Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 661

Tai Chi Palace, above the Golden Luan Hall.

Ten stones three feet high and two feet in diameter are placed in the golden hall.

The seemingly inconspicuous stone is shaped like a drum, and each of the granite stone surfaces is engraved with a four-character poem in seal script.

"There are ten poems in total, totaling 710 characters!"

Su Xu, a bachelor, marveled at the seal characters on the stone drum, "It's like a piece of gold on the ground, and a bunch of grass and clouds. It doesn't bother to trim and trim, and it has its own uniqueness."

Yu Shinan, who is also a master of calligraphy, also watched for a long time.

"Your Majesty, these stone drum seal carvings are rigorous in words, profound in meaning, and difficult to read. The font is neither like official script nor like oracle bone inscriptions. Although it has been old for a long time, it is still as complete as new. The writing is strong and decisive, like a fast sword cutting a dragon. The same. The strokes are stretched and vivid, just like a phoenix dancing, or like a fairy descending from the earth. The strokes are thin, hard and strong, criss-crossing, like corals and eucalyptus trees with overlapping branches, it is so beautiful!"

Although both Su Xu and Yu Shinan were great calligraphers in the present age and were the most proficient in characters, they couldn't recognize the stone drum characters that were said to be popular in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties for a while.

"Can't you recognize it?" Li Shimin was also surprised.

These stone drums were made on the day of Shangyuan Festival in the fifth year of Zhenguan. The Sanzhiyuan in Chencang, Qizhou suddenly turned over, and the mountain cracked, revealing these ten stone drum-shaped granite stones with strange characters.Zheng Yuanxuan, the governor of Qizhou, recognized that this was the seal script used in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties. He felt that Qizhou was originally the land of ancient Qin, and now these relics of ancient Qin that had been buried for thousands of years suddenly appeared in the mountains of the land of ancient Qin. This is properly auspicious.

The auspiciousness bestowed on the emperor by heaven, Zheng Yuanxuan, governor of Qizhou, immediately personally escorted these stone drums to Chang'an, presenting auspicious congratulations.

"Your Majesty, I can be sure that the characters on the stone drum must be seal characters, but these seal characters are similar to the characters of 籀 recorded in Shuowen Jiezi, but the characters on the stone drum that I observe are not included in Shuowen Jiezi above."

A group of well-educated people explained the character zhou to the emperor there. It is said that at the turn of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a book called Shi Zhou Pian. It is said that it was written by Zhou Xuan Wang Tai Shi Zhen. book.

It is said that in order to show the prestige of the country, King Xuan of Zhou asked Tai Shizhen to transform the original Zhongdingwen characters into Zhenwen, which is also the predecessor of Xiaozhuan.

The characteristics of these scripts are that the fonts are complex, square, and beautiful in strokes, but they are not image-like, breaking away from the pictographic function of ancient characters.

After the Qin eradicated the six kingdoms and unified the script, this kind of script was no longer used. Only one or two hundred ancient scripts were handed down in some ancient books.

"To be more precise, this is Zhuwen, a type of seal script, and a variant of the seal script." Chu Liang, who is also a calligrapher, said.

Dazhuan is relative to Xiaozhuan from the Qin Dynasty, so Zhong Dingwen is Dazhuan, and the character is a font alienated from Zhongdingwen.

Dazhuan is an important process in the development of Chinese characters, which makes Chinese characters break away from the original shape of the picture, lines and standardize, and especially establishes the basic structure of square characters.

However, although both the big seal script and the small seal script are called seal scripts, there is a huge difference, especially the 籀wen, which is a variant of the big seal script, is neither pictographic nor pictorial, it is purely a new artificial symbol.Only one or two hundred characters have been handed down from generation to generation, and the people of Tang Dynasty did not know these characters long ago.

But from his very standardized four-character sentence format, from those strokes and calligraphy, we all infer that this should be an engraved poem.

Some people speculate that this should be the work of King Xuan of Zhou, and some people think that it may be the work before Qin unified the six kingdoms.

Ten stone drums, with more than 700 unrecognizable characters, let the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty keep watching together. Of course, not all the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty have the spirit of archaeology. In fact, because of the birth of these stone drums, today An interesting thing happened.

Qizhou Inspector Zheng Yuanxuan sent the stone drum with the Chinese character "Zi" to the capital, and the whole world knew about it all the way, clamoring about the auspicious appearance of the world, praising the emperor for being so great, and by the way, he did not forget to publicize himself, which means that the stone drum with the Chinese character "Zi" appeared in his presence Qizhou under the rule must also express that God is very satisfied with him as a herdsman official, which is a manifestation of benevolent government.

Xingyang Zheng's public relations ability is strong, and it is publicized everywhere.

Auspiciousness is something that rulers of all dynasties like. Even wild animals with albinism, such as white tigers, white bears, white snakes and white turtles, can be auspicious. If the crops grow better, they can also be called Jiahe auspicious. Of course, things have to be publicized.

After all, auspiciousness represents God's satisfaction.This is like a catastrophe, which represents a warning from the heavens and is dissatisfied with the heavens.Auspiciousness represents the satisfaction and praise of God.

Under the leadership of Zheng's family, countless officials came up to play and flattered Li Shimin one after another, making Li Shimin groan in comfort. It is said that he woke up laughing several times from his dreams.

