Note: Stills of the film and television work "Under the Brocade"
Speaking of Emperor Jiajing, people always think of the "upright official" Hai Rui and the "treacherous prime minister"Yan Song, and the Ming emperor who ignored the government , All kinds of deeds of "addicted to cultivating immortals and unable to extricate themselves". Emperor Jiajing was a famous "advocating Taoist" emperor. Apart from famous Taoist figures such as Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen among his favorite Taoist priests, a Taoist priest named Lan Daoxing also became popular because of the hit TV series "Under the Brocade" a handful. In history, Lan Daoxing was born in Shandong and was quite famous at that time. According to the law, since ancient times and now, every Taoist priest who "walks on the rivers and lakes" must have "specialized expertise". This Lan Taoist is no exception. His "specialty" is an alchemy called " Fuluan (Fuji)". Relying on the miraculous ability of Fuluan's prophecy, Taoist Lando was successful in the capital, and met Emperor Jiajing as he wished. Soon, he gained the emperor's trust.
Note: The altar of qi in Taiwan
is here, it seems necessary to add a "small science popularization" of Fuluan: Fuluan is also called Fuji. Fu, refers to supporting the frame; Ji, for divination and questioning, is a kind of divination and prediction. This technique emerged in large numbers during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the practice of supporting spirits became more and more popular in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The person who supports the shaman is called jitong, jishou or Luansheng, etc. The "gods" use the shaman as a "medium" to send down "oracles". There are different forms of Fushi. Usually, after being "possessed by gods", children will use cones to record "revelation of gods" on the sand table, so as to answer doubts or promote enlightenment, etc. The psychic ability of the shaman is the key to the success or failure of the shaman. Judging from the narration of historical materials, Randao priest is very likely to be a "very spiritual" shaman.
In a Fushi with the emperor's participation, the "feature" recorded in the historical materials was staged like this:
On this day, the emperor was very happy after receiving the answer from the "spirit", and continued to ask more in-depth questions: "Today Why do you die?" Lan Daoxing conveyed the reply from the "God", saying: "The wise will not use it, and the unworthy will never retreat." This kind of persuasive reply of "professional ministers, distant villains" is not new to us. The strange thing is that under the continuous questioning of Emperor Jiajing, the "gods" bluntly accused Yan Song and his son of their various crimes. According to normal human logic, things that are not clearly stated will leave a "wonderful room for interpretation", and when this is implemented into a "determined" matter, it will only offend the person, and the other party is still a powerful person who is deeply loved by the family.
The emperor logically asked the "spirits": "If that's the case, why didn't you destroy them (Guoer, why don't you kill them)?" The
"spirits" replied: "It's just waiting for the emperor to deal with them personally. (Leave it to the emperor to kill himself)!"
Emperor Jiajing was headstrong, but he cared about the advice given by the "spirit". It happened that the censor Zou Yinglong Shangshu impeached Yan Song and his son, and the emperor ordered Yan Song to retire, and exiled his son Yan Shifan, his cronies Luo Longwen and others. The situation in the court changed suddenly, and Yan Song, who was once powerful, finally embarked on a nightmare journey. Although Yan's father and son were unwilling, although they were eager to "turn over the table", they ended in failure in the end.
Note: Yan Song's portrait
Later generations expressed their opinions on this bizarre and dramatic Fushi event that reversed the power of the dynasty when they told about this past event. The original words recorded in "History of the Ming Dynasty" are "Dao Xing hates Yan Song, and the fake shackles speak of Song's crime of adultery." It is said that because Lan Daoxing hated Yan Song, he used the mouth of "gods" to expose his crimes. Others said that Lan Daoxing was originally a member of Yan Song's "political enemy" Xu Jie's battalion, and even recommending Lan Taoist priests to enter the palace was a step in the plan of "reversing Yan" formulated by the scheming Xu Jie to take advantage of Jiajing's preferences. In this way, it makes sense that Yu Shi Zou Yinglong could jump out to impeach Yan Song "very timely" after the end of Fushi.
