The mountain gate was wide open, and there were some monks and nuns standing on both sides, all with their hands folded. Mayor Pi didn't seem to see these people, but just paced forward, with the same grandeur as he usually inspected any place in the city. Everyone saw Mayor Pi going to the Buddha Shadow Spring with his hands behind his back, and they all followed. At this time, the temple was so quiet that there was still no sound of water. No one spoke, but Mayor Pi tilted his head for a while, and then gasped in his mouth, and sighed: "This spring water is really like the light of the Buddha, shining on all living beings, but it does not show any traces." Yuan Zhen hurriedly folded his hands and said, "Amitabha! Mayor Takami! Root Organ of the Leather Mayor...... This, according to the world, the wisdom of Mayor Pi is different. There is a Buddha fate! ”

Mayor Pi smiled and shook his hand, I don't know if he was modest, or if he didn't agree with Yuanzhen's statement, anyway, the meaning was vague. And they looked at each other.

Aunt Wang looked much more pious, and her steps were cautious. When I entered the Heavenly King Palace, I was greeted by the smiling Maitreya Buddha. Aunt Wang took three sticks of incense and lit them, knelt down and bowed three times, chanting words in her mouth. He got up, put the incense in the incense burner, and took a new ticket of fifty yuan and threw it into the merit box. Mayor Pi stood beside him with his hands behind his back, his eyes searching around, like a tourist. Pije also followed his mother's example and lit incense. It's just that he was more generous, and threw a hundred-dollar bill into the merit box. The little monk next to him saw it, and he chanted the Buddha repeatedly. Fang Ming looked at Zhu Huaijing from afar, and Zhu Huaijing looked at Mayor Pi. Mayor Pi smiled, looking very human. Fang Mingyuan also lit three incense sticks, knelt down and bowed three times. He only voted for ten dollars. Zhu Huaijing had no choice but to light incense, kneel down, and throw money into the merit box. Zhu Huaijing was in his forties, and this was the first time he knelt. He felt a little funny and wanted to laugh. But he didn't smile, and said silently in his heart: May the Buddha bless me and Yuqin for life. Zhu Huaijing stood up and saw Mayor Pi smiling even kinder. But Mayor Pi did not kneel, and kept standing aside with his hands behind his back.

The group went to the Daxiong Treasure Hall again. He did not enter the temple first, but went to the bell tower. The lights are not very bright, and the inscription on the bell is only faintly visible. Mayor Pi took a closer look and looked very interested. It is all seal script, and ordinary people can't recognize it. Yuan Zhen read: "In the autumn of the second year of Chunhua, I went on a tour of Jingshan Temple. When it is the time, the sun and the moon shine together, and the dragon face is kind; The frost sky is thousands of miles, and it is full of Buddha's light; All beings are pious and merit is immeasurable......"

Mayor Pi listened to these words and said yes, I don't know if it is to praise the inscription, or to tell Yuanzhen not to read it. Yuan Zhen looked at Mayor Pi and stopped reading. Mayor Pi asked if he could hit the bell. Of course you can. Mayor Pi stepped forward, lifted the hanging stake, and hit it seven or eight times in a row. The sound of the bell was vast, like smoke and mist, and immediately enveloped the entire mountain temple. The expressions of those present couldn't help but become solemn. Listening to the lingering sound for a long time, Mayor Pi couldn't help but sigh: "Listening to this bell, it's an artistic enjoyment!" If we want to talk about Buddhism, we should put aside the mysteries, and there are still scientific truths in it. Just saying that this bell is art. Art can cultivate people's sentiments! Listening to this shocking bell from time to time may really purify people's souls. ”

Master Yuanzhen folded his hands together and said, "Amitabha! Lookout! Mayor Pi has a point. This is in line with Confucianism's understanding of art. Zi said: Three hundred poems, in a word, said: Thinking is innocent. ”

"It would be nice for the people of the city to hear the morning bell and dusk drum of Jingshan Temple every day." Mayor Pi said thoughtfully as he descended from the bell tower.

