Chapter 624 Red sleeves add double fragrance, warm wine and talk about the north and the south [Please vote for me!]
In the afternoon, the sky is just right.
Beside the window of the Zhulou Study Pavilion, a small red clay stove was simmering a pot of wine over a slow fire.
Ouyang Rong, Xie Lingjiang, and Li Guoer each took a cup.
“There are so many things about the Southern and Northern Dynasties that I don’t know where to start.”
Li Bao's daughter dressed up as a man, half leaning on the armrest, twirling a thin wine glass between her two fingers.
She threw a history book that she had held for a long time in her other hand on the carpet piled with old books, like throwing stones into water.
"Sister Xie, you, Wang Xie, were originally from a family that migrated to the south. You were able to make a fortune in the Southern Dynasties. Today, you can rank among the five surnames and the seventh. Your ancestors of the Xie family who were active in the Southern Dynasties played a major role. You should be the most important.
You have to understand the Southern Dynasties, so you can talk about it first."
Unlike Li Guo'er who was sitting in a carefree manner, Xie Lingjiang sat upright and poured wine for herself and her senior brother in a precise manner.
"Elder brother has summarized before that everything in the Six Dynasties was just a matter of personal gain. There is nothing to say. My father had a similar attitude since I was a child. He would not let me see more about the old affairs of the Southern Dynasties. I have to look forward. It is good to be like this now. This
As a result, I don’t know much, so I only read it recently when necessary.”
The noble lady Xie shook her head.
She suddenly glanced at her senior brother and recited softly:
"In the old days, kings and queens flew in front of the hall and flew into the homes of ordinary people."
Li Guoer was a little surprised when he heard this sentence, and his posture straightened up:
"Who wrote this line? Is there a complete poem?"
Xie Lingjiang didn't answer, and Ouyang Rong drank to warm himself up, reading a few old books at hand. Xie Lingjiang filled his glass from time to time.
"I always feel like you two are hiding something from this princess." Li Guo'er said suspiciously.
His eyes finally fell on Ouyang Rong, who was drinking calmly.
He calmly flipped through the book without speaking or looking at her.
As if afraid that Ouyang Rong would ask later, "Can you stop peeking out of the corner of your eye?" Li Baoer quickly returned his gaze, his pretty face as calm as usual.
Xie Lingjiang said softly:
"Let's talk about business."
Li Bao'er raised the corners of her pink lips and flicked her finger:
"There is nothing to talk about. I have read all these official and unofficial histories. There are too many repetitions and curiosity, which is not interesting. Sister Xie, why not bring out the unique historical records privately collected by Xie family of Chen County? What is said above may be more useful to us.
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"Sister Guo'er will tell you what you know first. We will talk about the things Xie sent us later."
Li Guo'er yawned, nodded and said:
"Looking at it, the general meaning above is that the northerners going south is actually the general outline of the rise and fall of the Six Dynasties.
"Maybe it's because she was born in the Li clan and has been a northerner for generations. I think that the southerners going north or staying in the south are also the general outline of the sinicization of the Northern Dynasties.
"It is precisely because the people of the Southern Dynasties have been guarding the clothes when they traveled south, claiming to be the orthodoxy of China and the home of the clan, which attracted northern literati and lofty ideals, that the regimes in various periods of the Northern Dynasties promoted Hanization. This is to live in sorrow and die in peace and happiness. If
Without the Southern Dynasties, it would have been difficult for the Sinicization of the Northern Dynasties to be so thorough. Even if the barbarians and Yi people from outside the customs lived together with the Han people, it would not be so easy to identify with the Han people's clothes.
"So the Northern and Southern Dynasties really complemented each other. When the Northern Dynasties completed the Chineseization and were almost integrated, the unification that followed was unstoppable... Sui Qian came into being, and only then did we have the peaceful situation where the North and the South are reunited. The two It’s really indispensable and just right.”
Xie Lingjiang nodded:
"Sister Guo'er is very insightful. It was precisely because of the chaotic three hundred years of confrontation between the North and the South that people all over the world gradually understood the difficulty of peace, and then understood the need for a unified world. The founding of the country was almost in compliance with the destiny, and the Southern Dynasty perished. It’s not enough to sigh.”
