The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 342 Inscription Blessings of the Celestial Ancestors

As soon as the Taixue Academy was launched, it quickly caused an uproar in Chang'an, and there were many opinions.

But no one would say that Bai Gui formed a clique for personal gain, because every treaty in the Taixue Academy stated the gist of the lectures and aimed at reshaping the scholarly style of study, without any self-interest.

In addition, Bai Gui still has a certain reputation among the people. First, his incorruptibility and military exploits in power, second, his promotion of cotton and white buses, and third, his calligraphy is a master in the world, and his calligraphy is like his own.

Under these three, basically everyone thinks that Bai Gui is a virtuous prime minister, so it is impossible to talk about forming a party for personal gain.

That's the benefit of having a good name!
If a treacherous minister comes to make an appointment with the Imperial Academy, even if he has no selfish intentions, according to his past reputation, good ones can be discredited.

Furthermore, as Bai Gui was the chief examiner in the ninth year of Kaiyuan, most of the Jinshi selected for admission had a certain reputation. These people must not attack the examiners who promoted them, and Bai Gui had a good reputation. With their support, Bai Gui's reputation rose instead of falling. In some poems and works, he is respectfully called "Bai Gong".

Time passed slowly like this, until the midsummer of the ninth year of Kaiyuan, the samples of the five emperors' coins and talisman coins were finally obtained by various Taoists, and they were first presented to Bai Gui, the prime minister in charge of this item, for observation.

Therefore, Bai Gui took the time to enter Haotian to have a look.

Haotian Temple, Lord Laojun.

"After we have discussed the style of the five emperors' coins, we still use the square hole and round coins used in the past..."

"One is to allow the people to accept and circulate this money, and the other is to say that the square hole and round money should correspond to the sky and the earth. Although it is not conducive to the engraving of seals and talismans, brass is not a spiritual material. It is easier to carry mana as a load... ..."

Hou Shaowei explained to Bai Gui.

"Master will decide on this matter."

Bai Gui nodded, suddenly realized, no wonder Hou Shaowei said a few months ago that the three coin-casting copper furnaces he allocated from the Shaofu Supervisor were not accurate enough and needed to be rebuilt.

The brass used to make copper coins is an ordinary material. Although ordinary materials can sustain mana for a certain period of time, the mana is easy to dissipate over time. Although it can be used to seal and engrave talismans to extend the time of mana, it is not beautiful after all. Instead, the shape of the copper coin is changed. It is the pattern of the round sky and the earth, so it is in line with the theory of the round sky and the earth. Although it is not a spiritual material, the mana will last longer than the mana of ordinary copper coins.

This is the same as worshiping idols.

The statue has been offered for a long time, and it has a spirit!

But in this case, the square hole and round money leaves much less space for seal cutting and talismans, unlike silver coins that have a whole side.

So this requires a higher-precision coin-making copper furnace to seal and carve talismans!
It is not difficult for Bai Gui to improve the accuracy of casting coins.

Using the knowledge and technology of later generations, he asked the craftsmen who will be the supervisors to draw the gourd according to the original, and after a little modification, they produced a copper coin furnace with higher precision and sent it to Haotian Temple.

"The five spirit beads are Lei Lingzhu, Fire Lingzhu, Water Lingzhu, Wind Lingzhu, and Earth Lingzhu. These five elements do not conform to the principle that the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are mutually generated and restrained, but...except for the Thunder Lingzhu, the remaining four A spirit bead is in line with the power of the four phenomena of earth, wind, water and fire. Therefore, the five emperors' money uses Leidi Qian as the main yin and yang of the four phenomena, and when the rest of the earth, wind, water and fire are the four phenomena, they complement each other's yin and yang..."

Zhang Tianshi of Tianshi Dao nodded, shook the whisk in his hand, and replied.

Taiji gives birth to two forms, and the two forms give birth to four phenomena.In "Book of Rites · Qu Li", it is also said: "Before walking, the red bird is followed by Xuanwu, the green dragon is on the left and the white tiger is on the right."

