Beauty Comic Cultivation Record

Zhong Nanshan's decree to offer sacrifices to heaven was quickly conveyed to three provinces, six ministries, nine temples, five prisons, and twelve guards. All the yamen were like clockwork machines, and they quickly sped up.

However, the ancient emperors did not travel like the backpackers of later generations. They just picked up their schoolbags and boarded the train for a casual trip.

In particular, civil servants have always boasted that the Tian family has no selfish affairs, let alone matters related to the country such as the emperor's sacrifice to heaven.

"Zuo Zhuan: The Thirteenth Year of Chenggong" records the words of Liu Kanggong, a doctor of the Zhou Dynasty: "There is no better way to pay tribute than to be diligent, and there is no better way to do your best than to be honest. ... The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military service."

Sacrifice refers to sacrifices and ceremonies. Rong, Bingrong, refers to weapons, the army, and also refers to war.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, for a vassal state, sacrifice and war were the most important national events.

"Guoyu · Zhou Yu 1" says: "Sacrifice to husband is a major festival of the country."

Sacrifice is a symbol of national sovereignty, and the person who presides over the sacrifice is the master of a country.

No matter what the core of Confucianism becomes after absorbing the essence of hundreds of schools of thought, on the surface it is still governed by etiquette and law, which is the foundation of Confucianism.

It is precisely because of this that the preparations for Li Shimin's several sacrifices to heaven lasted for several months.

Especially during the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, although the schedule was repeatedly rushed, the preparation of the sacrificial vessels alone took more than a month.

Although this Zhong Nanshan Festival is only a small ceremony, Taichang Temple has still been preparing for more than half a month, and it has been five days since the ten-day period mentioned by Li Shimin.

Taichang Temple is mainly responsible for managing the rituals of the ancestral temple. It is recorded in "Book of Sui Dynasty: Baiguan Zhi": "Taichang is responsible for group worship in mausoleums, rituals, music, rituals, astronomy, and clothing."

This yamen mainly manages sacrifices, rituals, music, etiquette, "astronomical numbers" and the clothing of scholar-bureaucrats.

Taichang Temple was originally just a Qingshui Yamen, a face-saving project, but after the Emperor of Heaven appeared, Taichang Temple was in charge of the worship of ghosts and gods in various places, and was responsible for the communication between the imperial court and the local city gods.

For a time, Qingshui Yamen became a hot favorite.

The emperor's decree to worship the heaven was passed down, and all the yamen were running like clockwork machines.

However, more than twenty days later, Li Shimin began his journey to worship the heaven at Zhongnan Mountain.

"Amitabha! Your Holiness! The Emperor has left the palace!"

On Cuihua Mountain outside Chang'an City, an old monk with a fat head and big ears wearing an apricot monk's robe was sitting cross-legged, holding a chicken drumstick in his hand. Behind him stood a man with four big flags behind his back. A monkey with a hairy face and a thunderous mouth.

The monkey had a ferocious look on his face, bared his teeth, and glanced at the fat monk's bald head from time to time. He looked as if he was about to pull out a stick and smash his head into pieces at the next moment.

A muscular monk carefully walked along the mountain road to the top of the mountain. He stood behind the two of them cautiously and saluted with his hands clasped together.

The fat monk with a fat head and big ears looked up at the pillar of luck that shrouded the city of Chang'an, and couldn't help but sigh: "Human Dao Fengzheng, or the Qingsheng God! It's a pity that the Tang Dynasty has only three hundred years of luck. Disperse!"

"But it's okay, without the blessing of human luck, this human-emperor combination should have suffered such a disaster!"

The fat monk paused, then turned to look at the monkey sneaking behind him: "You are the king of demons, and you will eventually have a fight with the Emperor of Heaven. Since he calls himself the Son of Heaven, you will be the one responsible for this calamity. The Human Emperor descends!"

"You want me to chop this guy up! No problem,

Back then, I held two watermelon knives and fought from Heaven to Penglai East Road. I raised and dropped the knives without even blinking! "The monkey took out a banana from nowhere, peeled it and stuffed it into his mouth:
"But you have to agree in advance that I won't do anything that's not beneficial!"

"Oh? What benefit do you want? The Human Emperor destroyed your Huaguo Mountain!"

"I will settle the battle with them in the Huaguo Mountain." The monkey threw the banana peel in his hand, bared his teeth at the fat monk and roared: "I am the great Taibao of Huaguo Mountain who was born and raised, not that monk "Xin Yuan, if you want me to help, agree to one condition. I will use this world as a dojo. After this is done, you all can get out of this world!"

"Praise to the Buddha of Sandalwood Merit!" The fat monk took a bite of the chicken leg and seemed to be listening to the Buddha's voice. After a long time, one word popped out of his mouth: "Deal!"

