Biography of Yang Fei

Chapter 307 Immortality

Yu Xiaoxian couldn't bear such a blow, she just felt the sky was dark and she passed out!Lian'er shook her head, and said softly: "Don't have the intention of harming others! Xiaoxian, if you harm others, you will end up harming yourself!" The maids hurriedly carried Yu Xiaoxian out.

Yang Yu, who hadn't spoken all this time, looked at her meaningfully and said, "Yes! You must be defensive!"

But Lian'er smiled softly, turning her back on it, and said: "Your Majesty! It's the concubine's fault that caused such a big incident. The concubine doesn't know that a small action will make sister Xiaoxian suspicious!" The emperor couldn't help but Comfortingly said: "How can I blame you! You can raise your baby with peace of mind! I think you look very beautiful when you prepare clothes for the child!"

Seeing the emperor's praise, Lian'er couldn't help smiling shyly.The emperor also smiled and said: "I won't bother you if you are pregnant, and have a good confinement!" Lian'er bowed profusely, with a look of reluctance.

The emperor smiled and left with Yang Yu. Along the way, each had their own thoughts and did not speak.The emperor was thinking about his own background, but Yang Yu was thinking about Lianer's scheming. This person's methods should not be underestimated. He easily dealt with his opponent, which Yang Yu couldn't help admiring.

When they reached the Hehuan Hall, Yang Yu asked with a charming smile, "Isn't the Emperor coming to the Hehuan Hall for a sit down!?" Seeing that Imperial Physician Han always followed the emperor, Yang Yu had some doubts in her heart, what is she going to do?
The emperor thought for a moment, motioned for Imperial Physician Han to go back to Feishuang Hall first, and smiled at Yang Yu: "I haven't been to Hehuan Hall for a long time, go and have a seat!"

After saying that, she took Yang Yu's hand and walked into the Hehuan Hall. For some reason, Yang Yu felt that Eunuch Diao's shadow flashed by the corner, as if he was hiding.

Yang Yu understood that he was afraid that his ugly face would offend the emperor, so it was not absolutely strange.Yang Yu personally brewed a cup of scented tea, and asked, "What is the emperor doing in Feishuang Palace these days? I saw that Imperial Physician Han also stayed in Feishuang Palace. Could it be that the emperor is not feeling well?"

The emperor saw Yang Yu's worried face, very cute, couldn't help laughing, couldn't help but pull Yang Yu over, sat on his body, and said: "I'm fine, I just ask the doctor Han about some things about cultivating immortals. That's all!"

Yang Yu couldn't help frowning deeply, "The method of cultivating immortals?"

The emperor nodded and sighed: "I have believed in Buddhism for many years, but I haven't felt the good fortune of the Lord Buddha. It may be that I have no destiny with Buddha! Therefore, I want to try the Taoist method, maybe it will be beneficial!"

Yang Yu couldn't help but remain silent. The emperor wasted money and labored people to believe in Buddhism. If he did something for Taoism, it would still be the common people who suffered. Moreover, the controversy over Buddhism has been going on for hundreds of years. If the emperor's attitude is so ambiguous, he must first believe in it. If you study Buddhism and respect Taoism, then the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism will intensify until it gets out of hand!
Although the emperor is a faint king, and Yang Yu doesn't necessarily understand state affairs so well, she doesn't want Tang to be tossed away like this!Besides, Yang Yu himself believed in Buddhism more, so he persuaded: "Your Majesty, think twice! It's not that Taoism is bad, but there are too many monsters, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was more or less harmed by these monsters!"

The emperor couldn't help but fell into silence, Yang Yu's words were not unreasonable, in Datang alone, there were five emperors who died at Yaodao's hands!At least five of them died of poisoning after taking elixirs. They were Taizong, Xianzong, Muzong, Wuzong and Xuanzong.

