Chapter 111: Honoring Him
In the fifth year of his reign, Taizong did a major event that shocked China, that is, to abolish the official election system, implement the imperial examination with Dahua, and march to the Shike!
This move caused an uproar in the world, which is unprecedented, and it is truly selected to avoid the aristocratic clan from controlling the world, so that the children of the poor family also have the way to become officials.
It is precisely because of this that the world's talents are fully employed, and Dahua has ushered in unprecedented development!
When Taizong knew the Mandate of Heaven, the population of Dahua was even more prosperous than that of the previous dynasty, and every family had surplus grain.
During this period, the government of the Qing Dynasty was corrupt and scarce, and everyone was proud of the facts, and the later generations called this period the rule of Wenguan, which laid a solid foundation for hundreds of years of prosperity after Dahua.
Taizong acted like a saint, and the world admired him, but the only thing was a big fun talk in life.
During his reign, the dynasty was stable and almost irreversible, so he abolished the rule that the imperial city did not plant trees that had been inherited through the ages, and opened a small courtyard in the imperial city with his own hands, specializing in planting exotic flowers and plants.
However, his favorite is still the white apricot in front of the meditation hall.
In the midsummer of the fifty-second year, one night when the moon was bright, Taizong suddenly became interested and summoned his half-brother who was the great Zongzheng to drink under the ginkgo tree in the meditation hall.
At that time, the fruit was ripe, and there were no other appetizers, so the two of them drank with sweet white apricots, and drank happily, and they were greatly drunk.
On a whim, Taizong hugged the white apricot tree, learned from the chivalrous warriors of the rivers and lakes, and worshiped as brothers.
As the prince of the main courtyard of the Great Sect, he was also very drunk, and immediately called someone to take the ancestral hall ceremony, and wrote the name of the white apricot tree on it crookedly, Li Erhundred!
This name is now obtained by Emperor Taizong, the flowers are white and the fruits are white, is it Erbai?
Since then, the Li royal family has had an alternative clan, every time to worship the ancestors, the royal people have to come to visit this tree, after all, Li Erbai is the clan of the registration ceremony.
Li Xiangfu and Jia Nei waited in front of the road, the Tianqi Emperor walked in a tiger's step, and the interior stopped the ministers who wanted to see the excitement, after all, this is a royal internal matter, how can it be watched by outsiders.
Coming to the outside of the Meditation Palace, the Emperor of Tianqi stepped over the threshold with a little trepidation, and looked up to see that the tall and lush white apricot tree was swaying in the wind.
Four people sat at the stone table under the tree, drinking tea and chatting, and two of them were the two Taoist masters of Luochuan Qingchuan who had entered the immortal path some time ago.
As for the one wearing a black and purple robe, it was Li Chengfeng, the great elder of the Ziwei Sect who had already met the day before yesterday and was also rejuvenated.
This time the world has changed greatly, his blessing is the deepest, one step into the late stage of foundation building, and now the aura is abundant, if there is an accumulation of time, it is a matter of course to enter the Jindan realm.
Because the world is unstable these days, for fear that something bad will happen, Li Chengfeng lived in the palace, and with him, the Emperor of Tianqi was also a lot more stable.
After all, the world has changed too much, and it may not be that there is no great opportunity for those who have hidden evil intentions, and it is always good to thank you for taking precautions.
And the one sitting in the first place, dressed in white to cover his body, wearing a purple and gold crown, has a very strong aura, even ordinary people can see the surging qi around him, that is a massive amount of spiritual energy surging!
Looking at the man in white, the corners of Emperor Tianqi's eyes twitched, how could this face be so familiar?
Thinking about it, it is exactly the appearance of the young Emperor Taizong in the portrait, but he is more handsome.
Seeing that the Emperor of Tianqi was looking at him in a daze, Li Erbai beckoned to him and said with a smile:
"Xiao Qi is in a daze, let's drink tea together."
