Chapter 2600: To obtain the scriptures, you must have the true scriptures
Some people are sad, and naturally some are happy.
Qiao Bing is very happy now.
Because he finally received the mission from the General's Mansion.
His personal exclusive mission.
For a long time before, Qiao Bing thought he had been forgotten or abandoned, but now he was full of energy.
Qiao Bing arrived in Longxi overnight, took a short rest, and then devoted himself to his work with a full spirit.
Because the scholars from the snow-capped area are about to arrive in Longxi at this time and are about to enter the Sanfu area of Chang'an.
For these people who seek the scriptures, they saw a picturesque landscape, or a beautiful painting like a landscape.
In the dim morning light, at the end of the oblique branches extending towards the spring, some tender elf in yellow and green clothes are dancing gracefully in the spring breeze.
City, street.
Shops, pedestrians.
Just like those who were tired of being in the steel and concrete in later generations, they always had an indescribable worship and longing in the wilderness. When these people who came from the desert of the snow for a long distance, they were inexplicably afraid and worship when facing the towns of the Han Dynasty and the increasingly larger towns.
If urine and various odors are the limits of the territory of animals in nature, then the roads and towns produced by human habitation are undoubtedly the declaration of human sovereignty over a certain area.
Big man.
This is the big man.
People who learn from the scriptures are surging.
This is the great man in the minds of these people who came from afar or fantasy. When they knew that the majestic town in front of them was not the center of the great man, but just one of the surrounding counties, the people who came to the sutra became silent. They became more and more awe, but also more and more fear.
Those who seek the scriptures will never forget that they dragged their heavy and tired steps, then walked out of the distant mountains, and then saw a large black city wall suddenly appearing in front of them.
At that time, they felt that the city wall was extremely high, as if it had no end, covering half of the sky. The city wall was extremely wide, as if it was as wide as a mountain range, traversing across the earth.
This "huge" city block was so glorious and silently standing between heaven and earth. While ecstatic, the people who obtained the scriptures also widened their eyes and walked carefully to the official road. Looking at the majestic city in front of them, looking at the crowded crowd on the official road not far away, they stopped a pedestrian and asked carefully and stammered: "May I ask, this...is this... Chang'an, Chang'an City?"
The pedestrian laughed and pointed to the words on the city wall, "This is Jincheng! Not Chang'an!"
At that time, those who learned the scriptures realized that the great man was really big.
The Han people in Longyou are undoubtedly more heroic. They are not like those in Shandong. They seem to have to wear Han robes and big sleeves to be called clothes, and they will not sneer at Hu robes.
The Han people in Longyou prefer simple and simple. Many people wear small-sleeved short shirts and flat shoes, which look particularly neat. Occasionally, there are men with large-sleeved sleeves, and most of the cuffs are rolled up, tied to their arms with laces, and hanging their hands outside the sleeves.
After all, Longyou Shangwu, with long robe and large sleeves, it will affect the speed of pulling out the sharp sword from the waist sheath.
There are also people wearing Hu's clothes, wearing felt hats, and passing through the restaurants and shops in a familiar way, and they will not be coaxed and driven out.
In the shops and restaurants on both sides of the street, there were some literati or businessmen, drinking on the railings. The aroma of food and wine made the people who came to the scriptures shed tears involuntarily...
They thought that the place was extremely prosperous, they thought it was like a city that dominated the world, but it turned out to be a city in Longyou and Longxi...
Of course, as the core town of Longyou and Longxi, it is also Jia Xu's base camp, and it is indeed qualified to be so prosperous and prosperous.
So what about Chang'an?
Those who seek the scriptures dare not think about it.
According to the requirements of the Han people, the people who visited the scriptures arrived at the inn, then took a bath full of fragrance for the first time, ate soft and white pasta for the first time, used delicate and exquisite red lacquer for the first time, drank sweet, mellow and non-spicy wine for the first time, and received treatment from a Han doctor for the first time...
After resting and recuperating, the person who obtained the scriptures left Jincheng and slowly headed east.
The more east you go, the more excited you get.
The branches in the spring breeze are still swaying.
The elves on the treetops are still dancing.
The Han people's cities, one after another.
The fields stretch from the horizon to the horizon.
Is this where the Han people live?
Isn’t this the heavenly court of the five gods in the legend?
Then they arrived at Linwei City and met Qiao Bing in Linwei City.
