Journey to the West: People are in heaven, working from nine to five

Chapter 1991 Tang Monk’s Strategy

Tang Seng saw the prince's reaction and immediately told him not to get angry for the time being.

"Your Majesty, the forces in the West are huge and cannot be resisted by ordinary people. Anger is useless."

The Marquis is not stupid either. He can't fight against Heaven, and naturally he can't fight against Xitian. Whether this matter is caused by Heaven or Xitian's misbehavior, he, a mortal, is equally helpless.

"Elder Tang, since you have analyzed the problem, you must have a way to deal with it. Please give me some advice to save the people of Fengxian County."

The prince prostrated himself to Tang Seng and begged him.

"The prince does not need to perform this great ceremony, and the poor monk will naturally not ignore his death."

Tang Seng stood up, helped the prince up, and calmed down his emotions.

"Your Majesty, Xitian behaves like this because he thinks that mortals are like ignorant ants and can only be manipulated by them. So first of all, we have to prove to Xitian that we mortals cannot be allowed to be bullied and harmed by them."

Tang Seng thought about it and proposed his own method to the county prince.

Xitian did this for two purposes. The first was to suppress the prestige of Heaven, discredit Heaven and the Jade Emperor, and shrink the power of Heaven.

The second is to create a great tribulation stage in Journey to the West, and establish the authority of the West through changes in the situation, so that the people will surrender to them.

Therefore, if you want to fight against Xitian, you must start from these two aspects to make Xitian's plan fail and the conspiracy be exposed.

"Elder Tang, please make it clear."

The prince still didn't fully understand Tang Seng's words.

"To put it bluntly, it's very simple. It is to destroy the law and let the people understand Xitian's evil deeds."

Tang Seng said specifically to the county prince.

However, Xitian promotes their compassion and always wears a mask of hypocrisy, which is very tempting and deceptive to the people.

"The Marquis said about that golden Arhat, since Xitian deceived you in this way, then we can follow the trend."

Tang Seng then carefully explained the specific plan for the first step to the county prince.

"Elder Tang is indeed very wise."

After hearing Tang Seng's plan, the prince couldn't help but admire it.

The next day, the county prince publicly informed the people of Fengxian County that a golden Arhat had descended from heaven to remind him.

When the people heard that God had actually sent down a golden Arhat, they came to warn the county magistrate. They must have known about the suffering in Fengxian County and wanted to save them.

At the same time, the county prince also publicly addressed the people.

"Yesterday, the golden Arhat came down to earth and explained to me that the reason why there has been no rain in Fengxian County for three years is because we were not sincere in worshiping the Buddha and the Buddha saved our suffering.

So from now on, everyone must go to the temple, burn incense, worship, and pray for the Buddha's forgiveness before the rain can fall. "

The Marquis is a recognized good official and has a very high prestige in the eyes of the people. The people will not doubt what he says.

"Is it really the Buddha who was displeased and issued a punishment?"

"Looks like I need to burn incense and worship Buddha as soon as possible."

"Everyone should hurry to the temple and repent to the Buddha."

The people in Fengxian County talked one after another, and some people couldn't wait to run to the temple, burn incense and worship the Buddha.

Fengxian County belongs to the Kingdom of Tianzhu and was originally a place where Buddhism flourished. There are many temples and pagodas here, and most of the people believe in Buddhism. But after the governor made the announcement, the situation became a little different. The people's worship of the Buddha seemed to have reached a feverish level.

In the west of Fengxian County, in a small temple called Ding'an Temple, the abbot was originally very worried.

Because this Ding'an Temple is a small temple, with only him as the abbot and three or four monks, and because it is located in a remote location, it is not very popular.

Even the temples were in dilapidated condition due to their age and disrepair. There were no incense donations. The abbot and several monks had no food and clothing, and were very poor.

But today's situation surprised both the abbot and his disciples.

Many people came to this unnoticed temple, and they kept coming. Even this small temple could hardly accommodate them.

The people came to the temple and bowed sincerely to the Buddha statue, looking extremely pious. It seemed that overnight, the people in Fengxian County all became devout believers.

Some people even took the initiative to donate incense and help repair the Buddha statues in the temple, which surprised the abbot and the monks.

In just two or three days, Ding'an Temple was restored and the incense was at its peak.

"Why is this? Could it be that the Buddha has appeared?"

The abbot couldn't believe what happened. The temple that was about to close down actually revived.

And this Ding'an Temple is just a remote temple in Fengxian County. Even this place has undergone such changes, let alone other large temples.

In those large temples, almost as soon as the gates were opened, a large number of people poured in and filled the temples.

This forces the monks to limit the number of people, otherwise there will be no room for activities in the temple, and people may even be crowded to death.

The Junhou and Tang Seng were in the Junhou's mansion and kept informed of the situation.

"I'm reporting to you, Lord Marquis, that since you publicly announced that the golden Arhat descended to earth to guide you, the people of Fengxian County have been doing almost nothing else but burning incense and worshiping Buddha."

The subordinate reported the situation to the county prince and said that this news made Tang Seng and the county prince very satisfied.

"Elder Tang, everything is as expected in your plan."

The prince admired Tang Seng again. All this was indeed going according to Tang Seng's plan.

"The county magistrate has given a reward. If the situation is directly told to the people, at least 99% of them will be in despair.

But if you change the method, you can stimulate their powerful power. This is actually a psychological tactic.

Don't look at the people today who are crazy about burning incense and worshiping Buddha. In fact, what they worship is not the Buddha, but the hope of survival. "

Tang Seng explained to the county prince.

Now the people of Fengxian County seem to be facing a desperate situation. The words of the County Marquis are tantamount to telling them that the golden Arhat said that they can survive by believing in Buddhism.

For the people of Fengxian County, as long as they can survive, they don't hesitate to let them believe in Buddhism, monsters, or even bastards and turtles.

"But unless things are extremely peaceful, things will inevitably turn upside down."

Tang Seng continued.

What if the people believed in it and did what the golden Arhat said, but found that it was of no use?
  At that time, the people will feel that they have been deceived. As crazy as they are towards the Buddha now, they will hate the Buddha in the future.

"Elder Tang is really smart. If we directly destroy the Buddha in our Fengxian County, I'm afraid there won't be any good results."

There are many people in Fengxian County who originally believed in Buddhism. Even if the county prince has a high prestige, he cannot enforce it. It may even cause conflicts caused by belief and make the people endure more suffering.

(End of this chapter)