3.2Dad’s dream
It is said that on a certain day of a certain year, Yelu Deguang suddenly arrived in broad daylight and was extremely sleepy. As soon as he lowered his head, he fell asleep. As soon as he fell asleep, he had a strange dream, in which he dreamed of a handsome, handsome man descending from the sky. The gods, who were gorgeously dressed and had a large retinue, walked up to Yelu Deguang and said to him, "Shi Lang will send someone to summon you, you should help him." After saying that, Yelu Deguang woke up, and then told his mother, Queen Mother Shulu, about this strange incident.
The Empress Dowager Shulu sneered at this, "My mother ignored it and didn't think it was strange."
A few days later, Yelu Deguang dreamed of the god again, and the god told him, "Shi Lang has sent someone to find you."
After waking up, Yelu Deguang told his mother vividly again.
Queen Mother Shulu saw that the poison was too deep, so she gave in and said that you can ask a wizard to tell your fortune. After divination, the wizard told Yelu Deguang that the people of the Central Plains want to establish a new master and need your help.
Soon after, Shi Jingtang refused the imperial edict and rebelled, and sent envoys to Yelv Deguang. Finally, he signed the "Three Traitors" that would have humiliated the country and ceded the sixteen states of Youyun.
Yelu Deguang said happily: "I am not sending troops for Shi Jingtang, but following the instructions of God. (I am not raising troops for Shi Lang, but on the orders of the Emperor of Heaven)"
This story is really not a fabrication by Shi Jingtang Group, but the generosity of his father Yelu Deguang, or garbage recycling. Because Yelu Deguang's purpose in having these dreams was not for Shi Jingtang.
In front of the powerful Queen Mother Shulu, Yelu Deguang was just a puppet emperor, and the only way for him to escape from the control of Queen Mother Shulu was war, and he went south to fight against the Central Plains. Therefore, since Yelu Deguang came to power, he has been a hawk on Tang policy and actively supported the invasion of the Central Plains.
Therefore, Yelu Deguang used the fairy dream to find reasons for his journey south to the Central Plains. Of course Queen Mother Shulu understood what he was thinking and would not point it out, but she said she "didn't think anything different" about his so-called theory of gods entrusting them with dreams.
After receiving the promise from Youyun Sixteen States, Yelu Deguang certainly could not be said to have sent troops to interfere in other countries' internal affairs for the sake of land, and the Khitan soldiers were not willing to die on the battlefield for Shi Jingtang, the former enemy. Yelu Deguang is also famous for his "Practice for Heaven". We are not doing it for Shi Jingtang, but following the will of God.
Just like a lighthouse country always uses human rights and democracy as magic weapons to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, it can even use a bottle of laundry detergent to slander the other party as possessing weapons of mass destruction and launch a war to destroy the country.
In order to cooperate with his father's dream, the Shi Jingtang Group said that there was a stone statue in an ancient Buddhist temple in Zhenzhou. On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, it suddenly swayed from side to side, surprising everyone. The automatic time of the stone statue coincides with the time of Yelu Deguang's dream.
In other words, it was a dream entrusted to Yelv Deguang by a stone statue in a Buddhist temple in Zhenzhou.
The direction of destiny is to respect the emperor. Be reasonable and do not accept refutation.
Yelu Deguang and Shi Jingtang smiled knowingly, saying nothing. A look, you know.
3.3 True God assists
When Zhang Jingda led his army to siege Taiyuan, he "forced the city to erect a fence" and built the "Great Wall" outside the city. However, whenever the project was about to be closed, the weather suddenly changed and violent storms destroyed Zhang Jingda's siege fortifications. In the end, Zhang Jingda failed to complete the physical siege of Taiyuan.
There is the "Bishamonten Temple" in the north of Taiyuan City, which worships Bishamonten (i.e. King Duowen, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in Buddhism). Shi Jingtang once prayed devoutly here for blessings. A few days later, a fierce battle broke out in the northwest corner of the city. According to a report by the sergeant on duty, a man over ten feet tall, wearing golden armor and holding a big stick was walking on the city wall at night. It took a long time before he disappeared. silhouette. Therefore, people say that King Bishamon appeared and helped defend the city.
Also, there is a monk's workshop called Chongfu in the inner city. There is a clay statue in the northwest corner of the inner chamber of the workshop. One day, smoke suddenly rose from the head of the statue. The monks thought it was a fire and rushed to put it out. They were all puzzled by the scene. Someone reported this strange incident to Shi Jingtang, and Shi Jingtang summoned an old monk to ask. The old monk said that when Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxu was about to proclaim himself emperor, there was smoke on the head of the statue, but this time the amount of smoke was far greater than that ( Look at this spewing out, even more so than at that time).
Since the green smoke emitted from the statue's head, five-colored clouds are often seen next to the sun, "like a lotus root." Shi Jingtang asked an expert to help interpret it and asked whose good omen this was. The expert replied: Who else can it be? It’s you.
Also, Shi Jingtang would personally climb the city wall every morning to express condolences to the soldiers defending the city. One night, the sound of orders suddenly came from the city wall, "Three people who keep shouting." Shi Jingtang sent people to investigate, and the result was that the sound came from the sky. Therefore, people firmly believed that there were heavenly soldiers and generals helping Shi Jingtang defend the city.
There are also examples such as before the war, many wells in the city suddenly "overflowed" and so on.
In short, although Shi Jingtang was at an absolute disadvantage militarily, he was able to conquer Luoyang with overwhelming force. "It was fate, not manpower."
4. Chinese mantle
The late Jin regime's legal system was not upright and it was a puppet regime supported by barbarians. This was the biggest taboo of Shi Jingtang's group. They must change people's perceptions and get rid of the label of "pseudo regime". To this end, the public relations team of Shi Jingtang Group must systematically clean up the situation and subtly change people's understanding of "Da Jin".
They have found the right direction, which is to emphasize that the Later Jin Dynasty is the continuation of the Tang Dynasty, and that Shi Jingtang inherited the country of Mingzong Li Siyuan, continued Chinese civilization, and inherited the Chinese mantle.
4.1 Fengming Zong Zhengshuo
After Shi Jingtang proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan (leap November 936), he granted amnesty and changed the Yuan Dynasty, and the system was changed to "the seventh year of Changxing as the first year of Tianfu", so that the "Tianfu" of the later Jin Dynasty inherited the "Changxing" of the Ming Dynasty instead of the "Qingtai" of Li Congke.
In December, an edict was issued that the cultural relics system and daily living arrangements of this dynasty should be implemented in accordance with the practices of the Tang and Ming Dynasties.
In March of the second year of Tianfu (937), the confusing systems of "regular food", "giving food" and "thanking food" since the late Tang Dynasty were standardized. The implementation standards were based on the old rules of Mingzong, "giving food under the corridor". In fact, this is a working meal system, which "should be based on the old rules of the Ming Dynasty."
4.2 Use Tang ritual music
After Shi Jingtang entered Luoyang, he accepted congratulations from officials in the Civilization Hall and "used Tang rituals and music."
Clothes, rituals, music, rituals, and cultural relics systems are usually the external manifestations of legal rule. A BGM or a fashion show convey strong political signals, which is better than a speech hoarse. Just imagine, if Shi Jingtang was dressed in Hu clothes, with crotch hair, double-ringed ears, and tattoos on his face... no Central Plains person would recognize his regime.
