339, the inscription, the blessings of the gods and ancestors (please complete the order)
Once the Taipei Academy Agreement was launched, it quickly caused an uproar in Chang'an and there were many discussions.
However, no one would say that Bai Gui formed a clique for personal gain, because every clause in the Taixue Association's covenant stated the purpose of teaching and was intended to reshape the scholarly academic style without any selfish interests.
In addition, Bai Gui still has a certain reputation among the people. First, he is clean and honest in power and has military merit. Second, he promotes cotton planting and white cars. Third, his calligraphy is among the best in the world, and his words are just like his person.
Under these three conditions, basically everyone believed that Bai Gui was a virtuous prime minister, so forming cliques for personal gain was out of the question.
That's the benefit of having a good reputation!
If a treacherous official comes to make an appointment with the Taixue Academy, even if he has no selfish motives, according to his past reputation, a good one can be discredited.
Furthermore, as Bai Gui was the examiner in the ninth year of Kaiyuan, most of the Jinshi selected for admission had a certain reputation. These people certainly could not criticize the examiners who promoted them. Moreover, Bai Gui had a good reputation. These Jinshi were in charge of a considerable part of the discourse of the scholars at this time.
Quan, with their help, Bai Gui's reputation rose instead of falling. In some poems and works, he was respectfully called "Bai Gong".
Time passed slowly like this, until midsummer of the ninth year of Kaiyuan, samples of the Five Emperors' coins and talisman coins were finally produced by various Taoist families, and were first presented to Bai Gui, the prime minister in charge of this matter, for observation.
So Bai Gui took some time to go to Haotian to observe.
Haotian Temple, in Laojun Hall.
"After we discussed the style of the Five Emperors' coins, we still adopted the round coins with square holes that were used in the past..."
"First, it is conducive to the acceptance and circulation of this money by the people. Second, it is the theory that square hole round money corresponds to the round sky and round place. Although it is not conducive to seal engraving, brass is not a spiritual material. As a carrier, it is easier to absorb magic...
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Hou Shaowei explained to Bai Gui.
"Master will deal with this matter."
Bai Gui nodded, suddenly understanding. No wonder Hou Shaowei said a few months ago that the three coin-making copper furnaces he allocated from the Shaofu Supervisor were not accurate enough and needed to be rebuilt. This was the reason.
The brass used to make copper coins is an ordinary material. Although ordinary materials can bear the magic power for a certain period of time, the magic power will easily dissipate over time. Although you can carve talismans to extend the magic power, it will not be beautiful after all. Changing the shape of the copper coin will
It is in the shape of a round sky and a round place, so it is somehow consistent with the theory of a round sky and a round place. Although it is not considered a spiritual material, the mana will last longer than the mana of ordinary copper coins.
This is the same as worshiping statues of gods.
If the statue has been worshiped for a long time, it has spirit!
However, in this case, the square hole round coin has much less space left for seal engraving and talismans, unlike the silver dollar which has a whole side.
Therefore, a higher-precision copper furnace is needed to engrave the talismans!
Just improving the accuracy of minting coins is not a difficult task for Bai Gui.
Using the knowledge and technology of later generations, he asked the craftsmen who were supervising him to follow the original drawings, and with a few modifications, they created a copper furnace with higher precision for casting coins and sent it to Haotian Temple.
"The five spirit beads are the thunder spirit bead, the fire spirit bead, the water spirit bead, the wind spirit bead, and the earth spirit bead. These five elements do not conform to the principle that the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are mutually reinforcing each other, but...except for the thunder spirit bead, the remaining four
A spiritual bead, but it conforms to the power of the four images of earth, wind, water, and fire. Therefore, the Five Emperors Money controls the yin and yang of the four images, and the remaining earth, wind, water, and fire complement each other's yin and yang..."
Zhang Tianshi from Tianshi Dao nodded, flicked the fly whisk in his hand, and replied.
Tai Chi generates two rituals, and two rituals generate four images. It is also said in "Book of Rites: Quli": "The red bird is in front of the line, then the basalt is behind, the green dragon is on the left, and the white tiger is on the right."
