This Song Dynasty is different

Chapter 30 Dignity and Anger

I don't know when, Zhenzong felt that he needed to establish some prestige, so he started the god-making movement.

The King of Chu had such a thin waist that many people died of starvation in the palace.Ding Wei and others used all kinds of martial arts to forge heavenly books, forge auspiciousness, forge... The history of Huanghuang records this era when forgery was prevalent.

Even Yan Shu, a poet who pretended to have thick eyebrows and big eyes, also wrote articles to flatter Zhenzong.

When Li Xian returned home, Xinghua saw that his expression was calm but slightly angry, so she asked Wang He.

"I don't know." Wang He shook his head, he didn't know about this.

Not long after, Wang Zeng came.

"You are confused!" Wang Zeng pointed at Li Xian and scolded: "How old are you? Even if you are dissatisfied, you have to choose a way to express your opinion. People like you are like you, overturning the case with just one disagreement. In this court, Can you still do something?"

"Prince." Li Xian was drinking. He looked up, his eyes bloodshot, "Who doesn't know that the so-called Book of Heaven is a farce?"

"The late Emperor didn't know." Wang Zeng sat down and stretched out his hand, while Xinghua quickly went to get the bowl and chopsticks.

"How could the late emperor not know this earlier? But later he deceived himself and really regarded himself as the son of God." Li Xian took a sip of wine.

"The late emperor gave the order, Wang Dan took the lead, Wang Qinruo was in charge, and Ding Wei was in charge of money and food. The journey to Fengchan Taishan was so expensive that it makes people tremble! Your Majesty!"

There was anger in Li Xian's eyes, "Wang Qinruo was shameless. He said that a black dragon appeared near Mount Tai and that the Queen Mother Pond on the mountain turned purple. He was really shameless. If the Queen Mother really paid attention to him and saw that he was so shameless, she would not be so shameless. Slap him to death?"

"Slandering the late emperor is treason." Wang Zeng said calmly, taking the bowl and chopsticks handed over by Xinghua, and first gave himself a bowl of mutton chop soup.

"After returning, the late emperor still wanted to enshrine Xiyuan Mountain and offer sacrifices to his ancestors. But as he enshrined Mount Tai, the entire Song Dynasty began to become uneasy. Floods here, droughts there, the crops in the capital area were turned into firewood, and the people were in dire straits. All the officials were frightened, worried about a civil uprising, and reported to the police many times. Only then did he change his mind and say "take it slow."

Li Xian sneered, "But after a year, those ugly people came forward one after another, asking the late emperor to offer sacrifices to the queen. Come on! It's a good time to get promoted and make a fortune."

Wang Zeng raised his glass, and Li Xian raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp. "It cost more than [-] million guan to enshrine Taishan, and more than [-] million guan to worship Hou Tu and canonize Laozi. In addition, various sacrifices and ceremonies were extremely expensive. The late emperor not only used up all his treasury, but also The wealth accumulated by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong was also exhausted. What did you gain? My lord, I would like to ask, what did you gain from such a huge effort?"

"The people are ignorant." Wang Zeng said softly: "You and I both know that this is a farce, but the people don't know. In this way, the majesty of the emperor is deeply rooted in the people. Understand?"

"I understand, isn't it just to fool the people?" Li Xian sneered.

"Stop talking weird things." Wang Zeng drank wine slowly, "Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, who has not fooled the people's hearts? The First Emperor used the Qin method to fool the people's hearts. In the pre-Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism. This was the beginning of the creation of gods."

"Prince, do you want to say that Confucianism is shameless?" Li Xian raised his eyebrows.

"I never said this." Wang Zeng did not dare to face those lunatics directly.

"The divine right of kings is the beginning of fooling the people's hearts. I don't object to this. After all, it is beneficial to the rule." In this era, a symbol is needed, "But what I object to is the waste of money and food!"

