Chapter 136 "The Supreme Induction"
"Xuan Wei is honored!"
"Xuan Wei is honored!"
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After the eunuchs sent messages one after another, Yaoyao, who was wearing a skirt, dressed in a robe, silk, and silk, and a silk-shaped silk-shoeeded shoe, and a plain pearl bun, then she reacted and walked forward step by step.
She only learned about going to the palace today when she was about to go to the palace yesterday evening.
Naturally she didn't know what to do when she went to the palace, but since the emperor asked someone to say this, there was naturally a reason for it.
Almost at the time, she was waiting here. Before coming, the queen came here in person to see if she was dressing properly when she was in court.
Needless to say, her dressing was definitely very decent at this time.
Even, she, who was not noble, became more noble in an instant.
Not to mention the brothel woman, it is not an exaggeration to say that the princess came to the hall.
Soon, Yaoyao came to the hall and even bowed to the emperor.
"Son, please see your Majesty!"
The emperor then said, "No gifts! Get up!"
When Yaoyao came up, some ministers liked to look around and saw Yaoyao's side face.
It is impossible to say that it is not amazing.
However, more ministers did not get the full picture at this time.
The emperor said indifferently: "Now, everyone outside has spread this daughter-in-law to such a magical way that even the ministers in the court think she is a witch, and have three heads and six arms. They are even more worried that I have been bewitched by someone and have done such a foolish thing. Wei Fengyi, you will turn around now and let the court officials take a good look at whether you can be called the daughter-in-law of the minister. By the way, let's talk about your own origins."
After hearing what the emperor said, Yaoyao replied, "Yes!" Then she turned around and looked at the hundreds of ministers. Those who could stand here now were all important officials of the country. Without these people, Beichen's decrees would not be able to be implemented.
After Yaoyao turned around, she also treated the ministers on both sides.
Of course, it's the more ordinary one.
After a rough look at all the ministers in the audience, and in a manner that was neither humble nor arrogant, Yaoyao said: "First of all, I, the prince's concubine, Wei Feng, want to dispel a rumor here. In fact, I am not a brothel woman. My family master is a Taoist priest. Because I was still young at that time, and he had to travel around and was inconvenient to take me with me, I arranged for me to be in Meifeng Courtyard to live in. Therefore, I am not a prostitute. Of course, I did not have a verdict, because my family master was not a Taoist priest who had a verdict. For a long time, we lived in the mountains, and he taught me knowledge. It was only ten years since His Majesty established the verdict system. At that time, the family master didn't even know that the dynasty had changed outside."
After Yaoyao finished speaking, she paused.
When the ministers in the palace heard her words, they couldn't hold on and they had already started to whisper.
But Taoism!
As a national religion established by the founding of the Li Dynasty, this does have extraordinary energy. It is okay if you criticize anything else, but it is absolutely impossible for you to criticize Taoism.
But, after all, the Imperial Censor Wei was not an extraordinary person, so he quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty!"
Emperor: "You said."
Censor Wei said: "Ji Fengyi just said that she originated from Taoism, so I want to ask, does she have evidence to prove it?"
Yes! You can't say that's it!
Yaoyao also turned around and said, "Your Majesty, I can recite many Taoist teachings, some of which were learned and created by my family teacher when practicing Taoism, and even in this world, there may not be one."
"Oh?" the emperor said in surprise, "Then you recite it and listen."
After hearing this, the ministers would not say whether this is reasonable or not, but if Yaoyao could not memorize it, it would definitely be unreasonable. After all, Taoist things are so mysterious that even if you want to edit them, it would be difficult to compile them.
Then, Yaoyao saw the emperor's consent, but before she recited it, she had to say: "But before that, please let Your Majesty introduce your son to the reason for the appearance of this teaching of the master."
Emperor: "You just say it."
After obtaining the emperor's consent again, Yaoyao turned around and said, "In today's world, we mainly use the methods of "nourishing the spirit", "sacrificing the Qi", "bain medicine", and "sacrifice" to seek "to be transformed into immortality". People value immortality medicine, and also value prayer in the altar. They also attach importance to talismans and spells, and keep the three dantians of the human body. However, the family master once told me that these people failed in the end, and there were many people who died suddenly. Why? The family master said: It is because they rely solely on external things, but they did not pay attention to their own virtues. They also said: If ordinary people have made mistakes, they will seize the law, and if they are small, they will seize the calculations. If they are too big, they will have hundreds of things. Those who want to live forever must avoid it first. Life is the best between heaven and earth, and accumulating virtue and doing good is the key to longevity and ascending to heaven."
On this hall, we cannot say that we practice all Taoism, nor can we say that we do not practice all Taoism, but there must be people who understand how to practice Taoism.
The first half of what Yaoyao said does indeed summarize almost all the methods of practicing Taoism in the world at present. However, what she said in the end is that if she wants to ascend to immortality, she must cultivate virtue, which is something that almost everyone has never heard of.
This is obviously a new perspective.
and……
It has had a lot of impact on the old methods of practicing Taoism.
However, Yaoyao did not give them too much time to think. Then, she recited the article, "The Supreme One said, "There is no way to misfortune and good fortune. Only people call themselves. The reward of good and evil is like a shadow." "Therefore, there is a god in heaven and earth that controls mistakes. It depends on the severity of the person's crime. It takes people to calculate. Calculate the reduction and reduce the loss. It is often troublesome. People hate it. Punishment and disasters follow it. Auspiciousness avoids it. Evil stars cause disasters. If they are calculated, they will die."
