During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, in a place called Tianyunjing in Hubei Province, it was located in the upper reaches of the tributary of the Yangtze River, about thirty miles of waterways. In the fifteen-mile channel near this Tianyun Well, the water surface is clear like a mirror, and the boats travel very safely. However, the channels near the fifteen miles of the main road of the Yangtze River are all treacherous river beaches and reefs, and it is difficult for boats to travel. Shipwrecks are common in these places, about dozens a year, and countless passers-by and merchants lose their lives here every year.
Later, this matter was known to Zhang Yunfeng, the Daoist chief of Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi And a well-known local master, who was very sympathetic to the dangers of the merchants traveling along this waterway, and was determined to help them solve this problem in the local way. Not long after, he came from Jiangxi to the place of Tianyunjing in Hubei Province, and directly gathered an altar on the mountain next to the river to order the dragons, hoping that the dragons who managed the area would turn the dangerous beach into a quiet river.
There were a total of about fourteen dangerous shoals on this waterway, and after receiving the summons of the Celestial Master Zhang Yunfeng, the dragon gods in these places all turned into old people and obeyed his call to these places. The Celestial Master Zhang Yunfeng told them that the danger of these dangerous shoal reefs not only damaged the property every year to make the people tired, but also caused a large number of casualties, and he asked these dragon gods to level these shoal reefs.
One night after that, the local people suddenly heard and saw lightning and thunder in the middle of the night, and at the same time, heavy rain began to fall in the sky. The next morning, when the people woke up, they suddenly found that the fourteen dangerous waterways that had been in the river had all become calm waters, and only one of them was still the same. Heavenly Master Zhang Yunfeng saw that the dragon god in this place did not obey his call to obey orders.
After that, the Celestial Master also urged the divine officials to pursue this dragon god. Then three days later, suddenly a woman came to the altar of the mountain by the river to obey the order. Zhang Yunfeng then scolded her for not listening to the call, but after listening to Zhang Tianshi's rebuke, this woman said, "The reason why I did not come was to help Tianshi expand your merits in relieving the people." Those rich merchants have strong financial resources, while those who carry hard laborers have weak financial resources. Many of the poor local people are engaged in carrying goods from Jiangkou to Tianyunjing to support their families. Now, if the boats and boats are easy to reach, and the river is calm and there is no danger, then the poor people will have no jobs, which will cut off their way to survival, and there will be more poor people. I would rather make the waterways difficult to feed the laborers than reassure the rich merchants because they are good for the boats. That's why I didn't come."
After listening to this dragon god's statement, The Celestial Master Zhang Yunfeng thought that what she said was right, so he asked the other dragon gods to restore the dangerous shoal reef to normal. One night after that, there was another flash of lightning and thunder, and then the fifteen dangerous shoals that had disappeared reappeared. Not long after, even the emperor who was far away in the Beijing Division heard of his reputation, so he ordered Zhang Yunfeng to go to Beijing to do things, and he was also treated with courtesy in the Beijing Division. After another year or so, Zhang Yunfeng was not accustomed to the life of the Jingshi, thanked the emperor for his retention, and then returned to his cultivation place in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi, and soon heard that he had left.