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Chapter 231 The Way of Taoism
Zhang Xianyong's apprentice hurried in from the outside, and shouted, "It's a big deal, the imperial court has tens of millions of taels of silver to help the immigrants..."

Zhang Xianyong taught his apprentice: "What's the matter, so flustered, it's not proper."

Zhang Qingfeng said eagerly: "Master, it's really a big deal! I was on the street just now, and there were rumors everywhere that His Majesty allocated tens of millions of taels of silver to relieve the victims, and you want to relocate millions of victims to the south of the Yangtze River?" Zhang Qingfeng said eagerly. Qingfeng thinks this matter is really a big deal, never seen the imperial court be so rich, tens of millions of silver!This has to be piled up into a mountain.

"Infinite longevity, Your Majesty is so courageous!"

"Infinite life and blessings, all living beings in the world are blessed."

"Immeasurable longevity, this move has immeasurable merit!"

"Infinite longevity,..."

Several people in Jietai praised it one after another. This incident was indeed too shocking. It is really unimaginable for the imperial court to provide such a generous disaster relief, and I don't know how the emperor got so much money.

Qiu Quanyue, on the other hand, looked bewildered and inconceivable, and said, "Qingfeng, are you right? It's only May now, and there is still more than a month until the grain harvest, and it will take at least a month or two before the harvest is due and the famine will happen." Right? The imperial court is really starting disaster relief now?"

In Qiu Quanyue's impression, it was quite rare for the imperial court to get some money for disaster relief in a month or two after the famine. Now that even the food is still in the ground and hasn't grown yet, so why not go to disaster relief?So what if the head of the farmer in this field comes out?Isn't this a joke?Return 1000 million taels of silver?I don't know where it came from.

"Uncle Qiu, Qingfeng's words are absolutely reliable. It is said that His Majesty sent the emperor's teacher, Xu Guangqi and Xu Ge as the imperial envoy, and two deputy envoys, one is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhang Jiude, the governor of the river, and the other is the old man. Zhuangyuan Lang, Minister of Rituals Zhou Yanru, these three are all extraordinary figures." Zhang Qingfeng vowed.

"Impossible, what about the immigration? How could there be millions of immigrants? Where did the immigrants go? How could there be so much land in the south of the Yangtze River to accommodate millions of immigrants? This is simply impossible... "Qiu Quanyue didn't believe that the emperor would be so generous, far exceeding his impression of the emperor.

"Uncle Qiu, this is absolutely true. Qingfeng heard that His Majesty wants to move all the victims of disasters in Shaanxi, Henan and other places to the Dongting Lake in the south. Where are you going to reclaim the lake? Hehe, from the bitter cold place in the north , moved to the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River at once, this time, those Shaanxi people and Henan people are blessed..." Zhang Qingfeng felt very envious of those people. This time, these people really enjoyed the blessings. What a bargain to go to the Land of Fish and Rice!

"Impossible, impossible! Millions of people have climbed mountains and waded thousands of miles, and there is no harvest within a year or two. What will they eat? How will they be transported? How many people will die along the way? This is unlikely..." Qiu Quanyue did not believe that the emperor would do such a good thing.Doubt was his first impression.

"Hey...Master Qiu, it's true. It's absolutely reliable. It's not like you imagined. It's said that the boats transported grain from the south, and when they came back, they took the victims back and transported them to Dongting Lake. Well, I heard that this disaster relief by the imperial court is different from the past. In order to save food, they only set up relief points along the river. If you want to survive and eat, it doesn’t matter where the road is, as long as you follow the river Going down, you will be able to find a relief point, hehe, Your Majesty is really a genius! A genius! In this way, the people will not be afraid of not moving! It will save countless food! The person who came up with this idea Man, you really are a great talent!" Zhang Qingfeng was also shocked by the news he heard from the street, and he is still immersed in this super powerful shock. On the street, there are many people who are more energetic than him. , some people talk until there are a lot of foam around their mouths.

"Impossible, impossible!...Absolutely impossible!..." Qiu Quanyue didn't believe this at all, and didn't understand the reason for it, but Zhang Qingfeng said it so confidently now, what he said was so Informative, Qiu Quanyue has nothing to refute.

Ma Tong is smarter. As early as the first time Zhang Qingfeng yelled, he had already figured out something in his heart. Hearing the conversation between his junior and Zhang Qingfeng, he understood something even more. Junior Brother looked in disbelief, and said, "Junior Brother, don't you understand?"