Qiao Bing appeared like the envoy of the Five Heavenly Emperors they imagined.
A touch of white clothes, as white as clouds floating above the sea of immortals.
A touch of blue blue is like pure water in the sea of immortals.
There are also various complex patterns outlined by gold and silver threads above the snow-white and blue, representing the symbols of God in the five directions, which once again shocked the hearts of these people who came to the scriptures...
They quickly knelt down and bowed down, and like the believers around them, they kowtowed and said that the five heavenly masters were blessed.
After Qiao Ge arrived in Longxi, he did not go to meet them directly, but instead took his disciples to do a Dharma field.
Spring is coming gradually.
Spring plowing became the most concerned thing for the Han Dynasty, a nation that mainly farmed.
The Dharma field that Qiao Bing and his disciples did was of course praying for the farming and sects, reporting to the Gods of the Five Directions, praying for the Five Emperors to take care of the grains, and peace for a year, without insects or disasters...
Such a Dharma Assembly is naturally very popular among the people. Even people who do not believe in Gods in the Five Directions will be infected in such a Dharma Assembly and then murmurs in a low voice. For example, if there is a real harvest this year, I will come to fulfill my wishes or something.
Well, only in the Chinese sects, the gods have some humanity and can bargain.
As Qiao Bing expected, those who seek scriptures were also attracted by large Dharma clubs.
Qiao Bing recalled Fei Qian's instructions to him before in the Cavalry Office...
For the Han Dynasty, due to geographical restrictions, the snow area will never become the real enemy of the Han Dynasty.
However, there is no need to make the people in the snowy area enemies of the Han Dynasty.
Fei Qian's example is very simple.
No one is concerned about the poor living in the downtown area, and rich living in the deep mountains have distant relatives.
For the present, the great man is rich and the snowy area is barren.
Therefore, the great man will inevitably have some "poor relatives" coming to fight the autumn wind. They can prevent it for a while, but they cannot prevent it for a lifetime. Therefore, the great man must have a strategy of long-term stability.
The Great Wall is a way, but not a good way. Qin Shihuang can testify.
Longcheng is a strategy, but not a good strategy. Emperor Xiaowu can testify.
Fei Qian said to Qiao Bing that the people who seek the scriptures in the snow area were an opportunity for the great man, because the snow area is relatively weak now, and relatively weak means that there is not so much ambition and not so much greed...
So it is the best time. If we wait until the snow area becomes as powerful as the Huns back then, even if the big man shows kindness, it will not satisfy these jackals.
Qiao Bing agreed with this and felt that the burden on him was heavy. He thought that the General of the Cavalry was neglecting him, but he didn't expect that the General of the Cavalry was testing him.
Well, it must be a test.
"Therefore, when God is about to give a great responsibility, one must first suffer one's mind and mind, exhaust one's muscles and bones, starve one's body, and be empty and useless one's body, so one's actions are moved and endure one's nature, and one's ability has been able to do what one cannot..."
Qiao Bing muttered softly. Anyway, he was surrounded by blue smoke and fairy spirit, so no one could hear him muttering anything in a low voice. Even if he opened his mouth and recited one, two, three, four, and five, it would be considered a line in the Dharma Assembly drama.
Now, we must do this "big task" well!
Fei Qian did not fool Qiao Bing in this regard.
The reason why dry cloth strips were able to jump around at that time was because the period of dry cloth strips was just past the Little Ice Age, and the whole of China entered a longer warm period, which was even warmer than in the Han Dynasty, and the temperature was higher, so that barley and wheat could be grown in areas that could not be planted in the snowy areas. The sudden increase in grain led to a large-scale increase in the population of snowy areas, and the large population promoted the unity of snowy areas.
Pros and cons.
As a result, after the snow zone was unified, the population still exploded, and the dry cloth strips could not say that children who had been eating for a hundred days could be promoted and made a fortune, so everyone came to kill the children and so on, so they had to transfer the internal conflicts to the outside.
From this perspective, Li Shimin's policy of marriage ties may be a fool. In some aspects, the marriage ties strengthened the reputation of dry cloth strips, so that the dry cloth strip could suppress the dissatisfaction of the ruled tribes. There was no such thing as the rebellion of the Six Kingdoms, which made the dry cloth strips smoothly passed to the wet cloth strips.
