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Chapter 622 The Essence of Prophecy

According to the prevalent theory of disaster and prophecy in this era, God has long been endowed with personality, and is the supreme ruler of the entire universe.

The son of heaven is the legal ruler arranged by heaven in the world.

When the subjects rebelled, it was disobedience to the will of God, and when the emperor sent troops to suppress and exterminate them, it was to obey the will of God.

If the monarch acts recklessly, it is also disobeying the will of heaven, and the heaven will send disasters and disasters to remind the emperors in the world to reflect.

This set of Confucianism not only paved the legal basis for the emperor to rule the world, but also won the final interpretation of God's will for himself.

Since then, natural phenomena such as drought, flood, famine, rain and hail, and even solar and lunar eclipses have all become disasters and miracles, and they all need to be explained by the successors of Confucianism.

This is a metaphysics system that advocates ideology. After hundreds of years of development, it has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Today, in this special place on the top of Mount Tai, a stone tablet engraved with prophecy was unexpectedly dug up. This situation is even more worthy of attention than the disaster itself.

If it is said that disasters are God’s warning, then Chenwei is the established route arranged by God and cannot be changed.

As for whether this is true or not, later generations have different opinions, but there are indeed many things that have been fulfilled in history, so people of this era firmly believe in it.

So when all the handwriting on the stele appeared, everyone present was stunned.

Especially when he saw the last sentence "Ordered by the sky, long life will last forever", Liu Bei broke out in a cold sweat on the spot!

Needless to say, the meaning of these eight characters is that after the first emperor unified the world, he always put it on it when he created the Jade Seal of the Kingdom.

The first emperor believed that the reason why he was able to unify the world was that God let him bear the destiny, so he could naturally pass it down from generation to generation.

And now that these eight words appear again, what exactly do they mean?
The most coincidental thing is that I was preparing to establish a country and become king, but I immediately found this stone tablet on the top of Mount Tai...

Could it be God's will?

After Liu Bei was silent for a while, he asked Guo Jia, who was beside him with a shocked face, "Feng Xiao...what is the explanation for this inscription?"

In fact, after seeing the words on the stele, Guo Jia was no less shocked than Liu Bei.

He knew that Lin Chao had buried a stele here and what it was for, but he didn't know the content of the stele.

Zichu, you played a bit too big this time!

"Bong Xiao, Feng Xiao..."

Liu Bei called again, and Guo Jia came back to his senses, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, just now Jia was shocked by the inscription, and lost his mind for a while, please forgive me, my lord."

"It's okay, I want to know what the meaning of this inscription is?"

After hesitating for a moment, Guo Jia said carefully, "My lord, from the inscriptions, there are six lines of prophecy. As for the explanation, Jia has little knowledge, but he can't decipher it."

Seeing that Guo Jia, who was always full of confidence, was helpless, Liu Bei frowned.

Guo Jia cupped his hands again and said: "My lord, the prophecy is profound and obscure, not to mention that Jia can't decipher it, even if you look at the whole world, there are only a handful of people who can decipher this inscription."

"Is there anyone in Xuzhou who can understand this?"

"Of course there are." Guo Jia replied.

"who?"

Guo Jia laughed and said: "Zichu's teachers Zheng Gong, Cai Zhonglang, and the Lord's teacher Lu Gong, these three are all great Confucianists in the world, and they have been immersed in Confucian classics for decades, so they should be able to decipher this inscription."

As the three most educated people in Xuzhou today, it is reasonable for Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi, and Cai Yong to be able to understand the prophecy.

Hearing this, Liu Bei nodded first, then waved his hand to order the surrounding soldiers to retreat, and then whispered to Guo Jia:
"Feng Xiao, this prophecy...is it credible?"

Guo Jia was surprised and said: "The lord doesn't believe the prophecy?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Zi Chu once said that the will of the people is God's will. I have doubts if I haven't seen the prophecy come true."

Probably due to staying with Lin Chao for a long time, Liu Bei also learned the habit of questioning in advance.For a while, Guo Jia was speechless.

At this time, Jia Xu, who was silent by the side, suddenly laughed and said, "My lord, didn't you hear about the incident of Xu's negligence to Bo Ji?"

Hearing this, Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, and his expression suddenly became weird.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a female fortune teller named Xu Negative. She once looked for a daughter of the Bo family, and she came to a conclusion that the fate of this woman was beyond words, and she should give birth to the emperor.

This made Bo Ji's husband, Wei Wangbao at that time, very happy.

My woman will give birth to the Son of Heaven?
Rounding it up means that I can win the world!

Wei Wangbao then betrayed Liu Bang and formed an alliance with Xiang Yu in an attempt to take advantage of the fire.It's a pity that his big dream of spring and autumn was not long before he was directly defeated and killed.

And his wife, Bo Ji, was also acquired by Liu Bang. First, she was sent to the palace as a weaver, and then Liu Bang found that she was very beautiful, so she was brought into the harem.

Well, Cao Mengde is ecstatic...

Although Bo Ji was not favored after entering the palace, she finally had no worries about food and clothing.

