Huang Shang, also known as Shengzhong, was born in Yanping, Fujian Province according to Xu Guanzhong. He was the leading civil servant in the imperial examination during the Yuanfeng period, and was a bachelor of the Duanming Palace. He is also a famous poet today.
Just because of his old age, when Xu Guanzhong introduced him to Xiao Tang, he only addressed him by names and honorifics. However, when Xiao Tang heard his first reaction when he heard this name, a similar name suddenly appeared in his mind.
This literary scholar and poet has a completely opposite image.
In the works of a well-known martial arts master in later generations, Huang Shang was indeed a civil servant in the imperial court, but he was also an unparalleled martial arts wizard. Because Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty commissioned him to collect Taoist classics from all over the world for engraving and printing, Huang Shang actually learned from the Taoist Canon.
Not only did he learn the profound and essence of martial arts without a teacher, he practiced both internally and externally, and became a peerless master by himself. He also wrote a comprehensive and profound book. The principles of various martial arts are not divorced from the secret classics contained in that book, which has influenced future generations.
For hundreds of years, it caused competition among heroes in the world, causing a bloody storm. Five masters in the world came out to compete for the secret book on the top of Mount Hua...
But does the Huang Shang in front of him, who is already in his twilight years, have the same ability as the martial arts prodigy in the martial arts books that shocked the past and the present?
Xiao Tang, who was an important minister of the imperial court at the time, was also very aware of Zhao Ji, an official who was obsessed with Taoism and seemed to be possessed by a demon. Since the beginning of the Chongning period, he had ordered a search for Taoist books and ordered the Calligraphy Bureau to order Taoist priests to edit "Tiangong Treasures".
" increased to 5,387 volumes. Indeed, starting from the Zhenghe period, he also issued an order to search for Taoist books all over the world, engrave and print them. Over the years, the total has reached more than 5,000 volumes, and it is called "
"Wanshou Taoist Canon" was also called "Zhenghe Wanshou Taoist Canon" because its collection began during the Zhenghe period. However, this important Taoist canon in the history of Chinese Taoism was lost during the Jingkang Rebellion, and was incomplete in the Jin Dynasty.
exist.
However, Zhao Ji does not seem to have much patience. He used the power of the state to collect Taoist classics from all over the world, but most of them just carried out large-scale construction and built palaces and temples. He was keen on adding titles to immortals and establishing Taoist festivals, and even listened to some Taoist strange things.
Weird sidemen pursue the way to immortality. It's just that he is the emperor, so he can naturally be willful. However, the officials who are engraving and proofreading under his imperial decree are determined not to be sloppy. After submitting the Taoist collection to the official, if there is a slight oversight,
Wrong wording is a capital crime of dereliction of duty or even deception. It must be read word by word and very carefully.
In other words, Huang Shang has carefully collected, verified, and proofread the vast Taoist classics from all over the world over the years. Due to his responsibilities and the use of the power of the imperial court, he has read and even studied the Taoist books one by one. I am afraid that these Taoist books are even greater than those of Jizhou Jiugong County.
There are even more Taoist masters like Luo Zhenren who live in seclusion in the Immortal Mountain.
He is familiar with five hundred Tang poems and can recite them even if he can't write them. Not to mention the elderly Huang Shang. The reason why he was appointed by Zhao Ji to search Taoist books all over the world and to check and proofread engravings and other important tasks is also because
In addition to being rich in economics and good at composing lyrics, Huang Shang is also a person who has studied Taoism very carefully and has a very deep understanding of it.
After his soldiers and horses continued their journey, taking Jin Jie, his wife and three other people, Hangzhou Acting Magistrate Zhao Ting and Huang Shang's surviving servants on their way to the coast of Xiuzhou, Xiao Tang naturally went to find Huang Shang and talk to him.
, although Xiao Tang did not escape to the mountain gate to practice Taoism, at least he spent some time with Zhenren Luo at Erxian Mountain in Jizhou, and taught him the key to the Five Thunder Methods of Tiangang.
He has a deep understanding of the method of Dan Lianqi Luck. When chatting with Huang Shang, he can also find that this seemingly old and elegant elder is not only energetic, but also has bright eyes, long and deep breaths, and his whole body is full of energy.
It also reveals an unpredictable temperament (Huang Shang in the official history died in the third year of Jianyan, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, at the age of eighty-seven. The "Shinto Monument of Mr. Yanshan" records his life story and mentions: "He was quite engaged in Yanshan").
The art of maintaining health throughout the year. If you read Taoist books extensively, you will often have a deep understanding and refer to them for daily use.")
However, Xiao Tang was paying attention to Huang Shang, and Huang Shang was also paying attention to Xiao Tang.
