However, Zhang Zhenren is now not interested in standing in front of the main hall, showing off his fairy style to the people nodding and answering, and is obviously more interested in holding study sessions.

Although he had established grassroots organizations and had a base in Yizhou, these believers were essentially no different from folk sects such as the Namoliang Sect or the White Lotus Sect. Tuoquanzi knew very well that to build the new Taoism into a "new society", it was unreliable to rely solely on this almost superstitious belief - there must be religious beliefs that meet the needs of the new society to replace their superstitiousness.

He was very clear about the Senate's attitude towards religion, and knew that some veterans had a deep distrust of traditional religions and had the idea of ​​"starting a new job".

Instead of introducing foreign religions that are not suitable for the local environment, it is better to use Taoism, which is born and raised in Middle-earth. Zhang Yingchen has always insisted on this at the religious work conference.

Tuoquanzi has great ambitions. The reason why he was working tirelessly to develop new Taoism was not just to fight against foreign religions, but to find a new path to purify and replace Chinese folk religions.

It is easy to destroy the Ming Dynasty, but the various folk sects left by the Ming Dynasty and the many believers are a threat to any regime. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, each regime has cracked down on and suppressed the sects and tried to completely ban them. However, the folk sects have always existed in secret. Once the pressure is slightly relaxed, it will rekindle. New folk sects have even emerged.

Zhang Yingchen always believed that religious precepts and propaganda were largely one of the main forces to regulate social behavior before the emergence of industrialized countries. That is, under the background of the two Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty, they were radical like those of Huang Zongxi and Wang Fuzhi who were famous later. They also believed that although the social function of religion's divine teaching was not helpful to curb great traitors and evil, they could make the so-called grandpa "take the evil of fiery and intervention". Therefore, the literati and officials' promotion of Taoism and Buddhism was more because of the dominance of the Confucian intellectuals in the Song and Confucian Confucians who seized the dominance of ideology and excluded the influence of Taoism and Buddhism in the upper class of the landlord class. They were very welcome to borrow these two religions to fool the people.

It’s just that Zhu Chongba’s strange religious system has abolished the basic structure of Buddhism and Taoism, causing official religions to lose the ability to self-purify and break and assimilate "heterodians" in the Tang and Song dynasties, which has given a large number of Taoist sects room for activities.

The Ming Dynasty created a strict system in religious management. Zhu Yuanzhang's main creation was to strengthen the original temple economy of Taoism and Buddhism. On the one hand, religious personnel were prohibited from contacting the masses, and Taoists and monks were required to keep up with Taoist temples and "not to be mixed with ordinary people." This led to the inability of formal church groups of Taoism and Buddhism to contact society. Zhu Yuanzhang also established the "Nianji Taoist" as the actual serf class in the temple economy, solidifying the tenant farmers in the temple and serfs. In this way, a few religious personnel with certificates actually became serf owners and were serf owners who were separated from social activities. This was fatal to religious development. The original social functions of the church group were equal to being completely destroyed, resulting in large-scale withdrawal of Buddhism and Taoism from social ideology and public opinion positions, and gave the Taoist sect a soil for development.

Later, he demarcated military households, craftsmen and others from the private households, and ordered them not to enter the Tao and ordain them. Therefore, the most powerful Taoist Monroe Sect in the future was the creation of Shandong military household Luo Qing, which can be said to be the greatest ridicule of this system.

As for the abolished temples, each prefecture and county was only allowed to leave one temple, and no private temple was allowed to be established, and women were not allowed to become monks. The perverted monk review system prohibited religious personnel from making friends with ordinary people, and prohibited Taoist monks and monks from begging for alms. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it became empty texts, which can be said to have eliminated all the vitality of the two religions of Taoism. The proliferation of Taoism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties has a lot to do with the use of Zhu Yuanzhang's strange system in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Yizhou, or to be precise, Yinan County is the first experimental field of his new religion. He carried out the Reformation in Hainan based on the powerful material power of the bayonet and the Senate, and can only be regarded as a flower in a greenhouse. Only in this southern Shandong area where the folk eccles and sects are intertwined can the success or failure of his own Reformation be truly tested.

The location of the "speaking" is located in the second "Tail". Unlike the common monks and Taoists, Zhang Yingchen does not use a cushion, but "stands and preaches". There is a large blackboard behind him. Every time he talks about the key points, he always has to pick up chalk and apply it on the blackboard. Of course, there is also a "spell" that can hit the chalk head with every move.

Such learning sessions are held every day. Those participating are group leaders of each group and selected "internship blessings" including men, women, young and old. The common feature is that they have a certain culture and can read and read.

Zhang Yingchen was wearing a traditional Taoist robe - his military uniform Taoist robe was a bit shocking, so he had to use it in Hainan - walked to the blackboard, took a sip of the tea delivered by his apprentice, moistened his throat and started speaking.