Li Baoer put down his wine glass and sighed softly:
"Emperor Taizongwen won the world, and my descendants occasionally look back on it with a sense of destiny-like beauty."
After a moment of silence, she asked again:
"Today we are looking for Yunmeng Jianze to oppose the Donglin Giant Buddha's landing in Jiangzhou. Now that we have finished talking, please tell me the news over there, Sister Xie."
Hearing this, Xie Lingjiang first looked at Ouyang Rong.
She found that the elder brother had not said a word since he had just sat down to drink, and then the two of them were talking about the general trend of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. While drinking, he was flipping through the pile of historical books, calm and composed, as if he was searching for something purposefully.
Xie Lingjiang did not ask, but first said:
"I checked some historical materials of the clan. Throughout the Six Dynasties period, traces of Yunmeng Yue girls appeared and disappeared, and they had interactions with many royal families or people in power in the Southern Dynasties. Well, including my ancestors of the Xie family, but They all appear in some events that, in retrospect, will affect the key trends. As for fame, wealth and worldly affairs, they are not involved at all.
"Furthermore, I saw a secret book from the Southern Dynasties mentioning that many princesses from the Southern Dynasties royal family, who were not even old enough, would be sent to Yunmengze, similar to marriage, but they should be accepted as Yue girls. , there are many powerful princesses who have become queens.
"It is conceivable that the royal families of the Six Dynasties have a close relationship with the Palace of the Female Sovereign in Yunmeng Jianze, even if the dynasty changes, this tradition will continue.
"However, Yunmeng Jianze generally does not interfere with ordinary people, and there has never been any manipulation of government affairs or support for puppet emperors. Regarding this point, an ancestor of my Xie family mentioned it in his memoirs and praised it quite a lot.
"For the people, there are some rumors that pop up from time to time, such as a Yue girl passing by a certain village to eliminate evil and promote good.
"In short, after searching, I found that everyone from the royal family of the Southern Dynasties, to the Jiangzuo gentry including Wang Xie, to the common people of Ming Dynasty... all have great respect for Yunmeng Yue Nu, headed by Yuan Jun.
"Especially the people at the bottom of the civil society feel that the Yue girls are the spokespersons of the goddess Yuanjun, who are erratic and live in Yunmeng Guze... They love Yuanjun, but they believe more as local goddesses, which is different from Buddhism, Taoism or The difference is that there is no large-scale organization of believers... Throughout the three hundred years of the Southern Dynasties, there has never been any use of Yuanjun's faith to incite rebellion."
Li Guo'er nodded lightly: "No wonder Yunmeng Jianze has a good relationship with the royal family of the Six Dynasties. This is more harmonious than we imagined, but the two parties must have a unified goal."
At this point, Li Guoer paused and asked:
"In your Xie family's letter, did you mention any major conflicts they had with Buddhism?"
Xie Lingjiang seemed to be thinking and recalling for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"No, many kings in the Six Dynasties believed in Buddhism. Judging from some of the events recorded by my Xie family, there is no conflict of faith between Yunmeng Jianze and Buddhism. There are so many Buddhist temples in the south of the Yangtze River, many of which were built during the Southern Dynasties.
Yes, I don’t see them using their influence to stop...well, except this time."
Li Bao'er pursed her lips and asked again:
"Sister Xie, I often hear you say that a virgin is a virgin. What does she have to do with Yuan Jun?"
"It's like this. A long time ago, earlier than the Spring and Autumn Period, the land of Wuyue was overrun with evil dragons. It is said that they were the seeds of the wilderness left over from ancient times. Later, a Wuyue girl named Yue Chuzi appeared and killed them all with a sword.
He wiped out all the evil dragons in the land of Wu and Yue, and opened up the poor mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River.
"So the ancestors of Wuyue worshiped her as Yuanjun. This is the origin of the first generation of Yuanjun. She later established Yunmeng Jianze. After her death, I don't know if she still has obsessions or if she has reached the myth of cultivation. Her myth
Spirituality continues to spread in the land of Wuyue. Every time a Yue virgin dies, the spirituality will randomly appear in a newly born girl in the land of Wuyue. Yunmeng Jianze will find and cultivate it through special means.
