Chapter Ninety-Seven: Jiang Ming confers the Confession
The second uncle mentioned by the uncle, that is, my second grandfather, gave birth to many sons and daughters, and now all of them are abroad.
The second grandfather is a representative of the Cantonese warlords and a first-class general of the national army. He served as army commander, commander-in-chief of the group army, member of the party-state executive committee, and minister of agriculture and forestry. He has been in charge of Guangdong for a long time, and has built a lot in economic, cultural and municipal construction, and is known as the "King of the South".
He had many children and scattered many places abroad. They have descendants in Southeast Asia and North America, and the business is very large.
His youngest grandson is in business in the Philippines. This time it was a daughter of his youngest grandson who had the accident. The Philippines? Let Jiang Ming and I almost dream of the Philippine country in the South China Sea?
Southeast Asian countries are very anti-Chinese. So his business rival caught his daughter and injected a large number of ** and made her vegetative. I'm still lying in the ICU.
I said to my uncle, I'll talk about it when I arrive. Now I'll go over right away, and hang up the phone with that.
After saying goodbye to my master, I left the Taoist temple. When I got to the parking lot, I called Jiang Ming when there was a signal. There is a signal at the top of the mountain, but there is no Taoist temple.
Jiang Ming asked on the phone if he was in a hurry? I said it seems like it's been three months, and I'm not in a hurry. He said, "Come to me."
All the way to Gesoo Mountain, Jiang Ming was taking his junior disciples to practice swords. When they saw me coming, they stopped and let the juniors practice first.
He came over and got into the car and said that the air conditioner was turned on and it was hot. Then he said that three months have passed since the incident of your relative, which means that the person is still there, and it will be okay for us to go later.
In the past few days, he has to take his juniors and disciples to Longhu Mountain to confer the urn, and he will also confer the urn himself. I said, didn't you give you a rake? He said that the priest also has to take the exam, so can you take a kindergarten diploma and use it for a lifetime?
I was confused, and there was no mention of conferring the ordination in my master's memory, only the experience of the ancestor passing on the ordination to him.
The Zhengyi faction is to confirm the qualifications and positions of Taoist priests by conferring edicts. On the other hand, the Quanzhen school takes the form of passing on the vows to confirm it.
In the Jiangxi territory, only Longhu Mountain has the right to grant upgrades. The conferral is to give half of the voucher to the disciples of other Taoist temples to prove their Dharma position. Half of it was burned, and the god of fire sent it to Heaven for filing.
Only when a priest is conferred the Dharma Urn can he be named to Heaven and have a Taoist priesthood. With the Taoist priesthood, the chapters in the Jiao can be blessed by the gods and the gods, otherwise the Jiao chapters are invalid.
The ritual of obtaining the "urn" is called the conferral of the urn.
Longhu Mountain is the largest Taoist school in Jiangxi, and only the 'Heavenly Master's Mansion' has the right to confer urns. The Taoist temples of the surrounding provinces and cities will bring their disciples to Longhu Mountain every year to confer urns.
Generally, if there are many disciples, the Heavenly Master's Mansion will send someone over to confer the gong. If there are few disciples, you can only go to the Heavenly Master's Mansion to participate in the conferment.
Jiang Ming's Pavilion Soap Mountain has 38 disciples who need to be conferred. Junior disciples who have graduated from 36 subject classes can participate in the initial teaching after one year of apprenticeship. Jiang Ming added another junior disciple, the one he received in Mingyue Mountain, and he was also awarded the first urn.
Those ten junior disciples who have just arrived are not more than a year, and they cannot be conferred. Jiang Ming is an exception.
Jiang Ming had already participated in the first urn, but he got the dream of his master, and he was apprenticed to the artist. He can apply for upgrades and skip grades.
The first teaching is the 'Three and Five Gong Sutra Urn', which are all low-level small spells, playing fireballs, chanting headache spells, stomach pain spells or something, and issuing ordinary talismans. Proficient in the "Morning and Evening Homework Sutra", reciting the "Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching" and "Du Ren Jing", which belongs to the sixth and seventh grades.
Jiang Ming is now taking this scripture basket, which is equivalent to graduating from kindergarten.
