Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 162 Govern by Inaction (please subscribe!)
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When Zhao Ji first succeeded to the throne, although there were many women around him, there were not many children.

Since Zhao Ji accidentally took the throne because his elder brother Song Zhezong had no son, so Zhao Ji didn't want to inherit the incense without a son like his elder brother.

So, Zhao Ji began to seek help from the magical Taoism.

At that time, 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 topography and geomantic omen of Bianliang in Tokyo, especially the low-lying terrain in the northeast corner of Bianliang City seriously affected If the heirs of the emperor can raise the terrain here, then the heirs of the royal family will be fine.

After Zhao Ji heard Liu Laodao's words, he hurriedly arranged for people to pile up a huge rockery in the northeast corner of Bianliang City. Filled with rare stones and rare animals, this is the famous Longevity Mountain, and because it is in the Gen position of the eight trigrams, it is also called Gen Yue.

The amazing thing is that since then, Zhao Ji’s favored concubine has been receiving good news of pregnancy or childbirth. The concubines in the harem are like hens laying eggs in a hen shed, one after another, and they gave birth to Zhao Ji in more than ten years. With dozens of children, Zhao Ji almost became the emperor with many children in history.

This made Zhao Ji admire Liu Laodao, and even more believe in the magic of Taoism.

There used to be a Taoist priest who left a prophecy before Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne: "The auspicious man should succeed the Datong."

This is actually a casual statement, because no matter who inherits the throne, he can be called an "auspicious person", and he will not be offended anyway, just like saying "the auspicious person has his own appearance".

But Zhao Ji insisted on taking his seat stubbornly, saying that "the combination of the word 'Ji' and 'Ren' is exactly 'Ji'".

In short, there are reasons for Zhao Ji's obsession with Taoism.

The reason why he reached a peak in the past two years is because Zhao Ji suddenly felt a little powerless and his body was not as good as before.

In fact, this is normal, no matter what, Zhao Ji is already in his forties, and these years he has been a groom every day and a bride every night, how can it be compared with before?
But Zhao Ji didn't think so.

He believes that this is because he has been too focused on government affairs and cultivating Taoism in recent years.

Just at this time, there was an old Taoist named Wang Laozhi in Linpu, Puzhou, who claimed to have been awarded the elixir by Mr. Zhongli of the Han Dynasty.

In order to invite favors, the imperial servant Wang Dan visited the thatched cottage three times and brought him into the capital. He was raised at Cai Jing's house first, and then he chose a suitable time to present him to Zhao Ji.

When Wang Laozhi saw Zhao Ji, he didn't speak, but presented a stack of calligraphy.

Zhao Ji looked at it suspiciously, and then his eyeballs almost fell off, it was full of poems, the top one was the bedside words and pillow poems he wrote to Qiao and Concubine Liu Ergui, and then look at the others, It turned out that they were all silver poems and wolf poems written by him.

This old Taoist knows all these things, so he must be a god!
Zhao Ji immediately announced that he would give Wang Zhenren the title of "Mr. Miaoguan Mingzhen Dongwei".

It's a pity that this "Mr. Miaoguan Mingzhen Dongwei" was a short-lived person. Although he had the elixir to protect his body, he also got seriously ill in the second year and died.

But Zhao Ji didn't have the time to regret it, because another master with higher magic power came.

This high-ranking man, surnamed Wang Mingzixi, was born in Hongzhou, and he first hid in Songshan Mountain. According to his own account, he met Xu Xun and Xu Zhenjun during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Waiting for the Taoist Qiyuan Cheats, can know the life and death of people in the first 500 years and the next 500 years.

Zhao Ji was overjoyed, and bestowed the title of "Chongyin Sheshi", and was granted the title of "Mr. Tongmiao", and placed him in the Baolu Palace of the Shangqing Dynasty.

The climax of Zhao Ji's advocacy of Taoism was the appearance of Lin Lingsu.

