Rebirth of the Wild Age

Nie Jun is very self-willed in teaching the children. Once the old friend comes, the rest of the day is all self-study.

Shanshen Temple Primary School enrolls students every two years, regardless of the legal age for admission, anyway, if you didn't sign up for the first grade this year, then you have to wait another two years before you can study.

More than 30 children were divided into two classes, one for the second grade and one for the fourth grade. Next year, the fourth grade students will go to the town to study, and then the students taught by Nie Jun will become the first and third grades. Students above must go to the town center school.

Nie Jun expressed his support for this, because there are too many children for him to teach, and it is enough for one person to teach two classes.

The school doesn't even have a regular schedule, and it's up to Nie Jun to decide what to teach in each class, and he also decides when school ends. If Nie Jun has something to do one day, the whole school can be declared a holiday, and if Nie Jun has nothing to do one day, he can go to class until dark. Anyway, the parents will not come to remind them, and they will not bother the teacher if they fall on the way home from school after dark. The parents will only say one sentence: Mr. Nie, if the child is disobedient, he will be beaten to death!

Every time a child was beaten by Nie Jun at school, he would not dare to file a complaint when he returned home, because the result of the complaint would be to be beaten again by his parents.

Even the crops inside and outside the walls of the mountain temple were planted by the students with the help of Nie Jun, which is called labor practice class. One day, Nie Daxian felt that it was time to weed and fertilize the fields, so he said in the classroom: Tomorrow morning for labor practice, remember to bring a sickle, a hoe, and a dung scoop to school!

Song Weiyang was quite interested in those farmlands, and asked, Are they all temple property?

Nie Jun nodded and said, It's all temple property, with a total of two acres of arable land, and the agricultural tax must be paid according to the regulations, but there is no need to submit a deposit.

New China gave legal protection to the properties of temples and Taoist temples, including cultivated land. Take the Shaolin Temple as an example. When the People’s Republic of China was founded, there were 21 temple fields. After the land reform, 28 mu of land were allowed to be left for the monks to cultivate themselves. They should pay 376 catties of wheat to the government every year.

As for what Nie Jun said about withdrawing and retaining funds, it is commonly known as three mentions and five unifications.

The withdrawal funds are levied by the village, and the village needs to carry out public projects or collective management expenses, all of which are borne by the withdrawal funds paid by farmers.

The collective fund is levied by the township, and the road construction, militia training, orphans and widows in the village are all settled through the collective fund paid by farmers. Even the salaries of the teachers of Shanshenmiao Elementary School and the purchase of chalk are paid in the pooled fund, but the town government often defaults on it.

In the 1990s, farmers in China had a hard time, not because they had to pay too much agricultural tax, but because of the heavy burden of three mentions and five reunifications. There is a clear stipulation on the upper limit of this thing's collection, but the village and town level doesn't care about that much, and cleverly set up various schemes to withdraw and coordinate funds.

Nie Daochang lived a good life. He is not a villager, but a Taoist priest with Taoism. He only needs to pay the temple farmland agricultural tax and does not need to pay the deposit.

Zhou Zhengyu said: You boy, why are you so silent? Lao Song, Lao Ding, and Lao Peng are all rich people now. If you ask them to donate a little money, the situation in the village will improve immediately.

Nie Jun said with a smile: People must help themselves and God helps them. Donations can help for a while, but can they help forever? There are no mineral resources here, and local products are not popular. We can only farm or go out to work honestly. To be honest, the life of farmers has been much better in the past two years. The central government’s policy of reducing agricultural taxes has been popularized here at the beginning of this year. Not only has the agricultural tax been reduced, but it is also not daring to levy it indiscriminately, and the burden on farmers has been reduced. Great. There is a TV in the temple, and I usually watch the news, and it is estimated that the agricultural tax will be fully abolished within two years.

Nie Jun led the crowd around the temple, and said as he walked: Before the agricultural tax was reduced, the villagers would definitely not agree to build roads. They are too busy farming every day, and they have to go down the mountain to do odd jobs during the slack season. But now The burden on the farmers has been reduced, and they just have the energy to build roads together. I think about it, when the roads are repaired and four-wheel vehicles can come in, life will definitely get better every day.”

