Chapter Ninety-Two: Zhongyue Sealed Zen
Wu Cao and Feng Chan formed an indissoluble bond, it was because Li Shimin went to Luoyang to prepare for Feng Chan, which caused the emptiness in the palace, so that she and Li Zhi had the opportunity to meet and know each other.
Later, Wu Cao encouraged Li Zhi to complete Li Shimin's unfinished business, go to Dongyue to seal Zen, and even seal Wuyue!
Under the careful organization and careful deployment of Li Zhi and his wife, the Dongyue Fengzen with unprecedented scale and Kuang Dynasty has achieved a complete success!
Next, under the encouragement of Wu Cao, Li Zhi successively issued an edict to enshrine Chan Zhongyue in February of the third year of Shangyuan, July of the first year of Tiaolu and July of the second year of Yongchun.
As a result, every time the edict drafted the Zen sealing ceremony, it would encounter various problems, and I had to issue an edict again to stop the Zhongyue Zen sealing ceremony. For example, the Tibetan invasion, the Turkic rebellion of the Dadu Protectorate, and the physical infection.
After Li Zhi drove Hexi to the west, Wu Cao came to the court to take charge of the system, monopolized power, and was busy dealing with the opposition of the prime minister and Confucian scholars and sprinting to the throne, and the matter of Zhongyue's enthronement had to be postponed again and again.
When the picture was held in Yuyu and the throne was stable, Wu Cao began to have the idea of completing the unfinished business of her husband and wife, and went to Zhongyue to seal Zen!
In January of the second year of Tianzhu, Wu Siwen, the local official Shangshu, figured out the emperor's meaning, and led the court to gather 2,800 people to ask for the title of Chan Zhongyue.
But at that time, Wu Cao was busy dealing with the problem of cool officials, winning people's hearts, and stabilizing the regime of the Great Zhou, so he did not agree to Wu Siwen's request to seal Chan Zhongyue.
Four years later, a fire from her boyfriend Xue Huaiyi woke Wu Cao, making her recall the benefits of her husband and deeply miss Li Zhi.
In March of the first year of Zhengsheng, Wu Cao issued an edict to rebuild the Ming Hall, and sent Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi to preach Zhongyue Feng Zen in the court. But when someone really asked for Feng Zen in person, Wu Cao pretended to shirk and deliberately disagreed, in order to show that she was pious and humble and determined!
In April, the Tianshu supervised by Nayan Yao Xuan was finally cast after eight months! The Tianshu made of copper and iron stands majestically outside the end gate like Sun Wukong's wishful golden hoop stick.
The heavenly pivot is one hundred and five feet high, twelve feet in diameter, octagonal, five feet long, and the base is an iron mountain, with a circumference of one hundred and seventy feet. With the copper dragon, the unicorn surrounds the decoration, the top is the Tengyun Chenglu plate, the diameter is three zhang, the four dragons on the plate stand upright and hold the fire beads, one zhang high.
Wu Cao gave the name of the Great Zhou Wanguo Song De Tianshu, and personally wrote the plaque. The mold of the Great Zhou Wanguo Songde Tianshu is made by the famous craftsman, Shang Fang Cheng Mao Boro, the pivotal text is written by Liang Wang Wu Sansi, engraved with the names of the military officials and the chiefs of the four Yi, a total of 2 million catties of copper and iron.
After the completion of the Great Zhou Wanguo Songde Tianshu, Wu Cao felt that he had a little confidence to seal the Zen, but he still hung his appetite until September.
Double Ninth Festival, the fifth anniversary of Wu Cao's accession to the throne, she wore a crown, personally worshiped the southern suburbs, and was honored as the Emperor of the Golden Wheel of the Holy Spirit of the Book of Heaven.
The courtiers figured out the true intentions of the emperor, thinking that the meaning of the Book of Heaven Long Live was the Tang Dynasty of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they were ordered by the heavens, so they asked for the sealing of Zen one after another, helping Wu Cao analyze the necessity of Zhongyue sealing Zen, and demonstrated that the various conditions for Zhongyue sealing Zen were ripe.
Cui Rong, who joined the army in Weizhou, once served as a prince attendant and tutored Li Zhe in reading and writing, and he was also belittled after Li Zhe stepped down, but his articles were very exquisite.
Yu Siyan, the envoy of Chaoji, admired Cui Rong's name for a long time, and spent money to ask him to write "Please Seal Zhongyue Table" and present it to the imperial view!
