Chapter 14 Earth Wei and Huo Shu

Regarding the fact that "Dang Tu Gao" refers to the word "Wei", the history books did not make it clear. When Zhou Shu and Du Qiong explained this to Qiao Zhou, did Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao hang up, and did Cao Pi usurper.If Cao Pi had usurped Han and established the Wei Dynasty, then these two would be an afterthought, without any technical content.What if Cao Pi hadn't usurped the Han?In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213 A.D.), Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty made Cao Cao the "Duke of Wei" and set aside ten counties from Jizhou to establish the State of Wei for him. Prime Minister Cao, who made the princes, was the most tyrannical force in the world at that time. Eight out of ten people believed that the Kingdom of Wei would prosper in place of Han. The explanations and predictions of those two were still reasonable and not mysterious at all.

It is estimated that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty probably had not heard of this "Dang Tu Gao" prophecy, otherwise he would not have made Cao Cao the Duke and King of Wei.But then again, Cao Cao’s base camp was in Yecheng at that time, which belonged to the territory of Wei State in the Warring States Period. It can still be explained afterwards, saying that this "Wei" does not refer to the name of the country, but the name of the place.Besides, Cao Cao is in power. If he said that the word "Wei" is beautiful, I will take it. Would you Han Xiandi dare not give it a seal?

What if those two explained and predicted before Cao Cao occupied Hebei and moved his headquarters to Yecheng?It also makes sense, because at that time it was Yuan Shao, the boss of the Yuan family, who dominated Yecheng at that time. Before the "Battle of Guandu", Yuan Shao was the most stable force in the world. Xing, there are still five believers out of ten people, two games and one game, yin and yang family and alchemists still have this bit of gambling. So, what are the so-called prophecies and rumors?That is vague, specious jingle or not jingle, and it depends on deception.If you really believe it, it’s wrong, that’s because you don’t know enough, and you’ll probably end up like Yuan Shu. If someone gets it right by chance, everyone will turn around and say “it’s really effective”, and worship this guy who can guess questions Knowledge is profound, ghosts and gods are unpredictable.

When he was in Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty, it was said that someone saw Huang Xing between Chu and Song, and there was a guy named Yin Kui in Liaodong who predicted: "Fifty years later, there will be a great hero in the Qiao and Pei regions. "When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty arrived, it was said that someone saw a yellow dragon in Qiaodi. The Taishi ordered Shan Yang to say that an emperor would be born in this place.This can't help but remind us of Gongsun Chenlai back then. From the Yin Yang family to the Confucian scholars, after so many years of deceit, there is still no evolution at all, and no new tricks are available.

These unverifiable auspicious signs come and go, which are sufficient as the theoretical basis for Cao Pi's usurpation of the throne, not to mention the fact that "the person who replaced the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao" as a solid theoretical basis. Yellow represents Tude, and there are so many yellow prophecies appearing in Cao's hometown, the intention is self-evident.Moreover, Cao Pi chose the theory of the Five Elements Synergy School instead of claiming to be the Water Virtue who overcomes Huo Virtue. The reason is very simple, because the world of the Han family was "relinquished" to Cao Pi.It is said that during the abdication, many yellow birds gathered at Shangshutai with red documents in their mouths. No need to ask, this must be a sign of "Heaven" descending, and the red fire gave birth to loess.So after Cao Pi ascended the throne, he immediately announced that the Yuan was changed to "Huang Chu"-you see, even our year name is yellow!

The only annoying thing is that one of the two brothers of the Yuan family controlled Shun Emperor and the other occupied the Yellow Emperor. Naturally, Cao Wei couldn't come out with them and had to choose a new ancestor.According to the ancient books, only Zhuanxu can be related to the old Cao family, but according to Liu Xin's system, Zhuanxu belongs to Shuide, and according to Professor Zou's system, he has nothing to do with him at all. The Tude that Cao Wei vigorously promoted did not conform.what to do?No way, Cao Pi can only explain in embarrassment that we are the descendants of Zhuanxu... What, you say he is Shuide?That’s right, but Zhuanxu’s and Shun’s ancestors are still the same, so we still inherit Shun’s Tude... This kind of repeated explanation is really far-fetched.But whatever, it's just an empty and empty form anyway, so it's no big deal.

As we said before, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu removed the edge of the word "Luoyang" and changed it to "Luoyang" in order to seek auspiciousness.Now that the Han family is dead and Cao Wei is prosperous, there are idlers who wrote that according to the theory of the five elements, "soil is the seed of water", water can only flow against the soil, and the soil can only become soft when it gets water... Finally, it is concluded that this water is ah , is good for Tude.Cao Pi was taken aback by this mysterious physics class, but after thinking about it this way, he didn’t suffer any disadvantages, so he ordered to change the word "雒阳" back, remove the word "隹" and replace it with the word "shui". Putting it back, it is still called Cheng Luoyang—this is so considerate, Luo characters are much more difficult to write than Luo characters, we don’t need to write “Luo Yang” anymore today.

