Shan Mu considered her words carefully and said slowly, "After Zhou Xingfeng came to power, he vigorously reformed the disreputable temples (those not included in official sacrificial rites), ordering 'all that had merit and benefit to the people in past generations to be demolished.'
"Though his actions were for the people, it cut off the financial resources of others."
The entire Jingnan region's sacrificial practices were purged.
Zhou Xingfeng's standard was very simple: only those who had achieved merit and benefit to the people in the past deserved incense and sacrifices; all other miscellaneous, the Fox Immortal and wild ghosts, be they from the Buddhist or Daoist sects, or Witchcraft, he had them all taken down.
So he offended quite a few people, and historically, he died suddenly from illness the following year.
Even Ming Cult's Missionary Envoy was oppressed by him.
