Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

"Can night blindness be cured by eating meat? However, I, a Manichae, have been a vegetarian all my life and believed in Mani from the Western Region. I can only go to the Paradise after death. If I eat meat, wouldn't all my previous efforts be wasted?" Fang La said angrily.

"That's right, it's okay not to go to Shanghai City!" The Fang clan members on the side also said angrily.

At that moment, Fang La left with the Fang clan and other Manichaean believers.

However, Fang was a believer in Manichaeism and had a relatively high status. Naturally, he was unwilling to give up his status as a Manichean in order to eat meat.

However, some believers who have just joined Manichaeism or believers on the fringe of Manichaeism are very confused. After all, Qingxi County is too poor. Many believers come from poor families and cannot see meat all year round.

It happened that Manichaeism was prevalent and they happened to be vegetarians, so they took advantage of the situation and joined Manichaeism.

Now that there is a great opportunity to go to Shanghai to work, many people are naturally excited.

In addition, the evil doctor Fan Zheng has just distributed Champa rice to the people of Qingxi, which has won the hearts of the people. The destination of this trip, Shanghai City, was personally designed by the evil doctor Fan Zheng. Qingxi County is under its direct jurisdiction, so there is no need to worry. wages.

Manichaean beliefs on one side and livelihood on the other immediately put Manichaean believers in a tangle.

"What? Salted fish can cure night blindness, why don't you eat it!" A woman with a miserable face in a thatched house angrily scolded the swarthy man!

"What do you know? We believe in Mani and cannot eat meat!" The swarthy man lowered his head and said firmly.

"Night blindness is a disease, and salted fish is medicine! It can cure our disease. Besides, what's the use of joining Manichaeism? Can it cure night blindness?" the woman said angrily.

"Mani is a god and will definitely protect us!" the swarthy man said firmly.

The woman said angrily: "If you don't eat salted fish, you won't be able to cure your night blindness, you won't be able to work in Shanghai, and you won't be able to make money. What should you do if your mother is ill? What should you do if your son has no money to go to school? Mani can really do nothing. No, why can’t you cure your night blindness, why can’t you make us rich!”

The swarthy man couldn't help but feel shaken in his heart. It didn't matter that he had night blindness because of his faith. However, he still had a mother, a wife and children, and looking at the house with bare walls, it could be said that it was the time when money was needed.

"Mom, I want to eat fish!"

My son couldn't help but salivate when he smelled the fragrance coming from the neighbor's house.

"No, my family believes in Mani and can only be vegetarian!" the swarthy man scolded.

"Then how can the Tieniu family eat fish?"

The child was so greedy that he couldn't help but ask.

"Because their family doesn't believe in Mani!" said the swarthy man.

The son shook his head and said, "If you can't eat meat, then I don't believe in Mani either!"

The woman with a miserable face brightened up when she heard this, and immediately said: "Yes, my son is not a Manichaean, and there happens to be no salt at home. You can buy some salted fish and bring it back. You can save money and provide supplements for the child." repair!"

The swarthy man looked at his son's thin body and expectant eyes, gritted his teeth, got up and went to town, and soon brought back a salted fish.

Soon, the smell of fish wafted from the thatched house.

"Mom, the fish is so delicious!" The son said happily as he ate the fish in big mouthfuls.

"Here, I'll give you this piece of fish." The miserable woman picked up a piece of fish from her own bowl, put it in her son's bowl, and then gave the rest of the fish to the dark man.

"I..." The swarthy man frowned. He believed in Mani and could only eat vegetarian food, not fish.

"Hurry up and eat. If you don't tell me, who will know? After your eyes are cured, hurry up and go to work in Songjiang Mansion to earn money! In a few years, the children will be old. If you don't have a betrothal gift and can't marry a wife, your family will be extinct. "The miserable woman snorted coldly.

The dark man looked at the fish in front of him and couldn't help but struggle for a moment. However, he fixed his eyes on his son and finally picked up the bowl and headed towards the back room.

After all, just as his wife worries, he has a poor family now. If he loses the opportunity to work in Songjiang Mansion, his son may become a bachelor in the future.

However, when the delicious fish entered his mouth, he couldn't resist the delicious taste. After all, he couldn't afford meat before joining Manichaeism, but it wasn't that he didn't like meat.

The same thing is happening in every village in Qingxi County. More and more people are starting to eat fish to treat night blindness.

After all, everyone knows that going to Shanghai to work is a God-given opportunity. Men work outside and women grow Champa rice at home. In addition, Shanghai is not far away and men come back to help when farming is busy. Three years is enough to escape poverty and become rich.

Three years!

The term of the transfer envoy is three years. Within three years, he will lead Qingxi County out of poverty and become rich. This is also the task given by Fan Zheng to Bao Kang.

