Chapter 14: The History of Prayer for the Country

The brother and sister chatted a few more words, and Ye Chuqing hurriedly pulled the topic to Master Yikong of Tianjue Temple: "Brother, I heard my father say that you stayed in Tianjue Temple, do you know Master Yikong?" ”

Ye Chuyang looked at Ye Chuqing and asked with a smile: "You asked Master Yikong, is it for him to give you an order?" ”

Ye Chuqing stretched out her hand and scratched her head, and said with a smile: "It's okay!" I'm just curious, is that master of the sky really that powerful? ”

Ye Chuyang nodded and said, "Naturally! The ability of the master of Ichikong, there is no doubt about it! Whether it is medical astrology, divination, Qimen Dunjia, five elements gossip, all the masters of the emptiness are all knowledgeable. Master Yikong's prophecy has never been disappointed, so Master Yikong is the same existence as a living Buddha in our country. ”

"Living Buddha!" Ye Chuqing remembered Jigong's matter again, and shook his head with a smile: "I just don't know if I can see each other!" ”

Looking at her with a regretful look, Ye Chuyang comforted: "It's okay, Master Yikong will come to Beijing soon!" ”

"Really?" Ye Chuqing suddenly became excited: "When?" ”

Ye Chuyang looked at her excited appearance and couldn't help but smile: "Of course it's true, I stayed in Tianjue Temple this time, and Master Yikong said it himself." On the National Holy Day, Master Yikong will personally come to the capital to pray for the blessing of the country! ”

"National Holy Day?" Why is it this festival again? I've heard it twice a day today. "When is National Saint Day? Isn't it the birthday of the lord of the country? ”

Ye Chuyang looked at Ye Chuqing in surprise: "Girl, why don't you even remember this?" Then he didn't wait for Ye Chuqing to make up nonsense to explain, and said: "The National Holy Day is the day to pray for the official establishment of the country!" The birthday of the lord of the kingdom is Halloween, which is on the 10th day of the fifth month. And the National Saint Day is on the twenty-fifth day of the winter month, which is only two months away! ”

"Oh!" Ye Chuqing nodded suddenly: "It's the National Day!" ”

"National Day?" At this time, Chu Yang didn't understand: "What is the National Day?" ”

"Uh......" Ye Chuqing was stunned, and then replied: "National Saint Day, it is a day for the whole country to celebrate, isn't it the National Day!" ”

Ye Chuyang smiled and nodded: "Well, it's the same!" ”

Ye Chuqing muttered to herself: "So, you can see Master Yikong on National Holy Day?" Hey! She couldn't help but laugh to herself.

Who would have thought that Ye Chuyang's next sentence completely extinguished the flame of her excitement: "Master Yikong on the National Holy Day will enter the palace directly." ”

Ye Chuqing's face was bitter all of a sudden. Directly into the palace? Isn't that just not going to be seen? She can't leave the house, let alone enter the palace. Alas! What to do?

After thinking about it, she turned her hope to Brother Cheap: "Brother, you have to find a way to help me!" ”

I thought it would take a while to speak, but who would have thought that Ye Chuyang would agree to be refreshing: "Okay!" ”

Just do it? Ye Chuqing frowned and looked at Ye Chuyang, a little puzzled, and a little expectant. In the end, how will he help?

"This time, I asked Master Yikong to divinate for you again, and found that your fateful death has passed, and you can live a normal life in the future. Not only can you enter the palace to participate in the palace banquet on the National Holy Day, but also your identity will be made public from now on, and you can appear in the palace at palace banquets such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival. Ye Chuyang threw out a powerful news, which almost made Ye Chuqing jump.

"But......" Ye Chuyang changed his words and said: "Master Yikong also said, if you don't come out, you will survive the age of sixteen, and your life will be happy and worry-free." However, although this death has passed, it also leaves problems. In the future, you will have many ups and downs in this life, although there is no worry about your life, but there are also many tribulations. ”

A lot of bumps? Constant tribulation? Ye Chuqing frowned and pondered. It stands to reason that she is just a soul from another world who has been reborn, which violates the laws of nature and belongs to another species. In this way, the sequelae of some ordeals are understandable! After all, God has to charge some interest, right? How can you let her live two lives in vain?

After figuring it out, Ye Chuqing's mood suddenly improved. Anyway, this life is earned for nothing, what are you afraid of if it's a bit of a tribulation? As long as she is allowed to live as she wants, she can live as long as she wants, so why bother with those things that have not yet been seen? She thinks that she doesn't have the habit of being mediocre, how happy she is, and living the moment is the most important thing.

Thinking about it, Ye Chuqing smiled slightly, raised her head and saw Ye Chuyang frowning and looking sad, it seemed that she was worried about her future tribulations, right? This cheap brother is really good to his sister!

In her previous life, Ye Chuqing was the eldest in the family, and she was very envious of others who had been wronged and had a brother, and she dreamed that she could have her brother like others. I didn't expect to wear it once, and I picked up such a handsome and reliable cheap brother, is this God's compensation for her last life?

