Zhang Ji Qiuyu
The year when Emperor Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne, the heavenly stems of Hanzhou. Many people in the city came to persuade the state official Zhang Ji to ask for rain from the four seas dragon kings. Zhang Ji did not believe in God at first, but he thought: among the people who came to persuade the rain today, some were state officials, prefecture officials, county officials, some were literary scholars and military scholars, some were large grain households and merchants, and some were the tutors and troupes in the yamen. These people verbally feel sorry for the farmers, but they want to ask them to take some money to do something good for the farmers, but they can't even bear a penny.
OK, I will deal with them so that I can do something real for farmers. He thought about it and said to these people: "The day after tomorrow, we will go to the Dragon God Temple in Beijie to ask for rain. I will report this to the current emperor, everyone should be cautious!"
On the third day, the sky was dawn. The Hanzhou yamen was crowded with people. The merchants and grain households wore new clothes, new hats and new shoes, and officials and scholars were also dressed neatly. They waited until the east was white before they saw Zhang Ji coming slowly wearing a straw hat, cloth clothes and straw sandals.
He walked to the yamen gate, bowed his hands, and said, "Let's go to the Dragon God Temple!" They delayed two hours in the Dragon God Temple. These people are fine now and can go home. However, as soon as he walked out of the temple gate, Zhang Ji stopped and said, "Last night, the Dragon King asked me for a dream and said, "The distant water cannot save the nearby fire. You go to Yongquan to ask for rain, which is faster than East China Sea . "I am the parents of Hanzhou. I will walk in front.
Today is a prayer for the gods. Everyone should be sincere. One should not sit in a sedan chair, two do not ride a horse, three do not ride a car, and no one should not listen to hello, so they should bring wooden shackles and tie a chain to drag them away." When these people heard this, before they could come back to their senses, the two squad leaders took eight shackles, ten wooden shackles, and ten iron chains followed behind.
On this day, the sun is strong again, from the Dragon God Temple to the Yongquan. I went back and forth for more than seventy miles, and I was tired, hungry, hot, and I couldn't walk, and I didn't dare to speak. After three o'clock, they returned to the yamen. Zhang Ji threw his straw hat and asked someone to carry it out. When everyone saw a yellow bucket of brown rice, four bowls of pickles, and two buckets of rice soup. At this time, I was hungry and I had to eat even if I wanted to eat, and I had to eat even if I didn’t want to eat.
Zhang Ji finished eating first, knocked the chopsticks on the bowl, and asked, "Are you bitter today? Are you tired?" Everyone said nothing. He asked again: "Is this vegetarian rice delicious?" No one answered. He said: "It's all mortal bodies, not copper casting vajras, and iron fighting arhats. I've been sweating a few times, so of course everyone is suffering and tired. It's said that if you don't choose food, I have eaten three big bowls. It's not just the farmers, but everyone has the responsibility to eat. I think it's better to ask God than to ask God. The seedlings cannot plant the rice, the farmers cannot pay for rent, and the emperor cannot receive food.
You and I have a hard time!" Everyone had to nod and did not respond.
After a while, Zhang Ji smiled and said, "The officials are stupid. We still pluck a little bit and benefit the farmers in Hanzhou. They took some money to repair the dam and add water trucks to dig the wells. Tonight, they discussed this and then suddenly realized that Zhang Zhizhou was going to "scrape the oil" on us! Some people were willing, and some slaves had no choice but to nod. Zhang Zhizhou immediately asked the master to record the amount of donations. Then he divided the regions and signed the map. Two or three days later, the wells and pond repairs were all started in each township.
