Chapter 118 The First Shaolin Plenary Session
In the early morning, people were rushing in front of the Arhat Hall, with female monks on the left and martial monks on the right, lined up neatly, waiting for the abbot to arrive.
After receiving the notice, although the monks didn't understand what it meant, they all came obediently, not entirely because of the abbot's call, everyone followed.
The ordinary disciple waited for a while, and the monk Hui Boheer was present.
Originally, Huiwu and the others planned to arrive early, but Huo Yuanzhen just asked for it. They didn't understand the deep meaning and had to follow the abbot's instructions.
But when they arrived at the Luohan Hall, they felt a sense of reverence.
The monks on both sides stood in rows and walked by in the middle. The treatment of leaders and cadres was indeed different.
Huiwu, Huijian, Huiniu, Huiming and Huizhen stood at the entrance of the Luohan Hall and waited for the arrival of the Shaolin Temple's senior management.
After a while, people from the first generation came.
Abbot Yijie looked compassionate and wore a Buddhist robes. His solemn and upright spirit made people respect him from the bottom of his heart, and he involuntarily felt like he was admiring him.
Yichen, Yikong and Yijing each wore a cassock, but their cassocks were handmade and far from comparable to the abbot's.
Huo Yuanzhen and a few people went directly into the inner hall of Luohan Hall, and the people behind him entered one after another.
When we arrived in the hall, there were a row of tables at the end, and there were several chairs behind it, located on the high platform.
A large red banner was hung on the high platform, which read: "The First Plenary Session of Shaolin Temple."
Huo Yuanzhen and his junior brothers first burned incense for the Arhats, and the disciples followed behind to sweat. After burning incense, the drums and music that had already been prepared sounded.
Under Huo Yuanzhen's leadership, the monks recited the Prajna Jackfruit Heart Sutra together.
After reciting the Heart Sutra, the fragrance has almost been burned. The ceremony at the beginning is about to end, and it is time to enter the conference.
Huo Yuanzhen took the first generation of people and sat directly on the chair behind. Huo Yuanzhen was in the middle, with dust on the left, empty on the right, and clean on the right.
On the aisle among the eighteen Arhats, dozens of horns were placed and divided into five rows.
Seeing Huo Yuanzhen and the others sitting down, Hui Wu, who was the head of the Luohan Hall, took the lead in sitting on the chair in the middle.
Afterwards, Huiniu and Huijian sat on the left, Huiming and Huizhen sat on the right.
Only when the five disciples of the Hui generation were done well will the civil and military monks sit down.
Seeing that everyone had sat down, Huo Yuanzhen nodded to Yikong.
Yikong stood up and looked around at the bottom. Everyone couldn't help but straighten their bodies, waiting for Yikong to speak. Yikong was also very authoritative in Shaolin Temple. As the only person who dared to contradict the abbot, although he was often scolded, this courage was something that other people in Shaolin did not have.
"Amitabha!"
Yikong chanted the Buddha's name to everyone below, and everyone replied in unison.
"Listen to me, Shaolin disciple, I am the order of the abbot of this temple to be the abbot of this meeting... Compare"
After saying a few words, he paused in language. He hurriedly picked up a few pieces of paper on the table. This was the draft written by Huo Yuanzhen for him, to prevent it from getting stuck in the middle.
"The abbot of this conference has three main contents: 1. The long-term plan for Shaolin's winter development strategy! 2. The reward and punishment standards for Shaolin Temple! 3. On the relationship between Shaolin and surrounding Wulins, the first item of the conference will be held below."
After reading this sentence, I flipped a page all over and continued: "Shaolin's winter development strategy long-term plan, my Shaolin is located at the main peak of the middle chalk of Shaoshi Mountain. It has a superior geographical location and a bright future. The existing assets are as follows: a silk and satin shop, a shopkeeper, and nine jobs, and spend money every month."
After reading for a long time, I introduced the basic situation of Shaolin and reported the current economic situation of Shaolin.
Because I returned the silver from the money house some time ago and customized weapons and clothes, the economy of Shaolin Temple is not abundant now.
The Buddha statues of Wanfo Pagoda are basically full of invitations, and the merit cards have been hung. For the time being, there is no oil or water to squeeze out in Wanfo Pagoda.
However, Huo Yuan really plans to use a lot of money. Shaolin monks cannot just know fist, kick and weapon, but also have to be proficient in horse skills. In the next winter, Shaolin is preparing to purchase a batch of good horses to increase Shaolin monks' ability to operate stronger and have the ability to fight long-rangely.
I thought of it all at once: "This temple plans to buy 50 good horses, which costs 1,500 taels of silver."
Hearing this, the monks below whispered to each other. Could it be that the Shaolin monk can still ride a horse?
Seeing that the order below was a little confused, Huo Yuanzhen coughed on it and used a little of the power of the lion's roar, and the monks immediately calmed down.
"Buying horses is to make it more convenient for us to travel in the future. It is not to let you show off your might and show your ambitions. Remember your identity. We are monks and increase your ability to move. It is also to help those innocent people faster. If anyone feels proud and arrogant, go to the back mountain to think about March!"