Tang Taizong (599-649, Li Shimin), like Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi, is an outstanding figure among Chinese emperors.But in his later years, when he was seriously ill, he also made the same low-level mistake as Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi, that is, believing that people can live forever.But unlike Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi, he didn't ask the gods, but asked an Indian alchemist to refine the longevity medicine for himself, and then took it.

It was the 22nd year of Zhenguan (648), the right guard led the chief Shi Wang Xuan Ce to conquer Tianzhu and won a war, and captured an alchemist named "Naraer Suo Po Mei", who claimed to have the art of longevity.Wang Xuance was overjoyed, thinking that this was an opportunity to please the emperor. The emperor might not be interested in the rare treasures of Tianzhu, but he would not want to live forever.

When Wang Xuance returned to the capital city of Chang'an, he offered his military officer to Emperor Taizong.Na Luoer Suo Bomei said that he was more than 200 years old, and Taizong was convinced by his nonsense, and he respected him like a god. Order Cui Dunli, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to supervise the matter.Then, according to the medicine list prescribed by Luo Ersuobomei, envoys were sent to all parts of the country to collect strange medicines and stones; for medicinal materials that could not be collected in the country, envoys were sent to Brahmans and other countries to obtain them.

According to the "New Book of Tang · Biography of Tianzhu Kingdom", the "Pan Tea Method Water" used by this Indian alchemist for alchemy came out of a stone mortar and was guarded by a stone elephant man. The water has 7 colors, hot or cold, and can be melted. Plants, trees, gold and iron, when people put their hands into the water, the skin and flesh will rot, and they can only be scooped up with skeletons.One of the medicinal materials used in alchemy is a strange kind of leaves. The tree is called "Jui Lai Luo".To get this leaf, you need to shoot a branch with a square-headed arrow. When the leaf falls and is picked up by a group of birds, you need to shoot again to get it.Obtaining other alchemy materials is also difficult and strange.There are also historical records that Luo Er Suo Bo Mei refined this elixir, mainly using mercury, sulfur, arsenic and other substances.

Several months later, the longevity medicine was refined.Taizong suffered from wind disease one year ago, probably just nervous headache or the like; after taking this medicine, the condition not only did not improve, but aggravated.Taizong followed Luo Er Suo Bomei's instructions and increased the dosage. As a result, he was seriously poisoned and died violently in May of the following year. He was only 1 years old. He died young, otherwise he could have made many great achievements. .

Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty died because of taking longevity medicine, but it did not arouse the vigilance of his children and grandchildren. After him, many emperors still tried to rely on taking medicine for longevity.

Tang Xianzong (778-820, Li Chun) was known as the master of Zhongxing in the Tang Dynasty, and he still had something to do compared with those foolish and mediocre masters.But later, he thought that his meritorious deeds had been achieved and the world was peaceful, so he gradually became arrogant and extravagant. He not only built large-scale construction projects and palace buildings, but also believed in Buddhism and wanted to live forever. .

As soon as the edict was issued, some courtiers responded positively, and charlatans followed one after another.Prime Minister Huangfu Tie and Jinwu General Li Daogu and others successively recommended to Xianzong the alchemist Liu Mi and the monk Datong, saying that they would make the elixir.Liu Mi claimed to be 400 years old, and said nonsense that "Tiantai Mountain is a place where gods gather, and there are many spiritual grasses. Although I know it, I can't do it. If I can be the chief there, maybe I can get it."Monk Datong also boasted of his supernatural powers, saying that he was 150 years old.Another alchemist, Tian Yuanzuo, claimed to have a secret recipe for turning rubble into gold.Xianzong didn't love gold, but was only interested in immortality, so he appointed Liu Mi as the governor of Taizhou and bestowed gold on Zi.The admonisher said: "The first emperor also favored alchemists, but he didn't make him a local official." Xianzong said in a stern way: "If you are tired of the power of a state, you can be the leader of the people and achieve longevity. Why do you hesitate to give him an official position?" None of the ministers dared to remonstrate.