It is true that Xiao Tang has openly rebelled, and based on their status, they should be incompatible with each other. However, Huang Shang has heard some comments about Xiao Tang, who was once a close minister of the emperor. He also relied entirely on his
He gained a foothold in the court because of his knowledge, his articles were liked by Emperor Shenzong, and he was appointed by Zhao Ji because of his deep understanding of Taoism. However, this veteran of several dynasties who had been an official in the Yuanfeng period did not tend to be in favor of the power of Cai Jing and others.
They even publicly opposed the Sanshe method, which was initiated by Wang Anshi and later advocated by Cai Jing, in which officials’ children were exempted from taking entrance examinations to enter Chinese studies, while civilian children were admitted through examinations and differentiated among officials and civilian students (historical records include: Huang Sang said when he criticized
According to this method, "It is better to be near rather than far away, it is better to be young than to be old, it is better to be rich than to be poor; it is not as good as following the old rules of the ancestors and selecting scholars through the imperial examination." Later, public and private expenses were complicated, and people did not think it was convenient, so he was dismissed). He also served as the Ministry of Rites.
He was a Jinshi, Fuzhou magistrate, minister of rites, and moved to the post of minister. Although he did not have enough power in the court to change the political situation, he was an official who had always known the sufferings of the people.
If it hadn't been for the chance meeting, Huang Shang, an old minister who had reached the age of officialdom, would not have had any connection with Xiao Tang, who had recently openly rebelled. However, he was indeed converted from Manichaeism by this rebel leader
He was rescued from a mass siege, and saw with his own eyes that Xiao Tang treated Zhao Ting, Jin Jie and other civil and military officials of the court... In addition, Huang Shang was originally from Fujian Road in the south of the Yangtze River, and of course he knew how to win over officials, Cai Jing
Zhu Meng, who was fond of being in charge of Hua Shigang's affairs at the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau, actually had a terrible reputation among the people in the south of the Yangtze River.
The attitude of the rebels led by Xiao Tang towards those traitorous officials and ordinary courtiers who had harmed the country was indeed completely opposite. Huang Shang knew that he could never stand up to those ambitious, cruel and brutal thieves and bandits, combined with the rumors he had heard in the past.
After reviewing and seeing with his own eyes, Huang Shang knew that what he saw and heard about Xiao Tang was indeed true.
Moreover, Huang Shang knew that he was old. Although Xiao Tang's betrayal of the imperial court as an important official of the imperial court was unexpected, since he had already made up his mind to do such earth-shattering things, he was just a man who should have retired from office and retired.
The old minister was unable to persuade the other party to change his mind for the court. Huang Shang thought that since the other party would not force him to become a thief, and whether it was himself, Zhao Ting or Jin Jie, they had all received Xiao Tang's life-saving grace.
The conversation between each other was also very congenial. Huang Shang and Xiao Tang simply turned a blind eye for at least this period of time and did not care about each other's status as rebel leader and court veteran. They talked with each other along the way.
Very happy.
Now Huang Shang's only wish is to return to the court and continue to check and complete the Taoist suicide notes that he collected from the Jiangnan, Zhejiang and Fujian roads, and complete his final official career that lasted for decades.
One last duty assignment.
During this period, Huang Shang suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but sigh: "I have worked so hard to collect Taoist scriptures. Although it is an act of imperial edict, I thought that if the Taoist sects of the world could integrate the collections left in various places and pass them on to later generations, it would be a good idea.
It is also a kind of merit, but it is difficult to achieve perfection just by obeying the destiny of heaven. For example, I once heard that the Taoist ancestor Ziyang Zhenren understood the Taoism, and later wrote a book and preached it to the world.
"Zhen Pian" is now in the world.
After reading it, I really feel that this book inherits the traditional inner alchemy theory, which is the golden branch of elixir cultivation and the jade rules of health maintenance... It is just a famous chapter written by Ziyang Zhenren who records the secret of the heat of the golden elixir. He became a Jinshi
When he was still a government official, he was sent to Lingnan for the crime of burning documents. When he realized Taoism, he lived in seclusion in the mountains of Chengdu, and then returned to Jiangnan to preach... He traveled all over the world in his life, until he sat down by the sea and became a monk. He taught another Taoism.
The secret of its use has not been passed down to the world, and I deeply regret it every time I think about it..."
Huang Shang thought that Xiao Tang was not a Taoist, so he took advantage of Xiao Tang's intention to inquire and casually told him some of his regrets that he could not express to outsiders. However, after hearing this, Xiao Tang had another thought: Huang Shang
Isn’t the Master Ziyang Zhang Boduan mentioned in his mouth the same Taoist ancestor who once studied under Erxian Shanluo Master? Then the Taoist magic tricks he mentioned that he has never found can’t be related to the Tiangang Wu taught by Master Deluo.
