Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

In order to truly understand the people's sentiments, Qingji thought about it, and decided to go to the county school in Yanling City for a walk.

At this time, the county school was full of people inside and out.

The school that originally belonged to the county school was already full of seats, so that Li Shu, who came to the prayer meeting, had to bring his own benches, futons, and even straw mats, and sit on the ground to listen to the lecture.

Qingji was a little surprised by the bustling and crowded scene.

Fortunately, there are government servants and scholars from the county school who are responsible for maintaining order, and the quality of Wu people is not generally high, so there will be no riots.

There are no more seats in the school, but fortunately, scholars can also act as "priests" and come outside to pray.

The huge venue was crowded with tens of thousands of people.

A mere county school cannot accommodate so many people.

Some people come to pray, and some people leave.

Those who left also tiptoed, for fear of disturbing the scholars who were praying.

The venue was very quiet, without any unexpected noise.

Qing Ji, Fan Li, and Bo Pi found a random place to sit down.

"...we are on high and love our heavenly Father!"

"You are the true God who created everything in the universe! Thank you and praise you. Because of your great power and love, and according to your will, we have gone through another year of living!"

"O Creator of heaven and earth, blessed be your glorious name, from now and forever, the heavens were made by the word of your mouth, and by the breath of your mouth all hosts were formed.

"You gather the sea water like a wall, and store the deep ocean in the treasury, because you say that you have it, and you will do it immediately. May the whole world fear your holy name..."

Scholars prayed there, publicizing the greatness of celebrating Jiji.

The so-called Lord and Heavenly Father are actually the One God, that is, Qingji...

Qingji felt a little boring and couldn't listen to it, so he looked around and set his sights on the flag stand of the county school.

There are two big flags on the flag stand.

On one side is the national flag of Wu, the sun, moon and stars.

This flag has crimson as the background color, and the left third is surrounded by a round sun, a crescent moon, and seven stars, all of which are golden.

The sun and the moon represent the emperor, and the seven stars represent loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, with profound meanings...

On the other side is the teaching flag of Tiandaoism, with a pure white background color, and a fiery red nine-headed bird on it.

Tiandaoism also has a corresponding religious emblem, which is usually a nine-headed bird made of copper. Congregants and believers of Tiandaoism have them, and each has one.

Qingji took a look, and saw that the Li Shus around them all hung their teaching emblems around their necks, showing them off, which made Qingji a little embarrassed.

He himself would not have such a religious emblem.

Next, it was time to sing the national anthem.

Before Qingji, it was imperially appointed that the teaching song of Tiandaoism was also the national anthem of Great Wu, "Song of Qingyun".

"Qingyun is rotten, and it is unadorned."

"The brilliance of the sun and the moon, day after day."

"It's clear that it's heaven, but it's a dead star."

"The brilliance of the sun and moon shines brightly in one person..."

While the national anthem was being sung, some scholars also played the role of handymen, responsible for giving some small gifts to the believers.

It is said to be a "small gift", but it is actually food, a handful of candy, and a bottle of milk.

Those who have already received it will decline, and those who have not received it will readily accept it.

When it was Qingji's turn, the scholar in charge of distributing small gifts frowned, pointed to the nine-headed bird emblem hanging around his neck, and signaled Qingji to take it out.

However, Qingji couldn't take out the teaching emblem, even Fan Li and Bo Pi who were next to him couldn't take out the teaching emblem.

Even so, the scholar grabbed a handful of candy and gave Qingji and the others a bottle of milk.

Just like that, after the worship service ended, Qingji and the others were surrounded by a group of scholars.

"Are you believers of my Tiandaoism?"

The leading scholar asked.

Bo Pi hurried forward and said, "Yes, of course!"

"That's right. Then why don't you wear religious emblems on Sundays?"

"I was in a hurry to go out, and I forgot to bring it for a while."

"All three of you forgot?"

"Ah, this..."

Bo Pi was speechless for a moment.

However, the scholars did not embarrass them too much.

"If you haven't joined the Tiandao Sect yet, it's not too late to join now. You should know that the people in Yanling, all of you are honest, and we won't embarrass you."

Bo Pi still wanted to lie, but Qingji waved his hand to let him back down.

Then, Qingji, Fan Li and Bo Pi followed a few scholars to the county school to enroll in the Tiandao Sect.

But they didn't even bring the fish symbol (ID card), how to sign up?
This matter is over.

After these few days of visits, Qingji has observed the sentiments of the people and learned about the development of Tiandaoism, which made him doubt himself for the first time about the idea of ​​"the unity of politics and religion".

……

In the Fengtian Palace, Qingji once again held a grand court meeting.

"Second and third sons, I have recently made a private visit on Weifu to observe the people's sentiments and found that Tiandaoism is flourishing in my Great Wu. However, there are some things that I don't know whether they are good or bad."

After Qingji looked around for a week, he looked at the ministers and officials present, and said slowly: "On the day of worship, everyone should have been to the prayer meeting of Tiandao Sect. How do you feel?"

comprehension?

All the ministers thought about it.

Shangshu Ling Wenzhong first came out and said: "Your Majesty, I went to a government school near Jinling to attend a prayer meeting the day before yesterday."

"Regardless of their status, be it a craftsman, a businessman, a scholar, or an official, all gather together to pray sincerely, praise His Majesty, and praise the One God."

"Although there were many people, they were in order. When the scholars were teaching and praying, there was no disturbance..."

Wen Zhong said a lot of good things about Tian Taoism, but it was not what Qing Ji wanted to hear.

Qing Ji squinted his eyes and said, "Wen Zhong, I wonder if you noticed it?"

"There are too many believers, and Tiandaoism doesn't even have the most basic church. Is it inappropriate to use the school as a church to preach?"

"This……"

Wen Zhong could not help but lower his head.

"Your Majesty, do you want to build churches everywhere?"

"No, it's not."

Qing Ji shook his head and said, "There are more than 4000 million Lishu in my native Wu."

"They are all the people of my Great Wu, the people of Zhen, that is, the 4000 million believers of Tiandaoism. With so many believers, how many churches must be built to accommodate them all?"

With so much spare money, Qingji might as well do more meaningful things.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan."

"Say."

"Take it from the people and use it for the people. Why doesn't your majesty let the people of the country pay the 'teaching tax' regularly like paying taxes, so as to maintain the normal operation of churches everywhere and the construction of churches?"

Pay the teaching tax?

This is indeed a way, but Qingji thinks it is unnecessary.