Lechang is wearing a yellow phoenix robe that completely echoes Li Xingchen's, and a golden phoenix crown on his head. He doesn't look any lighter than the emperor's twelve phoenixes. Li Xingchen has weighed it, and the gold is really sincere. Lechang is usually
Definitely not wearing it.
As for that pretty face that confuses all living beings, there is only a thin layer of pink and white, and the delicate lips make Li Xingchen want to go up and kiss her first.
"Your Majesty, don't look at it." Lechang straightened Li Xinchen's clothes and saw that Li Xinchen looked a little nymphomaniac. Although he said so, he felt sweet in his heart.
What woman wouldn’t like her sweetheart to look at her with admiration and admiration?
Li Xingchen curled his lips: "I admire my queen. This is a matter of course. Why don't you let me see her?"
Lechang smiled softly and said: "Okay Your Majesty, the time is almost here. Your Majesty, prepare to go out. My concubine will come soon. The carriage was ready in the morning. Your Majesty cannot ride the same horse today as last time.
So just ride the bus obediently."
Li Xingchen originally wanted to say that only when a man stands in the world can he look handsome by riding a horse.
But he felt the weight of all the miscellaneous things on his body.
Just think about this idea, but don't take it seriously.
Wearing this outfit to ride a horse will not only cost you your life, but also make the officials think that they are most likely going crazy.
Today is not a day of dynasty, but a day of sacrifice.
Li Xingchen will go to the newly built altar in the east of Luoyang City to worship heaven with the dignity of the Han Emperor.
The locations of altars in the past dynasties were different. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, capitals were often built with the imperial city in the north and various altars and the like listed in the south of the city. Of course, Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty was just a place in the eyes of the Song court at that time, so
The palace city is in the south, which does not completely change the layout of the entire Lin'an city that has already been formed.
On the contrary, before the Tang and Song Dynasties, everyone had their own opinions. After all, at that time, theories such as the theory of the beginning and end of the Five Virtues still had a large market. If nothing else, the red dragon flag of the Han Dynasty was simply to obtain the Five Virtues.
The fire virtue in the theory of De Zhongshi has the meaning of inheriting the Yan Han Dynasty and culling the green wood virtue of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The construction of palaces in various dynasties and the arrangement of things such as altars naturally have to be in harmony with the Five De Shi Shi
On, at least the orientation must be consistent.
After the Han Dynasty replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty, society developed and progressed rapidly. Even the court itself no longer advocated such mysterious and mysterious knowledge as the theory of the end of the five virtues. The court now talks more about the development of industry and commerce.
To stabilize the country, people must perform their duties and so on. No one has the leisure to discuss these mysterious and mysterious things.
Metaphysics and various so-called ideas such as cultivating immortals and living in seclusion have gradually been diluted. People have become more pragmatic and believe that only through their own hands can they build a career.
What troubled the Northern and Southern Dynasties the most was Buddhism, which was developing at such a rapid pace that it no longer had enough means to restrict it. In addition, there were also other religions such as Tianshi Taoism that competed with it. The middle and upper classes of the entire society were filled with the trend of burning incense, worshiping Buddha, and doing things.
If you have no decision, you should ask a master to do the math. On weekdays, if you have nothing to do, you should ask a master to recite sutras.
There were four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties. This was really not an imaginary number. Even Li Xingchen had enough reasons to believe that if he had sent someone to do a good count when he just took over the mess of Nanchen, I am afraid he would have found that the number of temples would be more than
Four hundred and eighty is much more.
The Northern Dynasties were no better than the Southern Dynasties. Let’s take a look at the Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes. They were actually manifestations of the blind worship of Buddhism in the Northern Dynasty. Each Buddha statue was erected to leave it to future generations.
However, in this era, using a large amount of money, consuming a large amount of manpower and material resources, and causing the destruction of the people around them, is this really a manifestation of merit?
Li Xingchen did not believe that he could obtain the blessing of the Buddha by eating fast and chanting Buddha's name every day but turning around and doing things for common people.
The monk who took the money will be happy to bless you, but the Buddha in the shadows and the elusive providence will not really protect you. The punishment you deserve will sooner or later fall on you or you.
On the heads of future generations.
This reminded Li Xingchen of a saying in later generations: Most people who donate to temples have evil intentions in their hearts. If you behave upright and stand upright, why should you seek this kind of spiritual asylum?
Even though it was thousands of years in advance, this statement is definitely in line with the mentality of many people in the society of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Of course, this cannot be overgeneralized. The troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties were themselves an era that made people feel helpless and desperate. Wives and children were separated, and families were destroyed in just a blink of an eye.
Therefore, the common people naturally long for a kind of spiritual comfort, and the so-called celebrities of the upper class also naturally hope to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, be free and happy, and have nothing to do with the noisy, complicated, bloody killings of the outside world.
Therefore, the development of this kind of retreat thought is inseparable from the background of individuals and the entire society.
If we ignore the social background and analyze each person's mentality and choices, we will naturally overgeneralize.
In fact, Li Xingchen himself never deliberately dealt with these temples. As the Han Dynasty began to liquidate the aristocratic families, these temples that also occupied a large amount of land naturally gave up their land.
Even the aristocratic families armed with swords and guns were beaten to a pulp, so how could the temple compare with the aristocratic families?
And now with the rapid development of Han Dynasty, industry, commerce and agriculture are advancing hand in hand. Coupled with the peace of the world, many people have the fighting spirit to work hard and forge ahead. Therefore, pragmatic thinking will naturally replace the previous pragmatic thinking. When you are busy praying to God
When you are worshiping Buddha, other people have already relied on their own hard work to earn money from countless workshops. To put it bluntly, the temple you are worshiping now may have been repaired or even built by other successful people.
of.
The development of society will naturally lead to changes in the atmosphere. Things that people might originally be flocking to are no longer worth mentioning in the blink of an eye.
Li Xingchen never worried that the spread of these sects could affect the rule of the Han Dynasty. Historically, during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, all sects could preach at will on the land of the Tang Dynasty, but has anyone seen any sect that could pose a threat to the rule of the Tang Dynasty?
?No.
Having said that, the construction of the Luoyang Altar is actually a manifestation of the current thinking of the Han Dynasty.
The altar breaks the rules and no longer pays attention to all kinds of mysterious and mysterious things, but simply adapts to local conditions. To the south of Luoyang City is Luoshui, so naturally it cannot be built. To the west, there are workshops that gradually extend towards Chang'an and there are many roads. Although
There are no large-scale smelting workshops around Luoyang, but there are still many workshops for fine processing and light industry. After all, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, it is impossible for Luoyang to bring all the supplies from outside.