Chapter 19 Yulong Man Yan (continued)
Yulong Manyan, also known as Yulong Manyan, Yulong Manyan, originated from the Qin and Han Dynasties, and is a general term for the hundreds of plays, especially the illusion performances. The illusion that originated from the pre-Qin period, namely the magnificent play, also known as the strange play or trick, is the prototype of the so-called "magic" in later generations.
In a narrow sense, the Yulong Manyan refers to "Yulong" and "Manyan". Some people say that "Yulong" is a beast of a lynx, or the illusion of a fish turning into a dragon.
"Manyan" is an ancient giant beast. "Manyan" with a performance lasting dozens of feet and winds on it. Various strange beasts on it change each other, which is very spectacular.
The props used by Yulong Manyan are very large, and are a giant illusion (magic) performance that has been famous all over the world since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Yulong and Manyan are the main programs of illusion performances, so the large-scale performance of a hundred plays and juggling is also called "Yulong Manyan".
It then evolved another meaning of Yulong Manyan: cunning and changeable, playing with power tricks.
Although Yulong Manyan is very famous, it is usually only performed in the capital, because there are many actors and artists participating in the performance, and there are also many props needed, which is huge and cannot be afforded by ordinary people.
Even ordinary powerful people, no matter how rich they are, they cannot raise so many actors and artists to perform Yulong Manyan. Therefore, only the emperor who lives in the capital can spend a lot of money to set up a Yulong Manyan show, and invite all civil and military officials to watch it together.
The magical Yulong Manyan is about to be staged in Changlefang in Xiyang City. The convoy sent by Changlefang has been on tour in the city for several days, causing a sensation.
There were also convoys who went to nearby states to promote their propaganda. The farthest ones even arrived at An 6. The convoy only performed a few magic tricks of Yulong Manyanli, which attracted everyone's attention.
What are the "split up" and "killing people in the street" and the terrifying rumors have caused the people everywhere the convoy to go to, and there are so many people in the streets.
Xiyang Changlefang, which has become famous for its shadow puppetry, is about to stage a grand Yulong Manyan drama. This news soon spread to all parts of Shannan.
Many people have thought about going to Xiyang City to feast their eyes. After all, Yulong Manyan is very famous, but most people may not have the chance to see it with their own eyes in their lives. Now that they have the opportunity, as long as they are not short of money, they must go and have a good time.
Not only do you go by yourself, but you also have to bring your family. Although it is said that Changlefang will use Yulong Manyan as a repertoire program and perform in Xiyang City for a long time, many people can't wait.
Not to mention that even without Yulong Manyan, many rich people would have to go to Xiyang for a trip. The official army of the Huangzhou General Administration has already reached Lingbiao thousands of miles away. According to various rumors, there are unlimited business opportunities there.
Not to mention the ridges of the smoky land, just Jiangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River also has many opportunities for wealth. To find a way to wealth, you have to go to Xiyang, Huangzhou.
No one mentioned the "Tilu Bo Qinglian" in front of Anning Temple in Xiyang City that day.
The witnesses on the scene on that day had already regarded "Wabo Qinglian" as an ordinary trick. No one cared about the whereabouts of the middle-aged man who shouted "Maitreya's Rebirth".
Even caring is useless, because this person and his companions have been "steamed on earth" and can't find it on the street even if they want to find it.
In a house in Xiyang City, Wu Ming was summarizing his confession. His identity was the King's Mansion Dianwei, but his actual identity was the leader of the Cat Team of King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang, who specialized in secretly doing some "undescribable" things.
The middle-aged man who had a suspicious identity and had created a "Wabo Green Lotus" in front of Anning City, and his accomplices were arrested by Wu Ming and others. He had no effort to get all the confessions from these people.
Including how old he died, how old he had to eat "meat", how many good things he had, how much money he had hidden, where he was, etc.
Compared with the illusion that is not very technically illusion, the illusion (magic) of the "consecration" of the Prince of Xiyang is much more powerful. After passing various "scene dramas", these suspects were frightened and cried and wanted to confess.
Even though he was later transferred to the state prison to be detained, several of them were already a little unconscious, but Wu Ming still had a sense of responsibility and did not really scare these people. He could recover from the normal state after being in prison for a period of time.
The confession was quickly summarized, and everything was as Wu Ming expected, and there was a problem with the people who formed a city righteousness.