Qiu Quanyue was confused, why did the court come to such a big drama, the court and the emperor had drunk too much, or had cramps, when he heard his senior brother explain himself, he asked in puzzlement: "Senior brother, why is this? Junior brother, I think it is really strange, there is something evil in it."

"Hey... people who cultivate Taoism, what is evil, don't you understand? Have you heard of the god-man in your majesty's dream?" Ma Tong had already heard of it when Zhang Qingfeng yelled. Having figured out the crux of the problem, now, I'm here to explain to my junior brother again.

"...God man..., oh... I understand, I understand, senior brother means, does the god man in His Majesty's dream really exist? Really?..." Qiu Quanyue was awakened by his senior brother Ma Tong , Immediately understood the ins and outs of this matter, including why Zhang Xianyong, the elder brother in charge today, asked them to come, and what he said about finding the way, and his expression immediately became excited.

"Hehe... It's good for my junior to understand. It's only mid-May now. It stands to reason that it's impossible to provide disaster relief. Now that His Majesty and the court are spending tens of millions of taels of silver to relieve disasters in such a big way, they even sent a cabinet scholar to sit in town. What does this mean? It means that what the gods and men said in His Majesty's dream is true. In Shaanxi, the natural disaster has really come. Presumably, the imperial court has also received reports from various places about the signs of the natural disaster. Therefore, it will advance After more than a month of disaster relief, the imperial decree was spread to the south to prepare food, and then transported north to Shaanxi and Henan. It took exactly one month. With the guidance of a god, does the younger brother understand?" Ma Tong explained with a smile,

"Hehe, I'm not as good as my senior brother, but I'm still very smart. Hehe..." Qiu Quanyue understood that the imperial court was able to resolutely provide disaster relief in advance, and on such a large scale. This is an indirect proof that the god-man in the emperor's dream does exist, otherwise, without definite news, the imperial court would never go to war like this, and it must be the god-man in the dream who spent tens of millions of taels of silver on disaster relief. According to the instructions, the emperor and the court acted according to the instructions of the gods, it must be like this, it must be like this!Thinking of this, Qiu Quanyue's heart became excited...

The other people in Jietai were all smarter than Qiu Quanyue. After thinking about it for a while, they understood. After listening to Ma Tong's words of Jiejie Qiu Quanyue, their hearts became even more clear. Their eyes sparkled, and their expressions were so excited that they couldn't express it. The abnormality of this incident proves that one thing is true, that is, gods and men do exist, otherwise, even if the emperor wants to launch such a super-scale disaster relief, the courtiers will never agree, it can only be that the ministers also believe the existence of gods.

Since gods and men exist, then, hey, Your Majesty wants to teach the Way of Heaven through our Taoism, what is that concept?Doesn't that mean that there is hope for finding the way?Is there hope for Taoism?How can this not make everyone excited.

Zhang Xianyong was even more arrogant, he looked like a master, his apprentice, this time, did him a good thing, and with a few words, he completely calmed down the leaders of the Quanzhen sect. This kind of thing has never happened before. In the past, everyone looked at his status as a first-rank and upright real person appointed by the imperial court, so they had to make do with him. How could it be like now, the eyes popped out It was a "pure" look of reverence, which Zhang Xianyong had only seen in his own disciples and grandchildren.

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Zhang Xianyong did not speak, and sat proudly on the platform.

The few members of the Quanzhen Sect were embarrassed, asked for help, and didn’t know how to open their mouths. It doesn't matter how short you are if you have the opportunity to seek the Tao, so she winked at Qiu Quanyue vigorously.

Qiu Quanyue also looked at Zhang Xianyong with bright eyes, hoping that Zhang Xianyong could enlighten him and say something about "Tao", so that he would be greatly benefited.However, Zhang Xianyong, the elder teacher in charge, sat there like a "god's fetus", he had no intention of opening his mouth at all, and was very anxious.Suddenly, he found that his senior brother Ma Tong was giving him a hard wink, and he suddenly understood.I'm afraid I have to speak up on this matter.

"Brother in charge, I offended you just now, please forgive me, since the brother is preaching for His Majesty, please say more, let me feel it later." Qiu Quanyue is not a fool, he knows when he should bow his head bow your head.In this matter, Zhang Xianyong, his teacher brother, obviously didn't overwhelm him. Just being the leader of Taoism in the world is much higher than them, and the preaching of the gods made them grandchildren However, the grandchildren are the grandchildren, what is more important than the Dao?

