"You actually went straight into the Forbidden City to meet the Holy Spirit?"
Inside the Huangji Palace, there was complete silence.
But whether it was Jiajing standing up, the exchanges between the officials' eyes, or the inner fluctuations, they all reached the extreme.
This court meeting was too hasty. Previously, everyone gathered in a hurry. For a moment, they were only afraid of the loss of etiquette in front of the palace and could not care about anything else.
But during the whole process of standing outside the Meridian Gate, waiting in Danqi, and finally entering the palace, the officials had already realized that the main topic of this court meeting must be related to the dragon that had just collected the clouds and stopped the rain.
Ever since, the eyes of some officials had drifted towards the Heavenly Master Tao Zhongwen.
If the Dragon God is conferred, will it be under the jurisdiction of this heavenly master?
If it belongs, as long as the Heavenly Court does not appear, in the future the land of the mountain gods and the city, emperor and social order of the Ming Dynasty will all belong to the Taoist sect, and the power of the position of Heavenly Master will be far greater than before.
If he does not return, his status as a Heavenly Master will be in embarrassment...
Of course, we also need to consider whether the dragon that stops the rain will actually enter the court, or whether it will just appear and disappear without a trace.
As a result, as soon as the meeting started, there was an answer.
Two figures of gods, clear spirits, and majestic Xiaju descended from the sky and entered the court hall.
The woman's face is like a lotus calyx, her lips are like cherries, her dragon's horns are crystal clear, and she has white teeth and bright eyes.
She looks extremely beautiful, but her face is solemn, and you can tell at a glance that she is not easy to deal with, just like those gods who are aloof, quiet and ascetic, unsullied by dust, and full of celestial charm.
In comparison, men are not inferior, they are fresh and beautiful, have the appearance of being relegated to immortals, have the appearance of dragons and phoenixes, and have natural qualities.
Tao Zhongwen is already a boy with fair hair and a fairy-like spirit, but when he sees this person, people are immediately reminded of Su Dongpo's poems, "Young masters should only see paintings, among which I only know the beauty. When I write about the water and the sky, I am definitely not a person in the world of dust."
"...
The legendary true immortal from the world, the heavenly being of Xuanfu, should have such an appearance and magnanimity!
"Is this person Li Shizhen?"
Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son looked quite moved.
"Mr. Li is here!"
Lu Bing and the thirteen Taibao behind him showed joy, and then they also looked moved.
"how come?"
Tao Zhongwen was silent, while Tao Shien was shocked.
Because these two people walked in, it was not the imagined relationship between the gods and the protector gods, one in front of the other, with clear priorities...
Instead, they walked side by side and entered the main hall.
How virtuous and capable is this Li Shizhen, that he can actually work side by side with the gods?
"Follow my steps, don't look sideways, and just keep walking forward!"
"Don't think so much, don't be afraid, I will give you delicious food when I go back..."
Little did they know that when Longnu saw so many strangers in the palace, she almost shut herself up and almost turned around and left.
Fortunately, Li Yan had expected it and had coaxed her for a while on the treasure ship. Now she led him all the way and sent messages to comfort him, so that the dragon girl entered the Huangji Palace nervously with a small face.
In comparison, Li Yan looked indifferent. When he came to this place that best represented the political center of the Ming Dynasty, he was quite touched when he thought of the Forbidden City in later generations.
Dayan in the Water Margin world is also the capital of Beijing, and the palace it built is also called the Forbidden City. However, both the land area and the layout of the palace have its own characteristics in response to the requirements of the times.
The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty is closer to the Forbidden City in later generations. For example, the current Huangji Palace has a name that ordinary people are familiar with, the Palace of Supreme Harmony.
When visiting the Forbidden City in Beijing, a must-visit attraction is the dragon chair, which symbolizes the emperor's throne, placed in the palace. Although it can only be viewed from a distance through the fence, it is still impressive enough.
The one in later generations is precisely the gold-lacquered throne with clouds and dragons on the high platform today.
The whole chair is in the shape of an armchair, with four columns supporting the armrests and thirteen golden dragons on them. A dragon stands in the middle of the back of the chair, looking around in all directions with a majestic look.
The material is made of three kinds of wood: small-leaf rosewood, golden nanmu, and birch. It looks golden, but it is not gold. Instead, the wood is painted into gold. That is, the gold powder is swept onto the glued wood with a silk cotton whisk.
The dragon-making chair is covered with a layer of transparent paint to create an all-gold effect.
