"Emperor Wu still has such merits?"

Li Shimin found that his previous understanding of Wenzhi was still a little narrow.

Heavy agriculture, water conservancy, Taicang overflowing, long-term peace and stability, is the rule of culture.

The rule of the officials, the opening of the mutual market, the state is sufficient, there is no trouble inside and outside, and it is also a cultural rule.

It's just that I didn't expect that now it seems that this calendar, unifying customs, so that the four seas can celebrate together, and at the same time, it can also be called Wenzhi.

But soon Li Shimin also understood:

"This is a matter of customs, and only Emperor Wu can do it."

After all, the juniors have already made it clear that excellent martial arts are the most powerful guarantee to achieve all this.

The north and the south are not divided into Hu and Han, and the world is full of Han style, and the prerequisite for such a grand cause is to use force to make Yidi respect China.

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately followed:

"Your Majesty has neither an infinite army nor a soldier to make the people tired, nor a soldier to make Kou not decay."

"And now that he is in the prime of life, he will definitely be able to prosper the world's martial arts, shake the waves of the sea in the Western Regions, take the name of the Tang Dynasty to the world, and praise martial arts and prosper the eternal culture."

These unreserved words immediately made everyone's eyes sideways:

You must be too conscious of being a relative, right?

As soon as Du Ruhui wanted to say something, Wei Zheng had already stood up before him and expressed his disagreement:

"In the third year of Yuanzhen, Sang Hongyang made up for the deficit of the treasury with the strategy of salt and iron official camp, and the next year, the champion Hou Feng Wolf Juxu."

"When there is immortal martial arts, there is already a state of reckless military force, Your Majesty should introspect, not be complacent with the light curtain, and be satisfied with the name of the ages."

The eldest grandson Wuji still had a smile on his face, and he had no opinion on Wei Zheng's arch of his hand.

Li Shimin's smiling face that sounded the compliment of the eldest grandson Wuji just now suddenly stiffened a little.

Fortunately, Wei Zheng did not finish:

"Your Majesty has been named a name for the ages, and he should take this as his progress, so that he can govern Biyao Shunye."

Du Ruhui was suddenly a little surprised in his heart:

I am a minister who is a direct admonition, and I can't imagine that I can say more than Yao Shun's words and flattery, I really misjudged you!

Li Shimin hurriedly humbled, after all, he has only been the emperor for five years now, wouldn't the courtiers roast him on the fire when he said this?

After waiting for this to rest, Empress Eldest Sun leaned over to Li Shimin's side and chuckled:

"The concubine has heard that Wei Zheng's words are like knives and iron, why do you see more charming words?"

Li Shimin was suddenly helpless, and for the first time felt a little pressure on his shoulders.

……

Zhao Kuangyin argued loudly:

"What does it mean to bully orphans and widows?"

"The four kings of Zheng, Cao, Ji, and Qi are all sealed, and the Queen Mother of Zhou is even more concerned about the New Year's holidays, how can it be called a bully?"

To the loud words of the officials, the little yellow men didn't dare to say anything, Zhao Pu looked at his nose and nose, as if he didn't realize it.

Zhao Guangyi sneered - if it wasn't bullying, then it would be clear why this Chai Zongxun died of illness at the age of twenty?

Moreover, before my brother made the weekly inspection envoy, where did the ballad of "Spot Inspection as the Son of Heaven" sung by Jingshi Bianliang come from?

Besides, there is a rumor that the Empress Dowager Zhou should become a monk.

Zhao Guangyi didn't know whether the Empress Dowager Zhou studied Buddhism intensively before she became a monk, but he only knew that if the Empress Dowager of the former dynasty was really a monk, it was indeed suitable for her brother.

But of course, this scorn can only be hidden in the heart.

At least on the surface, Zhao Guangyi's face was a little indignant:

"The officials are strict with the soldiers and do not rob, so that the people's hearts will not be shaken and the four directions are peaceful, is it not a hundred times better than those dynasties that plundered the army?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded in a complicated mood.

