A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 306 Bai De Mountain, Taoist Holy Mountain
Bai Qi didn't care at all about Flan's praise.

He just said: "Maybe the master doesn't know something. If it is Buddhism, our country will welcome it. However, you are for Buddhism and you want the world to believe in it. This belief is like poison, which makes people unable to extricate themselves. For a country, , be cautious.

You may not know that before the Han Dynasty, there was a dynasty called Shang. They believed in heaven and worshiped humans, which eventually led to the destruction of the country.

Now our country of Bai has Taoism, believes in the Taoist ancestors of the Sanqing Dynasty, and has the Tianshi Mansion located in the Taihang Mountains to suppress the national destiny of the Bai country. If the master wants to promote Buddhism, he has to go to Bai De Mountain. "

Fran has a headache. This is the first time he has heard that the Han people have sects. Doesn't it mean that the Han people believe in Confucianism? Isn't Baiguo a holy land for Confucianism? Why did Taoism come out again? I have seen Taoism in history books. What is this Taoism and who are the founders of the Sanqing Dynasty?
"Your Majesty..."

Bai Qi interrupted him: "Master Frank, I heard Bai He say that Buddhism is indeed exquisite and has the ability to make people do good, but Buddha is an outsider after all, always separated from the Han people by thousands of miles.

If there is a religion, we Han people will believe in it as a whole country. I have thought about what religion is. It is nothing more than a contract with the gods and everyone gets what they need. If they convert easily, wouldn't they be breaking their promises?

Let’s take a trip to Bai Deshan Mountain! "

Fran had no choice but to retreat.

It’s no wonder that Bai Qi supports the Taoism of Bai De Mountain. Taoism has given too much. Not only Bai Lang, the founder of Taoism, is one of the ancestors of the Bai family, but even one-third of the gods enshrined by Taoism are from Bai Lang. Shi, it is simply tailor-made for Bai Shi.

Therefore, the Bai family never hindered the spread of Taoism in the Bai Kingdom, and even contributed to it intentionally or unintentionally.

Taoism originated from Taoism and was founded by Bai Lang, a disciple of Zhuang Zhou, the sage of Taoism. Bai Lang founded Tianshi Temple on Baide Mountain in the Taihang Mountains, which was later renamed Tianshi Mansion.

The conversion of Zhang Liang, the number one hero of the founding of the Han Dynasty, and the secret help of Bai Guo, greatly encouraged the Bai Deshan Tianshi Mansion.

From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to now, it has been more than 200 years. The Tianshi Mansion has also experienced nine heavenly masters. Starting from the first generation of heavenly masters, who they called the first heavenly master Bai Lang, the second heavenly master His master was Xu Daokong, and the third Celestial Master was Zhang Daoliang. Most of the subsequent Celestial Masters were named Zhang.

However, they are not the descendants of Zhang Liang, but the descendants of Bai Lang. Because of the tradition of the Bai family changing their surnames for three generations, and Bai Lang's descendants worshiped Zhang Liang as their teacher, they changed their name to Zhang.

However, the Tianshi Mansion does not clearly stipulate that the Tianshi must be succeeded by a Taoist named Zhang. Instead, Bai Lang's descendants have been trained by the family since childhood, and have the inheritance of Bai Lang and Zhang Liang. Taoist priests who have been on the mountain for many years have innate advantages.

Although the Tianshi Mansion is located in Bai De Mountain, deep in the Taihang Mountains, there are no less than twenty Taoist temples separated from the Tianshi Mansion in the entire Bai Kingdom. Therefore, most people in the Bai Kingdom believe in Taoism, and the people in the Bai Kingdom are tainted with Taoism. The casual style coincides with Bai's style.

However, because Tianshifu is not keen on preaching, but chooses to let Tianshifu's beliefs spread wherever they want, so no one outside the Bai Kingdom knows that Taoism exists.

Baiguan is the nearest pass where Chaoge enters the Taihang Mountains. It is also one of the Eight Trails of Taihang, also known as Baijing. The head of Taihang Mountain starts from Hanoi, and from Hanoi north to Youzhou, there are eight paths, from north to south: Junduxing, Puyinxing, Feihuxing, Jingxing, Fukouxing, Baixing, Taihangxing, Ziguan border the stove.