"Please Feng Zhongyue Table" mentions: Princes and Uncles, please Dengfeng in the morning and evening, Dr. Ligong, write the talisman auspicious. Hong Confucianism, in the wilderness to offer etiquette, the people in the mountains and wilderness, willing to go to His Majesty to be the precursor of Zen!
Therefore, it is incumbent upon me to go to Zhongyue to seal Zen!
Heavenly Fu Rui has: in Guangwu County to obtain Rui Ming, in Luoshui to get a treasure map, there are stars and moon conjunction of the celestial phenomenon.
Siyi Binfu: Dongyi Xirong and Nanban Beidi all come to Luoyang to participate in sacrifices and worship activities!
Dehou: Build three temples, worship five tombs, Guangtai learn to teach the son, open the hall and worship God;
National security and merit: Chonghui, Dingduyi, Sanjieping, Wanfangyan, the rock corridor is fine, the prison is empty, the prison lawsuit is clear and Wang Fengchun, the etiquette is harmonious and popular, there is the order of the geese on Qulu, and the quail dwells in the city!
New Year's Harvest: All states and counties in the world reported bumper harvests.
Wu Cao was very happy after the imperial view, and wanted to go to Songshan to report to the heavens that the world was peaceful!
In addition, Princess Xiaofeng Taiping and the imperial heir Wu Lun also persuaded her to enshrine Zen to glorify the virtues of the Seven Temples in order to accept the blessings of the masses. Wu Cao happily replied, "Okay! Let's go to Songshan to seal Zen, please the heavens with the grand ceremony, outline the world and the grand plan, and Zhang Zuzong Piye! ”
The ceremonial system of Zhongyue Feng Zen is ready-made, because it is in July of the second year of Yongchun. The emperor once issued an edict to seal the Zen in Zhongyue in November of the same year, and ordered Li Xingwei, the secretary of the country, Jia Dayin, the examiner, Jia Dayin, the Taichang doctor, Wei Shuxia, Pei Shouzhen, and Fu Baosu, etc., to determine the ritual notes in detail.
According to the etiquette system discussed by Li Xingwei and others, the main contents are as follows:
The altar of worship refers to the system of the round mound, symbolizes the circle of the sky, has three walls, is located at the foot of Songshan Mountain in the south four miles, and there is a burning altar in the southeast outer wall of the altar, which is used to burn firewood and make smoke, so that the smoke reaches the nine days! The emperor could put the jade book on the wood and burn it to smoke, so as to achieve communication with the heavens.
Dengfeng altar building is on the top of the extreme peak of Taimur Mountain, the circular diameter is five zhang, the height is nine feet, four out of the majesty, there is a heavy wall. The emperor gathered the five-colored soil here to seal the jade, reported to the god of Haotian that the world was peaceful, and made a wish!
The Zen altar is built on the Wanyanggang at the eastern foot of Shaomu Mountain, it is an octagonal square altar, symbolizing the place, one zhang and two feet high. Each side is four steps long, with eight majesties and three walls. In accordance with the etiquette of the Fangqiu sacrifice land, the emperor gathered the five-colored soil here to seal and bury the jade book of the Zen land, and poured it into the ground with tulip wine, and reached the yellow spring to worship the emperor.
The position of the pilgrimage altar is in front of the Songyang view of the emperor's palace, twenty-four zhang square, nine feet high, two majesty in the south, one majesty on each of the remaining three sides, there are two walls. The emperor is here to accept the courtiers to congratulate him, and the amnesty will be changed!
Car service system: the emperor travels by jade chariot, and returns to the palace after sealing Zen to take the golden chariot. The crown prince still rides on the golden chariot.
The emperor wears a crown dress when fasting, a crown or a large crown when he ascends the throne, and a crown of wings when he returns to the palace. The crown prince wears the Yuanyouguan uniform when fasting, the Yuanyouguan uniform when receiving the court, and the Deguan uniform when riding a horse.
Wu Cao decided to adopt the Zhongyue Feng Zen ritual note in the second year of Yongchun, and issued an edict to seal the Zhongyue of the Zen Dynasty, preparing to seal the Zhongyue of the Zhou calendar next year. He appointed Wu Chenghei, King Wu of Liang, Yao Xuan, and Li Yuan, the squire of Fengge, as ambassadors to Fengshenyue, responsible for summoning hundreds of officials, supplying along the way, and building altars.
Ambassador Feng Shenyue immediately arranged for the division to prepare for the sealing of Zen, personnel, supplies, etiquette and law, but also to prepare jade ceremonies, stone boxes, jade kui, gold kui, gold rope, gold clay and jade seals and other supplies.
