Chapter 429 The Taoist priest’s justice

On the winter solstice, the staggering iron cavalry finally had their first hot meal after leaving the capital. When they passed the official documents of the Privy Council to Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing responded quickly. Xuzhou received Zhao Xing's reply and immediately allocated enough food to them and presented them with hundreds of pigs to reward the army...

The Iron Cavalry Army finished the fat meal with gratitude. Then, their marching speed increased, and the support of the counties along the way began to be sufficient. They rushed to Xiuzhou on New Year's Eve.

The Nanyang Affairs Bureau’s yamen is located in Xiuzhou. Due to the influence of the Qiantang tide, the sea transport terminal in Hangzhou is closed to the public for at least one month every year. Therefore, the headquarters of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau sets its yamen in Huating County, Xiuzhou, which is also the anchorage of the First Fleet of the Nanyang. At the same time, the Zhuque Army is also stationed in the area.

However, Zhao Xing did not work in Huating. His office was still in his castle. However, due to the influence of the Qiantang tide, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau not only set up a commander's headquarters in Xiuzhou, but also set up a temporary anchorage in the neighboring Changguo County (Zhongshan Island). When the Qiantang tide rose, the headquarters stationed in Hangzhou headed to Changguo to avoid the tide.

Not to mention that the Iron Cavalry entered the Xiuzhou military camp and was preparing to welcome the New Year. When the Iron Cavalry held the New Year's Eve Nuo dance to wash away the journey, Zheng Juzhong also arrived in Hangzhou. The Princess Changguo accompanied him. After Zhao Xing welcomed the Taizai and the princess according to etiquette, he took the two to see the Nuo dance in front of the castle.

Taoist master Lin Lingsu was led to Zhao Xing. The legendary half-loving and half-dry Lin Lingsu stood in front of Zhao Xing. Before he could speak, Cheng Azhu behind Zhao Xing had already been pumping the air conditioner frequently.

Zhao Xing looked at Lin Lingsu carefully. What was called half-loving and half-dry face in ancient times was the facial nerve paralysis caused by stroke, which resulted in the expression on one side of the face maintaining normality. The expression on the other side of the face was paralyzed. In modern times, this face is a disease. In ancient times, this face is auspicious and is called "the face of immortals."

Lin Lingsu looked at Zhao Xing, and a smile appeared on his face. The smile was placed on his face, only half revealed. The corners of his left lips were raised, his left eye was full of smiles, but the lips on his right were as stiff as dead wood, and his right eye was unsightly. This strange smile made Zhao Xing a little creepy, and he muttered in his heart: "Is this the fairy smile that our Taoist Emperor respects?"

"I bow my head," Lin Lingsu solemnly thanked Zhao Xing with this strange smile: "I thought I would go abroad, but I didn't expect the Grand Marshal to take her away. I am very grateful, but I can only repay you with my kindness... (Five thousand words are omitted below)"

Zhao Xing reached out to interrupt Lin Lingsu's endless talk. He reminded him lightly: "I took you in because you said a fair word to your master."

Lin Lingsu smiled crookedly: "Santhem Po is also a teacher of the Huang Xiang family!"

This "half-loving and half-dry" Master Lin Ling Sulin has no choice but to say. Historical records say that although Master Lin's lectures are not unique, they are always funny, their language is vivid and wise. The audience is shocked and happy and sad, and burst into laughter from time to time, and the atmosphere is particularly lively and lively.

In fact, modern people are familiar with these skills. Chinese people who live today, especially Chinese who have heard various masters' teachings or pyramid schemes, are familiar with this. The leader, Daojun, and Emperor, was very happy at such moments, "no rituals between the monarch and the ministers." In a trance, the emperor may have really regarded himself as the eldest son of the Jade Emperor.

Under the advocacy of the emperor, Taoist priests across the country had official positions and enjoyed wages, salary and welfare benefits according to their qualifications, which made people flock to them. At that time, in order to expand the influence of Taoism, the court used taxpayers' land to set up "free lunch (Lin rice)" at every lecture meeting, and those who listened to the scriptures could get a charity of 300 cents. As a result, many poor people bought a piece of green cloth and dressed up as a Taoist priest to come and listened to the lecture. Afterwards, they received the money for dinner.

