Since ancient times, Mount Tai has been given too much mythological color by China, and even regarded as "straight to the emperor's throne" paradise by the ancients, which is also the main reason why the emperors of all dynasties have rushed to Mount Tai to seal Zen, and today Mount Tai finally ushered in a great emperor, that is, His Majesty Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

After Li Shimin and his entourage left Chang'an, they went all the way east through Luoyang and other places, and finally arrived at the foot of Mount Tai smoothly, perhaps because of the fiasco of Tubo before, this road was also very calm, Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks, who had the most strength to cause chaos in the Tang Dynasty, were stared at by the Tang army, and did not dare to move, and other small countries did not have the strength to do things, which finally made Li Shimin fulfill his wish to seal Zen.

"Confucius climbed the East Mountain and Xiaolu, climbed Mount Tai and the world. When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name! At the foot of Mount Tai, Li Shimin immediately stopped on a mountain rock, looked up at the towering Mount Tai in front of him and sighed, only to see the peaks of Mount Tai cascading, the red white rocks and verdant vegetation are mixed in, even if the mountain has not been climbed, it has already made people feel relaxed and happy.

Li Xiu also stood behind Li Shimin, at this time he was looking at Mount Tai in front of him, although he knew that the altitude of Mount Tai was not very high, it seemed to be only more than 1,500 meters, but it did not prevent the name of the first mountain in the world, and even stood at the foot of Mount Tai, in order to truly feel the meaning of the word "high mountain Yangzhi", this is mainly because Mount Tai is the highest point of the entire Qilu Plain, when standing on the top of the mountain, the entire Qilu land is unobstructed, so there is the phrase "climb Mount Tai and the small world".

Not only Li Shimin and Li Xiu are looking at Mount Tai, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling and others next to them are also looking up at this mountain, known as the head of the five mountains, since Qin Shi Huang, almost all dynasties have emperors come to Mount Tai to seal Zen, and Feng Zen not only has important significance for the emperor, but also has important significance for them as courtiers.

For example, if they can climb to the top of the mountain with Li Shimin to worship the sky, it will also be a supreme glory for them, but every time the emperor sacrifices to the sky, he will only bring a small number of ministers, like Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji, naturally do not worry, and the rest depends on their status in Li Shimin's heart, so on the way here, these people began to hold back their strength, and when they arrived at Mount Tai, they couldn't help but be a little apprehensive.

"Your Majesty, although the scenery of Mount Tai is beautiful, but we have to go until Liangfu Mountain today, it is not early now, should we also hurry?" But at this moment, I suddenly saw Wei Zheng step forward and remind, maybe Feng Chan was about to be sealed, and Wei Zheng also knew that Li Shimin was excited now, so the tone of his voice was not as blunt as before.

Hearing Wei Zheng's reminder, Li Shimin came to his senses, and he laughed at the moment, and then led the team to the direction of Liangfu Mountain.

Feng Zen is divided into two steps, one is to sacrifice the ground, the other is to sacrifice to the sky, the sacrifice to the sky is naturally to climb to the top of Mount Tai, but the sacrifice is not in Mount Tai, but in the nearby Liangfu Mountain, that is, the Liangfu Mountain that Zhuge Liang likes "Liang Father Yin".

Speaking of the rule of the Liangfu Mountain sacrifice land, there is also a story, because when Qin Shi Huang sealed Zen, he summoned more than 70 Confucian students in the land of Qilu to discuss the etiquette of sealing Zen, but these Confucian scholars were arguing, some people said that they should wrap the wheels in the grass so as not to hurt the grass and trees on the mountain, some people said that they should sweep the ground and sacrifice, lay a mat made of straw, etc., as a result, Qin Shi Huang was angry and drove all these Confucian students away, took his own car up the mountain, first went to Mount Tai to implement the sealing ceremony and sacrifice to the sky, and then to Liangfu Mountain to implement the Zen ritual sacrifice ground, This set of rituals was basically slightly changed during the Warring States period when worshipping the Emperor of Heaven.

But when he arrived at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he first went to Liangfu Mountain to carry out Zen ritual sacrifices, and then went to the top of Mount Tai to worship the sky, and also adopted the ritual of sacrificing Taiyi, and the whole ceremony was very solemn and grand. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the emperor who established the status of Confucianism, and Qin Shi Huang's reputation was not good, the emperors of later generations all adopted the rules set by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when they came to seal Zen.

Liangfu Mountain is located in the southeast direction of Mount Tai, the distance between the two is only about two hundred miles, and because of the important position of Mount Tai, so the road here is also quite developed, and there are official roads between the two mountains, so Li Shimin and his party quickly whipped, and finally arrived at Liangfu Mountain before dark, and the local officials have already prepared a place to stay, but it is also very convenient.

Liangfu Mountain is also known as Yingfu Mountain, because the emperor to Mount Tai will come to Liangfu Mountain to worship the ground, so this mountain is also known as the god of the earth, it is said that Zhuge Liang's father Zhuge once served as Liang's father's captain, and he also lived here with his father in Liangfu Mountain for a period of time, so he also has special feelings for Liangfu Mountain, and also likes "Liang's Father's Yin", of course, whether this statement is accurate is not known, but it adds to the fame of Liangfu Mountain.

