Chapter 12: Behind the Apotheosis
Li Zhan told his father that he came back from the fairy world, but in fact, it was more of a little joke with his father, because they were all the closest family members, but Li Zhan never dreamed that his little joke was really taken seriously by his father, and he also told this little joke in front of his grandfather and grandmother, as well as his uncle and aunt.
This is simply a joke, how could anyone believe such nonsense.
"Hey... It's not, it's not...! Just when Li Zhan was nervous about explaining.
What made Li Zhan even more unexpected was that when his father finished speaking, his eldest uncle immediately stood up from his position as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, and shouted: "So that's it, so that's it, I just said, I don't know why... The last time I saw our family's Zhan'er, our family's Zhan'er seemed to have a glow all over his body.
There is also blood malaria, which is a livestock disease that cannot be treated at all, but my family can solve it without even thinking about it.
Now I finally know, it turns out that my family's warlord is a person who has been favored by the gods, oops... It's really great... It's really great! ”
"Clams...!" Li Zhan was stunned by his uncle's sudden assist.
It's just that his eldest uncle's assist has just ended, and his younger uncle immediately followed: "No wonder... It can be ice in the summer, hehe... You all see, this is ice, even the county lord of Lantian County may not be able to eat it.
But Zhan'er can make it himself, this is not what the favor of the immortals is. ”
"Favored by the immortals... The Li and Zhang families are grateful...! ”
When Li Zhan was stunned for a moment, Zhang Damao and his wife actually knelt down, Zhang Damao, the elder, knelt down, and the others could still stand... Follow Li Zhan's father, mother, younger brothers and sisters... Except for Li Zhan, everyone knelt down in unison, and Li Zhan was completely dumbfounded.
He really didn't expect that all his family members would believe his boring ridicule.
"This... That one...! Li Zhan looked at Zhang Damao and the others who were kneeling down in unison, at this time he was only dumbfounded, and after thinking for a long time, he could only swallow this lie silently: "Grandpa... Uncle... I hope everyone doesn't talk about the thing that I was favored by the immortals, because if I say it, someone may be unfavorable to me. ”
In fact, even Li Zhan himself didn't believe this.
Zhang Damao, who was just on the side, affirmed with a radiant look: "Zhan'er... You can rest assured...! Today's incident, the family members here know, if there is still someone who knows that Zhan'er is a person who is favored by the immortals, I, Zhang Damao, will definitely fight with him. ”
After speaking, Zhang Damao looked at his son, daughter-in-law, grandson viciously... Li Zhan was dumbfounded again, he actually just didn't want this joke to be spread, but who would have thought that Zhang Damao would be so serious.
Li Zhan didn't know what to say.
In fact, what Li Zhan didn't know was... His lie greatly stimulated his grandmother and uncle, because in this era, the ancients were still very willing to believe in the existence of immortals.
Don't you know that since ancient times, Chinese people have had many folk beliefs, and they are full of worship for gods, ghosts, ancestors, sages and even various objects in the natural world. Through the selection and combination of these gods, they established a huge and complex system of gods, including: Sheji God, Heavenly God, Thunder and Lightning God, Wind and Rain God, Mountain God, Earth God, Water God, Stove God, Door God, God of Wealth, God of Fortune, Birthday Star, Moon Lao, and so on.
Why did the ancients believe in gods and monsters so much... That's because the ancients didn't have much ability, so they were completely powerless in the face of disasters, and this feeling of powerlessness made them very afraid, so they could only pin their faith on the gods so that they could get a little comfort.
There is also a reason for them to firmly believe in the existence of immortals, that is, the lies told by the emperors in order to deify themselves, what..."The Yellow Emperor, the head of the "Five Emperors", was born with an abnormal deity, and he could speak not long after he was born, and he knew everything at the age of 15.
Liu Bang's mother fell asleep by a lake, and Liu Bang's father saw a dragon lying on Liu Bang's mother, and later became pregnant and gave birth to Liu Bang.
When Cao Pi was born, seven-colored clouds appeared in the sky, which surrounded and did not disperse all day long.
Yang Jian was born with purple energy.
Two golden dragons appeared in the time and space of Li Shimin's birth, but the weather was very warm in winter, and the flowers in the courtyard were blooming.
All of the above is from the record of the emperor's birth, in a word, he was born with a vision when he was born, and he was destined to be a person who achieved great things. When describing the birth of the emperor, it is necessary to highlight both the mandate of heaven and the characteristics, and it cannot be the same as the description of the birth of the previous emperor. Fortunately, the historians at that time were all selected through layers of examinations, and their writing was first-class, and chewing words was the best at chewing words.
The fundamental meaning of these descriptions is to propagate the "divine right of the king" and strengthen their legitimate status.
Can't let the common people know that the emperor can be overthrown as long as you have the ability, power and strength and everyone will sit down, so many foolish policies have been adopted, such as Zhu Yuanzhang himself does not believe in immortals, but he hyped up a lot of absurd miracles to deceive the people and make them obedient.
Therefore, among the many ignorant policies, deifying the origin of the emperor is the most intuitive and effective way, the normality of birth, old age, sickness and death, especially the fact that life is closely related to every family, and the deification of various visions when they were born will let ordinary people know that the reason why they are poor, angry, and ruled is because their birth is mediocre, to put it bluntly, it is the life of suffering and being poor, and the reason why emperors are emperors is precisely because they are different from ordinary people when they are born, they are immortals. God arranged for him to do great things, so he slowly believed in his fate, was content with the status quo, and did not want to resist, so that the ruler could keep his world peaceful.
It is also because of such foolish people that a large number of people are willing to believe in the existence of immortals, and Li Zhan has made up lies about his father, from not believing it at the beginning, and then believing it in the future.
This series of performances, in addition to Li Zhan's endless means, more importantly, is that Li Zhan's father, grandfather, uncle, aunt, and cousins want to believe that Li Zhan is a fairy child, in this way, Li Zhan, who has a fairy child, will become his own relative.
Then they will no longer suffer, be poor and hungry in the future, and if they believe in the gods, it is better to say that they are sure of a happy life in the future.
Because of this... Li Zhan's lies will be so firmly believed by his relatives.
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The night slowly deepened, looking at his relatives, the satisfied and smug smile, Li Zhan didn't want to defend anything, as long as his family believed in him, they were willing to trust him, and if he didn't tell him about it, then forget it.
It's just that... Li Zhan didn't know that in this world, there is no impermeable wall, as long as there are people, then there will be no secrets in this world.
Li Zhan was favored by the gods, and one day he was still known... Whether it is a blessing or a curse, everything is still unknown.
But... Later, more on that later... Our Li Zhan's popsicle business is about to take off!
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