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Chapter 44 Junior Brother Zhao and other Junior Brothers

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    The first day of the first lunar month of the 13th year of Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty is the "Chen of Heaven" for Taoism.  It is recorded in "Yunji Qizhu" that "the first day of the first lunar month is named Tianla, and the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is named Eartha". It is the day when "the Five Emperors determine the length of time for a person's spiritual energy". This day is also the day when Taoists set up altars to celebrate.  festival.

    Wujiyuan is no exception. An incense altar is set up in the Sanqing Hall to worship Taoist Sanqing from a distance, worship the five great emperors, and wish for stable fortune in the coming year.  The celebration ceremony included a small link. To the Taoist monk Heyuan, this small link was just a trivial matter, but for Zhao Ran, it was a major event in his life.

    Zhao Ran has been in Wuji Temple for more than eight months and has participated in many Zhai Zhai Dharma meetings held in the courtyard, such as the Sanqing Festival to celebrate the birthday of Sanqing Taoist Master, the Sanyuan Festival to worship the heaven, earth and water palace, etc.  During the ceremony, he could only stand at the steps outside the railing, kowtow to the ground, and worship from a distance together with the firework Taoist priests. He couldn't even see clearly what the ceremony looked like.

    But this time it was different. He finally wore a formal Taoist robe embroidered with black edges, climbed to the high steps of the Sanqing Hall, and received the ordination certificate amidst Jiang Gaogong's singing.

    This is a cowhide scroll about a foot long. After unfolding, there are several lines of small words on the scroll:

    "Xuanyuan Guandu's ultimatum will be inspected. Taoist precepts are that if a Taoist priest does not give the ultimatum but privately shaves his hairpin with an eighty stick, if there are parents, the parents will be guilty, and the abbot of the palace and those who received the ultimatum privately will be punished with the same crime. Fill in the words today  The ultimatum No. 648 is given to Taoist priest Zhao Zhiran, and the certificate must be received by the person who gave it."

    The small characters written in ink at the bottom of the left hand are "Zhao Zhiran was 18 years old, the son of Zhao Hong from Zhaozhuang, Shiquan County, Long'an Prefecture, Sichuan. In the first month of the thirteenth year of Jiajing, he became a monk in Wujiyuan, became a sutra-reciting Taoist boy in the Sutra Hall, and became a Zhengyi sect.  , see Naturalization in this Court¡±.  The middle part is printed with "The right hand pays Taoist priest Zhao Zhiran to collect and approve this".

    The left half of the book is written on the first day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Jiajing/Li Yunhe of Xuanyuan Guanyuan/Zhang Yunzhao of Xizhenwu Palace/Xizhenwu Palace Gaogong Bai Tengming/Xizhenwu Palace Dianzao Song Zhicong/Wuji Palace Supervisor Zhong Tenghong/  Jiang Zhibiao, the eminent person of Wuji Academy/Zhang Zhihuan, the founder of Wuji Academy."  The suffix is ??stamped with the purple seal of Xuanyuan Guanyuan, and the purple seals of Xizhenwu Palace and Wuji Academy.

    That¡¯s right, Zhao Ran will no longer be called Zhao Ran from now on. He has officially joined the Taoist sect and is a Taoist priest who has received an ultimatum. He is considered to be of the ¡°Zhi¡± generation and his name is ¡°Zhao Zhiran¡±.  It is a simple ultimatum, but seven people have signed it, starting from Xuanyuan Temple of Sichuan Province, going down to Zhenwu Palace in the west of Long'an Prefecture, and then to Wuji Courtyard in Guyang County.  After signing the document, Zhao Ran became an official Taoist priest of the Ming Dynasty.

    Zhao Ran - named Zhao Zhiran from today on, holding the ultimatum in hand, the excitement in his heart is really beyond words.  In the entire Wujiyuan, there are more than a hundred fire-gong laymen, including the abbot, the supervising courtyard, the "three capitals", the eight deacons, the "five masters and eighteen heads", the chanting Taoist boys, etc., both with and without duties.  There are only one hundred, sixty or seventy Taoist priests in total. From now on, he is one of the one-third, and is no longer the denominator. How refreshing this is!  At least the monthly silver has increased five times, reaching fifty taels!

    But there was one thing that surprised him. The other Taoist boy who received the ultimatum turned out to be an acquaintance. He was Zhu Meng, the legitimate son of the Sichuan inspector whom Zhao Ran had met at the Beacon Villa gathering a few months ago.

    Zhao Ran still remembers the time when this young master pursued Yu Mo at Beacon Villa but was rejected. Unexpectedly, in the next year, he also entered the Taoist sect, and he was the kind of person who received an ultimatum directly!  Zhao Ran had long heard that one of the two ultimatum places in the Wuji Academy this year would be directly given to a disciple with a strong foundation in cultivation. Is it possible that this young master also has a talent for cultivation?

    It's so irritating that people are more powerful than others. Zhao Ran struggled hard for more than half a year and used countless tricks before he finally accepted the ultimatum. This young master has done nothing. He is a serious Taoist priest from the beginning, and he seems to have a much better future in the future.  I am much broader!  Which bone in your body do you think is the best?  Why didn't I see it?

