The great man will live forever

Chapter 127 Emperor Wu’s preference

In 110 BC, the year of Xinwei (Year of the Sheep) was also called the first year of Yuanfeng in China. In this year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was 47 years old. He had been emperor for 30 years, and he was thirty years old.

This year, many major events happened in the Han Dynasty. Liu Han pacified Minyue and Dading in the south. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty led a personal expedition. 18 troops left the fortress and the Xiongnu fled far away.

Looking back at the past, Liu Che was filled with emotion after being in power for 30 years. He had done too many things.

Liu Che went from a young emperor who suffered from constraints to a grand and ambitious Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who practiced politics internally and fought against foreign barbarians. The Han Dynasty also changed from a country with internal worries and constant foreign aggression to a more unified and more unified country. The powerful and culturally charming Han Empire.

The current Han Dynasty, regardless of its land area, population, economy, and prestige are no worse than those at the peak of the Qin Dynasty, or even stronger.

He promoted virtuous people, recruited talented people, and recruited knowledgeable people from all over the world;
He founded Imperial College, appointed wise teachers, raised Confucian scholars, promoted Confucianism, and encouraged the establishment of schools;
He pushed back favors, quelled rebellions, spent money to seize titles, centralized power in the central government, and consolidated the unified Han Dynasty!
He even appointed Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Liu Han and others arbitrarily to expel the Xiongnu and force back powerful enemies. The northern border ushered in long-lost stability;
He pacified the barbarians in the south and settled the two Vietnams in the south. These ethnic groups with deep ties to the Central Plains merged with the Han, and the southern border was also unified.

On the trade road from Chang'an to the Western Regions (Silk Road), the reputation of the Han Dynasty spread to further parts of the world along with envoys and caravans.
All of this showed the greatness of the Han Dynasty, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty prepared to enshrine Mount Tai.

"Zhuangzi" said: "The gap between heaven and earth in life is like the passing of a white colt, just suddenly."

The son said on the river: "The dead are like husbands, never giving up day and night."

The saddest thing about a person is that no matter how powerful he is, he will eventually die.

Therefore, being able to make some achievements in a limited life is a tacit and noble ideal of life for almost everyone.

Fengzen on Mount Tai is also the loftiest ideal of every emperor. An altar of earth is built on Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and repay heaven for his merits, so it is called Fengzen.This hill at the foot of Mount Tai removes the earth and repays the merits of the earth, so it is called Zen.

Since ancient times, only when there is auspiciousness or peace and prosperity from heaven, the emperor can go to Mount Tai, "the highest mountain in the world", to hold a Zen ceremony.

When Duke Huan of Qi wanted to hold a ceremony to enshrine the throne, Guan Zhong dissuaded him, saying: "In ancient times, Fuxi, Shennong, Yanhuang and others who enshrined Zen in Mount Tai, when they enshrined themselves, there were good harvests, phoenixes, and all kinds of auspiciousness. to."

After Duke Huan of Qi heard about it, he thought that during his reign, he was not so lucky to see auspiciousness from heaven, so he had no choice but to give up.

From this we can also see how solemn and sacred the act of conferring Zen was in the hearts of the ancients.

The first emperor to be granted Zen status in Mount Tai was Qin Shihuang. He was naturally qualified. Liu Che also had this qualification now, and the reason why he wanted to do so was because of one person, the very famous Sima Xiangru in later generations.

I am afraid that everyone in future generations has heard the story of this man and Zhuo Wenjun, about a phoenix begging for a phoenix, elopement, a rich girl, a widow, a talented man...

The combination of all these things is so eye-catching, and it will be ranked first in the hot searches for future generations.

Zhuo Wenjun is one of the four most talented women in ancient times. "Poems of a Resentful Man" and "Baitou Yin" are both very good.

As white as the snow on the mountain, as bright as the moon in the clouds... I wish to have the person of my heart, and we will never be apart until we grow old...

Not to mention Zhuo Wenjun, Sima Xiangru is even more powerful. He is one of the four great masters of Han Fu and is known as the "Fu Sheng" and "Ci Zong".

"Zixu Fu", "Shanglin Fu", "Sima Xiangru's Letter to Admonish Hunter", "Nangmen Fu", and "Feng Qiuhuang" are all written by others. Even in Sima Qian's eyes, his literary talent and achievements exceeded Jia Yi in the early Han Dynasty (the brilliant man who wrote "On the Passage of Qin").

Among them, "Shanglin Fu" is probably the most famous. It has many words and is also unfamiliar and difficult to write. Later generations even ridiculed it on the Internet. When writing "Lin Fu", I was so proud that I had to know that it is really difficult to write. It is more than 4000 words. , I don’t recognize half of it, and there are so many strokes.

"The camel, the cricket, the donkey, the donkey and the mule, gradually separated, the turtle, the bighead carp, the fin, the cricket and the flying bird, the leech, the earwig, the leech, the fox, and the cricket..."

There are many words like this, but the key point is that they are not telling a love story. They just praise the water power, aquatic products, vegetation, animals, terraces, trees, and apes in Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Shanglin Garden, and then write about the emperor's hunting. Yu Qinggong finally wrote about the emperor's repentance and reflection.

Nine years ago, in the fourth year of Yuanshou (119 BC), Sima Xiangru probably knew that he was not far away from death and that his time was running out. However, his heart of revitalizing the country and benefiting the country was not dead, or in other words, his heart was unwilling to accept the world. My heart was still beating, so I tried my best to fulfill my long-cherished wish and wrote a "Feng Chan Essay".