Seeing that Brother Cheap was genuinely worried about his sister, Ye Chuqing couldn't bear it, so he changed the topic: "Brother, you said that the National Holy Day is a day to pray for the founding of the country, that is, it has been circulated for a long time?" How did the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival come down? Tell me about it! ”

For the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, Ye Chuqing is very familiar. It is a traditional festival in China for thousands of years. But this place ...... Ye Chuqing was sure that there was no such personal place in his memory in his previous life, and there was no such country as Qiguo. Although she is not proficient in the 5,000 years of China, she still knows the general history. In ancient China, there was no such thing as praying for the country.

Therefore, Ye Chuqing is sure that she is in an alternate era. Could it be that this is the so-called parallel space? Could it be that there are also countries in this space whose historical development is very similar to China's?

However, she found that the language and writing festivals here, and even she saw a lot of Tang and Song poems and poetry and other literary works in the study that were exactly the same as those of China, and there were even masterpieces by Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, and even more four major inventions. Could it be that these literati came here after they died?

The more Ye Chuqing thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. After all, no matter how similar the history of this country is to the history of China, it can't be exactly the same, right? Even those celebrities and their works are exactly the same?

For this conjecture, the more Ye Chuqing thought about it, the more excited she became! If this is true, then it is not considered a foreign acquaintance!

Ye Chuyang didn't know that the sister in front of him had thought so much. After just organizing it a little, he told her: "It has been 600 years since we prayed for the founding of the country. Legend has it that 600 years ago, the former dynasty weakened and was annexed by several neighboring countries. Later, a young man rose up and called on patriots and righteous people to recover the territory and rebuild the motherland. This young man is the founding emperor of the country that we prayed for later, Emperor Yong'an. Emperor Yong'an led all the heroes to fight bravely, and soon recovered many cities, and more and more people came to join the army, and the ranks of the restored army grew stronger and stronger. After twenty-three years, Emperor Yong'an finally recovered all his territory. On the twenty-fifth day of the winter month of the same year, Emperor Yong'an led his ministers to worship the heavens and tell his ancestors, officially established a new dynasty, changed his name to pray for the country, ascended the throne as the emperor, and called himself Emperor Yong'an! As for festivals such as the Spring Festival, they were advocated by the national teacher, and they were quickly recognized by the people of the whole country, and they were passed down in this way. ”

"National teacher?" Ye Chuqing's eyes lit up, and she was even more excited: "Who is the national teacher?" How did he advocate it? "Could it be that the national teacher is also his predecessor?

Ye Chuyang continued: "No one knows what the name of the national teacher is, but it is said that at the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Yong'an specially searched for the talented people he found in order to rectify the country. After the national teacher returned to the dynasty with Emperor Yong'an, he was immediately appointed as a national teacher, helping Emperor Yong'an to formulate laws, improve the language, promote festivals, establish the imperial examination system, abolish bamboo board lettering, vigorously promote the use of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and also handed down papermaking and * manufacturing, so that the literary and military aspects of praying for the country are unprecedentedly grand. In addition, the national teacher personally taught silkworm reeling, weaving silk, opening kilns to burn porcelain, developing dance music, using tea, planting vegetables, fruits and crops, and exploring mining veins. In short, the national teacher has changed everything we pray for in the country. Nowadays, among the four major countries, only the country of prayer is unprecedentedly strong, and other countries have frequent business and trade exchanges with our country, silk, porcelain, tea, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and rare vegetables and fruits are in short supply. ”

"Really?" The more Ye Chuqing listened, the more excited he became: "He changed everything?" ”

Ye Chuyang shook his head and said, "Not really! According to historical records, the national teacher suggested that Emperor Yong'an change the pattern of the harem, ordered a triennial draft to fill the harem, and recruited good sons into the palace as maids, so as to achieve 3,000 beauties in the harem and demonstrate the prestige of the heavenly family. However, Emperor Yong'an did not adopt it. Emperor Yong'an felt that there were too many harem women who were prone to trouble, so he only set up twelve concubines in the harem. Polygamy is also practiced among the people. For women, Emperor Yong'an adopted the advice of the national teacher, issued books such as "Women's Rules", "Women's Commandments" and "Women's Training" to educate women, and constrained women's words and deeds with three obedience and four virtues. ”

"Humph!" Ye Chuqing was a little unhappy when she heard this, so she snorted coldly: "This bullshit national teacher actually brought the three virtues and four virtues here to harm the women here!" ”

At this moment, Ye Chuqing can basically determine that this national teacher is from China like herself. As for whether it is from ancient China or modern China......

Ye Chuqing thought for a while and asked, "Where did the national teacher come from?" ”

Ye Chuyang frowned and shook his head: "This, there is no exact record in the annals. However, I heard that in the "Quotations of the National Teacher" that has been handed down, the national teacher once mentioned a place called the Great Song Dynasty, and no one has found a place called the Great Song Dynasty so far, and some people speculate that it may be a hidden race, or a country that has disappeared. ”

"Great Song?" Ye Chuqing stood up in surprise and shouted, "Wow! O ancestors! ”