Huang Zhou's face turned red, and he stepped forward respectfully and bowed: "I have seen the Dao Masters of the Immortal Sect, and the student Huang Zhou is polite." ”

Lu Liang looked the peasant boy up and down, and saw that although he was thin and skinny, his overall demeanor had not been lost, as if he had studied private school for a few years, so he nodded and said softly.

Zhang Yuqing's eyes raised slightly, and he flicked his sleeve robe and waved out a wisp of mana to support the latter.

Huang Zhou's heart was shocked, and he felt an inexplicable strength that straightened his body, and looked at the handsome young Taoist in the carriage in shock and fear.

Others saw that his expression was different, and immediately explained: "This is His Royal Highness the Daozi in my sect, and it is ......."

After some explanation, Huang Zhou immediately knelt down and bowed, and thanked with tears streaming down his face: "The student thanked Li Min Cangsheng for teaching Daozi to help ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was picked up from the ground by Zhang Yuqing with an impatient wave of his hand, and said coldly: "What kind of identity are you?" Who is qualified to thank me on behalf of the people of the world? ”

Huang Zhou's face was panicked, he didn't understand where he had offended the Daoist of this Immortal Sect, but he felt that the other party seemed to be extremely disgusted with the Confucian robe he was wearing.

Everyone was stunned for a while, especially Lu Zhixin was almost suffocated, as the person who personally promoted Huangzhou to meet Daozi, he could not escape the blame.

"Please calm your anger, I'll wait for ten thousand deaths!"

Lu Liang is the most diligent in observing words and feelings.

As soon as he grabbed Lu Zhixin and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, he didn't dare to raise his head.

Huang Zhou's face was panicked, and he calmed down slightly, and then he said loudly: "Daozi asked the student what his identity is, and what qualifications he has to thank Daozi on behalf of the people." The students are not talented, but they are just a child in Huangjia Village. ”

"But ......"

His tone was respectful, but his eyes were sharp: "The student is not talented, but he has also listened to the lectures of the Great Confucian." ”

Huangzhou looked pious: "There is a contemporary Confucianism in Hengqu who once said: 'Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!'" ’”

"My generation learned Confucianism, so that's it!"

"Although the student is only a child, he has also been to school for a few days, and he knows that my generation has to bear what others can't bear and what others can't."

Although Daozi believes in Taoism, his words and deeds are more in line with the four sentences of this horizontal canal than his students! I felt like this for a while, I couldn't help but feel a little profligate, I don't know where to provoke Daozi to be angry, it's all the student's fault, and if you want to punish Daozi, punish the student! ”

Huang Zhou was apprehensive in his heart, bowed his head, and waited for the fate.

Zhang Yuqing chuckled lightly and said frankly: "It's okay, it's okay to talk to a Confucian like you, and raise your head." ”

Huang Zhou raised his head slowly and looked at Zhang Yuqing quietly.

"You just said that you hold your own status as a scholar and think that you are qualified to thank the leaders of the Qiantou who have received relief from our religion, in essence, because you think that they are not as smart as the people you have read and know how to be grateful, right?"

Huang Zhou was slightly stunned, and had the intention to veto, but saw that the Taoist in front of him had clear eyes, and just glanced at him, as if he could see through the internal organs.

He smiled bitterly and said honestly, "...... Yes, His Royal Highness Daozi, the people are ignorant and illiterate, and most of them don't have the opportunity to meet Daozi..."

Zhang Yuqing directly interrupted him and continued: "Ignorance? Don't know the number of etiquette? Know whose etiquette? Do you wait for Confucian etiquette? ”

When Huang Zhou heard this, his face tightened and said: "Exactly, does Daozi think that there is anything wrong with the etiquette of my generation of Confucianism?" It should be known that the world is always the same, the monarch and the minister, the father and son, the secret number of days, this should also be the Taoist respect, if there is no etiquette and chaos of order, it will be like the people fighting for rice porridge that day, chaotic, only to increase casualties......"

Zhang Yuqing said coldly: "You even understand the basic definition of etiquette and rules, no wonder arrogance is like this!" ”

Huang Zhou broke out in a cold sweat, gritted his teeth and said, "Please don't hesitate to teach Daozi." ”

"The so-called rules of etiquette exist for only three things from the moment they are formulated."

"First, it is Zhang Luo to reasonably collect the wealth of the world and control the subsequent distribution power."

This is the set of monarchs and ministers and fathers advocated by Confucianism, why do the people have to pay taxes to the emperor? Because the emperor is the son of heaven, he manages the common people on behalf of heaven, and the people must obey the orders of the son of heaven. ”

"Second, develop a framework for the people to live in, and all people must not exceed them according to the rules and regulations of Confucianism, and protect their basic living needs, such as the basic right to life, and by extension, education, medical care, public security, and so on."