Yuan Zhen said: "The morning bell and dusk drum of Jingshan Temple were originally one of the ten views of Jingdu and were the most loved by literati. This bell is from the Song Dynasty, and the drum is from the Ming Dynasty. Since the bell and drum were designated as national protected cultural relics, they are no longer allowed to be struck. However, this drum is too old, and the cowhide is old, and it can't withstand a few mallets. ”

Mayor Pi asked, "How much will it cost to rebuild a set of bells and drums?" ”

Yuan Zhen didn't expect Mayor Pi to ask this question, panicked, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Well, I haven't counted it." I ask someone to do the math and report it to you? ”

Fang Mingyuan glanced at Yuan Zhen. Yuan Zhen understood and said busily: "Mayor Pi cares so much about our Jingshan Temple, we should practice wholeheartedly, make good connections, and make positive contributions to the construction of spiritual civilization in our city." We asked for ** appropriation, reset the bell and drum, move the original bell and drum out of the bell and drum tower, and put it in a corner of the Daxiong Hall for visitors to visit. ”

Yuanzhen always speaks like this, and the two worlds of Buddhism and the lay are a little bit on the side, which sounds very interesting. Zhu Huaijing thought that this true name should be changed to sleek. Mayor Pi didn't say anything right away, and Yuan Zhen looked at Mayor Pi nervously. Mayor Pi didn't look at anyone and entered the Daxiong Treasure Palace. It is dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha. Aunt Wang burned incense and knelt down again, as it should be. Pi Jie, Fang Mingyuan, Zhu Huaijing and others also knelt down.

When the group saw the Buddha statue, they burned incense and knelt down, until they arrived at the Pilu Pavilion. Out of the Pilu Pavilion, Yuanzhen invited everyone to the guest hall for tea. The guest hall is next door to the abbot's room and can accommodate more than 100 people. It seems that preparations have been made for a long time, and some stools and coffee tables have been set up at the entrance, and some fruits have been prepared. As soon as everyone took their seats, several young nuns came over to pour tea and peel fruit.

Zhu Huaijing didn't understand why these nuns insisted on becoming monks when they were young. He took a sip of his tea and found that today's tea was better than last night's. I thought to myself that this was not because today's tea was made by a nun. Last night, Yuan Zhen said that there is no other good tea, only that kind of tea. It seems that this monk didn't bring out the best tea last night. Now the monk has also learned to be snobbish and philistine.

Everyone drank tea and looked at Mayor Pi. But he didn't say anything, just sipped the tea slowly. After a while, he said, "Good tea, good tea." According to me, I don't have anything else at home, but I still have good tea, so why can't I drink this taste? ”

Zhu Huaijing responded: "Drinking tea is also a state of mind. ”

It was inconvenient for everyone to immediately echo Zhu Huaijing, just looking at how Mayor Pi would express his position. Mayor Pi took another sip and said, "What Huaijing said makes sense. I don't know anything about the tea ceremony in Japan, and I always think it's a kind of red tape. It seems that they are also creating an atmosphere, just like the state of mind that Huaijing said. ”

Yuan Zhen immediately responded and said: "It makes sense, it makes sense." In my experience, the Buddha is a state of mind. The so-called clear mind and insight are important in the heart. The Buddha said that there is light in the heart, and everything is bright. If you are in a good mood, you will be free to do anything, and you will feel better. ”

Mayor Pi didn't seem to understand, and nodded slightly. He looked very concerned again, and said to Yuan Zhen: "I don't care enough about religious work, you need to give more opinions." We must implement the party's religious policy to the letter. Every time I come, I listen to you talk about Buddhism, intentionally or unintentionally, and I have benefited a lot. I also want to hear your high opinion today, you can talk about it as you like, Mingyuan and Huaijing can also discuss it with Master Yuanzhen. Young people, have a more active brain. ”

