Chapter 2017 Religious Planning, Transformation of the Red Emperor


    Qiaohe is the Chidi Palace offering wine. When he came to visit Feiqian, he was also very religious. He was wearing a red robe with a black background, and there was a big picture of Yin and Yang on the front and back, which looked like a god. Professional player among sticks.


    Fei Qian smiled, helped Qiao Bing up, and then walked towards the Chidi Palace.


    Qiao Bing had a kind of flattery that was rarely seen in ordinary times on his face, squeezing Zhuge Liang''s original position, and followed Fei Qian in a desperate manner.


    Little Luobotou was also not angry, and walked behind thoughtfully.


    ...


    But how did the "Law of Loan Order" get involved with the Red Emperor Palace?


    Could it be that the hussar general wants to use religion?


    But the problem is...


    While Zhuge was thinking all the way, a group of people had already arrived near the Red Emperor Palace.


    That’s right, Fei Qian wants to do something with the “Five Gods” created by himself. This matter has actually been planned for a long time.


    The Han Dynasty can be said to be a very special era in terms of religion. Its speciality lies in the fact that at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it inherited the blood-related religious structure that had collapsed after the impact of the social shocks since the Spring and Autumn Period. Also at the end of the Han Dynasty, Also met with the collapse of the national religion...


    At the same time, the Han Dynasty was also an era in which the birth of local folk religions and the fusion of foreign religions blended and mutually restrained each other.


    The Red Emperor Palace occupies a large area. After all, the Han Dynasty was also somewhat sparsely populated. Even in the Sanfu area of ??Guanzhong, there are large areas of barren mountains and mountains.


    Before arriving at the Red Emperor Palace, all the officials and subordinates in the Red Emperor Palace knelt down to welcome Fei Qian''s inspection.


    That’s right, the Red Emperor’s Palace is considered an official system...


    Just like religious figures in later generations also have official ranks.


    Huang Xu and his guards had already entered the palace for inspection, occupying a key position, while Xu Chu followed closely behind Fei Qian, following step by step.


    In the main hall of the Red Emperor Palace is naturally a tall statue of the Red Emperor.


    Fei Qian stepped forward, lit incense, and bowed down to worship.


    People in the Han Dynasty still adhere to the custom of kneeling up to the sky, kneeling down to the ground, and kneeling to their parents in the middle. Ordinary people, for example, even if they see Fei Qian going out, they only need to get out of the way and don''t need to kneel down. If they are slaves who don''t even have freedom and rights, they have to kneel no matter who they see.


    The religion of the Han Dynasty came from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and its nature has undergone great changes.


    At the very beginning, Xia, Shang and Zhou were blood religions until Qin. Then he was shocked and collapsed by "the prince and general Xiang Ning has a kind", and Liu Bang, a bum, ascended to the top position, causing the country''s religious beliefs in terms of blood to collapse in a mess.


    The green smoke curled up, seeming to cast some mysterious color on the statue of the Red Emperor.


    Fei Qian looked at the solemn and solemn statue of the Red Emperor, but felt a little emotional in his heart. If Liu Bang was underground, he would know that the Han Dynasty he brought down with his own hands would turn black into red, and then the Black Emperor he represented would roll aside to eat the exhaust gas. I don''t know whether to cry or laugh?


    Liu Bang wanted to praise himself as the black emperor at first, but obviously it was more of a self-indulgence, and no one paid attention to it. So that in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu was born, filling this vacancy and forming a new national religious system.


    The development of national religion in the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu''s "Tianlun" thought, the rise of Chenwei, and Ban Gu''s "Bai Hu Tong" are three iconic milestones.


    Dong Zhongshu''s "Tian Lun" thought, first of all, clarified the existence of "Heaven". , that is, "sovereign power conferred by heaven", and this point is inherited from the blood relationship theory of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, which means that there is a certain blood relationship between "Heaven" and "Man", that is, "Son of Heaven", which is logically demonstrated The rationality of imperial power.