In October, the Turkic Mo Si sent an envoy to Luoyang to ask for surrender, which is the best evidence of the Siyi Binfu, Wu Cao was overjoyed, and immediately accepted the surrender letter, and conferred Mo Si as the general of the Left Guard, the return of the country.
On the second day of the second month of the second year of the book of heaven, after careful arrangements, Luan Yu was activated, the red gate of the inner hall and the gate of Ziwei Palace were opened, and a long queue of people and horses came out.
Guards, guards, canopies, banners, Hanbi, propaganda and guide cars, egret cars, Luan flag cars, Qing tour team, Yamen flag, pheasant tail fan, Huang Lu battle, Xuanwu team, etc. followed in turn, as well as the honor guards of Dongyi Xirong and Nanban Beidi, which stretched endlessly.
On the fourth day of the lunar month, the mighty team arrived at Songyang Temple, ten thousand times stopped, the hundred divisions were in line, Wu Cao entered the palace to rest for a few days, and then met the ministers in the tooth tent.
But seeing Yixia galloping, they are all enshrined in the millennium; Dressed and danced, and the sound of long live was heard. All nations are dressed in armor and worship the Emperor of the Golden Wheel Holy Spirit!
Next, Wu Cao, Wu Lun, Wu Sansi and others began to fast, Wu Cao wore the Tongtian crown uniform, Wu Lun wore the Yuanyou crown uniform, and Wu Sansi wore the Sanliang Jin Deguan uniform.
During the fasting period, Wu Cao sat on the Xue Li mat to clear his heart and be sincere, so as to move the heavens.
It was the cold winter of Sanjiu, the wind and snow were biting, Li Qiao, a member of the Fengge House, got up early in the morning, saw the dawn, heard the melodious sound of the bronze bell, and the echo of the copper bell came from the mountain peaks and ravines!
Li Qiao traveled to Taimur Mountain, saw the wonderful scene of the mountains protecting the wilderness, the wind and the dust, the hidden water of the jade spring, and the undercurrent of the golden sand, and when he came back, he saw that the emperor's bamboo palace was shrouded in auspicious light!
The ninth day is the Great Cold Solar Term, on this day Wu Cao wore a big crown and led the honor guard and hundreds of civil and military officials to the altar. Wu Cao ascended the altar to worship Haotian God, with the ancestor Li Ji Wenmu Emperor, Taizu Supreme Filial Piety Ming Gao Emperor to enjoy, after the sacrifice, personally sealed the jade book, placed in the stone box, and then sent the stone box to the altar, put on the firewood.
Taichang musicians play the Six Variations of Cantonese Music, symbolizing the changes of the Smoke and the well-being of the stars in the scenery to welcome the arrival of the gods! The sacrificial vessels on the altar are made of pottery, stools and other simple items, and they are paved with stubble and straw, demonstrating the eternal virtues of thrift and thrift!
The ceremonial officer lit the firewood of the altar, and the flame rose, shining on the quicksand and the sea, and the smoke rose and soared into the nine heavens! The jade book in the stone box turned into a wisp of green smoke and was delivered to the hands of the god Haotian.
After the sacrifice to the heavens, Wu Cao returned to Songyang Guanxing Palace to rest.
On the morning of the next day, Luan Yu stopped at the gate of Xiaoyao Valley, and Wu Cao got off the car to admire the word "Xianyou" on the door of Li Zhi's imperial book, and felt very happy. Then ascend to the jade court, carried by the husband, guided by the ring arch of the guard, up the stone steps.
After the Longtang Guanhou Garden, there is an antique mountain gate again, and the forehead of the door is the word "seeking the truth" of Li Zhi's imperial book.
Wu Cao thought secretly: Jiulang, the concubine has come to complete our unfinished business, are you okay under Jiuquan?
At this time, the cold wind was howling, and the pine trees, green bamboos, plums, willows, maple poplars, and hemlocks on the mountains swayed and sounded: I am good, I am good! Wu Cao nodded and said, "Hello, the concubine is relieved!" ”
Yuyu went through a long stone staircase and arrived at the old mother's cave. This cave is the place where the Taoist priest Pan Shi of Maoshan is practicing in seclusion, and later enshrined the old mother of Wuji.
Wu Cao went into the cave to burn incense for Wuji's mother and asked her to bless all the best. The two sides outside the door of the cave are engraved with a couplet "Junji Peak Songyang Resort, Guling Mountain Golden Pot Cave Heaven".