"So there were successive generations of Yue virgins, which have been passed down to this day... The Yue virgins brought back to the sect by Yunmeng Jianze were all trained as future Yuanjuns...
"However, accidents may happen to Yue Virgin, but he has not yet completed his growth, and Yunmeng Jianze cannot be leaderless for a long time, and Yuan Jun is absent, so under special circumstances, Yuan Jun does not need to be Yue Virgin...
"But no matter what, in the eyes of the people of Wuyue, Yuanjun is a goddess who will never die, but in fact, the Qi practitioners know that this Yuanjun has been replaced for many generations.
"However, they all inherit the mythical spirituality of the first generation of virgins. In a sense, it is indeed the immortality of Yuanjun. It can also be regarded as a special method of longevity and mission continuation."
Xie Lingjiang Rushu family treasures.
These are all things that are widely circulated among Qi practitioners in the mountains.
"I see... Ouyang Lianghan, are you looking at... the historical materials of the Tuoba royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty?"
Li Guo'er suddenly spoke and turned his head...like Xie Lingjiang, he also paid attention to someone.
She must have caught sight of some words on the scroll in Ouyang Rong's hand out of the corner of her eye, and asked straight to the point.
Ouyang Rong covered a volume of unofficial history in his hand and said softly:
"Shi Yuan Huaimin, the governor of this province, is a descendant of the Tuoba family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who later changed his surname to the Yuan family."
"There is such a connection." Li Guo'er raised his eyebrows with a rather interested look on his face.
She said crisply:
"Speaking of which, the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty was quite thoroughly Hanized. Also, coincidentally, at that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was in the north and the Song Dynasty was in the south. They were both newly established. In order to stabilize their rule, they both worshiped Buddhism.
"However, perhaps it was because Buddhism was too prosperous and competed with the country, or perhaps because of personal likes and dislikes. The third emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Taiwu of Wei, carried out an act to abolish Buddhism... In the end, only the remaining people in the entire northern territory were purged.
Three hundred and twenty Buddhist temples.
"It is said that the extermination of Buddhism this time was carried out by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty at the strong suggestion of a scholar named Cui. This man was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, one of the five surnames and seven looks. The book said that he was a scholar of heaven and man, and was knowledgeable in ancient times.
The top counselor around Emperor Taiwu of Wei... This incident is very famous in history books. It is clearly recorded that Emperor Taiwu of Wei personally ordered that only 320 Buddhist temples were left... At that time, the custom in the north was to worship Buddhism, and there were more than a thousand temples.
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"However, during his military career, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty also suppressed the Yuanjia Northern Expedition of the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty. His prestige was extremely high. The deposed Buddha happened after the Yuanjia Northern Expedition. No one in the Northern Dynasty dared to disobey... But the successors later changed their tune.
Already."
Ouyang Rong listened for a while, covered his head and asked:
"The history of the Xie clan mentions the term "Ding Zheng" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. What does it mean specifically?"
Xie Lingjiang replied: "At that time, the Qi practitioners in the world believed that the reason why Shenzhou Lu Shen lost the Han family and the world was because the Han Dynasty lost two tripod swords and could no longer suppress Shenzhou's Qi.
"During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were rumors from time to time that whoever got the tripod sword would have the power and great fortune to unify the north and the south... Whether it was the Southern Dynasty, which claimed to be Zhengsu and was ruled by nobles, or the Northern Dynasty, where Hu and Han lived together and the people were brave
, are all looking for the tripod sword.
"The reason why the mad emperor Sui wanted to forge cauldron swords was for this reason. He was so greedy that he became obsessed with it. He felt that if Sui unified the north and south, he should collect all the cauldron swords..."
A hint of sarcasm appeared on the corner of Li Guo'er's mouth:
"The irony is that I, Emperor Taizong of Li Qian, immediately conquered the world without using any cauldron sword. [Emperor Wen] also captured it from the surrender of the generals, without even using a single soldier. Taizong even specially sealed [Wen Emperor] in public.
Emperor], he did not use it until he pacified the world.
"It can be regarded as setting an example. He also said that 'the people are the most important, the country is second, the king is light, and the tripod is even lighter'... Later when he founded the country, Taizong even left the ancestral law and did not allow family separation.
