In order to truly understand the people's feelings, Qingji thought about it for a while, and decided to go to the county school in Yanling City.

At this time, on the county school side, it was already full of people inside and out.

The school, which originally belonged to the county school, was already full, so that Li Shu, who came to participate in the prayer meeting, had to bring his own benches, futons, and even straw mats and sit on the ground to listen to the lectures.

This bustling, crowded scene really surprised Qingji.

Fortunately, there are government officials and county scholars who are responsible for maintaining order, and the quality of the Wu people is not ordinarily high, so there will be no riots.

There was no place in the school, but fortunately, the scholars could also play the role of "priests" and come outside to pray.

The huge venue, tens of thousands of people crowded together, was very crowded.

A county school alone cannot accommodate so many people.

Some people come to pray, and some people leave.

Those who left also tiptoed for fear of disturbing the praying priests.

The venue was very quiet, and there was no unexpected noise.

Qingji, Fan Li, and Bo Yao found a place to sit at random.

“…… We are in heaven and love our heavenly Father! ”

"You are the true God who created all things in the universe! Thank you and praise you for your great power and love, and by your will, we have gone through another year of our life on earth! ”

"Blessed be Thy glorious name, O Creator of heaven and earth, from now on and forever by the words of thy mouth, and all the illions by the breath of thy mouth.

"Thou hast gathered together the waters like a fortress, and hast gathered the depths of the ocean in the storehouses, for thou hast said that thy name shall be established, and thy holy name shall be feared by all the earth......

There the scholars prayed and preached the greatness of the rejuvenation.

The so-called Lord and Heavenly Father are actually the One God, that is, Qingji......

Qingji felt a little boring and never listened, so he looked around and set his eyes on the flag platform of the county school.

There are two large flags on the flag stand.

One is the national flag of Dawu, the sun, moon and star flag.

The flag has a crimson background, and the left third is a round sun, a crescent moon, and seven stars around it, all of which are golden.

The sun and moon represent the emperor, and the seven stars represent loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith, which have far-reaching meanings......

On the other side is the flag of the Heavenly Daoist Sect, with a pure white color as the background color, and a fiery red nine-headed bird on it.

Tiandaoism also has a corresponding emblem, which is generally a bronze nine-headed bird, and the followers and believers of Tiandaoism have it, and each person has one.

Qingji looked at it, and saw that the Li Shu around him hung the emblem around his neck and showed it, which made Qingji a little embarrassed.

He himself would not have had such an emblem.

Next, it was time to sing the national anthem.

Before Qingji, it was decided that the teaching song of Tiandao was also the national anthem of Dawu.

"The clouds are rotten, and the clouds are many."

"The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and the moon are shining."

"It's clear that it's in the sky, but it's rotten and starry."

"The sun and the moon are beautiful, and they are ...... in one person"

In addition to the national anthem being sung, some of the scholars also played the role of handymen, responsible for giving small gifts to the believers.

It is said to be a "small gift", but it is actually food, a handful of candy, and a bottle of milk.

Those who have already received it will refuse, and those who have not received it will gladly accept it.

When it was Qingji's turn, the scholar who was in charge of distributing the small gifts frowned, pointed to the nine-headed bird emblem hanging around his neck, and motioned for Qingji to take it out.

However, Qingji couldn't take it out, and even Fan Li and Bo Yao next to him couldn't take out the teaching emblem.

Rao is like this, Shizi still grabbed a handful of candy and gave Qingji and the others a bottle of milk.

In this way, after the service was over, Qingji and the others were surrounded by a group of scholars.

"Are you my Heavenly Daoist followers?"

The leader asked.

Bo Yao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yes, of course it is!" ”

"I see. Then why don't you wear the emblem on Sunday? ”

"I'm in a hurry to go out, and I forgot to bring it for a while."

"All three of them forgot to bring them?"

"Ah, this ......"

Bo Yao was speechless for a while.

However, the scholars did not embarrass them too much.

"If you haven't joined the Heavenly Dao Sect yet, it's not too late to join now. You should know that the people of Yanling pay attention to integrity, yes, no, no, we will not embarrass you. ”

Bo Yao was about to lie, but Qingji waved his hand and told him to step back.

Then, Qingji, Fan Li and Bo Yao followed a few scholars and went to the county school to sign up to join the Tiandao Sect.

But they didn't even bring a fish charm, how to sign up?

This matter is over.

After a few days of visits, Qingji observed the people's situation and learned some about the development of Tiandaoism, which made him doubt himself for the first time about the concept of "unity of politics and religion".

……

On the Fengtian Palace, Qingji once again held a great court meeting.

"Second and third sons, I recently paid a private visit to Weifu, observed the people's feelings, and found that the Heavenly Daoist Sect is flourishing in my Great Wu. However, there are some things that I don't know if they are good or bad. ”

Qingji looked around for a week, looked at the ministers and officials present, and said slowly: "On the day of worship, everyone should have been to the prayer meeting of the Heavenly Dao Sect. What do you think? ”

Sentiment?

The ministers all thought about it for a moment.

Shang Shu Ling Wen was the first to come out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister went to a government school near Jinling the day before yesterday to attend a prayer meeting. ”

"No matter what kind of person they are, whether they are craftsmen, merchants, scholars, or officials, they all gather together to pray sincerely and praise Your Majesty and the One God."

"Although there were many people, they were also orderly, and there was no disturbance when the scholars were teaching and praying......

Wen Chong said a lot of good things about the Heavenly Dao Sect, but it was not what Qing Ji wanted to hear.

Qingji squinted his eyes and said, "Wen Chong, I don't know if you have found it?" ”

"There are too many believers, and the Heavenly Daoist Sect doesn't even have the most basic church, is it inappropriate to use the school as a church to preach?"

"This ......"

Wen Chong couldn't help but bow his head.

"Your Majesty, do you want to build churches in various places?"

"No, it's not."

Qingji shook his head and said, "I am a native of Great Wu, and there are more than 40 million Li Shu. ”

"They are all the people of my Great Wu, my people, that is, the 40 million believers of the Heavenly Dao Sect, so many believers, how many churches need to be built to accommodate them one by one?"

With so much spare money, Qingji might as well do more meaningful things.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan."

"Say."

"Take it from the people, use it for the people. Why didn't Your Majesty let the people pay the 'religious tax' on a regular basis, just like paying taxes, so as to maintain the normal operation of the churches and the construction of churches everywhere? ”

Paying Church Tax?

This is indeed a method, but Qingji thinks it is not necessary.