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Text Chapter 466 Legend of the Book of Heaven

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    The weather is sunny and cloudless, another great day!  It¡¯s just that Zhao Pu was in a bad mood.  Having been in the sun for a long time, there are some signs of heat stroke; it is fasting again, I haven¡¯t eaten for a day, and I am already so hungry that my chest is touching my back.  At the end of the day, Zhao Pu couldn¡¯t hold it any longer.  "You just can't hold on, but you have to hold on."  Who made him the emperor, who made the plague happen, who made him pretend to be a wise king, he could only endure it.  Life is a show, and a life that cannot show off must be a tragic life.  As a king, you need to put on a show and leave the image of a wise king to the people and ministers.  Only in this way can his throne be more secure!  A plague struck, and an earthquake occurred in the entire political arena of the Song Dynasty.  ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  After the plague broke out, the imperial court made great efforts to treat it, and even asked the imperial doctors to find a way.  The results were dismal and the damage was serious.  Fortunately, the court's timely disaster relief, strong national mobilization capabilities, and large amounts of financial investment brought the plague under control and did not lead to a disaster like the Black Death in Europe.  But even so, when a plague came, there were countless casualties.  And what is more terrifying than the plague is the fear brought by the plague!  In order to divert fear, it is inevitable that some people will take the blame. ????????????????????????????? When there is an earthquake, it is said that there is a treacherous minister in the court; when there is a flood, it is said that a certain minister has lost his morality; when there is a drought, it is said that the king has done something inappropriate and needs to reflect on it.  In short, if a certain natural disaster occurs, it must be that someone in the court has done something bad, or there is a traitor in the court.  At first, Zhao Pu thought this was feudal superstition and lacked scientific education; but now, Zhao Pu thinks it makes sense.  In fear.  People tend to do irrational things, scholar-officials tend to do childish things, and kings tend to do stupid things. The superposition of many irrational things can easily cause devastating disasters, which are more terrible than simple droughts, floods, plagues and earthquakes.  To vent the panic in your emotions.  Reduce the occurrence of irrational things, so you have to take the blame, be a punching bag, and vent your emotions!  So, there was an earthquake in the political arena, and some prime ministers fell.  Some ministers stepped down.  And this is just "admission"!  It¡¯s not enough to just ¡°admit your mistakes¡±, you also need to ¡°correct them¡±!  After the downfall of some high-ranking officials, Zhao Pu started sacrificial activities again and held a massive sacrificial event.  Sacrifice is the main part of the etiquette. There are five scriptures in etiquette. Don¡¯t focus on the sacrifice. It is to serve the gods and bring blessings.  Sacrifice objects are divided into three categories: gods, earth, humans and ghosts.  God worships.  The land is only called sacrifice, and the ancestral temple is called enjoyment.  The concept of sacrifice records the explanations in Confucian books such as "Zhou Rites", "Book of Rites", "Book of Rites Justice", and "Extensions of the Great Learning".  In ancient China, "gods do not worship non-human beings, and people do not worship non-ethnic people." There is a strict hierarchy in sacrifice.  The gods and the earth are only sacrificed by the emperor.  The princes and officials offered sacrifices to the mountains and rivers.  Scholars and common people could only offer sacrifices to their ancestors and the Kitchen God.  An earthen platform several feet wide was built, and then under the command of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Pu started the sacrificial activities like a puppet on strings.  The whole sacrificial process is extremely complicated.  After all the ordeal, Zhao Pu felt as if he was exhausted.  After the sacrifice, Zhao Pu began to sit on the altar and pray for blessings.  The process of praying is the process of basking in the sun, and the process of self-abuse. It seems that only self-abuse can appear pious.     the entire process.  From morning to afternoon, it lasted eight or nine hours without stopping. After one lap, Zhao Pu couldn't bear it anymore.  And some old ministers even fell into a coma.  However, only in this way can sincerity be shown!  Sincerity, many times, is just self-abuse.  At this time, Zhao Pu was a little lucky, thanks to the fact that he was young and strong, so it really didn¡¯t matter if he was hungry or basked in the sun.  But if you are an old person, this will be a bit of a disadvantage!  ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ After the sacrificial meeting, Zhao Pu began to treat the plague.  At this time, a pamphlet for treating the plague was issued.  For example, a lot of content is hard to understand.  For example, vaccination with cowpox can prevent smallpox. However, there are some problems with how it works and how to explain it.  The explanation is unclear, so I won¡¯t explain it at all.  ¡°Cinchona cream can treat dysentery, but Zhao Pu doesn¡¯t know the specific principle and has no suitable explanation.  There are many ways to prevent and treat plague, which are simply not understood by people of this era, and the principles cannot be explained clearly.  If you force an explanation, the more you explain, the more confused you will become.  It is better not to explain it clearly than to explain it clearly.  He is the emperor, he does things without explanation.    Soon, pamphlets on the treatment and prevention of plague were distributed.  Because this was in the name of an imperial edict, it spread extremely widely. Some people were skeptical at first, but gradually, the effect took effect.  In the process of controlling the plague, after vaccination with cowpox, no one got smallpox; after cleaning, the number of plague casualties was greatly reduced; and after cinchona was used to treat dysentery, the death rate due to dysentery was greatly reduced.  decline.  After the outbreak of the plague, the number of civilian casualties decreased significantly.  The scholar-officials looked askance at it, and the people were also surprised. However, no one knew where the pamphlet came from or why the emperor knew these methods of treating the plague. ?????????????????? The emperor mostly remained silent and did not give a clear answer.  As a result, various rumors spread.  According to rumors, the Yellow Emperor fought fiercely with Chi You, and Chi You used witchcraft to make the Yellow Emperor lose the battle in nine battles. At this time, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady came and taught the Yellow Emperor the Heavenly Book.  The Yellow Emperor defeated Chi You with great force, beheaded Chi You, and unified China.  And the current emperor was also favored by the gods in heaven, and the heavenly book was passed down in his dream, and the plague was cured.  And this rumor spreads more and more widely, and the more it spreads, the more market it has.  And combined with the powerful martial arts not long ago, the feat of exorcising the Jurchens also objectively proves the legitimacy of the legend of the Book of Heaven!  After Zhao Pu learned about it, he just smiled and didn't pay much attention.  There are many things that cannot be explained. The more we explain, the more troublesome it will be. Rather than this, it is better not to explain.  Gradually people will forget, no one will remember it for a long time!  However, I didn¡¯t expect that decades later, historical data would record this incident.  "History of the Song Dynasty": In the tenth year after the rise of martial arts, there was a great plague in the dark clouds. The people were devastated and mourned all over the fields. The color of the heaven and earth changed, and the sun and the moon sighed.  The officials submitted a letter asking for sacrifices to heaven to alleviate the plague, and Emperor Wu agreed.  In Xuzhou City, an earthen altar was set up ten miles away, and Emperor Wu offered sacrifices to it.  The Emperor of Heaven was inspired by this, and sent eight volumes of books in his dream, containing methods to defeat plague and cure epidemics, such as smallpox, dysentery, and plague.  This book is called "Eight Books to Break the Plague".  This book has come into the world, bringing countless living people and immeasurable merits!
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