Behind the dragon chair, there are seven large screens painted with the same gold, which are also decorated with dozens of dragon shapes. Li Yan still remembers that the staff of the Palace Museum said that the golden dragons decorated on the dragon chair and the screen
There are eighty in total, but ninety-nine are unified. The missing dragon on the seat and screen refers to the person sitting on the dragon chair, the supreme being in the world, the true dragon emperor.
Now the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty stood up, his body tensed, and he stared over with a complex expression.
For a moment, Jiajing didn't know how to face this dragon.
Mainly etiquette.
If we follow the rules of the time when gods and Buddhas were still around thousands of years ago, the four major continents all valued gods and immortals. Even in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, when Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared, "the king of the Tang Dynasty bowed to him, and the civil and military officials knelt down."
It is certainly an expression of respect and gratitude. After all, Guanyin gave guidance, took the Tripitaka of the Mahayana Sutra, and transcended the sufferings of sins and ascended to heaven. Now the Dragon Girl has stopped the heavy rain and saved the capital from flooding. It is also a great favor. Should Jiajing also pray?
Do you want all civil and military officials to kneel down at the same time?
He even really had this idea. The emperor still had to bow down when offering sacrifices to heaven. As long as he could become an immortal and attain enlightenment, he would kowtow to the Dragon Girl. Although he was not happy with it psychologically, he could bear it.
Just as he was hesitating, he saw Li Yan and Long Nu coming to the front steps, bowing and saluting: "Li Shizhen is here to see your majesty!"
He did it first, and Long Nu followed suit. She lowered her head and said coldly: "Ao Xue has seen the Emperor of Heaven!"
"This man is so bold. He bows to His Majesty?"
"No, it's him who is saluting with the dragon. You must not go out and disturb him!"
The meaning of meeting is to meet with superiors with certain etiquette. As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen naturally met the emperor. But under normal circumstances, he obviously could not just bow to the emperor like this. Instead, he had to kneel down and kowtow, otherwise he would only punish the officials.
The censor who corrects the appearance, words and deeds will immediately pounce on the person, shout that he is disrespectful, drag the person down and punish him with a cane.
But no one dares to do that now, because everyone has seen that it is precisely because of this dragon girl Ao Xue who bowed first, that the dragon girl Ao Xue, who appeared for the first time as a god and Buddha after disappearing for nearly a thousand years, also bowed to His Majesty first.
"Okay! Okay!"
The key etiquette issue was solved, and Jiajing's brows suddenly filled with joy.
Of course, the best situation would be for this girl with the dragon to shout long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live.
Jiajing has always found it difficult to be satisfied, but this time he was rarely satisfied. The long wait finally paid off, and the month's wait was completely worth it. When the Taoist Emperor was in high spirits, he also handed over his hand as a gift: "I have seen the Dragon God!"
His posture is impeccable, his left hand is yang, his right hand is yin, his right hand holds his left hand, the big finger of his right hand presses the big finger of his left hand, his right hand holds the palm of his left hand, stretching forward, like holding a drum, he is holding the yin for all things.
Positive.
This is a etiquette used when meeting peers or friends. Performing this etiquette with the Dragon Girl is like visiting each other among immortal friends. It is obvious that Jiajing regarded himself as a reserve immortal.
Not only were the details in place, Jiajing immediately began to award the reward to confirm the relationship: "I have long heard that the Dragon God rains and moistens the world. This time the God comes into the world to preach the righteous Dharma and save all living beings. The heavy rains and torrents are sweet and moist at the right time.
I honor the God of Zhaoling, Peize, and Puyou Dragon King, and write an inscription on it to offer sacrifices at the right time!"
This is not a random seal. Historically, dragons have been enshrined by emperors many times to pray for the wind and rain of the country.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he ordered a temple to be built in the dragon pond and set up an altar to offer sacrifices to the Dragon King in the manner of the Rain Master. Taizu of the Song Dynasty followed the Tang Dynasty's system of sacrificing five dragons. During the period of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he even ordered all five dragons in the world to be crowned kings. By the Ming Dynasty,
There is a dragon god in the Qinglian Canal, who was named "the god of the dragon king who shows the water in Yanxiu", and ordered the governor of the river to offer sacrifices at the right time.
In comparison, Dragon Girl is not a big deal, but Jiajing is obviously planning to seal it later and continue to win over her, so it cannot be done in one step.
"Why isn't it over yet?"