Fang Mingyuan and Zhu Huaijing both said that they didn't understand Buddhism, so listen to it. Yuan Zhen said: "Buddhism is profound, the Buddhist scriptures are vast, there are 12 parts of Buddhism, and there are 84,000 practice methods. But it is shallow and shallow, the famous six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, Hui Neng is an illiterate rough man, but he can become the successor of the mantle of Zen Buddhism. In fact, I think Buddhism does not ask people to seek gods and immortals, but only to ask people to seek the true meaning of life in the world. Therefore, the Buddhist scriptures say that the Dharma is in the world, and it is not separated from the world. In the past, there was a big misconception about Buddhism, which was pessimistic and misanthropic. Not really. What Buddhism advocates is very meaningful for the progress of human society. Even now, it makes a lot of sense. Buddhism, for example, advocates the abandonment of evil and the pursuit of good, which is good for improving social order. Buddhism advocates that there is no cause for great kindness, that is, we should also care for and love those who have nothing to do with us, just as Confucianism advocates the old and the old, the young and the young. Not only for people, but also for all things in the world, Buddhism advocates the need to have a loving heart, oppose killing, and oppose the destruction of nature. This has something in common with modern environmental awareness. Isn't the world now focusing on sustainability? If human beings had acted in accordance with the teachings of Buddhism a long time ago, the living environment of human beings would not have been so bad. Also, Buddhism is the most democratic and liberal. When Shakyamuni was born, he said in the first sentence, "Heaven and the world, I am the only one." This is not to say that Shakyamuni was arrogant alone, but he raised a philosophical question of life. People should be equal to each other, not subservient to others, but self-supreme. If everyone is self-serving, isn't the world equal? So, this ...... My words are not necessarily true, but I think the ideas of Buddhism are also helpful for the construction of democratic politics. ”

The more Yuan Zhen talks, the more mysterious it becomes. But everyone didn't say anything when they saw that Mayor Pi didn't say anything, and it was not easy to say anything. But when he talked about the construction of democratic politics, Zhu Huaijing had questions and said: "Compared with Western religions, I don't quite understand. Christians have been prostrating themselves before God all their lives, saying that I am your servant, O God. However, it is in such a religious country that a mature theory of democratic politics has been brewed, and a relatively effective democratic form of government has been produced. And we have believed in Buddhism for thousands of years, as you said, to advocate equality and freedom, but in our country today, the feudal consciousness is still difficult to return! ”

Yuan Zhen smiled and said, "Forgive me for taking the topic away." However, Director Zhu mentioned this issue, and I would like to discuss it with you. This is not a question that can be addressed in one sentence. But in terms of the influence of religion, I think it has to do with the differences between China and the West in terms of religious logic and the degree of secularization of religion. According to the logic of Christianity, all the people of the world are all children of God, so that everyone is brothers and sisters, and of course they are equal. So Westerners kneel only before God, not before mortals, these own brothers and sisters. At the same time, Western Christianity covered the entire secular life. I was also inspired by Director Zhu last night. But according to the native Chinese culture, only the emperor is the Son of Heaven, which is equivalent to the Son of God in Christianity. And all living beings in the world are the people under the rule of the Son of Heaven. As a joke, all the people of the world can only be regarded as the grandsons of God. Can there be equality between Lao Tzu and his son? In addition, after Buddhism was introduced to China, it did not enter all secular life like Western Christianity. Therefore, Chinese society, for thousands of years, has always been dominated by the emperor, the son of heaven, and pressed down from him to the next level, and of course there is no equality and democracy. Culture also has genes that can be inherited. ”

Mayor Pi laughed loudly, not seeing whose point of view he agreed with, but knowing that he was in a good mood. No one will talk about it anymore. Zhu Huaijing was afraid that the question he had just raised would be taboo, so he paid attention to Mayor Pi's expression. Mayor Pi was sipping tea with a pleasant expression. Everyone had no choice but to drink tea, and the whole guest hall was only sizzling tea. A few little nuns have been standing on the side, refilling the water at any time. Zhu Huaijing found that a little nun suddenly pursed her lips and smiled, presumably she noticed some kind of humor. He remembered that he had dinner at the Tian Yuan Hotel once, and when he saw the waitress standing on the side with her hands behind her back, he suddenly felt very funny. Because he found that all the guests at a table were eating with oily faces, and each of them had their own eating appearances, and the scene was very funny. The service ladies looked at this group of people, but they didn't spit and laughed, they really had the ability. Zhu Huaijing thought that this little nun's cultivation was not as good as the hotel's service lady.

