Chapter 401: Never break a promise, the precedent of the Yellow Turbans
After a stick of incense, Yang Zong sent someone to invite the envoy of the Five Dou Rice Cult to the west hall. The man dressed as a Taoist priest immediately clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "I would like to say hello to the Prime Minister of the Wei Dynasty on behalf of the leader of my sect. The Prime Minister agrees.
Following the leader’s suggestion,
This is a great thing for our religion and the Wei Dynasty. If the Prime Minister wants to attack Shu in the future, he only needs to send someone to Wudou Mipu in the east of the city to send a message, and the leader will respond at the appropriate time in various places in Shu. In this way, the Prime Minister
If you attack Shu, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
I hope the Prime Minister will not forget the agreement he made with the leader when the time comes. Since the founder of our religion, we have taught believers to be honest and non-deceitful, and the same is true for the leader himself."
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "Since I promised, I will not break my promise. Please rest assured, leader of your family, about this."
The envoy continued: "Prime Minister, it's best to do this. After all, our religion has developed a lot of believers over the years. Even if it splits once, if there is a confrontation, it will probably be a headache for the Wei State, let alone
There is also a precedent like the Yellow Turban.”
Zhang Lu also abolished the laws and exploitation system of the Han Dynasty in Hanzhong.
Teach the people to be honest and not cheat, and make the patients surrender themselves; forgive the offender three times, and then punish him if he commits it again; if it is a minor offense, he should build a road for a hundred steps to atone for his sin.
Followers of the Five Dou Rice Dao only need to pay five Dou of rice to enter the Taoism. Secondly, those who have sick people in their families must also pay Five Dou of rice. It is recorded in "Dian Lue" that "it is normal for the sick family to produce five Dou of rice." From this, it seems that the tax in Hanzhong should be lower.
In addition, Zhang Lu also paid great attention to agriculture and food accumulation.
His system, when all the heroes came together and the world was in turmoil, gave him a relatively peaceful living environment within his control, which was very inspiring. After the riots in the Central Plains, many people fled to the relatively stable Hanzhong.
In areas such as Guanxi, tens of thousands of people fled from Ziwu Valley to Hanzhong.
Of course, the most commendable thing is the policy of righteousness established by Zhang Lu. According to the "Biography of Zhang Lu", "All the wine sacrifices are made for righteousness, and righteous rice and meat are placed in the righteousness, and the travelers take enough according to their belly; if there is too much,
, ghosts often cause illness.”
It means to set up a charity house on the road, place rice and meat in the charity house, and provide it for free to passers-by to take as much as they want, and declare that if someone gets too much, they will offend the ghosts and gods and get sick.
A great man once commented on this system: "There was a man named Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. He introduced free meals. Passers-by could eat meat at restaurants for free. He had been working on this system for thirty years, and people were happy with that system. This is because
This is a socialist style, and our socialism has a long history."
In such troubled times as the late Eastern Han Dynasty, people needed a spiritual sustenance. People always looked forward to people with great power to rescue them from the dire straits.
Zhang Lu took this opportunity to develop his own religion, and Hanzhong was relatively far away from the war. People fled to Hanzhong to avoid the war.
Zhang Lu's political power was mixed with religion. The religious leader was also a military leader and a political leader. Moreover, Zhang Lu implemented loose laws, promoted benevolent government, and gave alms to the poor.
This made Zhang Lu very prestigious among the people, so although Zhang Lu was not very powerful, he was able to occupy Hanzhong for thirty years. He was really a breath of fresh air in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty!
Troubled times are always a good time for the spread of religion, and people are panicked and don't know what to do. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the ten permanent servants were rampant in the government and the public, and the central government was corrupted; the problem of local land annexation was getting worse day by day, and the double blow of natural disasters and plagues made the people suffer.
So they rebelled one after another and launched large-scale rebellions. The most famous one was the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
In these uprisings at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, we can see that religion had a deep influence in them. Many magic sticks appeared at this time, such as Nanhua Laoxian, Zhang Jiao, Zuo Ci, Yu Ji, Zhang Lu, etc.
