Fengchan is one word, but it is actually two rituals.
According to Zhang Zhengyi, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty, the earth was built as an altar to offer sacrifices to heaven and repay heaven's merits, so it was called Feng. The hill removes the earth and repays the merits of the earth, so it is called Zen.
In layman's terms, Feng means offering sacrifices to the emperor and heaven, while Zen means offering sacrifices to the earth.
It was held on a high mountain, and the subsequent Zen was held on a small hill on the side of the mountain.
After the historical champion Hou Huo Qubing granted Lang Juxu the title of Xushang, he also immediately performed the Zengu Yanshan ceremony.
Of course, this battle in Mobei by me, Zhang Shengren, cannot be compared with the Xiongnu Wuwangting in Monan fought by the champion, but what Zhang Yan wants to organize is more grand than Huo Qubing's sealing Lang Juxu and Changu Yanshan.
Because when Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu, it was the moment when the Han Dynasty was at its strongest. He only needed to enshrine the two mountains of Zen, and use Chinese rituals to worship the heavens at the place where the Huns worshiped the heavens, so as to show the power of the Han Dynasty and destroy the faith in the hearts of the Huns. .
But at this time, since the Anshi Rebellion, the country has been in decline for two hundred years. Civil servants have lost their character, military generals have lost their glory, and the people are in danger. Commanders, leaders, and even emperors are always in danger of death and the destruction of the country. middle.
The two hundred years of chaos, especially the two hundred years of suffering, were caused by Hu people like An Lushan and Shi Siming.
Later, after the Uighur army assisted in the suppression, they looted and looted in Guanzhong and the Central Plains. The Tubo people even invaded Chang'an.
Each of these events made the Han people, who had been tortured by this suffering for two hundred years, begin to reflect. They felt that the all-inclusive strategy implemented by the Tang Dynasty was wrong?
They recalled that we gave these barbarians honor, guided them towards civilization, and allowed them to settle down from the relatively barren land of Zhaowu to the prosperous Central Plains.
We gave these barbarians the honor and status that are difficult for our own people to obtain without hesitation, but they in turn destroyed our country and brought us serious disasters. Is this the result of too much preferential treatment and indulgence? of?
Two hundred years of pain must have an outlet and a reason.
Historically, after the Zhao and Song Dynasties failed to recapture the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, with the emperor's acquiescence and even promotion, the problem was entirely attributed to the national openness and inclusiveness of the Tang Dynasty.
Everyone knows what happened after that. From the emperor to the people, from the court to the people, the overall atmosphere has completely become conservative.
Since the ultimate result of opening up is to suffer losses, then we will not open up, and we will shrink back and play with ourselves.
Although it cannot be said that there were no mistakes in the Tang Dynasty's ethnic policies, that was not the main reason. All mistakes cannot be attributed to the open and inclusive atmosphere.
The two Anshi thieves were indeed barbarians, but Qibi Heli, Ashina Simo, Li Guangbi, and Gao Xianzhi were also barbarians, and they could not be beaten to death with one stick.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty's reflection on the Tang Dynasty's policies went completely into the wrong direction and became a mere outlet.
The extent of its damage to Chinese culture is comparable to Su Suizong's report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
One blames the two hundred years of suffering entirely on the Tang Dynasty’s ethnic policies and openness.
One blames the problems of the Soviet Union entirely on his loving father, denies most of his loving father's contributions, and only seizes on one point and keeps amplifying it until it escalates to a personal attack.
Both of them have had extremely serious, even devastating blows to their own countries and even civilizations.
But objectively speaking, the resentment against the Tang Dynasty's policies at this time was not caused by Zhao Laoer and the subsequent Zhao and Song royal families.
It wasn't even the civil servants of the Zhao and Song dynasties who caused it. At most, they played a role in fueling the flames.
In essence, it was caused by the total failure of the Central Plains dynasties to solve the problem of grassland threats from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.
This powerful man failed in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. How much energy can you expect from later generations to continue to work hard to solve this problem? Not to mention that Brother Zhao has never been a heroic saint with a strong will.
But in this time and space, history has one more choice, and this extra choice is me, Zhang Shengren.
Zhang Yan is very clear about his historical mission. He wants to use the majesty of conquering the desert grassland, the majesty of shooting down the Khitan at the height of the sun, and the prestige he has accumulated over the past sixteen years to take on the task at this moment to solve the grassland problem again since the Han and Tang Dynasties. important task.
Therefore, this ceremony must be extremely grand.
