The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 146 Five Stone Powder

As allies of Zixiao Temple, Maoshan School, Louguan School, and Chongxuan School took the lead in reforming.

For example, let all the disciples learn the new ritual of fasting and offering sacrifices, and apply for the construction of new halls to worship more gods.

Here we can also see the differences between the various factions. The Maoshan faction chooses to enshrine the Haotian God, while the Louguan faction focuses on the Hall of Sages.

During the Zhenguan period, the control over temples was very strict. Not only monks and Taoists had to apply for going out, but also for building new houses. Naturally, things like building new halls required applications.

In the past, it was very troublesome to build a new hall, but this time the court let it go all the way, and the application was approved immediately after calling.

The core of the reform is to revise the classics of the sect. They all recruited people from their respective factions who have studied the scriptures deeply, and re-annotated their own classics according to the previously discussed framework.

Here again the differences between the factions are highlighted.

Li Chunfeng's sect is a small branch, he is the most accomplished disciple of the sect, what he said is very useful, a letter back to Jingyun Temple immediately changed the banner.

The Chongxuan sect was actually created by Cheng Xuanying, he can be said to have kept his promise, and he changed it immediately when he said it would be changed.

The Lou Guan Sect itself is a radical group in Taoism, and they are quite enthusiastic about innovation. Tian Shiwen held a meeting and everyone unanimously decided to reform.

The trouble is the Maoshan faction. It has a big family and a lot of people. It is not so easy to persuade everyone to support innovation.

Pan Shizheng went back to the mountain gate in person, and invited the managers and branch leaders to discuss this matter together, and it took three days to unify his thoughts.

When Yun Qi went to Maoshan to ask to see Meng Chunzi, they had just finished their meeting, so Meng Chunzi naturally wouldn't see him.

But Meng Chunzi still felt very sad when he abandoned a friend who was still a good friend, and said to Pan Shizheng: "Senior brother, is it necessary to do this?"

Pan Shizheng didn't answer directly, but said: "You have read the New Alchemy Sutra, gold and stone are really poisonous when used as medicine."

"Five stone powder is emphasized by Sun Zhenren, and he is regarded as the world's number one poison pill. The people who died after taking this medicine include Emperor Ai of Jin, Emperor Daowu, Emperor Xianwen, Pei Xiu, Huangfumi, etc."

"These are all recorded in the history, and those who do not have the history do not know how many. Danyangzi used Wushi powder to confuse many nobles and dignitaries, and I do not know how many people were poisoned."

"After these people see the New Danjing, they will definitely go to verify it. When they verify the result, they will not let him go."

"His fate was already doomed the moment the New Alchemy Sutra appeared. No one can save him. The younger brother and him are just casual acquaintances. There is no need to offend so many people because of it."

Meng Chunzi sighed and said, "I hope he... can escape in time."

Knowing that he accepted the reality, Pan Shizheng breathed a sigh of relief, and echoed: "He is a smart person, and he will definitely find a way to get out when the situation is not right."

Both of them knew that this was actually just a good wish.

If it was when the New Dan Jing first appeared, Dan Yangzi might have escaped with his life if he left in time.But he didn't do that, and even sent his disciples to Maoshan to ask advice.

The delay of this back and forth will be much longer, and those nobles and dignitaries who have been poisoned by him have already reacted, and there is basically no possibility of escape.

In fact, it was indeed the case, and it didn't take long for the news to come.Danyangzi disappeared, and his disciples found a pile of minced meat and some rags in the nearby forest, but they couldn't determine whose it belonged to.

Having lost its master and benefactor, Danyun Temple was also disbanded.

A few days later, Cui Fu, a branch of the Cui family, died suddenly due to excessive drinking.He had no heirs during his lifetime, and the clan decided to adopt a nephew to inherit his clan after discussion.

The two things don't seem to have much connection, but those who know the inside story don't think so.Especially the dignitaries who once funded Danyang Zi are almost crazy.

