Chapter 479 The Emperor's Great Candle

"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 celebrate 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:

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

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

These unreserved words immediately attracted everyone’s attention:

Are you too self-conscious about being a relative?

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

Fortunately, Wei Zheng did not finish speaking:

"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."

Du Ruhui was suddenly a little surprised:

I thought you were a minister who was outspoken in admonishing someone, but I didn’t expect that you could say something more flattering than Yao and Shun. I really misjudged you!

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

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

"I have heard that Wei Zheng's words are like swords and iron. Why do you often see charming words?"

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

…

Zhao Kuangyin argued loudly:

"What does bullying of orphans and widows mean?"

"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 officials said loudly, the little Huangmen dared not 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 Queen Mother Zhou should become a monk.

Zhao Guangyi didn't know whether Empress Dowager Zhou should study Buddhism carefully before becoming a monk. He only knew that if the former Empress Dowager really became a monk, she would be a good candidate 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 a complicated mood.

This complexity includes both the shame of old things being revealed, and the lament that one is surprised to realize 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 family 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.

As we all know, Buddhism has been committed to localization in order to take root in China.

Although there is a tradition of feasting on Laba, in ancient times, there were many poor refugees who had difficulty in getting enough food and clothing. Therefore, temples made rice and fruit porridge on this day, and gave it to the hungry people in the name of celebrating the day of Sakyamuni's enlightenment, so it was named Laba porridge.

Another factor in promoting Laba porridge was the poor living conditions of the people during the turbulent times.

For example, after the An-Shi Rebellion, the signs of separatist regimes had already appeared, the relationship between the central government and the local governments gradually became tense, and corvée and taxes increased.

For example, after the Jingkang Shame, the Southern Song Dynasty court basically exhausted the people in a sustainable way. Zhu Xi said, "The ancient methods of extortion are all available in this dynasty." Chao Shuozhi said, "The taxes and labor service in the Song Dynasty are dozens of times higher than those in the Han Dynasty." The miscellaneous taxes and levies recorded in the accounts of the Southern Song Dynasty include surcharges, transfers, foot money, changes, head money, cowhide tax, charity warehouse tax, import tax, seal tax, silk money, and silk purchase, etc., which are less than half of the total miscellaneous taxes and levies.

In this case, 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 fruit in the temple could be named as seven treasures and five flavors, which attracted people to scramble for it, and those who could not get it cried in grief.

The Laba porridge sold in supermarkets now uses dozens of ingredients, but we still think it is hard to swallow.

From this, it can be seen that the current stable and wealthy life can be said to be the best in China for five thousand years. 】