Chapter 406: Only I Have My Own Law Chapter 406 Barber (2)

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

"Sigh, Daoism is harder to find people for. The Buddhist Association is more organized. The moment I said I wanted to hold a Buddhist grand assembly, they responded actively, and I could contact people from all over the world. That's more important. So they have to shave their heads." Chen Yi explained to the female reporter somewhat embarrassedly. After all, he was shaving someone in someone else's bed.

"Won't you become a real monk?" The female reporter grabbed Gin Mori's head of black, thick, long hair, somewhat reluctant.

"Whether real or fake." Gin Mori decisively pushed the woman away, knelt on one knee facing Chen Yi, and said: "My Lord, any part of my body can be offered."

Gin Mori's nonchalant attitude and shoving motion made the female reporter feel angry. She finally cursed angrily, "Go be your monk," then wearing her underwear and carrying her coat, she left.

The little lizard walked on its short, thick legs to see them off from afar.

Gin Mori's head was full of divine arts; where would he care about a woman? Although this woman was fairer than many noble girls of the West Continent, so what?

Not becoming a divine art knight by forty, one would find it hard to become one in a lifetime.

According to West Continent standards, a religion with one million followers holding a gathering of one hundred thousand people once a year might produce a divine art knight. Like the Wood God Temple where the Yin Sen Family is located, with a population of about eight million, all of them followers, they could usually only hold a gathering of three hundred thousand people. Because walking from the most remote city-state to a prosperous city-state might take half a year. Therefore, no matter how important divine art knights were, their transportation conditions could not bear more people.

Therefore, when Gin Mori heard there were eighty million followers and a gathering of five hundred thousand people, his heart was pounding. Whether it was beauties or beasts, he couldn't care about them anymore.

Chen Yi could understand Gin Mori's urgency. He patted his shoulder and said: "The people are already gathering. We have time to try the effect."

Gin Mori almost burst into tears of joy. After maintaining his posture for two minutes, he slowly crawled up. Divine art knights and temple knights were like the difference between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a secondary vocational school—a step to the heavens, just waiting.

That evening, the publicity work for the "Jiangning Puzhan Temple Thousand Buddhas Seven Treasures Tathagata Holy Image Consecration Grand Ceremony Dharma Assembly" began.

The host of the dharma assembly was the Jiangning Municipal Government. As the deputy mayor in charge of ethnic groups and religion, Fang Zhennan had reason to actively participate. This could be counted as a political achievement.

The abbot of Jiangning Putuo Temple invited elders of mountain temples from all over the country in the name of himself and the Jiangning Municipal Government, and gave subsidies for a certain number of registered followers to each province and city. The Buddhist Association of China, as well as Buddhist groups from Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, were also willing to participate.

Jiangning is one of China's top prosperous cities, with convenient transportation and no problems with food and accommodation. For monks who mildew away in temples all day, having a chance to come to Jiangning to tour mountains and play in the water, eating and drinking at public expense, was simply perfect.

Local and out-of-town followers were equally enthusiastic. Just the "volunteers" Puzhan Temple prepared to cook vegetarian meals and receive out-of-town followers had nearly ten thousand sign-ups. Followers from all over also enthusiastically donated money and goods. In just three days, they raised over fifty million yuan in funds, and had to request political and legal institutions to intervene to supervise their use.

He Fuhan acted as if he knew nothing about this, only allocating ten million yuan RMB to Fang Zhennan. For a vice-provincial-level city as big as Jiangning, ten million yuan wasn't even enough for official reception, but it was better than nothing. Since Old Master Chen recovered his health, he had clarified his position. He didn't speak unless it was a critical moment. Although he lost some power, he could still ensure he wouldn't lose his position, making it hard for people to find fault with him.

Thanks to the help of the developed aviation industry. Just after February, countless bald heads began to appear in Jiangning City. Some were high monks or novice monks from all over, some were followers who shaved their heads to join the fun. Gin Mori got a small crew cut. Every day, besides routinely brushing faith, he ran to the monk crowd.

He would receive precepts on the day of the dharma assembly. This didn't mean he would choose the faith of "loyalty to the temple." It was just because during the precept period, followers' attention was strongest, attention was highest, and the power of faith was most abundant.

Chen Yi himself wasn't idle either. He chose a new, relatively obscure and difficult faith: "Order."

The so-called "Order" is the regularity and systematicity of maintaining nature and society.

In the end, it's just three points: rules, organization, and system.

The better the rules work, the stronger the organization, the clearer the system, the more shenjia one gains. At the same time, the larger the scope of these three points, the more shenjia one gains.

Broadly speaking, an artist making clay sculptures, an ordinary worker, or a manager can all receive the faith of "Order." Undoubtedly, they are all believing in Order in their ignorance.

It sounds easy, but actually it is not.

On the West Continent, "Order" is a very rib-like faith. It's hard to gain, and easy to lose.

For example, a legion commander controls an army of twenty thousand people, commands a logistics force of forty thousand people, and makes them an orderly whole... he thus gains the power of order equivalent to sixty thousand people. If he can control a region and make it orderly, the power of faith will be even higher.