It is said that the financial expenses allocated by the court at each lecture meeting are equivalent to about one million yuan today. Of course, half of them belong to Taoist priests as the fees for lectures. A small part is used to set up Lent meals and distributed to the listeners of the scriptures.

It is said that at that time, Lin Lingsu alone had more than 20,000 disciples, and his land was full of clothes and food and land, and his terrain was full of flames, and he was even called the "Taoist Palaces", which means that this person's power could already be ranked alongside the prime minister.

It was at such a moment that the artificiality of Master Chu Hui and Xianqing Lin Ling Sulin led to Emperor Huizong's rethinking of the Yuanyou Party's case and the criminals who wrote a letter to express their opinions.

According to historical records, one day, the emperor held a banquet in Taiqing Building, and Lin Lingsu served the banquet. It happened that there was a Yuanyou Party Monument erected by Zhezong downstairs. Lin Lingsu walked to the monument and bowed to him. The emperor was surprised and asked him why he was like this. Master Zhuang Rong replied: "The names on this monument are mostly stars in the sky. I am not bowing my head to the tribute. How can everyone get along when I return to heaven in the future?"

It is said that this old man from the bull's nose immediately recited a poem. The poem says: Su Huang is not a guest of articles, and Tong Cai is a minister of the country. There is no conclusion for thirty years, so I don't know who the traitor is?

What Zhao Xing said to thank Lin Lingsu for his family teacher refers to what Lin Lingsu did.

Zhao Xing felt that he could not find any evidence of the relationship between Lin Lingsu and Su Dongpo. He thought it was his own historical interference and thought Lin Lingsu was trying to please him in disguise. He didn't know that in history without him, Lin Lingsu did this too. At that time, Lin Lingsu suddenly spoke for those unlucky guys, which was probably an important reason that prompted Song Huizong's attitude towards the Yuanyou Party members to improve significantly.

In addition to Lin Lingsu, there was also an unknown Taoist priest who also did the same thing. It is said that once the emperor inspected a Taoist temple. The Taoist priest in the temple bowed to God in front of the emperor and bowed to God for a long time before he got up. The emperor waited for a long time in surprise, so he asked him what happened? The Taoist priest replied: "I just arrived at the office of God (Jade Emperor) and happened to catch up with Kui Su reporting his work to God. It took a long time to finish. I can only wait for him to finish before I can submit the memorial."

When the emperor heard this, he sighed. He asked who Na Kui Su? What did he report to God? The Taoist priest replied: "I am far away and cannot hear clearly, and I don't know what they are talking about. However, the Kui Su Chen saw it clearly. It was Su Shi and Su Dongpo, a scholar in Duanming Palace, who was the former scholar of Duanming Palace."

It is said that when Emperor Huizong heard this, he changed his appearance greatly, and then he no longer aggravated the persecution of the Yuanyou Party.

In the original time and space, Song Huizong stopped persecuting the Yuanyou party members after all the Yuanyou party members were persecuted to death. Local officials had no new targets of persecution, so they stopped chasing the Yuanyou party members...

Because Zhao Xing appeared, history went a little bit here. Huang Tingjian used the existence of the Ghost Army to force Cai Jing to abdicate and force Song Huizong to surrender. He was a Buddhist and felt that the country was not worth the effort to raise this large number of Taoist priests in vain. In addition, the group of Taoist priests did evil in the capital, which made people look at him. In anger, he beat all these Taoist priests into demons and sent them overseas, including 20,000 disciples who were sitting down to record their names.

The Taoist priests were escorted in batches. After most of them were escorted to Hangzhou, Zhao Xing didn't even see him and asked the yamen runners to deal with him. After Lin Lingsu arrived, Zhao Xing specifically ordered his subordinates to intercept him. However, he could not support Lin Lingsu's large number of disciples, so he instructed him: Lin Lingsu was allowed to select 100 disciples to stay by his side to serve, and the rest were all shipped. The wild islands in Nanyang were in need of these scammers who pretended to be a god.

Lin Lingsu's endless talk is famous. When it comes to his antics when he gave a speech, well, his face is already very funny without having to express his expression. Zhao Xing left his excuse to ask him to preside over the Nuo Opera in the army. A hundred disciples in his place are playing all the roles in the Nuo Opera.

