Rise From the Humble

Everything is fine, the only drawback is that there is a guy named Zhu Pingan in the crowd!

On the way to Xiyuan, Yuan Wei felt as if he accidentally swallowed a fly while eating delicacies!

But, okay, it’s time to show off his face! Let him understand his position, and stop thinking that he is self-righteous because he wrote a few pieced-together food-related poems!

Yuan Wei made up his mind that he must write another Qingci that shocked the audience this time!

Zhu Ping'an didn't have so many worries. He was just curious. He was curious about what Emperor Jiajing's woodcutting was like, how big the scale was, and how the woodcutting was held. On the way to Xiyuan, Zhu Ping'an exchanged opinions with Zhang Siwei in a low voice, and they arrived at Xiyuan unknowingly.

At this moment, Xiyuan is filled with smoke. I don’t know how many incense candles there are in the Xiyuan incinerator that day. I guess I have to use the amount of incense on the truck. Fortunately, the air quality in Daming is good, otherwise burning incense would increase the PM2.5 index.

The various guards and sergeants on duty in Xiyuan all wrapped an apricot-yellow cloth strip around their weapons and swords to express their will to heaven to do good deeds and not to kill. The decoration in Xiyuan is a bit like a Taoist temple, with Taoist statues, incense burners, various If you are here for the first time, you will definitely think you are in a Taoist temple.

Li Mo took Zhu Pingan and the others to Xiyuan, handed them over to a man dressed as a middle-aged Taoist priest, and then went to Pinglu where the cabinet was on duty. Li Mo had a disdain for the practice of zhaiqiao from the bottom of his heart. .

Now that the Strict Party is in power, laws and disciplines are lax, and the Holy Spirit has not been in court for more than ten years, cultivating immortals and refining elixirs. There are thousands of major national events. How can they be solved by cultivating immortals? ! If cultivating immortals can really achieve enlightenment and become an immortal, how could the previous heavenly master Shao Yuanjie, who was treated as a teacher by the Holy Master, pass away? Shao Yuanjie would inevitably die, so why would the Holy Master even bother? I really don’t understand why the Holy One is so smart and can keep the government in his hands even if he doesn’t go to court, but why he can’t see through such a shallow truth!

Li Mo sighed several times in his heart, shook his head and returned to the flat house where he was on duty. He closed the window and paid attention to the woodcutter and other things outside, out of sight and out of mind.

"My lords, please wait a moment. Master is discussing with the Holy One the matter of fasting and woodcutting." The middle-aged Taoist priest waved his Buddha dust and said to Zhu Pingan and others, indicating to Zhu Pingan and others to wait for a moment.

Zhu Ping'an noticed that the Bagua pattern and other lines on the middle-aged Taoist priest's robe were all outlined with gold threads. It was really luxurious. Such a robe would have to cost at least several taels of gold to make!

While the middle-aged Taoist priest was talking, Emperor Jiajing and Tao Zhongwen in the Sanqing Hall had already decided on all the details of the woodcutting ceremony. Tao Zhongwen had already stood up from the Bagua mat and saluted Emperor Jiajing.

"This will help the potter." Emperor Jiajing also stood up from the Bagua mat.

Emperor Jiajing was very polite to Tao Zhongwen, and even Yan Song would definitely be jealous if he saw this scene here. Emperor Jiajing actually called Tao Zhongwen "Master", and Emperor Jiajing only called Yan Song by the word "Master".

In addition, if Yan Song wanted to see Emperor Jiajing, he had to ask for permission. When Tao Zhongwen saw Emperor Jiajing, he could go in directly without asking for permission, and Emperor Jiajing would give him a seat every time he came in.

There is almost no other person in this dynasty who receives this level of courtesy.

While Zhu Ping'an was waiting outside, he also observed the layout of the altar. Oh, to be precise, it should be a "dojo". There were many Taoist priests wearing gold-lined Taoist robes around the dojo. They were holding various All kinds of magical instruments, such as apricot yellow flags, court slips, wishful thinking, jade books, jade seals, swords, command flags, command arrows, command tokens, etc., are all shining with gold. Wherever metal is used, they are all made of gold. !

Seeing this scene, Zhu Pingan could hardly help but want to slap some of them!

With so much gold, how much does this fasting and woodcutting ceremony cost? All the blood and sweat of the people of the Ming Dynasty were used to do this? ! How nice to spend it on the common people!

And, that’s not all!

The ashram is very wide, with a total of nine altars built. One of them is the main altar, and the other eight altars are smaller. The altar is a high platform built of earth and wood, used to communicate with heaven. Among them, the main altar is about the same size. It is seven or eight meters high. On it are also placed incense burners, candlesticks, vases, incense slips and other offerings, as well as banners, talismans, seals, water, hand burners and other objects. There are nearly a hundred kinds of scattered items. many!

In addition to the altar, there are ninety-nine and eighty-one incense burners in the ashram. Each of these incense burners is half a person tall. On it is a one-meter-long incense stick that is as thick as a baby's arm. The smoke is lingering and the smell is There are also the smells of several medicinal herbs and spices, which shows that the price of this incense is definitely very valuable.

What a waste!

It would be great if the money spent on woodcutting could be used to do something practical for the people! The white money was just burned! wasted!

The larger the scale of the woodcutter, the more distressed Zhu Pingan was.

When Zhu Ping'an was heartbroken, he heard the voice of the Infinite Heavenly Lord, and then he saw an old Taoist priest with white beard, crane hair and childlike face slowly coming slowly in his apricot-yellow robe. All the Taoist priests in the dojo saluted the old Taoist from a distance. Several middle-aged Taoist priests with higher status came forward to listen to the old Taoist priest's instructions.

Although he was far away, Zhu Ping'an could almost clearly see the appearance of the old Taoist. He had a feeling of immortality and Taoism, almost like the appearance of the old immortal often described in books, with a fluttering white beard and a strong spirit.

This kind of magic stick is comparable to the old magic stick that Zhu Pingan met on the bank of the Qinhuai River who presented Zhu Pingan with two books.

But what can be confirmed is that this Tao Tianshi is not the old Taoist Zhu Ping'an met last time on the banks of the Qinhuai River! This Tianshi Tao appears to be older and more imposing.

Hey, cultivate your way well in the mountains and recite your sutras! I, the Ming Dynasty, can’t stand your torment like this! Speaking of which, the tall buildings and mountains of the Ming Dynasty collapsed more than a hundred years later. To a certain extent, these Taoist priests in the palace also "played" a role!

Zhu Pingan looked at Tao Tianshi from a distance and curled his lips secretly!

After finishing his instructions, Tao Tianshi in the distance went to another palace, probably to share a bath and prepare for fasting and woodcutting.

After several Taoist priests who listened to Tao Tianshi's instructions came back, they led Zhu Pingan and others to the altar. One Taoist priest and one Hanlin were responsible for an altar, and they went to write Qingci, plaques, couplets, etc. on the altar. wait.

Yuan Wei should be a regular visitor to Zhaiqiao, and all these Taoist priests knew him. A Taoist priest who looked like a senior brother led Yuan Wei to the largest main altar.

So, Yuan Wei, who was on the highest and largest altar, looked at Zhu Pingan, who was on the small altar not far away, and raised his eyebrows with satisfaction, showing a proud look!