The seventh episode of Huang Po's daughter-in-law
Lin Mo Niang will not only go to sea to save people and predict the heavens, but also many magical things happen. For example, Lin Mo Niang will treat people, and she is the one who can cure all diseases. When Lin Mo Niang was still in a village where there was a plague, she went to find the holy spring water to heal the people who were suffering from the plague. In order to prevent the shipwreck, Lin Mo Niang fought with the Kraken Yan many times, although he could not completely eliminate Yan Gong, but he also destroyed Yan Gong many times to hurt the fishermen. When Lin Mo Niang was eighteen years old, she saved a boatload of officers and soldiers at one time and was praised by the imperial court. When Lin Mo Niang was twenty-one years old, she suddenly said that she was going to Mount Tai with two maids, and when everyone learned about it, Lin Mo Niang had already flown to become the god of the sea. Later, Lin Mo Niang, the god of the sea, made a down payment of clairvoyance and Shunfeng Ear, and defeated the kraken Yan Gong, who was on the side of the disaster. Fishermen and merchant ships along the coast of Fujian will shout for help almost as soon as they are in danger. Lin Mo Niang will rush to save people as soon as possible. Gradually, everyone called Lin Mo Niang Mazu, and they had an official name called Posei Mazu Niangniang. Everyone is building Mazu Niangniang Temple in various places, and it is even more prosperous to the currency Dragon King Temple.
In ancient times, everyone compared the sky to the father and the earth to the mother, and Lin Mo Niang was a girl, so everyone regarded Lin Mo Niang as Mazu. There is also a local saying that everyone regards Lin Mo Niang as their sister or female elder. A child first shouted out an unprecedented name, calling Lin Mo Niang "Niang Ma", and Lin Mo Niang's temple became "Niang Ma Temple". It means that I hope that Lin Mo Niang will save the fishermen like a mother taking care of her children, and Lin Mo Niang is the female elder of all fishermen and merchant ships. Later, a scholar felt that the title of "mother" was not respectful enough for Lin Moniang, and said that "mother" and "mother" mean the same thing, so he went to "mother" to leave "mother" and add a "ancestor", so he changed "mother" to "mother". Everyone thinks that this name is better and better than the original, so they all changed the name of Lin Mo Niang to Mazu Niangniang. The local people remembered the merits of Lin Mo Niang, that is, the sea goddess Mazu, and asked the court to give Lin Mo Niang a title. The emperor at that time said in the ancient text, "The sky is the emperor, the earth is the queen, and there is no concubine." The standard of sealing the sea god Mazu Lin Mo Niang is the concubine of heaven. Since then, Lin Moniang's name has gradually been forgotten, and everyone knows that Mazu Niangniang is also called Tianfei Niangniang. The place where the statue of Mazu is enshrined is also called "Mazu Temple" or "Tianfei Palace", but everyone also habitually calls it "Niangniang Temple".
The first emperor, Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Houxi, not only believed in these gods himself, but also self-righteously sealed all the gods. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi added three titles for himself, a total of 37 characters. At the same time, some gods were also titled, Zhang Sanfeng got a three-word title, and Mazu, the god of the sea, was also sealed. However, Mazu Niangniang did not add the word, but was changed to "Queen of Heaven Niangniang" by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. Since then, Mazu has changed from "Tianfei Niangniang" to "Tianhou Niangniang", and Mazu Temple has changed from "Tianfei Palace" to "Tian**". Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi not only sealed the status of Mazu, but also asked people to write Mazu's deeds, "Ode to Mazu" is part of it. However, these good-sounding and easy-to-understand mountain songs immediately spread in the local area, replacing the original mythological ballads.
Qiu Xiaoqiu sang the story of Mazu Lin Moniang's "Holy Spring Rescue Plague" in "Ode to Mazu". The first half is about the terrible plague, and everyone is afraid to take in the villagers who are infected with the plague. Some fishermen who were afraid of death feared that the plague would burn to death the villagers who had escaped from the plague village. It was useless for the villagers to explain, and they were forced to jump off the fire by these ignorant fishermen. In the second half, it is said that Mazu Lin Mo Niang appeared, and she not only prevented everyone from forcing these villagers to death, but also promised everyone that the plague would be solved. Mazu Lin Mo Niang inquired about what could heal the victims of the plague, and later learned from the immortal who incarnated as an old man that the holy spring water could save people, so she went to the island where the holy spring was located to get water. On the island, Lin Moniang met the sea demon Yan Gong for the first time, and deceived Yan Gong with a trick and obtained the holy spring water at the same time. Lin Mo Niang was only fifteen years old at the time, and she had already saved more than 300 villagers who had been infected with the plague at once. Although Qiu Xiaoqiu is not a complete blessing for the local children, Qiu Xiaoqiu is very smart and likes to listen to these myths, so he immediately remembered and learned.