Suzaku belongs to fire, so the south will be hot, so it represents summer. Xuanwu belongs to water, and is cold because of yin, so it represents winter. White tiger belongs to gold, and it mainly kills. When it is weak, it is as fast as the wind, so it represents autumn. Qinglong belongs to wood, and it benefits all directions.
, all things revive, so it also represents spring.
Therefore, the power of the four images is earth, wind, water, and fire!
No matter it is spring, summer, autumn or winter, there will always be thunder, namely spring thunder, summer thunder, autumn thunder and winter thunder.
Therefore, the Five Emperors' Money refined by the Five Directions Dao Veins uses the power of thunder and four images to form a cycle with each other. Outside of this cycle, there is the world of round heaven and earth.
"The sky is round and the earth is round, let's play earth, wind, water and fire again..."
Bai Gui suddenly thought of the words of Master Tongtian.
He was startled for a moment and looked at the five Five Emperors coins on the altar table in Laojun Hall.
At first glance, these five coins don't look much different from ordinary copper coins, but if you look closely, you will find that each copper coin is engraved with four subtle talismans, with the four sides of the square hole as the symbols.
It leads directly to the outer circle that symbolizes the sky.
"This is a money sword connected with the Five Emperors' coins. As long as the monk activates his magic power, he will use the power of the four images to activate the power of thunder hidden in the Thunder Emperor's coins, so that the evil spirits can be killed..."
"The remaining four copper coins will also convert the stored power of the Four Symbols into the mana in the Thunder Emperor's coins."
"It can be said that this is the cheapest magical weapon, but its power cannot be underestimated..."
Chang Hao, the leader of Shushan, stroked his beard and held a money sword in his hand with a red silk rope threaded through the Five Emperors' coins and said with a smile.
The low cost does not mean that the magic weapon is of inferior quality. The power of sky thunder has always been the most difficult force to control, and evil spirits are also afraid of it.
It is conceivable that with the money sword made of the Five Emperors' money, all evil spirits in the entire Tang Dynasty will be wiped out, but it will definitely be much less than before!
"Now I have called my nephew here to write an inscription on the Five Emperors' Money... My nephew's calligraphy was first-class at the time and was popular among everyone."
Zhang Tianshi smiled and said.
The Five Emperors' Money has now been created, but it is just a sample. Likewise, without the blessing of human luck, it is just a cheap magic weapon made by various Taoist schools, and cannot be regarded as a real currency.
"this……"
Bai Gui's heart suddenly moved.
Needless to say, there is no need to elaborate on the benefits of inscribing Five Emperors coins.
For example, if a Taoist priest uses a magic weapon made of a money sword to kill evil spirits, his share will be included in the calculation of merit. Even if he kills the evil evil by mistake, his share of the cause and effect will not be involved.
Take merit.
And as the Five Emperors' money circulates and benefits the country, he will also have his share of merit.
Similarly, if you want to cultivate the divine way in the future, it is also feasible to have this deed and take the path of the God of Wealth.
However, although he wanted to write the inscription, he could not bypass Emperor Li Longji. Besides, if he agreed immediately, it would be a bit ugly.
Originally, the merit he possessed was not small.
"My teacher has already asked the saint about this matter. As a disciple of our sect, and as the prime minister of the current dynasty, you should be allowed to inscribe..."
Seeing Bai Gui's hesitation, Hou Shaowei said.
"San Dong Zhong Jie Wen" says: "If the Taoist scriptures are not taught by a teacher, then one will not be able to practice them spiritually."
This word is not something that ordinary people can write!
It does not mean that any prime minister can inscribe money on the Five Emperors.
Just like in Journey to the West, Wei Zheng dreamed of killing the Dragon King. There were so many prime ministers in the early Tang Dynasty. Why was Wei Zheng chosen? It was because Wei Zheng also had a part-time job in Heaven. He was a Cao official, and he had an old relationship with Judge Cui Yucui, and he could have supernatural powers in the underworld.
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Cui Yu was a minister of Tang Emperor Li Yuanshi.
