President Hui of the Ming Dynasty counted the population once in the sixth year, and at the same time, the general view will also calculate the number of monks once, Zhao Ran has always been concerned about the total population, and has not paid attention to the number of monks in Jiajing in the twenty-fourth year, so he shook his head to show that he did not know.

Chen Tianshi told him: "135,000, an increase of 3,000 in six years, worthy of the past 100 years!"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Tianshi stretched out three more fingers: " The next time the number of monks will be summed up next year, and it is unknown how much it has increased at present, but when the True Master Hall made a resolution at the beginning of last year, the General Observation Instrument Fu Pavilion had already given a clear figure, and in the three years from the twenty-fifth year to the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing, they issued a total of 2,367 Bone Pills, and successfully reported 2,108 cases of rootless bone correction for each pavilion, that is to say, this growth rate is still accelerating, and the Qi Fu Pavilion predicts that the increase in monks in the next six years is likely to reach 5,000! Perhaps, in one hundred and twenty years, the number of monks will be doubled, even to three hundred thousand!"

Zhao Ran fell into deep thought, the annual credibility value of 1.3 billion gui corresponds to 130,000 monks, and there is already a problem, so what will happen in the future when the 2 billion gui credibility value corresponds to 300,000 monks? I dare not think deeply! After 120 years, can the credibility value increase to 3 billion? Zhao Ran felt that it would be very difficult......

If the explosion of the population increases the credibility...... He shook his head, how many people exploded, it means that the number of monks increased in the same proportion, this is not the solution.

Chen Tianshi said: "At this rate, in one hundred and twenty years, how many Great Dao Cultivators will there be in my Dao Sect? This is of course very good and strong, but if you and I are fortunate enough to live to that time, we will have to face a harsh question, who will ascend and who will die?"

It was also the first time for Li Dayin to hear the news, and he and Zhao Ran had a face-to-face≡ and they were smashing the ammonia quail with the paralyzed wreckage??? Interpretation is not enough. ”

Chen Tianshi said: "No matter what, the appearance of the "Orthodox Bone Sutra" is, after all, a great merit that is beneficial to the entire Daomen, giving countless people who originally had no hope to seek the hope of the Dao, and we will never abolish it, so we can only accept this fact and then find a way to solve it." ”

Chen Tianshi is an insider of the source of the "Bone Sutra", and these words are not only the truth, but also to comfort Zhao Ran.

The corners of Zhao Ran's mouth were astringent, and he was speechless for a while, he only understood today why there was such a result in the discussion of the True Master Hall at the beginning of last year, it turned out that he was actually one of the initiators of this result, he brought back the exercises from Western Xia, and at the same time, he also put forward the proposal of the monk to enter the jungle of the ten directions, so that the current major changes have a guarantee for the implementation.

With difficulty, he made a suggestion that even he couldn't convince: "Can we minimize the distribution of orthopedic pills?" For example, set up a ...... Threshold ......"

Chen Tianshi said: "Last year, the True Master Hall also vetoed a proposal, and the Kyushu Pavilion proposed that the number of Zhenggu Pills distributed each year should be controlled within five hundred, and this proposal was rejected during the vote because it was very difficult to implement. When your relatives and friends really have the opportunity to practice, can you bear to refuse and thus cut off his hope......? I really can't refuse, and one of them is Okuin's nephew. ”

Zhao Ran thought about it and had to admit that if it was the Zongsheng Pavilion, I am afraid it was not a matter of refusal, but a matter of who stopped him and who was anxious. There are more cultivators who have successfully embarked on the cultivation with the Zhenggu Pill in his hands than Chen Shandao.

Chen Tianshi said again: "Since I have said this, I can also tell Zhi Ran that at the True Master Hall that day, we passed another resolution. “

Zhao Ran looked up and waited for the announcement of this resolution, he already had a premonition.

Chen Tianshi said slowly: "...... This is an alternative, if this change does not work, after ten years, the general view will begin to slowly prepare, first the Qi Fu Pavilion, the Treasure Scripture Pavilion, then the Sanqing Pavilion, the East Pole Pavilion, and finally the Lei Xiao Pavilion...... When I can't tolerate these many monks, the Daomen will start a war against the Buddha...... Of course, if we can't find a solution in ten years, we will have to prepare for a big war. ”

This is a very heavy topic, Zhao Ran didn't dare to answer, and he couldn't answer.

