Thirty-five, Mount Tai sealed Zen

This year's Spring Festival flavor is still very strong, it is estimated that there will be fewer battles in the past two years, the Huns have been afraid of my Han, and now they can only come to harass secretly, so the people can rest and recuperate, live and work in peace and contentment.

Although it is still snowing heavily, Chang'an City is a lively atmosphere. In the past few days of the Spring Festival, there are firecrackers everywhere, and the streets are full of people, and they are very lively, some watch acrobatic performances, and some go to pay New Year's greetings.

On both sides of the gate of the Boji Medical Center, peach charms made of dried peach wood are also hung, and Gongsun Yu writes on the peach symbols, with Shen Di on the left and Yu Lei on the right.

Lu Fu put together five kinds of spices such as garlic, small garlic, leeks, brassica, and coriander to make five spice cakes, which were eaten during the Spring Festival, with the intention of exuding the five internal organs and diverging the evil spirits. In fact, this has a certain effect on the prevention of epidemics such as influenza.

After making Jin Shi Dan, Lu Fu also took out a large plate of five spice cakes, and drank wine with Lu Ji again, it was snowing heavily, and he could only drink to kill time, Gongsun Yu still didn't seem to be used to drinking, so he could only sit next to the fire and watch Master Yi's indefinite medical registration.

After two glasses of wine, the conversation box opened, first of all, Lu Fu, who said with a little complaint:

"Ciqian is really busy, it's been more than a month since she came back, and she didn't even have the time to come to the hospital to take a look?"

Lu Ji hurriedly explained: "Lu Fu, do you know, since the beginning of the past few years, officials have the practice of group worship, and the palace is more lively, not only with grand sacrifice ceremonies, but also with various activities, and it will be busy until the fifteenth year of the year, which can be regarded as the end of the New Year; Ci Qian is in charge of the security of the Beijing Division, so she is even busier, and on the first day of the new year, she went to Sanfu with the victorious adult, and she didn't know when she would return to Chang'an. ”

Gongsun Yu also added: "Yes, it's really busy, I went to see my uncle on the day of the Spring Festival, he wasn't there, and Lilun said that I didn't have to think about seeing him for a month or two." ”

"Yes, Lord Gongsun is even busier, the emperor has to participate in every sacrifice, from the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year, almost every day, the first day of the new year the emperor will hold a ghost exorcism ceremony, I heard that a lot of chickens are killed, and then the chicken blood is poured at the gate of the palace to exorcise ghosts, and then the emperor will also climb the city tower to throw coins to the ministers, called New Year's money."

"Still scattering coins, it seems that if you are lucky, you can get a lot of New Year's money."

"Haha, it is said that coins can be channeled, and the emperor likes to watch the scene of the ministers below grabbing the New Year's money, which makes him laugh on it, and then there will be sacrifices for three consecutive days, and there will be group worship after the sacrifice, and there are really many ceremonies."

"It seems that this official is not good to be an official, Mr. Lu, let's still have a drink."

"Lu Fu, if you have wine, drink it quickly, it is estimated that it will not be as convenient as it is now to drink in the future."

"Why is that?"

"I heard Ciqian say that the imperial court is preparing to issue an edict that starting from this year, the people cannot make wine and sell wine privately, and the wine must be exclusively brewed and sold by the government."

"No wonder the wineries on the street are closed, I thought they all went back to their hometown for the New Year and haven't come back, but fortunately, I bought a few jars of Xifeng wine a few years ago, and if I want to drink in the future, it will be troublesome, and I have to go to the official winery to buy it."

"I know you're a drunkard, and I'll help you bring some jars of wine when I come over; I heard that the emperor is preparing to search for the east again, and this time he is going to Mount Tai to seal Zen, brother, it seems that you really won't see your uncle Gongsun for a long time. ”

Gongsun Yu heard that Emperor Wu was going to Mount Tai to seal Zen again, thinking that he should go a few times before he went, so he asked: "Mount Tai Feng Zen, the emperor seems to have gone many times." ”

"Yes, I have been to five times, in fact, Mount Tai Feng Zen has been there since ancient times, in ancient times Xuanyuan, Yao, Shun, Yu Emperor have been to Mount Tai Feng Zen, Qin Shi Huang also went to Mount Tai after the unification of the six countries; When the emperor ascended the throne, he had the idea of sealing Zen, but he was suffering from the fact that the timing was not ripe; Until the first year of Yuanfeng, it had swept away the universe and dominated the world; The world is peaceful, long-term stability, and coincides with the appearance of auspiciousness, so it was decided to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen; In the second year of Yuanfeng, the emperor was still unsatisfied, set foot on Mount Tai again, and repaired the Ming Palace at the foot of Mount Tai; Then, in the fifth year of Yuan Feng, the first year of Taichu, and the third year of Taichu, a total of five times went to Mount Tai to seal Zen. ”

