Zhou Jingwang understood Lao Tzu's Tao and felt that popularization and promotion was.

Right! The main reason why the world is chaotic today is that the mind is chaotic. So! It is necessary to straighten out people's thinking so that the people of the world can establish a correct outlook on life.

If your thoughts are confused, your outlook on life is incorrect, you don't know what you're living for, what are you living for, it's strange that you live indiscriminately, and the world isn't chaotic?

So! When he understood the Tao, he invited the prince and the prince's teacher and others to let Lao Tzu preach. Outcome! It didn't work out well. Except for the little prince Ji Kuo and others who understood what the "Tao" was, everyone else was memorizing the text, and it seemed that they didn't understand it.

He knew in his heart that, as Prince Ji Chao said, there were people who were unwilling to obey even if they understood.

Because! These people are not willing to give up the "happy life" in front of them. If you believe in the Tao and live according to Lao Tzu's thoughts, life will not be very interesting. So! These people clearly understood, but they were not willing to accept it.

Unafraid! It is not required that people all over the world believe in the Tao, accept the Tao, and accept Lao Tzu's thoughts. As long as half or one-third of the population believes in Taoism, the world can hopefully be changed! There is hope that the mindset of mankind will change.

Under the leadership of one-third of the people, there will be more and more people who believe in the Tao and more and more people who are rational, a new social ideology will be formed, and the world style and public opinion will be fundamentally changed.

Therefore! King Zhou Jing decided: Altar!

After sacrificing heaven and earth and the temple, in the name of the Son of Heaven, Lao Tzu was ordered to preach publicly and comprehensively promote Lao Tzu's doctrine and thoughts.

This day! After a solemn sacrifice ceremony was held on the side of the altar, he went to the side of the temple to worship his ancestors. After all the sacrificial activities were over, he began to invite Lao Tzu to preach on the altar.

Since he preached in the name of the Son of Heaven, so! The podium on the first day was set up in the square in front of the Jongmyo Temple.

On both sides of the square, there are nine tripods that symbolize Kyushu. On the ground in the middle, there are seats one by one, and on the seats are the civil and military officials of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The podium is on the secondary platform in front of the Jongmyo Temple, which is lower than the usual high platform of the Son of Heaven, and is covered with a red carpet. In the middle is a table with sacrifices and other sacrificial objects on it. Behind the desk, there was a man dressed in white.

Against the backdrop of the red carpet, white clothes, white hair, and white beard, Lao Tzu was full of red light.

After the sacrifice, King Zhou Jing stood on the platform at the entrance of the temple and announced the edict to let Lao Tzu preach in the name of the Son of Heaven. And then! Sit behind the desk above the first-level platform behind Lao Tzu and listen to Lao Tzu's preaching.

The first-level platform refers to the platform in front of the Great Zhou Temple, and the second-level platform refers to the next-level platform.

Tai Ji Meng and other royal personnel all sat on the ground on the first-level platform, on the left, right and behind King Zhou Jing, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, opposite the civil and military ministers under the stage. But! It is difficult for the people below to see the people above, and the people behind them can't see at all.

Fang Jishi, as the protector general, stood on the steps of the secondary platform behind Lao Tzu, and when he looked from below, only his head and upper body could be seen. On either side of him, stood four guards armed with Changge and swords at their waists. These guards are all in the palace, not his followers.

"The Tao is good! Very Dao! The name is named! Very famous! Not! The beginning of the world. Yes! The mother of all things......" Lao Tzu said loudly.

He first talked about what the Word is, and interpreted the Word as the source of everything. And then! Talk about the relationship between "nothing" and "being". Existence and non-existence are the changes of the Tao, and through the changes of existence and non-existence, everything and everything in the world appears.

And then! Let's talk about morality again.

The purpose of preaching is to be virtuous. The Tao is the theoretical foundation and foundation, and without preaching, there is no way to preach morality. Tao is a theory, and virtue is the specific application of theory. After clarifying the relationship between Tao and virtue, we will talk about the specific application of virtue.

"How do you use virtue that extends from the Word? How does morality apply to the governance of the world? Everything in the world comes from the Tao, so! We must first emulate the Word! Taoism is natural! What is 'Tao Law and Nature'? For example! The sun rises and the moon sets, and the four seasons change, this is the Tao of nature.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and the four seasons change and extend all things, and different species grow in different seasons. Person! It is also natural to learn about the sun, the moon and all things. The sun rises and the moon sets, and the seasons change and all things extend, and all things grow in different seasons. All things also follow the example of heaven, earth, sun and moon, and are born naturally, without striving for merit or self-reliance, naturally.

So! And kings should imitate the heavens and the earth, the sun, the moon, and all things, and love knows no bounds. So! As a courtier, you must also imitate the heavens, the earth, the sun and the moon, all things, and the king, and do your job with due diligence......"

Just when Lao Tzu was preaching from the pulpit, a few ministers sitting in the back actually dozed off when they listened. Their eyes are closed and their heads are little by little. For fear of being found out and punished, they all looked forward to the early end of Lao Tzu's sermon. Seeing that Lao Tzu's sermon seemed to be endless, they all scolded in their hearts one by one.

"I***! Why is there so much nonsense? ”

"When did labor and management offend you? Nima Di! You're not afraid of the sun, but you're still afraid of the sun! ”

"Nimadi! What's the use of you saying so much nonsense? Who listens to you? Thou hast made us believe and rule the world with morality, but what about the princes? ”

"Oh my God! Hurry up and make it rain! Another official looked up at the sky and saw that there was not half a cloud in the sky, and his face suddenly looked desperate.

After Lao Tzu finished introducing his Taoism, he saw that the scorching sun was in the sky, and there was no cloud in the sky, and he himself was dry-mouthed. Knowing that the ministers and hereditary nobles below must not be able to stand it, he made a summary and ended the sermon.

Today is the first day of the opening of the altar, mainly to cater to the sacrifice, so I will symbolically introduce it.

It doesn't matter if the ministers can stand it or not, what is more important is that on the high platform behind him, on the platform at the entrance of the temple, there are the Great Zhou Tianzi and his prince and others. It doesn't matter if King Zhou Jing, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there must be a sun umbrella on top of his head, and he can't bask in the sun. Other than that! Someone else fanned him. But what about the people around him? Especially those princes and others, they are all pampered, where can they bear this sin?

In fact! These people are not too uncomfortable, and the most uncomfortable are Fang Jishi and the guards.

To know! Today's cornerstone is to be dressed neatly on such a formal occasion, and the body is dressed in armor. And! You have to stand straight and not move, and you have to hold your hands on the handle of your weapon as if you are ready to fight.

Under the sun's rays, the armor on his body had already heated up. As the temperature rises, the sweat on my forehead is gone. As soon as the sweat came out, it was dried by the sun. Only the salt essence remains, which sparkles in the sunlight.

Seeing that Lao Tzu finished his brief sermon and completed the altar opening ceremony, King Zhou Jing hurriedly stood up with the support of the eunuch and made a concluding speech. And then! The opening ceremony was announced.

At the end of the altar opening ceremony, everyone exhaled a long breath and said in their hearts: Thank God!

This hot world? What kind of sermon?

In fact! It's not officially over yet! Lao Tzu's sermon is over, and the sacrificial ceremony is over, but after that, we have to have a meal together and share the sacrificial meat and other sacrifices.

As a royal sacrifice, the offerings were quite numerous.

It is an honor to share the offerings, and not being shared is a sign that you may have fallen out of favor. So! After the sacrifice is over, there will be a long wait for your name to be called to receive the offering.

(End of chapter)