Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 594 Pragmatism
The members of the Tianshi Dao returned to the Taoist temple in high spirits and with great joy in their hands, carrying the clothes and belongings of the "Xiantian Master" on a sedan chair.

Some shogunate officials also followed, and Black Bear did not stop them. He also sent out a hundred riders to escort the "Xiantian Master" and the team.

Now that he has calmed down and compared it with the fanatical and agitated atmosphere of the shogunate officials, Black Bear feels that this matter has gone a bit too far.

Fa Zheng also looked serious. He thought that there was a problem that needed to be faced and resolved first.

That is whether to formally recognize the fact that the Heavenly Master ascended to heaven in broad daylight in the administrative sense. Once it is recognized, the Heavenly Master's Dao may be out of control.

In the library, Black Bear sat at the head of the table. Seeing that many people below him were in a trance and absent-minded, he asked, "Is Master Zhang's ascension a trick?"

Everyone was silent, not daring to comment on the truth.

Black Bear asked again: "If this is true, what should the shogunate do?"

Fa Zheng leaned slightly aside and said unhappily, "Your Majesty, I think I should submit a petition to the Executive Office to request the title of Heavenly Master."

"I think it's inappropriate."

Kong Rong, who was sitting in the first position below, immediately retorted: "The emperor died for his country, how can the court have another heavenly master?"

"What does Si Zhi think?"

"Your Majesty, I think you can submit a petition to request the title of Heavenly Master. The title of Heavenly Master must not be given lightly. If it is given, there will be endless troubles."

Kong Rong was not afraid of Zhang Tianshi who had just ascended to heaven in broad daylight. He said firmly, "The common people are ignorant. How can the court control them by using the name of Tianshi to deceive the people? Besides, it was Zhang Lu who dismembered his body and ascended to heaven. What does it have to do with his children and disciples? How can an immortal care about the disputes over fame and fortune in the secular world?"

As he spoke, Kong Rong stood up, turned around and looked around at everyone, spreading his hands and said, "You all have seen that I spoke disrespectfully, but Zhang Lu did not punish me. This shows that he really doesn't care."

Sheyuan, who was squeezed in the outer corner, also stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, Zhang Lu has a reputation for being kind and benevolent. Now his whereabouts have disappeared. You can grant him a noble title and build a temple for your children and disciples to worship him. It is not appropriate to treat him lightly, nor should it be too generous."

Zhang Chang also stood up, with his white beard and right arm pointing at the sky outside the door: "Why not first decide on a title and build a temple, then send people to offer sacrifices to pray for rain. If it works, it won't be too late to add more titles. If it doesn't work, even if you are a god, you will be of no benefit to the country and the people, so what's the point of honoring you?"

Seeing Black Bear nodding slowly in approval, after Zhang Chang sat down, the other people who had opinions kept silent.

Anyway, Kong Rong and Zhang Chang had already said everything that would offend the gods, so there was no need for them to do anything else.

I dare not offend the gods, nor do I dare offend Sima, so I just keep silent.

After Zhang Chang sat down, Black Bear said, "Zhang Tianshi has the virtue of educating the mountain people in Hanzhong, so he submitted a petition to confer the title of Zhaohua Guangde Zhenren. He is the Marquis of Langzhong with ten thousand households, so he will take the tax and rent of a thousand households to support the temple. The remaining nine thousand households will be divided, and the eldest son will inherit the title of Marquis of Langzhong County with three thousand households, and the rest of the sons will each lead a thousand households and become county marquises."

He turned around and asked, "How many children does he have?"

Zhuge Jin replied: "Your Majesty, I have ten sons and ten daughters."

"It's similar to me. Then, the eldest son will inherit the title of county marquis with 3,000 households, and the remaining sons will each receive 500 households as pavilion marquis. The remaining 500 households will be given to his eldest daughter, who will be granted the title of lord."

"In addition, 5,000 acres of mountains and fields were allocated nearby to build the Zhaohua Temple to enshrine his clothing and hats."

If nothing unexpected happens, a prosperous place will develop around Zhaohua Temple in the future, providing a lot of income.

This money will grow and become comparable to the tax revenue of a large county.