The meaning is: The Emperor Taishang said: "There is no certain way for good and good fortune, it is all inspired by people themselves." The retribution of good and evil is like a shadow following the body, and will never be separated.
Therefore, there are gods in the world who are in charge of the evil in the world, and they will reduce their lifespan according to the severity of the people's crimes. After the lifespan is reduced, they will become poor and their families will be destroyed, and they will often encounter sorrow and disasters. Everyone hates him. Punishment and disasters will follow. Auspiciousness and joy will avoid him. Evil and evil stars will also cause disasters to him. After the lifespan is reduced, they will die.
I used a sentence of Taishang Laojun as an argument. As for whether Taishang Laojun had said this, who knows that after all, Taishang Laojun is a figure compiled by Taoists themselves.
Of course, these are not important anymore. What is important is that Yaoyao did say some truths later.
The set that Yaoyao brought out at this time is a set of methods that were completely different from the past that rely on external forces and brute force to practice Taoism. She took the lead in breaking through the limitations of the times and proposed the method of cultivating good deeds to become immortals.
Just like many Taoist practices, it is just one branch. However, anyone who knows things should be very clear about what the meaning of her words is.
In the past, Taoism and Confucianism were separated and had no relationship at all. However, the Li Dynasty of Beichen used Taoism as the national religion, but only taught people to refine elixirs and take elixirs. This is equivalent to saying that the national religion is a way to make the rich. After all, it is like elixirs. If you are not rich, you cannot afford to practice Taoism at all. Normal people cannot eat enough. How can you have time? No money to practice Taoism? Therefore, this Taoism can only be effective against the rich and nobles. Moreover, it only plays a role in controlling the upper class for the entire Beichen rule, and has no meaning to the general public. It is tasteless to eat, but it is a pity to abandon it. Moreover, it is not easy for rich and nobles to control it. Anyone who is smart will not be fooled. It is no exaggeration to say that I became a fairy queen, and you are nothing!
To put it bluntly, such a national religion is almost used to make up numbers.
Yaoyao's "Taishang Ganying Pian" is different, but it combines the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism. Everyone knows what Confucianism is used for. All dynasties have been used to maintain feudal autocratic rule.
Although Beichen regarded Taoism as the national religion, in fact, the three schools of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism were established together and joined hands.
First of all, let’s talk about Buddhism. Buddhism itself has a rigorous set of thinking logic. It uses the “cause and condition theory” to explain the illusory world, and uses the “karma theory” to argue the good and evil of the human world. It promotes cause and effect, transforms people’s dissatisfaction with reality into expectations for happiness in the next life, and uses self-blame and reflection to replace and soothe the inner world’s resentment and dissatisfaction with reality injustice. This is tantamount to a ray of light in the dark for the people who suffer in reality and complain about it. Therefore, it is the most popular among the people, with the fastest development speed, comparable to a plague.
Then, in order to sacred feudal rule, Confucianism of this era also created a theological structure of the celestial and man-responsiveness, religiousizing Confucianism, and strengthening the patriarchal system of respect and relatives through religious beliefs. In a sense, Confucianism can actually be a religion. However, while providing guidance to the ruling class at Beichen, Confucianism failed to theoretically solve the problem of life, death, longevity and death that ordinary people are generally concerned about, and the explanation of the objective world is also a bit rough, which has become a flaw, and at this time, it has shown a slight decline.
Finally, Taoism is naturally not to say. Taoism is dedicated to seeking immortality, and immortality is what everyone pursues. However, the flaw is that ordinary people cannot afford to pursue it at all. However, the advantage of Taoism is that ordinary people cannot afford to pursue it, so they cannot afford to pursue it. Anyway, I am a national religion, Taoist priest, and before monks and nuns, I have a dream, and I will become a Taoist priest, not a monk. So I can see that many national uncles and others are all Taoist priests.
These three things can be seen that except for Buddhism, the other two religions have great flaws in their thoughts and theory. The reason why Buddhism did not immediately dominate at this time was simply because it was suppressed by the court. It can be seen from Taoist priests, female crowns before monks and nuns. Moreover, it has not developed for a long time, but as it continues to develop, Buddhism will surely flourish in the future, which has almost become an irreversible trend.
You said, aren't the rulers of the dynasty worried? Are the ministers in this palace worried? Of course, they were worried, but no one could propose a solution. However... Yaoyao's recitation, especially the twenty-six good deeds and one hundred and seventy evil deeds mentioned later, mostly judged by the Confucian "Three Bonds" and "Five Constant Constant" meanings. This was an unintentional integration of the two schools.
Although what she recited was Taoism, it was not contrary to the Confucian purpose. It was at this moment that Taoism, as a national religion, was truly complete all at once. It no longer targeted only the rich, no longer only targeted the nobles, but also from emperors, generals, fishermen, woodcutters, farming and herds, almost all classes can have its believers.
When she memorized the entire "Taishang Yanying Chapter", there was a needle that could be heard in the hall. Even the emperor looked at Yaoyao at this moment, and he looked at him with a look of picking up a treasure.
"What do you think of your family?" the emperor coughed and then asked.
And the hundreds of ministers below were also extremely shocked.
Even Censor Wei could no longer describe his inner thoughts in words.
This person is afraid that it is not just as simple as practicing Taoism.
He immediately smiled bitterly, then went out and bowed to Yaoyao, "I have a shallow knowledge and have received teachings."
It is not an exaggeration to give her a crown prince concubine by herself.
But, what is the origin of her master? Logically speaking, with such a knowledge theory, it is impossible to have no name or surname.
"I took the initiative to ask, don't you know the name of Wei Fengyi and respecting his teacher?"
Chapter completed!