Chapter 3: Create peace for all eternity [Please recommend and collect]
Three days later,
There are criss-crossing streets and narrow paths.
Two men in green robes, one behind the other, trudged along the winding path.
The breeze blew, and the green waves rolled and rustled in the crop fields.
These are clearly Chu Chen and Taoist Priest.
There was no third person beside the two of them, and there was no sign of the little Taoist boy.
It's not that Chu Chen won the Taoist master's "favor", but within a few days he "snatched his love" and kicked the little Taoist boy out of the school.
now,
The little Taoist boy was lying in the jar on the bookcase behind Chu Chen, soundly asleep, enjoying himself.
Speaking of which, this can be considered an extremely terrifying thing.
Chu Chen is a human, not a donkey, but a little Taoist boy. The "little ghost" is not a human at all, but a genuine imp.
The dark figures that night were not human beings, but soldiers and horses under the command of the Taoist Master.
The so-called soldiers and horses are also ghosts.
Many heretical people like to raise ghosts for their own use, and there are countless such things as "five ghosts transporting".
According to the heretical theory, Buddhist monks practice military and horse magic, which is called "Five Rampant Soldiers and Horses".
, Taoist priests who have a complete inheritance of their master's sect also practice military and horse magic, which are generally called "Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals" and "Yin soldiers and Yin Generals".
Soldiers and horses can be recruited by oneself, and the Heavenly Court and the master sect will also allocate them. It is a very important magic for Taoist monks to protect their way and save their lives.
In other words, Chu Chen unknowingly danced with ghosts all night.
At that time, I suddenly realized that it was a bit scary.
But after getting familiar with it, I felt that there was nothing scary about it.
After a few days, he and the little ghost got along very well, and the little ghost liked him quite a lot.
During the chat with the little ghost boy, he learned about the origin of the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest's surname is Xu Mingping, his nickname is Yunshui Taoist, and he is a disciple of the Lingshan sect.
This Lingshan Mountain is not a sacred Buddhist Lingshan Mountain, but an ordinary mountain in Qingzhou with a name that is not obvious.
Lingshan Sect is not a big sect, and there are not many disciples in the sect.
besides,
Chu Chen also learned a lot of common sense that he should have known from Taoist Xu Ping and Xiao Guizai, and gained a preliminary understanding of the background of this world.
This world is similar to the previous ancient world.
There are three gods, four emperors, five elders, various tribes of heaven and other heavenly gods and immortals here. They are almost the same as the Taoist myths of the previous life, but they are not like any dynasty in the ancient times of the previous life.
Here, witches, demons, demons, ghosts and gods, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism coexist.
Among hundreds of schools, Confucianism and Taoism are the most prosperous and the most prominent sect in the world, followed by Taoism.
The reason why such a pattern is formed is entirely due to the Emperor Taizu of the Dachang Dynasty - Ji Chang.
Thousands of years ago, the world was like a prison, separated from life and death, with weapons and pestilences, demons and monsters everywhere, and chaos among ghosts and gods. In addition, various sects and sects separated themselves from each other, fighting endlessly. Hundreds of millions of people in the world were enslaved by demons, demons and gods, working as animals, and their lives were like grass and grass.
On this occasion, the heavenly general Taizu Dachang is a mighty man.
Taizu swept across the world, expelled barbarian demons from the wilderness, suppressed demons from the abyss, destroyed mountains and temples, destroyed evil gods, and made the dark world clear and clear.
As a result, all the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the world is peaceful and pure.
After ruling the world and creating the Great Prosperity, the Emperor initiated changes for the sake of peace and stability in the world - deposing hundreds of schools of thought and only respecting Confucianism and Taoism.
Confucianism and Taoism are also humane.
After the founding of the Dachang Dynasty, the state of Sheji was so majestic and awe-inspiring that it soared to the sky.
Confucian and Taoist officials condense their Confucian and Taoist literary hearts, cultivate a powerful Qi, gather the will of all people, control the prestige of the country, their poems can kill enemies, their calligraphy and painting can destroy armies, and their articles can determine the world.
With the support of Taizu, Confucianism and Taoism suddenly rose to prominence in a short period of time.
However, it still cannot shake the Taoist sect’s position as the number one in the world.
The Heavenly Court of the Three Realms governs the three realms, and the Taoist immortal officials are the officials of the Heavenly Court in the human world. Taoist priests practice the law on behalf of Heaven, and their status is respected.
In order to respect Confucianism and Taoism alone,
Taizu once again broke down mountains and cut down temples, swept through the sects of the world, gathered the sects of the world into one line, unified all sects with one sect, opened the sect altar of ten thousand sects, passed down the talismans and scattered talismans on behalf of the heaven, and selected the immortal officials of Tiancao.
Taoist practitioners practice alchemy internally and cultivate talismans externally.
Talisman is given by the gods. To practice the method of talisman, a Taoist must be taught the talisman, be listed in the talisman, make an alliance with the heaven, and be able to channel the spirit and realize the truth.
The Dharma lineage of the Taoist monks is all collected in the Ten Thousand Fa Sect Altar in the imperial capital, and the gift of Dharma must depend on the face of the Celestial Empire.
This can be said to have broken off one arm of the Taoism and dug up its roots.
Except for the Taoist monks who are devoted to self-refinement, obsessed with alchemy, and seeking personal self-transcendence, most of the other Taoist monks can only be forced to accept the incorporation, go to the imperial capital to teach, and become immortals.
The left hand has divine power, the right hand has royal power.
