Chapter 158 Governing by Inaction
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When Zhao Ji first succeeded to the throne, although there were many women around him, they did not have many children.
Because Zhao Ji accidentally picked up a vacancy and sat on the throne because his brother Song Zhezong had no son, Zhao Ji didn't want to inherit the incense without a son like his brother.
So, Zhao Ji began to ask for help from the magical Taoism.
Just then, a Taoist priest named Liu Hunkang told Zhao Ji that through observation and calculation, he believed that the emperor's young son was related to the terrain and feng shui of Tokyo Bianliang, especially the low-lying terrain in the northeast corner of Bianliang City seriously affected the emperor's offspring. If the terrain here could be raised, the royal offspring would be fine.
After hearing Liu Laodao's words, Zhao Ji hurriedly arranged for people to accumulate a huge rockery in the northeast corner of Bianliang City. In order to make this rockery more in line with the eyes of Zhao Ji's artists, Zhao Ji also asked people to search for strange flowers and plants, rare stones and rare beasts all over the country to fill it. This is the famous Wansui Mountain, and because it is in the Gen position of the Bagua, it is also called Gen Yue.
What’s amazing is that since then, the concubines whom Zhao Ji’s favored have kept coming to the good news of pregnancy or childbirth. The concubines in the harem lay eggs like hens in chicken coops, one after another, and in more than ten years, Zhao Ji almost became the emperor with many children in history.
This made Zhao Ji admire the old Taoist Liu and believe in the magic of Taoism.
There was another Taoist priest who left a prophecy before Zhao Ji ascended the throne: "The auspicious people will succeed the throne."
This is actually a casual and round sentence, because no matter who inherits the throne, he can be called a "good person". Anyway, he will not offend him, which is similar to saying "good person has his own appearance in heaven."
But Zhao Ji insisted on stubbornly referring to the characters, saying, "The combination of the word 'ji' and 'ren' is exactly 'ji'."
In short, there is a reason why Zhao Ji is superstitious about Taoism.
The reason why he has reached a peak in the past two years is that Zhao Ji suddenly felt a little overwhelmed and felt that his body was not as good as before.
Actually, this is normal. No matter what, Zhao Ji is already in his forties, and he has been a groom every day and changing brides every night. How could he compare with the past?
However, Zhao Ji didn't think so.
He believes that this is because he has been too focused on the court and practice Taoism over the years.
Just at this time, there was an old Taoist named Wang Laozhi in Linpu, Puzhou. He claimed that he had received the elixir from Mr. Zhongli of Han, and he turned into an immortal, abandoned his wife and children, and built a thatched cottage and field, and was very famous.
In order to invite favor, the Taipuqing Wang Dan visited the thatched cottage three times and brought him into the capital. He first raised him in Cai Jing's house, and then chose a suitable time to offer it to Zhao Ji.
When Wang Laozhi saw Zhao Ji, he did not speak at first, but presented a stack of ink treasures.
Zhao Ji took it in confusion and looked at it. Then his eyes almost fell off. It was full of poems. The top poem was written by him to Qiao and Concubine Liu Er, and the poems by the pillow. Looking at the others, they were all silver poems and wolf lyrics written by him.
This old Taoist even knows these things, and he must be a god!
Zhao Ji immediately announced that he was given the title of "Mr. Miaoguan Ming Zhendongwei".
Unfortunately, this "Mr. Miaoguan Mingzhen Cave Wei" is a short-lived person. Although he has the protection of his body with a fairy pill, he fell seriously ill and died the next year.
However, Zhao Ji had no time to regret because another master with higher mana has arrived.
This master was named Wang Zaixi, a native of Hongzhou. He had first hidden in Songshan. According to himself, he met Xu Xun and Xu Zhenjun during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He obtained his true teachings and taught him seven-yuan secrets such as "Da Hole" and "Hidden Book", which could tell people about life and death in the first five hundred years and the next five hundred years.
Zhao Ji was overjoyed and gave the title of "Chongyin Dushi", and was granted the title of "Mr. Tongmiao", and placed it in Shangqing Baolu Palace.
The climax of Zhao Ji's advocacy of Taoism was the emergence of Lin Lingsu.
