It is said that the Great Zhou Zetian Emperor Chang'an was four years old, and the emperor remembered that it was not easy for the peddler to set up the "Dealer God Book", and ordered the father and son of Dong Ling to take charge of it, and ignited the god of peddlers in later generations.

As a result, Xiao Sheng extracted the essence of the stories of the gods in the book of gods and wrote this "Complete Record of the Sixty-four Gods Who Killed the Trafficker and Practiced the Faith", which was called "The Record of the Dealer's Spirit". For future generations of traders to emulate, and to remind the world, bow down to practice the faith, and live in peace.

The seller, literally, the buyer handed over the shell, and the seller returned the goods. This is the original intention of the peddlers. That is, commercial activities, collectively known as trafficking. But the word selling is hardly mentioned, and later generations are commonly referred to as business activities, why is that?

This starts with the origin of the merchants.

It is said that King Wu took advantage of Yin to attack Dongyi, and the military equipment of Chaoge City was empty, and there would be 800 princes.

After all, Xiqi Xiaozhou, and Wang Dayin have a vast land, virtue is not worthy, and power is not convincing to the public. It is to make Wu Geng, the son of King Xin, the father of Lu, and worship Yin.

When Ji Fa built Zhou, there were many princes and uncles, and this was the only case of Lu's father's seal. Wu Geng's father is King Xin of Yin, and the king of Zhou. The third generation of Xia Shang, the king, is the emperor, who dares to call the king? Lufu, what is the concept, as the name suggests, it is a quasi-king.

Although Ji Fa sealed Wu Geng, he was still uneasy in his heart, and then sealed the third brother Guan Shu Ji Xian, the fifth brother Cai Shu Ji Du, and the eighth brother Huo Shuji, as the kings of the three kingdoms of Wei, Yong and Shao. In the east, west, and north directions, he monitored the song of the country of Lu's father, known as the three eunuchs in history.

But said that Lu's father and aunt were Ji Fa, Ji Xian, Ji Du, and Ji Chu's biological mother. Father Lu adhered to the old practice of a businessman who could kill cowardice and practice his faith, and in a short period of time, he won the respect of the three cousins in the freshness department.

The three brothers of Xiandu were very ashamed of their father and brother's seizure of their uncle's family, not only was it no longer a surveillance relationship, but they formed an alliance with Wu Geng.

King Wu died, and the fourth brother Zhou Gong Ji Dan became the regent, which caused the third brother Guan Shu Ji Xian to be greatly dissatisfied. Soon, with Wu Geng as the banner, he gathered the hardcore subjects of the old Yin Dynasty and launched the rebellion of the three eunuchs.

Zhou Gong Ji Dan spent a lot of effort to go east to the court, kill his cousin Wu Geng, kill the third brother Guan Shu Ji Xian, exile the fifth brother Cai Shu Ji Du, depose the eighth brother Huo Shuji, and pacify the rebellion of the three eunuchs.

Since then, the ministers of the Zhou family have all thought that Yin Min is stubborn and uncontrollable. So build the city, build the Zhou, move the Jiuding, and be stubborn.

Since the time of moving to Jiuding in the Song City, the Ding weighs 10,000 catties, the Zhou people are barbaric, the technology is backward, and there is nothing to be done. Under the pretext of moving Ding, the Duke of Zhou made tens of thousands of Yin stubborn clans, and did not hesitate to build good residences for them and moved to Luoyi with Ding. and relocated the remaining Yin remnants to the major vassal states to solve the stubborn problem.

However, the huge group of Yin stubborn people moved to Luoyang, and the nearby land has been divided, and if it cannot be sealed, it will not be able to have soil and no food. In the short term, it can be used to adjust food, but in the long term, it is difficult to supply. Hunger will be the opposite, and the problem of stubbornness will be even more serious. How to dispose of it?

Zhou Gong Ji Dan finally came up with a one, Yin stubborn had gold beads and jade in his hands, and allowed him to engage in goods trading. Travel to and from various places, tax exemption policy is given. Since then, people who engage in trafficking activities have been called merchants, merchants, merchants, merchants.

At the same time, the Zhou Dynasty strictly controlled the behavior of Yin stubborn goods selling. Whoever is a recalcitrant trafficker must enter the royal city and the cities of the vassal kingdoms to operate. All merchants who travel to and from various places are required to be strictly registered. It is strictly forbidden to build, buy, or own slaves outside the city.

This system of close captivity for the pair of traders continued until the Sui and Tang dynasties. Merchants were under the watchful eye of those who held the authority of the state for a long time. This is why the vendors have become the last first-class historical source among the three religions and nine streams.

The time came after the Wu Zhou Dynasty Tang.

According to the Gregorian calendar, the year is 690, 1330 years ago. Then Tianshun Holy Empress Wu Cong, that is, the emperor's throne, changed the name of the country to Da Zhou.

In the previous year, the week had already begun, the summer calendar was stopped, and the weekly calendar was used, with November as the first month.

Ten years later, the 23rd day of the first month of the first year of Zhou Lijiu was the 76th birthday of the Emperor Zetian. On this day of the Zhou calendar, it is actually the 23rd day of November in the summer calendar.

The problem lies in this 23rd.

In this year, the Emperor of the Great Sage of Heaven has changed the Gonghe Mansion to Fengchen Mansion, with Zhang Yizhi as the Fengchen Order, and Guangluo beautiful men under the age of 18 as the head, for them to collect yang and supplement yin, and prolong life.

