Song Zhenzong created gods for 15 years, and created the ancestor Zhao Xuanlang out of thin air

Mondo History Updated on 2024-02-18

Zhenzong was deeply ashamed of the alliance of the abyss because of Wang Qinruo's slander, and the story of history continues.

His heart was full of illnesses, including the world's doubts about the legitimacy of his father's throne, accusations that his father was seeking the right to inherit the throne for his brother, and speculation that he would replace his brother Yuanzuo to inherit the throne.

These old illnesses were not cured, and new shames followed, and his heart was disturbed by a fly.

According to the Book of Heaven: "Zhao was ordered, prospered in the Song Dynasty, and paid in Heng." Stay in its instrument and keep it right. Seven hundred, ninety-nine fixed. "Emperor Zhenzong followed the meaning of the Book of Heaven and renamed the year as the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu, expressing the implication that everything is moderate.

Then, Emperor Zhenzong held an amnesty, giving the Beijing master five days of drunkenness, including commutation, ** general salary increase, and a five-day holiday in the capital, drinking and celebrating. This troublesome superstitious ** was unveiled.

Three months later, Emperor Zhenzong ordered the courtiers to discuss the matter of sealing Zen, sealing Zen refers to the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, which belongs to the great gift of the emperor to enshrine Mount Tai after the peace of the world, Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty have held this ceremony.

However, the emperors of later generations yearned for the Zen ceremony, but they still had to weigh whether their merits matched this great gift, and they did not dare to make a mistake. Wang Dan led more than 24,000 civil and military officials, military generals and even feudal lords, monks, and seniors five times, and asked Zhenzong to seal Zen.

* It must be broadly representative, and Wang Dan has brought together representatives of ethnic minorities (Fanyi), religious circles (monks) and respected democrats (Qishou) just right.

Emperor Zhenzong asked Ding Wei, the envoy of the third secretary of Quan, how much money he had, and Ding Wei replied: "There is more than enough." Emperor Zhenzong decided to have a Zen addiction, and said at a court meeting in June that last year, the god told him in a dream that there was a book from heaven to Mount Tai, and sure enough, he got the book of heaven in the Liquan Pavilion of Mount Tai.

So it was the ministers who congratulated him, and the emperor worshipped him, paving the way for Feng Chan. On the fourth day of the first month of October, the Feng Zen team took the book of heaven as the forerunner, marched to Mount Tai in a mighty way, walked for 17 days in total, and only arrived at the foot of Mount Tai.

For three days of fasting, the mountain climbing held a cumbersome Zen ceremony, and it was an amnesty for the world, and the civil and military officials all entered the ranks, giving the world three days of drunkenness, and the banquet at public expense spread all over the country. This grand ceremony demonstrated the authority and self-confidence of Emperor Zhenzong, and at the same time once again proved the terrible feudal superstition.

In November, Zhenzong's brigade came to Qufu, where they visited the Confucian Temple and presented the Confucian Temple with three million dollars. The ceremony lasted for a total of 57 days, and after that, the whole country was discussing Fu Rui, and all kinds of praises and gifts poured in, and the whole country seemed to fall into a state of obsession.

Ding Wei was only a petty official under Wang Qinruo at the beginning, but later became an important figure in the politics of Zhenzong in his last years. Lin ** was calculating, and Ding Wei made him the third envoy and held the financial power.

Liu Chengqi was a eunuch, and he served as the envoy of the Imperial City Division when Zhenzong forged the Book of Heaven. Chen Pengnian is a scholar, and he uses his knowledge to participate in the formulation of the ritual system of the Eastern and Western rituals.

Zhenzong accepted the dream of the immortals, saying that Zhao Xuanlang was his ancestor, and introduced a series of measures to commemorate this ancestor. The activities of Shinto religion are increasing, and the practice of sealing Zen and worshipping Fenyin also merge with Taoism.

In June of the sixth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, the officials and fathers of Bozhou, Lao Tzu's hometown, entered Beijing**, and Zhenzong decided to go to Taiqing Palace to worship in person. He appointed Ding Wei as the judge of Bozhou, responsible for preparing relevant matters.

A few months later, Ding Wei offered a large amount of Ganoderma lucidum from Bozhou, which made Kou Zhun and others very suspicious. Zhenzong opened another hall to exhibit these lingzhi mushrooms to confirm their authenticity.

During the reign of Zhenzong, religious activities became an important part of state activities, among which Taoism was the most favored. He did not hesitate to spend a lot of construction and financial resources to build all kinds of religious buildings, including government palaces.

Zhenzong began to build the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace in the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources, but due to the day and night supervision of Ding Wei, the palace was completed in only seven years.

The architecture of this palace is magnificent and magnificent, luxurious and luxurious, surpassing the Qin Zhi's Afang and the Han Dynasty's Jianzhang. Zhenzong also set up the Tianqing Temple, which must be established in all prefectures and counties across the country, and the total number exceeded 1,000.

In order to worship the holy ancestor Zhao Xuanlang, Zhenzong built Jingling Palace in Shouqiu, and Jingling Palace and Taiji Temple were also built in Jingshi. The number of these palace buildings is staggering, with 1,322 buildings in the Jingling Palace in Qufu alone, and 726 buildings in the Jingling Palace in Jingshi.

