There are many things involved in religious reform, the most important of which is the compilation and reinterpretation of religious texts.

In particular, Taoism, which is incomplete in its teachings but has a large number of related texts, is the most troublesome.

Among other things, merely revising the canon is a cumbersome task. Not to mention a month, it would be nice to be able to complete it in a year or two.

If Taoism is a completely original religion, it is better to say that you can change it according to your own wishes.

However, there is still Taoism standing behind it, and the ideas of Taoism must be taken into account when revising the classics.

If it is not changed well, the Taoists will definitely be the first to stand up and oppose it.

With this constraint, it is destined that the reform of Taoist classics will be a long process.

Therefore, it is impossible for Wen Yi to help him revise the classics, at most he tells him what to do, and then helps him develop a framework.

Later, they can put all kinds of classics into it according to this framework.

He first spent five days telling Du Zigong what he knew about religion, and then he was working out this framework.

This framework includes the core tenet of how to achieve spiritual sustenance and ultimate relationships.

How to Serve More Effectively...... In the past, that kind of natural inaction was definitely not good, how can you preach when you are born?

Therefore, it is necessary to change from inaction to doing something, and only by joining the WTO can we preach.

But the root of Huang Lao's learning is to rule by inaction, is it still called Taoism if you change this? I'm afraid that the first Taoist will be reluctant at that time.

In the end, Wen Yi solved this problem with a sentence from the Tao Te Ching: Tao often does nothing and does nothing.

Doing everything in line with the 'Tao' is what Lao Tzu himself said.

My Taoism uses the 'Tao' to save sentient beings, and it is also to abide by the 'Tao', so we want to enter the world to save the common people.

They also borrowed from Mencius's idea that the poor should be good for themselves, and the good should help the world...... At this time, Confucianism and Taoism already had a tendency to converge, and borrowing Confucian ideas was not afraid of being sprayed.

Wen Yi also inserted a concept that all beings are equal...... Although it is a Buddhist thought, it is really excellent, and it is no problem to use it.

It's just that here they have made another explanation for the source of 'equality of all beings': Lao Tzu said that heaven and earth are unkind and all things are used as dogs.

Since everyone is a dog, it is natural that they are equal.

In addition, there is a Jiao ceremony, which includes the etiquette and steps of the formal sacrifice, and how to do it when praying at home.

Here Wen Yi and Du Zigong had a little disagreement.

Du Zigong insisted on kneeling and bowing, and Wen Yi insisted that he only needed to bow or close his eyes and pray silently.

Neither side can convince anyone to insist on their own words, and in the end they can only take a step back.

During formal festivals and sacrifices, they perform cumbersome rituals, and they usually do not have any constraints, just piety.

It also formulated canons that Taoists need to abide by, which borrows more Confucian ethics such as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, emphasizing loyalty and filial piety first.

There is also a funeral system, which advocates simple burials and festival burials.

Gold, silver, treasures, and so on are all earthly treasures, which are used for the benefit of the world, and trying to bring them to the underworld will undermine the yin virtues.

The more treasures you have in the funeral, the more yin virtue you will lose, and it is likely that you will become a negative yin virtue and suffer torture after you go to the underworld.

When he was reincarnated, he was thrown into a poor house, or even reincarnated as an animal.

It is even more taboo to use people to accompany the burial, and you must go to the eighteenth layer of hell, and you can only be reincarnated as an animal.

Just as the framework was about to be formulated, Sun Tai suddenly asked a question, what should the emperor do?

Will they be like ordinary people after they die, detained souls, drunk Meng Po soup, and judged by judges?

Wen Yi and Du Zigong were stunned for a moment, and then they had to praise him, this question was too good and too timely.

Otherwise, when someone uses this to attack Taoism during the mission, there may really be problems.

It's time for Wen Yi to use his imagination again, and after thinking about it, he gave a solution.

The emperor exercises authority on behalf of the heavens, and the ten thousand laws do not invade the ghosts and gods, and the soul does not enter the underworld after death, but accepts the judgment of the human sages.

After the death of the sages of mankind, they all went to the thirty-third heaven because of their profound merits, and they lived forever and saw that they would not be destroyed.

The Suiren clan, the Shennong clan, the Fuxi clan, the Yellow Emperor, etc. are all in the thirty-third heaven, and they evaluate the emperor's life merits.

Those with profound merit stay in the thirty-three heavens to enjoy happiness, and those who are deaf and unenlightened cut off their luck and enter the underworld to be judged like ordinary people.

Particular emphasis is placed on the Heavenly Authority of the Monarchy, which refers to the Tao rather than the gods, and the gods are only a part of the operation of the Heavenly Dao.

The emperor doesn't have to ask the immortals to ask what elixir to eat, these things are a means for ordinary people, and they are ineffective against the emperor.

The task given to the emperor by heaven is to govern the country and let all the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, that is, to accumulate humanitarian merits.

As long as you have accumulated enough humane merit after completing this task, you can go to the Thirty-Three Heavens for Immortal Life and Long-term Sight after death.

Du Zigong was satisfied with this setting, but also put forward some opinions.

For example, the emperor was not allowed to ask for immortals and ask for the elixir, so that they would have one less means to tempt the emperor.

Wen Yi told him unceremoniously: "Then you will persuade the emperor to govern the world well and earn humanitarian merits......"

"You are also a person who has studied new medicine, and you should know what the so-called elixir is."

"Aren't you afraid that one day you will eat the emperor to death, and the entire Taoism will be unlucky with it? If you don't follow the right path, why should you take the wrong path? ”

Du Zigong was scared out of a cold sweat, and recently he has been so engrossed in the Reformation that he has forgotten all the things in medical skills.

Ever since he knew the concept of trace elements, he knew what the gold-mercury elixir they were refining was.

I also know what the consequences will be if you eat this thing for a long time.

The offspring was cut off, and he died in agony.

In the future, when new medicine spreads, this secret will surely be known to more people.

If you continue to use pills to bewitch the emperor, the end can be imagined.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly thanked Wen Yi and changed his cultivation to immortal cultivation to cultivate and strengthen his body, eliminate disasters and solve problems.

As for the elixir, whoever likes to refine it, anyway, he must not touch this thing in the Five Bucket Rice Sect.

said that it was a month, but in fact it was impossible to strangle a month so accurately, and it took Wen Yi forty days to help them formulate the framework.

He himself has gained a lot, Du Zigong is worthy of being the master of a sect, his experience and knowledge are far beyond ordinary people, and he has taught him a lot of things.

After the framework was compiled, Du Zigong also wanted to invite him to revise the classics together, but he refused, and there was no room for negotiation in this matter.

And he doesn't have the time and mood anymore.

It's not because of anything else, but Xie Daoyun is approaching his due date. This is his first child, and he takes it very seriously.

If it weren't for the fact that he was helping Du Zigong formulate a doctrinal framework, he would have returned to Langhu Lake a long time ago.

Now that the framework is in place, there is no way to delay anything.

Du Zigong had to put away this idea while regretting it, but also said that he would give a big gift when the child was born.

Asked him what it was, he said with a mysterious face, and said that Wen Yi would definitely be satisfied with Yunyun.

It doesn't matter what he pretends to be mysterious, what is the love, now he just wants to see his wife as soon as possible.

After this incident, he first went back to deal with some government affairs, and then took a boat back to Langhu.