Suzaku belongs to fire, so it will be hot in the south, representing summer.Xuanwu belongs to water, and yin is cold, so it represents winter.The white tiger belongs to gold, and it is mainly for killing. If it is poor, it will be as fast as the wind, so it represents autumn.The green dragon belongs to wood, and it benefits all directions and revives all things, so it also represents spring.

Therefore, the power of the four images is earth, wind, water and fire!

Regardless of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, there will always be thunder, namely spring thunder, summer thunder, autumn thunder, and winter thunder.

Therefore, the five emperors' coins refined by the five directions and the power of the four elephants form a cycle with each other. Outside of this cycle is the world of the round sky and the earth.

"The sky is round and the place is round, and the earth's feng shui fire will be played again..."

Bai Gui suddenly thought of the words of Master Tongtian.

He was stunned for a moment, and looked at the five five emperor coins on the altar table of Laojun Hall.

At first glance, these five coins do not look much different from ordinary copper coins, but if you look closely, you will find that each copper coin is engraved with four tiny talismans, including the four sides of the inner square hole. As a guide, it goes straight to the outer circle that symbolizes the sky.

"This is a money sword connected with five emperors' money. As long as the monk activates his mana, he will use the power of four images to activate the power of heavenly thunder hidden in the Thunder Emperor's money, and let the evil spirits fall..."

"And the remaining four copper coins will also convert the stored power of the four elephants into mana in the Thunder Emperor coin."

"It can be said that this is the cheapest magic weapon, but its power cannot be underestimated..."

Chang Hao, head of Shu Mountain, stroked his beard, holding a money sword connected by a red silk rope through five emperors' coins in series, and said with a smile.

The low cost does not mean that the quality of the magic weapon is not good.The power of sky thunder has always been the most difficult power to control, and evil spirits are also afraid of it.

It is conceivable that with the money sword made by the five emperors' money, there will be fewer evil spirits in the entire Tang Dynasty, but it is definitely much less than before!

"Now nephew Xian is called here to write an inscription for the five emperors' money... Nephew Xian's calligraphy was top-notch at that time, and it was popular among everyone."

Zhang Tianshi smiled and said.

The Five Emperors Coin has been produced now, but it is just a sample. Similarly, if there is no blessing of human luck, it is just a cheap magic weapon made by various schools, and it is not a real currency.

"This……"

Bai Gui's heart was moved immediately.

Needless to say, the benefits of giving inscriptions to the five emperors' money.

For example, if a Taoist priest uses a magic weapon made of money sword to kill evil spirits, he will have his share when calculating merit.Even if killing evil spirits is wrong, the cause and effect will not be part of him, and there will still be meritorious deeds.

And with the circulation of the five emperors' money, it will benefit the country, and there will be a share of his merits.

Similarly, if you want to practice the way of God in the future, it is also feasible to use this as a way to walk the way of the God of Wealth.

However, although he wanted to write the inscription, he couldn't get around Emperor Li Longji.In addition, if you agree to it immediately, it will be a bit ugly to eat.

Originally, the merit he possessed was not small.

"As a teacher, I have already invited saints for this matter. You are a disciple of my sect's holy temple, and you are the prime minister of the court. You should be asked to write an inscription..."

Seeing Bai Gui's hesitation, Hou Shaowei said.

"Three Caves Precepts" said: "If the Taoist scriptures are not taught by the teacher, then the practice will not be spiritual."

This word is not something that ordinary people can ask!
It doesn't mean that any Zaifu who comes can inscribe the five emperors' money.

Just like in Journey to the West, Wei Zheng dreamed of beheading the Dragon King. There were so many prime ministers in the early Tang Dynasty. Why did he choose Wei Zheng? It was because Wei Zheng also had a part-time job in the Heavenly Court. .

Cui Yu was a courtier of Tang Gaozu Li Yuanshi.

"Thank you, Master and all the elders."

