The homework in the Dharma lecture hall was proceeding in an orderly manner, and before I knew it, more than ten days had passed. Zhao Ran has long been familiar with these lessons, but it is always beneficial to learn more, for those who are interested in themselves, repeat learning, review the old and learn the new, and for those who have been thoroughly mastered, they will practice the Shuishi Dan method with their eyelids half-closed.

Fortunately, there is no habit of answering questions by name in the refresher class, otherwise Zhao Ran would not dare to be so presumptuous - Zhengyin Jinghui and Deputy Yin Li Dayin of the Daolu Division are very diligent, and almost every time they give a lecture, they will take turns to listen to the class and supervise, and the discipline is also very strict. The key punishment is not the private person, but the sectarian pavilion to which he belongs, which is really helpless.

On July 12, Zhao Ran received Xu Yunxuan's flying talisman and asked him to go outside the city to meet him.

Xu Zhenren's other name is Baoyue Villa, located in Hengtang outside the Sanshan Gate, and this place is also known in the world in the name of Mochou. The story of Mochou Lake, to Zhao Ran's ears, is more like a legend of a demon who transforms, the first half is similar to Bai Suzhen, and the second half has become a classic case of passive resistance to imperial power.

Because of the beautiful lake, it has also become a place where many high-level elites have established special offices, including Zhu Xianjian, Xu Zhenren, Du Hongyang, Guo Hongjing, etc., all of whom have properties here, mainly for the convenience of doing things in the capital.

Zhao Ran has been here, the road is very familiar, around the lake, it will not take long to arrive.

Zhao Ran heard Lu Xixing say that there was something important in Helin Pavilion, so Xu Zhenren rushed back to Fujian Benshan from Zhaozhen Pavilion in Taishan, and stopped in the capital for a day halfway, not only to see Zhao Ran, but also to see other people, so when Zhao Ran arrived, he could only wait in the living room temporarily.

There was a Taoist priest of the Longmen sect sitting on the chair opposite, Zhao Ran was stunned, and hurriedly clenched his fists: "I've seen Senior Brother Wei." ”

This is the leader of the younger generation of the Dragon Sect, the Grand Master Wei Chaozong.

In the Dao Gate, the White Cloud Pavilion Wei Chaozong, the Crane Forest Pavilion Lu Xixing, the Jade Emperor Pavilion Dongfang Jing, the Pure Yang Pavilion Duanmu Chunming, and the Zongsheng Pavilion Wei Zhizhen have been called the five genius mages, saying that they are the five top masters in the Dao Gate at this stage of refining qi and transforming gods. There are even more good deeds who call him a monk of the Five Elements, and somehow forcibly assign gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Of course, this kind of name and title is actually more hyped up by good deeds, especially after "Junshan Notes", its name gradually took shape.

But Zhao Ran thinks that this title will definitely not last long, at least Dongfang Jing has already retreated, and the Wei Chaozong in front of him is said to be about to start preparing for retreat, and when these two go out, they will enter the third realm of refining gods and returning to the void, and who will make up for this "five elements" at that time?

Sometimes Zhao Ran also thought about whether to simply set up a cultivation list, engage in rankings and the like, this is really a very profitable business, but the operation is not small, and he still needs to consider being more mature.

In the spring of the year before last, in Lingshan, Zhejiang, the senior brother Wei Zhizhen tried the sword of the three provinces and four refiners, and the matter was known to the world, and Wei Chaozong also came to Lingshan to watch the battle. It's just that Louguan and the Longmen faction have nothing to do with it, everyone just met from afar, and never said a word, but I didn't expect to sit in a room today, drinking tea relatively.

Wei Chaozong smiled and arched his hand to him: "I've seen Senior Brother Zhao, and Senior Brother has also come to the capital?"

A genius monk like Wei Chaozong would definitely not be sent to the Ten Directions Jungle below as an abbot, so he didn't know about the Dharma lecture hall held in the capital, and even if he heard about it, he wouldn't take it to heart.

So Zhao Ran informed Wei Chaozong of the matter, reported the names of the abbots who also came to study in Beizhili, and then casually talked about some interesting things in the rooster song, which aroused Wei Chaozong's great interest, and the two chatted happily.

Half an hour later, a monk came out of the inner hall, Zhao Ran couldn't recognize which pavilion it was, but he just looked at the logo on the robe and knew that it was a refiner. The refiner went out with a serious face, and didn't pay attention to Zhao Ran and Wei Chaozong, who were sitting.

The old housekeeper came in and invited Wei Chaozong to enter, Zhao Ran hugged his fists and sent him off, this time soon, after two sticks of incense, Wei Chaozong came out.

The old housekeeper turned out to invite Zhao Ran again, and Wei Chaozong said: "I won't wait for Senior Brother Zhao here, I will stay in Nanzhili for a while in the near future, and I will go back to Jiming to visit Senior Brother." ”

Xu Zhenren sat in the chair in the study and motioned to Zhao Ran: "Sit down, feel free." I heard that you have something to ask me, is it about the Fa Hall?"

Zhao Ran sat down and said, "Uncle Xu, yes and no, I agree with the holding of the Fa Lecture Hall, but what I don't understand is what happened behind the scenes? There are a lot of things I don't understand this year......

Xu Zhenren: "It's not just that you don't understand, many people don't understand, and there are some things that even I don't understand." The reason why I didn't explain it to you is because many of us, including myself, haven't thought it through and don't know what to do next. ”

Zhao Ran held his breath and listened.

"In the first month of this year, the True Master Hall held a resolution to confirm one of Chen Shandao's proposals. This year, starting from Nanzhili, including Zhejiang and Henan, the government of the three provinces began to gradually return to the imperial court......"

Zhao Ran suddenly opened his mouth wide, and looked at Xu Zhenren incredulously, not knowing what to say. It was shocking news, so shocking that his brain almost went blank.

According to Xu Zhenren's explanation, the meaning of the complete return of the three provincial governments to the imperial court is that in the disposal of civil affairs, the Taoist temples, Taoist palaces, and Taoist courtyards in the jungle of the ten directions of the Daomen will not interfere with the specific operation of the government at all, which means that the arrangement of personnel, the collection of taxes, and the measures of government affairs are all let go. Shifang Conglin concentrates on preaching and supervising the improper actions of the government, but the supervision is not arbitrary, but can only reflect upwards and be corrected by Jian Shanguan and the imperial court.

After a moment of silence, Xu Zhenren said again: "The three provinces and the Ten Directions Jungle only retain the jurisdiction over the preaching affairs, and the imperial court guarantees that the credibility of the world will increase at a rate of five percent per year, and if it can't be done in any year, all the power will be returned to the Ten Directions Jungle immediately." ”

Zhao Ran finally knew why Zhang Yuanji burned four fires in a row after coming to power, all of which pointed to the key to the growth of credibility, if Zhang Yuanji's four fires can all achieve the expected goal, it is not difficult to complete the annual credibility growth target of 5 percent.

This is exchanging credibility for the right to dispose of the government.

"Three provinces, is this a trial trial?" asked Zhao Ran.

"I guess so, as you know, some people are eager to see if another path can work, so the True Master Hall passed a resolution and agreed to let them try it out. ”

In this way, the credibility value of Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Henan will suffer in a few years. ”

"If the credibility value of the pavilions of the three provinces is insufficient, the credibility of the Kyushu Pavilion will be allocated for its use. ”

Zhao Ran was silent for a moment and asked, "...... When the True Master Hall made a decision, who agreed?"