According to the explanation of that female disciple, the whole incident stemmed from Tian Lin's doctrine.
Tian Lin's preaching was that relying on oneself was better than relying on gods. In Beiyed County, even in the Southern State, rituals for praying to Zhu Rong and the Four Seasons Gods had been conducted many times.
But in reality, these god-seeking rituals not only proved to be useless, but also became a means for villains to amass wealth and a burden that crushed the common people.
Therefore, as long as one grasped the laws of the growth of all things and understood the origin of the changes in the twenty-four solar terms,
then much could be achieved without asking the gods, promoting the harvest and growth of crops on one's own.
Conversely, if one did not understand the laws of growth or the connection between solar terms and the land,
even with the help of the Four Seasons Gods, crops would still be wasted due to human inaction.