"That's right! Brother, don't make things difficult for me. I'm so eager to seek the Tao!" Seeing that someone took the lead in admitting his mistake, several other people immediately followed up.

Zhang Xianyong was very satisfied, he had never enjoyed the respect of these people from the bottom of his heart like today.I was proud for a while, knowing that the emperor's business still had to be done, so I cleared my throat and said: "Since all the juniors said so, then I, the head teacher, will talk about the 'Tao' I learned from your majesty."

"Please teach me the scriptures." Several people from the Quanzhen Sect immediately shouted.

"Well..., when it comes to the understanding of the 'Tao', since the last time I said goodbye to Your Majesty, I have been thinking about it day and night, pondering all day long, and today, I finally realized something, I have figured out something, and said it , Discuss with all the juniors." Zhang Xianyong sorted out his expression, when it came to this "Tao", Zhang Xianyong really figured out a lot of things, and felt that he had gained a lot.

"I also ask the head teacher to enlighten me." Several members of the Quanzhen Sect said again.

This time Zhang Xianyong did not show off, and said directly: "Junior Brother Qiu just now can ignite paper with the magnifying glass given by His Majesty. Have you considered this issue?"

"Please enlighten me, Master." Several people said in unison again, this time, their expressions were very solemn, this is a serious preaching, and it is not a comparison or showing off.

"The Dao is ruthless and fair, and all living beings are equal but not in love..." Zhang Xianyong read out a sentence leisurely.

"...For the 'Tao', the Tao has always existed, always exists, and will not have any special love for anyone, so there will be no contempt for anyone. In front of the 'Tao', all living beings are equal. !So, I can use a magnifying glass to ignite paper, so can Junior Brother Qiu. Anyone holding this magnifying glass can ignite paper. This is what Pindao wants to say, "The Dao is ruthless and fair, and all living beings are equal and not in love"..." Zhang Xianyong explained.

"Headmaster, what's the point of this?"

"I still don't understand this? Since Dao is ruthless and all living beings are equal, you and I want to rely on cultivation to achieve immortality, do you think it is possible? God will be kind to you alone? Do you think Dao will give you a special preference? Then , try it, can you light the paper without using this magnifying glass?" Zhang Xianyong said here, his eyes were very stern, and he kept looking at the few pieces of paper that were still drying in the sun.

The Quanzhen sect members were all silent, what a joke, you can light paper out of thin air without any tricks, do you think you are really a god?
"Why, can't you?" Zhang Xianyong looked around and asked.

"..." No one answered, they all shook their heads, if they had the ability, they wouldn't be here to listen to your discussion.

"...Although the Dao is ruthless, it is the ruthlessness of the Dao and the ruthlessness of the Dao, and everyone can get the 'Dao', which is very fair..." Zhang Xianyong closed his eyes as he said.

"Headmaster, what do you mean by this sentence?"

"Although the Dao is ruthless and closes the shortcut for us to cultivate immortals and become Dao, it is the ruthlessness of the Dao that becomes sensual. Like all sentient beings, we can grasp the laws of the 'Tao' and know the secrets of the mystic." Mystery, this means that you and I can get the 'Tao', everyone can get the 'Tao', the 'Tao' for you and me, and the 'Tao' for all living beings are the same 'Tao'..." Zhang Xianyong closed his eyes , explained with a solemn expression.

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Jietai was very quiet, and everyone was thinking about this sentence in their hearts.

Among the crowd, Ma Tong is a person who has a relatively deep understanding of "Tao". After thinking for a while, he came up with his own understanding and asked: "The meaning of the teacher is that the existence of 'Tao' always exists. It is always the same, it is the same for everyone, and the "Tao" does not become different because of different people? The "Tao" that you and I are looking for now is to find the "Tao" for ourselves, and to find the "Tao" for all living beings '? Once we understand the mystery and method of the 'Tao', all living beings in the world will understand the 'Tao'? I don't know if Pindao understands it right?"

"...Junior Brother Ma is indeed a transparent person. It is clear that this is indeed the case. From this magnifying glass, His Majesty has a 'Tao'. If you give the magnifying glass to Pindao, Pindao can also control this 'Tao'. Everyone can use this "Tao", so it is said that the existence of "Tao" has always existed and always existed. Once we know the mystery or method of "Tao", we can grasp and use it, and all living beings in the world can use it, so we say, The 'Tao' we are looking for, the 'Tao' we are pursuing, in fact, is not just seeking the 'Tao' for ourselves alone, but the common 'Tao' for all people in the world..." Zhang Xianyong tried his best to explain.

