese culture, okay, my words are finished, thank you. ”

After listening to Xin Yifan's words, Ling Hengsan immediately took the lead in applauding, and then the people in the audience also began to applaud.

Xin Yifan smiled embarrassedly, and just saw Zhang Dingxin with a smile on his face, and this kid seemed to be saying, hero, I understand what you mean, the stage is all stupid X, heroes in the world, only Jun and Ding Xin'er.

In fact, Xin Yifan didn't express his truest thoughts, but just expressed his initial views on Taoism, a group of people with ideals and pursuits, a group of people who have been used by people since ancient times, still thinking about immortality, thinking about governing the world and helping people, but they are willing to be used, fooled, and buried, this is really a group of naïve idealists!

But thinking about it the other way around, it makes sense, if it weren't naïve and idealistic, who would believe in the ethereal Tao. The world is too utilitarian, just like Western medicine, if it can't get immediate results, who will pay for it.

More people are under the banner of ideals and beliefs, just to get the greatest benefits, but they have deviated from their original intentions. This is the so-called "do not forget the original intention, you have to always, the original intention is easy to obtain, always difficult to keep".

Xin Yifan admires these people from the bottom of his heart, for the sake of the Tao, they can give up everything, even if they have been abandoned for thousands of years.

Xin Yifan didn't listen to which people spoke and which people spoke again, he was even thinking about what he was doing here, was he here to teach and educate people, or to ask the truth?

At this moment, he was a little confused, as if the Holy Sect had nothing to do with him for a long time, what hatred, what resentment, what?

Looking at the group of people in the audience, he suddenly felt that the future might be a little interesting.