After three years of initial teaching, he was promoted to the 'Zhengyi Alliance Weiqi', and this can follow the elders out to catch ghosts and subdue demons. Issued with the corresponding talismans, magic instruments, proficient in the scriptures, belongs to the fourth and fifth grades.
Add the 'Shangqing Five Thunder Sutras' and issue the corresponding talismans and magic weapons, and you can go out on a separate mission, and you can also get the position of a small Taoist temple. Proficient in the "Shangqing Sutra", it belongs to the title of three grades, and can serve as the three capitals, five masters, and eighteen heads of the gate faction.
Promote the 'Shangqing Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutras', issue the corresponding talismans and magic instruments, and be familiar with the "Three Caves Sutra", which is a second-grade title, and can be used as the head of the small Taoist temple or the elder of the Gong Gong and the eight deacons.
Ascend to the 'Shangqing Dadong Sutra', read through the Tibetan scriptures, belong to the title of a product, these can pass very few, rare. Those who passed were all the heads of the main sects, such as Zhang Tianshi. Usually it is only given to the real person of the Heavenly Master, not to the outside.
According to the classification of Taoist positions in the "Temple of Heaven and Jade Grid", the level regulations of the department are explained, from the first grade to the ninth grade, there are positive and follow, and the law urn is divided into five levels.
Jiang Ming skipping a grade is to be awarded the 'Zhengyi League Wei', and he can only apply for promotion after three years of initial awarding. He is not enough for three years, but he can make up for it with merit, and the money he gets back to the Taoist temple is merit.
It takes three years for all to be promoted to Mengwei, eight years for Mengwei to be promoted to five thunders, and twelve years for five thunders to be promoted to three caves and five thunders. If the merit is outstanding or has made a special contribution to the society, it can be promoted exceptionally.
Jiang Ming has enough merit to get back the Taoist temple, and if he opens a certificate in the military, he will have the opportunity to be promoted exceptionally. Otherwise, you will have to wait for 20 years to be promoted.
As long as he succeeds in skipping the league, he can continue to skip the grade on the spot, and if he can challenge, he can always challenge the 'Shangqing Three Holes and Five Thunder Sutras'.
The first urn is to memorize a scripture and then cast a small spell. And the above 'Mengwei Gong' all require fighting methods. Fight with whom? Of course, it is a Taoist friend who participated in the same level of conferring.
Without harming your life, draw lots to participate in the fighting method and overturn the Taoist friends of the same level. And this time, according to Jiang Ming, he directly challenged the 'Shangqing Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutras'.
When you go to Longhu Mountain to confer the urn, you have to make merit to Longhu Mountain. Because Longhu Mountain bestows the Dharma name and priesthood on the priesthood, and issues the corresponding certificates, such as the Job, the Talisman, the Dharma Seal, the Canopy Ruler, the Jade Pipe, the Ghost Torture Stick, the Token, the Order Flag, etc., which need to be bought with money.
In addition to the meritorious contributions of Taoist priests to their own Taoist temples, Longhu Mountain presides over the conferral every year, which also costs a lot of manpower and material resources. Therefore, you have to pay merit in order to participate in conferring or skipping grades.
I heard him jump a few steps in a row, and I really sweated for him. The Taoists who participated in the 'Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutras' were generally fifty or sixty years old, and most of them were the heads of small sects and small Taoist temples, at least at the level of elders.
And Jiang Ming is less than thirty years old, and to challenge those Taoist friends who have cultivated all their lives, his legs are weak when he thinks about it. Jiang Ming said indifferently, it's okay, I won't kill them, and there is no hatred. Belch.......
I'm really afraid that Jiang Ming will overturn in this matter. After I drove him out of the car and turned off the engine, he said to go back to the view to rest and set off for Longhu Mountain tomorrow.
I followed him. When those little juniors saw me coming, they all ran over to say hello. I said that you should practice hard, and I hope that after you teach the first grade, you will skip the grade again next year, and you will be more powerful than your senior brother.
Then they fell silent, and the scene cooled down. Seeing Jiang Ming walking away, I asked what's wrong?
That Zhang Zhidong said, Senior Brother Chen, we all admit that Senior Brother is very powerful, but compared with those old guys who have been cultivating for forty or fifty years, we are afraid that he will lose.