In the third year of Shaoming Dynasty, AD 948, on the ninth day of October, Zhang Gao issued an edict, ordering the two sons of Emperor Zhuangmiao Li of the Liao Kingdom, Yelv Deguang, Yelv Jing and Yelv Kuang Sage to go to Pibei River City.
At the same time, Li Guizhong, the guardian of all households in Xiajiasi, who had arrived near Yanran Mountain, Gu Fengde, the guardian of all households in Yinli, A Luocha, the guardian of all households in Naiman, and Bashimi, the guardian of all households in Wanhu, were ordered to Ashina sipped.
Lu Zhen, the two pacification envoys from Bulushan in the west, and Yulizi, the wife of Lushan County, immediately set off for Langjuxu Mountain.
The remaining chiefs of the grassland tribes such as Yefugua, Dalimi, Beizhubu, Wuduqi Qianhu, Diliesi, Heichezi Shiwei, Tulubu Shiwei, Tieli, Baidadan tribe, etc., also Ordered to accompany.
On October 11, Zhang Xuan carefully selected 8,000 infantry and cavalry from the army.
There are the main forces of Zhang Zhou such as the Han Shandu, the Qin Army, and the Forbidden Army, as well as the auxiliary troops drawn from the inspection departments and prefecture and county soldiers from various places, the athletes recruited from Helong, and the retinues and cavalry from various ministries.
Of course, the Tibetan and Qiang cavalry from Xihai, Songpan, and Kangding, as well as the tooth soldiers and generals from the Southern Tang and Wuyue were among them.
As for the remaining tens of thousands of troops, those belonging to 40,000 households in Moxi followed Zhang Zhang, while the rest were led by Man Xiong, Huang Yingda and others, and began to retreat to the Great Wall in separate ways.
On October 12, Zhang Jian ordered Li Cunhui to take Cao Yansi, Yaoluo Ge Jingming, the daughter of the former Ganzhou Uighur Renmei Khan and Cao Yijin, and lead a thousand cavalry to set off first to Langjuxu Mountain to select a monk. specific mountain range.
And according to Zhang Zhang's request, it is best to use the mountain range where Hou Feng, the champion of the early Han Dynasty, passed. Then according to the etiquette, a platform should be built at the place of seal, and the earth should be removed at the place of meditation.
On October 15th, Zhang Gao personally led the army and marched all the way from Yuerluo to the foot of Langjuxu Mountain.
Of course, we have to hurry up. There are more and more rainy and snowy days in Mobei now. If we don't hurry up, the heavy snow will fall, and even cotton-padded clothes will not be able to bear it.
Langjuxu Mountain is actually an entire mountain range, and we, which the Chinese often refer to as Langjuxu Mountain, are the main peaks of the Langjuxu Mountains.
Li Cunhui and Cao Yansi, who stood in front of the army, quickly found the main mountain peak because it was too conspicuous.
Moreover, the Zubu people at this time also had the habit of worshiping heaven on this mountain. Before them, the Uighurs and Turks also had this habit.
The whistling north wind blew small flakes of snow. Zhang Yan was wearing a plain white monk's robe with a hood.
Before this kind of monk's robe became popular in Haiqing, it was a common monk's clothing in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is very similar to the Christian missionary robe in later generations. It is now the standard attire for the monks of the Six Methods Sect.
I, Saint Zhang, arrived here the night before yesterday, and then in a quiet room made of a tent, I fasted, burned incense, and meditated and prayed for a whole day and night.
At the same time, while Zhang Yan was praying in the quiet room, hundreds of monks outside were also chanting the four major sutras of the Six Methods Sect.
When Zhang Zhang opened the door curtain of the quiet room and appeared in plain white monk robes, there were hundreds of monks outside. I don't know where the herdsmen came to pay homage to him, at least two to three thousand people.
Seeing him coming out, the monks knelt down and chanted "The Supreme Merciful, Great Compassionate and Perfect Wheel-turning Dharma King", and the believers and herdsmen bowed to the ground to pay homage.
Zhang Gao stretched out his hands, and two maids were selected from among the divination people in Xizu. They immediately bowed their heads and took off Zhang Gao's plain white monk's robe, and then stripped Saint Zhang completely naked.
The naked Zhang Yan slowly walked towards a pool of water behind him and washed the dust off his body with clean water from the foot of Langjuxu Mountain. He waited for the ninety-nine and eighty-one washes, which was a symbolic scrubbing period.
