Chapter 106: Sacrifice to Erlang God
But not everything is smooth sailing, Yang Yi returned to Hanzhong County and lived in peace for a month, no longer having to go out to patrol various places, but he met Tiangong who was not beautiful.
At the end of April, it rained several times in various counties of Liangzhou.
This rain may not only be unrelated when it falls at another time, but it is a happy event, but when the grain is about to ripen, it is very easy to cause losses.
Moreover, at this time, official roads are still being built in various parts of the northern border, and under the heavy rain, it is difficult to continue the project, mainly because of the people recruited from all over the country, and the continuous heavy rain will not work for a few days to rest for a few days, and the progress of the project will naturally be slow.
Although the heavy rain is slightly weaker after it reaches Shudi, the form is still severe.
"Your Majesty, there has been frequent rainfall in recent days, and there is no major event in Shuzhong, but in the counties of Liangzhou, the water conservancy facilities are in disrepair, and I am afraid of ......"
In the Great Dynasty, Chen Shou, a scholar of Hanlin, held the documents submitted by the officials below, and talked about them one by one, and when he talked about the hidden dangers of flooding in the counties of Liangzhou, Yang Yi frowned.
There is no discussion upwards, nothing more than clichΓ©s; After the court, the Hanlin scholars discussed matters collectively.
"It's been raining for too long." Standing up in front of the window, looking at the rain curtain outside, I only felt that the humidity was blowing on my face and diffuse.
"Chen Shou, what do you think can be done to ensure that the harvest of the counties in Liangzhou is not affected?" Yang Yi turned his head and looked at the person he had been very important recently.
But I was thinking about a problem in my heart, that is, the amount of the household servant Li Huan, this harvest was good, Yan Han was popular, and Li Huan could also take advantage of the situation to break through the fate, but before I saw it, everything was good, why is it coming to the end now, but this one is coming out again?
It seems that this is the bad thing of not having enough lives!
Of course, if the water conservancy measures are good, it is like Shudi, with the foundation laid by Li Bing and his son, it is heavy rain, but it is not a big problem.
Li Huan seems to have reached the limit, Yang Yi is a little pity, I am afraid that he will have to raise his hope for ten years, and this person may be able to break through the limit of his life.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Shou reluctantly proposed a solution at this time: "Your Majesty, it is better to sacrifice Erlang once in Hanshui and pray for Erlang's blessing!" β
"Sacrifice to Erlang God once?" Yang Yi turned around and stared at Chen Shou for a moment, then said, "You made this suggestion?" β
"Yes, Li Shilang is already very rigorous in doing things, all the counties can do it, Li Shilang does things, presumably His Majesty is very familiar with it, and the work that can be done must have been done, and now the minister can think of the only way, if His Majesty thinks that this proposal is really ridiculous, then the minister is talking nonsense......" Chen Shou said calmly.
"No, you're very good." Yang Yi intercepted what he wanted to say, and said with a sigh: "This method, just try it!" β
With Li Huan's ability and Yang Yi's attention, all the counties in Liangzhou, what manpower can do, must have been done.
This rain from heaven is beyond the control of man.
However, in this world, this rain interference is the only barely feasible range in this world at this time, and the reason is very simple, the water vapor and cloud qi are meager, so they can be interfered by foreign forces.
The main thing is this world, the luck of the fate bet is not enough, and the evolution has not reached the upper limit, otherwise, Yang Yi, as the Emperor of Mount Tai, even if this line of clouds and rain is not a priesthood, if you want to interfere, it is enough to try.
But even so, there should be some strange powers in this world, and this full-time god can try it if he has this kind of power or not.
"Chen Shou, this matter will be entrusted to you, and you will supervise the sacrifice." Yang Yi thought for a while and said, "Let it stop raining in the near future to harvest grain." β
"No." Early the next morning, a carriage, escorted by several soldiers, set off from Hanzhong County to the bank of the Han River and choose a place to build a temple.
At the post station of Hanshui Wharf, Li Huan was also there at this time, but he came to measure the rainwater.
At this time, the raindrops kept falling in the wind, big or small, and when they were small, they fell on the face, and the cool silk was very useful, but when they were big, they crackled and hit the eaves and stones.
The willow trees on the shore stretch their branches and leaves wantonly in the rain.
At this time, Li Huanzheng and some small officials sighed at the rain.
"Envoy, it has been raining for five days this time, and if it rains for a few more days, I'm afraid that there will be problems with this year's harvest." The little official sighed and said.
Li Huan looked at the rain, couldn't see his expression, and asked, "Is the river beach embankment reinforced?" β
"It's been reinforced several times, and you've seen it yourself, and nothing will happen." The little official said.
Li Huan asked again: "Have all the houses of the Han people in the county been inspected?" β
"Every house has sent someone to check, with His Majesty's grace, the Ministry of Industry has sent craftsmen to build it, and it will not be a problem if it lives for three or five years."