"When you become an emperor, why are you more restrained than you are younger, and forget that you often sneak up on me to pick fruits and eat them?"
The words immediately made the Emperor of Tianqi think of the hour.
Although it is full of fruit every year, Li Erbai is the ancestor of the clan recorded in the ancestral hall ceremony, who dares to eat the fruit he bears?
However, the Emperor of Tianqi was naughty when he was young, and often secretly went to the tree to pick fruits, and he really ate a lot.
When I grow up and know the etiquette, I don't dare to be so arbitrary, but occasionally I dream back, and I always think of the sweet and silky pure white fruit.
After walking a few steps to the table, the Emperor of Tianqi was ready
If you want to bow your head and make a big salute, only this kind of etiquette can match the identity of the ancestors.
Li Erbai's sleeves waved lightly, and the Emperor of Tianqi couldn't worship anymore.
"A man has gold under his knees, and how can he kneel down before the time of the sacrifice?"
These words were pleasing to the ear, and the Emperor of Tianqi smiled, and faintly felt in his heart that he and this old ancestor always had some feelings of closeness.
Unable to bow down, the Emperor of Tianqi crossed his hands and saluted:
"Jing Shen visited the ancestor, but he didn't expect that he had this blessing and could speak to the ancestor face to face!"
Seeing that the Emperor of Tianqi had finished his ceremony, Li Chengfeng said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, your blessings don't stop there."
Li Xiangfu swept the stool to help the Emperor of Tianqi sit down, and filled the teacup, several people drank together, Li Chengfeng continued:
"Senior Li has been in the Imperial City for hundreds of years, nourished by Dahua's luck day and night, and he is no longer a mortal creature, and the fruit produced is definitely the fruit of luck."
"You have eaten it many times when you were young, and Dahua's luck has long lingered around your body, and you can ascend to the throne, and there is also a credit to Senior Li."
Hearing Li Chengfeng's words, Emperor Tianqi nodded suddenly, indeed, he raised his army nearly thirty years ago, although he fought countless times in the sea of blood in Daoshan Mountain, but seriously speaking, the journey was really smooth.
Even if sometimes I encounter an unimaginable level, it seems to be desperate, but there is always an external force to help in the dark, and sometimes I feel that I am the bell of God, but now it seems that there is a credit from the ancestors.
Thanking him again, the five of them tasted tea and chatted very happily, Li Xiangfu was waiting on the side, serving tea and pouring water was also diligent, and the tea was renewed twice, Emperor Tianqi remembered something, and couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Old Ancestor, there is something unclear about Jing Shen, this change in heaven and earth, you can transform into a human form, it is caused by hundreds of years of cultivation and the blessing of national fortune, and the body remains unchanged."
"But that Feng Liu'er is short in time, why can she also transform into a human form?"
"And she is the ontological transformation is quite amazing, if she can, then there are hundreds of millions of trees in Luoyang and even the world, can't they all be transformed into humans?"
"It's that simple."
Li Erbai took a sip of the tea bowl, shook his head and said:
"The heavens and the earth have changed greatly, and the aura has been revived, and the great world is naturally different from the past."
"Those who are old and spiritual, naturally have the opportunity to become demons and immortals, but they can't say that it's big."
"After all, for the grass and tree elves, age does not mean everything, if there is no chance, even hundreds of millions of years are just ignorant, and transforming into a human form may not be much easier than stepping into the path of immortals."
"Feng Liu'er can transform into a human form, but it is because of the great creation that incarnates in the body."
"A few years ago, on a stormy night, it was struck by a thunderbolt and burst into flames, and it looked dead on the outside, but in fact, it left a trace of the essence of the thunder in its body, and its vitality was not extinguished, but it had undergone earth-shaking changes."
"Due to fate, the aura of heaven and earth was revived, and the hidden essence was absorbed by it, which is equivalent to the accumulation of hundreds of years of other living beings, so it transformed into a human form early."