It was decided that Cao Wei was Tude. There was no suspense at first, but who would have thought that after Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui came to power, this little guy did not know what medicine he took wrongly, and kept clamoring for our Cao Wei Xinjian Dynasty to correct Shuo.The ministers thought to themselves that if this correction was made, they would have to change their clothes. Our Wei's yellow vest is very beautiful, and if we change it randomly, people will laugh at it, so they wrote letters to express their opposition.Little Cao Rui has a donkey temper, making troubles again and again, and he must change.

Fortunately, one of the ministers named Gao Tanglong made a memorial, first stroked the emperor's hair to stabilize him, and then came up with a compromise with Sima Yi and others, which was to move out the old master Dong Zhongshu The "Three Traditions Theory" says that Cao Wei is the land governing, and the land governing is still white. We can correct the Shuo according to this, and take December as the first month. When offering sacrifices to the sky, white animals are used, but the clothes are still yellow according to the five elements. Bar.So under the constant coaxing and persuasion of the officials, Cao Wei finally followed the yellow soil virtue-children are really difficult to serve.

Starting from here, another strange idea was started, which is to favor color and light clothing. Since then, in successive dynasties, the animals used for worshiping heaven and ancestors often did not necessarily have the same color as the clothing. Three Kingdoms and Three Kingdoms, we talked about Cao Wei, what about the other two countries? Liu Bei established the Shu Han. According to the records of "Three Kingdoms", this emperor with big ears protruding, hands over knees and an ape-like emperor had a prophecy when he was young, saying that he would be rich and powerful in the future.At that time, Liu Bei lived in Zhuo County in Zhuo County. His family was very poor, but there was a big mulberry tree growing on the southeast corner of the house. Looking from a distance, it looked like a parasol on a carriage.At that time, not everyone could afford parasols, only the emperors and high-ranking officials had them on their cars, so at that time a man named Li Ding said, "This family must have a nobleman."

The so-called "noble man" does not necessarily refer to the emperor, but little Liu Bei himself had ambitions first. When playing games with the children, he pointed to the big mulberry tree and said, "I will definitely ride on this kind of 'Yubao Gai' in the future." Car'." The so-called "Yubao" is the umbrella cover specially used by the emperor decorated with bird feathers—fortunately, he is only a child, and the adults scold him a few times, "Don't talk nonsense, let our family get into trouble." As he said, if someone exposes him again, he will probably be arrested and brought to justice. The mulberry tree is a tree. If God really took this as an omen, it means that Liu Bei will establish a country of wood virtue.But wait a minute, the Shu Han claims to be the orthodox of the Han Dynasty, not a new country, but the old dynasty temporarily retreated to the west for two years. Emperor Liu Bei said: "Sooner or later we will go back to the Central Plains." , still have to be fire virtue. During the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, a man named Uncle Liu Jing mentioned such a thing in "Yi Yuan": "There is a fire well in Linqiong, the capital of Shu... The fire gradually faded during the Huanling period, and it became more prosperous when Zhuge Liang saw it. "In vernacular terms, there is a fire well in Linqiong that is rich in natural gas. During the reign of Emperor Huan and Ling of the Han Dynasty, the fire gradually became worse than before. When Zhuge Liang went to Sichuan to take a look, hey, the fire was vigorous again.The meaning of this story is very clear, that is to say, the Han Dynasty was close to the end of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling. Fortunately, Prime Minister Zhuge was in Sichuan to support the situation, which made the fire of Han reignited and continued to burn for decades. What's funny is that when Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, someone also came to report that he had seen a yellow dragon in Chishui in Wuyang and stayed there for nine days before leaving.Not to mention that this is the rest of Cao Wei's play, and it doesn't match Hande in terms of color alone.However, many scholars of the Shu Han Dynasty quoted scriptures to explain, saying that "The Deed of Filial Piety and Aid to God" once said: "Virtue is in the abyss, and the yellow dragon sees it. The dragon is the image of the king." In addition, it also said "the flying dragon is in the sky", so Boss, it is completely in line with God's will for you to be emperor.Just like that, they lightly skipped the bastard's "yellow" character, and just said the cute "dragon" character to avoid the truth, and they were fooled by the Eighteen Palms of Subduing Dragon. Emperor Wen of Wei received Zen in November of the first year of Yankang in the Han Dynasty, and gave a statement to Su Lin and Dong Ba, the doctors of Shizhong, saying: The clan of Wei came from Zhuanxu and the same ancestor as Shun.Shun inherited Yao's fire with Tude, and today Wei also inherits Han's fire with Tude.In terms of transportation, it is in line with Yao and Shun's giving and receiving.So the first year of Yankang was changed to the first year of Huangchu.It is discussed to correct Zhengshuo, Yifu color, special emblem, and Chengtu Xing. In December, Luoyang is lucky, and summer is counted to get the sky, so Xia Zheng is used, and the color of clothing is still yellow.It is also ordered to use fire in the Han Dynasty, and fire avoids water, so "Luo" removes "water" and adds "隹"; , so remove "隹" and add "water", and change "雒" to "Luo".