The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"The earth can attract pines and cranes, and the source of immortality can be found here."

After hearing half a sentence of the poem, Wei Guangde turned around and saw Xuan Jing, the host of Lingji Palace, accompanying a Taoist priest with an immortal style, drinking tea and discussing Taoism under the big tree in the backyard.

Wei Guangde and Xuan Jing are also considered acquaintances. Of course, this is related to his reputation, and there are also transactions between them.

The last time Wei Guangde bought Taoist books, he bought them here. Xuan Jing introduced him, so after Wei Guangde came over, Xuan Jing's first reaction was that Wei Chuanlu had come to buy books again.

A set of books costing several hundred taels of silver was simply beyond the reach of ordinary people, not even many low-level Beijing officials.

Therefore, Xuan Jing was deeply impressed by customers like Wei Guangde who could afford money.

He stood up and said a few words to the guest before welcoming him with a smile, "Wei Chuanlu, Mr. Wei is a rare guest. Come, come, come. I have some newly arrived tea from the south. Mr. Wei can come and sit down and taste it."

"The fragrance of Master Xuanjing's tea attracted me here from the main hall, so naturally I want to ask for a cup, haha."

After meeting Wei Guangde, Xuanjing took Wei Guangde to sit aside and took the initiative to introduce his friends to Wei Guangde.

"Fellow Taoist, please don't call me Zhenren. You don't call me Zhenren casually. This is the real person."

While talking and laughing, he pointed at the Taoist priest beside him and said, "This Taoist Master Lan Daoxing is the real person. I don't dare to be called that."

"Haha, Master Xuanjing is so humble."

Wei Guangde said casually, but his eyes instantly turned to the Taoist priest next to him.

Lan Daoxing, this name is not unfamiliar to him.

Emperor Jiajing reportedly called this person the Blue Immortal. Wei Guangde had never heard of the specific magical method, but he knew that this person could speak well in front of the emperor.

"Are you Wei Guangde and Wei Chuanlu?"

When the Taoist priest heard Xuan Jing introduce Wei Guangde, he was already staring at Wei Guangde, and now he had the opportunity to speak to Wei Guangde.

"Lan Shenxian, please don't call me "Guangde".

Wei Guangde said quickly.

"Then I'll ask you to call him Guangde."

Lan Daoxing just smiled, and then said: "I often heard Guangde's name in the palace, especially when the Xuanfu battle report was sent back, the Holy Father held a fast for three days in a row, which shows that Guangde's contribution this time is huge. Big, the battle of Baoanzhou also has an extraordinary status in His Majesty’s mind.”

Not much words, but a lot of information.

Now Wei Guangde can be sure that Emperor Jiajing was aware of Wei Guangde's little moves, but he didn't seem to take it to heart and only beat him a little.

"It's all the Emperor's great blessing, and the border officers and soldiers are working hard, so I don't have any merit."

Wei Guangde said humbly, "The Blue Immortal has done more credit for serving His Majesty. We, the ministers and the border officers, are just doing some hard work to share His Majesty's worries."

While she was talking to Lan Daoxing, Xuan Jing had already rinsed an empty tea cup with warm water, then poured Wei Guangde a cup of tea and sent it to him.

Wei Guangde was not polite. He took it with both hands and took a sip. The aroma of tea overflowed and he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Good tea."

"Master Wei, did you finish reading the book last time?"

At this moment, Xuan Jing put down the teapot in her hand and said to Wei Guangde with a smile.

"No, I've read part of it. It's too profound. You have to understand it slowly."

Wei Guangde smiled.

"Yes, that set of books is all-inclusive. It introduces almost all fasting rituals and ancient Lingbao fasting methods in detail. It also conducts research on ancient methods and analyzes their origins, which is rare among other fasting rituals."

Wei Guangde said that it was normal not to finish "The Supreme Yellow Ribbon". How could it be possible to finish such a large book in two or three months? Even if it takes two or three years, it may not be possible to finish it.

Xuan Jing felt that Wei Guangde was sincere, but he also knew that Wei Guangde was definitely not here to buy books from him this time, but for other reasons.

That set of books is enough for him, so why buy Taoist classics? Do you want to be a collector of ancient books?

To collect ancient books, there is no need to go to his Lingji Palace to find them. They do have a few ancient books here, all of which are Taoist classics passed down by countless hosts. Originally, it was absolutely impossible to sell them, and they could only sell them. Codex.

"Guangde is still interested in my Taoism?"

Lan Daoxing heard their conversation and thought that Wei Guangde was similar to Emperor Jiajing in that they were admirers of Taoism, so he asked this question.

"A bit, so I'll find some books to read and learn more about it."

Wei Guangde smiled naively.

"Then why did Mr. Wei come here this time? But there is something in the book that I don't understand, so you came at the right time today, haha."