In fact, the dragon girl didn't care at all. She just wanted to end this scene of being surrounded by many unknown creatures as soon as possible. She looked at Li Yan subconsciously, and then nodded: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Jiajing's attention was focused on the dragon girl, his eyes moved slightly, and he immediately looked at Li Yan: "Li Daoyi revived the divine way, suppressed the Japanese and subdued the demons, and made great contributions to the country. He ordered him to keep the real person of Zhen Ning Yuan Zhi in silence, and gave him a jade belt crown.
, build a real man’s mansion!”
As soon as these words came out, all the officials who knew something about Taoism showed a look of surprise. Tao Zhongwen, who had always shown his emotions and anger, couldn't help but lower his eyes. Tao Shien's expression changed drastically.
The real people are not just granted arbitrarily. The first real people can basically be regarded as immortals. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon says, "In ancient times, there were real people who held the heaven and earth, grasped the yin and yang, breathed the essence, and independently guarded the gods. Their muscles were as one, so they could live long in the world.
, when there is no end, this is the way to be born.”
Later, the scope of real people began to broaden. People who cultivated their nature and achieved Taoism could be called real people, which was not strictly limited to Taoism. For example, the doctor Sun Simiao was also called Sun Zhenren...
It is roughly estimated that there are about 260 famous real people in the past dynasties, which may seem like a lot, but in fact, on average, they are the absolute leaders in every era.
In the Ming Dynasty in history, the title of "Heavenly Master" was downgraded to "real person". In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang told the minister: Heaven is the most noble, how can there be a teacher?
The title was extremely blasphemous, so I ordered him to remove the title of Heavenly Master, the leader of Zhengyi Cult, and change the seal of Heavenly Master to the seal of Zhenren, ranking as the second grade of Zhengyi."
Of course, this world has not changed like that. There are four heavenly masters in heaven, and there are heavenly masters in the human world. It is just that they have been passed down from generation to generation by the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain and become the leader of the Taoist sect, leading Taoist affairs.
The key is here. There is also a process of promotion within Taoism, and one becomes a Taoist, a Taoist, a real person, or a Celestial Master.
Tao Zhongwen was so favored that he was first named "Shenxiao Baoguo Preaching Master", then "Shenxiao Baoguo Honglie Preaching Zhenfa Tongzhen Zhongxiaobingyi Zhenren", and finally he was also named "Shenxiao Zifu"
"Elucidate the example of protecting the country, preaching with righteousness, promoting the Dharma, communicating truth, loyalty, filial piety and adhering to a real person".
Now Jiajing just met Li Shizhen for the first time and he was conferred as a real person. Such a holy grace is unprecedented.
What was even more difficult for Tao Shien to accept was that Li Yan hesitated for a moment and seemed unhappy before bowing and saluting again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"After bringing Dragon Girl to the capital, you feel that you have fulfilled your holy grace, so you want to leave and become an idle cloud and wild crane again?"
Jiajing raised the corner of his mouth slightly and sat back on the dragon chair again: "Li Shizhen, Li Shizhen, I've been waiting for so long and finally got you, how could I let you go again? You don't want to be a real person, but I want you to be!"
The emperor was very satisfied, but when the ceremony officer came forward, he was dumbfounded.
Where are these two standing?
Especially for gods, there has never been any precedent for being listed in a court meeting.
Fortunately, at this moment, the cold voice of the Dragon Girl sounded again: "Your Majesty, I cannot bear the turbidity of the world, so I will return to the sky first!"
All the officials were stunned.
Showing up, saluting, receiving the title, and then leaving... This is too short!
Jiajing also wanted to discuss his cultivation and practice alchemy with the Dragon God, and asked him to comment on it, and he was very reluctant to give up.
But she noticed that the Dragon Girl was looking at Li Yan frequently, even frowning slightly. She thought that she really couldn't stay any longer, so she hurriedly said with concern: "Dragon God works hard to collect rain, renovate the temple, and the incense is endless. Master Li will accompany you well.
You must do your best for me!"
After hearing the words, the Dragon Girl turned around and left without any regrets, showing her pure-hearted and stoic demeanor, not taking pleasure in things. Li Yan saluted with one palm, and with the same gentle wind and flowing big sleeves, he turned around and left.
The appearance and demeanor of these two people were so outstanding that all the officials couldn't help but turn their heads to see them off.
No one paid attention to their disrespect.
Because Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, couldn't help but get up again, and watched eagerly as the handsome figure disappeared in front of the Huangji Palace, turned into a white light, and returned to the sky again.