Chapter 60: Believers

The veterans who said this nodded again and again. Mingxin Zhenren said: "We are also ashamed of the backwardness of the people in Ba Province, but we are powerless to change anything, so we can only do a few more prayers and give more medicine to the people." I don't know, what good way does Miss Mingyue have? ”

The Star Picking Tower is not only a profound Taoism, it also has a place that no other Taoist sect in the world can match, that is, it can participate in court politics. Therefore, if it is a practical matter, the role played by the Star Picking Tower is beyond the reach of ordinary Taoist temples.

Qin Mingyue did not live up to the expectations of many veterans, she said: "Although I have only been in Ba Province for a few days, I have already thought of a few superficial ways to change the livelihood of Ba Province. A lot of it needs to be done by the government. For example, the construction of water conservancy, such as the introduction of improved seeds, such as the purchase of advanced agricultural tools in the Central Plains. I will discuss these with His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and in the coming days, with Governor Wang and other local officials of Ba Province. ”

"But there's still something we need to do."

Both Mingxin and Mingxin are really on the heart. It's just a clear heart. Mingxing was originally rolling in the red dust, and he paid more attention to people's livelihood than his senior brother. He hurriedly said: "If Miss Mingyue can really work together with the government to build water conservancy for Ba Province, introduce improved varieties and buy advanced agricultural tools, then the people of Ba Province will not be rich, at least they will be able to eat and clothe themselves." When the time comes, the people will have surplus money in their hands, and naturally there will be more people who believe in the Daomen, and there will be more sesame oil offerings to the Daomen. ”

"At that time, not to mention anything else, just my Baiyun Temple, I can make the incense more vigorous." Thinking of this, the real person smiled and couldn't see his eyebrows.

While happily imagining the future, he asked: "What do we veterans need to do here, please Miss Mingyue just give orders, and Lao Dao will do his best." ”

Seeing the appearance of a real person like this, Qin Mingyue had to laugh.

However, she still held back and said, "I need the Daomen of Pakistan to provide manpower support." I thought that the people of Ba Province are poor and have low people's intelligence, so if you want to make the people of Ba Province rich, you need to open the people's wisdom. Of course, you may think that the responsibility for opening up the wisdom of the people lies with Confucianism. It has nothing to do with us. If so, it would be a big mistake. If everything is done by the scholars of Confucianism, who will the people who have opened the wisdom of the people believe? ”

Mingxing Zhenren was shocked: "Of course I believe in Confucianism." That's not going to work. We are also to collect disciples in the light. ”

However, Mingxin Zhenren said, "How can we take disciples widely? If we take in more disciples, the burden of our own Taoist temple will be heavy, and what can we support? Also, our Dao Sect spells are very difficult to learn, we have only reached this point in this life, and it is impossible to solve them by relying on us to accept disciples. ”

Mingxing Zhenren really thought about it: "Our spells are difficult to learn, our comprehension requirements are very high, and the root bone requirements are also very high, and not everyone can learn the Tao." Also, we have always been constrained by the imperial court and the Daomen of the Star Picking Building, and the imperial court has issued a degree to every Taoist priest, and there are not many Taoist priests. Therefore, we had no way, so we developed some lay disciples. How do you make disciples? ”

Qin Mingyue smiled slightly and said, "It's impossible to recruit disciples. Don't say that the court didn't agree. Even if I pick up the star building, I won't agree. ”

Taoist priests are people who do not produce anything, and if there are many such people, it is a great burden on society. Of course, there is a strict limit on the quantity.

Mingxing Zhenren said: "Then in this way, how can we open the wisdom of the people? There's no way out. I can only watch Confucianism exert its power. It's a shame. ”

Seeing that Mingxing's true life was loveless, the corners of Qin Mingyue's mouth curled. Mingxin Zhenren was very annoyed: "Senior brother, how did you come to practice all this time?" You are so attached to Hongchen, how can you still become a real person? ”

Ming Xingzhen saw his senior brother training him, and he was busy and silent.

Qin Mingyue looked at this pair of old men and felt interesting. It seems that in the future, you can have more contact with this pair of veterans. This is a path that represents two directions. One is pure-hearted and has few desires, and the other is attached to Hongchen. However, this pair of senior brothers was taught by a master, and they can still cultivate to reach real people. It's really not easy.

However, now is not the time to explore, Qin Mingyue said: "When I say opening up the wisdom of the people, I don't mean that you want to accept disciples extensively. When I say open up the wisdom of the people, I want everyone to collect believers from a wide range of people. ”

One more word, it will make everyone's eyes shine. Disciples are subject to many factors, but believers are not. As a religion, it is natural that the more believers, the better. Even if there are hundreds of millions of believers, it doesn't matter.

Ming's eyes lit up and he asked, "What do you call receiving believers?" ”

Mingxing Zhenren has been committed to accepting believers widely all his life, just see how well he runs the Baiyun Temple in the downtown area. Therefore, when he heard Qin Mingyue's statement, he was very interested.

Qin Mingyue said: "Everyone in our Dao Sect has a skill, and there are even people who have a lot of specialties. Some are good at medicine, some are good at martial arts, some are good at scriptures, some are good at Qimen Dunjia, some are good at interpreting hexagrams, some are good at divination, and some are even good at music and rhythm, some are good at managing farm property, some are good at bookkeeping, and some are good at hundreds of crafts. ”

"Those Qimen Dunjia, divination, scriptures and the like, forget it. This one will be put later. We can first let those who are good at medicine, martial arts, literacy, bookkeeping, arithmetic, carpentry, stone carving, kiln burning, tile making, building houses, planting trees, fiddling with crops and others recruit ordinary people to learn. ”

"Just use our ready-made Taoist temple, or the industry of Taoist temples, but it costs some tables, chairs and benches. nor do they teach the profound. It is just to teach ordinary people to read and hyphenation, keep accounts, make hundreds of crafts, etc. These talents do not make them able to take the imperial examination, but they can be better at having a skill, even literacy, and being able to use more advanced agricultural tools and fiddling with crops. You can also learn some crafts and earn extra money. ”

In this way, these people will naturally become rich. They have received the favor of our Daomen, can they still become loyal believers of our Daomen? Each of them has three friends and six friends, seven aunts and eight aunts, children, parents and wives. These people are also affected, but doesn't it increase our believers? ”

This statement made the eyes of everyone here light up, and this method is indeed good. In this way, the status of Daomen in Ba Province will definitely be higher, and with the help of the government, Daomen will definitely prosper in Ba Province. However, if you think about it carefully, there are still many problems with this operation.