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Chapter 48: The Diocese of the Diocese, the Mission Begins

After Bai Yuchan arrived in Lin'an, he did not stay in Lin'an for a long time. After discussing some of the current problems faced by Yin Zhiping for three days, he took people to say goodbye and leave despite Yin Zhiping's retention. [ ]

Yin Zhiping knew that Lin'an could be regarded as a sad place for Bai Yuchan. Bai Yuchan suffered a great setback in Lin'an that year, and was very disappointed with the entire Southern Song Dynasty from top to bottom. Bai Yuchan didn't want to stay in Lin'an for too long. Yin Zhiping understood this feeling, so he did not force him to stay.

The results they discussed in the past three days were finally decided to act in two ways. Since Yin Zhiping had already opened up the situation in Lin'an and took root, he started preaching with Lin'an as the base. The main direction was to go from south to north, and strive to connect with the Quanzhen Sect territory in the north as soon as possible.

Bai Yuchan still returned to Wuyi Mountain to develop. He had been camping Wuyi Mountain for a long time, which was considered the fundamental place. Since he merged with the Quanzhen Sect and brought back a group of Quanzhen disciples to Wuyi, he has opened up the inherent situation in the past six months and has made a lot of development. Not only have he accepted many new disciples, but he has also developed many believers, and has also incorporated two Taoist temples and built a new sub-view.

Bai Yuchan has been operating in Wuyishan for a long time, and it can be said that the foundation has been laid very well. It has been limited to the shortage of manpower, so it has not been able to expand its development. This new person brought back nearly 60 Quanzhen disciples, which immediately solved the problem of manpower shortage. The expansion over the past six months can be said to be a natural result.

His main development direction will be to radiate from southeast to southwest, and ultimately to connect with the Quanzhen Cult forces in Sichuan.

At the same time, both of them will also give priority to their respective regions. They should connect the Lin'an to Wuyi line. The two places are not too far apart. First, connect the two places into one. The two can help each other, stabilize their respective development results, and facilitate their mutual contact.

But after being connected, the two cannot penetrate into each other's areas. Although the two factions are united for the same religion, they still have separate sects and each have mutual independence. This is also what Bai Yuchan emphasized when choosing to incorporate the Quanzhen Sect, that one must maintain the relative independence of one party.

The result that Yin Zhiping and Bai Yuchan discussed now is equivalent to demarcating Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Hunan as the missionary areas of Bai Yuchan. Yin Zhiping's missionary areas are from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Hubei, including Jiangxi and a small number of areas of Hunan. As for Yunnan and Guizhou, over the years, the Quanzhen Sect in Sichuan has gradually penetrated the two places, and was designated as the missionary areas of Sichuan.

Yin Zhiping was ordered to preside over the missionary affairs in the south and had the right to make decisions independently. He could make a decision in all these discussions with Bai Yuchan, and he did not need to report back to Zhongnanshan to wait for instructions. However, he wrote a letter to Zhongnanshan to submit to Ma Yu and others. Although their instructions were not needed, they had to know at least. In addition, he also said that he would transfer a group of Quanzhen Sect Branch Taoist temples in Shandong to the nearby group to help him carry out his missionary work.

He is in Lin'an now, and in addition to himself, there are only fourteen Quanzhen disciples, including Li Zhichang. There are too few people. This little manpower is now helping him fully grasp the Wanshou View. If he develops more, his family will be in a difficult position.

Although the current Zongguan Hall of Quanzhen Sect is in Chongyang Palace, Zhongnan Mountain, Wang Chongyang first established the name of Quanzhen Sect in Shandong. All the seven sons of Quanzhen are from Shandong. It was during the process of preaching in Shandong that Wang Chongyang accepted the seven of them as disciples. Therefore, Shandong has always been the traditional sphere of influence of Quanzhen Sect.

The Quanzhen Sect now has the most powerful and most disciples. In addition to Shaanxi, where Zongguan Chongyang Palace is located, it belongs to Shandong. It is Yin Zhiping, who was originally from Cangzhou, Hebei, moved to Laizhou, Shandong during his father's generation. He was also born in Shandong and was considered a native Shandong native. At the same time, he was also the disciple Qiu Chuji was attracted by Qiu Chuji when he was dealing with local Quanzhen Sect affairs in Shandong.

Because the Quanzhen Sect in Shandong is powerful, has many disciples, and is close to Lin'an, Yin Zhiping asked to send a group of disciples from Shandong to Lin'an to listen to it. He can also make the decision on this matter by himself, and it is just a report in the letter to Zhongnan Mountain. Before writing this letter, he had already sent a letter to Shandong Diocese and directly asked Shandong to cooperate with him as the head of the city.

After doing these things, Yin Zhiping waited for the Quanzhen disciples arranged by Shandong to come to Lin'an, and also began to select Taoist temples to be incorporated in the middle and nearby areas outside the city, and prepare in advance.

In addition, he held two rituals in succession every now and then to expand the influence of himself and Quanzhen Sect and develop believers first. He killed Kublai Khan from a 100,000 Mongolian army under the city of Xiangyang. Before he could arrive in Lin'an, his reputation had already spread. After arriving in Lin'an, he was awarded a reward by the emperor and added more reputation. Therefore, he had a very basic foundation to develop believers.

Although Wanshou Temple was a royal palace in the Song Dynasty, it was not jealous of the people's worship and offering incense. Just like during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng Prefecture of Bianliang was also established as a royal temple, but it was not jealous of the people's burning incense. In addition to the emperor or royal family, high-ranking officials had to deliberately clear the incense. On weekdays, people came and went, and there were many pilgrims. The prosperous market outside the temple was also a prosperous place in Bianliang.

Wanshou Temple was very deserted before this. It was not that it did not accept the burning of incense from ordinary people, but that the previous several temple masters did not do much and did not manage it carefully. This is a royal palace. The Taoist priests in the temple all had salaries from the court. Whenever the emperor, the queen mother, the concubines or the royal family came to burn incense, they all received rewards. Therefore, the Taoist priests in the temple did not care much about the incense money of ordinary people.

Therefore, the pilgrims received by Wanshou Temple were basically royal people, some officials, ministers and relatives, and there were very few ordinary people. Because Wanshou Temple is a royal palace, the people were also in awe and did not dare to enter easily. In addition, the temple was not promoted, so it gradually became a failure to receive incense from ordinary people.

After Yin Zhiping learned that Wanshou Temple could also receive incense by ordinary people, he changed his previous mistakes. In order to seek insurance, he specially asked Emperor Lizong for permission in advance. While doing several rituals in the temple, he also ordered the disciples in the temple to vigorously promote the Wanshou Temple to the people who came to watch the rituals and start to accept incense, pray for blessings from ordinary people.

The Taoist saying goes, "The mountain is not high, but the immortals are famous; the water is not deep, but the dragons are spiritual." The same is true for temples and Taoist temples. It does not depend on their size, but on whether there are high-profile monks and masters or real immortal masters who are highly respected and famous.

Wanshou Palace is a royal palace. It is originally from a big background. Now, there is Yin Zhiping, the Xuanhua Zhenren who "flying swords to kill the enemy chiefs and the officials give them a title". As soon as the ban was lifted, ordinary people were allowed to burn incense and offer them. They immediately supported them, and there were endless pilgrims coming to burn incense. Even for the name of Yin Zhenren, those who did not burn incense would pretend to burn incense to come and see.

Yin Zhiping also ordered Quanzhen's disciples to spread the great boxing techniques among believers, and even more believers were a lot of people. In just ten days and half a month, Wanshou Temple became more incense from the previous desertedness. (To be continued.)
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