The fence here has been knocked down, and corn is planted inside and outside the wall, and it has come to the harvest season, leaving only corn stalk piles.

Across this corn field, you can see the villagers walking slowly with their horses and camels transporting grain. This kind of Yunnan horse is very short in stature and looks like a donkey at first glance. It can't be used as a war horse to fight wars, but it is very powerful in transporting goods in mountainous areas.

Lin Zhuoyun always has a kind of small appearance. She looked at the horse in the distance and said: If you ignore the material conditions, this place is a bit like a paradise. The fields are plentiful, the folk customs are simple, and there are not so many troubles in the city.

Nie Jun suddenly laughed: There is a saying that 'cages know the etiquette', and there is another saying that 'poor mountains and bad waters bring out unscrupulous people'. Don't think of any village with simple folk customs, here are all unscrupulous people, One is more troublesome than the other. If you want to do something serious in the village, you have to be more cunning than the peasants. Their kind of tricks are short-sighted tricks, and they can break their heads for a little profit. I If they are honest substitutes, they will definitely think that they should do it after a long time. So I forced them to build roads. The students do this and that to make them think that I am not easy to talk to. The more I do this, the more difficult I am to talk, and the more they respect me.

Is there such a thing? Lin Zhuoyun felt refreshed. Although she is smart and knowledgeable, she has no understanding of the real countryside.

Nie Jun pointed to the cornfield in front of him: Take this piece of land as an example. It is next to a field called Zhang Daming in the village. When the old abbot is not sick, there is nothing wrong with him. When the old abbot is admitted to the hospital, I will take over. Zhang Daming immediately made a fuss about the mountain temple. He took the whole family to move the stones away overnight, and moved the broken stones that served as the boundary markers of the cultivated land to the temple field by more than two meters, blatantly encroaching on Lao Tzu's land!

Li Yaolin's wife seemed to like gossip, so she quickly asked, Then how did you solve it? Call the police? Or go to the village cadre?

There is no need to report to the official, Nie Jun said arrogantly, I carried a pole and went directly to the door to ask for an explanation. Zhang Daming was very aggressive in the village. He dragged his son and brother to beat me, but I I turned over seven or eight of them with a pole. I hit them in the morning, and in the afternoon, they honestly moved the stones back to me!

Awesome, awesome! Ding Ming gave a thumbs up.

Li Yaolin said: It doesn't have much land, there is no need to beat people.

Nie Jun said: The nature is different. If it is my own land, they can do whatever they want. How much can the things they grow be worth? But this is the temple land, which was entrusted to me by the old abbot. I have less and less in my hands.

Peng Shengli was so hot that he took off his suit and couldn't help asking: Isn't it a temple for monks, or a temple for Taoists? Why is Taoism also called a temple, and the person in charge is called the abbot? I remember it's called Miaozhu?

This was Nie Jun's major when he was a graduate student. He popularized science on the spot: 'Temple' originally referred to a place dedicated to offering sacrifices to ancestors, so there was the word 'ancestral temple'. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the original shrines were gradually called 'temples' ’, such as the Earth Temple, these are all inherited by Taoism.”

'Temple' is a place dedicated to offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, not a special religious place. The Confucian Temple, the Guandi Temple, and the God of Wealth Temple are all used to worship dead sages and celebrities. Take the Zhengyi school of Taoism as an example. The northern base camp is Dongyue Temple in the capital city, Shenghai City God’s Temple is the base camp of Shenghai.”

Buddhist places should be called 'temples', monk temples are just a common name. But as time goes on, it doesn't matter. For example, there are many 'Guanyin Temples' across the country, and they are compiled by the official department.

As for the temple blessings, they are in charge of incense in the temple. Some temple blessings are regular Taoist priests, and some temple blessings are lay monks who have not become monks.

Peng Shengli asked rather studiously: What about the abbot? I remember that Buddhist temples also have abbots. But there are also abbots in Buddhist temples. What is the relationship between abbots and abbots?