The Basimi maid brought by Basimi's personal guard Ashina Chu, the Protector of Ten Thousand Households, came forward with the emperor's robes of the Central Plains in her hands and put on the emperor's robes for Saint Zhang.
There is something special about this. Taking off the monk's robe and putting on the military uniform symbolizes the change of Zhang's identity.
Correspondingly, seeing Zhang Yan put on the Gong robe, the monks of the Liufa Sect immediately stood up and just stood on both sides.
A chamberlain dressed in eunuch attire shouted loudly: "The emperor ascended the carriage, accompanied by all his ministers, servants and innocent men."
As soon as he finished speaking, flags were raised high, drums and music were played, civil servants and generals, chiefs of various tribes, eight thousand accompanying warriors, and nearly ten thousand herdsmen began to gather. The sea of people undulated like waves, and they all turned their attention to Zhang Gao who was boarding the carriage.
Yelu Deguang's two sons, Yelv Jing and Yelu Kuang Sage, were in front of the chariot, holding hands with the chariot as a guide, and the convoy slowly headed towards Langjuxu Mountain.
Arriving at a small dirt bunker in the southeast of Langjuxu Mountain, Zhang Gao got off his chariot and burned firewood to worship God Haotian according to Han customs. Then he led 1,500 ministers, workers, and generals to Langjuxu. .
On Langjuxu Mountain, Li Cunhui and Cao Yansi had already built the Dengfeng altar, which was five feet wide and nine feet high, with the emperor protruding from all sides.
Zhang Fang ascended the Dengfeng altar, personally buried the jade plate book recording Zhang Zhou's family tree under the stage, and recited the astronomical sacrifice drafted by Li Fang.
After this set of work was completed, the surrounding civil servants and military officers shouted "Long Live" three times and bowed to Zhang Yan three times and kowtowed nine times. Zhang Yan bent over his knees and bowed his head in return.
On such an occasion, a speech is indispensable, which has not been seen in the previous dynasties of Zen. However, the purpose of Zhang Yan's Zen is to boost people's morale and continue the policy since the Han and Tang Dynasties, so it is natural to make an exception.
"This is the place where Hou Fengchan, the champion of the early Han Dynasty, defeated the Xiongnu here and made Monan no longer a royal court. His great achievements have been praised by future generations for thousands of years.
I believe that in another thousand years, the deeds of the champion will still be praised by all people.
Since ancient times, the Rong, Di, and Hulu have been a serious nuisance to the Chinese people in the Central Plains.
The Han Dynasty used strong force to fight strong force and violence to fight violence for hundreds of years in order to deal with border troubles. The Xiongnu who were killed did not dare to look south.
However, in the last four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, it cannot be said that the border troubles in the North have been resolved. This method, such as the blockage method used in ancient flood control, will not solve the problem.
In the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizongwen took into account the story of the two Han Dynasties, and with a great mind, he inherited the glory of the coming dynasties from all directions, changed the Han Dynasty's method of simply using violence to control violence, and regarded the Hu and Han Dynasties as the same.
But in the end, everyone knows that among the people outside the fortress, although there are loyal ministers like Qi Biheli and Li Guangbi, there are also rebellious and cruel people like the two An Shi thieves.
This method is like Yu the Great's method of controlling floods. Unfortunately, the Hulu repeatedly outran the rise and fall of the flood, so the success was ultimately unsuccessful.
To this day, I think you all have a question in your mind, that is, using violence to counter violence will not work, nor will all-inclusive and treating them as one and the same.
How to solve this problem in this world? After solving the problem of the Turks after the Xiongnu, it is an ongoing problem.
Today we are granted the title of "Langjuxu", but who knows what kind of races will appear in the north and south of this mountain in a few years, and will bring endless trouble to our descendants. "
Zhang Yan's words aroused the contemplation of the civil servants and generals of the Han Dynasty, but the faces of the Great Protector of the Grassland, the Xuanwei Envoy of the Plateau, and the Protector of Songmo on his right were not very good, and they were even more worried.
So, when he said this, Zhang Yan changed the topic and looked at these non-Han people and said with some empathy.
"The people on the grasslands also need to eat, and they also want to live a good life like the Han people. I know that in my heart.
This whistling north wind started blowing in September and lasted for six or seven months. It froze the cattle and sheep to death and the people. The bitter cold was like hell, so the people naturally wanted to find a good place to live. "
All the great guardians and guardians responded one after another, and Alajya, the great guardian of thousands of Naiman households, even said with tears in his eyes.