People in Qingxi believe in Manichaeism only when they are poor, ignorant, and short-sighted. When the people of Qingxi got rid of poverty and became rich, many laborers went to work in other places. They saw the vast knowledge outside and gained experience. Naturally, there was a barrier to Manichaeism.

"Thank you to Mr. Bao, the sales volume of salted fish has greatly increased!"

Bao Kang was handling official business when a Qingxi County official came to report in a low voice.

Bao Kang couldn't help but smile knowingly. Fan Zhuanshi decided to use salted fish as a breakthrough. In addition to the two Zhejiang roads facing the sea, sea fish was cheap, and sea salt was one of them.

Although the salt used to pickle sea fish is sea salt, it is still salt after all, and it is an indispensable thing for the common people. Although the current sea salt technology is not good, after simple filtration, it can barely be eaten.

The taste of sea salt is not good, but for the poor people of Qingxi, salt is also a heavy burden. If you scrape a thick layer of sea salt from a sea fish, it is equivalent to buying salt and getting a fish for free. Anyone will be very excited.

Seeing this, the frugal people of Qingxi couldn't miss such a good opportunity. The smell of fish could be heard in every village.

As more and more people eat fish, more and more people will naturally follow suit, even those who believe in Mani.

"I don't eat fish to crack the virus, but to cure illnesses." Many Manichaeans who secretly eat fish comfort themselves.

Some people even quit Manichaeism, stopped practicing Manichaeism, and openly ate fish.

In the lacquer garden, a huge statue of Mani is enshrined in a main hall. There are usually many believers here, but today there are very few visitors.

"Brother! The imperial court used medical treatment as an excuse to tempt believers to eat fish. Many believers have broken the precepts. Now the number of believers who believe in Mani has dropped sharply. What should we do?" Fang Baihua asked worriedly.

Fang La suddenly frowned. His belief in Manichaeism could benefit Qiyuan and increase his status. If the number of believers dropped sharply and they lost the support of Manichaeism, their status would be greatly reduced.

"Brother, the Manichaean rules are that you are not allowed to kill or eat meat. These believers violated the rules in public, so please ask Brother to come forward and punish them severely!" A member of the Fang clan said angrily.

He is a devout Manichean, but now these believers are eating fish and meat openly and covertly, and dare to break away from Manichaeism without permission. In his eyes, this is simply betrayal. As soon as this man spoke, the expressions of many congregants suddenly changed and they involuntarily covered their mouths.

Fang La glanced around and didn't understand. There were probably not a few believers who ate fish and meat secretly. Even among the believers who came today, there were probably many who ate fish and meat secretly.

After all, the opportunity to work in Shanghai is so rare that not many people can resist the temptation.

"Forget it, those believers only eat fish secretly to cure night blindness. I believe Mani wouldn't blame him if he knew about it." Fang La said with a big wave of his hand.

His belief in the religion was not pure. He only wanted to use Manichaeism for his own benefit. He didn't care whether he ate meat or not. Besides, he ate fish this time to cure his illness. After all, it was known to the whole world that eating meat could cure night blindness.

"The instructor is wise!"

All the believers quickly agreed as if they had received amnesty.

"You..." The Fang clan members didn't understand what was going on, and immediately became very angry.

"Fang La, it's bad! Coach Zhao from Dongzhen was arrested by the dog officer named Bao."

At this moment, a fat body ran over panting.

"Fang Fei, what's going on?" Fang Baihua stepped forward quickly.

Fang La frowned and said, "Could it be that the government wants to suppress my Manichaeism?"

Fang Fei panted heavily, shook his head and said: "No, I heard that some Manichaean believers in East Town were eating fish and meat secretly and were discovered by Coach Zhao. He punished the believers who ate fish and meat in accordance with the canon rules. I didn't expect that the man named Bao would be punished." The dog officer got the news and arrested Coach Zhao and others. "

Fang La breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fortunately, he didn't act rashly, otherwise Coach Zhao's today would be his tomorrow.

"The dog official named Bao is too lenient. Not eating meat is the teaching of my Manichaeism. It is only natural that the instructor wants to punish him." The radical Fang clan member said angrily.

Many Manichaean believers were filled with outrage.

Fang Fei smiled bitterly and said: "The dog official surnamed Bao said that it is natural to seek medical treatment when you are sick. It is a serious crime to dare to prevent people from seeking medical treatment. He also said that the people of Qingxi are the people of the Song Dynasty and are free to believe in religion! If you want to believe in religion, you can believe in religion. If you don't want to, believe in religion." If you believe in religion, don’t believe in it, and no one can interfere!”

"Ah! If you want to believe it, believe it. If you don't want to believe it, don't believe it. That dog officer really said that!"

A group of Manichaean believers were in an uproar. They did not expect that the government would be so powerful and directly interfere with the Manichaean canon.