"Thank you, Master and all the elders."
Bai Gui instantly understood that this was probably a reciprocation from the five directions, and asked Li Longji to approve the matter. However, Li Longji was not overbearing in character and would not take away people's beauty, so he agreed to the matter.
If the sample of the Five Emperors' Money was first presented to Li Longji and asked for an inscription, maybe Li Longji would immediately see Lie Xinxi and inscribe it himself.
But now that Wufang Daomai has said that he wants Bai Gui, a great calligrapher, to write inscriptions, then Li Longji can't help but compete with Bai Gui.
Bai Gui nodded. He had already prepared paper and pen in Laojun's palace. He pondered for a while and wrote the four characters "Kaiyuan Tongbao" on the plain paper, and then wrote "Thunder", "Wind", "
There are five characters: "water", "earth" and "fire".
Coins such as Kaiyuan Tongbao were actually circulated during the Wude reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty. It has nothing to do with the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Li Longji. The coins minted at that time were called Kaiyuan Tongbao.
However, it is recorded in the "Old Book of Tang·Shihuo Zhi" that Kaiyuan Tongbao is also called Kaitong Yuanbao. "The words go up first, then down, and then read from the right. When read from top to left, the meaning is also clear, and the popular name is
To open up Yuanbao."
At this time, Bai Gui wrote Kaiyuan Tongbao, firstly, following the old rules, and secondly, because the current era name was Kaiyuan, and the title Kaiyuan Tongbao was appropriate.
Li Longji couldn't give this opportunity to him. He just didn't know what to do and used another name, which was dissatisfied by Li Longji. Therefore, inscribing Yuan Tongbao can temporarily calm Li Longji's mind.
The word becomes.
"Kaiyuan Tongbao..."
"Compared with Daou's calligraphy, my nephew's calligraphy is not inferior."
Several heads on the side saw this handsome calligraphy and praised it repeatedly.
The last Kaiyuan Tongbao was inscribed by Ouyang Xun. He and his son Ouyang Tong were both good at calligraphy, and they were collectively called Big and Little Ou.
"Where, where..."
Bai Gui said modestly.
Hou Shaowei glanced at the finished manuscript for a few times and nodded slightly. If Bai Gui's calligraphy was not good, he, the master, would not lose his temper and go to the heads of various factions. The emperor persuaded Bai Gui to inscribe these words.
Only when your own level is reached will your network be available.
After looking at it, he then ordered his pyrotechnics disciples to immediately shrink the seal and carve it on the wax model.
About an hour passed.
The second batch of brand-new Five Emperors coins with "Kaiyuan Tongbao" written on them were brought up by the pyrotechnical disciples.
"Now that the Five Emperors Money has become..."
"I will ask God and the ancestors of each sect for instructions on how to make a sacrifice."
After Hou Shaowei finished speaking to the many heads, he sat cross-legged under the statue of Taishang Daozu and began to perform the ritual.
After a while.
Everyone present felt that their whole bodies were filled with warmth. The obstacles they encountered in daily practice seemed to have been easily overcome. Their thoughts were clear and their expressions were much better than before.
"Merit..."
"Our merits have been sensed by the heavenly ancestors, so this is a blessing for us..."
The heads of each sect couldn't help but show joy on their faces. This time the patriarch's blessing would at least save them from decades of hard work.
The most important thing is that the things they have done have been recognized as meritorious deeds by the ancestors of each sect. The merits may not be effective for a while, but they will be effective when they cultivate to heaven, earth, and corpse.
Huge effect.
Likewise, if you have merit, everything will go smoothly.
Merit indirectly affects luck.
On the other side, Bai Gui, who made the greatest contribution this time, was also blessed by Taishang Daozu.
His skill greatly improved, Huang Ting's Xuan Fei was first condensed, and a stream of innate Taiyi Qi was born in the Xuan Fei, which was only the last step away from condensing the golden elixir.
"The initial merit of the Tao is the golden elixir, and the success of the Tao is the golden elixir. The golden elixir is light... Inside is the innate Qi of Taiyi." - Lu Dongbin's "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose"