Zhong Nanshan is only a hundred and fifty miles away from Chang'an. In modern society, with high-speed rail, cars, and airplanes, this distance is nothing.

But in ancient times, this was a two- or three-day trip for ordinary people, and this was based on the fact that Chang'an built several roads to the outside world.

The Chidao of the Tang Dynasty was built in imitation of the Chidao of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, with Chang'an as the center. According to the plan, these Chidao are still under construction since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. They reach from Goguryeo in the east, the Aral Sea in the west, Annan in the south, and Annan in the north. North Sea.

The main force in building the Chidao were all criminals, prisoners, and even demons captured by the Fumo Division.
In the words of the governor of the Tang Dynasty, keeping prisoners in cells is also a waste of food. It is better to use waste. The same is true for prisoners.

In recent years, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have been fighting for many years and have captured millions of captives, including Annan monkeys, steppe Turks, and foreign races from the Western Regions. All these captives have been used as laborers to repair roads, dig canals, build river embankments, and reclaim wasteland. Excavation of mines.

When the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty returned from the expedition, these captives, like money, cattle and sheep, became excellent trophies in the eyes of the officials from all over the country, and they rushed to buy them.

After all, these prisoners do not need to pay wages, they only need to provide meals.

After the Emperor of Heaven showed his favor, there was no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty, and these captives were the best labor force.

Rumbling, the rammed-earth road was shaken, and smoke and dust were everywhere.

The cavalry, four in one row, gathered into a mountainous formation, as if they were trying to level all obstacles on the road.

These soldiers are covered in black armor, black cloaks, and even black masks on their faces. They are also all black riders. Their uniform movements and cold eyes are intimidating.

An old Tang man recognized the origin of these soldiers at a glance.

Xuanjia Army!
Xuan, black; Jia, armor.

The Xuanjia Army is named after its soldiers all wear black armor.

When Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan served as the Youxiao Guard in the Sui Dynasty, in order to defeat the Turkic cavalry, he selected two thousand soldiers from the Tang army and trained them rigorously to form a flexible light cavalry.

He improved the armor-based riding equipment of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, using Mingguang iron armor with more refined craftsmanship and lighter weight.

This is the predecessor of Xuanjia Army.

After the emperor took over, he further developed the Xuanjia Army. He recruited elite cavalrymen from Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao and others, mixed them with Hu and Han, and expanded the Xuanjia Army to 4,000 people.

And invested a lot of money to optimize the armor:
Use a hood to protect your head and neck, and roll up the sides to protect your ears.

The breastplate is divided into two pieces, the left and right pieces, with a longitudinal girdle in the middle, and round guards on the left and right to protect the chest;

The shoulders are covered with shawls, and the arms are covered with arm protectors. Wear a tie around the waist and protect the thighs with a knee skirt.

There are almost no blind spots in defense, allowing the Xuanjia Army to shuttle through the rain of arrows.

Each Xuanjia army carries Hu Lu, which can hold thirty arrows; horse crossbows with a range of about two hundred steps; and individual soldiers are equipped with lacquer guns and ring-headed swords. This Xuanjia Army can be said to be the strongest cavalry in the entire Tang Dynasty.

After the Tang Dynasty captured the Guanzhong area, the two main forces outside the Guanzhong were Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, forming a tripartite situation in the entire Central Plains area.

Gaozu sent the emperor to lead one hundred thousand Tang troops to quell the two forces of Wang and Dou.

In order to prevent Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande from joining forces, a quick decision was made.

Most of the 100,000 Tang troops were used to surround Wang Shichong in Luoyang City, while he personally led 3,000 Xuanjia troops to attack Hulao Pass without stopping.

At this time, Dou Jiande's troops were nearly 100,000, but the 3,000 Xuanjia Army had no intention of retreating and quickly inserted a force of 100,000 troops to seize the tent of Dou Jiande's Chinese Army.

For a time, Dou Jiande's troops were stunned and finally captured Dou Jiande alive.

Now he led the Xuanjia Army and Dou Jiande to quickly fight back to Luoyang City. When Wang Shichong saw Dou Jiande in the prison car, he knew that he could not compete with the powerful Tang Dynasty with his own strength. After weighing it, Kaicheng surrendered.

It can be said that this Xuanjia Army played a decisive role in the founding history of the Tang Dynasty.

Not only that, these battle-hardened Xuanjia soldiers have all practiced the Iron Blood Breathing Method taught by the Grand Commander. Each of these Xuanjia soldiers can be called a martial arts master.

Whenever there is a war, they are always the vanguard.

Even in that Xuanwumen incident that no one dared to mention, the Xuanjia Army was the main force, which shows how high the Xuanjia Army's status is in today's hearts.

Of course, those who can help lead this army today are also top-notch generals, such as Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing...

Li Jing even led thousands of Xuanjia troops to attack the Turkic base camp, and finally captured Jieli Khan alive.

