Cultivation of chastity

Fan Yuefeng held the agricultural school documents obtained from Chu Suiliang, which were easier to use than the guides issued by the government.

Because almost all the officials at the mouth of the canal are overwhelmingly from agricultural universities.

Because of the problem of weights and measures, it is really not easy for people from other non-agricultural institutions to learn.

Even if it is just the simplest mathematical unit and mathematical calculation, it is really not an easy task for a feudal society where the illiteracy rate accounts for nearly nine floors.

The common people had already exhausted their energy as they planed food in the land with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky.

Ordinary people are very good if they can complete the inheritance of the family. How can they have any thought to carry out systematic learning.

Yes, all the students who came out of the agricultural college have experienced a relatively complete and systematic study, so that they can quickly accept the things that came out of the agricultural college.

Even though there are differences in knowledge, the thinking cultivated is inherited in one line.

This made Du Ruhui very uncomfortable for the little official who had been pressed in Jinkou through other methods.

Because they are facing a working environment created by Li Tai for the students of the agricultural college to have a source.

At the same time, with the occasional development of various ingenious tools by several schools, it is also necessary for the students taught by the system of agricultural colleges to understand the principles inside, and then quickly get started, operate these tools, and even perform maintenance.

But if they kicked away the students from the Agricultural Institute and said they would come by themselves, then after the scrapped equipment from Moke, they would either find someone to solve it themselves, or obediently beg it to the Agricultural Institute.

What should I say about human beings... When it's time to hug, they will still hug, even if they come out of an agricultural school.

This kind of thing is independent of human will. When one sits in a corresponding position in society, one will naturally think about problems with one's own buttocks. There are very few people who can really escape.

Under such circumstances, the agricultural colleges would instinctively suppress the small officials dispatched by other non-agricultural colleges.

Of course, it is not considered suppression. Simply put, both parties cannot play together and manage their own affairs.

At least in the short term, there is no conflict of interest between the two parties, and they can live in peace, but if it takes a long time, it may become a point of conflict.

Even so, because of Li Tai's arrangement, the agricultural college has a lot of power in Jinkou.

At least Fan Yuefeng was able to rely on the documents given by Chu Suiliang himself. After arriving at each Jinkou, the Tianjin order responsible for managing the Jinkou completed the ship exchange for Fan Yuefeng as quickly as possible, and arranged local board and lodging for Fan Yuefeng.

Of course, in fact, other government officials can also enjoy the same level of treatment as their own officials.

However, one of them is going to Beijing as his own person, and the other is for official business, so it is natural to imagine how the two parties will be treated.

And Fan Yuefeng's waterway can be said to be smooth, but when he arrived in Changzhou, Fan Yuefeng talked about the management,

"May I ask where the Ningchan Temple is today?"

"Tianning Temple?!" Hearing Fan Yuefeng's words, Jin Ling glanced at Fan Yuefeng in surprise and said,
"After arriving at the shore, go south and you will see the newly built Tianning Temple. If you really don't know, just ask someone on the way."

"Thank you Jin Ling!" Fan Yuefeng replied with a salute to Jin Ling when he heard Jin Ling's answer.

Seeing that Fan Yuefeng was going to Tianning Temple, Jin Ling asked, "Master, are you going to Tianning Temple to offer incense?"

"It's just to visit friends." Fan Yuefeng couldn't help asking when he heard Jin Ling's words, "Why do you ask so?"

Jin Ling said to Fan Yuefeng seriously: "The king of Wei hates evil gods and ignores Buddhism, which is something that the agricultural schools know.

As the saying goes, the land of China does not nurture idle spirits, so I still advise Master and those Buddhists to move less! "

Fan Yuefeng was stunned when he heard this.

To be honest, it should be true that Li Tai hates the evil gods. After all, the story of Li Tai killing the locust god and suppressing the locusts began to spread with the establishment of the Agricultural Society of the Agricultural Academy.

Because Chinese people like to find some common ground from celebrities in everything they do, and then there are celebrities as role models, and then later generations will work, not to mention getting twice the result with half the effort, but at least it is justified, and more people follow.

Therefore, with Li Tai's example of dealing with locusts first, people in the future can use it directly when dealing with locusts.

At least let the students at the bottom of the Agricultural Society guide how to prevent locusts, it becomes much easier.