"Brother! What should we do? In my opinion, the evil doctor Fan Zheng or the dog official named Bao may be targeting my Manichean sect." Fang Baihua said defensively.

Fang La said solemnly: "Don't panic, in my opinion, although the dog official named Bao is the fifth generation grandson of Bao Zheng, he himself is also a person who follows the influence of others and pretends to be powerful. Eating meat to treat night blindness is the famous evil recipe of the evil doctor Fan Zheng. Zhao The instructor violated the evil doctor Fan Zheng's medical prescription and prevented the followers from treating night blindness, which made the dog official named Bao furious. "

Fang Fei and others nodded when they heard this. The man named Bao was a master. He relied on the evil doctor Fan Zheng to be so powerful. He was in charge of Qingxi County. Naturally, he had to do his best to maintain the evil doctor Fan Zheng's medical prescription. However, Coach Zhao was just Just hit the muzzle of his gun
"And even if they target Manichaeism, they have not killed them all, but let the believers choose to believe in the religion. Next, we cannot mess up our position and continue to preach so that more believers will believe in Manichae." Fang La said solemnly.

Today's Manichaeism is not very powerful, and with the Champa rice seeds and salted fish to win people's hearts, they can only avoid the edge and develop slowly.

, Bao Kang looked at the participating Manichaeans who were screaming and sneered.

"Hit me! Beat me hard. I want you to know that even if the people of the Song Dynasty make mistakes, they must be judged by the king's law. No one is allowed to use lynching." Bao Kang said coldly.

"Clap clap clap!"

The heavy board hit the body, which immediately made Coach Zhao and others wail in pain.

"it is good!"

Suddenly there was a burst of cheers from the crowd.

Besides, Coach Zhao is usually unpopular, and this time he resorted to lynching based on the fish-eating incident, which has already made everyone dissatisfied.

And Bao Kang's strong appearance immediately made them happy. After all, with the distribution of Champa rice seeds, Bao Kang had won the hearts of the people. In addition, night blindness is a disease after all, so they still need to see a doctor even if they believe in Manichaeism!

In particular, Bao Kang's words about freedom of religious belief were greatly supported by Manichaeans. In Chinese culture for thousands of years, they usually believe in religions that are beneficial to them. Since Manichaeism is not good for them, Then why should they believe it?

After Bao Kang severely punished the Manichaeans in Dongzhen and declared freedom of religion in public, people in Dongzhen openly ate fish and meat, and Manichaeism existed in name only.

This trend immediately spread throughout Qingxi County, and even around Fangla's Lacquer Garden, eating fish was almost open to the public.

Don't ask, just ask to cure night blindness!
If you ask one more question, is it still not cured after eating so much meat, then just quit teaching.

"This is simply unreasonable!" Fang La was furious when he saw this.

Even if he had the foresight and did not forcibly prevent Manichaean believers from eating fish, even so, there were fewer and fewer Manichaean believers. On the one hand, many believers were cured of night blindness and went to Shanghai to work. On the one hand, there are also many believers who take advantage of the government's freedom of religious belief and almost quit the religion.

What's more serious is that the Manichaean believers who ate fish almost disobeyed discipline, which left Fang La helpless.

"Brother! Songjiang Mansion has sent another order for a large amount of wood and tung lacquer." Fang Baihua came over excitedly to convey the good news.

With the construction of Shanghai City, both urban construction and shipbuilding require a large amount of wood and tung lacquer. These are the strengths of Qingxi County. During this period, the lacquer garden can be said to be making a lot of money.

"Brother, everyone is saying that eldest brother has made money, and the workers in Qiyuan are asking for a wage increase!" Fang Fei also came to report.

Fang La couldn't help feeling helpless. As a large number of laborers went to Shanghai Port, the labor force in Qingxi County was greatly reduced, and labor prices also increased sharply.

"It's going up, it's going up!"

Fang La gritted his teeth and said, he knew that if he didn't increase his wages, then the believers under him would probably have to go to Shanghai to make money. After all, news had spread back that the wages there were higher.

"The wages are paid!"

Seeing the painters beaming with joy while receiving a lot of money, Fang La shook his head helplessly. After these painters got the money and their family conditions improved, they would definitely eat meat to improve their lives. Many painters were tired of eating meat that tasted bad. Salted fish, start trying more delicious meats such as chicken, duck, sheep, etc.! Further violation of Manichean teachings.

"People's hearts are scattered, and no one sincerely believes in Mani anymore!"

Looking at Manichaeism, where everyone is pursuing profit and people are distracted, Fang La couldn't help but lament that they would never be able to return to the grand situation where everyone believed in Manichae.

All these changes started when the evil doctor Fan Zheng came to Liangzhe Road. (End of chapter)