Lu Fu also expressed his admiration: "It is a long way from Chang'an City to Mount Tai, and there are big rivers and mountains to block it, it is not easy to go to it, it will take several months to go back and forth, and the emperor has been there five times in the past ten years, I really admire." ”

"Although the emperor has passed the age of sixties, he is still strong and strong, and the amount of food is no worse than that of young people; I heard that he will go every two or three years in the future; However, it is bitter for these officials, and they have to think carefully about everything, for fear that there will be omissions and cause trouble if they are not careful. ”

Lu Fu also pointed at Gongsun Yu and said, "Your uncle Gongsun is the busiest, but he is still quite handy in dealing with this. ”

"Of course, the emperor hunted Mount Tai to seal the Zen this time is he played, he said that now the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and I heard that there are immortals in Heng Mountain, so His Majesty may go to Mount Tai to meet with the gods after going to Mount Tai to seal the Zen, but I don't know if the gods can wait until the emperor goes up."

After hearing this, Gongsun Yu said helplessly: "It seems that the emperor's heart for immortals is immortal." ”

"Of course, being an immortal and immortal is what everyone dreams of, even the emperor."

At this time, Lu Fu raised his glass and said: "The dignitaries and nobles must want to live forever, I and other civilians just want to be safe, Mr. Lu, let's do it." ”

Lu Ji also raised his wine glass, drank it all, pursed his lips and said: "This time the emperor went to Mount Tai to seal Zen, originally Ciqian said that he would also follow, but he was in charge of the security of the Beijing Division, and he couldn't go, so he sent me to go with the vanguard of Lord Gongsun to prepare first, and we will leave first next month." ”

"Mr. Lu, then you will not be able to come back for at least half a year, uncle is old now, you have to help take care of his body."

"Don't worry, brother, we are also a large group of people first, and Lord Gongsun is wrapped up in me, and I must take good care of it."

"That's good, Mr. Laulu."

"What are you talking about, brother, there will be a lot of help from Lord Gongsun in the future."

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In March, the weather began to warm up, and Liu Che chose to go in March every time he went east to Mount Tai to seal Zen. In the fourth year of Tianhan, in March, Liu Che began the sixth Taishan Feng Zen in his life.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, thirty years after the throne, began to enshrine Mount Tai. In the past 30 years, his main energy was on the border, but the Xiongnu, through the Western Regions, and the southwest, were his main achievements, and he was indeed the founder of the country. Feng Zen Mount Tai, there is indeed "success" to tell God.

However, the history books say that Liu Che is a person who respects ghosts and gods, and in the final analysis, he is superstitious about immortals, and he has tried his best to find the elixir of life. Probably every successful emperor was keen on this, and so was Qin Shi Huang. Therefore, Liu Che's original intention of going to Mount Tai to seal Zen is to find the immortals, and it is said that the immortals live in Penglai in the East China Sea, so Liu Che is to know the immortals, so there is Mount Tai to seal the Zen, which is not difficult to understand why he always wants to go to Mount Tai to seal the Zen in his life.

The procession was vast and endless, and the officials of the various states and counties where they passed through were ready to greet them in the morning, for fear of neglecting and delaying the trip to seal the Zen. After more than a month, we finally arrived at Mount Tai.

Gongsun Qing and their vanguard team are already ready there, just waiting for the arrival of the Fengzen team. Liu Che first went to Liangfu Mountain and sacrificed to the god of the earth. According to Gongsun Qing's choice of a good day, he ordered the servants and Confucian scholars to wear solemn dresses, that is, wearing leather bands on their heads, inserting wat and hanging gentry, and performing the etiquette of shooting cattle. Subsequently, Liu Che sealed the soil at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Taishan and saluted, and the sealed soil was one zhang and two feet wide and nine feet high. There is a jade book buried under the sealed soil, which is a letter written by Liu Che to heaven, of course, the content of the book is only known to him.

After the salute, Liu Che took his ministers to Mount Tai and also performed the soil sealing ceremony on the top of the mountain. During the entire sacrificial process, Liu Che personally paid homage. The dress is yellow and has liturgical accompaniment. The next day, Liu Che came down from Shanyin; Then choose an auspicious day, and perform a meditation ritual on the northeast of the Suran Mountain at the foot of Mount Tai, which is the same as the soil ceremony after the sacrifice.

This is the whole process of canonization.

After the end of the Zen sealing, Liu Che received congratulations from the ministers in the Ming Hall at the foot of Mount Tai.

At this time, Gongsun Qing proposed to go to Hengshan Mountain in the north to worship, because he heard that there were also immortals there. Unexpectedly, Liu Che also readily agreed, so the entire Fengchan team turned to the northwest and set off for Yanzhou Chenliu.

Gongsun Qing still set off in advance as the vanguard to arrange, and Lu Ji also followed Gongsun Qing to go first.