In the end, Chen Tianshi said: "So, the problem is here, we need to find a way to solve it together, since there is no better way at present, why not try my teacher's method?"

Zhao Ran said: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to say more, I can give it a try in Yingtian, but I dare not guarantee that I will be able to reverse the decline of credibility." After all, when the government is returned to the emperor, the influence of our Daomen on the people will inevitably be greatly reduced. In addition, the livelihood problems of Nanzhili are not prominent, and the living standards of the people are very high, and it is difficult to further improve them...... This is completely different from being in the Song Domain, and I hope Chen Tianshi understands. ”

Chen Tianshi nodded: "Of course I understand, and at the same time, I can clearly tell you that if you can't improve, as long as you can maintain the current situation, I can also recognize it, what I'm most worried about is actually the decrease in credibility in the next few years." I am very relieved to be able to agree, and I can ask for anything. ”

Zhao Ran muttered: "The essence of credibility is actually the hearts of the people, and the means of fighting for the hearts of the people are nothing more than one positive and one negative. Those who are righteous should preach more and do more things for the development of people's livelihood, while on the contrary, they will crack down on things that will lose the support of the people. I hope Sanmaokan will give me more tolerance in this regard, and since the goal of the request is credibility, we will look at the results at the end of the year. ”

Chen Tianshi pondered for a moment and agreed: "Zhiran's request is very reasonable, I agree, but please also pay attention to Zhiran, don't take the initiative to interfere with the government of Yingtianfu and the county and county governments, especially in taxes and employment, you can't cross the pole." Then he admonished: "Naturally, there is also a great secret, you should know that what I said today is a top secret, and you must not reveal it." ”

The two nodded in unison: "Understood." ”

At the end of the conversation, when Zhao Ran said goodbye to Chen Tianshi, Chen Tianshi invited Zhao Ran: "Look at Zhiran's complexion and behavior, it seems that he has already gained Dansheng Divine Consciousness?" Rest assured, I don't have many monks in the Sanmao Pavilion, and I can't use up the credibility quota every year, so I've given it all to the upper three palaces, hehe. ”

The grant of the Grand Master Realm requires 720,000 gui and a batch of enshrined spiritual materials, which is the appetizer that Chen Tianshi gave to Zhao Ran, but Zhao Ran is also disrespectful. After leaving Yuanfu Palace, Li Dayin sent him to the bottom of the mountain, and after he returned, the crowd waiting outside the palace gate began to enter one after another.

When Chen Tianshi was silent in the Zichen Hall for a long time, he got up and came out and said to Li Dayin: "For the teacher to return to Qixia, you will accompany Zhao Zhiran over the day after tomorrow." ”

Li Dayin said: "The teacher is teaching Zhao Zhiran to prepare for going back? The disciple has already flown to Senior Brother Peng, let him prepare in advance." ”

Chen Tianshi didn't say much, and went straight to Qixia. I went to Sanmao Palace, came to the plum garden, and saw Shao Yuanjie sitting under the plum tree and meditating with his eyes closed, and he didn't dare to disturb, so he served carefully.

After a long time, Shao Yuanjie opened his eyes: "This plum blossom is really difficult to count, easy to learn and difficult to master, it is always a little bit worse, but it is a thousand miles away, Zhang Tieguan and Long Yangzi are really gods, I can't do it." ”

Chen Tianshi smiled: "There is a specialty in art, and your Dao is not comparable to the two of them." ”

?p Yuan Jie asked, "Why did you go back to the mountain?"

Chen Tianshi said: "I came to tell the teacher about the abbot of Xuantan Palace." "At that moment, he was going to let Zhao Ran be the abbot of Xuantan Palace, and he was going to give him a lecture in the Sanmao Pavilion, and so on, and said: "This Zhao Zhiran is the abbot of the Tianhe Palace of the Song Domain, and he is very good at preaching, whether it is in the Long'an Mansion or in the Song Domain, but wherever he handles, his credibility has been greatly improved, and Song Yangshi of the Kyushu Pavilion is full of praise for him......

Shao Yuanjie said: "The little guy who went to Hengduan Mountain with Zhang Quanyi back then, I know. ”

Chen Tianshi said: "It is this person, the disciple is worried that Zhili's credibility will not be able to keep up, and it will drag us back, so he wants to use him." ”

Shao Yuanjie said: "You can just look at it." ”