Emperor Shuang: The counterattack started from the Gaopingling Incident Chapter 400: The Old and New Five Pecks of Rice Cult, the forces behind Zhang Zhaocheng
Chapter 400: The Old and New Five Pecks of Rice Cult, the forces behind Zhang Zhaocheng
Cao Shuang said: "Even if the Five Pecks of Rice Sect is now divided into two factions after Zhang Lu's death, it cannot stop its continuous growth in Wei and Shu. After all, its foundation has been established!"
Yang Zong answered: "The Prime Minister is so confused whether he should agree to Zhang Zhaocheng's request or not?"
Cao Shuang thought for a while and continued: "Not only do I have to agree to him, I also want to meet the envoy of the Five Dou Rice Sect to show that the Wei Dynasty attaches great importance to this matter. I also want to see what conspiracy the Five Dou Rice Sect is up to.
, who is the force behind Zhang Zhaocheng!"
Regarding the reasons why Zhang Daoling entered Shu, firstly, he "heard that the people in Shu are kind-hearted, easy to educate, and have many famous mountains", which was beneficial to the establishment of religion; secondly, "I heard that the rash in Bashu is harmful to the human body and the people are trapped by diseases and disasters."
I want to use talismans and elixirs to cure people's illnesses.
After entering Sichuan, he first lived in Yangping Mountain, then Heming Mountain, and also went to Xicheng Mountain, Gegui Mountain, Qinzhong Mountain, Changli Mountain, Yongquan Mountain, Zhendu Mountain, Beiping Mountain, and Qingcheng Mountain to refine his mind.
In the sixth year of Yonghe (141), Zhang Daoling wrote 24 Taoist books. He called himself "Xuanyuan of the Taiqing Dynasty", recruited disciples and taught, and established a Taoist grassroots organization. Those who followed his Taoism were required to pay five dou of rice, which was called "Five Dou of Rice" at that time.
In the first year of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty (142 years), Zhang Daoling asked the Supreme Lord Laojun to come down personally and confer the "Three Days of Zhengfa" and appointed him as the "Tianshi". In the same year, he was also awarded the "Zhengyi Science and Art" and "Zhengyimeng".
"Miao Miao Sutra", named "Three-day Dharma Master Zhengyi Zhenren".
He also asked Taishang Laojun to issue the Twenty-Four Rules (the regional organization of Buhua Dao) in the second year of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty: Upper Eight Rules, Middle Eight Rules, and Lower Eight Rules, and ordered the Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling to implement Buhua.
So Zhang Daoling established twenty-four religious activity centers in the Bashu area, namely the twenty-four governance, and then set up sacrificial wine and divided the households among them, just like the governor.
From then on, Taoism began to have a formal religious organization called "Zhengyimengweidao", which was also called "Tianshi Dao" in later generations.
Zhang Daoling used talisman water and mantras to treat people's illnesses. He also taught the people how to get salt, which later generations called "Lingjing" (making salt with salty well water). The people benefited from it and regarded him as a heavenly master, with tens of thousands of disciples.
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He also established a system so that the disciples could take turns bringing out rice, silk, utensils, firewood, firewood, etc. according to the situation; no punishment was imposed, and people were governed with good principles.
The sick person is asked to write down the sins he has committed since he was born, write in handwriting and throw himself into the water, making an alliance with the gods and not to commit any more sins. He makes a covenant between life and death.
Zhang Daoling respected Laozi as the ancestor of Taoism, regarded "Laozi's Five Thousand Essays" as the highest classic, and compiled his own "Laozi Xiang'er Commentary" to develop Laozi's Taoist thoughts.
Taking "Tao" as the highest belief, comparing "Tao" with Laozi, claiming that "Tao" is "one", "when one disperses, it becomes Qi, and when it gathers, it forms Taishang Laojun". From Zhang Lu, he surrendered to Emperor Wu, Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang.
When I was in power, things stopped a lot,
But he didn't expect that now he would start to stir up trouble in Shu. This was bad news for Shu, but good news for Wei.
Taipingdao was founded later. Starting from Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty, relatives and eunuchs alternated in power and competed with each other for power. The rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty became increasingly decadent and dark.
The entire society has been in turmoil, coupled with frequent natural disasters and plagues, the people have developed a feeling that "the Han Dynasty has declined", and they hope for superhuman power to save them.