Black Bear continued, "All the income from the Zhaohua Temple will be used for flood control in the counties in the capital and nearby areas, and it cannot be misappropriated."

"Yes."

Wei Kang took notes. Seeing that no one else had any additional comments, Black Bear said, "Mr. Ziyu, please take the time to focus on this matter. I think that when Zhang Tianshi ascends to heaven, he will also be happy to see the temple's income used for flood control. The specifications of this temple will be based on the county marquis as an example. Leave room for expansion. If the prayer for rain is answered, expand it with the ceremony of a duke."

"I accept your order."

Zhuge Jin stood up and saluted. In recent years, Guanzhong has had good weather and good harvests, so there is no need to rush to pray for rain.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Black Bear dismissed the meeting.

But after the meeting, Kong Rong left with big strides and headed straight for the house where Zhang Lu ascended to heaven.

The two guards at the door didn't understand what was going on, so they watched Kong Rong rush in, roll up the straw mat where Zhang Lu had been lying, hold it in his arms and run away.

The others, hampered by the black bear behind them, could only watch Kong Rong leave, and then rushed in, dividing up the straw mats, paper, pens, ink, and even the tables and chairs.

Some low-ranking retainers could only pry open the bluestone floor tiles after entering.

Black Bear turned around and asked Zhang Ding beside him: "Aren't you going to get some?"

"What's the point?"

Zhang Ding couldn't help laughing, looking up at the sky which was about to get dark, he said: "I will urge everyone to make up for the missing equipment."

"No need. Each person will be fined three thousand coins."

After saying that, Black Bear turned around and walked towards the back garden. Zhang Ding followed quickly, which made Gao Jun feel strange.

Seeing that Black Bear didn't object, Gao Jun went to prepare dinner.

Returning to the pavilion, Black Bear sighed, "It's rare to have so much free time."

Zhang Dingze observed the armor displayed in the pavilion and asked, "Your Majesty, why is Zhang Lu doing this?"

"He is determined to become an immortal, just as he wishes."

Black Bear took off his socks and lay on his side on the tiger-skin couch. The tiger's head was filled with cotton and looked plump. His left hand hung on the tiger's head and grasped his forehead. A peach appeared in his right hand and he threw it to Zhang Ding.

Zhang Ding took it with both hands and smelled it. He was reluctant to eat it so he held it in his hand: "After this, the followers of Tianshi Dao will surely flood. I am afraid that if the prayer for rain in the future comes true, there will be endless troubles." "It is not a bad thing to have Tianshi Dao by your side."

Black Bear pondered the future changes: "If you don't argue, you won't understand. I was worried that too much mud would be involved in the Taiping Dao. Now is not bad, and I can screen many people for me. Right now I am worried about Li Feng. Let's do this. In May, when the garrison of Mianzhu is changing, you will lead the troops to change the guard, and go to see Li Feng during the period. If he changes, persuade him if you can, otherwise forget it."

Since Zhang Lu had ascended to heaven, it was reasonable for Li Feng, who was refining the golden elixir, to eat the golden elixir and ascend to heaven.

The fanatical trend of seeking immortality in Yizhou was easily incited. Although Li Feng ignored government affairs and left everything to the governor Huang Quan, it was easy to incite.

The preaching among the Keba people progressed rapidly and had spread across the Lushui River to the southern central region.

The requirements for many tribal leaders and chiefs to become monks are very simple, which is to pay a visit to Li Feng and obtain Li Feng's blessing through the art of incantation.

Prayer and blessing ceremonies are something that every family has and are not new.

Even Li Feng performed rituals and used talismanic water to cure many difficult and complicated diseases of the people.

A typical example is children who are frightened and cry at night, symptoms that seem like they are possessed by evil spirits. There are indeed cases where the condition improves after they participate in collective incantation ceremonies.

In Black Bear's view, this was nothing more than a collective mental suggestion. He was afraid that Li Feng would become addicted to it and think that he possessed this kind of power.

This kind of problem has already arisen internally before the country has been controlled.