Wang Zeng was half drunk and staggered on his horse to go home, "The Queen Mother ordered you to be grounded. This is to protect you. Otherwise, do you think Wang Qinruo is a vegetarian? After all, he was the pioneer of the late emperor's conferment of Zen. They are called the Five Ugly. The Five Ugly, hahahaha!"

……

"Who does Zhuzi think he is?"

Wang Qinruo, who was determined to take over as Prime Minister, was drinking with a few of his confidants and said angrily.

To oppose the fasting ceremony is to oppose the Book of Heaven.To oppose the Book of Heaven is to oppose Wang Qinruo.

Several confidants came up with many ideas, all of which were to build momentum for the Zhai Jiao.

At the end of the day, everyone said goodbye. Someone drank too much and burped and asked, "Ms. sir, is the book written that day true?"

"I saw it with my own eyes, so it's true." Wang Qinruo said firmly.

He watched everyone leave, turned around, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Bullshit heavenly book!"

……

The next day, Zhao Zhen came, which was a bit unnatural.

Li Xian remains the same.

Zhao Zhen brought some bad news, "The Taoist priest Jingxian who presided over this matter said that Shu Zi is ignorant and dares to blaspheme the gods. I will naturally have something to say when I see you."

"Then I'll wait and see."

Three days passed by in a flash. Li Xian didn't want to move, but he couldn't resist Sun Xi and sent someone to invite him. He wanted to discuss with him about the fasting ceremony.

The palace was still very lively. Although the maids and maids were tired, they looked happy.

The more materials are used, the greater the possibility that they will take advantage of it...the reward from the palace afterwards will not be a small sum.

When they saw several Taoists in front of them, they also stopped and turned around.

The leading middle-aged Taoist priest nodded, "But Dingyuan Hou?"

"It's me." Li Xian narrowed his eyes.

"I am a poor Taoist, Jingxian." The Taoist priest said calmly, "May I ask if Marquis Dingyuan knows about the Zhaijiao ceremony?"

"Know a little, but not much."

"Then how could Marquis Dingyuan have the courage to desecrate the fasting ceremony?"

"I don't know how to celebrate the feast, but I only know one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"If the gods are alive, they will definitely not compete with mortals for food. Without him, it would be a shame!"

A lot of money and food are spent on fasting and feasting. How many people will be hungry, hungry, and not clothed?
Li Xian moved forward slowly. The chamberlain leading the way looked panicked and did not dare to follow.

Just watch him approach Jingxian.

The Taoist behind Jingxian sneered and reached out.

"Those who blaspheme God should beg for mercy!"

Li Xian glanced at him and said, "Count to three, get out!"

"one!"

The Taoist priest sneered and took a step forward.

"two!"

Jingxian is indifferent.

"roll!"

A scream came, and everyone turned around to see the official family of Song Dynasty standing there with clenched fists.

The Taoist priest took a deep breath, stepped back, and saluted, "I obey your Majesty's order."

Li Xian walked over.

"If he doesn't leave, do you really want to take action?" Zhao Zhen asked. "Of course not." Li Xian said very naturally.

When they arrived at Sun Shi's place, after hearing Li Xian's words, the old gentleman no longer had the interest to argue about the Zhaijiao ceremony.

Yes!

How can gods compete with mortals for food?

Not shameful enough!
The old gentleman asked someone to bring drinks and waved his hand to give the officials a holiday.

The Queen Mother summoned Li Xian.

"Many times, many things are beyond our control. We have to do them."

"Yes. But I am thinking, why is the world so big?"

"What do you want to say?"

"Only when the common people are well fed and well clothed can they sincerely praise the emperor, live and work in peace and contentment, and only then can the emperor have the confidence to call for a prosperous age. Instead of..."

"Instead of creating a god?" The Queen Mother looked at him with complicated eyes, "You can speak frankly to me, which is trust. Naturally, I will not betray your trust. But you have to know that the matter of the Heavenly Book was very involved back then. Guang. There are many people in the court who share weal and woe with Tianshu. For example, Wang Qinruo, for example, Yan Shu."

If the Book of Heaven is false, Wang Qinruo's reputation as one of the five ugly men will soar to the sky.Yan Shu shamelessly flatters him and will become a scholar of disgrace.