"Sure enough, the Supreme God knows about us. We can only graze cattle on the grassland. If there is a slight natural disaster, we will not be able to survive. These hundreds of thousands or millions of people can only do dirty things to stutter. It is really miserable. There’s nothing we can do.”
Zhang Gao waved his hand and asked Aluojun to get up, then looked at the Han ministers and said.
"And this is doomed, whether it is blocking or dredging, it will not solve the problem. It is impossible to kill all the grassland people with blocking, and it is impossible to inspire all the people in the grassland using dredging.
The grassland people who want to live a good life will always go south. Although we should fight and kill them, we should not fight the bandits and bandits who come.
But this won't solve the problem. As long as they have no food, they will always go south.
Then, there was another cycle of Han and Tang Dynasties, and another cycle of heaven and earth falling.
However, the reason why I can be the lord of China and be supported by all the tribes outside the Great Wall is because the sky above my head has appointed me to solve this problem!
Therefore, I have learned from Emperor Shizongwu of the Han Dynasty that he used violence to control violence, and inherited Emperor Taizongwen from the great dynasty to embrace everything, and there is another method of guidance! "
Having said this, Zhang Gao paused for a moment, just to give the subordinates of the Han Dynasty a buffer period. All of them looked at Zhang Gao, wanting to know what this guidance method was.
From this, we can also see how important the prestige of an emperor is. With these words, Zhang Hao directly regarded himself as the third person to solve the grassland problem since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He also claimed that he was appointed by destiny to solve this problem. thing.
It can even be said that he, Shengren Zhang, thinks that he is more powerful than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, because these two methods of solving the grassland problem are considered by me, Shengren Zhang, to be failures.
And you must know that although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has an average reputation in the literary circle, and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty has the stain of Xuanwu Sect, as of now, these two plus the First Emperor are the ceiling among emperors.
If you want Zhao Da or Zhao Er to come over and say these words, you probably won't be able to finish them, and they will be bombarded by their subordinates, or no matter how thick-skinned they are, they won't be able to open their mouths.
Up to now, Zhang Shengren, who started his career as an old servant, tried his best to save the world when the Khitans entered the Central Plains and people were in panic, and now has been enshrined in Mobei, is qualified to say this.
And everyone will listen patiently and look forward to him giving a solution to this thousand-year-old unsolvable problem.
"I often think that there are countless wealthy places to the west of Jinshan Mountain. Why don't we leave when we reach the West Sea (Caspian Sea)?
Those barbarians with long noses, yellow hair, and beards are as numerous as the sand in the Gobi. Aren't they the best herdsmen?
To the west of the Western Sea, as far as I know, there are Kipchaks, Makiks, Bashkirs, Bulgarians, Khazars, Rus, and Germans, tens of millions of them. Why don’t we conquer them? them? "
"Supreme Heaven, the west of the Western Sea is too far. We don't have enough food and livestock, so we can't go there at all.
Even if it passes, it will only be a matter of several generations. Those who should starve to death will still starve to death. "Li Guizhong, the protector of thousands of households in Xiajiasi, shouted.
Zhang Hao waved his hand and said, "Why do you want to take a woman and a child with you?
We can mount war horses, put on iron armor, take bows and arrows, let the men go first, to conquer those barbarians who don't even have much leather armor, and then take the women and children over to enjoy themselves, can't we?
Don't say you don't have war horses, because I have them. Don't say you don't have armor. I also have them. I also have food, strong bows and crossbows, and invincible cavalry. These can all be supported by you.
Let every son and man on the grassland become the minions of this deity. Use their bravery to cut down those who refuse to surrender like weeds, and seize everything they have. The fat cattle, sheep, and beautiful wives and concubines will all be yours.
I hereby promise that as long as they gather under the swastika flag, every warrior on the grassland will have at least one big village, one hundred strong serfs, ten beautiful wives and concubines, and more cattle and sheep to eat!
Let the knights on the grassland, the warriors on the plateau, the warriors in the pine desert and the heroes of the Han Dynasty come together. We will stop killing each other and go to the west to conquer the barbarians. Wouldn't it be good! "
Ba Yegusi knelt down and walked in front of Zhang Xuan, "The Supreme Heaven with great mercy and compassion, is this the future that the Buddha has prepared for the faithful?"
Zhang Yan nodded, "This is the will of the Buddha. There are countless barbarians in Xiniuhezhou to the west of the West Sea that need to be conquered and civilized. There are mountains of gold and silver in Dongshengshenzhou to the east of the ocean waiting for us to pick up.