If the story only develops to this point, it will not reflect the power of prophecy at all.

Coincidentally, Liu Bang didn't visit Bo Ji a few times at all, but when he fell into his soul, he directly made Bo Ji pregnant and gave birth to a son.

After Liu Bang died, Zhulu rebelled, and after Zhou Bo and Chen Pingping rebelled, Liu Huan, the acting king, was elected as Emperor Wen of Han.

And Liu Huan's biological mother is Bo Ji!
After going around in circles, Bo Ji finally fulfilled the prophecy that Bo Ji would give birth to the emperor.

There were still many prophecies like this in the Han Dynasty.

For example, a few years ago, Dong Fu once told Liu Yan that Yizhou had the spirit of the emperor, and Liu Yan believed it decisively, and even went to the governor to ask for the abolition of the governor and change the governor of the state, so he ran to Yizhou to dormant.

Although Lin Chao had figured everything out, it was a pity that good luck tricked people.If it wasn't for Liu Bei's sudden appearance, Liu Yan would have been a ghost under the knife long ago, and there would be no chance to separate one side.

However, according to the original historical trajectory, Yizhou does have the spirit of the emperor, but it should not be attributed to Liu Yan, but to Liu Bei.

Therefore, there have always been different opinions on whether the science of divination and weft is really capable, or whether it should be archery first and then target drawing.

But after listening to Jia Xu's example, Liu Bei immediately believed it, and then fell silent.

It would be great if Zichu was here, he would be able to tell right from wrong, and help someone solve this problem...

Just when Liu Bei was full of thoughts, Guo Jia smiled and said: "My lord, in Jia's opinion, we might as well go back to Tan County first, and then ask some great scholars to interpret this inscription, and then make a decision."

"That's right, Feng Xiao's words are very suitable for a certain purpose!"

Liu Bei nodded and said, and then ordered the soldiers to carry the stone tablet down the mountain.

You Taishan swam out a stone tablet, causing Liu Bei to be full of worries, and he was not in the mood to continue strolling.

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Tan County.

The affairs of the aristocratic family have ended, and the new policy will be gradually implemented. Although the remaining matters are very difficult and time-consuming, the inner government will handle the details, and Lin Chao has become an idler again.

After being free for three or five days, Lin Chao was summoned by his teacher Zheng Xuan and invited him to visit the Xuzhou Academy.

It is said that Lin Chao is invited, but it is actually a written invitation to Xuzhou officials.

The teaching team of the academy has basically taken shape, and as for the students, Chen Deng has almost recruited them before his departure.Coupled with the fact that Lin Chao has been sending people to recruit students among the refugees for the past few days, the distance to reach the number of 1000 is less than [-].

After Zhen Yan was released, the paper-making workshops outside the city started up again, and all the workers who had been dismissed were recruited back to make new paper day and night.

The Lantai literature obtained by Lin Chao from Luoyang was also sent by the Ministry of Households to be copied by the Ministry of Household through the order of the inner government.

It is worth mentioning that during this process, Lin Chao jumped out to act as a wave of master inventors and invented movable type printing.After all, the speed of transcription is far less than that of printing.

Seeing that everything was ready, Zheng Xuan sent a tribute to the state government, asking for the opening of the school.

The general meaning is to let the state government send some officials to come and inspect. After this cutscene, the students will be officially allowed to enter the school to study.

These days, Zheng Xuan has also heard of the discord between Lin Chao and the family, but he doesn't want to pay attention to these things.Now that the struggle is over, he doesn't want to waste any more time.

It stands to reason that the Ministry of Rites should be responsible for the affairs of culture and education, but the Xuzhou Academy is of great significance, and now the Ministry of Rites has no leader, so Lin Chao had to go.

After the death of Wang Yun and Sima Fang, Jian Yong took the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was still vacant.

After receiving the request from the Inner Palace, Lin Chao did his part, and brought Xun Cai to the academy the next day.

Now that the school palace was completed, the weather was getting colder and colder. After all, old man Zheng was too old to withstand the wind and snow, so he moved to live in the school palace.At the same time, Cai Yong also moved here with his daughter.

There is a mountain in the northeast of Tan County, named: Yushan.

Today's Xuzhou Academy is located at the foot of Yushan Mountain, which is also in line with the consistent concept of Confucianism.

Lin Chao and his wife rode an ox cart, and after leaving the city, they walked for less than half an hour before arriving at the gate of Xuegong Mountain.

Xun Cai looked at the rows of well-arranged but orderly buildings in front of him, with curiosity and amazement in his big eyes.In Xian Xianyu's hands, she still holds the "Thousand Characters" that Lin Chao gave her.

Lin Chao originally wanted Xun Cai to sign his name, but Xun Cai had a thin skin and could not accept it as his own against his conscience, so he added Lin Chao's name before his own signature.

Therefore, the authors of this "Thousand Character Essay" became Lin Zichu and Lin Xunshi.

On the other hand, Cai Yan accepted the "Three Character Classic" with peace of mind.