So Fei Qian suspected that this time, the snow area sent out the monks to learn from the scriptures, which is likely because the snow area also suffered from the severe weather during the current Little Ice Age, which caused a very serious food reduction and caused tribe turmoil...
When you are poor, you will naturally think about change.
I am not afraid of those who wear shoes barefoots. I will grab the rich people on the hanging street lights and eat them with the meat!
When you are rich, you just want to monopolize.
The existing class gap must be kept and don’t let those poor people climb up!
Basically this is it. It’s like Xuanzang left in the early Tang Dynasty. If it were in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, even if there were monks who wanted to imitate Xuanzang, they would probably not have the courage to do so.
Since we need to formulate a strategy, although Fei Qian said that he would have a new strategy within three days, there may be any strategy there that can be decided within three days?
So Qiao Bing was dispatched. On the one hand, he was responsible for procrastinating and had skills to delay, so that he would not let these people find any problems. On the other hand, he also found more information. After all, there were some words that may not be said about the messengers and officials sent by Xun You, but for the believers who also believe in Gods in the Five Directions, or even the Popes who are in the Five Directions, there may be no need to keep them confidential...
With the information from Xining and the multi-faceted channels, Fei Qian is avoided.
After nearly a day of busyness at the Dharma Assembly, Qiao returned to his temporary residence.
Although it is spring, at night, the light wind outside Longyou is still relatively cold.
It’s different inside the house, with hot steam and some small wine and snacks, which is simply too comfortable.
There are no taboos in the five directions of God's sects. There is no limit on meat, vegetables, spices, and even whether to kill or not. The only thing that makes the request is that individuals should practice and accumulate merits. This broader requirement may make some ascetic monks look down on, but it is easy for ordinary people, especially to develop pan-believers.
But the same is true, which is that the "pope" of the contemporary five-way gods, at least Qiao Bing, has little mysterious attributes to him.
Qiao is not a military general, and he does not have much ability. In addition, he has no sense of mystery, and even the "pope" of the five gods cannot make people feel awe. Qiao Bing is also worried about this, so he has to do a Dharma Assembly first to enhance the mystery in front of those who seek the scriptures.
"Did those people who came to the meeting?" Qiao Bing was on the high platform at that time and did not fully notice the situation below the audience. He could only ask his disciples after the Dharma Assembly.
"Here you! You're all here! You're watching it seriously!" The apprentice who was responsible for focusing on the people who came to the scriptures said with a smile, "Master, you don't know, they knelt on the ground and kowtow, that bang..."
Qiao Bing smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't say this... If you are not pious to the Gods of the Five Directions, you will not come here for a long distance... By the way, I heard that Mr. Wei is still here during the day? But what are the words to explain?"
"I'm here, but when I saw the master doing the trick on the altar, I said I would come back tonight..." The apprentice said, "I didn't say what happened..."
Wei Kang came, obviously just wanted to come over and get a share of the pie. Otherwise, he had worked hard to come from Zhangye to see the scenery? This matter was a political event in the spring of the seventh year of Taixing. As the son of Wei Duan, of course, it was impossible for him to have not received any news.
"The deserted man came from the east, and the lord led it to be a plan..." Qiao Bing said slowly, "This young man Wei, haha... Forget it, it's probably almost time to arrive..."
While he was talking, someone reported outside the house that Wei Kang was visiting.
Qiao Bing curled his lips, then changed into Feng Qingyundan's expression, asked his apprentice to greet him, and then stood at the entrance of the courtyard to greet him.
"Have you met Master Qiao Tian!" Wei Kang bowed his hand to the court.
Qiao Bing shook the whisk, "Five Heavenly Lords! Have seen Wei Lingchang."
Both of them were smiling.
Holding hands, I walked into the house like a good friend.
In fact, neither of them had any friendship before.
But political figures are like this. Is it just a little easier to talk about when talking about things. If you don’t have a relationship, you have to talk about them even if you create a relationship.
Just like Wei Kang, he praised the previous Dharma Assembly very much, saying that when he saw the altar, burning incense on the furnace, pouring water on the bowl, and burning the talisman, suddenly, the wind and clouds in the sky were scattered, and a divine light flashed. It was indeed the magic power that was so powerful that it was admirable...
Qiao Bing beat him up, saying that he didn't dare, but he was whispering in his heart. Even if Wei Kang praised him to the sky, he would not speak easily.