As soon as Liu Bi arrived in Taizhou, he drove the local officials and people to collect herbs in the deep mountains, and was whipped if he was negligent. He tossed for more than a year but found nothing.Fearing that he would not be able to deceive the emperor, Liu Mi fled his family to the deep mountains, but was captured by the East Zhejiang Observer and sent to the capital.Emperor Xianzong had always had illusions in his heart, not only did not punish him for his crimes, but also granted him the Imperial Academy to wait for an imperial edict, and asked him to refine the longevity medicine meticulously in Xingtang Temple.Liu Mi fiddled around, claiming that the medicine had been refined.Emperor Xianzong was overjoyed and took it immediately; but soon he became irritable and thirsty, and his body was abnormal.Pei Lishang, a housekeeper in the living room, remonstrated, saying that alchemists came here for profit, and that the medicine of gold and stone they refined could only cure diseases, not be eaten regularly, and it was impossible to make people live longer; Let the alchemists who refine the medicine and those who recommend them take it for one year to test its authenticity.Pei Lin's words were all for the emperor's sake, but Xianzong was furious and demoted him to Jiangling Ling.

After Xianzong took Liu Mi's longevity medicine, he was unable to go to court for several months due to poisoning;In the first month of the 15th year of Yuanhe (820), Chen Hongzhi, the permanent attendant, and Wang Shoucheng, the military watcher, conspired to kill the 43-year-old Xianzong in the Hall of Zhonghe.Even if he is not killed, he will not live long.

After Xianzong was slaughtered by eunuchs, his third son, Li Heng, ascended the throne as Tang Muzong (795-824).Mu Zong was licentious and extravagant, indulged in wine and sex all day long, was fond of hunting, feasted and rewarded excessively, and was indifferent to the government.After he ascended the throne, although the alchemist Liu Bi and others were executed, he was tempted by the alchemist to take the elixir for longevity.The official Zhang Gao advised him, saying that the late emperor believed in the lies of the alchemists and caused illness by taking medicine. His Majesty didn't know, how could he make the same mistake?Mu Zong praised Zhang Gao for his good words, but he still obeyed, which made his body weaker.In November of the second year of Changqing (822), when Mu Zong was playing ball with an eunuch, an eunuch accidentally fell off his horse, and Mu Zong was so frightened that he fell ill and was bedridden.However, he still took the pill as a life-saving straw, ate and ate it, and barely supported it for more than a year. Finally, he died at the age of 1 because of taking too much pill.

Tang Wuzong (814-846, Li Yan) was the fifth son of Tang Muzong.In the fifth year of Huichang (845), he issued an imperial edict to destroy the disadvantages of Buddhism, ordering the destruction of monasteries across the country, and more than 26 monks and nuns returned to lay life, which is known as "Huichang destroys Buddha".But this emperor, who did not believe in Buddhism, believed in Taoism.As early as two years before the edict to exterminate Buddha, he ordered the construction of Wangxian Tower in the forbidden palace, dreaming of meeting gods upstairs.At the same time that he ordered to destroy the Buddha, he also summoned 81 Taoist priests, including Zhao Guizhen, to come to the court, let them explain Taoism, and built a Jinlu dojo in the palace, and came to the Jiutian Temple to accept the law.Later, Liu Xuanqing, a Taoist priest in Hengshan, was granted the title of doctor Yinqing Guanglu and a scholar of Chongwenguan, and he was given the title "Mr. Guangcheng". He lived with Zhao Guizhen in the palace and wrote and revised legal records.Prime Minister Li Deyu advised him not to be fooled by alchemists, but he said, "I know Guizhen very well, and he has had no serious mistakes in the past. I summoned him just to talk about health preservation with him."He believed that Taoist priests such as Zhao Guizhen could live forever by taking elixir, so they stepped up to refine the elixir.He also ordered the construction of Wangxian Terrace in the southern suburbs, and ordered the Shence Army to rebuild the Wangxian Tower and Langshe 539 in the palace, preparing to meet the gods after taking the elixir.

　Spring is shining, little grandma asks for support!
　　
　
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