    Of course, when Dong Zhongshu started to promote this idea, no one doubted it, but Dong Zhongshu opened up a big one, that is, he put forward the so-called "the number of human beings". In general, it is: "The sky is the number of the end of the year, and the body of an adult, so the small festival is three hundred and sixty-six, which is the number of days; There are four limbs, which are associated with the four seasons; first sight, then closed, which is associated with day and night; first moment, which is rigid and sometimes soft, which is associated with winter and summer; first moment, which is sad and sometimes joyful, which is associated with yin and yang...』


    Dong Zhongshu said that no matter in the physical or spiritual aspects, human beings are copies of heaven. Therefore, human behavior must be reflected in "heaven". So far, the theory of the interaction between heaven and man has been completely confirmed.


    Old Master Dong stood proudly, looked around, and said that there was no one who could fight...


    Dong Zhongshu won, but he also lost.


    Because not all "sons of heaven" are Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, or can have the ability of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.


    If it was the blood religion of the pre-Qin period, it would be easy to explain. After all, who doesn’t have a child? It is enough to pick one of the many (●￣()￣●) children who is better, but what about the "Son of Heaven" theory now? Jumamai skin is because the gods think that our group of ministers are too second, so they deliberately sent a monkey down to torment us, right?


    So prophecy became popular.


    Especially at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, as the emperor became more and more fatuous and incompetent, in order to cover up his ugliness and to allow himself to remain attached to the supremacy of the imperial power and eat meat and drink blood, the big officials and the big gentry began to promote prophecy, indicating that these superficially seemingly Very stupid, very stupid, very incompetent emperor, not really what he looks like on the surface, but a kind of wise and foolish words and deeds, please taste, please taste, please carefully...


    So, Wang Mang said, I understand.


    Then Liu Xiu also said, I also understand...


    As a result, after the prevalence of prophecy, the ideological circles of the Eastern Han Dynasty became more chaotic. The contradictions between prophecy and traditional Confucianism, and the contradiction between modern and ancient Chinese classics became more intensified. All parties tried to overwhelm each other. The more you talk, the more complicated it becomes.


    Just like Fei Qian’s Qinglong Temple discussion, it’s not because Fei Qian is a traveler, so there is a BUFF bonus, but on the one hand, Chenwei has developed to the present, and many people understand the harm. At the same time, before Fei Qian, The White Tiger Temple has been done once. From a certain point of view, in fact, "Baihu Tongyi" is also trying to eliminate it to a certain extent, or it is correcting the prophecy. So when Fei Qian proposed "seeking the truth and seeking the truth", under the name of Zheng Xuan Sima Hui, no one had any objections.


    "Baihu Tongyi" eliminates many simple and rough theological statements in Chenwei''s theology. For example, Chenwei regards ancient emperors Fuxi, Shennong, and Zhurong as gods, while "Baihu Tongyi" believes that these ancient emperors are human beings; Weishu deified Confucius and others, "Baihu Tongyi" thinks that Confucius and others are not gods; Weishu deifies the Five Classics, and "Baihu Tongyi" thinks that the Five Classics are "the way of the five constants", not a divine book.


    However, "Baihu Tongyi" still did not knock down the status of the scriptures, nor did it completely abandon the prophecy, so that the current Feiqian''s re-survey can be regarded as a kind of inheritance and development.


    So now, Fei Qian is also preparing to continue to carry forward the Red Emperor Palace...


    After performing the superficial ceremony, Fei Qian looked at Qiao Bing, Qiao Bing immediately understood, let his subordinates do their own work, and then led Fei Qian to the apse to sit down. No one is stupid, who would really think that Fei Qian came to the Red Emperor Palace to burn incense after he had nothing to do?


    Religion must serve politics, and a religion that cannot serve politics is not a good religion, just like besieging the government all day long...cough cough cough...


    So why did Fei Qian raise Qiao Bing and his group?


    Naturally, it is for political service, for Fei Qian, and also for the current Little Ice Age.


    In Chidi Palace, humans and gods are separated.


    Man is man, God is God, this is very clear. Qiao is not the spokesperson of God, nor is he a prophet, a saint, nor an incarnation. If it is said, it is somewhat similar to a missionary with government subsidies.


    Qiao Bing and others vigorously promoted the current religion, not because Qiao Bing really believed in the five gods, but because Qiao Bing took the money given by Fei Qian and enjoyed the status given by Fei Qian. They are different, one is to sell hard, the other is to beg me, can it be the same?


    That’s right, it’s you, Mr. Huang.


    Dong Zhongshu''s theory of heaven and man, on the one hand, expelled the blood religion from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, making it retreat from the position of state religion, and became the clan system of local gentry. On the other hand, it was naturally Huang Lao who was overthrown.