Lin Lingsu said in a big way: There are nine heavens in the sky, and the highest heaven is God.The king of Shenxiao Yuqing, the eldest son of God, the master of the south, and the one who is called the Great King of Longevity, is Zhao Ji.It is also said that Cai Jing was originally Zuo Yuan Xianbo in the sky, Wang Fu was a Wenhua official, Cai You was Yuanyuan Baohua envoy, Tong Guan and others were also among the immortals, and he himself was originally Shenxiao. Xianqing whose middle name is Chu Hui.

That's it!

That's it!

It turns out that we all knew each other so well before, we are both from the immortal class, no, we are both immortals from the immortal class, no wonder we hit each other so well in this life!
Overjoyed, Zhao Ji named Lin Lingsu "Mr. Tongzhen Daling".

In order to let the whole world know that he is the eldest son of God, Zhao Ji ordered Lin Lingsu to preach the secret of Emperor Qinghua's descent to Xuanhe Palace on a moonlit night in the Shangqing Baolu Palace.

That meeting, attended by [-] Taoist priests, was truly the pinnacle of Taoism.

In order to expand its influence, Zhao Ji built another Renji Pavilion, distributed talisman water widely, and opened the altar of the sacred treasures, ordering that all officials and people in the world must accept the secrets of the divine.

Soon, Zhao Ji ordered the construction of Shenxiao Yuqing Wanshou Palace nationwide. Without Taoist temples, Buddhist temples were rebuilt, and statues of Shenxiao Gods such as Changsheng Emperor and Qinghua Emperor were set up in the halls.

Lin Lingsu is in charge of majoring in Taoist scriptures, correcting ritual rituals of various scriptures, proofreading the spiritual chapters of the alchemy scriptures, and deleting annotations. Every seventh day, a meeting is held to repeatedly explain the three-hole Taoist scriptures and the story of the birth of Yuqing Shenxiao King. The cost of fasting is as high as tens of thousands of money, which is called "Qiandaohui".

Lin Lingsu also created several miracles such as "King Qinghua visits the altar in the daytime" and "Fire Dragon Sword descends into 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 the eldest son of God, Zhao Ji issued an edict saying: "I am the eldest son of God, Emperor Taixiao. Seeing that China has been alienated by Buddhism, I asked to be born in this world, so that the world can return to the right way. Hurry up and submit your seal. Canonize me as the leader of the sect, the Taoist emperor, and take charge of the sect."

How could the Taoist Academy not listen, and immediately canonized Zhao Ji as "the leader of the Taoist emperor".

At the same time, Zhao Ji asked the Taoist Academy to canonize Queen Guo in the harem as the leader of Jinting, and Queen Meng as the leader of Huayang.

In turn, Zhao Ji canonized Lin Lingsu as Wenzhou Yingdao Army Jiedu. After that, he added the names of "Golden Gate Yuke", "Mr. Tongzhen Daling Yuanmiao", "Taizhong Doctor", "Ningshen Palace Shichen ", "Ruizhu Palace Shichen", "Chonghe Palace Shichen" and so on.

Seeing that Zhao Ji was so devout and enthusiastic about restoring the glory of Taoism, Lin Lingsu said to Zhao Ji, "Buddhism specifically harms Taoism. Although it cannot be completely eradicated now, it can be merged into Taoism, and Buddhist temples can be changed into palaces. The statue of Kamuni was changed into the original deity, the bodhisattva was changed into a great man, the arhat was changed into a venerable, and all monks grew their hair and crowned and held bamboo slips, and became Taoists."

Zhao Ji felt that it was reasonable, so he issued an edict: change Buddhism to Taoism, change clothing, change the Recording Academy in the Left and Right Streets to the Taoist Academy, and change the Seng Recording Department to the Deshi Department, which belongs to the Taoist Academy.

All in all, Zhao Ji is completely obsessed with the art of immortality, determined to glorify the sect run by his leader, the Taoist Emperor, and has no time to care about trivial matters such as a few thieves taking down three or two state capitals.

Safe.

The great gods of the Shenxiao system, such as Changsheng Emperor and Qinghua Emperor, will bless the country of the Song Dynasty forever, and will bless the old Zhao family for generations to come. A little uneasy factor is just a test of the gods' devotion to Zhao Ji. As long as he, Zhao Ji, is devout enough, the gods will surely settle all uneasy factors for him.

So, just do nothing.

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(End of this chapter)