Chapter 173: The Entrusted
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For the persuasion of the emperor, Chang Jin did not feel deeply at first.
Until not long ago, he practiced the "Twelve Floors Visualization Sutra", and every time he reached the critical juncture of condensing spiritual power, the Taoist ancestor would become a Confucian sage, making him fall short.
After repeating this, Chang Jin had a guess in his heart that the Confucian spirit of Haoran was likely to conflict with the Daomen cultivation exercises. After all, one pays attention to birth, and the other pays attention to joining the WTO.
There may be great Confucians who can integrate Confucianism and Taoism, but with their current knowledge, they obviously can't do this.
This setback also made Chang Jin think about the three boundaries.
He was a man of great wisdom, and he had vaguely understood this question before, but he didn't feel it much. Now that he thinks about it carefully and looks at the Taoist classics, Chang Jin has a new understanding of the three boundaries.
Speaking of the Dao Academy first, from the time he was reborn into this world, Chang Jin felt that the Dao Academy here was very different from the earth in his previous life. In addition to the manifestation of supernatural powers, another characteristic is that although the Taoist temple is powerful, there are not many Taoist temples built in the world.
Take Yuqing Dao as an example, not every county town has a Taoist temple, and even the disciples of the sect walk in the secular world.
Why is this? The Taoist Academy has the magical power to destroy the world and destroy the world, and it also has the Taoist technique to heal the sick and dispel evil spirits, and to subdue demons and eliminate demons...... All kinds of means are not available to the government.
If the Taoist Academy wants to set aside the official government, govern the country with Taoism, and rule the people, it should live lightly. But in fact, I have never heard of a Taoist monarch becoming a prince or emperor in the world.
From the beginning of embarking on the path of cultivation, Chang Jin gradually understood: if it wasn't for the reluctance of the Taoist Academy to replace him, he really couldn't do it.
If the three paths of the immortals and gods are compared to a big tree, then humanity is the main pole of the tree, and the two paths of the immortals are the important branches on the top.
From antiquity to the present, humanity has been inherited for thousands of years, and has gone through dozens of dynasties. It seems that there are changes in every dynasty and every generation, but the essence has not changed, it is the government that governs the people, and gathers the spirit of all the people under its rule.
Over time, thousands of years, this kind of luck is quite terrifying. If the Taoist Academy wants to replace it, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the humane backlash at all.
Although the officials appointed by the imperial court to govern various places did not know the supernatural powers, they still made the cultivators jealous because of their humane luck.
It is a matter of the government and the world, as long as it does not involve the two realms of immortals and gods, most of the Taoist institutes will not interfere.
If it is involved, it will be attacked by humanity and reduce its own luck. Few Taoist priests are willing to do such a thing. Even in order to prevent the disciples from bringing disaster to the Taoist sect, the Taoist Academy did not widely cultivate Taoist temples in various places.
This is true of the way of immortals, and the same is true of the way of Shinto. It's just that now Shinto is in decline and has become a vassal of the fairy way.
There is another reason why the Taoist temple did not cultivate the Taoist temple extensively, and there is another reason for the land of the river gods under its rule. Most of these gods are sealed by the Daoist Academy, so they can naturally act as the eyes and ears of the Daoist Academy, and they must report any problems that arise under their rule.
In the final analysis, although the two immortals seem to be high, they have never been the masters of this world. They can subtly influence humanity, but if they directly use their divine powers to involve secular changes, they will be attacked by humanity. These should be the three rules in the mouths of monks and gods.
After Dong Sage proposed to "depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism" a thousand years ago, Confucianism was completely integrated into humanity.
Chang Jin is a scholar, so he is naturally favored by humanity, but he is a cultivator and has supernatural powers, and he is not tolerated by humanity. In the long run, it will definitely be counterattacked.
Willing to give, willing to give, it stands to reason that to come to such a conclusion, Chang Jin should give up. It's just that he doesn't simply give up.
If you are conservative and bound by rules everywhere, you will not have the current Changjin.
In Chang Jin's heart, there should be some kind of balance between the three paths, and he doesn't know it now.
He had already made up his mind to forge his own path in this world. So this possibility must be tried, and even if it will fail in the end, he will not change lightly.
"Since you decide, be careful. Looking at Chang Jin's resolute gaze, Bai Susu knew that he couldn't make him change, so he could only nod in support.
The straight-line distance between Huyang and Fengtai is only a few hundred miles, and if Chang Jin and Bai Susu sisters carry their spirits and leave, they will be able to arrive in a few hours.
Now that there is Wang Qinian by his side, it is inconvenient to show his magical powers, so he can only take a boat to slow down. Yingshui is tortuous and meandering, but it is necessary to take half of the unjust road.
The large ship they were on was a cargo ship, full of ballast, and it was much slower than ordinary civilian ships when it traveled on water.
In addition, almost every time the big ship arrives at a ferry, it has to stop to load and unload goods, stop and go, and it has not arrived at Fengtai Mansion for several days. If you are in a hurry, you should be urged early.
Chang Jin was not in a hurry, he sat in the cabin during the day and read, or stood on the deck to watch the scenery, indescribably relaxed.
Of course, it is also because of Bai Susu's company. Accompanied by beauty, no matter how ordinary the scenery is, no matter how trivial things are, they will find it interesting.
This is human nature, and it has nothing to do with monasticism.
