Chapter 4: The Legend of Cats and Ghosts (17) - Whether to Ignite a Fire or Extinguish a Fire (Part I)

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Why did Zhao Kuangyin attach so much importance to the god of fire? It was because the ancestral land of the founding of the Song Dynasty was in Shangqiu, Henan, and in the past, Shangqiu was the fief of the son of Emperor Yu, and he established a stargazing platform there to watch the operation of the 'Shang Xing' and teach people when to cultivate and when to harvest, so this land on the shore of the Yellow River is called Shangqiu. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhao Kuangyin naturally thinks that his Great Song Dynasty is inheriting the orthodoxy of Huo De Zhenjun. At the beginning of the founding of the country, it was announced: "Song should be the king of fire, and the color is still red." In addition to worshipping the "Emperor Gansheng" in the southern suburbs, special officials were also sent to set up an altar in Shangqiu to worship the god of fire, and they were used to enjoy it.

Xing Yun asked puzzledly: "If the god of fire is so spiritual, why don't you worship a few more times? Let it rain a little more at the old man's house, so that there won't be fires everywhere!"

Liang Weijian said: "To sacrifice the god of fire, the Ministry of Rites should follow the law and the fire calendar, and it is not something that can be sacrificed on any day. ”

Chris frowned slightly, and said in his heart: Xiao Xingyun, if you plead with the immortals, there will be no fire in the city, so why do you need a fire brigade? Although she thought so in her heart, she didn't say so. She found that most people in this era still believed in ghosts and gods. The incomprehensible natural phenomena ultimately boil down to God's punishment of man.

Chris suddenly remembered the "Chu Shi Ball Play" that he broke with Brother Teng and Lord Wang on Scorpion Island. She remembered that the south side of the miniature city was also a Vulcan Tower, and there was a big fireball of "Heavenly Punishment" that it descended! That micro city, Brother Teng said that it was the Song Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, not the current Song Dynasty, which shows that the worship of the God of Fire has a history of more than 1,000 years, and it can be seen that the awe for the God of Fire has taken deep root in the hearts of the people.

She looked helpless and thought: If I just tell Xing Yun now that there is no fire god at all, I'm afraid she won't believe it either. It's just that Dai Ying and Hong Qi have fire folds in their hands, and there is obviously a smell of sulfur and phosphorus in them, which is similar to the meaning of modern matches. This shows that people still know that fire can be made from these combustion-supporting substances.

At this point, Chris's anger has completely disappeared. She muttered to herself, "I have to think about what modern methods of extinguishing fires can be used at this time!"

Zhang Ruoshui was coming from the main hall, and his ear power was good, and he heard Chris shouting "fire extinguishing" from afar. Just wanted to walk in quickly, but Lan Yuanzhen called him from behind. Lan Yuanzhen naturally heard that Li Xian came to Baoci Palace to announce the "holy decree", and the two walked while talking.

Zhang Ruoshui said: "Li Xian came to announce that it was the time when he was on the night shift, and I arranged today's errand in the side hall, and when I heard the news, I hurried over to take a look." Which one is this singing?"

Lan Yuanzhen looked very serious and said, "The official family asked the 'special envoy' to go to Kaifeng Mansion to supervise the extinguishing of the fire!"

"Supervise the fire extinguishing?" Zhang Ruoshui's eyes widened, as if he didn't believe it.

"No," Lan Yuanzhen changed his words, "It's not 'extinguishing' the fire, it's 'igniting' the fire!"

"What kind of fire extinguishing and igniting fire?" Zhang Ruoshui was a little confused for a while, but after thinking about it for a while, he still said seriously, "No matter what, it is definitely ill-intentioned, how should we be careful?"

Lan Yuanzhen shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's too late!"

"Late?" Zhang Ruoshui frowned.

"When I received this news, I guessed that my master would not sit idly by. You listened to what she just shouted. ”

While talking, the two entered the house. Chris was worried about the Holy Decree, and when he saw them, he immediately felt that he had a backbone. Looking at Lan Yuanzhen's calm face, he knew that his brother had "inside information".

Chris made a look, and Liang Weijian immediately respectfully handed the holy decree to the two adults.

Lan Yuanzhen read it first, and then gave the holy decree to Zhang Ruoshui. He smiled faintly and said, "Little brother, what do you think?"

Hearing him call himself his little brother, Chris raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart: I originally wanted you to tell me directly what is wrong here, and you want to test me in turn!

After thinking about it, she still replied: "This bear child just doesn't like Lan Yuanxiao, so the things that are arranged are definitely not so simple to do!"

Liang Wei said simply: The Queen Mother dares to call the official bear child!

Chris turned his head to look at Liang Weijian.

Liang Weijian hurriedly lowered his head, thinking that the Queen Mother knew how to read minds, and the words in his heart were heard.

"Listening to Xiao Liangzi, the people have a grudge against the hidden fire army, blaming them for not working as hard as fighting fires in the palace when they put out fires in Bianliang City. She turned her head to look at Xing Yun again and said, "Xing Yun also said that he had seen the submarine fire army arrive at the fire scene but did not put out the fire, what is going on?"

"That's probably waiting for the capital to be inspected!" Zhang Ruoshui suddenly interjected.

"What the hell is that?" Chris was surprised and asked, "What are you waiting for him to do?"

"The fire must wait for the inspection to arrive before it can be extinguished. ”

Even Xing Yun felt strange, and didn't know why he had to wait for this adult to extinguish the fire.

"The rules for the deployment of this 'Forbidden Army' were set during the period of Grandpa Tai!"

Zhang Ruoshui has led troops to fight all year round, so he is naturally familiar with the establishment of the "Forbidden Army", so he told what he knew.

Only then did Chris know that the Shang Forbidden Army was the emperor's personal soldiers, guarding the Gyeonggi region. The founding emperor of the Song Dynasty paid special attention to the defense of the capital, so he established this elite army according to the "human appearance". Because firefighting was an excellent way to train soldiers to defend the city, he asked the "hidden fire army" composed of the forbidden army to participate in the firefighting mission. Listening to Zhang Ruoshui, although the screening of the forbidden army in recent years has not been as strict as in the first generation, there have been some cases of relying on family background, father's shadow, and brother's shadow to inherit the forbidden officer's position, but most of them are still elite generals. And most of the guards in the Imperial City Division were also selected from the Forbidden Army.

Chris said in his heart: It seems that these people are not exactly embroidered pillows!

As for why there is such a strange provision. Originated from the Song Dynasty was established in the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms divided by various countries, the commander of the army and the capital inspection and conspired to usurp the throne was simply commonplace, the emperor was changed one after another, and the new emperor was not yet hot on the throne, and he may be replaced by the commander of the military power in hand. Even Zhao Kuangyin himself is in such a high position, so he has made such and such restrictions on the transfer of troops in the military system, just to prevent the various officers who control the army from going in tandem, for fear that they will rebel. But now it is a peaceful and prosperous era, and everything must keep pace with the times, including the military system. What's more, it's such a thing as firefighting that is a matter of every second, so naturally it can't be so rigid.

Xing Yun suddenly realized: It seems that he has misunderstood, it is not that the soldiers of the Hidden Fire Army are unwilling to put out the fire!