Yuyu continued to ascend, walked through the Xiaoyao Pavilion, and went to the Junji Palace to rest temporarily. Princess Taiping was very surprised to see the rocky landscapes such as Cloud City and Stone Boat, and pointed it out to A-Niang.
Wu Cao said: "This kind of folded landform is very rare, it was created when the heavens built mountains!" ”
Yuyu continued along the stone steps and stopped at the Zhongyue Palace. The palace is located next to a steep stone cliff, with red bricks and blue tiles, a deep courtyard with high walls, and an alchemy pool and centering stones next to it.
Wu Cao, Wu Lun and other people who participated in the ceremony of sealing the heavens rested here to prepare for tomorrow's ceremony of sealing Zen. Guards, guards, guards and other guards stand guard in shifts.
On the 11th, Wu Cao got up, changed into tiger skin boots, climbed the ladder in front of the left and right guards, bypassed the eighteen kuma, crossed the rugged cliffs, walked out of the smoky dangerous road, and arrived at the mouth of the Three Emperors.
After a short rest at the mouth of the Three Emperors, Wu Cao stood on the roadside high ground and looked around, faintly visible Shaomu Mountain in the west, there was a glazed temple on the peak in front, and there were several red flags fluttering on the peak.
Wu Sansi pointed and said: "Long live, the glazed temple is a temple dedicated to the Jade Emperor, and the place where the red flag flutters is the Dengfeng Altar!" ”
Wu Cao was in high spirits when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Let's reach the top, ministers, come on, go to the top in one go!" ”
Under the inspiration of Wu Cao, the prince and the prince climbed bravely, walked along the ridge, and arrived at the Tianye Temple in a while. Continue to move forward, pass by Nuwa Temple, and arrive at the place where the red flag is displayed - Dengfeng Altar!
Wu Cao stands on the top of the extreme peak of Taimur Mountain, looking into the distance. Under the morning light, the mountains are undulating, and the Shaomuro Mountain is towering, and the Kei Mountain to the south looms. The feather festival on the mountain is high, pointing directly to the time of the bird star, the long forest and ancient trees under the mountain are lush and green, overlooking the residence, the building view and the characters are as small as ants!
Wu Chengsi said on the side: "Long live, this place is above the clouds, raise your hand to touch the sky, you can't reach it unless you insert your wings!" Wu Cao was noncommittal, just recalling the scene of walking on the top of Mount Tai with Li Zhi thirty years ago!
Chenshi, Wu Cao sealed the jade on the altar of the peak of the mountain, the jade book of God was placed in the jade box, and the jade book of the emperor was placed in the gold box, all of which were wrapped with gold ropes for five times, sealed with gold clay, covered with jade seals, hidden in the stone box, and sealed and buried with five-colored soil. With this ceremony, he reported to Haotian God and Emperor Pei that he had contributed to the peace of the world, and made a wish!
It's a pity that "Songshan Jade Text" has not been handed down like "Taishan Jade Text", so Wu Cao's wish to God is unknown!
Next, the emperor's heir Wu Lun is the second offering, and the Liang Wang Wu Sansi is the final offering.
The courtiers who watched the ceremony wandered in the smoke on the top of the mountain and melancholy the past, sometimes concentrating on the nine heavens, sometimes wandering on the table of the eight Hong, waiting for the results of the exchange between the emperor and the great spirit.
After the completion of the ceremony, Wu Cao announced an amnesty on the altar of Dengfeng according to the results of the exchange with Daling, and changed the yuan to the first year of the first year of the Dengfeng, and the ninth day of the great drunkenness. This is different from the past, Mount Tai Feng Zen was at the pilgrimage altar to accept the courtiers to congratulate, only to announce the amnesty of the Yuan Yuan.
For a while, the joy was thunderous, the heroes applauded and danced, and the rumbling sound of long live echoed in the valley, endlessly, with Zhongyue as the center to the surrounding surroundings, and spread to the four seas.
Wu Chengsi pointed to a big mistletoe tree in the south of Dengfeng Altar and said, "Long live, put a golden rooster on the treetop of this tree and let it crow, maybe you can make Hanyin reach the sky!" ”
Wu Cao was overjoyed when he heard this: "The rooster crows all over the sky? Wow, let the golden rooster report to heaven that my enthronement has become a feat! Qing's idea is wonderful! Haha......"