Taizu merged humans and gods into one, becoming a human emperor in the true sense, invincible and supreme in the world.
At this point, Taoism declined, while Confucianism and Taoism flourished, dominating the world.
Mentioning this period of history, Taoist priest Xu Ping felt quite sad.
As for Taizu, Taoist priest Xu Ping has not commented.
However, Chu Chen could see that Taoist Yunshui admired Taizu from the bottom of his heart - even though Taizu suppressed Taoist monks, his reverence did not change at all.
After Chu Chen heard this piece of history, he also felt admiration from the bottom of his heart.
Establish your mind for heaven and earth,
To establish a destiny for the sake of the people,
To carry on the unique learning for the saints,
Create peace for all eternity!
Of all these great men, who among the human beings can harbor resentment?
It has been a thousand years since the past, and Taizu had already attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven.
The Dachang Emperor's throne was inherited by the direct descendants of Taizu. He was appointed emperor every fifty years, and the best were selected and inherited in an orderly manner.
Regardless of whether he has done well or badly, once his fifty-year term is up, Emperor Dachang will abdicate in favor of someone more worthy.
Emperors who performed well during their term of office either ascended to the upper world and became immortals or became gods in the underworld after abdicating the throne. There were very few emperors who remained in the human world.
The Dachang Kingdom was prosperous, and the contemporary Emperor Lingwei was the twenty-third emperor. He had been in power for more than forty years and was considered to be quite accomplished.
During his tenure, the world was stable, the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, and the world was at peace.
If we follow the usual practice, Emperor Lingwei's achievements are remarkable, his path to immortality and divinity is far-reaching, and he can expect eternal life.
But unfortunately, it backfired.
In recent years, supernatural things have occurred frequently all over the world, evil spirits and heretics are rampant, and people everywhere are complaining and resentment boils.
Emperor Lingwei was quite annoyed by this. In the last ten years of his term, anyone who dared to make mistakes would be in trouble with him and miss his path to immortality.
As a result, Emperor Lingwei issued an edict and dispatched immortal officials to various places to exorcise evil spirits, suppress demons, and cleanse the world.
Speaking of which, Chu Chen has to thank Emperor Lingwei.
Taoist Yunshui was apparently an immortal official of Dachang. He was ordered by the emperor to go to Xin'an County, Qingzhou to serve as Master Yuanhua.
Master Yuanhua is the official official of Dachang.
Taoist immortal officials are the same as Confucian and Taoist officials, divided into nine grades and eighteen grades.
Master Yuanhua of Xin'an County is a seventh-grade immortal official.
Taoist Master Yunshui was promoted from the seventh-grade immortal official to the seventh-grade official, and became the Immortal (positive seventh-grade) of Xinbei Exorcist Academy, and the Xin'an County Master Yuanhua (positive seventh-grade), and was promoted to Xin'an City God.
How big an official is this?
The North Pole Exorcism Academy is a department of heaven. Its main deity is Zhongtian Pole Ziwei Emperor, one of the Four Imperial Guards. He is the "department that oversees the three realms and is the place where all evils are captured". It is responsible for examining the merits and demerits of ghosts and gods, and exorcising evil spirits.
Yan Zhenqing, the great calligrapher of the previous generation, also came from the Arctic Exorcism Academy. According to historical records, he served as the left judge (ninth grade, eighth grade) of the Arctic Exorcism Academy.
Being a member of the Seventh-grade Arctic Exorcist Academy sounds very powerful, but it is a false position. The scope of management is too wide, and it is often difficult to intervene at will.
Master Yuanhua of Xin'an County is the actual job of the Taoist priest.
In Xin'an County, Taoist Xu Ping is at the same level as the county magistrate. He is the highest-level immortal official in the local Taoist sect and the top immortal official in the county. He is responsible for any supernatural events such as monsters, devils, ghosts, gods, etc. in the county, exorcises and eliminates evil spirits, and can also intervene. Xin'an City God's Palace, examine the merits and demerits of ghosts and gods.
If necessary, he has the right to recruit soldiers and horses from Xin'an City God's Palace to kill demons and eradicate evil spirits.
In Xin'an County, the Taoist priest still has a good reputation.
The sky is burning with fire, and the sunset is blowing on my face.
After driving for three days, Chu Chen followed Taoist Xu Ping and was about to enter the boundary of Xin'an County.
"Master, Brother Chen, there is a village in front of you. Let's stay here tonight! It's getting late."
The little kid took it out of the bookcase behind Chu Chen, put his hands on his shoulders, and draped himself in the sunset, pointing at the smoke from the kitchen in the distance and making a suggestion.
"No need, we can enter Xin'an County right away. We can get to Xin'an first while it's dark and we can still travel some distance."
Although the Taoist priest rejected the little ghost's proposal, he turned around and took away the book box behind Chu Chen.
Without saying anything, he held the bookcase in one hand as if he had nothing, and strode on his way.
Chu Chen's whole body suddenly relaxed and felt comfortable all over.
Lao Xu is a very nice person except that he is a bit boring and a bit old-fashioned and serious.
Chu Chen smiled briskly, his steps became brisk, and he quickly followed Taoist Xu Ping.
Not long after leaving,
Taoist Xu Ping suddenly turned around, stepped from the official road onto the narrow path on the ridge of the field, and rushed towards the previous village.
Chu Chen was puzzled and wanted to ask.
As a result, the old man's low, choked cry could be faintly heard in his ears.
Evening, lonely village, old man, crying...
Chu Chen stopped for a moment, he wouldn't have encountered any supernatural event...