Wei Kang was helpless and saw that Qiao did not take this trick, so he slowly asked the key point: "I don't know if the Heavenly Master is coming, but what scriptures will be given to him?"
To obtain the scriptures, of course, we must first have the true scriptures.
But what is the specific scripture? That is not necessarily true...
You should know that the so-called Taoist scriptures are not actually all about "Tao".
After hearing Wei Kang's words, Qiao Bing understood in his heart why Wei Kang came to flatter and please him.
Qiao Bing smiled and said, "Since the deserted man is seeking devoutly from thousands of miles away, we naturally will not admit the false sutra... Gods of the five directions have five volumes of heavenly books, corresponding to the five directions and five emperors. As for what kind of sutras the deserted man can seek, it depends on whether the deserted man is destined to be..."
Five volumes of the Heavenly Book of God in the Five Directions?
Wei Kangyang raised his eyebrows.
There are many legends about this Five Directions, Five Emperors and Five Volumes of Heavenly Books, and they were heard by Wei Kang when he was in Chang'an.
Some people say that the Book of Heaven records the will of the Five Emperors of the Five Directions and Five Emperors to the World, some people say that the Book of Heaven is the prophets of the future world by prophets and sages, and some people say that the Book of Heaven itself is a magic weapon that gathers the power of supreme gods and immortals, which can be used to kill demons and eliminate demons...
As for what is even more outrageous, the Book of Heaven is the Book of Immortals. As long as you write your name on it, you can become a god, or let the dead live again from the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, etc., these rumors have never specifically refuted the rumors of the God Church in the Five Directions. It just says that there is a Book of Heaven, but what is specific is that it is just silent.
Wei Kang was in Chang'an at that time, and his life was of course quite a distance from these so-called heavenly books, so he didn't care about these things, just like listening to a story or a joke. He didn't believe in the existence of heavenly books at all. Even if Qiao Bing now confirmed that there was heavenly books in front of him, Wei Kang still suspected that this heavenly book was not a so-called heavenly emperor's book, nor was it a magic weapon that could shake the world, but just an ancient book of a certain son.
That's right, it's me.
What is Wei Kang’s core goal?
Wei Kang's goals from beginning to end have not changed. He did not want to contribute his youth, wisdom and strength to the land of Longxi. His only goal is to climb up.
Therefore, Wei Kang would not care about the people who came to the scriptures at all, nor would he care whether Qiao Bing told the truth or the lies. Wei Kang only wanted to gain benefits from this matter to lay a solid foundation for his promotion.
What's more, since Fei Qian's implementation of the new "4321" county system in Longxi, Longyou, the power of the county magistrate has been cut and separated. If it was originally called "county master", then now it is at most a "county magistrate". It also requires everyone to discuss any order. It is completely different from the previous model of arbitrary arbitrary within a county.
In this case, how could Wei Kang like to stay in the position of county magistrate for a long time?
After learning about the people who came to the scriptures, Wei Kang felt that his opportunity had come.
What can the Taoist scriptures be there?
Not me yet?
And Wei Kang is familiar with my Tao Te Ching!
Isn’t it just “The Tao can be said to be extraordinary”?
But Qiao Bing is talking nonsense about the heavenly book?
Isn't this bullying?
It would be fine to bully those illiterate people in the Southern Wilderness or ordinary people, but they still beat the Wei family in front of the dignified Guanzhong haha, pretending to be a little insulting to IQ?
Wei Kang was young after all, and his face changed a little immediately. Then he saw it and smiled and threw the whisk. "This heavenly book is the emperor's imperial book... It is definitely not an ordinary book..."
In fact, Qiao didn't know if Fei Qian had decided, but this did not prevent him from fooling Wei Kang.
As for the heavenly books, it is just a book that describes the origin of God and various miracles in the five directions. Is it a Taoist scripture? It counts as a matter of some, but it is a "Heavenly Book" with great magical power or a "true scripture", well...
"How can we ordinary people know the lord's plan?" Qiao Bing glanced at Wei Kang.
If Wei brought it, Qiao Bing would give him some face. As for Wei Kang, he would not say anything. If he had a blank mouth and white teeth, Qiao Bing would have helped...
Haha, do you think you have a big face?
Wei Kang widened his eyes, "Lord's Royal Decree? What book is the Lord's Royal Decree?"
Wei Kang's mind was confused. Why didn't he give any chance at all?