Xun Cai looked at it for a while, then turned his head and sighed to Lin Chao: "Zichu, a school with [-] students, even if I searched through ancient books, I have never heard of it."

As a lady of every family, Xun Cai thought that she might teach her children to read and write in the future, but never thought that she would teach in a school.

"Then you see it now."

Xun Cai nodded, and then asked: "Then does this academy have a name?"

"Not yet..." Lin Chao said with a smile, "But this is Yushan, so why not call it Yushan Academy. Of course, this is just my husband's personal opinion, and it cannot be counted."

Lin Chao didn't know that there were taboos in naming, so it was hard to say for sure.

Things related to the cultural field are the most cumbersome, and God knows if they will violate the taboos of those old pedants.

When they came to the gate of the academy, Zheng Xuan and Cai Yong had already led a group of people to greet them for a long time.
Seeing this, Lin Chao and Xun Cai got out of the carriage.

"I've seen Changshi!"

Zheng Xuan led the crowd to salute.

Lin Chao stood with his hands behind his back, waved his hands at everyone and said with a smile, "Excuse me, everyone!"

After the ceremony, Lin Chao quickly took Xun Cai's little hand, trotted all the way to Zheng Xuan, and saluted respectfully: "The disciple has met the teacher!"

Xun Cai, who was behind him, followed Ye Fu and bowed down.

Lin Chao's trip represented the state capital, so it was no problem to receive a salute from Zheng Xuan, but he himself was Zheng Xuan's closed disciple, so he naturally had to salute his teacher.

Public affairs come first, personal affairs follow, and both ends must be taken care of.

Zheng Xuan stroked his gray beard, and sighed with a smile: "Zi Chu, I have waited too long for this day as a teacher. If this school is not opened again, as a teacher, I'm afraid I have to go first!"

It was rare for Old Man Zheng to crack a joke, but Lin Chao couldn't.

He has been busy with government affairs for the past few years, so he rarely visits old man Zheng.Seeing it now, Lin Chao suddenly realized that Zheng Xuan's hair was all white except for his beard.

Thinking back to when we met under the Luoyang tree in the past, old man Zheng's hair was still half white and half gray.

Lin Chao sighed and said, "Teacher is in good health and will surely live a long life, so why bother to say such ominous words."

"How many people can be a hundred years old in a lifetime?" Zheng Xuan said with a free and easy smile, "As a teacher, I am nearly [-] years old, and I have already lived longer than most people in the world. I have already seen the matter of life and death. Fortunately, I died before I died. , to be able to witness this flourishing culture and education with one’s own eyes is enough to comfort one’s life.”

"The teacher is transparent, the disciples admire!"

Lin Chao cupped his hands and said with a smile.

"Let's not talk about that, let's go, Zichu will take a look inside as a teacher."

Zheng Xuan also knew the purpose of Lin Chao's visit today, and while chatting, he took Lin Chao to visit the academy.

After visiting the academy, it was noon, and Zheng Xuan ordered a banquet in honor of Lin Chao.

Now that Xuzhou is short of finances, everyone has tightened their belts, but the budget for the teachers in the academy is the only one.Although Zheng Xuan is used to living a poor life, he would not ask others to be as frugal as he is, so today's banquet is considered rich.

After eating and drinking enough, Zheng Xuan and Cai Yong brought Lin Chao and his wife to the study room, and started chatting about business matters.

For Xun Cai's arrival, Zheng Xuan was actually a little surprised, but he knew that Lin Chao was not a fool, so there must be his intentions in doing so.But it is not suitable for Xun Cai to listen to the content of the discussion between the three of them.

Seeing this, Cai Yong had his two daughters called over.The family of the undercover undercover family of Fan Yangling left Cai Zhenji in the post house to live with Cai Yan, but now they moved to the academy together.

Cai Yong originally thought that the three women and Taoists would be able to chat better, but unfortunately, the road to the enemy is narrow.

The moment Xun Cai saw Cai Yan, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he clenched his fists tightly, fighting in pain if there was any disagreement.

And Cai Yan was not to be outdone, he glared at Lin Chao first, then sneered, and fixed his eyes on Xun Cai.

Seeing this, the instigator Cai Yong was also a little embarrassed, so he had to laugh dryly and said: "Zhao Ji, Zhen Ji, you two go out with Mrs. Chang Shi for a walk, as a father and Uncle Zheng, there are some important things to discuss with Chang Shi." .”

Lin Chao also persuaded Xun Cai in a low voice: "Nv Xun, there are many people here, how about selling yourself as your husband to save face..."

"Humph!"

After hearing the words, Cai Yan and Xun Cai let out a cold snort at the same time, but walked out together without saying a word.

Seeing the two tigresses leave, Cai Yong smiled wryly and said: "My little girl is spoiled by the old man, she is a bit arrogant, please don't blame me at the beginning."

"Why did Mr. Cai say such a thing? Lingai is innocent, knowledgeable, and reasonable. It's rude for a bitch."

Lin Chao also followed with a wry smile, and by the way said something against his will.

(End of this chapter)