Afraid of startling Wang Qinian, he did not tell the true identity of the Bai Susu sisters. If Wang Qinian learned that the woman who was traveling with him was the python they encountered when they went to Wanshan Mansion to participate in the government test, they would faint in fright.
On this day, the big ship traveled to a place nearly 100 miles away from Fengtai Fucheng, Chang Jin and Wang Qinian were playing chess in the cabin, and suddenly heard the voices of people in front of them, and the gongs and drums sounded in unison.
The people on board were alarmed, and they all got out of the cabin and looked ahead.
When Chang Jin stood on the bow of the boat and looked into the distance, he saw dozens of large and small ships moored on the water a few miles away, full of people, including a large boat, and a few Taoist priests doing it, as if something was happening.
He turned around, and now Bai Susu also had doubts in his eyes.
"What's going on in front of you, it's so lively......"
"Boatman, hurry up and take a look"
For a while, there was a lot of discussion on the whole cargo ship.
The owner of the ship also had the intention of watching the excitement, and when he heard the shouts of the guests, he ordered his men to speed up.
Miles of waterway, but a stick of incense arrived.
When the cargo ship arrived, several sailors threw the anchor into the bottom of the river to fix it. The owner of the boat looked around a few times, saw an acquaintance, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Guo Laosan, Guo Laosan, what is the excitement here?"
A man on the fishing boat not far away heard the shout, immediately turned back, and then rowed over to say hello: "Master Zhou, I haven't seen you for a few days, is this trip to the south for business?"
"It's okay," the boat owner responded, and then asked, "What's going on, why did you ask a Taoist priest to do it on the river?"
"Zhou Ye didn't know, something happened in this water a few days ago, a woman committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. Because the resentment was too heavy, the resentful soul did not dissipate. Every night these days, the cry of a woman can be heard in the water, and now passing ships dare not dock here at night. ”
Speaking of this, the man looked into the distance, and said again: "This matter is related to the eldest young master of the Sun family, and the old man Sun invited a few Taoist priests to come here to spend her soul, so that her soul can return to the Yin Division, and no longer stay here to harm people." ”
"Sun family, what's going on, you tell me in detail. "This week, the master's family and the Sun family are a little disagreeable, and when they heard this, they asked excitedly.
"The matter is also the Sun family's retribution...... Guo Laosan paused and said: "A few days ago, a scholar and his family passed by here by boat, because it was getting dark, the ship was moored nearby, and it happened that the Sun family's cargo ship also stopped here. The eldest young master of the Sun family had no intention of showing the scholar's family members who were as beautiful as flowers, so he moved his mind and invited the scholar to come on the boat for a while, and guess what......"
Speaking of this, the man couldn't help but buy a pass.
"Guo Laosan, you are not begging for a beating, this time is a suspenseful person. Tell me, I'm in a hurry. The shipowner urged.
The eldest young master of the Sun family moved a table of banquets on his own boat, and during the banquet, he frequently persuaded the scholar to drink, half drunk and half sober, and the scholar made his origin clear. It turned out that the scholar was a student who went to Huyang Mansion to participate in the government exam, but he was addicted to fireworks and willow alleys and never went home. And the lady was ransomed from the brothel......"
Hearing the man on the other side talk about this section, Chang Jin's face changed slightly, for fear that his guess would come true.
Because he wanted to redeem the woman, the scholar's money had already been lost, and he borrowed a few hundred taels of silver from others. He was afraid to bring the prostitute home to explain to his family, so he never dared to go back. The woman proposed a method, saying that the two of them were now visiting Fengtai Mansion, and asked the scholar to write a letter to relatives and friends, begging them to persuade the old father to take a boat back when the family was angry.
Hearing the inside story, Young Master Sun was moved, and said that if a scholar marries a prostitute, your father will not agree. If you insist on taking her home, you will definitely end up unfaithful, unrighteous, unfilial, and unkind. , the scholar is also soft-eared, and after listening, he asked what to do. The eldest young master of the Sun family told the other party that he was willing to spend a thousand taels of silver to buy the woman, and let the scholar take the silver home, and he would definitely be able to forgive his family when the time came
I never thought that the scholar really agreed, and discussed it with the woman after returning to the ship. I never thought that the woman was a strong person, standing at the bow of the boat and scolding the eldest young master of the Sun family, and then opened the treasure chest she was carrying, which contained no less than 10,000 taels of gold and silver, all of which she had accumulated over the years, and originally planned to go home with the scholar to live a life. After the woman scolded, she didn't wait for everyone to react, and jumped into the river with the treasure chest.
It was already dark at that time, and many people went down to salvage, but they did not find the woman. Since then, the waters have not been calm...... It's a pity. ”
At the end, the man couldn't help sighing.
Indeed, this woman is really entrusted to no one, and the scholar does not take care of it at all. The shipowner chimed in.
"By the way, I heard that the woman's name seems to be Huo Wanniang......"
Really...... Hearing this, Chang Jin's face was sad.
"Damn, Li Shunchang should die" At this time, Wang Qinian also reacted and scolded: "This kind of person is not as good as a beast"
The others didn't understand the inside story, and they also felt indignant, and then scolded: "That's it, this kind of person should really be cut with a thousand cuts." ”
"How is that scholar now?" someone asked through gritted teeth.
"Otherwise, if I say retribution, the scholar and the eldest young master of the Sun family were frightened, and now they are lying in the boat, half dead. ”