No way, since the Xuanwumen mutiny seized the throne, Li Shimin has also been under tremendous pressure, but the past few years have been very difficult, and now it is difficult to destroy the Turks and descend to Tuyuhun, and all nations come to the court, so they must be in a good mood.

And among these voices of praise, a big man who had been silent for a long time also stood up and spoke out. This is Hejian County King Li Xiaogong.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he formed a team with Li Jing and led the army to conquer the south, and the county king who pacified the southeast half of the Tang Dynasty could be said to be the most famous prince in the clan back then.

However, after the unification of the Tang Dynasty, the prince lost his military power. Before the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuan took Li Xiaogong directly from the position of the governor of Yangzhou to Beijing for interrogation on the grounds of others’ accusation. Innocence, but because of this, he lost his status as a feudal official and could only shrink back in the capital.

After Li Shimin came to power, he was even more afraid of this very young cousin who was second only to him in fighting ability in the royal family. He kept on him. At the beginning of his succession, he even borrowed Qin Lang's hand to clean up Li Xiaogong's brother. Come on, come to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys, that is to say, from then on, Li Xiaogong understood and was persuaded.

The Ministry of Rites is no longer a minister, and he retires to go home. At a young age, he spends all day repairing mansions, buying beauties, listening to songs and watching dances, drinking and having fun every night.

In the past few years, the mansion of Li Xiaogong's family has become more and more luxurious, and the beauties in the family have bought more and more. There are already more than 100 concubines. thing.

Li Shimin was naturally very satisfied with this witty cousin, so when he selected Li Yuan as a hero to enjoy the Taimiao, he gave Li Xiaogong a place and became one of the six.

From time to time, some rewards will also be given.

This year Li Xiaogong turned 40 years old. Uncharacteristically, the famous king of the clan actually made a memorial, which was not a secret memorial, but a public memorial.

The content of this memorandum is also amazing, Li Xiaogong actually proposed to invite Li Shimin to enshrine Mount Tai.

As soon as this memorial came up, countless officials who were still flattering and shouting auspiciously immediately slapped their thighs hard. After patting for a long time, they couldn't get a photo. They searched for nothing and thought of many gorgeous words.

Look at the King of Hejian County, he is worthy of being a famous king of the clan.

Feng Chan Taishan, he's so fucking flattering.

Fengchan Taishan, this is a ceremony held by the Chinese emperors on Mount Tai to worship the gods and the earth. Ban Gu in the Han Dynasty once said that if the king is ordered and changes his surname, he will be promoted to Mount Tai. Why?The meaning of teaching is also.When he was first ordered, the system was reformed to meet the heavens, and the world was peaceful, and things became Zen, so as to proclaim peace.

According to the general meaning of the Five Classics, the destiny of heaven is the king, so that all people can live, tell peace to the sky, and repay the merits of the gods.

Therefore, those who are promoted will increase in height.The foundation of Zen Liang's father is broad and thick, and those who carve stone records can use their own achievements for self-efficacy.

The sky respects the height, and the earth regards the thickness as the virtue. Therefore, the height of Mount Tai is increased to repay the sky, and the site of Liang's father is attached to repay the earth. Thick ones are also thickened.

Since the beginning of China, the emperors who enshrined Zen on Mount Tai include Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. Over the past dynasties, there have been many emperors who went to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices, but few were able to hold the ceremony of enshrining Zen, because there is no certain merit. .

After Feng Chan had made great achievements, he went to Mount Tai to directly talk to the heavens. If he didn't have certain achievements, how could he have the face to face God.

At least, the merits can be compared with Qin Huang, Han Wu and others, but there are several emperors who have this ability.Qin Huang was the first emperor, Han Wu was also a famous emperor who opened up territories, and Han Guangwu also made achievements in restoring the Han Dynasty and bringing about peace.

It is generally accepted in the world that two basic conditions must be fulfilled in order to enshrine Zen and Mount Tai. One is that the king is appointed and the surname is changed, which is the founding of the country and the dynasty;With these two points, you are qualified to think about it, otherwise don't even think about it.

Li Xiaogong didn't know whether it was because he drank too much wine at home, or because he was tired of watching beauties singing and dancing. At this time, he proposed to let the emperor enshrine Mount Tai. Although it was a bit sudden, it made everyone in the court stunned.

Why didn't they think of it.

For an emperor, what excites them the most?Naturally it is Feng Chan Taishan.

This is a grand event for the emperor, the thing that can boast of achievements and leave a name in history.

It is difficult for an emperor like Li Shimin who has more self-control to refuse such a temptation.

As soon as Li Xiaogong asked for the Fengchan Memorial, although the emperor did not agree immediately, he turned his head around and used Li Xiaogong's meritorious service in founding the country, granted Li Xiaogong an increase of [-] households, and immediately made him the post of Minister of Rites.His eldest son, Li Chongyi, was also immediately removed from the post of governor of Tongzhou, which is an important state in Kinki.

The emperor's attitude can be said to be a little impatient.

No one in the court knew that the emperor was moved.

It's just that under this turbulent wave, the Zhengshitang is surprisingly calm.

Even Prime Minister Fang Xuanling, who has always been the most sympathetic to the emperor's heart, didn't say a word, which made Li Shimin a little restless, so there was such an auspicious stone drum going up to the Golden Palace today.

(End of this chapter)