Today's Fujian everyone compares Qin Tai with Mazu Lin Mo Niang back then, and some people once wanted to build an ancestral hall for Qin Tai. After Qin Tai learned about it, he tried his best to dissuade him and told everyone not to do this. Originally, the imperial court and some officials had already targeted Qin Tai, so they wanted to seize the handle and solve Qin Tai. Qin Tai was unwilling to give the other party an excuse to deal with him, secondly, he was unwilling to be worshiped as a god by too many people, and thirdly, Qin Tai did not want to give the suspicious Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu an illusion, thinking that Qin Tai also wanted to be an immortal and replace the position of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. Qin Tai repeatedly advised everyone and told everyone about the matter, and finally got everyone's understanding. In this way, Qin Tai did not become a god on an equal footing with Mazu.
Although Qiu Xiaoqiu's song couldn't help Qin Tai, it also made Qin Tai feel some relaxation. Qin Tai thought clearly, he was a person, not Mazu Lin Mo Niang, and he couldn't solve the problem of sending so many by himself. Today's Qin Tai is not only powerless, but also in the process of fleeing for his life, his only ability is to try to deal with more cases for the yamen in various places without revealing his identity. This is also one of the main purposes for Qin Tai's group to come out, Qin Tai can only do his best.
The carriage left the west of the mountain and came to the south of the river. Henan is a large province in the Central Plains, which is not only the main grain-producing area, but also the political, economic and cultural center of the north. In the Ming Dynasty, the examinees were mainly divided into two major regions, the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces accounted for 70% of the share of the southern seven provinces, and the northern provinces of He, South and Shandong, occupied 60% of the share of the six provinces. Therefore, there are more big families in Henan than there are big Jin merchants in Shanxi, and compared to their cultivation of more than ten or twenty generations, compared to their cultivation of more than ten or twenty generations, in comparison, the big Jin merchants are like nouveau riche. All the Jin merchants in Shanxi are not afraid to see officials, they are afraid to see the children of the big families in the south of the river who are well-cultivated, and the children of the big families in the south of the river are not willing to see the descendants of the Jin merchants. The children of the Jin merchant family looked down on the children of the big families in the south of the country who had no money, but they wanted to talk about pomp and circumstance. The children of large families in Henan also looked down on the children of Jin merchants' families who spent money lavishly, saying that they were all a group of nouveau riche who did not know how to enjoy. For a period of time, Qin Tai was used as an example by his relatives of Jin merchants, which was aimed at the big families in Henan.
Qin Tai not only wanted to see the weather of Luoyang, but also wanted to pay a visit to the Bao Gong Ancestral Hall. Qin Tai's enlightened teacher is a native of Luoyang, and Qin Tai has long wanted to see Luoyang, which the teacher has never forgotten, and to see the "wordless monument" left by the Tang Dynasty. As for the opening of the Bao Gong Ancestral Hall, it is also a hope for Qin Tai. Qin Tai liked two people the most when he was a child, one was the recitation of Daqingtian Bao Zheng, and the other was Song Ci, the criminal officer of the Great Song Dynasty. They are all from the Song Dynasty, and they are all well-known masters of solving cases, and they all relieve the difficulties of the common people. However, Song Ci only left a copy of "Clearing Grievances", and Bao Zheng not only left a story but also a Bao Gong Ancestral Hall. Qin Tai wanted to go to the Bao Gong Ancestral Hall to pay homage to his predecessor Bao Zheng, and also asked Bao Zheng to bless Daming and bless the people of Daming.
I don't know if it's Qin Tai's bad luck or if there are other reasons, the group that was supposed to catch up with the good days of the Luoyang Flower Club and was going to go to Luoyang to watch the peony flowers was told that this year's Luoyang Flower Club would not be held. Not only Qin Tai was disappointed, but even Zhan Xiaoxiao, who had always been a big man, felt very bored. Not only did Luo Yang stop holding the flower party, but he was also told that it was blocked, and Qin Tai and his party couldn't go to Luo Yang. Qin Tai had to change the route to open the seal, everyone was unhappy along the way, and Zhan Xiaoxiao also felt that the road was not smooth.
After coming to Kaifeng, Qin Tai was not in a hurry to go to the Bao Gong Ancestral Hall, but went to an inn opened by Jin merchants to settle in. The president of the Jin Chamber of Commerce reminded Qin Tai that he hoped that Qin Tai would try his best to go to the store opened by the Jin merchants to rest on the road. Because Qin Tai's Jin Shang proved that it was not completely true after all, and Qin Tai was the person that Jin Shang wanted to protect, so Qin Tai could not be allowed to have an accident. At that time, it seemed that the management was very lax on the surface, but in fact it was not simple at all. Not only must every place strictly check the foreign population, but also the inn must register the detailed identities of the guests, and the army and the Jinyi guards also check the foreign population from time to time. At that time, except for officials and businessmen, even scholars could not stay and wander casually. Officials have their official certificates, civilian officials have defense, and military generals have tiger tokens. The merchant has a certificate from the Chamber of Commerce and relevant documents for the entry and exit of goods. Scholars have a disc or a merit book. The craftsmen have the proof of the workshop, and the peasants have the road of the local government. In addition to officials and businessmen, even high-ranking scholars need to explain their destination and reasons for traveling, and if they are unclear or the reasons are insufficient, not only will this person be arrested, but also the relevant superior management will be jointly and severally held responsible. Therefore, the head of the Jin Chamber of Commerce asked Qin Tai to live in the Jin Merchant Inn, and at the same time not to attract too many people's attention.