"But who doesn't know?" Li Xian smiled and said, "It's just that everyone is pretending to be true to maintain the situation of not offending important ministers."

"The chamberlain reported in the morning that the official family was up all night yesterday." The Queen Mother waved her hand.

On the one hand, the dignity of the late emperor needs to be maintained, and on the other hand, the anger of a good brother, mentor and friend needs to be appeased. The officials and the family are in a dilemma, and they have trouble sleeping and eating.

"Guan, please eat something!" Zhang Ze brought the roast mutton worriedly, Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "I'm not hungry, take it back, or you can share it."

Zhang Ze smiled bitterly, "I feel the same way when I see that officials are restless."

"You don't know..." Zhao Zhen raised his head and said in a daze: "If Marquis Dingyuan tried to dissuade me, I would feel uncomfortable and at a loss. He was so angry that I was in a dilemma, but I was happy in my heart. I don't know why. ...Do you know?" He looked at Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze lowered his head and looked at the roasted mutton, "I am thinking that if Marquis Dingyuan is admonishing, he is giving advice to the official family as a minister. There are thousands of ministers in the official family, and there is no shortage of Marquis Dingyuan. And Dingyuan Hou was so angry that he did not treat the officials as emperors, but..."

"Don't dare to say?"

"Yes."

The word brother swirled in Zhang Ze's mouth, but he didn't dare to say it.

"He regards me as a brother. He hates iron but can't make it into steel. But he didn't know the trouble of this matter, and it would affect the whole body."

Zhao Zhen sighed.

"Official, Marquis Dingyuan wants to see you." A chamberlain came in to report.

Before Zhao Zhen could nod, Li Xian strode in, "I heard you have no appetite?"

Without waiting for Zhao Zhen to answer, Li Xian said, "I'll take you somewhere to have dinner."

"where?"

Standing outside the palace city, Zhao Zhen looked around, it seemed that there was no place to eat.

"Continue to go."

The two of them walked all the way out of Bianjing City, and there was a shack not far from the west of the city.

"Come!" Li Xian turned around, "This is where we will eat today."

Yang Qi looked solemn and came over and whispered: "Master Hou, there are so many refugees here. If anyone has evil intentions towards the official family..."

"No one knew in advance that he would come. Real refugees would not attack nobles unless they were about to starve to death. They are deeply afraid of nobles and would not dare!"

Li Xian took Zhao Zhen into this shack area.

When the refugees in shabby clothes saw a group of nobles coming in, they subconsciously leaned to the sides, lowered their heads, and peeped nervously.

Their beards and hair were unkempt, there was little water nearby, and their exposed skin was dirty.

They are generally very thin, and occasionally someone looks up, their eyes look like...

"The walking dead." Zhao Zhen murmured.

He saw several children with swollen bellies and asked, "Why are they so fat?"

"This is not fat, but abdominal fluid due to hunger and cold." Li Xian said calmly.

Zhao Zhen's cheeks were trembling.

An old man came over and saluted, "Master Marquis, they are cooking over there."

"lead the way."

There is a family cooking on the left.

Get some firewood on the ground and burn it, put a chipped clay pot on it, and watch it steaming up.

"It's time to eat." The disheveled hostess poured food for several sallow children.

"Take two bowls." Li Xian said.

But Zhao Zhen had already walked over.

He squatted down and looked at the food in the bowl...

There were more than a dozen pieces of wild vegetables and a dark piece of unknown staple food that was only [-]% the size of his palm.

He snatched the dark thing and stuffed it into his mouth.

The little girl who was robbed cried, "Mom, he took my cake."

Zhao Zhen didn't know what he had eaten. It was rough, bitter, and sour...

The little girl's eyes were full of despair. Such a small child also knew that she might starve to death after losing this little food.

"Give me back! Give me back!"

The little girl kicked Zhao Zhen.

Da Song Guanjia squatted there and suddenly covered his face with his hands.

Silently, choked.

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