In order to manage and maintain these palaces, Zhenzong also set up palace officials, who enjoyed honorary titles and could receive an extra salary, which later became a special series in the ranks of the bureaucracy, exacerbating the severity of redundancy and redundancy.

Five years after the Dazhong auspicious charm, Zhenzong ordered Wang Qinruo, Cao Gu and Zhang Junfang to sort out the new Dao Collection, and four years later, the New Dao Collection was basically completed and named "Baowen Tonglu".

Four years later, in the third year of Tianxi, a total of 4,565 volumes were supplemented, and the seven Tibets were copied, and Zhenzong was renamed "The Treasure of the Great Song Dynasty Heavenly Palace", which has an important position in the history of Taoism.

Shinshu's Shinto farce is a constant once a year, and he is completely immersed in his self-directed role. Although the monarchs and ministers of a country all show off the "emperor's new clothes", there are still people who dare to tell the truth.

In the first year of Qianxing, Tianshu was buried in the mausoleum, ending the 15-year farce. However, this farce of the book of heaven had a significant impact on the politics and finances of the Zhenzong Dynasty, making Zhenzong repeatedly keen on "auspiciousness" ** but had no intention of revitalizing the government, resulting in the government being made into a miasma by the "five ghosts".

In Song Zhenzong's later years, his mental state became very unstable, and even the phenomenon of gibberish appeared. Long-term superstitious hints led him into a state of obsession, and most of the major affairs of the court were decided by the Empress Liu.

Financially, his behavior is even more worrying. Dongfeng Taishan in the east and Fenyin in the west spent a lot of wealth, not including the trip to Bozhou. The construction of the Zhaoying Palace in Yuqing also cost a lot of money, although the specific expenditure records are incomplete, only three statues cost 10,000 taels of gold and 5,000 taels of silver.

If the Jingling Palace, Taiji Temple and various palace temples in the capital are counted, the cost may be immeasurable. In the early period of Zhenzong, after nearly forty years of economic recovery, the world was rich and financially sound.

However, because he was obsessed with religious rituals and superstitious activities, he almost squandered Taizu's savings. By the time of his old age, the country's savings were limited.

These acts caused great harm to the economy and society of the Song Dynasty, seriously undermined agricultural production, and brought great suffering to the people. After the Song Dynasty defeated the separatist forces, the economic development was sluggish, which had a lot to do with the perverse actions of Song Zhenzong.

At that time, there were also some sober ministers who opposed these acts of labor and money, but most of them were forced by the situation and just went with the flow. However, it is deplorable that two famous figures who served as prime ministers during the Song Zhenzong period: Kou Zhun and Wang Dan, who were known for their integrity in their lives, but they planted a big heel in events such as the Book of Heaven and hated them for eternity.

When the Book of Heaven first fell, Wang Dan was the prime minister. Zhenzong and Wang Qinruo planned the matter of the book from heaven, and they were afraid that Wang Dan would oppose it, so Wang Qinruo discussed with Wang Dan in advance, and used both soft and hard, and Wang Dan reluctantly agreed.

Song Zhenzong was afraid that he would regret it, so he summoned him alone, and after the feast, he gave him a statue of wine, saying, "This is an excellent wine, take it back and enjoy it with your wife and children." ”

When Wang Dan came back, he opened it and saw that it was full of pearls. On the one hand, the emperor's heavenly might, and on the other hand, the rich reward, Wang Dan went through a fierce ideological struggle and finally obeyed.

However, this has since become Wang Dan's heart disease. The bigger and more outrageous the matter, the more painful Wang Dan's heart became, and he was depressed all day long. He deeply regretted that he did not speak out and admonished, and died in self-blame.

Kou Zhun also did not agree with Wang Qinruo and others to engage in the Heavenly Book Fall, and expressed something, but he knew that this matter had the support of Song Zhenzong, so he did not openly oppose it. Later, he served as the Zhiyongxing Army, and Zhu Neng, an officer in charge, reported that he had discovered the advent of the Book of Heaven (it was March of the third year of Tianxi, and it should be the fourth Heavenly Book in order).

Someone gave Zhenzong an idea: "Everyone knows that Kou Zhun does not believe in the coming of the Book of Heaven, this time the Book of Heaven has come to Kou Zhun in the jurisdiction, and he should be asked to write a public report, so that the whole court will believe that the coming of the Book of Heaven is really happening." ”

The true sect obeyed.

Kou Zhun refused to write down the memorabilia at first, but in desperation, the emperor sent Zhou Huaizheng, a eunuch beside him, to exert pressure. Eventually, Kou Zhun was forced to follow the emperor's instructions.

Later, Kou Zhun was appointed prime minister, and it was suggested that he expose the truth in order to gain the initiative, but he was afraid that it would cost him the status of prime minister, so he did not accept this suggestion.

However, soon after, Zhou Huaizheng and Zhu Neng were exposed for treason, and at the same time, the forgery of the Book of Heaven was also exposed. This led to Kou Zhun being demoted to Leizhou, where he eventually died.

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