Lin Lingsu said loudly: There are nine skyscrapers in the sky, and the highest in Shenxiao. The king of Shenxiao Yuqing, the eldest son of God, is the master of the south, and is called the Great Lord of Changsheng, is Zhao Ji. He also said that Cai Jing was originally the immortal prince of Zuo Yuan in the sky, Wang Fu was a Wenhua official, Cai You was the envoy of Yuanyuan Baohua, Tong Guan and others were also listed in the immortal class, and he himself was the immortal minister named Chu Hui in Shenxiao.
I see!
I see!
It turns out that everyone was so familiar with each other before. They were both from the immortal class, no, they were both from the immortal class. No wonder they were so close in this life!
In addition to being happy, Zhao Ji named Lin Lingsu as "Mr. Tongzhen Daling". He received endless rewards and was given gold medals. He could enter and exit the palace at will, and built Tongzhen Palace for him to practice and live in.
In order to let the whole world know that he is God's eldest son, Zhao Ji ordered Lin Lingsu to preach the secret of Emperor Qinghua's surrender to Xuanhe Palace in Shangqing Baolu Palace.
Two thousand Taoist priests attended that meeting, which was really the peak moment of the Taoist ritual.
In order to expand its influence, Zhao Ji built another Renji Pavilion, distributed talisman water, and opened the Shenxiao Baoluo Altar, ordering all officials and people all over the world to accept the Shenxiao Secret Label.
Soon, Zhao Ji ordered the construction of Shenxiao Yuqing Wanshou Palace nationwide. Without Taoist temples, the Buddhist temple would be rebuilt, and all the statues of Shenxiao such as the Emperor Changsheng and Emperor Qinghua were set up in the hall.
Lin Lingsu was responsible for majoring in Taoist scriptures, correcting the rituals of the sutras, proofreading the spiritual chapters of the alchemy scriptures, and deleting the annotations. On the seventh day of the lunar month, a meeting was held to repeatedly explain the story of the birth of the Three Caves and the God of the Jade Clear God. Each time, a large feast was set up, and the cost was as high as tens of thousands of dollars, which was called the "Thousand Daohui".
Lin Lingsu also created several miracles such as "King Qinghua arrived at the altar during the day" and "Fire Dragon Sword descended to the inner palace at night", which made all the scholars and people in the capital believe in Taoism.
In order to let more people know that he is God's eldest son, Zhao Ji issued an edict saying: "I am God's eldest son, Emperor Taixiao. Seeing that China was alienated by Buddhism, I asked to be born in the world and let the world return to the right path. You should quickly submit a letter to enthrone me as the leader, Taoist emperor, and head the sect."
How could the Taoist Academy not listen and immediately enthroned Zhao Ji as "the leader, Taoist emperor".
At the same time, Zhao Ji asked the Daolu Academy to enthrone Empress Guo in the harem as the leader of the Jinting Sect, and Empress Meng to enthrone the leader of the Huayang Sect.
On the other hand, Zhao Ji conferred Lin Lingsu as the Jiedushi of Wenzhou Yingdao Army. After that, he added the titles "Kinmen Yuke", "Mr. Tongzhenda Lingyuanmiao", "Taizhong Dafu", "Shi Chen of Ningshen Temple", "Ruizhu Palace Temple Temple", "Chonghe Palace Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple Temple, etc.
Seeing that Zhao Ji was so pious and enthusiastic about restoring the glory of Taoism, Lin Lingsu said to Zhao Ji, "Buddhism is specialized in harming Taoism. Although it cannot be eradicated, they can be merged into Taoism, and the Buddha land can be changed into palaces, and the statue of Sakyamuni is changed into primitive heavenly masters, Bodhisattvas are changed into masters, Arhats are changed into Venerables, and monks are all wearing hair, crowns and bamboo slips, and changing to Taoism."
Zhao Ji felt it was reasonable, so he issued an edict: Change Buddhism to Taoism, change clothing, and change the left and right streets to the Moral Academy, and change the Monk to the Deshi Academy, which belongs to the Moral Academy.
In short, Zhao Ji was completely addicted to the art of immortality and determined to shine the sect led by his sect leader, Emperor Daojun, and had no time to take care of the trivial matters of a few thieves who were defeated by three or two state prefectures.
Have a good time.
The great gods of the Divine Sky system, such as the Great Emperor of the Changsheng, the Great Emperor of Qinghua, will bless the Song Dynasty forever and the old Zhao family's inheritance for generations. Some uneasy factors are just a test of the gods' piety to him or her. As long as he and Zhao Ji are pious enough, the gods will definitely quell all uneasy factors for him or her.
So, just do nothing and treat it.
Chapter completed!