Every devout person can receive generous rewards and become a noble person! "
Heat and restlessness appeared on the faces of every tribal leader in the grasslands, plateaus, and pine deserts.
It's still the same truth. If ordinary people bring up this topic, everyone will sneer at it.
But when these words come from the mouths of the living god + the grassland khan + the emperor of the Central Plains, it is the will of God.
And all the Han officials also understood that this so-called method of guidance is actually to divert trouble from the west.
The imperial court would provide money, food, and even elite troops to arm the restless elements on the grasslands with the Six Methods Sect, and let them go to the west to serve as masters for the barbarians.
As long as customization is formed and a group of people are guided away every twenty years, the population on the grassland will always be at a low level.
In this way, the vast grassland on the grassland is enough to provide a relatively good life for the herdsmen, so they will not go south, and they will not be able to go south.
Li Fang suddenly realized that he understood why the emperor asked him to help Liufa Sect compile scriptures and meanings. This was to package the etiquette, law and morality of the Central Plains in the scriptures and meanings of Liufa Sect, so as to subtly transform Hu into a Han Dynasty.
At the same time, the emperor was still pushing the Xia Jun Yi people to go west. After thinking about it, the bunch of small Xia Jun Yi people in the west would be the military supply depot for the prairie warriors going further west, and their return home culturally connected to the Middle Earth.
This is really a magnificent era! What does it mean to treat Hu and Han as one? This is called treating Hu and Han as one.
Because from now on, there will be no Hu people on the grasslands or in the pine desert. The Hu people are in Xiniu Hezhou in the west.
Li Fang was almost intoxicated. He knew that the emperor's operation was difficult, but as long as it was done well, what did you say? A name that will leave a lasting legacy?
Don't be kidding, this is the lowest treatment, okay? Is it necessary to build a temple to offer sacrifices?
"I said that we should treat Hu and Han as the same. This is not a joke. Therefore, from today on, there will be no Hu people on the grassland, because the Hu people and barbarians are in Niuhezhou in the west and Shengshenzhou in the east. All ministers, please help me. I?"
Zhang Yan said this to a group of Han ministers.
Li Jingda suddenly felt extremely ashamed. While their brothers were still thinking about being a fool, Prince Shaoming's vision was already beyond their reach.
Shen Huzi knelt down with a pop. This feeling of fighting to solve major world affairs could not be given by a separatist regime.
Everyone took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, crossed their hands and said, "I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Zhang Hao laughed three times and walked to the lower left corner of the altar. Chinese sacrifices are still performed in this ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven. Among the tributes, meat is naturally indispensable.
Zhang Zhang personally held a knife and cut off the large pieces of beef for sacrifice one by one.
He unexpectedly handed the first piece of meat to Li Jingda, "Master Yu should know that we Han people have been adhering to unity since ancient times.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were divided for hundreds of years, and there was the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were in conflict for hundreds of years, and then came the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Now that the great dynasty has declined and it has been in chaos for two hundred years, it is time for us to unify.
Go back and tell your brother that I can even conquer the Mobei grassland. If I raise my troops and go south, my brother's ancestral temple will be in danger. Please stop being stubborn. "
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Li Jingda took the beef with both hands, and gnawed the bloody roast beef on the spot, with a heavy head, "Sage, please don't worry, after I return, I will immediately persuade my brother to surrender."
Zhang Hao cut the second piece of meat and gave it to Shen Huzi. "Bo Chang took this piece of meat back to King Wu Yue and told him to come to Tokyo next year."
Then Zhang Yan thought about it and cut another small piece, "Give this to Hu Jinsi. I hope he knows what he should do."
The third piece of meat was given to the leaders of Xihai, Songpan, and Kangding, especially Lunbo Ren. Zhang Yan took his hand and said, "I'm waiting for you on the Qingtang Plateau. Good news."
Lunbo Ren was so excited that he knelt down and raised the meat above his head, "I believe that the light of mercy from the supreme heaven will definitely make Langdama's descendants repent."
After dividing the three pieces of meat, Zhang Gao ordered someone to bring up a huge pot. He chopped the sacrificial meat with his own hands, then put it into the pot and cooked it into a pot of broth. Everyone who followed the more than a thousand people who went up the mountain had a share. .
Immediately, he poured the sacrificial wine into a stream on the left side of the Dengfeng altar. The eight thousand warriors and thousands of herdsmen who accompanied him all drank the water of the mountain stream happily, and the sound of joy could be heard for miles. outside.
A new era has arrived!