After resting for a night, early the next morning, Li Xiu deliberately got up early and looked at this legendary earth god, because it was dark when he came yesterday, and he could only see the outline of a mountain, and now he finally saw the true face of this Liangfu Mountain.

Liangfu Mountain is actually very short, it is estimated that it is less than 300 meters, but the mountain is very steep and straight, it is said that there is a carved scripture stone on the top of the mountain, which carves the whole "Great Prajna Sutra", and this carved scripture stone is shaped like a giant Buddha sitting upright, so Liangfu Mountain is also called Ying Foshan, even on the east side of the mountain, there is also a large-scale Guanghua Temple, but unfortunately since Li Shimin restricted Buddhism, the world's famous temples are also greatly affected, and now the Guanghua Temple is no longer the scene of prosperity before.

The period of Feng Chan has also been carefully calculated by Si Tianjian, but Li Shimin was very anxious when he came, and he kept urging to hurry, but when Li Xiu and they arrived at Liangfu Mountain, there were still five days before the estimated date of the sacrifice, but this is not bad, at least let Li Xiu and them have time to visit the vicinity, originally Li Xiu also wanted to climb Mount Tai, but because of the matter of Feng Chan, the current Mount Tai and Liang Fu Mountain have been blocked, and no one is allowed to go up the mountain before Feng Chan, so Li Xiu can only wait until the time of Feng Chan to go up the mountain.

However, although Mount Tai and Liangfu Mountain can not be on, there are still many famous mountains and rivers around, such as Liangfu Mountain, which belongs to the southern foot of Culai Mountain, there are also many scenic peaks to the north, and there are many stone carvings and monuments left by literati and ink writers on some peaks, Li Xiu does not need to worry about the matter of sealing Zen, so when he has time, he will also go to the surrounding mountains to take a turn.

The time of four days has passed in a blink of an eye, and tomorrow is the day of the sacrifice in Liangfu Mountain, and after the preparation of the previous few days, the matter of sealing Zen is almost ready, just waiting for the day to hold the Zen ceremony, so that the eldest grandson Wuji is also idle, so he came to Li Xiu on this day, and it happened that Li Xiu did not go out, so the two of them prepared some wine and food in the courtyard and chatted while eating.

"Why didn't you persuade the princess before you came, Your Majesty strongly invited her to accompany the Zen, this is also the supreme honor, and you husband and wife participate in the Zen together, and it will be a good talk to spread it in the future." After chatting a few gossips, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly spoke.

It turned out that before leaving, Li Shimin had invited Princess Pingyang to come to Feng Zen together, because as long as the founding heroes who were still alive, almost all of them came this time, although Princess Pingyang was a woman, but at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it played a decisive role, so she was also fully qualified to participate in this ceremony, plus Li Shimin also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to reconcile with Princess Pingyang, so she was invited several times, but she was refused.

"Brother Wuji, you and Xiuning are also old acquaintances, don't you know her temperament, as long as it is a recognized thing, it is almost impossible to change, plus the ...... back then" When Li Xiu mentioned his wife, he couldn't help but sigh, but when he talked about it back then, he suddenly stopped, because it would be a little taboo to continue talking, so I saw him turn to smile and divert the topic, "Actually, I also persuaded Xiuning, but she refused to come, and I can't do anything about it." ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but sigh, he and Li Shimin grew up together, and naturally knew Princess Pingyang for a long time.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, but before I came just now, I saw that King Wei's side was so lively, I heard that many local literati and celebrities in Qilu came, and King Wei also set up a banquet to entertain him, it seems that the name of King Wei's love has also spread all over the Tang Dynasty!" At that moment, I saw that the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly shook his head, and then changed the topic and smiled, but when Li Tai was mentioned, there was also a bit of unfriendly ridicule in his tone.

"King Wei's fief was originally in the land of Qilu, and it is normal for him to be more famous here, but the seal is imminent, but he has recruited so many irrelevant people, I'm afraid the intention is not so simple." Li Xiu said indifferently at this time.

"Hehe, it's nothing more than two intentions, one is for Your Majesty to see, so that Your Majesty knows how much he is loved by scholars, and the other is for those scholars, after all, Your Majesty took him to Feng Zen but didn't bring the prince, and the message conveyed is also quite intriguing!" The eldest grandson Wuji also pointed out unceremoniously at the moment.

Hearing the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Xiu also smiled helplessly, it seems that the eldest grandson Wuji really doesn't like Li Tai, and even his words are full of disgust, and he doesn't know how Li Tai provoked him?

The last day before the closure of Zen also passed quickly, and when Li Xiu wanted to rest in the evening, he was noisy and couldn't sleep by the sound of silk and bamboo holding a banquet on Li Tai's side, but he didn't get angry, but he felt that Li Tai was really a little unwise to blatantly solicit literati and celebrities. In the end, Li Xiu simply stopped thinking about falling asleep, but thought about the matter of sealing Zen tomorrow, but ended up falling asleep instead.