Descendants search for cauldrons and forge swords."
Speaking of this, Li Guo'er seemed to think of something and looked at each other with Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang. She sighed softly:
"Okay, my father was right when he said it last time. The Li family's ancestral laws cannot control the Wei family."
Ouyang Rong pondered for a moment and then asked:
"How many tripod swords appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties?"
Xie Lingjiang said softly: "In the history of my Xie clan, there are only two records, one of which is [Red Emperor]. It appeared briefly in the Northern Dynasty, but then disappeared...
"The Hanshi sword is clearly and unmistakably recorded as being forged by Liu Jinu, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. According to family history, the sword embryo of this tripod sword actually existed during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was the attire of several high-ranking noble families in the north.
It was brought secretly during the southern crossing... It was just that the Eastern Jin Dynasty had just begun and had no national power to cast it. It was not until Liu Jinu was born, established the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, and unified the material resources in the south of the Yangtze River that it was barely cast."
Li Guoer raised his eyebrows and said:
"Although most of the emperors of the Liu Song Dynasty were cruel and perverted lunatics, the previous ones were still very powerful, especially Liu Jinu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty.
"Being able to concentrate Chinese power to forge the tripod sword, in a sense, also represents the prosperity of the new Liu Song Dynasty's national power. No wonder he dared to go on the Yuanjia Northern Expedition with the [Han Shi] in hand. The emperor of the Liu family felt that this dynasty had a destiny.
"It's a pity that they ran into the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was also in its peak and high-spirited state. It was a head-to-head confrontation. In the end, it lost three consecutive Northern Expeditions. History books say that the people in the south of the Yangtze River were frightened and shaken. As a result, the Liu Song Dynasty suffered a great loss in national power and began to decline... But
In turn, this also contributed to the martial arts of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty..."
"Have all [Hanshi] lost? Where did [Hanshi] go in the end?"
Xie Lingjiang shook his head: "I don't know. According to family history, after the failure of the Yuanjia Northern Expedition, the Liu Song royal family kept secrets about [Han Shi]. Later, the country was destroyed, and [Han Shi] also disappeared..."
Li Guo'er interrupted: "Hey, maybe it fell into the hands of Yunmeng Jianze. They have close relations with the royal families of the Six Dynasties, including the Liu Song Dynasty. The flowing dynasty and the iron-clad Yunmeng."
Ouyang Rong thought for a moment and was about to speak: "Actually, Tao Yuanming is..."
At this time, a shout suddenly came from the door:
"Xiao Rongzi, thank you girl for protecting me. Please protect me! Little Rongzi, please draw your sword quickly! Draw your sword!"
The three of them turned around and found no one outside the door.
Ouyang Rong stood up with a swish, thinking that a powerful enemy was coming.
But in the next moment, he reacted, looked down, and saw a little Mo Jing running out on the floor by the door, making a sound of "Ouch" and falling forward.
At the entrance of the stairs behind, a black shadow followed closely and rushed in front of her.
This is a "black cat". It stretched out its paw and stepped on Miao Si: "Meow!"
The "black cat" bared its teeth at the little ink spirit, shook its head left and right, and a lot of ink flew away from its body.
"Are you sure?" Ouyang Rong frowned.
"It's something that has seeds or not. Little Rong, don't praise it. Come out with your sword quickly and save this fairy girl. Ah~ you dare to scratch this fairy girl?"
There was a cat whose originally snow-white hair was now stained with ink, and the cat's eyes could hardly be opened. He took out a cat's paw and tilted his head to rub his eyes from time to time.
The little girl in Confucian attire was stepped on by a cat's paw, her legs were in the air, and she was struggling in embarrassment.
Like fish on a chopping board, there is no trace of the majesty of the past.
"Stop scratching, stop scratching, I am wrong, wrong... You, please watch your back, Xiaorong is really going to draw his sword... Ah! It hurts, you, please relax your claws, we have something to discuss."
Woo hoo..."
The three of them suddenly became speechless.
Li Guo'er turned around and saw Ouyang Rong's expressionless face.
Xie Lingjiang looked helpless. Instead of his senior brother, he stepped forward to save the person, no, save the spirit.