An Sida frowned since Lin Lingsu appeared. When Zhao Xing and Lin Lingsu met, he asked with a sinister face: "Sir, you shouldn't let these evil gods shake your faith, I think..."

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Forget it, Grand Patriarch, this is not a religious sacrifice, it is just a folk custom. Let us regard it as a folk custom. After the Nuo dance, the whole army should make a great prayer? That is our belief. Grand Patriarch, the customs are like this, why insist on it?"

Ansda also said that Zhao Xing immediately rushed to add: "I remember when the Catholic Church was founded, it did not set the Winter Solstice Festival as Christmas. Setting the Winter Solstice Festival as Christmas is the future. The church just used the ready-made festival of Winter Solstice, the Patriarch, where did the Catholicism's inclusive mind go? If they still maintain this mind, will Nestorians still go into exile? So I think Nestorians cannot repeat the same mistakes, so why not take the courage to change and adapt to the land in front of them."

Zhao Xing said this, An Sida took a step back and lowered her eyes.

During the conversation between An Sida and Zhao Xing, Lin Lingsu kept staring at the religious pastor of Shaanxi with provocative eyes. When he saw Zhao Xing stopping An Sida, he smiled with a crooked mouth and bowed, "Zhao Xiang, I have a lot of experience in scriptures. I look at the house--"

Zhao Xing's face suddenly fell: "My mansion refused to enter the Taoist priests, and also refused to come to the monks and Taoists to come to preach, so Nuo dance can only start from the front of the fort gate, let's start!"

When An Sida heard this, her face calmed down. Lin Lingsu sighed disappointedly and turned back to the queue. Shuai Fan picked up the bear skin, put on his body, put on an iron mask, and led the dance first. Then, the drum sounded and the Nuo opera began.

Shuai Fan danced for a moment and began to walk towards the army standing in front of the castle. According to the ceremony, he needed to dance from the front of the team to the end of the team. Fortunately, Zhao Xing's army has always been small, so there is no need to overwork.

The handsome Fan danced very seriously. After finishing his dance, he took off the bear skin and put it on Lin Lingsu. Lin Lingsu shook the magic bell and started dancing.

People in Zhao Xing's army are good at gunpowder, so this Nuo dance method creates ground fireworks through gunpowder to create a mysterious atmosphere. Therefore, Lin Lingsu's dance seems not as magical as the capital. When Zheng Juzhong saw it, he sighed: "Chu Hui Xianqing is old and no longer as brave as he used to be."

Princess Changguo beside Dazai Zheng Juzhong was squinting at Li Qingzhao who was holding hands with Zhao Feng. After hearing this, she frowned and said a fair word: "When Lin Lingsu was in the capital, she didn't see any great magic power. She was just like a joke artist, funny and funny."

At this time, Shuai Fan approached Zhao Xing and said with a smile: "Taiwei, you once said that the religion of charge always starts with intimidation and ends with charges. I guess Lin Lingsu just wanted to say that there was evil spirit in your mansion, and then he would further ask to exorcise ghosts and evil spirits for you. If he went further, he would come to preach to the female family in the mansion, but he didn't know that these tricks would not be played in front of you."

An Sida kept frowning and watching the Nuo dance. When he saw Lin Lingsu posing in various interesting shapes, the soldiers smiled knowingly. The Taoist actors also made various entertainment expressions. He sighed softly and said with a smile: "It's indeed a custom."

Ansda said this, which was equivalent to allowing the Song army to maintain its traditional military dispatch ceremony. He did not know that in England, the church also allowed soldiers to use ancient traditions to hold military dispatch ceremony.

After a moment of pause, Shuai Fan bowed to Zhao Xing: "Taiwei, do you have any other instructions?"

Zhao Xing replied: "After the prayer is over, you can set off. This time, we will send troops to train, not seek victory, but only seek undefeated."

Hou Meng pretended not to understand and asked in surprise: "Send troops? Where is the Grand Marshal's conquest?"

Wang Mingsou leaned over and whispered: "Liaodong Wild Man Mountain... The Iron Cavalry Army is here, and there are not enough war horses on the Taiwei Grandpa Horse Farm. I want to go out to search for a group of war horses. The Qinglong Army went north for this purpose, but this matter is not convenient to be publicized."