However, since the imperial army system was perfected, the Xuanjia Army has been responsible for guarding the city of Chang'an and rarely leaves Chang'an.

On the trip to worship the heaven, the emperor actually brought the Xuanjia Army with him. The profound meaning of this could not help but surprise some people who were interested.

The sun sets in the west, and in the orange-red halo of dusk, a full moon slowly rises in the west, and a strange scene of the sun and the moon appearing in the sky suddenly appears.

In a mountain forest thirty miles away from Zhongnan Mountain, a group of Buddhist masters led by the three great Buddhist monks stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the huge team from a distance.

"The clouds look like dragons and tigers. This is the spirit of the emperor. There is no doubt that the emperor is among them!"

Monk Daoxin, one of the three holy monks, looked at the heights from a distance. He had a pair of wise eyes since childhood and was born with the ability to observe people's luck.

"Amitabha! I don't know if the emperor is among them, but the old monk of the Xuanjia Army can still see clearly!" The old monk next to Monk Daoxin showed hesitation:

"A man with blood in the sky, a fierce tiger with wings, why is the Xuanjia Army here? Could it be that the news has been leaked!"

"Impossible, what we brought are elites from various temples. Even they didn't know the purpose of this trip in advance!" Monk Daoxin shook his head.

"Then what should we do now? The Xuanjia Army is here, and the monks from our temples alone may not be our match!"

"Don't be impatient. Didn't we transport ten Qin Wang cannons? I have ordered people to bury thousands of kilograms of gunpowder on both sides of the road leading to Zhongnan Mountain. No matter how powerful the Xuanjia Army is, they are still flesh and blood. body!”

Monk Daoxin twisted the Bodhi beads in his hand. Even so, he felt uneasy for some unknown reason.

The sky was getting darker and darker. Just as he watched the huge team approaching the pre-buried gunpowder point, several monks holding incense were standing behind several cannons, aiming at the fuses and ready to fire.

"Daoxin!"

"Emperor's heart!"

"What happened to you has happened. Please surrender immediately and don't say anything unforeseen!"

A huge sound that penetrated gold and cracked stone suddenly sounded from high in the sky, and then spotlights comparable to the sun lit up from high in the sky.
There seemed to be more than a dozen suns in the sky instantly, illuminating the entire mountain forest as if it were daytime.

There were thousands of bald black-robed monks hiding in the mountains and forests. Before they could cover their bald heads, the bald monks were like glowing light bulbs under the spotlight, which was extremely dazzling.

boom!
These monks who were hiding in the mountains and forests, preparing to assassinate the king, were all startled by this sudden change, and froze in place at a loss.

In the originally dark surrounding mountains and forests, lights suddenly brightened, countless torches were raised, and countless noisy footsteps sounded.

"It's broken, this is a trap!" Dao Xin was shocked.

"Senior brother!" Monk Dixin on the side looked at Daoxin in panic.

Dao Xin suppressed the throbbing in his heart: "Now that the matter has come to this, we can only put down all the troubles and ask the disciples not to mess up. With the Venerable here, it is still unclear who will die! As long as the emperor is killed, the world will be in chaos, which will be the opportunity for our Buddhism to prosper. !”

The surrounding ambush soldiers slowly gathered around and surrounded the mountain forest on three levels inside and three outside.

In the mountain forest, the monks dressed in black were standing in line with flintlock guns, facing off from a distance with the soldiers who were also holding flintlock firearms.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of heavy objects breaking through the sky high in the sky.

"Watch your head!"

A middle-aged monk shouted loudly, and then thousands of monks raised their guns and pointed them high in the sky.

"bang bang bang"

In the rising white smoke of the firearm, dense lead bullets came out of the chamber at the same time, forming a dense network of lead bullets in mid-air.

"A group of monks armed with guns, ho, la, la, la, it's really weird!"

A burst of hearty laughter sounded, and the sky seemed to tremble at this moment. The lead bullets shot out stagnated in the air, and then accelerated and fell downwards.

"Amitabha!"

Seeing that the lead bullets were about to fall on the heads of these warrior monks, the emperor chanted the Buddha's name in his heart, waved his hand and tugged on his shoulder. The cassock embroidered with gold threads on his body flew out of his hands, swelled in the wind, and instantly turned into a piece covering the mountain forest. Dozens of miles of huge cassock red cloth.

At this time, the government troops surrounding the mountain forest also seized the opportunity when the monks fired into the sky and pulled the trigger. The dense bullets hit the mountain forest from all directions at the same time.

On the huge red cloth cassock, the scriptures drawn with gold threads suddenly emitted golden light. Under the golden light, the bullets attacking in the mountains and forests fell on the golden light, as if they hit the iron plate, and emitted There was a clanking sound and then it fell to the ground. (End of chapter)