During the reign of Emperor Shun and Emperor Ling, Zhang Jiao from Julu founded Taiping Taoism. Zhang Jiao had been active among the people for more than ten years and gathered a large number of believers.
He claimed to be a "great virtuous teacher" and implemented zoning management within his sphere of influence. In fact, he had begun to integrate politics and religion. Zhang Jiao used talismans and water curses to preach and cured many people who were suffering from the disease, so many believers
Quite a lot.
Many people rushed to come to Zhangjiao. They were so crowded along the way that many people were trampled to death along the way.
The first blow to the shaky rule in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao. Then Zhang Xiu of Hanzhong also launched an uprising. Zhang Jiao was destroyed, but Zhang Xiu preserved the power of Wu Dou Mi Dao in Hanzhong.
At that time, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan wanted to separate one side and expand his own strength, and he did not hesitate to use the power of five buckets of rice. As leaders, Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu also wanted to use the power of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan to develop themselves, so the two quickly
combine.
Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Xiu as the commander-in-chief of the other departments. During the battle with Zhang Lu to capture Hanzhong, Zhang Xiu was attacked and killed by Zhang Lu and annexed his followers and territory. In this way, the Five Dou Rice Road completed the internal
The unification of China ushered in a new period of development.
After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang became the lord of Yizhou. Due to Liu Zhang's weak nature, Zhang Lu no longer obeyed Liu Zhang's orders. Liu Zhang was angry and, under the instigation of his staff, killed Zhang Lu's mother and younger brother. Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang were completely torn apart.
Lose your face and completely separate Hanzhong to become independent.
Taiping Dao basically died out with the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, but Five Dou Rice Dao successfully survived. Zhang Daoling's grandson Zhang Lu even established a political and religious regime in Hanzhong based on Wu Dou Rice Dao.
After Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong, in order to consolidate his rule in Meizhong, he made some modifications and gains and losses to the teachings of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect.
Based on the characteristics of people in Bashu who believed in witchcraft, Zhang Lu used ghost ways to teach the people under his rule, and he called himself "Master Shi", implying that he was the leader of all believers.
The position of sacrificial wine is established to lead the tribe. If there are many people, it is the high-priest wine. It is used to distinguish the levels.
Then with the trend of the north dominating the world, Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, and the Five Dou Rice Sect was brought to the north along with the people who moved north and took root in a wider land.
But with the death of the religious leader Zhang Lu, the priest in charge of the first disciple of the Five Dou Rice Road gradually gained more power. This behemoth began to get out of control and began to split into two factions, the old and the new.
The new Five Pecks of Rice religion began to attach itself to the aristocratic class of the Wei Dynasty, used religious colors to whitewash the political interests of the ruling class, and began to promote the ideas of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, and trust that were in line with dynastic rule.
At the same time, the New School of Five Pecks of Rice also continued to suppress other folk religions, further reducing the threat of religion to the ruling class. At this time, many people in the Wei Dynasty were willing to use the New School of Five Pecks of Rice as their "belief."
After all, in addition to Buddhism from Baimaxi, you still need to have some local beliefs.
The old Five Dou Rice Sect still adheres to the model based on the common people at the bottom.
As the Five Dou Rice Sect grew, bolts of silk, calves, clothes, and even slaves became objects of "donation", which allowed the Five Dou Rice Sect to continue to grow in Hanzhong.
And he taught the powerful people of the Wei Dynasty the cultivation techniques and immortality medicine in their rooms.
Therefore, these two became the favorites of the upper-class nobles of the Wei Dynasty. However, the principle that things must be reversed when they reach their extremes made these two favorites become life-threatening talismans for countless people.
As far as Cao Shuang knows, the descendants of Kou Xun, the head of the Kou family in Luoyang, are keen on these two ways. From time to time, he invites some of the children of wealthy families who are keen on these two ways to come to the mansion for gatherings. He Yan also participates from time to time, and the exchanges are between these two ways.
technique,
Just because these two techniques can bring them temporary happiness and illusory eternal life, they believe in the new Five Pecks of Rice religion with great piety.
The old school Five Dou Rice Sect is still hidden in the vast mountains of central Sichuan, planning to one day mobilize believers to rise up again and use wine as its leader. However, I don’t know when Zhang Zhaocheng, the grandson of Zhang Lu, who suddenly appeared from nowhere, will succeed the old school Five Dou Rice Sect.