Chapter 29 Chapter 5 The Disaster Causes the Death of Xiao Qiang——Fengxian County

The tragedy in Fengxian County is a combination of natural disasters and man-made disasters. Fengxian County has not had a drop of rain for three years, and the people of the county have suffered and suffered. Why is this so?the reason is simple. In the original book——Qiu Hongji, Zhang Daoling, Ge, and Xu Sizheng led to His Royal Highness Lingxiao, and said: "Long live, there is Monkey King's road to Fengxian County, Tianzhu Kingdom. If you want to pray for rain, I am here to ask for an order." The Jade Emperor said "Three years ago, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of that fellow, I went out to observe the ten thousand heavens, wandered in the three worlds, and drove to another place. I saw that the Shangguan was not benevolent. If there is a crime of offense, I will immediately place the three things in the Pixiang Temple. If you lead Sun Wukong to see, if the three things are broken, then I will issue an order to him; if not, stop meddling." Four days. When the teacher led the traveler to look in the Pixiang Hall, he saw a mountain of rice about ten feet high and a mountain of rice about twenty feet high.Beside the rice mountain, there is a chicken with a big fist. It bites its mouth tightly and slowly, and eats the rice.There is a golden-haired pug on the side of the mountain, with a long tongue and a short tongue, eating from the other side.On the left hangs an iron frame, on which hangs a golden lock, about one foot three or four inches long, the lock bar is as thick as a finger, under which there is a bright lamp, and the flame of the lamp burns the lock bar.The traveler didn't know what it meant, so he turned around and asked the celestial master, "What do you mean?" The flames of the lamp burnt the lock bars, and it should have rained just now." Hearing this, the traveler turned pale with shock, and no longer dared to play, and walked out of the hall, his face full of shame.

It can be seen from the novel that this county marquis is benevolent and loves the people. He is not a greedy and abused person. He pushed the altar table to the ground just because he had a fight with his unvirtuous wife. As a result, he caught up with the Jade Emperor to eat, but he didn't eat anything. He said, let the dog eat it, the Jade Emperor didn't look good, and was very annoyed, so it didn't rain. What makes the author very strange is that after Sun Wukong knew the whole story, he retreated with shame on his face. The author really couldn't understand why Monkey King was so ashamed and even angered the Marquis of Fengxian County.

In the original book—Xingzhe Jiang Junhou drank and said: "Just because you offended the world on December 25 three years ago and caused trouble for the people, now you refuse to rain!" Kneeling down in the tunnel, he said, "How did the teacher know what happened three years ago?" The traveler said, "How did you push down the vegetarian offering for the fasting day and feed it to the dogs? But tell the truth!" The prince dared not hide it, and said: " Three years ago, on December 25th, offering sacrifices to the day of fasting, in this yamen, because his wife was unworthy, and quarreling with each other with evil words, he became angry and ignorant for a while, overturned the altar table, poured vegetarian food, and called the dog to eat I have been thinking about it for the past two years, and my mind is in a trance. There is nowhere to explain it. I don’t know that God saw the crime and harmed the people. Now when the teacher came, Wan Wang made it clear what the upper world cares about." The traveler said: "That day is It was the day when the Jade Emperor came down to the realm, and when he saw you feeding the altar offerings to the dogs and uttering obscenities, the Jade Emperor immediately wrote three things about you."

As for the reason why there is no rain in the Heavenly Court, the author finds it inconceivable. Just because the tribute was unintentionally overthrown, your Jade Emperor has to punish the people of a county? The author can't help but ask, is it important for the common people in a county, or your Jade Emperor's face?As the ruler of the Three Realms, why can't you be more broad-minded? Besides, the common people in this world are the people of your Jade Emperor, and the Marquis of Fengxian County is just a small civil servant of Dai Tianmu's side. He has done benevolent government and cared for the people, so it just meets your requirements.

However, unfortunately, the painful lesson of the Marquis of Fengxian County tells us that the most important thing for a leader is not your performance, but his own face. This has almost formed a general consensus. When Monkey King prayed for rain, almost all the gods and celestial masters said in unison, that guy deserved it. But Sun Wukong didn't say a word about it, instead he thought that the disaster suffered by Fengxian County should be done. This shows a problem. This phenomenon is very common. The tragedy of Xianjunhou! Aside from the deliberate embarrassment factors of Heavenly Court, from the point of view of the Marquis of Fengxian County himself, although he is known as a virtuous person, he has troubled the people of the county because of his family affairs. There is no monster in Fengxian County, and there has been a severe drought for three years. Countless people died and were displaced, but the cause was nothing more than a family conflict in the Marquis of Fengxian County. What does this explain?

Of course we should resent the injustice of the Jade Emperor's misdemeanor and heavy punishment, but we should also see another meaning revealed in this story-disaster caused Xiaoqiang. The main reason why many things fail is not that the external resistance is too strong, but that the backyard is on fire and no one cares about it.As the saying goes, if a family is in harmony, everything prospers, but if a small family is not in harmony, everything goes wrong. This story also tells us a truth, people are doing it, and the sky is watching, so don't do good because it is small, and don't do evil because it is small.