"This is the prefectural and county system, and the county order needs to ensure the basic living needs of the people under its rule. The state needs to protect its territory from foreign invasion, so that its people can live and work in peace and contentment, and cultivate and feed themselves. ”

Third, in order to make this system run for a long time, we took the initiative to sacrifice the rights and interests of most of them to protect the core tax rights.

Therefore, the Confucian etiquette was based on the hypothesis of the ignorance of the people from the very beginning, because if the people were not ignorant, they would realize that the theory of the Son of Heaven was nonsense, and they would spontaneously refuse to pay taxes to the emperor, and finally end up with the collapse of the system and the reform of the Yuan system! ”

Zhang Yuqing looked at him coldly: "You think that the people are ignorant, but you don't know that it is because of you Confucian students that the people of the world have to be ignorant!" ”

Huang Zhou was in a cold sweat, his tongue was dry, and he shimpered for a long time before muttering: "But doesn't Daozi think that there is no need for rules and regulations in this world?" ”

Zhang Yuqing sneered: "Etiquette and systems are naturally indispensable in the world, but if you want to talk about etiquette, you must first talk about whose etiquette it is." You are still a Confucian student, haven't you heard the sentence "Etiquette is not inferior"? ”

Huang Zhou sat down on the ground with a pop, countless thoughts appeared in his mind, and he seemed to understand something.

'No wonder this Taoist is so disgusted with my Confucian identity......

"Now the etiquette, rule of law, and system run by the Great Song Dynasty are all proposed by your Confucianism.

Since we want to talk about etiquette and system, we must know that it was under the implementation of Confucianism's policy of ignoring the people that no less than 10,000 people in the Great Song Dynasty froze to death and starved to death every day. ”

The flood has washed away the fields on which hundreds of people depend, displaced tens of thousands of people, and starved hundreds to death every day.

But in the eyes of Bianliang, Lin'an and the Confucians of Hengqu in your mouth, all this is so commonplace. ”

"But for the villagers of Huangjia Village, is there any need for this kind of cannibalistic regulation?"

Huang Zhou's face turned pale, turned red for a while, and muttered: "But the people's lives are getting better and better, and this is the result of the education of generations of Confucians. ”

Zhang Yuqing glanced at him contemptuously and said, "This is nature. ”

"I am a true immortal disciple, there are 13,500 volumes of immortal law, if the whole world implements the system of my religion, it will be a world where there are no bones, no disasters for people, and everyone can live for a long time."

Huangzhou still refuses to admit defeat, although he has seen the magic power of His Royal Highness Daozi, but the so-called Ziyu is not strange and confused, and immediately stiffened his neck and said: "The reason why Daozi is so certain is nothing more than the refusal of the official family to implement the Taoist rule of law theory, the so-called things that have not happened, naturally no one can verify the authenticity." ”

Zhang Yuqing was too lazy to talk to him, and ordered: "Lu Liang! ”

"Hey!"

Lu Liang got up from the ground in a hurry, took out a sack, and pulled out the immortal rice one by one.

"This is a rice seed that I improved according to the immortal law, each plant bears 500 grains, and the yield per mu is 1,200 catties, so that the people in the world will no longer have the risk of starving to death. Can it be proved that our religion is better suited to govern the people than Confucianism? ”

Huang Zhou's eyes were cracked, looking at those immortal rice, and his eyes almost didn't fall out.

After all, he is also from a farmer's family, so he can naturally understand what the concept of a yield of 1,200 catties per mu is.

"This, this, this can't ......"

Huang Zhou muttered to himself, and his worldview almost didn't collapse.

He was stunned for a long time, the iron-clad facts were placed in front of him, and the knowledge that he had worked hard to learn in the past was instantly eclipsed.

He had worked hard for all these years to break free from the title of peasant son, but now it felt like a joke in front of the words of the immortal sect.

'Confucianism is the main culprit who confuses the people of the world? ’

This doubt first appeared in his mind, and then he shook his head in a hurry.

At this moment, his eyes looking at Zhang Yuqing became extremely frightened.

Huang Zhou realized what a serious blow his words about Taoism with Daozi would deal to the prestige of Confucianism once it spread!

Of course, Huangzhou is undoubtedly overwhelmed.

After all, this kind of discussion about Taoism, as the subject of discussion, the common people, is often difficult to distinguish the difference.

And those who can understand the meaning must be people who have read books and understand things.

Unfortunately, in today's Northern Song Dynasty, such a person, not to say 99% of Confucianism, is at least 100%.

