Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

A person who had been silent during the discussion suddenly spoke out at this critical moment, expressing strong opposition. Alas, yes, just think about it and know who this person is. He always popped out and slapped Li Shimin when he was having the most fun. Comrade Wei Zheng, a maverick elm lump, is an admonishing doctor who specializes in disappointing.He said, "Although the world is in great order, Feng Chan is still a waste of money and people. Even if there are ten thousand reasons to go, His Majesty can't go." Li Shimin was puzzled, so he called Wei Zheng and asked: "Do you think my contribution is high enough?"

"High enough." "Is the virtue good enough?" "Good enough." "Is China stable enough?" "Stable enough." "Is Siyi admiring?" "Sigh." "Is there a bumper harvest?" "Harvest." "Has Fu Rui arrived yet?" "Arrived." "Then why do you still say you can't enshrine Zen?" Wei Zheng said seriously: "Your Majesty has indeed achieved all the above six points, but have you ever thought about when it is now? After the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population dropped sharply and the warehouses were empty. Now it has just improved. Moreover, how many horses and chariots Feng Chan needs? Ten thousand, the cost is quite huge, and the chiefs of all countries are in China, and they will follow. Now, after years of war in Shandong, nine out of ten people have died, and the population has decreased the most. Now is a good time to recuperate.

"Go and have a look. Looking at Haidai at this time, there are few fireworks and wild scenery. If you really want to go this time, you will reveal all your weaknesses to Rong Di. Rong Di must have evil thoughts when he sees the emptiness of Shandong. Your Majesty, enjoy Isn't it a little thoughtless to be harmed by it for the sake of a false name?" Wei Zheng poured cold water on Comrade Li Shimin, but the one who really knows how to pour cold water is not Wei Zheng, but God.God seemed unwilling to see that the world was too good, so he just poured hundreds of millions of tons of cold water on Li Shimin.A few days after Wei Zheng went to the siege, floods broke out in Henan, Hebei and other places, drowning countless people.

Therefore, flood fighting and emergency rescue became the top priority of the Tang Dynasty, and Feng Chan was delayed indefinitely. The torrent came and went, and after a year, nothing happened in the court, and everyone started to stir up again.In the sixth year of Zhenguan (632) in the twelfth lunar month, Sangong, Jiuqing, and civil and military officials were arguing in the court. In order to let Li Shimin go to Zen, they formed a long queue. This time, no matter what the officials asked, Li Shimin refused to agree.In the end, it was the ministers who were ruthless, and all the officials took public opinion as an excuse, forcing Li Shimin to have no way out, and had to use his own tricks to refute the public opinion in their mouths.He cleared his throat and said, "I really can't go, I have asthma, so I can't climb high."

So everyone was silent, deathly silent. ... Withdrew.The following is the conversation of the Minister: "It's too scary. The emperor used his own body as an excuse to frighten us." "This matter is cold, I don't think I will talk about it in the future." "That's right, it's true that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry." "Who is the eunuch? No, who do you think is the eunuch?" "Okay, stop making trouble, can the landlord eunuch do it?" "Who?" "The owner of the Xuanwu Gate?"

"Li Junxian?" "Haha! I think so, do you know his nickname?" "Xuanling, hurry home, your wife will beat you again if you come home late." "Thank you for your concern, you also pay attention to your body." ... The matter of Feng Chan was buried for a long time until one day five years later. In March of the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637), all officials gathered for a meeting.The participants agreed that five years ago, Comrade Li Shimin lied to everyone's feelings because he was not asthma at all, but an ordinary respiratory system inflammation.

This kind of disease is very fatal, you can climb high, you can look far, you can worship the ground, you can worship the sky, Comrade Li Shimin used this small disease to evade, showing that he is not sincere at all.Under the cover of this reason, the officials wrote letters one after another, asking for Fengchan for the fifth time. Li Shimin was really bored. He handed over all matters to Comrade Yan Shigu, secretary-general, and finally to Fang Xuanling for adjudication, and said, the final result, whether to go or not, is up to you to discuss.In fact, this was originally the most promising application for approval, but unfortunately, just this time, Tang Taizong's itinerary for enshrining Zen was disrupted by a famous chapter through the ages.