It was precisely because of Sima Xiangru's "Essay on Feng Chan" before his death that Liu Che had the idea of ​​​​Feng Chan.In fact, Sima Xiangru's original intention was to "advise a hundred people to ridicule one person", but his article largely described Liu Che's auspicious events and political achievements during his reign.

After Liu Che saw it, he was very happy, but also a little heartbroken. Sima Xiangru was going to die. "I understand, I will not let you down," so he planned to enshrine him.Liu Han had seen this Sima Xiangru ten years ago, but at that time he was gray-haired and an old man, so he only saw him. He even saw Zhuo Wenjun. Maybe he was old, and he was already an old woman. She doesn't look pretty at all, but she is very elegant and has a special temperament.

Zhuo Wenjun died earlier. At that time, Liu Han was busy preparing for the Battle of Mobei with Huo Qubing, so he paid a hurried visit. After the battle, Liu Han wanted to visit him, but he was regretful when he learned that he was already dead. But history is full of regrets.

In 116 BC, someone accidentally dug up a giant cauldron and presented it to Liu Che. When Liu Che used the giant cauldron to offer sacrifices, he saw a yellow cloud rising from the cauldron, and then a roe deer appeared out of thin air passing by. The minister Everyone agreed that this was a detailed omen, and the alchemist Gongsun Qing then commented: "When the tripod is born, it can reach the gods, and a Zen ceremony should be held."

Regarding this auspicious sign, Liu Han could definitely say that it was fake. There was a cauldron. He didn't know whether it was discovered by chance, but he suspected that it was premeditated. As for the sacrifice, there was a yellow cloud in the cauldron, which was pure. It's nonsense.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was performing sacrifices, he was right next to him. He didn't see anything. His eyesight was so good that he could shoot a horse from a hundred meters away.

But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that he had seen it, so he could only see it, and the roe deer. Later he inquired and found out that the Yulin army captured it from Shanglin Garden, and it was the generals he had led to capture it in person, and then sacrificed it. secretly released.

There have been many auspicious events like this in recent years. Liu Han wanted to laugh, but he just turned a blind eye.

Later, Liu Che ordered Confucian scholars to determine the process and etiquette of conferring Zen in ancient books. He heard that ancient emperors would withdraw their troops before conferring Zen. So after the south was slightly calmed down, he went on a personal expedition and led 18 soldiers to Shuofang for a military parade. After the military parade, the army was dismissed in Xuru.

After all these preparations were completed, the matter of Feng Chan was officially put on the agenda.

On October [-]th of this year, Liu Che's Zen ceremony officially began.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty led hundreds of officials, but Liu Han did not arrive. He was still in Minyue and was rushing back. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not delay the conferment of Zen for which he had been preparing for a long time. If it was Huo Qubing, it might be possible.

More than 1 Yulin troops, as well as hundreds of civil and military officials, first arrived at Liangfu Mountain, a small mountain at the foot of Mount Tai, where Liu Che offered sacrifices to the earth gods, which was a "Zen" ceremony. ,

The Confucian scholars present wore white deerskin hats on their heads and tied wat boards with ribbons around their waists. They first held an ox-shooting ceremony, and then set up an altar in the east under Mount Tai. White deer, pigs, sheep and yaks were used as sacrifices. The three-ridged thatch produced in the area was woven into a mat, sealed with five-color soil, and a jade ultimatum was buried under the altar to convey the intention to the gods.

After the "Zen" ceremony was completed, Liu Che looked at the officials and said, "You don't want to go to Fengtian. I can just take my car with you."

"Come, follow me." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled and took Huo Shan's little hand. At this time, Huo Shan looked confused. He didn't know what this meant.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to tell God, the ancestors, and the sages about the might and achievements of his great Han Dynasty. What a glorious thing it was. Who among the officials wouldn’t want it?

His father, Sima Tan, was unable to follow Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to become a Buddhist monk due to illness. It was a lifelong regret for him as a Taishi official. Before his death, he "held Qianqian's hands and wept" and lamented, "Today, my son takes over the throne of a thousand years old and is granted the title of Mount Tai, and I can't follow it. It's my destiny." Yefu! Order my husband!"

Although all the officials wanted to go, they couldn't stop Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty despite his words. They could only watch helplessly as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the little hand of Huo Qubing's ten-year-old son, Huo Shan, and slowly climbed to the top of Mount Tai step by step. A "sealing" ceremony was held at the top of Mount Tai.

Of course, the entire process of the "sealing" ceremony on the top of the mountain is kept secret from the outside world.

At the top of Mount Tai, with a panoramic view of the infinite mountains and rivers, and the majesty blowing slowly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty seemed to have returned to the past, "Do you know what I have done these years?"

Huo Shan just shook his head. He was still young and didn't know what Taishan Fengchan meant, nor what an honor it was for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to bring him up.

"Oh my god..."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty listed his achievements in these years one by one.

"Your Majesty is amazing."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty continued to smile, then looked at Huo Shan, stretched out his hand, and gently touched his face, "You and Aweng are really very similar. When I see you, I seem to see him again. I remember When I first met him..."

With nostalgia in his eyes, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to talk about his past and the great achievements of Huo Shan's father, Huo Qubing.

In their twenties, being a wolf and living under a banner, drinking from horses, is a peak that many famous generals cannot reach in their entire lives.But God is jealous of talents, who can not feel sorry for them?

Marquis Wu’s Northern Expedition, Emperor Shizong’s ambition, and Mu Mu’s unwarranted ambitions were all just one step away!

(End of this chapter)