Among them, Baixing, Taihangxing and Zhiguanxing were built by the ancestors of the Bai family, and the rest were built by the princes and kings around Taihang during the Zhou Dynasty.

The earliest one of the Eight Paths was built, Baijing. It has been around for thousands of years. The mottled spots on its walls are extremely obvious. Due to the protection of the Bai family, since its construction, Baijing has only been breached once. That was during the Qin Dynasty. , Qin unified the six kingdoms, and the old Qin army's million-strong army attacked Taihang and destroyed the ancient Bai Kingdom, only this time.

Therefore, there is a saying that if the white path exists, the white country will survive; if the white path is broken, the white country will be destroyed.

Although Baide Mountain is located in the Taihang Mountains, and Baijing is the gateway to Taihang, the Taihang Mountains are so wide, spanning thousands of miles across Hebei, so starting from here, it is still three hundred miles away from Baide Mountain.

Fran knew that he needed a voucher to travel this time, so when asked by the soldiers, he quickly showed the voucher given by King Bai.

Although the soldier was a little uncomfortable with the man's appearance, he let him go as his identity was complete. Fortunately, I would like to remind you that the Taihang Mountains are vast, there are many wild animals in the mountains and forests, and the roads are crisscross and vertical. It is better to find a local guide, otherwise it may be difficult to reach the destination.

Frank thanked the soldiers for the reminder with a salute, and followed the good advice. The first thing he did when entering Baijing was to find a guide who was willing to take him to Bai De Mountain.

In addition to military use, Baijing also has commercial and civilian uses. It has been developed and built by the Bai family for thousands of years. The entire white path is very large. The city wall ends with the gorge walls on both sides. The wall facing the outside of Taihang Mountain is more than thirty meters high, but the wall facing inward is only more than ten meters high.

There is a gap of dozens of acres between the two walls, which is used as military barracks and residential buildings. Baijing has become a city gate rather than a pass.

It can be said that today's Baijing, as long as the city gate is closed and only a few hundred soldiers are needed, it can resist hundreds of thousands of troops. It can be said that one man can guard the gate and no one can open it. No one can attack at all unless there is no water or food in the city.

After staying in White Trail for three days, Fran finally found a guide willing to accompany him to White Mountain.

The guide is a hunter in the Taihang Mountains. He has lived in the Taihang Mountains for generations. He has been a Bai nationality for generations. Counting upwards, he can even be traced back to the Bai family. Of course, this is what he said himself, but according to Frank's estimation, his family Maybe you haven’t even seen what a family tree looks like.

Now Fran also understands the family system, which is completely different from Tianzhu and Guishang. In Tianzhu, a family does not have its own genealogy, only family emblems and lineages, so the inheritance is very vague. In addition, the religious system Suppression means there is absolutely no opportunity or resources for development. The Han Dynasty is different, the family system has penetrated into all aspects, starting from a small family of three; it can gradually become a small family of more than a dozen people; to a clan of dozens of people; to a powerful county with hundreds of people;
Then there are the powerful clans that influence thousands of people in a county; the even more influential families that connect counties across states; and even at the peak of development, there are the thousand-year-old clans like the Bai family and the Liu family that can influence the trend of the world.

Of course, a family does not need to support all the people with the same surname. Often a family, whether it is powerful or a clan like the Bai family, puts most of its energy into a small number of direct descendants.

The family system of the Han Dynasty has its own system of promotion and promotion, often in three generations. This is the wisdom of the Bai family for thousands of years. Other families also follow suit, because this system allows the family to maintain vitality and youth forever, without having to worry about the future. Being weighed down by the large number of tribesmen.

A family is dominated by dozens of direct descendants. The rest of the clan members are led by the direct descendants and enjoy the protection of the direct descendants. If they contribute to the direct descendants, the family will prosper, and the lower-level clan members will naturally enjoy the benefits.

Just like the Bai family, they do not use all the profits to enjoy the direct descendants, but invest in the construction of the entire family, such as Bai Xue and Bai Yuan, and Bai's business name, and there is also a hidden reputation.