This is April in the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637). Li Shimin handed over the matter of enshrining Zen to the secretary province. Wei Zheng knew that this group of people would definitely approve it unanimously. Seeing that Li Shimin hunted several times in a year, Wei Zheng couldn't take it anymore. He was afraid that Li Shimin would turn bad, and that the praised and wise emperor would not be able to maintain his original posture, so he went to Shu.This Shangshu was later dubbed "Remonstrance Taizong Shisishu".Li Shimin heard about the watch, was very happy, and ordered the cancellation of this Fengchan plan.

In October of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan (640), Jing Wang Li Yuanjing and others asked for Zen, but they were not allowed. In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan (640), on November 13th, all officials asked for Fengchan, and Li Shimin nodded.He asked Confucian scholars to participate in the Fengchan Notes, and also made a detailed list of specific issues such as etiquette.In addition, Taichangqing Wei Ting and others were appointed as envoys to be in charge of the preparations for the ceremony of enshrining Chan, and the trip to enshrining Chan will begin soon! After half a year of preparation, on May 12th in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan (641), the common people gathered in front of the palace to ask for the enshrinement of Zen and the edict.

Everything is going according to plan. After careful deployment and careful preparation, everyone has done their work well.However, another unexpected thing happened.On the 16th, Baekje (in the Korean peninsula) came to report the funeral of their king Fu Yuzhang. Li Shimin decreed that Fu Yuzhang's son Yici was canonized as king. On the nineteenth day, there was a star against Taiwei. This is the observation result of everyone in Taishi, including Li Chunfeng.According to this astrology, Tai Shi ordered Xue Yi to say, "There is a disaster in the event, and it cannot be sealed in the east."