Is it a human being or an immortal who committed "Yan Song's crime of adultery"? It's hard for us to judge here, but Emperor Jiajing firmly believed that it was the words of "Shangxian". Here, let’s talk about Fushi again. In fact, the patriarch of Taoism did not encourage Taoist disciples to learn or participate in Fushi. First of all, at the level of "the essence and the end of Taoism", Fushi is a "skill" rather than a "Tao", and it is not the root of Taoism. Throughout the ages, too many cultivators have deviated farther and farther away from the Dao because of the pursuit of "skills", and there are many people who use this to gain fame, cheat money and kill their lives, and they have fallen into the bottom line.
fortyThree generations of heavenly masters Zhang Yuchu said in "Ten Regulations of Taoism", "Yuanguang, possessing the body, descending generals, attaching Ji, Fuluan (ji), and Zhaoshui and other heresies are inappropriate for those who practice the righteous Dharma, and they must not be concealed." Confuse evil words, lure people to harm the Tao." There is a similar discussion in the Taoist scripture "Tao Fa Hui Yuan": "Possession, consecration, surrender, folding fingers, shining water, sealing arms, capturing death, falling banners, ghosts If you are not divine, you should not do things. They are all spells, not Taoism. Those who know this can understand the divine way and set up their ears, and those who know it are not true."
Since ancient times, whether the techniques of supporting spirits and other techniques are true or not, from the perspective of later generations Look may not be very important. What is more worthy of discussion is what kind of enlightenment is transformed into the human world through the altar and the shaman. Good and evil, right and wrong, black and white, are revealed in this enlightenment. And if you put too much emphasis on the immortal spells on the altar, you will inevitably be caught by someone. Even for such a high-level Taoist as Lan Daoxing, the behavior of holding up his spirits is mostly considered "fake" by later generations. This can also be seen in the hearts of the people. Returning to the drama "Under the Brocade", Lan Qingxuan, a Taoist priest based on the historical prototype of Lan Dao's behavior, appeared as a "liar", which probably reflected to a certain extent people's feelings towards Fushi and even Taoism and Taoists. attitude.
In any case, Lan Daoxing's deeds were the key to bringing down Yan Song, and Lan Daoxing himself paid for it: Yan Song, who was punished, bribed the emperor's cronies to "expose" his "bad deeds", so that Lan Daoxing He will be sentenced to prison, be executed, and die in prison." The struggle in the court is treacherous, and future generations will comment on right and wrong. But as far as the incident itself is concerned, whether it was the "Shangxian's decree" or Lan Daoxing's use of the name of "Shangxian" to expose the crimes of Yan Song and his son to the emperor, it required great courage and courage at the time. It would be even more admirable if he fought desperately for the justice that the people yearn for.
In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, people were still remembering this tortuous and bizarre past. The poet Zhang Mu specially wrote a poem titled "Fenyi was defeated by Xu Jie and defeated by Lan Daoxing. The ancient poem "Poetry is Beautiful" describes the ancients' views from another perspective. This article also concludes with this poem, let's use it as a comment:
Lilong is stupid and can't wake up, and the old jackal has nothing to do. All alchemists have spin-dry hands, but the school's power is like a rat dog. Immortal Ji is the God of God, and Immortal Ji has something to say that the Emperor is not angry. The grievances are formed into three characters, and the blood of hatred rubs the palace chariot. Tai'a bends the jade axe and destroys it, but the fairy words are not exhausted. But looking at the old days of green poetry, it becomes annoyed. There is no need to quote Luo Longwen more, one table has already raped people's souls. Wow! Impossible and exposing one after another sticks to death, the collapse of the mountain and the collapse of the building are the result of this. Please drink fine wine to pick up the essence of the garden, and every family embroiders and worships the blue road.