The guide originally didn’t want to lead the way, but because Frank said he wanted to go to Bai De Mountain, and the guide was a Taoist believer, his wife said:

"It just so happens that the master is going to visit Bai De Mountain. You can burn two sticks of incense and ask Bai Di to protect his son and daughter from being harmed by wild beasts in the mountain."

The guide thought it was feasible. Because we were in Baijing, there were very few opportunities to go to Taoist holy places to burn incense. We usually worshiped the mountain gods at home and went to the Taoist temple nearest here to worship other gods. How could we have the opportunity to go to Bai De Mountain? Fragrant. Now someone asked him to go with him and paid him travel expenses.

In his very simple understanding, Bai De Mountain is the head of hundreds of temples, the lord of ten thousand mountains, and the location of the Tianshi Mansion. It is the closest place to the gods in the sky, and the people who live there are all immortals.

If I could burn a stick of incense there, as a Taoist believer, my life would be worthwhile. Only then did he agree to lead Fran. Although he had never been to Baid Mountain, he was a hunter after all, and at least he had the ability to protect Fran from snakes, insects, rats, ants, and wild beasts in the mountains.

After the two of them were ready, they started walking north because the guide asked a Taoist priest in a Taoist temple around Baijing. Baide Mountain is 290 miles northeast of Baijing.

So he prepared to go north first and then turn east.

Five days later, after stumbling and twisting along the way, Fran and the two finally arrived at the foot of Bai De Mountain.

That is to say, Bai Deshan is located in a remote location. Otherwise, it would have lost its peace and stability long ago, and believers would probably flock here. The purpose of setting up Taoist temples in other places is to divert the role of believers.

Therefore, although Bai De Mountain is the location of the Tianshi Mansion and a Taoist holy land, it has always remained quiet. Most of the people going up and down the mountain are Taoist priests and nobles, and these people are not too many. In Frank's eyes, this place is very desolate, with only parked cars at the foot of the mountain. A few ponies, a few donkeys.

On the road leading to the mountain at the foot of the mountain, there is a pavilion. A Taoist priest with his hair tied back by a wooden hairpin and a green robe is sitting cross-legged on a futon, holding a fly whisk, closing his eyes and relaxing. The plaque on the pavilion reads "Welcome Pavilion" ", there are two wooden signs on the pillars on both sides, which read, "Heavy rain will not moisten the roots of grass, and the way of the law must be broad to help those who are willing."

However, there are no stone tablets or signboards here that clearly indicate that it is the location of Bai De Mountain and Tianshi Mansion. Unlike other Taoist temples, there is already a gate archway at the foot of the mountain with the inscription "What a temple."

Fran stepped forward and asked: "This donor, is this Mount Bai De?"

The Taoist priest opened his eyes and saw a bald middle-aged man. Although it was a bit strange, years of practicing Taoism had allowed him to treat all living beings equally.

The Taoist priest smiled and said: "This layman, Bai De Mountain is located deep in the mountains. Those who come are either ascetics or pilgrims. As the saying goes: Yes and no, you have already arrived.

If you are interested, go up and have a look, so what if you don't find it? If you don't have a chance, go look for it, but what's the point of finding it? "

"Namo Amitabha, the donor is profound in Buddhism and has wisdom. If he learns Buddhism, he will never become a Bodhisattva and Arhat in the future."

The Taoist priest just felt baffled, but listening to the bald man's words, it seemed that he was from another sect. What is this Namo Amitabha? Is it comparable to the Infinite God?

But he was a guest after all, so the Taoist priest still smiled and said: "I wonder where the layman came from? Why are you looking for Bai Deshan?"

Fran lowered his eyebrows and said: "The poor monk came from the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu and was invited by His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to preach Buddhism to the Han Dynasty and find a way of liberation for the world. This time I came to Bai De Mountain under the order of King Bai. I came here to ask for advice and want to discuss with you, which one is more beautiful, Buddha or God."

The Taoist priest's face suddenly dropped, as he came here to kick the spectators.

Then he snorted coldly: "This is Bai Deshan. If you want to go up the mountain, please do it yourself!"

After saying that, he closed his eyes again and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)