There are all parts of the country (Buddhist Society). There are no strange things. Some members of the country believe in Maitreya, some believe in Amitabha, and some believe in both. However, the national morality that Wu Ming targeted, and some believed in Maitreya.
In short, they wanted to bring about the instinct of Maitreya to appear in the world and establish the Pure Land on earth, gather believers to stir up trouble, that is, to rebel.
Just like Zhang Jiao, Taiping Dao in the late Han Dynasty and Sun En of the Tianshi in the Jin Dynasty, he gathered believers in the name of religion and rose up in an attempt to overthrow the court and establish their so-called ideal regime.
The slightly different one is Zhang Jiao’s Taiping Taoism, Sun En’s Tianshi Taoism originated from Taoism, and the meaning of Wu Ming’s focus is based on the Buddhist Maitreya belief as the doctrine. This organization that misinterprets Buddhist doctrines and uses this as a reason for rebellion is not a creation, but has a lesson from the past.
In the late Yuan and Wei dynasties, monks gathered crowds to rebel in the name of Maitreya. When they arrived in Gaoqi, people in Qingzhou and other places gathered crowds to rebel under the slogan "New Buddhas are born, get rid of old demons."
This is the past that Wu Ming learned from Liu Taozhi. In view of this, he paid more attention to the civil organization that appeared in Xiyang City.
Just like other national meanings, there are not many abnormalities in the composition of this national meaning. It can be roughly divided into three levels: high-level, middle-level and grass-level. Because it is a first-class, the number of people is not large.
The senior management is the organizer, the leader is named the town master, the deputy leader is named Vina, and the person responsible for teaching Buddhist scriptures is the town master, and the person responsible for begging for alms and raising funds is the transformer.
The middle-level personnel are the backbone personnel, including Buddha masters who are responsible for building Buddhas, pagoda masters, pagoda masters who organize rituals such as setting up vegetarians, praying for fires, etc. They are important helpers for the preaching of the local masters.
The grassroots are people from the town, sons, or Qingxin (Qingxin men, Qingxin women), that is, ordinary believers.
The civil etiquette that Wu Ming targeted came to Huangzhou from other places to absorb believers. There are already high-level and middle-level backbones, but the believers are lacking. The reason they chose Xiyang, Huangzhou is because the population here has increased rapidly in recent years, but the power of Buddhist temples is very weak.
In other words, from the perspective of doing business, Xiyang is a vast market with good prospects but urgent need to be opened. Dayiyi, a certain place, is coming here to open the Yiyi (sub-colon).
Is this Dayi Yi the mastermind behind the scenes? No, because there is probably a capital-based meaning above the Dayi Yi, or even the capital-based meaning.
In other words, the national character that was arrested in Xiyang City was just a pioneer, and it belonged to a certain Maitreya Sect's urban character and even a major capital character, which was just a tentacle that stretched to the south of the mountain.
The people arrested by Wu Ming were the backbone. They came to Xiyang with confidence and were ready to make a difference. As a result, they were thieves after they lived there a few days ago and a statue of Maitreya Buddha brought was stolen.
There was something strange about the Buddha statue, but under normal circumstances no one would notice it. However, because they were guilty, they still hid in another place just in case.
After careful planning and preparation, he planned to use the trick of "Wabo Qinglian" to attract believers in front of Anning Temple, but he encountered a convoy sent by Changlefang to promote "Yulong Manyan". Compared with the various thrilling performances of the convoy, the method of "Wabo Qinglian" is not enough to watch.
It was not good to open the door, but the unlucky ones came back: they were beaten and caught by someone.
These unlucky people who "did not succeed" have all explained their own tasks, saying that the task given to them by "the top" is to first develop believers in Huangzhou and gain a foothold. As for the goals of "rise up", there is no such thing as "strike up".
In this way, the mysterious superior Yiyi sent someone to Zhan Yiyi. Perhaps seeing that Xiyang in Huangzhou is very popular and the local Buddhist temples are small, they want to "expand the market" and absorb a large number of believers in order to gather money to offer sacrifices.
However, the other party's organizational structure seemed to be very strict, and it had passed the normal urban organizational structure needs. Wu Ming did not dare to take it lightly. Instead, he was facing a great enemy, because these arrested people confessed in some uncertainty, saying that the "the one above" was named Liu.
Chapter completed!