So Pai Tai Changqing chose a big rooster that loved to crow and put it on the treetop of the mistletoe tree and let it crow. It's also strange to say that the big rooster stands on the treetops and does not fly or jump, but keeps crowing, which seems to be deeply understood!
Wu Cao named this big rooster that passed on from generation to generation as the general of the golden rooster, and gave the big mistletoe tree as the golden rooster tree.
Subsequently, Wu Cao led the ministers to return along the original road, and everyone danced and danced together, walked down the Taimur Mountain, and returned to the palace to stay overnight.
On the 14th, Luan Yu came to Wanyanggang in Shaomu Mountain, Wu Cao ascended the altar to worship the emperor under the guidance of Shang Palace, and acted in accordance with the etiquette of Fangqiu sacrifice, so as to stand up to Empress Wenmu and Empress Gao of Supreme Filial Piety.
The Yulin army held a spear and stood at the foot of the mountain. Shang Yi drank wine, Si Xiang held the bean stick, Si Le played the success of the celebration of good music, palm music and singing. Wu Cao holds the Guizhang jade spoon in his hand and scoops up the tulip wine, pours it into the ground, and reaches the Yellow Spring to worship the emperor and the earth, and gathers the five-colored soil to seal and bury the jade book of the Zen land.
At the end of the first dedication, the deacons withdrew. Then the princess of Taiping was the sub-offering, and the lady of Zhou Guo was the final offering. During the salute, the golden crow surrounds the halo, thousands of cranes fly, the purple gas rises, the yellow mist is filled, and the auspicious clouds shroud Shaomu Mountain!
After the Zen ceremony, Luan Yu returned to Songyang Guanxing Palace and rested for a day the next day.
On the 16th, Wu Cao accepted the congratulations of the ministers and envoys of various countries at the pilgrimage altar in front of the palace, and announced that Songyang County would be changed to Dengfeng County, and Yangcheng County would be Xucheng County.
Then a banquet was held to drink and enjoy with the civil and military officials and the chieftains of the four yi.
The Dengfeng Zen Ceremony is completed, the merit is magnificent, and the ceremony is celebrated! Haotian God knew Wu Cao's magnificent deeds, blessed the people of Li under her rule, and the reputation of the Emperor of the Golden Wheel Holy Spirit of the Book of Heaven resounded throughout the five mountains, filling the magnificent universe!
Wu Cao with excitement, personally created the "Great Zhou Shengzhong Chronicle Tablet" text, written by Wu Lun, carved tablet standing in the southeast corner of the Junji Peak Dengfeng Altar, the back of the tablet by Zhong Shaojing bachelor writing, very exquisite.
In order to commemorate the grand occasion of Zhongyue's enshrinement of Zen, she ordered talented scholars to write articles and erect monuments to pass on to future generations!
Fengge Sheren Li Qiao Fengyi wrote "Da Zhou Feng Zhongyue Tablet", written by Fengge Sheren Xue Ji, and erected the monument in the southwest corner of Dengfeng Altar. Li Qiao also created the "Great Zhou Descending Zen Monument", which was erected next to the Zen altar.
Liang Wangwu Sansi Feng Yi wrote the "Great Zhou Sealing Altar Tablet", which was written by Xue Yao, a doctor of Chaosan, and erected a monument in the east of the altar. He also ordered the writer Zuolang Cui Rong to write the "Hajj Altar Monument" and erect the monument at the side of the Hajj Altar.
Then drive back to the palace. Wu Cao was wearing a wing good crown suit, riding on the golden chariot Xihuan, and the palace maids who played Zhai tail fan and canopy behind him, as well as the main chariot and the palace maid of Zhanghan, were all wearing round-necked robes and jackets, sara heads, male and female were difficult to distinguish, very handsome, and looked like the sons of a group of rich people from a distance!
On the 20th, Luan Yu returned to Luoyang Ziwei Palace, Wu Cao personally visited the Taimiao, and the musicians played the music of the Great Zhou Xiangxian Temple, reporting to the ancestors the great achievements of the world and the ability in the domain, so that the ancestors could also enjoy the joy!
A month later, Wu Cao was blessed by the god of Zhongyue when he recited the Zen ceremony, and honored the king of Shenyue Tianzhong as the emperor of Shenyue Tianzhong, the concubine Lingzhong as the queen of Tianzhong, and crowned Xia Qi as the emperor of Qi Sheng, the mother god of Qi as the Empress Dowager of Yujing, the aunt of the young room as Mrs. Jinque, and the prince Jin as the prince of Shengxian, don't build a temple.