And losing is not simply losing, it is possible to be injured or disabled, maybe you have to lie down for half a year. Also, if you fail to pass a few levels of challenge, you will not be able to participate in the award again in this life.
And this statement? I looked confused. Then he comforted them and said, I will have a good chat with your senior brother later, you can rest assured.
Stayed for one night and set off the next morning, all the cars in the Taoist temple were full of people, only Jiang Ming took my car. He sat in the passenger seat and turned his head to look at the scenery outside.
"Jiang Ming, do you have great confidence in challenging the 'Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutras' this time?"
"My juniors asked you to talk about it, right?"
"They don't say, I don't know yet, I can't imagine that the challenge is so dangerous. What if you get disabled? I can't give it again in my life. ”
"It's okay, I also know that there are a lot of awesome characters in this world, and I won't underestimate those Taoist friends. My master is also the 'Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutras', and since he gave this Prayer more than ten years ago, he has never signed up for the 'Big Cave Sutra'. You know why? ”
"How do I know that your master should have the ability to challenge the 'Great Cave Sutra'."
"My master's opponent is three people, that is, in the lottery, four Taoist friends who awarded the 'Three Holes and Five Thunder Sutras' are mixed. There can only be one 'Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutras', and the scene is quite tragic. ”
He withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at me.
"The other two are the heads of the small Taoist temple, my master kept his hand, they suffered minor injuries, and they will be fine for a month. But the other one is the chef of Longhu Mountain (actually Dianzao, the head of the food), my master has retreated to the edge of the cliff, and he has not left his hands. ”
"In the end, my master used the 'Five Thunder Fu' to knock down the mountain, hung it on a big tree, and went back to lie down for half a year before recovering."
"Originally, Longhu Mountain, Mao Mountain, and Gesoap Mountain were the three mountains of Fu. The disciples of Longhu Mountain and Maoshan are all self-conferred, only our Pavilion Soap Mountain, thousands of years of ups and downs, almost submerged in the long river of history. ”
"My Pavilion Sooshan originally also had the right to confer the urn, but our team was not perfect, so we had to go to Longhu Mountain to confer the urn. Grass! ”
So there are so many more stories?
Master Jiang Ming offended Longhu Mountain, and if he participated in the Dadong Sutra Teaching again, he might not be assigned other subjects. It's not just a way to fight with Taoist friends. If you are assigned to Huangquan Road to do a mission, you may die there.
Only a complete Taoist temple team with a thousand-year-old inheritance can have the right to confer the throne. There are many positions in the Taoist team. The highest authority for the filing of Taoist temples is called the Taoist chief and the prison court. This belongs to senior executives, referred to as executives. The governor is similar to the chairman, and the supervisory court is similar to the general manager.
Under the executives, there are eight deacons, including guest, liao, treasury, account, scripture, canon, hall, and number, each responsible for eight aspects of affairs. Among them, the "guest" is the guest hall, and the person in charge is called Zhike, who is responsible for receiving guests and assisting the prime minister of the Supervision Yuan.
'Liao' is a squatter house, and the person in charge is called the patrol and is responsible for labor affairs. 'Library' is the warehouse, and the person in charge is called the head of the warehouse, who is responsible for the warehouse. 'Account' is the account room, and the person in charge is called the account room, which is responsible for finance. 'Dian' is not only a pawn (or a point seat), but the person in charge is called a pawn and is responsible for food.
'Tang' is Shifang Hall (or Yunshui Hall), and the person in charge is called the hall master, who is responsible for placing the Taoist priests. The "number" is the number room, and the person in charge is called the welcome, who is responsible for greeting and getting to know the Taoist priest in advance.
There are also 'three capitals, five masters, and eighteen heads'. All three are honorary positions. The five lords and the eighteen heads each have one office, and their status is lower than that of the eight deacons.
And these are not available in the Pavilion Soap Sect. In addition to the head of the Pavilion Soap Sect, there are several uncles below, managing logistics and welcoming guests, and the division of labor is not detailed. And the younger generation, because they are all new to the beginning.