At this time, the houses of the poor families were mostly thatched houses, and now Yang Yi ordered craftsmen to burn bricks and tiles, build the foundation of the city, and ordered craftsmen to repair the houses of poor families, of course, the bricks and tiles will not be used, because Yan Han is not rich now.
Li Huan turned around and walked back, without looking back: "That's it, it's enough, it's not raining this day, but it's not you and me." β
In fact, Li Huan also felt in his heart, this is his lack of luck, after this time, he is afraid that he will be belittled, and his heart is slightly desolate.
"Envoy, there is one more matter, the lower official wants to report to you." After taking a few steps, the voice of the little official came from behind again.
"Oh? What's the matter? Li Huan turned around and looked at the young man who was approaching him.
"Envoy, because of the heavy rain, there are some slight cracks in the old city wall of the county town, and I am afraid that it may collapse." The little official recalled and said.
Hearing this, Li Huan's eyes widened: "Is this true?" β
Seeing that Li Huan's expression was so serious, the young official became more and more serious: "The lower officials really see it, and there will be no mistake." β
"If that's what you say...... Very good, you reminded you of this in a timely manner. Li Huan looked up to the sky, took a few cool raindrops, and sighed: "If something really goes wrong and collapses, I'm afraid that it's not just as simple as killing and injuring a few people, I'm afraid that even Your Majesty will also cause people to criticize, so I'll order someone to check it." β
As he spoke, Li Huan walked out quickly.
The little official stayed in place for a moment, then he also figured it out, and at the same time suddenly realized, he chased after him.
"Envoy, do you mean that if the city wall collapses and kills and injures people, someone will use this matter to attack Your Majesty?" The young man followed and asked.
Li Huan didn't pause, but affirmed his thoughts, and said as he walked: "You're right, this matter is really wrong, it's not big, it's not small, if you wait for a few years, Your Majesty's foundation is solid, this is nothing, if it's a sunny day, it's not a matter if we take the initiative to push it." β
"Now, it is enough to spread false rumors to confuse the world, although I do not believe such rumors, but the people are so stupid that they cannot let this happen, but I am negligent, and only care about looking at the embankment, if you had not mentioned it, I would not have known that there was such a thing."
"Envoy, you are busy with official business, how can you take care of such trivial matters."
"No, this matter, it is indeed my negligence, I know at this time, it is not too late, I will order someone to repair it as a precaution!" Li Huan has always been cautious in doing things, and he will never put things off until the next day, and at this time, he will immediately send someone to supervise the matter.
I just left the dock and was about to go to the old city wall to have a look, when I saw the history of Liangzhou, and Hanzhong County was there with people to abide by the law.
"Brother Li Xian also got the news?"
Fa Sui didn't care about this little thing, the old city walls in Hanzhong were going to be demolished, and now the bricks and mud are burned well, and the city can be expanded.
Hanzhong County is not an important town, so it was not built in the past, and in the next few years, it can be predicted that Hanzhong County is where the emperor is located, which will definitely attract scholars and merchants to come here, plus the residence of civil and military officials, it is no longer enough.
He also knew that the collapse of the city wall at this time was not a good omen, so he ordered someone to maintain it at this time.
"Dharma Envoy, Master Chen is looking for you."
"Then here, I'll ask Brother Li Xian to take care of one or two."
Li Huan was arrested by the law and supervised the construction here.
"Master Chen? How did you come to me? β
After returning from the scene, even though there was a carriage to travel, and his clothes were already wet, Fa Sui came directly to the side hall.
"Envoy of the Law, what are you ...... Just got back from outside? Looking at the person in front of him, seeing that there was water dripping on the ground, Chen Shou was a little surprised, Fa Sui was actually very important to Yang Yi, of course, there are reasons after Zhongliang, if it weren't for the fact that the state pastoral system was no longer implemented, this Liang Zhou Mu might be Fa Sui.
It is said that Fasui is likely to be mentioned to Shangshu Province, as for whether it is Shangshu servant shooting or Shangshu order, it is not known.
However, Chen Shou was by the emperor's side, in contact with secrets, and was accustomed to hiding his emotions, and returned to normal in a moment: "Don't change into dry clothes? β
"I had this plan, but when I heard that Master Chen was coming, I came here first." Fa Sui said: "I wonder what will the scholar brought to His Majesty? β
Chen Shou laughed and said: "The envoy is really a real person, but the matter of a certain accusation, although it is urgent, a tea time can still wait, so that the gentleman is so wet and indecent, it is better to change dry clothes first, and wait here." β
The two talked about official positions, Chen Shou is now a bachelor of Hanlin in the fifth grade, but Yu Lu is 1,200 stones, and Fa Sui is the history of Liangzhou Thorn, and the Taishou of Hanzhong County is the fourth grade, and Yu Lu is 2,000 stones, but because Chen Shou is in a confidential position, he is not called an official.