Bai Gui instantly understood that this was probably a reciprocation from all sides, so he asked Li Longji to approve this matter, but Li Longji's character was not domineering and would not steal people's beauty, so he agreed with the matter.

If it is said that the samples of the five emperors' coins were first presented to Li Longji and asked for inscriptions, Li Longji might meet Lie Xinxi immediately and inscribe them himself.

But now that the five directions have been said, if he wants Bai Gui, a great calligrapher, to write an inscription, then Li Longji can't be ashamed to compete with Bai Gui.

Bai Gui nodded. He had already prepared a pen and paper in Laojun's palace. He pondered for a while, and wrote the four characters "Kaiyuan Tongbao" on the plain paper, and then wrote "Thunder", "Wind", " The five characters of "water", "earth" and "fire".

Coins such as Kaiyuan Tongbao actually circulated during Tang Gaozu Wude's reign, which has nothing to do with Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's year name. At that time, it was called Kaiyuan Tongbao.

It's just that Kaiyuan Tongbao is also called Kaitong Yuanbao as recorded in "Old Tang Book Shihuo Zhi". "The words are read first up and then down, and then read from the right. When read from the top and left, the meaning is also clear. It is popularly called Kaitong Yuanbao."

At this time, Bai Gui wrote Kaiyuan Tongbao, one is to follow the old rules, and the other is that the current year name is Kaiyuan, and the title Kaiyuan Tongbao should be reasonable.

Li Longji couldn't give him this opportunity, he didn't know what to do, and changed his name, which was dissatisfied by Li Longji.Therefore, the title Kaiyuan Tongbao can also temporarily calm Li Longji's heart.

Word into.

"Kaiyuan Tongbao..."

"My nephew's calligraphy is not inferior to Daou's."

The heads of several families at the side saw this handsome calligraphy and praised it again and again.

The last Kaiyuan Tongbao was inscribed by Ouyang Xun.He and his son Ouyang Tong are both good at calligraphy, and they are collectively called Xiao Ou.

"Where where..."

Bai Gui said modestly.

Hou Shaowei took a few glances at the finished manuscript, then nodded slightly.If Bai Gui's calligraphy is not good, his master will not put down his old face to persuade the heads of various schools and the emperor to let Bai Gui inscribe these words.

Only when one's own level has been reached, can there be room for connections.

After seeing it, he then ordered the disciples of the pyrotechnics to immediately engrave the miniature seal on the wax model.

Another hour or so passed.

The second batch of brand-new five emperors' coins with "Kaiyuan Tongbao" was brought up by Huogong disciples.

"Since the five emperors' money has been collected..."

"The poor Taoist will ask God and the ancestors of various sects for instructions on the method of offering sacrifices."

After Hou Shaowei finished speaking to the many masters, he sat cross-legged under the statue of Taishang Daozu, and began to worship.

Soon.

Everyone present felt warm all over their bodies, and the obstacles they encountered in cultivating the Tao seemed to be easily overcome, their thoughts were clear, and their expressions were much better than before.

"The merit..."

"Our merit has been perceived by the immortal ancestors of the heavens, so this is a blessing for us..."

The faces of the heads of the various sects couldn't help but show joy. This time, the blessing of the ancestors can at least reduce their decades of hard work.

The most important thing is that the things they have done have been recognized as meritorious deeds by the ancestors of various schools.The merits may not be effective for a while, but when they cultivate the heavenly immortals, earth immortals, and corpses, these merits will play a huge role.

Also with merit, everything will go smoothly.

Merit and virtue directly affect luck.

On the other side, Bai Gui, who has made the greatest contribution this time, was also blessed by the Taishang Daozu.

His internal energy has improved greatly, Huang Ting's womb was first condensed, and a stream of innate Taiyi's true energy was born in the womb, it was only one step away from condensing the golden elixir.

"The beginning of Taoism is Jinhua, and the success of Taoism is Jindan. Jinhua is light. ... Inside is the true energy of Taiyi." - Lu Dongbin "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose"

(End of this chapter)