The expression on Master Xuan Jing's face did not change, and he still said with a smile: "In the past, when you came, I would worry about losing face if I couldn't answer the question. Today is good. If I don't understand something, I can still ask. Master Lan, he is an expert in this field."

Lan Daoxing is now in charge of the fasting rituals of Emperor Jiajing in the palace, and the "Supreme Huanglu Dazhai Li Cheng Ceremony" introduces various Taoist rituals in great detail. In addition, Taoist practice methods are also recorded and analyzed.

Lan Daoxing seems to be very good at these things. After all, he also has to guide Emperor Jiajing in his cultivation. When he encounters problems, he doesn’t understand them. Naturally, Emperor Jiajing sends people on Pegasus to report to the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain for advice. All Taoist temples in the capital Generally speaking, Lan Daoxing is definitely the person who knows the most about Taoist classics in the capital at this time.

"hehe."

Wei Guangde laughed twice, and then said: "I just came back from Xuan Mansion, and the book is still in the Hanlin Academy. I have only read the first part. It is still superficial. If you think about it for a while, you can understand the deeper meaning."

At this point, Wei Guangde noticed the puzzled expression on Master Xuan Jing's face, so he continued: "I came here mainly for other things.

To be honest, when I came to the capital for a trial, I always lived in the Jiujiang Guild Hall in the outer city, and I still do now.

I bought a house in Nanxunfang after the imperial examination, but it has been vacant for two months. When I come back this time, I plan to move in.

So I took the liberty of visiting today because I am good at physiognomy and I would like to ask you to come to my house and have a look and tell me when would be the best time to move in. "

"Oh, I see."

Master Xuan Jing nodded, understanding Wei Guangde's intention.

When he first met Wei Guangde, Xuan Jing was really a little surprised.

Most people in the Taoist sect practice the five arts, or choose some of them to practice, but physiognomy is generally learned. After all, they deal with people more, so learning physiognomy is very useful.

At the same time, the art of Kanyu in physiognomy is also a way for Taoist priests to make money.

Taoism, traced back to Huang and Lao Taoism, is a sect derived from Taoist thought and inherited the magical magic of the Warring States Period.

Since ancient times, Taoism has been based on the principle of saving people first, which means that if you want to save others, you must first have strong skills. This is different from Buddhism. Those who convert to Buddhism only need to read the Buddhist scriptures well and keep the six roots pure. Basically it can be said that he is a qualified Buddhist person.

But for Taoism, it is essentially a refuge, but the requirements are extremely high, and it is not just about being able to read the Taoist scriptures well.

Taoism implements an elite policy, and people must be extremely well-educated. If you just want to join the religion but don't take action, you will basically have no chance with Taoism.

Compared with other religions that can enlighten people by reading scriptures, Taoists require that they must learn the five arts before they are qualified to go down the mountain to benefit the people. The so-called five arts are mountains, medicine, fortune, fortune telling, and divination. .

It is said that the five arts come from the "Gold Seal Script and Jade Letter". It is said that during the Yellow Emperor's period, the Yellow Emperor got the help of the goddess to break Chi You's magic, which led to Chi You's defeat.

After Chi You's death, the Yellow Emperor was finally able to unify the world. After that, the Yellow Emperor regarded the words spoken by the goddess as treasures and believed that they could protect the safety of the people.

Shan refers to some methods of cultivation by Taoists, including dietary therapy, alchemy, boxing, mystical scriptures, spells, etc.

Medicine, in layman’s terms, means curing diseases and saving people. Methods include spiritual healing, acupuncture, massage, prescriptions, etc.

Fate is a method of predicting the future by combining an organism's birth date and yin and yang and the five elements. Fortune tellers play a role in avoiding bad luck by guessing people's fate.

Appearance is a method to judge the inner meaning through external objectiveness. There are roughly three categories of physiognomy methods handed down now: one refers to astrology, the other refers to human phase, and the third refers to Feng Shui.

Divination is divination, a way of predicting the future. You can tell the fortune teller which aspect you want to predict, and then the fortune teller will predict the future development of the thing you divine based on the lot you draw.

The content and application of the five arts are actually completely different from the literal explanation. It can even be said that they have a wide range of uses and cannot be understood by just reading the words.

Just talking about divination, predicting the future is awesome.

However, divination contains a lot of things. The types of divination can be divided into Yi divination and three-type divination. The three-type divination includes Qimen, Taiyi, etc.

Qimen is mainly used in the military. The famous masterpiece is Qimen Dunjia, which confuses the enemy through layout and formation, leaving the opponent unable to fight back.

Taiyi is a technique based on the twelve fortune hexagrams, which is mainly used to judge the destiny and luck of a country.

It is said that being with a king is like being with a tiger. Since it is used to predict the fate of a country, one must not dare to make it up randomly, otherwise the head may be lost accidentally.

The so-called foresight is one of the skills of Taoists.