Many people are planning to go to Zixiao Temple to seek medical treatment. Since Dr. Sun can write a new elixir and discover the poison of gold and stone, there should be a cure.

Affected by the legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there are not many people in the world who take Wushi powder.Some of these people believe in the New Danjing, and then find ways to seek medical treatment for detoxification.

Some people think that Sun Simiao deliberately smeared the longevity pill; some people even believed in Sun Simiao, but they were still addicted to Wushisan. After all, the drug is not so easy to quit.

Naturally, this matter cannot be hidden from Li Shimin who has been paying attention to the New Alchemy, or in other words, he has been paying attention to the Taoist who refines the longevity pill before, and Dan Yangzi is also in his observation.

Now seeing the consequences of taking Wushi powder with my own eyes, my heart is half cold again.Changsheng Dan is poisonous, and Wushi Powder, which has been taken for hundreds of years at least, is poisonous.

As more and more information was gathered, and some officials headed by Li Chunfeng, they asked to ban Wushisan and other golden stone pills at the court meeting, and they also had the support of Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others.

Li Shimin finally decreed to hash the five stones as poison, destroy all refining methods, and forbid anyone to take it.However, he only banned Wushi San, not other longevity pills.

The old foxes all understand the deep meaning of this, but naturally no one dared to expose it, and even Wei Zheng didn't say anything.

Longevity Pill is not something that can be banned if it is forbidden. Anyway, Taoism itself has proposed innovations, and the emperor dare not take it lightly even if he does not give up.

As long as the emperor doesn't eat other things, it doesn't matter. As for whether other people will not give up and continue to eat, that doesn't matter.

Good words are hard to persuade, damn ghosts, people who believe in longevity pills should not deserve sympathy after death, they just need to make sure that the emperor does not touch this thing.

Chen Jingke was also very happy to hear that the imperial court decreed to ban Wushi San.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a man-made drug. I don’t know if it is the first drug made by humans, but it is definitely the man-made drug that has been circulating for the longest time.

From the period of Cao Wei to the present for more than four hundred years, I don't know how many people have been harmed.

In the history of the previous life, it was Sun Simiao who used his influence to destroy all the prescriptions of Wushisan before making it disappear.

Writing the New Danjing in this life needs to grasp a model, and the first thing he thinks of is Wushi San, and then writes it into the book as a negative model.

Sure enough, Wu Shisan was sent away in one wave.

What Chen Jingke didn't know was that because the imperial court banned Wushisan, it also inadvertently resolved a small crisis for them.

Naturally, the sect of refining longevity pills will not sit still and plan to denounce Sun Simiao in private.It really made them successful, which is really a big trouble for the reform.

But the imperial court suddenly banned Wushi powder, which caught them off guard.Many of these people had refined Wushisan. Now that they were caught, they had no time to hide, so how could they dare to stand up and make trouble.

So this small alliance was shattered before it was formed.

However, for the general public, banning Wushisan is not a particularly big deal.Especially compared with the innovation of Zixiao Temple this time, it is completely worthless.

All forces are also concerned about the trend of Taoism.

But this incident was a huge recognition for the reformers headed by Zixiaoguan. Many people who had doubts at first were relieved and began to fully support the reform.

Among them, the most active ones are not Zixiao Temple, but the Maoshan, Louguan and Chongxuan schools.

They not only study in their own faction, but also write letters to their allies, friends, etc., telling them about the reform situation, and inviting them to participate in the grand event together.

As the saying goes, it’s not too early to make money. The reason why they are so active is that they hope to expand the influence of their sect through this innovation.

According to the conventions and customs, anyone they win over is considered their sphere of influence.

Naturally, the other factions would not just sit back and watch others share the fruits, and took actions one after another.

For example, in the ancestral home of Zhengyi, Longhushan, Zhang Tianshi of this generation took his own son on a journey to Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)