Zhang Ding was silent for a moment, then said, "Shu is obsessed with the gods and immortals, there are many people who are curious and have strange intentions. I think the previous incident in Qingcheng Mountain was caused by the treacherous ministers who fanned the flames."

"I know what you mean. It's not Li Feng's intention for things to get worse in the future."

Black Bear thought for a moment and said, "Since there are traces of immortals in Qingcheng Mountain, you should also go and persuade Li Feng. If he is interested, he can take the post of governor and build a Taoist temple in Qingcheng Mountain to continue the Taoist lineage of Laozi Temple. The task I give him is not difficult. In the future, the Qingcheng Mountain lineage must train Taoists who are good at medicine to prepare for the use of the military and civilians."

"Yes, I will explain it to him clearly."

At this time, Gao Jun led people to bring dinner, and he also sat down, sitting at the last seat with a few personal soldiers.

Dinner was over and it was dark.

Black Bear took out a spare set of undergarments, and after refining it with a little white magic power, he immediately summoned Zhang Lu, whose body had shrunk severely, in the quiet room.

During his lifetime, Zhang Lu was plump and had three highs.

But now there is no moisture in his body, he is very shriveled, and his facial features show no trace of his original outline in life.

After commanding Zhang Lu to put on the middle robe and continuously investing black magic power, when he was promoted to the fourth level, he finally had some outline of Zhang Lu in his features.

But his body is healthy and well-proportioned, which is very different from his chubby and amiable appearance when he was alive.

This made Black Bear a little distressed. If he went out like this, who would recognize him?
There is no rush to be promoted to level five. You need to wait until the Zhaohua Temple is built and you have the clay statue and clothes, and then you can get a set of clothes of the same style.

In this way, Zhang Lu who was summoned later could be close to the statue in the temple.

I also want to do an experiment. If the Zhaohua Temple is built, and the Taoist soldier Zhang Lu can leave himself and be stored in the temple for a long time, it means that there is a connection between the Taoist soldier Zhang Lu and the temple.

This is the new bond and communication node between the Taoyuan artifact and this world after it is separated from its own transit.

After thinking for a while, he took out the spare birthday peach and handed it to Zhang Lu.

He always keeps two longevity peaches as a backup, and this year's longevity peaches will be available soon.

If you take one out now, you don’t have to worry about other unexpected events.

Longevity peaches are a special resource. After Zhang Lu ate them, his body became three points fuller, as if his potential had also increased.

The black bear grabbed the peach pit and carefully felt the relationship between the peach pit and Zhang Lu.

He immediately called Lu Bu in, and Lu Bu took the peach core and sat down in the carving room.

Without waiting for it to make a move, the black bear took out another blood peach and gave it to Zhang Lu, who ate it quickly.

The connection between the blood peach pit and Zhang Lu is very weak, but it can serve as a starting signal.

The longevity peach pit is used as the command signal, and the blood peach pit is used as the starting signal.

Two talismans were carved, hollowed out and inlaid with peach pits.

The talismans are then polished to form gaps for inlaying into each other.

When the two talismans are matched, the blood peach core that starts the signal will activate the longevity peach core, thus completing the authorization and activation of the puppet Taoist soldier.

Lu Bu finished carving quickly and used wood oil to maintain the two talismans.

The black bear held one in each hand, purified them with his white magic power, and felt the connection between him and the Taoist soldier Zhang Lu respectively.

Then we start to compile instructions. They don't need to be complicated. After activation, they just require following, standing, and attacking the target... Relatively complex patrol instructions are cancelled.

Holding the folded tokens, he naturally couldn't use voice commands. The tokens couldn't sense it, and Zhang Lu couldn't sense it either.

The only thing that can be used is action. Grab the token and make fixed movements. Effective displacement information is formed between the token and Taoist soldier Zhang Lu, which is used for command recognition.

After Zhaohua Temple is repaired, promote Zhang Lu to level five.

He wears chain mail inside and a Taoist robe with a purple ribbon and eight-trigram pattern outside. He wears leather boots, holds a whisk in his arms, and has a two-handed Han sword on his back. This will probably be his fixed look for a long time to come.

How can we consider a Taoist priest who goes out without wearing inner armor as a proper Taoist priest?
(End of this chapter)