It sounds good, but a legion won't always be orderly. Once soldiers riot, once a controlled region riots, the lost shenjia will be several times or even dozens of times more. Whenever this happens, when the legion commander most needs his own martial support, his power is instead at its weakest.

Like many abandoned faiths, this kind of faith that is relatively easy to destroy, like "Mercy" and "Justice," very much tests a divine art knight's control. And the West Continent, with frequent wars, does not advocate such faith.

Precisely because of this, among divine art knights choosing the "Order" faith in various city-states, besides superiors of huge organizations, they are mainly some idle lone knights and even artists. The former are harder to be threatened by chaos, while the latter's work is often one-time. They help some towns restore order, help some chambers of commerce manufacture items, slowly accumulating reputation and "faith" like the traditional Chinese "Mohists," eventually achieving powerful divine arts. Essentially, it's not much different from divine arts like "Honesty."

Of course, being slow beyond measure and fickle is always the norm of "Order" on the West Continent.

However, Chen Yi did not have similar problems.

The reason modern society is superior to modern-era society and feudal society lies in its organization and rules. Whether it's the state, ethnic group, religion, or company, everyone naturally follows the same or similar rules and organization. Unless a Third World War occurs or the apocalypse arrives, such "Order" is very hard to break.

This foundation is very important.

For example, in China, gaining "Order" is easier than in Europe and America, and gaining "Order" in Europe and America is easier than in turbulent regions with frequent wars.

The stable and efficient nature of modern society is unimaginable to West Continent people. Just natural organization and rules allow Chen Yi to easily seize "Order" faith without worrying about backlash.

In fact, as the acting chairman of the Chen Group, relying on a group of professional managers alone, he can gain order shenjia higher than even one or several legion commanders. If needed, he can also get a stronger "faith" source—financial order.

This is a big killer affecting billions of people. Although there may be fluctuations, for a knight who is about to have five kinds of divine arts, losing "Order" divine art for a period of time every few years is not a big problem.

However, Chen Yi cannot yet master financial order within a sufficient range in a short time. Therefore, he set his goal on social organization and rules.

His father's All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, his mother's foundation, his maternal uncle's Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau, as well as dozens of domestic and foreign enterprises controlled by the Chen Group and Jinsheng Company, the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall and West River Water Fortress are all his testing grounds.

Among them, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and the foundation are the places that best embody "Order." Although their "Order" nature wasn't that strong before, now, when Chen Yi takes it as a big deal, no one dares to commit crimes against the wind.

The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce began to frequently hold various meetings. Chen Yi constantly proposed various fee items, thereby integrating them in all kinds of ways, trying to give them a certain system. Only fees are the means to effectively maintain order in the long run. Otherwise, employees won't take it seriously. And the money collected can be used to pay lawyers and accountants, making them overall appear orderly.

Not to mention the foundation. Jiangning has dozens of large and small foundations filed with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Fang Manyi supervises and manages about ten of them. They involve millions of vulnerable groups. When Chen Yi is willing to take out a large sum of money for funding, he can naturally write some issues related to "Order" into the contracts. For example, school rules, the variety sources of rice, flour, grain and oil, the scope of medicines, the coverage of living allowances, and so on...

With the development of human civilization in the 21st century, when Chen Yi wants to embody "Order," there are really too many orders to embody.

Of course, a large population is also a favorable factor.

About half a month later, while Gin Mori was still uneasily checking his faith, Chen Yi had already made preparations.

February 10th.

The eighth day of the first lunar month.

The "Jiangning Puzhan Temple Thousand Buddhas Seven Treasures Tathagata Holy Image Consecration Grand Ceremony Dharma Assembly" began as scheduled.

Puzhan Mountain was covered with Buddhist followers from all over the country.

On the 1080 steps, each level had 16 followers standing. They were followers registered in various Buddhist Associations, with relatively firm faith and orderly conduct.

Inside the 18 small temples and 6 nunneries on and below the mountain stood monks from mountain temples in other provinces. Their gray, yellow, and red Dharma robes were more gorgeous than one another.

Reciting scriptures inside Puzhan Temple were high-end figures such as the abbots and elders of mountain temples and Buddhist council members. Facing television stations from various provinces, cities, and the country, with palms together, they looked like accomplished high monks.

The lucky followers who could finally reach the top of Puzhan Temple numbered only 20,000, filling all spaces and corners inside the temple, crowded like a Monday morning bus.

As for more followers, especially unregistered ones, they could only gather at the square, parking lot, and highway below Putuo Mountain, standing or sitting, talking or silent. Their number was around 80,000, and they were also the main force of this grand ceremony.

Finally, Jiangning Stadium, Binjiang Stadium, Zhakou Stadium, Jiangning Grand Theater, Jiangning Square, and Yuanxiang Temple served as branch venues, used to accommodate the remaining 300,000-plus believers or spectators. At these places, not only were large screens set up, but also eminent monks were present to preach and perform rituals.

Such a vast Jiangning City seemed to be shrouded in candle smoke as if by a prairie fire.

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