But now Li Tai and Li Chengqian are vaguely at odds, like Li Tai wooing Taoism, while Li Chengqian not only woos Taoism, but also receives active investment from Buddhism.

Although neither Li Tai nor Li Chengqian really regarded Taoism or Buddhism as their own power.

But the emotions transmitted from the upper layer will be magnified ten times and a hundred times when they reach the bottom.

At least for the students from agricultural colleges, they know that King Wei doesn't want Buddhism, so I don't like it either.

In fact, from the perspective of the people at the lower level, this is just a simple team problem.

It's just that even Li Tai didn't know that he and Li Chengqian only divided the blessing funds because of the blessing of the Empress Changsun, and even both parties almost forgot about it.

But this incident has become an important target that affects the favorability of the students of agricultural colleges with Buddhism and Taoism.

These things are only spread in private, and those who know it are also like "Brother has a source of information, just don't get too close to the Buddhist school."

But in fact, Li Tai himself didn't know about it anyway. In Li Tai's view, things like Buddhism cannot be eradicated.

As long as they don't affect their secular affairs, they will turn a blind eye to preaching.

In fact, Li Tai only thought that his confrontation with Li Chengqian was only within his own level.

But in fact, in Li Tai's creation of the Agricultural Institute, Jinkou and the Agricultural Society, these people clearly understand their position.

As for those who are not clear, under the influence of clear people, I understand what attitude I should have towards Buddhism.

And Fan Yuefeng couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and after thanking the reminder of the order, he went to Tianning Temple to meet his old friend.

"Excuse me, is Zen Master Farong here? People from Dongwei Mountain pass by here and come to visit!" Fan Yuefeng came to the gate of Tianning Temple to meet the monk and asked.

"The host is presiding over the class recitation, and the benefactor is invited to wait inside, and the young monk will invite the host right away."

The receiving monk looked Fan Yuefeng up and down, but he could see that Fan Yuefeng had a fairy wind and a crane bone, and he looked quite free and easy. He should be some kind of high-level hermit, and he didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, so he immediately brought Fan Yuefeng in. Come.

Fan Yuefeng went all the way into the meditation house where he was entertaining guests, and he also heard the voice of reciting scriptures along the way.

But listening to these voices is quite immature, obviously they are some children who have not even grown up.

Occasionally, I glanced over and saw some children in the yard, shaking their heads and reading with the master monk.

How should I put it... In fact, ancient temples were not all doing the work of encroaching on the land and hiding the dirt.

As far as the local people are concerned, do they really believe in Buddha, and their belief is so great that they can't take their property and life into it?

In fact, there is an interdependent relationship between ancient temples and local people.

For example, people in ancient times would put their own land under the name of ancient temples, so as to avoid excessive taxes from the court.

Although the temple has land rent, it does not force people to death like officials, and even the sons of tenants can go to school like these little novice monks.

Of course, these people are probably free people who have become tenants of the temple and produce for the temple.

But don’t be angry yet, and listen to the benefits offered by the temple. Generally, the big temples organize the children of these nearby freemen or tenants to teach. Among them, the freemen have to pay a tuition fee, while the tenants are free.

But since ancient times, free things are the most expensive, and this is true in modern times as well as in ancient times.

Because these children grew up in temples and read Buddhist classics, their fate is basically doomed.

When you grow up, if you have knowledge, you will go to the examination for fame or go to the abbot and head of the temple for training; if you are middle-aged, you will be trained as a professional monk; as for those who can't learn it, you will become a temple protector or handyman. .

Of course, the temple does not prevent people from leaving, but you grew up in the temple and read Buddhist classics. When your parents pass away, will you naturally join the temple?

The land that originally belonged to your family has naturally become the property managed by the temple, at most it is the dividend of your own land every year.

The more this situation is where the local government is unable to run the government, the more temple schools will become the main force of local basic education.

For example, why many scholars in ancient times went to the temple to study at all times. One of the important reasons is that the temple is not just a temple. It is normal for you to regard it as a self-contained institution of learning.

Moreover, temples not only provide simple literacy projects, but also have "sick workshops" that specialize in treating poor patients.

Especially when there was a plague, many people directly sent the patients to the "sick workshop" of the temple to finish their work.