Huo Yuan really said something, which made these monks shut their mouths obediently.
Seeing that the scene was stable, Huo Yuanzhen signaled to continue.
"This temple plans to build a mountain road where horses can run, which costs 1,700 yuan. This road is not open to pilgrims and is not allowed to pass in normal times, and can only be used in emergency situations."1
With a horse, you can no longer walk the bluestone steps. You can practice in the back mountain, but if you have urgent matters, you must walk the mountain road where horses can gallop.
Some projects were announced to purchase various things, and the conference then entered the second item, with the reward and punishment standards.
This standard is closely related to the monks. The regulations were formulated overnight by Huo Yuanzhen. There are strict standards for monks practicing martial arts every day, and those who fail to meet will be punished more severely.
First, the Dharma name of the third disciple, the Jue generation was determined.
After determining the Dharma names of the three generations of disciples, the pyramid structure of Shaolin has already become large in scale, namely Yizi, Huizi, and Juezi.
For these disciples, Huo Yuan really hopes that Shaolin's overall military power can reach a higher level this winter. By the spring next year, this group of monks have achieved something and can recruit new disciples, the elderly lead new people, forming a virtuous cycle.
The monks must also strengthen their research on Buddhism. In winter, all kinds of rituals should be done, and they are responsible for the comprehensive issues of rituals. Huiming and Huizhen are deputys, divided the monks into two teams, went to the countryside to publicize and preach to the people every day.
The scope of publicity must also be expanded, and cannot be limited to places like Luyezhen and Fenglin Village. These places are now the bases of Shaolin. The popularity of Buddhists is quite high and there is not much development potential.
Yijie Abbot instructed to go out! Don’t be afraid of difficulties, inconvenient transportation is nothing. Buddhists fully welcome the masters of Shaolin Temple to stay in their homes temporarily. If the journey is long, you don’t have to return that day, or even not return for three or five days.
After all, he is a monk and he doesn’t even need much money to go out. He carries forward his hard and simple style and fights a tough battle to promote Buddhist concepts this winter, striving to increase the number of devout believers in Shaolin by 1,000 to 1,500.
Afterwards, Huo Yuanzhen personally assigned hard indicators to the two groups, one group gave a sign and hung it in front of the door of the vegetarian hall. Every time the group completed few tasks, the sign would be hung below, so that all the monks in the temple could see who is the model of propaganda of Shaolin Temple.
As soon as this method was made, the monks who were quiet on weekdays were ready to beat their hands, staring at the members of the other group with red faces and thick necks, hoping to compare with the other party now and see who can do it.
After the reading of the reward and punishment measures, the last topic is to discuss the relationship between Shaolin and surrounding martial arts forces.
In fact, there is no need to discuss this issue with these ordinary monks. The final decision is to make decisions. Huo Yuanzhen’s doing this is mainly to improve the monks’ sense of belonging to the temple, so that everyone has a sense of master and love the Shaolin family together.
The action was really good. The monks and monks were very interested. They discussed it all over the place for a long time and said a lot of insightful things.
However, the most mainstream opinion is to hope to quickly overwhelm the Zhongyue faction and make Shaolin the largest sect in Shaomu Mountain.
After all, in their hearts, the Zhongyue Sect is the biggest enemy of Shaolin. As long as it defeats the Zhongyue Sect, the development of Shaolin is inevitable.
In fact, this is true. Although Shaolin has developed rapidly, it cannot compare with the Zhongyue Sect for many years. Although there are many people who want to join Shaolin, whenever people mention the largest sect in Shaoshishan, they always think of the Zhongyue Sect first, and then Shaolin Temple.
Seeing that the final view was basically unified, Yikong said: "Now, let the last item be carried out, please give us a summary speech!"
Huo Yuanzhen's status in Shaolin is not only an abbot, but also an idol. He is young and has managed Shaolin in an orderly manner. He also has a profound Buddhist teachings, never failed in debates, and is also very skilled in martial arts. He has repeatedly defeated the invading enemies with his magical martial arts. All of this has created a myth in the hearts of Shaolin monks.
All monks take the abbot as their spiritual pillar. Although the Buddha should be the spiritual pillar, the abbot is even more indispensable, especially Huo Yuanzhen disappeared some time ago, and everyone felt that the doomsday was coming. As soon as the abbot came back, the sky was clear. After this incident, the cohesion of the monks deepened a lot.
So when the abbot was about to speak, the monks were all excited and stood and applauded together under the leadership of Huiwu and others.
Huo Yuanzhen also stood up, pressed down his palms down, signaling the monks to stop applauding.
However, the applause of these monks became even more intense, one wave higher than another, and it lasted for a long time.
Huo Yuanzhen felt so depressed. In his previous life, he saw those leaders having a meeting. As soon as the leader made his move, the lower part was silent. These Shaolin disciples had a poor understanding ability.
In the end, Huo Yuanzhen had to use the Lion Roar skill again: "Stop!"
The Shaolin monks who were trembling with shock quickly stopped clapping their hands. The abbot was good at everything, but his voice was too loud. I am afraid that the kind of yelling donkey would not make such a loud sound.
Chapter completed!