Chen Tianshi said: "How can you not pay attention to it? Zhiran is a great talent in general affairs, in the past few years, he has done a good job in the riverside, and has transformed the feudal department, stabilized the people's livelihood, improved credibility, fought drought and saved the people, and heard that the people of the three provinces spontaneously offered the umbrella of the people, and the merit is immeasurable. ”

Zhao Ran bowed slightly to show humility.

Chen Tianshi continued: "Especially in terms of credibility, the efforts made by Zhiran should be noticed by the world, in the past few years, when the True Master Hall was discussed, Song Tianshi and Zhou Zhenren of the Kyushu Pavilion were full of praise for the growth of the credibility of the Song Domain, a region that had just been war-torn for many years, the people's livelihood withered, and the feudal situation was complicated, and the credibility of the region in six years has increased from hundreds of thousands to millions, jumping from the last place to the top ten in Sichuan Province, which is really amazing. Oh, by the way, I'm afraid that Song Fan will surpass Kuizhou this year and jump to eighth place. ”

Zhao Ran was more concerned about this issue, and immediately asked: "Twenty-eight years of credibility has thinned?"

Chen Tianshi smiled and said, "It's just a matter of the past few days. Last year, the number of Pine Clans exceeded 5 million, 5.68 million. The whole of Sichuan is 91 million. ”

The 28th year of Jiajing was a year of large-scale implementation of monks as abbots of the jungle of the ten directions, and in Sichuan, a place that had already done a relatively standardized job, the credibility was worthy of a large-scale increase, and I believe that by the 30th year of Jiajing, this growth would slow down and stabilize. The growth of the Songfan area should be due to the continuation of the influence of drought relief and relief, which made Zhao Ran, who had not performed his duties for half a year, "very relieved".

Chen Tianshi continued to announce the good news, and last year, the credibility value of the entire Ming Dynasty reached 1.4 billion, and the situation was very gratifying. But there are also some problems, simply put, compared with the growth of all parts of the country, the growth of Nanzhili, Henan, and Zhejiang is relatively slow, although it is also more than in the past, but it has not achieved the desired results.

Chen Tianshi said unabashedly: "Although Nanzhili has increased by two million, it still has not broken 100 million, and now it has fallen to seventh among the three provinces of Beijing, and if it still does not improve, it will be surpassed by Sichuan next year." The reason for this situation, needless to say, is related to Nan Zhili's ruling strategy of emphasizing the imperial court's deviation from the Taoist sect......"

Hearing this, Zhao Ran almost couldn't help but doubt his ears, did he hear it wrong? Chen Tianshi, you actually admit your mistakes so generously and directly, and don't hide it at all?

“...... Although the final number has not yet come out, the result is that it will not change much, and these days, I have been anxious and very uneasy about this matter. You may not know that at the beginning of last year, when I was discussing at the True Master Hall, I boasted to all the True Masters that I wanted to ensure that the total credibility of the world increased by 5 percent every year, and that last year's goal was achieved, and I don't think it would be a big problem to achieve this year's or even next year's goal, but it would be difficult to ensure continuous growth......

Zhao Ran interjected: "With all due respect, Chen Tianshi will increase by five percent every year, it may be easy in the first few years, but the more difficult it will be in the future. ”

Chen Tianshi said: "Of course, it is impossible to grow forever, and it will continue to grow for ten consecutive years, reaching more than 2.2 billion, and it is estimated that it will end here." In fact, even if it is a decade of continuous growth, it is extremely difficult, and if you want to do this, you must solve the problem of Nanzhili. The population of Nanzhili is the first in the Ming Dynasty, 16 million, but the total value of credibility is ranked seventh, which is really not commensurate, as long as the problem of Nanzhili can be solved, and then find a good way to implement it in Zhejiang and Henan, I believe that this goal will be accomplished, ten years later, the credibility value of the Ming Dynasty will reach more than 2.2 billion. Therefore, when Dayin told me that he wanted to invite you to be the abbot of Yingtianfu, I thought it was a good suggestion after thinking about it again, so I invited you here today just to hear your thoughts. ”

Zhao Ran sorted out his thoughts and asked: "In this way, it is only ten years to return to the Son of Heaven?"

Chen Tianshi nodded: "It's ten years, and after ten years, it should be able to see whether the restoration of the imperial authority is effective for the ascension of the Daomen." ”

"Ten years to see it?"

"This is my teacher's original words, and it is also the promise of the great monks of the Hedao Realm! So I hope that Zhiran can help me survive these ten years, otherwise in the fifth or sixth year, I will be forced to take back the government, and then these five or six years will be wasted, this is not only five or six years, but also the hope of my teacher's complete ascension. ”

Zhao Ran shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You actually pinned the hope of the Great Heavenly Master's ascension on me? ”

Chen Tianshi said: "Don't be humble, you have this talent...... We can start with Yingtianfu first, and if we find a good way to increase the credibility of Nanzhili within three years, I will say that Sima Yunqing will move Sima Yunqing, and let them let Maoshan let the abbot of Wenchangguan do it for you, and at the same time promote this road to Henan and Zhejiang. ”

Zhao Ran was silent for a long time, and Chen Tianshi didn't say much, letting Zhao Ran weigh it repeatedly.

I don't know how long I thought about it, Zhao Ran said: "I have always had a puzzle in my heart, and I implore Master Chen Tianshi to solve my doubts." ”

"You say. ”

"I know that Master Shao has made outstanding contributions to the Daomen, but I still think that this is not a good reason to change the world's great politics. No one can predict what the result will be if such a change is made, and if it leads to fluctuations in people's hearts and chaos in the world, will it not deviate from its original intention? It will be even more difficult to regain it when the time comes. Forgive me for taking the liberty of saying something that should not be said, wouldn't it be to hold the world hostage with one's own selfishness? Why can such a resolution be forcibly passed by the True Master Hall? Xiaodao was frightened, and hoped that Chen Tianshi would give him guidance. ”

Chen Tianshi thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think of the current credibility value, do you think it is enough?"

Zhao Ran said: "After Yuanji Heavenly Master took up the post of Xiaguan Abbot, the strategy he did was correct, if he could really reach the credibility value of more than two billion per year that Chen Tianshi just said, my Dao Sect would be able to guarantee that he would ascend to a Great Dao Realm cultivator in twelve to fifteen years, instead of twenty to thirty years like in the past." In this way, it will basically provide enough credibility for all the great monks who have attained the perfection of the path, and everyone will have no worries! So, as far as the trail is concerned, it is really not in favor of another path, because this path is clear, and the other path is unknown. ”

Chen Tianshi pondered for a moment and asked, "Zhiran, do you know how many monks there were in the Ming Dynasty in the eighteenth year of Jiajing?"

Zhao Ran was stunned, he had indeed never verified this number, but it did not prevent him from quickly calculating an approximation: "It should be in 100,000? Hmm, the longevity of monks above Jindan is slightly longer, maybe 120,000?"

Chen Tianshi gave an accurate figure: "There are more than 132,000, including more than 32,000 pavilion monks, and 100,000 scattered cultivators and families. A hundred years ago it was more than 129,000, and in a hundred years, the number of monks increased by 3,000. Then I know that in the twenty-fourth year of Jiajing, how many monks are there in my Daomen?"