Hou Meng frowned in embarrassment: "It seems that Liaodong is under the jurisdiction of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau?"

Wang Mingsou, the honest man, actually smiled cunningly and replied in a dodge: "We are just going to transport horses, neither sending troops to conquer or occupying them. Carrying horses is just transporting horses."

Hou Meng continued to frown: "The snow in Liaodong is covered with knees. Choose to send troops at this time..."

Wang Mingsou smiled: "The war last winter made the Taiwei very dissatisfied. The men went there this time to sum up the experience and lessons..."

These two men muttered behind their backs, and the Princess Changguo stared with bright eyes and listened with her ears. At this time, Ansda did not want to watch Lin Lingsu perform. He strode out of the line and raised the scepter of the flame lotus. He prayed loudly: "In this day when God of the Father comes, let us pray... God, let me be your tool. In places with hatred, let me sow love; in places with cruelty, let me sow forgiveness...

Facing my commander, I swear: I will treat the weak with kindness; I will face the strong with courage; I will fight against sinners without reservation; I will fight for those who cannot fight; I will help those who need my help; I will not harm women and children; I will treat my friends faithfully; I will treat my family sincerely..."

The army tickled one knee and shouted to An Sida's prayer. No one paid attention to the Nuo dance team. Lin Lingsu had no choice but to recruit his disciples and stood aside to watch An Sida perform.

Many people in Hangzhou watched the Nuo dance held in front of Zhaoxing Castle, but when An Sida raised his scepter, many of the onlookers also knelt down and echoed loudly in prayer.

The solemn scene continued until the end of the prayer. An Sida did not give Lin Lingsu any more chance to perform. He waved his scepter, Shuai Fan lowered his head and kissed his scepter, accepted his blessing, and then turned around and ordered: "The army boarded the boat!"

An Sida bowed to the soldiers, touched the soldiers' heads one by one to show blessings. The troops began to board the boat, and the Nuo dance started to dance again. Lin Lingsu led his apprentice to the streets and alleys of Hangzhou. According to regulations, he wanted to cross the entire Hangzhou street, and then climbed to the Nanshan Mountain to hold the final "burying the evil spirits" ceremony. When An Sida saw him dancing again, she turned around and walked into the castle. The officials present followed closely. Zhao Xing had no choice but to turn around and invite Zheng Juzhong and the princess to return to the castle.

Zheng Juzhong asked in surprise as he walked: "Is this Patriarch An even higher magic power than Chu Hui Xianqing?"

Zhao Xing smiled and shook his head, leaned close to Zheng Juzhong's ear in a mysterious tone and whispered: "Don't tell others, I'll tell you the truth... I don't have a good opinion on the power of the two, but most of the military medical officers in our army were trained by Nestorians. I don't pay them wages. They come to our army to treat the soldiers' injuries for free, so they have to accommodate them in many ways."

Zheng Juzhong laughed. He said half-believingly, "Mr. Zhao's attitude is not good. If you have something to do in your spare time, I want to listen to this monk who preaches the scriptures."

When Zheng Juzhong talked with Zhao Xing, according to etiquette, the princess was letting her go first. The princess was pricking her ears and listening to the conversation behind them. Zhao Xing saw the princess of Changguo shook her head slightly, but her feet were constantly under her feet. He laughed and added: "However, it is okay for Lord Zheng to listen to the teachings of the Great Patriarch. However, although this great Patriarch was gentle, his god was very domineering. He thought he was the only righteous god between heaven and earth, and there was no god besides him. So after listening to his teachings, it would be even more disrespectful to listen to other teachings of Buddhism and Taoism."

Zheng Juzhong nodded: "I actually thought I was the only righteous god, and this kind of self-righteousness was not harmed by evil cults. Perhaps his god is really the only god."

At this time, Princess Changguo nodded slightly while walking.

Back in the warm lobby, Cheng Azhu invited Princess Changguo to go upstairs to listen to the opera. Princess Changguo glanced at Zhao Feng with her eyes and found that Zhao Feng was whispering with Li Qingzhao. She nodded slightly and reluctantly followed Cheng Azhu.

After she left, Zheng Juzhong smiled and said his purpose: "I am here to accompany the county lord to see her Changguo fiefdom, and... "
Chapter completed!