Among so many magic sticks, Zhang Lu can be said to be the most successful, because except for him, no one else has established a long-term and sustainable organization. This is the case for Zhang Jiao, Yu Ji, and Zuo Ci was almost killed by Liu Biao.
, and no inheritance was left behind.
Returning to Zhang Lu's Five Pecks of Rice Sect, this sect originated from Zhang Lu's grandfather Zhang Daoling. After Zhang Daoling died, it was passed down to his son Zhang Heng. After Heng's death, it was passed down to his son Zhang Lu.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu took advantage of the imperial court's busy schedule to occupy Hanzhong and established a political and religious regime. This regime in Hanzhong did not surrender until Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong in the 20th year of Jian'an. It lasted for thirty years. This was the longest period of its existence for other contemporaries.
None of the magicians can do it.
Moreover, Zhang Lu, who established this regime based on religion, can be said to be a paradise at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Lu set up charity houses in various places, bought righteous rice and righteous meat, and provided free food and lodging to passers-by. He was afraid that there would be too many people to eat, so he specially set up charity houses in various places.
It is added in the canon that if a person eats too much, ghosts can make him sick.
If someone is sick, Zhang Lu will bring the patient into a quiet room and ask him to think about his mistakes. Then he will ask the patient to write his name in triplicate, which is called the handwriting of the three officials.
A sinking water.
Those who break the law also have three chances to be forgiven. Those who break the law will be punished only if they break the law again. Those who break the law will be ordered to be responsible for building roads for a hundred steps. They also issued orders prohibiting brewing wine and prohibiting the killing of animals in spring and summer. It was said in history that the people were happy.
Taoism was formed in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, and its main sources are certain ideas in Huang-Lao theory that were popular in the Western Han Dynasty, as well as popular witchcraft and magical alchemy among the people.
In the early days, there was no systematic teaching. During the reign of Emperor Shun, Langxie Palace Chongyimenque read the 170 volumes of "Taiping Qingling Shu" written by his teacher Yu Ji. It is the original classic of Taoism, and Taoism is earlier than Taoism.
much more,
Ancient Taoism is a school of thought that dates back to ancient times. Taoism uses "Tao" to explore the relationship between nature, society, and life.
Taoism advocates that Tao follows nature, governs by doing nothing, and lives in harmony with nature; Taoism is omnipotent and eternal, with dialectical elements and atheistic tendencies.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi gathered the great wisdom of ancient sages and sages, summarized the essence of ancient Taoist thought, and formed a complete systematic theory of Taoism, marking that Taoist thought had officially taken shape.
His theory takes "Tao" as the highest philosophical category and believes that "Tao" is the highest truth of the world, "Tao" is the origin of all things in the universe, and "Tao" is the basis for the survival of all things in the universe.
"The scattered form of Tao is Qi, and the gathered form is Taishang Laojun." - "Laozi Xiang'er Notes"
Representative figures of Taoism include Pangu, Fuxi, Guangchengzi, Huangdi, Yandi, Jiang Ziya, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi, Guiguzi, Zhang Liang, Zhang Daoling, Sima Hui, Zhuge Liang and others,
He is a famous figure. Taoism is the foundation of Taoism, and Taoism is the inheritance and development of Taoism.
Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty governed the country with Taoist ideas and became powerful.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty advocated Taoism, and the Confucianist Dong Zhongshu proposed to promote Kong's philosophy and suppress hundreds of schools of thought. From then on, Taoism slipped into the undercurrent of the people, but continued to play an important role in promoting the development of ancient Chinese thought.
Wei Xuanxue is the most obvious revival trend of thought. The destruction of the Han Dynasty caused the collapse of Confucian belief.
Even so, in order to maintain a dominant position, Confucian scholars at that time maliciously tampered with the text of "Laozi" and "Zhuangzi". You can see the notes on Zhuangzi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the collection of the Imperial Palace of Japan.
Confucianism deliberately destroyed the order of its chapters and sentences, which had an almost fatal impact on Taoism. What was originally a simple and easy-to-understand scientific work on life has turned into an obscure and difficult to understand mystical science, and secretly mixed Confucianism into the words and sentences. He is the consort of He.
A representative figure of metaphysics at this time.