Mayor Pi put down the teacup and said, "You can consider resetting a set of bells and drums." He said this suddenly, Yuan Zhen didn't react, and it took a long time to know that he thanked Mayor Pi for his concern. Zhu Huaijing thought to himself, speaking so headless and brainless is a typical language habit of senior leaders. They don't care what the people around them are thinking, they just talk according to their own thinking. Sometimes they even speak only a half-word, and the meaning is vague. The people below have to keep their ears open at all times, ready to listen to instructions.

Mayor Pi took a few sips of tea and said: "This year is the first tourism year in our city, and Jingshan Park is a key scenic spot. Let Jingshan Temple resound the morning bell and dusk drum to add some atmosphere. I have a point of view that tourism should focus on cultural content. ”

"Yes, if a city does not pay attention to cultural construction, it will have no future in the long run. Which famous city in the world is not the same as a cultural city? Zhu Huaijing said.

Mayor Pi nodded and said to Yuan Zhen: "I will also talk to the Religious Affairs Bureau, and you will report it yourself, and report to the city ** through the Religious Affairs Bureau." ”

"Okay, I'll go to the Religious Affairs Bureau today." Yuan Zhen said.

Mayor Pi laughed and said, "Master Yuanzhen is very good at doing things!" Huaijing, Mingyuan, as long as our staff has the style of Master Yuanzhen, our work will be easy to do. ”

After sitting for a while, Mayor Pi said, "Let's go down the mountain." So they got up and went down the mountain. It was still Mayor Pi who walked forward, accompanied by Yuan Zhen, and the two beautiful nuns also followed. Out of the mountain gate, Mayor Pi said: "Master Yuanzhen, you are a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, I will talk to the CPPCC again." The prestige you enjoy in our city's religious circles is incomparable to others, and if you are not elected to the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, who will be elected? ”

Yuan Zhen said thank you, and couldn't help but look back at Zhu Fang. Zhu Fang and the others both smiled and nodded, meaning congratulations.

After descending the stone steps, Mayor Pi shook goodbye to Yuanzhen. Yuan Zhen shook hands with Aunt Wang one by one. Mayor Pi asked Aunt Wang and Pi Jie to go to Mitsubishi Jeep, and he got to Audi with Fang Mingyuan and Zhu Huaijing, saying that there was something else to do. Zhu Huaijing didn't know what else was going on, so it was inconvenient to ask more, so he just got in the car. At this time, tourists have already come up the mountain one after another.

Mayor Pi said: "This is true, the monk is quite authentic, and some of our cadres know business." You see, listening to what he says, he can really say something. ”

Fang Mingyuan and Zhu Huaijing should be in harmony, saying that Yuan is really willing to read and think about problems. Fang Mingyuan suddenly said again: "I really can't figure it out, so many young nuns, who are so young, can see through the red dust?" ”

Zhu Huaijing thought to himself, it turned out that Fang Mingyuan had also been paying attention to those young nuns. Seeing that Mayor Pi didn't speak, he said, "I think many of them are just laid-off female workers." I couldn't find anything to do, so I came to this place, but it was a clean place where I didn't have to worry about food and clothing. ”

"Our city has made great achievements in the placement of laid-off workers, and has been affirmed by the superiors." Mayor Pi said.