As for what Wei Guangde came here to ask for today, it is naturally the art of physiognomy among the five arts.

Physiognomy is generally divided into physiognomy of people and physiognomy of earth, and physiognomy is also called physiognomy of people.

Physiognomy is the art of predicting fortune, misfortune, wealth, longevity, etc. based on a person's face, facial features, bones, complexion, body posture, hand lines, etc. The types of physiognomy can be divided into facial physiognomy, bone physiognomy, palm physiognomy, breast physiognomy, etc. wait.

The art of physiognomy is actually the science of geomancy, that is, Feng Shui. One of the five traditional arts, the art of physiognomy, is the method of checking geography on the spot. In ancient times, geomancy was mostly used for site selection of towns and villages, as well as palace construction. Later, Developed to search for funerary terrain.

"Easy to say, easy to say."

When he heard that a business was coming to his door, Master Xuan Jing naturally wouldn't shirk it.

Choosing an auspicious day for moving does not just depend on your birth date. Generally, you have to go to the place you want to move to and have a look. One is that if there is something wrong with the layout of the house and home, you can adjust it early and help him at the same time. Choose the best moving time for Wei Guangde.

"The house in Nanxunfang is not cheap."

But at this time, Landao Xinghua interrupted.

"I went to Beijing to take the exam, and my family sold most of their belongings and gave all their savings to me, so I got this house."

Wei Guangde nodded and said.

"Master Wei, I don't know when to go and see him?"

Xuan Jing asked suddenly, obviously impatient to wait.

There were many physiognomists in the capital, but he was not the best among them. He was worried that he would be overtaken by others if he wasted time.

It's an auspicious day to show Wei Guangde his new home, so he has to charge dozens of taels of silver no matter what.

"It's better to choose a day than to hit it. In fact, today is a good day. It's still early. I have nothing to do, so why not go for a walk together."

Lan Daoxing said again.

Since Wei Guangde arrived, Lan Daoxing has been paying attention to Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde also noticed this, but he was curious but didn't ask.

Could it be that Lan Daoxing was frightened by his wealth and status?

I remember that when Wei Guangde came to Lingji Palace for the first time, Master Xuanjing told Wei Guangde that he was a wealthy and powerful prime minister, and his appearance was still the "best" among them, so it would be difficult for him to live to adulthood.

Wei Guangde is not only active and active now, but has also passed the imperial examination and entered the court as an official. It is only a matter of time before he becomes a highly respected minister in the future, so there is no need to worry at all.

At that time, I heard that Wei Guangde was very excited, so when buying the book, he didn't argue with Xuan Jing and happily paid for it.

It wasn't until I took the book home that I realized that I had been fooled.

However, Wei Guangde remembered that his mentor had also mentioned it to him, telling him to be more careful and not to do anything dangerous at a young age. A gentleman would not build a dangerous wall. He also said that as long as he was an adult, he would be fine.

Therefore, Wei Guangde is now a bit arrogant and wonders if he really has an extraordinary appearance.

Thinking about it again, Emperor Jiajing was also a Taoist. Maybe he was attracted by his appearance, so he promoted him like this.

Fortunately, everyone said that he was rich and powerful, and that he was a very popular minister, but no one said that he was the son of destiny. If he really had such an appearance, Wei Guangde was not sure whether Emperor Jiajing would have wiped himself out during the palace examination, and he would never die. future trouble.

Yes, now Wei Guangde has a hundred respects for Taoist priests, and he is afraid that one person will tell him that there is something wrong with his appearance, which will harm the country. The current emperor believes this, and Wei Guangde is forced to believe this.

After packing their things, Master Xuanjing and Lan Daoxing followed Wei Guangde out of Lingji Palace to his house in Nanxunfang.

There was no disturbance throughout the whole process, the house was well laid out, and Wei Guangde only came here after two months.

They just made some small changes, saying that this would be better for Wei Guangde's future career. At the same time, he had calculated an auspicious day and auspicious time. Let Wei Guangde move into the new house at that time, which would ensure that he would have smooth sailing, a prosperous official career, wealth and prosperity, and many children and grandchildren.

That night, Wei Guangde booked a private room in a good nearby restaurant and hosted a banquet for two Taoist priests.

In fact, Wei Guangde wanted to have more contact with Lan Daoxing. After all, this was someone close to the emperor, and he and Master Xuan Jing were more of a transaction.

At the end of the banquet, Wei Guangde gave the two of them another big red envelope.

There was a bit of bleeding this time. Originally, according to Wei Guangde's wishes, it was enough to give him three to fifty taels of silver on a lucky day, but with the addition of Lan Daoxing, he couldn't be so stingy.

A carriage was found for the two of them. Xuanjing's carriage contained fifty taels of silver, while the carriage for Lan Daoxing contained five hundred taels of silver.

Make a way with wealth.