Today I am talking about "The Product of All Things Transformation". I don't know which Taoist scripture comes from. The last time I was talking about "The Product of Hun Chaos", but there is no story of the creation of the world like ordinary monks and Taoists. Single Dao is the beginning of the ancient times. The chaotic qi exploded due to the yin and yang qi. This explosion is the essence of Pangu opening up the heaven and earth. After the explosion, the void is born. This void is Yuanshi Tianzun. In the void, one qi evolves, and the stars, sun and moon are formed by qi, and the ground under the feet of people is also a qi transformed. Therefore, Zhang Zai, a great scholar in the Song Dynasty, saw the truth and the Tao is that qi gathered and transformed into all things. The above is full of interest, but it seems to be understood below.

"The masses, the height of Mount Tai is in a sand and a stone, the lushness of the lingchun is in a flower and a leaf. It is important to know that all things in the world have small ones, the big ones, the low ones, the noble ones, the young ones, and the old ones. As soon as the heaven and earth are formed, all things are born, and there are algae moss, and there are plants and trees. Why? I have a piece of moss and a wisp of water here. Who of you has good eyesight? Let's take a look and have a look. After reading it, let's talk to you clearly."

Flirting with a ball of water soaked in the porcelain bowl, half green and yellow, and a piece of dry moss that had just been sprayed with water, Zhang Yingchen looked around his study group leaders with great interest.

According to the outline, the lessons in the past few days should be the first day to talk about the new Taoist view of the universe, including the Big Bang, the heliocentric theory, the law of gravity, etc. Of course, it is just a general discussion. In the eyes of the Ming people, it is nothing more than the new version of Taoism from the Confucianism of Song and the Huntian theory of Han Confucianism.

The next day, we started to talk about evolution. We first taught plant classification, algae, moss, herbs, woody, danzi, and quilts, and then taught animals, invertebrate coelenterology, flat animals, annetozoa, mollusks, arthropods, vertebrate fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Finally, we attributed to Taoism: All things are born in nature, and people are the most precious. The three talents are in the right position, which is in two places. Why is it that people are good at vain. In ancient times, the sages of Youchao and Suiren taught the people to build nests to avoid tigers and wolves and make fire to eat cooked food. Shennong tried the art of teaching the people to cure diseases, and promoted the farming and taught the people to use the foundation of farming. Emperor Huangdi of Xuanyuan made a carriage, a boat, a bow, a pestle, a mortar, a clothes, a crown, a Jiazi, a calculation, so he was the head of the Five Emperors and the first ancestor of humanities.

Yi means change, Yi means three images, to respond to the three talents, the stars and constellations are running, the four seasons are rotating, the sky is easy, the high one becomes mountains, the low one becomes river, the rivers change the way, the sea changes, the land is easy, the people reproduction, craftsmanship, farming, moral education, rise and fall of all generations, and people are easy.

Just as they were talking, they glanced at me and suddenly realized that several young men from the banker were also listening to the lecture below. Zhuang Yongling was the leader. They did not openly bring a chair to sit down, but just stood aside and listened quietly, with a very focused expression.

Since reading the "A Little Knowledge of the Investigation of Things" he gave, he usually went to the dealer and always had to entangle him to ask questions. Zhang Yingchen naturally would not miss this great opportunity to "poison teenagers". He would answer questions and often give him some thought questions.

His knowledge opened a door to a new world for these young men who had only read the Four Books and Five Classics. Several young men also went from a temporary "curiosity" mentality to truly respect and believe in Taoist Zhang.

However, the banker's family rules are very strict after all, and learning "art making" in this way is always the core of learning. Besides, the books are all "idle books". They are not allowed to read before they have achieved certain fame, let alone studying this area of ​​knowledge - that is simply "degenerate". Therefore, every time Zhang Yingchen meets these teenagers, he must master the opportunity to avoid being disgusted by the banker's people.

It's New Year now, so there is no need to study. A few teenagers probably slipped out under the name of watching the ceremony. This is a great opportunity for them to further deepen their relationship with them and spread new knowledge.

The Taoist priest was secretly happy, cheered up and showed off more and more, and his tongue was full of lotus flowers. After a while, he felt a little happy and sweaty, but he could see that the effect was excellent.

After the talk, he returned to his living room, changed his clothes under Luo Chun's service, wiped his face, and was drinking tea. As expected, his apprentice came to report: Several young masters from the dealer came to pay homage.

"What are you going to pay homage? It's so incredible." Zhang Yingchen smiled, "I'll invite a few young masters in."

Several teenagers came in one after another, and the leader was Zhuang Yongling. In addition to the few he knew, there were a few more teenagers this time. They were probably all the nephews of the Zhuangjia clan.

Zhang Yingchen was secretly happy - curiosity is the young man's nature. The new knowledge he instilled in Zhuang Yongling and others will inevitably have a great impact on the young people around him.

Zhuang Qian's generation cannot be transformed, and he can only let them recognize the situation and be a leader. However, such young talents have great potential in education (to be continued...)
Chapter completed!