Nie Jun explained: Abbots and abbots may have been used exclusively by Buddhism or Taoism in the past, but they have been mixed for a long time. Buddhist temples can have abbots, and Taoist temples can also have abbots. You can understand that the abbot belongs to the general manager, and the abbot belongs to the store manager. One abbot can manage several temples, but one abbot can only manage one temple. Even as long as he is highly respected, he can be called an abbot even if he is just an elder in the courtyard, regardless of the Taoist family. In other words, he is a spiritual leader. Some temples have neither abbot, There is also no abbot, but there is a prison to be in charge. Where the abbot, the abbot and the prison coexist, you can refer to the French government. The abbot or the abbot is the president, and the prison is the prime minister, but the prime minister is in charge. There are also Maybe the abbot is the president and the abbot is the prime minister, but there is no prison.”

It's so complicated. Peng Shengli laughed.

Nie Jun said: It's really complicated. Every sect is different across the country.

Did you learn this when you were studying for a master's degree at Peking University? Zhou Zhengyu asked.

These are just basic knowledge. Nie Jun said.

Nie Jun led the crowd to continue to visit, pointing to a side hall and said: That is where I live. I used to live with the old abbot. After the old abbot fell ill and was hospitalized, I was left alone. One way is to marry a wife. The father of the old abbot was also the abbot, and he was a guerrilla who was injured during the Anti-Japanese War. After being injured and disabled in 1944, the old man stayed in the village to marry a wife and have children. Later, the mountain temple was recognized as an authentic Taoist temple by New China, and the land reform At that time, the temple land was still reserved, but the village cadres could no longer be abbots, so the old man became a naturalized Taoist priest, managed the mountain temple, and passed the mountain temple to his son.

Lin Zhuoyun asked: Does the previous generation of abbots have no descendants?

Nie Jun smiled and said: Yes. The old abbot's wife passed away more than ten years ago, and she gave birth to a son and three daughters. The daughters are all married, and the son is working along the coast. He doesn't want to go back to the village to take over the mountain temple. This ruined temple doesn’t even have incense. It’s the grandson of the old abbot, who is now in the fourth grade of Shanshenmiao Primary School.”

Want to help? Song Weiyang asked.

No, Nie Jun shook his head and said, If there are conditions to build a factory here, or if there are any good local products, I have already asked you for help. But there is nothing here, and you can only donate money if you help. I don't want people in the village They have become wastes that rely on donations for food. They can support themselves, but they are poorer, which is much better than those real impoverished mountain villages. I can’t stay here for a few years. When the road down the mountain is repaired in the village, you can donate a car The minibus is used to take the children to study in the town, and Shanshenmiao Primary School will be abandoned at that time.”

Song Weiyang asked: Then what do you plan to do after you leave here?

Nie Jun said: Go and enjoy the world of flowers and flowers. You can give me a brother and get me a home-based Taoist establishment in Shenghai Town God's Temple. There is a lot of incense and plenty of oil and water. I go to the temple to work and clock in every day. After work, I can go home to accompany me. Wife and children. Of course, the premise is to find a woman to marry first. Haha.

When school was about to end, Nie Jun returned to the classroom and threw a few banknotes to a student: Let your father catch me a chicken or a duck, and kill and clean it for me by the way.

The student was very happy to accept the teacher's job, and ran home with his schoolbag on his back.

Nie Jun cooked the kitchen himself. Besides chicken and duck, he also fried a few small dishes, and even took out a jug of wine from under the bed, and said with a smile: He is reluctant to drink the old wine left by the old abbot, so I flogged it. If you come half a year later, you won't have the chance to enjoy this altar of wine.

Taoist priests of the righteous school can marry wives, eat meat, and drink alcohol, but they are not advocated in principle.

Nie Jun's life is really not that poor. This guy often holds meat and teeth sacrifices, and drinks a little wine alone in the mountains to his heart's content. As for money, his parents and grandparents were all soldiers, and his mother often sent money over. She would visit him two or three times a year in the mountains. The main purpose each time was to urge him to get married and let him go down the mountain to find a girlfriend.

This guy even moved his computer into the mountain. He is currently writing a thesis on traditional Taoist temples, explaining the development and changes of primitive shrines in China, focusing on the phenomenon of offering sacrifices to ancestors, such as the mountain temples in this village. When I need information, I will send it to my classmates when I was studying for a master's degree, and sometimes I will go back to the city to collect the information.