"Daheng, if I pass the 'Three Holes and Five Thunder Sutras', you will also challenge it next year. Next year, if you sign up to teach the 'Du Gong Chu Gong', and then keep going up the challenge, then you will jump one level more than me, how awesome! ”
I wiped my sweat and turned the air conditioner up to the maximum. Is the air conditioner in this car broken? Why isn't it cool?
"Don't get off the hook! I'm telling the truth. If you spend 10 million to build a Taoist temple, this merit will already be enough. Next year, I will help you prepare five million merits, and you will also directly challenge the 'Three Caves and Five Thunder Sutras'. ”
"I don't have faith. But if you fail the challenge and hang up again. I can consider marrying your Blue Moon, Xiaohua, and Serafina back as wives. I wouldn't mind helping you raise your son. ”
"Grass! You just want me to die like that? It can't be that you've fallen in love with my wife for a long time, right? ”
"I don't want you to take risks, my circle of friends is small in itself. I took out the phone in the mountains, and I didn't know who to call except for you and the fat man and my family. ”
"Don't worry! I'll be fine. I discussed with Xiao Hei that if there was danger, he would take me away and bring me back. It's just a few seconds back and forth. ”
"Xiao Hei promised to help? Then this is your hole card! Yes, there are brains. Otherwise, I thought you were feeding the pigs. ”
"Of course, my little black is a strategic-level secret weapon. It's not in the sea again! I suspect that Xiao Hei himself is also cultivating. ”
Hearing Jiang Ming's words, I was relieved. Xiao Hei has the ability to change time and space, I don't know if it has any other abilities.
When the car arrived at Longhu Mountain, from the foot of the mountain, it was full of cars and colorful flags were planted everywhere. All the Taoists walked up the hill, and the parking lot and plaza on the hill are now the venues for the exams.
There are hundreds of people in Longhu Mountain, and they have their people in many important departments across the country. In Jiangxi and the surrounding provinces, it is the only sect that can confer urns. Every year, thousands of people have to be received.
Passing by the parking lot, I saw colorful flags fluttering everywhere and a lot of people. The rostrum is in the middle of the parking lot, and the exam is divided into four directions.
The canteen in Longhu Mountain is large and divided into two floors. This canteen is an antique cement structure, and it is also made of antique, the same carved beams and paintings. Most people can't tell that this is a cement structure because it is too similar to a brick and wood structure.
The meals were also tasty, mostly vegetarian. Jiang Ming looked around, very eye-catching people's belongings. This Dragon and Tiger Mountain has lived here for generations since Zhang Tianshi founded the sect.
The descendants of Zhang Tianshi have been inherited for 63 generations and have gone through more than 1,900 years. There are more than 80 Taoist temples, 36 Taoist temples, and several Taoist palaces on the mountain, which is worthy of the name of 'Taoist capital'.
Thinking about my Nanzhenguan bit of belongings, it's really not worth mentioning!
Jiang Ming's Pavilion Soap Mountain is also very large, but most of the temple properties have been burned down several times and rebuilt several times. However, there are also a lot of temple properties now, which are much larger than Nanzhenguan.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone lined up to enter the venue. Handing over the registration form, the man counted it and said, "Why is there one more person?" Jiang Ming said that it was not much! You count and see. The man counted, and I was already wandering around the parking lot.
There were no restrictions on the outside of the parking lot, so I went in without any alarm. On the contrary, I can feel that there is a ban in the middle of the examination room, but I don't take the exam, it has nothing to do with me.
Jiang Ming led the team in, lined the team in two rows, and stood there waiting. I went over and asked him, is there a precedence in the exam? He said, ghosts, who drew lots, who was drawn who.
On the high platform in the middle of the parking lot, tables and chairs are placed in four directions, and there is a pergola on it. The invigilator of Longhu Mountain was sitting at the top and was looking through the registration form.
Two Taoist boys came over with boxes drawn by lot, one box with 'Dugong' written on it, and the other box with 'Mengwei' written on it.
Jiang Ming stretched out his hand and pulled out a sheet, writing the word 'one', and then Dao Tong registered. After the lottery was completed, the people of Longhu Mountain took the lottery sheet and began to read the name.
"Ge Soap Mountain Chongzhen Palace Ge Ming! The first! ”