When Zhu Huaijing heard this, his face turned red. Mayor Pi was actually criticizing him for not portraying nuns as laid-off female workers. But there was no need to explain, so I had to say, "Yes, yes." The city has put a lot of effort into the resettlement of laid-off workers and has found a set of experience. If this were not the case, the socio-political environment of our city would not be so good. ”

Mayor Pi no longer cared about this topic and said, "Let's go to Pei Danian's garment company to have a look." Private enterprises should be vigorously supported. ”

Pei Danian's Flying Garment Company is in the south of the city, and they have to drive through the city. Usually, Mayor Pi goes out, and there is a police car in front of him, and the road is unimpeded. Today is different, there is a traffic jam all the way, and they have to hold their temper. Fang Mingyuan glanced at Zhu Huaijing from time to time, looking very anxious. Zhu Huaijing understood what he meant, because he was afraid that Mayor Pi would be impatient. Zhu Huaijing's eyes in response to him could only be helpless. Without police cars, no one's car can enjoy the privileges, because no one has an official position engraved on their forehead. It can be seen that as long as people are separated from their social roles, no one is much higher than others. Zhu Huaijing thought of this, as if he had discovered some philosophy of life, and a faint happiness sprouted in his heart. On second thought, this is actually the most obvious truth. But this is the most common truth, many people just don't understand. Zhu Huaijing thought about it over and over again, and secretly breathed a long sigh of relief, leaned back lazily, put his hands on his lower abdomen, and looked calm, his heart was no longer anxious, and he let the car rub all the way.

Mayor Pi was actually not in a hurry, he asked the driver to play music, it was "Blue Danube". Zhu Huaijing saw that Mayor Pi's fat big hand was tapping on the handle of the car door rhythmically and rhythmically to the music, but it was not very in tune. Mayor Pi didn't speak, and no one could say anything, just sat like this. Today's weather, it's cold without the air conditioner, and it's hot with the air conditioner on.

It took almost an hour to get to the trapeze garment company. Pei Danian was at the door of the company early. But he didn't pay attention to the strange Audi sedan today, and craned his neck to look into the distance. It wasn't until Mayor Pi got out of the car that he seemed to be startled and ran over with a whoop. At this time, I saw Chen Yan wearing a big red jacket, and the two male reporters came out of it. No matter how glamorous this woman's clothes are, they are charming and moving, and they don't look tacky. Mayor Pi hurriedly broke free of Pei Danian's hand, went up to shake hands with Chen Yan, and said, "Xiao Chen has been waiting for a long time, right?" What are you doing on Sunday? Come and have fun, what kind of news are you shooting? ”

Chen Yan smiled: "This is my job, mayor!" ”

After Mayor Pi shook hands with Chen Yan, he didn't care about the other two male reporters, so he turned around and inspected the workshop accompanied by Pei Danian. Chen Yan smiled and greeted Zhu Huaijing and Fang Mingyuan, and then ran to the front to take pictures. Carrying a machine is a manual job, and most of the TV stations are male reporters who do this. But Chen Yan may have a hobby of photography, and he is always competing to carry the camera. Mayor Pi inspected the suit production line and shirt production line with his hands behind his back. In front of a beautiful female worker, Mayor Pi stopped and asked, "How do you feel about working here?" ”

The female worker replied, "Yes." ”

"How many years have you been working here?" Mayor Pi asked again.

"It's been more than two years." The female worker replied.

Pei Danian interjected: "This is the technical backbone of our here. She used to be a worker in the city's leather shoe factory, but she was laid off three years ago. Later, we recruited her and recruited her. She did a great job. ”

Mayor Pi became more interested, gave a thumbs up to the female worker, and said, "You did a good job, your choice is correct." In the face of layoffs, the most important thing for the workers of our state-owned enterprises is to change their concept of employment. Second, don't think that you can only be employed if you enter a large state-owned enterprise; Thirdly, this ...... Don't think that you can only get a job if you do what you do. Mayor Pi said and shook hands warmly with the female workers. The female worker looked a little excited and a little shy.