On the day of the birthday, the civil and military officials of Luoyang, the eastern capital, naturally want to congratulate their birthdays, and the palace naturally has a large banquet. The heads of the face should also be very attentive, and the small body will be vain. This is indispensable for the winter grass that is ready to go away.

Originally, it was planned that Luoyang would become a merchant in Zhoushi City, and pay tribute to the three treasures of the court, such as seedless dates, Qi crucian carp, and Dongling grass, but because the son respected his father and never returned to the court, he lost three dishes. Naturally, there is a lack of oribes.

Originally, the imperial kitchen could be adjusted, but because Grandma Banzai had a serious fire the day before yesterday, her small body was in pain and she was restless. Attending the feast for fear of showing timidity and losing dignity in front of hundreds of officials.

If you serve your face after the feast, you should be on fire. You have to make tea with winter grass to relieve pain and go to the fire.

When the Emperor of the Great Sage heard the news, the son respected his father and did not return to the court, and asked the reason.

However, the Song people of the Dynasty took the auspicious fortune of the Yin calendar, and the three days of the fifth, fourteenth, and twenty-third days of the first month were the death days of the Yang Pass set by Yi Yin, the famous minister of the early years of the Yin Shang Dynasty.

The son respects his father, the son's surname, and the Miao descendant of the Yin Shang clan. I wanted to rush to Luoyang in advance, but because I went to the Jizi Temple in Nanguan of Chaoge City to worship my ancestors, I delayed my trip.

On the twenty-third day, he categorically refused to fly to Luoyang. Wu Zetian was about to attack and exert her wrath.

Suddenly, Shen Nanchang, the former male pet imperial doctor, came to report that the son respected his father and offered his head and three treasures of the song. His son wished his birthday and knelt on the Danqi to wait for the decree.

Then the maternal instinct of the Great Sage Emperor suddenly came to mind, and rewarded his son for respecting his father. It was immediately named Dongling Gong, and the food was Weizhou Wei County, that is, the old ruins of Chaoge. His son celebrated his birthday and became a knight.

Xuan also ordered Dong Ling's son to celebrate his birthday and asked his father's last wishes.

Dong Ling's son's birthday celebration said: "My father has been abiding by the ancestral teachings all his life, killing cowardice and practicing faith, and there is today." My father's testament is to be buried at the foot of Huaxu Mountain in the second month of the Zhou calendar on the eighth birthday of the second month of the Zhou calendar. ”

His father and son practiced this faith, and the Emperor of the Great Sage of Heaven was very moved, and immediately announced the edict, and added the son to respect his father as the god on the eighth day of the second month of the Zhou calendar.

And the edict in the Song City, from the 8th to the 30th day of the second month of the Zhou calendar, are all commercial gatherings. During this period, traders from all over the country are free to go. At that time, the order will be obeyed and the tax will be abolished.

The eighth day of the second month of the Zhou calendar, which is actually the eighth day of the first month of the Yin calendar, is the Laba of the summer calendar. Therefore, the son respects his father and becomes the god of Laba, also known as the god of Laba.

Later, the folk customs evolved, and every time there was a fifth watch on the eighth day of Laba, the children had to get up early. Carefully boil the porridge of eight kinds of grains and pay tribute to the fathers. It has also become Laba rice and Laba porridge. This folk custom is called the custom of the son respecting the father.

Laba rice is actually Laba sellers.

And the son respects the father, which is actually a righteous god named by the Emperor of the Great Sage.

Chaoge City, the tax-free New Year Fair from the eighth day of the lunar month to Chinese New Year's Eve, commonly known as the Laba Club, is also famous all over the world. Throughout the ages, businessmen gathered, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

Chaoge City is on the west bank of Qishui, and Liyang County on the east bank of Qishui paints gourds in the same way, and the New Year is designated as a large assembly, and taxes are also reduced.

The two counties on both sides of Qishui just form the Hexi Dynasty to prepare New Year's goods in the month of Gela, and the first month of Liyang in the east of the river to engage in entertainment.

After Zi Jing Father was entitled, Zi Zhushou continued to pay tribute to Emperor Zetian Great Sage.

Four years later, that is, in the fourth year of Chang'an, Zi Zhushou fell off the cliff and died because of picking winter grass.

Then the Emperor of the Great Sage of Heaven is already eighty, and his maternal compassion is getting stronger. Hearing that Shen Nanchang reported this matter, he asked in detail about his deeds, and he was a god who was blessed with a birthday for Dongling.

It is not easy for the Emperor of the Great Sage to remember the peddlers, and the surname of Dong Ling Gong is not only the authentic descendant of the merchants, but also the first in the zodiac. asked if the previous dynasty had ever been a god of peddlers.

Shen Nan said to him: "The previous dynasty did not be, but my emperor loved and respected the peddler, and set a precedent of the first seal." Long live our emperor is indeed a saint of the ages, and he will surely make a lasting contribution to the practice of faith by future generations of dealers. ”

The Emperor of the Great Sage of Heaven thought about it for a few days and knew it in his chest. Shen Nan took the number of 64 hexagrams, listed the important things produced by the 64 parties related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and enshrined 64 gods. Set up a book of peddlers and write it down one by one.

Then the Emperor of the Great Sage bathed and changed his clothes, and then burned incense and worshiped in Shangyang Palace. Incinerate a copy of the Dealer's Divine Book to the sky. Pray that the father and son of Dong Ling will be in charge and enlighten the gods of the future generations.

As for the sixty-four gods of peddlers, each of them can be enlightened on what year, month and day, and then the father and son of Dongling Gong will be shown to the current emperor, and they will be canonized one by one according to the book of the gods of peddlers. It can also be negotiated by Dong Ling's father and son.