On the 21st, Chu Suiliang, the living man, also wrote a letter about the catastrophe. On the 23rd, Li Shimin issued an edict to cancel the Fengchan. Until six years later... In December of the 20th year of Zhenguan (646), all the officials repeatedly asked for the enshrinement of Zen, edicts, and specially asked astrologers to pick a day without disaster stars. Li Shimin said that next year he must climb to the top of Mount Tai to pay his respects.The imperial edict was to build a feather guard, and sent it to Luoyang Palace, ordering the guard of honor, chariots and horses, and officials to be ready, waiting quietly for that exciting moment.This trip to Fengchan was scheduled in June of the 22nd year of Zhenguan (648). Exciting moments always come so soon! In August of the 21st year of Zhenguan (647), geological disasters such as mountain torrents and secondary mudslides broke out in various parts of Hebei.Li Shimin issued an edict to cancel the Fengchan. In the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649), the Emperor of Heaven canceled Li Shimin's qualification for Zen. Li Shimin knew that in his whole life, his literary and martial arts, and his fame through the ages, had nothing to do with whether he was a Zen monk or not.But Feng Chan is like a wedding ring, whether he loves it or not has nothing to do with the ring, but it is always extremely regrettable not to give him a ring. The story is still going on, and we still have to go back to the early years of Zhenguan, the era when things were prosperous and the people were prosperous, and the world was peaceful. In December of the fifth year of Zhenguan (632), when the ministers were busy asking for Zen and saying that the world was peaceful, someone rebelled. The whole thing is very, very interesting, because according to historical records, the rebels seemed to see the manager leave, and then they started to make trouble. A group of people gathered in the mountains with bows and arrows and wooden sticks and started making trouble.But in fact, in this world, people who really don't have enough food and clothing, and are uncomfortable with idleness will revolt.To be precise, it was a tribe in Baiyue who rebelled, and they were called "Liaoren" in the history books. Liaoren is the contemptuous name the ancients gave to the aborigines in Lingnan. It may be called "Liao", but it is also called "anti-dog". In "Ancient and Modern Novels", there was a way of scolding Liaoren. It said that during the Ming Dynasty, northerners scolded southerners and said: "You Liaozi, you are so out of date!" It is very interesting to think about it. For example, Shandong, which used to be It is called Dongyi; Jiangnan, which used to be called Nanman; Xianbei, which was always called Beidi before; The Liao people were a special group in ancient times.It is said that the Liao people originated from Laos, and it should be noted that the "Liao" here is pronounced "Lao". But in fact, "Liao" means "our" and "our" in the Liao language, which means closeness.From Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand, the footprints of the Liao people can be found.Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Liao people spread from Yunnan and other places to the Guangxi area, and they were unwilling to live in the plains. They only settled in mountainous forests, and their personalities were different from other tribes. According to people who have been to the Liaoren tribe, the Liaoren have no clan distinctions and no names, and their children are all called in order of seniority. Among the Liao people, husbands are called Grandma and Ah Duan, while women are called Auntie and Adeng.The "ah" here is different from the "ah" in "a vine in front of Amen", the former expresses closeness, similar to Aaron and Forrest Gump, while the latter is a modal particle.The poet Du Fu once wrote a poem "Shi Liao Nu Aduan" specifically for a Liaoren descendant, which is enough to reflect the living environment of the Liaoren.The full poem is as follows: The mountains and trees are green and the sun is setting, and the bamboo poles are curling up in the spring. The people of the county fought for Yu Li at night, but Li Zi searched for the source and did not hear it. Illness and thirst turn back to the white head in the middle of the night, and the sound transmits a note of wet Qingyun. I was shocked by Tao Kan Hu Nuyi, who often wears tigers and leopards. This poem has a peaceful artistic conception, like whispering.Write down the basic living conditions of Liao people: Live in the mountains, live with wild beasts, shuttle among tigers and wolves.Healing basically depends on lying down, communication basically depends on roaring, law and order basically depends on dogs, heating basically depends on shaking, and transportation basically depends on walking. The place where the Liao people live is also very special. They use trees to support the frame and build a wooden house, and people live in a house like a bird's nest.The size of the bird's nest depends on the number of family members. This kind of house was called Ganlan by outsiders at that time.People live above, and pigs live below.In the deepest part of the mountain forest, the Liao people live together in one place, and they often elect the elders to be kings (generally they can be kings at the age of thirty).Due to the dissatisfaction between the hills, those small and big cottages started to fight, and in the end they were often easily conquered by the strongest one. Then everyone became a family and began to fight against larger cottages. Another characteristic of the Liao people in the Southern and Northern Dynasties was that they did not dare to travel alone.Because they think that they must be killed when they travel far, and they must not run around if they are bored in the mountains.This is not timid, it is because during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liao people were often captured as slaves. The Liao people live in Lingnan, and their living conditions are indeed very poor, so in the market, a dog is enough to exchange a person as a slave. Liao people are afraid of ghosts, so they use living people to sacrifice to ghosts.This living person has a lot to pay attention to.The people used in the sacrifice must have beautiful long beards, so all bearded people must be careful, if one day it is their turn to be used as a living sacrifice, the end will be very miserable. The specific ways they worship ghosts and gods are as follows: A group of people began to chant spells, peeled off the face of the living sacrifice, and imprisoned the whole person in a cage. After a long time, the flesh and blood on the face dried up, and the sacrifice became very ugly, ugly like a ghost.And don't be afraid, this effect is what you want.Because of its ugly appearance, everyone no longer thinks that this thing is the same person as before, but has become a ghost that everyone respects.The living sacrifices were wailing in the cage, and everyone was dancing outside, offering sacrifices and praying for blessings, with great joy. Is this the Liao people? This is how it is recorded in history books ("Sui Shu", "Wei Shu", "Northern History", "Natural History").