This complication is not only the shame of the old things being revealed, but also the lament that he is shocked that his reputation in later generations does not seem to be very good:

I was still laughing at Tang Taizong in front of me, but I didn't expect it to be my turn......

[Basically, it can be said that the "Taichu Calendar" is not only the first relatively complete ritual law in ancient times, but also an ancient guide to festivals.

In addition to setting the time of the New Year, another function of the "Taichu Calendar" is to set the wax day.

Wax day, that is, the day of the wax sacrifice.

Since the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, the ancient ancestors in the agricultural era have gradually formed the tradition of sacrificing in December.

It is not only to repay the blessing of the god of agriculture, but also to look forward to the harvest in the coming year and pray for everyone to have a good life.

This festival, Xia called Qing worship, Shang Hu Jiaping, Zhou set the name of "wax", until the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the "Book of Rites" has made detailed provisions on the object, greetings, process, dress, and performance of the wax sacrifice.

Just as our Chinese festivals are often inseparable from eating, the same is true of the wax festival, which will hold a grand feast at the end, so the wax day is also associated with eating.

This set of ritual process is also known as the "Eight Great Wax Masters of Heaven" because of the sacrifice of eight gods, such as Xianqi, agriculture, Shuiyong, and insects.

Before the Han Dynasty, the wax sacrifice was only stipulated in December, but the specific day belonged to each word, until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that it was not possible, and directly stipulated in the "Taichu Calendar" that the third day after the winter solstice was the wax day, and the wax sacrifice was performed on this day.

The object of sacrifice has also changed from the eight gods of the four directions, and has been integrated and simplified with another wax sacrifice of the royal sacrificial temple in the pre-Qin period, and has become a sacrifice to the five gods and ancestors.

However, because the time of the winter solstice has always changed, occasionally because the winter solstice is relatively late, the wax sunset will be in the first month, which conflicts with the tradition of the wax day sacrifice in the wax moon, so it is simply established as the eighth day of the lunar month in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In addition, there was another incident during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, that is, Buddhism began to enter China on a large scale.

And as we know, Buddhism has been working on localization in order to take root in China.

Although Laba has the tradition of feasting, but in ancient times, there were many poor and homeless people who were even difficult to eat, eat and drink, so the temple made rice crackers into porridge on this day, and named it in the name of celebrating the enlightenment day of Shakyamuni, and gave to the hungry people to make merit, so it has the name of Laba porridge.

Another factor in the promotion of Laba congee was the poor living conditions of the people during the troubled times.

For example, after the Anshi Rebellion, the signs of secession of feudal towns have appeared, and the relationship between the central and local governments has gradually become tense, and the levy of forced labor and taxes has increased.

For example, after the shame of Jingkang, the court of the Southern Song Dynasty can basically be said to be sustainable for the people, Zhu Xi said that "the ancients carved and peeled the law of the dynasty are all prepared", Chao said that "the Song Dynasty enslaved dozens of times more than the Han", the Southern Song Dynasty only recorded in the accounts of the exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes, including additional consumption, expenditure, foot money, conversion, head money, cowhide tax, Yicang tax, entry tax, seal deed tax, silk money, and silk purchases, etc., less than half of the total name of the exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

In this case, Laba porridge has become the biggest thought of many people throughout the year.

But of course, until today, Laba congee has lost all its religious overtones.

In the Song Dynasty, the porridge made of seven kinds of rice crackers in the temple could be named the name of the seven treasures and five flavors, leading the people to rob them, and those who could not mourn and cry.

At present, there are dozens of ingredients used in Laba porridge sold in supermarkets, but we still dislike this thing and it is difficult to swallow.

From this, it can be seen that the degree of stability and affluence in today's life can be said to have surpassed that of China for 5,000 years. 】

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