Chapter 31: Crowning

"Ladies and gentlemen, the porridge distribution has ended, if there are those who are willing to leave, please take a break, if there are those who are willing to rest less, it is better to listen to the poor Tao to say a few words. As soon as the old Taiping Taoist priest shook off the dust, the cauldrons flew up on their own and moved to the dilapidated little temple. "Bang dang", the yard is neatly placed.

When the displaced people who had planned to leave saw this hand, they immediately did not prepare to leave. They and the other homeless people immediately bowed down, calling out "immortals, Taoist chiefs", etc.

The old Taoist stroked his beard in satisfaction, and then hurriedly asked everyone to get up. He Hanwen sat on the ground at will, but he was not one of these uncivilized vagabonds, so he did not bow down, which was very abrupt.

In fact, He Hanwen has his reasons for doing this, but anyone who has a little insight will not have the action of kneeling, and he clearly saw that some of the displaced people in this group did not kneel, so it did not seem particularly special, but these who did not kneel down are still eye-catching.

An old woman next to He Hanwen was very angry when she saw it, and then she went to pull the corner of He Hanwen's clothes and said, "Child, quickly kneel and worship, this is the immortal in the sky who has come down to earth to save us!"

These words attracted everyone's attention. He Hanwen was a little cramped for a while, he poured bitterness in his heart, he didn't expect that such a move would make him special. I couldn't help but curse the old lady in my heart.

"Stupid woman, so many people didn't bow down and what are you doing with me! Alas, this person is unlucky to drink cold water and stuff his teeth? I'm afraid this old lady is not a nursery!" He Hanwen said to himself.

Xiaozhu saw He Hanwen's awkward expression, and secretly smiled, so angry that He Hanwen turned his head and glared at her angrily, so she playfully stuck out her tongue and turned her face away.

He Hanwen had no choice but to salute everyone present in a high-sounding manner, and then said, "Everyone, there are two Taoist masters. The boy heard that cultivators have the world in mind and focus on communicating the relationship between heaven, earth, and man. Taoism is about inaction and indisputability, and I believe that the two Taoist masters will not mind these superficial formality etiquette. The Taoist elders are not asking for any bowing to us, but they want to explain the Dao to us, I wonder if the kid understands correctly?"

Ji Rong nodded and said, "That's right." What this little brother said is very true, I and my senior brother are monks, and we don't care about these mundane rituals. If you can preach and explain through the two of us, and you can enter the same way, it will be a good thing!

After speaking, Rong nodded to He Hanwen.

At this time, the long-bearded Taoist priest asked: "This little brother has a lot of wisdom, I don't know who his surname is, where he came from, and why did he end up here? ”

He Hanwen: "Dead bull's nose, there are a lot of flowers, and look at how I pierce your face!" He Hanwen was empty and wronged on the surface, and he had already scolded in his heart.

So, He Hanwen replied: "The boy's surname is He, his name is released, and he is a person from the plains." It was originally a wealthy family in the plains, who wanted a natural disaster, and his father and mother took the boy and his sister to Chang'an to go to relatives. However, I met robbers halfway, separated from my father and mother, and was penniless, and I begged with my sister to get here. ”

"I see, I guess I have read a book. The long-bearded Taoist priest said.

He Hanwen: "That's right, I've read a little Zhuang and Lao. I don't know what to call it?"

Qingyun: "Poor Dao alias Qingyun Jushi." ”

He Hanwen: "Qingyun layman, I don't know what the content of today's sermon is?"

Qingyun: "I was about to say. Taoism makes people spiritually single-minded, moving and invisible, and supporting all things. It is also a technique, because of the great shun of yin and yang, the goodness of Confucianism and ink, the key to the naming law, the migration of time, the change of things, the establishment of customs, everything is appropriate, the appointment is easy to operate, and there are few things and more work. Taoism does nothing, and it is said that there is nothing to do, in fact, it is easy to do, and its words are difficult to know. Its technique is based on nothingness and is used according to the law. There is no form, there is no permanent form, so it can investigate the feelings of all things. Not for things first, not for things after, so can be the master of all things. ”

He Hanwen: "This is really the essence of Taoism, but the essence of this place can't be fully understood." ”

Qingyun: "This is nature, this is the outline of Taoist doctrine, and it is pursued and summarized by thousands of seekers... ”

Qingyun: "Avoid harm in your whole life, honor yourself for yourself, attach importance to the preservation of your personal life, and oppose the encroachment of others on yourself and against your own encroachment on others." Therefore, the so-called cultivators are actually nothing more than human beings. As human beings, our lives are actually the most important. We do not plunder the lives of others, nor do we oppose the plundering of ours ... ”

Qingyun: "It is really heartbreaking to sit back and watch the people of the world suffer from disasters and starvation. I hope that the world will be peaceful and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. The Taiping Sect is committed to protecting the people of the world, and our wish is that there are no people starving to death in the world. Those who wish to be protected and agree with our ideals can join the religion and work together to restore peace to the world!"

The sermon of Qingyun is like a speech, from the in-depth and shallow, from the avenue of inaction, to the most practical concern of the refugees about food. This is really very inflammatory. Qingyun lay people made good use of Taoist ideology as a cover to gather this group of suffering people, and successfully mobilized their dissatisfaction with those officials.

As the angry outcasts now show, they are now well fed and drunk, and they are bewitched again, and the negative emotions of not having enough to eat, being embarrassed, being embarrassed, and being separated from their wives for many days have all erupted, and the ultimate goal is directed at the upper rulers.

He Hanwen saw through all this in the middle of the sermon, he nodded in agreement on the surface, but sneered in his heart.

He Hanwen thought to himself: What a prolamatory speech! It would be a waste not to go to a confrontation with the "unreliable" president.

He Hanwen had already thought clearly when he was eating porridge that this kind of behavior of the Taiping Sect could not effectively overthrow the current ruler in addition to causing riots. In the face of the state apparatus, this level of power cannot even be called armed forces. And this kind of organization, which bears the so-called "liberation" hat, is wrong from the starting point. He Hanwen has seen the real revolutionary ancestors, who threw their heads and shed their blood, absolutely not to achieve their own selfish goals. Such actions and organizations that are mixed with dragons and dragons and have no guiding ideology will certainly be eliminated and will certainly not succeed.

So, he said softly to Xiaozhu: "There are dry bones in the grave, this group of people can't do anything, I already have a plan." These guys are just a beautiful skin for their rebellion and selfishness. ”