Fa Sui listened, did not object, arched his hand, and said: "Since this is the case, then please wait for a while, and so-and-so will come back soon." β
Fa then changed into dry clothes and returned to the main hall, and Chen Shou drank a cup of tea.
"Envoy, tell you directly, this time His Majesty sent a certain person, related to the construction of a temple, this continuous rain, I am afraid that it will affect the harvest, Your Majesty ordered a certain to come, is to build a temple of Erlang in Hanshui, sacrifice Erlang, ask for his protection, so that the rain is suspended." Chen Shou said about this sacrifice.
"Is this an order from Your Majesty?" Fa Sui asked again, but without waiting for Li Huan to answer, he said directly:
"Since it is Your Majesty's order, I will order someone to build it overnight, and the day after tomorrow, I will ask Your Majesty to hold a sacrifice in Erlang Temple, I hope it can be effective!" Sighing, Fa Sui said so.
"Since the envoy does not object, he will assist him and contribute to this sacrifice." Chen Shou said with a smile.
Fa Sui nodded, this thing should be fast, and there can be no accident, so he ordered someone to invite a Taoist priest to rebuild, choose a location, and summoned the officials of the Ministry of Industry to make graphics, and summoned hundreds of people and craftsmen overnight, pulled up the curtain, slightly covered the rain, and began to build.
Not to mention that this matter was arranged by Yang Yi, it is not a big deal, it doesn't cost much, it just takes some energy, if it really works, it will benefit the people.
Just one day and two nights later, this hastily built Erlang Temple was built, and the sacrificial activities were held in a hurry.
It is said to be hasty, but in fact the preparation is very careful.
There are Liangzhou Thorn History Law Sui and Hanlin Bachelor Chen Shou here to supervise, a lot of trivial matters, done very properly, the ground is in a hurry, but also paved with green bricks, originally prepared to build the city wall, but this small temple, not much.
The ceremony was also very thorough, on that day, the temple was cleaned and tidy, and in addition to the officials who participated in the sacrifice, there were also spontaneous onlookers.
Even heavy rain could not dampen their enthusiasm for such activities.
When Fa Sui led people into the Dragon Maiden Temple, the temple was already full of smoke, and three coarse incense sticks were immediately lit and inserted into the incense burner.
In front of the statue of Erlang, on the long incense case, there are offerings, and the offerings are fruits, grains, rice wine, fruit wine, etc., and there are no bloody things such as chickens and pigs.
Fa Sui, as the parent official here, led the local officials to worship and make a wish to the god Erlang after reciting a sacrificial word.
Yang Yi was just waiting in the palace at this time, but this Erlang Temple was nominated by her personally.
Unlike ordinary people who made wishes, when these officials sacrificed together, they had a strong wish power and floated towards the idol in front of them.
These wishes and luck converged in one place, and they were directly submerged in the idol.
At this time, the Taoist priests who were waiting on the side rebuilt Chong'an, but they were all shocked, in Hanzhong County, Zhuge Guo, who was sitting idly in the house, suddenly pushed open the door at this time, and when he got outside, the rain gradually stopped.
In Jishui County, after reciting the vow, the officials got up and were about to say something, when a commotion suddenly sounded outside, and the sound became louder and louder.
"What's going on?" At this time, the Fa Sui finished the prayer, frowned, and asked left and right.
At this time, a small official ran in from outside, with a happy face, and when he came in, he said to Fa Sui: "Envoy, it is really the blessing of Erlang God, the rain has stopped!" β
"The rain has stopped?" This really surprised Fa Sui, when he came in, it was raining outside, and the sky was gloomy, as if it would rain for a few more days, it would not be a problem, how could it suddenly stop?
When I walked out of the temple and looked up, I saw that the dark clouds in the sky had begun to disperse, the sky was blue, the ground was wet, but no rain had fallen.
After a while, the sun came out and the sun shone down.
The people were cheering, and this could only be explained by miracles.
"I really didn't expect that this Erlang God would be so amazing." Someone behind Fa Sui said that when he turned around, he saw that it was Chen Shou who walked out of the temple with a face as usual.
In fact, Chen Shou was also amazed at this matter in his heart, but he refused to show his emotions in front of outsiders.
Fa Sui did not take the words, but no matter what, with this matter, the local people's confidence in Erlang God has increased greatly, and some large households even took the initiative to donate money and materials, willing to rebuild Erlang Temple.
Erlang temples around the country are also full of incense, and at this time, April has passed, and May has arrived.
The harvest of the counties is also approaching; In a void space, a god general with his eyes closed only raised his hand slightly, and there was no movement.