    The Dharma conference was still going on, and it was difficult for the two of them to talk, but standing together, they naturally stared at each other.  What did Zhao Ran think? Why did he feel that this young master seemed to have a lot of opinions about him? The way he looked at him, it was obvious that he was not a good person.  After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Ran understood that this person probably regarded him as his love rival.

    When the Zhanzhai Dharma Assembly was over, the two of them each held a volume of the "Precepts and Codes" awarded to them and returned together.  Why go together?  There is no way, because the two are "of the same age", so they live in the same house.

    Of course, today¡¯s living conditions are much better than when I was a fire worker.  The small courtyard still has three rows of wing rooms in the east, west and north, but each row of wing rooms is connected and is extremely spacious, with one room covering the other three.  Zhao Ran and Zhu Meng were assigned to live in the east wing. Behind the door was the living room, which also served as a study. There were two desks on the left and right, complete with pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

    On both sides of the study are two bedrooms, one for each person, separated by a curtain, making them relatively private.  The bedroom is no longer a big shopNo, it¡¯s a serious carved elm bed!

    In the living room, seeing the cross-eyed eyes staring at him, Zhao Ran coughed dryly: "Uh junior brothers"

    "Wait! You must know clearly who is the senior brother and who is the junior brother!" Zhu Meng waved his hand and solemnly stopped Zhao Ran's words.

    Zhao Ran smiled: "Of course, the best way to grow up is to get started first"

    "That's right. The one who enters first is the leader. Please take out the ultimatum from Junior Brother Zhao. Let's see who goes first and who comes last?"

    Zhao Ran was at a loss for words. Both of their ultimatums were awarded on the same day. Naturally, it was written on the same day - "the first day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Jiajing". If we want to rely on this, we really can't tell the difference.

    "Junior brothers, I entered Wujiyuan in April last year!"

    "Otherwise, although Junior Brother Zhao entered the Wuji Temple last April, he was not considered to have entered the Taoist sect. He was just working hard in the courtyard. If hard labor counts, then if I just go to any Taoist temple to sweep the floor and clean the tables, wouldn't it be wrong?  Does that count as joining the Taoist sect? Oh, by the way, when I was three years old, I entered the Jingshou Palace in the capital and burned incense. Counting it all, how many years earlier did I join the Taoist sect than Junior Brother Zhao? Seventeen or eighteen years? In my opinion,  Since we entered the school on the same day, we should refer to our age - I am twenty-three years old this year, how old is Junior Brother Zhao?"

    When it comes to birthdays, Zhu Meng is more than three years older than Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran is definitely incomparable, but he cannot give in, so he sneers and changes the topic.  In fact, in the Taoist Shifang Jungle Temple, it doesn't matter who is the senior brother and who is the junior disciple. This is not a descendant temple, which pays attention to strict seniority and seniority. In the Shifang Jungle, what really matters is the job.

    There are many Taoist priests of Tengzi generation and even Yunzi generation who have worked hard for decades and are still just Taoist boys chanting sutras. However, some astute Taoist priests of Zhizi generation are in high positions at a young age and boss those senior Taoists around.  , and the old Taoists still obeyed respectfully and sternly, no one would think it was inappropriate.

    The reason why the two of them were arguing over the title of senior brother and junior brother was purely out of emotion.  Zhao Ran didn't care at first, but the more Zhu Meng behaved like this, the more he wanted to keep fighting. This is the saying that people fight for one breath.

    Naturally, there was no result from such an argument, so the next "Junior Brother" and "Junior Brother Zhao" started calling out to themselves.

    "Aren't all the junior brothers from the capital? Why did you come to Wujiyuan to receive the ultimatum? Is there any difficulty at Jingshou Palace?" It is said that Zhu Meng was born in the capital, and he should have received the ultimatum in the Taoist courtyards under the jurisdiction of Jingshou Palace.  Instead of going to Wujiyuan under the jurisdiction of Zhenwu Palace in the west of Long'an Prefecture to accept the ultimatum, this is completely against the trend.

    "Junior Brother Zhao seems to be from Shiquan County. Didn't he receive the ultimatum in Wujiyuan of Guyang County?" Yes, Zhu Meng's words are very reasonable. You yourself don't act according to common sense, and you belong to the category of "receiving an ultimatum across counties"  "Am I still not allowed to "receive an ultimatum across the government?"

    Zhao Ranxin said that this Zhumeng was very powerful and spoke sharply, so it was really difficult to deal with him.  At that moment, he couldn't help but expose the opponent's background: "Junior brothers, could it be that Taoist Yumo came here?"

    His words were purely malicious speculation, but he really hit the point. Zhu Meng really became a Taoist priest for the sake of Yumo Taoist talent.  The secret place where Yumo is located, Huayun Pavilion, is the descendant temple of Long'an Mansion. If Zhumeng wants to "follow in Yumo's footsteps", he must go to the Shifang Jungle under the West Zhenwu Palace to receive the ultimatum, otherwise he will be moved to another place in the future.  The Zisun Temple is the Kuixing Pavilion in the capital.

    Seeing the color change on Zhu Meng¡¯s face, he randomly let out a ¡°hum¡± and walked away.

    Zhao Ran secretly said, "It feels so good." Shi Shiran took the "Precepts and Regulations" and went back to his bedroom to study.

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