Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 479 The Emperor’s Daba

"Emperor Wu actually has such achievements?"

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

Paying attention to agriculture and building water conservancy, Taicang will be overflowing, and the people will be in peace for a long time. This is Wenzhi.

Promoting official governance, opening up mutual markets, ensuring sufficient national supplies, and no internal or external troubles are also examples of civilized governance.

But I didn't expect that now it seems that this fixed calendar and unified customs, so that the whole world can celebrate together, and wish for the future at the same time, can also be called civilized governance.

But Li Shimin soon understood:

"Only Emperor Wu can do this to determine customs."

After all, the younger generation has made it very clear that excellent martial arts is the most powerful guarantee for achieving all this.

There is no distinction between Hu and Han in the north and south, and the whole world is influenced by the Han style. The prerequisite for such a great undertaking is to use force to make the Yi and Di respect China.

Changsun Wuji immediately followed closely:

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

Li Shimin hurriedly gave in. After all, he had only been the emperor for five years. Doesn't the minister's words mean that he was being roasted on the fire?

"Your Majesty has no boundless troops to wear down all the people, and no exhausted soldiers to keep the invaders from weakening."

"Your Majesty has been crowned with a great reputation through the ages, so he should use this as his advancement. Only in this way can he be able to rule as well as Yao and Shun."

Zhao Kuangyin argued loudly:

Are you too self-conscious about being a relative?

Changsun Wuji still had a smile on his face and had no problem with Wei Zheng's hand.

After they had rested here, Empress Changsun came to Li Shimin's side and chuckled:

"What does bullying of orphans and widows mean?"

Li Shimin's smiling face suddenly stiffened when he heard Changsun Wuji's compliment.

Fortunately, Wei Zheng did not finish speaking:

……

These unreserved words immediately attracted everyone’s attention:

"In the third year of Yuanshou, Sang Hongyang implemented the strategy of salt and iron official camp to make up for the national treasury deficit. The following year, the champion was granted the title of Langjuxu."

Just when Du Ruhui wanted to say something, Wei Zheng stood up before him and expressed his disagreement:

"And now that he is rich and powerful, he will definitely be able to develop unparalleled martial arts, control the Western Regions and shake the sea waves, use the name of Tang Dynasty to control the world, praise martial arts and promote civilized governance through the ages."

"I have heard that Wei Zheng's words are as sharp as swords and iron, so why do you often see charming words?"

Du Ruhui was suddenly a little surprised:

I thought you were a minister who was outspoken in admonishing someone, but I never expected that you could say something more flattering than Yao and Shun. I really misjudged you!

"When you have unparalleled martial arts, you already have a militaristic attitude. Your Majesty should reflect on yourself, and should not be complacent by relying on the light curtain and relying on the eternal reputation."

"The four kings of Zheng, Cao, Ji, and Qi all have titles, and the Queen Mother even took care of her during the holidays that week. How can it be called bullying?"

In response to what the official said in a loud voice, the little Huangmen did not dare to say anything. Zhao Pu looked at his nose, nose and heart, as if he didn't realize it.

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

Moreover, before my brother became the Zhou inspection envoy, where did the song "Inspection and inspection make the emperor" that was sung in Bianliang, the capital, come from?

Besides, there are rumors that the Empress Dowager Zhou should become a monk. Zhao Guangyi didn't know whether the Queen Mother Zhou should study Buddhism carefully before becoming a monk. He only knew that if the former Queen Mother really became a monk, she would be suitable for his brother.

But of course, this sneer can only be hidden in my heart.

At least on the surface, Zhao Guangyi's face showed a hint of genuine indignation:

"The officials strictly command the soldiers and do not commit plunder, so that the people's hearts are not shaken and the four directions are peaceful. Isn't it a hundred times better than the replacement of dynasties with troops and plunder?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded with complicated emotions.

This complexity includes both the shame of old things being revealed, and the lamentation of being surprised that one’s reputation in later generations does not seem to be that good either:

I was still laughing at Tang Taizong before, but I didn't expect that it would be my turn...

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

In addition to setting the time for the New Year, another function of the "Taichu Calendar" is to set the day of the twelfth lunar month.

The twelfth lunar month is the day of the twelfth lunar month festival.

Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the ancient ancestors in the farming era have gradually formed the tradition of holding sacrifices in December.

It is not only to repay the God of Agriculture for his blessing, but also to look forward to the harvest in the coming year and pray that everyone can live a good life.

This ceremony was called Qingsi in the Xia Dynasty, Jiaping in the Shang Dynasty, and "wax" in the Zhou Dynasty. Until the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the "Book of Rites" had detailed regulations on the objects, greetings, procedures, clothing, and performances of the wax ceremony.

Just like our Chinese festivals are often inseparable from eating, the same goes for the December Festival. A grand feast will be held after the end, so the December Festival is also associated with eating.

This ritual process is also known as "Emperor Dababa" because it worships eight gods including Xiansi, Nong, Shuiyong and Insects.

Before the Han Dynasty, the wax festival was only scheduled to be held in December, but everyone had different opinions on the specific day. Until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that it was no longer possible, he directly stipulated in the "Taichu Calendar" that the third garrison day after the winter solstice was the wax day. , perform the wax sacrifice on this day.

The object of sacrifice has also changed from the eight gods from all directions, and has been integrated and simplified with another wax sacrifice that the royal family dedicated to ancestral temples in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and became a sacrifice to the five gods and ancestors.

However, because the time of the winter solstice has always been changing, occasionally the twelfth lunar month will fall into the first lunar month because the winter solstice is relatively late, which conflicts with the tradition of worshiping the twelfth lunar month in the twelfth lunar month. Therefore, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was simply established as the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

In addition, there was another thing 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 committed to localization in order to take root in China.

Although Laba has a tradition of feasting, in ancient times there were many poor refugees who had difficulty even having enough food and clothing to eat. Therefore, on this day, the temple mixed rice and fruits into porridge and used it as a celebration of Sakyamuni’s Enlightenment Day. The hungry people used it as a meritorious deed, hence the name Laba porridge.

Another factor that promoted Laba porridge was the poor living conditions of the people in troubled times.

For example, after the Anshi Rebellion, the signs of separatist rule in vassal towns have emerged, the relationship between the central and local governments has gradually become tense, and corvee taxes have increased.

For example, after the Jingkang Disgrace, the Southern Song Dynasty court basically exploited the people in a sustainable way. Zhu Xi said that "the ancients have all the methods of carving and stripping in this dynasty." The exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes recorded in the accounts only include additional expenses, transfers, scrap money, changes, head money, cowhide tax, warehouse tax, import tax, seal tax, money for folding silk, and buying silk, etc., which are less than the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Half of the total name.

Under such circumstances, Laba porridge has become the biggest thought of many people throughout the year.

But of course, until today, Laba porridge has lost all its religious color.

In the Song Dynasty, the porridge made of seven kinds of rice and fruits in temples could be named "Seven Treasures and Five Flavors", which attracted people to loot it, and those who couldn't get it mourned and cried loudly.

Laba porridge sold in supermarkets now contains dozens of ingredients, but we still find it hard to swallow.

This shows that the current level of stability and prosperity in life can be said to have surpassed that of China for five thousand years. 】

(End of this chapter)