Because Buddhism saves all sentient beings, treating diseases for believers is also the main means of spreading Buddhism. Some very pious monks even established "severe rooms" for accepting "leprosy" people, and many monks died to treat diseases.

In addition to providing jobs in temple-style primary schools, hospitals, hotels, etc., temples even provide funeral home services.

For example, in ancient times, if someone died in a foreign country and could not be transported back to the ancestral grave for burial, then without first using the Xiangxi secret technique, it was usually put in the temple to send "funeral" or even money. It can also help transport the corpse back to the ancestral land.

And some women and children who are inconvenient to enter the ancestral graves can also arrange to be sent to the public cemetery of the temple.

After all, there are monks superseding each other every day. I don’t know if I will have a good pregnancy in the next life, but at least I don’t have to be a lonely ghost in this life.

Therefore, to some extent, temples undertook very important public service functions in feudal society.

After Totian joined the temple, he not only had his own land to generate dividends, but also enjoyed the welfare system of the Buddhist temple for life, especially for some families who did not have a man to inherit their property, they would rather donate their family money directly to the temple than Give relatives the opportunity to eat out of their homes.

The relationship between the prosperity of the temple and the local government is somewhat like a spring. Basically, if you are strong, it will be weak, and if you are weak, it will be strong.

The concept of Buddhism makes it easy for temples to accept various groups of people in the feudal society, so that they have a place to stay when they have nothing to go.

This concept combined with the temple's own system and the social functions displayed, even if Buddhism has been hit several times, but as long as there are people who have Buddhist scriptures in their hands, the temple will slowly prosper again.

In fact, it can only be another kind of thinking that can fight against thinking, otherwise it will be meaningless to destroy Buddhism several times.

But relatively speaking, Buddhism is the most commercialized religion in China. This kind of commercialization did not come from modern times, but from the time Buddhism took root in China until now, Buddhism has its own economic model that keeps pace with the times. .

Moreover, because of the sensitivity of its commercial foundation, Buddhism has repeatedly been at the forefront of China, such as promoting social welfare in the local area, such as self-taught usury, and playing listings.

Therefore, it seems that Buddhist temples are somewhat incompatible with the gods and Buddhas of solemn treasures in the eyes of ordinary people.

But as a matter of fact, if you just regard the temple as a company and the product they sell is called incense, then the temple will naturally be more pleasing to the eye. After all, Buddhas eat incense, but people have to eat.

Not long after, an old monk with white beard and white eyebrows met Fan Yuefeng under the leadership of the receiving monk, and said with a smile,
"Fan Layman, your hands are itchy, so come to talk to the old monk?!"

"Hehe!" Fan Yuefeng said with a smile, "I happen to be going to Luoshui Zhiyi to show my talents, so I asked you, an old friend, to try chess, to accumulate my invincibility and win the title of chess master!"

"Amitabha!" The old monk said kindly to the leading monk, "Go and prepare me to play chess with Layman Fan!"

Soon, a chess game and a Zen room with excellent sound insulation were prepared for the two.

Zen Master Farong said to the novice monks, "Get out first, I want to talk to Layman Fan with all his attention, Amitabha!"

After everyone left, Zen Master Farong put the white stones in his hand on the chessboard first and said,

"You've seen too many legends and legends, and you're still invincible. Today, I'll let you know what it means to save all beings!"

"Old monk, don't be complacent, I'll kill you to death!" Fan Yuefeng was definitely not at a disadvantage at this moment.

"190 seven vs. 170 three, you lost 24 games to the poor monk!" Zen Master Farong said calmly.

"It's just a few rounds for you. You really thought you could beat me, but you still remember so clearly!" Fan Yuefeng gritted his teeth.

"Amitabha!" Zen Master Yuanrong played chess calmly, "The poor monk wants to say that the game is a calculation after all. Even if you are invincible in the beginning of the game, the benefactor, if you neglect the calculation, it will be nothing in the end!"

"Bah! The old monk dares to destroy my Dao heart, watch me slay the dragon with my hands, there is no ending game, enter!"

Fan Yuefeng was also angry, and decisively fought with Zen Master Yuanrong's chess pieces.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and finally the door of the meditation room was slowly opened, and all the disciples of Tianning Temple looked at the figure who came out curiously.