Tan Yansong never opened his mouth. Hearing what Zhang Xianyong said for a long time, he seemed to understand something, and said sadly: "That is to say, it is absolutely impossible for me to succeed in cultivating immortals? Dao is ruthless, how can you open a back door for me to wait?" ? The road of cultivating immortals is wrong in itself, a dead end in itself?"

This question is the core question of Taoism. If one cannot succeed in cultivating immortals, what is the goal of Taoism?Lie some money, confuse the world, and wait for death?

This question hit the nail on the back of everyone's mind.Everyone was excited just now, but now, they have become dead silent and depressed. The belief that they have pursued all their lives has collapsed, and the pillar of their spirit has collapsed.

"Hey..." Zhang Xianyong yelled loudly, waking everyone up. He had gone through this kind of experience for a long time alone, and he just got out of this predicament just now. Naturally, he has experience. Seeing everyone in this circle with depressed faces, Just know where the problem is.

"Why, seeing that there is no hope of cultivating immortals, are you ready to become a Taoist priest?" Zhang Xianyong blamed.

Everyone has nothing to say.

"Cultivating the 'Tao' is the 'Tao' of all living beings. We are also a member of all living beings. In the future, all living beings can use various 'Tao' methods to achieve various supernatural powers and accomplish various inconceivable things. At that time, we were also one of the mortal beings, so we could naturally have these supernatural powers, wouldn't this be better than immortality without hope?" After going through that pain, Zhang Xianyong decided to relieve and comfort his juniors.

Tan Yansong said with a bitter face: "Headmaster, when do we have to wait for this? Isn't it hopeless for life?"

"Hey... stupid..." Zhang Xianyong was about to scold.

The question in Qiu Quanyue's mind was not that complicated, but he came to his senses first, and interrupted with a smile: "Brother Master, I will answer this question."

Zhang Xianyong looked at the smiling Qiu Quanyue, did this guy understand?This guy is a stunned young man with a character of two hundred and five, will he understand?

"You? Can you answer?" Zhang Xianyong obviously didn't believe Qiu Quanyue.

"Hey, this question, brother in charge, let me answer it. If the answer is not good, the brother will teach me a lesson." Qiu Quanyue said with a smile.

"...Then you can talk about it first." Zhang Xianyong was going to see what this guy understood.

"Hey, thank you, Headmaster,... this question, in fact, isn't there a great opportunity now? Isn't there a god in your majesty? Why is Senior Brother Tan still worried about hopelessness? To achieve immortality, isn't it the same as immortality? , do you have some magical abilities? Now, haven’t you just experienced the magical power of igniting paper without using fire? Isn’t this magical? Isn’t it magical?... Hehe, Pindao thinks that we just need to Follow Your Majesty closely, Your Majesty will surely flow out countless mystical methods to us, and through our hands, numerous Dao methods will be announced to the public. It's the 'Tao' I'm waiting for. When the time comes, I'm afraid that even flying into the sky, moving mountains and seas, picking stars from the sky, and catching dragons from the sea is still possible!..." Qiu Quanyue's mind is much simpler, thinking about problems is not like that It's complicated, and all he thinks about is the god-man of the emperor, so he is more open-minded about this issue.

Huh? ...

Huh? ? ...

Everyone looked at this junior brother Qiu who was not very smart at ordinary times with a bit of surprise. When did junior brother Qiu's brain become so good that he actually said such profound words.

"Junior Brother Qiu is very spiritual, and I am lost in poverty. Thanks to my junior brother for awakening me." This was the first time Tan Yansong said such words to his junior brother.

"No thanks, no thanks!..." Qiu Quanyue was very embarrassed, this kind of treatment was really rare.

"Okay, now that everyone understands, then I will talk about the plan of the poor Taoist. The poor Taoist plan, in the name of the real person, convenes all the Taoist sects from all over the world to gather in the capital, hold a general meeting of Taoism, and discuss the future of Taoism together. , to walk the road of seeking the Tao together, to fully assist His Majesty the emperor to revitalize our Daming, and to borrow your majesty's mighty grace to promote the name of my Taoism, let my Taoism be famous all over the world, and people in the world will remember my Taoism..."

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(End of this chapter)