Would Confucian scholars agree with Zhang Yuqing's theory?

This truth is self-evident when you think about it with your toes.

So in such an era when Confucianism is in charge of public opinion, can such remarks really deal a blow to the prestige of Confucianism?

It can be said that the impact may be there, but it will be minimal.

Therefore, Zhang Yuqing never planned to promote Confucianism to the world, and his main idea was to form a population siphon effect through obvious institutional advantages.

As long as everyone living in the Immortal Sect's governing area can live and work in peace and contentment, then the people in other parts of the Great Song Dynasty will decide their heads and spontaneously throw themselves into his camp.

As for why he debated these things with Huangzhou on a whim, he mainly thought of it for a while, and planned to use this debate to instill Confucianism in Lu Liang, Lu Zhixin, and some disciples of the Immortal Sect who had been following him for a long time.

In the future, when he snatches the right to speak from Confucianism, he can use it.

Huang Zhou gave up the struggle, his eyes did not leave those immortal rice for a moment, and then looked at the handsome Taoist in front of him.

The sunlight sprinkled on the corners of Zhang Yuqing's clothes from behind, and Huang Zhou suddenly felt that his eyes were shaking slightly, and a round of sunhalo seemed to rise in the back of the Taoist's head.

'The one who can really save the world...... Immortal? ’

At this moment, a thought suddenly arose in his mind.

He wanted to join the Immortal Cult.

However, before making this conclusion, Huang Zhou wanted to confirm it one last time, he hesitated for a while, and reluctantly said: "Daozi's words are thought-provoking, learn ...... Huangzhou was taught. ”

He arched his hand, no longer had the sharp eyes of Fang Cai, and said with a somewhat confused face: "Daozi will ...... What kind of immortal sect system do you plan to implement in the Great Song Dynasty so that the people can live a worry-free life? ”

Zhang Yuqing said with a calm face: "First of all, we must make sure that the cultivators have food, the weavers have clothes to wear, and all laborers can enjoy the income of their labor." ”

"On this basis, the use of Taoism to improve the living standards of the people, such as this immortal rice, in the future, in this world, the grain yield per mu will be as high as 1,000 catties, the traffic of various prefectures and counties will be unimpeded, the fruits of Lingnan can be sent to Bianliang in the afternoon, all kinds of cloth so that the old man can survive the winter safely, and more and better fuel will no longer make people no longer have the risk of freezing to death."

Listening to Zhang Yuqing's words, Huangzhou couldn't help but fall into imagination.

'What a wonderful world to be—'

He sighed, and bowed his head sincerely: "I really wish I could see with my own eyes, the world envisioned by His Highness Daozi!" ”

"What's so hard about that? You can join our sect, and you can also contribute to the arrival of the world one minute earlier. ”

Huang Zhou was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked in disbelief: "This, can you also join the religion in Xia?" It was only below that he made Daozi angry, and he thought it was ......"

Zhang Yuqing chuckled: "What I'm angry about is that you keep saying that you don't leave the people of Li, but you don't see the shadow of the people in your eyes, but you just look like you are a scholar who is high." ”

Huang Zhou's face turned red, and he arched his hand and said: "I don't know that in the eyes of Daozi, it is like this, and I will never dare to do it again in the future." ”

Zhang Yuqing shook his head and nodded: "In the future, when you encounter people grabbing porridge, you can't blindly think that it's all because the people are ignorant, but think about it more, why they would rather risk their lives to grab a bowl of rice porridge." ”

Huang Zhou looked stunned when he heard this.

"It turned out that it was because of this incident that Daozi was disliked......

Lu Liang secretly complained, knowing that Daozi was also beating Lu Zhixin's lack of experience.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuqing stopped mentioning this matter in the future, and everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it again.

It's business as usual.

Lu Liang continued to address the people, explaining to them what are the benefits of joining the Immortal Sect.

In a nutshell, join the church, give the field, give money, and give your descendants a chance to read.

When the people heard the first preferential treatment, they lined up, and when they heard the last two conditions, they began to urge the Taoists in charge of registration to hurry up, so as not to delay everyone's time, and we were still waiting to express our gratitude to the Taoist master.

After finalizing another village, the group continued to provide relief in the disaster area, silently absorbing the population of the disaster area.

After about ten days, they finally brought the last of the people affected by the flood back to the village called 'Xinhang'.

It is located in the middle of two mountains, and there is a plaque called Xinhang Mine hanging at the entrance of the wall.

It is called a village, but in fact, after this period of construction and conditioning, the population here has skyrocketed to tens of thousands, which is enough to compare with all the residents of a small county.

(End of chapter)