    At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the Huang-Lao School generally belonged to the category of national religion. It was the policy of the Han Dynasty for a long time, but after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Huang-Lao School lost its prominent position. Its representative figures Liu An, the king of Huainan, also had the ending of "conspiring to rebel and punishing the clan".


    So Huang-Lao''s study had no choice but to leave the political center and develop into Huang-Lao''s health-preserving techniques, and walked towards the road of idolizing the Yellow Emperor and Laozi, forming a religious system with cultivation and health-preserving as the dominant ideology, and assisting the gods with Huangbai techniques and other means. There is also a school of alchemists, who are usually so noble as to die, but in fact they want to stick to the emperor, saying that they come to beg me, and if they beg, I will give you an egg, er, a pill...


    So Fei Qian is very clear about what religion should do. For example, the three brothers Zhang Jiao did a good job at the beginning, but there were no constraints. Then they got hot-headed and felt that they had a great advantage. Then F2, A went up, Finally played GG.


    The five-party **** religion established by Feiqian not only solves the contradiction between man and nature, but also solves the contradiction of human society itself. The contradiction between man and nature is easy to understand. After all, many things in the natural world are difficult for ordinary people to understand. Even if we don’t talk about the wind, rain, thunder and lightning in nature, it is difficult to explain clearly the birth, old age, sickness and death caused by human beings’ survival in nature. Therefore, to a certain extent Belonging to religion is an inevitable choice for human development.


    As for the contradictions in human society itself...


    Like the present moment.


    『Qiao Jijiu...』 Fei Qian gestured to Qiao and sat down, while Zhuge Liang stood behind Fei Qian like a little secretary. 』


    Qiao was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes were fixed on Fei Qian''s face, "My lord''s intention... these five gods, do you want an explanation?" 』


    Fei Qian smiled and nodded, "Of course there must be an explanation..."


    『Wei, Wei! Qiao Bing nodded again and again, smiling all over his face, "It''s just this "law", how should I say it..."


    Fei Qian didn''t say anything directly, just nodded and said: "If you have a good host, you will definitely be rewarded at that time... I have some free time today, so I come here to watch, and my wish is fulfilled... If there is anything, you can go to the general government...」


    Are you kidding me, let someone say everything, why do you want to be tricked?


    Feiqian got up to leave, Qiao Bing naturally couldn''t stop him, and followed behind in a desperate manner, but was stopped by Fei Qian, who just told Qiao Bing to remember to go to the General''s Mansion three days later, and then returned to Chang''an with a group of people.


    Leave a few crazy Qiao and don''t mention...


    On the way, Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang who followed silently, and said: "If Kong Ming has any doubts, you might as well speak up." 』


    『The general wants to use the five gods to control the place? ’ Zhuge Liang said.


    "Of course..." Fei Qian nodded, but did not deny such thoughts, "How about it?" Let''s talk about it together! 』


    『However...』Zhuge Liang turned his head and looked in the direction of the Red Emperor Palace, 『General, the gods of the five directions are trusted by foolish people.


    Qiao Do you believe in the so-called "Five Gods"?


    hehe.


    So how many gentry clansmen in Guanzhong believe in the Five Gods?


    Naturally, hehe.


    On the contrary, at the level of ordinary people, many people believe in this, and there are many pious people, so Zhuge Liang said that if Fei Qian wanted to use this method to restrict the gentry, it might not have any effect.


    『Kong Ming’s words are correct...』 Fei Qian nodded without denying it, but instead asked, 『So why? 』


    『This…』Zhuge Liang froze for a moment.


    Yeah, why?


    Why do the children of the gentry, or the upper-class people, not believe in religious gods and ghosts, but the common people do? Is it because of ignorance?


    Obviously not, after all, in the later generations, there are also some people who are well-educated and even have a certain status, and then rush to kneel at the feet of the clay bodhisattva, trying to let the clay statues protect themselves. Are these scholars and officials ignorant? In some respects, they are even smarter than most people, otherwise these people would not be able to climb up, but why would they believe it?


    Fei concealed his smile, "Without him, human nature..."


    『Human nature? 』Zhuge Liang opened his eyes wide, he never thought of these two words anyway.


