Yuan Tiangang stood up, went to the desk and took a pen and paper, sat down and wrote hard, wrote down Xia Hongsheng's words one by one, picked them up and read them carefully, then put them down, and asked Xia Hongsheng again: "These three questions are indeed what my Taoist sect lacks compared to the Buddhist sect." However, compared with my Daomen, the Buddha Gate is far away, if my Daomen can make up for this lack of people, we should not be afraid of those who are fighting for it. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "That's right." However, there is still one more question I want to ask below. ”

"Xiahou, excuse me!" Yuan Tiangang said.

"Of these three questions, which one does Daoist Yuan think is the most important?" Xia Hongsheng asked with a smile.

Yuan Tiangang thought for a moment and said, "It should be the last one!" …… No, it should be the first one! Kindness...... Or ......"

Seeing that Yuan Tiangang was embarrassed, Xia Hongsheng said: "It's hard to choose." The purpose of this question is to tell the Taoist that these three questions are equally important, but they have different priorities in different contexts. It is subject to change with the specific circumstances in front of you, rather than being static. Therefore, we must be good at analyzing and even predicting from the surrounding environment, and adjust the importance of these three issues to adapt to the development of the surrounding environment. Look at the Wude years, and look at the present, how much has the environment around us changed in a few years? If the Daomen insists on the old and does not know how to continue to develop and transform with the needs of the world, one day it will not be able to keep up with the development of the times and will be eliminated. Therefore, Taoism, if you want to be long-lasting. To overpower the other denominations forever. You have to learn to keep up with the times! ”

"Xiahou. Now that the problem has been figured out, how can it be solved according to Xiahou? Yuan Tiangang nodded, and asked again.

"These three issues are related to each other. There is a sequence of solutions, and I think that the second problem should be solved first. Xia Hongsheng said: "The Taoist is the master of my Daomen, why not write it yourself and study the history of the Daomen." Recompiling a Daoist image system? That is to say, the Taoist chief will re-examine the current image of the Taoist immortals, re-establish a new Taoist immortal system, unify the various immortal characters of Taoism, and form a definite, unified, and specific immortal system. How did each immortal appear, how did he become an immortal, what did he do, and what history did the immortals have...... Numerous. Form a unified Daomen immortal system. In this way, the disciples in the future come into contact with the Tao. There are specific immortals, specific character images, and specific character provenances, so as to become a rigorous system, everything is evidence-based and can be relied on, and it is no longer redundant. The ideological system is the same, the Taoist master gathers the culmination of the Daomen, and naturally there is no need to say more. ”

Yuan Tiangang took notes, and listened to Xia Hongsheng continue: "After completing the new unified ideology and immortal system, all the Taoist priests in the world will take this as the standard, and then go out to preach and preach, and what is preached is this, what the people know and learn is also this, specific and not nothing." In this way, the first two problems are actually solved. As for the third question, it's a very long-term thing. ”

"But I don't know how to make the emperor and the people profitable?" Yuan Tiangang asked again.

Xia Hongsheng smiled slightly and said: "You need to know how to make it profitable, and when you know what you want to gain." The emperor wants to gain the benefits of his rule. If Taoism can help it stabilize the people, stabilize the imperial power, and be beneficial to its rule, then it must use Taoism. If the Buddha is beneficial, then use Buddhism. Then we can add these elements to the teachings of the Daomen. But like Daoist Huiyan, why does His Majesty praise and reward, is it not that his image helps guide other people to follow his example and contribute to the country? If Taoism had these things in it, the emperor would naturally be more willing to adopt and promote Taoism. And what are the people's intentions? There are many things in the world that cannot be explained and need to be explained by religion in order to solve or have peace of mind. For example, why thunder and lightning, why landslides and earth cracks...... In this way, if Buddhism cannot explain and my Taoism can explain, or if my Taoism is more reasonable than the explanation of Buddhism, then not only the emperor, but also the people of the world, will not think more highly of our Taoism? This move is also beneficial to the Daomen. What is the Taoist priest pursuing in cultivation, is it not the pursuit of becoming an immortal and having the ability to be an immortal? And to master the same ability, you must first know the truth of this ability, and then you can master it? If you want to grasp the thunder, you must first know how to have the thunder, how the thunder works, and know it in your chest, so that you can grasp the thunder, which is exactly what you do. Just like the time when there was a locust before, the people were afraid, thinking that the locust god had descended to earth. And at this time, if there are people in our Dao Sect who study how there are so many locusts, how to get rid of these locusts, and then spread these methods to lead the people to eliminate locusts and survive the locust plague, then in the eyes of the people, this is already a god's ability, how can they not devote themselves to our Dao Gate? ”

"When there were locusts, Poor Dao heard Xiahou shouting an order, which made the swarm of locusts fly up from the field, throw themselves into the fire and set themselves on fire, and then don't harm people, is it really something?!" Yuan Tiangang was taken aback.

Xia Hongsheng laughed and said, "Strictly speaking, this is also a skill in the Dao Sect. I don't know if you can pay attention to the summer and autumn nights, where there are candle flames, there are insects and moths flying around the fire? This phenomenon is called phototaxis, which means that at night these moths will fly towards places where there is fire. It's that simple! A raging fire was lit in the field, and the flames soared into the sky. Some, a crowd of people ran through the fields and frightened the locusts into the air, and their phototactic properties caused the locusts to fly towards the firelight. And the fire is fierce, and when the locusts get close, they will naturally be burned to death. Dao Chief, these are actually Dao techniques, and Dao techniques come from some natural phenomena. Therefore, the current Taoist priest cultivation has gone badly! Swallowing ammunition all day long, meditating and meditating, it would be strange if you could hold back the immortal ability! If you want to see through the red dust, you must first step into the red dust, and then you can see through it, the same is true for Taoism, if you want to fly across the sea, unless you go to personally study why you fly, how to fly, and then you can make yourself fly. If you hold it in the house for 10,000 years, you won't be able to fly by yourself. ”

In order to guide the Taoist priests to study natural phenomena and discover natural laws in the process of pursuing supernatural immortal powers, Xia Hongsheng spared no effort to persuade and fool. Yuan Tiangang was also said by Xia Hongsheng's heart was hot, because Xia Hongsheng had chased locusts before self-immolation, grabbed the heavenly thunder and other things were too miraculous, so Yuan Tiangang thought that he had finally asked how to cultivate the true Taoist technique, and at this moment he was even more excited, and his hand holding the pen trembled slightly, and he hurriedly recorded all Xia Hongsheng's words. (To be continued.) )