    Feiqian nodded, "Humans have emotions and desires, so naturally there will be ups and downs, fear of life and death, nowhere to resolve it, so they have to entrust it to the gods...Therefore, things are made by people, and people are counted in advance..."


    Zhuge Liang was stunned, as if he understood something, but he didn’t seem to understand it completely...


    …(··)…


    Chang''an.


    Wei Duan''s home.


    In the backyard, in a remote pavilion, there are only three people inside and outside, and the rest of the servants are far away.


    『General Hussars went to Meiyang? 』


    『Red Emperor Palace? 』


    『How about your desire? 』


    Fei Qian took Zhuge Liang with him, and the whereabouts of a large group of people were naturally difficult to keep secret, so news spread quickly.


    Especially the center of the vortex, Weiduan in Chang''an, as a representative of the Guanzhong gentry, of course, is more concerned about these things.


    No way, the family originally planned to train their children to take two routes, one is naturally to inherit the father''s career, and the other is to follow the route of the world''s best, the model of celebrities. The eldest son can follow behind Wei Duan himself in the mix of qualifications. The second son, didn''t he learn from the so-called "Sage of Books", of course, after the discovery of Qinglong Temple, there are many fewer saints and saints, but it doesn''t matter, it should Blow or blow...


    But who would have thought that if the hand of the second child is crippled, a road will collapse if it is said to collapse. Therefore, under such circumstances, the only way to climb higher in the official career, and to get better benefits in the official career, then it is very important to think through the thoughts of Hussar General Fei Qian.


    What''s more, the hotly released "Loan Order Law" is also a new achievement of the Senate. Although Wei Duan is not the leader, but the guy surnamed Pei did it, it is also a matter of the Senate. How can Wei Duan fail? Heart?


    "Anyway, a certain has ordered that within the Zhuangzi, no loans are allowed..." Li Yuan said, this matter, I followed the Hushi.


    Wei Duan took a look at Li Yuan, shook his head, and said, "This order, actually...is a fake..."


    Du Ji was silent and did not speak.


    In the previous amnesty incident, the guy surnamed Pei thought it was easy at the beginning, but he found it troublesome when he actually started it, and then naturally dragged it on, using the excuse that the children of the Qinglong Temple gentry were arguing, and on the surface it seemed to be busy. It''s going to die, but in fact, if you procrastinate, you will procrastinate. And this time, Wei Duan did not expect that the guy surnamed Pei would move so fast in this "Law of Loan Order"...


    Before I thought it would be like an amnesty, and there was some discussion at Qinglong Temple, which dragged on for a few months...


    But now that I think about it, I can understand it. After all, the amnesty has been delayed for so long. If it is delayed again now, I am afraid that it is really the old birthday star eating pizza, er, arsenic, either losing teeth or getting tired of life.


    It''s just that Wei Duan, who studies laws and regulations, found the flaw in this new "Lending Law" without much effort.


    『A flaw? Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said, "At this time, there is a great deal of trouble. I don''t want to be meritorious, but I want to have no faults. This matter...even if there is a flaw, it has nothing to do with me..."


    Du Ji nodded and said, "Your brother''s words are serious. What''s more...if this flaw is intentional...」


    『Well, ah? ”Wei Duan rolled his eyes, “Do you want to do it on purpose? so…"


    This is Hussar General Fei Qian ready to sharpen his sword again?


    This makes sense, after all, the weather is not good now, and it is obvious that there may be problems with the autumn harvest, so it is of course a way to find a fat man to start with, but we must pay attention to some rules in everything, so we first made such a law, Then, if someone really hit the knife edge with his eyes open, it would be no wonder that Hussar General Fei Qian was cruel and ruthless.


    That''s why Du Ji praised Li Yuan for being prudent.


    But the problem is that everyone knows that General Hussars Fei Qian does things in the same way, just like General Hussars went to Meiyang today, what exactly is he going to do?


    Wei Duan pondered for a while, and said: "Why don''t you try it? 』Knowing that there is a pit, but where the pit falls always makes people feel uneasy, so if you know where the pit is, naturally you don’t have to be afraid. Try it, the pit is big and the pit is small, there are more or less numbers.


    Du Ji frowned.


    Wei Duan said with a smile: "Naturally it is not the place of Sanfu...you know, Longyou...hehe, many guys probably don''t read the scriptures and don''t understand the reason...plus the transmission of the law, there is always some delay..."


    (end of this chapter)